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[Desire General] jamiemagee:
So here's a question. I have rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM. I have a nandroid back up of the origional orange ROM in ROM manager. If I revert back to this will it allow me to OTA upgrade to Gingerbread when orange release it? Equally I have the official HTC ROM on there from xda so would that give me the OTA from HTC?

I was under the impression that once rooted all OTA updates stopped as you had changed the radio etc..
[Desire General] jamiemagee:
I used this

I could post a link but apparently as a new user I'm not allowed too. :mad: Message me or tweet me @jay84uk if you still want the link.

I used the above link. Found it pretty easy as I didn't need a goldcard so no faaf with other operating systems like linux. Now using Cyanogen Mod 7 which is extremely fast compared to orange ROM
[Desire General] mikep99:
If you resore your Orange backup, no, you will not be able to apply the update as you will still be rooted.

If you flash the WWE rom, you 'might' be able to.

I wouldn't worry too much as there will be custom roms based on the latest google firmware :)
[Desire General] swinster:
I'd like to jump on the back of this, if I may and ask a question to.

I have been waiting to get an HTC Desire for a long time now through work and it has finally got here yesterday. It's locked to Orange (UK) but I would like to use a Dual SIM adapter and use this phone as both my personal and work use. Needless to say, my current SIM is on NOT on Orange - at the moment it on O2.

I'm guessing I need to unlock my phone but would like to make sure that there is a way back to get the original ROM, just in case the phone will need to go back.

A few years ago I swapped out different ROM on my HTC Touch Diamond 2 but I haven't touch this stuff for a while. Still, I not adversed to cracking open the toolbox

For the Desire, do I actually need a different ROM just to unlock the phone from the Orange Network? If so can the original ROM be restored?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
The Orange stock rom has never been leaked so there is currently no way to get back to stock if you root
[Desire General] swinster:
Thanks, although you missed the main point of the question - which was, can the HTC Desire on Orange be unlocked without putting on a new ROM in order that I can use a Dual SIM adapter.

If anyone elese is in the same predicament, then the answer is YES, you can.

Take a look at this post - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=943726, which although wasn't straightforward for me, did eventually work (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11869669&postcount=346)
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Yes you can, you just need to get an unlock code. This was obvious

I was just making you aware that should you root you won't be able to go back to stock. you missed the point of my answer ;)
[Droid X General] Chad_Petree:
Is it true motorola modified the keyboard in 2.2 ? can u guys post screenshots ? :confused:
[Droid X General] Chad_Petree:
anyone?

:confused:
[Droid X General] Lt1demon:
Looks exactly the same. just lacking a .com button.
[Droid X General] Chad_Petree:
a .com button? but that only appears while using the browser :confused: i was really hoping they would strech the space bar, its too tiny , i keep pressing . intead of the space bar :mad:
[Droid X General] silversonic1:
Actually, I wouldn't say anything about it is improved.
[Droid X General] chammer:
The ,. toggle button has been removed as well. Something I really loved. The haptic feedback is also super weak. Too weak imo. :(
[Droid X General] chrisanderin:
Bout same.. here is some screen shots for you.
[Droid X General] Chad_Petree:
what did they do with the smilies button? :confused: the keyboards looks worse now, wheres my , ? and i insist the spacebar is too small :mad:
[Droid X General] chrisanderin:
Sorry that was a screenshot of the email keyboard.. here is one for you for the txt keyboard and the ,? is under the ?123 button. And I agree about the spacebar... i get the . all the time
[Droid X General] chrisanderin:
Here is snapshot... sorry first one had my wifes number plastered all over it lol
[Droid X General] Chad_Petree:
im gonna have to switch to the htc keyboard , a lot of m messages have dots because of the small space bar :mad:
[Droid X General] chrisanderin:
I use the kitchen from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=654179 to generate mine.. i just posted those images because they were talking about the stock keyboard that came with 2.2.
[Droid X General] Chad_Petree:
seems really interesting, but theres no way to change the buttons is it? like getting rid of that hide keboard button for example
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffnutz1:
Why is it BB apps update instantly and Android ones don't?

Examples

Facebook notifications aren't instant. You have to refresh to see em.

Emails, same thing or it you can set it up to check every 15 min.

BB if someone emails me, I get it as soon as it's sent. Same for facebook.

Are their apps or ways to change this?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1967ls2:
I use Gmail and it is instant push notification. I don't have to sync anything. I use exchange for my work email which is also push notification and it is instant without any syncing required.

As far as FB goes, I have mine set to notify me through my gmail account and as soon as I receive a comment I get an email instantly.

I also came from a BB and personally will never go back. Good luck
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvit:
I found the BB market not very useful..but I did have a VZ curve without wifi.

I had issues with syncing working well with task killing..

Once you upgrade to android 2.2 get rid of advanced task killer and automatic task killer..

I've had no issues with syncing since..
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1967ls2:
Ohh yeah and another thing that I hated about my BB, the thing had virtually no memory on it and I had to constantly deal with a memory leak issue that was basically a known factor with BB's.

I was constantly cleaning and clearing cache on a daily if not 2-3 times a day basis.

My Dinc has never had any issues with this and in fact has plenty of memory to go around.

The only other problem i could complain about on my Dinc is the battery issues but I have been using the Seidio 1750 battery, and have rooted the phone and am running SetCPU and also turned off "Background data always on" and my battery life is awesome now!
[EVO 4G General] InfidelForLife:
I am Rooted under Unrevoked 3.21, I have flashed a custom image and done a nandroid backup. I am trying to install natarchy 4.1.8 Kernel using no custom ROM for now. I have tried through ROM Manager and everytime I go into recovery and wipe the partion and data then install .zip from sd card it just leaves me hanging on the White Screen with HTC EVO4g forever with nothing happening so I just remove the battery. Any suggestions or help please, looking to run this Kernel and Damage Control 3.5 for now. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G General] Shyfe:
did you wipe dalvik
[Captivate Themes and Apps] life2monkeys:
Hey, I just went to re download the R2D2 static and live wallpapers and the links are dead, does anyone have alternate links?

Thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] a.n:
Static wallpapers

Live Wallpapers:

Millennium Falcon Asteroid Field

Jump to Light Speed

Interactive R2D2

Space Slug

I tested each and they are working.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] plasticdarlow:
Thanks...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] life2monkeys:
THANKS ^_^
[Captivate Themes and Apps] boborone:
Thank you very much

From a phone on an app
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jgotti107:
Love the Lightspeed one...thanks!!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Boushh:
These are great! Thanks so much!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] InsaneJester17:
Anyone else find the shake-to-activate aspects of the live wallpapers not working so well?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nammyczc:
yes very annoying
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SpenceJonas:
yup, i would have to violently shake my phone to get them to work usually. eh they're ok live wallpapers lose their appeal after awhile. The mario one is still the best hands down.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Pmac25:
and where might I find that?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] a.n:
Mario LWP
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Tchem:
No doubt about that mario is still the best. Wish they would come out with a sonic one
[Captivate Themes and Apps] McHale:
Here's a cleaned up R2D2 bootup animation. I removed the "droid" part of it for those of us without droids. Tested and works perfect on my N1 and a friend's Hero.

http://hotfile.com/dl/74103090/8a1a3dc/bootanimation.zip.html

enjoy...

-Mc
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Ruki_Uki:
Stealing some for my EVO ;) thanks

Freshhh EVO = iPhone 4 murderer
[Captivate Themes and Apps] amclives:
Will the boot animation work on the captivate im still new i have had 2 android phones but i have never changed the boot animations
[Captivate Themes and Apps] McHale:
as far as I know, it should work on just about anything. You can leave the original bootloader where it's at and just change the extension on it. Then copy this one to it (make sure the name is correct). You can always delete it if it doesn't work or you don't like it. After the novelty wore off, I went back to the stock Nexus One boot.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] askpcguy:
As a joke I'd love to get the DROID sound byte from the Droid X phone. Can anyone grab those sounds off the Droid X?

Thanks! I did search but didn't see any specific thread talking about that.
[Captivate General] daryll:
When I got my Captivate and first plugged it in to my laptop, I was surprised when I was greeted with four options on the screen, Kies, Music Device, Media Device, and USB Tethering. Of course, I tried out USB tethering and it worked nicely.

It looks like the latest OTA update just removed that functionality. The option isn't presented when I connect to my laptop. I wonder if they removed it all together or just hide the option.

Of course, there are several other tethering options available, so it's not a great loss, but I thought people might like to know about it. I'm just glad the update didn't brick my phone! Now if I could only fix the problem with the phone turning itself off randomly when it sleeps. This update doesn't seemed to have helped with that problem at all.
[Captivate General] roger_n:
Captivate PC Internet (Tethering) Option Gone?

Wow, thanks for the heads up, I kind of figure that may happen they give a little and take a lot. Did you have the dreaded GPS issue and if you did was it fixed? Have you checked to see if the PC Internet option was removed from Settings>Applications>USB Settings?

Thanks Roger
[Captivate General] Autarkhis:
Yes, the OTA took off the usb tethering option in USB settings. GPS does not seem to have been fixed on my end at all. Been about a minute, and navigation is still trying to get a lock.
[Captivate General] roger_n:
Thanks, I'll hold out for the Froyo update.

Roger:mad:
[Captivate General] boborone:
Why not use pre8?

From a phone on an app
[Captivate General] jamespaulritter:
What is pre8?

I just did the update and now I'm screwed. I'm at work with a bunch of homework to do and can't tether. How can I fix this before tomorrow night? I don't want to root my phone and can't use pdanet because my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth.
[Captivate General] rabbivj:
why not flash cognition ? That has mobileap in it...
[Captivate General] jamespaulritter:
Since I don't want to root my phone are my only options to either add Bluetooth to my laptop and pay for pdanet or add tethering to my plan?
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
Have you looked into the 1-click factory restore option?

i dont think that it requires root to work.
[Captivate General] Mechpilot:
I just broke down and bought easy teather works great.
[Captivate General] gabby131:
still having a little bit hassle on having a lock or fix location. always needs the help of network. GPS alone is kinda........urrrrggghhh!
[Captivate General] thgoepel:
If you are ok with a USB cable, I found a way to still use tethering over the USB cable after the OTA update. It is just not a straight forward as it was before. Here is how I got it to work on stock ROM, no root access.

Plug in USB cable and connect to PC. Select Mass Storage mode (when you have activated the Ask on connection in the USB Settings - Application menu under Settings). Fully connect you phone to the PC, by pulling down the Status bar and selecting the USB connect line and making the internal (and optional if you have installed external) Memory card visible on your PC. The on the PC disconnect the USB drives again (you have to disconnect first on the PC) and then end the USB Mass Storage mode by pulling again down the Status Bar on the phone and turn off the USB connection. Then when you unplug the USB cable and replug it and now select the Kies connection type, it will successfully connect to Samsung Kies. If you now have Samsung Kies on your PC installed (the UK version)you can select there the Tethering and start it and you can connect and your phone will do Tethering.

I tried it several times and every time it worked. This is not as elegant as it was before, but at least if you need an internet connection and your phone is the only way to get to it, you can still tether.

Hope this will help someone out there who needs a PC connection!
[Captivate General] connexion2005:
For anybody who is wondering this worked fine for me as well. I selected UK for my location and language. I'll post back up letting you know whether or not it works selecting USA. Once configured and installed, it takes roughly 60 seconds to be up... :)
[Captivate General] jamespaulritter:
thats excellent. i do have Kies installed. I'll give it a shot tonight.
[Captivate General] ipdeman:
Wifi lost while charging from computer

Can any confirm since the update, wifi connections are now lost while charging from computer via the usb port. Edge or 3g is available if you turn off wifi before connecting. With wifi on, disconnect the usb from the computer and wifi access is again available on the phone.
[Captivate General] vintagephone:
Running Easytether now. Doesn't require root and seems to work fine. Available on the market, if you pull your sim card. $10 for the full licensed version.
[Captivate General] androidico:
Samsung Kies is free software specifically for the galaxy s series and allows you to tether.

The link is below. being a new member they wont let me post an actual link.

**in.samsungmobile.com/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-I9000&sw_type=SW**
[Captivate General] Zman28SS:
Is there a way to re-enable the tethering option through the source code or rooting? Also if Froyo is OTA from AT&T, I would assume they would continue to keep this option hidden/removed. Am I right?
[Captivate General] anudewalrus:
Yea, check the android development section. The Cognition ROM re-enables both USB and Wireless tether...
[Captivate General] xargs1:
Tethering was not removed by the update. You don't need Kies installed, you don't need root, and you don't need any tricks. If you select the "Kies (firmware update)" mode, tethering works fine, assuming you've installed the USB drivers and created the necessary dial-up networking connection for the USB mode.
[Captivate General] bartek4443:
The Captivate is my favorite phone, hands-down, for both styling and performance, but these updates are just ridiculous. I used to have no problem with AT&T, but this is really pushing the limit. I don't think I will stay with AT&T in the future, even though they have the best coverage, solely because of what they are doing to the phone's functionality.
[Captivate General] :
You're right, you don't need any special process or workaround, tethering works straight forward by selecting the kies option when you plug in the usb cable. Also, I was able to easily tether by opening kies and just clicking the globe icon for tethering, ATT didn't remove any functionality, they just condensed their options, which granted, does seem unnecessary but the phone is still functioning as it did before it seems.
[Captivate General] wzsddtc2:
i flashed the newest cognition...USB tether is still there.
[Captivate General] roger_n:
OK this works for M$ Window but using the Kies option from the drop down does not work in Linux, but the PC Internet option worked out of the box so something did change. Does anyone have a Linux workaround?.
[Captivate General] vintagephone:
Easy Tether claims to support Ubuntu (Linux). Get it by visiting the android market with the sim removed from your phone (use wifi).
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
All the carriers that customize phones do this. Moving to another carrier or picking another phone will not change things.

The carriers all want extra $$$ for tethering, and they only way they can enforce this is to create a custom app/solution that removes the native tethering option. AT&T did this on the iPhone 2 years ago; VZW charges for Tethering as well. T-mo is the only one that may not - they are much more consumer centric, but their coverage area is lacking.
[Captivate General] xargs1:
I manually configured the Captivate under the "Mobile Broadband" tab in NetworkManager (OpenSUSE 11.3), and saw no changes with Linux after installing the firmware update. I used the standard USB modem settings, same as Windows.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fua1:
I know, I already searched and there are a number of links to some freeware site, but I'm not sure I trust it.

So, I was hoping someone here can hook me up with the previous version of GMaps (4.4.0 I think). I'm not a big fan of the current version and was too stupid to back up before upgrading.

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TD22057:
Here's all the prev versions:

www freewarelovers com android app google-maps

(sorry - can't post links yet - new user - you'll have to guess where the .'s and /'s go)
[Vibrant General] vapotrini:
I live overseas and about a month ago while visiting Florida I purchased a Tmobile Vibrant. I then went ahead and unlocked the phone myself. Upon returning to my country I started using my phone, everything had been running great up until today when I went and added internet to my phone plan. My phone simply refuses to connect to the internet and my provider says that all the settings are in the phone. Has t-mobile done something that would prevent me from connecting?

I really don't know what to do here. Anyone encounter problems like this before? Any solutions?
[Vibrant General] natecglenn:
First go through these steps yourself then post back

1. Goto settings, wireless networks, access point names, make sure the apn is epc.tmobile.com

2. Call t-mobile and make sure you have the android data plan

3. Make sure you are in a good reception area

4. Make sure you have wifi off

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] dbm0361:
Set the APN to your carrier
[Vibrant General] vapotrini:
Thanks for the replies. I did the APN thing already, in my country the APN must be set as "Internet", which I already put there... no luck.

Are there any other settings?
[Vibrant General] vapotrini:
Ok great, it finally came on... they probably didn't activate it immediately.

Thanks for the suggestions.
[Vibrant General] natecglenn:
It normally takes 2 to 24 hours to activate data. Glad youre running now

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LabattZ:
Mods, if this belongs elsewhere, feel free to move it.

I read many many threads about people's problems with adb on the vibrant and while there were no individual threads that matched exactly, little pieces from many helped me in my situation; in case someone else experiences what I had, this is what I did to fix it.

Environment:

Win7 Professional N x64

Vibrant (SGH-T959:2.1-update1/ECLAIR/UVJI) (this was the leaked ROM mid Sept)

Samsung x64 drivers from TGA_Gunnman's thread (xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728929)

USB Debugging enabled

Problem:

I was able to get all the components of the phone recognized in device mgr & I was able to mount both the internal SD and my 8gb external SD cards, read & write to them with ease; I was even able to flash the leaked ROM via ODIN. I was NOT able to get adb to connect to my device.

C:\vibrant\adb devices

List of devices attached

T9596f3efa91 offline

I tried in recovery mode, no dice.

I had tried Droid Explorer, it was unable to find my device as well.

I had read somewhere that it was a driver problem, although dev mgr wasn't complaining and everything else appeared to be working just fine. One person noted they were able to use the Samsung Moment drivers from JuneFabric's website. I tried to install those drivers and was met with an error during the installation that said windows was unable to locate the file. Uninstalling, rebooting, reinstall (as many times as I had...) had no effect.

I grabbed USBDeview (thanks to masr1979's post in xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=735534&highlight=masr1979) and uninstalled every android related driver. Rebooted and when prompted for the drivers, tried the moment drivers only to face the same "unable to locate file" error. I got fed up and tried going back to the drivers from TGA_Gunnman's thread which brought

me back to the start. Atleast I was able to mount my sd cards.

Solution:

Not satisifed with this, I went to Samsung's website and found drivers for XP/Vista... i can't for the life of me re-navigate to that download page, but I have uploaded the drivers here.

After running USBDeview to nuke everythign samsung/android related (again) and rebooting, I plugged my phone back in - pointed it to the extracted folder for the attached drivers, ignored the "unsigned drivers!" error for all three devices and re-tested DroidExplorer. SUCCESS! Droid Explorer found my phone and adb (console) also shows my device attached! Everything is golden.

Summary

Random-assed drivers found on Samsung's site for XP/Vista (attached) matched what my Vibrant wanted on Win7x64 in order to get data and debugging connectivity.

Thanks

(edited for the attachment which didn't stick? & stupid 5min wait to post :mad:)
[Fascinate General] kamileon:
Anyone know where the wallpapers are stored on the phone.
[Fascinate General] minedune:
I second this. I took an image and set it as wallpaper (not stored in the usual gallery app) and then later changed the wallpaper. Can I get the image back?
[Fascinate General] kamileon:
Where did you get the image from...was it one you downloaded or was it pre-installed on the phone.
[Fascinate General] amcq1010:
If you're referring to the built-in "Samsung Wallpapers"... I can't find them either.

I'm betting their not just .jpgs sitting in a directory somewhere...

will keep looking
[Fascinate General] frostman89:
They should be in the stock tw launcher apk, haven't looked cause I don't have the apk anymore.
[Fascinate General] rsmiff:
They are located within the launcher .apk files.
[Fascinate General] CheetoDroid:
Found these

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C9SU4JU0
[Fascinate General] minedune:
Go into camera app > take a picture > set image as the wallpaper. Now delete this image from your gallery/sd card ......the deleted image is still your wallpaper even after restarting the phone! Which means it must be stored somewhere else besides the sd card when being used as the background. I want to know where this is because I had an old image I once set as background that I changed away from, and I need the image back.
[Fascinate General] demo23019:
removed... wrong thread
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orlandoxpolice:
I had notice on the AT&T site it says to ensure the following before updating:

I am getting a slightly alarmed at the amount of failed updates and bricked phones. Has anyone removed the SIM card and had problems/success that they want to share?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aloant:
Someone said you can't get to the update screen without a SIM. Mine also downloaded via 3G (which requires a SIM) even though I had WiFi.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljcook:
Mine updated fine with the SIM card installed.

Stock Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Majeed:
What about those who are not on at&t network ? Can we only get it through USB ?