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[Desire General] joe_998:
I've noticed a few posters on here are from N.Ireland and was wondering if any of you would root my phone? For a fee of course?

I'm a complete noob at this, I've spent the last four days reading guides and I just can't get it to work. Can get the tinycore linux working on my macbook but can never get past entering this in the terminal:

sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

cd /mnt/cdrom/desire After I press return here I get an error.

So I've now thrown in the towel and was hoping a local Android geek could help me out lol

Cheers

Joe
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Are you using the TinyCore Live-CD from the MoDaCo guide or the r4 one posted by craigcrawford? the latter had an edited TinyCore build made which was slightly different to the normal one originally posted...

Have a read of this guide, by craigcrawford, never fails to work (so long as you download the right Live-CD - check your HBOOT and download accordingly):

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...sire-easy-rooting-guide-with-tiny-core-linux/
[Desire General] joe_998:
Thanks for the reply, yeah thats the one I'm using. Could it be my tinycore setup? I can't get it to boot from CD so setup a virtual machine on my macbook and ran tinycore through that.

Sorry if that doesn't make sense, I'm a complete noob at all this
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Not being an Apple man I don't know if you can boot a Live-CD using a Mac but shouldn't see why not!

Also don't see why a VM wouldn't work but again I've always used a PC and it boots fine so might wanna see if you can borrow a Windows laptop and use that (or, if you're ever in Liverpool, come see me and I'll do it)
[Desire General] joe_998:
Ok going to try it again, I had already installed Linux VM before I downloaded the r4 and didn't know there was Tinycore ISO included with it.

So I've setup a new VM with the ISO from craigcrawford and I'm going to try it one last time. Just want to check something before I start, my phone is unbranded so I'm not using a goldcard do I need to put the rootedupdate.zip on the SD card before i start?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Correct, no Goldcard required. Should take about 10 mins all in (did for me on a W7 x4 Ultimate-based machine). Good luck!!
[Desire General] joe_998:
Cheers Eddy, here goes! I'll post how it goes!
[Desire General] joe_998:
Ok getting a bit further into it. Says rebooting into bootloader... FAILED

but then says Step 1 complete and gives instructions on how to continue.

I'm confused

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[Desire General] joe_998:
Forgot to add, my phone didn't do reboot nor did the screen change at all
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Yeah thats not working correctly...something's not right, be it running through a VM or otherwise...

I'd say it might be worth asking advice on (or taking a look at) the rooting guide on MoDaCo as more people there can help (and it works from within a Mac natively)

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...e-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/
[Desire General] joe_998:
Ok Eddy thanks for your help mate.

Going to phone round a few repair shops in belfast and see if they can do it! It's really started to p*ss me off now!
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Would they want to do it, though? I doubt they'd want to potentially brick your phone and have to buy you a new one ;)

What HBOOT are you running on btw?
[Desire General] joe_998:
Well I know of one shop that jailbroke a friends iphone so I'm going to try them to see if they'll give it a go!

I'm running HBOOT 0.80
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Right, here's a little guide for a Mac:

- First, download THIS and extract it on to the Mac equivalent of the Desktop

- Copy the 'update.zip' to your SD card - do

NOT

rename it

- Now open a Terminal window (go to Applications>Utilities, double click 'Terminal' icon) and change directory to the extracted folder. Turn your phone on holding down the back button and you should be in the FASTBOOT screen. Plug your phone into the Mac and it should then read FASTBOOT USB

- In the terminal window type './step1-mac.sh' (without ') and when it finishes it will take you back to the FASTBOOT screen. Press the power button and it will change from FASTBOOT to HBOOT USB

- Select 'Recovery' and when at the screen with the red ! hold vol up and press the power key.

- Select 'wipe data/factory reset' and once complete select 'apply:update.zip' and once this is done reboot the device and you should be rooted
[Desire General] joe_998:
"Now open a Terminal window and cd to the extracted folder"

Eddy I haven't a clue how to open a terminal window and cd to the extracted folder, thats why I was trying the Tinycore guide.

Sorry for being such a noob
[Desire General] EddyOS:
*Updated guide above

Don't know what else to put as I'm a Windows man, never used a Mac
[Desire General] joe_998:
Ok think I understand that. Just waiting on the r6 to finish downloading then I'm going to have another crack at it!

Thanks for putting that together Eddy, much appreciated.
[Desire General] kerzo:
Joe, if you are still stuck I should be able to help you out tomorrow free of charge. I think your bootloader is the same version as mine (can't remember off hand) so I still have the files on my netbook to do it, or at least should have.
[Desire General] joe_998:
Still can't get it to work.

Kerso, I'll take you up on that mate, Where abouts are you?

Eddy, thanks very much for your help mate
[Desire General] Desire D:
I am a Mac user but rooting is loads easier on a Windows machine, had mine rooted in no time using a XP based PC.

To open a Terminal window, just click on the magnifying glass search icon type in Terminal and it will appear in the list of matches, just double click it.

CD = change directory in the terminal, that's all. ie CD to the directory where you downloaded the folder it to.

Trouble I had was that OSX was unzipping the downloaded file on completion, I'm not sure how to stop it doing that.
[Android Themes] musil.david:
Dont know why every modded rom has rounded statusbar, this morph is made only for changing it to standart non-rounded version.

View attachment 359316

Working also with CM5 (tested)

May also work with another roms (not tested).

This is MDPI only.

Use at your own risk.
[Android Themes] oMszKikiIzWavyo:
THANK YOU!!!!!!, Been Waiting For This Ever Since CM Started Working On 2.1. Now I Can Flash His Rom

Keep Up The Marvelous/Tremendous/Fantastic Work
[Android Themes] tmobilewinguser:
thanks ive also been waiting for this i dont like thoes round egdes on most roms
[Android Themes] oMszKikiIzWavyo:
Would You Mind Making This For CM5. Would Really Appreciate It Thank You
[Android Themes] musil.david:
i just tested it, and it is working in CM5 also...
[Android Themes] lovesickformina:
How the hell i can install it, when the metamorph FCs on cm6/froyo?
[Android Themes] cosmique:
metamorph is doing the same to me on CM6 :(
[Android Themes] sheik124:
The newest version of Metamorph (1.9.8.11) seems to be acting up. I had to revert to a backup of 1.9.8.9 and disable automatic updating in the market.
[Android Themes] musil.david:
Metamorph is working again...
[Android Themes] Sanjay:
bump:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bodybuilder27:
nly onptions i get in modes to recored video with are:

Resolution choices:

1: S (128x96)

2: M (176x144)

3: L (320x240

4: CIF (352x288)

---------------------------------

Capture formats for video recording:

1: H.263

2: MPEG4

3: Motion JPEG

4: H.264

-----------------------------

Questin: I thought there used to be an option to choose something like mp4vga or mpeg4 540x480...and that was the best quality to record in????

I just wanna get back to the quality i recorded this clip is, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbcrAnGNgfM coz the quality is AWESOME...and that was BEFORE i messed with all the tweaks that were supposed to make things better

Done some reading on the net and everywhere reckons H.264 is the best quality.......true???

Any help...much appreciated.

cheers

Matt
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris6278:
Ever since i manually updated to frf91 sometimes when i try to wake my phone my screen freezes an i can't unlock it also when i try to power my phone back on it will vibrate 7 times an it wont come on. I guts take the battery out an put it back it to get my phone to turn back on. I've never had this problem until i manually updated my phone. I did a factory reset an it helped for a while but the problems come back. Has anyone had this problem an does anyone know how i can fix this? I'd really appreciate any help i can get
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris6278:
Help please
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaximReapage:
Is the bootloader unlocked?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jep4444:
this seems to be a common issue with FRF91, although most people's phones will unfreeze after a minute or two, does your backlight turn on and off when you press the power button?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rensky:
whether it unfreezes after a minute or two depends on what it's doing..there have been many times where i have to pull battery...........
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jep4444:
ya i have had to as well but most of the time it wakes just fine
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris6278:
No my bootloader is not unlocked an yea the backlight will come on but it won't unlock. Ive never tried waitin a min to see if it fixes itself i just usually pull the battery when it happens an sometimes when i try to turn my phone back on it does the 7 vibrating thing. Like i said before it never happened until frf91
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuff:
I have an app called AutoKiller installed. It tweaks the Android system's inner memory management routines. it was set to something other than default. I changed it back to default, and haven't had a problem since. if you have this installed, maybe try and switch it to default settings.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blas4me:
Sounds like a data issue. A factory reset only wipes user data, You must wipe in recovery to wipe rom data. Also make sure you have the correct radio for the build especially coming from lower build. If that's the issue flash radio first to support the build. Then flash the rom.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris6278:
How do u wipe in recovery? Yea im a newb lol
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris6278:
Also if i wipe in recovery will i still be on 2.2 or will i have to update to it again?
[P3400 Acessories] Vukile:
I unwittingly took my gene for a little swim.:oDoes anybody know any reliable places to buy a new front cover and screen. I fully intend on keeping the Gene as my spare when I get a windows 7 embedded handset.
[P3400 Acessories] sriyankar:
hi,

i have it call me on +919090209070
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] pchapman:
Hi guys,

I have an HTC Sapphire (HTC Magic from Vodafone UK). Problem with it this morning stopping me using it so urgently need some help!! I've included all details I can think of below to help someone diagnose the issue.

Been a very happy CM user for several months now and upgraded to 5.0.8 just a week or two ago. I did a full backup and wipe and haven't had any problems with it until last night.

Just before going to bed I noticed when pushing the menu/red button to turn the screen on, the keypad lights would light up but the screen wouldn't turn on. This happened a couple times in the last week but taking the battery out and restarting resolved it before. So I did that last night and it started up again and I went to sleep.

This morning I went to use the phone and it seemed a little strange, like some of my settings were back to default (security lock pattern went red when wrong, no battery % in title etc.), but the phone worked and I could make a call.

I then tried to configure the settings but as soon as I tried to enter any category I got FC's in the Settings app. So I restarted...(strangely silent/airplace modes weren't options, only reboot/switch off)

This time after the red Vodafone boot logo the phone got stuck in a boot loop - (CM specific: the 4-colour X swirl would be OK but after 3/4 silver X swirls the 4-colour one would start again) and this continues until pulling the battery out.

Left battery out a while but no help.

Went into recovery console and wiped cache - startup took a lot longer but still eventually got stuck in a restart loop.

Will reflashing CM help? Should I bother with a wipe (would rather not cause no backup!)

ANY OTHER IDEAS??? I'm really stuck/frustrated/depressed right now as this is my only phone and I'm not even living in my home country so am really cut off right now.

Thanks to anyone in advance.

Paul
[Desire General] Schmeggma:
Hi, I really want to buy a Desire but when I tried it in a store I could easily notice the fuziness caused by the Pentile subpixel layout. This was on white text on a medium coloured background - I've read it's worst on black/white. I also looked at the Galaxy S and the fuzziness was much less noticable - I just hate the look and feel of that phone.

The problem is I have a pretty low tolerance to small details like that and pretty good eyesight, so I was wondering if anyone here is as anal about visual flaws as me but happily lives with the Desire's screen? I want my next phone purchace to last a couple of years at least...

I also thought it might be nice to wait and see if HTC release a Desire with a S-LCD screen - sharpness wins over deep blacks for me considering the other potential flaws with the AMOLED screens. Any thoughts?

(If the Wildfire had either an AMOLED RGB screen or a higher resolution LCD then I'd just settle for that - it looks sexy enough to live with the lack of power.)
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
any thoughts? eh, sure. I don't see the the "potential flaws" of AMOLED screens at all. Sure a true LCD display will have sharper definition for black on white text, but I hardly would clal my Desire screen blurred or fuzzy. I think its fine. I do a lot of reading on the net too and its absolutely fine, but you are right an LCD like iPhone is sharper for text.

I prefer the colours and the perfect blacks myself. Makes using the phone for watching movies etc a pleasure. If you use it just for very small text though, get something else. If your as picky as you seem, you will definitely have problems with this one with its amoled screen. I won't even mention the over saturated colours or the pink hue when viewing grays. You won't like that either.
[Desire General] kinkade:
i compared the screen on my desire to my friends new iphone 4 and honestly i could only tell the difference when i got so close it was physically hurting my eyes to focus on it, i really think that the screen on the desire is top and i dont seem to have much trouble with it in the daylight either for some reason
[Desire General] Schmeggma:
By potential flaws I meant the uneven & relatively fast fading and the burn in that some people are reporting.

I looked for the pink hue in the shop but couldn't notice it. Isn't that a hit or miss thing?

OLED is a major selling point for me. But then is resolution (<3 my x50v)

Anyone think the Desire with an S-LCD would be a big improvement?

Yeah, daylight didn't seem to be an issue at all, compared to other devices I've used over the years.

I definitely see a huge difference between Desire and iPhone 4 though. Desire is actually about on par with the previous iPhones in terms of actual blurryness, but the fact the pattern is staggered makes it more noticeable.
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
No the pink hue effects all AMOLED screens when displaying certain gray shades. I suggest you read the sticky post all about the AMOLED Pentile display and how it works.

Is the Desire available with S-LCD? If not, whats the point? Just get yourself a phone with LCD and be happy. The power drain on a desire with LCD would be significantly increased too. Sure AMOLED uses more on a 100% white screen, but it use much less on darker themed screens or coloured screens.
[Desire General] Schmeggma:
I've read the sticky and think I have a good grasp of the issue, but I've seen reports from people saying the pinkness varies.
[Desire General] jimlad:
I also have 20/20 vision and this screen is fine, the only times I'm disappointed is while text is scrolling there is a visable wave in the letters and outdoor in direct sunlight you need to find the good angle to read.
[Desire General] pjm77:
I used to be very anal about my phone. And of course you might be different but for me trying to choose the perfect one / making the perfect one ever more perfect just does not work. Huge effort, lots of frustration, little or no results and even the ones you get are brief. That's the problem with this attitude - you'll just always find another flaw to frown upon.

What worked for me was taking positive action rather than getting rid of all the faults. I implemented Allen's GTD system and I'm using my phone as a collection/organisation tool. Works great and now my phone is a very useful tool instead of being just a gadget. Flaws don't matter anymore. And with GTD I can be as anal as I only wish and still happy:D

BTW totally agree on Galaxy S. It's so much better phone than Desire but it's simply atrocious. Couldn't bear the thought of carrying something that makes me wanna puke for next 2/3 years.
[Desire General] vlasac:
Pink hue is not AMOLED related since it shows also in software emulator (on PC) and varies among phones. Sticky post is wrong all around but arguments for that are buried too deep in long thread.

AS for OP, HTC announced LCD Desire, and I would like to see one. I can notice PenTile artifacts and don't like it (together with over saturated colors and pink hue), but phone is so good in other segments it is worth owning.
[Desire General] markuz85:
Lots of anal talk in this thread!

Seriously, I have never seen the pink everyone is talking about and I have had my phone since the middle of april. It's weird that some phones are affected and some are not.
[Desire General] Kleptomaniac:
Yeah sure the screen has some negatives about it but when compared side to side to my old iPhone's screen its blows the iPhone out of the water. I prefer AMOLED because I can turn it up full brightness and not be blinded by an annoying backlight that make sthe phone more suitable as a flashlight than a screen.
[Desire General] Schmeggma:
I thought I replied earlier, but it seems Opera 10.60 is a little glitchy with the forum (and in general...)

Anyway, thanks for all the replies guys. On the way home I had a look at the Desire again in another store and found the screen a lot more agreeable. I tried it sitting down, making me naturally hold it a couple of inches farther away, which makes a big difference. Plus I had more of an "how nice is this display?" attitude rather than "can I notice the flaw?"

So I came home and ordered one online. If the text bugs me that much, I can always stick to my Axim for ebooks. :)

edit: Still eager to see what S-LCD brings to the table, though.
[Desire General] vlasac:
Apparently, S-LCD does not stand for 'Super LCD', it is just a name of Samsung-Sony LCD factory.
[Desire General] DisplayGeek:
Did you know that PenTile OLED was in tens of thousands of cell phones for over a year before anyone noticed that they were different? If one has to be told that they are different... well that tells me that they work as designed.

Full Disclosure: I'm one of the inventors of PenTile technology.

PenTile technology was actually designed with a specific minimum distance from which to view it. Bring it too close to one's eyes, one will see the pattern. Actually the same thing also happens with the legacy RGB Stripe matrix, but since one is used to seeing that pattern, one mentally filters it out. The same should happen with the PenTile screen, once one is used to seeing it, one no longer "sees" it, if you can pardon my circular explanation, but it's true. If you use the phone at a more comfortable distance, as opposed to as close to your eyes as you can get, the screen will appear as intended.
[Desire General] Schmeggma:
That makes me happy, if it's just another IPS or whatever then I know what to expect.

I definitely would have noticed it if I didn't know in advance. (I'm not trying to imply there's anything good about extreme pickiness - it's a compulsive disorder and a bloody nightmare.)

I appreciate the minimum distance thing, but obviously it varies with eyesight - hence the brief controversy over Apple's 'retina' claims. It's just going to require a slight adjustment to my habits while standing to compensate for this.

As for the RGB thing, I feel that's easier to mentally filter out because it's consistent vertically whereas Pentile alternates the relatively larger red/blue subpixels. I imagine this is why the effect was less noticeable on the Galaxy S's RGBW layout, despite the slightly lower DPI?
[Desire General] FSake:
So your saying the new forum theme doesn't look pink to you on your phone? All the grey bits around the forum are definitely pink in colour on mine. Maybe i have one of the affected phones.
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
Well then it can be fixed with firmware right.

you have not noticed the pink? well then you are not anal enough. try harder :)

As above, I think this is subjective. Some people stare at their phones looking for dust, looking for a hint of pink, looking for a mark in the case, looking for... etc etc etc... If you want to treat it like that you will be a very miserable camper. It's a phone, it has an average lifespan of 2 years probably. Use it. It reminds of these people who own a beautiful Ferrari but on't drive it. just keep it in a garage and rub it with a cloth. whats the point?

I think the only thing thats variable on the pink hue thing is the persons opinion of how pink it is. not noticeable or noticeable. some people will say its not there, some people will say it sso pink they cannot even see any other colours.

I had my eyes colour calibrated in a 16 hour operation at an optical lab in switzerland 4 weeks ago, they now recognise 400 shades of pink and have 20/20 vision, so I KNOW my phone has pink. etc etc LOL :eek:
[Desire General] st0kes:
The forum doesn't look at all pink on my phone, I've never seen this issue either.
[Desire General] Schmeggma:
Rubbing certain things can be very, um, therapeutic...
[Desire General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Sorry, but all your arguments don't add up. On LCD screens i have perfectly straight horizontal and vertical lines, there is no need to filter out anything.

On PenTile displays i dont have straight lines because of the pattern that is used. THAT is the problem. Lines look like zigzag-lines not straight ones. And no i'm not looking at my phone from 1 cm distance, i'm looking at it from a normal distance and i can see the pentile effect on my Nexus One. I also had a Motorola Milestone which comes with an LCD that surpasses any AMOLED PenTile screen quality regarding resolution. (while both claim to have wvga)

There is a very easy test for this. Take a Motorola Droid and a Nexus One. Place them side by side and open a webpage on full zoomed out view. You will see the difference in resolution quality VERY clearly. Anybody who claims that there is no difference is lying. You can't just imply that the eye can't see an difference because there are many people out there with normal eyesight (i'm not talking about eagle eyes here) which see the pentile pattern too clearly.

The whole topic is quite frustrating because when buying a nexus one you make one step forward (generall hardware) and two steps back (pentile).