yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine

This is the best choice for sideloading apps. Very simple to use and it does the work for you. No need for an ADB shell or any of that, easier on noobs like me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agegsg:
First off, Thank you guys for your post. I decided as suggest to do the SRE. Am I suppose to notice any difference when I finish up the SRE?

Also, any recommendation of apps I should get now that my phone has freedom?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skipper86:
change form UTB to SRE

I just received my Samsung Captivate and used UTB first, but am thinking I may want to try SRE, do I need to do anything before I run SRE, and can I just do this over UTB. I have not flashed any roms or anything like that. Thanks for your assistance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
you really should read through as many (all) the pages of SRE as you can, but since I've been keeping up with it I'll help you out. According to DesignGears and several others, if you're running UTB you can just flash over it and it won't matter.

just put update.zip on your SD card, boot into recovery, reinstall packages
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fox945:
I would do all of your backups and then flash back to the stock ROM and apply SRE.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agegsg:
If I recall correctly, you are recommended to flash to stock, but I read in their forums you can just do it over the UTB. Here is a link to their thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751934
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeimus:
SRE all the way! I'm about to do mine!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warri:
I flashed SRE over UTB and had no problems whatso ever..enjoy SRE its awesome being overclocked and stable @ 1.2GHz!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
i flashed to SRE last night, coming from JM5 i9000 rom, this thing is smokin now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beazie0885:
I'm about to stay reading up on SRE, but can anyone tell me if this will affect any ota updates, I'm on jh3 now with UTB and that's about it. Also am I going to have to re-load anything after I flash this over Utb?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shwiggie:
I was forced into flashing to stock when I did something--still not sure what--to get a blank screen after boot, so I decided, what the hey, instead of just rooting, go with SuperRooter (which I assume is being called SRE now) and get lots of goodies with it. I'm a true believer, what with a truly open market, no more bloatware, ext4 file system, etc.

I didn't do Nandroid or Titanium Backup...didn't know how at the time. But since I had been using AppBrain, reinstalling all my apps took longer than it would have using Titanium and I lost my app settings, but it wasn't anything to cry about. So if you're not using Titanium yet then I'd recommend you go to AppBrain, sign up, download the app, and run it before going this route.

It worked just fine for me. If there's a problem, just get Odin and a ROM to reflash the phone (instructions are available all over the place on how to do this, particularly at the top of this very forum). It seems to take a lot to brick your phone, so don't be scared to jump in. Learning new stuff is fun! Just keep a cool head if you blow it...you can most likely fix it in pretty short order.
[HD2 General] xcen_xda:
If you have noticed, Microsoft recently launched Hotmail Activesync which claims to deliver Push emails for Hotmail users.

But I don't understand, our Windows Live app has already been providing push email by setting the sync to 'As items arrive'.

So what's the difference between Hotmail ActiveSync's push email and Windows Live? Is it because Windows Live is POP3 white ActiveSync is EAS? What's the difference between the 2? Battery consumption?

Another thing I noticed is that with Hotmail ActiveSync, I get emails pushed to me about 5-10 minutes AFTER it reached my email inbox on my desktop while the Windows Live pushed it to me within a minute.

So why the hype about Hotmail Activesync?
[HD2 General] 2new:
Bump on this one
[HD2 General] mb76:
Couple of things I've noticed is with Windows Live you get HTML emails, with EAS you only get plain text. Also Windows Live syncs all folders selected, whereas EAS ignores everything other then the main inbox and sent box (and even this isn't default option).

I have mine set to check every 2 hours so can't comment on time delays on when things arrive
[Captivate Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
Hi!

Just wondering if anyone is able to get it from the Market. It is supposed to be free but I cannot find it.

Thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jhernand1102:
I just found it...Dam now it has to download a 30 meg resource file to be able to play...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
Interesting, did you change any settings to see it? I cannot find it searching for it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jhernand1102:
No..I'm running the stock JF6 ROM with SREv1.2.1 and that's it let me seei if I can extract the apk and post it..
[Captivate Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
Thanks...I am worried about why I am not seeing it...I just restored my phone with ClocklworkMod...could my non market access be back to limiting my searches?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jhernand1102:
Here it is...I never tried to get an apk so I don't know if it will work...let me know..
[Captivate Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
Thanks mate.

Do you think I can redo the non market app mode just in case?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jhernand1102:
No problem...About redoing the non market fix I don't know as you seem to be running the same combo as I am..It can't hurt I suppose..
[Epic 4G General] legacydevice:
So, got my Epic yesterday, promptly installed ADW Launcher, got root, etc.

For some reason, applications that would play audio in the background, such as Music or Pandora, close when I go back to the home screen either via the home button or the back button.

Thoughts? From what I can tell this is also an issue when using the TouchWiz homescreen and not the one from ADW Launcher.
[Epic 4G General] legacydevice:
I'm guessing the built in task manager is causing this, but can't figure out how to kill it with root manager, or how to add exceptions in the program.
[Epic 4G General] legacydevice:
Allright, sorry for the gratuitous posts - I think I solved my issue. I backed up and then uninstalled 'jobmanager.apk' and 'jobmanager.obex' with root manager and seem to be straightened out.
[Epic 4G General] icantdrawanime:
Hmm, i dont see this issue... Are you sure its not some other program you've got thats interfering?
[Epic 4G General] legacydevice:
I don't know. It was an issue until I removed 'job manager'. Fine now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lakebum44mm:
I really dont know what to do, but being stupid, I updated to the 2.2 android. ever since then, I have had numeous problems. The main one, is the fact that on all my home pages, ALL icons are just gone. This has happened 4 times in the last 30 days. Last time, I rebooted phone because it would not switch to the Sprint network and was on Verizon. Verizon gave an error message, so I powered off, then on, and POOF. All icons were gone. I have to do a factory reset to get the scenes to even load default icons. SO, can I downgrade to 2.1 again, HTC said to ask here, they could not tell me due to Sprint contractual problems.

Sincerly need help with this issue.

PEM
[Epic 4G General] icantdrawanime:
I tried to download a pdf earlier and the browser refused to download the file saying that its not supported...

Is there a way around this annoying issue?

Edit: Astro File Manager allows you to override browser download restrictions in its preferences. Problem solved.
[Epic 4G General] ImSoHungry:
That's weird, I havnt run into that and I have been downloading all sorts of crap from both browser and dropbox. Do you have a pdf reader installed? Try installing a reader and then downloading.
[Epic 4G General] Jsimon9633:
Had same issue use alternative browser and its fine
[Epic 4G General] icantdrawanime:
Thats kind of silly that samsung gimped the native browser so badly... I mean, are there any browsers that are better from a speed perspective?
[Epic 4G General] Jsimon9633:
there are some that are faster but buggier

i personally like xscope and skyfire

dolphin browser hd used to be on my list but lately its super buggy and laggy
[Epic 4G General] oxeneers:
Simple fix: just install ASTRO.
[Epic 4G General] lordcyrus:
Astro lets you override browsers from preventing downloads on unsupported files. It's in the settings/preferences.
[Epic 4G General] icantdrawanime:
Ah ha. Thanks guys.

I stopped using Astro cause it didnt support 7z files...

I guess i should support those guys again
[Epic 4G General] Masterface7:
Hi, as another option I like using other file managers besides astro so I installed download file crutch it is not available in the market but you can find links for it here. Right now I am using that with estrongs file manager and it is great.

http://www.androidtapp.com/download-crutch/
[Touch HD General] giangbeo:
Hello there, I'm using fring on my HTC HD and I would like to leave my status on fring always on but unfortunately every time when my screen off and my HD was automatic disconnect wifi.

And my question is anyone can tell me how my HD keeps connecting when screen off ?
[Touch HD General] willcor:
i suggest ,read the following thread,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=617554

and take a look also, at first post (the link ) marked as " here ""

..which is a registry edit ..?

further ,

you could try the attached cab..." WIFINOStandbycab " ...in first post ?

(seems to work on certain devices so try it,if you want to ?)

i have not tried any of this advice or cab ,as i prefer my wifi ,to cut off if in sleep mode..!!( for battery drain purposes)

good luck

willcor
[Android] Whosdaman:
Will someone please help me in getting a kitchen set up for the Samsung Epic and at least have the paitence to teach me the basic skills of developing for Android and building ROMs for Android. (Like what is the stuff I need to know, and stuff that is essential to having a working Android ROM)

Please and thank you,

Korey
[Android] gnarlyc:
Here are some links to get you started. There's a lot of stuff to learn, so my best advice is to be patience and lurk, read, and learn. I know nothing about your particular device, but much of this will apply.

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images

http://forum.androidcentral.com/hacking/6037-general-rom-faq.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246

http://blog.coralic.nl/2010/01/28/build-eclair-aka-android-2-1-for-hero-from-source/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=622916

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...how-build-your-own-kernel-package-source.html

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6738713&postcount=1

http://www.kandroid.org/android_pdk/index.html

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcdxIJRSH9ypZGZzc2pxNDlfMjdnazk4OHNxZA&hl=en

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=641223

http://adrianvintu.com/blogengine/post/Colored-Logcat-Script-for-Windows.aspx

http://www.androidenea.com/2009/08/init-process-and-initrc.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623976

http://lukasz.szmit.eu/2009/12/making-your-own-rooted-android-rom.html

http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel

http://groups.google.com/group/android-building

http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers

http://groups.google.com/group/android-ndk

http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform
[Android] wdfowty:
Look for the sticky thread by Cyanogen in this forum called "some advice". Are you looking to build roms from source, or just modify existing roms?

Do you know any Java or C?

Building roms may seem fun, but it takes research and patience. Lurking github commits, textbooks, and the forums is a great start. The community is very eager to help, and that's one of my favorite parts about android. But deving shouldn't be as simple as copy paste. Where's the fun in that?

I understand where you're coming from though, I was the same way a few months ago. Built a rom from source, posted it, then realized how uninformed I was.

I am now improving my skillz by reading textbooks on Java ("Head First Java") and C ("The C Programming Language"), both available as pdf documents. I'm mucking around in kernels and am going to start writing apps as well. Its a good place to learn the framework. You could also get into theming, but that requires a little graphic design know-how.

Good luck man, and have fun with it :)
[Android] Raykoid666:
Me too would like to learn more about creating ROMs for android (Galaxy S I9000 here)

I do have java experience (quite a lot, actually) but I really have no idea where to start when creating a ROM

thanks
[Android] alaricadailey:
Did you ever get a kitchen going?
[Android Software Development] twztdwyz:
I am trying to find out if the only thing that should be keeping someone from remote controlling an NON-ROOTED android device with a PC is not being able to inject mouse and keyboard events? what other issues could arise?

I have been working with vnc server and screencast and the keyboard and mouse seems to be the only issue i can find in the code.google site and with testing. I've tried to contact the devs of those apps with no luck.

Thanks for any help you can give.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
At first I thought my issue was isolated to the 8.x snap kernels but now I am also having issues with KingX bfs 8 and netarchy's 4.1.9. I clear cache, and dalvik, flash the kernels and I either get a bootloop or the phone will load and just freeze after a minute or two. Flash an older kernel (kx bfs #6) and everything is fine again.

Is there something else I need to be doing aside from clearing cache and dalvik? What could be causing this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
hm i personally do not clear dalvik and cache when flashing kernels some roms i find i have problems when i do such as on Evio rom. you may try flashing the kernel with out wiping the data and see if it helps any.

also if you are using CM6 which i assume you are since you were using snap. not all kernels are compatible with CM since it is asop. this could also cause your boot loops. if it does not specifically say CM compatible i would assume it isnt.

lastly if you use setCPU make sure it is reconfigured to the new kernel. i normally get force close issues and not freezes but am trying to throw out anything can think of that might help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
The only kernels I tried with CM were the snap kernels. I gave up on CM and went back to Evio and tried the other kernels. I also delete SetCPU beforehand and reinstall it after the flash.

Gonna try flashing kx bfs 8 without clearing data....

EDIT: Still didn't work. It never gets past the "hTC EVO 4G" screen. Just hangs on it for a while and then reboots and repeats.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
let us know i have the same problem flashing after clearing on evio. i believe it has to do with how the dalvik is moved to the cache partition so i never wipe when flashing kernel with it.

hopefully that works also the new evio 1.2 has king 8 presintalled
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
I noticed my phone acting a little funny with Kings #8, so I reverted back to #6 and my phone has been back to normal since doing so.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
I'm going to flash VirusROM carbon as soon as he gets it up. It's packaged with #8 too so we will see what happens.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
When I first flashed CM6 I repartitioned my SD card, maybe I need to do that again when going back to a sense rom/kernel? Going to clear everything in my phone and repartition SD card before I flash virusROM Carbon. Maybe that will clear it up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Nope, that didn't work either.

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?

Could it be my recovery that's doing it? I'm using AmonRA.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Bump.

I just tried kingx bfs9 and once again- bootloops.

Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?? Please?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliotropeUCSD:
I've tried googling but haven't found an answer I understand.

I really like Virtuous 2.4- but, I want to make a small change to the status bar icons/ notification transparency. Nothing drastic, I just want to move some theme files from one rom to another, then install the rom.

Is this doable? Do I have to resign the ROM, the edited framework-res.apk, both, or neither? Is there a guide?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yojoe600:
just editing the framework usually is all you need to do..
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliotropeUCSD:
I agree- that was what I thought. Just to check- did you edit via a tool such as winRar, 7zip etc that allowed you to extract just the single framework-res.apk file and then re-add it to the archive, or did you fully extract and recompress? I'm on a Mac, and I think the issue may be the fully extract/recompress issue.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stroupified:
just use the kitchen that some devs on xda have created, it makes it really easy to edit roms. it is mac compatible too, cause that's what i use.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliotropeUCSD:
Holy S***. Marry me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akdebest:
my n1's volume was goin down on its own and i wasnt pressing any volume buttons. so i switched it off. and now wen i try switching it on. it goes to the bootloader and i cant even select anything like with the power button and i cant even move up and down with the volume buttons. have i bricked it or wat? :confused: :(
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mellowgato:
sounds like your volume down button is stuck. Try gently tapping the button while blowing in the area around the button with compressed air.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akdebest:
no use.. im stuck at the bootloader and i cant even do anything over there :(
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
Yup, definitely a stuck button. Could be your volume and another. Try cleaning them out, working them a bit to unstick them, that sort of thing. Then try turning it back on again.
[Vibrant General] fliplovin:
Hey guys,

Has anyone noticed that when playing music in the vibrant that their songs skip or cut out for a split second like 3 or 4 times a song? This is driving me nuts as I use my phone to play my mp3s in my car every single day and its very noticeable. I have tried other players like mixzing and same thing...

I have owned a bunch of android phones and haven't had this problem on any others.

Thanks...

Oh I should add that I am stock 2.1 with ryanzas oc lag fix but a friend of mine is still stock and experiencing the same problems just not as bad.
[Vibrant General] mmalott:
Ive noticed the same thing. Mostly when a notification or call comes in but sometimes when nothing else is happening. Yea really annoying.

My phone is completely stock except for being rooted.
[Vibrant General] Robertcrow:
It also happens when wifi is turned on when wifi is off it doesn't happen
[Vibrant General] NikolaiT:
I've never had this problem but I have experienced "the beat" being extremely loud and the lyrics being too soft, its a hardware problem, if the headphones aren't plugged.in the exact way, this will happen. Perhaps this is what is causing your problems as well, also this should be in the Q&A Section
[Vibrant General] raduque:
I get a small skip every couple of songs using MixZing. I have Wifi off, so that's not the issue for me. I don't really notice it. Is your music on the internal or the SD card?
[Vibrant General] fliplovin:
I have tried both the internal and a couple external memory cards...i actually swapped my vibrant at t mobile today to see if a new one would help...the new one does it but not as much. However given how much I use my phone for music its enough for me to return and go back to my android hd2...i like this phone better over all but music is pretty much number one cuz I am a musician... I tried lowering everything on the eq to the bottom...didn't help... Seems like an issue like you might get streaming pandora, where its running out of buffer so to speak...weird.

Wifi on or off and other stuff like syncing off doesn't help either...also have a task manager that will give me 200 mb free ram that doesnt help either.

sorry for postingin the wrong section btw
[Vibrant General] raduque:
I would think this is fine in the General area.

fliplovin', when you talk about the EQ, do you mean in MixZing? Because the EQ in MixZing tells you it will cause high CPU usage, so I would turn that off completely.
[Vibrant General] fliplovin:
no , there is an equalizer in the stock music player under settings... it allows you to not only do preset values, but also custom channel per channel... it also has effects like arena, and wide... etc..

i have tried EVERY setting possible... i am now about to flash a custom rom and see if that helps...

one thing that seemed to help temporarily was to use the system manager and close everything leaving me with 200 mb available memory and turn the eq all the way down, however, that made my max volume quite a bit lower... not exactly what i want to do.
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
You ever get this figured out? its been pissing me off really bad as of late. I want to keep the phone stock, but i would still like to know if flashing to a new rom helped
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
the only time it's skipped for me is when installing apps etc..
[Vibrant General] Babyface1249:
This same thing happened to me when I had Weather Widget installed. It seemed that every time it would try to update, the music player would skip. Using fancy widget now and never had the problem again
[Vibrant General] mk262:
Music player and Google Listen both stutter a bit for me when playing a large file (over 5mb or so) and it tends to stop after the first 30 seconds. This is when wifi and gps are turned off and my phone isn't doing anything.
[Vibrant General] raduque:
I did a clean flash today to JFD, then JI6. I noticed while listening to music on the way home from work tonight, there was no skipping in MixZing. I'm only doing the "/data/data to NAND" hack.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Do any of you have battery widgets/Accurate battery mods?

They can cause skipping and choppiness throughout the entire OS.
[Vibrant General] djm3ph:
I had the same problem. I had world Analog and digital widget installed. I read on the T mo forums about some clock widget causing it so i uninstalled mine.

No more problems with the music.

I also use "Zimly" for audio player.

For Acurate battery info i use "MiniInfo" its not causing any problems. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindtwista:
hi all,

could someone help me with changing the "launcher.xml" below to an android xml?

i´m a noob and want this file for my theme...

thx
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindtwista:
nobody can help me??

please
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stavros89:
is it possible to return the a lockscreen sense 2.1 оn android 3.5?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] flameinthefire:
From tmobile and it looked thinner than what i had so lets see how this works i hope no more battery drain
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] parmijo11:
This section is for themes and apps, this should have been posted in the accessory section, you're a senior member; you know this. Be mindful of where you post and keep the forums clean...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] zephiK:
^ And he decided that it was vital to let everybody know around the Vibrant forums that he got a new battery. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771716 :rolleyes: