yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG Optimus G (International)] firstness:
I have been debating whether to get the Nexus 4 16 gb ($359 CDN + $20 shipping + 5% tax = $400) or go with the Rogers Optimus G which is being offered $129 ($135 with tax) on a 3 year contract. That is a huge price difference.

The risk with choosing the Optimus G is that it never gets its bootloader unlocked and I'll always be stuck with an outdated, limited version of Android.

For this reason I've decided to go with the Nexus 4 even though the initial price is higher. If the Optimus G gets unlocked I can always sell the Nexus and recoup most of the expense. If the Optimus never gets unlocked, I'll be satisfied with my Nexus purchase and I'll even be able to sell it in a year when the next Nexus phone is released.
[LG Optimus G (International)] carrett:
On the other hand: LTE+External SD
[LG Optimus G (International)] Digil:
I agree. Lack of LTE is what killed the N4 for me and pushed me to the LGOG. If the OG bootloader never gets unlocked and Google get their wits about them and releases an LTE N4 in the future, I'd be happy to switch.
[HTC Wildfire S] sugarglidezz:
Hi all, I'm looking for a solution here,

I have an HTC Wildfire S, but I'm experiencing low memory issues too frequently for my liking so off to buy another budget android to use as a phone, but would like to keep using my Wildfire S possibly as a tablet.

When I say as a tablet I mean removing all the phone related features like messaging, phone, contacts and so forth, so would like to know if there are any good roms that are in this way. Or if possible editting the prop files to make the market think it is a tablet with similar specs, so if anyone can guide me here or give me any ideas on this it would be a great help.

As a quick solution to the low memory I'm doing a full wipe of my phone tonight until I get my new phone, which isn't ideal but I guess I will have to!

HTC Wildfire S A510e CDMA running robotomod

Rooted but S-On so cannot access system files to delete crap that's in there!
[HTC Wildfire S] izi501:
Honestly if you want to remove all these apps you need root, and with root you can simply increase your internal storage :P

But there is a ROM, Paranoid Android, for ICS or Jelly Bean, and it allows you to choose your UI (Tablet or Phone) for each app and to "zoom" these apps if they are too small or too large with Tablet UI.

If you want to delete messaging, phone, etc. , as far as I knows, you'll need do delete files yourself beacuse there is no tablet ROM on a phone :silly: . Be very careful, make a full backup and delete just files you want to delete. But I don't advice you to delete contacts because many apps use them.

However I think it would be a lot easier just to use int2ext+, s2e, data2sd, link2sd or whatever because it is a simple flash through recovery or just an app to install and that's done ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] 441Excelsior:
contacts are also on tablets without 3G so dont remove it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giangnam1984:
Hi guys,

I installed C-Rom Mix v6.0 and encountered a strange BIG problem:

When I press power button or the phone auto sleep after 30s idle

=> The phone totally shutdown and I have to remove and reinsert the battery to wake it up (pressing power button does not help).

Can you guys please help me? What should I do now?

+ I installed it from the stock Eclair firmware and it works fine before.

Thanks,

Nam
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giangnam1984:
Anyone please ???
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xsenman:
downgrade to JVU ROM, after that safe EFS folder than upgrade to ICS abd JB download in My Android Collections

Need a guide, look into My Guides and Manuals

But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card, after flashing and reboot , insert them back

Tips before Flashing:-

Backup all your important files, contacts, SMS, game data, images etc to PC or Ext SD card. or make Nanadroid Backup If you have CWM

Backup your EFS Folder to PC or Ext SD card

Enable USB Debugging on Phone. Touch menu> Settings> Applications> Development>

Charge your battery to more than 50% before you attempt any sort of flashing.

Disable Samsung KIES when using Odin. Kill Kies.exe, KiesTrayAgent.exe, & KiesPDLR.exe using Task Manager on PC

Use only ROM and solution for your model and Wipe x3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] giangnam1984:
Thanks for you suggestion. I used ODIN to downgrade it to 2.3.6 and upgarde again with C-Rom V6 and finally Everything works smoothly now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Colonel Panic:
When I tried to install Google Wallet it quit with the message that it was not available on my device or network. Anyone know of a way to patch the apk?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drksilenc:
you need more than a patched apk you also need to mod your host file in this case to the sprint note 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Android.Addiction:
Are there instructions somewhere that will work on this device?

Sent from my Galaxy Note II
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drksilenc:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769083

should work but im not 100%

i am trying it now please dont do it on your own without proper backups

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does not work the secure element is locked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Astom22:
Keep us posted...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cdshepherd:
It will probably never work without the secure element. If someone gets a hacked version its probably not going to be safe to use. I sure wouldn't put my credit card info on it. I think att and a few other carriers are going to use a different app called Isis or something like that.

Either way be CAUTIOUS :thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Android.Addiction:
Fortunately, this community specializes in "locked" things! It's only a matter of time!

Sent from my Galaxy Note II
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drksilenc:
the secure element is and always will be next to impossible to crack. Hence its name, I dont know what is locking it and if it will be easy to bypass or not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Bear in mind tmobile and att r backing isis which will be putting out sims with their own secure element. Its the carriers way to force u to use isis instead of google wallet.

How sweet mr carrier guys
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Perhaps this phone has been gifted with reasonably resilient shell materials, or its design absorbs shock in a decent fashion before the more sensitive external and/or internal components experience significant damage, or my case has been a helpful choice for my clumsy lifestyle . . . or, possibly, I am simply quite fortunate.

Whichever the reason(s) at play, this phone has fortunately survived the many drops, slams and even accidental tosses that have seen it crash onto concrete and tarmac surfaces from a few to many feet of airborne freedom. Yay for any or some of the reasons above, I suppose.

Nonetheless, my luck ran out and damage has finally been the natural result of a somewhat forgetful, clumsy owner who otherwise does attempt to keep this expensive, uninsured device reasonably safe from serious harm.

Please note that my phone is usually fully within the holster component of its Amzer Shellster casing, but a child who claims to be my own progeny recently placed it on top of various papers and a business backpack in my car's passenger seat during a quick trip to swimming lessons. Normally not a problem, but the phone's case is flat black and my backpack is likewise tinted, so when I later pulled the pack from that seat in order for my Galaxy S III-owning spouse to sit in that seat for a later trip, my unholstered phone was launched into jet-like flight . . . almost fully across the asphalt driveway towards our sporadically grassy lawn . . . but, not quite.

You could hear the heavy, sharply defined *CRACK*, despite the distance of my phone hitting tens of feet away. It truly flew. And crashed on its top-most edge with the display facing down.

This is the result. Horrors? Should the casing materials have been made from something iPhone-ish to avoid damage? Whatever shall I do?

. . .

Oh, . . . guess I'll just consider that minor blemish to add a sense of personal identity for the phone and move on.

Gee, that was anti-climactic (fortunately). And, thus far, all of the loud falls this phone has encountered have been relatively disaster-free, so I'm hoping that trend continues for at least the full two years I hope to own it with Verizon services.

Much sympathy to those who see their screens cracked, buttons drop out and such; this post was intended to show that the phone appears enabled to handle abuse in a practical manner for many situations, even though some will necessarily lead to more dire results.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HHF2:
You are a VERY BRAVE guy! I am scared to death of dropping mine and I do have insurance on it. I know that the insurance is a rip off, but the monthly premium and deductible are easier for me to come up with than to have to buy another phone outright.

I would seriously suggest that you get a Otterbox Defender the way that your phone takes abuse, lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Good point, I did look into that product when shopping for cases, but the Amzer fit somewhat better with how I tend to wear and use the holster.

I'm usually quite particular with how to handle the phone, not sure why so many accidents have cropped up since owning it, admittedly. Must be getting old.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] binkies:
You know I said that before too years ago then at that time my smartphone shorted out the charging port and thankfully since I had insurance I got a shiny new one for free. This was when smartphones that weren't a blackberry were far too expensive for their own good. All in all I regret not having it now since I swapped to a Tbolt and am terrified if and when I get a g3 since it will be uninsured. I cringe looking at all the shattered screens on these things
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
Re: Otterbox Defender

Just a side note: the Otterbox Defender series is just too darned big/heavy/bulky. I went with the "Sky Blue" Commuter series, and a "KoolCase" holster for about $9 off ebay. It's not much bigger than the original GS3, considering my Bionic inside a Defender looked like an armored tank and was definitely a chick repellant when you wore it on your hip/belt.

I can easily say that I could do just about anything but drive over it with a truck and I'd be just fine. The defender is a bit of overkill (unless of course you plan on running over it with a truck, then it's a good investment).

Otterbox has one of the best replacement policies I've ever seen in the industry: I was doing some geocaching one day with my Bionic and of course had the phone out of the holster so I could effectively use the GPS - in and around the marsh and woods (I live in the Cape Romain National Forest on the Atlantic Ocean) and on my way back to the car realized that the holster was nowhere to be found. I called them up, they asked me to crack open the clam-shell and read them the code off the inside that said when/where it was made to insure that I wasn't BS'ing them, and shipped me a whole new unit - no questions asked.

That's pretty darned good these days when most people won't give you the time of day for less than a dolly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blestsol:
You're a brave man for using that case
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] uyelikmail:
I think u must buy a protect case :):p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] heffe2001:
I've had that same experience with Otterbox, they replaced the whole thing twice for me (broken belt clip on the holster once, and the 2nd time it was the clip-point on the phone case that broke, wouldn't hold the phone in anymore unless the screen faced out). I've had mixed experience with Seidio, they replaced a case for my old Incredible when the belt clip broke, but wouldn't for my Thunderbolt when the same thing happened. That being said, I like my Seidio active & holster on my S3.

Also, don't take it for gospel that an otterbox will protect your phone from any drop, as your screen will definitely shatter in one if it hits in a particular way, I have a shattered Moto Razr here at work (3 days old even, 1.5' drop to the floor, just happened to land on something on the floor). Even with their screen cover, it's not going to take a hit to the screen and survive...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mirrin:
I like my kraken ams case more than the defender. I like that it has a substantial lip to protect my screen. Only thing I did not like was the bulk at first but I got used to it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omnia38:
That was a very long story for just a ding on the phone. Consider yourself fortunate.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraker007:
Help! what do i do now??

I tried using odin again with the stock rom from the sticked thread in development and it doesnt want to go past the samsung screen even if i reboot the phone.

I want to bring the phone back into best buy to get it replaced so i was removing the custom firmware, but now i cant get it back. Is there something else i can try now?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jethro650:
Yup...boot into recovery and clear caches if you haven't already.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraker007:
just tried.. still at samsung screen :/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jerrycoffman45:
Did you do a factory reset in recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraker007:
worked after a couple tries.. thank you both :)

mods feel free to lock
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HWOW:
i too am having problems..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] norbarb:
I wrote litte info HERE
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
Please read all,

My iPhone 5 is stupied so i sold it and i'm waiting for nokia lumia 920 to reach my country, meanwhile I took from my friend HTC hero which she bought in netherland, unlocked. There is 2 problems the screen is cracked and second I cant see hebrew on that phone which it my main language. so I rooted this phone after an hours of searching by androot. then I have triend to install hebrew font by font installer from the market. The phone rebotted and I wasn't able to see text, any text even the bottons. so i tried to remove the font and rebotted again since then my phone is stuck on the Hero screen (see picture). I was trying to get into a recovery mode but looks like there is no recovery mode in this rom, this is weird cause from the begining there was no recovery mode when im trying to get into a recover (by home and power or by adb) I get Hero screen. If i tried to get it to stock version by ruu i get a massage that I have to update the phone first by OTA something that i cant do. so i'm stuck in a very bed situation, I have to return the device soon, and im working on this for 9 hours already. sorry about sigging very importent

HTC Hero

android 2.1 update 1 rooted

No recovery screen

I cant add picture cause im a new user....
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
You should have made a backup of the stock ROM before doing anything, anyways: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Hero_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide check the installing a custom recovery part, when you have done that install Cyanogenmod 7 and you should be good to go :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
no recovery

First thank you

Still pretty much the same problem everything workes in the adb gui but when i'm trying to get into the recovery screen i see only hero logo. It's weird like there was no any recovery screen from the beginning
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Turn off your device, unplug the battery, plug it back in, press VOL-DOWN + POWER, you should get into HBOOT, from that flash stock ROM...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
fine, I'm in hboot mode but how can I flash it to stock rom from here? I've got no option on the screen just

<BACK> Fastboot mode

<SEND> Simlock

Thank you, tommorow is my deadline.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Im not entirely sure since i never done it, you need the RUU for the phone, you can get one from the interwebs or the HTC site, it's an .exe, just run it while you are in HBooT or FastBoot, again not sure and it will install stock ROM for you. Btw, it's not nice to do root a phone that is not yours unless you have the permission :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
First thank you for your answer,

Second i did tried to use ruu exe a lot of times. in many version of ruu.

It's reusat to update the rom version from 2.73.405.5 to 3.41.0.0 I choose "update" option (there is no other option) it's starting to update the phone is changing mode and then i got message which says that I have to go to setting app in my phone and update this from there.

And I request before I did it but she's new student from netherland and I dont know how she respond to the fact I destroid her phone. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
You didnt destroy it, i can still help you, go to htcdev.com and unlock your bootloader and then we can proceed to install recovery from fastboot which has to work :) BTW, you might be already S-OFF, go into HBooT and check the first line on the screen, the top, it should say something like HERO CVT ENG S-ON or S-OFF something like that, check if it says S-OFF or ON if, it's OFF skip this, if not unlock it... BTW, try to buy us some time :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
Thank you again, indeed the phone is s-on/ I'm registared to htcdev website but first they ask my to update my phone with ruu and the ruu ask me to update my phone trought the phone. when I'm skipping that step i get a very clear direction to unlock the phone. I have all the tools they are asking for and the phone is in fastboot mode/ but when I'm trying to enter the commend "fastboot oem get_identifier_token." i got error:

(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!

OKAY [ 0.008s]

finished. total time: 0.008s

or if the phone is in hboot mode the computer recognize him and i can see the first line of the three point (...)but then it's just keep thinking and nothing happened.

thank you,

Yarin
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
It's "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" not "fastboot oem get_identifier_token.", no dot :) It'd be easier if you stop by #team-legacy channel on irc.freenode.org. Teamlegacy.tk has a nice irc client if you dont have one :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
Yah i know there is no dot in the console i wish i can send you a screenshot but im a new user. I triend to switch USB port but i dont think this is the problem
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Did you tried installing a recovery using ROM Manager ???
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
i tried to use Rom manager but it's doesn't work i got a message that the phone is not complictable. Well now i cant use rom manager cause I cant open the phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Oook, are you sure that your phone is not CDMA and is it carrier specific one ??? Sorry about the stupid questions... I'll try to find a way to flash stock or something else from fastboot...

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Ok, plan X: Note. I havent done this and this is purely theoreticall.

1) Open the RUU.exe, stay at the first screen

2) Search in your temporary files on windows C:\something for rom.zip (If it fails, click one next on the RUU screen)

3) When you find it copy it to desktop or somewhere

4) Create GOLDCARD, search the forums how, never did it

5) Rename the ROM.zip to HEROIMG.zip (Note it must be big letters i think it's case sensitive)

6) Put the heroimg on the goldcard

7) Boot to HBooT (VOL DOWN + POWER)

8) When it's done reboot and hopefully enjoy your stock hero

Again this is untested, if a step fails then my theory is wrong and i'll correct it :)

EDIT. Step 4 is probably not needed, try without it first, just copy the heroimg on SD
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
Itws seems right. I did all the things you said took the rom and everything but it look like it's nothing for him. I want to try the goldcard method but according to cyanogenmod.org wiki I have to use the phone terminal emulator but I dont have him cause the phone isn't turn on.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
What happens when you try without a goldcard ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
Just nothing the phone is still not booting up and the hboot mde looks fine and I can see all the fles loaded (heroimg.zip,herodiamg.zip...)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Try this http://www.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/ to create a goldcard and then continue the process i described upthere. Now i want to get my device to that state so i can fix it, it looks fun (I know it doesnt feel that way to you..)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
created goldcard proceeding now
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard try this site, it works for me, if not send me the CID
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
ok I did it, the phone asked me if I do want to update I select "yes" but still no booting
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Hold on, it should get there... If it works write here, i want to know how it goes :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
I did proceed looks like after i update the hboot i successfully unlocked the bootloader (I got the message ***unlocked***) but still it's on s-on how can I proceed?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
Just reboot the phone, it should reboot into ROM, give it a bit since first boot is slow
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
fine I'm going now I will update you in about 2-3 hours please keep updated I want to done it today

update:

I came back after the phone was supposed to turn on after 2 hours and 20 mintues.

how can I change s-on to s-off after the bootlaoder is unlocked and get to the recovery screen?

update to the update: since I updated my rom trough hboot usb debugging is off again. as you know I dont have access to the GUI of the phone how can I turn it on trough adb? as I know usb debugging shold work trough recovery mode why is it still not recognize my device?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kemoba:
If you are unlocked and can go to recovery image, download clockworkmod http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-hero.img , copy it to your folder where your fastboot is and reboot your device to fastboot. Then type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-hero.img" and then try the HOME+POWER method to get in recovery, if you get in, flash a custom ROM like Beastsense or CM7, beast looks like stock 2.1 but is a hell of a lot faster :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yarin_sasson:
No, I don't have access to the phone trough adb cause USB debugging is now off and I don't have anyway to turn it on.

Can't I install recovery trough the gold card?