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[Xoom Accessories] troy.sev:
Need help with choose a hd dock for Xoom and Photon 4G

Need working

HDMI

USB

HD STATION is best what i found but in supported devices XOOM not present...

Some one try to use it on XOOM ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carljoe:
Hi,

Is there any MOD that disables the possibility to shut down the device when the phone is locked ? Its only for security reasons, because IMO it doesnt make any sense having something like Ceberus installed if the theif just can turn the phone off immediately after he/she steals it.

Thank you :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carljoe:
Anyone ? :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedygonzo:
This would be a great mod to see. As I also use Cerberus.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
What's the point of this mod? Someone can just hold Power Button for 10 seconds and then the device shuts off anyway. It's hard coded in the phone.

If it was any other phone with a removable battery, they can just pull the battery.

What's the point in stealing a device and then having it completely shut off?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
And on top of that, won't booting into bootloader and locking/unlocking the bootloader wipe everything anyway?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carljoe:
Well it is exactly these functions I would like to have the option to disable, because it doesnt make any sense for me having this possibility on a device that's locked.

However I must admit I didn't know that a 10 sec hold on the power button shuts down the device and is hard coded into the device. Does that mean it is impossible to disable it ?

IMO the average thief is not capable of doing this ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Im not a developer but that ten second thing is deep coded pretty deep within the phone. I'd say at boot loader level. Considering the phone doesn't have a removable battery you have to deep force the phone to shut down somehow. So in this case it would be to long press the power button.

And yes you are right on that, the average thief one who had the audacity to steal from others most likely don't know how to hack their phones. Otherwise I'd be highly impressed lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rttnpig]:
I also need this. My cerberus is pointless this way
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HB_Mosh:
Well, what is the point of having an app such as Cerberus, if said thief can just shut the phone down :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedygonzo:
Then again, the thief would have to turn on the phone at some point...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zen kun:
indeed but the more ime you have the better IMO.

and yeah would be a nice MOD, not everybody knows that pressing volume button + power will shutdown.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rizy7:
Wouldnt simply removing the sim card disable the function of these sorts of apps anyway?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unjustable:
No it doesn't. You even will get notified when the thief puts another simcard in the phone :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkhShadow:
Its not even in software, its hardware

Sent from my Jelly Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insign:
Found solution

Anyone found a solution for this? I know many people that want it...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DZeros:
A mod like:

It would not use any additional battery or resources, since the shutdown mode (where the pass has to be input) would only start after the normal 10 sec press witch is already a rare event. Then, if the pass is wrong, return to normal mode, but if it is OK -> emergency shutdown.

If someone can make a mod like that, he/she would be god. :cool:

Since only the owner can shutdown the phone in an emergency. Making Cerberus completely valid (unless a thief has a screwdriver at hand). :cowboy:

PD: Is this located on the bootloader code? I would start trying it myself, or at least investigating the issue. But if it is a HW setting, then forget everything I said.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victordal:
Imagine that...

Imagine a Nexus which needs a authorization both to shutdown, turn on airplane mode, enter recovery or even enter download mode (where you use that LG Flash Tool).

That would simplify the whole process of tracking.

Bonus: and what about the Location settings....if you turn off location..."Android Device Manager" stop working...instead off temporarily bypass this setting.
[Off-topic] Jarmezrocks:
I doubt this is going to generate the response of anyone with an attention span that's greater than the length of my post.

For reference: This includes all dev tools besides linux it's self. This includes 3 devices, all Samsung. Galaxy S1, Galaxy S2 and now Galaxy S3.

This includes stable builds not builds I have released. This spans 5 versions of Android
[Off-topic] deathnotice01:
this thread has bamboozled me,

i'm curious to read the whole eyestraining paragraph,

but as i read further my mind explodes,
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
That'd have been a lot less taxing if it was written in proper English... Now my head hurts. *ouch*

Can't you simply copy all of it to a backup external drive? To free up some space?
[Off-topic] AtoZ0to9:
TL;dr... son, it's called puberty... just sit back and let nature do it's thing...
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
Lol.
[Off-topic] veeman:
Holy mother of TL;DR's.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Eclair and Froyo weren't that long ago. Anybody who owned a GS1 used both.

There's really no reason to be holding onto older Android versions. You're not going to use them and the source code is available should you ever want it. Software doesn't become "collectible" since it's not a tangible thing.

Also whoring isn't even appropriate in this context. More like hoarding.
[Off-topic] AtoZ0to9:
I'll go ahead and indulge the OP... long long time ago... back in the 386, 9600baud modem days, I too, was all about organization on my puter... I had directory trees and everything... Would even go so far as to decide should a word be capitalized or not... Then my balls dropped, and suddenly such things became trivial... I was no longer worried about a cluttered root C:\ folder, or extra lines in the autoexec.bat... Hope everything works out for you!
[Off-topic] stamatis:
im gonna answer your question at the title because i just didnt read your post -__-

Am I weird or is this normal?

you are weird.
[Off-topic] Thats OK:
I can relate a little to hoarding software...

Ended up just deleting saves and grinding up old discs.

Never gave that stuff a second thought after it was gone.
[Off-topic] Jarmezrocks:
Feel better i have gone on a mass deletion rampage. Goodbye old ROM versions.

Oh and sorry for yesterday. You kind of caught me on a high as my medication kicked in. I apologise. I have narcolepsy, and I am given amphetamines to stay awake.

Already doesn't help that I can type at blazing speeds let alone being supercharged. Picture Hammy from that cartoon movie 'Over The Hedge' (after an energy drink). That's me some days :D....I can just never tell? I could've taken a left down struggle street and none of my medication is working for me, then like 4-6 hours later the meds from morning, lunch and afternoon all kick in at once and I am riding the outter lane of the Autobahn.

You guys wore the brunt of my med posting. Please disregard....I now have a moment of clarity (I get them sometimes too).
[HTC One S] nozzla:
Is it possible to get the persistant search bar on HTC sense .4+?
[HTC One S] hunabku:
why would you need that since there is google now. Long press home button and search away.
[HTC One S] nozzla:
Didn't realise it did that now. Cheers. Close thread eds.
[General Questions and Answers] LiorEfi:
hi every1.

(first thread - be kind ;) )

i have a friend who just bought non brand android phone, looks like iphone from the outside, from china (i hate him for that lol)

it's running an android GB (2.3) with iphone theme (to match its outside looks)

i wanna upgrade the OS to ICS or JB.

although i'm a pretty 'techi' guy i don't have the slightest idea about ROMs \ Flashing \ cooking etc.

because it's non brand i couldn't find the proper place in the forum to ask this question.

the Android Dev and Hacking forum looks like it's not for noobs...

maybe General discussion > General ?

where can i ask this? in what part of the forum?

(haven't attached any link to the on-line store or uploaded any photo 'cause i'm not sure this is the place to ask the Q.)

thanks in advance for any help.
[General Questions and Answers] brianmillar9:
You can install apps that will root the phone. Everyone has different experiences I used Universal Androot and it worked perfectly but thats not to say that it wouldn't brick your device. Anyway once you root the phone the next step is to set up superuser permissions to allow apps superuser access to the linux kernel. After you install superuser app get Rom Manger and connect yourself to a wifi network. You can install clockworkmod through rom manager into your phone's recovery partition. Once that's done put a custom rom on the sd card as a .zip file. then install an app called terminal emulator. open the terminal and type "su"... click allow superuser... then type "reboot recovery"... the phone will switch off and come back on in clockworkmod... select the zip to install and enjoy! *I am not responsible if you brick it*
[General Questions and Answers] LiorEfi:
costum rom

hi,

thanks so much for replying.

one small question: can you recommend one the custom roms?

i see too many roms and build numbers, will glad to get an educated suggestion or guess to whats generic enough

not to brick the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] brianmillar9:
It depends on the device. If you can find a CyanogenMod 7.2 port for it somewhere I would recommend that.
[General Questions and Answers] icenight89:
If u can find out details and the specs (chipset, etc) u maybe able to find another Chinese clone that's identical that has ROM development for it

Search for different apps that'll give u this info, also try generic rooting tools
[Galaxy Camera Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mancuk29:
Just been to look at the galaxy camera before I part with my hard earned dosh

I want to remote to the camera from my note 2 as I do wedding photography and want to set the camera up at the back of the church when im at the front with my slr

The Samsung staff said sammys remote software should work but we couldn't get it to connect ... had anyone found a way ?

I can view pic on wifi direct but that's after the pic has taken

Cheers
[Galaxy Camera Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leies:
You can use Teamviewer QS, install this in Galaxy Camera

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamviewer.quicksupport.market.samsung

Install TeamViewer for Remote Control in Note 2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamviewer.teamviewer.market.mobile

Then Launch in Camera, Type the number in Note 2, you may control ur camera right now. Of course you need data connection (wifi/3g) . I tried it works. but the camera in note 2 screen will be a bit large, u cant view the whole preview (need scroll) , better make sure the position of camera is right. hope this help.
[Galaxy Camera Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apprentice:
Thanks, this kind of works but the sessions time out too quickly and the cursor idea is fiddly. I use a free app called 'Camera Remote' on the Play Store. Again there are a few instability problems but until the official Samsung Remote app becomes compatible then it's the best we can do.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
This is only for the

official

CM 10.1​

CM Roms are already light weight Roms compared to stock Crapsung firmwares but still I find some of the apps unnecessary for me.

So I made this CWMR flashable zip to remove unnecessary apps.

I could have made a custom GAPPS zip but there are some apps that come from CM Nightly that I don't need. So instead of downloading the nightly and deleting the apps, I flash the Nightly as it is then flash my zip to remove these apps.

Apps Removed

Apollo

Browser

Calendar

Email

Exchange

CMWallpapers

Galaxy4

Gmail

GmsCore

HoloSpiralWallpapers

LiveWallpapers

MagicSmokeWallpapers

NoiseField

PhaseBeam

PhoneSky

QuickSearchBox

Stk

Talkback

TVOut

VisualizationWallpapers

VideoEditor

VoiceDialer

Why did I remove Google Play (PhoneSky.apk) and Google Play Services (GmsCore.apk) ?

Because my zip will install the latest version of both.

Instructions (make sure you are on a safe kernel) :

For Full Wife

Boot into recovery

Factory reset

Flash Official CM 10.1

Flash GAPPS 12/12/12

Factory Reset

Flash SuperSU (to avoid root issues)

Mount System

Flash my Test.zip

Reboob

To Upgrade

Flash CM 10 zip

Mount System

Flash my Test.zip

Wipe cache and dalvic cache

Reboob

If you do not want to remove some of the apps listed above, edit updater-script yourself!

Feedbacks are welcome.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vasiaeva:
Why do you remove browser??

Is there a way I could edit script to manag apps I'd like to remove or add??

Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zylor:
Use notepad++ to edit updater-script :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] howard bamber:
Gets to there point you may as well have a dumb phone if you are going to lobotomize it!!

From box 13......
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Funny. :laugh:

I don't use stock browser and calendar.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
And you can download Gmail, Google Search and Talkback from the play store, thats what I did.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mahler47:
Need to mount system

Thanks for the idea. This is useful.

However, for this to work (at least on my devices), I think you will need to mount /system in your updater-script. Without it, the script won't work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
You can manually mount system.

I'll update the zip this weekend with new updater script that uses busybox.
[HTC Inspire 4G] t4duzan:
I'm sure I haven't bricked this phone, because in the process of rooting it, it will eventually say it's S-OFF. But after getting to that point, I can choose Recovery in CWM and when it gets to the white screen with the green HTC logo, after about 4 seconds, it will fade to black. This has happened to 2 phones I've rooted. Luckily mine worked like a charm, but after the last 2...I'm afraid to root another one. Does this sound like a bad memory card, or maybe it's not a gold card? I've searched around and couldn't find an answer, so maybe someone here at XDA has experienced this problem and has an answer.

TIA
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
I quite don't get that....you can choose recovery in CWM?? what does that is supposed to mean? CWM is a custom recovery. I guess that you are probably refering to hboot. Anyway, if you are S-OFF, then you might not have a recovery installed, so flash a new one (use the guide in my signature or look for post # 7 in the Ace Think Tank in the general section of the Desire HD forum)

Make sure first that you are S-OFF for certain, if you are not, then you won't be able to flash anything at all. Then, try re running the Hack Kit again from the white splash screen as the manual tells you to.
[HTC Inspire 4G] t4duzan:
Yes, I guess I did mean hboot. In the process of Recovery is when it will fail and there is a ROM loaded for it to recover from on the SD card. Is it possibly because it is looking for the clockworkmod/backup folder and there is not one? I just realized that maybe I can copy a backup from my phone (we have the same exact phone) and place in there if it's possible. I don't have access to the phone now, as it is a friends. Also, if it fades out at the white HTC logo and just gets hung up, there is no way to re-run the Hack Kit is there?

Thanks for the help glevitan, as you've helped me before and I HAVE downloaded your Ultimate Hack Guide and keep it on my phone for reference.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Just a question, are you sure that the phone is S-OFF? or has an unlocked bootlaoder? In either way you can flash recovery again from fastboot and then a custom rom again.

If you need help, I can lend you a hand via teamviewer..just let me know. :good:
[HTC Inspire 4G] t4duzan:
I'm going by after work to pick up the phone and will work on it this weekend. Thanks for the offer of help too. I'll post back with how this turns out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
ok. Good luck!
[HTC Inspire 4G] t4duzan:
Ok glevitan, I believe the problem might be in the PD98IMG.zip that's on the root of my SD card. I noticed when the phone booted into hboot, it would display that the image file was wrong, or something to that effect and then would force an update, which would load the HTC spashscreen and then ultimately fade out. I figured it had a bad PD98IMG.zip file, so I found the original aahk-13012012.zip and extracted the PD98IMG.zip from there and overwrote the one in the root. It didn't work. A different story...I noticed on my Inspire 4G (working correctly, but hboot had same error, even though I could load recovery from there) that it wasn't finding the correct image either. I copied over the PD98IMG.zip onto my phone and now both phones are now fading out on the HTC splashscreen after about 4 seconds. This tells me that it's in the SD card, right? If so, any suggestions? Both phones were rooted using this version of aahk.

Edit: Also, with this new PD98IMG.zip image, hboot will go into the process of parsing for

[1] boot

[2] recovery

[3] radio_v2

Once this is done, I push Power to reboot and that's when I get the failure in the HTC splashscreen.

Edit: I noticed in the PD98IMG.zip there was no md5 file, so I stuck one in there and got my phone working (which is not the one with the original issue started in this thread) and was able to restore a nandroid backup. I put this same SD card in the original damaged phone and it didn't restore like mine did. I still think it's an SD card issue causing the HTC splashscreen fadeout, but don't know where to go know.

Also, my PD98IMG.zip only has a recovery.img and a recovery.md5 file in it. I noticed that the original aahk PD98IMG.zip has those along with a boot.img and a radio.img. Should those be in the PD98IMG.zip? I know this post was edited twice and is very jumbled, so if you can make sense of it and offer solutions, much obliged.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Ok, I quite don't get much...sorry, but that version of the Hack Kit is old, so use the lastest one: http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=74

But again, I don't still get if the phone is S-OFF or not. If you are S-OFF there is no need to do all that process. Even, you can flash a RUU without using the PD98IMG way if you suspect that the sdcard is messed.

You can flash it over fastboot.... Anyway, you will have to flash this RUU (which is the gingerbread update 2.3.3 version of ATT. the lastest one, if you are not S-OFF will make things a bit harder for you to run the hack kit later): http://https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30674730/RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_Cingular_US_2.47.502.7_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_200368_signed.exe

Put the phone in fastboot usb (when in hboot, plug the phone and it should read fastboot usb in red, if not, just press power button to toggle to fastboot). Then, just run that .exe file and it should flash...
[HTC Inspire 4G] t4duzan:
Sorry, I thought I had said I was S-OFF. I can get my phone to be fastboot usb when hooked up with a usb in hboot, but can't reflash aahk or anything computer related. It just doesn't seem to recognize anything on the PC.

Edit: And I apologize glevitan, I've searched and found a couple of threads related to the black screen after the HTC logo, so I know you guys have helped and explained this numerous times before. I just couldn't get any of the suggestions from those threads to work out. Thanks for any help you may input.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 13lack13ox:
I was having a similar problem, I'm not too sure if it relates to what your experiencing. But I was trying to gain s-off my hboot was in fact unlocked but was still s-on. I was reading around and flashed a few boot.img with fast boot. I had that problem where htc screen would show then fade to black, and then stay black.

What I did was (I had installed recovery pretty early on) I did a factory reset in recovery then went to restore. Prior to this thank god I had transfered my nandroids to the pc b4 flashing new boot.img(s) then flashed the boot.img from the nandroid I just restored. All was well back into stock. I then found the insecure boot.img to use for aahk, flashed that in fastboot and relocked hboot. Reran aahk in linux. Got me to S-OFF with unlock.

If you need a fairly stock nandroid I can provide one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Ok, you need to reflash the RUU I posted above....you just need to flash that from fastboot usb. If you can't do it, Then you need to flash it manually. Just let me know and I can lend you a hand over teamviewer. When you get the phone back, then you run the hack kit.
[HTC Inspire 4G] t4duzan:
glevitan, you're awesome. I restored the phone by running the RUU executable and reran the aahk and am now fully rooted. Both times I got the black screen on this phone previously was on the same PC, but this time I ran aahk on my PC and it ran correctly. I sincerely appreciate your help in helping me to achieve root for this phone. Hopefully this thread helps someone in the future.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jimmyport:
Can you or anyone do step by step on how too root the HTC inspire? From step one an not for get anything even if its an hour long video? Anything would help. I'm new with the HTC inspire. It seems that I can't root it at all. I'm not saying I can't root phones I rooted a lot. I have done the HTC Evo sprint the HTC amaze tmobile I have done three galaxy s2's the sprint the boost an the straight talk an many more. But this HTC inspire has me at a "STOP" noting seems too work at all. Please Help Me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bananagranola:
What have you tried? AAHK is the only real option. There is a very clear guide over at the Ace Think Tank post #7, linked in my signature.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Besides what bananagranola said, you need to know that video tutorials suck. They skip important details and that, will probably get you stuck. Read the guide adviced, and the hack kit site (got the link in the Ace Think Tank Thread)...that is all you need to know.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jimmyport:
I have tryed the Aahk. My problem is when it ask me to downgrade ruu an all that. All my phone dose when I run the aahk I push 1 an then it ask too downgrade so i put y then something about the ruu an I put y then it says pushing the 9 something file. ( sorry I'm not home on my computer ) so I'm not 100% on what it is saying. But then my phone boots to Hboot dose its thank. Then says bad image. I have done this a lot of times with the aahk. I even tock the s-on off an on. Is there a way that someone can jump into my computer an do this?

---------- Post added at 10:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 AM ----------

I wish they would do a video an not skip anything at all. That would be really nice. I fill like there is stuff I'm missing. Dose anyone know off there heads what all needs too be downloade? I have the aahk an drivers. I did everything I been reading the fing manual. I have a ROM an gapps ready too go. Just need too root the phone so I can run the rom.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
Try using a different sdcard. If the RUU image is not being read, that is probably due to a bad sdcard. It is corrupted to work as a goldcard but fine for usual day use.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jimmyport:
I have. I have had 4 of them now. Two 2 gigs one 36gig an one 8 gig. New I paid for them an a new USB cored fast data cable for the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] glevitan:
2gb is enough...don't use another cable but the oem one that came with the phone. Anyway, that seems to be a sdcard issue. Try with another one and then report back.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jimmyport:
I will go buy one more. But I Dont thank its that. An why not use a fast data cored for my phone?