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[Desire Android Development] dionisius1:
sorry to ask, so if we root the phone, the installed program and the data will be removed? Because right now i'm still playing Zenonia hahaha..If yes, i think i will finish the game first before get rooted.

Is there any option for us to bring the phone back to original ROM after we apply any custom ROM (for guarantee issue, if needed)?

Thank you for the answer
[Desire Android Development] poun:
Rooting doesn't do anything to your data. After rooting, the phone boot into your ROM as if nothing happened. (Except for the SuperUser new apps in the menu ;-))

When you will flash your new ROM, you will/should do a Nandroid backup which is basically a ghost of your system that your can return to anytime you want...

Edit : But your phone will still be rooted even with your original ROM, so you'll have to unroot it.
[Desire Android Development] bhaugen:
Worked perfectly!

I registered here just so I could say that this worked perfectly! I have an HTC Desire (Alltel), and I ran UnREVoked on Windows 7. I did have to install the HTC Sync drivers before Windows would see my phone, but everything else worked exactly as per the instructions. Huge thank you to the developers!! :D
[Desire Android Development] kio.old.sql:
nice guide ;)

when i rootet my desire it was quite difficult:rolleyes:
[Desire Android Development] warriorofice:
Very very great.

The easiest root that i´ve made ever!!!!!

Thanks!!!!!
[Desire Android Development] djR3Z:
Glad you got it set up. But just wanted to let you know that there is no XDA dev team. This root isn't associated with XDA in any way other than being posted on XDA. Should've donated to either unrevoked or myself for the video walkthrough (but obviously the unrevoked team deserves a donation more).

Either way welcome :)
[Desire Android Development] tanw:
hmm,,need answers:)

a few qns,if i were to root it just for superuser access and not to flash custom roms,how to i unroot it?in case of warranty purposes.
[Desire Android Development] cybersiju:
I seem to be unable to get root access...I have OTA 2.2. I get a " Waiting for root ( ok to restart) " screen in unrevoked3...any idea why..?
[Desire Android Development] cybersiju:
Still unable to get root access...I have a HTC Desire OTA 2.2. latest update. I get a " Waiting for root ( ok to restart) " screen in unrevoked3...Unrevoked 3.22 also doesnt seem to help.
[Desire Android Development] poun:
Yeah I know there's no xda dev team ;-) I meant the developers that share their work @ xda. (I'm french, just didn't know how to put it at the time)

Like I said, I've been using XDA for a couple of years now to flash ROMs, so I wanted to support the forum.

Since I can't honestly donate to all the developers that made all the ROMs that I tested (Windows mobile and now Android), I decided to help the forum which gathers so much ROM and knowledge...

But yes, obviously unrevoked has done a great job and so did you ! Thank you for that.
[Desire Android Development] Marwa-:
stuck at ( waiting for root )

hi DjR3Z , thx for ur efforts ,

i'm using desire HBOOT 0.93 , 2.2 froyo ... non-branded ...

i tried the unrevoked method 3 times , twice using a windows 7 and once a windows XP... neither got past the (waiting for root ) step ...

i don't know where the problem is ???

but now that the rooting isn't complete, my desire is heavily lagging :(, and i don't know how to get it back like the day i got it ..

please help me either get through the rooting , or reverse whatever the unrevoked program did to my desire ...:confused:

thanks in advance
[Desire Android Development] en_mih:
hy

hello , i have a htc desire and i have hboot 0.93 and ive tried with unrevoked and its worked:) my phone is rooted:)
[Desire Android Development] WcEendje:
Im stuck when i installed the drivers and restart the phone. i put on debugging and when i plug in usb it doesnt see the phone what am i doing wrong?
[Desire Android Development] dionisius1:
Thank you for the explanation :)
[Desire Android Development] jonnyt211:
Ok, for some reason the link to download the modified usb drivers does not work for me. I have tried it multiple times the pass hour and it has not downloaded anything and just keeps telling me the page is unavailable. Does anyway have the file still and wouldn't mind uploading it somewhere?
[Desire Android Development] mazeli:
hey guys,

i followed the video tutorial for installing the HBOOT drivers, but im stucking on the first step already.

I powered my phone holding the volume down key to get into this maintenance mode. Then i should click on "HBOOT USB" menu entry like described in the video. But this entry isn't there on my phone.

I have installed the Stock Android 2.2 os.

Anyone else have this problem?
[Android Themes] keenan6:
Hey guys

I’m still a bit of a newb when it comes to customizing android.

Can someone explain what it means when you guys talk about “Mods”? Does the phone need to be rooted for this mod stuff??
[Android Themes] lucas.scott:
just means a modification of something... MOST of the time you will need root to do such , or at least to get the mod back on the phone. But there is a lot of cool stuff or "mods: you can do without root. Usually the thread or topic youre looking at will tell you if you need to be rooted .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iNFiNiTY125:
long story short, I was trying to flash my evo to cricket and i thought it was the same as the droid so i sent the NV items (xxxxxxxxxx@mycricket.com) to the evo with CDMA workshop.

Could someone please Save there NV items and PM them to me or post a link or something.. please

if you want instructions on how to save the NV items let me know.

if you need anything please let me kno, i would be more than happy to help you.

Or if anyone knows a way to restore the original NV items please let me know.

I have tried Volume down + Power and clear user data, didnt work..

Thank you
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eljean:
please help me with this too. I have a HTC Droid INcredible and I have my NV Items i need to write back into it. I do not know how to access it because when i put it in Emergency mode (Vol + Power) it asks for msm, and i already installed the drivers for msm, and i got the com port and everything but the phone cannot be read.

Please help me !!! I can give you my nv items from my incredible but i do not know if it will be the same, one can only hope.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
Forgive me if i'm missing something, but can you not just download and flash any of the available NV version readily available in Calkulin's thread? There's a link to them in my signature.

Posting & replying from my EVO 4G
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blandt:
This is how I fixed the nv items issue. RUU to an old ROM ... Any ROM that is not current, then go to software update (Of course you gotta be connected to WIFI) and update your phone. and Voila ! Hopefully this works for you.

As I understand it, nv items contain things specific to your device and only your device ... which means no transplanting nv items from another phone will fix the issue. As it turns out (in my case anyway :D ) HTC pushes the correct nv Items to your phone during OTA when they are wacked :D

Let us know if this works for you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nankov:
Hi everyone. I recently bought a Galaxy S (Bell Vibrant) for my wife, she saw it and really liked and i was pretty familiar with the specs and all that and all the good reviews so i jumped in and got it. Now since she has it (4 days) the phone has turned itself off for no reason twice and has also frozen a couple of times with one of them being when i was showing it to an apple fanboy (embarrassed). But anyway now my wife isnt very happy with it because she says it feels very light and cheap and she thinks it would break very easy and also complains about it turning off. Today she saw the icrap 4 in the store and she liked it and now she wants that :eek:. She says it feel that it wont break easy and its stylish :eek:. Now i dont like the iphone at all and i really dont want to return the SGS and get that but i want whats best for my wife. I just read so much on this forum about all the problems people have with this phone turning off, freezing,lag, screen problems, gps, touch buttons, bad audio quality and a few more... I wonder on the screen i dont know if it will last a year before it starts tint issues burn ins and so on. Now i want to know do you guys think this phone would last at least a year two and do you think all this stuff will be sorted out or should i get her the icrap 4. I really dont like that iphone but it seems suitable for my wife as all she wants is somthing that works takes decent pictures and looks good. Please let me know what you guys think as this is really pita.

Sorry for the long and confusing post..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
you keep the SGS and get her the "iwantwhateverybodywantsphone"

SGS is not for the normal person

SGS is for people with computer knowledge and linux understanding and windows haters

SGS is a amazing phone if you know how to use it, and keep it clean, the same techniques used in windows works the same in Android, and it does wonderful stuff

ironically in windows those solutions never last, in Android you do it once, and it remains forever set.

no GPS problem, no lag, no lag fix, no freeze, no turning off on its own, it works perfectly on JH2

your description of the phone "turning off" could be either a battery problem, or the phone ran out of memory due all the background apps no closing off and releasing the memory back
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ickyboo:
Shes got her mind set on the Iphone4, get it and live happy. If not she'll be whinning about it til contract is up or divorce (which ever is faster) :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yup.. that's true, womens are like that.

it's either their way, or their way... they don't care for logic, reason, and never mention who's right, that doesn't exist in their world :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nankov:
Yes i know how it is with Android as i am pretty familiar with it. I have a X10 myself and i love it to bits, i dont think im ready to switch it for an SGS. However i am not doubting the software of the SGS but the hardware, my main concern is the screen, i see a lot of people here that have problems with it so my concern is durabilty and lifespan i also see a lot of people on here who sent their phone for repair numerous times and that scares me. Now my wife is not set on the iphone as she is not a big fan of apple herself and shes heard me ***** about how bad and limited it is all the time but she just wants a reliable smartphone that she can depend on and not have it crap out by itself for no reason. She likes the SGS but she also likes the design of the crap 4 and she asked me if that would be more stable and not give problems. I told her that i am waiting on a update (froyo) and all the bugs will be probably fixed. Anyway like i stated before its the hardware thats is troubling me. Do you guys think it will last, more specifically the screen. Also can you recommend me wich firmware to use and wich lagfix? as i see there is a few out there, or should i wait for the official froyo release? Thank you for all your help, i really apreciate it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nankov:
Haha yes that is true. But the wife doesnt really care about the iphone and she is not set for it completly or somthing. She just said she likes the design lol. And if it would work better to get her that. So i am pretty unfamiliar with Samsung phones thats why im doubting it. I know all previous samsungs were crappy and buggy as hell and with weird menus etc.. So now we have the SGS wich is the first phone that i actually like from Samsung but i still have my doubts thats why i am asking you guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
Wow....

I'm sorry but some of your posts are ridiculous.

"SGS is for windows haters and people with Linux undersanding"?

WTF

I'm sure the Bell rep makes you fill out a pre-requisite form before you take away a SGS to make sure you have Linux knowledge and hate windows... Thats how they are marketing the phone too...??

This phone is being marketed to the main stream.

And as far as JH2 being perfect. Guess what? When my SGS died I had already updated it to JH2. I got it back from repair on Friday, its JH2 still, and it has turned off on its own twice now. Fresh from being wiped and repaired. Just browsing these forums and seeing all the people with the same issues JH2 or otherwise is a clear indication that there are some serious issues with this phone. Oh, and my co-worker who picked one up after me has now had to send his in for repair as it died. Its his first smart phone, with all of 5 apps installed, so don't try to blame it on hacking or rooting.

You're apologetic fanboy like posts are getting tiring to be honest.

/rant

As for the original poster. Take it back and get your wife an iPhone 4 if thats what she wants. Apple fan boys drive me nuts too, I know, after my SGS died on me I have never heard the end of it..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Well i definitely see where you are coming from and understand your lack of interest on the SGS

but i'm coming from a total 180, and this is the perfect phone, everything came out as planned, from spec, to speed, to software, to features, to funtionality, to well you name it, everything works the way i expected it to work out of the box

way better than windows devices

i've been through a lot of smartphones before, and nothing comes close to the SGS, all previous "smartphones" were nothing but disasters and let downs

just the same way you think about the SGS i think about the HTC devices and the Blackberries, and the Treo600.

However the Treo650 was quite decent, albeit slow online but it was way better than its predecessor in every other aspect.

I still prefer PalmOS over Windows

put either Android or Palm OS on any device with good spec better than SGS and I'm all over it.

right now at this point in time the SGS is the creme of the crop, the supremacy, the top of the top

Looking forward to next years contenders :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Super Galaxy S:
Too many apple fanboys.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nankov:
Sorry but your post is useless. I am not looking to start a flame war i am looking for advice and opinions from this community. I am not any kind of fan boy and i doubt any of the posters here is. Please if anyone has something to say please do so but lets keep it clean, no flame wars no fan boy and childish comments because you are not helping anyone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aarondroid:
Hey there, I bought the i9000 on recommendation from two friends that were both iPhone users that switched to nexus ones and never looked back. I have been a blackberry user for about 7 years and gone through (destroyed) most of them. This is my first smartphone and i was looking for something with minimal buttons (to break) and a good screen and good battery life. I didn't realize i was also going to end up with a mini super computer! Lagfix not only solved all lag issues, it now performs like a pack of rabid monkeys... on a touch sensitive leash. I have had no issues with the screen, rebooting, or any other hardware related problems. Any issues were related to my inexperience with android which is how i found this place. Just be careful... so while i can't give you any further information about the hardware, I have to warn you that there is a lot of information about rooting Vibrants that doesn't apply to the i9000 even though they are relatively identical, most importantly the recovery hotkey combination.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. My i9000 is rooted with MCR Script lagfix, GPS fix, and SetCPU on Performance. Its lightning quick, bloody bright, and about 1000x more than I ever could have hoped for out of a smartphone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] solipsism:
I am on my second Bell i9000m GXY S. Me and my girlfriend bought one just over a month ago.

Mine suddenly died. I had done many flashes and other such things on it, but that wasn`t the cause. The cause was a bad MoviNand chip. Samsungs chip that runs the phone. Before I even modified the phone I was having Force closes. Random reboots and other errors. Having to do battery pulls to get your brand new $600+ phone to work is ridiculous.

I came to Android from Blackberry. Being an apple hater I had no other real choice in my market.

My second Galaxy S (replacement under warranty) came in today. Before I touched anything root it had 2 force closes. It froze once so far under heavy use.

My girlfriends is completely stock and after a couple weeks has random reboots, and other errors similar to mine. I fear her phone will go the same as my first (and likely second) did.

I love the phone but the i9000m seems very buggy and unreliable. I can`t use it for an alarm because 1 out of 20 times it will freeze in the middle of the night. Hers too; which is stock.

It seems to be more of a problem with the Bell variants of the phone, as I see other bell users with the same problems more often then American customers.

I would really wait to make any permanent impressions on the phone until Samsung releasestheir Froyo FW update and possibly fixes the bigger problems with the i9000m.

So I wouldnt push you one way or the other, but be prepared to take that galaxy s off your woman`s hands and buy her a crapple. I may be taking my girlfriends and getting her a Desire HD or whatever HTC releases next in my market. HTC for my friends seems to be rock solid. Again thats just my view and I am probably inaccurate since I don`t own an HTC.

If samsung doesn`t fix the GPS bug (which I have run into on both our phones--- one stock and mine on several roms) and the crashing (stock) on the next couple of updates I will not be buying Samsung again, but will be sticking with Android. I have tried to use the GPS in 3 provinces and 4 states and its really accurate for me less then half the time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] salmanslick:
Apple gas been supporting 3g till now in all firware updates. While mr sam sung forgot our froyo
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
Say what? Froyo isn't released yet. Nothing is forgotten before you actually have an officially released product on your phone. Stop being a retard and don't pollute threads with problems about inofficial firmwares. 3g is not entirely perfect on the released firmwares, but it's definetely there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Aras666:
I have the Sgs from the begin and any problem... no freeze, Reboots, I thing that people thing froyo will solvent all problems, but this kind of issues are caused for a defective hardware, no software... then maybe should contact samsung to replace the mobile.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
install this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8123924&postcount=40

and disable all the apps that you don't need to be running in the background all the time

it doesn't matter how "smart" are the smartphones now in days, it's still a freaking computer, if it's not optimized, it will just go crazy

i don't even have a task killer installed, as it's not necessary, as long as you maintain the list of apps you allow it to run in the background then the rest is smooth sail.

i9000m stock JH2, no lag fix, the only fix installed is the SMS time fix
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PhoenixFx:
X10 is a stylish phone, its heavy and looks durable. So why not try to switch :rolleyes:(assuming she doesn't mind using your "old phone" ;).. , and you two are on the same network / phones are unlocked)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] riz157:
Being a sgs owner I would recommend you to return it, it has too many issue straight out of the box. This phone requires alot attention, fixes, patient and time. It does have the potential to better then any mobile out there at this time but only if you posses the aforementioned qualities.

My advice get her desire HD or desire, she will appreciate it more then an iphone.

HTC Desire is really popular within the UK even amongst the women because it is easy to use and is works brilliantly out of the box.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Oletros:
And too many SGS fanboysº
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
As everyone more or less said:

- install the lagfix!

A) if you're technically inclined, flash the rom to something stable and tested by many (yet unofficial and "beta"): JM8 + voodoo b4 (it's in the dev forum)

B) if you're not, get one click lag fix from the market, it doesn't get any simpler! follow the program instructions, and be done with it

Let her play with it for a while with lagfix.

About the hardware quality, i got a i9000 (not i9000m), there's many different SGS and even with the same design might come from different factories etc etc.

Mine is extremely strong even being plastic, i'm very happy about that so far.

Also it's thin and light and has a big screen.

The iPhone4 has a smaller screen, and its a lot heavier than the SGS.

Additionally, you need to add a cover (bumper, case, etc) around the phone to alleviate antenna issues (granted you don't _need_ but it's very highly recommended), so you lose all the neat design factor.

After exposing her these arguments and showing up the lagfixed phone, let her decide. If she wants the iPhone4 (or Desire HD or what not), then just go for it and ebay the SGS many will buy it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nankov:
Thank you everyone for the advice i will flash the phone with the voodoo and see how it goes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
be warned, any type of lag fix, might break your Internal SD card sooner or later

there are plenty of people that have posted this in the forum, and had to send the phone back to samsung to have it serviced
[Desire General] KK43:
Is there any way to display the weekday when a new event is being planned?

When I click add new event and then click on the date to change it, I get those wheels that are spun but they only show numbers, so if at that point I need to add an event for say next Tuesday I need to figure out the corresponding date first.

Used to be different on the HTC magic so maybe it's a sense issue?
[Desire General] elburna:
The weekday is shown in the bar right above the wheels :confused: Eyes open, mate ;)
[Desire General] KK43:
Er, is it? I mean the day as in Monday Tuesday, not the date/number. Can't see that anywhere
[Desire General] elburna:
??? For me its right above the wheels
[Desire General] oursoul:
Jorte ftw, best calendar app by far.
[Desire General] KK43:
Thanks for the pic, very strange, in my case it's just numerical format, on both legend and desire, both unlocked and not rooted
[Desire General] elburna:
Try to edit the date format in the global Android settings ;) do you have the latest OTA Update?
[Desire General] KK43:
can't believe it was so simple, I'm ashamed, thanks
[Droid Incredible General] yatman60:
Does anyone have any suggested techniques for copying MP3 or WMA files to the phone (SD or Internal memory)?

What I've discovered is that synching with Media Player will transfer over these hidden files (album art, desktop.ini, and folder.jpg). These hidden files seem to mess with the way the Sense music player is picking up the music and what ends up happening is that in the music players details view, it does indeed break up the artists and the albums etc. HOWEVER, in the default view (the one that shows the album covers) it doesn't know what to do and only shows you the album cover of the particular album you are listening too. There's no way to get to the other album without going into the details menu and selecting it from there.

Whew - SO, all that being said; what I found is that if I delete the album art, desktop.ini and folder.jpg files BEFORE manually dragging and dropping the music over to the phone it seems to resolve the problem.

So is there a more streamlined approach to doing this?