yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] gk141054:
I use a screen protector on mine (and a gel case) and I haven't noticed any problems with it being less sensitive.

When I first got the phone (G2) before I put the protector on I noticed the screen looked rubbish because it had fingerprints all over it....

I'm happy to use a screen protector to protect against scratches.... I wouldn't risk without as I want this baby to stay pristine :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Soaa-:
I like naked gadgets. :P

To those who got scratches, what type of environment does your phone get exposed to? Keys and coins normally won't scratch hardened glass, but dirt with rocks and sand will.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] RUBBLEDOUBLE:
A clean empty pocket?! Life too short to worry about scratches though.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cambria83:
I'm convinced it must have been my keys that caused the scratch. I try and avoid keeping my keys and phone in the same pocket, but sometimes I do it by accident.

I don't know for sure how the scratch got there, but my keys are the top suspect.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nokmond:
I use a screen protector & gel case as well - You get the reward for looking after it when you come to sell it IMO.

Does anyone else find the gel cases lift the edges of the screen protector tho?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jmanley69:
I feel for you... I can't stand to look at a phone that I've scratched. Every time I see that scratch I say to my self "Welp, this phone is ruined! it's got a freakin scratch" even if it's not in the viewing area, or it's on a corner or whatever.

So... what I did was put a universal screen protector on it at first and had the fingerprint problem, and the reduced sensitivity.... But, I only did that until ZAGG designed an InvisibleSheild for the Sprint Hero... once they did, I spent the money and got the full body shield.

Now, I don't worry about dropping it, or scratching it or anything, and there are absolutely NO fingerprint marks on any part of my device. No oils from the skin, sweat from the face while talking... NOTHING. Also, the screen is as responsive as if there was nothing on it.

No links in my post. I'm not advertising for that company... just offering my suggestions. If you want one, google it or go to Best Buy.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Soaa-:
I've bought Invisible Shields a few times and most of them I ended up removing after a while. They're such dust magnets.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Stea1thmode:
Yes, I definately agree, I use both and I get the edge lifting thing going on aswell, it's better than having a shoddy looking phone tho:cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Henrikmand:
No need to put anything on a Hero! I just tried to scratch mine HARD with a key - nothing to see :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] thecodemonk:
O_O

Wow, brave man...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hotvico:
only for the braves

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henrikmand

No need to put anything on a Hero! I just tried to scratch mine HARD with a key - nothing to see

Man I can't possibly believe you did. I was reading the post to try and decide whether to remove the screen protector (because of a slight reduced sensibility) but your post made me understand I suffer just THINKING of something scratching hard against my hero. I'll keep the screen, my baby shall never be subjected to that! And I admire you, but yet condemn your cruelty :-)
[G1 Android Development] morissette11:
I created this thread in the wrong forum... oops! Delete please.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
First off, I've searched high and low for an answer to my problem, and I apologize profusely if my question has already been asked!

I just received my third replacement HTC Dream device from Rogers (the first two BOTH had trackball issues unfortunately), and as soon as I received it I headed to my computer to get it rooted, as I had successfully done to my two previous Dreams.

Unlike my other two Dreams, which were SPL 1.33.0010, this phone is 1.33.0009. After following the steps on both http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=558301 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4280573#post4280573, I get stuck on the Rogers screen when I press home & power, instead of going into the recovery menu.

I've googled my heart out, and tried everything I can think of...

I just don't know what to do! I just cannot get into recovery mode. Hopefully someone can help me out, and get me in to recovery mode, and into SPL 1.33.2005... from there on, I'll be good.

I followed the instructions exactly in both cases, and it's really frustrating!

Here's the full info of my phone:

DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON d

HBOOT-1.33.0009 (DREA21000)

RADIO-3.22.20.17

Any help will be greatly appreciated... thanks in advance!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
im guessin the image is getting deleted.so you should use flasrec to install cyanogen 1.4
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdrianK:
So you used flashrec to flash a custom recovery image...but it won't boot in to recovery?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
Exactly, I tried using both flashrec and putting in "fastboot boot recovery.img" into the command prompt navigated to the sdk tools folder... it says it worked, ("OKAY"), but then it just boots and freezes at the Rogers screen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
I just want to get to recovery mode so I can move on :'(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 32adream:
read this whole thread before you do anything. and i mean the WHOLE thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=581961 ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
Okay, I read the WHOLE thing, start to finish. I'm really glad things worked out for you! :)

I'm not sure how to apply that to my situation, though.

I can get into the phone alright, and turn it on, it works fine.

I just can't get into recovery mode for the life of me, no matter what I do.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
"fastboot boot recovery.img" is wrong.........

fastboot recovery recovery.img

if you do boot, it overwrites the kernel
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
First, flash the 1.33.2005 (haykuro) spl from fastboot (fastboot flash hboot filename.img), then reboot into fastboot again and flash the radio and recovery image from this file:

http://www.stevebirstok.com/android/givemeroot.zip

Should be rooted after that.

Imo, this method is much simpler than using market apps.. but I've always been more comfortable with a console than a 3rd party app. I like to know exactly what's going on when I mess with this stuff.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 32adream:
Listen to goldenarmz I'm writing this message off my dream right now :p if you follow wat he says you'll be fine
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
Thanks very much for your advice goldenarmz!

However, when I try to flash Haykuro's spl, I get this:

C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3(2)\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>fastboot flash hboot hboot.img

sending 'hboot' (512 KB)... OKAY

writing 'hboot'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

Then nothing happens. I've tried it a few times, and always the same thing. Am I doing something wrong?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
do NOT flash the SPL through fastboot.

you will f- your phone if it messes up

Did you see my post?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
Yes, I did try what you said after writing that last post.

After putting "fastboot recovery recovery.img" into the cmd as you said, I get a list of commands:

-------------------------------------

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3(2)\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>fastboot recovery recovery.img

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall flash boot + recovery + system

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it

devices list all connected devices

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

options:

-w erase userdata and cache

-s <serial number> specify device serial number

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id

C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3(2)\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>

-------------------------------------------------------

Now what? Can you guide me through?

And also, I don't know what this means:

"if you do boot, it overwrites the kernel"

I hope you don't think I'm a total noob, I just don't know a lot of the lingo... I've rooted both of my other HTC Dreams successfully, this one just seems like it doesn't want to, lol.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
lol its ok i didnt know anything when i rooted

Sorry i made a mistake

The command that you have to use is

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

i forgot to add the "flash" in the command

as for

the way the fastboot command works is

fastboot boot boot.img

the "fastboot" calls the fastboot executable

"boot" tells where to put the .img (image) file and

boot.img

is the image thats being flashed to the boot partition

the boot partition contains the kernel, not the recovery, so what you were doing was replacing the kernel with the recovery image.

the recovery image needs to be flashed to the recovery partition and the proper way to do that is in my corrected command

i hope thats not too confusing lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
Oh, okay. That makes a lot of sense now. Thanks!

Okay, I tried "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", but once again this is what I got:

---------------------------------

C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3(2)\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (4002 KB)... OKAY

writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

---------------------------------
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
which recovery are you using? you may have a bad download. redownload the file
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
I'm using the one from Haykuro's root kit, http://www.stevebirstok.com/android/givemeroot.zip .

Is that right?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
ok after a lot of reading...i realize now what haykuro was doing lol

fastboot boot recovery.img should actually boot the img file as opposed to flashing the boot partition...... so i was wrong on that

http://www.jukie.net/~bart/blog/rooting-rogers-dream

^ try following that guide and see if it works

if you can boot into your rom, try using flashrec again (use an updated 32a aware flashrec)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morissette11:
Okay, I uninstalled my old flashrec and downloaded the newest version. I followed the instructions on that site, and after trying three different recovery.img's (and getting the error "wrong image ebi for phone"), I finally found one that successfully flashed.

However, when I tried rebooting my phone with home + power, stuck at Rogers screen again.

I don't get it... I tried doing a hard reset just for kicks (settings --> sd card & phone storage --> factory data reset). However, although the phone seemed to be resetting (it shut off and everything) -surprise, surprise,-it got stuck at the Rogers screen also!

I waited for quite a while, and ended up having to take the battery out to get the phone to turn back on.

Once it was back on, nothing had been wiped off my phone, it was just like I had rebooted it.

I've tried a hard reset five times so far, and it just keeps freezing at "Rogers".

Getting to SPL 1.33.2005 really shouldn't be this hard, and I'm pretty sure my phone shouldn't freeze when I try to factory reset it...

Is it possible it's the phone?

This is my second replacement Dream from Rogers, the first two were trackball issues, I really don't want to have to call them up again and try to get ANOTHER replacement, but I don't know what other choices I have!

I don't mean to throw in the towel, but I really don't like having a phone that can't reset, but instead freezes. Seems like just the tip of the iceberg to me...

Any advice on what I should do?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Can you verify that the files you have in Haykuros kit are all intact and downloaded correctly? i dont see how your running to so many problems. You can also try to use the stock recovery and see whether or not that flashes
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldenarmZ:
OK, let's try it from the very beginning.. using the recovery and radio images in haykuro's givemeroot.zip and the sapphire 2005 spl (http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/files/spl-signed.zip) try the following..

# Place spl-signed.zip renamed to update.zip on the root of your sd card.

# Reboot the device into SPL (power off, hold camera button, boot, press "back" or "send" [check prompt on device] to enter "FASTBOOT" instead of "HBOOT")

# Boot recovery from givemeroot.zip by fastboot

fastboot boot recovery.img

# Wait for phone to reboot itself into recovery

# In recovery, apply update.zip from sd, wait until phone idles, press HOME+BACK, it will reboot, finish writing hboot, then reboot again into recovery by itself. Do not interrupt it at all until it's done.

# HOME+BACK to reboot into regular device.

# Power off, hold camera, boot, go back into FASTBOOT

# Now permanently flash recovery and radio:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img

Now power off, remove sdcard, copy a rom to it with a card reader, reinsert, boot into recovery and flash.

Any luck?

*NOTE: While I've flashed my radio and spl with fastboot loads of times, B-man007 is right, it's not technically the best idea and could be dangerous. You can negate the final radio flash step by copying it to your card and flashing from the recovery console if it makes you more comfortable*
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocNsanE:
Quick question.... should I follow your guide as well?

Hi!

I happen to have the exact same phone as was described by the original poster. I have thus far used the 1-step-root app to install the CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF Recovery Menu. However, when I tried to install the my hero rom, the phone wouldn't boot past the rogers splash screen (waited an hour and nada).

So I figured I was missing something and unless I'm mistaken that *something* is the SPL you are talking about in the first step of your detailed guide.

So my question for you is whether or not I should follow your guide step by step or if there's something different for me since I have the CyanogenMod recovery menu?

Thanks for the guide and in advance for your help!

Cheers,

Doc
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Which hero rom? do you have a properly partitioned SDcard?

You can just download the haykuro spl thats in the kit and flash that as a normal update.zip
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocNsanE:
Hi B-man, thanks for the reply.

For the SDCard, I'm simply using the microSD card that came with the phone. Do I have to repartition it for updates or is the factory file system fine?

Forgive my newbness, but by "kit" are you referring to givemeroot.zip and if so, are you implying that I should:

- rename givemeroot.zip to update.zip (doesn't seem likely to me)

- place it in the root of my sd card

- boot into the CyanogenMod recovery menu (home+pwr)

- Apply sd:update.zip?

Or am I supposed to just follow the steps listed by goldenarmZ? And if so, from the beginning or... does the fact that I have the CyanogenMod Recovery Menu change anything?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Follow those steps for the SPL

Ive only picked the things you need out of his post since you have Cyan 1.4 recovery

To partition your card, read the following guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534714

You will need fat32, ext3, and linux-swap (in that order)

if partitioning is too difficult for you, you should flash AmonRa's recovery to have easier partitioning.

if you would like to do that, you will have to set up fastboot, rename his recovery to recover.img and enter this command

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocNsanE:
Thanks again for another quick response!

Alright, so to summarize:

1. Step one partition (shouldn't be an issue, I just need a tool for partition in the linux partitions for win7, although I'm sure this is probably already in the guide you linked to, thanks!)

2.

(question, why am I going into fastboot at the end of this?)

3. Download a cooked rom and apply as sd:update.zip.

That about right? Thanks again for all the clarifications!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B-man007:
Ya thats correct. You can boot into fastboot to confirm that the SPL flashed correctly. its not necessary.

just note i made a typo in the previous post: recover.img should be recovery.img

if you choose to flash it

Make sure you follow the rom makers instructions for installing the rom (some of them have special instructions)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric923456:
wrong postttttttttttttt
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] 7heBoss:
I know there are very similar threads just like this but I just wanted to know from everyone's experience, what is the fast ROM with a build of Windows 6.5.1? You know, with the start menu down at the bottom and the fancy contact manager and all that. You may not like it yourself but that is what I am looking for. As much as I would love to use UnOff for speed and battery life, it just uses a build that doesn't quite work for me.

So far from my personal experience Valkirie v4.5.502LEO was very fast and I could just turn off manila. But really this is the only one i've tried so maybe there is something better out there. Anyone know of a really fast stable 6.5.1? and which is the best build? 23502? Thanks
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] infazz:
Christians rom's for me is great.. fast and smooth
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] mkouk:
I second that. Christians ROM is excellent. I have been using the clean version for 3 months now and I have never been more pleased with my X1
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] dxdiadora:
rota blaze full landspacemode gonna be relesed soon but now christians rom is perfect but not latest update (english version)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] endru88:
hey! can anyone please give me the link to christians ROM!? :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] killer8nl:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=542664
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] numba1guju:
valkyrie firestorm 4.6...i think the latest is the .88...i have one prior to it and its insanely fast...i like it better than christians rom
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jpoirier587:
can anybody point me in the direction of where i can find out how to get touchflo 3d to rotate using the accelerometer so i can get landscape without having to open the keyboard?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] lilchip85:
click the first thread on themes and apps. or just click on my sig (skyler17) and you'll find a few auto rotation software
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] lizardpro:
Change Screen: Another program to autorotate your screen according to the G-sensor. Works even in TF3D. (freeware) ~Thanks Mektah

Also try looking at this post has other great software
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] gringolian:
rather than installing extra software that has to be constantly running and using memory, just install the g-sensor lists from this post (g-sensor programme lists in cab file), then add additional programmes you want rotated using g-config from this post.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jpoirier587:
work great gringolian. much thanks bro!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] yogi-b:
thx

thx very good help
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] combat goofwing:
or to add other prgrams use this

set the app running, then open the app you want to rotate and insert stylus and thats it done close both down
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] night55:
Scratch my comment, i was slow on posting others faster then me gave a proper reply already :)
[General Topics] Geekaholic:
I picked up an HTC Tilt 2 (aka Touch Pro 2) from AT&T a couple of weeks ago. One of my first priorities was figuring out how to make free VoIP calls using Google Voice and Gizmo.

I finally got it working to my satisfaction today using the following programs:

iDialer (Google Voice version)

iContact

Fring (configured with my Gizmo settings)

I use iDialer to originate the call through Google Voice, using my Gizmo5 account as the callback number. I use Fring to answer the call.

This works on both wifi and 3G. I've tested it only on my device using Windows Mobile 6.5, but I assume it should work on earlier versions and other devices as well.

I posted complete configuration instructions on my blog for anyone who's interested.
[G1 Android Development] ahmad.yousry:
Good day all,

Arabic support for all ROOTED 1.6 donut edition roms only (tested on CyanogenMod 4.3.2.1)

its very simple

1- Download this file

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmmyzigmvem

2- Mount memory card on your computer (either by cable or by an SDcard reader)

3- Copy the libwebcore.so to your memory card root folder

4- open terminal emulator and type the following

su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/libwebcore.so /system/lib/
reboot

5- Enjoy :)

please support on how can we import SMS arabic support into native system
[G1 Android Development] muz_aj:
Thaaaaank you man,

gonna try it now :)
[G1 Android Development] ghassan99:
Excellent man, I can confirm its working on CyanogenMod 4.3.2.1. It has a few glitches but otherwise its working properly, its even working in the gmail client as well.

Thanks a lot.

-Gus
[G1 Android Development] Hamdan919:
Great job Ahmad,

I assume that your libwebcore.so file is based on the one in kb7sqi ROM. However, I was working on what you have accomplished, but the only thing I couldn't figure it out is how did you decompile the so file and edit them.

Any help will be appreciated brother Ahmed.

EDIT :: I guess you just pulled kb7sqi's libwebcore.so and pushed it to CM Rom... hmmm, am i correct..
[G1 Android Development] arahma:
Could you develop an arabic support for Hero 1.5?
[G1 Android Development] ahmad.yousry:
thats exactly it

please check out my arabic supoprt for androd project maybe you can contribue

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=581304
[G1 Android Development] Dr.Dev:
Ahmad,

You can't just claim the ownership of this file! its already posted on Ce4arab the same link and same instructions by me. The link u posted is http://www.mediafire.com/?mmmyzigmvem

and checkout this topic on Ce4Arab http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=177381

The project is open source and you can even get the source code if you want.. but please keep the credit to the owner..

This is the web site

http://code.google.com/p/arabicandroid/

If you want to contribute you're welcome but please remember the ethics of open source license.
[G1 Android Development] ahmad.yousry:
i did not claim ownership of the file !!!!!

on the other hand if you check my other posts, you'll find that i'm debugging the Arabic Rom by ET to understand the libraary structure, feel free to support
[G1 Android Development] abdulla1:
Thank you Ahmed for bringing this up!!! I have been looking for this for so long!

edit: thanks Dr.Dev for your work!
[G1 Android Development] abdulla1:
Dr. Dev,

I've noticed some websites don't render well (example: alarabiya.net, article title renders well, but article text doesn't). I'm not sure whether this is caused by some special character or its the font that causes this.

Thanks,

abdulla
[G1 Android Development] ghassan99:
Dr.Dev,

Thank you for your work. Please tell me are you the owner of this page: http://code.google.com/p/arabicandroid/ ?

-Gus
[G1 Android Development] ghassan99:
Sorry double post.
[G1 Android Development] Dr.Dev:
Yes I am .. tell me if you are interested on developing Arabic Android.