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[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] mjb1994:
So, here I was just sitting, thinking about our beautiful L9's and how they have come a long way, when I started thinking about the current method to unlock the p769 boot loader. As most of you know the current method has you flash a p760 and p765 kdz onto our p769 which messes up our touchscreen. This is when I got to thinking. What about restoring to a custom tailor made p760 nandroid backup in CWM with the correct touch firmware already in place? This way we would have the p760 firmware needed to unlock the boot loader, AND our touchscreens would not be messed up :D. Anyone think this is possible?

In short:

1. Flash nandroid backup from p760 (with p769 touch firmware) via CWM

2. wait 30 min

3. unlock boot loader as you normally would on a p760 or p765

4. restore to p769 nandroid of jb or ics with unlocked boot loader for custom roms :D
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] kevev:
I was under the impression that the touch screen issue is in the uboot file. And that file is what unlocks our bootloader.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] mjb1994:
Oh is it? then couldnt you just flash the uboot alone? instead of the whole kdz? The main goal is to find a simpler more user friendly way ha
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] kevev:
I see. That may be possible. But I am not sure if you can flash a new uboot without unlocked uboot.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] aequitas3:
You can flash a new uboot without an unlocked uboot, you just have to be rooted (dd if/of), or even unrooted (fastboot via omap). As for being able to unlock using that method, I'm still testing that out on my backup P769 with no luck so far. :(
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] mjb1994:
I think you may need uboot and xloader from an unlockable device, aequitas3, i just pm'd you.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] tribalartgod:
Bump... Any new findings on this?
[General Topics] drean:
Was just wondering what are the various IM clients out there? Currently I'm using MSN messenger, and tried cooking imov into the rom (but it didn't work...).

I currently leave my MSN messenger logged in, occassionally, messages would come in but I might have missed them. Answering an incoming call cuts off the GPRS connection, and all the open MSN chats close too - as a result, those messages are gone. =(

I'm actually looking for an instant messenger client (MSN and/or ICQ) that would allow me to log chats automatically. Recommendations anyone?
[General Topics] Biso007:
Imov is good but it doesn't work if it is part of a cooked ROM ... another better client is AgileMessenger [freeware] which has direct connection to the 4 IMs without the need for a Jabber server
[General Topics] Dataphd:
I use agile, and it seems to be good. The only problem is as mentioned above is if you get a call you loose your gprs connection. Otherwise it seems to work good.
[General Topics] drean:
I believe this is a limitation of GPRS rather than Agile. Been looking at it and it does look good - at least, unlike MSN messenger, unread messages don't get lost when the GRPS disconnects. I guess thats nice, but I'd really like something that would keep logs as well... hmm. The 'autostart' that MSN messenger has when an internet connection is detected is interesting too.

Any other popular IM clients out there?
[General Topics] romix:
I prefer myJabber
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingguo:
Hi everyone!

Could you help me understand this:

(Voltages / mV: 650, 675, 850, 975, 1075, 1225)

Look at the behavior at low frequencies. I can undervolt by up to -450mV, and it is running stable, which should not be possible. This would be far more efficient than the CPU of the Nexus 10. According to the idealized relation P ~ f * V^2, it would consume only 40% of the power that it needs with default settings.

At the high frequencies, however, I could confirm that SetCPU works, as the cellphone crashes like they usually do when you UV too much.

Is the hardware voltage control of this thing not scaling down properly?

Will my phone bite into my finger to get those calories otherwise?

Or do we own the best piece of hardware out there?

Are your phones weird, too?

Cheers,

ping
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingguo:
Image updated. I had to fix some occasional sleeps of death. Increasing the 100MHz and 200MHz voltages did the trick.

Still, the power drain caused by the CPU in the low frequency range is reduced by more than 60% for me.

I strongly recommend undervolting this crazy thing. :eek:
[General Topics] deathgod1:
I'm sure many of you have noticed the updates Google has made to the UI design of some of their apps, most notably the Play Store and YouTube and to some extent 4.2 taking on a Phone UI. I'm just curious how many of you actually like these changes. To me it seems Google lately has been dumbing down their UI designs to the point as if they were designed for the elderly. Or maybe its for the sake of consistency? Shouldn't they give us a choice in which design we like better?

Take the recent changes to the YouTube app. For tablets they had this cool carousel design with black backgrounds, it looked great and the app was easy to navigate. The new design shifts to the Currents/Google+ (which I love) layouts, and for me isn't as appeasing or easy to navigate. I find the design horrible, but understand that they chose to go that way because of consistency between their apps. When you click on a youtube link in Currents, it opens Youtube and you get a similar UI, so navigation is easy between the apps.

Then there's the new Play Store update. Super large icons and just a horrible, horrible design. It looks like a UI made for elderly people with poor vision. I'm still scratching my head as to how anyone at Google thought that was a good design.

I get that I may be in the minority and that lots of people may like or not even care about the new design changes. I'm just curious about your thoughts on the design. Am I being unreasonable by wanting to have the functionally of the updated app, with the design that I like?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bengadget:
I'd rather not use the double tap apps in the Play Store, they don't seem to work. I really miss this feature from AOSP roms.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nortynort:
I'm looking for a tweak like this also. I've read an article and it said "many" ROMs have this feature, only reason I wanted to root and flash this thing, but is this not the case anymore?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinsfanbdh:
i know custom sense roms have volume skip and pause
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nortynort:
all custom roms or certain ones? Is it a mod? Or built into the rom? Where's the option for it?

I'm asking because I flashed a custom sense rom already (trickdroid) and have no idea how to turn this on.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinsfanbdh:
I think it's on by default as long as screen is off long press vol up skips forward and long press vol down for play/pause
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julllleee:
you can install this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1629653

you need root tho
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinsfanbdh:
renovate rom has it included
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lou_tzepher:
So no chance for volume track control with no root/custom ROM?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choare:
All you have to do is use the old HTC headphones which had a track next/previous button as well as the connect/disconnect button. I used my old headphones from my Desire HD and it works grand. I think you can still get the headphones from various sites on the internet.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julllleee:
You can use the headset you got with the phone and use a app that recognize how many press. Like 2 for next track 3 for previous etc

Here's one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.jays.headsetcontrol
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] himeshkaul:
It doesnt work on ONE :(:(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v-b-n:
No button apps work for now with the One ... also modding for it to work causes Wakelocks and battery drain ... its not a perfect solution

I have written about this to HTC so many times that I almost was about to abuse them in last email :p .. Its just plain out ridiculous ... if you are selling this as a media powerhouse, this is one of the basic functions alongwith volume keys on the headset !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
I've been wondering this for a while but I couldn't find the answer anywhere.

I understand that when a ROM is flashed that is meant for a different carrier, it will cause a hard brick and the phone is unbootable. My question is what physically happens to the motherboard that causes this to happen? Also, if there is something that happens to the motherboard causing it not to boot, how does a USB jig get around that and force the phone into download mode?

A definition of a "hard brick" from what I understand is a hardware malfunction.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
USB Jig won't work for hard brick as it meant for soft brick. As you said something does happen to the motherboard which why there are Jtag services available for those who hardware bricked their phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Whoops, That's what I meant, I didn't mean usb jig I meant a jtag. Wrong term.

So a jtag is used for debugging, does it essentially just provide an alternative flow of data into the system partition? I'm still confused because if there is a problem with the hardware, I don't understand how something can be fixed by any sort of debugging. I'm confused how using a jtag would effectively restore function to the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] corbn89:
I guess a very basic way to think of it is that a hard brick occurs when the base coding of the parts gets overridden/erased/corrupted. For example, the coding that tells the phone to boot when the physical power button is pressed no longer exists, therefore you cannot boot your phone. To my understanding, JTAG uses the ports on the MB and a controller box(?) to manually inject the code into the phone to allow it to power on and flash the necessary files in order to recover.

If I'm wrong on any of that, someone please call me out. I've built/worked on desktops but mobile tech is pretty new to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
You got the gist of it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Great explanation, so a custom rom from a different carrier would essentially overwrite the specific boot commands for the phone. So that would explain why a specific jtag would have to be made for each phone model to rewrite the booting commands.

I think that pretty much answers both of my questions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saheelakm:
I have bricked my tablet while rooting and swapping. It doesn't turn on now. Pls help me how can I use the jtag to recover my tab??

I also have an identical working tab with me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmxc23:
This thread was meant for the op to know what a hard brick is and the purpose of jtag as well as what causes a hard brick. It will be much better if you post your issues in your own thread so we can help you without reviving an old thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Intunericitul:
HTC One S Brick

I understang what you said, but how can a HTC One S get hard bricked after I connected it to windows 10 pc? The sync manager started and when I checked the device nothing happened. It remaind black, no charging light, no button or combo of buttons working. Before this i never tried to unlock the bootloader or to flash any other mod. Since then my device is unresponsive and is recognized by any windows pc as QHSUSB_DLOAD.

What may be the cause of this error?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m-rhodes:
Hi, I came across this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

It gives instructions on how to install JB on an ICS note.

I'm from the UK and the only UK based ROM of JB is a Vodafone rom, my note was originally on 3, but it accepted an O2 sim card. I want to be sure that there would not be a problem using the Vodafone rom.

Secondly, how do I install a safe kernel on my note as this is an appropriate kernel to use: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901191

I'm a little confused as some threads are in/out of date and I'm unsure which instructions to follow.

All help is appreciated,

Matt
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p51d007:
It's up to you, I didn't do any of the wipe this, format that.

I was on a stock ICS rom, with a safe kernel, rooted.

I just downloaded the JB rom for my device, used PC-Odin, flashed the JB rom.

After flashing, I flashed philz kernel for this version of JB.

Some swear by the wipe, delete stuff. I have noticed NO ill problems with the device.

I guess if you do a lot of wiping, flashing it's best to wipe, delete before flashing, if you want to

make sure 100% of the old stuff isn't left behind. I'm pretty conservative with my device.

I only use stock roms, and other than rooting, I don't install the latest tweaks to squeeze every little

bit of performance.

My guess, I'm not familiar with the Euro roms/sim cards, but I'm guessing you will have to unlock it before

the rom would take the sim card (perhaps someone else can chime in on that).

My device was an unlocked Germany device (DBT) that I bought from Amazon, shipped to the States.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m-rhodes:
Currently, my device is using the stock ICS rom, with the stock kernel. It was rooted using the Exynos Abuse app and patched the CPU exploit, but I un-rooted it. After un-rooting, my device has began to randomly reboot, So I think I need to install a safe kernel and a stock JB rom. I hate Samsungs touchwiz rubbish.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p51d007:
Also do a search for dr.ketan, he has a pretty good wiki on how to do an update.
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
I attempted to install clockworkrecoverymod on my HTC Desire S but I hadn't realized that it was s-on. I tried first though ROM Manager which didn't work, it just kept loading htc's recovery. Then I tried from another source, this time when I tried to access recovery it just came up saying htc and froze there. I then tried a factory reset it showed htc and froze again. Now every time I try to access recovery it just shows htc and freezes.

Can someone help?
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
Flash the recovery in fastboot:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Sorry. I think I gave you the impression that I know what I'm doing :p I'm a noob so I have no idea where to start with that. Where do I find the recovery.img, is it a download, is it somewhere on the phone. Also, how do I then flash the recovery. Please, it would really help. I don't want to risk winging it only to have my phone explode on me (knowing my luck).
[HTC Desire S] PVL_93_RU:
You could've used FlashIMG app to flash things like recovery or a kernel right away from the device itself, no need to use command prompt
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Not quite sure how this helps. I used ROM Manager to flash my phone from the device without using commands.
[HTC Desire S] teadrinker:
That doesn't work when you're s-on.
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Yes. I know that now. That's why I'm here :p I'm looking for some way to recover... the recovery... or install the recovery again or completely reinstall everything on the phone, ANYTHING! The recovery is gone completely and now whenever I turn off my phone the next turn on is a complete restart of the phone. I've tried reinstalling the ICS ruu that I used before but it keeps on failing part way through.
[HTC Desire S] Aquous:
Are you htcdev unlocked?
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
Re: Crashes for reason I don't understand

Well mate....:)

I presume your device has been htc dev unlocked and still s- on,

if the bootloader was still locked, you wouldnt have problems with flashing ruu...

so lets start:

1.download the rom of your choice

-copy boot.img from its contents

and place it in a folder with ADB

-place the rom.zip on your phone`s sd card-

1a.download recovery for saga ( clockworkmod or 4ext )

-make sure it has the .img extention

-rename it to: recovery.img , and place it in a folder with ADB

2.start adb on pc and navigate to the location where it is stored,

let say you`ve put it on a drive c, in folder: android-tools,

issue command:

cd c:\android-tools [enter]- ( the folder name after back slash, must correspond with one on your pc- of course)

3.reboot your phone to bootloader and connect to pc,

issue command:

fastboot devices [enter]

if the phone is been recognised, you`ll see something like:

list od devices attached

scf00421.... device

4.issue command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and see what`s the output in terminal-

5.in bootloader menu there is an option: reboot bootloader...

- use it- reboot bootloader, and from among its option choose

< recovery > ....

In recovery:

- install zip from sd card

-choose zip from sd card

find the rom you`ve downloaded and placed on sd card before,

confirm by clicking < yes > and let it finish flashing

6.in command prompt, issue command:

adb reboot bootloader [enter]

7.issue command:

fastboot devices

and when your device`s ID is listed under < list of device attached >

8.issue command:

fastboot flash boot boot.img [enter]

and when it finishes, issue command:

fastboot reboot

and if all above has been fulfilled to the letter,

after htc boot screen you should see bootanimation of your new rom,

and all else that ussualy follows;)

for the first time i`d recommend a sense rom,

since flashing non sense one, requires to know whether your device

goes equipped with sony or hitachi panel- no tragedy in either case,

but knowing that saves you from another bootloop.....
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Thanks asgardr :) I'm yet to try this out but it looks promising. The reason this all started was because I wanted to install a certain rom found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2070704

There are two versions of it. Not sure if they both have sense or not but one of them is called 'Sense/Data++ version' so I'm assuming that one will definatly have sense on it. I'll try to install it. I'll let you know how it goes.
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
This is a rom for htc desire,,, not for htc desire s,,

difference in name is small but you should never flash anything else than roms for desire s!

If you try flasing rom from different device, you're running very high risk of bricking your device...

If you tried to flash that rom already and the phone is still able to boot to bootloader:

1.download any sense rom for DESIRE S- SAGA

copy boot img from that rom to a folder where adb is

2.put it on your phone's sd card

3.in recovery:

-wipe cache

-data

-system

( clockworkmod recovery)

-wipe all except sd card

( 4ext recovery )

4.flash rom you've placed on an sd card ( in recovery )

5. From recovery : reboot to bootloader and

flash boot img via fastboot....

Then you can reboot your device...:)
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
ummm. I followed your instuctions using this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1859700 and now when the phone starts it stays blank :(
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Never mind. I was just being inept again. The problem was that with my version of Hboot I would need to edit the updater-script of the ROM for it to install properly.

Now my only issue is that when the phone boots I get the htc ring menu.... whatever it's called and when I pull the ring up it says com.htc.bg has stopped working and then I get a screen that just says htc
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
You mean: htc lockscreen?

I haven't got any expearience with that particular rom,

but why don't you try some other one, like:

- viper saga

- desireXS

- SVHD

- iceDS

These are sense based roms,

there is a kernel thread from a briliant dev,

where you can find alternative boot images

for sense based roms;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1845039

Always remember of a < full wipe > before rom flashing,

and flashing boot img after,

even if flashing kernel provided by amidabuddha ( from the link provided above )

Most of the errors and bootloops is happening, due to the wrong or incorrectly flashed boot img...

( except those native to the rom itself- bugs;) )
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Thank you for all the infomation you're giving me :) I'm going to try the viper saga ROM. Are the alternative boot images necessary? I don't really understand much about kernels. :confused:
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
Wiper saga rom is been driven by BtB kernel from amidabuddha,

this is basic, almost stock but cleaned and little improved branch,

meaning no overclocking or undervolting of cpu is possible with it...

If yoi'd wish to oc or uw your central processing unit ( processor ),

tweaked or patched kernels must be aplied instead;)
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Sorted!!! :D

My phone.... it works again! :D Thank you so much asgardr! Thanks to you I have a fully functional phone again :highfive:

I didn't bother with the alternative kernel. I don't really have an interest in overclocking or undervolting but thank you for the extra info.
[HTC Desire S] asgardr:
It is not so scary after all:D

Would you please, mark this thread as: ( solved )
[HTC Desire S] Q1uasa:
Sure thing :) Thanks again.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Did anybody upgraded via OTA?

It just appeared on my phone and it's just 9,2 MB.

Is it ok? Is it safe?
[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
Is it safe for what? It's coming from Sony don't worry.
[Xperia Z General] PeZoII:
Can you post some details about the update?? Is it system update or just some apps?
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
Is that OTA not just for a few apps. Top contacts, weather and world clock?
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Guys it's the .434 update...

I just ask if OTA update is OK way to update.
[Xperia Z General] katykate:
its only 7.3 in total and the said 9.2 . i hope its a patch http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2253386

:D
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Yes you can do ota updates without worries.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Cool! Thanked.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
OTA update done, 3 minutes.

Now on .434.
[Xperia Z General] orenxda:
Mine already was .434 but reading this thread I plugged in "update service" to check.

Right now I'm on a long 703.3MB update.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Really?, did you update yet?, to which version?, which region is your phone?
[Xperia Z General] bharat4ever:
Nothing for india :(
[Xperia Z General] orenxda:
after 40 minutes updating it installed OK, I booted the phone and got "updating android: optimizing app 2 of 2" then "launching apps"

checked in settings "about phone", nothing changed in versions. I assume "update service" can't do partial updates as OTA do.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Yes! My phone is Poland Generic, after I flashed it by Flashtool, originally got that from TMobile PL.

I downloaded the 9,2MB file and than the update process which you start manually was like 2 minutes lol.

Just rebooted itself, optimized apps and voila.

Version now - .434.

THAN I got some Sony apps and widgets upgrades - weather, new app world clock, top contacts.
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
Is it not just a patch? I have not got any OTA but my version is already 434.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Well I didn't say it is. It's a FW upgrade from .350 to .434.
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
Never said you did. I just asked the question. As there is now talk of a patch for the current firmware. The link to the thread is further up this thread. And was hopeful that it was starting to roll out.
[Xperia Z General] RoChinu:
I got .434. A couple of weeks ago...
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Ok I see what you mean!
[Xperia Z General] decadan1977:
No worries.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gsessons:
Hello...

My Personal Message lock screen was working now it does not work anymore... Nope I don't know what I did to get it not to work lol... I can choose Clock instead of Personal Message and that works fine, so I will get clock on lock screen...but if I choose Personal Message I get a blank lock screen not even clock on it... Any help....:confused: