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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmsx:
Hello all,

I can't setup working BT tethering under Mac OSX (10.5). Could you help me ? N1 uses the newest cyanogen mod stable rom, and I have "Internet tethering" sets to on. Both devices are paired, but what should I do next on OSX side ? Should I install any 3rd party software such as pdanet ?

Is that tethering different than regular bluetooth connection using embedded phone modem ? I'm asking because in Network configuration in OSX Preferences I have BT interface, where I have to provide phone no., login and password.

Thanks in advance, Tomek.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pendo:
Well I'm pretty new here, but from what I know there is no bluetooth tethering option. Sure you can pair with others bluetooth devices, but there is no stock internet tethering via bluetooth. Once again, afaik.

The stock Froyo tethering is very simple....it turns your N1 into a wireless base station. If you want to do usb tethering then you can use pdanet. I think pdanet also supports bluetooth tethering, but I've never tried it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmsx:
Thanks for your reply.

I wonder why Internet tethering option has description "... via USB/BT" ?

We're talking about CyanogenMod 5.0.8-N1
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyx3:
I'd love to know this as well.

The Cyanogenmod 5.0.8 changelog lists that he added BT tethering, available both via Bluetooth PAN, and Bluetooth DUN, using code from Stefan Tomanek aka wertarbyte. It's something called 'omni-tether.'

But I've yet to get it to work. I tried asking in the CM forum, but got no response.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
CAUTION: ANY CUSTOM ROM WHICH HAS A MODIFIED KERNEL, PROBABLY WILL BREAK BY USING THIS.

More than likely you will need to copy over the ramdisk. If you don't know how to do this, then wait until your ROM developer does it for you!

Who: For those who are ANXIOUS and the DEVELOPER type (more advanced users) who want to load the new kernel which comes with the OTA_Supersonic_1.47.651.1-1.32.651.6_release.zip released today.

If you're not an advanced user or the developer type, please wait for the builder of the ROM you're using to release their own update!

What: I've pulled the boot.img from the firmware.zip inside of the OTA_Supersonic_1.47.651.1-1.32.651.6_release.zip and put it into this update.zip.

Tech Details: This update.zip copies flash_image and boot.img to /system/bin and /system, flashes the new boot.img and deletes boot.img from /system. My first time creating this type of update.zip on the EVO!

Advantages:

http://www.joeyconway.me/evo/stock/jk-stock-OTA-1.47.651.1-kernel-signed.zip - WiFi will not work until the System Software portion of the OTA update is loaded
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
I got my retard helmet on and I'm ready to test this baby on Avalaunch's Froyo ROM. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] nukedukem:
Sorry for the noob question, I'm new to android. Is this for stock rooted roms? I am running stock evo rom rooted and nand unlocked, so is this essentially an update for rooted users running stock rom? And will I have to update the radio with a seperate flash? Thanks for your help, and everyone's hard work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] snandlal:
I'm using Jk-original 1.0.8 odex and I flashed the update image...giving error..."Can't chown/mod /system/flash_image (No such file or directory) Failure at line 3:set_perm 0 0 0755 SYSTEM:flash_image Installation aborted." I do have "flash_image" in /system/bin.? Also, followed Joey's script for that update.zip in adb manually and didn't get any error, I just don't know how to verify the install. Will it show in build???
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shane Pitman:
Re-download. He had to make a change and just re-uploaded it, I just downloaded and applied it without a problem, after having the same error you did with the first file.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lafrad:
Any comments from people that have this applied (and working with full root)?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kiraly:
Do you have any of the Sprint and/or HTC apps removed? I removed a bunch of that bloatware and I read that some people couldn't get the update to install. Wondering if OP fixed that in this kernel.
[EVO 4G Android Development] snandlal:
That worked Thanx
[EVO 4G Android Development] neckface:
Kernel's working just fine with Avalaunch's Froyo ROM.
[EVO 4G Android Development] npace:
joeykrim,

Have you used Koush's anykernel? I think you can make a update.zip that works with any kernel..

It just hasn't worked properly for me yet...

Here's link:

http://github.com/koush/AnyKernel

It should extract the ramdisk and everything from your current kernel and just replace the zImage and then flashes boot.img.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shane Pitman:
I've got most of the Sprint/HTC crap removed, rooted, nand unlocked, custom recovery, running joeykrim-original-1.0.8 deodex rom, and this worked just fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
this ONLY updates the kernel and will not effect root access.

this is ONLY the kernel. has nothing to do with ANYTHING in /system including bloatware/apps.

nice. i remember seeing this once but had forgot about it.

i prob wont delve into this yet cuz i haven't modified the ramdisk at all, but this is encouraging!

ill prob wait till we get some htc source code for the kernel, and then dive into customizing the kernel and the ramdisk or if i get bored and wanna customize my ROM with this stock kernel and custom ramdisk!

this is def good to know! thanks for the link!
[EVO 4G Android Development] spwt77:
Did anyone else have an issue with 4G stuck saying its turning on? Worked fin again after.restoring a backup.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lafrad:
Yep... 4th got stuck for me. Camera ad ADW also crashed a bunch too
[EVO 4G General] mgraham361:
This is pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
A buddy of mine (iPhone user) showed me this. We both loved it of course.
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
okay guys, I tried to figure this out without bothering yall, but my newb knowledge is limited and I'm confused as hell. I was planning on rooting my phone today after reading about all the information I've been collecting from you guys, but now that I have updated my phone, will Toast's method using those files still allow me to root? Or do I need new files in order to root my phone? I see some files on developer page on new root but I'm confused if those are for phones already rooted or not...ahhhh

so I guess I'm asking is..if you have stock phone with new update applied, how do I go about rooting my evo?
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
We don't know yet. You should not have updated.
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
Quick and straight to the point, thanks for your reply. I guess I'm a motherfreakin idiot with the worst timing in the world for things like this. FML
[EVO 4G General] jblazea50:
quick question; if i root with Toast's method, then install the rooted updated rom that's in the dev section (by Calkulin), that should be fine, right?
[EVO 4G General] captivate:
yes

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[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
So in order to fully root and nand unlock stock evo with new update, all I have to do is follow Toast's step 1&2 then apply the new rooted update on developer site? just wanna get things crystal clear so I don't risk bricking my evo..
[EVO 4G General] initial:
I don't know or think it has been confirmed to work with the new update yet.

Toast step 1 will root the phone

Toast step 2 will unlock nand

Installing the new rooted update will flash the stock sprint rom without breaking your root.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
No. We don't even know if you can use Toast's method to root it. You can be the guinea pig and post results, though! :D
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
There is some info going around in dev forum saying Toast's method will not work if you have the new OTA update applied on stock EVO saying you will get error messages and stuff although it will not brick your phone which is adding to more confusion..

has anyone successfully rooted their stock evo with new OTA update applied? or do I need to wait until devs come up with new files needed to root the evo?
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
All you have to do is place a file in the root of your SD card and reboot the phone. Try it out and post your results!
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
You and me both my friend, you and me both. Sat there as the update came up and thought, I bet this is going to prevent me from rooting today ... :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] EtherealRemnant:
Yeah, ALL root is broken if you install the OTA.
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
Okay so I've been digging around and asking questions in dev forum, seems like there is no way for Stock EVO with OTA update to root their EVO yet. What bothers me is that I haven't seen a single post from a dev announcing that they are working on new root methods for Stock EVO with new OTA update.. they seem to be more concerned about fixing the issue around previously rooted EVOs, and I'm afraid we are getting left out... I hope this isn't the case, and hopefully one of our brilliant devs will give the new stock evo with OTA update owners some attention to this matter.
[EVO 4G General] EtherealRemnant:
They're busy working on the kernel. Everybody was warned not to accept the OTA and those of us that chose to do it have to lie in our beds until the developers get around to it.
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
Seems like that is the case, someone from dev forum suggested that downgrading the OTA to previous one then rooting might wield some fruit, If I can figure out how to do that I'll be more than happy to be a guinea pig for you guys.
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
I'm not quite sure which file you're talking about, could you elaborate some more?
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
They busted their asses to get root the first time, and, as of right now, every EVO that you buy is capable of being rooted. Only people who update without heeding the warnings are affected, so it is kind of hard to convince a dev to throw down all of their current work to go back and try to solve this AGAIN. It should be a general rule of thumb that you NEVER install manufacturer's updates on any piece of electronics that you are interested in hacking/modifying/changing in any way. 99% of the time they provide some kind of security fixes that are not announced.
[EVO 4G General] EtherealRemnant:
It doesn't work. I've already tried it. The bootloader is locked.
[EVO 4G General] mizerab1e:
I have no doubt in my mind the devs are doing everything they can to provide us with their brilliant work, I have no one but myself to blame for updating the OTA without heeding their warnings. I'm sure once the devs iron out all the issues with previously rooted system, they will get around to us as they always have. I just wish there was any way I can contribute to putting some light onto this matter for those who made the mistake of updating their OTA..
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
Yeah, was kicking myself as I knew it was a mistake.

Am willing to try out some ish too, that is if an extra Guinea is needed. :D
[HD2 General] mooooooa:
Hello.

After trying the android booting, for 5-6'th time (all working), now the phone can't see the SD card. I thought it was only on the phone, but when i insert the card, in adapter and connect to pc, then NOTHING happens. Like if the card wasn't there.. Hmm, any clue? Usually I just formatted. But now, I can't format a SD card which "isn't there."

Please.
[HD2 General] mooooooa:
any one??? :S
[HD2 General] kam333:
Sounds like your sd card maybe corrupt, they can die for no apparent reason, its happen to me twice in about 4yrs, tho i always buy from CEX they offer a 1yr warranty & just replace it if its within that time.

There's been a few threads about this;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=712281

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=646731
[HD2 General] krico:
Which brand?

What is the brand of the memory card?
[HD2 General] Raul9954:
hey dude,i got the same problem as yours few days ago..cant do much abt it,i just buy a new one..some says the htc that makes the sd card problem
[HD2 General] Ymzee:
Hi,

My 8 GB sd card lags when i`m scrolling in the file manager.

In addition, the sd card drains the HD2 battery. I loose 35% in 6 hours in flight mode, but only 4% when not in flight mode without the sd card... ( this also yields for the original sandisk 2 GB sd card that was supplied with the phone).

Anyone experienced the same issue?

Is this hardware or software related, and can i fix this myself?
[HD2 General] airwater9:
Error check your microSD card using your computer then switch your phone off, put the card back in it and switch your phone back on. The phone will need to index your music/video files etc so go to the relevant tabs and let it do its stuff. See how that helps.
[HD2 General] inasar:
i got a new HD2 and it came with a MicroSD card. I put a couple of cooked ROMs on it and everything was fine for about a week and then the card jsut stopped working. I didnot use it on any other phone or on my PC and it just died.

I own an HTC Hero as well and i put the card in it but it wouldnt recognize it. It has never happened to me before. Never has a card died on me.

I think its a problem with the way the HD2 accesses the SDcard. I wouldnt know specifics but this is the first phone that fried my SD card.
[HD2 General] pug124:
Hey guys, I had the same issue. The SD card stopped working and cannot be formatted now via computer.
[HD2 General] mknewman:
My experience with Windows Mobile is that the SD/CF driver is the weakest link. The problem seems to be simultaneous accesses drive it bonkers. I've had the disappearing card problem on other PDAs but usually removing it, doing a reboot with it out, and then inserting it after the reboot is complete will fix it. If it doesn't show up immediately DON'T do anything for a while, it could be doing a CHKDSK on the card, and if you mess with it it will screw it up worse.

Once it shows up what I would recommend is hooking up via USB in CF Disk mode (not Activesync) and doing a format on the drive from Windows.

Last night I got a new 32gb Class 4 MicroSD from China (unnamed) and stuck it in, worked fine, so I backed up all my data to my 'puter off the T-Mobile Class 2 16gb and changed to the new 32gb SD. I started the copy and after a while went to bed.

This morning I got up and it had died during the copy. It was giving me an error on the new MicroSD. It had copied about 75% but was asking to continue or skip. I ended up having to cancel it because it appeared full but it was not. After a reboot I found a ton of FILEXXX.CHK files which indicated it was doing a chkdsk.

Looking at it with SoftWinter.com's Storage Tools the disk was formatted with 512 byte cluster size, way too small for such a large disk, so it was not really out of space just out of cluster nodes. If you have lots of files (I had 10,000) each takes up at least one, even if the file is only 5 bytes. So I reformatted it from the 'puter to 32k cluster size and started the copy over. Seems to be working better now.

Please note that using larger cluster size also will help performance when writing and reading large files as it has to do less directory accesses. Small cluster size is good if you have a lot of small files as it doesn't waste as much space. You lose on average 1/2 the cluster size for each file, as the last node is almost never full.
[HD2 General] kam333:
Hey

i hope for your sake im wrong, but as far as ive been able to find out in my own searching, only san disk has released a 32gb micro sd & its only class 2.

there has been a lot of talk of fake 32gb micro sd's from china, most are actually 4gb re-programed to read as 32gb on your phone or pc, but when you start to fill them with files more than their actual capacity they will only overwrite prev' files & become corrupt.

i actually pick up 1 (32gb) last weekend from a local store, tried to copy the contents of my 16gb, 7gb copied then an error occurred, 2nd attempt 9gb copied but files unreadable by phone or pc, fortunately i always buy from this store & they refunded (£50), straight away, still have 2 16gb cards ive had for about 9mnths with no probs.

there is another longer thread over in the Q&A section, you guys may find some useful feed back over there: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=646731
[HD2 General] mknewman:
Well, the one I got says SanDisk and I have done a full format and surface analysis, it checks out, but I am having trouble writing to it. Not sure what is up with it right now. I knew it was a fake but I thought it was a real fake, not a piece of junk. I hope you are wrong.
[HD2 General] E90 Commie:
I´ve got problems too. I have two SanDisk 16 GB microSDHC cards and both of them are giving similar problems.

I´ve got my HD2 a few days ago and initially I used my old 16 GB card I bought with the X1 (then used with my TP2 and latest the HD2). Everything was working fine initially but then the problems arose. Now I have those problems:

1. Audio Manager has problems reading my music library. iPlay can read it though. Windows Media Player takes a long time building my music library but manages to do that eventually.

2. HTC Album can read my albums sometimes - sometimes not.

3. Resco Photo Manager can read the albums but sometimes it takes a long time to do it.

4. The computer can access the card without any problems after formatting and it seems not to be any problems reading or writing files to it. Installations of cabs stored on the memory card works.

5. Total Commander can access the card without any problems but takes slightly longer time than before to show all folders.

6. Running chkdsk in Windows gives the result of a perfectly working card.

7. The phone is draining battery in an abnormal way with the card inserted.

8. Flashing ROMs from the card worked initially but not any longer. Now it shows the threecolor bootloader screen instead.

The interesting thing is the fact both of my 16 GB cards has the exactly the same symptoms. I will try them in my X1, TP2 and Vivaz later to check out their behaviour.

When I inserts my old 8 GB card (everything made by SanDisk) everything works without any problems. Flashing ROMs work normally etc.

I´m running the Omega XT 3.0 and are using HardSPL3. The 16 GB card has worked perfectly initially with this ROM and HSPL so I don´t think they are related.

The whole thing seems to indicate some kind of "incompatibility" between the phone and the 16 GB cards. It´s like it is unable to handle that size of card correctly. It seems like it "trashes" the file system. My older 16 GB card started to behave badly which caused me to buy a replacement and now that replacement has the exactly the same behaviour.:(

My 8 GB card is an "ultra" SanDisk card. The troublesome cards are Class 2 cards. I began to have the impression the problem is some kind of issue with Class 2 - because the cards itself seems to be working after formatting.

I have formatted them with either Panasonic SDFormatter and the Format SD application on the phone. Both options gives the same result.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sylux:
i have a problem and its not really bothersome but it looks pretty bad ......

the problem is that the top left corner of the task app (which is the app that you put in the task you need to do yada yada yada) the important and not important soft keys are not looking right. well i have a picture so you guys can understand what i see on my screen.

I am running on t-mobile 2.13 stock rom, manila 2.5.2012, HTC hd2 (usa version/t-mobile)

well hopefully someone had the problem and solved it or found out what causes this glitch or bug....
[G1 General] 6.1dash:
As the title implies... THANK YOU to everyone, from the great explanations guy to the guy asking the most basic question. I'm now (yes, I'm behind on the latest and greatest phones) on a G1 with:

Danger SPL 1.33.2005

Radio 2.22.23.02

RA-Dream 1.7.0

CM 5.0.8 (with ERE36B add-on)

OC to 528

8GB class 6 SD partitioned

On a side note, my Dash with WM 6.1 [Thanks, again XDA] is going up for sale!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Tande:
I want to flash ROM on my windows mobile ipaq 214.

But befora that they say i hav eto format my sd card and make it BOOTABLE!

How do i do that???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] reckless_t:
I am still a bit of a noob, but I figured someone else could find this useful... :) The following instructions are a mix of directions from Sprint plus a bit of my current knowledge. I have confirmed this to work on the Hero and EVO 4G.

!!BE AWARE!! From what Sprint indicated this will take you back to an "out of the box" factory condition. It will also attempt to install any OTA updates upon booting. If this is an issue make sure to cancel them.

Note: I did notice the Radio version stayed on the most recent version, not sure if this is because it automatically updated it or if it just didn't revert... should be ok either way.

TO UNROOT (RESTORE) STOCK ROM

From a dialpad press "##786#" - This will take you to EPST mode.

Then press your "Menu" key on the phone and select "Reset".

It will then ask for the password, this is your 6 digit MSL. - you can usually obtain this from Sprint Tech Support.

After you press Ok it should reboot and begin the reset (restore).

TO RESTORE FROM A CUSTOM ROM - I have only loaded a custom ROM on my EVO, so the following only applies for it. I'm sure you can translate accordingly to fit for the Hero and possibly others.

Give the step above a try first and if it works for you go for it, otherwise please do the following.

Restore to the stock rooted ROM (PC36IMG.zip or whichever applies for you) before performing the steps above. Either by restoring from a previous NAND backup or by repeating the steps in "[TUTORIAL] How To Root The HTC EVO ~ Part-1 \0/" (Too new to post link sorry)

After restore go ahead and do a wipe to be safe.

Then complete the steps above to reset stock ROM.

Hope this helps and happy hacking!!! :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] handsdown:
Noob here also. I bought my phone from a friend and I want to restore it the original settings then install the new rom myself. The phone came with the Damage Control rom...do I uninstall it through the 1st or 2nd option you listed above? Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] reckless_t:
You should be good with option 1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] asianinvasion:
When I dial ##768# and press menu nothing happens. Can you help please?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sitlet:
its ##786# not 768
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DayoDee:
Ok I made a mistake I tried to install the OTA update that fixes the fps but when I held the power button and the volume button I made a mistake and reseted my whole phone and now it won't let me update my phone
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Salviikiddd:
what am i supposed to do after i put ##786#? call it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brownhornet:
Ok... I finally took the plunge and rooted my phone.. finally got the basics of adb and was able to push the droid x boot animation onto the phone. But no matter WHAT I do im NOT able to get the sound working. Any suggestions?:cool:
[EVO 4G General] Mu5ic92:
when using the email client to check my hotmail email i have the option for it to delete the emails when i delete them on my phone but every time i go to my email on the computer the emails are still there and unread so i have a boatload of unread emails to go delete again. any way to help make it right?
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
Don't you need to have some type of setting, either on your device or with hotmail, to have the handset make changes to your actual email box?

I remember with a blackberry you could set up your account to listen strictly to your phone and what you tell it to delete versus the server. Try checking your hotmail settings to see if you're simply getting a copy on your device of an email or actually accessing and changing your email messages.