yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
This is a tossers response and not indicative of the normal people on here.

What to do first? Well its really dependant on what you like to do. Me personally would straight away try to get it on Froyo followed by trying to get Music Junk installed and all my google account set up so that my contacts are all stored in the cloud as opposed to on the phone.

Rooting is OK but apart from backing up has few benefits tbh.

I dont know if you have used android before but there are some really crap apps out there that promise the world and deliver nothing so I suggest "obtaining" a copy first and if you like it and want to keep it then buy it. Unlike Apple the Market is fairly unregulated and there is a lot of plain lies and sometimes simply variations between the hardware which results in you not getting the software you paid for.

Doubletwist is a nice music app too that has a PC sync Client like itunes.
[Desire General] owziee:
Short answer: ASTRO File Manager
[Desire General] Sibbi:
I wouldn´t sign this... This "load it one billion hours before use" is an old myth, back from the days of NiMH. You´ve a Li-Ion battery in your phone, so it shouldn´t make any difference how long you load it the first time (by the way, the perfect point of use of a Li-Ion is between 45 - 55 %... at least in PHEV-Batteries)

I would say, the first thing to do is get to know your new super-phone ;)
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
I agree! This is the case for old tech but not the new Li-Ion gear
[Desire General] steve228uk:
I would say it did take a good couple of days for the battery to seem to hold its full charge. I guess it just needed some time to calibrate.

First thing I'd do: go and download Dynamo Kid. I love that game so much <3
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
downloading Dynamo Kid Now! I love these forums!
[Desire General] bluesax:
Download: Handcent SMS, MSN Talk, Shazam, XDA app, Places Directory and Alchemy.

;)
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
dont forget midomi and music junk although the latter is hard to find as its soooooooo good
[Desire General] steve228uk:
Shazam <3 Not sure on the MSN Talk though -- I just use eBuddy and I've still yet to share everyone's love of Handcent :D
[Desire General] steve228uk:
Oooh! Download Extended Controls is THE HANDIEST widget I have ever found. It's basically a customisable Power Control widget.

Catch That Bus has saved my bacon so many times catching a bus and it's well worth the cash.

Lookout is great if you lose your phone/have it stolen you can locate it from the site!
[Desire General] jamesmcuk:
LOL Handsent is OK But i agree its nothing special
[Desire General] owziee:
With the updated Sense UI that comes with android 2.2 I like the default HTC sms application better than Handcent.
[Desire General] steve228uk:
I've actually been looking for another app. I HATE the way the input thingy stays at the bottom. I used to hop up and down when typing.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Personally, first thing I'd do is just use the phone. Get used to it and you may find it does everything you need straight out the box!

If, after a week or so, you feel there are parts that can be improved then delve into the Market and/or rooting and see if this can help you. I only use about 4 apps so A2SD isn't needed and I've only rooted to remove the crap I don't want in a ROM to keep the phone as streamlined as possible
[Desire General] Red_Stafford:
Cheers Guys some very good comments there and the odd pointless one, I have had an HTC Hero for the last year but I have been using the missis old iPhone 3G for the past couple of months, the main problem I found with the Hero was when texting (using Handcent) I kept accidently pressing the wrong letters (so annoying) is this fixed on the Desire, also when browsing the web on the hero (which I do a lot of on my phones) the pages not showing the correct size on the screen I think the iPhone was a lot better for browsing the web compared to the Hero, is this also better on the Desire ?

Is it worth upgrading the ROM on the Desire to an unofficial 2.2 version if so which is the best to upgrade to and how easy is it I had all sorts of problems trying to get Froyo on my Hero I gave up in the end and ordered the Desire:) I kept getting connection Error 170, couldnt backup the Hero using Ti Backup etc...
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
custom boot animation of a floating weed leaf with a thc logo. Made by my mate Budda and compiled by me just for fun.

Preview:

[YOUTUBE]qePYiNPDuOo[/YOUTUBE]

download link :

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwfkvny8erwoqqs

other sizes :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7539390#post7539390

(This is not a flashable .zip you have to push it through adb or use root explorer for now)

Heres a freebie wallpaper :
[Desire Themes and Apps] azrudin99:
look nice. will try
[Desire Themes and Apps] Bouncer5:
I like how it says thc :rolleyes:
[Desire Themes and Apps] taylor162:
Absolutely love this! Thanks a lot!
[Desire Themes and Apps] snear:
pushed it to /system/customize/resources

didnt work?

any ideas?
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
heres exactly how i got it to work. it could be cos you typed resources instead of resource or it could be because you didnt put the / thats caused me probs in the past

(in recovery)

adb shell mount /system

adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource/

adb reboot
[Desire Themes and Apps] m8tix:
Very nice indeed ;) Worked like a charm, thank you !

Regards
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
I'm glad you guys like it. There's more boot animations on the way
[Desire Themes and Apps] wired69:
Nice one! Works perfectly (and smooth!) and looks great, would make a cool live wallpaper too!

BTW, in the video it looks like you got rid of the horrible white background with HTC logo boot image, if so how?

Look forward to your new boot animations. Cheers!
[Desire Themes and Apps] stef27:
pushed it to /system/customize/resources

didnt work?

any ideas?

__________________

HTC Desire

۵.NeoPhyTe Mod v1.6 Sense-FroYo 2.2 · (720p|2.06|AP2SD

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Hello, I have the same problem. If I delete the contents of system/ resource/customize, after a new push the message "Directory not empty" is display. After rebooting the new directory contains the same files, there is a feedback system that I can not find.

Somebody can help me ?

HTC Desire

ROM Modaco R5

Radio 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiL3nTKiLL:
will this work on other phones too? such as the captivate?
[Desire Themes and Apps] wired69:
Should work by pushing it to /data/local if your ROM has sym linked it. Easiest way to install boot animations is using Root Explorer, it's just a quick copy&paste and your done.
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
It should work fine on the captivate. I think all samsung galaxy s phones are WVGA, same as the desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
I just got lucky. It was a t-mobile uk desire and thats how it came with a little pink circle rather than the white HTC screen. I think you can change the splash screen but i dont know where its located.
[Desire Themes and Apps] snear:
Thanks I got it to work by rebooting into recovery then partitions menu ,mount system ,then push to /system/customize/resource

Looks great ! Mmmmmmm thc lol
[Desire Themes and Apps] snear:
I don't think we can change the splash screen till we have a eng spl
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
new boot animation smokers delight :

[YOUTUBE]41x-3p0zShQ[/YOUTUBE]

link : http://www.mediafire.com/?jgj7qbbg5qz1gux

got lazy with the links cos im off out. enjoy
[Desire Themes and Apps] stef27:
I already test this solution but it still the same
[Desire Themes and Apps] taylor162:
Haha very awesome!
[Desire Themes and Apps] esk02k:
Heres a similar flavoured background. Perfect resolution.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52954403@N03/4885294542/sizes/l/in/photostream/

download from here (much better quality) : http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=buw0n0cl3yu955t
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] neu242:
I just installed Brut Google Maps on my newly rooted SE X10 mini pro, which promptly crashed the SE homescreen. If I select "Force Close", homescreen just crashes again. The only remedy is a manual uninstall, which instantly heals the homescreen:

$ adb shell
$ su
# rm -r data/data/brut.googlemaps
# rm data/dalvik-cache/data@app@brut.googlemaps.apk@classes.dex
# rm data/app/brut.googlemaps.apk

Has anyone else seen this?

(Crossposted from the brut google maps thread: xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7562645&postcount=1284)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] neu242:
This issue seems to be fixed in 4.4.0.4414-brut16. Great stuff!
[Desire General] FunkTrooper:
Hi everyone,

I've just got a brand new Desire from O2 Ireland (branded) with HBOOT version 0.83. I tried to root the device using unrEVOked. It partially worked...

I have superuser permissions on my apps menu. However, I can't get into recovery. When I try to get into recovery, the screen just goes black.

I believe this may be something to do with possibly having a new SLCD screen, which causes black screens.

Does anyone know if it's possible to root this new HBOOT 0.83 phone? Can I install a recovery that works, or at the very least revert to stock recovery?

And if it's not possible to root at all, can I upgrade to stock android 2.2. (O2 Ireland haven't released the update yet; checking for updates in the phone results in it saying there are no updates available, even thought the phone is running Android 2.1)

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Desire General] teppic74:
unrevoked doesn't really support hboot 0.83, as you have found.

You cannot recover to stock O2 firmware because there is no available RUU recent enough for SLCD phones. You will need to use this RUU with a goldcard:

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...1.00.32U_4.08.00.09_release_137222_signed.exe

From this you can upgrade to stock FroYo OTA.
[Desire General] deovferreira:
Unrevoked works with 0.83 + 2.1 just fine, after you root the only problem is that the recovery screen is black. The recovery is working, the only problem is that the kernel in it doesn't support the SLCD.

I have patched the recovery with the latest version of teamdesire's kernel and it works fine on SLCD devices. You can find it here: http://crop.floodbit.org/~defer/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img

It is flashable with unrevoked.

EDIT: this is a temporary fix until koush updates the kernel in recovery.
[Desire General] teppic74:
Yeah, I meant to say SLCD phones not 0.83 hboot.
[Desire General] FunkTrooper:
Thanks for the quick response guys :)

I just tried installing that new recovery and it seems to work perfectly! Thank you so much!
[Desire General] Rexton270:
Man YOU'RE STAR. THANX A LOT!!!!
[Desire General] FourThreeThree:
What do i do with the .exe file?
[Desire General] Vorbeth:
Oh dear...

Is that a serious question?
[Desire General] iOStoAndroid:
I also want to know how to flas with an .exe file

Any advice will lead to a cyberpint for you
[Desire General] xtcislove:
So upcoming Desires will delivered with Sony Super LCD and we saw that they will have Black screens with our ROM´s.

Will there be Amoled and SLCD ROM´s in future? o.O
[Touch 3G General] xtruh:
Hi, i am using SPB mobile shell 3.0 , there´s no current operator name at its homescreen, nor in taskbar. On many screenshots i saw operator name being displayed in taskbar, it´s not shown on mine. Maybe i removed it previously, can´t remember.

Anyhow, now i can´t find how to show it. There´s no reason to enable SIM´s operator, i rather need to show current active network. For example, to see whether i am connected to my operator network (O2) or through roaming.

How do i enable nework being shown in taskbar ? Or better, is there any way to get some widget for SPB mobile shell ?

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus One General] Stuart.upton666:
Ok so lucky for me I got swype before xda removed the link.....bit why did they?
[Nexus One General] Lemim0uth:
Maybe because it's illegal ??
[Nexus One General] _Dennis_:
The company who wrote swype has decided to make it not available to download unless through them. So XDA is following the wishes of the company.
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
Swype is currently in a closed beta and not available to the public, that's why.
[Nexus One General] Tostino:
Are you just trying to get banned? :p lol
[Nexus One General] khaytsus:
Let's hope, his contributions are... limited...
[Nexus One General] catzilla:
How the hell is it a closed beta if all MyTouch 3G 1.2 owners have it by default?
[Nexus One General] watercool:
Swype does oem distribution only currently
[Nexus One General] archangelugp:
Speaking as a developer, let me see if I can try to clear some of the confusion that seems to be going on.

Swype is an application made from a team of developers. They have several contracts and licenses with various mobile carriers or more specifically the device makers themselves. They make money from these types of licenses. Swype has no ads, and its income model is really focused around licenses.

So lets say that you got Swype on your MyTouch 3g when you bought the phone. The carrier/phone maker has paid the makers of Swype for the application for your phone. While Swype is still in beta for the most part, they have specific phones which they've dedicated their time to ensure the coding is correct and the application is working as intended. (They cannot guarantee the same across the other devices. Which is why its still in beta.)

The companies which hold contracts with the makers of Swype to provide this wonderful software to them, expect some exclusivity. If Swype is being pirated everywhere, some people believe the carriers/phone makers will be less attracted to Swype, since they can't use the application itself to help pivot some of the marketing against competitors. Simply, if Swype continues being pirated, it wouldn't surprise me to see that the developers spend more time on anti-pirate measures instead of making the application better. Why would we want to do this to developers who are providing a kick ass application?

In the end, it's a endless cycle of people pirating the application thinking they are doing the best for people, but sadly, in this case, it's only negatively impacting the people who are providing the software we all enjoy. Just wait a little bit longer until the developer releases the application to the general public, or until you make the beta ;) :rolleyes: https://beta.swype.com/android/create/

TL;DR

Swype is a kick ass application that shouldn't be pirated if we want it to continue growing into something amazing.

I love Swype, but I would much rather support the developers then see this project be stifled by people who seem clueless to the consequences around their actions.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Why not sell it on the Android Market? :cool:
[Nexus One General] earlyberd:
Which is basically saying the companies are just a little greedy and anti-competitive, and the makers of Swype just don't have the time and resources at the moment to dedicate to a public release on the Market. Or, something in the contract that Swype has signed with these companies prevents them from creating a third-party installer for phones that don't come with Swype.

Either way, Swype being preinstalled on devices works out to being much more profitable than a Market release, because each sale of a phone also counts as a sale for Swype, even if the users don't use it. With a release on the Market, every user that doesn't want to use Swype ends up as a lost sale for Swype, and on top of that the developers have to spend more time ensuring that the software works on multiple phones. By just focusing on being OEM software on a few really popular phones, it's the most profitable strategy for the least amount of work.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
So basically "beta" is a euphemism for "will never ever come to any phone unless the OEM specifically paid us to put it on the phone (meaning absolutely never on the Nexus One)".

Great.
[Nexus One General] archangelugp:
http://swype.uservoice.com/forums/17482-swype-general-forum/suggestions/546121-swype-android-market?ref=title

Beta is meant for testing and isn't ready to be unleashed into the wild on unsupported devices. It's not even production yet and everyone is expecting it to be on the market and be available to anyone and everyone.

It's better to have a user have a pleasant experience on a application then to even have 1 force close. You put something on the market and lets say you don't support DroidX yet. Guess what happens, that user gets a FC and then complains on the market that the application is crap. Anyone that reads those comments to weigh out if they want to buy it or not will then look more negatively towards that application, even if they don't own a DroidX.

Let's just take it as it is. Some people are screaming that they should have support over all the devices, yet want to pirate it... sounds like some backwards logic to me, and that's what at least a lot of the members on XDA seem to want to do.

TL;DR

They are beta testing the Nexus One Swype Application. They haven't announced a release date, but I'm sure its on the horizon sometime, if they are testing it.

Respect the developers, if they don't want it to be release yet, respect that.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
I'm in the beta and it works perfectly fine. No FCs here. :cool:
[Nexus One General] kamasi36:
+1

However, flashing from different roms and reinstalling swype resulted in " you've used your allotment of installments" so, I picked up a version from the ICD forms. Never had one force close either. After five installs they shut you down, no more Swype. They need to work it out for those of us in beta to install as much as we want on our rooted Nexus.
[Nexus One General] Diamond_dawg:
so will there be a final release?
[Nexus One General] iconoclastnet:
I'm in the beta program, and it's an awesome product.

That said, having to delete and re-download and then re-install after every time I swap roms (or even do a nandroid restore to one where it previously worked fine) is getting really really old. I'm sure it's probably some feeble attempt at a copy protection scheme, but it's making me want to chuck my beta download and find myself a pirated copy just for the lack of headache.
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
I'm in the beta and it doesn't work perfectly fine.

Ever tried using it with Connect Bot? Nope? Get back to me after you do.

There are still issues for the Swype team to work out, which is why it is still Beta.
[Nexus One General] hilaireg:
In addition to Paul22000 comments, a take-down request was received to remove swype as this was a violation of the BETA terms of agreement.

If a member is caught distributing swype via PM, their account will be permanently suspended.

Thread closed.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mdbq:
Hi everybody,

I finally wanted to post a little contribution to this forum i made with some pictures found on the internet, so the pictures aren't mine and all due credits are for the creators of these images, which i unfortunately can't mention 'cuz i can't find them anymore, please contact me if you know who it is.

So, if you're like me and you get rid of this ugly htc screen at boot:

then this post could be for you.

it's my very first "contribution" so i hope you'l enjoy and if so, send me a file you want to have as very first screen and i'll try to make you smile!

To use this you need to have HSPL on your phone!! and then just flash it as any other rom or radio with the included customruu.

Enjoy!

NOTE: as already said, i'm not the author of this image, i found it on the internet.

EDIT: sorry for the little image, but i had to slow it because formu didn't accept it, it was too big...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] djcedric:
nice,request send in pm :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mdbq:
answered, check pm box! ;-)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] djcedric:
ok thank you very much,good work it works fine :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mithent:
I have a T-Mobile UK Galaxy S and would like to back up the stock firmware before flashing anything new to it. It has:

Baseband: I9000XXJF3

PDA: I9000XXJF4

PHONE: I9000XXJF3

CSC: I9000TMUJE6

Obviously I can download I9000XXJF3 so I can get back to the correct baseband/PHONE. However, I've not seen any JF4 firmware files, and obviously the CSC is custom for T-Mobile's APN settings.

Therefore, if I make a nandroid backup and restore that onto I9000XXJF3, will it restore the PDA and CSC to those versions? I'm not sure how, exactly, what nandroid backs up correlates with those parts of the ROM (although I think it doesn't back up PHONE?).

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xfile087:
I have the same versions as you and made a nandroid backup of my rom and then upgraded to other roms (currently SamSet 1.9b) but I can confirm Nandroid backs up CSC and PDA. To get it back to stock (including modem) I just flash back to I9000XXJF3 and restore Nandroid backup and then modem, PDA and CSC are the same as when I received the phone.

On a side note, any chance you could upload your csc folder (or at least the TMU folder) I don't know if mine got messed up before I backed up as customer.xml references files such as "/Customer/TMU/Messagetone/TMO Message tone.mp3" that don't exist?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mithent:
Hm, where would I find these files? The csc folder doesn't contain them, and I don't see a /Customer/ directory off the root. Indeed, I've never seen a T-Mobile ringtone as an option anywhere, and if I search for "TMU" in Astro I can't find anything. It's also not listed in /system/CSCFiles.txt, which I assume is a list of files contained in the CSC, and only contains:

/system/csc/customer.xml
/system/csc/others.xml
/system/csc/sales_code.dat
/system/csc/feature.xml
/system/csc/contents.db
/system/app/VoiceSearch.apk
/system/SW_Configuration.xml
/system/CSCFiles.txt

I could pull out those files, and perhaps dropping those onto the device (with root) would give it I9000TMUJE6 CSC? I don't know how to make it into an update.zip.

Anyway, I did a factory reset followed immediately by a nandroid backup, which I've uploaded in case that's useful:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G033UEH5
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xfile087:
I don't see a /Customer either on mine and the CSCFiles.txt doesn't list it but in CSC/customer.xml it references them... maybe they were going to put them in but never did?

As for creating the update.zip I did manage to make one but it didn't seem to apply (the CSC version changed to TMU but the bookmarks/settings etc didn't get applied) until I followed http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7338830#post7338830 to change it to TMU.

To be honest though, I have never bothered doing it as no matter what I flash, MMS and 3G internet and everything works without me doing a thing. I just keep it incase I need to send it back for any reason.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xfile087:
Accidentally created new post instead of editing old one, sorry.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pepemosca:
So... does nandroid backup everything?

I mean, if I do a backup (let's call it original).

Then I install a ROM with a different baseband/MODEM.

If I restore the backup... Will I have the original baseband/MODEM?

Thanks!