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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAPutzback:
Let's say you just got a used EVO phone and want to start from scratch.

Which process for rooting and unlocking the NAND would you use?

Would you do any partitioning or anything prior to rooting or after?

What Radio, Wimax or what would be installed before a new rom, or would they come after?

If you were to suggest a ROM to a friend would it be Damage, Fresh, Baked Snack???

What launcher would you suggest?

When do you wipe the cache and do the factory reset?

Thx. I am going to install the latest Damage now 3.2.3 since the Cyan Froyo keep forcing my phone to randomly restart.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] retrodreamer:
Like thousands of others I'm pressing the check for update everyday on my htc desire waiting for Froyo.

And then over the past few weeks I've read many guides to rooting. I've downloaded and burned a CD of the Tiny Linux tool for rooting (boot loader .80). I've downloaded Unrevoked 3 and I've downloaded one of the latest froyo ROMs with Sense (plus downloaded radio).

I'm ready to root!

I'm a developer by trade (mainly visual studio C++ at work boo! Eclipse android at home whahey!). I replaced the firmware on my Buffalo NAS with Debian about 18 months ago - which has been one of the most worthwhile home projects I've ever done : providing me with an internet facing subversion server at 20 watts. Developer waffle.

So if I've had such a good modder experience before why aren't I rooting at the moment?

Well the odd cry for help from people who may have bricked their phone does cast a bit of a shadow. My NAS was out of warranty and not part of a £35/month contract and it didn't go smoothly at first. But I believe it would all go okay!!! It sounds much more straight forward.

I've decided to wait this time around because:-

- My phone is unbranded so I should get the update as soon as HTC release it. If it was branded (especially on Orange as my last phone was) I'd be unbranding it quick as a flash. Imagine waiting for Orange to get round to caking their rubbish over the top.

- I think (not sure) that in order for Sense to be part of the current Froyo roms now appearing for the Desire - is sense/froyo leaking out of the htc beta program and so these roms will always be slightly behind the latest build in htc as far as core bug fixes go? If i'm wrong - apologies. I suspect that, although the person who posts the rom may add many worthwhile things to the rom, the version of froyo that htc is working on will, meanwhile, be having core bugs fixed.

- I'm writing my first Android app and I should be concentrating on finishing that while I'm waiting for Froyo rather than getting into rooting/roming.

- I think I will root next time around. They say that a lot of the htc phones that came out this year won't get Gingerbread next year. So I'll probably root then (closer to the end of this contract as well) and get some hybrid Gingerbread.

I'm planning on waiting until the end of August. I may just say sod it and root tomorrow.

One reason why I may regret not rooting now is that I think htc might update the security on the phone when I get the OTA froyo. This might break all current rooting methods. It might even make it impossible to root it after that date.

As an aside, I've just read an article in this month's Linux User and Developer on the BeagleBoard and it sounds like I could make an Android phone from scratch - Walter Mitty I know!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rchatburn:
I am also not rooting my desire for now just because the quality of apps these days has replaced my needs for rooting, I originally rooted for themes and customization, I'd like to take a screen shot but I can live without it.

I'd like to root but can't be bothered now as android and phone development has come along way since the old g1.

And I doubt htc will secure the the phone to a point where it will not be flashable htc seem to get android and the way its progressing look at what they asked cyan0gen to do, Motorola doesn't imop.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickeycon11:
Hi I'm new to this. Just changed my old HTC TYTN to a Xperia x1 on Rogers. The thing won't run on the HSDPA network only 3G. I had no such problems with my TYTN. I talked to Rogers Smartphone Support and they suggested trying a New Sim Card as my old one was a few years old. NO GOOD!!!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!......THANKS MICK.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
Is HSDPA activated in your connection settings? There should be some kind of advanced settings (I have a German rom and it's called "Erweiterte Einstellungen", this could be translated as "advanced settings") where you can set HSDPA on or off.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehumummo:
Batter use only shows Display, Cell standby and Phone idle.

Can't figure out way to change this, for others it seems to show apps too, would really help on controlling battery usage.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IroniX2:
Same here, (cronosdroid 2.1.1)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehumummo:
Same ROM..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djpleasure:
I am having issues, probably missing something silly.

I connect my phone via usb, there is nio option to mount card.

I installed the new drivers following the info provided here as below:

Getting Nexus One ADB/USB Mount working (Driver)

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

hit Windows Key + r

Type in devmgmt.msc

right click on nexus one

click update

update from location on computer.

select that folder.

---------------Notes-------------

Be sure to enable debugging on your phone via Settings>Applications>Devlopment>USB debugging.

Phone shows in my device manager as Android composite Adb interface.

In My computer it shows as Removable drive (N)

not sure where I am going wrong, when i pull down the screen from notificatio area all i get is "Turn Off USB Storage" & USB Debugging Connected.

Any help greatly appreciated
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
i didnt need to install anything. i just connected my nexus to my work laptop, it recognized a mass storage device, i pull down the shade and press "cclick to copy files". thats it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djpleasure:
I have installed via wifi Astro file manager, but it does not find any *.apk files i drag over to the memory card, so I can not install the apps I have currently sitting on my pc. I have no idea what folder I should drag them to, tried the root of removable drive(N) as well as the temp folder.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aenima4six2:
Hey all, I'm more of a search and learn user than a poster, but I have yet to find an answer by searching alone, so here goes.

My EVO tends to dip in and out of signal on a regular basis, but more often then not when I'm driving. For example, the phone will go from having 5 bars, to none, then back to 5 in a matter of seconds (id say about a minute). It did this 4 times on the way home from work today. I just came from T-Mobile, and I cant recall this ever happening on their GSM network. Is this a phone issue, or a typical behavior of Sprint and or CDMA networks?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauzins:
mine does this also...and i came from tmobile too, i dont think its relaly losing service... b/c if u lose service there will be an X next to the bars...i think it might just be switching towers and not doing it smoothly... b/c whenever it dips i try to make calls to make sure i still got service and what do you know it always works :/

also sometimes i notice it dips to 1 bar then back up in a matter of seconds... any idea anyone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aenima4six2:
Yeah I agree that I still have voice service, however my data does completely stop. Its a pain cause all my background downloads get interrupted and often broken.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geniusdog254:
I noticed it on occasion on AT&T but that could be because of their ****ty 3G network here.

I have noticed it on Sprint too. I never completely drop service, but I do frequently drop from 5-6 bars of EvDo down to 1-2 bars of 1xRTT then it jumps right back up. It seems to only happen when I'm driving fast :o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauzins:
hmm not sure... i also do notice i get error codes when sending txt's sometimes... like error 107 or 97 and i think 32 before... but it hasnt occured recently... its mainly when i send txts back to back super fast... or if im sending one when someone is sending me one...

so i dunno if the port from tmobile is just bad? or what...

forgot to mention 2 of my friends evo's do the same thing... they live near me... and well it does it but i dont think as often as mine... not sure... but it seems liek all evos do it... maybe just bad service area?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aenima4six2:
I definitely don't get error codes, but the service going in and

out is really annoying. So annoying, that i may drop Sprint and return my evo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauzins:
hmm then i dunno i would call and ask, i think sprint jsut has spotty service for you, have u check the tws?

(time without service percentages)?

and did u do the cmda auto prl? after i do that it helps ALOT
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aenima4six2:
How do you check the TWS? Also, by auto PRL, you are referring to the "Update PRL" feature in Software Update right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauzins:
go to settings and battery and batterystatus and check cell standby, then the prl thing is to set it so its CMDA and not GSM setting...

its not the update PRL there is a thread about it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717785

"If your phone is afflicted with TWS > 0, try this procedure.

1) In dialer, dial *#*#4636#*#* to enter "Testing" app.

2) Under Phone Information, set Set preferred network type to CDMA only.

3) Exit Testing by pressing "back" key.

4) Enter Testing again.

5) Set network to CDMA auto (PRL).

6) Exit Testing again.

This fixed my TWS, and the settings stick on reboot."

btw u MIGHT have to do this everytime after reboot
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aenima4six2:
Done.. I appreciate the advice. We'll see if it works. I wonder if you can use the "Network" app to do this... Also, I applied the verizon PRL hack and it worked.. However, I'm just afraid to use it before I test if it charges roaming.

Also, TWS is 3%
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauzins:
evo has NO roaming charges on the plans... whatsoever...

hmm your tws is low... i dont see why your signal just drops like that... mine isnt as much as you if your saying yours does it allt he time... but mine does it and it hasnt bothered me...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tauzins:
werd... my phone just now did the no connection to 3g... anyone else figuire out what this was?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syn3rgetic:
I have an A8183...do these roms and radios work for that one? I don't wanna brick anything.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
A8183 and A8181 both flash the same.

Just make sure you follow the process.

I'm thinking if you have an A8183 it's probably Telstra branded, in which case you'll need a gold card as well.

All the instructions for these things are in the sticky at the top of this thread.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnitedWeFall:
FYI, I have the Telstra branded Desire and am running Defrost with the latest radio and have no issues. I've also run a few Modaco ROMs on the older radio.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tephra:
apparently you dont need to goldcard with the new unrevoked 3.1 (http://www.unrevoked.com/recovery/)

at least i didn't and i can load up other roms and stuff...

i also loaded up the newest radio firmware (32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08)and everything looks to be working...

im on telstra as well...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xp3nd4bl3:
I just want to get rid of this Sense UI stuff. After coming from a Droid the Sense UI is very busy looking and doesn't really offer me a lot above the plain 2.1. I'd love just a vanilla Android ROM that had everything working (cameras, 4G, etc). Does such a thing exist?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
Cyanogen will be out soon..I suggest following that for AOSP 2.2
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xp3nd4bl3:
I'll keep my eye on CM, wasn't sure what it was, exactly. Thanks for the reply.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
The nightly builds of CM are fantastic. I've had extremely minimal issues with them, and I've been using them as my daily since they were released.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redditor01:
You don't need a ROM, you can turn off Sense on the Evo and use vanilla Android if you want.

From the home screen, go to settings - Applications - scroll down and choose HTC SENSE - press Remove Defaults - press Home button and you'll get a pop up asking you to choose between Sense and the stock UI, click use as default and choose stock and you're done.

You'll get default home screens, launcher, and 3D app drawer like the NEXUS ONE, on the flip side you can still use the great Sense widgets and apps.
[General Questions and Answers] ITAdmin:
Hello All...

I want to lend/give my AT&T unlocked Fuze to my friend to try, but he is on T-Moble network. How can I do this, if possible at all? Is there a stock T-Mobile ROM for the Fuze that will work on the at system?

Any help would be appreicated!

Thanks

ITAdmin
[General Questions and Answers] Purple Drama Llama:
You need to purchase an unlock code for the phone. You can google it, or try looking for one on ebay. All you do is buy the code, follow instructions to entering it and then it will be fully functional (with EDGE speeds on any GSM carrier if not used with AT&T) :D
[General Questions and Answers] stylez:
If already SIM unlocked just put the T-Mobile sim in and will work if not there is a thread for sim unlock in Touch Pro section, as previously stated the phone will not have 3G or HSDPA due to the band differences of the networks.
[General Questions and Answers] ITAdmin:
Ok,

I have the unlock code for the fuze from AT&T. My question is, do I leave the AT&T ROM on it or is there a T-Mobile ROM that I have to load? Will it work ok with the AT&T ROM or is it better to change it to a T-Mobile ROM if one exists?

That's my question...

Thanks

ITAdmin
[General Questions and Answers] stylez:
Won't make a difference the Radio will have more to do with functionality since reception may be differnt due to carrier.
[General Questions and Answers] ITAdmin:
So you are saying I should load a different radio?
[HD2 General] velcrobandits:
I've flashed some new rom's recently and the text looks blurry in a lot of places. I searched forums, nothing came up. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
settings menu all settings system screen cleartype enable.

Give that a try
[HD2 General] blooregard_q_kazoo:
give this a try, works great for me!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=546569
[Captivate General] jhego:
All my contacts are based on Google Contacts since I have no idea how to sync this phone memory to Outlook 2007. Now I found out that you can't add individual ringtones along with other features if you are pulling them from google. I would like to know if there is a way to export them to the phone memory.
[Captivate General] kaluman:
i did that by setting the view to only gmail contacts and then going to menu - more and then export to sd card, then changed view to phone only and then back to menu - more and then just imported them back, then long press edit and added custom ringtone. It did mess up a few of them i think just a few businesses that were imported from google maps and ended up as just phone numbers on the phone view but i just changed the links when i was done and then went back.
[Captivate General] jhego:
Thanks, thats what I figured out eventually. The only thing is also copies your sim card contacts so now i'm deleting the sim contacts one by one since I don't think there's a way where you can do a mass delete on it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiicytuna:
Has anyone been able to change their splash screen on cm6 using the command listed: fastboot flash splash1 <name>.rgb565

If not, how can we swap the splash screen in cm6?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wireless_1:
I have noticed several screens where people have icons for Up To Date, Smart Pharma and several other applications for medical professionals. Can someone point me in the direction of where I might find these apps? Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] collyotto:
I don't know myself but would also like to find out, please let us know.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
most apps you can find with simple googling (with "ppc" or "windows mobile" attached to your search.)

the real reason no one is going to give you a list of websites, is most were not obtained in a legal way (read: warez not allowed here.)

cheers.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] oOflyeyesOo:
I am running the new Cyanogen and just recently when I got home, my text messages won't open. I can get to the list of people, but when I try to open them to see the thread of messages, it force closes. I have rebooted quite a few times and still doesnt work.

Does anyone have a apk i can run to fix this?

Sorry if this should be in Q&A, but I thought I might get more help here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mies999:
is it bad?

http: //img828.imageshack .us/img828/2185/espooooo.jpg
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theSpam:
Froyo?

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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mies999:
yes froyo build
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
WTF?!?!?!?!?HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT MUCH?!?!?!?!? :eek:

With froyo and OCed @768 I get maximum 5.225 MFLOPS!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2500726:
How the heck did you do that?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btdag:
Sic, must be doctored in some way.... either that or - share the goods ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
Doctored?That's frickin' doped!My man,what do you power your phone with?Rocket fuel?Please tell us what you did!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2500726:
Nothing? I wanna know!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strider96:
Please tell me what you did!!!

Please!

Did you self yourself to the devil or something?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
Nice i can only get 5.2 :D

Im the one with the name Max?/London? i cheated acidently and asked the owner to delete all the hero things above 30mflops but he deleted my comment :/ and ignored me sory bout tht :o (btw its not 900mhz it 3.2ghz but it was in a vm so i put tht :d
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
Rom? Kernal? Please share :D:D:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2500726:
Since this guy obviously doesn't want to answer here's what I got from looking at his profile (the usefull stuff):

He was running X version of the Fusion ROM and his phone froze when he overclocked it at 768MHz so it seems like he beat it with a lower clock which makes NO sense:/
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
Woah lol nice digging and no that doesn't make sense lool
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
How can i remove all the crap software that comes preloaded on the vibrant, like the Amazon MP3, the gogo thing, the tv program, etc...
[Vibrant General] eff0rtless:
please root your device and then download root manager OR root explorer. be cautious on what you remove though. I learned the hard way haha. that's what i get for being new.. also this topic is discussed in several other threads too. try searching to see whats safe to remove

read the post below

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=726637
[Captivate General] systoxity:
Good, guide, think you meant hot start should be faster though.

I'll be linking to this.
[Captivate General] haydonxda:
Great, but doesn't address the problem

I need to point out that while this information is helpful it doesn't really address the problem that the GPS is facing.

What the above settings are doing is enabling multiple different A-GPS technologies to help compensate for the Galaxy S's poor GPS performance. A properly functioning GPS unit would not need these crutches except to acquire a faster fix.

I had my GPS outdoors today, with the first set of recommended settings, and was unable to achieve a fix while seven satellites were in view (according to it) with sufficient signal strength. This is a GPS firmware issue!

The above post is very helpful for people to get some better performance - however - the core GPS issues need to be addressed by Samsung.

I hope people will refrain from saying "It's perfect now!" and let up on Samsung. Unless you know what what the following are you're tweaking settings blindly and declaring victory: ephemeris, PDOP, SBAS, WGS-84, 2D fix, 3D fix (And the conditions one is chosen over the other.) and finally SA

I'm betting this phone would never achieve a fix in an SA environment! It's also clear that the person(s) who originated this information knew exactly what they were doing..!

If anyone is interested in learning how GPS works there are tons of great resources on the web that Google will point you to. Of course they're written for all sorts of different levels.

In short, the above settings may help, but please don't become convinced that things are "fixed"!
[Captivate General] Shadow77895:
I'd suggest you read my posts on the subject:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7244888#post7244888

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7289539#post7289539
[Captivate General] shaneaus:
@haydonxda - I agree that this does NOT address the potential problem that the firmware and/or hardware is inadequate! And, we should put pressure on Samsung to fix this issue. However, the phones have already been produced and I'm just trying to do the best with I have.

@Shadow77895 - thanks for the info. Added a bunch of further information after looking into your posts and references from them.
[Captivate General] andrewin:
Try this fix (from 4pda.ru), working on Galaxy S, root access required:

$su

#cat /data/gps/secgps.conf > /sdcard/secgps.conf

#rm /data/gps/secgps.conf

#reboot

After reboot, new (correct) secgps.conf appears.

At your own risk!
[Captivate General] rkorzuch:
How do you use the text editor in Root Explorer. I can see the text but it won't allow me to edit it.
[Captivate General] GAda:
Hello, the code:

*#*#1472365#*#*

starts a GPS Test Application.

The settings inside this application are only for this application.

You can test your GPS in different modes.

But the settings are not relevant for other applications.

It is a simple illusion that it helps to manipulate this settings.

GPS is very time-dependent.

And:

I don't know where we can change the default GPS Mode/s...
[Captivate General] Main Target:
So when I walk outside my office there are like 7 satellites, and I still cannot get a lock. This is sad.

Out of the box it worked great, navigated from BB to my house with relative ease. Inside my house when I showed my parents it worked great. I rooted and deleted some ATT apps. I have yet to get a lock.

I have also changed the NTP servers and no dice. This is pretty saddening performance.
[Captivate General] uberamd:
I still don't get why my Nexus One, sitting right next to my Samsung Captivate, is able to get a aGPS location (via My Location in maps) that is pretty damn accurate despite not having a GPS lock and my Captivate is unable to even get an aGPS location and just says my location data is temporarily unavailable.

Nexus One: Can get approximate location very easily

Samsung Captivate: Cannot even get approximate location using WIFI/Cell Towers.

Foursquare never knows where I am until I go outside in the middle of a parking lot. This is BS.
[Captivate General] hmose:
Won't anyone try GPS NMEA MONITOR App and see if the data sentences are correct? If the GPS chipset is putting out the correct Lat/Lon, then you can fiddle and fiddle what Captivate does with the information