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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4co:
Ok, much more complicated than I thought!

I need to downgrade my kernel first,

didn't find any up to date tutorials on that

only then I need to root and finally flash it

I installed this " ROM Manager " where you have some easy options:

Install ROM from SD card, Download Rom, Check for ROM Updates

just with a click (tap)

That one is easier, but does it work ? How come noone mentions this ROM Manager ?

:confused:

That are many ROMs to choose..

I take it VillainROM 5.4 is the most popular/older ?

As long as it has Android 2.1 plus the latest Sense UI (not vanilla) then the number of options get trimmed a bit (or so I hope)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddotpatel:
Its not too difficult, follow BTDAG's guide in my signature, its bang on. Install custom recovery, flash ROM.

No you do not need to downgrade your kernal. When you flash the ROM it will sort that out for you.

As for using 2.1 ROMs, I haven't taken the plunge yet, I'm using MCR3.2 which is a tweaked fast and stable 1.5 ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4co:
You're right, btdag's guide did it for me. Very very useful.

Since I didn't have to worry about kernel, it wasn't thaaat hard.

I already installed VillainRom 5.4 and it's great !

Thanks for answering my questions !
[Touch Pro CDMA] stone7187:
no new ROMS...everything is outdated...:D
[Touch Pro CDMA] abadasstanker69:
I think everyone is moving on to the tp2. I can't. No flash is a deal breaker for me.
[Touch Pro CDMA] swinn:
Check for CDMA ROMs at PPCGeeks, and yeah most everyone has moved on to the TP2.
[Touch Pro CDMA] egzthunder1:
NFS, and Vetvitto are the only two "active" chefs for the TP right now at XDA (NRGZ is active at PPCGeeks). Historically, we have never had too many chefs for the Herman at xda. Most of the stuff you will find at PPCGeeks as swinn is suggesting.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] danceagent:
Hello, help me my phone qtek 2020i

not included and irresponsive on the button including, hard resset and bootmod

ICQ 456274031
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] 525536703:
ICQ 0.0,only use QQ
[Desire General] elbatross:
Hello Guys,

I just got a HTC Desire and I really like this cell phone.

But I have a problem with my SMSes.

Before, I got a HTC Diamond and I had allot of text messages on it.

So, I found a sollution to backup my SMSes from my Diamond to my new Desire.

What I did: I downloaded SMS Exporter 0.5 and made a XML file. I opened this XML file with my Desire.

Everything worked, I got my SMSes back.

But some SMSes (from the same person/number) are separeted from eachother. Sometimes I got 3 different conversations, but they all are from the same number.

So, my question is: can I join them togheter and edit my inbox?

Besides that, I got problems if I push the send button, it doesn't response (in the conversation screen). The only thing what works is to set up a new sms in a different windows.

I only have this problem with contacts who are "backupped". So, with new contacts everything works.

I really want a sollution for this

Thanks in advance,

Frank

The Netherlands
[Desire General] cgrec92:
it sounds like the backup file is either not compatible or is corrupted.

i'd recommend deleting the sms from your desire and use a different program to backup your smses to your desire
[Desire General] M4cr0s:
This is very much possible, but the right apps do not exist at the moment.

I (actually my better half too) have successfully transfered my 11600 SMS messages (almost 3mb uncompressed) from several generations of WinMo phones (thanks to PIM Backup!) to my Desire using SMS Exporter v0.5 and SMS Backup & Restore. However, the XML file produced by SMS Exporter is not identical to the ones SMS Backup likes to "eat", so they require considerable editing (search and replace-mania) and some knowledge of what means what in the files.

Now, there are not many programs that can export SMS as .xml for WinMo (at least that I've found), but there are loads that can backup/restore XMLs for Android. Unfortunately none have the precise same XML setup as SMS Exporter so simply importing a SMS Exporter file will likely yield errors and issues.

I wish some code wiz would have a look at this and make a working solution, it should be pretty easy, even simply some kind of script could be run on a computer, to convert a SMS Exporter xml to something readable by one of the several capable Android apps.

Mac
[Desire General] Vulku:
Hi! Use sprite transfer. It's totally free and very efficient. I used it to transfer all PIM data and bookmarks from my HD2 to my Desire. Seems to work fine to transfer from Symbian, Blackberry and WinMo to Android. ;-)

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire General] M4cr0s:
Thanks for the tip about Sprite Backup, thought it cost money, but things must have changed since I last used it years and years ago. If it works, we're golden :-) (too late for me though)
[Desire General] Vulku:
I'm sorry, it's not Sprite Transfer as I wrote, but Sprite Migrate. It's totally free and available there:

WorldWideWeb.spritesoftware.com/Products/Migrate/Migrate-Your-Data-Now/How-To-Transfer

Replace WorldWideWeb by " www "

May help others... ;)
[Desire General] tori007:
thanks will be getting my desire today and i have been wondering how i will transfer all my info

i have over 17000 sms and about 740 contacts
[Desire General] M4cr0s:
Be prepared for it to start hiccuping when you try to browse that many messages. I've probably sent and received about 6-7000 with one of my mates over the years (guessing 1,5-2mb worth of text), when I enter that thread from the message app the device needs to think for a few seconds ;) Need something like "hide (not delete) older messages", but I haven't found a setting or app that can do that. Checked out Handcent SMS, it's faster browsing messages and hides older messages, only problem is, when clicking "show older", it only shows sent, not received. Sort of takes the point out of threaded SMS.

Mac
[Desire General] leducbao:
I used "SMS Migrator" (http://a.baole.org/home/sms-migrator)
[Desire General] herghost:
Can I just ask why you want to keep all these messages? Surely all of them can't be that important! I get it if its a pretty girl, or a message that has some personal meaning, but surely you can't re read all of them!

Why don't you just create an website from the xml and bookmark the url? You could have a link for each contact then. In fact if someone wants to tell me what each xml category contains and its heading, ill knock u up something searchable in php.

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Sent via the XDA Tapatalk App
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Svarto:
Hello,

Sorry for this very basic question, I am just wondering what is the difference between a Kernel and a ROM? I see in the development forum there are lots of new Kernels, what are these actually optimizing except underclocking or undervolting (understand that terminology). I am also wondering if the Kernels are specific for the original Nexus One 2.1 Android or can you install for example Modaco or Cyan ROM and then a different random Kernel?

Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halorin:
To my understanding, a kernel is what directly interacts with the hardware. Every OS has this, but it's more customizable on our phones since it's based on Linux. The Rom contains the OS itself, and the software and file structure therein. The kernel even can tell the OS how fast the processor goes and how much juice to use from the battery.

Hope that makes sense, as I'm no expert. You can mix and match the two as far as I know. I've mixed them, anyway.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomasitoc:
Halorin,

Based on what you said, with my stock vibrant ROM 2.1 JI6 update, it is possible to change the kernel or install another kernel (like the CM kernel)?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codesplice:
That is really a question better suited to the rom 's development thread, but in general yes you can flash a different kernel. Some kernel/rom combinations work better than others, but you really wont know until you try. Get comfortable with nandroid backups and start trying out different kernel combinations until you find one you like.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChongoDroid:
Usually most custom roms will include a kernel but they usually have tweaks like coding for 720p, oc, and audio tweaks and what not. Alsways do a nandroid back up and start exploring. When flashing kernels always wipe, I think their are exceptions but its best to wipe just in case. Browse XDA, download a kernel from your phone browser, rom manager install from SD, should be in your downloads folder, backup and wipe, repeat until your phone does what you want.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seshu9899:
which is the better to install???

Thank you your post..

but i can't understand clearly.

so.,

which one is better to install NewRom / Kernal. for android phones.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dude Random21:
Neither one is better it just depends on what you want to do.

If you want to totally change over your phone to look and function differently then you need to flash a ROM if you just want to keep the same look but want to enable lets say overclocking then flash an overclocked kernel. If it has to do with the hardware mostly then it's probably something that the kernel can change. Although like mentioned above if you flash a ROM most of the time it will come with a custom kernel.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codesplice:
What he said.

ROMs and kernels are two separate things that have two separate functions. Neither is better than the other, but they do complement each other.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
I know both Dude Random21 and codesplice have gone into this, but to try and give a bit more info...

The kernel is kinda like the nervous system of the body. It directly interacts with the hardware (which is how it is able to adjust CPU speed) and it is what allows the ROM to function.

The ROM is the rest of the body. Every other aspect of the phone. In fact, most ROMs include custom kernels. Various ROMs give you various features/enhancements/bugfixes. You will probably notice the biggest change in your phone if you load a custom ROM. Most people load the custom kernels to help with battery life as a lot of them allow you to lower the phones minimum processing speed from 245Mhz to 128MHz.

The ROM can change so many different aspects of how the phone works. There is CyanogenMod which is based off of stock Android with a lot of tweaks, bugfixes, and new features added. There is also MIUI, which is similar to the iOS style (not the same, but much closer than stock Android), and then there are a ton others out there.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seshu9899:
Then which Rom is best for my samsung galaxy s???

so i am using froyo.jpjpg on my galaxys.

i want to flash new Rom with upgaraded to gingerbread.

can i flash only rom../ kernal also.

which is best Rom for samsung galaxys.

cynogenmod, miui, .?????

battery drain is very fast now ian running rom/kernal.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
Start by going to the forum for your phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seshu9899:
thank you...

i Start the post from samsung galaxy s..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperDeform:
your welcomed
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorgemvo:
Nandbackup + Rom & Kernel

One question: when I do a backup with CWM, it is the Nandroid backup you talk about, correct...? Same thing? So, if I do a backup with CWM, it's a backup only of the ROM, or also the stock Kernel...? Imagine that I do a Rom (GingerDX for example), and flash with a custom Kernel.... If things go bad and I do a restore from my backup (stock) CWM, what do I restore? Rom, or Rom + (stock) Kernel...?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
Yes, a backup that is done in ClockworkMod (or Amon_RA) is considered a nandroid backup. And this takes a complete snapshot of your system. Your ROM, your kernel, your apps and your data are all inlcuded. The only thing that isn't included is the fat partition on your sdcard. So if things go bad and you restore your nandroid backup, it will go back to however it was when you made the backup.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentsigma:
thanks a lot. reading this thread clear up a lot of things
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] auldthief:
Hi!

I am currently running Lite'ning ROM 6.1. XXKH3 Kernel version 2.6.35.11-ninphetamine-2.0.5+ ninpo@titan #20 on SGSII. Phew. :)

I've tried a lot of ROMS including MIUI, villain, galmetMIUI ICS version . I like Lite'ning ROM because it gave me the least (virtually Nil) problems (FCs/ reboots) and has almost all the features I need (TV-out that's missing from MIUI, good camera with panorama mode, Recording mode in phone). However I miss the CIFS feature. Is it because the kernel does not support it? Can I get CIFS support if I flash another kernel? Any suggesstions on which Kernel should I flash? I realise that this ROM is pretty old now so Can I get additional features with a newer Kernel.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radoslav.trahanov:
That made everything clear. Thanks man. I'm new to the xda but already flashed a new rom that overclocked my CPU to 1.5 and my HTC Sensation 4G Is running so much better right now. However I wish i knew how to thank people... because i see the thanks meter but cannot find where to thank from.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsyi84:
The rom didn't overclock your phone. The kernel did. READ. You came to the MT4GS forum starting up a storm for people not giving you a direct link to the regular MT4G. How is it you cant find the freakin' "thanks" button? THERE'S A FREAKIN' THANKS BUTTON IN EVERY FREAKIN' POST. OPEN YOUR FREAKIN' EYES.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph22283:
Sori m jst new here..jst b0ught my f0ne 2 m0nths ago. Flashed r0m: gingercrime ITA, flashed kernel: ver 2.6.35.14 v6. And iv overclock my fone 245-710Mhz, smartass. fone: lg optimus one, running on gingerbread 2.3.3

Many thanx xda developers..!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intermension:
The kernal is contained by and is the core of the ROM. The ROM accesses hardware services via the kernal.

The kernal wraps (abstracts) the hardware so that all the other aspects of the ROM can make simplified calls to the kernal when they want to access the hardware in some way.

So the kernal is an interface to the hardware. It's value is in wrapping the hardware into a nice set of API calls for the ROM that abstract away the messy details of interacting with the hardware.

Otherwise every part of the ROM would have to know the ins and outs of the hardware. This leads to bloated, fragile components.

So yes you can alter the kernal independently of the ROM. But you must ensure that when replacing your kernal your ROM can still understand how to make calls into it. i.e. Not all kernals are compatible with all ROMs. When you do a ROM update however you are typically replacing both the ROM and the kernal. i.e. the kernal is bundled with in your ROM update.

But when you do something like rooting. You are replacing your "bundled" kernal with one that allow you superuser access to core of the OS/ROM. So in this instance the outer shell (i.e. the ROM) is being left as is and you are just replacing the inner core. i.e. kernal.

hth

Richard
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
Rooting actually does not require replacing the kernel... you are just adding the required binaries to the system that allows root access. Replacing the kernel is done through recovery. This is why you can flash the superuser zip file to any ROM. It just adds the necessary files that allow you to obtain root access.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguinDroid:
Galaxy S Plus GT- i9001

My phone isnt very popular so I was excited when I found a cm9 port somewhere, but it turned out to be very buggy, just like my stock rom was before flashing a kernel, so i thougt that this was because of the kernel and tried to flash some(feaxore and cranium), but with every one I just got a bootloop. Can somebody tell me why? Id ask this in the rom's or kernel's thread but Im still a noob on xda... thank you for reading this!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1newbie:
@penguindroid. those kernels you flashed might be not be compatible wid your rom. search for the correct kernel before flashing :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguinDroid:
Thanks, but i dont think there is any... oh, can i ask you why do roms require a certain recovery? I also get bootloop unless i have cwm instead of feamod...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1newbie:
can u provide more detail. what phone,rom,kernel n recovery are u using?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguinDroid:
Galaxy S Plus i9001 with an unofficial port of Cyanogenmod 9, and I get bootloop with:

Stock cm9 kernel & feamod recovery (based on cwm 5.5.0.4)

Feacore Phoenix kernel & feamod recovery

Cranium v6 kernel & ClockWorkMod recovery (port by, i think, arco68)

I also think that flashing cranium v6 switched my recovery back (from cwm) to feamod, but Im not sure (just ignore that part, I preffer feacore)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You are in the Nexus One subforum----------:rolleyes:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PenguinDroid:
I know, but my phone only has a android decelopment section in which I cannot post... I found out what the problem was, thanks anyway...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istvan_06:
changing kernel

Hello,

I am newbie here and have got not too much experience with android mobiles. I would like to replace my Samsung Galaxy Y's kernel with a better one. Could you please tell will i have my original language settings after that or not? I use hungarian language and do not want to loose it.

I think the rom includes the language settings and kernel not cares about it.

Istvan
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbanana:
I wana build a 3.x.x kernel for my m110s model but it seem cant. I dont understand your question about your language, if the custom rom has no support you language u can translate it. It's really easy to translate a rom but need any times. About kernel, i think no one can help u for the old model, xda forums and samsung never mind abt old model. I're pm to so muck guys to ask the help, but no one reply me. Let try by yourself guy, i will help u if i am not a bussiness administrator, i wil help u if i were knowge android any more.

Gửi từ SHW-M110S của tôi bằng cách sử dụng Tapatalk 2
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istvan_06:
Thanks to Doky73 the issue is fixed. My mobile's menu language hungarian and did not know will it be still hungarian after a kernel "upgrade". He said the original lanuage will be available after the upgrade.He was right, the menu language did not changed at all. :) Thanks
[Desire Android Development] kiokoman:
hi all

i have created a custom rom for myself because i want to add a linux program: scanmem

i have copied the file in system/xbin

using this guide http://lukasz.szmit.eu/2009/12/making-your-own-rooted-android-rom.html on step6 for su command

the problem is that doesn't work ...

when i open a terminal in my desire and type :

su

scanmem

i receve this message:

scanmem: 1: syntax error: "(" unexpected

any help, suggestion ? scanmem is compiled for i386 32bit
[Desire Android Development] jayshah:
There's your problem.

jay@sys:/tmp$ file busybox
busybox: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, for GNU/Linux 2.6.14, stripped
jay@sys:/tmp$

If you don't have the source, time and a cross-compiler, you have a problem :( It's also Little Endian from memory.

This is the busybox binary I tested in case you want to strip it down: http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-busybox
[Desire Android Development] kiokoman:
i found a lot of information with google

http://www.kbrandt.com/2009/06/how-to-cross-compile-the-bash-shell-for-android-15.html

i have the source maybe i can compile for arm
[Desire Android Development] jayshah:
Precisely. You should also check the dependencies (if any) and make sure you cross-compile those too.
[Desire Android Development] kiokoman:
oh my god

depends on libc6 and readline6, i have to cross-compile half gnu/linux

out of my hand
[Desire Android Development] jayshah:
Shame :/

Why did you need it anyway? Perhaps there is another way for what you want to achieve.
[Desire Android Development] kiokoman:
i think it was an easy program to port and with a frontend for android I would have used it as the first cheats system like cheat engine for pc
[Desire Android Development] angel200x:
I made this. I compile scanmem fo my android phone (p500) from sourses.

He even gets up and running, but not quite.

Opt for a process (pid command)

It finds regions of memory. But during the search, crashes ". bus Error"

Maybe it's because of the specificity of an android, or due to the fact that I had to change all calls to readline lib, because otherwise the project will not compile.

I will continue to watch and understand ...
[Desire Android Development] angel200x:
Done. Scanmem works fine on my phone.
[Desire General] fruchty:
Hello!

I have recently bought the HTC Desire and I would like to ask, if it's inadvisable to keep the screen on for a longer period of time.

I would like to use the phone as a navigation device in a car, which means having the screen constantly on for several hours and phone charging via the 12V charger.

Can this cause any damage or negative effects to the phone?

Thank you!
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
No I don't think so.

Worst case scenario you'd do damage to the battery but new ones are fairly cheap on ebay.
[Desire General] vlasac:
This is not so clear, since amoled is relatively new technology. It is known that blue subpixel has limited lifespan, and that is reason for using Pen tile matrix in Desire. This kind of screen (Pen tile) has bigger blue subpixel which makes them last longer, but isue is clearly there. It is also preferable to not use bright background, and specially not blue one.

So, I would say until we have few years of experience with this display it is not advisable to use it for prolonged time on full brightness. Occasional use for navigation is not a problem, just not every day.
[Desire General] Balos:
Its a facking phone with 2 years warranty. Who cares!

By next year and half, you will already be looking for a newer one.
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
thats 100% the attitude to have. It's not for life, its probably going to last you 2 - 3 years max before you change it anyway, so use it as intended. If the screen fails within 2 years you will get a new one from HTC. no hassle.
[Desire General] djind:
OMG you people do 2 - 3 years with a phone?? I am astonished! I couldn't bare to look at it after 1 full year. I've had this for a couple of weeks and I am already looking forward to the Pre Plus Europe release! Ok to be fair, I have been waiting for the damn thing since the original Pre.

Some phones die within a couple of months and some (even the same brand/model) last for or years. You never know, so make use of it and enjoy all that it has to offer!
[Desire General] gogol:
My last phone, HTC Kaiser, lasted for 3 years :)

That was because I dont like upgrading to other WinMo, except I was interested into HD2.

But then Android is now good enough, especially with HTC Desire!

To OP: No, it wont harm your screen.
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
hehe.. nope, not me. I reckon 12 - 18months MAX for me. I was just generalising. I think most people on here are "enthusiasts" and buy the latest technology when it comes out rather than using a phone until it breaks/gets lost etc like many non-techy phone users. And with technology changing so fast I reckon I will upgrade the Desire when something better comes out. I'll probably have the Desire for all of 2010 I reckon though. but when a better camera android phone comes out... I'm gone. xenon on the wish list. 8mp. and hopefully HTC.