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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuaharp:
I'm not going to change the thread title. The intention was to pose the question so people could STAY AWAY from those areas (ethereal45 hit the nail on the head). I'm not sure if there is anyone out there sincerely looking to brick their device. This idea is a bit ridiculous and if you're reading that into this thread you're clearly not seeing the ironic nature of the title ;) Gunnyman's comment was completely sarcastic and funny (at least that's the way I took it in my reply...we're not trying to defraud anyone). But in all reality, no one is going to intentionally brick their phone. If they do, they've got issues larger than this forum can fix.

The intention is the opposite of what you're thinking. Just wanting to know what roads to avoid so that we don't brick our devices. I'm very fresh to this world and it can seem intimidating, so I thought this thread could help ease some of that anxiety.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcdfv:
This is like posting a very detailed guide on how to break into a computer, and then saying it's so people can prevent.

Sure, some people will use it for what it's intended, but there are people who will misuse it because there's something they don't like about their Hero, and want to get a refurb or new phone or something.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuaharp:
I find this VERY hard to believe. If someone is wanting to defraud their carrier and get a refurbished phone, do you think they will look online for how to 'brick' their root device? I doubt it. Why not just throw it in a pool or run over it with their car?

It's more like a help to not overheat your car. What are ways that you can overheat your car. No radiator fluid, running A/C through the mountains, etc. This is to give people a help on things to avoid. Sure, if someone has a desperate desire to overheat their car, they can follow the instructions and overheat it. But that's up to them.

I find that as I'm exploring the deeper side of my device, I'm constantly thinking thoughts like "wonder if doing this will brick my phone" and so I don't usually explore very far, because of this fear (and my wife and my conscience won't allow me to defraud Sprint, run over my phone and get a replacement). I'm just trying to be cautious that's all and wondering if there are any other ways (non-physical and non-malicious) to brick your device other than flashing a GSM Radio on a CDMA phone.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
If thats's how I read it? That's what you said... "How to brick your phone".

You might be surprised how many people do intentionally brick their phones. You might also be surprised (if you did just a LITTLE bit of searching) how many threads have been closed because people are openly trying to find out how to brick their phones with the intention of avoiding the $100 replacement charge.

If that's the intention then I don't understand why you mislabeled the thread.

There are only 2 ways I know of to brick a CDMA Hero. They are very, very easily avoidable. You almost have to go out of your way to brick a CDMA Hero and if you READ about what you are doing to your phone before you do it you will easily avoid it. And for that matter, as long as you make nandroid backups, forget bricking, it's hard even just to lose whatever info might be important to you.

That's fine though, whatever floats yer boat. I am well aware of how to AVOID bricking my phone so I'll leave your thread alone now.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcdfv:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=672131&highlight=brick

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=663949&highlight=brick

Just to list two.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuaharp:
First of all, how am I going to find closed threads? Don't they remove them? I really didn't know people search on how to brick their phones with this intention. It seems asinine to me. I hope the mods don't think that's my intention, because I've described it pretty clearly and have even updated the description to be extra clear.

Because a thread that says "How to not brick your phone" is a complete waste of time (which this thread is quickly becoming). There are way more ways to NOT brick your phone than to brick it.

What are the two ways?! I only know of one for the CDMA Hero (GSM Radio flashing to CDMA phone). This is what I'm talking about. You have information that I've been unable to find. Please share.

When you're learning about rooting your device and someone says "this procedure may brick your phone" your mind wonders, what is it about this procedure that may cause my phone to become an invaluable paperweight? That's what I'm after. From a previous forum, I learned that radios are something to be extra careful with. So, that got my mind wondering, what other areas should I be looking out for.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbobino:
While I agree with the purpose of this thread, the title is a little confusing.

However, On a different phone (HTC Kaiser) there was an android port that I was interested in. I managed to brick that phone by running the sudo rm code in Terminal Emulator. While I don't know if it will brick a Hero it did brick the poor Kaiser. As it was an AT&T phone I had no use for it anymore and thought I'd give the command a try just to see the consequences.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcdfv:
I don't think that would brick it, as we could still access the recovery partition to nandroid back.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuaharp:
Re: How to brick your phone.

This is good to know. What would I be doing to have to use this command?

Thread name: Will probably change when I have computer access. I honestly didn't realize people search forums to intentionally brick their devices. I've been proven wrong on that one :)

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
sudo rm ~/

lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbobino:
I don't know that it would brick a hero. In fact I'm sure it wouldn't. But I haven't figured out how to get the old Kaiser back up. Point being, never run sudo without knowing exactly what you are doing.
[General Questions and Answers] Dial_M:
Hello all.

A month or two back I performed a factory reset on my HTC Desire. Upon start up, things like contacts, messages, photos etc were restored just fine.

However, I accidentally deleted the stock clock/weather widget from my homescreen and when I tried to replace it, it wasn't in the list of widgets. But if I restored the entire "scene", the clock widget is there and fully functioning again.

So it's installed and runs with no problem, I simply can't add it where and when I want as per regular apps/widgets.

I'm sure there are a couple other little things missing, though I'm not sure what they are as I can't remember what they might be.

I hope that makes sense, and I apologise if this has been covered elsewhere - had a bit of look and couldn't see anything.

Many thanks,

James
[HD2 General] dvigue:
i installed some cabs this morning like flash for opera etc..and now when i connect to my wifi i cant surf or use any programs that use data?

any ideas?
[HD2 General] speoples20:
Sounds like something you installed mess it up. Uninstall the cabs you just installed and see if your wifi comes back. If it does then its one of the cabs you installed. Install one cab at a time and test your wifi.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigapu11:
Hi all,,

I've tried creating an email and put it in different paragraphs. It looks good and normal when I pressed "send". But when I checked my inbox, the email comes in one single paragraph, even the signature "Sent by My HTC" is included in the email contents. :(

Not sure this happened to others. Pls help me!

Many thanks!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chizhang001001:
i got the same problem

does anyone have a solution?
[Hero CDMA General] BrianDigital:
Hey guys I am selling my hero to someone and I wanted to put it at stock sprint without root,

The error I keep getting is my battery is less than 30% when it is at full charge

anybody else experienceing this issue
[Hero CDMA General] mrgreenfrost:
had that problem when i was putting in 2.1. I tried to restart my computer, turned off the phone, took the battery out for a while like a min or so, put everything back in. Deleted all the files in my temp folder on my comp as well and that worked. Don't know if it was my comp or the phone though.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Sounds like a problem with your battery stats, if the above advice doesn't work. Are you rooted? If so go into recovery and wipe battery stats.

Then let it charge and try to RUU again.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] locallyrejected:
I have successfully loaded the droid program from my card annd it seems to be running well...one problem...I have no service. I have tried a few things in setting but it just continues to say "searching". I am fairly new at this so any help is fantastic. thanks guys for all the cool stuff you've shown me so far!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] djteotancolis:
i think the proper place for this topic would be on the touch pro2 forum
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] huggs:
you probably need to enter your apn manually. who is your carrier?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] undefined:
I dont think an APN issue would cause No signal, it may be the Radio thats on the device, or Andriod might be using the wrong frequency,
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] DaveTheTytnIIGuy:
Sometimes fixing that is as simple as toggling airplane mode in Android. You may need to enable airplane mode, reboot to WM, and reload Android to be able to disable airplane mode, but I remember that always fixing perpetual no-signal problems with some builds of Android 2.1
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Lennyz1988:
Are you on the cmda network? then read the FAQ in the android section and you will find your answer
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Ducter:
Just a quick post, wife wanted picasa sync on her slide so I pulled the 3dgallery from my nexus and installed in on her slide, works pretty good except 1 of her picasa folders has 1000 photos in it, that seems to slow down the slide loading it, her other folders with less seem to load right up pretty quickly.

Didnt know if anyone else was interested in it so figured I would post that it worked.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] DGarmon:
Cool

Cool, would it be possible to post the File, I would like to check it out...Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Ducter:
sure, I just did a quick google search for it as I wasnt sure if it could be posted here..should be able to but wasnt sure..anyways I found where they also did it for the droid, just follow his video and your all set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTnAdWYNPbI
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Jerzeeloon:
Thanks for the info,however after installing and trying it runs just as slow on the slide as it does on the 2.1 ports for g1 and mt3g.don't know how it loads on nexus one but the regular gallery is fine for me so I'm going to unninstall but its nice to know we can use this if we choose.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Ducter:
dont uninstall it yet, give it time to load and honestly it gets faster..I assumed it was cause she had a gaint folder, but it was slow for the first several minutes
[myTouch 3G Slide General] DGarmon:
Thanks I loaded and it runs fine on my slide :)
[myTouch 3G Slide General] deinfinityx:
Hey thanks for the info, Just installed it and like everything else it is flying alone fine for me even with 1000+ pictures. I got to say this phone just gets better every day.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] shadowmike:
i installed 3dgallery the first day. if it does slow to a crawl, kill all nsed apps or restart the phone and it will fly.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] BrutalDrew:
so i installed the 3D gallery but for some reason it didn't replace the 2d gallery and now it wont uninstall either of them. Any solutions to that?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] SiL3nTKiLL:
hope sum1 has a solution!
[myTouch 3G Slide General] jenol:
Working flawlessly on my slide
[myTouch 3G Slide General] callmecooper:
think you need to be rooted if you arent.

if you are then you can just "adb pull Gallery3d.apk" then , if you want it to replace the regular gallery, rename Gallery3d to "Gallery.apk" then install the app again, and it should upgrade the previous gallery to gallery3d
[myTouch 3G Slide General] rnrstar:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=713440

has anybody gotten this version of the gallery to work on the slide? is it more stable than the fixed camera 3d gallery posted in this thread?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] ravi84m:
the froyo 3d is better.the camera button is fixed and it can do a sneak peak into an album.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] jspookss:
You're right. Thanks for the heads up.

The sneak peek is pretty darn cool
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] formulabird:
I have 4g turned on and available but it never connects. It just says 3g above the connection icon. How do I get it too 4g? Is it a phone setting that is wrong or a system setting with Sprint? Should I try taking the battery out and reseting?
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
HOW CAN I REMOVE THIS POLL?

I recommend a full wipe and flash with this BUT you can flash this over top of your current Cyanogen 5.0.8 DS ROM if thats what you really want to do.

Ok so I didnt make a fancy name for this because its not really an entire theme. It basically just darkens a few things here and there but honestly gives a much more polished look I think. Also there is a slight tweak to the lockscreen. I darkened the sliders and took the green out of the lock icon. I decided against a themed version of ADW and included launcher pro so I know alot of you guys will have a fit but you really have to try it first. I chose it because it is much much much faster and the transitions are much smoother. Also I think customizing is much easier. Some task bar stuff was pulled from HTC legend and some stuff I modded myself. Icons are NOW 2.1 SENSE but if you want to change them I figured you could use bettercut.

This is a full ROM so you can flash it to a fresh device and its basically CM5.0.8 with a few theme changes and replacing ADW with launcher pro as well as ditching old gallery for new 3d one. You can also flash this right over your current ROM however make sure you do a nandroid backup first.

When you first install you must change your fonts to white in spare parts (Now in settings menu). Ive included an XML file that you can load onto your SD so that you dont have to choose the colors manually. Also you must change the theme background in LauncherPro to either glass or froyo.

Does NOT include the clocks from beautiful widgets because those are paid apps. This now includes Sense UI Icons by popular demad :)

The SWAP script is already loaded into this ROM/Theme so all you have to do is go into terminal and choose what you want. I honestly dont know why this is not included in the ROM. Swap makes this ROM run sooooooooo much better and smoother. This is the link to give credit but NO FLASH IS NEEDED. Its already in the ROM. All you have to do is enable it. http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/208-swap-enabledisable/

DOWNLOAD http://www.4shared.com/file/OWfzE_ZY/CM_5_0_8Themed3.html

Google Apps http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/files/file/41-google-addon-epe54b/

Spare Parts XML http://www.4shared.com/document/jvEYBukc/spare_parts_ui.html

IF YOU HAVE HTC MAGIC 32A kernel update.zip http://briancrook.ca/android/cm-ports/bc-5.0.8-ebi1-signed.zip
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Changelog..........
[Android Themes] Mardenator:
can you make this work with CM5.0.8Test1?
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
I probably could. Is that a no wipe update? Are more people using 5.0.8 than 5.0.7 stable?
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Looks like Test3 is the latest. If i do move to 5.0.8 it will probably be to that version.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Updated :D Hows everyone liking this that has used it?
[Android Themes] Mardenator:
not a bad theme.. just not my cup o' tea
[Android Themes] MicroMina:
This is awesome

This is just what I've been looking for.. stock CM with a dark touch.

the grey in the notifications (stock CM) just doesn't fit in..

Thank you for this, keep up the good work.
[Android Themes] nisto91:
I don't see any options to change the font to white in spare parts..?

Edit: nevermind i had a really old version
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
If you installed this ROM it should have the latest and greatest version of spare parts
[Android Themes] torusJKL:
Thanks for this nice theme!

Can you update it to test4 and add the md5sum to your post?
[Android Themes] MicroMina:
I think you should keep the icons stock 2.1, and add an additional flashable zip that contains sense icons.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Wow its moving so fast haha. Ya I can update when I get some time. Not today because I have work and meetings all day till late but maybe friday or this weekend.
[Android Themes] MicroMina:
okay, this does NOT work..

I tried flashing over my current CM and flashing after a full wipe.

I never get past the HTC Magic screen, please fix.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Using 32A or 32B? If you are using 32A then you need the 32A port. I havent done anything to stray from cyanogen original ROM other than remove ADW and old Gallery to replace with Launcherpro and 3d gallery. Other than that its just theme changes. If it doesn't install then i would follow cyanogens directions for installing his 5.0.8 t3 D/S
[Android Themes] MicroMina:
Yes, I am on 32A. Any idea where to find the port? I searched but couldn't find it.

Thanks.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Hmmm I cannot seem to find it anymore. Looks like Test3 was yesterdays news. When I move to test 4 (or 5) I will provide a download link. I may also make this a THEME ONLY flash in the next release. That way you MUST have CM5.0.8 preinstalled. That may get rid of alot of issues with 32a vs 32b and all that mess.
[Android Themes] cosmique:
it is t4 right now
[Android Themes] torusJKL:
Test4 should be the last test release and stable should come out after Sunday.

See Twitter.

So if you only have time at the weekend maybe you should skip test4 and make one for the stable release. :-)
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Thats what I will do then.
[Android Themes] torusJKL:
To change the colors create the file spare_parts_ui.xml

Insert the following

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<spareparts>
<battery_status_color_title>#ffffffff</battery_status_color_title>
<clock_color>#fff2f2f2</clock_color>
<date_color>#ffefefef</date_color>
<plmn_label_color>#ffffffff</plmn_label_color>
<spn_label_color>#ffffffff</spn_label_color>
<new_notifications_ticker_color>#fff2f2f2</new_notifications_ticker_color>
<notifications_count_color>#ffffffff</notifications_count_color>
<no_notifications_color>#ffffffff</no_notifications_color>
<clear_button_label_color>#ff000000</clear_button_label_color>
<ongoing_notifications_color>#ffffffff</ongoing_notifications_color>
<latest_notifications_color>#ffffffff</latest_notifications_color>
<notifications_title_color>#ff000000</notifications_title_color>
<notifications_text_color>#ff000000</notifications_text_color>
<notifications_time_color>#ff000000</notifications_time_color>
</spareparts>

Save the file to your SD card root folder.

Now you are able to import the settings in Spare Parts.

AFAIK you have to reboot to see the changes.
[Android Themes] Iridox:
HDPI version for the Droid, etc. in the works? I love how clean this looks.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Unfortunately I dont have an HDPI device to test it on and my roomate refuses to root his Nexus one haha. If there is enough interest I could create it and have testers but it would be really weird not being able to test it myself.

Is there a way to include this as part of the ROM as the default?
[Android Themes] StephanV:
Looks like this is going to be my new theme! Only thing I don't like on the screenshots is the white background in the notifications drawer, I think something more transparant would be better..
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
I may take a look at that white semi transparent background thats in the origional cyanogen rom but I wont go with black transparent. It just doesnt look good with the white boxes in front.
[Android Themes] StephanV:
Yeah and the real deal is probably better than screenshots, gonna wait till you release a theme only-zip though, don't wanna go back to t3.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
As soon as the stable version is released I will update the theme/rom. Ill still release it as a full ROM because it includes 3d gallery and launcher pro. No reason to have 2 gallery's and 2 launchers especially when you cannot uninstall either. If you want you would be able to flash it right over top of cm5.0.8 stable but like I said, you would have 2 launchers and 2 gallerys :)
[Android Themes] StephanV:
Hmm that's too bad, and to be honest I don't really see the point? Gallery3D can be very easily installed (and even being switched on the go: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/62-gallery3d2ddual-switcher-50x-ds-06072010/), and if you install LauncherPro through the Market, you get immediate updates, instead of having to reflash a new rom. But hey, it's your call of course :)
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Well yes gallery can easily be installed BUT you will have both versions. Same with Launcher pro. Most people using a G1 need all the space they can get. IDK I just figured that was best but I have a mytouch so I guess space is not a huge deal. You can also update launcher pro from this ROM but you will lose the dark theme. All of this stuff is of course easily done with a little know how but most people DONT know how,haha. Thats the problem. Like I said, its still totally flashable over your current ROM. With a little knowhow you can also get rid of 2D gallery as well.
[Android Themes] mrkevinhall:
great looking rom, i already cooked my hd2 however was wandering if you just had the cab file to allow the photo library to look like yours above?
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Wha? HD2 and windows mobile? The 3d gallery shown above is only for android.
[Android Themes] HaloTechnology:
final theme only change to dark from cyan really good looking

thank you try it tomorrow
[Android Themes] MicroMina:
Please update and add 32A port.. I cant wait to use this.

Thanks.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
5.0.8 is still on test 4 and was not as stable for me. Im still waiting to see when the stable 5.0.8 is released.
[Android Themes] soujah345:
This is a real noob question but what are the requirements for this aside from the phone being rooted? Yes I'm sure its a stupid question but any clarification would be appreciated.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Same requirements as flashing any cyanogen ROM. You dont NEED to flash partition your SD card unless you want swap or Apps2sd. You can flash this just like any other ROM or you can flash this over your current cyanogen 5.0.8 ROM.
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Updated. Now using the latest and greatest version of launcher pro and CM 5.0.8 stable.
[Android Themes] torusJKL:
Thanks m8, my wife loves your black theme. :-)
[Android Themes] jrharvey:
Thanks. I like it too ;)
[Android Themes] VolcanicSkunk:
Great work Jrharvey! Thanks for the simple and elegant theme! Great work as always!
[Android Themes] s15274n:
awesome theme man, running great. Really appreciate the effort.
[Android Themes] phesone:
Nice polished theme. plus I was already using LauncherPro and missing 3D Gallery. I'll probably be adding swap to my SD for speed. What do you recommend for a G1?