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[LG Optimus 2x] Stonerboy779:
Hello all very long time lurker but am here now for some help. So a few questions and description of what i wish to achieve.

I have a POS iPod touch 4th gen that I have had 2 and half years or something and really want to replace. Also have an Xperia X10 and shortly will have an LG Optimus 2X. The X10 will function for phone duties until the Xperia TX become available in Australia.

Back the the O2X though. Now turning an android phone into a Portable Media Player (PMP) is something I have been wanting to do for a while now. Naturally though this brings up a few things that will not be needed.

For the music front end I will be using Player Pro and Pics and videos will primarily be held and viewed in QuickPic.

The phone will still need to retain wifi and bluetooth capabilities, however I want to fully disable all other forms of connectivity as I will have no need of it and will not be using a sim in the phone as this will be dedicated to music, movies and pics. So does anyone know the best way gor me to go about that?

I will also have a hell of a lot of unused and unwanted apps. I would love to be able to really strip the phone back and free up as much space as possible. Now in the past I have been able to uninstall pre-installed apps from my X10. I am just unsure how to go about it on the O2X. Does anyone know how I would go about completely removing the phone, contacts, calander, stock music, stock gallery and other assorted apps?

I would also need to be using a kernel with the voodoo sound mods for the wolfson DAC. Now I was wondering if there was any recommendations there?

Finally I would also like a recommendation of the most stable ICS based ROM to go with the voodoo kernel. I would like the ROM to also include a modifiable set of notification bar widgets so I can easily turn on and of things like wifi, bluetooth, gps, airaplane mode and adjust brightness. Anyone know of anything that would fit the bill?

Must also come with a working camera app (does not need to has video recording working or panorama just basic camera duties please). Any other suggestions that you may think of feel free to post them.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and hope some of you can help me out here on my project to make an Android PMP out of a great little Android Phone.

Stoner

Note to mods: hope I am posting in the right section, feel free to move it if I am not.
[LG Optimus 2x] Tehloy:
Since connectivity is already built in into the android OS, you can't disable it, but I think keeping your phone in airplane mode all the time should do the trick. Anyway, taking out the sim card already disables all connectivity that involves telecommunications.

If you want to remove system apps, you have to root your phone first. The forum already has so many guides on rooting. Then all you have to do is use any root file manager, go into system/app and delete the apps there. Not everything can be deleted though, some are crucial for the functioning of the phone.

The other way is to download a rom, open the zip and delete everything you don't need that's under system/app and install it. No guarantees that your phone will boot up though, if you happen to hit an app that is crucial for the rom to work. Then you can flash the rom and it's done.

There are many kernels that use voodoo, just find one that fits any rom of your choice.

Finally: ICS roms still have some bugs, seeing that you are going to use it as a PMP, I recommend not upgrading to ICS or later until roms made from LG's sources start popping out. I hear that CM10 (that runs on jellybean) will be released shortly after LG releases their ICS update.

Almost all roms have a camera app, no worries there!

TL;DR Install any rom you'd like that seems to fit the bill. Root your phone, open the particular rom's zip file and remove apps you don't need that are in system/app, flash it to your phone (with recovery mode of course). Flash kernel to your liking.
[LG Optimus 2x] Stonerboy779:
Looks like LG is no better than Sony when it comes to OS Updates haha

shall look at stock based Rome for now then. Try and find a JB skinned one if possible.

Then play trial and error with what apps I can remove before flashing and which I have to leave and possibly just freeze. New it was something simple but its been a while. I hope I can remove all the basic apps that make it function like a phone otherwise I guess I will make do with freezing and hiding them. Love removing all clutter possible.

Will be waiting to see if CM10 can come along much less buggy than all the CM9 and ICS ROMs that I have looked at. Silly LG hampering the development of ROMs because there isn't an official ICS update to work off and its late 2012 already. Hoping for some good news though with what I have read about SK and them getting ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] porras12:
My phone is stuck in Odin Mode and it gives a message that says that firmware upgrade encountered a problem and to connect it to Kies, I have tried holding the volume buttons at the same time as the power button to go into recovery mode but it doesn't work, it shows the samsung logo for less than a second and goes back to Odin Mode. I have also tried connecting it to Kies but it never finished connecting to Kies. any idea on how to get to recovery mode or get passed that screen?? or do anything with my phone.... lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
my best suggestion would be to start by using to flash back to gb instead up lets take a small step down and start fresh inside the development forum im quite positive you can the ucle2 ics odin flash yes i said ucle2 leak the reason why would be to get back to at minimal any stock version and ucle2 is my goto stock... if now you can find in vincoms stickie the gb rom use odin mode like you slave and get this back to stock

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start with vincoms stickies but i can tell you right now whatever was done a full flash to stock is only gonna fix unless you pull a rabit out of your phone's jack

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
you can try the method in post b4 this one or flash cwm tar through odin, howto is in my sig
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Also...

If you have a USB plugged in when you try recovery mode, it will go into download mode.

Make sure you unplug your phone from your computer when you hold the volume rockers and power button...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddyed911:
A few days ago my phone started acting weird as it would not boot beyond the initial Google screen. It was random behavior as sometimes it would boot normally but sometimes i would have to do a battery pull. Its a rooted phone which was running Cyanogen 7.

I tried booting into recovery to find that it was not mounting the SDcard and always shows the message "error mounting SDcard". After reading on some forums that it could be a CWM issue i was able to flash a new CWM (one which was more stable) as well as Cyanogen 9 but the problem still persisted.

The situation now is that i cannot get it to even connect to my laptop since the ADB drivers are not being installed on my Win8 even after unchecking the "check for signed drivers" option in Win8. Without the phone being recognized i cannot flash anything to the device.

I suspect there may be something with the hardware, as sometimes the phone does not even power on. Any help on this would be appreciated as my phone is just lying there. Which is provoking me to buy an S3 :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wafflcopterz:
When you plug it into your computer does it show up in device manager at all? Also I don't know win8 as well as win7, idk if they kept device manager in there...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddyed911:
it shows as Android 1.0 but as i was trying to revert to stock rom and cwm using the Nexus Toolkit i removed any and all device drivers that had been previously installed as instructed by the guide in the toolkit.

I used was always able to see Android 1.0 while in bootloader but if i went into recovery it showed "Nexus" in the device manager, yet the recovery gave the message "unable to mount sdcard"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C4SCA:
do the fastboot command to flash stock
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddyed911:
it cant find the device..just shows "waiting for device" nothing happens after that have to CTRL+C out of it. Here is what i think is going on and anyone is welcome to input their comments:

1. Windows 8 is probably not allowing the Samsung drivers to be installed which is why the phone always shows "!" next to it in the device manager

2. Once i am able to get the drivers in there i should be able to flash a new recovery since the one i currently have CWM 5.0.2.0 is causing the sdcard not to mount and i always get the "error mounting sdcard" when i try the mounts and storage

3. Once that is fixed i think i should be able to flash a new ROM
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C4SCA:
i use windows 8 and everything works, dont use samsung drivers use google ones.

check this thread made by me and try again:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901617
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
I think its your laptop not having the right drivers. I don't have a Nexus device right now (not sure why I'm posting here), but I think it's supposed to say something else beside "Android 1.0", which tends to mean the driver isn't correct. I wouldn't discount using Windows 8 as an issues.

But I have similar issues in the past with multiple Android drivers conflicting. When you remove drivers from the Device Manager, make sure to also check the box telling it to delete the files from the system as well.

Then use the Google USB driver, links in my signature.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keith456:
what are some good launchers in the following areas for a 2.2 non rooted froyo phone ?

-app drawer free launchers

-someting like accer liquid stream laucher (alike to blackberry launcher)

- fast quick launcher (low on resources but doesnt skimp on the basics and no background services like nemus or go )

thanks in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
Lightening launcher is very fast,simple and light. Give that a try :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fire n mage:
zeam, simple light fast.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
Hey guys, I want an app that would turn of my wifi after my phone is idle for say 10mins, any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
System settings - Wi-Fi - Keep WiFi on during sleep - Never.

Or use tasker

Or use WiFi toggle :D

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
I pressed "install" for tasker and didn't realize it was a paid app, lol I'd rather not spend 6.50$ for a simple toggle, but thanks for the suggestion (s) XD
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Oh it does tons more. It'll toggle if it senses you left the area. It will use whatever network you want in said area. It does a crap ton. But yeah its best to live it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
Better Wifi on/off by @chamonix who also does Better Battery Stats.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801284
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
I like this, I only wish there were more delay times, but i'll try it and see whether I like the built in "wifi off when sleep" setting, thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
The developer is open to ideas.

Galaxy Nexus / Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
I'll subscribe and post to the forum then, the apps working great thanks for the suggestion again
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lsv-1:
Hello everybody I just checked the recommended app (better wifi) but unfortunately there is no option just to turn off wifi automatically when not in range and that's what I'm looking for, any suggestion?

Sent from my Nexus Prime JB 4.1.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
The settings in Better Wifi on/off do exactly that. Mine is set to only stay on with whitelisted SSID. There is an off if not connected, and many other settings. I think you missed some settings in the app.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leoilios:
Are there any roms that fixed the issue with our camera where the white balance is based off the center of the photo, instead of white balancing where I choose to focus the picture?

Sent from SCH-R760
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] m4r10:
Does it help if you choose spot metering instead of the default center weighed? I find that I'm taking much better pictures now. I just wish I could keep it as default instead of having to change it each time. I don't know it it will help your white balance issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leoilios:
This is what I'm saying. I set the metering on the corner of the picture for example, but the white balance is always based on the center of the photo. This was not the case on other phones I've tried and I noticed it instantly when I got the s3.

Sent from SCH-R760
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
What build and/or rom are you currently on?

If youre on an early build like UVALEM or UVALG1, try updating to UVALH2. Or maybe try one of the jb leaks.

Another thing you might be able to do is update your camera firmware.

Open dialer and enter this:

*#34971539#

It should automatically open the Camera Std menu.

Press cam version check and it will pop up a toast with the cameras and phones fw versions. If they are different you can choose phone to cam fw write (rear). This will write the updated fw from your phone to the rear facing camera. If you are able to update you should notice some new effects and possibly other changes. Hopefully it will also solve your issue.

As with anything, do this at your own risk! It worked perfectly for me and others, and should be safe for you as well, but naturally things can go wrong.

I would reboot first btw. Just to clear everything out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] m4r10:
I always end up manually changing the white balance. For example, I've always noticed that pictures with flash have a blue hue to them. I always choose sunny under white balance if using flash to get an accurate color.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stassano:
Old topic but non-solved issue...

I have reset the original Samsung firmware using odin with pit and low-level etc... no avail... the spot meter remained broken for me.

The cam firmware for my cam is ZDFF03 while the phone rom announces ZDFI02 with a greyed out Phone to cam FW write (so I guess the ZDFF03 is newer?).

I really want this fixed... I feel very annoyed my SGS3 misses this functionality because of a bug.

When using camera360 it even announces the metering adjustment is not supported by my phone for both ISO and Metering... so odd really.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir77a:
Hi

While I'm driving I'm using Waze for navigation, and the device is also connected to my in car multimedia unit via BT as a phone.

I'm connecting the device to the car charger, and getting the charging icons, so it is actually charging the device.

BUT... it seems that the charging is too slow. The percentages of the battery is going down, instead of going up. Yesterday while driving & charging, the battery totally got drained, and device turned itself OFF.

The charger cable is Samsung OEM, purchased before for the Galaxy S2.

I wonder if any other charger will better charge the S3?

What do you think?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
Use a kernel where you can.change the charging rate (eg siyah) and switch.the screen off when not needed. Naigation will then be usable with constant battery level

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir77a:
I'm currently using stock kernel, and prefer not to change kernel.

I wonder if there is a simple way...another charger maybe?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skander1998:
Yep, try a stronger charger (higher amps)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir77a:
Can anyone point me to such a charger?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skander1998:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/XENTRIS-31-...572?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53eebe35bc
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iris_aim:
I was having similar problems,changed the USB wire that goes into wall charger and BOOM!it was charging all fine again,try changing to other USB cable,won't hurt in trying..:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir77a:
Thanks for the link and the advice. I will try all :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustang2012:
I am also using the stock kernel but car charger is changing well when I am using the navigation. Maybe, change the car charger.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir77a:
Just to inform, I've changed to another Samsung charger.. now it's charging much better.

With 2 hours of driving, using navigation software and BT was connected to the car's multimedia unit: Started with battery at 2%, ended with battery at 15%. not the best but reasonable.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehsaan2444:
Helo ppl .

I unknowingly wiped the dalvik cache on my phone using CWM.

I used link2sd with an Ext2 partition and everything was working fine but NOW AFTER THE WIPE dalvik cache . Link2sd shows theMOUNT SCRIPT cannot be created and all apps which wer once linked hav disappeared

(including play.store :/ :( ... )

PlEAASE HELP MEEE :.(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allebone:
Try

Here is the play store:

h t t p s ://dl.dropbox.com/u/63233/com.android.vending_3.8.17.apk

Try reinstalling link2sd I guess after running the apk I uploaded for you.

Pete
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxy_Rohit:
Bro, clearing dalvik cache by CWM doesn't affect any app. When you reboot the system, the phone rebuilds the required dalvik cache files. Your problem seems to be somewhat different...

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehsaan2444:
Thnk you very much ..

Since I got playstore again I re partioned the sd card after which there was no mount script error ..

:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxppxd:
Link2sd needs the dalvik cache to keep symbolic links of apps in the partition on boot. If you wipe dalvik, you mess up the structure and loose access to all apps on the partition.

Avoid wiping dalvik cache when using link2sd, unless you're changing roms (cuz you're wiping everything anyways).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Faizy:
Same Problem with Me.. how To Solve This Problem /? Please tellmeeeeee Guyssssssssssss :( Em so Worried..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BajoPrimate:
If you have a previous Nandroid backup, restore it from recovery. If not, I don´t know.... the hard work, reinstall all?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stedyedy:
Hi i just need to back to stock hboot to get supanova rom working but Im not sure how..

Do i just go here

/alpharev.nl/

download the stock boot img, burn it a cd and run it? I'm a noob so i need straight forward directions thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techwiz98:
which hboot are you usiing now? Just follow the instructions in alpharev. You will be fine.

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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
To change hboot, first flash the hboot_downgrader uitlity, then flash the desired hboot.

Or use the PB99IMG.zip metod.

Rename hboot_downgrader to PB99IMG.zip, put it on your sdcard, boot into hboot, let it install, then rename the desired hboot to PB99IMG.zip, replace the other one with this one, boot in hboot again, flash the hboot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattnmd:
Hi, I tried both methods desscribed before but everytime i'm in stock hboot, i can't access my recovery.

In all other hboots i can. It's very weird. Anyone knows how this could be possible and has a solution?

Thank you in advance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevie13.xo:
On my gfs epic she's running aokp build 4 She has had the battery since the phone first came out.. She routinely leaves it on the charger every night.. everything is turned off except for wifi in the settings and gtalk has been signed out off and I have tried everything to conserve battery from rootdim which didn't do anything to build.prop tweaks in omairs thread.. The phone doesn't last at most five hours screen on with an hour and a half screen on.. Is this normal or is it time to buy a new battery
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b16flybye:
Maybe try odin to fc09 factory and see if it makes any difference. Best advice I can give you, is to leave a womans phone alone. Just trust me.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevie13.xo:
She loves it though, if you only knew her.. I didn't make the decision but thanks for the response
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00145:
Change the processor to conservation, and tell her to turn off mobile data when not in use.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
It is probably time to get yourself the SGS2's 1800mah battery. It fits in our original case, snug, but fits.

Before getting the battery, odin back to FC09, boot up and synch PRL and profile. Then odin CWM and flash the current AOKP build for Jelly Bean. Only restore SMS and/or call log from backups if you must. Doing those steps will ensure you have a clean install and anything affecting your battery will either be a rogue application or the battery itself.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b16flybye:
Gotta be careful with the Gs2 battery. The Tmobile version doesn't fit our phone. I would play it safe and get the epic touch battery.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Time for a new battery.... I can routinely get more than 3 hours screen on time (even with ics and jb roms)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevie13.xo:
I think that's the right the to do.. It's running in airplane mode too
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Lol yep definitely time for a new battery then...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevie13.xo:
Ugh, its like a vicious circle.. "Girlfriend complains about battery, refuses to go back to stock/touchwiz"
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fire n mage:
I know that feel lol.
[Desire HD General] mail2eswar:
Now we have very good working ICS with Sense 4 and Jelly Bean (Jelly Time), I am waiting for One X+ Port( Jelly Bean with Sense 4+) for our beloved DHD. :)

Just to get some idea, the kernels that are working good for above roms would work well with the new Sense 4+ as well. Or someone has start working from the ground up?

Can't wait....:laugh:
[Desire HD General] zimilie:
one+ is the new one x+..

you wait a port from a quad core smartphone? I think it is difficult

but maybe I'm wrong
[Desire HD General] mail2eswar:
Why not?

Yes, I mean One X+.

Even One X is quard core phone. But we got good working ROMs based on One X Rom. The One X+ processor is just little hump in clock speed. I think the major difference is the JB with Sense 4+. So, I want to see the JB with Sense 4+ in DHD.

One X and One S is getting the JB with Sense 4+ update in this month. So, I am hoping that someone would port sense 4+ to DHD.
[Desire HD General] zimilie:
you're right ;) hopefully good
[Desire HD General] lawrencew:
The thing I miss about Sense is the app switcher in the notification drawer.
[Desire HD General] scaryshark:
Actually the full sense 4 ports are based on the Ville c2 - that's the one s to you and me. That has a snapdragon s4(3?) Soc which makes it a lot easier (but still VERY difficult) to port.

So either wait for the Ville c2 jb update, wait for a VC2 port or a sense 4a update for the one v (which although easy to port might take a while)
[Desire HD General] Shimmty:
and also, the one x+ doesn't use the same tegra 3 chip from the one x. This one is newer and has LTE now :D

however, i don't know if there is any change in the architecture or other technical things :p