yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] SkOrPn:
Oh **** that made me laugh Kryptyx.

One comment for this post, Samsung drivers are on only like release 2 or some crap, and HTC has been making Windows drivers for their devices like a million years now. Not to mention the lack of Dev support. This is all something each and every one of us here at XDA knew before hand and were prepared to deal with. I myself was so damn close to getting the Evo, had it in my hands, played around with it at the store for God knows how long, but in the end I wanted this screen and processor way to much. Now I just have to find the patience for Samsung to improve their driver support, hopefully get some Linux support and pray Devs all over the world realize Samsung has a lot riding on the Galaxy S and will probably start making some top notch smartphones from here on out. Which in turn will help the Dev community tremendously. my 0.2
[Vibrant General] dex1701:
As some have said, I really don't think the modding community for this device has matured enough yet to be producing large-scale mods that I'd recommend for end-users. I've rooted and applied a lag-fix, but that's as far as I go until the brilliant modding community here gets more experience with the Galaxy S devices. I even consider the lag-fix risky at this point.

Bottom line: if you want a trouble-free Galaxy S device hold off on any major modding until the community has a more solid understanding of what they're doing with this architecture. It's different than the HTC fare they're used to.
[Vibrant General] j0hnZ:
User errorrrrrrrrr

Did she seriously say EVO? Seriously?
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
+1 for this thread. You can fix your vibrant at your local genius bar.
[Vibrant General] j0hnZ:
Oh yes, I'll take a genius with a side order of ego please.
[Vibrant General] ritalin:
As someone that has been around from the beginning as well (owned a G1 since launch) I remember when Flashing the G1 was simi sketchy, I remember roms that ran like ****, I remember roms that killed important aspects of the phone, like the market.

My point is time, dear. You need to give this community a bit of time to develop and find its wings. This is NOT a Google Dev phone and thus things are going to develop at a different pace then the G1, MT3G and Nexus all three of which are Dev phones.

On the plus side we have some of the best devs from the G1 forums assigned to our phone for Cyanogen. Its only a matter of time till things get worked out and Im sure its only a matter of time till we have a proper recovery environment.

In truth I like the idea of Oden as it makes this phone near impossible to brick.

I would give it another month to see what comes from the 2.2 update. If at that point you still hate this phone you can look to craigslist and the G2, Jordan and other android phones T-Mobile will be pushing.
[Vibrant General] Vegastouch:
Uh, Several company's make a phone with no LED including Apple. And every Android has battery life issues. As for the voicemail, i dont use T-Mobiles. I use Youmail.com and attach my phones to it. Much better.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
G1, hah, try The Wing. That was annoying. Now that Im running lagfix this thing is awesome.
[Vibrant General] d_bot:
hmmm try this

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=iphone+4&_sacat=See-All-Categories

It may help.....

but remember who makes the chips for apple?........oh yeah thats right SAMSUNG!! LOL
[Nexus One General] snovvman:
I've held off on rooting the N1 because was is just more convenient to OTA update to 2.2. Now that it is done, are there any anticipated or speculated forthcoming updates to the N1 in the next few months?

If not, I'm rooting. Need space for apps!

Thanks.
[Nexus One General] djstaid:
I am not sure about anything cool coming in the next few months, but I say just root it.

I got my phone in March and I just rooted last week finally. I wish I would have done it sooner. Even if you just want to use it to help with space limitations... the possibilities are endless.

I just wanted to root to have full control of my phone. Now I have turned into a ADB and ROM junky. :) Just read as much as you can on it before you do it. The community here is great, so you will have lots of help.
[Nexus One General] noiz7:
Google said they should be releasing the next version (Gingerbread) before the end of the year. If you want to root go ahead and do it, you can always go back to stock if you don't like it and it will help you to move more apps to the SD card.
[Nexus One General] blunden:
Gingerbread is rumored to be released some time before the end of the year.
[Nexus One General] seeking:
gingerbread is supposed to be out sometime between september-november and the N1 will be getting that for sure, other than that I can't say.
[Nexus One General] codesplice:
I hear Gingerbread is rumored to come out before the end of 2010.
[Nexus One General] cymru:
[Delete Me :-)]
[Nexus One General] wdfowty:
Lol i think we forgot to mention Gingerbread...
[Nexus One General] Tostino:
Doh! How could we... So yeah, Gingerbread is supposed to be coming out before the end of the year :p.
[Nexus One General] cmstlist:
I'm sure you probably know this already but you can use the "Exploid" method on the final Froyo release (thread is somewhere on xda) and get your root without unlocking the bootloader or wiping.

I remember when FRF91 came out, a pre-rooted stock version was already available on XDA before it even rolled out to the general public. I think it is pretty safe to say, when Gingerbread comes out there will again be pre-rooted versions here on the forums.

And since I'm sure the "exploid" method will be patched by the next official release, you may well want to hold onto your root by sidestepping the OTA.
[Nexus One General] lilchip85:
ohh thanks for the info i didn't know gingerbread was coming lol jk
[Nexus One General] rori~:
So you say around christmas ??

Hope I can sync it then with my laptop.
[Nexus One General] snovvman:
Thanks for all the replies. Very helpful. I have not followed XDA/Android modding for some time so this is all new to me.

Some follow ups:

1) Unlocking the bootloader: This simply allows one to install different ROMs, correct? Can this be "undone", like it is possible w/ WM platforms?

2) Rooting: This allows one flexibility and control over the OS. If I don't intend to install a customized ROM, I presume I don't need to unlock the bootloader?

Again, can this be undone?

3) In the WM world, a new ROM (or hard reset) means wiping everything. But, with the right backup/restore software, everything can be put back fairly easily. With Android, does a new ROM also mean everything wiped? If so, how did the Froyo 2.2 do it without wiping?

I have yet to find a backup/restore that will completely restore the phone to the exact previous state...

Thanks again folks.

Cheers.
[Nexus One General] RellikZephyr:
1. Yes. Currently there is no way to relock the bootloader

2. Yes. And rooting can be undone. Generally just by going back to a stock rom or restoring backup from before root

3. Unfortunately, changing rom (stock to cyanogen or cyanogen to enomther) usually requires wipe. But updating does not

Rellikzephyr
[Nexus One General] snovvman:
Thank you. Your post seems to suggest, if I understand it correctly, rooting _usually_ requires unlocking the bootloader. Why is this?

With the "exploid" method, is it still a "proper" root? Does the exploid methid leave my phone more vulnerable to malicious apps? If/when I decide to unlock the bootloader later, will I need to re-root?

Thanks again.
[Nexus One General] codesplice:
Since the NexusOne is a developer/enthusiast phone, HTC/Google were kind enough to leave us geeks an easy way to get under the hood. You're able to unlock the bootloader with just a simple adb command. They even provided a pretty graphical screen on the phone to say "hey, hack away - just know that we won't be responsible if you break ****". Once the bootloader was unlocked, it was stupid easy to flash a custom recovery image, and then flash the necessary files to root the phone. This is the "official" way to root the NexusOne.

With some of the recent exploits, though, it has become possible to gain root-level access without unlocking the bootloader. These methods take advantage of known security weaknesses of the Android system. Once the root access is gained, a user has the sufficient permissions to flash a custom recovery image and install custom ROMs. The end result is exactly the same, it's just not following the pretty little path that Google/HTC laid out for us. Once your phone is rooted this way, you shouldn't ever need to unlock the bootloader. Your warranty can stay whole.

Neither method will have any direct effect on your phone's security - but both method will give you the escalated superuser privileges that could allow you to screw something up. With great power comes great responsibility and all that - know what you're doing before you break something ;)
[Nexus One General] OrganizedFellow:
Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) Rumors Emerge

Expected dates are mid- October (around 15 -16th), 2010. First handsets shipping around in November/December.
[Nexus One General] cmstlist:
The question was pretty well answered by codesplice.

Basically if you have an unlocked bootloader you can reflash various images in bootloader mode (e.g. change the ROM, change the recovery). If you root through a vulnerability, you can carry out all the same modifications but just not through the bootloader.

If for whatever reason you wanted to unlock the bootloader later, and you've already rooted via a hack... you could take a nandroid and/or Titanium backup, then unlock (which will wipe your device), then restore the backup.
[Nexus One General] Blueman101:
those rumors are 100% false stop posting/referring to those!
[Nexus One General] snovvman:
Thank you for the explaination. I asked about the potential increased security risk from reading a comment in the Android Market.

One of the comments under "Easy Root Compatibility", a user named "timothy" wrote: "This app utilizes a hotplug security vulnerability that gives ALL apps root access..."
[Nexus One General] MaximReapage:
Use 1-click root IMO. Think about unlocking bootloader later.
[Nexus One General] :
Halo halo, or bust.
[Nexus One General] codesplice:
Not likely. Superuser permissions would still be managed by the superuser.apk application I believe. Only apps that you explicitly allow would have root access.
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
This is totally correct!
[Nexus One General] cmstlist:
The "exploid" vulnerability may be an explanation for this - it can be used maliciously on any phone that still has this security hole. In theory couldn't a maliciously written app silently deploy "exploid" on a phone (whether already rooted or not) and circumvent Superuser.apk?
[Nexus One General] codesplice:
Ah, I see what you're saying.... but I imagine that vulnerability would exist on any phone regardless of the method used to root. Rooting via unlocking the bootloader doesn't close that vulnerability.
[Nexus One General] snovvman:
By saying "...still has this security hole", does that mean that there is a way to close that hole? A patch or setting?

Thanks.
[Nexus One General] cmstlist:
I have no idea if there's a way to close the hole.

My understanding is that some Androids out there don't have the vulnerability or at least any attempt to use it has not worked. For example the HTC Desire Froyo update is widely reported to be unrootable unless you roll the firmware back down to 2.1.

Has the hacking community created a patch to help close this vulnerability? It would be nice if they did, so that we could (ironically) secure our rooted phones against malware to a better extent than an unrooted phone! But since this stems from a core Linux security hole I don't know how hard it'd be to accomplish that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
Microsoft: We're partnering really closely with Qualcomm

I hope that's not as extreme as it can be interpreted. I don't mind that it's just going to be qualcomm at launch, but I'd hope as the OS matures that we see a more hardware agnostic approach.
[Windows Phone 7 General] IM0001:
From what I believe, it means they are using Qualcomm hardware from the start to make sure EVERYTHING works out of the box for them. Once they get the devices moving and things rolling, I don't see why they can't add driver support later for other hardware such as the Tegra 1/2 and such as well as other tech marvals that may come out over the next year or 2.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Pickx:
Wonderful, more crappy GPUs...
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
Every gpu in wp7 is capable of great performance. Nothing to worry about really.
[Windows Phone 7 General] IM0001:
Not true anymore. Microsoft dictates the drivers not Qualcomm anymore. So it HAS to work out of the box. The entire OS is 3D rendered now so no more 3D problems should happen anymore.
[Windows Phone 7 General] efjay:
Wasnt that HTC skimping on graphics drivers?
[Windows Phone 7 General] addicus:
No it was Qualcomm not allowing anyone access to what was going to take to make good drivers. There were in a serious lawsuit with some company whose name slips my mind currently and were holding all their cards close to the vest.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djstaid:
I have been looking for widget/program that is dedicated to displaying amount of memory left on the phone & SD card.

I currently use MiniInfo, which is almost perfect... but I don't need or want the battery info on there. If someone came up with a simple program I would gladly donate.

All I am looking for is a widget (2x1) that will show available space on SD card and in the /data (i think that is where the programs are installed) directory.

It would be nice if it was setup like Extended Controls so you could pick your style or even pick what to display... /cache, /system, /data, SD card or specify a directory maybe.

I have tried about 5 different widgets for this and MiniInfo is as close as it gets. Maybe someone knows of a widget that will show me the info I want in a 2x1 (or close) form? Either way... if you know of a good widget toss it out there. If you want to build something up... I will buy you a couple beers.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] rori~:
In the current verion, you can donate and then you choose..even without

battery info.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djstaid:
I did see that which made me very happy! Now if only you could customize which mount points it showed.

I really wish it could show my ext4 partition.
[EVO 4G General] GantMan007:
Cyanogen nightly less than a month old. USB Tethering won't work on my Work Laptop because "Android Phone" is showing up under "other devices" in Device manager. Win 7 is supposed to have this driver built in, but it's quite possible that my work stripped out these features when they prepped the computer.

Tried using XP driver, to no avail. plz help.
[EVO 4G General] dglowe343:
Did you try reinstalling the latest version of HTC sync?
[EVO 4G General] vladthedog:
The subject of this post is definately not what I was hoping I was getting from the title :-(

:)

I second the "HTC sync" install prior to trying anything else.
[EVO 4G General] topdawgn8:
This is classic
[EVO 4G General] DroidDhakan:
I have seen a stripper with a milestone wonder if she tethered.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] thor2002ro:
Program here can mount any share from network and you can watch/listen/read anything no more need to download anything just watch if over wifi :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756158

The cifs kernel module is added at the bottom you need to specify the cifs.ko location for anything to work :)

ooo forgot something... IT NEEDS ROOT
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HunteronX:
Thanks for this - I'm sure it will be useful for everyone. :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SoundBwoy:
CIFS Manager on Android 2.1

Has anyone had any luck getting CIFS manager to work after the x10 upgrade to 2.1? Is the kernel module listeed at the beginning of the thread for 1.6 or 2.1 or does it matter?

do you need to set directory permissions or something on the folder that you are asking it to mount to?

If someone would post a step by step guide for the x10 it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] thor2002ro:
needs new kernel module witch we don't have because ****ty SE didn't release sources :|
[HD2 General] touchme_htc:
Hey guys, I found this listing for an HD2. The reason why he's selling it is because he updated the software on it and now he doesn't get reception. is this something that can be fixed with a ROM?

Thanks a lot!
[HD2 General] freeincolorado:
Any idea what he installed? Radio, Rom?
[HD2 General] Deleted member 331338:
Here's what he said in his listing (caps are his, not mine):

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT I COULD NOT GET RECEPTION AFTER SOFTWARE UPGRADE, NOT SURE IF I DAMAGED IT OR SOFTWARE SETTINGS ISSUES OR SOMETHING ELSE, NO RETURNS PLEASE.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Sounds to me like he just put on the tmo official upgrade and the new radio in it just doesn't work well in his area. It's quite possible that a new radio, or maybe even just a hard-reset will clear it right up...but it's impossible to say for sure.

But if he's selling it cheap enough it might be worth the risk.
[HD2 General] stim141:
Pretty vague and you may get lucky - but then again the guy may be smarter than you think and is trying to pass off something that he knows doesn't work. Yeah people on eBay like that really do exist. Ask really specific questions - what ROM, did he try to change settings, do a hard reset etc. You should be able to figure it out from there. He also could have damaged the radio if he pulled the plug when upgrading. I wouldn't try to solve the problem for him because you could make what seems like a bad to deal to others and get it cheap to a revised deal with no problems.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hah2110:
My camera whether on video or photo is out of focus... HELP
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hah2110:
Seems like it is stuck in a Macro mode. Up close it is fine, I pull back and it gets fuzzy. I've reset to defaults and tried wiping... HELP
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drzfr3shboialex:
Tmobile will replace your hpone unless rooted, but I think you must have warranty
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niftymu:
As long as there is no water damage call T-Mobile. They are going to go through some troubleshooting with you. After seeing that nothing worked you will get issued a Manf. Warranty replacement device.

Just make sure you unroot the device before you send it back, you have 7 days before you recieve your replacement.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ Anon:
Hi guys and gals

My mate got his HTC Desire about 4 days ago, he wasted no time in trying to root it but seems to have fu**ed up. According to his own words:

"I did the unlocker method (made the gold card), got into the boot loader but upon loading the custom and reboot I lost the screen. phone still works but no display, I am still trying various recoveries"

Has anyone had (or know of) any similar experiences? I been thinking about rooting my Desire but now I'm worried...not had mine long either.

Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debully:
sounds like your mate has an slcd screen and tried to downgrade his device too an incompatible hboot (f it doesn't mention amoled on the box you have slcd). this is completely recoverable. although a little tricky - see:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748498&highlight=brick
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ Anon:
Cheers!

Thanks debully,

Will pass on your comments to my mate.

I must say tho, his experience has sort of freaked me out a bit. I am looking to root my Desire (I wanna be able to connect with a Wii controller) but am feeling a bit aprehensive now... :o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeandjaimie:
Go for it man.. I just bought my telus desire last tuesday and by the end of thursday I had rooted and flashed LeeDroid to it.. and havent looked back since. While some of the instructions may seem complicated, once you actually do it, it's really quite easy. I originally used unrevoked without the SLCD support, and it still works, just shows a black screen when doing the updates. Earlier today I re-flashed unrevoked with the SLCD support and switched to Cyanogen 6 RC2, and it was a walk in the park! The advanages of the custom ROMS (and 2.2) far outweigh the chance of a scare. And if you still feel aprahensible about it, just check out the howardforums.com telus HSPA forums, there is a post with a REALLY easy walkthrough, and several success stories for our specific model of the phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ Anon:
Thanks mikeandjaimie

i'm gonna go ahead and be a lazy bas**rd, could you please provide a link to this forum u speak of?

Thanks! :rolleyes:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debully:
try to avoid over the air upgrades to froyo as this throws a nasty spanner in the works should you wish to get root afterwards. Lots of screen presses on a blank screen - not for the faint hearted. Stick with 2.1 and its quite a bit easier to root, then upgrade to froyo via a custom rom.

I only know this because I did an OTA update within minutes of getting out of the box, only to find that this has practically ruined my chances of rooting my device, for the time being at least, until some bright bugger finds a reasonable way round it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ Anon:
I hear you mate. I updated my Android OS to Froyo 2.2 almost on the same day I got the phone. However there are some guides on how to downgrade your Android OS to 0.83 or lower before rooting it so I'll be giving it a try shortly.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debully:
Please let me know how you get on and save the links to the guides you use - if you don't mind.

Good luck
[Nexus One General] MTGap:
I just noticed today that paint had started to chip off my battery cover right next to the power button. My phone hasn't been handled roughly, so I'm not sure what happened, but that whole area chipped off just recently. Now it's starting to bother me...

Notice the two chips directly next to the power button slot.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any ideas for touching it up?
[Nexus One General] Lebog:
I have two small chips on the bottom corners. I have been debating putting a tiny drop of crazy glue or maybe clear nail polish on the spots to keep the area from continuing to flake away.
[Nexus One General] PrawnPoBoy:
I used to own a Volkswagen that had the same soft touch material all over the interior controls. It looked great and felt high end, but it would always peel off. The following model year removed ALL soft touch from the interior for this very reason. It just doesn't hold up well.

Its only a matter of time until it happens to our phones. Enjoy it while you can!
[Nexus One General] nexusdue:
Happened to me to (on the bottom).

Got fixed when I sent the phone in for a replacement (for another issue)
[Nexus One General] crachel:
It gives the phone some character like Stevie ray Vaughan's guitar...
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
My proclip car mount put 2 chips in either bottom corner of my phone :(
[Nexus One General] mrbkkt1:
I actually have an extra battery cover. I had bought a new one cause the clear plastic "lens" for the camera cracked. Unfortunately the new cover didn't come with the lens.
[Nexus One General] chris6278:
If u call HTC they will send u a new battery cover for free
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] seeking:
I came across a thread in the vibrant section of the xda forums and there was a guy who themed swype out...are there any options for us N1 users?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] djdarkknight96:
There was some but there was a request from the swype company not to post any apk's on xda, pm me and I will email you the one I have....black and white!