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[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recDNA:
I have both installed and they work fine. True, I cannot alter system files but since I'm unrooted I don't want to. Now if we had an unlocked bootloader and fully operational cwm recovery available from playstore that would be a different story.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roach48:
Ready to unlock your device's bootloader

is this what your talking about when you said unlocking boot loaders,are we able to root the maxxhd.

thanks

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kent1146:
The biggest advantage of rooting the stock ROM that comes with a Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD is the ability to manually de-bloat and forcibly remove all of the bloatware that Verizon has pushed onto the phone. By removing this bloatware, your phone will run much more smoothly, have improved battery life, and still be able to receive OTA (over-the-air) software updates pushed out by Verizon.

Of course, you can get similar (or better) benefits by waiting for custom ROMs to come out and become more mature. A custom ROM will frequently be de-bloated, plus add several additional enhancements to performance, usability, and features. However, going with custom ROMs will force you to rely on the developer community for support / updates to your phone software.

Over the long run, staying with the stock ROM that comes with your Droid RAZR Maxx HD will provide you with fewer enhancement options, but also be lower maintenance & headaches. In the long run, going with custom ROMs will give you vastly superior flexibility for defining exactly the user experience you want, but will require more time on your part to "tinker" with your phone (which may be desirable, for people that like to play with tech).
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealmethod:
In addition to everything that was previously mentioned, Rooting will also allow:

Ad-free browsing

Some simple themes or changes (boot animation change)

Some CPU control

Phone will be able to connect to an Ad-Hoc network
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orphee:
It is the most important thing for me ! An android phone without Adfree (or Adaway) is not a true android phone :p

Also, gain real control of your phone : Titanium Backup, root explorer, OpenVPN etc...
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealmethod:
I agree... just the benefit of not having ads is enough for me to root. I find it funny how I open apps in other people's phones and see ads I never new existed in some apps.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deino:
Well, the title pretty much says it. I changed my HBOOT (did that like a million times before) via a PB99IMG.zip, but afterwards 4ext recovery told me, that it needed to format my /system. But it couldn't. It got stuck. It's been running for like 10 minutes, when I decided to pull my battery, and try again. No joy. Tried flashing back stock HBOOT (my device says that this actually happened, it says in the boot title "Alpharev Stock"), but 4ext still can't see any partitions of the phone.

what I tried so far:

- changing HBOOT via an PB99IMG

- bootloader / clear storage

- reflashing recovery via FASTBOOT (this gives me an error: FAILED (remote: image update error)

Any ideas what am I supposed to do? I got NOTHING. Thanks for your help

HBOOT: Alpharev stock, BRAVO PVT1, S-OFF. HBOOT-6.93.1002 - 4ext recovery
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Try to do what 4ext recovery asked you to do. Format system using fastboot. I can't remember the command line for it. But you should find it just do a search.

via xda app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deino:
DEAR GOD, DO I LOVE YOU? I think I do. I don't know what the hell was up with my desire, but it's okay now. Can't believe I didn't think of this. Thank you very much. I tought it's bricked for sure. Phew.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saieedex:
HELP ME

Hi. i have the same problem . can u explain how do u do that ? please explain
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Fastboot format system
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arventaria:
Fastboot erase system
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Same thing.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spidro:
My wife has the ascend 2. just recently it started randomly trying to do a firmware update, will get stuck on the white splash screen ( not fastboot ).

it will be fully charged and not turn on. its a pain to be honest. i have to put cwm and custom roms on it every other hour.....sometimes it sticks for about a day...im utterly lost....any help or just trash the phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donthateme702:
Dont trash phone, its probably rom problem or make sure your using correct CMW for rom you install. Also. Try installing rom manager, has option to fix permissions might do the job. If not let me know i use custom rom that i can share with you and i have same phone, not any problems. Let me know!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mk8882:
Only a few hours left today :/, but Amazon's free app of the day is "Slice Ice". It seems to work well as a demonstration game with the S pen. It's like some other partition games where there are moving penguins (and other animals) and you have to cut away a percentage of the Ice to keep all the penguins together. It lets you make jagged slices as well as straight slices though :).

I'd upload screenshots but it doesnt seem to work through the xda app on the note 2 .
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcsuser:
ahm.. what can i do with this? tried to clear cache still no luck..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
what do you mean 'messaging stopped'? do you mean when you press 'send', the apk force closes?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcsuser:
I mean when i open the app :(

I try to put another conversation.apk (xperia t) still it stopped
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrickjaden:
without having to pay your first bill? Obviously I'd pay the ETF
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbtorreliob:
I ordered it on T-Mobile out of desperation bc I didnt want to wait another 3 weeks for google to get it in. Ill have it on monday and find out how much t-mobile has put their crap on the phone. Anyways when i agreed to the new contract the etf read to me over the phone was said to be up to 200 dollars. I would tell you that if you dont return the equipment they will charge you the etf and the retail price of the phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitemare3219:
What sense would it make for T-Mobile to allow you to do this? More than likely, they're going to force you to pay full price for the device as well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrickjaden:
I don't see why not, there's nothing in their terms that forbids it. I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried it
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strung:
Yes, so you'll pay $199 plus $200 ETF plus first month of service plus tax and activation fee. So it's about the same as buying it outright.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stryder5:
I got the phone through T-Mobile. I can confirm there is no T-Mobile bloatware on it. It is pure Android 4.2 goodness :D

I think it also affects your credit if you cancel the contract.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noodles2224:
phone bills doesnt count towards credit score. I would of had beautiful credit score by now :P
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tclaw:
if you cancel they charge you there full retail price
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmaserang:
My old vzw is on my credit report
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixjr:
someone on reddit did it, so i followed suit. i'll end up paying a bit more with the first month's cost, but other than that, if you sign up for it with a classic plan and not a value plan(that means you'd be paying for the device full retail or with month payments), you'll just be paying $200+$200ETF+Tax+$35 Activation+first month of service, but that not much more than you'd be paying besides, and you're getting the service, so...

I haven't actually cancelled the contract yet as i was just planning to do it online, but their website has been slow today, and it doesnt seem that i can fully access my account online yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tclaw:
well for all that 430 might just buy it outright save yourself the hassle
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebobp:
This is for the impatient I guess.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alexander DeLarge:
You guys really need to become a bit more patient. I'm one of the biggest Android enthusiasts out there and I'm without a phone because my Galaxy Nexus is being repaired but I'm still waiting despite back order status.

I hate to be a little political and tell people how they should be spending their money but if you wanted to piss it away by paying about an extra hundred dollars for a phone you can get readily on eBay for about $50 less or you know, just wait like everyone else, you could've donated that amount and saved a fair number of lives in Africa or insert other third world country.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrickjaden:
I believe that problem does not apply to me. Giving people money blindly does not guarantee that their lives will improve. Those countries need infrastructure, not money.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonwc:
No, it won't. If you pay the ETF, you've complied with the terms of the contract. It would only be reported to a credit agency if you refused to pay the ETF and they decided to send it to report you to the credit bureaus.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulver:
The only way you can cancel is by calling customer service. You can't do it online or at a T-Mobile store.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flamand:
Has anyone found a way to write data to external sd card rather than internal memory? I tried the app from the market, but it requires manually moving the data every time it changes. There are some scripts out there but I don't think humberOS kernels support them.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ToLatinKid:
So i had my Droid Bionic (Verizon) rooted a few months back. A few weeks ago, there was an update for android firmware. I went from 2.3.4 to 4.0.4 without realizing I had to un-root my phone before.

The night I updated, my battery just so happened to run out in the middle of the night (the update was done in the morning, so the update process was obviously unaffected). I woke up to AP Flashboot Flash boot error. This was temporarily fixed with me just loading the fastboot menu and selecting Normal Powerup (thanks to the help of the wonderful people on this forum :)).

But now i would like to re-root my phone, and i was wondering if it is safe to just straight-up root it with my comp. And if im not specific enough, just let me know what information i have to include.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lishron:
Samsung Galaxy S II I777 AOKP Jelly Bean

AOPK version 4.1.2 JZ054K BUILD 11.9.2012

I just put this ROM on my phone and it works Great except the built in messaging app. If someone sends me a MMS that has a picture,the picture is over the text and there is no way to read the text.

I have worked with the setting in the mms app but i am at a loss.

Thanks so much for this great OS you rock!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RatusNatus:
Did you already tried Go Messenger or something different from the default?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lishron:
I have not. I am hoping to use the default but may not be able to.

If i must use another have you any suggestions?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Yup been discussed in the thread

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zelendel:
This is a simple issue that the user can fix. Just have to decompile the apk and adjust the spacing. A search would have saved you opening a new thread.

Thread closed.

PS If you want to a 3rd party messaging app. I would suggest Handcent and to avoid Go sms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Don't lie to me this is still open!

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zelendel:
opps
[Nexus 7 Accessories] broadwayblues:
Just wanted to let people know that I bought a neat case and wanted to let other people know about it. The Flipsteady Pro for the Nexus 7 is awesome, I did a full review of the case here and we are lucky enough to have NewPencil give one away too. There is also a discount code if you catch this after the giveaway.

Anyway, I hope I am not breaking any forum rules by linking off.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Troute:
/Carlsberg voiceover - "Probably the ugliest case in the world"

Somebody posted about the iPad version of this case a few months ago, it's a shame they didn't make the N7 version look any better. It also fails at one of the most important things a case is meant to do - protect the device. The folding front cover is ingenious but even with that I can't see it generating many sales at $50 a pop.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] erica_renee:
I seen the company review this on you tube quite a while back... This to me is the ugliest cheap looking Unprotected Piece of leather and or what ever its made of..

why Put a case on the tablet at all if it provides absolutely no protection. Maybe they should call it fridge hanger/ stand. Its nor really a case is it .

I think they would have to pay me to Use one...

Sorry if this opinion is rude But i see no point in such a device. Thou some of the cases should come with a kickstand. It has that going for it..

ITS A Stand not really a case..

GLAD You like it yourself thou and nice review ..
[Nexus 7 Accessories] broadwayblues:
No big deal, sorry you didn't like it.
[Networking] Jonathanpeyton:
Thread moved, no longer relevant....
[Networking] Babydollll:
What are you even taking about?

Sent from somewhere....if I could only remember where....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] 007felix:
Hello! Is there a way to use radio Xperia S / U / P in NEO V Stock ICS (4.0.4). Since I do not really like the model that comes in the stock ICS. Many Thanks :o
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] rajth525:
Don't think so radio and camera from 2012 phones wont work in 2011 phones
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] 007felix:
Ohh that bad. Thank you. :(

Enviado desde mi MT11i usando Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] tian105:
Looks like I might be canceling my orderdue to the purple glaze effect which the Iphone5 had. As camera is a important aspecr for me.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/26791...fers_the_same_iphone_5_purple_haze/index.html

Update: yup. You guys are right. Its just a phone. And no. I dont take pictures of my food. Lol. I was expecting too much for a 300 dollar device. And no phone is perfect in every way. I do have a dslr, but I wont be carrying that with me 24/7. So sometimes you have to use your phone to freeze that perfect moment.

I was not trying to convince anybody to not get the phone. I was simply trying to get the fact out in case it does bother anyone.

My nexus will be arriving in a few days.
[Nexus 4 General] Nitemare3219:
So one image of bright lights means it's a problem huh? Jesus...
[Nexus 4 General] milkisgood123:
Your purchase or lack thereof will be sorely missed.

(dibs on this guys canceled order!!)
[Nexus 4 General] gotzaDroid:
I always thought that was the JJ Abrams light flare edition camera....
[Nexus 4 General] mrhaddan:
Crap, beat me to it!

It only says in certain lighting conditions. Not necessarily a big deal for me.
[Nexus 4 General] il buono:
This thing isn't an issue. I currently have the iPhone 5 on my sprint account and the pictures come out great with rarely any purple haze. To each his own but to not buy a phone because of this slight issue is crazy.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Venekor:
Do people use their phones for quality pictures?
[Nexus 4 General] il buono:
When people take pics of their food and coffee to upload to instagram, they expect nothing but perfection :p

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] tgyberg:
What, not a Jimi Hendrix fan?! :p
[Nexus 4 General] hervelo:
You should at least try it. If you just rely on review every time, you won't but anything. I was afraid that this phone wouldn't be a real upgrade (i had a galaxy nexus). But the hardware is really good and the reactivity of the device is just amazing.

I would consider give it a try, you can always send it back if you want to and get a refund.
[Nexus 4 General] trillo69:
Ehmmm, have you tried to photograph something different from a turned on lamp? :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] raze599:
I just tries taking a similar picture. I don't get that :/ there's just a little purple bit next to the light on the top. Look at the attachment.
[Nexus 4 General] yahyoh:
u guys using it wrong :laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] BLAQK ROXSTAR:
Finding a reason to hate the phone because you couldn't get one? Kinda bitter...
[Nexus 4 General] redbullcat:
All phone cameras get this AFAIK. It's bright lights that do it. Some do it more than others, but they all do it to some degree.
[Nexus 4 General] plmiller0905:
I don't have that issue...but if it means that much to you, then just go buy a dedicated camera and use it.
[Nexus 4 General] bustem:
Every phone has it. You just cant see it always
[Nexus 4 General] alangrig:
Bull****. Mine Galaxy nexus and previous Galaxy S2 didn't have such issues at all. Camera supposed to be premium I'm paying for high end phone class at least.
[Nexus 4 General] BakaPhoenix:
Even reflex objective suffer some purple fringing at max aperture in direct sunlight, and some of them cost more than the n4.

I don't even know why people should bother about this, just learn to move when make a photo and don't make direct light photos...
[Nexus 4 General] rbrucemtl:
Test

Ok... :rolleyes:

Stare at a bright light for 1 min without blinking... do you see a purple haze? Bright lights stress optics this is nothing new use a filter.
[Nexus 4 General] Galactic2:
are you really taking pictures of bright lamps and light fixtures? LOL.
[Nexus 4 General] Zehlek:
I'll buy it from you :D
[Nexus 4 General] mi7chy:
Drama queen much? That's minor compared to iPhone5. And, there thousands in line to claim your freed up Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] tian105:
Huh? You guys over reacting much? I was simply pointing this out as this might bother some people. I dont get all the negative comments. Why flame me when Im just trying to throw piece of information out?

I understand its your favorite phone and all. But no need to get so defensive and start flaming someone just trying to do some good of the community?

The information was not on here and indeed its an issue. So whats wrong with posting it?

Why does xda become like this?
[Nexus 4 General] drhunter:
Nonsense!

Even my dSLR can be persuaded to exhibit lens flare in the right conditions and other cameras can show fringing (chromatic aberration) on the boundary between very bright and very dark objects.

This is an unfortunate feature of the flat glass cover used in so many phones nowadays.

It's probably worsened by the scratch-proofing techniques used on smartphone lens covers.

One of the basic rules of photography is not to shoot towards bright lights as it can produce washed out looking photos.

This won't stop me buying this phone or any other.

Edit:

Op, I'm not flaming you -this is more aimed at those who see it as a deal breaker on buying the phone :)
[Nexus 4 General] Prawesome:
Is this world mad or what..You won't buy a phone just because it has a purple tint when exposed to bright light? Seriously?

No thanks for that piece of advice nate..

I got transformed into a muffin while writing this post..

This line is dedicated to OT thanks.RIP OT Thanks :(
[Nexus 4 General] icecicle:
The only think I really considered before leaving my one S was downgrading to the nexus camera cause I love taking good pics without having to carry a camera but I'll live I'm sure the nexus's camera won't be bad either at least to my expectation cause I could care less about flares that everyone's tripping on lol
[Nexus 4 General] tehrules:
I took this the other day, where's the problem, I don't see any purple haze?
[Nexus 4 General] pinkman1:
people looking for bugs/

Like there is a perfect phone.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Fahrenheit:
Seriously? Who the **** even uses a phone camera professionally????

Baffles me every time.

If you want professional quality photos, get a good camera. Some purple in select scenarios is not exactly the best reason for canceling, but hey, you have the freedom to cancel.

Make someone's day!
[Nexus 4 General] Locksmith81:
Nice picture... With HDR?
[Nexus 4 General] wngmv:
Wow.

Look at that. Anyway i took 2 pictures of light.
[Nexus 4 General] rabbit140:
Just wait when Apple will sue Google for that purple haze...
[Nexus 4 General] Wisefire:
Ha. They'll probably say it's a feature, request a patent, and then sue.
[Nexus 4 General] Serious_Beans:
No lens flare here... maybe something is wrong with their phone and Wtf who takes pictures of direct light anyway.
[Nexus 4 General] kydkupa:
I'm loving the LG mouse pad. What A Wireless do you work at?
[Nexus 4 General] itpromike:
This is a common thing with cameras in general that have a wide aperture, much less camera phones for goodness sakes. It's called lens flare and even $1500 cameras from Nikon and Canon have this issue which is why they make lens hoods to protect the lens from doing this in bright light. Hell, photoshop even has an effect you put on photos that mimics this occurrence. The reason it has been noticed more on the iPhone 5 and now on the N4 more than other phones is because these phones are one of the first phones as apposed to DSLR's to have an aperture this wide. In most occasions it makes for a much much much better quality picture but does increase the likelihood of lens flare if you don't have a lens good which again would be a symptom of any camera with wide aperture and not just a phone.
[Nexus 4 General] lokeshv:
Nexus 4 Camera Issue

Firstly, i would like to say NEXUS 4 is greatest product and

Secondly it has severe bug related to the camera. It has 8MP pixel, the predecessor(Galaxy Nexus) has 5MP and It has done better job in terms of quality.

ISSUES Found in NEXUS 4 CAMERA.

1. Quality is horrible(Grainy, flickering like problem when moving to fluorescent tube illuminated light place). The video or picture is grainy.Its WORST.Any Low end Android Mobile is better compared to NEXUS 4 camera.

2. I tried with 20MBPS hack. Quality is better increased and memory is eating. This is not the solution.

3. The color is not attractive and dull(for both video and image)

4. While panning the camera to low light place video darkens.The Galaxy Nexus was good when we consider this particular case.

4. Audio captured is very sharp with buzzing sound.
[Nexus 4 General] biffsmash:
I have to say that I wholly disagree with this. Galaxy Nexus Camera sucked great big salty ones, and that's being kind.

It was absolutely unacceptable as a camera.

The Nexus 4 takes relatively dull photo's but they can easily, and I mean easily be fixed with very small edits after they are taken. The colour reproduction of the Nexus 4, especially in HDR mode is absolutely top drawer. As for video, audio is, as it is on ALL camera phones, rubbish, but the videos are very good.

I've compared with HOX and SGS3 and the Nexus 4 camera, when used correctly, is much more true to the scene when taking photos. Both the HOX and the SGS3 over saturate the colours, although the SGS3 has some very good detail in the pics. HOX is useless, especially indoors, where the Nexus 4 with HDR rubs it into the carpet.

I find most pictures with Nexus 4 either need HDR, or small editing after the shot, and they come out excellent.

p.s. I used to hate the Nexus 4 camera, but after weeks of testing and comparing with the HOX and SGS3, have grown to love it.
[Nexus 4 General] io53:
Not going to argue if the N4 got a good or bad camera, but my N4 takes way better pictures than my GNex did. But the quality of the camera seems to vary a lot on N4s.