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[HD2 General] GulDucat:
Pardon my newbie rear butting in but I see a compromise brewing here.

As a total neophyte to the HTC ROM world I must confess, the massive amounts of information, versions, patches, aged files, outdated .cabs files etc. on and on... made me want to take my .45 MAC-10 and make a colander out of my T9193. It was and still is quite overwhelming unless you are an experienced hack at the subject.

Granted, that's part of this unnerving sadistic hobby I chose, but with the possibility of either transforming that new T9193 into either a locked brick or a colander, I try to read, read, read some more, and hope that at the end of the day I've absorbed 1% of what I've read.

Aside from killing an over $600 investment with either stupidity or anger (sometimes both), downloading gigabytes of ROMs just to see how they work is plain hell on a less than stellar broadband connection. Living in rural cow pasture, my broadband is much more limited in speed tan most.

The compromise I see is that perhaps a two-tier approach to cataloging ROMs may be possible if the Forum Guru's can implement it. A top-tier ROM list could be made which would require the "Chef" to utilize a pre-agreed to set of check boxes of features/options that the ROM offers. This list can be moderated by someone or a collective group of unbiased moderators that have an interest in maintaining the features list updated commensurate with technology changes; ie: Manila version changes or Radio version changes. It would then be up to the Chefs to regularly update their ROMs features accordingly as well as submit changes to the moderators to check/un-check features.

Obviously, only the more consistent Chefs will remain on this top-tier list since there needs to be some update frequency requirements to stay there. This top-tier could be reviewed by potential ROM "consumers" (eaters?) like a menu, and choose the one(s) they like based on that pre-determined set of features considered to be technologically current for the device being flashed. Direct download links could be implemented so as to avoid the proverbial "where is the file" question.

A second "free-for-all" tier would be suitable for the casual Chef that cooks for himself and has no interest in maintaining a ROM or enhancing its features. I think that perhaps a good portion of the ROMs I've seen probably belong in that category.

As always, an iron clad understanding should be that there are no guarantees or expectations at any tier for performance or support. Since this forum is a compilation of hard working volunteers and professionals (hopefully with real lives outside of geekdom), this approach should work assuming it can be implemented and if the forum powers that be want to take on the task.

I would volunteer, except that my knowledge on the subject can be summed up in a sentence... "I flashed my first ROM today so I ams un expurt!":eek:

Anyway, that's just my random thoughts after a day of wading through vast pastures of ROMs Cabs and Radios. Not much gray matter left, it's 4:20am and I'm exhausted.
[HD2 General] hilaireg:
As already noted, "best rom" threads are subjective ... what one person likes about a rom isn't necessarily what someone else will like.

The biggest challenge with "best rom" threads however, is that they typically degrade to flame wars and personal attacks. Instead of promoting a positive collaboration amongst chefs, it discourages sharing of discoveries which in turn causes chefs to fight amongst themselves.

Regards,
[HD2 General] Nickdroid86:
I just got my hd2 from tmobile today, didn't pay for texting cuz my plan is already a lot of money. Does the stock IM apps charge for texting? Thank you in advance. Also how do I check if my phone is up to date? I looked and it was at os 5.5 or something like that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xspyda:
Somebody PLEASE tell me the audio from these two new devices is better than its predecessor?

Sure you don't really listen to music on the phone but when catching up on the latest news and watching streaming video it's nice not to have to use the headphones.

One of the biggest let down's for me with the Desire is the diabolical sound quality, so I wonder if this has been improved with the Desire Z (and HD but I am more interested in the Z).

Anyone had a hands on and can confirm / deny?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Svala88:
Offtopic : but i can watch videos & listen to music just fine with my desire's speakers :O

Or maybe it's just me? hmm.
[G2 and Desire Z General] laztpn0i:
Here's a little hands on review that quotes of the sound of the speaker. Though I dont know if it means anything.

"The speaker sounds loud and clear, although not that distinctive in the hubbub of a busy room... but then again, when are you going to use it in that environment, unless you want to be glared at on a train? That's right, glared.

article link
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
The D'HD has dolby sound which should be Ace (Pun intended) :P :d
[G2 and Desire Z General] xspyda:
I can only assume you haven't heard the sound from a Nokia 5800? It's my current phone and I've been seriously spoiled by this aspect of it :-/

This is my concern, loud does not necessarily mean good quality - although many reviewers seem to disagree.

Through the headphones, sure :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
Not on the desire HD it says so on the Dolby website it is through the speakers swell which I'm assuming are Dolby also
[G2 and Desire Z General] xspyda:
I would be surprised (pleasantly so). Do you have a link to this please?
[G2 and Desire Z General] zen123:
Agree with xspyda the sound from the Nokia 5800 is among the best I heard from any phone (loud, rich & clear) & miles better than any of the HTCs I've experienced.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
My bad saw it in the DHD forum but they lied lol , my bad :p im sure there would be a way to trick the phone that the speakers are the heaphones thus givving us dolby and srs
[G2 and Desire Z General] mtl171:
wonder how that would work. thought the speaker was mono not stereo. but who knows?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samrozzi:
i have been running flipz newer rom with the new unreleased kernal and my battery life is AMAZING, I mean very very good. I was thinking about giving CM6 a try again with flashing the new v7.6 kernal thats supposed to be really good.

But I was wondering what people are getting with cm6 and the kernals as far as batt life.

Ive never personally flashed a kernal before so not sure on how well or how much they affect the phone or if its worth it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samrozzi:
any help? like as far as the best kernal for a CM6 rom and and reports on batt life comapred to the new leaked kernal
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Last-Chance:
I'm getting better battery life on stock now, then I was on any other modded kernel (kings, cm6, and some others.)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bizdady:
Nand backup and give it a shot. It seems way to better to me than stock or even cm6 nightly with newest kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samrozzi:
also whats the difference between bfs and cfs roms?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nrre:
i feel batt life with CM6nightly + snap7.6 in turbo mode is about how the phone was when it was first released...you can make it a day with light use, but using it a ton, i seem to get around 8-10 hours.

However...getting 2600+ in Quadrant and no lag, anywhere, ever...makes up for it. I'm always within reach of a USB port or wall outlet so i just carry the charger/cord around with me.

I haven't actually ran it from full to dead outside of work. However at work i constantly drop signal and regain it repeatedly for the 8~ hours i'm here.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrionCarl:
has anyone got them?flippers and digits?ive been searching for a while and cant find any!

cheers

found one:D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnthonyDG:
Hi Guys,

Recently my phone has been receiving this message every now and then and I'm unable to make/receive any calls/texts. Fortunately wifi still works. Occasionally it will say something like "new sim card or sim card not found" <= something along those lines. It's basically not recognizing my sim card sometimes. This problem sometimes end when I turn off the phone, and charge till full battery, but it eventually gets the problem again at the end of the day.

Some things to be noted:

-Yes my phone IS rooted, so I'm pretty much f*cked for warranty.

-I changed numbers recently, from a Toronto (416) to a Waterloo number (226) as I am a university student living on campus.

-Yes I tried reverting to the original rom via nandroid backup but the problem still persists.

-Got the phone about a month ago.

-Started having these problems after living in Waterloo for a while.

Hopefully, it is a sim card problem but if anyone else has any suggestions I'll be grateful =)
[Wildfire Android Development] ciroman:
First of all I would like to say hi to everybody, this is my first post on this awesome forum I found just today. I would also like to say that I bought my first smartphone a few days ago(HTC Wildfire of course) and when browsing on the internet trying to find out stuff I could do with the new found device I found a lot of people reffering to something called 'rooting' and 'flashing' and 'ROMs' and that doing this enables your phone to have a lot more new functions and stuff like that.

Therefore I have some questions to ask you nice people, so here they are:

- What is 'rooting', 'flashing' and what are 'ROMs' in the first place?

- I found a lot of abbrevations when people described 'rooting' their phones which I did not understand so I'm kindly asking if anyone could please explain the process clearly? (is this the correct process? -> xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7895908&postcount=127 , if it is what is the OTA update?)

- If someone could please explain the process of 'flashing' to me?

- Are there any recommendable 'ROMs' I could try?

I truly thank anyone who would be able to explain this to me and take their precious time to do so. I'm sorry if my questions seem silly but I'm extremely new to the smartphone android thing and therefore I don't understand everything.

Thank you again for your replies, ciroman
[Wildfire Android Development] adeadrat:
I dont garantue that this info is 100% correct and anyone who feels like please correct me if im wrong.

I also take no responsibility for any damage made to your phone by following any of the above information.
[Wildfire Android Development] ciroman:
Thank you so much for your quick explanation. I must say though that searching for how to flash and root this phone was quite painful for a newcomer like me-took me hours to find the first part and then some to find the second.

I hope following these two guides will get me there

Thanks again!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mikey98277:
I seen someone post this question in the Dev section, but I have the apk file, and tried to put it in the system/app, fix permissions and had no luck. Thought someone with more knowledge than myself could get it to work. I know I can operate them from the website, but I like the ability to do it strait from my phone.

Attached is the apk , just need some help to get it to work.

This did work on my G1 with CM 5.0.8 which is an eclair build, but the command I used to get it to work will not work on the vibrant.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] *Haven*:
I have MyFaves working fine on my Vibrant, it was in one of the Vibrant ROM builds so I just backed it up in Titanium Backup and then when I installed Eugene's Vibrant9 I reinstalled MyFaves and it works. I don't remember whose ROM I took it from so let me try to figure that out because I don't want to post without giving credit. I've just been backing up Apps and Widgets that I like from different ROM builds and installing them on Eugene's Vibrant9, so unfortunately I don't remember which ones came from where but I'll look into it and post once I can give proper credit.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] djquick:
I thought T-mobile was phasing out myfaves
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] infinityhombre:
Mind sharing the APK you are using and where it's located? I would love to update my myfaves but I can't do it from my phone or online (site keeps giving me an error). Thanks.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] rjwisniewski:
We are, but if you're grandfathered in you might still want a functional app.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using the XDA app.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ntellegence:
:) patiently waiting.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mesajoejoe:
would love this very much
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dfabix:
do we have to be rooted in order to get the myfaves.apk to work on the vibrant?

thanks.

d
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mikey98277:
Unless it was altered by a DEV there is no credit to give, the app was created by TMobile, I would love to know where you got it, or just put up the apk, at worst case scenario if you cannot remember and it was altered to work the Dev will say something, but its just a tmoible app, so please post what you got so we can see if it works for the rest of us
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mikey98277:
I know for me when I use the newest internet explorer, there is a security pop-up that comes up when I go to the myfaves part, if you click yes, that breaks the program, you have to click no everytime you load a page within the myfaves area, I figured that out by accident, but if you click yes, then the page will not load any of the options you have selected. So just click no to the popup at everypage within the myfaves part and it should work for you.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dirty6885:
just dont know what to do next

I downloaded your MyFave.apk. Installed it on Samsung Vibrant 2.1 in system/app using root explorer.Then I went over to rom manager and clicked fix permission. after reboot a myfaves icon appeared in my app draw. Heres where it starts to suck. I click the icon and it opens and closes extremely fast and a bubble window at the bottom screen says myfaves is off. Well i dont know how to turn it on. Has anyone else had this happen before... Please help its driving me nuts that I cant figure it out
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] boystuff:
Deleted. Didnt read the whole thread.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dirty6885:
New thoughts to get myfaves.apk working

Sorry if my last post seemed a bit noobish, in all honesty forums are very new to me. Let me go threw what I have done and what I have been thinking might work. Upon my last post I was on 2.1 eclair build, in the recent months I have upgraded to using Team Whiskey products. I am currently on Bionix-v 2.2 build w/ voodoo. Anyways I digress. I can install MyFaves apk with no force closures issues. I have to use root explorer to move to system/app and manually change permissions to rw-r-r then reboot. Icon will appear in app draw. upon clicking the icon I get a myfaves off notice (below is a picture) again no force closes thou. So I have attempted to refresh myfaves from tmobile website hoping that would turn myfaves on. I have observed thou that it says will only work for compatable phones. As mine for example never refreshed. Now heres my thought

What if we change the build.prop to reflect a myfaves compatable phone? Does anyone think this would trick the myfaves server into refreshing my myfaves contacts? I also have noticed that there is 3 differnt size my faves apk roaming around the web and different sites. The one that worked for me to get this far will also be posted below. It was the smallest size apk available and NOT THE ONE POSTED HERE ORGINALLY.

Well if anyone has any insite on this my ears are open. For some reason this is a lil project of mine that I keep coming back to and still quite cant let go.

Again sorry for previous post, and if there is another thread I should post this in please let me know also.

Maybe together we can give this project new life!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] quailallstar:
Following this thread. I have a Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant) and MyFaves on my Grandfathered plan; would love to get this app working. ;)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Jacosta:
+1
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] errgordo:
i'm using this one and it works !!! you can isntall it using astro file manager.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] erickrios:
This is not MyFaves, it's just a favorites manager.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dirty6885:
A functioning app would be great. I am tempted just to change the build prop but I don't know what adverse effects that would have on the phone. If any one wants to test it out I can tell you how to do it.

Sent from my Bionix-v powered Vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] izzzy12k:
Well, I tried copying the file to my sdcard and tried to install it... it failed.

I tried to copy it to my system/apps folder and I get an "Insufficient Perminssion!" message.

I'm using the OTA updated ROM T-Mo pushed out like 9 months ago for my Mytouch Slide... non-rooted.

So, I guess I need to be rooted... to try again. :(
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ArizonaLoco:
Thank you. This is so *****in'. I am stoked that it works. Nice update from the MyFaves.apk I had that did no longer work. =-)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] rpolito73:
good luck buddy
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] quailallstar:
DELETE
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] quailallstar:
Installed this one into my SGS4G and worked like a charm! Thanks....
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Toast6977:
Cool. No harm in that. Don't install any ROMs from this section though. (You probably know that already though.)

You sgs4g wont play nice with our 3g ROMs.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] quailallstar:
Thanks! Yeah I know the Vibrant ROMS can kill the SGS4G's. I've read countless posts of people not knowing that and consequently frying their phones.
[Epic 4G General] poulosjr:
IS THERE A TRUE CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY IN THE WORKS, TO AVOID THR BACKDOOR ROUTE AND WORK AROUND???
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aKeio:
Just purchased a i9000M.. rooted & unlocked.. (Rogers BlackBerry Convert! =P)

I'm totally new to the Android scene.. whats the next step really with my phone?

I'd start with maybe getting rid of Bell's bloatware?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
check over the developer forum

see if you have a 3 button download mode or not

upgrade to JM8 firmware and install voodoo fix - your phone will suck without it :(

then browse the market for some fun apps ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aKeio:
Yeah I do have 3 button download/recovery.

JM8 Firmware? Voodoo Fix?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Roy Ngan:
Get Tayutama XWJM8 with Voodoo4 beta :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774950
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aKeio:
Could somebody enlighten me on how flashing the ROM works??.. do I lose my data (contacts/other apps), every time I flash ROM?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
check the "FAQ" a the top of the development section it will answer everything

but in short: no you don't lose data, but its highly recommended to backup anyway, it goes wrong easily, titaniumbackup (in the market) is a free app that let you backup (use "batch" option backup all) and you can copy it from the internal sdcard (/sdcard/titaniumbackup) to the external one or to your pc via usb, so you've a backup of your stuff forever

it doesnt backup the old rom

you use Odin to flash

ps see this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=786087
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jark99:
I dont belive so just make sure you have a backup. :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] solarpolitiks:
Is there any way to bypass the sim screen on the mytouch 3G? We got one and y brother wants to use it as an mp3 player/app runner but we don't use t mobile. We can't do anything without a sim currently. If we borrow a sim, root and flash a custom rom will this problem persist?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Nope you'll be good after you root. Just do what you said, borrow a SIM, setup a Google account, then root. You'd actually probably be good with just activating the first time as long as you don't have to reset the phone to factory settings.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] solarpolitiks:
Thanks, gonna root it asap
[G1 General] BigRonW:
Let me begin by admitting that I'm the original Newb. I bought myself an unlocked, second hand G1 (ex-T-Mobile, UK), and absolutely loved it. My wife was envious of me new(ish) phone, so I bought her one as well, naively thinking "there are two kinds of G1's - white ones and black ones". As I began to explore the world of Android, I discovered that things were slightly more complex than that, AND that there was another, seemingly identical phone called the "developers' edition". Having finally summed up the courage to root my G1 and "play" with ROMs... I realised that MY phone - although plain white - seemed to be already unlocked (Although, as it's second-hand, its history is unknown to me) and under "settings", the phone claims to be a G-1 developers' model.

I remembered reading about them - and seeing illustrations that showed a fancy design silk-screened on the case (mine doesn't feature a fancy design) I went back to take a second look at the forum posts which had mentioned these rarities... and they seem to have vanished.

Whatever... when I boot into recovery mode, I get a WHITE screen, featuring three little Android figures on skateboards, plus a yellow line across the page. NOT what I was expecting. Can anyone give me advice? What IS it that I am looking at? The phone works perfectly well - running Cupcake. Access to the Market is restricted compared to the other G-1, offering fewer items (The other G-1 is black, and running Donut - and it's not been rooted) My guess is that the software on the white phone has been modified, then put back to a semblance of "vanilla" before being sold. I want to be able to install new ROMs on the phone... but have been put off by the differences between what the instructions say SHOULD happen... and what IS happening before my very eyes. Kind of like following clear instructions to turn off the M25 at junction X and discovering that the road leads not to Uxbridge, as I'd been told, but to Ulan Bator. HELP!
[G1 General] gee one:
Maybe some info would help:

If you turn the phone off, then hold down the back button and press power, you will get a screen with some text at the top. What does it say there? This is the fastboot mode.

If you turn the phone off, then hold down the home button and press power, it will boot you into recovery. Some of them have a version number like "Build : RA-dream-v 1.7.0." That might help people figure out what you have.

You can do this with the other phone as well! Then you will be two steps away from flashing ROM after ROM until your buttons wear out.
[G1 General] raven_raven:
Fewer items in Market on Cupcake is normal. You won't find uncompatible apps and a lots aren't meant to be running on 1.5 these days.

This white screen with android guys on skateboards... you have to have a few numbers on it, post it pls. Propably there will be smth like "spl 1.33.2003" or "spl 1.33.2005". And this is not recovery, it's a bootloader. You enter recovery with holding home while booting phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danikristijan:
Hello! I got a problem/issue with bluetooth! When i was used my bt headset at first time, it works great! But i have turned it off, and when i tried to connect it again it shows only can't connect wrong pin or pw! What can i do???

PS: Sorry for me "bad" english! :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9402169:
Had the same with my moto t505. Couldn't pair and connect. So backed up everything, then factory reset, and recover except bt info. Now it works.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danikristijan:
Hello and thanks for your reply! I've wipe my data/factory reset and everything went fine!

But one question! I've backup my apps&data with titanium backup! 1st.: This was taken a long time!

2nd: When i recover my apps&data's with it, this thake a longer time! (and i have to click every app individually)

Is there another way????

Thanks allot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBeano:
Yes, get the Donate version of Titanium, which reinstalls everything automatically.