yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] asianmelo:
Nakaka-asar naman, nauna pa tong magka CWM than LG Optimus L7 haha (this is frustrating, this device got CWM faster than LG Optimus L7 haha)
[Android General] paulpax:
Actually I had huge help from XDA member Yuweng. I got the orig recovery.img from my Astra, sent it to him for modification to CWM and TWRP recoveries becoz he already has kitchen for that.
[Android General] paulpax:
Try it using Vista. As long as the USB drivers get installed then it will work.
[Android General] mariolouis:
Open SuperSU, Settings, Full Unroot. Finished! Pass your papers!
[Android General] van414:
Thanks for this, I hope custom roms would be available soon :D
[Android General] asianmelo:
True dat van :)

Sent from my Microwave
[Android General] john_tander:
stoc with step 7

hi everytime i use superoneclick im stock on step 7..:crying:
[Android General] paulpax:
please carefully read the first post, SUPERONECLICK is NOT used here for rooting but rather just ONE of the ways to install a compatible driver.
[Android General] asianmelo:
Is the starmobile astra a dual core cortex a9?
[Android General] paulpax:
YUP it has

Mediatek 6577 Dual Core Cortex A9 chip

Imagination technologies PowerVR SGX531 GPU (overclockable)
[Android General] asianmelo:
They say its better than having a quad core a7 processor
[Android General] paulpax:
I wouldn't know. Never held a quad core anything before. Hehe.
[Android General] reinjoy:
o yeah?

i dont think so..

how about posting your contact number that i may, sometime, talk to you op?

waiting eagerly..

;)
[Android General] farhansa:
bricked my astra help

dddddddddd
[Android General] ronjen011406:
Hi! The rooting steps worked for my Starmobile crystal but the cwm recovery didn't as my phone hangs during reboot (this is right after the starmobile logo). Any help would be immensely appreciated. Thanks!
[Android General] paulpax:
The rooting procedure will work for MTK6577 based roms. But the recovery is strictly for Astra. Better search for original recovery.img of your unit then flash it as the Astra recovery is not compatible with your phone.
[Android General] paulpax:
Actually you may have corrupted some other ROM in your crystal thats why it wont start. Suggestion on how to fix this.

1. Learn how to use SP Flash Tool.

2. Borrow another Good Working Crystal.

3. Backup the ROM from the Good Working Crystal Unit.

4. Flash the backup to your Broken Crystal Unit.
[Android General] ronjen011406:
Thank you, Sir Paul. Now I know why. ;)
[Android General] ManishGade:
Thanks

Hello paulpax :angel: I have a celkon A200 mobile which is similar to your Starmobile Astra with MTK6577 A9 dual core chipset ... actually it is rebranded and sold here in india as Celkon A200 model... So I just wish to know is the default ROM also same or is it a region specific.. will ur rooting and flashing of CWM work on my device... should i give it a try..??? it is only a month old device and under mfg. warranty.. In case something goes wrong during the process.. I do not have stock rom for my Celkon A200 to flash back.. in that case do u have Starmobile astra stock rom and will it b flashable in my device.. pl. reply .. Thanks
[Android General] paulpax:
Actually Rooting is fairly not dangerous. Its just pushing Superuser.apk to restricted area of your phone and if it cannot be done then it just fails, your phone stays the same. So if your chipset is mtk6577 and you are running ICS, then im positive this will work for you. Just the rooting. Dont do the recovery.img flashing.
[Android General] paulpax:
And nope my Astra ROM maybe wont be compatible with your phone. See if its an ALPS rebranded unit but i think it wont be compatible. Learn how to backup using SP flash tool though so you will have a backup of your phone's ROM.
[Android General] ManishGade:
Thanks.. paulpax for ur reply.. I am studying how to use SP flash tool from the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982587.. One more thing can u provide me some reliable links on how to port roms or build a new one for my device.. Thanks
[Android General] mlacson29:
did anyone try to restore their astra trough cwm from its nandroid backup? does it really functional? i mean can the cwm recovery restore your nandroid backup from it? thanks
[Android General] aurelei86:
Boot animation

can i change the boot animation after rooting the astra? pls reply anyone
[Android General] paulpax:
Yup you can.
[Android General] Shrihari007:
Any links for the astra custom roms please ?
[Android General] ojin13:
how to restoe stock rom backup

sir paulpax meron po ako na download na stock rom backup + cwm pro di ko po ma restore using cwm pano po ba mkapag restore??? thx po
[Android General] Shrihari007:
Here is the Custom rom i.e SENSE based Custom rom released for Star Mobile Astra:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2247296

Also Contains TWRP recovery...check my signature...all roms work even for STAR MOBILE ASTRA
[Android General] ojin13:
still has no tv function

thank you for the response.. i downloaded and ported the rom its really good but it still has no tv function.. thanks anyway^^ im using ur custom rom right now and i really like.. by the way sir is there a tv installer apk i can download or search in the market?? thanks:good:
[Android General] Shrihari007:
Can u say me which rom did you download? and next time please post it in the particular thread from where you downloaded the rom so others can also solve the problem...
[Android General] paulpax:
Here is the TV application

Tell me if the Custom ROM is worth installing over the original Starmobile and what are the changes and improvements. Thanks.
[Android General] Shrihari007:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2247296

Visit this page and you can know the additional features present in the rom
[Android General] mlacson29:
is there a way to revive bricked astra through sp flash tool? my astra wont restore using cwm backup and restore.. Thanks in advance..

edit: never mind, i found an update which is jellybean, i flashed it already. now my astra resurrected.. lol
[Android General] paulpax:
Yes, search and download a flashable ROM using SP Flash Tool, remove Battery of your Astra, then put it back on, then connect the USB cable to the computer then FLASH using Flash tool. Ensure that the MTK drivers have been installed or flash will not proceed as it cannot detect your device.
[Android General] jaronpatena:
Astra Stock ROM

Hello,

Does anyone have the STOCK rom for Starmobile Astra? If you have, please give me a link. Many many thanks. =)
[Android General] Shrihari007:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2326551

jellybena rom for starmobile astra
[Android General] AdamforAndroid:
Stocked with step 5 in Rooting.

Don't know if I'm stuck or it just takes time.

In Rooting step 5, it says that the phone will ask you to restore, so I choosed "Restore my data". Note : My data is not encrypted with any passwords. Then the step says, "after which it will REBOOT", but, my Astra is not rebooting :confused::rolleyes: Why? I followed the steps correctly. And the Root with Restore is stocked in "Running ..." Please Help. I don't want to brick my phone. Thanks in Advance :D
[Android General] astralgunner:
rooting

Hello devs!

I just purchased the starmobile astra, mine doesnt seem to reboot and im getting errors, ill post the screenshot as soon as i get them...
[Android General] paulpax:
To NEW starmobile ASTRA users, please NOTE the Android Version of your unit, if it says ICS or Android 4.0 or 4.0.4 then this guide will work for you. HOWEVER, starmobile has stared releasing ASTRA with JB or Jellybean that is 4.1 or 4.2 version. THIS GUIDE MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU. Be warned.
[Android General] jephimax:
Is there any MobileTV.apk for a Jelly Bean custom ROM? Since the MobileTV.apk for ICS does not work on JB, or so I tried.
[Android General] begz:
NMiaTv apk

try this tv... from cherry mobile..

TV FROM CHERRY MOBILE
[Android General] paulpax:
Starmobile has released a jellybean version for the astra, if some ASTRA users who had upgraded to JB could backup their MOBILETV.APK, then upload it here, then you can use that. I cannot give you an APK since im staying with ICS for my ASTRA because ive personalized my ASTRA with ICS a lot and dont want to do all that work again by resetting the phone and installing JB.
[Android General] jephimax:
Hopefully someone provides it. And if I may ask mate, what custom ROM are you using? Lewa? JB custom ROM seems to drain battery too fast and was hoping to fix it after battery calibration, but it does not seem so.
[Android General] paulpax:
after rooting and cwm recovery installation, i just stuck with the STOCK ICS ROM provided, i just tweaked the CPU Settings and swapped storage using my 32GB SD card, now the phone displays 32GB Internal SD and lots of apps have been installed thats why im stuck at ICS coz i dont wanna go to the procedure of downloading those apps again, and backing up data.
[Android General] jephimax:
I'll just flash to the stock JB then, extract the mobileTV.apk and then flash suvi JB custom ROM again.
[Android General] paulpax:
Correct. can you post PROS and CONS of the SUVI JB ROM. Thanks in advanve.
[Android General] yao85930101:
Thanks for sharing
[Android General] jephimax:
Okay mate, I'll try to post them later when I get home.
[Android General] jephimax:
The apk appears on the launcher drawer of the phone but seems to be the wrong one or it is not completely uploaded mate.
[Android General] jephimax:
The Suvi JB ROM is good AFAIC, no lags, no FCs so far, and pretty good overall. Can't compare to stock JB ROM for the Astra since I have not yet tried it. I'm not sure if there's a battery drain bug on the ROM, but I just calibrate the battery to avoid the problem. And one more thing, the ROM does not have the mobileTV app so you cannot use your analog TVs though I'll try later if I can upload the .apk here for others who would want to try the ROM.

BTW, here's the link to the ROM, credits for the dev. (Shrihari007) :highfive:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2404993
[Android General] paulpax:
Thank you for the info. Will try probably.
[Android General] jephimax:
Could someone deodex the mobileTV.apk for the Starmobile Astra (JB)? As I cannot do it for the moment. I'll post the file later maybe. :eek:
[Android General] jephimax:
Could someone give me the /system/framework files for the official JellyBean version ROM of the Starmobile Astra? So I could deodex the stock apps from the stock JB ROM.
[Android General] astralgunner:
rooting astra

im having this error when i run b1nary's bat file. am i doing something wrong i followed all instructions properly.:crying:
[Android General] NinjaCoool:
Try Framaroot, easiest way of rooting your Android device. :good:
[Android General] Amadeuzz:
Starmobile ENERGY issues after doing instructions on CWM.

I did the CWM method on my Starmobile ENERGY. But unfortunately, it didn't end up well. Now my ENERGY is rooted but I can't go to my stock ICS recovery mode because it has been replaced with the CWM for mt6577 that has been provided in the first page. My ENERGY has MT6575 btw. I don't have the stock recovery.img that's why I'm having problems :crying:

PLEASE HELP ME!! Starmobile owners :(

been consulting other ENERGY owners and all had the same problems with this.

I thank you all for even reading this. Sincerely, I do.
[Android General] Shrihari007:
Flash the stock Rom.....
[Android General] jephimax:
Attached is the deodexed mtv.apk / mobiletv.apk for the Starmobile Astra/Celkon A200 Jellybean Version.

Just push it to /system/app and change permissions to rw-r-r then reboot

Cheers :D
[Android General] astralgunner:
root?

i rooted my phone starmobile astra, i know its rooted because i can access root explorer and other folders previously un-accesible, lik system ... amonsgt other , but when i use GameGuardian, Gamecih , or cheat droid it says my phone is not rooted! what do i do? do i need super user? can anyone one post me a link of working apps? thank you!
[Android General] zyxel25:
its not workign after i push it to system/app after selecting scan nothing happens.
[Android General] jephimax:
Are you on 4.1 JB? That should work. Set the permissions
[Android General] astralgunner:
rooting astra

i tried frama but upon installing superSU its is saying it is not fully rooted but on frama it says it is 100% fully rooted, what to do?
[Android General] xk8r:
starmobile quest

Good day mga sir, can you help me where can I find a Custom recovery image for starmobile quest? or clockwork custom recovery?

thanks
[Android General] boykolotz:
Binary Root download

Guys do you got another link for Binary Root? I can't download it. It says Request then I got an error has occurred. I would highly appreciate guys.
[General Questions and Answers] shakram0g:
I want to replace my default music player with any other player that looks cooler what are your player suggestions & how do you think I can do it ?:confused:

- I have Mak Droid ROM installed & CWM

-I would like to have a player that is so close to the ICS's one

Thank You :highfive:
[General Questions and Answers] Shawn:
Go to the play store and install one?
[General Questions and Answers] shakram0g:
I don't have WiFi access and I want a replacement to be a default player

-Thank You for your reply
[General Questions and Answers] Shawn:
Go to play.Google.com and search for a music player you like. Post it here and I'll grab the apk for you and explain how to replace the default one.
[General Questions and Answers] shakram0g:
Thank you.Ok,let's talk about n7player :good:
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duarian:
I know I have it a little on mine. Taking a picture of it makes it look worse than it actually is.

Are we all experiencing light bleed, or did some who received their units get a bleed free device?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johno86:
Very minimal but I don't notice it whatsoever unless I'm specifically looking for it on an all black screen. Some people may have it worse than myself, but I believe a lot of people are exaggerating and/or OCD about the quality of screen light bleed. For me, it doesn't change anything other than it is -the- best screen I have ever used on a tablet.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdmark:
I don't see any on mine :)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komodo Rogue:
Maybe I'm lucky, but after thorough analysis I can safely say that my screen doesn't have any light bleed.

My only complaint with the display is the color saturation: I like to use the dimmest screen setting to save battery and my eyesight when using in dimly lit rooms (like right now), but I feel like the colors get washed out when it's at the lowest level. This is fixed when I raise the brightness up to about 5-10%. Perhaps this problem is true for all screens, but compared to my one x, it's more noticeable.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matthileo:
I've got some pretty bad light bleed in the bottom right corner (and a little on the sides as well). It's only really noticeable at high brightness on dark colors (like the black bar in the right corner LOL). I don't find it distracting unless I'm trying to watch a video that has a black letterbox.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] UchihaDareNial:
Well,mine is Xperia ion in red color because it looks more premium than black...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
White Xperia S.

Looks sexier :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hayden18:
Black Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] petrutms:
Black Xperia U & S.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] l.Urker:
Black Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spahbod:
Black S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] w3nZ:
Black Beauty Xperia Ion ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lancerfq:
Black S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] UchihaDareNial:
Looks like mamy people has purchased Xperia S,I wonder why... :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jeriku:
Been around a little longer probably.

Black Ion here.

Sent from my LT28 w MIUI
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] panchuckles:
Black XS
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Wyzco:
Black Xperia Ion here :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] OctoSXS:
White Xperia S ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mharckk:
Black XS

White X Arc S

White X Neo L
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Black XS with black Nillkin case

Black ion with white Nillkin case

Red XP with red Nillkin case

Black TL with white Nillkin case

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ TL
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dattafilthyd:
When I click on usb tethering, I get an error as at&t account not set up go to : at&t/wireless to register...

help///:confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upndwn4par:
Check the second post of the AtrICS thread.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mtf0912:
I am a high school student inchina, I want to become a Android developer, what should I do
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Guestk0024:
Hi,

If you're looking for information regarding development of ROMS, working on the actual Android operating system itself or developing hacks for the hardware, you are in the right place. XDA is an absolute goldmine of information regarding this. There are many many posts on how to cook your own ROM, how to use tools such as RSDLite and QPST; all you have to do is read inbetween the lines and dig a little deeper to understand how these tools could be used for your own purposes (retrieving/modifying Android system files for example) and you are well on your way.

If you are looking to develop Android apps and games, then take a look here and here. The reason I link to a Java Beginners site is that Android development can be done in Java, and it is a fairly good, solid language for anyone who has not previously used object orientated programming techniques or ever developed deployable applications before.

I hope this helps a little as a starting point. There is so much more I could write here but I'm not going to - as a developer, you will run into issues that people aren't going to be able to answer to you as these issues are going to be unique to you and you alone. That means you are going to have to go off and research these issues either via Google or searching online resources (such as XDA).
[General Topics] plugsmustard:
From left to right they are:

LG125

Samsung SPH-M300

Nokia 3220b (with old rogers SIM card)

Nokia 2610 b

LG Optimus LG260

Blackberry Torch 9800 (wifes)

HTC Magic 32a (rooted)

HTC Dream (rooted)

Acer Liquid MT (rooted)

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (rooted)

Post your own mass quanities of phones.

Im sure some of you devs have quite the collection.
[General Topics] Clark Joseph Kent:
Sir, wrong section...not to mention the reasoning of this thread. Try the OT sections.

Thank You and Thread Closed
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeeBv:
Just recently bought a Note 2 (GT-N7100 international version), and it's marvelous.

I just spent an hour searching this forum and can't find anything that addresses my question. It may be buried in here but never came up in my searches.

I have a bunch of OTG cables that I used with my Note 1 to read flash drives. When I plug in one of those OTG cables to my Note 2, it shows the cable being connected, but when I plug in a flash drive it doesn't show up anywhere. I tried many different flash drives with various amounts of data on them, but no joy.

I'm presuming that the Note 1 OTG cables won't work on the Note 2, but would like one of the wizards to confirm this before I include the cables in the Note 1 package that I'm getting ready to put on eBay.

Thanks in advance for any responses.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gouthama:
hey buddy it works, first time when you connect the cable and pen drive wait a minute and then restart your galaxy note 2 and then again connect the cable along with the same pen drive...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeeBv:
Genius! Worked like a champ. I never thought of that, and the Note 2 manual says nothing about that.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
There is only one samsung otg cable which works with s2, note, s3, note 2. There are hdmi adapter different for s2, note and for s3 and note2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeeBv:
I've never needed the HDMI adapter, but that's good to know.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flez1966:
you can use an old mhl/hdmi with a note2, just buy a 11pin to 5 pin adapter off ebay for $3

if you get the metal adapter you can open it and use it to get access to the other pins too for modding..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Wow, that's weird, I never had to do that. Just plugged and played first time like it always did on my S2/Note1/S3.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drgerard:
i got original samsung otg for s3/note II from ebay.. am using note 2.. i cud not read my pen drive in otg.. what am i to do.. when otg cable connected.. it says usb connected.. but its not reading the device
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeeBv:
Did you follow the instructions given above by gouthama? Worked for me.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drgerard:
ya i did.. but its not working for me.. i tried any application. i cudnt get.. but i can charge using the otg cable. help me
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeeBv:
Well, the obvious answer is that the cable is not the correct one. Was it in OEM Samsung packaging? Or did the seller claim that it works on SIII/Note 2? Lots of cables fit and will charge, but don't work for OTG because of the pin structure on the cable.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andycire:
Have you try to check if the Power Saving Mode is enable? Try to disable it because the flash drive needs power to work. This is based on my experienced with my Note 2. I cannot get it to work at first and I found the culprit is the Power Saving Mode. So when I tried to disable it, then it reads my flash drive. Hope it helps..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GabastinGer:
Pen drive filesystem

What about the disk format? I have heard that only FAT and FAT32 partition are readable from OTG and not NTFS. Is it true?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yes_:
I'm not sure whether that's right or not, but every file system should work with this app: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlor23:
I clean installed the "stable" release of CM10 the other day when it came out. My Bluetooth audio has been horrible since. The volume is really low but worse is that the quality is not good either. For phone calls it's use able but I connect it to my car and play music on it too. Needless to say, it makes the music just awful. I also use it with my Big Jambox in the house and this is awful too. I tried wired connection with the Jambox and it was great so it seems to be only Bluetooth audio. I was on CM10 night lies before flashing the stable one. I have tried clean installing the night lies that came after and still the same problem. One thing I haven't tried is clean installing the night lies before the stable version, like I had before. I just wanted to see if others are having this problem and if there is a fix for it first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] radiumX:
I am having the same problem. Is there a fix for this yet? I've been searching and found something about replacing a line in a .conf file however it was posted in gs2 forum.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cubandevil:
I got the same thing going on on mine guys ... Bluetooth messes with the sound , but for some reason its from time to time , like if i reconnect it it will work , when it wants to , I have a great system in my car , and its like if I had no base... which sucks lol!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Yeah I tried reverting the conf fine and it broke a2dp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlor23:
I just went back to the Experimental one before they released the stable and of course, the bluetooth audio is back to being good. Haven't flashed any of the nightlies since then. Anyone try the latest nightlies and see if any of them work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlDollaz:
Making a call (to any number... I called my voicemail) then hanging up will fix the quality. Hopefully there will be a fix soon.