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[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
Go into settings and go to about, software info. And look at the software number. If it is 1.15 you can root, but if it is 2.04 you can't.
[HTC Droid DNA] sprintrjm:
re

2.04 = sad face.

shoot.. mainly wanted to root to do the free wifi tethering..

s4 might be in my future then.
[HTC Droid DNA] dwc2134:
Last I heard unlock and root were coming along slowly and surely to the 2.04 update. Depends how long you can hold out, I suppose.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] denz@:
Hi guys,

i know that this question been asked already but being not so smart :confused: would like to ask first before doing anything..

Running CM10 FX210 on xperia s at the moment everything seems fine pretty much it's just battery seems similar to official ISC ..main reason for using custom rom was to improve battery..now I've been reading that there's few other kernels you can flash in recovery with better battery life..problem is which one i dare to use..some people getting stuck on bootloops after flashing ...also people suggesting that should stay away from custom roms such as CM because they use more of battery since they preform really good..maybe I shold try any stock rom?Any suggestions?

appreciate any response on this silly questions...:D

p.s. so my point just need rom or kernel for cm10 with good battery life...no need for playing games or to be superfast etc...:silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
The only custom kernel for CM10 I think is Nova... It should be better than stock but... The best is relative. At the first 4 versions of KA kernel, for example, most people loved it, phone was way better, but mine never liked it... So it wasn't the best FOR ME.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] denz@:
thanks for reply mate..

I'm trying to download latest which is NovaKernel-nozomi-1.6.zip but it doesn't want to start download..any mirror link for this?

Should i go for latest or read somewhere that 007 version is the best battery friendly but seems way to old to 1.6?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] denz@:
one more question..

How to install stock rom over CM10 in my case? Do I have to use flash tool as well just put zip on phone and flash it?:confused:

thank you...:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 18lama:
Go ahead with nova 1.6, it was giving me great battery life on aokp ROM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RazorMC:
Using the stock CM10 kernel. Battery life is much better than stock ROM / Kernel.

I use WiFi only when needed, 3G is off and brightness is 50%. Don't use much CPU except for a handful of widgets.

Will try Nova too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SilentEYE:
I would recommend you the Nova Kernel

Switch your governour to "intellidemand".

I got appx 3 days with 4-5 hours screen time, by using 2G when screen is off and flight moder over night for 6 hours.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chill-X:
I can recommend Nova and KA as any othes of you, too =)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Scr@tchy:
So Nova is the best .
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
Hi Peeps. Appreciate any help here.

Recently got 02 faulty Desire HD from someone. No idea what he did. One of it has a bootloop, while the other is just stuck on the HTC logo. I will just concentrate my problem on the device with the bootloop as it seems to have a higher chance of recovering.

Was able to boot to HBoot and shows me this screen. I will type it out as I have no access to camera for now.

*** UNLOCKED ***

ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.00.0030

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.17.14.11_M

EMMC-BOOT

FEB 20 2012, 16:03:18

Tried to flash stock rom, cannot. Go to recovery, goes back to bootloop. Factory Reset, goes back to bootloop. Is there anyone to revive this phone?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semi-noob:
Can u flash stock roms that's in one file .exe (RUU i think)? Boot into Hboot, plug usb cable and run the rom installer
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
That's what I did. It could not complete the update.

RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_R_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_233505_signed

This is the rom that I used...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramdesai:
You are s-on. You have to flash the boot.img using fastboot after installing the rom.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Have you fastboot flashed a recovery?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
Firstly. is there anything to make it S-OFF? Couldn't find a method that works. Most of it I found requires to boot into Android which is impossible for my case.

Also tried to put PD98IMG.zip in SD card to flash it, but give CID incorrect error.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
Tried to flash recovery but status failed... :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Knowing what the error was would be helpful. Of you want S-Off you need to relock and do it manually.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
actually what really matters to me is that I can get it working to stock rom. Rooting can be done later... but I cant even get it flashed to stock rom!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Did it give an error when you tried?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
I will try my best to explain cause I have no idea what's happening...

1. used fastboot using CMD to flash CWM to recovery. Error: signature verify fail.

2. Tried RUU.exe to flash. Simply says the update could not be completed.

Is there any thing I could do with Hboot or Fastboot that could revive the phone? I think I tried almost all methods... unless there is other ways that I have not tried...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Are you unlocked? Exactly what command did you use to flash? Are you drivers properly installed (HTC Sync with phone unplugged)? Did you flash from the folder containing your recovery.img?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yagami34:
1. I'm on s-on. Does it matters?

2. Bootloader should be unlocked after flashing the unlock.bin from htcdev.com. I saw the *** UNLOCK *** when I go into HBOOT.

3. Command I used was *fastboot flash recovery recover.img*. The recover.img is actually the CWM recovery.

4. HTC Sync is installed.

4. Yes i did. It gave me FAILED status. Error: Signature verify error.

I will try to snapshot whatever process I did to make my explanation clearer later part of the day.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Make sure the file name is correct of the recovery.img file

Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
Signature check is failing or the .img file is flaw (try downloading again) or your bootloader is not unlocked in its whole. That happens from time to time. Try using this recovery image (touch CWM):

http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.5-ace.img
[General Questions and Answers] Festivale26:
I have never rooted a phone, and want to do it right and not end up with a bricked cellphone. I have done a search and not found any answers to this. I just bought a used SE Xperia X10a so I can root it. I want to learn how to root on this phone so that when I feel I know what I am doing and the warranty is finished, I will then root my Samsung Galaxy S3.

Can anyone tell me where I will find instructions/software files to root the SE Xperia X10a? I have looked at the videos on YouTube and none of them seemed to quite 'fit'.

Thanks

Cathy
[General Questions and Answers] droidbits:
Hi there mate!

Here you go: http://www.xperiax10.net/2011/09/08/root-your-gingerbread-xperia-x10-tutorial/ This link promotes XDA so go with it and don't worry about not having the X10(a) for it will work the same.

Let me know how it went for you and remember...

nobody takes any responsability for what you do to your phone

. Enjoy!

Oh and don't forget to

click

on THANKS.
[General Questions and Answers] aisyahelzahra:
It's easy... Don't worry to brick your phone while rooting. But everything is your own risk :)

As my experience said, we'll not facing soft nor brick when we try rooting it.. It is different with flashing ROM or font etc..

Just try it! :)

Sent from my Xperia mini pro, Asri Aisyah El Zahra
[General Questions and Answers] aisyahelzahra:
Is it solved?

Sent from my Xperia mini pro, Asri Aisyah El Zahra
[General Questions and Answers] Festivale26:
Sorry, working 12 hour shifts and don't have time to try yet. Off starting Wednesday and will try then. I will update after I have done so. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] droidbits:
Hi again mate!

Here to help anytime don't forget.

Catch ya later!
[General Questions and Answers] Festivale26:
I want to try doing this today, however since putting my sim card in this X10 phone it boots up, shows the Sony Ericsson logo, then the Rogers logo, and then turns off automatically. From my research into this, it's a battery problem. I ordered one off ebay last Thursday night, but it was also coming from Ontario (same as me) so I hope to get it soon.

2 questions:

1. Should I wait til I get the new OEM battery and have fully charged it to root?

2. I have read the instructions for rooting and I do not see any reference to SU SuperUser. Is this something I just download and install from the Play store after rooting, or is BusyBox the same thing? I don't think so after looking up BusyBox, as the explanation I read online said it was something to do with being able to use Linux commands. I have not used Linux before. My main computer is a mac, but I will have to use my POC Windows Vista Dell PC to do the rooting I imagine.

Thanks!

UPDATE: I decided to go ahead and try it anyway after making sure the battery such as it is was fully charged. Unfortunately after I start Flashtool and begin I hold the back button on the phone plug in with usb and I get a message over and over again to install drivers for my phone. I tried then to get the pc to do this by starting phone and plugging in, but then after when I tried Flashtool again, I get the same message.

Is there not a way I can root my phone on my mac? AND, do I need the SIM card in it for rooting?
[General Questions and Answers] Festivale26:
SUCCESS!!

The instructions were very easy to follow. After I tried it again today it worked. Not sure what I did that was different from the other day. But anyway, it worked today. Great now to play with my rooted phone....

Thanks to all who helped!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bijoytsamuel:
Hi, Can anyone help to root my Defy plus to any other version. My current version is as follows

Model No MB526

Andriod Version 2.3.6

Please help

Thanks in advance

Bijoy
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z3ro-grav1ty:
Hey there.

Firstly go into your phone settings and scroll right to the bottom where it says 'About Phone'. Then scroll right to the bottom and it'll have a really long thing, something like DFP-xxx etc.

Now if your yours says DFP-231, DFP-188 or DFP-2311 then you have a bootloader 7 (or BL7) DEFY+

If so... follow the instructions in my signature (under 'Rooted') and find all the files you need in my signature as well (under 'these files')
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ahmedateeq:
Hi everyone,

I have a strange issue with my new imate ppc phone. The MMS client is very, very slow. It sends and receive fine, but its so slow when its listing the messages in the inbox. Its fine when the phone doesn’t have any contacts saved in it. I tried it with no contacts in the phone and it seems to work fine, but when I sync my contacts (over 300 contacts) it become so slow in listing the messages and also in composing and sending new ones. It looks like the problem is with checking the contacts database to assign the sender names to the new received mms. Is anyone having the same problem? Any suggestion?????

Thanks and best regards,
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] anitgandhi:
This is mostly at devs or people who are familiar with such things.

I want to get into development. call it being inspired by the other devs on this forum or in general, but yeah i wanna atleast try to get involved. i'm following various threads and xda university, and i think i'll manage, considering i'm familiar with programming. i guess my main questions are:

will i need knowledge of C++ specifically, or can i make do with java and C?

can i do it on windows? i know, linux is the best here. and i can understand why. if i absolutely have to, i'll do it on linux, i have ubuntu already installed anyway. but Git has a windows program. i can code in Windows. i guess it would come down to how would i compile on windows?

once i do get familiar, i'm planning on just pulling off of xmc/scverhagen/silverL/tbalden's stuff, and going from there.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
You will have to be on Linux (suggested) or Mac because you can't compile on windows. Also it depends what you plan on getting into...building roms or porting devices/kernels (through source). If you plan on building roms then go learn Java, if you plan on porting devices then go learn C++

What I did was I learned a little of both so that I could do anything I want :P
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] anitgandhi:
gotchya. yeah i know java and i'm currently learning C, will be much better at it by the end of the semester. i'd like to build from source, and eventually start making changes to ROMs myself...and yeah that's what i figured, windows isn't great for compiling things :P
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] demkantor:
I've been playing with android for a few years now, my best advice is to learn many small things first. Learn to do things that have all ready been done, learn to use fastboot and adb like fluently, learn to make flashable zips, learn to port ROMs that have been ported already. No need to release any of this to the public (at least I don't as if its not an improvement why bother)

Open up software and firmware and compare codes, see how things run, look for differences, and above all read, then read some more. Android is blessed with having tons of tutorials and mostly for noobs, you'll find its easy to get to get the hang of the basics with minimal coding knowledge in any language.

So really my advice is to jump in and start even if clueless, just start small and then work your way to build original work, you'll see its not too scary.

Let me dig up a link, probably the best advice I ever read....

OK HERES THE ADVICE FROM SOME ONE IM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD OF
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
Yes I am a noob, but a noob in need of help.

I recently decided to root my Acer Iconia a500 16gb WIFI version, running on stock ICS. I realised i had to unlock my bootloader to install CWM etc. So I followed a tutorial, and used blackthund3rs A500 APX Flash Utility v0.4. I used the flash package "Skrilax_CZ's bootloader V8".

So I thought all was going well, however when rebooting it, it just sits on "Skrilax_CZ's bootloader V8: Booting primary kernel image". I'm assuming its bricked, as it doesn't go beyond this point. I can get a few other options by doing the "PWR+VOL" combination and it opens boot-menu mode with the options:

-Reboot

-Fastboot Mode

-Boot Primary Kernel Image

-Boot Secondary Kernel Image

-Boot Recovery

-Set Boot secondary Kernel Image

-Set debug mode off/on

-Wipe Cache

The only option that does the slytest thing is putting it in fastboot mode. When putting it in this mode, it registers in "A500MANAGER" (when connected to my pc via USB) as the device being in fastboot mode. But I dont know what to do from there.

I've looked at multiple threads and cant find anything to fix this problem.

Please Help! Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Sounds like the A500 manager didn't do something right. Happens sometimes.

Here is what I would do. I assume you don't have the Android SDK installed. No need to, as some of the bootloader/CWM packages have the necessary files needed.

1. Boot to the bootloader, select the option "Fastboot Mode"

2. Make sure you have downloaded to PC a CWM package for ICS/JB. Usually the manual packages have the necessary files, such as the CWM image, fastboot.exe, adb, and some dll files. Unzip them to your PC. (Also helps to download a custom ICS or CM10 rom to your sd card first)

3. Open a command window in the same folder you have the files.

4. type "fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxxx.img" (xxxxxxxx is name of cwm recovery img file, do not put the " in) then hit enter.

5. After completion, immediately boot tablet into recovery. I believe holding Vol- and PWR does this. Or, Vol+ and PWR boots to the bootloader menu. Either way.

In recovery, do your wipes and or formats as per ROM installation instructions.

Install ROM

Enjoy. If you have problems locating one of those packages, give a shout back.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
Thanks for the fast reply,

I am a noob, so could you perhaps link me a CWM package for ics to download?

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
No problem. I'll post a link in awhile.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Files

Ok, so here are your files.

Unzip the contents of the zip file to a folder on your PC

Boot your tab to the bootloader menu, select Fastboot.

Connect tab to PC, then wait 30 seconds or so (windows has to recognize it)

Then, go to that folder. Hold "Shift" + "Right Mouse Click".

Select "Open Command Window"

Type in the following;

fastboot flash recovery recovery_thor17_403.img

and hit enter. Should transfer good.

When finished, boot tablet to recovery like I mentioned earlier. DO NOT boot to the system. Or you'll be doing this all over again.

Install ICS or CM10 rom following the instructions on the ROM post. I suggest starting out with Civato's ICS Flex****** rom first, or one of the stock rooted ones.

Should be good...... I hope.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
Thanks again.

I did the fastboot recovery thing. But when I go to reboot, I have to turn it on and select "Boot Recovery", when I do its stuck on the screen "Skrilax_CZ's bootloader v8: Booting recovery kernel image"

Is this whats supposed to happen or am I supposed to see a different screen?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Shut down the tab. Reboot holding V- and PWR release when you see the text. Should reboot to recovery.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
If not, your partitions are probably hosed.

Then it's Timmy Deans Rollback tool time. Will have to turn you over to dibs_nz for that one.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
That brings me to the screen "Skrilax_Cz's bootloader V8: Booting recovery kernel image." But it doesn't go any further?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well crap.

Sounds like some partitions are messed.

Try this NVFlash package;

http://d-h.st/32X

It's a version 3 bootloader using NVFlash. Might work.

Put your tab in APX mode (I believe you press and hold the pinhole reset, then PWR. After 3 seconds, release PWR, 2 seconds later release pinhole. Might have to reverse it, don't remember)

Plug tab in. PC should recognize.

Unzip to a folder, open a command window, and run the batch file (type it into the command window, xxxxxxxx.bat then hit enter)

If there's an error, it should show in the command window.

Here is a link to Timmy Deans roll back package;

http://d-h.st/0x7

The issue here, is you need a UID number, which I HOPE you wrote down when you did the V8 bootloader!

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
Well I cant manually put it into APX mode, tried a few times. Also there is no bat file in that download... as for Timmy Deans roll back package, is it a simple method taht should work? At this point I just want to get my tab working again :P. And yes I do have my UID number.
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
Ok,ok.

So this morning I tried to fix it again. And I think i managed to put it in APX mode. Also, I started up APX flash tool and all, did that. Suddenly a cmd window opened and started doing stuff. And now the tablet says in the top right corner "Acer Iconia APX mode", and a yellow glowing 'acer' title in the middle (which is different from what I've been seeing). Another cmd window opened by itself saying "Nvflash started [resume mode]. Where do i go from here??

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] boxyJ:
So I think I've gotten a better understanding of how this all works today. I've tried multiple ways of flashing recovery imgs ect, flashing the bootloader and all that stuff. And all the times I've done this, it always stops at "Nvflash started [resume mode]" and doesn't go any further.

So I'm not really sure what else there is to do.

Please, I need guidance. (below is my last attempt, and what It said in the cmd window).

Flashing bootloader: bootloader_v8.bin ...

Nvflash started

[resume mode]

Formatting partition 4 please wait.. Command Execution failed cmd 13, error 0x12

0002

FAILED!

command failure: format partition failed (bad command)

bootloader status: unknown operation (code: 1) message: flags: 0

Nvflash started

[resume mode]
[Acer Iconia A500] timmytutone:
Please let us know if/how you fixed this problem! Some of us are in the same boat.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
U guys need to run the babsector.rar file to reset yr tabs partitions and you must have yr cpuid/sbk.

The file and instructions to use it are in post 2 of the root guide in my sig.

If u get any errors you must post the output. You may have a faulty memory chip. If that's the case, a new motherboard is the only fix.

dibb

EDIT: Link to post2 (babsector.rar file)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35500589
[Acer Iconia A500] timmytutone:
Thank you so much for the reply. I gave up this afternoon and just flashed the ota 4.0.3 version from Acer and it seems to be running really good. The only reason I was looking to flash something new is because the update from honeycomb to ics didn't take very well and I've always been dealing with problems from it. If the flashed version is still running well I might not try a different Rom again. I'll be putting your tip in my notes in case I do. Thanks again.
[Acer Iconia A500] timmytutone:
So I rooted and then flashed a Custom Recovery Image. Then I followed the instructions under the babsector portion of your post. I got to this part: Go back into apx mode and run 501 B.bat, Reboot into recovery and do the wipes, Reboot!!!

I wasn't sure what "do the wipes" referred to so I did ALL the wipes. Cache/Dalvik/Battery/ and Data(?) When I rebooted it went back to the green screen and says in yellow: "Invalid primary (LNX) image." and has the same menu as when I rebooted after 501 A.bat

Now what?

EDIT:

So I was sitting there with the green screen/yellow error and decided to boot into recovery again. I then reflashed my custom rom, and did a normal reboot. Everything is working now! My FIRST custom rom after owning android devices since the ancient Motorola i1 way back in the day. I'd still like to know if what I did was right or what happened, so I can detail it in my instructions for my next custom rom project.
[Acer Iconia A500] HutchGuy:
Dude I know it's been 4 years since you wrote that but I just wanted to say you really saved my life, THANK YOU!!!

About 2 months ago I tried to unlock my tablet's bootloader but I gave up after reading different articles and obviously ended up with a really bad headache. Last night I realized Android 3 is really old and I almost can't install anything on it. So basically I gave it another shot and been reading and downloading different files for almost 3 hours. Today I managed to unlock bootloader and use your short instruction (more likely a walk-thru that how you fixed your problem) and it worked!!! I owe you man... I owe you

I even took it to so many different mobile centers about 3 weeks ago but they said its files are not anywhere/we can't do it/it's too risky/it's not possible deal with it
[Acer Iconia A500] timmytutone:
Happy to help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bstylz911:
so i have been browsing for a new rom to update my phone but all of them are JB roms. or i must be blind.

can someone just point me to a STOCK like rom not a JB rom.

i greatly appreciate it!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] s384:
jb is the stock rom base. im confused here. you want ics?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bstylz911:
im sorry i means i want stock jb not ics.

is 4.1.2 better than 4.1.1?