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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krazi Bluntz:
Hey, I want to run hero rom. I already have my sd partition in 2 sections but the hero rom needs a third linux swap partition. On the bootloader screen there's a option to do it from the g1 but it will erase everything on the sd card. I don't have a sd card reader on my computer, so I need to use the g1 to read my sd card. Does anyone know how I could put the hero rom on my sd card after I format it from my g1? Thanks. :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nasrat:
All the information you need could be found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534479 .

you dont have to format the SD, just use (parted) and make the 3rd partition.

Reboot and enter recovery

Enter console

#parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

#print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward)

mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7700 7732 ................................................................................... this depends on what size of SD you have. (this is for 8G SD)

#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krazi Bluntz:
Thanks ... but how do I set the linux swap to 64mb?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowfear:
depends on which recovery you are using. if you are using RA 1.2.2 it has the option to mount/unmount via usb. so you save the rom to the pc, boot into recovery, repartition, mount via usb copy the rom over, unmount, flash as usual.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
if your card ends at 7732, then

mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7668 7732

please read the instructions and understand what your doing first..... i would highly recommend you backup your FAT32 and EXT partitions and reformat the whole card
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Matt105:
Hello,

I have 32B MT3G with Cyanogen 4.1.11.1 and want to try going back to stock, and putting the new OTA 1.6 on it.

I have questions though. Is there a way for me to transfer my game data, sms/mms data, etc? Also, can I do apps2sd for regular 1.6 no custom ROM?

And secondly, How could I completely backup everything, so if I wanted to come back to how it is now, I can just do a restore and get back to here.

I know these are very broad questions, but hopefully someone can answer. I have some games that I've put a lot of time into and want to save the data. I don't really care about the sms/mms but that would be nice. And re-downloading apps is not a big deal, but I'd prefer them to be on SD card. Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] severedembrace:
I have no idea, but I got a question for you.

Did you have anyhardware issues when you rooted to Cyanogen's mod?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Matt105:
No not really. But I didn't really notice a speed increase and I stuck with it because I liked donut. I play NES games a lot on my phone with the NESoid app, but it seems to have issues with cyanogens rom. I've talked with the dev and he says he doesn't program for custom roms. An issue I'm having is that the screen goes black when you change the orientation of the phone during a game, and it doesn't get better unless you close the app. Of course, it might be a donut problem... I dunno.

So like I said, didn't really notice a speed difference and that's the main reason I wanted to try rooting out. apps2sd is nice though.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Matt105:
I forgot to mention that I made a nandroid backup of the stock 1.5 before putting on cyanogen. That would do the trick, right? What about game data?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Matt105:
bump. still need help please :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Matt105:
I used a program called MyBackup and it backed up all my data and everything. Word :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] kchau:
so im trying to remove and add some stuff to my update.zip

(speficially remove the ringtones i dont want, and put the ones that i want on)

so i did that, but when i go to flash it, the verification stops me, saying one of the ringtones i deleted is missing (obviously)

how do i create a different verification file for this?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] limpcity66:
ok a few questions what should i download on it ???? id love to play games and i like the differnt themes but i cant seem to seem to download them off here and get them to work. i try but when they are on it just slides its the touch flo ....so yea im new so some help would really be great please.. and also on the games id like to play some because im disabled and cant do much so all i really do is try to play on my phone.. so thanks :);)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] denco7:
It depends on what you want to do with your phone. Read the Kaiser threads and explore the site, the wiki is a great place to start.

Gaining knowledge, becoming an expert on your phone is a great way to fill your day, learning and helping other people is a great pastime.

Follow the link for M2D in my signature for M2D and M2DC and themes. The best way to find games is to look in people's 4shared or other sharing folders ( usually posted in many senior members signatures ) everyone has a game folder. It is where I have gotten most of my games.
[Touch Pro CDMA] altgamer:
I have always had slow picture mail on Sprint, it always took several hours to days before the picture mail was received by friends, yet when they sent stuff to me it only ever took a few minutes. I tried updates, patches, changes, etc.. with no results.

A day or so ago I updated to the newer HTC rom (2.01.651.6), and then installed the Gen.Y Manilla R1.5 VGA Cab along with several other tweaks, etc.. that all went well and then I was testing stuff to make sure everything worked.. This is the odd part, when I first sent a test picture, it went through very quickly (and mind you, this is sprint to at&t, not sprint to sprint).. I figured it was a fluke and then took a quick pic, and sent it.. this time 5 minutes passed and nothing, so I sent the same picture again with different wording and it somehow arrived quickly again.. within 30 seconds of sending it..

Now, backtracking, the first time I sent the picture. I went into the picture mail tab, and did new mail.. entered the name, attached some media, etc and sent it... this resulted in a really quick send..

The second one, I was in the album part, selected an image, and selected the mail / picture mail option.. selected the name and wrote a quick note and sent it.. this resulted in a slow mail...

Figuring it was a fluke, or something else, I went into the picture mail tab and did new message, entered the name, attached the exact same image (but manually), wrote something different, and sent it... it was received in less than 30 seconds, and the previous one arrived over 20 minutes after..

Further tests I have done replicate this each time, I have no idea how this is even possible, or what difference it would make sending it through the albums mail link or the picture mail tab instead.. I have tested this with various carriers, various pictures, etc and have the same results each time.

If anyone else is on Sprint with a touch pro and sees it's slow, out of curiosity.. how are you sending the picture mail? If you've been sending it via the album, perhaps try using the picture mail tab, new message, etc instead.. and see if it's quicker.

I apologize if this has already been posted, or is known, has been tried by everyone, or such.. I only found out about this today and figured I'd post it in the event it may actually help some others out there having the same problem as me. For all I know this is a glitch with how my own phone is setup, soo... *shrug*
[Touch Pro CDMA] sway-z:
I found that if you pull up the menu while viewing a photo and select options, you can change the resolution for sending pics to medium(320x240). It states it's only when sending emails, but it changes when using mms as well. As soon as I changed the setting my messages only take a minute or two to be received. Where as before I had the same problem you described. Hope this helps!
[Touch Pro CDMA] altgamer:
I've tried that as well, but it always bugged me how friends of mine could send larger pictures without an issue while mine would barely manage to send a small picture. Currently, I am able to send 1M (1280x960 with fine quality selected) sizes taken from the camera as long as I attach the media myself via the mail tab.

I'm still tempted to try the next size up just to see if that's quick as well but at this point I don't want to jinx it while it seems to be working great even for 1280x960 images.
[Touch Pro CDMA] Talon Pro:
on the new rom you need to run the pic mail remover first cause it has the pic mail in it. Then you can install Arcsoft after that with no problems.
[Touch Pro CDMA] two.s_babygirl:
i gave up on pic mail

same thing was happening to me. so i just gave up on it. i mean i still recieve pictures but in stead of using my pic to send i use my emails.

and use it to send pics straight to that persons phone

i use their carrier email like for ex for sprint its

(number) @pm.sprint.com

and its worked perfectly for me they get it just like a pic mail so much faster. just click send and move on to another program

makes me happy :0)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] :No-Frost::
I was looking over the internet and I know that some sites said that is gonna be available on october... But does anybody knows the real date??... Or if it's gonna be released after all???

I know that the sense is already installed for the Magics from Brazil, but I haven't read any official info about this being released from HTC to the world...

I know that there are already some hero roms (I've already tryied a couple) but they are a little buggy (issues with bluetooth, led's... etc)... So, any info =P???

This might be asked before, but I've searched into the forums with no succes... Thanks in advance for the answers...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hycian:
AFAIK, there has been no official date yet but rest assured, we shall see it within October. For the preloaded Sense UI in Brazil's HTC Magic, did the handsets actually come out already?

I'd say HTC will be on track to provide the Sense UI update to Magic within October, they just need a little more time to sell the Hero, that's why there has been no official word yet lol.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DopyG:
I know for sure that it is Official that the HTC SENSE wont be released in Denmark...

Its really crappy that they wont release it everywhere...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Krzysiec:
Be sure ... If HTC will release native SENSE UI for MAgic ;) It will be avaliable for all of us by our GREAT Android ROM chefs ! ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hycian:
Oh and why is that? Did Denmark get the Google-branding version PVT32B? The way I see it is that only PVT32A HTC-branding version will get the official update.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DopyG:
No in Denmark we have the 32a devices with HTC brand... But the danish HTC support team have alraedy reported that HTC Sense wont be released to danish Magics officially....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ronni.rasmussen:
Edit: removed!
[P3400 General] vivdutta:
hey i got this gene.... its been acting really wierd lately !!! every time i switch it on it works fine for about 2 hours but then it suddenly goes blank. the screen is off & there's a continuous green light glowing as it does when it's being charged but just that it's green ! then after that whatever i do it doesn't start up. i've even tried removing the battery & putting it back on but no use. plz help me as this is my only phone & i cant survive without it..........
[P3400 General] ramersonw:
Try another battery.
[P3400 General] vivdutta:
new prob.....

k so i changed d battry....... nw its soft keys r lighgting up & instead of the green light a red light is flashing !!!! wts wrong ??????
[P3400 General] ramersonw:
It boot in bootloader mode? Pressing Camera key and soft reset? If yes you could flash another rom.
[P3400 General] vivdutta:
the fone is not going into bootloader mode.... on pressing the camera button & soft reset the lights jus flicker ! its something i've never seen before....
[P3400 General] ramersonw:
Well, try the following:

1. Remove battery

2. Press power button sometimes (without battery) to discharge mother board.

3. Put back battery and power on your gene. It should lights but without image, then try to enter in bootloader mode.

If this way your gene don't boot is better you send it to service centre.
[P3400 General] vivdutta:
tried that too..... doesn't work ! now a continuous green light is glowing unless i remove the battery !
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftmoe:
Ok well I downloaded a 1.6 update and flashed it to my G1 from the Android Dev website off a link I found. It turned my phone into a 'Dev Phone 1' and just seemed to add the new market. Well I decided to go with it and through my day I started to have my first problem. When my phone was locked and I pressed the menu key with the *keyboard slide in* they keys would light up but the screen would stay off. I had to lock the phone back up and slide the keyboard open then press menu to see what I was doing.

I decided to just flash back another ROM i had on the card, and I noticed the 1.4 recovery was gone and it was back to stock looking. Well I got home and none of the ROMS would flash, from early customs to newest. It just aborted after 'verifying'. So I decided to try the Unroot my phone thing to just start all over. After putting the .nbh file on the sdcard and booting into camera/power It just wouldnt load up. I dont know what to do..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftmoe:
Also they phone will not boot up into regular or recovery mode with the screen on unless the keyboard is open
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vixsandlee:
If you have root cant you just download the terminal emulator and reflash cyans 1.4 recovery.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftmoe:
^^Im not sure how to do that exactly
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowfear:
do you have ADB installed on your pc?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftmoe:
Yup I have it on my computer
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowfear:
I would suggest getting Amon_RA's recovery image. It is nearly the same as Cyanogens recovery, only with more options. You can get it here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=566669

turn phone off

connect usb cable to pc

turn phone on with Menu+Power to boot into fastboot

load your cmd window up and navigate to your adb directory

(you can make sure its ready by typing fastboot devices. this should list your phone)

from there type the following

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.2.img

Then reboot your phone into recovery Home+Power to make sure it took. If it does not take, I don't know what to tell you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] hycian:
I got NetCounter for which I must say is one of the most brilliant app out there but I'm wondering if there're other apps that do the same and in addition, categorise the network traffic by different application usage? I'm always curious to see how much data is used by youtube, facebook, gmail, etc.

Cheers mate! :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] doni:
You could use Spare Parts to get such data. In the battery history menu at the top drop down box you co7ld select Network and gives you that information. It is limited to data since last boot, unplugged or tota/, ie you can't select day, week etc. Still, gives you pretty good information sorted by usage.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] itprotj:
Alright, I'm pretty new to this whole forum so I'll just cut to the chase.

Not sure if this is the right section but here it goes:

I have an i-Mate JAMin with Windows Mobile Version 5.0 OS 5.1.70,

I'm looking to update it to Windows Mobile 6 as I hear it gives better performance and uses less battery. So what would be the best way of doing this? No idea where to start frankly as I don't want to brick the phone or screw it up. If someone could lead me in the right direction that would be great :). I also just went to install ActiveSync on my computer today as the phone kept saying I needed it but apparently ActiveSync on Windows Vista is: Windows Mobile Device Center so I have that installed now if that helps.

Thanks.

Oh and another question a bit off this thread topic is I'm looking to purchase a memory card, Apparently this phone only supports up to 2gb sd card memory.. Though I've heard people using 4gb and 8gb Sd cards in there JAMin phones...
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] SpooXter:
PLEASE first read the first topic before "cutting to the chase" and then write about problems with understanding all in the same topic

but anyways whats doe is done so shortly you can get a flash program like lazytools

but i you want to do it yourself youll have to plug your ppc in the computer, download hspl ,a program for your ppc which will turn your display white, and then run your flash program from your pc follow the steps and wait 10 mins

and every reflash will need you t flash back to original wm5 rom

for more questions search other topics or the wiki page
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] jeanmichel6:
look at the lazy tool forum... trhe you will find everything to update your smartphone to wm 6, 6.1 or the newest 6.5
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] itprotj:
Any chance someone could help me through it? Would be appreciated...
[G1 Android Development] alpha22:
From my logcat, this thing loops and loops and loops.

D/AndroidRuntime( 1537): >>>>>>>>>>>>>> AndroidRuntime START <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 1537): CheckJNI is OFF
D/dalvikvm( 1537): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm( 1537): Stale deps in cache file; removing and retrying
W/dalvikvm( 1537): Size mismatch on inflated file (927937 vs 924012)
E/dalvikvm( 1537): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from '/system/framework/servic
es.jar'
D/dalvikvm( 1537): Failed on '/system/framework/services.jar' (boot=1)
D/dalvikvm( 1537): VM cleaning up
D/dalvikvm( 1537): LinearAlloc 0x0 used 4100 of 4194304 (0%)
W/dalvikvm( 1537): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed
E/AndroidRuntime( 1537): JNI_CreateJavaVM failed

I've formatted my partitions, repartitioned my SD card every time, and nothing seems to work. I've got the latest radio and Haykuro's SPL, but no class 6 SD card. I'm using a HTC Dream.

Anyone got a clue how I can solve this?
[G1 Android Development] soba5150:
flash the new amon RA recovery and from the recovery screen wipe your extension partition and then reflash a rom and let me know what happens
[G1 Android Development] Nasrat:
Try; removing the SD once it say install complete, and then reboot. dont put the SD back until it launches the home screen. and next time please post in the right section.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devious12345:
hello all first post and hopefully last post... I have tried to search and search and read and read but still confused on some things. I just have a few questions the confusion comes from instructions how to do things but no reason or explanation why. so anyways here goes I started with no knowledge of any of this so I dont need help with root, and flashing roms or installing and using adb... I have a G1 with pvt board I also plan on using just the linux-swap for now not the compcache one so here goes

1) what is the difference in partitions (ext2 ext3) what is each needed or used for? like your main fat32 is for storing apps and data? one is a ram swap kinda like virtual memory? I just not sure if I would need ext 2 or ext3 or both...I am using hero roms... does the linux-swap partition count as a ext2 or 3? and lastly why do u need to convert a ext2 to and ext3 you cant just create an ext3 off the bat?

2) how do I know if the rom does not say what type of swap it is using as in comp or linux swap? I have read about the user.cfg file but kinda unclear in that... do I have to edit it or just check it from the zip file and see the settings? if so I see downloads for a user.cfg (of course prolly not the settings I need for that rom) but I just edit it and throw it on fat32 partition and it should work automatically? if the rom has compcache working can I still disable it and just use a linux-swap and just change the size of the swap?

3) what is the difference between the user.cfg and userinit.sh?

4) after the rom is flashed (my update.zip) it is ok to delete it off the sdcard?

5) so lastly if I want to put pics / music / videos do I just throw them on the fat32 partition but in what folder so it recognizes it? or do I need to download some kind of file manager to get into the flashed rom so I can see the correct media / download / camera folders and place them there? if I have to go the latter route do I need to do the whole adb "push" thing to get them in there? reason why I ask is with a normal G1 when you connect it with the data cable to your computer i can just see the folders but when rooted and flashed obvioulsy there is nothing to see

6)apps2sd runs and saves on what partition?

please dont kill me I honestly did search and read all over just seems confusing most of the "guides" tell me how to do things but I dont know why those things are usefull or needed to be done
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmsweet21:
ill answer the 4th question coz im a lazy dawg, :D:D:D

and the answer is.......... YES! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
1) EXT2 and EXT3 are linux filesystems. If you have an EXT partition on your SD card then this is where apps will be stored. You may notice that if you're running a Hero ROM with no A2SD (/Apps2SD) you will only have about 20mb left for apps. You can make this linux partition as big as you want (within reason). Most people use 512mb, because it's all the space you will ever need for apps.

On to the differences between ext2, ext3 and ext4. Most people use ext3, the reason being is it uses journalling, making it faster and more efficient than ext2. There's nothing wrong with ext2, but ext3 is just a bit better. All ROMs with A2SD support will lit you use ext2 and ext3. Ext4 is less well supported. Personally I use it, just because it's newer than 3, but it's not supported by all ROMs.

So, just got for ext3.

Linux swap is totally different from ext filesystems. As you suggested it is virtual memory, which is essential on Hero ROMs. Personally I use a 64mb partition.

So my 8GB card looks like this

FAT32 - 7.5GB

EXT4 - 500mb

Linux-Swap - 64

2) I think you mean user.conf and userinit.sh. These files tell the ROM what settings to use for Swap and CompCache. It's not essential, just ignore it.

3) user.conf and userinit.sh work together. userinit.sh is one you edit, and user.conf initiates userinit.sh. Again, no ROMs require this, don't worry about it.

4) yeah you can delete update.zip. Personally I keep all my ROMs on the root of the sdcard so I can flash/reflash whenever I want to.

5) You put media on the phones Sd the same way as if it was not rooted. Connect the cable, pull down the notification bar, choose "mount" and drag and drop your files over. Windows won't see your ext partition btw.

6) Apps to sd saves to your ext partition, be it ext2/3/4 ect.

Sorry for the long post just wanted to make sure I answered everything.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan0zone:
3) user.conf and userinit.sh work together. userinit.sh is one you edit, and user.conf initiates userinit.sh. Again, no ROMs require this, don't worry about it.

should be user.conf you edit

If you are willing to learn you can go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=542899

AdrianK is right though its not needed ,but it good to know all your options.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
actually i think you have this one backwards Adrian. the userinit.sh is what the a2sd script makes a call to upon every boot to activate your linux-swap partition and it uses the various system defaults usually, the userinit.sh then makes a call to the user.conf to see what values it is suppose to use for the various things if they are different then the system default values, and will use the ones in the user.conf. user.conf is the one you edit to change the various values.

or at least this is my understanding of how it works.