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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4988456:
I've already answered your first question. Do you even read replies? CWM backs up everything except for a kernel. CWM backup is a complete backup of all your system files and apps with all settings and stuff. You can delete everything and then restore your phone to a perfect state with this backup.

Don't look for a CM10.1 for Arc s because there is no official CM built for this version so everything you will find is unstable half baked cluster**** of unstable ****.

Start by unlocking bootloader if its already done then go to https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/cyanogen-mod-10 and download FXP 206 for ANZU because its a codename for arc. When done go to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1508585 and read about flashing custom kernels. When flashed turn on your phone and repeatedly pres volume button to enter recovery, wipe all and then choose install zip from sdcard highlight ROM file then install and you are done.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
CWM backs up everything on your ROM including your apps and settings etc. So if you restore from CWM the backup would be exactly as where you'd left it - as in if you sent Ben 3 messages, those messages will still be there after a restore. If you're logged into your Twitter account, you'll still be logged into your Twitter account. All the accounts you've linked to will still be there including your Google account.

CWM does not backup kernel though. That is a different story.

As for CM10.1 yes it is an unstable nightly version but IMO it is good enough for daily use. CM10 would be more stable but it is entirely up to you - the installation procedure is still the same
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
thanks!

thanks for being a great help btw.

sorry for being a stupid with the replies thing, my internet has been playing up.

and

what is a a kernel and do I need to change it for cm 10 or 10.1
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
I'm sure someone can give a more in depth explanation - A kernel is like the "heart" of the phone, if you interpret it that way. It allows the ROM to run. Without the kernel the ROM will not boot.

Yep - you need a 4.2 kernel to run 4.2 ROMs. Likewise, stock-based ROMs require stock based kernels and CM based ROMs require CM based kernels. Usually the thread title states if the kernel is stock or cm based but if it doesn't look in the OP
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
right so if flash a different kernel for 10 will I need to flash another if I want to revert to my old, stock rom which if I am running ics would be 4.04 right? yes, no?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
Yup
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
is flashing a kernel just as easy as anything else

most of the instructions I have found look something like this

http://droidxda.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/romarcsjb421wipunofficial-cyanogenmod_18.html

they mention fastboot for cyanogen (what is this) and nothing about a new kernel. is that because they expect you to know it or because you don't need to?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
I'd recommend new users to use flashtool - its easier.

Extract kernel to place of your choice. Start flashtool, connect phone in fastboot mode (menu key+plug USB, do NOT switch phone on), press the lightning icon on flashtool and select fastboot mode.

Then select "select kernel to flash" there will be a pop up. Navigate to the directory with your kernel and click on it. It will flash automatically

And yes they did - it usually says flash boot.img or flash kernel. Boot.img=kernel
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
Ok so this looks good.so what If I wanted to go back onto cwm click restore and go back to my stock ice would I have to flash a new kernel and if so where would I find it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
Google "arc S .587 firmware", download the ftf file and flash using flashtool. Select lightning icon, select flashmode, select ftf file then when the prompt to connect device comes up Connect phone with USB cable + back button to enter flashmode. It includes everything, so just flash. But you've to re root as the ftf isn't pre rooted, it's really "complete stock" firmware.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
How come the kernel for cm is .img but for stock its different and how come it needs to be in flash mode not fastboot
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
.ftf is short for flashtool file. And the stock is different because it's the entire thing - it includes both the kernel and the rom. Boot.img is only the kernel.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
why would I want the kernel and the rom if ive backed up my rom and user files
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
You said you wanted to go back to stock ICS right? Unless you meant a backup of your stock ICS ROM. Is that what you mean?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
yes, if I wanted to go back to my stock Ics backup
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
Oh. Flash ics kernel and restore from cwm
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
Ok and back to the camera thing. Does ucam fix all the problems or only the reverted one. Does installing cm10 affect the camera quality
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
Yes ucam is a separate camera. You can correct the orientation to make it "not inverted". If I'm not wrong theres also a patch in the cm10.1 thread.

Yes as previously said the camera quality in cm10 is not as good
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
So which one has the best quality 10 or 10.1. Just out of interest why does t haye build decrease the quality of the camera
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
could you answer the camera question as well as this one please :) what os is cm 9.1.0 because that is stable on arc s, is it jb or ics and is there any known issues with it?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Oh god why cant you just use your mind and google this for yourself? Its not like everyone will hand you everything you need. In real life if you don't take care of something then you wont have anything. If you cant find if CM9 is JB or ICS on your own then i don't know how you are still breathing because this requires more brain than typing "is cm9 ics" in google.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
I love helpful people like you
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
If that was meant to be sarcastic then well.

I don't spoonfeed people everyday. I think I've been exceptionally nice... Honestly if you searched you'll find an answer faster. I could've told you to search but I didn't.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n64gk:
no, on a serious note, I know you have, you have been an exceptional help and so has everyone else. the reason I asked instead of googling was that I had googled I wanted to check my info was reliable as I am nervous
[HTC One S] Mr. HD:
Hi community,

I have read around quite a wile now... but I cannot find the answer.

I used to have an HTC Desire, rooted with custom roms. So I stayed with android 2.2 for a very long time. I could plug the phone in a USB on my computer(s) and drag and drop media content to the SD card that got mounted as mass storage, all fine.

Now I upgraded to an HTC One S (Snapdragon S4) and I was quite happy... Until I got the OTA update with Android 4.1.1. and Sense 4+.

My biggest complain is that USB mass storage has gone, i.e. we now need to use HTC Sync Manager to access storage. I guess USM = USB Mass Storage.

I found a lot of acronyms like MTP and PTP, no idea what it means, could not find an accurate explanation.

As for my main question:

did the USB Mass storage feature disappear because of Android 4.1 of is it HTC that blocked the whole thing forcing people to use HTC Sync Manager?

if yes, how to get it back?

if no, which custom ROM with Sense supports USB Mass Storage (i.e. Venom)?

is there any reason why not using USB Mass storage?
[HTC One S] Goatshocker:
Main questions:

1. Yes, USBMS is removed in 4.1 by HTC (and many other makers) and was replaced by MTP. MTP works without sync manager though.

2. Use an AOSP rom or go back to ICS

3. Any ICS Sense rom supports USBMS.

4. No, USBMS is superior in every single way. Why they decided to go with MTP I have no idea, and Id like to meet the retard who thought it was a good idea...

Your other option is using ADB. My Quick ADB makes it easy to transfer files etc and is roughly 5x faster than MTP (USBMS is roughly 10x faster than MTP).
[HTC One S] Mr. HD:
Hi Goatshocker,

Thank you for your super fast response.

I totally agree!

You tell me to use "an AOSP rom" I believe AOSP = Android Open Source Projet and therefore you mean any ROM in Android Dev section for my One S right?

In the case of an AOSP ROM with Android 4.1 and later with HTC Sense, how do I see if it supports USBMS? I could not find it listed in the tweaks of the amazing looking Venom Rom for instance.

Last, what do you mean by ADB? Do you mean ADB Launcher? Sorry I have about 18 month latency to the last time I flashed ROMs and was used to all that L33t talking :cowboy:

Cheers

EDIT: OK, saw the ADB Link in your signature, sorry.

EDIT#2: ok searched the Venom Threat and found that we need "TWRP and mount sd there" to use USBMS so question is answered. Apearingly no AOSP 4.1+ ROM has USBMS natively implemented, all kinds of retard over the place :p
[HTC One S] Goatshocker:
No, AOSP roms are based on the source from google. All Sense based roms are based on the HTC Official roms.

AOSP roms does not have sense (and probably will never have).

AOSP roms have USBMS - Sense-based 4.1 roms does not.
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Ya Sense base JB roms I would just go with with TWRP but if you want it like how it was on ICS then you want an AOSP's rom.
[HTC One S] PRichardson:
Thank You!!~

Thank you for the ADB Tool. I've got an HTC One with CM 10.1 on it, and going to try your tool ASAP. Meanwhile, what do you mean (above), in your reference to AOSP?

Are you saying that you need an AOSP rom to use scripts like this (rather than just the kernel with functionality)?!?

Or are you talking about mounting an external USB drive via OTA of recent ROMs, then using UMS protocol on the external (physically external) USB drive?

[sorry, just really curious, as I've actually been through many evenings in hades over this very same issue]
[HTC One S] Goatshocker:
CM10.1 is AOSP, which is short for Android Open Source Project. That means its based on the source directly from google, and not from HTC.

HTC (and others) removed the good ol' Mass Storage in 4.1 and replaced it with the useless MTP-protocol.

CM, and other AOSP roms, still uses Mass Storage.... Or did, Im really not up to date anymore...

The question in this thread was regarding mounting the device on your PC, like you normally do when you want to send stuff from the phone to the PC.

OTA is unaffected, that uses a completely different code.
[HTC One S] jeffshead:
I have an HTC EVO 4G LTE, Android 4.0.4 and it is not rooted.

When I connect via USB to the PC, a removable device does show up. The only directories in the removable device are:

- Android

- LOST.DIR

- System Volume Information

On the phone, if I switch from 'Disk drive' to 'Media Sync', then EVO shows up under portable devices on the PC and 'card' (59.4 GB) and 'phone' (9.93 GB) show up as two separate directories but only those same directories I listed above are visible in 'card'.

I get the same results with and without the attached driver being installed on the PC.

View attachment 2882124

Is it possible to access the phones SD card via USB without using any other software or rooting? I need the SD card to show up as removable storage and have access to all files when I attach it to the PC.

Maybe I'm not understanding the file structure and how the Android uses the SD card. On the phone, I used ES File Explorer to copy a song from the PC to the phone (/sdcard/music/). I have searched both 'card' and 'phone' via the PC and the file is not found. Is '/sdcard/music/' not the SD card?

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UPDATE: I think I figured it out. On the phone, I have to save everything in '/mnt/sdcard/ext_sd/..' in order to save things to the SD card. I was saving things to '/sdcard/..' and '/mnt/sdcard/..' thinking that was the SD card but presumably that's internal storage??? It's confusing because when I use ES File Explorer on the phone, I have the following:

- mnt->sdcard->ext_sd

- sdcard

- sdcard2

On the phone, when using ES File Explorer, 'mnt->sdcard->ext_sd' is empty when the phone is connected to the PC via USB with "Disk drive" selected on the phone. When I change from "Disk drive" to "Charge only", the directories in 'mnt->sdcard->ext_sd' are once again visible in ES File Explorer. Confusing for someone like me that does not understand how the phone's file system works.
[HTC One S] stanzzz23:
I am new but interested to tranfer media files to HTC one M8 avoiding the nasty htc sync manager. Without much hopes, can I find normal humans here to explain if this is doable?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodsonhaycattle:
Hello, I'm debating on replacing my Xoom WiFi I bought on launch day with a nexus 10. Would you say its a good upgrade or should I hold off for something newer. I always try to buy Google experience devices. My phone is a sprint g nex back up is a nexus s 4g. Well they faux GED.

Is there a ROM available to change out the navigation buttons and top notification bar to the old system bar with navigation keys at the left and notification tray to the right? I'm running a ROM now on the Xoom where I can switch back and forward and using the old style for going on 2 years I've gotten quite used to it and like the extra screen real estate. Maybe if not there's a ROM like team eos 4 for my Xoom. That gives low profile buttons maybe? Thanks
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberkid2002:
From someone who has done the same switch, I would personally say stick with the Xoom. Whilst the screen on the N10 is great their isnt a huge amount of other differences to make the switch worthwhile in my opinion considering the N10 is probably 2-3x what you will likely fetch for your Xoom. Also my N10 both with stock and custom ROMs crash way more than my Xoom with EOS ever did!

(Just to qualify the above i am not a tablet gamer and I believe that is where the main differences lie. If you want something to rum the latest games and look stunning doing so then go for it)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodsonhaycattle:
Thanks for the advice, I don't game much and browse the web 99% of the time and use Google docs a little for invoices and that's about it. I'll stick to what I have a little longer then and maybe pick up a used N10 in a year or so. I still have a soft spot for my ole Xoom. Its been the most reliable piece of hardware I've ever bought in my life. When I paid 600 on launch day it made me almost sick to pay that much money for something that's a novelty instead of a tool yo make money with. 2 years later if it broke today I'd say it owes me nothing.

Thanks for a realistic answer I wasn't expecting!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ady_seray:
Just slap an AOKP ROM on it and say goodbye from all the random reboots. I've had ZERO since I've installed a custom ROM.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerryatric:
I disagree. I made the jump from Xoom to N10... and performance and screen resolution have been worth it. Text is sharp where my Xoom would show a little fuzz. Battery life of the Xoom is superior though. I still kept the Xoom though... Still an awesome device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] grimloktt:
I did a search and can't find an answer. Is there any way to keep the display off when making/receiving calling through Bluetooth besides manually turning it off?
[HTC Desire S] 2easy4you:
goodevening . i need some help then . i reformat my pc and all of my htc files are gone . and i want to flash a new custom rom to my desire S . do i need to do only the adb process ? or also download that is needed on htc dev like sdk manager . btw my phone is HTC - S ON and unlocked already via htc dev and using HTC desire XS RC1 . just want to ask if the sdk manager is still needed to flash a rom .
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
You need fastboot.exe to flash kernel and adb.exe to check logs..

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] 2easy4you:
i already do the setup for fastboot and adb on windows
[HTC Desire S] suku_patel_22:
Is your phone listed when you do adb devices and fastboot devices?

Tapatalked from Desire S running Andromadus
[HTC Desire S] 2easy4you:
yes it is . btw it is fixed now :) i already flashed a new kernel and new custom rom :)

thanks for the help btw .
[HTC Desire S] superlofo:
Hello,

I've updated vipersaga. As update OTA doesn't work, I've downloaded the updates and I've installed them with recovery.

Now I've the version 2.1.1.

I've a problem : I can't access to the settings, I've a message : "The application is not installed"

What's wrong?

thanks
[HTC Desire S] superlofo:
I think I found the issue. There is only 2% free on my system partition.

I'll try to clean but I don't know what I could remove.
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
AW: [Q] viper saga 2.1

Did you do a clean install of 2.0.0 and then install the updates? Or did you flash it all over version 1?
[HTC Desire S] superlofo:
I flashed it all over version 1. Is it a problem ?
[HTC Desire S] jugg1es:
Build 2 was a fresh build, format all and reflash build 2 and the fixes up to 2.1.1

"Wit is educated insolence."

- Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
[HTC Desire S] superlofo:
[RESOLVED]

OK, thanks it works fine now.

I have an old post : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2075467

Have you got an idea ? because I still have the problem with the new version 2.1.1.

Thanks
[HTC Desire S] frrobin:
help problem in wifi when try settings for 802.1x EAP

please please help me in this regard. when try to connect a wifi network with eap the setup screen comes and vanish in sec. but the network with wep or wpa works. everything ealse working perfecrt.
[HTC Desire S] superlofo:
Sorry I can't help you about this.

I often use wifi and it works fine.

I've never used wifi with eap.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kitschki:
Soooo i had to factory reset my phone bla bla this isnt important..my problem is that i obviously lost the /data..i upgraded to jb and on ics i used a kernel called tegrak kernel. it had a special backup system via .tar files. so i got 2 files system.tegrak.tar and data.tegrak.tar. system doesnt interest me im on jb now :P but i want to restore the data but there sint a tegrak kernel for jb yet. so can i only drag and drop the files if i extraced the .tar file or can i use odin? or can anyone at least tell me where the data for contacts and messages is stored? so i can at least get my messages back :D and obviously my contacts :P
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. Drax:
I have a rooted Kindle Fire HD 8.9" running AWD-Launcher. The bottom of the screen still shows icons for search and favorites. Since I can't find any way to remove them, I'd like to at least make them useful.

For the search button, I'd like to make it launch something useful, e.g. Voice Search or maybe Dolphin Browser. The default Kindle search just isn't useful, especially given the way the web search forces you into Silk.

For the favorites button, I'm looking for an easier way to manage the entries than manually running the "Home" launcher and modifying it from there. I could actually live with that approach if it would allow me to add the Kindle reader from the Play store, but Home is set up to specifically not see that app.

Surely someone before me has been annoyed by having those vestigial buttons at the bottom! Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Katalystik:
I have been annoyed by this ever since I installed nova. That I know of, or there is no way to edit the links. One approach, and however, I would be to use button saviour pro and get rid of the navbar completely. Search for button saviour in the kindle general topic. Hope this helps.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. Drax:
Thanks Katalystik! For the benefit of others, here is what I wound up doing:

I installed Button Savior Pro as you suggested, then I hid the stock keys by adding a line to /system/build.prop that read:

qemu.hw.mainkeys=1

(See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2038452&nocache=1 for more detail)

This is even better than what I was hoping for, as it allows me to recover the full usable screen size.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] point99trash2011:
There is a way to fix the search button, freeze the kindle unified search app if you have Google search properly installed it will use that.

For favorites... your guess is as good as mine.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prokennexusa:
[Q] How to make search and favorites buttons useful? StatusBar+ - Custom Status Bar

Dr. Drax,

There is a way to make changes to the Kindle Status bars allowing you to customize to each button. Download and install these two packages on the Kindle:

1. StatusBar+ - Custom Status Bar

2. Smart Statusbar

If for some reason the changes are not as expected, move each package from /data/app to /system/app be sure to inspect the permissions: User Read Write Group: Read and Others: Read

Then to add full screen navigation to the Kindle, go to the build.prop file in /system/app and add to the end of the build.prop:

qemu.hw.mainkeys=1

Then reboot the Kindle.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
Hi guys, I have been trying tether using either wifi or bt to my galaxy s as for work perouses I had to change to bb and only have one sim
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeZero:
Anybody????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avinashsharmadxb:
Hello Xda Devlopers, yesterday i was checking out new roms for my Galaxy S GT i9000, and came across this os called FlymeOS. Looks very different. I have tried Miui, CM9/10, Joy, Meso,etc.....Mostly i do change my Rom Every 10 to 15 days.

Because i got bored of my recent rom which is MIUI V4. I wanted to try Something new so was searching on google.

And FlymeOS can be a Great Development to rom list of GT I9000 Device.

I saw development going on in GT-I9001 for FlymeOS.

So wondering to ask, if any one can start a development section for This OS, it will be a nice addition.

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevtrysmoddin:
There are ports out but from what I've read there quite buggy just Google flymeOS I9000 and there's a how to for it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avinashsharmadxb:
Tried this link " http://www.android.gs/update-galaxy-s-i9000-with-flyme-os-v1-0-5/ "and all the link are similar on every website. The problem is the OS zip file whenever i am trying to flash, it gives error in recovery with some text and GT-I9100 in most of it...so i guess that port is for S2 not S.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unbroken0:
FYI we've a nice porting now :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2355333

It's an Alpha but it's good!
[HTC Desire X] bartosss12:
Im writing because i have got problems with gameloft games ( gangstar miami,gangstar west coast, nova 2,). Games are running normal but after few minutes of playing games force close. Have anyone got this problem too ? Do you know how to play gameloft games on dx ?
[HTC Desire X] Stereo8:
Ooooohh!!!! I'm sick of gamers opening accounts on xda just to cry about their games not working!!! Is this a question for xda-developers?

No!!!! GTFO!!!

You gave us no info about your ****in' problem whatsoever... No! You just came here to moan!!!!! :banghead:
[HTC Desire X] Gnaver:
Well I thought mobile phone is made for calling and sending text messages. It's not a console. When you deciding what phone to buy (only to play game loft games) you shouldn't buy a mid range phone...