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[Xperia Arc General] n1kolaa:
We got almost no developer ho work on arc....
[Xperia Arc General] eagleeyetom:
We are pleased to hear your opinions and concerns, however I simply can't stick this thread. Every member of this community can help us by clicking button and we will more than glad to clean this thread or do whatever it takes to make our forum clean and enjoyable place.

We need to be a community and in the community every user helps the others :highfive:
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
I think you've hit the nail on the head, and given some of the discussions in the main forum in regards to the 10 post rule and noobs, it seems that "kids" with their new Android Phones are flocking here, not with the intention to learn anything, but to make their Phones "the best" whatever, which has changed the XDA experience imo.
[Xperia Arc General] om22:
Not all "kids" are like your description. I´m also 15 years old but I really enjoy learning something here on XDA. I even also hate spam posts so your statement is much to generalized.

there are kids in every phones forum ;)
[Xperia Arc General] auni:
The worst part is that nobody wants to read at all. All wants step by step solution but no body reads. I am tired of reporting. The situation is quite same in all the Xperia Forums. :(

It must be pretty hard for the MODs to control so much off topic discussions.
[Xperia Arc General] bluestricker_21:
Well, we must admit that we are the same to them

when we are new to xda, so we can't do anything about it..
[Xperia Arc General] auni:
No, I can't agree with you. I joined at XDA 2 years ago and was a total noob back then. All i did was, i read, i searched and i asked questions only in relevant threads.

By doing this I've learned from so many other users and their threads.

All I am saying that, first the new users must read, cause most of the solutions are already solved for them in the Sticky threads.

Second if there's a serious problem then you are most welcome to post your questions in the Q/A forum. But questions like how to root, or How to flash a kernel or Which ROM to choose or Which Kernel is better, Bootloader unlocking is good or bad, questions like these, i am sorry but mustn't be encouraged.

Cause all the off topic discussions are seriously ruining the main point of this wonderful forum.
[Xperia Arc General] biggary:
Agree with you Auni, although I Joined in 2007, I read, re-read every post on how to flash my phone (in those days it was only windows mobiles on here), And every different Android mobile I have bought, I have always read the sticky first.

This site needs to higher the amount of posts you need to access the Dev forum, I know we all start as Newbies, but reading etc and trial and error is great experience.
[Xperia Arc General] Dexxmor:
The best thing is, they have Root and want to flash something, but to read the titel or the op is to heavy for them :D
[Xperia Arc General] stu15:
KIDS PHONE?! I'm 26 you bastards! Lol but seriously it's a fairly outdated phone, but I would hardly call it a kids phone, unless it's been handed down. To buy it, it's still quite pricey, £150 used to almost £300 new. The Galaxy Ace is more a kids phone because of the price bracket it falls in, there are many phones out there that are cheap, any 'kid' that has this phone is lucky.

Also I've not noticed it getting bloated with kids. Let's not forget Jader who is the most popular dev for our phone, he's been doing stuff for over a year now, and has recently turned 16 I believe. He released UHD when he was 15.

You might be older, but respect goes both ways, because when you are 80, you will need someone to wipe your arse, so yeah. Give them a bit of respect!
[Xperia Arc General] biggary:
I too, don't think the Arc S is a kids phone, im nearly 41 years old, and love tinkering around with my phone, thanks to this site I've become a bit of a flashaholic :) But you going a bit off topic mate, this post is merely stating about users who don't read the stickies or posts, and just ask in every single post 'how do I flash this or that', its a great phone too [MENTION=4884769]stu15[/MENTION] - I only paid £99 quid for mine....Bargain!!!

And massive respect to the devs (especially Jader), who have created some great roms, and at such a young ages too!
[Xperia Arc General] stu15:
It's easy to get lost on the forums if you're new, the stickies are great, but new people might not understand how forums work. The internet is full of answered questions, but people prefer to ask their question, even if it's just worded differently.

It's probably not unique to the Arc forum, it's probably in most forums on XDA.

Also, £99? Thats what I sold my 3 year old iPhone 3G for early last year. Where did you get it?
[Xperia Arc General] biggary:
a second hand phone shop :)
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
It's not about it being a kids Phone, the point is it's the mindset of the growing user base of xda is destroying the forums, and it's not being disrespectful, the likes of Jader have earned their stripes here, no one can deny that, it's the kind of People who come here for all the wrong reasons that are the problem.

Same here, I knew nothing, but then by reading, practicing, screwing up, having to reflash with SEUS 5 times in a row whilst trying to make a particular modification is how I learned and continue to learn everything I know today which is why I find it highly frustrating when others clearly don't have the same intention to do the same. I've tried to argue the fact that "we were all noobs once" and that forums should change to accommodate the Android generation as have others in other discussions in the main forums but it's always met with the same response, these are developer forums and there's a certain etiquette to be followed, so by spoon feeding the lazy is just to add to the destruction of these forums, which is why I'll pull someone up first about their laziness before offering help.

And what I find funny is after a certain time of being here, members who initially took issues with my kind of posts when they first joined, start to make similar ones when they get sick of the repetitiveness of "how to root" threads.
[Xperia Arc General] stu15:
Imagine how much they bought it for then lol, they must've ripped them off... Could be stolen :P
[Xperia Arc General] biggary:
Thats the going rate for a Used Xperia Arc S round here, they buy them in for about 50-60 pounds, dont worry, Whenever I buy a secondhand phone, I always do a checkmend (checks to see if IMEI, phone ok) report, been going to this phone shop for last ten years, very trustworthy bloke
[Xperia Arc General] stu15:
I'm very surprised anyone would sell it for that cheap, it may be single core but it's still a great phone and is worth a lot more than that!!

-- But in regards to the topic, I used to moderate a small forum a few years back and you get people who dont read stickies, double post, post same questions, post in wrong threads. Etc etc.

It's one of the natures of the forum format. It's also important to remember lots of users are not English, and have only a small grasp on the basics, which makes following the rules, or finding the right information much harder.

The obvious way to start making the forums more controlled, is by making accounts only creatable through invitations. That might help a little, obviously people will still be able to read the information, which might be enough.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] djungle:
Hello, I have T-Mobile Springboard S7-301u (I'm buy it on e-bay). Can anyone tell me, how can i unlock it?

And one more question: can i flash it with firmware from S7-302u or S7-303u to enable 3G?
[Desire General] dodge67:
Hi I've tried every rom here. Most have issues. Mostly storage space,camera,video ,sound, battery,etc. Mildwild 4.9 in my opinion is by far the best if launcher pro is installed. I hate it when you install a rom with a storage script only to be informed storage space is low. This happens on nearly all gb roms. I've tried MW 8, 9.5 , jelly Ginger and my music player crashed after 10 minutes. I tried various players and the same. MW 4.9 has know issues for me and is awesome.

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[Desire General] abaaaabbbb63:
Ok.. Good for you. And the point of this thread is..
[Desire General] dodge67:
To let people know how good older roms are and how happy I am with the rom I'm using. Also most threads are people asking or complaining bout what they want. Go buy a new phone if they aint happy.
[Desire General] eddiehk6:
regarding storage space, just sounds like you haven't set these roms up properly. most roms, GB in particular, definitely do not have these issues. did you partition your sd card correctly (4ext recovery or gparted) and have the correct hboot for the rom? this makes a huge difference, and if done properly will always allow for a reasonable number of apps to be installed regardless of rom and script.

people's definition of 'stable' varies here, but we all find our own personal favourites. however, app storage should not be a problem on nearly all custom roms. it's one of if not the primary reason why we use them!
[Desire General] Klueze:
buy a new phone isnt that simple if there is no good phone on the market. i hate that every phone comes with special "cool" software on it, like HTC sense or samsungs bull****. couldnt it be just stock android?

and the new lg nexus is fine, but i cant plug the battery ...
[Desire General] abaaaabbbb63:
Well, besides not being able to have a spare battery in your pocket with the Nexus 4, there is no major disadvantage with an unremovable battery. It can be changed easily by undoing some screws.
[Desire General] paabel:
My Experiences with MildWild Oxygen 4.7, 4.8, 4.9

What are your experiences with 4.7, 4.8 or 4.9?

I have flashed MildWild Oxygen ROM 4.7 to my HTC Desire.

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1353861

It runs very smooth and is fine so far. Fast, long battery life. Perfect!:good:

BUT unfortunately: WLAN does not connect to ANY WLAN connection anymore.:confused:

The mobile finds access points, but when try to connect, it will always try to get an IP address, but it does not get one.:mad:

I happens with any kind of encryption (even with set to "none"). The MAC addresses have been given to all the routers I have tried.:mad:

MW ROM 4.8 did not work at all for me when flashing. It just wont boot even do a full wipe.

MW ROM 4.9 I have not tested yet. Can you recommend? Will it work with my European version?

Any help for me with the WLAN problem? :)

Thanks.
[Desire General] dodge67:
4.9 works perfect for me. I changed to launcher pro and its smooth as butter. Wifi works fine.
[Desire General] paabel:
Interesting to hear that MW 4.9 is running smooth as honey! Ever tried MW 4.8?

Since I have this ugly WLAN issue w/ MW 4.7, I would be tempted to try MW 4.9.

However, honestly, I would not like to spend time to re-install ALL apps and configure my mobile over once again.

What would be a more elegant way?

Would you recommend to do a nandroid backup, flash MW 4.9, do a full wipe. How can I restore my settings and apps?

Titanium Backup? I have read that this tool is great, but also heard that only the PRO version will do the job automatically. Is that right?

Thanks.
[Desire General] eddiehk6:
i doubt the wifi issue is rom related, more likely radio.

try flashing the latest one from here, extract the radio.img and flash it through fastboot (search for guides). this may fix your wifi issues.

with regards to updating to 4.9, you can nandroid backup and flash straight over the top without wiping anything, you won't lose any data and you won't need to restore anything.

if that doesn't work, then you will have to full wipe. titanium backup is a good way to bakcup apps and data, though you are correct that only the pro version allows automatic batch restore (the app is still worth paying for imo, other features too). other apps might allow batch backup and restore so search around.
[Desire General] sywats:
I use go backup pro it works well
[Desire General] dsrb:
Can anyone confirm if this ROM supports Wifi-direct?

Thanks in advance!
[Desire General] paabel:
Thanks for pointing out the radios. I have already installed the latest radio. So this should not be issue, right?

Well, maybe I am going to give MW 4.9 a try. good to hear that I should not loose data.

Full wipe is necessary, because I do a downgrade right? Why is a full wipe necessary here?

Thanks.
[Desire General] elta7an:
hey

i flashed this ROM mildwwild 4.9 j.g but it looks awesome Rom except the Arabic:crying::crying: Language issue :(

is there any solution plz?????????????
[Desire General] mikef:
Thread Closed

I am not sure what the solution is to the Arabic language issue in the ROM, might ask in the ROM thread, but I am sure of the solution to this thread.

Thread closed,

mf2112

XDA Moderator
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tobijx1991:
Boot-up animation:

1) download a new boot animation .zip file (I put mine in /sdcard/downloads)

2) open Root Explorer

3) navigate to where you put the new .zip

4) copy the new .zip

5) paste it into /data/local

6) rename it "bootanimation.zip." (if it isn't already)

Also, if you want to change the startup/shutdown sounds:

Startup sound:

1) DL a new sound file

2) convert to a .wav file (using Winamp+.wav converter/iTunes)

3) put on SD card

4) open Root Explorer

5) navigate to /system/etc

6) rename "PowerOn.wav" to "PowerOn.wav.old"

7) navigate to where you placed the DL'ed .wav file

8) copy

9) paste into /system/etc

10) rename it "PowerOn.wav"

Shutdown sound:

1) DL a new sound file

2) convert to .ogg file (I used Winamp+.ogg converter)

3) put on SD card

4) open Root Explorer

5) navigate to /system/media/audio/ui

6) rename "shutdown.ogg" to "shutdown.ogg.old"

7) navigate to the DL'ed .ogg file

8) copy

9) paste into /system/media/audio/ui

10) rename it "shutdown.ogg"

i'm new member, so don't judge me very strictly ;)

sorry for my bad English
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borsa1994:
hey everybody!

i'm writing to know if anyone else had this problem. my nexus 4 doesn't charge anymore.

it never had problems about the battery but tonight, when i tried to recharge the phone it doesn't start. there isn't also the initially battery icon.

i've already tried different cable and the problem doesn't go away..

can you help me?

thanks in advance
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nesoor1:
Charging

Well I had with my old phone the same problem but I recognized that there was some dirt in the charging port of the phone.

I removed this with my nail and it worked again.

Probably it won't help you but you'll never know ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevemw:
Try connecting the charge cable to a USB port on your computer for a few hours. You may not see anything right away but eventually the phone will begin to charge.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzel:
i got this issue few days back..the charging was slow..cant even reach 100 when im on the phone..its pathetic..swap with my old lg phone model cable bam!the old cable built was much rugged compared to nexus 4..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dli615:
I have exactly the same problem - when it ran out of power today, it switched itself off normally, and then when I inserted the cable, it didn't charge. not even the battery animation thing came up!

I hope somebody can find a solution.

Oh yeah, and I checked in the port for dust, and used countless alternate wires and power adapters
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] booch137:
When you run the battery all the way down it takes a while to start a charge. Just leave it plugged in for a while and it'll go. I'm not sure if it does this every time because I don't drain my phone to 0% but it has happened before on my old phone and I've seen it happen to iphones as well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sboege:
Same problem

Did you ever find a solution or send the phone in to LG? I'm having this exact problem right now. I've tried three different micro USB wall chargers for hours at a time as well as charging it through the USB port on my computer. I get absolutely no charge and I have never had any problems at all until last night when it simply would not charge.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aricris:
Try pressing the power button and immediately the low volume, wait like 3 to 5 seconds and it'll restarts. Not the first time this happens to me and wish to know what's going on! don't know if there's an app that's doing this or hardware issue...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1slow4G:
Try cleaning the port like mentioned. There's videos in YouTube
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acridity:
ahh this problem...i had the exact same problem with my gnex...its just that the metal plate of the micro usb port of your phone has bent down a bit which is why it doesnt charge...the easiest way to fix that is to take something flat and lift the metal plate gently..not too much otherwise you'll break it...just lift it up slightly and it should charge normally then...Hopefully :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Kenobz:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLm1jbGF1Z2h0Lm1jdHdlYWtlciJd
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
dont understand your title, but i have used the app before.

its a nice app just BEWARE if what options you choose and be ready to restore to a backup if you choose an option that leads to a bootloop
[General Topics] Anton.Valleyman:
I am using one of the today plugins for weather etc (omega i think), but I was wondering if anyone's found a better program just for the UK, or one that at least gives more UK cities (specifically York). Does the omega bar expansion pack give more - the closest i have is Leeds - ?

Cheers

Anthony
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] scuzzo:
ok i guess im new here, i decided to pick up one of these nook tablets 8gb 1gb of ram, mostly to root rom and what not... i see that CyMod 10 is out on nightly and that was my plan... but i see that it may only support the nook tablet with 8gb of ram and 512 of memory... welp the tablet is on the way... i just hope i can find a rom that will support it.. i hope the 8gb ram and 1gb memory ones are not orphan... meaning there is no on going roms and kernals and stuff for them...

i already have a rooted tf101

and a rooted Minix x5 android tv box so im not completely clueless... but i just did not research the nook tablet with 8gb 1gb ram well enough to know for shure...

mod please delete... wrong section
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] spcagigas:
There isn't a Nook Tablet configuration with 8Gb storage and 1Gb RAM -- only the 16Gb tablet has 1Gb of RAM. So, double-check your device to make sure which you have...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sssteeve:
I suspect that the OP was referring to the 8GB Nook Tablet with 512MB RAM since B&N had marketed them as 8GB and 16GB models. I had gotten an 8GB model thinking that I could make up for that with an SD card but the 16GB model runs a lot smoother with the 1GB RAM. (I ran across this thread looking for ROMs for my 8GB NT which I am giving to a friend if I can find a good ROM for it.)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] gk1984:
HTC has had a history of using high jpg compression with their camera apps and was wondering if this is still the case on the One (don't have it just yet but will shortly). The 100% crop samples i've seen look like there's a lot of compression still used. Can anyone confirm? Can this be adjusted now?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] CNexus:
Not exactly what you're asking, but have you looked at this thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2248123

The MMS compression is even higher on the One, it seems.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] gk1984:
Yeah... not quite what I'm asking for... I'd expect MMS to be compressed, although I'm not sure if it's being excessively compressed or not. I haven't looked there really. I just got my One and will play around with it. If i can determine anything myself, I'll share here.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] themuffinman:
There will always be some level of compression on cell phone pics since memory will never be unlimited. I can't remember the exact calculation but a fully uncompressed 4mp picture is larger than 10megs in size, on the One its about 1.5megs.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] gk1984:
I get that, but on other HTC phone, devs have switched to jpg compression quality to ten or 100% and the images looked world's better. It seemed like HTC went with something like 60%
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Windiddy:
Is there a custom ROM based on VZW's 4.1.2 JB release?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kschang:
Probably not (yet). Haven't seen any source code, just the raw OTA file.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
If you change any one can wait for me a boot.img to mount the SD card, and CM10 rom as it is now because it does not do so. Thanks in advance!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
what? :eek:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
Sorry for my bad English! This QISS me jb rom boot.img. I ported CM9 for the video recorder and it works with ICS version, but I can not find the CM10 rom the SD card because there is not only linked to storage/sdcard0 sdcard. This should be changed in the ramdisk to have external storage, I just can not get a computer for a week me to do. If someone is changing and it would be nice to fill it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
:crying:Please help gay!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Haha.. Lol.. You gotta love google translate.

Unfortunately, we can't help you unless we clearly understand what you're trying to do. Try asking someone that knows English to post for you.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
:silly:You just should change this init.bravo.rc and repackaged.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
?????¿??

Nobody wrap this init.bravo.rc the boot.img file into this?:rolleyes:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
:confused:the android system somehow I can pack the boot.img and then return? Thanks for the answers!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
Guys! Someone has to unpack this file in the boot.img into init.bravo.rc above. Damn this is a working solution for video recording all jb rom:o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
does this guy know some magical method that will make the desire the best phone ever?! :confused:

lol everyones ignoring his posts and he might have some major breakthrough that he cant explain to us.

I'll try this out later and see if it does anything. :laugh:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
B:pelieve me my friend! I have the modified files, plus OMX videoencoder.so and videodec.so should this boot.img init.bravo.rc the modified file. We are please to help someone pack it and upload it here. This team is based QISS me!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
It's not that anyone wants to help, such a small thing?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijendrahs:
I have done a month ago for quiss kernel and it is working fine with video and also fixed SD card and everything else. But the performance is very slow. So I have not released it. I have done it for miui, cm10 and aokp as well :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
I can read! But the kernel does not matter. that when installing a new kernel performance will be good and will work with the spies. Please give me a link to a modified boot.img which work with the sd card mounts. And if you did evervolv to upload the latest rom zImage then I would do an update zip. And who could throw a huge ruins
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaduo01:
work with the camera (not spies. idiot google translate) :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijendrahs:
Sorry I am not getting you..

I can only say if you are using some other kernel it wont work. Only thing is use QUISS kernel and make your ROM to work with it.

It is not just init.rc changes for SD card mounting, there are many changes required at ROM level as well and with this QUISS kernel hell lot of changes to make the ROM to boot and work as expected.

So if you can get some update from QUISS kernel and if that update can work with any other kernel let me know.