yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
it really only happens to people who can't properly read instructions right or when they're flashing things labeled 'BETA'.. i would personally attempt to get into download mode using physical buttons, if you're able to do that and you know how to flash back to stock using Odin.. you're fine, search the forum for instructions on getting to Download mode.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjhart85:
Being rooted will have NO risk of bricking your phone.

It's flashing custom roms and such that poses the risk.

I'm glad my Vibrant isn't hardware locked like the newer ones. I got the Phone--Computer error when flashing the gps fix/beta rom. Luckily, it was super easy to fix, but if I couldn't use the volume buttons it's impossible.

So, if you want to get root to do things like share your wifi or have adblocking on your phone, you'll have no real risk, but flash at your own risk.

Edit:

See if you can get into download mode by using your hardware buttons.

Turn your phone off

Plug into USB on your computer

Wait until battery status comes up

Hold down both volume keys and power. When powered up, stop hitting power.

If you get into download mode, your chances of actually bricking your phone are significantly lower than they would be if you couldn't. Not 0%, but definitely a lot better odds going in your favor.

The software really should've been called Loki because it's a tricky bastard and just likes to randomly screw you over.

EDIT2:

OK, Turns out the way I suggested you get into download mode is the hard way (it was how I learned to do it).

The EASY way is to plug your USB cable into the computer but NOT the PC.

Turn off your phone.

Hold down both volume keys and plug the USB in.

The phone should power up in download mode without you even needing to hit power.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlamar09:
ok but is there a difference between download and recovery
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kizer:
- Recover shows you a nice menu with a few options.

Allows user to use menus with the use of his Vol +/- and power button

- Download shows a HUGE triangle with an android digging with a shovel and says download

Normally used to flash with ODIN
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlamar09:
ok im in discover mode but not connecting to my drivers i guesst but its failing at everything what can i do to by past the bs of the drivers
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan0zone:
Reading and understanding instructions will almost always prevent this ..... taking some time to research the basics is a plus....

ROOTING never causes bricking .,..,.,. USER error is the culprit 100% of the time ....

"completely bricked the phone to the point they cant restore it"

You said it .,.,. this is what is ment by bricked *no boot at all*.. only way to fix on some devices is by the use of Jtags(See xda-WIKI). Only android device that has this option so far is the G1 ( don't know if they got it 100% working yet )... Not being able get into download mode because of locked hardware buttons is not bricked... just got to find a work around ,or find out how they are locking the buttons ...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjhart85:
In this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771111

, you'll find most of the stuff you'd need.

Odin, Samsung drivers, etc...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlamar09:
i cnt get to the debugging thing at all i need some way or some how for Odin to read my fone PLEEEEEAASSSEEEE ANYONE SAVE SHOULD I USE A MAC OR SOMETHING CUS IM running a hp with windows 7 and its not working idk pm or something ill do anything to get the vibrant back and runnign
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystycs:
How exactly do I test the recovery mode, do I just press vol up, down and power or does it have to be off our plugged in?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koreanboy730:
Hey i created a goldcard to flash my hero and wanted to use it for my sony ericson again but after i format it on the computer the full format not the quick one and when i try to format it on the phone it comes out as damaged sd card any suggestion on how to fix this? ty in advance
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 424aca:
could you please elaborate on what a GOLDCARD hero is
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kxhawkins:
The X10 should offer a "Format to repair" option once it recognizes the SD card as damaged. Otherwise, try deleting the partition on your computer (but not re-formatting) and then stick it in the X10 to see if it'll format.

@424aca: A goldcard is a SD card with files for rooting/unlocking. It's how a lot of other phones have to get root.
[General Questions and Answers] Clearprop:
I can receive, but not send sms. After an hour on the phone with att tech support, she [thinks that she] figured out the problem.

I need to set in a "message center" number (it currently says "not set".) The problem is that for some reason it is greyed out on my phone. She didn't know how to get past that.

Samsung was of no help either.

I am using a vibrant on 2.1 unlocked (tmobile phone on att.)

Messaging -> settings -> message center

I bet someone on here knows how to ungray it!
[General Questions and Answers] Clearprop:
I spent a couple more hours on the phone today. Called samsung again. They had me do a hard reset without the sim card. That didn't work. They told me to contact tmobile, since it is their software. Tmobile couldn't do anything, but told me to have att do an over the air update to the message center number. Att tried to do that but said they couldn't because it isn't an att phone with their software on it.

There must be a way to do this on a root level. I'm just not sure where to look, or what to change. Some one must know
[General Questions and Answers] Hood281:
Fix for you

Ok I figured this one out...

You do have to be rooted for this to work, and you also have to have an XML editor (I DO NOT recommed Notepad as it may alter formatting in a way that breaks the file alltogether. Tested and verified using Visual Studio as the editor)

Using Root Explorer or whatever is your preferred way to browse the phone, browse to the file:

/dbdata/databases/com.android.mms/shared_prefs/com.android.mms_preferences.xml

Then copy it to /sdcard so you can see it from your PC to edit

Find the key named "pref_key_manage_smsc_address" (at the bottom)

Change it from Not Set to 12063130004 (That's for T-mobile, or whatever is correct for your provider)

Then copy it back!!

I strongly recommend keeping a "known working" copy of the file in case your editor messes up the formatting.

I did not have to reboot or anything after this process, the number showed up in the (still greyed out) Message Center but text sending is working again for me!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Clearprop:
Wow thanks for the fix. It worked! I was able to do it all on my phone using:

'Root Explorer' to find and copy the file

'SilverEdit' to edit the xml to enter the message center number ( att +13123149810 )
[General Questions and Answers] Clearprop:
Dang! I put it into flight mode, and when it came out, it reverted back to"not set."

I did find a perminent fix though. I walked into the nearest att store and asked for a new sim card. It turns out to be a sim card problem.

That fix does work though as a temporary problem solver.
[General Questions and Answers] mattchew008:
*Another Fix

Hey everyone, I was experiencing the same problem with the grayed out Message Center.

What I did was actually go to:

Messaging -> Settings -> Restore default settings

Then the Message Center was no longer grayed. I went in and entered

+16135009000

I then actually had to change the phone numbers by adding a +1 in front of each before I was able to send out a text message again.

Hope that helps.
[General Questions and Answers] Naruto8u:
Is the message center only on stock rom? cuz im on axura latest rom and i cna't find message center in the settings in messaging. Also I can't find the xml file using file manager as well. I was sending txt find when i unlock and used it on att for a day and then my friend delete my apn username so that it "block my data" so i can't used data. Turns out i can't send txt after that. I also restore it to default apn and it not sending my txt. I can received txt though. I switch to my SE w580i and i can get/send txt again. if you got any answer for the vibrant, i would appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Naruto8u:
Finally i got it :). after all the frustrations and such. Apparently. you HAVE to use root explorer. all other file manager can't access beyond dbdata.
[General Questions and Answers] brothersman:
I just received the Galaxy S 4g today, and had this same problem, sent 1.5 hrs on the phone with T-mobile, they told me i had bad phone and they would send me another, i told them i would try some things and call back later, I finally found this post and it worked perfectly for me, except for my phone the path was different, /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs/com.andriod.mms_preferences.xml

edit it with "Blue fish editor" for Linux

Thanks again
[General Questions and Answers] mikka06:
Thank you man....worked like a charm for me...it's been a while since i was looking for a solution
[General Questions and Answers] kb5rir:
it keeps changing right back

it changes right back to the wrong number.:crying:
[General Questions and Answers] salinsarin:
I was in same situation.. S7 edge freedom mobile. Able to recieve sms but not able to send.

Solution : install this app (sms fail fix) by Andrea.

Open it. (no need to do anything)

Restart phone.

That's it.

Now try sending.

Mine got fixed.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] lianrui:
who have HTC S600 English ROM?

:(who have HTC S600 English ROM?:)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] bmalaklou:
Hello.

This is my first post so first off I would like to say thank you to the members of XDA because I have been helped a great deal in the past by simply reading some of the posts on this forum.

That being said, I have a problem that I could not find the answer to after hours of searching.

I am trying to Debrand/Root my Rogers X10a using the Exploid method

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7490733#post7490733

After I enter my Device ID into the appropriate file, I ran RootX10a_v2.cmd as instructed. However, once I try to run step 1 i get the following message:

"unable to access jarfile X10flash.jar"

Ive tried connecting the phone in flash mode to different USB ports and using different Device IDs however nothing has worked.

Any ideas?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
I have just the thing for you matey. I can't post a link sorry but google search for Universal Androot and download and install it on your phone.

It allows to you 1 click root or unroot your device without any fuss and should allow you to root it when 2.1 is released as it contains the superuser files for 1.5 / 1.6 and 2.0 - 2.2.

I am using it and it works brilliantly. Hope this helps :)

Sent from my rooted .26 x10i using the XDA app
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] gavriel18:
Welcome to xda! :-) the answer is in the forum but i can't remember where. :p

Set up the path to the sdk tools in your environment variables.

Cheers

Gav
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] bmalaklou:
Thanks for the responses.

steve- are you sure that the universal androot works with the x10? another concern is that i also wanted to debrand my phone to get rid of rogers bloatware so how would I solve that issue if I can't access the x10flash.jar?

gavriel- sorry. could you explain in a little more detail what you said? i don't quite understand what you mean.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] bmalaklou:
The one click root seems simple enough.

My problem now is with debranding.

Ive tried the method where you switch the files in SEUS (ive also tried PC Companion) just before it installs onto your phone and that has not worked. It says every time that the installation has failed.

Does anyone have any other ideas as to how I can debrand my phone?

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] gavriel18:
For sure. I may be wrong but ill explain it as I understand it.

Basically when your PC is trying to use a jar file it looks in a particular area. I'm not sure where it looks though. Obviously your jar file isn't in that directory or you wouldn't get that error. So, by adding it as an environment variable it will look in the directory u added for that file.

The environment variables is found somewhere in the system settings. I can't remember where. Once you have found it you should find the path to the jar you are trying to access. Copy that path and paste it and the end of the environment variables. Don't erase anything that's in there. If need be seperate that path from the one before with a ; (semicolon). Save it and try running the jar again. It should work.

Good luck and hopefully it helps. :-)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Grospolina:
It means that Java can't find the X10flash.jar file. Do you have that file in the same directory as DeviceID.txt? Also, do you have the latest version of 32-bit Java installed?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] boondage:
To solve my debranding problems I had to use the 32 bit update 20, not 21 (which is the latest) and you need the jdk and the jre, hope that helps :-)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Diplomat2387:
Which program do you prefer? And what is a feature that you like about the 1 you chose? I have personally used Launcher Pro which came with Fresh ROM on my Evo but while I was browsing the market I noticed ADW Launcher and seen numerous themes.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] feedDunk:
ADW for me

I keep coming back to ADW. The single feature I love over Launcher Pro is the swipe action. Nudge up and Notification Bar hides or shows. Nudge down and the notification bar opens. In Launcher Pro you have to set up swipe areas in the dock, too specific for me.

Just my personal preference...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Smac61:
Put me in the launcher Pro group.

I like to run a clean screen and its scrolling dock combined with folder organizer allows me to access everything I want quickly without the screen clutter...

YMMV
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] overthinkingme:
Ditto
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] overclockxp:
I prefer ADW because of the horizontal page by page apps scrolling. If LP did this I would probably use it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] firemedic1343:
ADW - Swipe actions ftw
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
One more vote for LPP. Paid version is well worth it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] driguez:
LP
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] pelebkf:
Like the swype action of ADW. But I love the lp icons. Both are good
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jerryparid:
ADW lacks scrollable launcher bar.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skennedy843:
Launcher pro +
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] clovis_ll:
launcher pro for me. somehow ADW app drawer seems to lag..
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SilentSummer:
I started with ADW but moved to LP.

The smooth animations alone makes it a better choice for me.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bigboidomo:
I used too use ads but launcher pro is way better

Sprint Htc Hero

CM6 Froyo 2.2

Firerats recover mod 368 Internal Memory

Uncapped Kernal

Overclock to 710

Collin_ph battery tweak

Envy Port Theme

I Love My Phone
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Noxious Ninja:
Launcher Pro Plus. Between the Plus widgets and the Beautiful Widgets clock, I don't really miss anything from the Sense launcher.

I haven't really tried ADW, though.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JTNiggle:
I'm an ADW guy, the swipe actions are very handy. Also, the custom icon ability makes my home screen much cleaner.

Yeah, those are Launcher Pro icons, so I guess it's a bastardized ADW, oh well.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Mdorty:
LauncherPro for me...I too love the scrollable dock. I don't like clutter :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Joeriginal:
Noob question Im learning to use ADW coming off Launcher pro, how do you change the dock icons around or add new ones.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MJStephens:
I started with LP then went to ADW when it was included in my ROM. Tried LP again because I love the scrollable dock but LP just seems to lag a bit on my phone. I don't know why :(

So anyways, ADW for me...........for now.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] imwillzillla:
ADW for me. I like launcher pro but I've just grown accustomed to AdW more. Either way I don't think they're that much different to make a bad choice.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Lento10:
Does anybody know how to change the dock on ADW?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
I did use LauncherPro, but after LCD Density Changer came out I needed more columns so I switched to ADW. If the 5th column option is ever finally integrated back into LP, I will gladly switch right back.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
I'm using ADW right now and switching back and forth the LPP. I'm trying to make an iphone setup, and im using ADW because I want to get the iphone icons on the launcher bar, and the only icon packs i can find are for bettercut, which cant put icons in the dock with LPP. Also the 5 columns/rows.

Any way to change the icon for the app drawer in ADW?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] omnirage:
Just keep a folder of icons on the sdcard. there are tons of icon packs all over the web that aren't specific to ADW...just make your dock in LauncherPro, and set up custom icons. Takes 10 seconds.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Jeremiah239:
Launcher pro
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] matt4200:
I prefer launcher pro cause of the scrolling dock and the smoother animations. Also with launcher pro+ I love the resizable widgets and the sense like widgets especially the sms and calendar ones.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] seekis:
not true. if you have new dock enabled you need merely hold the app drawer icon and swipe it up to reveal a side scrolling launcher bar.

i found it on accident :]

the only thing i dont like about it is that the actual app drawer icon disappears, but i guess you can port the home button to the app drawer or use the swipe up gesture to launch the app drawer (which is what i do).
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tatnai:
launcher pro for me. love the scrollable dock; yes, it is there in ADW, but I hated having to "nudge" to get to it. didn't need the extra step.

just depends on likes a personal preference and use style. try both, use whichever works for you.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dkelle4:
Started with ADW for me, tried out LP and ended up getting the paid version and I don't see myself going back to ADW.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] freeza:
Launcher Pro is far superior.

The custom widgets, swipe gestures on each icon in the launcher bar. fantastic program.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DraginMagik:
adw.Launcher all the way.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fachadick:
LP, cuz its so smooth, has scrollable launcher bar, and the widgets in pro versions are pretty great (esp if themed)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DCLocal:
Launcher Pro Plus

+1 LP - love it, without question worth the purchase for plus.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] correnos:
ADW. I dunno why, but LP just didn't feel as nice.

Question: Where are people getting the text-icons for their homescreens?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] T Mac:
I've switched to adw and it is very smooth.

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G with Sprint
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] meatgel:
I used ADW for a while and love it, but I recently started using LP and like the sliding dock sooooooooo much! I'm going to stick with LP.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
Here's my LauncherPro screen and my ADW Launcher screen. The LP doesn't have a whole lot going on now just because I've been messing with ADW for the last couple days.

ADW

LauncherPro
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
^ and yes, lol, they were really taken at two different times. one last night, and one just now.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] sanjsrik:
What theme is that that spells out the time and date and the buttons along the bottom, it looks very nice.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
digital clock (digi clock?) and battstatt, are available from the market. The text icons in the dock, im not sure which icon set hes using, but ManUP has icons like that in his theme that you can download seperately.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jerryparid:
wrong thread
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bigant262:
Battery widget is called battstatt and clock is tajm and the dev is Tomas Persson for both.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] sanjsrik:
I just downloaded digiclock and it doesn't allow me to use text to spell out the time and date, it's just a flip clock that shows up. Is that the right one?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] feedDunk:
The clock is called Tajm
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] sanjsrik:
EXCELLENT, you just made my night.

thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gotshores:
I used and paid for the plus part of launcherpro, then tries adw and loved it. I come back to sense though because I can't get either one to be as smooth and responsive as sense, which sucks because I really like adw.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] lacrossev:
LP also has custom icons now.

A 5th row? or a 5th column? The 5th row option is in it and i use the density changer too, so its 5x4 now.

Oh and put me down for LP+
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] brownmc77:
I'd have to go with launcher pro plus.Love the scrollable dock, and the smoothness of it. The only thing its missing is the ability to change the the rows and colums. I liked the 8 rows and 8 colums.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
Yeah I apologize. I remember I had downloaded the Tajm and Digital Clock right about the same time, so I confuse the names.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Biofall:
+10 for LauncherPro Plus. One of the few paid apps I have paid money for. I feel like supporting this dev for their amazing apps, and the launcher these guys came up with rocks. I love:

-Scrollable docks (not just specific to ADW guys, and LP requires less motions)

-Resizable Widgets

-Sense like widgets

-Any icon can easily be assigned to anything

-Smooth for me

-Much more, just can't think of everything I prefer about it
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fachadick:
What's really amazing is that LP is being developed by just one guy. His name is Federico Carnales, and he even has an account here. He used to post a bit back when he launched the beta version.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] raven_raven:
When I'm on 2.1+ ROM, there is only one winner: LauncherPro+. Smoother, pretier, faster and has those AWESOME widgets (best twitter widget I've ever seen). Plus scrollable docks with swipe gestures, fully customisable icons and shortcuts to activities.

When I'm on 1.6 ROM on my G1, there is only one winner: ADW.Launcher (because LP does not support Donu T_T). It is nice (Galaxy S drawer, really customizable, works nice with changed density), but not that nice.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kamiller42:
Does LauncherPro have a widget to toggle the EVO radios like Sense's?

Also, is there a list of all widgets that come with LauncherPro?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] firemedic1343:
You can use SwitchPro for the Power Control type widgets.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kamiller42:
Do the widgets look as ugly as the Market pictures make them appear?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fachadick:
not really - they look pretty decent if you set it to invisible backgrounds
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] auau465121:
my bad wrong section
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nolageek:
I use Launcher Pro+ because I like to have my unread counts in my dock and I like using customer icons there as well. Neither of which you can do in ADW. (You can use widgets, but can't change the icons then. womp womp)

I really wish Launcher Pro has horizontal scrolling app drawer though. It's the one thing I miss about ADW

I really wish ADW let you resize widgets on the fly like LP+ can.

So, I think they're both great but the lack of notifications in ADW's dock is a deal breaker for me.