yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] TexUs:
Not by a long shot.

This doesn't change any practices already done, really. And all carriers EVERYWHERE would lose out big time on sales if customers had to pay up-front (Very few will shell out $700 for a phone, you'll quickly see folks buying cheaper featurephones).

Subsidies would still be in place because of ETFs. It's not like a customer can buy a phone subsidized and leave, the carrier will get their money back.
[General Topics] Derangedpony:
This is the way it should be. I buy a phone, I should be able to use it how I like.
[General Topics] hardcor4e:
Ok. I hear all this talk bout switching carriers but how do I do it. I have my evo but only one problem. Pennsylvania has horrible date coverage so I wanna switch ky evo to either ATT or Verizon. How tho? An mind you I have no clue what I'm doing on this smartphones. I'm just not one of those guys.
[General Topics] Mikey:
The word hack in this title is so "durty" lol

Why hack a phone, when the company will have no choice but to unlock it lol
[Hero, G2 Touch General] m112:
Hello,

I had my orange uk untouched up to last week.

I decided to install FroydVillain 1.1.1

Everything is fine however but i decided to unlock the phone.

I got a code proper unlock code bought on ebay.

I put o2 sim card and I was asked for unlock code. I put new the code which I got and I get message Network unlock successful however o2 card doesnt register to o2 network. I cannot even manually select the network.

I know that there was a problem with orange roms and unlocking however I heard that if I install custom rom it should be fine.

Does any one know if FroydVillain 1.1.1 has got same bug for unclocking like the original orange rom.

Please advise how can I unlock the phone with froyo

thanx Martin
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Is the O2 sim a freebie you got through the post?!.... If it is old, it may have expired. I think they have to be topped up within 6 months or something.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
If you got "Network unlock successful" it should be fine,... try another sim.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nlel:
It may well have the same bug as some orange roms, the only way I know of to be certain of a successfull unlock is to flash orange rom 2.73.61.66 dated 2010/02/04 from the htc uk site.

You could then re-root after unlocking.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Failing that, try flashing villainrom 12 temporarily, as I've not tried unlocking on FroydVillain yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] m112:
I tried v12 and it worked

Now i'm back to froyod
[General Questions and Answers] drakexxl:
Hey guys,this is my first time posting here and from what i read on the forum you guys may help me out with a problem.

I recently instaled Diamond TF3D config on my htc touch 2 ,downloaded a .theme file ,placed it into storage\themes ,loaded it with the program and after the reset nothing is changed.

i tried downloading a diferent theme,same result,please help.

thank you
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farabundo:
Problem: my Leo becomes slow while:

- new SMS is arriving,

- SMS is pressed to see this contact's history,

- all SMS button is pressed.

ROM: 1.48.411.1

Fixes: I've checked manufacturer's site htc.com for fixes, seems they have SMS service improved for ROMs 1.66 and older, but device reported this fix is not compatible.

Question: Is there fast solution for my ROM without flashing?

Thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farabundo:
Any recommendations?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morpheus1982:
I was going to say to upgrade to 1.66 and install the last hotfix as it works. It really does. However you suggested that it doesnt install, enough though it should given your current ROM.
[Captivate General] violinbf:
I am worried about a potential Behold II situation here. This phone has been out internationally for months and we still have no custom roms of 2.2, or even 2.1 only modified versions of Sammys stock.

Are there differences structurally with samsung's programming and files structure that preclude the use of custom roms? I want one of these galaxy s phones but I am concerned that there is no development. What is going on with theses phones?
[Captivate General] Bjd223:
Random people around the interwebs are saying that the Galxay S should get it's 2.2 update in August sometime.

Not sure how solid their sources are. Once they get it, then AT&T has to get a hold of it and modify it, that will take a few more months I'm sure.

I do not think there is anything stopping chefs from making modified ROMs. They just need to do it. I think some are waiting for 2.2 to come out as it is a much better base for a ROM performance wise.

Some are saying the the bootloader is not locked, which makes it even easier. Now that people can reliably flash back to the stock ROM things should pick up.
[Captivate General] AJerman:
I think having 512 MB of RAM is proof enough that 2.2 support will be coming. Otherwise they could have cut the RAM in half and saved money on their end.

Samsung has confirmed many times that 2.2 is coming, and I do believe that. What probably won't happen is 3.0 which this phone should be capable of handling as well (judging from system requirements mentioned to this point). That's where our guys will get to work and try to cook something up.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
If someone (not Samsung) can port 2.2 to it, then it bodes well for 3.0...

I'm not worried about 2.2 (Samsung is bringing that, at least)... What worries me is 3.0
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Samsung has confirmed that 2.2 is coming, well to the international version at least. They have never specifically said if its coming for T-mo or AT&T versions. In all honesty I'm more concerned with getting Gingerbread. As slack as Samsung is about releasing software updates, this has me worried a lot. Also, I'm wondering if samsung will ever even fix the GPS. Its been months and no official word yet. You read all these posts in here "samsung is aware and are workign on it." But who has said this in an official capacity, I dont want to hear opinions.

Whats stopping ROM chefs? The lack of open source info on the phone. Samsung has not released any of the driver info that is necessary to make custom ROM's. Until that happens or someone inside samsung leaks its, no custom ROM's.
[Captivate General] Drachen:
There are already Captivate units in testing with FroYo and have been before release. Unfortunately, I doubt AT&T will be in any rush to approve it...

When I first got the Captivate, I thought it would be tough going back, but I haven't really missed anything. The Captivate Exchange client supports calendar sync (a big issue with my Android 2.1 Nexus One), the browser is fast enough for my needs and I really haven't noticed any slowdowns that the new JIT JVM would have helped much. The only things I really miss at all are the upgraded market app and Flash 10.1. Even those aren't that critical.
[XPERIA X10 General] NotBillable:
Is the upgrade to R2BA024 worthwhile?

I haven't seen posts reporting on any significant improvements in the new version that would prompt me to upgrade.

There are reports of improved battery life, but there seem to be conflicting experiences reading from the posts.

So unless I missed anything, can someone comment on the improvements or the changes that are included with the R2BA024 release?

If you can back your comments with experience, and/or official statements from SE on what the new upgrade does, that would be great.

This would help a lot of users like myself who are still wondering whether to jump over to the R2BA024 boat....

Thanks in advance.
[XPERIA X10 General] finalmoksha:
Not from SE. looked over in a couple of other forums. Cant be sure about these:

* Backup tool installed

* Mediascape video player interface tweaked

* can now change timescape background colour New keyboards added - Chinese, Korean.

* the unlock "swipe" more smoother

*They've added a Backup and Restore function, but mainly it's a speed improvement
[XPERIA X10 General] NotBillable:
so nothing really on better battery management?
[XPERIA X10 General] rico761028:
This is from the 023 update, the 024 is a very very minor update allegedly giving you better battery performance thanks to a new kernel version. My phone got extremely unstable however with the 024 rooted version so I switched back to 023.
[XPERIA X10 General] maxld:
On the other hand, with mine is everything ok. No errors or FC's at all.
[XPERIA X10 General] rico761028:
I know most if not all of you don't have any problems with 024 so I wasn't trying to dissuade anyone from updating. Sorry if it seemed that way. I tried to explain that since I reverted back to 023 I cannot really comment on any improvements with 024.
[XPERIA X10 General] NotBillable:
Are there any significant changes that you noticed in the upgrade?
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
Battery last longer for sure.

Via Tapatalk
[XPERIA X10 General] Nimche:
Will give it a shot then, I guess even battery last forever now we are never satisfied. Did you guys update from 023?
[XPERIA X10 General] kbadone:
is there a X10a GENERIC version for R2BA024?
[XPERIA X10 General] micavn:
I few the screen is responded better after the update. The swiping and scrolling is more smooth and correct than before.

Looking forward to see the 2.1 update.
[XPERIA X10 General] theeedy:
So tell us: Did you update from 023? Because I'm on 023 and i have 2 full days of battery life with decent/normal use.
[XPERIA X10 General] superleeds27:
Worth rooting to 024, im currently on unrooted 023
[XPERIA X10 General] degaswong:
I feel that 020 was much better than 024 regarding to battery performance, but the device is more responsive with 024.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] tjashworth:
Hi,

I tried to update my xda iis ROM using an O2 update wizard but the update failed half way through and now my xda iis has no ROM flashed :confused: . also when i try to update it again the wizard says that the update is not for my device. what can i do :confused: .

thanks in advance.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
ok, give a little more information please.

what rom were you trying to flash?

what is your pc's operating system?

did you put the device into bootloader mode before flashing?

did you remove both the sim and the sd card before flashing?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] tjashworth:
i was trying to flash the Xda_IIs_172187_Final ROM. i am running windows 7 with updated drivers. it was in bootloader mode before flashing and i did remove the sim and SD card before flashing.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
ok, if you installed the patched drivers for your windows 7 edition, there should actually no problem when flashing. you could just try again, since you seem to know the procedure pretty well. but before trying, please post the RUU log file, which you will find in the root C:\

it could be named RUU.log or .txt or HTCRUU or something like that. it will contain an error message.

also, when attempting to upgrade, make sure, that your battery is fully charged, because the battery won't charge during the upgrade.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] tjashworth:
every time i retry the flash i get an error saying that the rom image is the wrong one for my device even though it is the correct one.

HTCRUU says:

15:22:48:666 [msg] : Config Info : [667685],[1],[0].

15:22:48:666 [msg] : RadioFile Not Exist !

15:22:48:666 [msg] : MSystemFile Not Exist !

15:22:51:896 [msg] : Current Not in CE Mode or in CE Mode but ActiveSync Not Connected.

15:22:56:067 [msg] : Current in BL Mode. Open Port : [\\.\WCEUSBSH001] OK.

15:22:58:251 [msg] : Device BL VER : [2.07 ] [].

15:22:58:251 [err] : Device CID Error.

15:22:58:252 [err] : Device ModelID Error.

15:22:58:252 [msg] : START UnInitialization !

15:22:58:254 [msg] : END UnInitialization !

15:22:58:266 [msg] : IsBL. BL : [1]
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Chef_Tony:
ok, i see the problem(s):

first of all, i hope you extracted your upgrading package, so you have BAupgradeut.exe and nk.nbf and so on.

it seems, there are 2 files missing, the ms_.nbf and the radio_.nbf, in case you want to flash the full shipped rom with radio and extrom. maybe you want to check out xplode.tk to download the full rom, if it is listed there.

this is no big deal though, you have a radio rom, and it seems to work and the extrom is only for carrier customizations that happen after hard resetting, like a dialer skin, wallpaper, internet settings... those aren't necessary, still might be nice to have.

also, your device is currently flashed with a non-official rom, so the device id changed, to fix that, download the Chef_Tony RUU from my signature, paste the rom file you have, nk.nbf, in there and flash it, as usual, full battery, bootloader mode, no cards inside.

this RUU bypasses the usual checks and errors, like device id, country id...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] d-two:
Open the "HTCRUU.conf" or "RUU.conf" with notepad and add "[CHECKCEID_TYPE]=1" or "[CHECKCEID_TYPE]=0" and test it ;)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] tjashworth:
thanks Chef_Tony. you are a life saver, my PDA is back up and running
[Touch2 General] gordonpt:
Hello everyone,

My htc touch 2 doesn't find wifi networks on channel 12 & 13.

It's a very strange problem, I tested with a cisco 861-W.

does anyone have the same problem?

All the best

Rom: 1.28.410.5(66092)

Radio:3.49.25.05

Prot:61.42t.25.31w
[Touch2 General] hdr87:
Hi

Update your radio version to 3.53.25.20. Search in this forum for this radio & install.

Also i read somewhere in this forum, there is cab file to enable 801g or something, try that.

HD
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] XITruthiX:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=channel
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] XERO_Racer:
good video, laughed about it many times but its been out for quite sometime, i bet most of the people here at XDA know the video, but its always good to post this classic :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fone_fanatic:
this has been posted before on the forum many times...

also the guy that created that vid is a best buy employee and best buy suspended him and was gonna fire him (not particuraly cuz of this video but his other ones on his youtube account.) at the end they didn't fire him, i think cuz it got too much publicity it would make best buy look bad.

see this article on gizmodo

http://gizmodo.com/5581367/best-buy-spares-iphone-4-vs-htc-evo-video-creators-job
[Touch HD General] adilob:
Hi all,

I'm trying to flash my device to USPL v2.5 but, when I run the GUI, the application gets stuck and nothing happens on my device... :confused:

Currently, my device has the following configuration:

ROM version: 1.56.401.0 (43972) WWE

ROM date: 03/06/09

Radio version: 1.13.25.24

Protocol version: 52.62.25.34U

The bootloader screen shows:

BLAC100 32M

SPL-1.54.0000

MicroP-BlackStone (LED) v6

And at the white frame, when I plug the USB cable the text USB shows up.

What am I exactly trying to do?

Upgrade from WinMo 6.1 to WinMo 6.5

I'm following a tutorial from the forum but, I can't pass through the first step (flash the USPL bootloader)

As far as I understood, I must change the bootloader to continue to flash the new ROM... right?

The host computer I'm using for the process is running Windows 7 Ultimate version and, I have already tried to boot with "disable driver signing enforcement" option.

The question is:

Could somebody help me with this problem?

Many thanks,

Adilo
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] cds36:
Saw some pics that the droid X Panorama app took and its pretty bad ass. Guess it has built-in pano software to take Panorama pictures. The Evo needs this software !
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Greenfieldan:
Agreed. Any way to get an apk that works with the evo?
[Captivate General] djgleebs:
Hey everyone, just wondering... I synced some iTunes playlists through doubletwist with my captivate, but I noticed I can't actually view what's in my playlists with the default music player. Is there any way to do this with the default player? Also has anyone else noticed that the music player feels a bit laggy?

This is kind of a must for me, and I don't really want to blow 250 bucks on a new iPod.

Thanks

edit: other apps that function better than the stock music app would also work for me...
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] DLloyd:
Hi,

I'm fairly new to this and have only recently rooted my GSM HTC Hero (something I should have done ages ago but decided to wait for the official 2.1 to be released on Orange!?) and am running VillainROM 12. I looked at SenseHERO too and there was a cool transparent clock on there. can anyone tell me if this can be downloaded/installed onto my Hero running VillainROM12- I do like VillainROM and would like to stick with it.

Cheers in advance
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ChocBoyWonder:
Im looking for some advice/input. Im going to start running android on my HTC touch (Bell). What is the best Android rom to use? Are there many issues?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] xport:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=712310

:D You will be happy you did...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ChocBoyWonder:
Thanks for the response. Im actually looking at this now. I cant see any install instructions and not sure exactly what files to grab. Will it work with these steps:

Easiest Step-By-Step Android Tutorial for the Vogue (NAND Method/Internal Memory) thread?

Does it matter if I run it off the miniSD vs fully flashing my phone?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Naemion:
That is a great thread to start at, it's where I first learned.

I've found that Android runs smoother while being run from the phone, not the sd card.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] xport:
Those instructions should work. I have not really used them since Myn's Donut (older ROM). I dont see why not the process should be the same. I ran off SD for a while during donut days, things were slower. Running off NAND now and its a really nice experience.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] dsmturbo:
It must just be me, but I haven't been able to get camera working on any Android builds. I am thinking my Sd card gets unmounted or something. Camera app starts, I can see display, then Force Closes.

I am running off sd card, I even tried partitioning cards, seems as though one of the ext2 partitions goes bad or something. If I place card in computer, one of the partitions is always corrupt?

I have re-formatted and re-partitioned 3 different cards using Gparted, always same error after installing Android system to Sd and Data to SD in install menu.

I apologize if this isn't clear, trying to explain it as best I can
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ChocBoyWonder:
WoW!

I just finished the install. Now working with Google sync to get my contacts over. I love it already and havent even done much! I may eventually install on the phone. Are the steps any different? Is there a thread to get setup?

Thanks for all the responses.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] delivery_dragon:
Go with Incubus26Jc's Super Froyo build on NAND I've been using for a month now and its been awesome hardly any problems
[General Questions and Answers] alloyd709:
Edit* title should read "now" not "no"

I am running cyanogen on my rooted g1 and have it so I save to my sd card. I didnt know taking out the sd card is bad, but anyways i did it and now all my apps are gone and when i try to "wipe sd: ext partition" it tell me to run "wipe_ext" in console but that doesnt work. someone told me to just run "part sd: fat32+ext2+swap" and then it says to run "sdtools.sh" in console, so i did that and console says:

"Usage: /sbin/sdtools.sh [OPTION]...

Options:

-h --help Display this help

-p --print Display SD partitions

-s --split Create 500MB ext2, 32MD swap and fill remaining

-c --clean Create 1 fast32 partition"

but I dont know what to type in, I typed "-h" it doesnt do anything "--help" also nothing. what do i type into console here?

Also a g1 guru told me I might have really messed it up and have to update the partition, but how do I do this. I cannot wipe the sd from andriod OS settings, and cant seem to do it from recovery mode. Also when i plug the phone into my computer it doesnt recognize it and says to insert an sd card. The notification bar on my g1 also has the icon and notice that says "Removed SD card - SD card removed. Insert a new one." when the sd card is obviously in the g1. should I just buy a new sd card, will that fix all this!? haha

Thanks for any help.
[General Questions and Answers] mrbubs3:
This seems super old, and has likely already been addressed. BUUUUTTTTTT...

It sounds like you fried your SD card. This has happened to me before. Last ditch effort would be for you to get an SD adapter (either a transFlash or USB thinger), and try to format by plugging the SD card directly into your computer. If that works, then insert your SD card back into your phone, boot into recovery, and see if you can partition the card, then. If it works, you're good to go! If not, you may have to say goodbye to the card.
[General Questions and Answers] settlethestorm:
So after rooting my Eris 2.1, I flashed Evil Eris 3.0, and fb sync worked fine, wiped then flashed Eris Lightning 3.02 and it still worked fine. The I wiped and did Ivans Eris ROM and it stopped working, so I went back to Eris lightning and it won't work even tho it did before...? On the phone setup (for both ROMS, it now says "this feature is not available right now, try again?" So far nothing I've tried has worked. Any ideas? Id GREATLY appreciate it!

Update* This problem has nothing to do with the ROMS, its an HTC issue that their trying to fix right now.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] kr4zyc1d:
Hey everyone,

I have been happily using android on nand for quite sometime, and everything has been going well. However, I must have the wrong adb driver installed on my windows 7 computer and can't seem to remove it fully or install the proper one ever. Every time I remove it from device manager, and plug it back in, windows finds it as an HTC composite device, and adb through command line can't find any devices, ever! I would really like to be able to use this feature for things like tethering and what not.

Also, if anyone has any information on how to tether using any OS, windows, mac or linux, I would greatly appreciate it, along with any applications that might be helpful! I have done proxoid in the past and it worked well, pdaNet looks like it might work, but again I don't have a connection to my windows computer!

Thanks in advance for all of the help!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] NFHimself:
I am using the android SDK usb driver for ADB, you just have to edit a file and add the vendor ID. I can do things like adb logcat, adb shell gives me odd characters in directory listings,I get a ? from adb devices, not sure what that is about.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\.android\adb_usb.ini

# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT.
# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE.
# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE.
0x0e79
0x0bb4

The 0e79 is for my Archos tablet, works fine there. 0bb4 is what showed up in device manager when I plugged in the phone.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] SuperJMN:
I tried to install that driver for my Polaris and it doesn't work.

It shows "Installing Android Phone" while I have my device plugged in. It takes forever and seems that the USB connection hangs the driver install process, but as soon as I disconnect my device, Windows shows me an error message.