yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
thanks :)

if you have any requests i'll see what I can do

which version did you install?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
I installed 75% transparency, and had many fc´s.

I´ll know try 25%.

Edit: 25% transparency, fc´s too
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
75% and 25% weren't tested so IDK lol 50% didn't FC on me once also regular didn't
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
Ok, that´s the one, that I´m gonna try
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
Tell me how it goes
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
Still, Fc.

I think I´m doing something wrong.

Do I have to put together the original systemui and yours? I mean that because the one that is yours has not the capital letter I (original is systemUI, and yours, systemUi, so what I do is rename yours exactly as the original, maybe because of that?)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] destroyy:
ok, now works good ;d

i creat CWM pack ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
thanks :)

will add to first post

need to wipe anything?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
Let´s see if these works, I´ll flash the 50% transparency one and I´ll comment
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] destroyy:
no problem ;)

no need wipe ;)

---------- Post added at 12:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 PM ----------

screen:

75%:

25%:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
great! sorry I can't press thanks, will try to remember tomorrow
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
Still, fc´s, I think that I´ll reflash the original systemui.

For if it´s useful, I´ve got the Iberia Rom (the one finished in 10)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
link?

this was made for stock ics with small apps
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
what language is in the pic? you want me to translate to it to?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
Ah, with small apps? I simply got the stock rom ICS Iberia, I don´t know nothing about these things called small apps? How can I know if I´ve got that?

Thanks

And sorry, I haven´t got the link of my rom, I installed It thought Pc Companion :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
Oh the place..

did you install this ever?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1948001

if yes then you have if not then you don't

they are really cool you should get them :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] destroyy:
Polish ;d
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelalitillo:
Thanks, but it seems like I would need to install another rom (I think it because I don´t know if Stock ICS is deodexed, and it needs a deodexed rom) so by the moment I will not install that, because my Xperia U is new (I´ve got it 3 days ago) and I want fully explore it´s stock ICS rom before install mods.

Anyway thanks man, you´re great, and thanks for the link of the small apps. I promise you that if I install them, I will install your statusbarmod.

Thanks again.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
np :)

destroyy send me captions of toggles in polish with which English one it is :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] destroyy:
i send you PM

but if other users want to know :

Polish - English

Uruchom ponownie - Reboot

Wyłącz - Shutdown

Tryb samolotowy - Airplane mode

Bluetooth - Bluetooth

Jasność - Brightness

GPS - GPS

Latarka - LED flashlight

Blokada ekranu - Lockscreen

Transfer danych - Mobiledata

Internet - Network mode

Orientacja - Orientation

Wygaszanie ekranu - Screentimeout

Dźwięk - Sound

Synchronizacja - Sync

Wifi - Wifi
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
ok this is last version for this kind bug free result is pretty good :)

hope you guys enjoy it

if you want there is xperia t styled ones here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1999795
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rickkyez:
can you make a guide about how to make a backup and restore of stock systemui?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
back up: go to /system/apps

find SystemUi.apk

copy SystemUi.apk to anywhere you want on sdcard

restore:go to the location on sdcard where you put the SystemUi.apk

copy SystemUi.apk to /system/

set permissions to rw-r--r--

copy SystemUi.apk to /system/apps

reboot
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rickkyez:
50% force close @@
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
Do you have smallapps installed?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] thebrainkafka:
copy SystemUi.apk to /system/

set permissions

copy SystemUi.apk to /system/apps

reboot
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
Thanks safer method edited my post
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cokecms:
suggestion

Good work! I love it. Nevertheless I have a suggestion:

It would be fantastic if that when the toggles are on, the icons go in blue (ics/jb blue) that would be fantastic, specially in the 0% transparency one.

Can I edit the SistemUI file by myself, anyhow, to make it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
You can edit it if you give credits :)

just changing the color is simple open the SystemUi.apk in 7zip or similar extract drawable-hdpi folder replace any png's (keep res size) and when done drag the modded folder back in and you're good to go :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cokecms:
Thank you very much. It´s just that with other colour I´ll see better the toggles when they are on.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
good to know
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cokecms:
Blue MOD

I tinted the toggles on with blue colour, because I think it looks better, so I share with you all in case anyone want it.

Thanks tha author, (Me) for the work.

Download: http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/91072025/file.html
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
want me to add to op?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cokecms:
Yeah, why not?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
done, thanks is with all the rest of them :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 25scarface:
can u add brightness slider also..... :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
umm I don't know how :( sorry

anyone who can is free to do

or if you find a tut I could learn
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 25scarface:
i tried to do this....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2042553

but no sucess
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
i'll try tomorrow
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
try this http://d-h.st/poQ

backup first!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
it works

It's the 50% version
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 25scarface:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

thanks ... its working.. :) :cool:

please make 0% version also :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
not tested but should work

edit: no if it works i'll be surprised wait for update

EDIT: ok try it (attached)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 25scarface:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

working perfectly .....

a big thanks to u.... :thumbup:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
np :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Just wanted to know, if its Small Apps Compatable or NOT??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vaith:
Odp: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Is this hard to check? Before make backup...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
read the title!

"for smallapps"..

so yes it is for smallapps
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Cud u pls quote me the link to the bug free version with original transparency as original systemui... :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
I don't know what the original looks like

try the 25% version
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

This is the original one.....

Every Post Is Important To Us, Nd So The Same Is With Our Reply Back!!

Show a little appreciation when you receive help... :)

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
try this
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Now Downloading...

Can u tell something what is blue version??

Are the toggles will b in neon colour??

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
oh oops

the one I sent you looks like this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1999795

I don't have the version from this thread at the original transparencies :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Nevermind Whats on the left...

But the blue version, is working on the ryte.... :D :cool: ;)

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Can you make this one without clock and battery percentage in the statusbar and add the day of the month above the date and for peeps like me that have no small app?

Further it looks awesome:D

I and maybe more peeps appriciat it very much, please let us know

I have no small app on my xperia p;)

::..[ Pandemic Quote: Face Your Insanity !! Sent From My Neo V or Full Powered Xperia P With Dualcore !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
Those toggles aren't mine,

if Akki Da Rokstar gives permission I'll try
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Ok is cool ;)

::..[ Pandemic Quote: Face Your Insanity !! Sent From My Neo V or Full Powered Xperia P With Dualcore !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Sorry me, but the toggle doesn't even belong to me also....

Its ur version, as it was posted on ur thread only...

please report bugs and i'll try to fix

blue version http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/91072025/file.html

C ur 1st page of this thread

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Show a little appreciation when you receive help... :)

XDA MEMBER
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
sorry flashedit but systemUI gets fc
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Try to fix permissions via cwm!!! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Done that, thanks, it works good with small apps (yes i have it now) but there is still a clock and percentage in statusbar :(

Can you make one without clock and percentage?

..::[Pandemic Quote ..:: Face Your Insanity !!

Send From My Xperia P[andemic]
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] androizers:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Will try it harder and when ready, will let u know!!! :)

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Show a little appreciation when you receive help... :)

XDA MEMBER
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
Re: [XU,XP,XSola] Statusbar toggles for smallapps V1.0+ [18/11] flashable via CWM

Ok is cool mate and if possible add the day above the date also;)

..::[Pandemic Quote ..:: Face Your Insanity !!

Send From My Xperia P[andemic]
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gbn11:
Could u plz make a 50 transparent STATUS BAR with blue toggles? I really want its beauty in my screen. Thanks so much
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fjw0803:
I found bugs, when i using "Google Maps" some icon animation gps acquiring or location set by GPS is missing..u can see from my screenshots

*Statusbar toggles for smallapps from yours, but some toggles icon change by myself

*i'm sorry for my bad english
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
bad screenshot
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] abhinav.mhjn:
BRO keep up the good work... Though I dint try it on my Xperia sola but ur snapshots and all shows how much hard work u have done on it.......... Keep rocking with such work
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fjw0803:
i'm sorry for that..

*reupload screenshot or u can see my attachments
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
did you erase any icons or just replace?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fjw0803:
Just replaced toggle icons... i'm using sola stock ics .54..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lkonnos:
Do they work for Xperia P Jelly Bean???
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pandemic:
No [MENTION=5014508]lkonnos[/MENTION] !!

:::[ Pandemic ..:: JB MoonBreakers® 4 Ever !!:..

Sent From The Moon With My Xperia P !
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dotafan:
Excellent toggles! Keep up the awesome work :thumbup:

P.S. I think that smaller icons would look better considering smaller screen size of XU

I wanted to ask if resizing the pngs in the system ui would suffice or something else needs to be done too

Thanks again :thumbup:

Winter is Coming
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Me‎:
This project died months ago..

but I try to help a bit..

you could try just resizing the pngs but I'm not 100% sure that would sufice, try and report back.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dotafan:
Thanks a lot
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fjw0803:
how to fix that gps missing icon...?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] surezgz:
can u make this for xperia p jellybean 6.2.a.1.100

can u make this for xperia p jellybean 6.2.a.1.100?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] fjw0803:
No more update?
[General Topics] remuseu:
So this device is very popular in my country..it comes at 200 euros unlocked with the same specs as the HTC One S +hd display

this will be an interesting platform for some devs to develop for at least for now it should be the rooting tutorial up and maybe many wonderful things in the future. Thank you in advance :)
[General Topics] tallyforeman:
Post your request here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354
[General Topics] remuseu:
thanks
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] aminrezaya:
Hello to all I want to flash my Galaxy Y with ODIN but I have only one file .md5 I wanted to make 4 files from this one but when I start splitfus2 it says that : the application has failed to start because cygwin1.dll is not installed on your computer... pleas guide me from the first step how to install cygwin on my windows xp sp3

thank you
[Galaxy Camera General] RavenY2K3:
I'm toying with the idea of getting one of these cameras, maybe it's a bit too soon to ask but, can some of you with the camera, post some photos you've taken with it, real world photos from actual owners and not just press shots.

Not really fussed if you've used the built in apps for editing the images you post, as it will just add to the "things you can do with this device" I just want to get the opinions from actual users who have spent their hard earned cash on it and get their points of view about their experience with it, what the performance is like, how good/poor is the daily use image quality of the camera like, whether you think it was worth the £399 etc... etc....

TIA.

Swyped, from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note II
[Galaxy Camera General] robb13:
Real Photo Taken By Me

Here is a Macro:

A Rich Tone:

And a Normal:
[Galaxy Camera General] robb13:
Slow Motion Video

Here is a Slow Motion Video:

http://youtu.be/tcQtKfO16bo
[Galaxy Camera General] jednc:
Some more pictures

I took these photos this morning...

View attachment 1490612

View attachment 1490613
[Galaxy Camera General] zac68:
Interesting. Some purple camera flare in the shoot with the sun. Just like the Iphone 5 :(
[Galaxy Camera General] apprentice:
Here's a handful I took a few days ago.. (Dropbox Link)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sgjjatb3zv06ib8/_VGWEPCPiq
[Galaxy Camera General] RavenY2K3:
It all looks really good, has anyone ventured into the manual settings much?

Swyped, from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note II
[Galaxy Camera General] dano272:
Nice shots - just got my galaxy cam but don't have any paths nearly that beautiful to walk with it. Would love to see photo spheres come this device.
[Galaxy Camera General] evodon84:
I'm no photo bug but those look like some nice shots to me.

sent from SGS3 via tapatalk
[Galaxy Camera General] aliburns:
Here are 3 live videos of Gary Barlow on Monday evening. I was stood well back hence the enhanced shaking hand effect http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb4AsPYRrYlN6bcceKarcDlCtMSf_Ueui
[Galaxy Camera General] robb13:
The Moon

This a picture I shot of the moon using manual settings.
[Galaxy Camera General] RavenY2K3:
Video quality is really good, and surprisingly so is the sound.

Swyped, from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note II
[Galaxy Camera General] paulikxp:
I've bought the camera on the very first day of availability, 7th November, directly in London's Samsung flagship store at 5pm when the boxes were brought in :) I might be the first to have bought the camera officially...

However, on my Flickr account I've collected some pictures that I've made since then.

The lens is amazing, the CMOS chip not so, zooming into pictures details become just a mess of pixels. Or should I say mash?

But it's just a point-and-shooter and it does very good pictures at low light. Unless you don't zoom in too much, that is.
[Galaxy Camera General] victorator:
I know it's a bit apple and oranges but which one would you consider this one, or the Sony. I currently have 2 S3s in my household + my current phone is Note 2. Maybe that's a bit too much of the Galaxy goodness, what do you think? :)
[Galaxy Camera General] apprentice:
Haha, I sold my S3 and a Nexus 7 to help fund the purchase of a Note II and the Galaxy Camera, I considered keeping the S3 at one point, as I love Samsung's Galaxy range! So now the camera and Note II are my absolute favourite gadgets of all time ツ
[Galaxy Camera General] riki0081:
Cape Manza in Okinawa/Japan

Hello, I shoot two pictures at Cape Manza.

One is the bird with tele-mode(zoom-in), other one is the cap with wide-mode(zoom-out).

I shoot with out the tri-pod.

Thanks.

riki0081 from Japan.
[Galaxy Camera General] vmax1500:
I took these shots of the weekend at a bodybuilding show... The battery lasted for about 4 hours of very use... I was using the picpush app to stream photos to facebook as I was taking them... This is a very cool device! remove the space in the url lol

facebook dot com/media/set/?set=a.10151155433826297.435735.584311296&type=1&l=87f30869cc
[Galaxy Camera General] victorator:
After seeing lots of photos from you guys I don't think I will be getting this camera. I will go for the sony hx20 or lumix tz30 (leaning towards the lumix, although sony kills it with image stabilization and speed of operation).
[Galaxy Camera General] paulikxp:
That's your decision... but both of them are not comparable to the Galaxy Camera in my opinion as they don't come with Android/touchscreen/3G.

I think only somebody who really wants those features will buy the Galaxy not because of its picture quality, which is good but far from perfect.
[Galaxy Camera General] haenraets:
Jelly beans

:)
[HTC Desire C] htcdesirecuser:
Just got Htc Desire C (4 Gb built-in) without the Sd-Card and I'd like ask a few questions about it.

1) Why is the user available memory only 1 Gb instead of 4 Gb (built-in 4 Gb is written on the box)? What's taking 3 Gb of space?

2) This set has a lot of pre-installed apps, which most of them are useless for me. I can't uninstall but can disable them. I even did a factory reset to see if those apps disappear but they didn't so I disabled them again one by one. Is there a way to uninstall them forever?

3) How do access the user available Internal Storage (1 Gb) from my Pc so I can add some music/videos/pictures in it? Cause every time I connect it via Usb cable into my Pc then only the 95.23 Mb Phone Storage appears which is too low to add some music/videos/pictures.

4) Difference b/w Phone Storage, Internal Storage & Storage Card?

5) I've downloaded some apps which require a Sd-Card like some android media players. Why is that so, despite the fact my phone has ≃ 1 Gb of free space...

Thanks.
[HTC Desire C] srajelli:
GOOD Questions !! [But totally nOOb]

Reading ur Q seems ur r new at android

Here are ur answers :good:

1) HTC Desire C comes with 4GB of bundled internal memory but 3GB of its is allocated for the Android [ROM , System func..] dat's the reason u have to play within 1GB.

2)These are all stock app which comes preinstalled with the stock ROM if u even disabling it will not work so if u want to get rid of these apps first u need to ROOT ur Desire C and then Download ROM TOOLBOX from the market [Play store]

IF u want a GUIDE on how to root Desire C plzz visit my thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2011209

3)Since Its a new phone in market we have not got enough Dev's to work on it , I am currently trying to hack the phone to extract some amount of internal memory so plz wait till i get a result :cool:

4)Phone Storage : Its some sort of data space given to u by the phone . Just in simple words u can use this storage for anything :D

Internal Storage : There is always a Internal Storage card in every smartphone for its System data and ROM functionality :laugh:

SD cards : SD cards / Storage cards are removable external userspace for the user :good:

5) Many of the apps store there data on SD bcoz they are jst not simply allowed to use dat 1 GB of space . Sorry bro we cant do anything for it :(

IMP : For Ur interest i recommend u to refer my GUIDE from the link given above do every thing as i mentioned there ur android life will boost i guarantee :cool:

IF MY POST HAS HELPED U PLZZ PRESS THE THANKS BUTTON :good:
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Bumoza:
hello

i am going next week to USA WDC and want to buy the nexus 7 3G any1 can help me where in WDC i can find it

thanx
[Nexus 7 Accessories] UberSlackr:
WDC = Western Digital Corp ?

3G Model is only available on Google Play.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomo1971:
I am not sure this is a note 2 specific issue but I never saw it on my previous HTC one x.

I have my Facebook calendar syncing with my note 2 and there is an odd event in there that moves to the current day. Is For the biggest party ever and does not have any of my friends listed on it.

I have disabled all the old app apps from the pc interface yet it is still there.

Any ideas folks?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TxDLoaD:
I have the exact same problem. Havent found a solution yet :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomo1971:
Sorted it!

DOH!

On my PC, I had 'show declined events' unticked, so the event wasnt showing in the desktop version of the site.

So, I went to Events (on the left hand side), the cog icon next to 'Today', settings and ticked the 'show declined events'. Then the event should show in the desktop cal. Delete from there (cross on the right of the event) and then sync your android!

Happy days
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impactor:
I tried installing MIUI JB rom, but during installation of zip package, I get 'symlinks error 7'.

I did some search and it turnes out that it's probably caused by an outdated firmware on my Desire. The thing is I could not find anything about how to update a Desire firmware on this forum. There are roms, hboots, recoveries, basebands... everything, but firmwares.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
don't know where you found that information, but what does your bootloader say about your firmware anyway?

turn off your phone, hold vol down + power, type all that it says.

when you install a custom rom, you are putting a brand new firmware on it anyway, you shouldnt need to upgrade anything beforehand as you are already rooted with custom recovery.

the symlinks error is probably (though i'm not certain) due sd card partitioning. is it even partitioned, and if it is, was it done with gparted or 4ext recovery (NOT minitool or clockworkmod recovery)?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impactor:
Alpharev CM7r2

BRAVO PCT4 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-6.33.1002

MICROP-051d

Radio-5.17.05.23

SD card is partitioned with gparted:

14gb fat32

500mb ext4

200mb linux-swap (appears as ext4 in 4ext)