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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
Odin is a computer application to re flash your phone. Most mods can be done on a captivate without it but get it just in case you do something stupid! I did!

The overclock is pretty safe. It doesn't really hinder battery life much because if it goes to full speed it gets the task done faster so its back to being throttled sooner. Its stock voltage and there is likely more to come with over and under voltages. The hummingbird has a bit more potential than that. That said the phone runs great without it.

I believe a nandroid backup can be done in clockwork recovery. And my phone didn't need to side loss launcher pro. I was already rooted but I don't think root is needed either. The search on the marker doesn't always find it. Also try adw. And do the lag fix. To see what your phone can really do in quadrant.

I used the over clock with unleash the beast and the lag fix, then I set a replacement lockscreen wrong and locked up my phone, I decided to reflash it. Now I use SRE and the lag fix. But it doesn't include the wireless teather app that comes with unleash the beast.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
Root if you need to - if nothing you want to do requires root, then don't bother.

You can install (sideload) apps without root. Again, root access is NOT required to sideload. The wondermachine does it by using the Android SDK (they baked it in); but you can just as easily download the Android SDK, unzip it, go to the tools directory and use the ADB tool to install apps. USB Debugging mode is required for this or the wondermachine (it is a checkbox you click on the phone).

Rooting will let you sideload directly on the phone without connecting to a pc, but you need to do more then root, you need to change a db file.

Other launchers are installed without root, so you don't need root for this.

You do need root for nandroid backup, but since it will backup your present state, a restore will still be a rooted phone.

So if you want to restore to factory fresh - the ODIN one click is the way to go. It has the ROM and Odin all in one package. Other version of Odin allows you flash different ROMs.

Nandroid and RomManager are used to switch ROMs and restore all on the phone - so you can install a new ROM, but then rollback to the old with all your configuration intact - this requires root.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daverup:
That 200mb plan is going to be tough to stay within on the Captivate. The background syncing with google and mail app activity will chew up alot more than you think.

Your first concern with this phone will be how to control data, not whether or not to root.

I do think controlling the data use will be easier on the Captivate than it would be on the iPhone4.

For simplicity, I think SRE 1.2.1a does the best job of "remodeling" the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoXer0:
Ok, thanks a lot for your answers guys, cleared up a lot of things.

I decided I wanted to root just so that I could make backups and install custom roms.

Also, about the data problem, I plan to have wifi on and 3g off most of the time. I don't really find 3g to be a necessity.

Also, is there a way to roll back to your previous ROM and keep all your apps? Or would you have to reinstall them fresh?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cppc:
Well, this is much like there is a sexy girl in your room and people tell you to do nothing!!! People here tells you a lot of cool stuffs with being rooted, that changes "what you want to do" :D

PS: In my case I decided to wait until the 2.2 comes out. From now on, I just read this forum :). However, I did root my phone and flash back to stock using Odin, just to see whether it is like original afterward (and it seems to be!). I believe I still have warranty with the phone then :D (can anyone confirm about that again for me???)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
Titanium backup, and maybe samsung kies, I know kies works for contacts, and media and synching to outlook. I thought it works for apps but I may be thinking of htc sync, I never really use either.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
If you flashed back to stock no one knows you rooted so your warranty is safe.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsmith675:
Clockwork mod will let you create rom backups along with you app data
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eris_evil:
I was wondering if anyone knows how to put straight talk on a cdma android phone. Preferably a Droid Eris. Please any knowledge? Let this be a general question.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogerski1:
Not possible. Go to Howardforums.com and check out the straight talk forums. You need to use a straight talk phone. You might want to check out page plus cellular, they offer bring your own device on verizons network.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eris_evil:
Oh ok well what about boost mobile

Sent from my CM6 Aria froyo
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkopalek:
Boost mobile isn't CDMA or GSM

It's IDEN (I think that's the acronym).

Wont work.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
Wrong. Your information is out of date pko. Boost was bought out by Sprint a while back and uses both IDEN and CDMA. The CDMA part is now the actual Sprint network so from what I have heard on various other forums you can get any Sprint phone and run it on Sprint prepaid (Boost). They have an unlimited everything plan for $60/mo. Or better yet you can get a Sprint 450 minute plan for less and get unlimited texting and data I believe.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eris_evil:
Well now I've got boost with full evdo network. Not 1xevdo full evdo. Anyone that wants to know how I did it I will tell you if I see a request I am tired of uptight people hiding and keeping secret thing that people wanna know.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps3evader:
I kind of have an idea but please email me the rouht u took

Bradentsm@gmail.com
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps3evader:
just wondering.

if any one sucessfully "flashed" a vzw or spcs phone over to straight talk
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkopalek:
I'm waiting for this to happen too.

Straight talk is just Verizon.

Just really cheap.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupraLance:
it won't happen. I have heard Straight-talk has an esn white-list of phones sold for Straight-talk. Phones not on the list can't access the network, even if the same model as a phone they sell. But if you are near wifi most of your day, page plus is a better deal anyway.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkopalek:
other than esn hacking then, this is impossible.

Darn.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willpower102:
You are contributing to this problem and should go on your way.

Anyway who wants to be pm'd to share their methods is either selling something, spamming people, or simply a selfish person who has no business on a community forum. :D
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iMp0rt:
not hackin more like clonin/donor

if i got a straight talk phone already. cant i just have that one as a donor for my evo 3d or my eris htc. i dont think im hacking since i own both evo3d and eris htc both with clean esn... and the straight talk one i own it to and its clean... is it more like modifying...right???????
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverramsrt:
if people want an Eris like phone on straight talk, just get the Samsung. Its better than the Eris anyway. Plus no hacking...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justan00b:
You need a ST donor phone, yeah, but you should never turn it on or activate it, just need it for the MEID. if you already activated it you're SOL, need a new donor.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T3L3C0lVlT3CH:
For Anyone who cares

Let me start off with saying, I have been screwed over by VZW far too many times to allow them to continue pliaging my pockets. I'm currently working on converting my Verizon (CDMA) Smart phones (HTC Incredible; 1st Gen Android; iPhone 4) over to straight talk.

Now for all you nay sayers, who, for the longest time have made claims that it can not be done; well I tell you it can. I know it's a cliche, but as people have said before, "where there's a will, there is a way!"

This will involve a very intimate understanding of all the mobile networks there are, and, the different networks Straight Talk uses. For anyone who is currently pondering the question "Can I flash/spoof, or otherwise get an AT&T phone on a CDMA network?" The answer is and always will be NO! This will never change. The only exception to the rule is the iPhone4s. This is due in part, to the fact the iPhone 4s was originally designed to be a world phone. This means that the iPhone 4s has the capabilities to switch to CDMA from GSM and vice versa.

If Straight Talk does have a white list of ESNs that have acess to the network, then that would be a tiny problem. I say tiny problem because it can be overcome. This comes down to legalities though. In order to get any CDMA phone (to include verizon phones) onto the straight talk network, you will first have to buy a Straight Talk (CDMA) smart phone. Next you'll have to unlock your current Verizon phone (or any other CDMA network phone, i.e. Sprint, Boost, etc.) from the current carrier. Then you'll need to spoof your IMEI and ESN to what ever your current Straight Talk phone's IMEI/ESN is. You should be able to find some software to assist with this, by doing a google search (specific site will follow in my next thread.

Spoofing both the IMEI and ESN are very important, as the ESN is unique to the IMEI. Essentially, you are fooling the network into thinking that the phone accessing the network is the one you bought from Straight Talk. Another reason for this is so that VZW never catches the on to what you're doing, considering they monitor the data usage of each phone on thier network. If they notice an IMEI from the phone previously on thier network, now with a new carrier who offers cheaper services, they will cut and block you from their network.

(The following thread is a concept in progress. If anyone else thinks they have another/easier way to do it, please feel free to comment)

All questions are welcome, however, if you lack a basic understanding of the cellular technology or the information flow through the mobile networks, I will probably ignore your question. (SO GOOGLE IT!)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timf76:
Hint

Check this out. Search can be your friend. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1210240&highlight=straight+talk
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JTStudios:
GSM phones

I know this is old but just reading around thought id post, i just bought an atrix 2 online an at/t phone and got straight talk last week, and all you need is a GSM phone on bands 850 and 1900 mhz thru T-mobile at/t or unlocked and your good, they dont do cdma because it gets complicated if you use anyhing then the phones they sell. But i can report on my "4g'' phone which is HSPA+ i get 8mbp/s up and 2 mbp/s down in my area, so great service!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dellio:
i'd suggest page plus - its also on the verizon network... nothing special needed, just a clean esn eris - call pageplus and they'll activate you for free, free $2 to get you started and then all you do is buy pins to refill service.

also, you can load cricket prl and some more to get cricket working...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] energizer1389:
After Sprint Cust support messed with my phone, now 4g in on by default when I restart my phone. I dont have 4g in my area so all it does is drain the battery. I tend to forget and leave it on. How can I change that. I want it off by default like it use to be. Please help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oreoOozZz:
For now the only way is to probably root the phone and flash a custom rom otherwise you have to wait on Sprint/HTC to release another build of froyo. Thats taking a chance too because who knows if it will even be fixed on the next release.... I've never had this problem rooted with custom roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] energizer1389:
This happened before I rooted my phone. Now I'm rooted with custom rom and still have the issue..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbiff:
It happens to me sometimes too. I think it's the widgets (SwitchPro etc) that might be turning it on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
This.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwterminator:
Yeah, if you are using switchpro it will turn 4g on by default
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thom_house:
If you use switch pro, that is the cause. Either stop using switch pro, or use an automation app like tasker. You can set your phone to boot with 4g off. I use switch pro and have to do this to keep 4g off when booting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] energizer1389:
You are absolutely right. Its switch pro the cause.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grad20_09:
I contacted the developer to see if they can get a fix made.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] energizer1389:
I did too and he responded. Downloaded the update and everything is fine now. Great Support. I highly recommend Switch Pro.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poochie2:
Hi everyone!

I'm trying to compile a cm-kernel just to match the cpu voltages to my phone (I want to get the lowest stable setting that fits me). I'm wondering: is it normal that every version of cm-kenel out there gives a different error from each other and does not compile? I'm not a linux compile expert, but sometimes it's a printf typo, sometimes it's something bigger.. but I cannot have it compiled. I tried following Cyanogen's wiki and it didn't work with their GIT repository, tried cm-kernel-experimental and now it's sayng:

I'm running a fresh Ubuntu 10.4 x86 Virtual Machine. If someone with enough heart is willing to help me I'd be really happy about it :p

By the way maybe I should grab a snapshot of the code that is known to be 100% complete, like when CM released the final code for the latest CM 6.0.0 .
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poochie2:
PS: what bugs me is that psdev.c was edited in Oct 5th 2009 and coda.h in Jul 25th 2008 ... why on hell would it not compile? Using arm-eabi 4.2.1 and 4.3.1 I get here, with 4.4.0 (which I saw is commonly used) I get:

edited in the 3rd Dec 2009... even though this looks like a compiler bug.. I'm lost! :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poochie2:
Nevermind for the moment, it was due to the config taken from the phone, now I took it from the original boot.img and it looks like it's working.
[Epic 4G Themes] lithid-cm:
FactoryTest.apk is part of the camera focus I believe. When you tap on an object to focus those squares belong to it. Least that's what I got when I cracked open the apk. Also you should compile the package names as well so that we can pm uninstall.

cat /data/system/packages.xml | grep {app}.apk
[Epic 4G Themes] lithid-cm:
Is pm uninstall even needed?
[Epic 4G Themes] walord:
I removed the MobileAP apk and odex. It's the Sprint Hotspot App. Wireless Tether 2.0.5-pre8 still works fine without it.
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
After removing it and testing out the camera everything still seems to work fine.

Updated.
[Epic 4G Themes] walord:
Did you test to make sure that the brightness.apk wasn't the brightness adjustment on the notification bar? It's a pretty nice feature that I'd hate to delete.
[Epic 4G Themes] awesomecomb:
This may have not come from this but, I am now missing my default Samsung wall papers.
[Epic 4G Themes] lithid-cm:
Did you remove twlauncher? That's where those wallpapers live.
[Epic 4G Themes] FrumRoll:
I removed the Sprint Updater apk yesterday, and now today my Sprint TV shows an update available that I'm unable to get. Clicking the OK to update button doesn't do anything, I assume it's related.

Just a word of caution for those using Sprint TV and presumably some of the other Sprint apps. I don't think it's only for OTA system updates.
[Epic 4G Themes] ryanng2:
"Talk.apk - leave it

gtalkservice.apk - Do not remove, breaks market"

I remove those and my market seems to works fine. I tested the phone for and hour with those remove and everything seems to be working fine.
[Epic 4G Themes] specialk0324:
Um yeah, looks like I got a little remove happy and lost my keyboard option. I didn't get any additional keyboards from mark and I'm pretty sure you could switch between swype and ??? That other option is what I'm missing. Can anybody help as to what its called and if I can get it again? Thank you
[Epic 4G Themes] DevilDogVIKING:
am I able to restore some of these? I deleted a few of the safe ones, but afterwards when I go into the phone and then press home or back, it pops up with a message "The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." and I have to force close it. It also doesn't show the part at the top anymore that had "call log" and some others I can't remember. Any help?
[Epic 4G Themes] dmasjz45:
Is it possible someone can backup all these for a distributable zip file? I accidentally deleted one and need to put it back...It'd be nice to have all the stock apps available for people dumb as me
[Epic 4G Themes] tricex2:
I'm getting this same acore I found out that you need to delete the contacts cache but on the epic I cant find it in the app settimgs lile on the vibrant anyone no where its at?
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
I'll get you a link in just a minute, uploading to mega now.

Edit: Link is at the top of the first post.
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
Settings, manage applications, menu, filter, all , contacts + contacts storage.
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
I have updated the first post to include deodexed apks.
[Epic 4G Themes] crake001:
Have you tested the de-odexed .apk's. I am having problems with camera and phone force closing. Just wondering if you tested bc I was having this problem before trying your .apk's using a different set of de-odexed .apk's.
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
You may need the framework deodex as well. I didn't try just the apps my current build has both deodexed.

Ill have a rom up later that is fully deodex but for now this is more for the future. I'm running all of them just fine on this current build but I didn't have a chance to finish the boot.img for the .zip so it will have to wait until I get home later.
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
Updated OP with the framework and new apks that were giving issues.
[Epic 4G Themes] BeerChameleon:
Removed all the crap!!! except...

i tried removing this but it still is active. maybe i need a reboot ill try that.

Also how do i completely remove sprint navigation. the only one i could not find the file to remove it?
[Epic 4G Themes] xXSecretAgentXx:
Help how do i restore sprint hotspot? i accidentally deleted my tB backup and mobileap.apk from your zip wont install!!! I think we will need to install it back to get ota update working . It supposedly uproves 3g/4g speeds somewhat. Any help?
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
The .rar won't install. Extract what you want and push it to the phone. Then move it to /system/app

adb push c:\File.apk /sdcard/File.apk

adb shell

su

mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system

busybox cp /sdcard/File.apk /system/app/File.apk
[Epic 4G Themes] BeerChameleon:
can i get some help with this above?
[Epic 4G Themes] Aridon:
SN28-1092-sprint-signed.apk
[Epic 4G Themes] xXSecretAgentXx:
Followed yours instructions man. Didnt see any errors or anything but it still not there :(
[Epic 4G Themes] M@XLOL:
Where the hell is the stock android keyboard I want to delete it O_o
[Epic 4G Themes] Leviuqse:
can someone please tell me which apk is the "hands free activation" apk for the epic??

I know for the hero it was omadm.apk...but that one is missing in the epic

reason: my epic is flashed to metro and i cannot get rid of the annoying message, so i need to remove it

thanks

EDIT...FOUND IT:

its called System Updates 1.0.0!!!

no more annoying activate your phone crap!!
[Epic 4G Themes] akijikan:
I accidentally checked contacts.apk apparently. I restored it, but now the contacts button is gone from the TW bar at the bottom. How would I go about putting it back?
[Epic 4G Themes] bomix:
DRM don't remove any of that junk unless you don't care about your music player. Mine was hosed up after I removed the DRM apk's and odex. bad move.
[Epic 4G Themes] spitefulrain:
I've removed brightness.apk from day 1, and i can still swipe to adjust brightness.
[Epic 4G Themes] illogic6:
SprintAndroidExtension.apk is responsible for MMS functioning correctly, Sprint VVM and PRL updating.

GlobalSearch.apk doesn't seem to cause issues if removed after first boot.. However, if this isn't included in a ROM you'll have some serious issues on first boot. (ie browser force closing, market search and global search not functioning)
[Epic 4G Themes] ZoSo925:
Has anyone disabled/froze AlarmClock.odex ?

Ive got Calendar alerts if needed and also use this program called Stopwatch & Timer, that allows you to save multiple Timers for laundry, cook pizza..etc
[Epic 4G Themes] yogi2010:
I removed all DRM stuff and I'm having problems playing videos from my gallery. I'm assuming this is an example of the problems one may encounter when removing that stuff.
[Epic 4G Themes] highcheef13:
I used the OP as a guide, but must have deleted something necessary for Android Market to function...it's FC'ing, and I can't download anything. I downloaded the .apks & Framework but can't figure out how to re-install them to get back to how my device was prior to tinkering.

I'm on a Mac. I tried downloading & installing the Android SDK, and by "installing" I mean going into the Tools folder and double-clicking Android (not sure if that's the way to do it).

I googled, "How to install .apk on Mac" and similar searches, but can't seem to get the commands in Terminal correct... I'm trying things like

./adb install /Downloads/TitaniumBackup_latest.apk

and am getting responses like...

-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory

Any help would be great...I tried to convince my mom how much better her device would be if she let me root it...now I feel like a dumbass :-/
[Epic 4G Themes] decalex:
Yes-- this was created for a different build (in september) than what most of us are running right now. The DRM definitely should stay, and removing causes audio problems. (in DK28, at least).
[Epic 4G Themes] blspyro:
is that the only known problem with this list is that drm should stay and everything else if it says is ok to delete is ok to delete?

PyRo
[Epic 4G Themes] pr0blematic:
To finally remove sprint hotspot on my phone I actually had to delete settings.apk, not mobileap.apk as indicated in the OP.

(DK28 stock)

EDIT: Unfortunately, this ended up messing up other things...so back to the drawing board.

EDIT2: Settings re-installed, Sprint Hotspot returns. Anyone had success removing sprint hotspot completely? Possibly a modified settings.apk that doesn't include it?
[Epic 4G Themes] yogi2010:
I have had all DRM stuff frozen for weeks now..... doesn't cause me any problems because I don't use the music player. even my video player has been working fine..... I'm not 100% sure, but the music player might be the only thing affected.
[Epic 4G Themes] BeerChameleon:
Even if your rooted, you should keep this so you can update your prl and profile. I ran into my mms not working becasue my profile was never updated. and it was driving me crazy and i put this back on and everything works great. I dont reccomend removing this.

As for this i kept this, however can anyone explain to me what this is? Do i need this for any special system updates or what?
[Epic 4G Themes] bori777:
youtube!! accidentally delete!!

hi! all....i remove accidentally youtube apk...from my epic with titanium, and i cant restored what can i do? help...my phone is rooted
[Epic 4G Themes] popper668:
View attachment YouTube.apk

here ya go :D
[Epic 4G Themes] bori777:
thanks!!! i apreciate your help!!!