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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alekp:
FroydVillain 1.0.0 install *.apk files in /system/app

Hi has anyone tried installing another apk file in FroydVillain 1.0. I follow the steps in the thread described i am able to issue adb shell commands and i have placed the apk files in the SD card as described. but i am getting an error as below that the file or dir is not found. tried several paths:

# install /mnt/sdcard/*.apk /system/app

install /mnt/sdcard/*.apk /system/app

install: can't stat '/mnt/sdcard/*.apk': No such file or directory

# install /sdcard/*.apk /system/app

install /sdcard/*.apk /system/app

install: can't stat '/sdcard/*.apk': No such file or directory

I use /mnt/sdcard path cause on Froyo the SDCARD folder is under /mnt.

any help solving this. i am trying to install some of the HTC Sense UI app to sys app. Like Stock.apk for test. and HTCAlbum.apk and others same result every time.

I have tried also AndroidCommander 0.7.9.6 updated for froyo. installing with it's install option button, and also from the console i run the shell command for install, successfully adds the apk in sys app folder but the apk is not installed, and asks for installation.

Thanks.

Regards Alek
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mptx:
help

Hi,

Can you explain to begginers (like me) how do you installed the apk in system/app? please, I want to install contacs.apk form CM9 to other rom.

Thanks.
[Desire General] cirian75:
Had a play with a Desire today

noticed only email headers are kept on the phone.

it gets them when you click them

I assume a lot of people use HTC provided imap capable email client instead?
[Desire General] fdrzrich:
The normal email (non gmail) app is much better. You can specify the size of mail to download, how often to check for mails, can open links from emails (which you can't in gmail app). Touchdown app is also excellent and probably better for exchange support.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] craigavonite:
I tried downgrading my hero (tmobile uk branded) using the goldcard tool and the 2.73.405.5 WWE RUU

The update seemed to be installing fine, but then threw up a usb error right in the middle of updating settings, the ruu told me to take the battery out, put back in.

The screen now just displays the bootloader screen with a chip with a red X through it at the bottom instead of the skateboarding androids

When I tried doing the RUU again, it just hangs on "sending..." - no green loading bar on the handset while it says this

Have I completely screwed the phone or is there something I can do to get it back?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 42turkeys:
Don't worry, you can get back.

Can you boot into HBOOT? (volume down +power)

Have you tried another computer?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] craigavonite:
It boots into hboot on its own, without holding volume down, then just hangs there

Tried it on a vista 32bit computer, no luck (mine is win7 64bit)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] craigavonite:
I've managed to get the handset to respond to the ruu's now, the green loading graphic has appeared again.

The 2.73.405.5 just hangs at around the 90% mark during "sending..."

Tried the official t-mobile 2.73.110.26 ruu as well, crashs with "unknown error - please use the correct ruu" at around 30% during "sending..."

Any ideas on what to try next?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] TheReverend210:
Sounds quite similar to what I did to mine.

I forget the exact commands now, but even with the "perfected" hboot (which version is yours by the way?), you can still flash the rom.zip file.

Look up the exact commands, but it is something like "fastboot flash zip rom.zip" (for some reason you can't flash the defined partitions with hboot .0007, but you can make a "zip" partition to upload to, from where it then installs to the correct partitions).

You can try that, but if it hangs at "sending" I don't know if that will do much.

Also, I find the Windows distributions based on Vista don't work too well, try XP.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] craigavonite:
I'm bit of a noob when it comes to flashing roms, commands for what exactly? or can you point me to a tutorial for what I need to do?

Both the RUU's I've tried still hang at around the 90% mark during "sending..." then it seems to time out and throws up "unknown error" I don't have access to an XP machine but I can try a 32bit win7 instead of 64bit if that would make any difference

the phone says hboot-1.76.0007 (HERO10000) - I take it this is the hboot version?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] strider96:
Do it XP...

Just sayin

That's the os everyone is saying is the best for flashing.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] craigavonite:
Just tried it in XP Pro, no luck.

The 2.73.405.5 ruu gets further with xp then in win7, gets past the sending stage, gets to updating... then throws up "signature error"

The t-mobile 2.73.100.26 ruu still hangs on sending at around 90%

Is there maybe a different ruu to try?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] craigavonite:
Ok, I finally got it to work, just kept trying the ruu over and over again, finally worked on the 12th or so try, I don't think I could be anymore relieved lol

Thanks for all the help guys!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] strider96:
Damn it!!!

I just thought of good joke...

I was going to answer Have I bricked my Hero? as:

Well can you build a house with it?

Anyway just shows patience pays off...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nivstein:
Hey,

I'm generally new to the Android platform.

I got some hands on with simple guided procedures like rooting and flashing ROMs and updates.

I just wanted to get a better picture of how recovery works --

Where does the recovery sit? Is it on a different partition in the phone's internal storage?

Does booting into recovery actually mean that we're instructing the boot-loader to boot from a different partition rather than booting from the OS partition?

When using custom recovery images, do we actually override the phone's original recovery or is it loaded from a separate location (such as the SD card)?

By the way, if anyone knows some good resources where I can read more about the structure of the OS, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratchetrizzo:
Has anyone else paired a headset to their slide and had media audio come through it?

I paired my old jawbone2 to my slide and when I was playing a game, game audio came through the ear piece. It only happened ONCE and now everything (except calls and the genius button) is back to the phone speaker.

Is that normal? Should audio be routed through my BT Headset like that? I was pretty certain only calls should go through to a non a2dp device.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mralexsays:
I don't know anything about the jawbone2, but I have no problems. For regular phone use, I have a Motorola H500 and I always play Pandora in the car, and have never had music come through the H500, just voice like it should be. (I've used the H500 on the G1 I ordered on launch day, on a Motorola Droid, a Sprint EVO 4G, and the 3G Slide on a variety of stock and non-stock ROMs.) I also have a Motorola S9 A2DP headset, and the audio works as you would expect on it also on all of those devices. Maybe the Slide detects the Jawbone2 in a funky way somehow. What does it say when you go to Settings->Wireless & Networks->Bluetooth Settings->Jawbone2 (press & hold then select options.) If it's not a A2DP headset, it should just say "Phone, Use for phone audio." An A2DP headset will also say "Media, use for media audio." If you are lucky, the phone is just detecting it wrong and you can uncheck the Media option.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratchetrizzo:
It only did it once and then went back to acting like a normal BT headset.

I am going to chalk it up as a fluke from initial pairing.

And under options it says phone audio only which is ok.

I'm replacing it with a Jawbone Icon tomorrow which supports a2dp and a whole slew of other nifty features for a single ear headset.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlacsamana1989:
Don't deal with much bluetooth headsets but i do hook it up to my car stereo and i know there are settings in the bluetooth of that specific device. have you had a chance to look in there?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ABitWrong:
Bluetooth Pairing problems

I have similar problems when pairing to my truck stereo. It auto pairs when I get into the truck and works perfectly well the first time I make a call. But after that it doesnt disconnect properly AND it will disconnect but will stay paired.

I am able to go into BT setting and have it reconnect.

Works once then bam not connected again.

I have Android version 2.3.3

Baseband 47.3201.35.06U_7.07.35.025

Kernel 2.6.32.17 -Cyanogenmod-g501281a

Mem Info

183MB /418MB

Build GRI40

Connecting to a Kenwood Receiver

DNX9140

It worked fine for my Nexus Not sure why this is happening.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bialynia:
I somehow figured out the MMS settings for my X10i when I bought it, but now I did the update to the latest firmware and cannot figure out the MMS settings on the $10 data plan on Tmobile USA, can someone check the settings they are using and help me? I'm going nuts over here.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joel4149:
The only thing you would need to change is in the main APN settings, under APN name replace "epc..... " with "internet2.voicestream.com"

There is no need to change anything in the MMS APN.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bialynia:
That's what i tried at first and it didn't work, but I will give it another go, thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darthhister:
Im on AT&T and I had the same problem. Im sure its different between networks (worth a try), But basically I filled in all options in the APN settings. Try surfing the web to find a complete collection of settings.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koyanishi:
You can also quite simply call t-mobile customer care and ask them.

They're usually very nice and helpful.

On my X10i its

epc.tmobile.com

and every thing else is left untouched.

But as you've got a $10 data plan, it could be different for you.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m24mura:
I'm also on a $10 data plan with T-Mobile and this is what I have;

APN

internet2.voicestream.com

Proxy

getmorespeed.t-mobile.com

Port

8080

Username

<Not set>

Password

<Not set>

Server

http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms

MMSC

http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapens

MMS proxy

<Not set>

MMS port

<Not set>

MCC

310

MNC

260

APN type

default,supl
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bialynia:
Is that all you have or are those separate MMS settings? I just changed them to yours and I still can't download MMS pics.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m24mura:
I have two APN settings on my phone. I think this one is for the MMS.

APN

wap.voicestream.com

Proxy

<Not set>

Port

<Not set>

Username

<Not set>

Password

<Not set>

Server

<Not set>

MMSC

http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms

MMS proxy

216.155.165.50

MMS port

8080

MCC

310

MNC

260

APN type

mms
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bialynia:
That did it, big THANKS m24mura!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thran8:
are u guys getting 3g connection from tmobile?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bialynia:
Yes, we are
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dewgong:
Hey guys, I have an X10i and I'm with AT&T but I can only use the Edge network, I was wondering if there's an extra setting for the MMS because I can't send or receive MMS. Thanks~
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] networkingman:
I am only getting EDGE speed with T-mobile but was getting 3G with AT&T. I just have the "epc." setting in my APN.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
Because you probably ave an X10a and not an X10i.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxcysxx:
Do you receive clear pictures in your text messaging. Like when someone send you a picture in text does it look clear on your x10.

I tried to post a thread asking for help regarding this and no one respond. Dont know why.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
Yes it appears fine.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bialynia:
I'm on GB now and the old settings no longer work for me :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxloudogxx:
I just sim unlocked a se x10a to tmobile also. i only get the edge network also. it has 2.1 on it. going to root it soon. anyway to get 3g?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clixt:
Use this:

Name: T-Mobile US

APN: epc.tmobile.com

Proxy: (leave this blank)

Port: (leave this blank)

Username: (leave this blank)

Password: (leave this blank)

Server: (leave this blank)

MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

MMS Proxy: (leave this blank)

MMS Port: (leave this blank)

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

APN Type: (leave this blank)

MMS works for that settings, and I can't test 3G coz it's not on my plan..
[HTC Aria Accessories] Corporate Dog:
They say they have one for the Aria, though I'm taking it with heaping grains of salt:

http://www.thepocketsolution.com/Me...=PSI-63421&Category_Code=htc_aria_accessories

Anyone have any experience with this company? What's the quality of their batteries and the replacement covers that come with them?

Regards,

Corporate Dog
[HTC Aria Accessories] saint168:
I don't think I'll gamble with $60 when this site doesn't even have a picture of the Aria and the Aria's original battery is not 1500 mAh.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] madfarmer:
Could we please have some sticky posts.. fx. A sticky with a guide for rooting and latest news about that.. And also maybe a sticky for firmwares and stuff.. idk if there is even somebody maintaining this forum.. but would be really nice..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] madfarmer:
Nobody thinks this is at good idea ? wtf !?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Javalu:
I think this is a good idea. I don't think that 24 minutes is enough time to expect a reply, however.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] paul_73_uk:
lol, it was 24 hours :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] lostbytes:
I was reading this post :

Full Downgrade from 2.1root (any) to 1.5 stock - FULLY WORKING

and you flash the bootloader via fastboot. I have followed this on a phone being returned for refurb. It worked perfectly.

My question is:

Can you flash via fastboot without root?

If you do not need root to flash, would it not be possible to flash either the hboot from the original root leak or the one from the downgrade linked above?

Any input would be appreciated.
[Droid Eris Android Development] rvpartsguy:
you can not flash anything with out root .....
[Droid Eris Android Development] Nikolai2.1:
Trust me, its been tried.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Sjflowerhorn:
no dice, thus making root that much more usefull.
[Vibrant General] TexUs:
Any phone I get will be limited to T-Mobile.

That said,

What phone should I get? Seems like the best two are the N1 and Vibrant?

Is there any advantage to the N1 over the Vibrant? Support worries me on the Vibrant is all. (IE, the custom community).
[Vibrant General] tysj:
Recognize you from [H] :P

It's hard to say since none of the US phones have released and the Galaxy S has only been out for so long internationally. Performance-wise, the Galaxy S' are much much better. The Galaxy S has already been rooted, I would assume that the US versions will also get the quick root, as well. Only advantage I see the Nexus One having over the Vibrant/Galaxy S variants is that it already has an established community. Though, given the same amount of time, I wouldn't be surprised if the Galaxy S had the same custom options. At least I hope so since this is a pretty major Android device.
[Vibrant General] lugo389:
I agree. The nexus has a huge community and since it runs stock android it has an advantage. it will also recieve OTAs before any other android phone and will always have a lead.. rooting aside.

with root however, id say the vibrant wins. spec wise it is the most powerful android phone available now, and root access lets u flash any custom roms.

of course some things tweaks are phone specific but if im not mistaken arent most roms compatible with all android phones pretty much making it a "shared" community?
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
while the vibrant is, at this point a slight unknown, i'd take a look at this nexus one support forum thread on google's web

it's a link to page 74, i'd jump back to about 72 and read forward

some folks have exchanged their nexus one 5 times (and there's actually more than a few that did multiple exchanges) and the exchanges are fairly expensive, considering the shipping costs etc

and google has announced it's not going to invest any more resources into fixing the issue

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=0c0fb2a46ad64955&hl=en&start=2920
[Vibrant General] dwang:
I can live without the front facing camera or flash, but no notification light is a deal breaker for me.
[Vibrant General] showson1:
I have a Nexus One, I ordered it on day one and haven't had to exchange it at all.

It's rock solid, fast and a great phone!

That being said, I love the concept of a dedicated GPU on the Vibrant as well as the fantastic picture and video quaility.

Same Megapixels, but the shots look so much clearer and the colors are more true coming from the Galaxy S phones.

As others have said, the community is great for the Nexus One, but I have no doubt it'll be just as great for the Vibrant.

I don't think I'll switch FROM the Nexus to the Vibrant, but if I had another phone and had to choose, I'd probably choose the Vibrant.

HTH
[Vibrant General] cashless:
Allegedly the GPS on the SGS is horrid. I can live without the FFC and the LED flash, but you can't even give me a decent GPS on a so called premium phone? I'm rethinking this purchase.
[Vibrant General] speoples20:
From pure spec wise the Vibrant is an amazing phone. That being said Samsung doesn't have the best track record with Android phones. (The whole Behold 2 fiasco) With that said it has its own thread here on XDA so I suspect it will have a great community behind it, so even if Samsung support sucks XDA will take care of it.
[Vibrant General] BlackAccord:
not true, i just locked on my gps location in less than 10 seconds indoors
[Vibrant General] Supermighty:
The Behold 2 was a single phone on a single carrier. They are releasing the Galaxy S worldwide on the top 6 carriers in the US. I feel they'll support this phone just a little bit better than the Behold 2. :D
[Vibrant General] israel941:
Great to hear! I heard some issues as well. Still not happy about no LED notification, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. :D
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ really, there is no notifications that blink? I hate audio... I depend on the light. Ouch.
[Vibrant General] tq745:
i'm a little disappointed there is no notication light. in fact i hate it. is it that hard to put a little light there?
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
No notification LED and the slippery back case are my two bigest gripes so far.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
i dont really know what companies are thinning.....how hard is it to put a flash and an LED for notification. I mean some phones have 2 flashes ! what the hell was Sammy thinking ? I would even be ok if Flash/LED notification were combined together
[Vibrant General] pdayco:
No notification light is a deal breaker? Hahahahahaha

The Vibrant is a great phone.
[Vibrant General] whypickthree:
Is it possible to create an app that blinks the screen every 10 secs or so? Use the screen as an indicator.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
There is one. called: FlashNotify

the problem here is that it will drain battery MUCH more then a LED would.

I think the back-light for buttons might be a good Notification option, but devs have to make it work....

Is this a big deal, YES. I wake up in the morning and I see blue light flashing.......guess what its SMS, I wake up and orange light is flashing, its Email......etc. I dont even need to touch the phone. Different colors for sms, gmail, email, facebook, missed call, voicemail, tweeter, etc...
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
and for those who think Sound Alerts is good too.....not really, I prefer flashing LED every 2-5 seconds at night (when i sleep) vs sounds every 5-10 minutes
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
The screen will just spoil other lesser ones for you. BIG downside!
[Vibrant General] lanzemurdok:
i've had the opportunity to play with a demo phone at my store.. and i notice that the screen kinda lags when turning it on or off. In other words.. with my mytouch slide or even my g1, if i pressed the end button, the screen would instantly turn off or on. With the vibrant, it takes like 2 seconds for it to fully come on. That kinda annoys me.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
My Vibrant doesn't lag at all doing that
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I can vouch for this. Not a big deal...now I know just to wait a second, but it would be nice if it instantly popped up.

I keep telling myself how ****ty my g1 was when I first got it...an then realizing how great it is now. Same thing for this phone...and if this is bad... Good will be mind blowing.
[Vibrant General] Poser:
My $.02:

I have been an HTC stalwart for years... onliy to be wooed to the iphone. Android is a completely new experience for me... and after giving up a 3gs and skipping on the 4, I have to say... I don't regret the decision an iota. I was skeptical about a samsung mobile device... but suffice it to say I am blown away. Speed, visuals... FFC and LED flash simply aren't that big of a deal. I do agree LED notfication would be nice... but I have lived without thus far... I can deal for a while longer
[Vibrant General] gTen:
Actually...it may not be a bad Idea..Samsung said that Super AMOLED waists 0 energy displaying blacks correct? (not sure if its true but its what they said)..so if an app is made for virtual lights notifications and you keep the entire screen black except for a few glowing pixels...it shouldnt waste much energy at all.. theoretically :/

Something like this..RED should be cheap energy wise I think..so here is about how it should look like my guess :/
[Vibrant General] jayzusfk:
At this point I would definitely go Vibrant. Samsung has learned from their past and won't make the same mistakes. Plus the multi-carrier thing won't hurt their development in regards to updates and whatnot. This is pretty much the phone they've been waiting to put out. N1's are great (I'm also an HTC fan), but seriously, side-by-side it's no contest.

Once the dev community really kicks in for the Galaxy S series I think we'll see some amazing work being done.
[Vibrant General] Chalup:
No downsides at all for me. Really glad I decided to get this phone. As for those complaining about lagging issues: I have had none. There is no delay whatsoever going in and out of screen lock.
[Vibrant General] bskballa92:
I know the LED flash for the camera is gimmicky and I never thought I'd use it, but with my HD2 it has come in handy so many times. I cant see myself buying this phone without the flash...
[Vibrant General] os2baba:
I don't have lags going in and out of lock mode either. But I have massive lags - especially in Dolphin HD. Open the menu and click on Settings. It takes a few seconds for it to be displayed. In launcher Pro, bringing up the application list to replace an icon on the dock took forever. The camera lags a lot in some operations. Are you not seeing any of these lags? If not, how many apps have you installed? I started seeing the lags after the second day when I started installing all the apps I had on the G1. The G1 lagged like crazy, but it had really poor hardware. The Vibrant shouldn't be doing this.

If you don't have any lags, then I wonder how the fix for the lags would be working since it moves the cache to NAND. If that was indeed the problem, then all Vibrants should be exhibiting the problem. Unless this is a problem with some internal SD cards and not others.

I'm running iOS4 on the iPod touch and don't see any lags at all. I have only the iBooks app I have downloaded. Not very familiar with iPhone apps so not really an apples to apples comparison, but then, the Vibrant has much better hardware.