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[EVO 4G Android Development] misterneums:
Worked Perfectly.

Props to the OP. This guide worked perfectly for me. Just got my phone yesterday and I'm already rooted and nand unlocked (first time ever owning an android phone.)

Some of the problems people might be having, (I could be wrong, but I've been doing a lot of reading here,) is that if they have the most up to date OTA Update, they are probably downloading the wrong version of the PC36IMG. I'm assuming if they download the ones that are before Section 1, that they *might* be different than the one that is right before Section 5, which is for us who have the newest OTA update.

Just a thought for those of you who are having trouble.

Edit for fat fingers.
[EVO 4G Android Development] iknowsquat:
Jump back over to whitslacks thread, you missed a file. He has Super User in Post #1 that you need to flash after his PC36IMG file. You will continue to have issues with root apps until you get it installed.

Post your question. This is a tutorial not only covering the root process but also the topics you mentioned.

Some basics--you do NOT NEED to wipe before flashing a ROM. IMO it's a good idea. If you run into issues post-flash you will have to wipe and re-flash anyway so I do it just to be safe.

There are ways to back up your data before you wipe. Post any questions you have.

Bingo misterneums! 4SidedDie this is most likely your issue, yes?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 4SidedDie:
Im not sure if its my problem, Im going to try installing it now and Ill report back with my findings

:Edit:: This file is 175,000 which is 3,000 more than the other ones were...Im going to flash right now.

:Edit:: No dice.. any other ideas? I know how to do everything else I just cant get past this bootloader
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
The 175,000 sounds right for OTA'd phones, from what I've read. Did you remember to delete the pc36img from previous flash?

@ winmonewbie

Yeah, thanks, I had forgotten to flash the SU_2.1 from whitslacks OP. Did it about 2hrs after I posted that (while at work, even). Now all is beautiful in rootland. I have to keep pinching myself ;) too good to be true. Can't believe how easy fastRX8 made it.

You say post any questions, well, here's 1 or 2 ;

I have a NAND backup, it appears now. How would one APPLY a NAND backup (assuming it would restore your system, and you wanted to) ?

Are there big differences between clockwork and amonRA? I installed ROM manager, and it set my recovery to clockwork. I did figure out how to get it back to amonRA (through ROM manager, no less)

Aside from accepting an OTA, is there any way to accidentally lose root now that we have hboot 76.2000?

Now that one has root, do you just use recovery (or ROM manager) to flash ROMs, as opposed to the whole 'flash image from hboot' ?

Thanks lots to everybody.

Scott
[EVO 4G Android Development] misterneums:
Just a few thoughts to the OP from someone who was coming into this guide as a complete android noob.

1a) You might want to put a note at the beginning of the guide that if you're rooting from the latest update, that only section 5 really matters to those of us with that update.

1b) Also, you might want to put a notice with that note that we should only be downloading the files before section 5!

2.) I was a little bit confused when I was finishing up the guide, the last part it asks me to flash whatever custom rom, so I had to quick download one and transfer it over on the SD card, then flash and set it up. Come to think about it, that was probably more my fault than your instructions, but it was a point where I became semi-confused while using the guide.

Other than that, it was great. Thanks again!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mingsterr:
Thanks

Thank you so much for section 5... I was pulling my hair out earlier.. so thanks for the walk through.
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
i cant root either, but ive just noticed the OTA files and the PC361 files that are being DL are smaller than the screen shot you have posted....... any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
flash_image 13kb

mtd-eng.img 1 kb

part1 1kb

part2 1kb

recovery.img 4149kb

eng-pc316img is 124 mb

dl corrupted?

im using section 5

2.1 - update1

baseband

2.05.00.06.10

kernel

2.6.29-789bf291

htc-kernal@and18-2#1

build

1.47.651.1 cl195459

software

1.47.651.1

browser

webkit 3.1

pri

1.40_003

prl

60665

its bout the same as everyone elses
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
i have downloaded the eng file also 3 times and it also only downloads to 125 ,406 kb.... any ideas..
[HD2 General] suzaku:
i had a weird problem today; i was in a restaurant and got my phone out of my pocket, and was scrolling the tabs when it suddenly froze (which never happened to me before) and became very slow.

then right after that the wallpaper disappeared and when i scrolled at the music tab it didn't show my tracks so i thought it was the SD card so i soft reset but it stuck forever at the white startup screen.

but after a few attempts it passed it (took a veeeeery long time) but the weird thing is, it didn't start the system but took me through the initial setup steps as if i was starting my phone for its first time...:confused:

but strangely it kept my email accounts (didn't keep youtube or twitter)

after it started, sense didn't launch and it kept asking for my permission to run "cht-wall" and other stuff but nothing happened afterwards...then it shows that .NET is missing...also it didn't detect my network and it set itself to vibrate!:confused:

so i cannot go to home screen but i can open and scroll start menu and go to lock screen, and all my programs are still there (haven't tested if they work though)

also, i get an error report saying that cprog.exe had an error and the message won't close...:(

i did a hard reset and everything was solved, but i'm confused cuz it never happened before or even heard about it. also worried it might happen again.

can anyone tell me what happened?

sorry if i wrote a long topic but i wanted to be as detailed as possible

ROM: stock WWE 1.66.415.4

radio: updated from 2.06.51 to 2.10.50 a couple of days ago

thanks in advance
[EVO 4G General] caveman663:
It seems in the last week I have not been able to use my XM Radio app on my evo. When I try to bring up a station, it pops up an error saying "Trying To Reacquire Data Connection" everytime and never does connect. Yet everything else works fine on my phone.

Yes I am rooted, and yes I tried this with stock and with root. No change. Anyone else having this issue or anyone got any ideas?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
Mines working. Did you try fully closing it (back twice or maybe three times and hit exit) and try again? If so maybe an uninstall and reinstall will fix it.
[EVO 4G General] apexi350z:
no problem with mine. Try it with WiFi and see if it works. If not, reinstall it.
[EVO 4G General] nobrakes:
I had the same problem after I installed Titanium Backup. I restored from nand and didn't install Titanium Backup and it started working again. It also did the same to Tunewiki.
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
What app for listening to sirius/ xm are you talking about
[EVO 4G General] coreykunak:
He's talking about this one

http://sirius.chtah.com/a/hBMLBLAB7gW-gB8H3EMNcQ3Oy.B7gW-gBr/android

And its working fine for me
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
Figures those greedy bastards want another 3 bucks from what use to be included in your account.

Sent from my PC36100
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MendedEagle:
Okay so...

I'm new to Android (and basically to smartphones in general...have a Blackjack II but no data plan with it).

I was wondering what everyone's opinions are on these phones (I know that the Captivate has not been released yet but for everyone who knows more about it that I do).

Things such as speed comparison, ease of use (for those who test drove the Captivate) , supposed battery life, availability of developer support for continued updates and/or custom ROMs, ease of root, carrier support, etc.

I want to know what phones has more advantages so that I don't get screwed over when it comes time to upgrade.

Please don't flame...not trying to start a fight or spam. Just need some help...feeling pretty lost :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TexUs:
Well ease of use will be the same, they both run Android.

The difference is that Samsung's will be able to run 3.0, given the rumored requirements, the Aria cannot.

But everything else about the Captivate will be better. It's got an international version as well as four US versions, it should have more support than N1, probably.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kolyan:
more support then Nexus ? i hardly doubt that. considering that first OS leaks, 3-party roms, and official roms are for Nexus only
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MendedEagle:
Since there are so many different versions of it, will all custom ROMs/root methods (whether it be the AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, International) be the same or will there be the headache of trying to find one that will work with my phone?

And I've heard complaints about Samsung's customer service....how is it compared to HTC? I've never used Samsung's customer service before and never owned an HTC before.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kolyan:
I would imagine that ROMS will be different because hardware is not 100% the same, although i might be mistaken.

as far as support goes: updates on HTC are pretty slow, I heard that Samsung will be even worth. It will probably get a quick update to 2.2 and thats it.....HTC phone support sucks, but at least you spend less then 1 minute on hold for a rep.

The only reason why HTC Nexus gets so much support, custom roms and updates, is because its a Google phone and its first in line for everything, its sort of "Developer Phone" thats not locked on anything which makes it easier to make ROMs.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MendedEagle:
Thanks for the response.

I guess that there wont be any true comparisons until it get released. I just hope that the Captivate lives up to the expections I have of it. Dont want it to be a complete disappointment.

Hopefully some decent custom ROMS and rooting techniques hit the forum soon. New to Android myself but my friends speak highly of these so its something I plan on doing if there is enough support for it on here. Aria has really good support here, and I hope the Captivate gets the same respect.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] accinfo:
Samsung has rebuked that claim of the "requirement" / minimal requirement, it's actually a "recommendation."

via: Revisiting Android 3/Gingerbread details post. Some corrections, clarifications
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aeo087:
So the Galaxy S line definitely has the best hardware out on the market right now... The Aria is smooth in the UI, but a lot slower in graphics, computation, and every other way... The reason it is smooth is because it runs at a lower resolution... I am confident any variant of the Galaxy S will have a longer lifespan than any other android phone you buy right now... Samsung is putting a lot of eggs in this basket...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kolyan:
right now all SGS run 2.1, hopefully soon it will get 2.2. I have been on 2.2 for about 2 months already :) 2.2 is a pretty big upgrade for Android mainly due to Huge performance increase and better battery life, of course bunch of other goodies as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] accinfo:
I'm not sure if the reason it is smooth is because it runs at a lower resolution, but it's definitely because of the CPU/GPU. It is at least 3x the speed than current smart phone in the market. It is most noticeable in 3d graphics (gamings especially or even navigation).

The sluggishness of SGS will be fixed (entirely) prettysoon by firmwares / mods / roms.

If you compare the hardwares, SGS will be the knight in the arena.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TexUs:
But Google has signaled a pull away from that on future phones (IE, seems like they don't want to sell their own device directly). The N1 is probably going to be the exception to the rule... All other devices (HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc) you're going to have to wait for both the manufacturer and the carrier to pass updates through. So if Google doesn't directly sell the Nexus Two themselves, it'll be no different.

But here's the catch... Since Samsung has devices in all markets... They're going to be the most likely device the community will custom ROM. I could be wrong though...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MendedEagle:
I'm really hoping for some good custom ROMS for it. I'm new to the whole Android thing...including custom ROMS but I am very intrigued
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] gadget!:
I came over to the Android world from the Touch Pro 2 like I'm sure many here did. I spent a lot of time on PPCgeeks.com and have contributed a lot on that site in the way of the TP2.

Now with the Incredible, XDA has became my favorite site for phone and I hope to contribute to the Android world from here.

One of my favorite themes was the Dusk Theme by xda user grzegorz10. He does some beautiful work and in my opinion it is second to none.

I am working on a few things for the Android world that will possibly bring some of this to the Incredible.

Here is a start, it's not perfect yet but I am pretty happy with the way it is coming along...

I give you the Dusk Clock!

And the widget preview image when adding it to your home screens.

I don't know how far I will take this, probably just a piece at a time. I don't really have the time to do a complete ROM, that and the fact that learning where all of the different files are is a whole new ball game compared to Window Mobile operating system.

As for right now the phone has to be rooted and you have to push the files using adb. In the future there will probably be a better way of doing this but for now that's about it.

If anyone is interested in this, when I get it completed I will post the apk and instructions for getting it on your phone.

gadget!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] acidbath5546:
Wow...bringing me back! Greg made a sick Dusk theme, nice to see this on Sense and not Manila :)

Nice job.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] thatdudebutch:
Whoa.

Dude it is badass.. when can I get this..
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] hexto:
Looks great. Takes me back to the days of Manilla

Sent from my HTC Incredible
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] thatdudebutch:
any update on when we can use this bad boy!?
[Click Android Development] jigsaw956:
good i would like Ubuntu in my tatto like this site

bit.ly

dvSUHJ

do you see it ??

How to Install Ubuntu on your Nexus One/Android Phone!

but when i do this (i have patch the bootubuntu)

and when i try to load

# bootubuntu
bootubuntu
mknod: /dev/loop1: File exists
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY!
Brought to you by NexusOneHacks.net and the open source community!

[1] Illegal instruction chroot ${mnt} /b...

Shutting down Ubuntu
losetup: /dev/loop1: No such device or address
#

i have this problem ...

does anyone have the solution ??
[Click Android Development] zlopi:
mknod: /dev/loop1: File exists
losetup: /dev/loop1: No such device or address

script bootubuntu can not create device - /dev/loop1.

change script bootubuntu - change /dev/loop1 on /dev/loop2 or /dev/loop3.
[Click Android Development] havok123:
any success?
[Click Android Development] jigsaw956:
i work all the day so i can try this only the evening (european time) so i will try it now and sayt it to you
[Click Android Development] jigsaw956:
i don't think the problem is here ... i think he's on the line

chroot $mnt /bin/bash

he is all the code of bootbuntu

#modprobe ext2
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
export kit=/sdcard/ubuntu
export bin=/system/bin
if [ ! -d /data/local/ubuntu ]
then
mkdir /data/local/ubuntu
fi
export mnt=/data/local/ubuntu
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
mknod /dev/loop1 b 7 0
losetup /dev/block/loop1 /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop1 /data/local/ubuntu
#mount -o loop,noatime -t ext2 $kit/ubuntu.img $mnt
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4"
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "Setting localhost on /etc/hosts "
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY! "
echo "Brought to you by NexusOneHacks.net and the open source community! "
echo " "
chroot $mnt /bin/bash

#After exit command is executed clear it all up
echo " "

echo "Shutting down Ubuntu"
umount $mnt/dev/pts
umount $mnt/proc
umount $mnt/sys
umount $mnt
losetup -d /dev/loop1
[Click Android Development] Coburn64:
/dev/loop0 only exists on the HTC Tattoo. /dev/loop1, loop2, etc won't work.
[Click Android Development] jigsaw956:
Ok i Will try this after work in 2-3h
[Click Android Development] Holyachmed:
some time ago i manage to make debian work on tattoo http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=682443

check that thread ..

you must mount and chroot it via busybox
[Click Android Development] Ihaveatattoo:
Search for Ubuntu on Market, there is an app which can install either Debian or Ubuntu.
[Click Android Development] jigsaw956:
i don't find this app
[Click Android Development] mixmar_droid:
It's called linux installer..
[Click Android Development] Ihaveatattoo:
Here you have it! Tell me your results! :D
[Click Android Development] Ihaveatattoo:
I am trying to install Ubuntu on nFinityROM, i have partitioned my sdcard in fat32 and about 500 MB EXT3. Now the program asks me about the full path to the EXT3 partition.

What should i write??
[Click Android Development] rallapag:
Sorry if I am being pessimistic, what good use it would be if you install linux on phone (like a tattoo).

I understand it would "probably" makes sense, to use on some high end ones

Wouldn't it be a good idea to have dual boot to another ROM than to linux
[Click Android Development] Ihaveatattoo:
Have you seen it on Touch Diamond? It has the same screen size and a 528 Mhz CPU.

It is just cool! :D
[Click Android Development] jigsaw956:
i make it for fun .... only ... i will try this after flash my new rom
[Galaxy S I9000 General] husq510:
did someone played with this file like change SUPL server or whatever in order to get GPS working better for fix ?

<!--HAL Confguration -->

<hal

acPortName="/dev/s3c2410_serial1" lBaudRate="115200" cLogEnabled="false" acLogDirectory="/data/gps/log/" ltoFileName="lto.dat"

enhanced-assisted="false" cp-enhanced-assisted="true" TISEnabled="false" RILEnabled="true" LPmode="false"
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ronnie5:
Hello, I have got an O2 xda exec and I am running Tomals WM6.5 V10 Build 21872.5.0.62

I am wanting to play AVI files but as I only have windows media player 10 it wont play AVI. I sure TCPMP player doesn't work on wm6.5 so is there any other player I can install and possibly a link for one??

Cheers.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Coreplayer
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ronnie5:
Job done!! Cheers!

Have another problem now! Why cant I transfer 700mb avi movies to storage card via activesync? It tries to do it but only up to 64.0k the storage card is brand new 4gb.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] ronnie5:
OK I have now transfered 700mb AVI over, It just takes a long time to do nothing then all of a sudden its done!!
[Droid Eris Android Development] PimpShit420:
OKay so I have switching Rom a lot lately and am getting tired of having to redo my settings for each app every time. I only use a2sd roms and was wondering has anyone tried using Titanium with a a2sd rom and do you only backup data? Thanks in advance
[Droid Eris Android Development] strongergravity:
It's worked for me.
[Droid Eris Android Development] rvpartsguy:
Works fine with a2sd roms ..... I back up data and apps ..... so most of the time when i flash a new rom i do a complete wipe including ext ...... i run into alot less boot loops that way .... paid version installs all your apps and data back automatically, unpaid version you restore apps manually (1 by 1, i believe)
[Droid Eris Android Development] dr0ided:
I use nandroid to backup everything

it does the job and its free. you guys should look into it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] strongergravity:
Nandroid

Nandroid is my backup of choice. I mainly us Titanium to sync app data across multiple ROMs, for those apps that store data internally (Google Maps Address Book is the main one.).
[Droid Eris Android Development] rvpartsguy:
nandroid isn't a valid backup if you are switching roms .... I do always keep a few back ups from my favorite roms though ... makes switching back and forth easy
[Android Software Development] jeffxtreme:
Hey guys,

My friend and I are trying to send a UDP packet from the Android emulator to a server on our wifi network. However, the packet never actually reaches the server. If the server receives it, it should start sending

UDP packets back.

The program we wrote works outside of the emulator inside the windows environment, and using Wireshark, we see that the packet is sent to the correct IP address and the correct MAC address for the server. When we attempt to send the packet from the emulator, the dog does not respond how it should if it received the packet. In Wireshark we can see that the emulator sends the packet to the correct IP address for the dog, but not the correct MAC address. It is sending it to the MAC address of the router we are plugged into.

We want to specify the packet so that it sends to the correct MAC address but we cannot figure out how to do this. Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bubbleblo:
Try this - using power control widget turn the brightness down to the lowest level. Then drag the notification bar down, and then without releasing your finger drag it all the way up. Brightness goes up. Weird huh? (LauncherPro, not rooted_yet)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
Put your finger on the top edge of the screen. Drag your finger to the left and right... Oh... the screen goes from dark to brighter and back again... Not so weird, it's made that way. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MacGuy2006:
Ha, so that's why my brightness mysteriously keeps going up from time to time.

Is there a way to turn this "feature" off?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] damianarnold:
Set your brightness to automatic in the settings.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MacGuy2006:
Yeah, but then the brightness is higher than I want it.

I am trying to extend my battery life, so I'd rather the brightness stays at the lowest setting.

The problem is, I am not sure it's helping so much. Right now, it has been just short of 8 hours since the phone was plugged in. The battery is at about 50%.

Voice Calls account for 52%.

Display for 19%

Standby for 10%

Phone Idle for 7%

Skyfire for 5%

The problem is, voice calls show total time of 26 minutes 19 seconds.

Display shows 54 minutes 47 seconds.

Skyfire shows 23 minutes 47 seconds.

That's pretty light usage, IMO.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] distortedloop:
In the settings menu, right under screen timeout, there's a powersaver mode or something similar. If you read the subtext on it, it says something about examining the display and adjusting brightness based on what's being displayed. If you haven't already, try turning that feature off; but you may end up hurting battery life, which is opposite of your ultimate goal, I believe.

This is on firmware JG1 for European phones...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bubbleblo:
Thanks!

Classic "it's not a bug, it's a feature" situation :o

As to the battery life I find it very underwhelming.. This morning before leaving for work I had 33%. On my way(which is literally 15 minutes) I was listening to a podcast and by the time I got here it dropped do 15% :/ GPS, 3g, WiFi off...