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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gervin:
Forgive me, I know this has been discussed by search turned up a lot of fruitless stuff to wade through.

Real simple: Is there a way to backup my phone 100% before trying a new ROM?

I'm not so much worried about contacts, etc... as I sync with Exchange at work. More about saving all customizations, apps, etc.... when I want to try a new ROM release. (I know I"ll have to re-setup all that on the new release... just want to be protected if I decide to go back to the previous ROM).

Thanks!!!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morkai Almandragon:
That's what a nand backup does
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gervin:
Backup - nand

Ahhhh..... always wondered about that, but my quick google-search came up empty.

So I don't need something like the app "ROM Manager", though it sounds like it'll make life easier.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spencer_Moore:
Nope NAND is all you need.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonscapri:
One tip thought after to do a NAND backup and after to get a file manager installed rename the the backup to something you'll recognize. The way it work though the original name is a time stamp yyyyddmm-tttt. If that makes any sense. Just remember there can't be any spaces in the new name.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] settlethestorm:
VERY true lol! Name them or else you might forget which is which like me and mess up your phone lol
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
I try not to keep too many nands in my sdcard because they are like 200+ mbs each.

Sent from my leaked rooted HTC Droid Eris with Aloysius 2.0.1 using Swype
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] settlethestorm:
They do take up a lot of space. I move em to my harddrive on my pc and keep the one I use most on the SD.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonscapri:
All I do is nand the ROMs that work well and like. For example my goto everything works rom is Evil Eris 3.0. And and of course a keep ROMs that I know work backed up just in case. Also before changing ROMs do a wipe then restore. I find that sometimes there's a few apps that get left when switching.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] settlethestorm:
That's too funny lol, Eris lightning is my goto Rom I keep on the phone also ;) good Rom huh?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonscapri:
I'd like to run Eris lightening but because of all the red theming i have issues. I'm working with conap to change all the pngs to offer different theming. My issue is I'm red/ green color blind. Lol
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hungry Man:
If you rename your nandroid don't put any spaces. Just numbers/letters. And don't use rom manager.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] putnum:
Can nand restore apps back to the sd card? I am running the kaos rom...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macnolias:
I kinda have the same question... is there an easy way to backup all my apps (even the droid store ones) than restore them when installing a new rom?

btw what's the best app manager? I'm using linda atm
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] settlethestorm:
That's awesome that he's helping you out with that. What color/colors are you going for? I'd love to use Eris lightning with a different a color theme :) :wink::wink:

Sent from my Eris
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshw0000:
No spaces in the name huh?? That's probably why the half dozen nandroids I made and renamed didn't work...learn something new every day.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshw0000:
Download Titanium from the market. It allows you to backup all of your apps, data within those apps, and system data (settings, etc.). You can run a batch to backup everything and even schedule it to do backups at certain dates and times.

When you flash the new rom, go back to the market and install Titanium again. Do a batch restore and it'll install your apps and all like you had it.

Also if you use ADW or Launcher Pro you can back up your home screens and restore them so they'll be set up just like before. Note - you'll have to manually add widgets back.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macnolias:
I did come across titanium backup while doing searches and it's good to have some reassurance. oh and should I do a COMPLETE batch in the settings part or mostly do the ones in green?

This queston must have been asked 1,000,000 times but there's no simple way of updating roms from v29 to v30 to ect.?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshw0000:
I do complete batches.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Nyox:
Hi!

I've just flashed my samsung s with an official firmware xxjf3 (because I've made a mistake with the previous one....)

Now the phone is back like a new one, but I've noticed that the transition between homescreen and app screen has a very annoying and slow fade in/out that all other pages (options, direct app, widget and so on) don't have (they have another transition, faster and better - don't know how to explain).

It is possible to change this particular transition either by flashing the ohone again or change some file/hidden setting?

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] copex:
any one willing to code an app to program the sim's MSISDN number?

if it is possible, i don't know anyone with an iphone or compatible nokia that can do this.o2 sent me a new sim to fix it. then said it was a problem with htc's phone, htc say its a sim provider issue, and im not the only one with this issue.

thanks

"htc desire"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SMS92:
Hi all,

I'm going to finally have some spare time this weekend and might even get to have a mess around with Android on my HD2 if I get lucky! My concern is that I have a 16GB Class2 microSD in my Leo and while looking at HD2 stuff on ebay came across this.

The seller states that Android won't run (properly?) on his 16gb Class2 and includes a Class6 8gb card aswell for this purpose.

What's everyone's experience with running Android on a slower card? From looking around I've seen people saying 'there isn't much difference' for most things but a lot of contridictions for others.

Thanks gang! :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kerman19:
I have no issues with my Android build currently, and it's on a 4gb Class 2 SD card.

It does help having a faster one, but It's not the end of the world.

Phil
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djingonthenet:
Have been testing out froyostone sense build on a 2gb class 2 card and it's like lightening :) So yes, would format first though otherwise you will get lag.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SMS92:
Cheers - yep I won't forget to format, been reading the threads while working this week... taken in loads of info, just need to find the time to actually get it rolling ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] murdaralph:
I was wondering the same thing. I installed froyostone 08.07.2010 using miri Rom on stock radio on a friends hd2 and it freezes and comes back to life very often. Would a higher class sdcard solve his problem?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mb:
I think they guy on eBay is talking rubbish. I run darkstone's 2.2 perfectly well on a 16GB Class 2. A Class 4 would probably help a little bit, but I'm not that fussed really.

I'd be more concerned about getting dodgy copies of Transformers from them!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kerman19:
The whole OS and all animations etc, or just touch screen response?

If its the touch screen, that's a known issue and will be addressed in due course.

Phil
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Tiggi76:
It's in german, but i guess u may figure it out.

h**p://***.chip.de/bestenlisten/Bestenliste-microSD-Karten--index/detail/id/867/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] qingcai:
I have a kingston class 2 , not working.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kerman19:
A Little more information would be useful, what's not working about it? How's it formatted? Has it even been formatted and then had a new build copied to it?

Phil
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bangsters:
i never had issues with a class 2 before... no SOD or anything... although after switching to class 4, there is noticeable speed. now in class 10, a lot faster. but no real issues in class 2 except a tad slower (but decent speed nonetheless)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pappadj:
I use the 16gb class 2 card and its quick with decent quadrant tests. I think its because android loads into ram (please correct me if I am wrong, ill search for this later). I think there are apps that read or write to folders on the SD card that would gain from speed of a class 6 or 10 card and if I am right about loading to ram the boot up time could receive a benefit.

Personally I am looking to get one just to access media faster and for taking pics and vids as there is a write delay that's typical with all phones. If it helps android in its current state the cool but I'm not in a rush. Development here have made great strides in making android snappy and android is an awesome is as it is for handling background tasks. Much to the credit of Linux but I find android to be a faster evolution then most mobile oses. Much to the credit of being open source and encourage community development. Nothing here is illegal but maybe some grey areas in closed source distributing which cyanogen had an interesting situation that was resolved quickly with Google's assistance.

But I am off topic now. Yes it would help with some things but don't break the piggy bank over it.

Hope my thoughts are helpful. It would be better to get feedback from those that have done it and get before and after boot, quad, and market download responsiveness tests. I may have a class 6 8gb card somewhere I can test later tonight. I would do fresh sdformatter formats with nothing but android on the card to get a somewhat standard benchmark.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] foxcheng:
Mine is 16gb class 2, with the latest fullram zimage, i score 29.2fps in neocore test :)

and can play sparta! very smooth, also the asphalt 5 :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] murdaralph:
the touch screen. The SD card was quick formatted. Would that make a difference in the builds performance ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] somebully:
I'm using a Kingston class 2, but it performs with 5,5MBs writing speed when used in a computer slot, so in practice its a class 5,5. Works great! Froyostone sense v1
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zole2112:
You have experience with your G1, the class 6 I use on mine makes definite difference when running apps from your sd card. I've been alternating using my 16 GB Class 2 and my 8 GB Class 6 in my HD2 but I haven't seen any speed difference with android so I believe that it runs on the internal ram.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hoss_n2:
i think class 2 is enough
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kerman19:
Touch Screen lag/freezing is a known issue right now and doesn't relate to the SD card.

It's being worked on.

Phil
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jack E:
I have a class 2 16GB sandisk drive and score 1578 in quadrant standard, that said i usually get write speeds of around 6MB/sec on my computer :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bakedbread:
i personally think it helps a bit ( i ws previously running Android off the 16GB class 2 card the HD2 came with) but experienced some lag when scrolling.

That said, it was an early build of Android so it was probably just that.

The thing is, 8GB class6 cards are relatively cheap to buy (i picked up an A-DATA 8GB class 6 for $21 canadian at CanadaComputers)

so..why not upgrade to the class6 card? I'm sure it wouldn't hurt and no matter what you'll experience at least have SOME sort of performance gain in other aspects (music, pictures, file managers, etc)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dacesilian:
I've switched from Class 4 to Class 10 and Android is faster. Not so much, but it is noticeable.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] msoler8785:
I don't know if anyone else has experienced this but I switched from a 16gb class 2 card to an old 2gb class 2 card that I had and notice an improvement. Maybe the smaller size helps??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EvoLoNN:
My 16 GB Class 2 SD card doesnt seem to be working. I still get SOD :(

I use the same build as some other people (ChuckyDroidROM + Radio 2.10.50.26) and still get SOD problems so I'm guessing its my SD card? Someone please correct me if SOD has nothing to do with SD card before i go buy a new one...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ryan562:
did you disable sleep mode on windows?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EvoLoNN:
I thought Sleep Mode was already disabled by default in ChuckyDroidRom? I cant seem to find the option
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maximr:
I've been running all kinds of builds of WM (Dutty's, Chunky, Energy) and Android (mattc Sense, shubCraft, Energy) on my T-Mo US stock class 2 16GB card, and had problems all over - screen freezes, and constant SODs. The device was running hot, and battery drain was bad. I had at one point formatted it in 32 kB sectors, all in vain.

Today, I found an 8 GB class 4 card, formatted it using the Panasonic utility floating around this thread (quick format, default options - 32 kB sectors), and reinstalled mattc Sense on it.

The speed is significantly better, the initial boot process was very quick (I use 1 GB data image), and combined with the latest full ram zImage (422 MB) it flies compared to the same set up on the old card.

Also, even after a reboot, I have not had any SODs or screen freezes today, and I've used it extensively, including bluetooth and WiFi.

Last but not least, battery drain is significantly better and the device isn't getting too hot. I think it's also related to the speed of SD Card.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EvoLoNN:
Thanks for the post. I also use the TMOUS Stock 16GB Class 2 card so now I know that I should get a new card. So you switched to a class 4 and all your SOD problems were solved?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jayyy:
i have a sd card 16gb of class 2 gets about 1650 qudrant score... oh btw any could tell me where i could find a class 6 or 8 or 10 16gb sd card? thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wildwong:
Using Sandisk 16GB Class-2.

It works and the speed is...well, I don't know, it seems quite fast for me, but then I don't have a Class-4 to xx to compare. But it's sure to Win my workmate's Desire anyway.

Before I switched/dual booth WinMo I didn't re-formatted it and it doesn't have any problem. Recently I made a card backup and re-formatted it, pour the files back, and work as usual.

I'm using Darkstone Froyo Build (Not DarkStone, the older one), using 1GB data.img, Fullram zImage. Everything should work nowaday are working.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Segnaro:
The stock 16GB card may be class 2, but I get a write speed of 5.6mb/s. :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jamesIam:
I'm running a 16gb class 2 and despite some initial hiccups (not related to the sd card) everything is running beautifully. The response is enough to compare against my friends nexus (and win)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] leginag:
I'm using a 16Gb class 2 card, and Android works great.

I'm having trouble finding faster classes for 16Gb size, that look legit.

Wouldn't mind a 32Gb either :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dragion:
Having problems loading Android on my 16GB class 2 microSD by Sandisk...one that came with the HD2. Tried several builds, but all wouldn't load and would stop at the point when the microSD should be loading.

I'm currently using an 8GB class 2 also by Sandisk and never had a problem...running mattc Sense 1.5 with latest full ram zImage.

Reformatted several ways using both pc & mac...also tried with Panasonic's sdformatter, but still no joy!

Any suggestion why this is happening?

Do I have a faulty card?

Thanks for any assistance with this issue.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Garrylufc:
I have 3 sandisk class 2s, 8gb,4gb and 2gb and android works smoothiy on all of them using 3 diffferent builds, froyostone matt and shu8i getting quadrant scores between 1200 and 1800. Never had a problem with any card. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Sichroteph:
I just went from a good16 go class 2 to a 16 go class 10 and honestly it wasn't necessary... The difference is barely perceptible, it is faster when I download several apps on the market, or maybe when I play a video... I recommend a class 6, much cheaper.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maximr:
Yes. Two days now without any SODs, and screen freezes are very rare. By and large, a much smoother experience. With it, I am growing enough confidence to use Android as the everyday OS.

Both of my cards are Sandisk if that matters.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hegemytouch:
Ive ran a couple of builds with stock hd 16gb class 2 card it i had no problem...how ever a class 6 makes a difference and it wouldnt hurt...go on amazon.com find one for really cheap.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elloco0021:
So I started out with a class 2 16gb but had numerous Sods and really bad lags..started reading sd formatting and decided I needed to do it..tried it on a 2gb class 2 card and there was a huge difference but still bad lags. I really think it has to do with heat....haven't reallly sat there and warmed my phone but everytime it gets hot it starts lagging bad....so I figured maybe a 4gb class. 4 would be much better..to be determined..maybe the new card wont get as hot or something....lot of my lag comes during sms....mainly during typing..

UPDATE: My Lags, My freezes...definitely all had to do with my g sensor..I disabled auto-rotation on everything I could and now android works perfect!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kingfisher1111:
I am on stock 16GB sd card class2 and HD2 stock batttery. I am on Radio 2.10 and even upgraded to 2.12.Lot of SODS.

After SOD windows won't load up and hangs at Stick together logo and will never go forward. Need to wait for couple of minuted and after wards it loads.

After getting into Android, gets again SOD and will reboot and when I get back into android, will try to check email or make call and then again phone restarts itself.

Any ideas.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekeiron:
First of all sorry if this is in the wrong section, i thought it might go in discussion but its more a question:

I own an HTC Desire but was recently looking on the net about the Samsung Galaxy S as a friend of mine was after an android phone, and discovered this article on BriefMobile.com:

source:briefmobile.com/samsung-captivate-reaches-new-speeds

i thought this was amazing news to be able to boost a phones performance so much and was wondering if this virtual filesystem hack could be implemented on the desire? Or has anyone actually alreaady tried it? I am aware the desire supports ext partitions in hacked roms but i am not aware of any roms that have implemented the ext filesystem in this way
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
I suspect you will find that this only works on the Galaxy S because of the RFS filesystem. Since the Desire doesn't use RFS, there would be no benefit.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekeiron:
Ah i see that is a bummer! thanks for the reply anyway :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadowhacker27:
Hey guys, given that battery life/Rom speed has improved on most custom roms for the HD2, I decided to give Live Wallpapers a try. I have been searching throughout many threads in XDA looking for some of the best Live wallpapers (According to my likes) which are around the forum.

However, I will be posting the original thread links because many of them are in beta testing stages and that way you could also help in the development of this awesome live wallpapers by sharing your experience with them.

I will be posting more as I find them and test them.

VR Tunnel - Here

DroidX Eye (many other colors) - Here
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadowhacker27:
This are the Beloved LWP from the Samsung vibrant. This port works for non-rooted phones and are not phone specific. Tested them all and I don't see performance affected. at least nothing that im not willing to give for some aesthetic :P

Original thread for non-rooted Here

more to come as I finish testing. Enjoy

Some screenshots

Dandelion

Blue Sea

Aurora

OceanWaves
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aenedor:
The VR Tunnel is fun, my 14 y/o son thought it was very cool also, now to find widgets that look nice on top on it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] t3dcf:
sorry if im being stupid, how do i install these?

:confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] :
Thanks for these :)

install a file manager from the market (e.g. astro) then navigate to where you put the .apks on your sdcard
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 84Gti Guy:
Digital Rain, its in the market.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmafighter077:
I don't know about everyone else but I've noticed that any live wallpaper significantly slows down the performance of my phone. I've tried it on every build available. Maybe some people can live with the slow down but it bugs me. I can't wait until I can run live wallpaper well.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] arifqur:
Thanks Dude. How about the Galaxy S Live Wallpapers. They have been ported to nexus one but couldnt find them in apk form
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] octoberriot:
just search for "dandelion" then look at all that devs other apps. he has a few of them ported. they work fairly well on the hd2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadowhacker27:
Some of them do. I have found many other LW and skipped them from this post. Imagine a 14MB LW. That one specifically was the best I saw for my likes but it slowed down the phone by a lot.

I hope that OpenGL ES updates are as nice as the latest flash updates I've seen. Hopefully AOS3.0 will do :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Segnaro:
I love the Mario Live Wallpaper by pikipirs on this forum :D I'd post a link, but XDA won't let me :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadowhacker27:
Its really nice, I was gonna post the last version 0.94b but it also is one of those I found to eat up the device performance.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nghj:
screen shots would be nice :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ryan562:
lots of live wallpaper .apk's here :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=735435
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] victorbd:
.cabs??? i though live wallpapers are only in android and they are always .apk... files??? :S
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] victorbd:
awsome job man......... LOve this... :DDDDDDD
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ryan562:
my bad i meant apk's! edited for your pleasure :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadowhacker27:
Lol. Thanks for the addition. By the way, did you confirm they work on the HD2? remember some apks are not modded/signed and sometimes they dont work on other phones.