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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Draxin:
Had been on BMM for a very long time while running stock ROM. When I finally decided I wanted KK and options opened up in the custom kernel area to keep hdmi, I finally flashed slimkat and JBX to slot2. After about three days, I switched recoveries to safestrap and didn't look back.

It isn't that I didn't like BMM or to say BMM is a bad recovery or didn't serve it's purpose. The main reasons were that:

1. I ran out of space fast with slot1&2 loaded up, and I couldn't find a way of repartitioning the sd card with BMM. So I would have to go to slot3 to not run into "running out of space" issues since that would not run off the system side of the sd card. Not a big deal except sometimes I need the space.

2. I didn't want two or more ROM's on my phone, I had already had a good setup with SlimKat and JBX so, I didn't use, or even want the stock ROM anymore, but can run into trouble trying to flash them into slot 1 of BMM, while you can flash to slot1 on safestrap with no problems at all.

3. You CAN repartition the sd card with Safestrap so if I did decide I wanted another ROM, I could repartition my sd card to better accomodate my ROM's and apps, and not have to worry about losing space again.

TL : DR I was going to have to make sacrifices or accomodation's to keep BMM around so it is safestrap for me:D Maybe I am lazy, maybe not, but either way it is right in front of my face with safestrap, with BMM I did some digging, didn't find, lost interest and flashed!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Well,I don't think that SS is better because SS takes free space from internal memory for second slot.

In BMM second slot is on webtop partition,so you have your full 8gb available.

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Draxin:
Ahh, I agree, and disagree. Yes BMM will put the second slot on top of the webtop partition, but that is only 1.3 gb if I am correct. One ROM and a few bulky apps/games, and slot2 is filled up. You once again get insufficient space toasts, even with another 2 gigs sitting on your card, because your system partition is filled up(slot 2 apps go into the slot2 partition which was webtop.) Sure you can swap back and forth between ROM's for various things but, some people don't want to have to swap between 2 ROM's for all their apps to accommodate a recoveries limitations that doesn't suit them.

And also remember some of that 8 gigs is cache, so we really never get to use it for our own purposes anyways, it is for the system.

Safestrap you can flash to the stock slot, and you can reconfigure the partitions to accomodate any other slots so that you don't get insufficient storage issues. Does it use internal memory, yes it does, but then again, that is the best source for unhindered space, and the phone does have ext. card capabilities so it isn't putting near the burden on us as, say, it would a nexus device.

Just my opinion, and I have nothing against BMM, it was a great recovery! It just doesn't suit my needs anymore.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
I agree,everyone has different needs,for me it's enough 1.3gb.:)

But what do you mean by "you can flash to the stock slot",you can do it with BMM also?

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Draxin:
I guess I didn't complete the comment as I did in the previous post. The stock slot can be flashed in BMM but problems can arise. At least they did for me. It wasn't for a lack of trying but, when I was done and rebooted, I got logo, hijack, and then blank, twice! First time restored stock slot and redownloaded ROM, second time ended up being a firmware reflash.

I am not above saying I did something wrong, I probably did, but heck if I know what it was, I had no problem flashing slot2, and have had zero issues with safestrap. Same download of ROM and Gapps that were used in second flash was used in slot2 BMM and Safestrap. So I am not going to say BMM CAN'T do it, I am just not going to say it can when I couldn't do it successfully.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vonz33:
So I retained from previous comments that SS could help with saving memory? Correct? If so that is definitely interesting. Further more BMM is discontinued development am I right?

I will give SS a go and see what happens (even though the interface is not as schmick as BMM, oh well..!) .

So in order to switch from BMM to SS I shall save my stock ROM that is on slot 1 and my CM10 that is on slot 2, then uninstall BMM from settings/apps menu, then install SS, reboot in SSR and install CM11 from zip file correct?

Cheers.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vonz33:
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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Draxin:
Yes BMM does seem to have discontinued development. Doesn't mean Boot menu manager right now isn't good, just means there probably won't be any more improvement.

As for saving space, no, safestrap doesn't do that. When you install a second slot in BMM it will install it on top of the webtop partition(read and watch your tutorial's on how to do this correctly.) So it isn't taking any extra space yet, the downside to that is that it is limited to 1.3gb. If you don't use alot of apps, or going to be using it strictly for testing ROM's, then it isn't a big deal. Any more slots after that eats into your internal storage.

Safestrap from what I understand, won't install a slot on top of webtop, instead, when you install to slot 1 it will be taking space from your internal storage right off the bat. You can choose from 1gb, 2gb, or 3gb, size for your new slot partition. Same for any more slots you make. The more space you take for one slot partition, the less you leave for any others you would make. From what I understand though, with safestrap, you CAN still remove webtop for stock slot (I haven't needed to yet) so the 1.3 gb is freed up for more storage to stock.

As welder and I had discussed prior, it completely depends on your needs. If you don't have alot of apps, and want to dual boot a stock ROM and a custom one... BMM will do you fine. If you have a lot of apps or games and want to dual boot both ROMS with both of them loaded up, then safestrap is the way to go. Some ROM's play well with one recovery but not the other, there are also work arounds in some cases.

Any of your backups from one will not work with the other
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vonz33:
Thanks for your reply, Draxin.

Which one are you using? I take it you are using BMM. You are talking about a tutorial.... this is A thing I could not find. Let me know if there is one, and if so where I can get it from.

My main concern is that I wanted to give a shot to CM11 and it seems that the install is not 100% reliable, even with the BMM workaround. So maybe I shall wait for a release candidate to occur.

I have 80 user apps apparently under CM10 according to Titanium Backup, is that a lot?

Also you talk about this webtop thing... After some research it appears that a webtop is a desktop integrated in a web browser. What does it have to do with android platform more exactly?

I mostly have 2 used slots, Official Moto ROM on slot 1 (just in case but never use it) and CM10 on slot 2 as it was advised on a youtube video. If I have to test a kexec ROM I usually backup my CM10 and try it out on slot 2, to avoid munching all the space on side storage.

So what do you recommend for us at this stage?

Thanks in advance.

Vz
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Draxin:
I am using safestrap now, I had been using BMM for a while til I started flashing custom ROM's. After that safestrap suited MY needs better

BMM tutorials: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2325764

CM11 requires safestrap 3.65 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1391900

If you really want to try out CM11, and then it doesn't live up to your expectations, you can always go back to BMM and restore the backups you saved to where you are right now. SlimKat I know for a fact will install with BMM. You just have to make sure to completely uninstall whatever recovery you had previously, before adding a new one

It doesn't matter so much how many apps you have, as, how much space they take up. If you are just taking a ROM for a test run, you don't need all your apps, especially if you are dual booting, if you are going to use slot 2 as a daily driver, and they are bulky apps, that is when you get concerned.

Webtop, basically allows you to explore your phone as if it were a desktop computer, bluetooth keyboard, and the phone's touchscreen will act as a laptop touch pad, or you can run a bluetooth mouse, and using a typical tv with hdmi in as a moniter. Motorola thought it would be a bigger hit than it turned out to be. It really is a neat idea, turning your phone into a handheld desktop but, it has plenty of limitations. For most people, if they even know what it is, it's just taking up space.

What do I recommend? Well, it completely depends on what you are looking to do. Like I said before bro, you can save what you have with BMM, uninstall it and try out safestrap. If you don't like it, uninstall safestrap and go back to BMM and reinstall your backups, no harm, no foul. If you really like safestrap, then dump your BMM backups as they are just taking up space at that point. With titanium backup, as long as you saved your apps and modified data, call logs, wifi, and sms, really all you cost yourself in the switch, is time setting everything back up.

If I helped, hit the thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vonz33:
Cool bro.

Will try ST to see what happens. Thanks again you're a true gentleman.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
If anyone can help me. I would thank you 1million times. Ive searched and searched and searched and couldnt find the answer. Heres the problem:

When i hit buttons on the slideout keyboard, the letters come out wrong.

For example

When I press "i" it shows ".i"

When I press "q" it shows "zq"

When I press "e" it shows "ce"

When I press "g" it shows "lg"

When I press "l" it shows "lg"

When I press "z" it shows "zq"

When I press "c" it shows "ce"

Pleaseee help me!. Ive tried everything. Im using ROM 2.17, it had the same problem even with the original ROM.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
did you check your registry yet? Go to

\HKCU(HK Current User)\ControlPanel\Keybd

And see if you have a key named "Locale". If you do what number does is have. For english keyboard it should be 0809. if you don´t see anything in that folder calles locale create a new String named "Locale" and set the value to 0809. then power your device down with the off button and switch it back on again. If that didn´t help.i have no idea.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
i have the key "locale" already set with hex 0809. I guess thats not it. Im still trying to fix this thing. i really wished i knew what caused this to happen. it sucks not being able to use the slide out keyboard.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
has it been like this from the beginning or when did it start?

try changing it to let´s say german settings and see if it still happens. change the value to 0407. you can always chang it back.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
that didnt work either. I cant remember exactly when it happened. Im pretty sure I didnt buy it like this. Even after the ROM upgrade they keyboard problem still exists..

Would you or anyone else give me the settings from their HTC Wizard phone at HKCU/Control panel/Keybd ?

Mine look like this:

DefaultKeyLock 1 (0X000001)

EnableIndicator 1 (0x000001)

InitialDelay 375 (0x000177)

Locale 0407 (was just changed, but i will change it back)

MuteSwitch 1 (0x000001)

repeatrate 8 (0x000008)

ShowWangingMsg 1 (0x000001)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
the settings are the same as in my registry. did you do a hard reset bevore you flashed the new rom on your device. that should have reset your regestry also. and if that was the case then i don´t believe that it´s a registry problem. Do you have any thirdparty software on that might conflict with the keyboard? maybe some SIP program or something?

just to make suer. check under

HKLM\Hardware\Devicemap\Keybd

CalVKey 0

ContLessVKey 0

ContMoreVKey 0

DriverName keybddr.dll

TaskmanVKey 35

just wondering what you have there.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
hmm... If i do a hard reset now, would could go wrong? Do i lose any settings? does it revert back to factory defaults?

How do you do a hard reset anyway?

Do you think I should try that ?

This is whats listed in "Remove Programs" under system settings:

PC Counselor Tweaks2k2.NET

XDA Developers Registry Wizard

PHM Registry Editor

Zoki A2DP

Cingular Get Xpress Mail

FdcSoft PPCContactsMgr

ammar Wireless Today Plugin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
yes a hard reset delets everything of your phone and then reinstalls the rom. so you loose any data that you have on your phone and it puts all settings back to factory default. and you have to install everything from scratch.

for a hard reset you need to hold the comm and voic dial button on the sides of the phone pressed and push the reset button with your stylus.

But that should only be the last option.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
I dont have anything stored on memory anyway. I keep everything on my storage card. So losing everything is not a problem. I even have the pim file stored on my memory card that holds all my contacts info.

So by doing this, it will revert back to original ROM?

Wheres the reset button on the phone? How can u press it with the stylus?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
yes it will clear your storage on the phone and then install the rom you have on there from scratch.

the reset button is the small hole under the IR on the left side of your device. be sure to sync before you do a hard reset to have your contact/calender/mails all backed up. If you have any reg tweaks made you will have to change those again after the hard reset because they will also be back to default.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
Hey, sorry to bug you still but when i press the 2 buttons on the side (comm and voice), a recoding window pops up then when i press the reset button, it does reset, but it comes back up, nothing got erased.....
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
yeah it´s a bit tricky. try turning the phone off first. then when it´s off press and hold the two buttons and press reset. make sure you hold the comm and voic dial button until you get a grey screen which askes you to press send to format. Send is the green phone button.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
OK, its formatting right now. I will let you know how it goes.

I had to turn it off, turn it back on. As soon as i turned it on, before it even loads up, I had to press both buttons and hold down the reset button. You're right, was a bit tricky.

Well, I hope this works! =)

I will let you know how it goes in about 5min.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
That didnt help any. It formatted and reloaded everything but not to factory defaults. It still shows as ROM 2.17 etc.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
that´s the last rom you have on there. it only resets to the factory setttings of the rom which is currently on your phone.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
yeah. I need to find the factory ROM somewhere.

Unfortunately I cant access ftp servers from my pc here @ work.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
which version do you want? you can try a new one if your phone is unlocked. i just recently put on the new Mr.Clean 2.3 rom and like it pretty much actually. I can access the ftp here from work. if you want i can email you the file you want.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
You wouldnt believe it, but i downgraded back to 1.xx and still had the problem, im currently upgrading back to 2.17.

I opene dup the port to allow me ftp access from here.

Whats the link to get to the rom you use?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] freezor:
then i really don´t think that it´s a software problem. maybe you should contact your customer support. the rom i have you can get here

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Wizard/Roms/MrClean_RUU_WIZARD_224a_AKU23_WWE.zip

sorry i couldn´t help. hope you find a way to fix it. i couldn´t live to have a keyboard i can´t use.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] audia4dude:
How can i get it?

Just upgraded to 2.3, having the same problem

how do i change the pad?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fluffcat1:
Re: ouchpad fault

If you mean 'touchpad' as in screen digitiser it won't help - I think he means it's the buttons on the slideout keyboard that don't function correctly - do you have keyboards in stock?...

Richard
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ant2555:
Hey guys, got some videos showing the difference between scrolling through homescreens with a stylus and the s pen - and the s pen seems to make my launcher lag!

There are two videos a before and after of me ajusting the sensitivity of the S pen but this does not seem to help!

before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDbGR_5dQP4

after: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGZ-AupQ43E

Does everyone get this or is my s pen faulty?

(it is more noticeable in real life than in the video.)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] celderic:
With the test for the spen when you dial *#0*#

If you move it very fast does what your drawing have to catch up to the spen if that makes sense? (Mine does but i assume this is normal, as its much faster than i would ever use it)

And have you tried doing a data wipe and flashing a completely stock image from sammobile?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ant2555:
I have only just received the phone and as such I am completely stock. I dont really want to wipe data for obvious reasons having spent ages setting up the phone. When i did the test the s pen does no have to catch up at all. Do you think thats the problem? Too sensitive? To confirm you have no difference in performance when using the s pen to scroll?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] celderic:
I only asked as i saw you werent running touchwiz launcher, so i thought you might be on another rom. But no i do not notice any slow downs while using the s pen, but i do use it very slowly, i dont swipe as fast with it as i do with my finger. So it could be that i just dont notice it.

Edit: The s pen tips that came in the box, are you using the hard ones or the softer white ones? I am using the softer one. Doubt this would make ant difference though.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ant2555:
Hi, I don't seem to have any "softer white ones" - although I replaced the current black one to no effect. Do you think I should turn up the sensitivity or turn it down to reduce the stutter of the s pen?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ShadowLea:
Try both. A too-sensitive setting makes the phone detect the pen even though you're not close to the screen, and too low makes it not register at all.

By default the Spen, as any Wacom pen, has a delay between drawing and the result showing up on the screen. This is because the pen is magnetic, whereas a stylus simulates a fingertip. This happens on the 2100 quid CINTIQ, too.

Are you using a case with a magnet? Have you tried a different launcher?

I'm not experiencing lag in the launcher on Apex.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrstatik:
Hi everyone,

Its my first time posting posting here and hopefully im at the right place. I have recently decided to encrypt my device but a question popped up in my mind and couldnt find any answers.

If my device is encrypted and lost is there any way to locate my device if it has been restarted and whoever found is stuck at the unlock screen. From what I understand the password is requested before the phone is fully started and that worries me and find this pointless if there is no way to locate my device. Currently my phone is unlocked in case someone tries to put their SIM card in which will allow the device to notify me but that is pointless if once my device is restarted and stuck at the unlocking screen I cant locate it. Im fairly techy and open to any solutions even if it requires loading a custom rom.

Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 on Rogers network with stock Firmware 4.3. Was previously rooted with TWRP recovery but restored to encrypt my device. Im waiting on a possible solution before I restore my phone to its previous state.

Thanks for all your help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mastergodz22:
wifi problem

sir please help to my galaxy s3 fix wifi problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] iTzz_KAMIKAZE:
I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I have absolutely no experience with this phone, I only know how to use Odin. I plan on getting the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 and I want to install either clockworkmod or TWRP and install Cyanogenmod 11. If anybody knows how to do that and can give me step-by-step instructions I would greatly appreciate it very much.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] seedeh:
You can't. TWRP and clockworkmod don't work and we don't have a root method yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] John The Rhino:
If you truly want to do the above, then you need to buy the Google Play Edition S4 which has an unlocked boot loader or perhaps the Sprint version. Verizon & At&t has a locked boot loader. We do have root, recovery, & a plethora of custom roms, but you need to learn how, what & why. This guide has it all.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

Read 3 times & flash once! Good luck.
[LG Optimus G (International)] innovaspain:
New Optimus G boot animation for Cyanogen roms with "powered by ANDROID" sentence

HI, I just try to create a custom boot animation for my Optimus G with Cyanogen Rom... This week I see that Android order to partners to include the "powered by ANDROID" sentence on its boot animation, so I decide to create one with it... In the other hand, Cyanogen Inc. has change its corporative image, so I wanna use the new image... Mixing all of these in my creation.

Install with a file explorer with root access, rename original to .bak and copy the new, changing properties to rw-rw----
[LG Optimus G (International)] MitoTakatori:
Thanks for sharing! Are you also open on requests for custom bootanimation?
[LG Optimus G (International)] innovaspain:
Not now, I think... This is my own idea, after chat in Twitter with people from Cyanogenmod rom...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vis-tec:
I have a UK phone which has developed a strange issue with the screen.

Presently about 85/90% of screen contact come with a 'clicking' sound which can only be described as a sound similar to that of static electricity. It can happen all over the screen, though when the keyboard is in use the noise is only apparent in the top half of the screen.

The feedback from the keyboard is regular.

The clicking noise is present in power saving mode.

A factory reset didn't cure the problem.

The problem has only really occurred since yesterday (phones been in use for a week).

Google and XDA hasn't really highlighted anything either.

Anyone have any suggestions before I get it swapped back with my service provider next week.

Cheers
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devildog78965:
No point in trying to fix it just get it replaced. The phone was expensive in the first place it shouldn't have these problems.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vis-tec:
:laugh: well feeling slightly stupid. Turns out its an option in the 'sound' menu. Can only assume that a friend looking at the phone yesterday activated. Now where's the delete thread button.....
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathrania:
LOL :D:D:D:D