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[Streak 5 Android Development] shadowfactor:
Hello,

Sorry if this is an already posted topic, did a couple quick searches and found nothing.

I'm running Android 2.1 build 8105 on an ATT streak. From what I understand The android 2.1 software is pre-rooted ?

I want to change my boot animation, So I downloaded the app *Root Explorer*. Every time I launch the app I get the error message that root explorer has not managed to obtain root access.

Is there something I'm missing ? Or that I have to do to gain root access thru 2.1 since its pre-rooted ?

or do I just need to download superboot and flash it ??

Thanks!
[Streak 5 Android Development] OrionBG:
If you are sure that the build is rooted maybe you must install "superuser" to give permission to Root Explorer to use Root access! I maybe wrong but try it.
[Streak 5 Android Development] fards:
The 8105 builds does have su intact and unsecured. You can use it, but its not as simple as using superuser app from chainsdd.

Id recommend using universalandroot as its about the easiest way to get chainsdd app working.
[Droid 2 Android Development] stixaw:
Is there a good doc or wiki on how to set this up on a Droid2 or just suggested settings and how to do it?

I am new to this app but would like to extend my Droid 2 battery and have read where other suggest to do underclock during screen off.

If there is a good setup guide that would be great.
[Droid 2 Android Development] zibrah3ed:
First off you need to be rooted. Buy the app from the market. Then go to profiles and throttle your cpu back at screen off. How much to dial it back is trial and error. The only worry is the governor lagging and picking up a call late. There is no undervolt, overclock, or overvolt currently for the kernel that passes efuse.
[Droid 2 Android Development] kwheel596:
Or if you don't want to buy it you can go here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505419

That's the guy who actually makes the app, and he updates that post faster than the market app is updated too
[Droid 2 Android Development] InfamousDX:
But of course it's always nice to donate to devs... esp for an awesome and essential app like that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wavemechanic:
HI there, I have the dreaded 'unable to scan networks' wifi problem- it started after I set up a mobile AP (I didn't turn the AP service off after I'd finished with it- I wonder if that's what caused it?)...

Anyway, I've since learned via this board that I can fix my wifi by 2 methods: 1) performing a reset (would rather not) and 2) editing a line somewhere, root access is required.

I do have a third option- waiting until the 2.2 OTA update comes through, which I understand will require (and perform) a reset anyway.

However, I'm sick of waiting for 2.2.

What I'd like to know is: If I root my phone & fix my Wifi, will I still receive the OTA update?

Anybody?

TIA.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the 2.2 froyo is not OTA

it is OTK (over the kies)

just turn off your phone, then turn it back on, that should reset your WiFi stuck i/o

some times the GPS does that too, just turn off the phone, turn it back on and they work right away.

in contrast to the HTC Windows Mobile phones, the SGS is much much much better, i barely have to do any restart of the phone with Android

with Windows Mobile it was at least 10 reboot a day
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wavemechanic:
Restart doesn't fix it... Tried removing battery, etc. etc.

The 'unable to scan networks' problem is a known issue- at least to this board, If not to samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siwel_is:
Im in the same boat as you mate with my Samsung galaxy s, i have tried turning it on and off with alternate battery in and out methods, my wi-fi just wont work now, it turns on, comes up saying "Unable to scan networks" and turns the wifi off.

I have read on many posts about the issue and the best fix appears to be here:

hxxp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8062313

*Sorry its not linked, this is my first post so i assume it wont let me post links until im roughly around the 25th post mark.

The issue i find with using this method is that in order to browse the phone at a root level to get to that file, you need to pay for the App in the android market to do it.

I have rooted my phone already and already applied the lag fix (boy did that change things), but im more contemplating doing the upgrade to 2.2 than buying the app just to fix a wifi issue. Im hoping this gets fixed in 2.2, or at least a more easier solution / fix.

My question is, if i did buy the app to browse the phones file system and i fix the wifi, does it fix it permanently or just until it happens again and i will have to follow the same process again... ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
did you both turn off Bluetooth when using WiFi?

you can't use BT when using WiFi
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wavemechanic:
I've never had to turn off bluetooth to use wifi before...

However: PROBLEM IS NOW FIXED!!

Here's how I did it:

First, bluetooth was off.

Tried to upload a video shot on the phone to youtube. Got message along the lines of 'will only upload video over wifi'

Next message pops up: 'waiting for wifi'

THEN message box saying' signal strength excellent' & asking for my wifi password!

I've been without wifi for 2 weeks, this is brilliant. Give it a go, try uploading a video to youtube.

I reckon it overwrites the bad line, but who knows. Maybe its a bluetooth thing. I don't care, it worked for me.

Spread the news!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NorcoFox:
how would I go about updating, when 2.2 is official, without kies or rooting? I've lost patience with kies! :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
This was mentioned on another topic already but here it is again:

Heimdall, Odin, Rom Manager Clockwork just to name a few, there are many other ways to go about this even without Kies
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NorcoFox:
cool, cheers! I think I will try Odin!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Juan Bond:
Someone now the status of the Nand ???
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] squish099:
Wrong forum, try leo android general, or search info is here, nand is not ready for public consumption yet still in development
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hazard99:
The world is never enough!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marty1966:
Step one:

Put hboot.nb0 and recovery.img in the tools dir of your sdk.

Put downgrade.zip on the sdcard of your phone

Step two:

Turn your phone off, then turn it back on holding the power button (red) and send button (green). Once in the boot loader press volume down, then volume up to get to Amon's recovery image. Go to wipe, wipe dalvik cache, and do a factory reset (aka wipe data). Then choose flash zip from sdcard, and flash downgrade.zip. The phone will flash the kernel, and system softare, then ask you to reboot. Let it reboot so it can flash the radio, it will restart back in the recovery image. You can power down your phone now.

Once the phone says "Formatting CACHE:" wait 30seconds and your done. This is an minor error in the update-config on my part, but it is not harmful and I won't be fixing it.

At this point if your just wanted 1.5 back, you are done.

If I stop here, can I ship my eris back without fear of warranty void?

Thanks, James.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoghAndroid:
I would boot up the phone, turn on wi-fi and apply updates to the phone. But that's me....
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
First, let me point out that your question is not a development question, and does not belong in this forum.

Nevertheless, I'll provide an answer.

What you are proposing will install the MR2, or Android 1.5 v1.17.605.1 software. It will not, however, restore either the bootloader or the recovery boot. In particular, this means that OTA updates will not install correctly, either as an OTA, or as a manual update. (What the prior poster suggested will not work.) This is because those update methods require the STOCK recovery boot.

Will VZW notice if you send it back? Nobody here can tell you for sure - there have been reports from people that sent in rooted phones without a charge, and reports of people that sent in "almost stock" phones that had the engineering bootloader on it, and got charged.

I would think that a 1.5 phone that can not accept the 2.1 OTA night draw some further inspection.

bftb0

PS. The instructions you referred to were written at a time when all rooted phones had the engineering bootloader installed on the phone; the instructions involving "fastboot" will only work correctly if the engineering (1.49.2000 S-OFF) bootloader is installed. If you rooted recently, you might have a stock bootloader installed. In either case, you could boot to Amon_RA, and do a

adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

to put the stock recovery back in place.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captainkrtek:
Thread Moved
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illegit:
Hi, I've recently heard that AT&T has a way of now detecting if you're using a smartphone and will automatically bill you with a data plan if you dont already have one. I was wondering if rooting the phone would help bypass this cause my brother is using a jailbroken iphone without a data plan. Thanks guys!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xatrekak:
to accomplish this you would have to get involved in much more complicated and nefarious things than just rooting your phone.

This forum is not the place for it, so for you the answer is no.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
It is not so much they can detect a smartphone, but they can detect the type of phone, iPhone, Captivate, etc. If these are on the smartphone list, they will add a dataplan if you don't have one - or if you have the wrong type.

You can't change this -when the phone is on the network, it broadcasts information about itself - rooting doesn't change this.

AT&T has millions of subscribers and this information probably has to be mined out of a data base - pull list of all smarthpones seen on the network in the past X days; check all accounts related for data plans, etc. They probably have a bunch of older unconnected systems too. So, it may not happen the first day you connect or even 3 months later, but at some point they will figure it out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ukulele_ninja:
Its true. Before I got my fiance her iphone 3gs, she had a blackberry pearl without data and a few months before she switched they added data to our bill unexpectedly and wouldn't let us drop it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamamp3pimp:
i dont get why someone buys a 500 dollar phone if they are too cheap to get the datra plan with it.

I could understand if you got a blackjack, but come on now....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
I think some people are convinced they are near wifi all day and don't want to waste the money on data they won't use.. But they do have that 200MB plan for $15 - i think it is overpriced - should be $5 - but if you buy a smartphone you should be ready to add a data plan.

If you don't want to add data, get a dumb phone and ipod Touch.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captivatesuperuser:
I work for AT&T so I'll give you some inside info. The phones have a sim registration program that talks to the local server through the towers. Within 60 seconds of your phone being turned on it tells the network what kind of phone it is. It can tell the network the make/model but not the IMEI. If it could detect the IMEI then stolen phones would pretty much be useless. The only way around the forced data plan is to have a tag on your account for "smartphone exclusion". Everyone got this tag in September 2009 so we could all be grandfathered with no data plans. When you upgrade to a new phone with a 2yr agreement it removes the tage automatically. But if you buy your own smartphone, this tag allows you to keep data removed if you dont want it. Or in my case it allows me to have a samsung captivate with the $10 family data unlimited plan for dumbphones. The network knows I have a captivate but it cant force the data plan because I have "smartphone exclusion". You can go to a local AT&T store and see if someone is willing to tell you if you have this tag. If you don't have it then it is pretty much impossible to get it. And no I can't add it for you. Hope that helps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
Actually the IMEI is reported when the phone talks to the network. It is part of the GSM protocol. Europe enforces a ban on stolen phones via IMEI. American carriers just dont seem interested in banning stolen phones as they would rather have the revenue and not turn off the ebay buyer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xatrekak:
while this is true at&t actually uses the IMSI on the SIM to do its dirty work. Also the captivates ONLY transmit the IMSI while on 3G (reduces over head for more throughput on EDGE) which is why the option to force 2G is hidden on the captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rambler358:
I've been with AT&T since before 2009, does this mean I'll automatically have the tag? And how would I know if my account has this tag or not?

Do you mean buying your own smartphone outside of AT&T? I currently have the $10 unlimited data plan for my "dumbphone". Talking to AT&T indicated there was no way to keep the existing data plan and I've have to move to one of the 2 new plans if I got the Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] \/icious:
I would be interested in this simply because i want unlimited data. Hell i would pay the extra 5 bucks if they would let me in on the unlimited smartphone plan but it seems like fooling their network would be an easier task lol. Also i have had my sim for over 2 years now and they still were able to change me from the dumbphone plan to the smartphone one.
[Android Apps and Games] BootsSiR:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=777482

I originally posted the thread over there since I develop on a Nexus One, but I'd love to get some testing on other devices. If you want to help me out, grab a copy of the alpha build and let me know if it works. Feel free to just add your comments to the above thread.

Thanks!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marceloxlo:
Hello. i've tried to update the rom of my t5388i to the portuguese rom, but aciddently e choose the wrong rom. now the phone reboots in 2 seconds... i've got the white screen. what to do? :mad:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stelios84:
hi ,i was having almost exactly the same issue ,i have also t5388i and i spend a lot of time in internet to find solution but nothing.after all my trys i broke it and throught it and i order onother one, i found this :

www.solonomi.com/news/?p=690
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdmadar:
k3firstaid and dti will be solve the problem!
[Vibrant General] RobBull69:
It looks like Google forced OEMs to ditch Skyhook, and, affording to this article, Samsung was involved. I wonder if Samsung scrambled to put together a quick fix before releasing the Galaxy S and this could explain the AGPS issues.

http://i.engadget.com/2010/09/17/skyhook-google-forced-motorola-to-drop-our-location-service-de/
[Vibrant General] KerryG:
Isnt skyhook disabled by default? So how would this affect the GPS?
[Vibrant General] d01100100:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/17/skyhook-google-forced-motorola-to-drop-our-location-service-de/
[Vibrant General] Stresa:
Skyhook is absolutely 100% unnecessary for a properly functioning gps. It has nothing to do with the problems on the Galaxy S devices.

Sent from Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] cthach11:
Just turn it back on. Go to *#*#1472365#*#*, application settings, scroll down to skyhook, select on. Then wifi positioning/AGPS should be on now. Its a shame its off by default.

Sent from my messenger rabbit
[Vibrant General] mikey7436:
so what is this going to change if i enable skyhook?? should I enable skyhook??
[Vibrant General] courtmagician:
Not sure if this is the same for everyone, but I can't seem to access the GPS settings using the *#*#1472365#*#* command - not sure when it started, but the one thing I did do between the last time I accessed the service (a few weeks back) to now is flashing the leaked firmware. Anyone else with this issue? I found the noted article yesterday and wanted to check to see if the Skyhook option was still there, and, of course, I can't tell.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
That dialer code invoked a hidden app called LbsTestMode. The dialer code no longer works in the leaked ROM, but the hidden app is still there. It can be accessed by the workaround explained here, which does involve installing LauncherPro and setting up a shortcut.
[Vibrant General] RobBull69:
Maybe Samsung rushed to market without thoroughly testing the GPS on the Galaxy phones after being told not to use Skyhook. It could have been integrated into their existing firmware. I don't know; I could be completely wrong on this, but I'm just throwing it out there to see what others think. I also can't access the GPS service menu on the new firmware. I haven't had major GPS issues to tell you the truth, but my brother has to launch GPS test to make his maps work on his Epic.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Skyhook has nothing to do with aGPS. It is a non-GPS method of location service based on a map of all the WiFi routers and access points out there. The Skyhook company has a bunch of people who wardrive and collect the data to populate its database, then offers the service to carriers for a fee.

However, the same hidden utility (LbsTestMode) whose menu can be used to enable Skyhook also can be used to enable aGPS. Selecting MS Based mode instead of the default Standalone mode is what would do that. This controls the operation of the satellite based GPS, accelerating the download of certain satellite data over the network. It is entirely independent of Skyhook.

Enabling MS Based aGPS makes obvious sense. It is an established industry standard for GPS operation on cellphones. The merits of Skyhook are another question, and I don't really have an informed opinion.
[Vibrant General] courtmagician:
Thanks for the link. You can actually do the same thing in ADW (which is what I use), just choose "Custom Shortcut" and then "Activities" and you can scroll don to LbsTestMode. I like it when solutions are right in front of my face :)
[Vibrant General] JvKintheUSA:
So do you need to leave your WiFi on all the time when enabling Skyhook? That would drain your battery even faster...
[Vibrant General] d33dvb:
Thanks for this, never knew I could do that with ADW
[Vibrant General] jjohns63:
I've always had Skyhook turned off and yet when connected to my WiFi network I get a highly accurate position, even with GPS turned off. Thoughts?
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Your position would be coming from your GPS or from cellphone tower triangulation, depending on your other settings, whether you use WiFi or not.

Skyhook would looking for all the other WiFi locations around you that are in its database. Those locations might include your local WiFI router along with everyone else's if Shyhook's wardivers found it. But Skyhook would not actually connect to those WiFi sources. It would only detect them.
[Vibrant General] jjohns63:
I know this is not the case as the accuracy circle in maps covers maybe half a block, not a mile. As I said, I had disabled the GPS, and cell tower triangulation is not that accurate, especially where I am with low signal.

This makes sense because I tested it today without actually connecting to a network and it still found my location to the same "wifi accuracy". I had turned on Skyhook for this test. However, I'm still wondering how it was able to find my location with Skyhook turned off.
[Vibrant General] alphadog00:
Skyhook is one company providing a service of mapping access points to locations. Google uses their own - probably picked up from Google maps car.

If you have "use wireless networks" checked under GPS - it will use this other provider (probably google) and not skyhook.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
Ive turned skyhook on and off in testmode as well as trying other settings, gps is still bag of suck.Frankly i get better results with it on. Marginal though.BTW.use the lbs test mode app. It'll save you alot of headaches.

Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Malla:
I dont know if this issue is known, so i post it here in hope, that it will be fixed =)

I have in all Android apps wich had something to do with the sound-input/output problems. I had no sound there.

I tested FritzApp! ( a App wich allows you to use your Androidphone as an normal DECT/IP Phone with the Fritzbox!)

Either my communicationpartner hears my voice nor I hear him. Dialing works perfectly just the sound doesnt

And with MicDroid ( Something like LaDiDa for Iphone). ( Records just "Rauschen")

Can you confirm this kind of issue or am I the only Person, plz post your problems.

Or is this problem known ?

kind regards

malla

edit: I had these Problems with all AndroidBuilds I used. ( Shubcraft, Darkstone and othes i dont remember)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Malla:
No one with this problem here ?

or did i post in the wrong forum ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ///M Class:
After some searching I have not found any specific threads that talk about how to format a Kaiser's internal memory between ROM flashes. I am used to using "task29" on my Rhodium and wonder if there is any such program for the Kaiser.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] archagel:
Using this on my new Leo and aso would be nice to see this feature on old Kaiser too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bluesinged:
The issue occurs about 9 times out of 10. My wifi functions properly. Whenever I edit my wireless settings or turn the wifi off, therefore telling the phone to connect back to edge, the phone will lock up completely.

Unlocked HD2 on AT&T, running ChuckyDroid and Bangsters 1.3b

Steps I've taken to replicate the issue:

Turn on wifi or airplane mode (causing Edge to disconnect)

Turn wifi or airplane mode off (causing Edge to attempt a reconnect)

OR

Edit APN/check the 2g only box, causing a disconnect/reconnect of edge

Result:

Complete lockup, no functioning buttons or screen (cant even turn the phone's screen off). The only way to rectify this is by removing the battery.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mastajest:
I had freezing issues with Bangsters PPP build too, and I just switched to mccm SE 1.0 build (stable)

You can try first disabling all data connections on WinMo prior to booting Android like some people have suggested and see if this helps you.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bluesinged:
can you link me to that android build? bangsters is the first build I've found with MMS working...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bluesinged:
I switched my phone to airplane mode on windows mobile, pre-boot. it seems to have worked, hopefully its not a temporary fix.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mastajest:
link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773790

A few people have reported this to be working people well for PPP builds. If not try mccm, but remember to change the APN settings to get MMS working.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] memin1857:
You need to use a RMNET build (or switch to rmnet support) until PPP hard freeze issues are fixed.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Visentinel:
I had the exact same problems with the cell data. You need to use rmnet since ppp builds are far.to unstable for normal use.