yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Streak 5 General] makanouchi:
Well, my streak on 2.1 was doing this for a while but not anymore after a reboot: When the screen time out kicked in, the screen would not turn off, instead it would dim the screen but I could still see the Beautiful Home Clock. You still need to hit the power button to unlock the phone. Anyone know how I can enable this feature again?
[Streak 5 General] rebel146:
I have the exact issue. I am running 2.1 on att dell streak.

At first I thought i fixed it, i turned the style lock feature off. it started to turn dark for a couple hours then reverted back to doing the dim on lock.

i sometimes have issues d/c calls because its dim and un-responsive.

I have dont alot of searching on this matter and dont know what to think.
[Streak 5 General] DeathOfAllThings:
I also have this problem... reading over at modaco, there's a bunch of other people with the same problem. They're saying if you turn off wifi before locking the phone, it doesn't occur. Mine only seems to have the problem every once in awhile though, so I haven't been able to test it myself yet. You might want to try it and see what happens.
[Streak 5 General] rebel146:
Ah ok, i went back and searched and found the post you were talking about.

i would post the link but new users cant link, its under 2.1 bugs in modaco streak forums.

Too bad that turning wifi off for me isnt really an option because usually it wont let me turn it back on :)
[Vibrant General] TR88:
When the Vibrant gets down to around 15%, stock apps like the camera will discontinue to work. Now I think that's nice of Sammy to consider we'd like to save our battery but I'd like the choice. Sometimes I might just be in the situation where I need to take a picture at that time. So does anyone have an idea if we can get around this some how?
[Vibrant General] merrifield69:
almost positive you can use a third party camera app from market, but yes I know, this is annoying
[Vibrant General] speedysilwady:
I made a think tank about this but noone seems to really know how to disable it or if they do they haven't posted on that topic lol
[Vibrant General] sastian:
I'm soo sick of these manufacturers trying to grow a brain and screwing up a perfectly good OS!! first motoblur and now this samsung crap. Cyanogen and the rest can't come soon enough. This is almost enough to make me regret not dumping t-mobile and getting the evo like I planned. So far the only real saving grace of this phone has been swype and divx playback.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silverwolf0:
I am trying to save battery life and force my phone to have only voice/sms/mms capabilities only. I have background data disabled, roaming disabled, 2G-only enabled, and fake APN. However there is still an EDGE icon and it periodically flashes the up/down arrow. Is it trying to poll for internet or is this just basic cell tower polling for voice calls?

Also, there is a method of disabling internet permanently through the testing screen, which requires entering a code to access. Is this method more complete than a fake APN and thus better for battery life? I am afraid to test it as I don't like messing with hidden menus and want to easily be able to revert back without having to remember a code.

And yes I am aware this is a smartphone, but I need it to be a light-weight featurephone for right now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Schmich:
All I can add is that when I unlock (not carrier/sim unlock) the phone I can see the Edge icon with the arrows flashing for a sec or two before the WiFi goes out of sleeping mode. My NetCounter application doesn't pick up any data drawn during that time. So either it doesn't transfer any data with the Edge during that time or the application is not perfect.

I know that doesn't answer your question but it can give you hope that the icon _may_ not be reliable.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ickyboo:
Edge icon means its running on 2.5g mode. Shouldn't bother you much. Install 3g watchdog and android and set it up. Have look at activaty. Only way to make sure

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100
[Galaxy S I9000 General] silverwolf0:
I'm not worried about data usage since I don't have a data plan. I'm only concerned about battery life, because it seems to be polling EDGE. If 2G voice calls and 2G data polled the same time using the same line and disabling data wouldn't really make a difference for battery, that would be good. But I'm not really sure.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alovell83:
Best battery life check: charge your phone up to 100% before going to sleep and unplug it, wake up and look at how much battery life you have left. It should be 98%+ if you didn't use it before going to sleep. This is even if you use it as an alarm clock and the screen is on for 3-10 minutes during your alarm/snooze/wake process.

Edge is a 2G network, the best way to test your device to see if it's doing anything is to open up an internet browser and see if you can get anything. If you can't open Google's homepage, your internet connection isn't being used and your standby battery life will be through the roof. This will also, in my experience, prevent apps from launching and causing partial wake issues and keep your phone idle time longer. I forgot my phone at home one weekend, came back home and lost like 8% of battery. I'd guess you are experiencing about the same if you can't get on the internet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Ganii:
Here is my new theme for Froyd Villain 1.3.1 ROM!

I created some times ago for Froyd Villain 1.2.1.

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/414315543/Super_Froyd_BLUEandBLACK_1.3.1.zip.html

Screens:

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[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Andyt95:
sensevillain? looks familiar to me...
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] withoutwings:
Looks nice!

Got a screenshot with 3G or H connected instead of WiFi?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacaronyMax:
Nice i like the lockscreen :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Cryptor68:
Install Instructions please
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Ganii:
Flash it via recovery menu ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Hey Guys,

Newer user here. Been reading over all the info in the forums quite extensively and am attempting to upgrade my Incredible. I thought I had gotten a good understanding of what I'm supposed to do, but alas, I am slightly confused.

My ultimate goal is to prepare my phone so I can install Skyraider 2.5.2 so I can finally have Flash 10.1. I am absolutely sick of watching out-of-sync videos (the ones that actually play) and getting errors when I try to view other vids. I'd also like to have the 720p camera and so forth.

Here is my current phone info:

Firmware version

2.1-update1

Baseband version

1.00.03.04.06

Kernel version

2.6.29

root(at)Dell-Inspiron #1

(modified 'at' as vbulletin thinks I'm trying to post an external link)

Build number

1.22.605.2 CL161494 release-keys

Software number

1.22.605.2

Browser version

WebKit 3.1

PRI Version

1.28_002

PRL Version

51920

ERI version

5

So far, I have rooted the phone successfully with the unrevoked 3 method and have installed unrevoked forever. I can confirm that the phone says S-OFF at the top of the HBOOT page so I am assuming that install was successful.

I just tried upgrading my radio to 2.15 but it didn't appear to work. I clicked 'yes' to install the PB31IMG.zip and for a micro-second it seemed to initiate, then suddenly it went back to the main recovery screen. I rebooted, checked the baseband and found that nothing had happened.

At this point I found it best to just stop right where I am to avoid a brick and ask the experts. Looking at my situation, can someone please tell me exactly what I need to do to install Skyraider 2.5.2? I would greatly appreciate the help. Thanks to everyone on this site for all the hard work and am sorry that I'm being a noob.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoreclipse:
Try installing the 2.05 baseband
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jett2314:
Make sure you formatted the sd card you are using with fat32.

1. Make sure SD card is Fat32 format

2. place PB31IMG.zip on root of sdcard (do not rename)

3. turn off phone and press: vol dwn + power to enter HBOOT

4. It will ask to continue press vol up for Yes

5. reboot and done
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakestiffler:
You can do nandroid back ups in recovery to back up your entire phone. That way if you would brick your phone you can pull your battery open recovery and restore the nandroid. When the phone is off you hold volume down and the power button at the same time to get to recovery. Then find out from these guys how to upgrade your radio. Theb your ready to go to the skyraider thread or use rom manager from the market to download skyraider. After you download it. Boot in to recovery and wipe data. Then go to "install zip from sdcard" and find the zip you downloaded and select it to install. Then reboot. Good luck
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Ah, my SD card was formatted FAT16. I moved my files off, formatted it to FAT32, and moved them back. PB31IMG.zip is on the root of the card. Gonna try to upgrade the radio again.

Thanks to all for the quick replies. You guys are great.

Will report back in a few. *fingers crossed*
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Success!

Baseband version

2.15.00.07.28.

Now, should I remove the PB31IMG.zip from the SD card?

Following the guide thread. PB31IMG.zip deleted.

I have downloaded Rom Manager and have performed a Nandroid Backup (I had done the backup previous to creating this thread).

I also downloaded Titanium Backup (per forum suggestion) so I can backup and restore my apps after the OS upgrade. Titanium Backup says it needs BusyBox installed to work. Gonna throw that on here and install it unless I shouldn't?

At this point is my phone ready for Skyraider 2.5.2? Also, is Skyraider the best, stable working version of Froyo out there? I've seen mentions of Cyanogen & Jager but can't really determine which one is the best.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julesism:
I got my incredible last week and I've tried several ROMs. I made backups of each one and ended up sticking with SR 2.5.2 Vanilla based on my needs/wants. I also tried kernels and I'm very happy with KK's #2 kernel with SetCPU. CM6 has some issues with things I need (BT and no internal storage) but if those are worked out, that's where I'll be going. I had a Nexus One and ran CM for months.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Thanks for the opinion.

I'm currently downloading SR 2.5.2 Vanilla with optical joystick wake & social networking add-ons included from Rom Manager. Looks like I'd save alot of time by just downloading with the cpu and moving the rom to the sd card. But, is allowing Rom Manager to handle the install the safest method?

I've rooted, forever'd, and upgraded my radio to 2.15. I'm ready for SkyRaider, right?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakeboard143:
Ya you are good to go. Make sure to wipe before flashing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Success!

Now running SkyRaider 2.5.2 Vanilla!

Thanks to everyone to replied. I am so happy this went off without a hitch.

Question though -- when attempting to view a video on Facebook I got prompted to install an update to Adobe Flash. When I hit the link to install, I got an error saying nothing could be found.

Anyone else have this happen?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s197:
Uh no, you brick your phone, nandroid is not going to save you. Hence the term. Nandroid does not cover the radio either.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobra-1299:
If you have Astro file manager look on your sd card under skyraider folder and install install_huluflash_player
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
You the Man!

Thank you to everyone. This forum ROCKS!

I'm one HAPPY Droid'er!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incredibuyer:
Good job!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crimton:
i think you will need to install flash 10.1 from the market.

nevermind i think it should have been in the skyraider flash folder on your sd card.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackenstein:
Tinkering around with SkyRaider, I notice that when I go to set my custom ring tones/alerts my SD card doesn't show up under sound settings. I go in under Astro and I can see them. They're all still there. Their current path is

sd card/media/audio/ringtones

Do I need to make a new directory for the OS to pick them up?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dajeoo:
used root explorer and didn't see it either so it must not have been installed
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krayziereysta:
Hi, i usually read around to solve my problems but it seems i cant find the solution to this one.

Well ive noticed that when i record a video the audio is not synced with the video. i have only noticed this with CM6. Enoms and CM5 worked perfectly so i was wondering if there was some kind of tweak i can utilize
[Wildfire General] Gloe:
I've installed the lagfix for my Samsung galaxy S and it's so much good thing for speed of phone.

So my question is if exist anything like this for wildfire. Thank you for every reply.
[Wildfire General] chrispy_212:
LagFIX creates a tiny (4kb), virtual, EXT2 filesystem within the stock RFS filesystem on the SD card. This then acts to buffer between the real FS, and Android FS, therefore reducing the disk IO requirements. However, I don't think that the Wildfire uses the RFS filesystem, which is the bottleneck on the Galaxy. Perhaps someone clever can tell me if I'm right or wrong
[Wildfire General] Gloe:
OK, thank you ;)
[Wildfire General] Sympnotic:
danne_jo enabled JIT on his wildpuzzle custom rom, it should bring a good "boost" to our WF when we'll be able to use a custom recovery :3
[HD2 General] me:
I have the TMOUSA version, but I think this question would apply to all versions, and in fact to other phones as well.

I was just re-reading the excellent guide to storage card optimization by the great Windows Mobile guru (and XDA member) who writes under the name Menneisys:

http://www.smartphonemag.com/cms/forum/topic/17921?&TOPIC_ID=17921

That article was written a few years ago, though, with older WM versions, and older storage cards.

I am wondering if the info is still relevant, to a new phone like the HD2, with WM 6.5 and Sense, and the newer storage cards?

The 16MB storage card that comes with the HD2, although the newer SDHC type, is only Class 2, therefore relatively slow, compared to Class 4 and Class 6 cards. I am wondering if using any of the tweaks suggested in the article by Menneisys would speed up the card.

For instance, changing from FAT32 to FAT16? (FAT16 is really ancient now though, don't know if it would work well at all on newer cards and devices.)

Eliminating the FAT backup?

Also, by changing to a larger cluster size? (Which of course, would reduce the storage space, by adding more slack. But would it speed up the card's performance enough to make it worth it?)

Of course defragmentation is always a good idea, with any disk or card, old or new. That part of his advice is not in question, then or now.

But I am wondering about the other stuff--like changing to FAT16, eliminating the FAT backup, and changing the cluster size?

Anyone know? (Menneisys, are you reading? Others?)

Thank you.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
well, without reading the link, (i'll save that till the kids are in bed) i can say that fat16 can't address 16gb, however re the cluster size, yes, that can deff help, especially if you have lots of fairly large files. if your card is mostly music images and video, then you can deff benefit from setting the size as large as it will go. it does mean tiny files will take up a whole block, of course, but if its mostly big files then go for it.
[HD2 General] me:
Very interesting article. Yes, do read it when you have a chance.

Yes, probably SDHC cards did not exist at the time of the article, nothing larger than 2 GB. So, sounds like the FAT16 option is out for current cards.

Do you know if that option of formatting a card with "no FAT backup" still makes sense on current cards? Is it a risky thing to do?

Regarding the cluster size-- most of us probably have both small and large files, not only one or the other. So, it is a trade-off between speed and storage space. What cluster size do you think is a good balance between the two?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
never read anything about fat backup, so i couldn't say. as for block size, i use 16k on a 2gb card, which has 1gb of music and about 300meg images.

i would say the lost space is negligible on sdcards, even if you have a thousand 1k files, you only waste 16meg, so that's maybe 1/2 an mp3 album,, its only really an issue when dealing with hundreds of gig hard disks with tens of thousands of tiny system and program files. (just checked mine, theres only 250 files smaller than 32k, and only 120 less than 5k)

course, its a matter of preference, and i'm sure there are loads of people will say i'm wasting space and should be disowned from the community,, hehe
[HD2 General] me:
Read the Menneisys article, and he says it makes the card run a lot faster, to eliminate the FAT backup. (Something you can do with SK Tools.)

However, I would wonder if that would make the card less stable, more prone to data loss. Or, even whether a non-standard cluster size might make the card more flaky?
[HD2 General] badai:
does wm 6.5 support exfat?

using 16G thumbdrive on win 7, exfat is wayyyy faster than ntfs.
[HD2 General] troed:
I used the 8GB card at the beginning, switched then to a 16GB card class 6 and then to 32 GB class 2 and din´t find the slightest dfifference in speed, neither when recording videos with the cam in max resolution.
[HD2 General] ASCIIker:
lets take a step back and think about what the FAT backup is. i believe it is another table that mirrors the contents of the primary table. essentially, it can be used to recover your file system table in case the primary backup is corrupted/lost. now lets think about WHEN this table is read. to the best of my knowledge, the backup is read ONLY if the primary is found to be corrupted. similarly, the backup is UPDATED/WRITTEN only when the primary is UPDATED/WRITTEN.

thus, any speed gain due to disabling the backup should be seen in WRITE operations ONLY. read speed should be not be affected by that tweak. i could be wrong though!

if i am correct, then try disabling the backup if you desire write speed. however, you will lose some of the "robustness" of the file system. and FAT (and its variants like FAT12, FAT16, FAT32) are already fairly fragile file systems.

regarding cluster sizes, a smaller cluster size means LESS wastage when having many SMALL files. a larger cluster size means MORE wastage when having many SMALL files. however, a smaller cluster size means MORE clusters to address, which means a LARGER allocation table, which means MORE TIME spent looking up/updating the table's contents. conversely, a larger cluster size means LESS clusters to address, which means a SMALLER allocation table, which means LESS TIME spent looking up/updating the table's contents. so the sweet spot would be somewhere in the middle. HOWEVER, most modern operating systems load the allocation table in MEMORY so i imagine the speed gain would be negligible. the fact that the table is managed in memory and periodically updated back to the disk is the reason behind most corruptions in a non-journaling file system like FAT.

i've over simplified things a bit, but it should give you an idea of what kind of gains to expect by such tweaking (i.e. little to none in my opinion!).
[HD2 General] me:
Again, I'd suggest reading the Menneisys article.
[HD2 General] johnboatcat:
These tests might be of some interest to you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756781&highlight=card+speed+test
[Android Apps and Games] LifeInTheGrey:
Hey everyone ...

I have done extensive searching, both on the forums and on google, and cannot find non-English language support for ShapeWriter now that it is removed from the market. I am specifically looking for Italian (com.shapewriter.android.imlanguage.italian.apk), so if anyone can provide that for me, I would be most grateful. I also figure that if anyone has any of the other language apk's, this would be a good centralized location to post them for download.

In case anyone hasn't heard of ShapeWriter, it is a Swype alternative that is better IMO. The link to download the last version before it was removed from the market is:

http://www.mediafire.com/?2nv5wzkzajj

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help out!
[Android Apps and Games] sorlan:
You can use SlideIT instead

Why to use shapewriter which is not on the market anymore

You can find SlideIT which is on the market and has more than 30 language packs include Italian
[Android Apps and Games] LifeInTheGrey:
I like the UI interaction better on ShapeWriter. Plus, its free.

Froyo Hero to the rescue
[Android Apps and Games] fryman0789:
I'm looking for the same thing, except German. I managed to grab an apk off a German Nexus One forum, but it was for an older version of ShapeWriter.
[Android Apps and Games] msjr405:
tquetano Good **** Thanks alot my friend has been looking for it im sure i just got some booty for finding it lol
[Android Apps and Games] LifeInTheGrey:
Haha glad I could be of service.

Froyo Hero to the rescue
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monsi:
Firts than nothing, sorry for my English

Does anyone having the same problem that I have?? I'm experimenting some issues about random shutdowns. When I'm asking myself that whant happen that I havent receive a call and see my phone Its off. That its happening to me since I bougth the phone. Its no rooted. Including when I was talking the phone shutdown. Anyone knows something about this?? Thank You
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ron777:
This may turn out to be an inane question, but I have had my unlocked Galaxy S I9000 for two weeks and have not been able to figure out how to turn on the Swipe keyboard feature. I have suffered through the tutorial where the feature worked just fine but unless I overlooked something there was no mention of turning the feature either on or off. All of the feature's adjustments under the settings heading appear to be initiated so, what have I missed?

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ddotpatel:
On my hero I have to first go into SETTINGS, LANGUAGE & KEYBOARD, then de-select my htc keyboard and select swype
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jaju123:
Hold your finger where you input text, go to input method and select swype.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ron777:
Thank you, I will give it a try.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ron777:
Thanks again.

It worked.
[Droid X General] gw4k:
Question: I updated to 2.2 on my non-rooted Droid X. I love it. I would like to root the device so I can use the free wifi tethering.

To do this, I hear that I need to root the device before updating to 2.2

To do that, I need to go back to 2.1.

Can you all tell me how to do this?

Thanks!
[Droid X General] dekend:
You must have missed the part where they tell you to move the su folder from system/bins to system/xbins. If you would have done that, then you would be able to root without issue.
[Droid X General] gw4k:
Is it too late for that now? If so, what are my options?
[Droid X General] dekend:
it is too late for that.. you would have to use SBF to go back to stock 2.1, root your phone again, then use root explorer to move the SU folder from system/bins to system/xbins, the reflash to 2.2
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
I have movie files named .mkv001, .mkv002 and so on. I how do i combine them on mac.?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monsi:
not a .rar archive?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
no they are not
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monsi:
Do you have windows? virtually or bootcamp?