yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
I did search, honest! I'm halfway thru rooting my phone (downgraded and hardspl's, now just trying to find an up to date image)

real quick - once i'm back up to date on a recent android build can I still:

1. use market?

2. buy apps?

3. use google apps (maps, gmail etc)?

seen various comments on these questions and just want to get the latest info...

thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staticshadow:
yes sir, you absolutely can. and if you have already purchased some paid apps, you will be able to recover them post upgrade via market without paying for them again. a very cool feature IMO :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Breakthecycle2:
IM me if you need help
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Cheers guys really appreciate the help!

trying to choose a rom now - are the new ones based on the Hero stable on a G1/ worth trying yet? Any major advantage to them?

Thanks again :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
JACHero is definitely worth trying.. but to use that you need to upgrade your radio and spl.

Just in case it hasn't been said enough times yet, YOU MUST FLASH THE RADIO BEFORE THE SPL OR BRICK WILL ENSUE!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Ok cool - saw some comments about lag / RAM deficiencies on the G1 - have these been ironed out?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
Mostly.. jachero uses linux swap now and it's running pretty fast. Just follow the instructions in the first post of the thread to partition your card.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Ok thanks. Are there major advantages in the Hero ROM? It looked a bit 'gloss' in the video if you know what I mean.

Also how's the battery life working out?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
Main advantages to the hero rom are the swish interface, really useful widgets, integration with facebook, twitter and flickr, exchange imap and pop3 support, bragging rights.

I don't see much difference in battery life between this and cyanogen tbh.. but I keep my phone plugged in most of the day sp ymmv.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
wow, sounds pretty good! I've started with a cyanogen just to begin with - weird though it's just been paused on the 'android' logo for about 15mins (still animating) ... he mentions:

in the FAQ but is this normal? (I haven't installed all that adb stuff) ... Wary of pulling the battery and screwing things up ...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wddglr:
Just let it load it does take a bit the first time.

If not, go into recovery again and do a wipe ALT+W and then update ALT+S

that's one thing i would go into the first few times.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Thanks wddglr ... trying that now (it was hung for like 20mins)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Great, that worked straight away! Looking good, I'm gonna give Hero a blast soon ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
Just make sure you follow the SPL upgrade instructions to the letter. That thing has caused enough bricks to defend china from the Mongols.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Heh, ok! Update radio 1st right? ... btw is there any way to exit the recovery console other than pulling the battery?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
hmmm ... ok went here: http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/

and installed radio, then rebooted and installed SPL - now it hangs on the G1 screen. Any ideas?

update: browsing another forum I tried booting with the camera button down and I get this skating android screen! :rolleyes:

Home+power also works - Can I do an ALT+W without wiping the radio / SPL? ...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lordsmiff:
I got the same thing and I don't mind telling you that I was crapping myself :)

As long as you did the radio first (just in case there is anybody who didn't get that :) ) all I had to do was do another wipe (just wipes user data\apps etc - not radio or SPL or other "firmware stuff") and then that should work.

It didn't in my case but I just re-applied the ROM update and it worked OK but my heart was racing for a good 30 minutes :)

Also, you should look into flashing a recovery image onto there - I use Cyanogens (1.3.1 i think) and it's great - can do everything with the trackball etc...

Cheers,

Smiffy.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lordsmiff:
Home and back exits the recovery console and just incase you didn't know, the 2 phone buttons plus menu is like CTRL-ALT-DEL :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Brilliant thanks Lordsmiff .. I just found these instructions along the same lines!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534461

Nice one :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
'jacHero' didn't work the 1st time, trying a wipe and reinstall now...

what threw me was I expected it to reboot each time I made a change, didn't realise I had to use a card reader to add the main rom!

cheers
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
annoying ... wiped, reapplied ROM, still hangs on 'G1' screen ... ah no! just while I typed it booted! hehe, patience is a virtue i guess ... got the 'HTC' screen now.. animating!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Yeah - got it working :)

A pretty swish interface but it seems pretty mad laggy - big delays going back to home screen etc. Shame they ditched the 'swipe up from bottom for apps' gesture, I miss it!

Interesting but I can see myself going back to cyanogen pretty soon..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
back on cyanogen and it's VERY snappy ...

questions -

1. If i want to go back to Hero do I have to flash the radio and SPL again?

2. I've noticed people saying they got no lag on hero with changed swap settings and other comments about the SD card speed making a difference - can this really sort it out? I was getting like 10 second delays going back to the home screen from gallery for instance (t-mobile supplied 2GB SD card, 3 partitions as instructed here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534479)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
The only thing that still causes delays for me is if I go back to the homescreen with my keyboard open.. the hero doesnt have a keyboard so landscape mode confuses it. If you remember to close the keyboard before pressing home it should be fine.

1) You dont need to reflash the SPL and radio again.. and now you have that spl, you can't downgrade your radio or you will brick. This includes going back to the RC7/RC29 you used to root your phone. If you need to go back there for any reason, reflash the old hardspl first.

2) Yes, a class6 card will make a big difference when using it as swap space.. I got an 8gb class6 for £15 so its worth the punt. You shouldnt be getting such large delays on the new versions of jachero though..
[Touch HD General] rs0cal:
Hey everyone, I was wondering if there is a cab that has the manual rotate screen like the one that NRGZ energy rom has provided.
[Touch HD General] ozmoran:
There are many..........just do a search.....Gsen, changescreen etc
[Touch HD General] rs0cal:
well im looking for the one that is in the WM 6.5 energy rom. that manual rotates manila.
[Touch HD General] ozmoran:
Did you ask in that ROM thread?

you will get a faster answer there as everyone is usually on that ROM:D
[Touch HD General] bigden29:
heres one its pretty good.

http://www.all-at-hand.com/softwaresmspc.php?id=64
[Touch HD General] maati:
Here's another one which is basically the same but with an ugly icon :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=347705
[Touch HD General] zenkinz:
here's a small utility i wrote awhile back

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=460150
[Touch HD General] rs0cal:
alright thanks for all the cabs everyone.
[General Topics] pereirald:
Hi

I read at http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdamaster that there will be a Rhodium w with dual sim capability. Can anyone verify that? I'm looking for something like Acer dx900.

Thanks
[General Topics] poetryrocksalot:
You didn't give a direct link. I don't think HTC will be doing Dual SIM Soon./
[General Questions and Answers] toomie05:
Hi! well as yoou can see by the thread my diamond will not connect to my computer via activesync or usb. Yet it shows that it is charging. I have tried as much as possible heres a list of what i have. Windows 7, Diamond Windows 6.5 BsBL verion. If anyone has an idea it would be greatly appreciated
[General Questions and Answers] mccoffein:
Hy,

1. Do you use active sync or the windows mobile device center? You must have windows mobile device center v6.1!

2. What are the active sync settings on your phone?

Greatz
[General Questions and Answers] toomie05:
i am using wmdc and i have the setting on active sync normal not with enhanced file transfer

Thanks for helping!
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
try to delete the partnership on ur device and wmdc. Ball ache to re-sync everything i know, but it works, or should......
[G1 Apps and Games] sill33615:
Hey all....just wondering if there is any hope to have videotones for our g1's??.....:)
[G1 Apps and Games] CBowley:
I am pretty sure this has been discussed here. The reason why no one has worked on it is because they're annoying, the phone lags as it is, and most people wouldn't us it.
[G1 Apps and Games] down8:
But I want a clip of Tom Cruise shaking it to "Apple Bottom Jeans" when my wife calls!

-bZj
[G1 Apps and Games] charnsingh_online:
I miss this feature too
[Touch Cruise General] aikon359:
Hey all, after my last post on fixing the white screen problem, im glad to announce that the replacement did the trick nicely and i have this lil baby up and running again!.

tho in doing this i have run into another problem...

everytime i turn the phone on its telling me that the sim card isnt inserted when it clearly is...

i have had the phone appart 5 times now, have cleaned the contacts, checked for breaks in the ribbon cable and done a number of hard and soft resets..

im really stuck in a dead end as i really want ot get this working again... ;-(

any ideas?
[Touch Cruise General] chris10230:
Glad to hear that changing the screen fixed it.

Now you have hit a common problem http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3980181#post3980181

If that doesnt work then maybe a new sim tray as well will be needed :D
[Touch Cruise General] aikon359:
thanks chris, was a godsend to be able to see what i was doing again lol.

as for the sim card, not sure if this will help anyone else but i solved my problem!!!!!!! ;-)

(i really hope this would work for others)

all i did was forcibly took the battery out without turning it off and left the battery out overnight.

when i put the battery back in and turned it on the next morning it flippin worked!!!!!.

totally random but hell i aint complainin lol
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] tedbearmeadows:
Im looking to download a good version of Manila,

anyone got a link for the latest or best version so

far?

Please help!!

Thanks.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Pandemoniumone:
You can't download manila, you have to flash a ROM. There are many different ROMS right now in the Blackstone ROM development forum here...

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=453

Most of these will have the latest manila versions.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brummiesteven:
Ok so we've seen White, Black, Brown and Pink at Carphone Warehouse.

Where's Yellow, Gold, Red and turquoise?

I was interested in the yellow handset tbh =/
[Touch HD General] mattcrisco:
Hey there,

I just did a search but didn't find this issue. So I hope this is no double post :)

Just wanted to share one of my experiences with you:

I connected my HD with my car radio. When I got home I mentioned that my storage card isn't accessible anymore (I was accessing music from it). I tried a lot of things to fix this (first I was afraid it could be damaged), but the solution was very simple.

Just connect your HD via USB with your PC (Disk Drive Mode). In my case I was able to access the files on the storage card. Now I moved one file onto the storage card (data has to be written on it, only reading doesn't work). After unplugging the HD from the PC the storage card was accessible again.
[Touch HD General] ehsanij:
it did not work for me
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
---------Mod could you please lock this thread?

----Taking up another project ;) Still porting dialer so don't worry.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
anyone know how to go about using the smali jar file? what's the syntax? :confused:
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
AndroidManifest in readable form http://pastebin.com/f460f3015 used AXMLPrinter2.jar Thanks jashu. Anyone know if i have to edit this? I've looked through it and am going to again. Try to compare this and androidmanifest in the regular phone.apk. Using cyanogen's phone.apk from his cupcake build as a base.
[G1 Apps and Games] Chahk:
I've given up on this whole idea. Instead, I found that I can make aContacts look and function close enough to HTC Dialer:
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
edit: thanks, found the app in the market doh!
[G1 Apps and Games] njuncos:
are you a programmer? i'm sure that this is very complex, do-able, but very complicated with all of the HTC stuff you have to port over...but the best of luck to you
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
bleh not really lol. Just a kid bored. Have some free time on my hands so might as well try it out right? Appreciate it if some people would help out though. :D Anyone?
[G1 Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
Take a look at the rotary dialer code

http://bakhtiyor.com/2009/07/rotary-dialer/
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
What's that for? :confused:
[G1 Apps and Games] delta_foxtrot2:
Basic dialer code, the rotary thing is more annoying than anything, but thought it might help speed up the coding process.
[G1 Apps and Games] kockroach:
Is that a theme/setup you could share? Looks awesome.

alritewhadeva, what if you do something similar to Stericson, by using the tool that he did (which JF created). It's mentioned in the first post of this thread.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Yup i'm using the same method. Baksmali (disassemble) the .dex file ,making edits and then smali (reassemble) the .dex file. Merging it with the .apk ,signing and installing. This is going to be a long long process as I'm not sure what smali files i have to edit. I also can't do this alone so guys please drop a helping hand. @delta_foxtrot ah i see thanks for that. Will look into it.
[G1 Apps and Games] bigslanki:
i never used the roger dialer etc
[G1 Apps and Games] bigslanki:
im more interested in the hero dialer and contacts....i love the facebook sync options. i think that may be included in the donut 2.0 being released at the end of the summer.
[G1 Apps and Games] Chahk:
No special theme really, it's all in the app's preferences.

Change the Default View option to "List", check the "Display T9" option to sow the dialer when the app starts, and finally change the theme to "GrayBlack". The dialer's search functionality is very close to that of HTC's: it tries to match by phone number, and by name simultaneously. The only difference is that it doesn't highlight the selected letters in the name like the HTC Dialer does. Minor point if you ask me.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
donut 2.0 is not being released at the end of the summer...Think how long it took cupcake 1.5 to be released. I could try the hero dialer but i don't have the necessary files...If someone could get a Phone.apk with classes.dex inside the apk from a hero build I would greatly appreciate it.
[G1 Apps and Games] xidominicanoix:
I used baksmali and i'm looking at all the different smali files and I'm completely confused lol ... maybe i should stick to Java/C# ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] johnnylicious:
aren't you running the Hero Build lol

just get it from the update.zip of your 2.7.1 hero build :p
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Doesnt work like that. I need a classes.dex file. Most the of the apks in hero are optimized with dexopt-wrapper ,creating an .odex file. In the creation of the .odex, it deletes the classes.dex in the apk
[G1 Apps and Games] johnnylicious:
try downloading the original WWE Hero rom that Haykuro released on xda.

maybe that could have it.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Already tried, all that's in it are .img files. I have no idea how to unpack and get files out of them.
[G1 Apps and Games] cyanogen:
Use unyaffs.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
ah okay, thanks. Going to search for a complied gcc then :)

EDIT: Just unpacked the system.img, but in the app folder all the apps are .odexed. I'm looking for an un-odexed Phone.apk. Know how to "un-odex" an apk to retrieve the classes.dex file?
[G1 Apps and Games] njuncos:
I think what you are doing, with no coding experience and all, is very cool. Sure its an uphill challenge, but hey, people need a good challenge. I'm following your progress and I hope someone else jumps in here to help you. Right now you just need the classes.dex files. And then all the real work starts. Such as finding all the references to HTC framework and reworking all of that...
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Thanks for the support njuncos. I really need that classes.dex file. I have one from the rogers Phone.apk but people don't seem to like it as much as the one from the hero ROM. So we're basically stuck until we get a working classes.dex file from the Phone.apk from hero. Haven't found anything yet. I can probably find the necessary frameworks by attemtping to install the .apk in a cupcake ROM and run debugger or DDMS. Haven't tested that method yet. I know alot of people want the dialer ported but guys i need help. I need a unoptimized Phone.apk from hero. We are not going anywhere till i get it.
[G1 Apps and Games] nono2lozere:
Hello,

There is a non-odexed (ie with a classes.dex) in the first official hero build from haykuro, try to find it in dev section.

good luck!

ps: I prefer the saphire dialer because it has a better keyboard look.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Thanks :) However, the problem is I'm worried that the original hero build leaked by haykuro will have a phone.apk (dialer) that isn't the same Phone.apk from the WWE builds. The original leaked hero was most likely an alpha version whereas those WWE builds are the final production version.
[G1 Apps and Games] nickryan0612:
I know there are already sms popup apps out there but I would like to reply straight from the pop up window. Handcent sms has a good example of it but you have to use there messaging application which has a really bad lag. But you can see what I mean here: http://www.handcent.com/images/popup.png

So in a nut shell a sms popup app that you can reply from straight fro.m the pop window that uses the default messaging app.

Thank you all devlopers that take this into consideration
[G1 Apps and Games] supremeteam256:
I think you answered your own question. Its called sms popup. You can reply within the pop up window and use the default messenger.
[G1 Apps and Games] turboyo:
Dont think you understood it correctly .. sms pop up pops up and lets u hit reply which then take you to your messaging app, he wants a pop up that has an input field for the reply text already in it..
[G1 Apps and Games] AbsoluteDesignz:
The iPhone has an ill one like that...u dont even have to unlock the phone to reply...
[G1 Apps and Games] NguyenHuu:
you can use the popup from handcent and use your default messaging app. u dont have to use handcent. handcent and the default apps "talks" with eachother and syncs. so anything udo in handcent is done in the default.

all you have to do is turn off all notifications from handcent and enable notifications for default and just use the popup feature from handcent.

or u can try a widget called Text Widget that does something simliar. it too uses the default msg app and it lets u reply within the quick reply box.
[G1 Apps and Games] brandenk:
Both of those will work for what you want. I just wish smsPopup had the ability to clear the message as new but not look at it.
[G1 Apps and Games] bigslanki:
i love sms pop up never tried the other,,,,,s soon as leds wrk in hero i will go back to it.
[G1 Apps and Games] bigslanki:
also the settings in sms popup is great changes color....and type of vibration
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
Try it...you can use the D-Pad as the down button.

Or you can use the narrow strip below the D-Pad as a down button.

EDIT FOR THE FOOLS WHO DIDN'T READ:
[XPERIA X1 General] ring-bearer:
Hilarious! How redundant!
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
did you try it?
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
Hhahahahahahaha

This deserves a honorary mention in the "things you didn't know about your Xperia" thread.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
didnt every one know that!? there are 4 physical buttons and inside that is the dpad - yea you should post this in your section as orelsi said
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
What do you mean? I am not talking about the D-Pad...I am talking about the narrow strip below the down button. Look carefully in the picture.
[XPERIA X1 General] Steve_TLS:
And the strip above the D pad, and the triangles left and right of the D pad. I've got 2 down, 2 up, 2 left, 2 right WTF? haha.
[XPERIA X1 General] spikegotti:
hmmm i noticed, but i also noticed it not physically possible to press this unless you have terminator type fingers with motion sensors lol...
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
No you didn't check carefully. Do you think that I am stupid to not know that the optical joystick also had a D-Pad?

I am not an idiot. What I am saying is that below the Down Button, there is Another Down Button. That Down Button is a small strip that is under the Down Button. Therefore there are three ways to input the "Down".

1) You can swipe your thumb down

2) You can press down on the D-Pad

3) You can press down on the strip below the D-Pad

There ARE no strips for the up, left, and right.

The triangles ARE the D-Pad.

The big piece above the UP button, which is labeled "Xperia" can not be pressed.

If I read your post correctly, you are pretty much insulting and undermining my intelligence. If so **** ***!

Well, I didn't figure this out by accident. Actually I would never have found this out by accident because you have the D-pad obstructing the button perfectly.

I was reading a thread about people complaining that their D-Pad was chipping off. I thought about the other buttons and the fragility of the buttons. So I saw that little strip I picked at it and pulled to see if it bent. Shockingly it does bend, and it is very elastic and prone to breakage.

Then I decided to press down with my fingernails, and there you have it, it is an alternative Down button for the D-Pad button.
[XPERIA X1 General] Hannigan174:
Neato! How odd.
[XPERIA X1 General] saha3fi:
It's the same physical button, you cant click them both at the same time.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
so did you think that there was a 4 way optical and then 2 physical left and right buttons but not an up and down button?
[XPERIA X1 General] Dr.Sid:
I guess it hits the same actual switch. Still it should not bend.

And the d-pad should have larger up-down keys anyway.
[XPERIA X1 General] Ganondolf:
not an actual button its just when u press on the bottom plastic it presses the d pad down sensor.

interesting find
[XPERIA X1 General] h0rd4k:
no its a separate button, if u hold down the button at the bottom u can still press the dpad sensor and hear it click.

I noticed the 4 buttons around the sensor as soon as i got the phone :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 General] jjm34:
There's only one click for me, and I don't think there's any reason to put two separate down buttons in there, so I am certain it's just the two plastic parts pressing the same button.
[XPERIA X1 General] h0rd4k:
theres up, down, left, right and u press the sensor to select. I use it all the time in the menus