yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 General] JadedTech:
The problem keeps appearing.

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img
mtd: read all-zero block at 0x00000000; skipping
error reading /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img

It seems to be some sort of formatting issue but I have yet to understand which tool will fix this.

So, doing a bit of reading here gives me a little more understanding.

# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00040000 00020000 "misc"
mtd1: 00500000 00020000 "recovery"
mtd2: 00280000 00020000 "boot"
mtd3: 05a00000 00020000 "system"
mtd4: 01e00000 00020000 "cache"
mtd5: 059c0000 00020000 "userdata"

Still no further ahead per se, but at least it seems that there is an issue with mtd1 based on the error message I am seeing.
[G1 General] goldenarmZ:
It looks more like the file you're trying to flash is corrupt.. the error is on reading the first block of the image file before trying to write it to mtd1. Have you checked the md5 on the image you're trying to flash? Try a different image.. amon-ra 1.7 is reliable.

Edit: how did you copy the recovery.img to the sdcard? Did you adb push it? Your card isn't mounted on the PC is it..?
[G1 General] JadedTech:
Tried the amon-ra on, here are the results:

dragondon@dragondon-desktop:~/Downloads$ adb push recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img /sdcard
828 KB/s (4704256 bytes in 5.545s)
dragondon@dragondon-desktop:~/Downloads$ adb shell
# stop
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img
mtd: read all-zero block at 0x00000000; skipping
# md5sum /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img
4b9f198aa8ada3ca1ed5537e9c25e427 /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img
#

The md5sum matches the one listed on this page: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1

Not a corrupt issue. The error message does not point to the file being corrupt but the MTD in use.

"First off, an MTD is a "Memory Technology Device"" (source: http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/general.html)

To me, this means that the MTD setup for recovery is the problem. But for the hell of it, I followed your suggestions to see if it made any difference. It did not....sigh.

I copied using Ubuntu's Nautilus. This time I used adb. No, it was not mounted either time.

So, the question is now, and really hasn't changed, how can we address an MTD error?
[G1 General] JadedTech:
Further reading here and I saw this:

"I keep getting errors whenever I try to write or erase to my MTD device

Some NOR chips power on with all of the eraseblocks in a locked state. The MTD layer doesn't unlock these devices by default. If you are accessing these devices from user-space, you can use the flash_unlock tool to unlock the MTD device(s). If you are using the MTD device as a write-able root file-system you will either need to have the boot loader unlock the eraseblocks before booting the kernel, or add code to the MTD map driver for your board to unlock them."

I would suspect that loading up the recovery/ROM at some point would take care of this?

Still, any idea why fastboot is having zero affect on the device?
[G1 General] JadedTech:
It seems persistence pays off....how far is yet to be determined.

I was able to get it to flash a recovery from fastboot!

sudo ./fastboot flash recovery /home/dragondon/Downloads/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img
sending 'recovery' (4594 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY

Not only did I need to use SUDO for it, I also needed ./ before fastboot command. How odd. This little tip came from a Samsung posting on this subject.

So the Amon RA 1.7 recovery flashed, I wiped, twice, each of the major parts (factory reset, dalvik, sd-xt...) and, God help me, I decided to try CM 5.0.8.DS again. CM installed with no issues....Gapps installed. Ok, now for the reboot.....

Well, took a bi fo the G1 logo to disappear.....so far so good.

It's nice to see the boo animation fly along at a good speed, something is going right.

oh BOOO! Can't get into settings without a FC...so I can't add in my APN to connect to 3G data....

Well....time to try Bugless Beast.....very tired of CM not working....I'll be back with an update shortly....
[G1 General] JadedTech:
So I installed 5.0.8.DS and it was nice and broken. FCs on trying to open Settings....the handy little on/off widget for radio features was blank.....ugh.

So I tried to install latest BB 0.04....failed during install about some sort of missing file. Well, that was pleasant...... :/

So I tried to install BB 0.03....missing a DIFFERENT file....this just keeps getting better. Ok, check Peter's site...oh wait....he doesn't list a site, only RapidShare so I can't chck any MD5 sums because he doesn't list any. Sigh.

Ok dammit, let me try CM5.0.7.DS. Hey this works. I have a functioning G1 again.

Almost..... (yeah....you know this was coming eh?).

Apps2SD was greyed out. Despite my manual partitioning of the SD Card.

Ok, fine....let's use Amon's recovery to do the partitioning for me. Maybe they'll talk nice then? Nope. Still greyed out.

Ok, Let's go back to the source....Cyanogen's Wiki page. I followed the GParted instructions to the letter. Still greyed out Apps2SD.

For some reason, standard instructions are no working on this phone.

Here's the lastest logcat for those who might be able to understand such things. I'm still trying to learn.... http://cyanogenmod.pastebin.com/9X9FZrNN

There are some lines that I am curious about and wonder should I be concerned about?

486 W/ResourceType( 132): Resources don't contain package for resource number 0x7f050000

Alllllmost there with this thing.....
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] crupp:
Does anyone if porting some the HTC WIdgets, IE; calendar and email from the Mytouch to the incredible will be possible. Either via .apk or root?

Those widgets are pretty nice.
[XPERIA X10 General] citsym:
This is just a rumor, so don't chew off my ass if it doesn't pan out (I would really be delighted if I am wrong).

Source
[XPERIA X10 General] TechGuru_x10:
How does it affects x10?
[XPERIA X10 General] instigator008:
Don't think the x10 has the RAM requirements.
[XPERIA X10 General] Phantasm4489:
by the time SE get around to porting it I'd probably be looking for a replacement phone anyhow. I do only have a 2 year contract.
[XPERIA X10 General] gr00vy0ne:
Yeah, it's a "little" disappointing but the X10 was designed before 3.0 specs ever existed so there's no way they could have known. And at the time, the X10 was one of the most powerful Android spec'd devices announced.

Other than the older Donut OS, I think the Xperia X10 still stands competitively against all these new devices that are being announced.

I think the X10 with 2.2 will be more than good enough and perhaps the next Xperia will be designed for 3.0 out of the box.
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
well i guess it's a good thing we have root then :)
[XPERIA X10 General] musicbravo:
Is it not possible that the X10 could in fact have more than 256mb ram? I heard the donut only recognises a maximum of 256mb. I could be very wrong. Also could it not be referring to the ROM of which Xperia X10 has 1Gb. You know, overhall of the OS could demand more storage of the permanent variety
[XPERIA X10 General] cashaw:
Come on ! No one, including Google, has even discussed Android 3.0 so why push a rumour which has no basis infact ?

Get real...

Would you guys support Windows if Microsoft realeased a new version every 6 months which was not backwards compatible ? Google are falling into the same problems with Android that has dogged Linux for years.

Users just want an OS that works and is incrementally upgradable, we do not want brand new OS's every six months.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
Can I also add that RAM has little relevance to the OS.. it is indeed the ROM which is most important.. and clearly the x10 has plenty.
[XPERIA X10 General] vrs2610:
I dont think this will be a burden for xda developers

they got eclair and modded versions of it running the G1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iam guessing even IF this is true it won't affect us that hard. Someone will probably find some sort of ram hack or something.
[XPERIA X10 General] Fuzalert2k:
Also, Xperia X10 CAN get Gingerbread because it has around 400 MB of ram, and if there is more needed, it can use converted memory stick space like the G1 did.
[XPERIA X10 General] musicbravo:
That is what I thought
[XPERIA X10 General] citsym:
Yeah. X10 has 384 MB RAM.

As everyone else said, the RAM requirement doesn't make much sense, even if Google is going to put on a heavy duty skin on Gingerbread (come on, UXP is already pretty heavy and X10 can handle that).
[XPERIA X10 General] HunteronX:
That is true - we'll I'm not counting on SE to release it, so we'll have to port the next version of Android to the X10.

But these are rumours, by the way, so we don't know what'll happen officially.
[XPERIA X10 General] Darthhister:
The x10 is getting 2.1, and thats good enough for me. And for all we know, 3.0 may be unstable when it comes out so another company can use it on their new phone first.

It will be fine for now, and in a year or so, SE will come out with another phone, the X15 or something with a similar name and it will be lots of money and we can buy that one too. Then rooting will start all over again, then SE will be slow at updating it to 3.5, and all this will go on and on. But in the end, we are happy with what we have now. And look, I just keep rambling so I'll stop now.
[XPERIA X10 General] hiraj_panosian:
I think you are right! We have to accept that our phones won't be the best phone forever! However it's hard to accept that, we should be grateful of what our phone can!!
[XPERIA X10 General] Baggyb:
I've no doubt Gingerbread will boast many great features.

However Froyo would be enough for me on this thing. I really want flash capability on this device. It would have been really handy at work whilst the world cup matches were on.

The speed increase and tethering and hotspot abilities would be appreciated too (i am aware of the market apps for tethering).

I think by the time gingerbread rolls out and becomes the main player I'd be ready for a new handset anyway.
[XPERIA X10 General] unknown13x:
LOL its funny how the poster generalized the whole Xperia won't be getting 3.0. Do u not think SE will have something up for it the end of the year? :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X10 General] Baggyb:
They'll just be gearing up to launch their latest range of android 2.2 devices! ;)

These guys sound like there going to be at least 1 version behind each time for the sake of that UXP.
[XPERIA X10 General] loneLEE:
Totally agree with you. Why do you guys buy Rachael when you know fully well it's 1.6?

I don't see why one would wanna buy 1.6 and whine about not having the latest OS.

It's bad enough alot of people are still having delusions about 2.2, despite Sony Ericsson announcing that 2.1 will be the next update.

Now 3.0 -__-

Some are even desperate enough to try hack it.

Seriously why not just get a Nexus One or something?
[XPERIA X10 General] Bialynia:
It is quite possible that SE will skip 2.2 and make the next update for the x10 Android 3.0. I am not worried about this randomly stated RAM requirement, Google has shown that the newer the version the faster it runs, I doubt they would go backwards on speed.
[XPERIA X10 General] wrongfeifong:
Can my x10 fly when i get 3.0 on it? Why are you worrying about 3.0 when by the time we get there, it is already on 4.0.

I really don't see the differences between these version upgrade beside "it looking better and better" instead of getting "better functions".

What next 3dphone? or a humanoid cellphone that follow you and act like your friend?
[XPERIA X10 General] Baggyb:
Don't think its as simple as that. Rachel is not all its cracked up to be functionally. It was clever advertising by SE in the beginning.

In anycase we were promised OS upgrades and this was announced before release. SE have finally confirmed 2.1 for Q3/Q4 but initially it was implied it would happen a lot sooner.

Now ranting about gingerbread is bit much when 2.2 is only just being released, but SE haven't manged consumers expectations very well.

Other posters will have to realise that the x10 will have a successor and that device may get gingerbread. When SE talk about xperia Android updates it maybe future devices in the xperia line and not the x10 directly.

If the initial poster is right and there is a hardware requirement I can't see SE going against that.
[XPERIA X10 General] Darthhister:
I want a humanoid cellular friend. I could imagine that " SE X1000, Advanced prototype, made from liquid metal"
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
I just read a thread that said Sony Ericsson won't release Android 3.142 on the X10 until February 30th, 2014!!!!!!

It was on a website! Some guy who used the phone once at a store in the UK said it! I trust him completely and fully.

So, F*** YOU SONY ERICSSON!!!!!!!!!111111one
[XPERIA X10 General] LRI:
Well Dan Morril, google Android Open Source & Compatibility Tech Lead, has called bs on this story on his twitter.
[XPERIA X10 General] unknown13x:
http://www.gsmarena.com/more_details_on_the_android_30_aka_gingerbread_requirements-news-1782.php

Yeah, BS from Eldar...so we still have hope :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X10 General] vrs2610:
correction the 512 ram and 1gz processor is not the minimum but is the recommended for android 3.0
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
LOL. Can you read English? Did you just completely and totally skip over the previous two posts in this thread completely discounting EVERYTHING said about "3.0" as total BS?

Please, go buy an iPhone and leave the people who can read to Android.
[XPERIA X10 General] Fuzalert2k:
:mad:

Quit being so arrogant and a troll.
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
+1

what the hell was that jezus...
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
Not my fault that 95% of the users on this board seem to be 15 year olds who believe everything they read on the internet, even when its confirmed to be made up BS!
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
so then just don't comment or comment like a normal person would
[XPERIA X10 General] sangprabv:
SE once promised to have WinMo 6.5 released for X1 but then they cancel it. WinMo 6.5 comes with X2. After that SE launched X10 with Android 1.6 Donut, lately SE promise to update 1.6 Donut to 2.1 Eclair at the end of Q3 part or at the beginning of Q4. Hopefully they will not cancel it and launch another Xn series with 2.1 or even 2.2 :)
[XPERIA X10 General] gnayres:
yeah, hope they stick to the release of 2.1 this Q3.. ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
It's still way too early, and from what I've understood, 3.0 is meant to be a Tablet OS. Nobody even knows what the next Android version will have, don't worry about it yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] audino:
my i9000 wont memory any display brightness...

every time it comes back from stand by its complete dark... when i set it to top or any other setting its the same also when i start the browser it set the display back to darkest point...

xxfj3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
The internet browser has its own setting for brightness. (the video player too)

click on menu button then go to "More" and the last button is "Brightness"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] audino:
Thx a lot and my battary was 15% therefor it goes down!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bjorn78:
I cannot find the brightness setting in the video player. How can I access this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
press the Menu.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nadernick:
omg, thanks a lot. I've been watching a video on my way to work this morning and thought "Damn, normally the display is a lot better in the sun"

I knew about the brower-brightness settings, but it didn't come to my mind that it could be the same for the video player. stupid me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bjorn78:
I did that yesterday but only got the "detalis" and "via bluetooth" settings. Today I tried again and I got all settings... then just now I got the two icons again and now the player froze the phone. ehhh, now it is dead, can't get the phone booted again :/

battery off/on did the trick and it is booting again :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
Is anyone having the taskbar drop down menu pop up accidentily after holding the phone to ear? If so is there a way to disable it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
Thanks for the reply:)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] elmerive:
I have been looking all over for this answer. I love this phone but this drives me crazy
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Miami_Son:
I just wait until my call is connected or I have the same issue.:mad:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
Im running the sprint update to 6.5 and i am wondering what happened to the popup of the sms. I seem to remeber getting to see the message briefly on the bottom and being able to choose to reply or dismiss. All i get now is the taskbar notification which to me is pretty useless. Any ideas?

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dragonlord785:
go to start->settings->sounds and notifications

then go to the notifications section. from the drop down box for "event" select "New text message" and then under that make sure the "Display message on screen" option is checked. That should solve your problem.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
Thanks. Wow that was easy, I should have known that.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dragonlord785:
no problem :) glad to help!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] BSVNL:
I have this problem to but the "Display message on screen" option is grey so i cannot adjust the setting.

is there any register setting to this?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snlu178:
After an adventure in Froyo I have found many things to be strange since the update. I was curious how I could do a full wipe and reinstall of Froyo so I get the experience of a brand new phone.

What is the process?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
Ummm...go into settings, privacy, then factory reset. Note...this WILL NOT revert back to an older version of Android.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snlu178:
I have done that.

You may have seen my other posts and frustrations with Froyo.

What I really wanted was to completely remove my OS and install again so that there is NO pieces of the past OS or other remnants left over. I am guessing this is only possible if I unlock / root.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vkasende:
when I download video to my HTC HD2, it doesn't play when the video size is over 40M. keeps saying loading but plays only the audio no video. Is there a way to download them?

Thanks,
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
Original Source: Modaco/Unwired view

Bolded/Italicized means interesting! (Practically the entire thing, lol)
[Nexus One General] xXJay_RXx:
3.5 inches?.....how big is the N1 screen? :(
[Nexus One General] jrl022:
3.7 Inches.
[Nexus One General] lightforce:
3.7 is the N1
[Nexus One General] shplunk:
The N1 has a 3.7" screen, don't worry. It looks like the N1 will be able to get the update, based on the specs listed.
[Nexus One General] SiNJiN76:
3.7 - They wouldn't forget about us...
[Nexus One General] ardynine:
I doubt they would abandon N1 like that. So you can bet that N1 will most definitely have 3.0 update.
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Scheduled release October 15th or so..which means it will be OTA sometime in August 2013 =-).

The UI stuff should be interesting. If they just brought in the guy from WebOS dont know if thats enough time.
[Nexus One General] :
That sounds nothing like android specs for allowing a device into it's API level.

This is rubbish rumors.
[Nexus One General] jlevy73:
This is also does not vibe with the unification of OS's Google has long been after. We know 3.0 will be here someday but I think at this point that's all we know.
[Nexus One General] :
Actually, AOSP code and released don't even have "specs" to speak of.

The specs that google puts in place are in order to use the Market.
[Nexus One General] techlogik:
What is the story's source? This all sounds a bit suspect to me.

They don't even have true 2.2 out yet...to be claiming in 4-5 months there will be 3.0 and new devices is rubbish!
[Nexus One General] Mactagonist:
Bingo

This would be an absolutely stupid move that would fragment the installed base even further.
[Nexus One General] AverageCanadian:
I can't see Google imposing a limitation of 3.5 inch or larger screens. My wife is just waiting for a decently spec'd portrait qwerty phone(ie BB style). The Asus one got her excited until she found out it was a low end device. It's too bad there isn't anything yet.

Some people just don't like all touch screen or even slide out keyboards.
[Nexus One General] :
froyo has been out for a while....and it doesnt take that long to update....2.2 came out about 5-6 months after 2.1

and look how many new devices came out after the nexus
[Nexus One General] :
2.2 is out. and 3.0 is slated for the end of the year. and as far as i know there's no moratorium on new phones.
[Nexus One General] ATnTdude:
1280×760 is a bogus resolution. 1280x720 (720p) is far more likely.

Deliberately splitting the install base along 2.x and 3.+ seems to be the exact opposite of what Google is trying to do. It also suggests that 3.0 will be bloated and unable to run on anything less than a Snapdragon, which I also don't think is likely given all the streamlining they did with 2.2.

So it all looks okay at first glance, but falls apart pretty quickly.

I will agree that they will support higher resolution screens. 720p sounds like a nice step above WVGA, which in turn is a nice step up from HVGA, which should be the new QVGA. I expect better support for HD content, a polished (not slash and rebuild from the ground up) UI with native support for resizable widgets, which seem to be the "it" thing on several OEM extensions now.
[Nexus One General] cr0wnest:
October is very early, i think by the time the final release is close, it'll be mid-late december. Anyway this isnt the first time talks about a UI revamp has popped up. The android UI needs some working on, im sure most android users will agree. They have to bring it up to the same level as the iphone if they want to win over potential iphone customers. I have people telling me they rather stick to iphone because of it's more user-friendly interface.
[Nexus One General] :
1280x760 is/was a pretty standard resolution for monitors which will translate to lcd mfg. Stems from adding extra space for toolbars inside of programs.

Just like 1080p monitors for comptuers are actually 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080

p.s. gingerbread is already being tested.

Froyo was underway as early as february of this year.
[Nexus One General] ccunningham83:
All of this is speculation from a guy who has a pretty good record of guessing upcoming trends in cell phones. This is the same guy who said the "Google Phone" aka the Nexus One was a fake and a rumor started by Apple. See the Reference:

http://phandroid.com/2009/12/15/eldar-murtazin-google-phone-is-fake-apple-started-rumors/

All this less than a month before the phone was released.

Take this rumor with a grain of salt.

He may be right, but I'll wait for something from a little more official source before I get excited about anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cicinho:
My phone is always connected to the internet. The we blue 3g icon is always on the top and I cant get it to disconnect. Is there anyway to have it set to connect only when I want to use it? I have checked the connection settings in the phone settings but I cant see anywhere it says to not auto connect.

I have closed all apps that require the internet like daily brief and turned of alerts from Gmail app then rebooted and its still auto connecting :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cirian75:
It does not mean its connected, it just means 3G is avable
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gaptex:
Hello!

I'm having some problem with my X1 phone. When every some1 calls me my phone seems to answer or hangs up the call by itself when its in my pocket. Im guessing the screen is very sensitive. Is there any alternative call menu or some way for the keylock to stay on even when some1 calls?

Thanks