yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] xlGmanlx:
Removed all items from handcent, rebooted checked to see if there were any I missed, removed and rebooted. Downloaded attached apk from op, installed fine. Followed instructions from op and it looks pretty much like the pics
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Killadawg7:
Got it to work! Thanks for all your help : )
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] iTouch24:
i hope this theme gets updated
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Swede2008:
stiCk.E is working on it now. He mentioned that the new version keeps FC when he puts in his theme, something like that.

---> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9824684&postcount=150
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Jules345555:
I Can Help

Sorry if you don't see this, because this thread is so old but I have a solution. You can customize your popup screen from handcent itself. Here's how you do it: Press the menu button on Handcent then you'll get a set of options. Click on settings. You should have more options, starting with Handcent Services. Click on custom style. Then click on popup settings. You get another screen showing your popup screen. Click on background and press the grey box. It should take you to your gallery. Choose your picture. Before you close out of it, it'll ask you to save options. Put save and tada no more boring popup screen. Btw I have an account with Handcent, completely free, unless you buy from their services. I don't know if you need an account before you can customize the popup screen. Anyway if you have any more questions don't be afraid to ask. I hope I helped!
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
Is something like Advanced Task Killer good to keep my battery running longer and phone running smoother? I read Task killers actually make computers slower. Is this true?
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
Simple answer...no. Android allocates by itself. Ending talks might actually waste more time as it will need to relaunch again
[Vibrant General] rembonjaski:
Juice Defender works better for battery life than task killers. I use the free version and get a pretty good extension.
[Vibrant General] BigWorldJust:
Yeah I am using Juice Defender, and my better is barely dropping with everything on.
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
What exactly is different about Juice defender than task killers, how exactly does it work? And how much of an extension can i get?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cammeron1978:
so i was avid BB storm 2 user and incredible has amazed me but i ran into a small problem hopefully yall can help

1. i had the .2software and during boot it said it was .77 bootloader, i thought they would b the same(.77 with .0 bootloader and .79 bootloader with .2 software) but apparently unrelated? newer one with newer one but anyhow

2. anyhow I got the ota up and running but my battery use took a huge dive, tried all the power saving options and as long as its in my pocket dark it will hold battery but as soon as i light it up it is 3-5%per minute.

also ive tried a 2nd stock battery and same thing...bump charging didnt help and car or house charger dosent make a difference

3. anyhow....what bootloader should i have b4 the clockwork mod screen and how would i (wipe and reload software)....thanks

4. how can i (wipe and reload) new ota b4 i revert back to .2 software
[Vibrant General] OREGONMX:
This is pretty simple but I thought it was neat

So we don't have flash capabilities until Android 2.2 comes out or the Cyanogen guys get a Vibrant Mod out but I used this simple workaround while trying to entertain my 4yo and 5yo boys today.

The "Skyfire" browser- http://www.skyfire.com/product/skyfire-2-0-for-android/ in the market has a unique way of allowing non- 2.2 phones to watch flash content. Using that and the 3.5 to RCA cable that I ordered on Amazon for $3 (+ $5 shipping :eek:) I was able to hook up the phone to the TV and pull up most any flash video I wanted. Since we don't have cable- it helped keep the kidos entertained while I finished up the day's "Honey-Do" list.

More info here

http://androidandme.com/2010/07/news/samsung-galaxy-s-does-video-out-via-3-5-mm-headset-jack/

PS- Kinda bogus we can't play Avatar using the TV Out function!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Paladinlvl16:
Damn, I have read so many guides and ways to root my Android, but sincerely, they are so different I'm not trusting on any of it. Does anyone know how to correctly root the HTC Hero with Linux? Most of the guides are for Windows, and the one for Linux have some parts missing.

Help :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Hi, there's several rooting methods available. They depend on your installed ROM, and which version it is. The three main are

- FlashRec (for 1.5 ROMs)

- Goldcard (for 1.5 ROMs and 2.1 OTA'd phones)

- New PossibleGSMRoot.zip method posted for 2.1 ROMs

The first and last should be possible on Linux, although I'm not familiar on Goldcard method in linux
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dom5079:
download rom manager from the market, then scroll to the bottom and flash alternate recovery
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Paladinlvl16:
Ok that sounds great, I have 2.1, but I don't know anything about my rom or if it's an OTA'd phone. Could you explain me, and show me a guide for both goldcard and GSMroot?

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mikael120:
how did you get 2.1? did you download it from the web or did you get an over the air upgrade? or did the phone come with 2.1 pre-installed? if you got it through a over the air update your pretty much out of luck as the goldcard method only works on windows and the flashrec method only works on certain 1.5 phones, if you got it from an ruu from the web then you could try the GSMroot method, if your phone came pre-installed with 2.1 then Im not sure if the GSMroot method would work or not but it would probably be worth a shoot, the GSMroot method can be found here:http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=2096

oh and instructions for the goldcard method and the flashrec method can be found here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645253&highlight=goldcard but as i said flashrec only works on certain 1.5 roms and goldcard only works on windows
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Paladinlvl16:
I installed it as an official update from the phone. I know there's a method to downgrade, I can get a computer with Windows so I could try goldcard. Or could I try the GSMroot?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mikael120:
if you updated from the phone itself then your best bet would be the goldcard method, the GSMroot was designed for people who upgraded using an RUU file, It may still work though, but I haven't seen anyone confirm that.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Paladinlvl16:
So you're saying that I should get the computer with Windows and try goldcard, right?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mikael120:
Yes, that is the method that is most likely to work correctly
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Paladinlvl16:
Ok, then I think I'll try that.

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
The ruu method works fine as well, even if you used ota.

Tested over at the VillainROM site btw.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
Was just about to make a thread just like this. I'm from Finland and updated my Hero using OTA. After updating I've read so many articles about why I should root my Hero. So ever since I've been trying to google a comprehensive guide. But I always ended up in a dead end or a guide intended for CDMA Hero or something else.

Now I finally have rooted my Hero with PossibleGSMRoot.zip method

Thank you so much. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sunwee:
I have a bunch of folders on my Homescreen neatly categorising the apps I use. But the icons are all in boring ole brown. Is there any way to customise it with our own icons? Quite surprising that almost all of Android is so tweakable yet there's no easy way to do this...lol.

Someone recommended FolderOrganiser. It's an interesting idea to "label" all your apps and then display it in any flexible way you like but I tested it but found it slow. The folders sometimes take 1 or 2 seconds to open up. In comparison, the native Android folders open up instantaneously.
[Droid Incredible General] Larion:
Hi Everyone!

I stream many radio stations using flash player in the browser cause that where they are available. Everything works great when the browser in the foreground but the moment it goes in the background the playback stops, though I can see that it keeps pulling data. Can I change some settings to force it to keep playing in the background. Maybe those settings only available on the rooted Incredible?

Thanks!!!

larion
[Off-topic] rorytmeadows:
So, I was curious, what are people's thoughts on some of the tech news websites out there?

I'm talking about CNET, Engadget, Gottabemobile, etc. etc. Any opinions or recommendations out there?

Personally, I originally liked Engadget until I found out they seemed a touch biased towards the iPhone, but lately, with the iPhone 4 fiasco, they have been showing their ability to be fairly neutral....That is, of course, until they almost completely trashed my new tablet PC in a review a few weeks back.

CNET seems to be pretty stable and gaining in reputation, but their news does seem to be a bit slanted as well.

I have seen a lot of websites give XDA lots of respect over the past year though, that really feels good.
[Off-topic] vmiguel:
Try Digital Reviews (I'm biased ;) ).
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Engadget is the best i think. Lots of pictures :D and detailed info.
[Off-topic] chvybeatsford:
Gizmoto.com is good lots of strange tech
[Off-topic] rorytmeadows:
They definitely know how to cover products and SOME events. I think they pour all their resources into covering Apple events, and I know that it's just great for traffic, but you got to have that techie conscience that tells you to put equal effort into other events as well!
[Off-topic] orb3000:
XDA front page is all you need!

:cool:
[Off-topic] vmiguel:
BIASED!!! :p
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Yea, well I don't see anything about sea monkeys on that PAGE!:mad:
[Off-topic] orb3000:
Off topic is not considered a news:D

But I invite you to make an application/tweak/theme/skin/ROM, etc and for sure will be published:cool:
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Oh but national holidays like national sea monkey don't wont get published! :mad:
[Off-topic] TexUs:
CNet covers who pays them the most ad money. That tends to be Apple.

Gizmodo for some reason is huge Apple fanboy bias.

Endadget has some slight bias but not as much as the others which is why I tend to stick with them out of all the other blogs.
[Off-topic] acidbath5546:
Mine are:

1. http://www.wjddesigns.com/ (shameless plug)

2. Engadget Mobile

3. Gizmodo

4. XDA Forums

And of course Twitter....
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
OOOOOOH, Reminds me. I need to go check up on my Engadget news :D
[Off-topic] acidbath5546:
LOL...Yep....and thatnks for the heads up...hate duplicate threads
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Just read a really nice article on how the white iPhone 4 won't be available until "later this year" because the glass company isn't supplying enough.... Isn't this like the 3rd setback so far for this phone????
[Off-topic] rorytmeadows:
Yeah, doesn't really fit in. I hate Apple, too, but we're talking in generalities here.
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Not sure what your saying? Are you saying my post diesn't fit in and that i'm expressing my dislike for apple in a non general way? Because that wasn't how I was coming off.... :D
[Off-topic] rorytmeadows:
Oh I get it now. Yeah, I meant this thread to be about the websites themselves, not actual news that was coming through. Sorry about the misinterpretation.
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
That's fine. I was just sharing :D
[Droid Incredible General] cammeron1978:
is itr possible...and how to do it....OTA didnt get loaded properly...lots of app acting weird and battery is close to 100% hour...as a fully chareged batt lsts 45-hour..tried two different batteries and same thing

also it didnt do this B4 OTA
[Droid Incredible General] yojoe600:
you must revert back to the old ruu... you cant flash the ota again without bricking your phone
[Droid Incredible General] ihtfp69:
http://androidforums.com/all-things...-how-to-revert-back-ealier-version-hboot.html

Follow this; it works. I have done it myself.
[Vibrant General] miraj112:
So I try to flash my Samsung Vibrant today - and apparently whenever I turn it on - I just get a screen with a phone, a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in the middle, and a cpu.

It just doesnt go pass this screen - and will not go in to recovery mode either or download mode.

Did I just brick my phone?

Please help! Thanks!!!
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
Flash it with what??
[Vibrant General] miraj112:
I tried to flash it back to the original firmware through Oden. The instructions were described from another thread.
[Vibrant General] miraj112:
I got it to get back onto download mode. The phone is saved!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Any hints for what we need to avoid doing? Aka, whatever you did initially.
[Vibrant General] Janudallah:
how did you get it back into download mode. My phone is doing that phone ... ! ... PC crap
[Vibrant General] daweedk1991:
What I did was take out the battery, wait 10 seconds and then HOLD power and both vol up and down while putting the battery back in...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] nosralr:
I went to upgrade to the ultrafast, ultralight ROM, found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=665081

I installed it through Active Sync. It worked fine until I got the setup screen. (Yes, I followed all the instructions found here, for noobs: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=448008) However, as soon as I do the initial reboot and then go to set up the screen it won't set up. I touch the screen on the cross hairs and it sits there for 5-15 minutes. Then it moves to the next cross hair. Fine, I have all day! So once I get to the last crosshair it starts all over again. This has happened 5 times. So I ditched that ROM and moved to Timlol's, to see if that would make a difference. I installed it from the MicroSD card. Same thing. I have reinstalled it now 5 times from the card and every time the same thing.

Ideas?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] nosralr:
Update

I tried the Remote ScreenAlignment and that didn't help. When I activated the skip button it left me the message "No screen alignment information can be found for your device." However, I figured it out. I can't believe how easy it was. Instead of tapping the screen I held the stylus on the screen until it jumped to the next crosshair. Blush. I never ran into this before, having had 2 Touch Pros for the last 9 months.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] stylez:
Moved as not ROM Development.

Try placing welcome.not file on the root of storage card have attached as have to make sure welcome.not and noy welcome.not.txt ;)
[Touch Diamond CDMA] pimped_up:
Ok I found an icon that says Phone Codes

I need to change the phone number on this phone. Any idea what I have to do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheThorn:
I have a HTC Evo. I have it rooted. I haven't loaded a Rom yet, not sure what onto go with. My question is can I import my bookmarks from IE on my computer to my phone? This is my first android and I am loving ever minute of it. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hero's Hero:
I don't believe so.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] NeighbrhoodPush:
Hello all,

ive used treesize mobile before and it has worked well. today i tried tidy-ing up a bit and the app only finds 17.2 mb total; i have an 8 gb card and plus the phones internal memory, which is a a lot more than 17.2 mb. ive rebooted, uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version (and an older version) on the card and on the phones memory itself but none of this has worked. anyone have any suggestion on how to fix this or recommend another app to help find large files.

thank you for reading, any help is appreciated.

tilt2 stock att rom
[Captivate General] caelestis2:
Silly question but couldn't find it on google.
[Captivate General] LordLugard:
Ofcourse it does.
[Captivate General] kletiz:
Short answer, Yes. Data includes uploads and downloads.
[Captivate General] dsjr2006:
Does a car use gas in reverse??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoofly:
how do i take screenshots?

and my evo keeps taking random screen shots when im not doing anything

i installed a screenshot taker were it takes one by shaking it but its taking one when im not doing anything

and its also installing random pictures that ive never even seen
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsod169:
I assume you are using the app "ShootMe." You need to reopen the app since it runs in the background and simply just quit.
[General Questions and Answers] q9cya:
Hi,

I am new to android from windows mobile 6.1 and i am VERY PLEASED! How ever even being a tweeker and nerd their is quite a learning curve here...which is also fine.

One thing that has been driving me nuts is when i go to send a text message and press attach then sound...ALL THE SOUNDS FROM A VIDEO GAME I LOADED ARE ON THE LIST! there is no way to select these sounds then delete them so i have to scroll through a hundred damn sounds..so why did this happen? and what can i do? ...I have other questions...but we will start with this

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7290921&postcount=33

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7291152&postcount=34

looks like Vibrant has more color and Nexus has more details (sharpness). zoomed out Vibrant pictures look better, full size.......i dont know...
[Vibrant General] Blueman101:
Yeah, thats what it looks like
[Captivate General] schilj14:
I was just wondering if anyone else has been experiencing problems where there power/sleep button doesnt bring the phone out of sleep mode and the phone just remains black. Let me know.
[Captivate General] mykenyc:
They only annoying issue i have is when coming out of sleep and upon pressing the power button i get a 7 sec delay before the phone lights up.
[Captivate General] sfernandez:
I just started experiencing that my phone wont go into sleep mode after pressing the power button. I can hold it down and pop up menu to turn off shows, and bring it out of sleep after the 15 sec delay i have set up but thats it any ideas?
[Captivate General] trexxxxx1:
The only issue I have is when the phone goes to sleep wifi turns off and the captivate starts charging data to my plan. Does this happen to anyone else and if so is there a known cure?
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
I had my phone not go to sleep at set timeout one time. It may have been due to an app i installed. I rebooted and no problem since.

As for using data when asleep - Wifi turns off when the phone goes to sleep mode - this is the way it behaves, same as iPhone and other android phones. You have some app connecting in the background, maybe email sync?
[Captivate General] brisknfade:
You can keep the wifi on during sleep by going into the Settings-> Wireless and Network -> Wi-Fi Settings. Press the menu button in Wi-Fi settings press on "Advanced".

In there is an option called Wi-Fi sleep policy. Switch that to Never and you shouldn't have to worry about the wifi turning off when in sleep mode.
[Captivate General] sfernandez:
Yea It was an app I installed, I did a reinstall from a back up and it works now.
[Captivate General] Deezm:
Captivate Shutting Down Instead of Sleeping

Mine is doing this too, as are a few others, from the look of some posts on here. Mine started after a day and a half and two full charges. Suddenly I would go to wake it up and it will have turned off.

I'm thinking I might take it back to the store to exchange it, as not everyone is experiencing this problem. Sucky. I did notice that the battery, after you take the door off, is a little wiggly on the side opposite the connectors. I wedged some thin paper in the between the battery and the battery slot and it still did it. Got to be a problem with the individual phone.

Total PITA!! :mad:
[Captivate General] big99gt:
I had problems with mine shutting off while in sleep mode and I uninstalled SetCpu and my task killer and it stopped doing it....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bone2006:
The carrier I have on the samsung galaxy s, doesn't allow installation of unknown sources, which is hurting me for legit reasons.

I've seen a few tutorials out there for rooting the samsung galaxy S (captivate) and was wondering if that would allow installation of unknown sources?

This is the tutorial I was going to follow if I can install what I want

http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/superuser-su-busybox-i9000-v-2-01-07-2010-a-1355/

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
Installing app from other source other than the market is easy and you don't need rooting. Go to setting, application and tick' unknown source' and you should be able to install anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alovell83:
He said it's the carrier, US carriers (cough, only AT&T I think) and maybe some others do this. You might be right for his case, but specifically calls out the "captivate" which is the name it goes by on AT&T. On AT&T I think you do actually need a root.

@OP

And the answer should be yes, once you root you'll be able to change your ROM and/or firmware, I'm not familiar with the support on captivate so go here where they deal with your issue specifically: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728121 as their might be non-rooting methods to get non-market apps installed.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
Good luck too!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bone2006:
Thanks so much for the link

After reading a few pages, a link to this tool was provided, which makes it soooooooo easy. Nothing really to it, just connect your phone to your computer, use this tool and select the apk you want to install and click a button.

Amazing fast workaround for the stupid limitation that AT&T put in.....

http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krolla03:
Ok so i am trying to install the .zip from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=730136&highlight=adw+launcher&page=2

So that i can get LW's.

I have a rooted slide so update.zip is already there. But everytime i try and run it from recovery. I get "Signature failed" "installation aborted"

I tired DLing the update.zip from the "how to put a rom on your slide" thread but the file is gone.

Does anyone have it? Or know whats going on?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krolla03:
anyone????????????
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TakoLuffer:
Where exactly are you stuck at where you have to loop so the device could be recognized also is debug on

Sent From My R..r..r..rooted MyTouchy Sliderz
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krolla03:
Well ive been reading the forums and playing with the phone for hours. And it seems that in order to get into Clockwork recovery after you are rooted you need to flash the ENG build.

Am i correct on this?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falken98:
Or you can follow the same procedure you used to get in when you rooted.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NJAZ:
The ENG downgrade will allow you to use the stock recovery to get into the Clockwork Mod recovery (update.zip) without a signature failure. Alternatively you can use the simple root method to get into Clockwork Mod recovery without doing the ENG downgrade. If you do the ENG downgrade be sure to flash the newest available radio afterwords.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krolla03:
Is there a thread for "simple root"
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falken98:
One of the forums best kept secrets is the search button. It allows you to find friends of days gone by. If you clickly the search button and type in "simple root" all your questions will be answered! :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krolla03:
I did that. Ive been searching the forum all day yesterday and today finding out new things.

But do you know how many threads there are with the word "simple" "better" "easyer" and "root" in it lol.