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[myTouch 3G, Magic General] sanman1185:
did you unroot to 1.5 or just using a rom that is 1.5??? because everytime i have unrooted, and reinstall the flashrec and it runs the back up fine, what i do to make sure i am unrooted, i power off the phone, then hold the home key + power, and if it shows the Triangle with Exclamation Mark "!" then thats unrooted, i then just pull the battery, turn phone on normally, and download astro from market, and then copy this flashrec to sdcard

heres the link for the flashrec that i use: (no spaces in link)

http://www.ryebrye .com/blog/2009/08/16/android-rooting-in-1-click-in-progress/

if you need help rooting i made a vid on youtube also for rooting and the link for unrooting is in the description...

http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=-D7conToMro
[Off-topic] nimish_fun:
Guys i found a thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3644741on this but sisce there were not much comments on that i thought i wud share it on a forum with wider audience..:) also i thought to give a more better video for that ...http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

Mods pls delete this if this not allowed...

Guys see this its awesome and the best part is that the guy (Pranav Mistry MIT grad) has a vision to democratise this and planning to launch it with a price tag of modest 15000 INR or equivalent to 330$..... awwwweeesome....
[Off-topic] nimish_fun:
Seriously guys ..did no one found it worth commenting??? :eek:

or is it because every body already knew about it??
[Off-topic] OG:
My dad showed me that. I think it's iight.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] civicvx94:
At first I was in love with the iPad but now I've began thinking to go a much different route for a tablet..

after searching for android tablets I ran across two that caught my eye, one on ebay the sungworld 7in tablet and the Haleron iLet mini...

both feature similar hardware specs (same screen size, resolution, CPU speed, memory, price,etc). the main difference from what I can tell (aside from aesthetics) is the sungworld model looks like its running standard android 1.6 with gapps, whereas the ilet is running android with some UI.

does anyone have any input on how customizable these devices are? any chance of custom roms or app2sd or at least gapps on the iLet..would porting a version of 2.1 be considered impossible or at least not probable?

I love the idea of a cheap android tablet and would appreciate any input on this!

thanks in advance..

Sent from my Nexus One using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] guyjack:
Have you looked at the enTourage eDGe?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] civicvx94:
I just saw your post on the other tablet thread..I'm not really a fan of the design, its very strange. Plus i already have a netbook, so I'm in the market for a tablet now..

Check out enso-now.com for the zenPad..its a pretty cool 5'' android tablet starting at $155!
[TG01 General] bigkevhoopsfan:
Love the work that goes on here guys, the good thing about buying my tg01 is i found this forum.

1st Tg01 exchanged due to no one being able to hear me on phone.

2nd TG01 exchanged due to crashing during calls

just got my 3rd was installing my apps from card, install failed and now cant detect my card anymore (pc or phone)

back on the phone to orange, as this only day 64 of contract.:mad:
[TG01 General] (InsertNameHere):
Memory card supplied with this device is well known to be complete and utter crap, but you know that right?

I am hazarding a guess that those of us using this device daily have replaced the memory card supplied with something of higher quality, or different make
[TG01 General] bigkevhoopsfan:
well after 40 mins of blood, sweat and tears. i finally got them to credit my account with £20 to buy another.

My mrs is a manager in a call centre so know what buttons to press to get a reaction.

Its your right to know the personal extension number of the person you are talking to etc so you can make a complaint.

anyway will have a scout about amazon, or if anyone knows someone better to buy from. im in ok btw.

thx in advance.
[TG01 General] (InsertNameHere):
Up to you, all of them are overpriced for anything over 8gb, amazon do a Sandisk Mobile Ultra 8gb card that is class 6 for £17.99 including postage
[TG01 General] kikius:
I bought an kingmax 8 GB card on 20 Euros 3 month ago and had no problems with it. Anyway, it operates on HTC Magic, not on TG01
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maedox:
Even if one has installed some kind of lockdown/tracking software + lock pattern there is always the possibility that a thief would know how to reflash and/or wipe the phone or be able to use Google to find out how.

Has anyone worked on adding the possibility of locking access to fastboot, recovery and OS boot? (Password protecting adb would also be a nice addition.)

There is not much these forums about it. Here is a thread that died: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=531225

I would be fine with compiling my own recovery image if that is what it takes to get my own password, but I guess fastboot is the biggest concern.

I hope some smart developers will take their time to read this and think about it. Let's hear some input on how big of a task this is. I am sure it can be done, so take the challenge and show us some love. :cool:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayman07:
wow this is an awesome idea. ya because apps like mobiledefense or wavesecure would be useless if the thief knows how to wipe the phone. this would be great and i would love to see it work. i dont know crap about making my own recovery or else i would do it if thats what it means to make my own password protected recovery. but like u said, fastboot is a greater challenge.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MonkySlap:
I could see recovery maybe having this but the bootloader you are out of luck unless you have a dev or holiday version of the nexus. We currently cant flash custom SPL's because they are sig checked.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatMew:
What happens when you forget your password? Brick?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minogue:
Damn if you forget it than you are just too stupid, lol Jk

but good question, however i don't think any development on this will be done anytime soon, id definitely support it though if it ever starts.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persiansown:
Locking the SPL would require us to be able to write/flash one, which is currently impossible
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theslam08:
Maybe a petition to google to set forth this new option then?

Because I was thinking the same thing...our laptops can do it, because duh, if someone steals your lappy they could just wipe to get the hardware so we can put a BIOS password so even thats impossible.

Our so 'open' phones should follow suit...please google, read this. It would be a fantastic option, that way its rendered completely useless to anyone that steals it and is smart with them (aka anyone reading these forums ;)).

THANKS
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubbahump:
I want it

I've been thinking of how to 'secure' my phone's data again since I unlocked the bootloader... but this would be the way.

The feature request goes like this: Password protect the bootloader both for fastboot and getting into recovery (the option to start recovery should be password protected). A wipe is required in order to reset the password.

An additional and optional theft lock (along the lines of what the OP wants) would disable the password reset/wipe feature altogether, essentially bricking the phone if the password is unknown. Not exactly what I want (I just want my data to be safe), but should be easy enough to add both options if we have the code and can flash the SPL.

Obviously this is going nowhere if we can't flash the SPL, but there's no harm in putting this out there for Google to include in the next signed SPL.

Everyone should realize that unlocking the bootloader essentially puts all the data on your phone out there for anyone to grab without a password, given that they know a few things about fastboot/recovery. This is likely why Google forces a wipe when you originally unlock. We 'unlockers' should be given a way to get that security back.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubbahump:
We'd also need to find a way to 'type' a password (for the recovery option) while in the bootloader, since there's no keyboard. You could use the volume toggle to cycle through letters or numbers, but this puts this option far past a 'trivial' change to the SPL code. This may be why Google didn't include the option in the beginning.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalingrin:
A computer bios password only keeps people from changing bios settings. They can still format the hard drive.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsouza:
This would be really great... an idea, if ever possible, to overcome the bricking phone by password being lost, is somehow emailing it to the registered google account... or maybe sending an sms to a known phone number that was registered before...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveid:
Actually you can set an ON-BOOT password, which will prevent it from being booted at all without the password. Unfortunately, it is not that great a security measure, since you can just reset the BIOS using the jumper on the motherboard. Also, every BIOS manufacturer leaves a backdoor in case of forgotten passwords, just do a Google search for BIOS DEFAULT PASSWORDS.

But, the main thing to remember here is that we do not have a keyboard, and very limited buttons to use. So, what are you thinking of using? A combination of buttons (similar to the quick-reboot)? Or, cycling through with the volume/trackball, kind of like on a briefcase/suitcase (argh, imagine the frustration).

The next thing would be the implementation of such an idea.

If the SPL is to be modified to be password protected, we would need to source code - which I don't think is available.

If the recovery is to be password protected, it would need to have immediate access to a rewriteable portion of the internal memory for storage/retrieval of said password (as would the SPL, but first things first - gotta have the source).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maedox:
A simple qwerty on-screen keyboard and using the trackball to select characters would work fine. Up and down with volume keys or whatever to type in characters is not a viable option for long passwords.

It seems all this would be of no use without the possibility of flashing our own SPL, so I guess this is a bigger task than I thought at first. We all know SPL's have been hacked many times before, so I believe it can be done on the Nexus One too. But, because of the already unlocked SPL opening up flashing heaven, I am not so sure anyone is going to use any time on figuring it out.

This is what we are left with:

1. Find a way to flash a custom SPL. Piece of cake right? :)

2. Create an SPL with the possibility of adding password protected fastboot/recovery. Protecting boot will probably not be necessary, as it would make it impossible to trace a stolen phone.

Let me comment on the privacy issue: I am not really very concerned about the data on my phone. Of course I would not want all the pictures and videos I have shot to fall into the hands of complete strangers, but I try not to keep secret/sensitive data on my phone. It is not really very difficult to take the sdcard and put it in any other device or card reader to get all the data off of it. All the password protection in the world will never get us around some physical security. (Maybe I should make another request for encrypting the sdcard?)

What I want is to be able to somehow find the bastard(s) that took my mobile and get it back without it being wiped first. Though there is always the risk that they would not get past the unlock pattern and just throw it away right away. Let's just hope they left it powered on within network coverage. :cool:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pikipirs:
How does Android store Gmail login credentials? Are the information cookie-like (only session information) or is there an actuall password (encrypted or not, doesn't matter) stored somewhere? If the latter than that would be very bad for the security of the Gmail account (most critical apps there are Mail and Checkout). It would probably be a good idea to change the Gmail password as soon as one starts missing his Android phone.

--

One way of increasing the odds to get a stolen phone back would be to flash a custom ROM with an embeded and preconfigured security application that installs automatically and silently after a wipe. Not perfect because a thief could just flash another ROM but there's a greater chance of a device getting wiped than not getting wiped, right? :)

I guess a password in recovery would add an extra percentage to those odds too.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maedox:
So much for this request. Someone moved us to Q&A, so I guess this is doomed for now. We'll just have to keep our phone safe. :-)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesebastian:
Sorry for the bump. But seriously this is a must.

Any Nexus with unlocked bootloader leaves the internal memory unprotected (All your photos in DCIM folder, etc).

You just need to enter fastboot and flash a custom recovery.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DestroComocon:
Hello

Well i have a phone that has exactly what was being mentioned in this thread and i have literally tried everything everyone is saying about flashing, etc.
[Desire General] CharlieCharlie24:
My Desire is currently not working. When switched on, it just displays the HTC "Quietly Brilliant" screen then constantly resets.

I can boot in to Bootloader and Fastboot by holding down the Volume Down key when switching on.

When I do that, I can do fastboot devices and it'll show my phone but when I do adb devices, it shows nothing.

I have a feeling the initial ROM is somehow corrupted and would like to put a fresh one on (Vodafone have no stock and I can't be arsed waiting another week or so), so can I do this myself? As I said, it shows up with the Fastboot command but not the ADB commant....

Thanks in advance
[Desire General] ephumuris:
I think it's possible if you use the Tattoo guide as a reference. Using the Desire ROM in place of course...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603286
[Desire General] CharlieCharlie24:
Having a problem creating a GoldCard atm due to not being able to switch the effing phone on. Going to try creating one via the Live Linux CD Route and see what happens. Gives me something to do instead of working I guess :)
[Desire General] CharlieCharlie24:
That guide didn't work. But managed to create a GoldCard using an Ubuntu Live CD and then flashed the phone with the latest Generic Rom.

Hey presto, a dead Desire is now alive!

Now off for a play with it :D
[Desire General] ephumuris:
Great news glad you got it working!
[HTC Excalibur] mark845:
is it possiable to debrand the HTC s620 from BT uk?
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Yes, look here ;)
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
By debranding do u just want rid of BT snoftware? If so just hard-reset if you wanaa flash a 6.1 ROM then follow above link posted, the BT ROM is whack so would advise on updating ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] rbin:
Have searched and not found an answer. Is it possible to backup and restore Bluetooth Paired devices? I have 3 cars and 2 headsets paired to my Touch Pro normally. Whenever I change ROM's, which is frequent, I have to go through the pairing processes, it is tiresome. Have I missed something or is there a simpler way?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Try backing up this key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Device\#####]
"trusted"=dword:00000001
"class"=dword:00#####
"name"="nambe of device"

I'm not 100% sure that will be all you need, but it works for me for the one device I occasionally connect to. If you have several devices, they should all be under there. For some reason, I think there may be one other key you'll need, but I can't find it right now.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Ok, I knew there was another key you need. In the first, the device has some sort of a code # (where I've got device\#####). You should search your registry for that code. Mine appears here for the device:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Security\Bluetooth]
"key#######"=hex:blaa, blaa, blaaa

There's a big certificate. You should just dump your registry and search through it for the codes for each device. Also, search on Bluetooth. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth also has some settings you may want, and a few other things may turn up. Of course, the easiest thing is to use SK Tracker to track the pairing process. It will isolate the registry keys you need to save for sure. I don't think it's all that hard to back this stuff up.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] rbin:
Thanks

Thanks Farmer Ted I will give it a try.:)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SouthernAtHeart:
On a previous build/ROM, my wifi would automatically connect when needed. So if I clicked update weather, it would turn on wifi and connect if I was at home.

Look at this image. Under wifi it shows "Connect to wifi network" It used to say "Automatically connect to wifi".

Now it doesn't automatically turn on when I click update weather, but if I turn it on, it never turns off. (It turns off when I put my machine in standby, but it comes back on when I turn my device back on) It used to stay turned off, but automatically turn on when needed. A VERY nice feature.

Anyone know how to 'hack' this feature back into existence?

ps. I'm running NRG ROM, build 23554
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] huggs:
On the stock roms, yes , the wifi would stay off until needed and then turn on and automatically connect. But on the custom roms (not sure if all custom roms) its hacked to stay on all the time because alot of people like it that way. I'm pretty sure its just some registry values that you would need to change. I would suggest rooting around in your registry looking for your wifi settings, and then change stuff until you get it the way you want it, just make sure and write down what all you changed, and what the values were, in case you screw up your wifi and need to revert back to the way it originally was in order to connect. And remember that in order for registry changes to take effect, you have to do a soft reset
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SouthernAtHeart:
I, too, suspect it's just a reg settings, but I haven't come up with anything... WIFI on all the time is such a battery drain, I don't see why it would be popular to have this way...

anyway, if anyone knows how to change it back, it'd be greatly appreciated.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] rete:
This cab works for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] SouthernAtHeart:
Thanks. I'll give it a try!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] steve4bass:
I had the exact same problem as described in the first post after I upgraded from a stock Manila 2.1 ROM to a stock Manila 2.5 ROM. This cab worked perfectly for me. I think it will be a real battery saver, not having the wi-fi needlessly reconnect every time I turn the screen on!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosco16:
Good day I am very happy with xperia and I think that is a great phone but...

when I enter in the agend I can not change my phone number ( at the top of contacs )

I go to edit but only can add other number but I can not delete actual number

please can you tell me something about this problem?

cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosco16:
any solution about it ?

I can not edit and delete
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] 1wayjonny:
Title say it all =)

A Launcher2 that would allow you to see through it instead of a black background.

When using GlasStatusBar when in Launcher2 the title bar says transparent and the live wallpaper is visible.

Could someone please do this for the Launcher2?

Thanks,

1Way
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Daswolven:
I see potential UI conflict with seeing the desktop apps under the clear launcher with the scrolling apps. Not sure how pretty that would be....
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xombe:
Good point.^
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] 1wayjonny:
Good point how about a frosted glass?

Is this possible?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hant-taiyou:
Hi, I intend to upgrade my sd card so i need to clone the sd card, including "unseen" partitions for a2sd. is there any way to do it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BigKvak:
dd if=/dev/sdX of=/home/user/sd_backup.img

try that...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adwinp:
That is only true if he intends to copy over the contents to another card of the same volume.

Instead, he should copy over each of the /dev/sd? to another file, whilst noting the filesystem, and remount that via loop should he need to restore files.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] my_space:
When I replaced my sd card I simply did a BART backup, moved everything off the old sd card, and re-partitioned it to recover the apps2sd partition.

I then inserted the new card, partitioned it and did a bart restore, worked perfectly
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] carbonyle:
clone it from your PC using linux (a LiveCD will do it)

or install this if you're running Windows: http://www.fs-driver.org/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hant-taiyou:
thanks for all suggestion, i'll try bart backup and see how it goes
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] junkeeroo:
Hi All,

Just wondering if any of you could offer your insights and knowledge of unlocking software where your pc is hooked up to your phone. Are there any risks to your phone if you use this, e.g. applications don't work, etc.? I have a Tmobile Mytouch 3G (latest version with 3.5mm jack).

Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] junkeeroo:
here's a reply i got on another forum, "Your risks are almost zero to the phone. Just make sure if you download any software to your computer, that you scan it for viruses first, and obviously make sure it's for the right model of phone, but you seem to have a handle on that, since you recognize the difference between the two versions :)"

any other opinions still appreciated.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ayush20m:
If you dont mind me asking, where did you get this unlocking software from?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] junkeeroo:
www.gsmliberty.net they'll do the online database search for you first using 2 different methods before they offer this software method of unlocking. pretty nice company in terms of customer service...friendly and you can contact them by email, live chat, and phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jgcaap:
how does it work?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jgcaap:
just tested this. works like a charm :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ayush20m:
how did u get it? Is it paid?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] chaibynight:
Just checked it out, about 25$US to unlock, not a terrible price. And honestly, it's a much more professional looking company than anything I've seen myself, so I might be using this as well...