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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sitlet:
Wireless hotspot is the same thing as wireless tether, just a different name. The Evo and Droid X have it built in, but it needs to be paid for to use. If you root those phones, you can use the Wireless Tether app just like any other phone, and not get charged (as long as you dont have a data cap).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lacrossev:
wireless hotspot is an infrastructure connection, as in multiple devices can connect to it, while tethering can mean that its an adhoc connection, 1 to 1.

Some devices cannot connect to adhoc connections, such as a zune hd.

But if you are only gonna use it for one device, yes they are the same.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kingdavid7:
If you have a cap on your USB Tethering from your carrier, will Wireless Tethering go against that cap?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sitlet:
If you are rooted and use the wireless tether app, no it wont count towards usb tethering. The phone and your phone company will just see the data as regular internet data. So as long as you dont have a cap on your internet data, you should be fine.
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
I am pulling my hair out. I have SDK installed and whatever I was instructed to install on SDK, for the life of me I can't get the command shell to work. When I open a command shell and type adb. I get a message 'adb' is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable batch or program file.

My phone is plugged in debugging checked, I have it set to mass storage, not kies. What am I doing wrong.

Sorry for the noob question. I have been reading every forum I can find, every document I can find. I am trying to learn and I like to mess with my phone and should know how to use adb command shells.

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks.
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
PC or mac?

On a PC cd /Android/Tools then use adb commands

on a Mac: cd /Android/Tools then use ./adb then the command
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
PC. Thanks I will try that.

update

system cannot find the path specified

I am ready to delete everything and start over, maybe the path is wrong and I borked something in the download. There should be an Android for dummy's book or something, for us noobs.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
where did you install the files? You had to download the SDK and unzip it.

Then you use a command window to change directories to where ever you installed it. Then run the commands.

If you don't know how to move around directories using DOS commands, you better find a tutorial on that first.

Your problems sound like you are not in the tools directory - CMD issues not Adroid - CMD is the windows shell btw.
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
downloaded and upzipped. It's in a folder named Android, in my c;/drive. I watched a tutorial and put it where I thought I was supposed to, then I made sure to edit the path. I can undo that. I know it's a CMD issue. Great DOS commands, this is a little over my head.

I's probably easier for me to delete everything and start over.

Is there an ADB for dummies or anything. I find them for other devices not Captivate?
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
if you change directories to the tools directory, do you see adb.exe listed? I am not sure which tutorial you used, but there is no reason to edit the path if you change directly into the android sdk/tools directory.

In a CMD window, change to the tools directory and do a DIR and see if the first file is adb.exe

Deleting and starting over is not going to change things at this point. Also ADB is a command that works the same regardless of which phone you have. The only things that are different is if you can mount the system partition - depends on your kernel - is it custom. Not phone dependent though.
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
Thanks I did this and no it isn't listed. the Android folder is, that is where I extracted all the files. Should I move from the folder. After extracting the files did I need to install anything from it?
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
You should have extracted everything. You should have a folder that extracted:

android-sdk-windows and in that a tools folder. In the tools folder is ADB.exe

It is one big zip file - nothing to install - just unzip where you want it.
[Captivate General] Kagoshema:
hold shift and then right click on that tools folder(wherever you put it), select open command window here from the menu, then type adb to make sure it worked
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
Thank you. That did the trick. It is there and it worked. So I am guessing that when I want to open a command shell and use ADB this is how I will be able to do it. Thank you so much for all of your help everyone.

I am very new to Android and smart phones, 7 weeks now and I am trying to learn as much as I can and I try to find the information without asking too many questions.

Last night with SRE and it's sleeping death made me realize that I need to know how to use ADB and a command shell should things go wrong.

Again, thanks to everyone for the help.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sozage:
Hi,

I'm looking for some good lock screen replacements.

Time of day, email/sms count, battery power, weather? would all be nice to have on a lock screen.

Prefer free but I'm willing to shell out a couple bucks if there aren't any free options.

Thanks!
[Desire Themes and Apps] djind:
- GOTO Lockscreen

- Widget Locker
[Desire Themes and Apps] stevoh84:
Anyone know of any flashable lockscreens? Not apps. As I'm also quite bored of the drag down unlcoker.
[Desire Themes and Apps] berre:
widgetlocker is worth the money! couple of different unlocking styles + add any widget that you want... love it!

cheers

b
[Desire Themes and Apps] WeeJockMacFeegle:
Agreed. Just bought WidgetLocker and it's well worth the two bucks.
[Desire Themes and Apps] chewyone007:
Try lock 2.0 its pretty good... has a stupid iPhone lockscreen so you can tell your friends you have iOS
[Desire Themes and Apps] D-fens:
Does any of those programs replace HTCs answer/reject call screen? I usually reject the call when the phone is in my pocket.
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
Nope. No app from the market would be able to do that. You'd have to change rom for that. But even then its either sense down slide or vanilla across slide.
[Desire Themes and Apps] flipside101:
Widget locker has an option to hide the popup till you unlock. I haven't tested it but its there.
[Desire Themes and Apps] blinde:
Is there anyway to get that "vanilla across slide" for sense rom. Atleast HTClocksreen.apk deletion doesn't work.
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
Nope, not unless a dev has removed ALL of the sense lockscreen, which most dont, and replace with the vanilla.

However, I think someone posted on here about adb pushing the vanilla lockscreen (rotary or slide) to sense roms. Not sure if it replaces the call slider but might be worth a try.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] blinde:
Thanks for the info.

Widgetlocker has gives you rotary locksreen among others but it doesn't affect on call slider :(
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sozage:
With widget locker is there a way to prevent the default lock screen from popping up first?

I purchased it last night but the delay where the default lock screen shows up first is pretty disappointing.
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
Thats what I was saying. No apps will change the call slider. Hence why I said to try the adb push method.

Search the forum for the adb push vanilla/rotary lockscreen as that might change the call slider.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] roniez:
You can do this, but u need to use the default phone.apk.

there was a fix on the forum here but i forgot where it had slide to answer option even.
[Desire Themes and Apps] blinde:
Have you put it as default for home button etc?

Mine works like it should be and I see it only for second very rarely.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discodancers:
Anyone on 3 UK had the Froyo OTA upgrade yet?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigRonW:
My Local 3Store says MUCH later this year... and possibly as late as 2011.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbetcher:
WOW!!! I can't believe you guys haven't got the Froyo update yet. I got the update as soon as it came out, and I am on 3 Sweden. I wonder why they are taking so long there in the UK???

Keith
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rs1800:
I am on 3 UK and got the OTA available about a month ago but didnt install it as I wanted to root and updating makes it harder to root.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
Post the ruin if u have 2.2 then
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] discodancers:
Just got a call from 3 saying htc had been in contact following my complaint to them. They say the update is imminent. Lets see.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luiseno:
Ok I have tried everything I download the update 2.2 on my uncreadable.it took my root out. Can't downgrade to 2.1 what am I doing wrong? Help
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
...

Not searching before you post is 1 problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=781997

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771178
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warfanax:
There is a divx certificate in license settings of the phone.do you know what is this for and should I register?

Sent from my GT-I9000M
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
I think it's for purchased movies.. You grab divx player, sign up for an account, and enter the device code, it sends you a special movie you play on the device which links the account.

BUT, I'm pretty sure thats all it's for. I've personally never seen any need for it, or heard of any need for it. It's possibly just a requirement for the Divx certification process (so samsung included it simply for that reason, it doesn't mean they recommend it, which is why it's buried).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warfanax:
Thank you. I don't need it either.everything works fine without it

Sent from my GT-I9000M
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
Im a noob when it comes to Android cuz i just upgraded to the vibrant from a T Mobile Wing (which is Windows Mobile). And the first thing i noticed when i noticed when i went to my schools website on my phone is that flash is not installed/enabled. And i've read that flash will slow down the browsing so i wanted to get the opinion from more experienced users. Should i install Adobe Flash or just leave it be
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paging Dr B:
Flash is only available on 2.2 devices, so you won't have to worry about that just yet. I will say that I have Flash installed on my Droid and it doesn't seem to slow it down unless I go to flash heavy websites. Seeing how powerful this phone is in comparison to the Droid I wouldn't hesitate to install it once we are able to install it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
ok...thanks
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] oserdo:
Helllo

I tried to upgrade my HX4700 to WM6.1 but I guess I messed up.I followed all the necessary steps to the end, final screen said "enjoy your WM6.1" and that's it.I did all hard-soft resets, but still no changes.it keeps freezing.

WM 6.1 start up screen freezes on the screen,allows me to choose either "delete memo" or "quit" by I task button. even after 1 hour in "delete mode" nothing changes.

can I re-load the OS in this mode?

Any help could be appreciated.

Regards
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csci1000:
I have downloaded several sound files which I would like to use for "Notifications" email/sms etc. but I don't see those files when I go into

Settings - Sound and Display - Notification ringtone.

Do I need to put them in some specific folder structure or what?

thank you
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregc2009:
If you are rooted, the stock notification sound location is:

/system/media/audio/notifications/
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csci1000:
Thank you !!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
There's no need to stick notification and ringtone sounds in the system path though...

/media/audio/notifications/ and /media/audio/ringtones/ on the internal SD works fine too...And this doesn't require root...though root is so easy to obtain on these phones that it's hardly a distinction to care about... :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregc2009:
Good to know. Thanks!
[Android Software Development] Beaverman20:
i was trying to theme my phone, when i pushed it to the phone, it crashed, and got stuck in a boot loop... i then booted it into recovery, and flashed my old rom back, but now i'm stuck at the white screen with the htc logo, i can still get into the clockwork mod recovery...

my question is how do i get back into my rom?

damn, sorry this was meant for the desire subforum, i will make a new post there... just close this thread...
[Android Software Development] Evo_Ace:
If you still need help it sounds like you didnt brick Ur phone otherwise it wouldn't start at all. If you have access to recovery then what I would do is format , system,data, cache, etccc... except SD card of course them reflash your Rom again .

Still doesn't work then I would use RUU_supersonic factory stock shipped Rom then root again using unrevoked 3.2 which is full root and nand unlock
[Touch Cruise General] jggy80:
Hi I wonder if anyone can help - had my orbit for about a year and a half and love it! Over the last couple of weeks it has started acting strangely when i touch the screen - eg. when texting i press for a G and screen clicks on O instead - also it is now freezing and not responding at all for long periods of time - even removing battery and restarting does not help - is it on its last legs do you think? Thanks for reading and hope someone can help! :eek:
[Touch Cruise General] retsam88:
You need only to replace digitizer, look for a new one on ebay.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
i was trying to theme my phone, when i pushed it to the phone, it crashed, and got stuck in a boot loop... i then booted it into recovery, and flashed my old rom back, but now i'm stuck at the white screen with the htc logo, i can still get into the clockwork mod recovery...

my question is how do i get back into my rom?

i have tried to wipe everyting, and flash again, nothing...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrino77:
if you flash a Rom that needs a ext2 partition, you have to make one on your SD.. Try to connect your sd to a PC and format it properly (better with linux or macos.. Win does no support ext2 partitions!!). Else, use a rom with old A2SD, NOT A2SD+, like LeeDroid.. it should reboot!! Then with Rom Manager format again your SD and flash any rom you like!

PS. remember: FULL WIPE!!! from Clockwork menu "mounts and storage", format ALL partitions except the "sdcard" one. I mean BOOT, SYSYEM, DATA, CACHE, and wipe Dalvik cache too.. Then reflash
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
i did not chage the rom, i was on auraxsense, which has system RW, so i just pushed the framwork-res.apk but the phone crashed, and now it's stuck...

so i did have a ext3 partition, and it was working fine... so i guess it has something to do with the framework-res broke something?

and i will try formatting ;)

edit: did not help formmating and then flashing...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrino77:
yeah, maybe.. but system RW is not REAL rw.. it has a feature that you can use with some apps, but you still can't write to /system partition yet.. For your wills, you have to "cook" your ROM again, an app like themepro would help you.. I never try that, because i don't have many time to spend with it, but seems to work fine!! Download your rom, extract with Themepro the files you would like to modify, do your stuff, replace it then sign and repack it. it has to work.. i guess :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
well i used themepro, but when i then pushed it back, it tells you that you need to be in recovery, well i thought "whatever, i have R/W" but no :( i guess i have to flash a stock rru :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrino77:
try another rom..

did you try to push it again from recovery??

EDIT: you have to modify framevork-res, then repack with themepro, then flash the entire rom, not only the file..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
first of all, it's not the rom ;)

but i have flashed it like that before... only this time i didn't reboot it into the recovery :( well ill find an rru :/

DAMN THE RRU DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE :( the host is down...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrino77:
ok, but you may try another to exclude that is not the rom.. but it is possible that you have corrupted the original rom file, so it would help you to download it again, and in an EMPTY desire, reflash the new rom.. it helped me sometimes, i had flash a wrong rom (not for desire) and all my tries to reboot it did not work.. i have reformatted ALL partitions (boot, system, data,cache, sdcard, sd-ext) wiped dalvik, EVERYTHING, and with USB mount function of Clockwork put rom into SD and then.. BINGO.. hehehe..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beaverman20:
damn... hooray :D i just downloaded the same rom, and there you go, it worked :D my image on the sdcard was corrupt :(

so thx :D
[Touch Diamond CDMA] PhatboyNYC:
So yesterday my toddler son was playing with my Sprint Diamond when I saw him drop it onto the carpeted ground. The phone probably fell maybe about a foot but I guess the angle it hit the ground caused the battery cover to pop off.

When I picked up the phone, I noticed the screen was off and assumed it was in sleep mode because the battery didn't dislodge or anything. But when I pressed the power button, the phone wouldn't come on. I tried pulling the battery, hard resetting, etc but the screen still won't turn on.

While I was playing around with it, holding down the volume down button, power button and enter button at the same time, I could see the screen come on for a bit, then go blank again.

Physically there's no visible damage, there isn't even a scuff or scratch on the corners where the phone probably hit the ground. However, by some freak chance I think the fall caused something to go wrong internally, maybe the LCD digitizer became loose?

When I pull the battery and restart the phone, it vibrates as if it were powering up. But the screen never comes on.

Considering I don't have insurance on the phone, taking it back to Sprint is not an option and I'm out of the warranty period. Has this happened to anyone before? Any advice? Anyone have experience disassembling a Diamond? How hard was it? Thanks in advance.
[Touch Diamond CDMA] thesteve42:
the diamond (sprint) is a layered device.

you will need some very small screwdrivers lots of light and patience.

the screen is glued to the digitizer and the front housing, removal from the housing WILL crack it.

the boards and lower button pad con be removed safely, for inspection/reseating of plugs.

if the problem is not a loose plug,than a new screen and digitizer is in order and available on ebay from china
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lvikel2:
i want to know if have a hebrew support in I9000XXJPC

2.2

thank
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrenkip:
Hey, I recently got this phone, and I must say its impressive. It runs so well and a great phone all-around. However lately when I go into department stores or even large buildings, the phone has no signal.

However when this occurs and the phone goes on standby, I noticed that you can't turn it back on without popping the battery in and out.

Is anybody else having this issue? I've been googling it and I can't find anything. Is this an android OS issue? A Hardware issue? or its just my phone doing it.

TLDR: No Signal kills phone? Is this common?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techpreneur:
No issues here. If I lose signal it comes back on after im in range. Have you tried a factory reset since you had the phone. I did a factory reset when I got my phone and a lot of the issues were fixed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leoslick:
This sounds like a weird problem. If its not related to an app or something and factory reset doesn't work, I think you should exchange it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TDS1234:
Actually I would think its a software issue not a phone defect. I have been experiencing the same issue. I'm on my 2nd one and the only way I can prevent it from blacking out like you say is to set it in flight mode. Kinda sucks when you're a cellphone salesman and you pull out your phone to try to sell one then the screen is just black and frozen.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjpacheco:
I'd bet money it's all related to the GPS problem. With GPS enabled, and you go somewhere where it cannot get a signal (a weak as it is doing that anyway), GPS enabled apps, especially google maps but others as well, have locked my phone up.

My fix until the fix comes out is to leave GPS turned off except when I specifically want to use it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TDS1234:
I don't its a GPS issue the phone freezes even when the GPS is shut off. I'm willing to bet that the OP is having the same issue and his GPS is off as well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salmanslick:
@ op are you using setcpu app?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valeo:
Yes it is common fault throughout the Samsung Galaxy line of phones. Apparently pressing and holding the power button for ten seconds will force the phone to reboot, though I can't confirm this myself as it has never worked for me...

Some people have reported that a new SIM helps, others recommend the NoBars app. Personally I've tried both and neither have helped, leading me to think that this is a yet another hardware/software bug that can only be properly fixed by Samsung. It's perhaps also worth noting that I've had this happen to me 12+ times on two GT-I9000s running stock firmware with zero modifications.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kizer:
I've entered a building where I work and have lost signal many times and ate lunch for nearly an hour. I just get the no signal image, but never blacked out.

It is true that holding the power/lock button for aprox 10 seconds will force a reboot.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbosix:
ive had the phone freeze a few times due to the gps **** and holding the power button has always rebooted the phone. you might have to hold it longer than 10 seconds depending on how hard the phone has locked up, but it eventually reboots.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrenkip:
Okay reformatting worked and fixed the signal issue. Musta went app happy and installed something that messed it up. Now that I reformatted i was a little more cafeful with what i Installed. However lately now my back and home keys has glitched and every time i push it, it either holds the menu key and goes to search or disables them for like 10 seconds
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrobles787:
You must have install something the first time that is making your phone act up. Recommendation master reset your phone is like it come out of the box. That's what is master reset in case u don't know. If that's doesn't work get a new one. I am pretty sure they will change it cuz they did it for me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrenkip:
Where do I master reset? I did Factory Data reset in the privacy settings. Is that it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farrenkip:
Okay doing a master reset. For those who need to know the combo. I did

Volume up + menu + power

So far this is a fix. Lets see how long it lasts.

Update: Going to take it back tomorrow. This must be a hardware failure.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dbryon:
That's not a master. You do it from the priv section with phone on. You will also have to call samsung if older then 15 days.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iwillkillyou:
Maybe its the building? blocking the signal