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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] android167:
So, I was searching for solution to have custom recovery on my locked Xperia S and i couldn't find it. Is it even possible because of my locked bootloader? My phone is rooted.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iamsuperuser:
Rooting with This method gives recovery on locked bootloader.

I'm using it. I make backups and also flash roms that are for locked bootloader.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Kornezije:
What other roms? Only miui or thers more of them?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] corum3:
xcream and Du@lcore roms are pretty cool, easy to install on locked bootloader and clean,
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] corum3:
You can also use the attached "recovery", very quick no reinstalls, and even root direct with flashtool. A lot faster than the old method
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ben36:
How?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Chackel:
My SXS is rooted (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460) and CWM is installed (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756346) on locked bootloader. So I can install for example the Du@lcore ROM with CWM and will still have root and CWM?

Thx for answers! :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] medamine60:
Dear all,

I kindly ask you to support with the recovery of my GT-I8150 !

I was using the CyanogenMod 9 since weeks and try to back to my carrier official ROM.

The wonder won't starup after this, it's show the samsung logo then the annimation and the samsung logo ...annimation...

Any idea freinds?

Many thanks in advance.

Amine
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] medamine60:
Solved with the flashwith a "non one package version " rom

Thanks all
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] rensaionji:
hi, i do have the same problems, but what i did is different with yours, here what i did

- flash cwm

- boot into recovery mode

- wipe cache and dalvik

- and voila!!!

just sharing ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Bradlees:
Before I odin my phone back to stock so I can update to ICS, I want to know if there is anyway to back up contacts, sms, call history, etc. before doing this. I use tibackup when I am flashing ROMS, but I don't know if I will be able to access these backups? And tibackup will not work without root, so I won't be able to use it anyways.

Sorry for the noobish nature, but is there any way to back up apps and system data before I odin back to stock?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
back em up with titanium, a root solution is available. just make sure to copy the entire titaniumbackup folder to windows/linux/osx, flash the os, install titanium again, and copy everything from the old titanium folder to the new to restore

for root:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32344955&postcount=10
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] grundlestain:
i use 'backup to gmail' for my sms and mms, it puts all your messages in your gmail in folders and will restore call log and sms, dont support restore of mms yet... i paid fo it and there is a free version too, i think it limits the number of back-up messages tho...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] smokinthatpiff:
"Super backup contacts" app from market backs up SMS call logs and contacts..its free also
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
rofl yea, Kies sucks :P
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Bradlees:
seriously. At work, trying to get it going on 3 pc's and it took me 2-3 hours to finally get the upgrade. Hope its worth it.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abe in space:
I apologize if this question is old hat. I really did try searching the forums for it in advance. Perhaps I was formulating the search in such poorly. I'm relatively unfamiliar with Android terminology.

Anyway, so I have a KF running the ROM mentioned in the title, the CM10 w/ STG7 improvements by twa_priv. Latest iteration. My first Android ROM for the KF, though, was "Jandycane." I switched off of it because A. it couldn't run Chrome and B. my device had absolutely abysmal battery life while using it. But Jandycane's Trebuchet launcher had an option that allowed you to have an app dock on both sides of the home screen simultaneously. It also adjusted far better to switching between portrait & landscape.

Does anyone know the "mode" I'm talking about? Or if there's some way to enable it on other ROMs besides JC? Is there a way to independently install a version of Trebuchet within this mod that allows for dual docks? I'd really like to stick with the ROM I'm on except for this one feature.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jma9454:
I don't know if there is a way to have two app docks. I know you can't have the phone app dock (bottom center) and tablet app dock (upper right) together obviously. If you want easy access to your app dock, though, I would recommend using one of the "gestures" that you can use. It is located in the settings under Launcher, and is the last row. I don't have the button for the app dock enabled because I use the swipe down gesture to control opening up my apps.

As far as switching between portrait and landscape, if you have Auto-rotate screen enabled, it should work pretty well. It does lag a little bit, but I don't think there's anyway to get around that. You might try the auto rotation app featured at this website: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/nexus-7/44113-how-get-auto-rotation-nexus-7-home-screen-app.html but I don't know how well it works, so no guarantees.

oh, and I also am running twa_priv's ROM...
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abe in space:
Thanks for the reply. I'm afraid it's not about access; it's just about having the "dual docks" option Jandycane has, combined with the stability and flexibility of twa_priv's build.

Lag hasn't been the problem at all. What I was trying to get at is, the way icons rotate with the "dual docks" option makes a lot of sense. The top and bottom in portrait become the left and right in landscape, while the center rows & columns remain in the same positions they would have been otherwise. Things which are situated properly in landscape also look good in portrait, and vice versa. Without dual docks, rotating the icons basically behaves the same way the iPad does; if you set it up in portrait, landscape will look terrible. And vice versa.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jennster:
I'm currently running Toasted Marshmallow but the camera issue is killing me. Is there a daily driver out there with a working camera? I don't really care if it is ICS or JB I just need my camera/instagram to work again. I'm also hoping I can retain my apps/data as I have been running this for a bit. I did a search and could nothing definitive. If I overlooked something please let me know. Thanks for any help!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
Synthetic AospX. Also, we have plenty of threads on this so you should have looked before you posted
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jennster:
I did a search. This was the most relevant thing and it was posted in July. Just sayin' Anyway thanks for the heads up.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
Even if there is nothing titles "best ics roms", you could have just looked at the rom threads and found which ones had rave reviews. Most of the ICS and JB roms are at the top. I am not mad at you, slightly annoyed, i just want to tell you what to do for next time.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] invasion2:
These are the threads I cannot f*cking stand. Test out the ROMs if you want to know which one is best for you! We don't know what you like. You do. So don't be that noob that asks all the questions in the general forum (like you did) and post ROM related problems as new threads.

Also, what's this? On the 2nd page?! No way someone would dare look there.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494680

Have a nice day.

Sent from my HTC One S running ViperOneS!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
What is searching? Searching is definitely NOT looking something up on Google and skimming through everything. Searching CANNOT be done with shortcuts.

Now if you had really done a full search, you would've found that like you said, there is nothing "definitive", or good out there. So what does that mean..? If you don't find it out there, it probably means it doesn't exist. Like in this case right here, a great example. I, like Invasion2 hate threads like these because nobody knows what's the best for your phone, nobody knows your taste. Only you do. Sure, we can give you suggestions and stuff, but why don't you just save everyone's time and try the ROMs yourself? Does it really take that long and that much effort? It doesn't hurt to try.

You should honestly be thankful that we even have ICS and JB ROMs...HTC and T-Mobile left us on the Gingerbread side. And here you are complaining about things not working. Well no duh...you can't expect a OS that wasn't meant to be on our phone to work 100% do you? Cause if you do, then you set impossible expectations for developers.

Another thing: have you ever thought about how much effort, time, and energy were put into the development of these ROMs? Developers work hard, spend countless hours, sometimes giving up sleep to get something to just boot, and the last thing we want to hear and read in our threads is someone who thinks he deserves the work we put out to complain about this or that not working. We know it's not working, we don't need you to tell us that! Trust us, we're working hard on trying to figure out the bugs and fix them, it's not easy.

Lastly...what's wrong with Gingerbread? It's working perfectly fine for our phone. If you want to have everything "perfect and working" why not stay with Gingerbread, where everything is guaranteed to work? I'm on MIUI GB, and can't love it more. If you just want the look of ICS or JB, it's not that hard to theme Cyanogenmod 7 to look like them. And if you want to be on ICS or JB just cause it's cooler or whatever, well be prepared to sacrifice somethings, like the camera. Gingerbread is a OS that was meant to be on our device, ICS and JB weren't.

Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
MFW I saw this post.

Also, TL: DR.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jennster:
Oh FFS

I didn't ask what was the BEST. That would be opinion and I am certainly not soliciting that. I could read all day and get a million. I asked what had a WORKING CAMERA. Seems like an easy enough question for such well versed people. That being said that renders the link you so condescendingly offered completely irrelevant. So that you know the query was here on XDA for working camera mytouch4G. I wasn't complaining. I said, for my needs I need a working camera. Did I post this on the ROMs thread? No. I didn't. I was looking for a suggestion that would meet my needs, i.e. a working camera.

What happened to people on forums being decent and helpful if not nice too?

You know what I can't stand? A$$holes like you people that think that any of this makes a $hit in the big picture. You know what *I* hate? Taking care of my dad with Parkinsons and my mother that can't leave the house because she has COPD all while working two jobs. Really next to that an extraneous thread doesn't seem that bad. "$hit I have to scroll over this thread that someone who actually looked posted!"

A lot of people work hard. Some not in front of computers in the air conditioning. I appreciate that this stuff is available but please do not hang yourself on a cross. If you hate it, find work elsewhere. If you don't get out of my a$$. I'm not going to suck your d1ck either way and I doubt anyone else is either with your sunny disposition.

And good evening.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
I thought you'd searched around already? And since you already searched, you should've known that there wasn't a fully working camera yet. So why are you still asking this question if you know the answer already? Seriously...

You don't expect people to be nice if you rub them the wrong way do you? It's sorta your fault we're "not nice" to you...you should check out the other forums when noobs post questions like this, oh man...sh*t breaks apart the fan.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JG:
Did you guys actually read his OP ,it wasnt really that bad.He did say he searched ,granted he could of tried a bit harder,but help a guy out once in a while!I am not knockin anybody but ,not everyone knows there way around these threads like some of us do..I mean if he was being a lazy dumb ass that one thing ,but he didnt come off like that to me when i read his OP

anyways. search harder next time dude and you wont get flamed!!!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deathwish238:
I don't get why you're getting so much flac. It's not like the MT4G is flying. Most threads about ROMs are months old.

The only answer I seem to see too is Synthetic's ROM.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockstarar:
"If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all"

I also didn't feel as if the op was a lazy dumb ass. To each his own

---------- Post added at 04:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:42 PM ----------

Sorry to double post but I don't agree with this. Most roms are NOT months old and are updated. Granted some old ones aren't but for an old phone we hold our ground
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Yeah. Ignore the troll. Development for this ancient phone that was only released on one continent is still moving nicely.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodnarb91:
Synthetic's AospX for sure. Very smooth and I use it as my daily driver.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ardanza:
I really, really hate people who just want to flame someone for asking a question, especially like this. Me, myself, I'VE been searching for a perfect rom for myself, and it's a PAIN to spend countless of hours when you are not experienced in messing with the phones, and you asking a simple question, than all these teenie boppers decide to start a flame war thinking they are the all-knowing, just because they design some ROMs and ports.

Now, personally the best ROM I have found so far that suits me is the CoreDroid ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1434887

This seems to be the most stable ROM with best battery life that I have found after using many that keeps the original android feel to it. I have yet to find any real problems with it, seems to be the perfect one for me.

I'm currently going through most of the ROMs trying to find something else, instead of just upgrading my phone. I've tested out PacMan Glacier ROM, and honestly I'm liking that the most so far.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933896

But again, problem is Camera freezing, panoramic does not work either, at least for me, may work for you. I'd look into that first to see how you like it. Has extensive customization options as well, so the settings screen is a little cluttered so to speak, but good for customization. I would REALLY LOVE to get this to work perfectly, cuz I will indefinitely use this (haven't tested out battery life though).

The next one from that I would check out (even though Saranhai is the one who pretty much crapped on you first) is MyTouchUX.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1826792

I would love to post what problems I've encountered in the thread, but I need to post at least 10 times or something or another before I can post in those forums. But anyways, problem I've had was that the Camera button does not work to get the camera on (but still can access the camera through the app itself), and the LockScreen still is not working in V3, at least for me. BUT panoramic does work with his, and it is really sweet. Less customization options on this ROM, but seems to be REALLY clean (couldn't get swype either, might just be me though.)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
Have you noticed when the op last posted? Appreciate the efforts though
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ardanza:
Bah, no I didn't even notice that... oh well...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanielserrato:
Can someone please help me take my nook color back to cm7. I was running cm7 and I was loving it. I decided to give cm9 a shoot, and think it really lags with cm9, So I want to take it back to cm7. Any instructions or link would be greatly appreciated.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RASTAVIPER:
It's the same like upgrading from CM7 to cm9.

First you download the rom that you want to install and you have it available.

Then you reboot in recovery, you format system/wipe data and cache partition.

Then you install the rom and this is it.

Produced by NookColor at ICS AOKP 4.0.4
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanielserrato:
Thanks for the quick response, how about gapps? Do i have to install the cm7 version?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
Yes
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanielserrato:
Well thanks again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toofank:
I just got a Note2 and I was wonderinf if I can backup my files with titanium in Note1 then copy tge tiranium backup folder to note2 and restore tgere??

Im guessing the filesystem is differebt so it nay not be that easy.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toofank:
For a second there I thought that was a link to answer my q :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
It is that easy, just don't backup system apps or data, only backup user apps and data and then restore on the note 2.

I've had backups from years ago and they've worked with every device I've had
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toofank:
Thanks man :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreww88:
Dropbox can be your best friend in that situation too.

Also, sync with Google too, like your contacts and stuff.
[HD7 General] stevew84:
There are a few websites that i've found that sell replacement back housings, mid housings, and front housings for the HD7, some of the pictures aren't too clear on whether or not the bezel (chrome trim) is included.

What is the trim piece actually called on the HD7 so I know what to look for?
[HD7 General] faustolg:
"Full housing" includes front and back housing(the whole phone case), most of them talk about back cover (battery and low-back covers) only, if you can buy through ebay is a good option for you... remember is the full housing what you want: "Original OEM New Full Housing Cover Case Shell HD7 T9292"
[HD7 General] stevew84:
Yea I've been lookind and saw one with the yellow behind the kickstand, it was on some Chinese phone parts site. I've seen the "us model" hd7 shells on eBay and amazon for the same price.

I may as well replace the whole thing, assuming it comes with the buttons.
[HD7 General] naijaguy:
Hello. Did you get the full housing yet? Did it come with the buttons? I want to get the full housing too. My power button is completely gone, have to unlock the phone with the camera button every time. Not convenient at all :(
[HD7 General] faustolg:
"yellow behind the kickstand"

That's the housing for an HTC HD7S T9295, an exclusive US model for AT&T, maybe Europe too (I haven't confirm that yet)...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laker4ever:
Hello,

I have the Galaxy S II T989 (Tmobile) and the screen got broken and is completely black. But The phone is working and i can start it and feel the vibe at start and after it starts, i cant tap the bottom 4 buttons and they light up.

My phone was protected by pattern password. So when i connect the phone to USB and launch Kies , it asks me to unlock it...

But i can't since my screen is broken and doesn't light up.

Is there a way to download the internal contents of the flash memory (not the SD card) to the PC somehow?

I have tons of pictures and video clips that are very important to me.

Please help.

Paul.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tronmech:
Is USB debugging enabled? If so, you may be able to pull the files that way. You may also be able to do it through recovery (hold both volume buttons down at powerup while not USB connected). If you can get adb access, you can use it to pull the pictures that way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Boot into recovery. Connect USB to PC Mount drives. Success!! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laker4ever:
When you say to boot into recovery, do you refer to VOL_UP + VOL_DOWN + PWR buttons at boot ? When you get to the menu that you can select between Device reboot, Firmware update using external memory, etc...

Or are you referring to something else?

Thanks much!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Dont know how broken your screen is or what recovery you have, but yes, that's what I mean. There is an option somewhere in recovery to mount drives.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] datrapstar:
What recovery you have? Being that your LCD is shattered I could guide you step by step on how many clicks on the volume rocker to access on latest cmw. Since it doesnt work the same on twrp I can you guesstimate the location on touch and maybe your screen could recognize it enough to enable you to mount from recovery..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] h.nocturna:
Best bet is either through ADB access either with USB Developer Mode turned on or using ADB in recovery to pull the files. Neither one of those options requires using the phone more than turning it on. How was the phone set up before the LCD broke? Did you root it? Did you put a new recovery on it? Or was it completely stock. If it was completely stock, go fix the LCD and then access it, there's no way around it... well... actually, you could get into Download Mode, flash a recovery, then access it that way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laker4ever:
I'm able to use the HDMI converter and "SEE" the screen of the phone on my TV. However, i cannot unlock it (it had the pattern lock) because the touch screen is not responding to my touch. I guess the touch sensor is broken.

It is a stock phone. never rooted it.

I was trying to get to recovery mode by pressing POWER and VOL UP and DN, but i wasn't able to see anything on my TV. Could it be that the HDMI converter into TV only works when the phone is booted normal and doesn't work in recovery mode.

How can i get it to download mode and flash the recovery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laker4ever:
The touch sensor is not working as i was able to see the screen on my TV( with the MHA - hdmi adapter) but touching the screen on the phone did nothing...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] h.nocturna:
Yeah, I don't think the drivers to show on the TV screen would be loaded while in Download Mode.

There's still hope, you can still install a recovery without actually needing the touchscreen. Once in recovery, you'll be able to access your system files through adb and pull whatever you need onto your computer.

You'll have to do it all blind though because you won't be able to see if the phone has successfully rebooted into recovery. I can walk you through it step-by-step if you feel it's that important to you to recovery whatever data is on the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] srikanth.t989:
Buy a new Phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] laker4ever:
Update:

I got a replacement phone and using some youtube clips and info, i swapped the boards between the two phones. So I was able to start the phone (old board, new screen), and simply transferred all data to the computer.

Now, i will put it back together and be all done.

I also enabled USB debug mode...for next time....

Thank you so much for the help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] angelblares:
Hello Senior Member ,

I too have a similiar dilemma. My Note 2 has a cracked screen and its all black . I am not sure the digitizer is in working condition . Although I have alot of files I wish to recover. Its been nearly a year Ive held on to it just to recover data. My phone is stock , NO ROOT and unfortunately USB Debugging has been turned off. Mind you, its a korean version, model SHVE250K . I do not want to chance rooting if I can not see the screen . I am afraid of making a mistake. ANY advice and ideas would be greatly appreciated. I would feel more confident working on it, with someone more experienced guiding me along the way.