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[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiwikonnections:
If you end up buying a new housing on eBay, expect lower quality.

I ordered a body, it came with everything except for the back of the LCD (the part that has the slider that connects both halves together). The battery cover was aluminum (but lighter, less reflective paint). The plastic was quite light, and on the keyboard, where the seam is for the silver sides and the center section, the join is visible, not as nice as the original. However, the fascia was aluminum (or some other metal) - probably the best quality thing of it all, although the camera and light sensor holes seemed frosted.

I never got to using this body, but I'll keep it as a spare in case something disastrous happens.

tl;dr: Expect lower quality from eBay, will do the trick, may have missing parts.
[Desire Android Development] zdzihu:
I'll just leave that here for those who can check it out (sadly my Desire is on it's way so won't be able to give it a go before Wednesday).

Original post:

hxxp://c-skills.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-trickery.html

Exploit files (including readme):

hxxp://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/exploid.tgz

Guide for Xperia (it's already proved working with some Motorolas, X10s and some HTCs):

hxxp://android.doshaska.net/x10miniroot

Credits to the author(s)!

Good luck brave ones!
[XPERIA X10 General] MobileTux:
Why my PPTP VPN works on WiFi but fail on 3g?

I'm with Rogers. Do they block PPTP VPN on their networks?

I have a X10a rooted on R2BA023.

Any one else got that problem? Any solutions?

Thanks,

MobileTux
[XPERIA X10 General] xd4d3v:
I'm not sure what software you're using for VPN as I necer VPNd from a mobile phone.

I guess one of the reasons could be 3G and WIFI use different adapters.

try setting the adapter name manually if the VPN software has that possibility

PS: just an idea.
[XPERIA X10 General] MobileTux:
I use the built in android VPN under Settings, Wireless control, VPN settings, no adapter nothing to configure, I guess it's a bug from the root... I'll try a non rooted firmware some day ...
[XPERIA X10 General] jasonvw:
Check with rogers. I know telus has a vpn plan. More than likely rogers does too.
[XPERIA X10 General] Mancubus99:
Rogers uses a proxy for mobile data. By default they block PPTP and force you to pay extra if you want to use VPN. I get around this by using a remote desktop to my home server and then running the VPN connection from there.
[XPERIA X10 General] FireROR:
You just need to call rogers to open the VPN for you. Free and 1min thing.

They block the vpn by default.
[XPERIA X10 General] MobileTux:
It took them 4 peoples and 58 minutes to offer me the "Public IP Package" at $5 per month that will enable the PPTP VPN over 3g ...

I hate Rogers...
[XPERIA X10 General] egyptshun:
fix you APN first, here I'm with rogers aswell :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=718070
[XPERIA X10 General] MobileTux:
My APN is configured the right way. They just want us to pay $5 per month to be able to use VPN over 3g network...
[XPERIA X10 General] leobg:
Did they lower it to $5?? I still pay $10 bucks/mth for that! Crooks.. did not update automatically when they lowered the price. I have to call I guess...

BTW - same with TELUS - public IP is $5 bucks if you want no NAT on your connection.

PPTP they block. But IPSec they do not block and if your firewall/vpn supports NATed connections you can connect even without the public IP package. However that's if you tether via PC. Android does not have true ipsec vpn client to my knowledge :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipherfx:
Hi,

I used to have a windows mobile phone I have just over a 1,000 contacts. I exported those into my gmail. I've tried loading the CSV and the VCard files into my phone. But for some reason it doesn't show them all. It seems like in some parts of the phone it shows them, but like if I compose a new text message it doesn't auto list their name. And it doesn't show the contact. It has some contacts listed but not all. Yet when I click on people and I have it view all it shows most of them but not all my contacts, then If I click on menu and then view it shows the right number of contacts.

I'm just really frustrated. Which is better CSV, or VCard? How can I get all my contacts into my phone so it's the same across the board? am I doing something wrong?

Also is there a way to have them automatically synced up with Facebook, or do I have to do each one automatically.

1 more question does it matter if in the contact I have a 1 plus the area code like 1-555-5555 vs 555-5555 would that make a difference?

Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!
[Touch Diamond CDMA] matthewjulian:
ok, i am hopelessly stuck. I ran the unlocker and after I click the last button to start the process, it says it cannot read a file. Anyways, I check to see if it worked by chance, and it does say security unlocked. But every time I try to flash a rom from the computer it starts and gets to the point where my phone goes to the color bar screen and says usb at the bottom, then it tells me that it cannot communicate with my phone???HELP

Edit: Really Guys??? I have posted twice here, I have been in the android forums for a long time and I can get a response to anything there in 5 min., I thought this was part of our community but I guess I was wrong.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] high25:
I haven't had this problem, but is the driver installed for when it is in the bootloader screen?

Another way you could try is flashing it from bootloader mode. Just go into bootloader mode then plug it into your comp and run the romupdate utility.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] Bumba:
Odd

Never personally ran into it but check your USB cable. Try a different cable. Try a different USB port. I had some issues with them being a little touchy.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] matthewjulian:
I dont know if anyone cares, but I figured it out. I am using a Early 2010 Model MacBook Dual Core running Parallels instead of dual-booting Win XP.

When I am in Windows XP, OSX is running in the background, when the rom update utility turns the phone off then on into the bootloader, the phone is off for that split second and parallels cant keep up with it:mad:, and the Mac trys to grab the USB connection in that split second before Win XP says "No, thats my connection", so in that split second exchange the connection with Windows and the RUU gets droped! Kind of simple once you know whats happening. No matter, I used my brother in-laws Vista Toshiba( infected with viruses to the max), it worked fine and I am now running Moonscapes 1.6 with android as well! Thank You to the people who took the time to help!! Remember guys this is a community, it doesnt work unless people respond, without participation we may as well be talking to our dogs!:D
[Touch Diamond CDMA] oopsz:
You never mentioned you were doing something crazy like trying to flash your phone from a virtual machine. That never works, because the usb passthrough driver doesn't detect the windows low-level bootloader mode. How are we supposed to help you when you don't provide details?
[Touch Diamond CDMA] matthewjulian:
Lol, my bad, I got sloppy!!:rolleyes: My son dumped a Sonic drink on my dell so all I could work with was my trusty Mac, I am going to dual boot it later today. :D I have to say after a day with Moonscapezx's 1.6, I like WM, dont know if I like it enough to swap it out for good, I still love my Hero(at least for another 3 months when I get an upgrade, EVO!!!). Ok, well Thank You again guys, I love XDA, you guys are great;)
[G1 General] Alex2221:
Heya, I'm going to visit the gamescom 2010 in Cologne in a few weeks. And right now, my Dream is draining his battery faster than you could say uhhm... a really short word. And Cologne is not really close, that means atleast 8 hours of listening to music etc.

So I'm searching for a Eclair ROM with a nice, long battery life. I already looked into the ROM bible, but without real user experiences it don't really persuades me. Or does someone have some advices how to save as much battery life as possible?
[G1 General] Royalknight6190:
Hey Alex, I got usually around 10 hours of battery life using SpeedTeam Eclair, now that wasnt playing music for 8 hours straight. All newer Roms on the G1, Eclair (2.1) and Froyo (2.2) drain battery life and will never last as long as a Donut (1.6) Rom did. I am current using SuperFast which is a Donut Rom and yesterday I got 17 hours before I plugged it in to fully charge and I still had 40% of battery life to go. So I would say if your looking for great battery life go back to a Donut rom.

If you want a rom to show off then an eclair or froyo rom is where its at but dont expect the battery to last over 10 hours of moderate use. Now you could try Speedteam and while traveling there Turn on Airplane mode (which of course shuts all cell/data Off) and you should get a better battery life. But then again you wont beable to talk to anybody or receive txt messages. Hope this helps.

Sorry about the Rom Bible the user experiences part has been lacking but I just dont have the time lately to flash all the roms and test them out, I have requested other users to give me there experiences and I would place it in the post. But yet again hope this helps.
[G1 General] Alex2221:
Thanks for the reply, I'm gonna give SuperFast a try and with airplane mode and lowest screen brightness during the train ride, it could work.

Oh and ty for the quick answer D:
[G1 General] mejorguille:
Use an app called "setcpu" ($2 on market, free from the G1 apps section). Use it and set the max to 128 or 245. Under 128, you might get music to skip. On eclair I seem to be stable at the lower frequencies so I use 128 to listen to music. If 128 isn't good for you, try 245. This will make your battery last aproximately 50% or more longer.

Also, try amazon.com. I'd be surprised if you have to spend more the $6 shipped to your house for an OEM battery.
[G1 General] can teh man:
$10 for an extended battery.

Adds about 1/4" to your device, but its well worth it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/2300mAh-Extende...ewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a0345cc94
[G1 General] Alex2221:
I already use SetCPU (But as far as I remember it is free?) and while the screen is off, it underclocks it to 128-245 it really saves some battery, but it still isn't enough I think.

I also already thought about buying a larger battery, but my G1 already seems pretty large to me, and just barely fits into my pockets.
[G1 General] Shrivel:
I finally stopped trying to get Eclair and Froyo to have a decent battery life and went back to SuperD just before I went on vacation a while back. I couldn't be happier - you forget how fast a G1 can be after you get used to Eclair.
[G1 General] mejorguille:
Turn off profile's on set cpu and underclock it while the screen is off. You're going for maximum battery life, not performance.
[Android Themes] Fekke:
Hi!

I have looked around on this forum for how to theme Galaxy S or create my own. But i havent realy got an clue on how.

So im wondering what i am needed and how to do?

Thanks!
[Android Themes] blingblingslyna:
would like that 2
[Android Themes] KnightMAREcrow:
Android Theming

This link is for another post in xda, it has guides and info on how to theme

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=667951
[Android Themes] Daneshm90:
Considering the resolution of this device is the same as nexus, u could just use theme-porter and port nexus theme to w/e rom ur on.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankencat:
I got a new phone and someone wants to buy my G1 locally and I want to totally wipe it and clear all of my user info. I'm leaving it rooted because it runs SO much better and I just can't bring myself to downgrade it. So if I wipe all cache's / factory reset / re-install ROM will that be good enough to erase my personal information from the phone? Specs are in my sig. TIA -Frank :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankencat:
So here's what I did...

- Deleted everything from SD card.

- Wiped all caches in Amon_Ra recovery.

- Flashed Super E ROM.

- Flashed Gapps.

- Re-Flashed Firerat boot patch.

Booted it up without a SIM card and it started up fine and looks like my user data is gone. What do you guys think...good to go?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypysmoker:
Just because its to easy..

You wanted to know how to wipe the G1 fully....... SO you wiped it fully and asked if you did the right thing to fully wipe it.....?

BEst part... you wanted to wipe your info... so you did, its gone, then you ask if you did it right.....:eek:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankencat:
Lol, just making sure :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robuser007:
Can it help if you get strange problems?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tivchev:
Please could you spell this whole process out for me... how do u mount cache and userdata partitions in recovery mode etc.

Many Thanx
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mblaster:
In recovery go to console. Type "mount -a" without the "s and press enter. Afterwards just type the whole line "dd ...." that lbcoder suggested. It will use the input /dev/null (basically an infinite source of consecutive zeros) and direct them to a file called "zerofile" on each partition, thus filling the whole partitions with zeros, overwriting any existing data.

If you want to delete your sdcard also, try this:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/zerofile; dd if=/dev/zero of=/sd-ext/zerofile; sync; rm /sdcard/zerofile /sd-ext/zerofile; sync
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tivchev:
thanks for the quick reply;]
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypysmoker:
lol oops, didnt realize who I was replying too lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankencat:
Too late now. It's gone. I am pretty sure this person will not be messing about with it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
You got a little brain-fart in there.... /dev/null is the black hole -- its where you SEND stuff that you don't want spewing out on the console. Nothing ever comes out of the black hole.

Not that this wouldn't work, but there's a better way to wipe the sdcard;

umount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0

** you don't need to sync this since it writes to the device rather than to the filesystem.

*if there are multiple filesystems on the sdcard that may be mounted, you need to umount them all;

for PART in /dev/block/mmcblk*; do umount $PART; done
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
Unlikely.

This is what you do to secure the device prior to selling or giving it to someone to whom you don't want to provide access to your data.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robuser007:
I did know where it's meant for, my problems sees to be solved btw (using android 1.0 and back to latest cm6, I reflashed and erased everything).
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeytown2:
I'm coming from the other end. I just bought a rooted phone "Super E 1.0.3". What can I do to remove previous owners google account?

Read this thread: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=454405

But I don't have "Google Apps" under Manage Applications.

I do have things like "com.android.provision"

did a factory reset and his account is still there; along with his phone book. microSD card is not in the phone ATM, don't know if that matters.

EDIT:

Reboot with home and back button held down; wipe data selected from boot loader. Phone is now reset :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadnammit:
Great suggestion. Thanks.

I would also suggest an improvement... use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/zero in each command! And repeat the process 2-3 times.

Since your flash memory is over-provisioned and employs wear-leveling, you are not writing to each physical page of memory if you run this once. A user who bypasses the filesystem and accesses the memory directly could easily spot your non-wiped sectors since the others contain all zeroes. Why help them spot the good stuff? And hopefully by running the wipe 2-3 times, you've upped the odds of touching each physical page at least once.
[Vibrant General] JWhipple:
I'm hoping I'm wrong, maybe I've had too much beer , or maybe just bad luck, but am I the only one noticing poor battery life while using LauncherPro ?

As much as I like it, it's the only thing that has changed on my phone in the past few days and now I'm seeing 8, maybe 9 hours battery life with actually less usage than before (I'm on vacation, I removed my Activesync push-mail account from the phone for this week) as opposed to 16 hours or so before hand.

So, is it just me?

Any feedback is appreciated!
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
I've notice the same with lp pro. Switched to awd.launcher and battery life improved.
[Vibrant General] KerryG:
Not here, I switched to launcher pro and usually get 18 hours, also using Juice Defender.
[Vibrant General] JWhipple:
I'm gonna try Juice Defender without LauncherPro, see how much of a difference it makes, then switch back and test if it was a decent bump.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
Just look at the battery use and you can find out how much LP is using
[Vibrant General] JWhipple:
It actually didn't show ANYTHING for LP.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
Weird shows ADW Launcher for me.. with 2%
[Vibrant General] gunks:
Going from stock to LP I noticed no change in battery life.
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
Ditto for me.

Sent from my Galaxy S using the XDA App
[Vibrant General] RandyN:
I haven't really noticed my battery use since I started using LP. Where can I easily check battery use by application (or what software will show this)?
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
so I'm using TouchWiz now, with JuiceDefender and I'm going on 15 hours uptime and I'm at 70% battery. Pretty light use tho, since it sat overnight with no use.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Been using LauncherPro since I got the phone. Not having battery life problems with it over default or adw.

When on standby (ie not using the screen), this phone lasts a pretty long time. But one you use that bright, beautiful screen it can use up some battery pretty quick.

That said, i've been listening to music on my phone for the past 7 hours, watched 42 minutes of a chuck episode, checked personal emails, browsed some websites, ran a speed test, and i'm at 25% battery now. Display ate up 64% of that battery loss.
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
how can you tell if LP is better than TouchWiz or ADW if you've been using LP since you got the phone?:confused:
[Vibrant General] michael800:
What settings are you using for JuiceDefender?
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
just the default easy mode set up.

Currently at 18h 14m on and have 68% left. Cell Standby is the top battery user with 36%.
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
I got the phone on launch day and have used TW half the time and LauncherPro half the time. I can't say that I have noticed any difference in the battery life since I started using LauncherPro. It showed up once in the Battery Use screen (it was at like 2%) but that was the day I was setting it up and playing around with it. Since then it hasn't made a blip on the radar.
[Vibrant General] Dougefresh91:
Settings> about phone> battery use.

Lp doesn't show up in my battery usage either.
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
ditto home slice!
[Vibrant General] WilliamStern:
I swear I was gonna do a write up on this today, but it looks I got beat to it. Last week I thought I was going nuts, because I too noticed better battery life while using LP. So, I decided to run a test these last few days. This past Thurs, and Fri I ran LP all day for the whole day, and got great battery life! I was able use my phone all day without recharging the battery once. This past Sat, and Sun I ran with TW with the same settings, and Widgets as I did with LP. The outcome was not good at all. On both days I would be lucky to get a half day out of my phone.

So, all and all this leads me to believe that something is up with TW, and the amount of battery power its pulling. To me it just makes no sense to me as of yet, but for now I'm just gonna keep running LP. Hope someone can shine some light on this, because I would really like to know why this is going, and what causing it?
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
I didn't want to mention that I kind of think that I am getting BETTER battery life with LauncherPro. I figured that it was partially due to the "new" wearing off. Since you broke the ice I will admit that I have a feeling that LP is easier on the battery. :)
[Vibrant General] michael800:
I have JD installed on my phone, but I don't have a 3G toggle switch like it is shown in applications pics? Is that something that will show up depending on the phone we use? Do you have that option in JD?
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
No 3G specific toggle, just one for data.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
It's amazing. You see, I can download LP and ADW, and switch back and forth between LP, ADW, and TouchWiz when I want. Technically, i've been using all three since I got the phone. Used TouchWiz first. Then I used LP. Then ADW. Then back to LP.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
If I have headphones (with no mic ability) in the 3.5mm jack, and a phone call comes in, what happens...? Does the phone default to speakerphone for me talking or do I have to unplug my headphones and hold the phone up to my ear?

THanks...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
I just hear the voice through the headphones and talk into the mic
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
That sounds good, my current phone (hacked HTC Vogue running android), I have to unplug my headphones and turn on speakerphone or put the phone up to my ear...
[General Topics] rs0cal:
quick question, anyone know how to install apps to your memory card instead. Im running the OTA update froyo for the desire.
[General Questions and Answers] RedRamage:
So I'm looking for a Lock Screen program that will fit my needs and so far I've come up very blank...

Here are my needs:

1. Lock the screen when I hit the power button.

2. Prevent the phone from powering off when holding down the End Key when the device is locked.

My device is a Touch Pro 2. The built in Lock screen works great at preventing a power down, but it doesn't lock when I press the power button.

Most of the replacement programs S2U2, PocketShield, TouchLockPro, LockMeLite... they all lock when I hit the power button but they don't prevent powering off when holding down the End Key. S2U2 is supposed to have a setting that will lock this but it doesn't work.

So, any recommendations?
[General Questions and Answers] RedRamage:
Okay, I found a program (see this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=649695&highlight=lock) that makes the default lock screen show up whenever the system goes into stand by.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Dreddge:
When I had my adp1 we had advanced launcher which gave me the ability to hide certain apps so they wouldn't show up in the drawer. I hate having font packs and the like appear in my app drawer. I also hate having redundant apps (desktop shortcut plus being in the app drawer)

Is there anything like advanced launcher out there for sense?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] blix1337:
I remove the apk's from /system/apps. That will completely remove the app from your phone (so don't do it to apps you want to keep on your home screen) but seems to work well for sprint/htc's crapware.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
You can hide them in LauncherPro.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Dreddge:
Ill probably get flamed for this, but I'm partial to the sense launcher. I don't much care for the aftermarket launchers. In afraid though, that I'm bit going to have a choice
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
...are you sure about this?

If so, how do you do this? I've used lp and bought pro a couple weekday ago, I'm not aware of this feature...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
Menu, Preferences, General Settings, Hidden Apps

Thats how I do it on LauncherPro Plus.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
AWESOME! Thank you!

I swear they update LauncherPro faster than I can keep up with it..
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Dreddge:
This is a start, but I would still like to see this integrated into the sense launcher.