yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] ianwood:
No. Not yet at least. You will most definitely end up with a brick if you try it.

We should also be careful about calling this a "fix". It is more like a patch. It is being speculated (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=787638) that the defect is at the PCB level (i.e. hardware). The theory being that there are minor variations with our 3 button disabled devices that prevent the hook for the three button press from registering at precisely the right time during the initial boot and therefore it is not recognized. Note that this may also explain why heating up the phone in some circumstances will allow the 3 button method to work briefly. The theory being that by heating it up, the timing of certain physical events (think electrons and voltage changes) is altered ever so slightly which is just enough for the hook to register during initial boot.

The patch hooks the 3 button press later in the boot process (either BML2 or BML4). That means that if anything gets screwed up in the boot process before the patched hook is registered, you could still end up bricked. You could also unintentionally undo the patch if you apply firmware that overwrites the initial boot files.

Edited to add distinction between fix and patch.
[Captivate General] b-eock:
This is a useless thread...
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
this thread is also over a year dead!

you must know voodoo to have raisen the dead
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defconoi:
Must I unlagfix eugene_373's Franklin Twiz rom before flashing another rom? if so how? he has directions in his OP on how to install, but not to revert.

Thanks

defcon
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
I have applied that lagfix many times and I would just flash another ROM on top of it. It would undo the lagfix when I flashed the new rom. Quadrant benchmarks were back to ~800. And SD Card capacity was back to normal.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhart15063:
Is there a version of the Magic Smoke live wallpaper that will work on the eris?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottcwhite:
I use the droid eye on mine sometimes but stopped because live wp's use more battery.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWhiteDragon:
Hi All,

long time reader, 1st time poster,

i have switched from the nexus to the desire, and i have seen lots and lots of diffrent roms for the desire, so i was wondering if i may ask your assistance in locating the best one?

which rom most people prefer ?

what advantages does X rom have over X rom ?

i currently have a desire running 2.2 froyo if there is anyone else switching which could suggest a good switch ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magaboo:
Hi,

I'm fairly new to this whole rooting business myself and certainly not an expert on advising which is is the 'best'. A lot would depend on your needs and preferences. For my use, however, I found the ROM at :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741775

to be very stable and to my liking. It is virtually the same as an OTA update of Froyo, except it is rooted and has some miner modifications.

Read a lot and try different Roms; I'm sure you'll find one to your liking and needs.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWhiteDragon:
Hi Mag,

Thanks for your advice, it sounds like a nice easy starting mod,

btw how did you root the phone to start with ?

i have tried the current REVOked client but that seems to fail each time.

so i was debating sitting back and waiting for REVOkeds new 3.2.1 client to be released for download.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magaboo:
Here is what I did with my very limited knowlage about rooting:

1. I made my working sd card into a 'gold card'. Not sure if that was necessary or not, but it couldn't hurt.

2. I downgraded from OTA froyo to the 2.1 version.

3. Then rooted my phone using Unrevoked3.

After that I was able to update to any rom using clockworks recovery only.

Everything went very smoothly for me without any hickups.

You can find all the needed details about the individual procedures above, on this great site. Search and you will find :-).

Hope this is of some help.

Mag

PS.: Unrevoked at, http://unrevoked.com/#inc, is suposedly working on a new version that is able to root Froyo without having to dowgrade to 2.1 first.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichoko:
Unrevoked's rooting solution is already out for the Desire FYI ;)

Here is the link for it

http://unrevoked.com/

Be advised that they have removed the current version because it had some issues with the Evo 4G but the older 3.2 is still up and flawless for the Desire.

Unrevoked Desire

Sadly I had major driver issues with my current PC and couldnt root my phone as of yet.. but will do it in a couple of days when i get my new PC :) So I cant provide feedback as of yet... But the Wiki page of Unrevoked has pretty much everything covered up for you ;)

Hope I helped a little :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWhiteDragon:
yeah the current version means you need to downgrade to 2.1. but id rather go straight into rooting, than mess about with downgrading 1st.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnstarz:
Does anyone know of gps is supposed to work outside the north american continent? I'm sometimes able to pick up 4 gps satellites with weak signals, but google maps can't find my current location.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
Download GPS status from the market. Go into the setting and redownload gps data and see if that helps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rooster94:
Does the Google Maps app work outside North America? It was my understanding that the app wouldn't work outside of North America, of course I could be wrong. Maybe you're just in an area that gets a crappy GPS lock.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnstarz:
Ha, that did it! I also cleared gps cache in GPS Status too. Thanks.
[HD2 General] k8108:
Last week my phone started flashing back and forth between the volume screen and whatever screen I was on at the time. Then eventually it just stayed on the volume screen.

I have hard reset several times, re-loaded the OS a couple of times, which helps the situation for about 1 or two minutes after everything is loaded - then the phone goes back to the volume screen.

If I try to lower the volume or put it on silent or vibrate, the volume goes right back to maximum.

T-mobile is sending me another HD2, but I am using a very old phone until then and am really going thru withdrawals!

Any ideas on what I can do to fix my phone?
[HD2 General] nrfitchett4:
sounds like your volume up button is sticking. Hardware problem, probably not much you can do unless you want to take the phone apart.
[XPERIA X10 General] bfulbrook:
I have a sony x10a branded on the at&t network. I was having a problem with the phone a did a factory reset on the phone and now i get the following error com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly please try again. I also get an error on gtalk. I have already cleared all the cache i could and I have to to repair the firmware using the sony ecrisson software suite and get an error that it cann't download try again. I need some help any help would be useful
[XPERIA X10 General] alankstiyo:
SEUS is not letting you update??? weird

hmmm you can try to reset it again might work or really try seus again not pc companion that sux
[XPERIA X10 General] junexyz:
tips

clear all the password...

open your browsers then settings clear password

try it maybe it could help!!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] junexyz:
oh i forgot after factory reset you need to remove your sd card to re-fresh all the apps. and settings, also your simcard!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] bfulbrook:
help

This was corrected by debranding the phone and removing the at&t bloatware
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rnkhshdl:
The matter is how to pass facebook political filtering (in some countries like IRAN)

in htc hd2 mobile by means of *.cab softwares or on other manners?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yumcax:
I've had my Nexus One for a couple weeks, and am hungry for customization and optimization :].

I have heard lots of good things about CM6, but also have read many posts complaining about battery life. I really do like the looks of the settings menu tweaks, though.

Overall, I am looking for a ROM that will run very fast, have options to overclock, and that will give me good battery life. One look in the ROM section of these forums and I am immediately overwhelmed... I have no idea what to try!

As for themes, it seems they are dependent on which ROM you are running... all I know for sure is that I don't want Sense.

And I don't understand the installation process; flashing, recovery images, nandroid backups, radios, clockwork mod... I have no idea where to start!?!

If someone could point me to a good guide that explains the ins and outs of these different methods and options, their quirks and differences, I would be eternally grateful!

Backing up my data and apps- will my contacts be backed up automatically? Apps aren't a huge deal- I've already managed to bloat my phone a bit, so a fresh start would probably do me some good.

Ahh, and we also have kernels- so many options! I guess ROMs come with a kernel, and you can also change it out afterwards. Is there a best kernel?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me- I hope to one day come back here and pay it back by helping others with their phones. I am immensely happy with the phone so far, and Android as a whole. The community is amazingly helpful!

EDIT: I just watched this. It sure makes the prospect of installing a new ROM seem easier, it looks like cake after installing the new Recovery Image. How does that work on a mac?

Also, on ROM Manager, when I select backup current ROM, the phone crashes and I have to pull the battery. What am I doing wrong?

EDIT2: I just learned that ROM Manager was not crashing, it was booting into the standard recovery. Still not sure wen wrong.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awdlexusis:
ive tryed them all and have been using enomethers rom,sweet battery life and tons of mods!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herrwinkler:
http://www.androidappjudge.com/2010/09/to-root-or-not-to-root.html
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericc191:
I would suggest starting with MCR21 which is located below in my sig. From my experience, it's been the overall best for battery life, speed, and usability.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yumcax:
Woot!!

Well, I have spent the better part of the night downloading ROMs, reading forum posts, and trouble shooting. The conclusion I have come to is this:

If you are new to rooting, ROMs, etc. stay away from ADB commands, fastboot etcetera. I spent the majority of the time trying to install RA Recovery, and then tried ClockWork MOD... it makes everything very easy.

Anyway, in case anyone is still wondering (like I was); a recovery is the base firmware that lets you wipe your cache, boot into backups, make backups, and flash ROMs. Very important! ClockWork comes with one, and RA is also a popular recovery.

EDIT: Already been through 3 ROMs, haha. Currently on TheOfficial.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adambenjamin:
I recommend geo411's Stock frf91. It's most reliable in the clutch.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsapp:
I keep going back to Enomther. The only downfall is if you are addicted to flashing, there aren't as many updates.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Alot of good roms, but I really like geo411's FRG33 Blackbar v1 right now.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericc191:
Here's a step by step video. Play the video and you'll be done in no time.

http://theunlockr.com/2010/01/02/how-to-root-the-nexus-one/
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitaljeannie:
An issue I keep having with the music player (HTC Sense) is if I'm playing music for a while and then try to wake up the phone to do anything else, the phone freezes. The music continues to play but in order to stop it or do anything else requires a battery pull and reboot.

Anyone else have this issue?

Anyone discover a resolution?

Any recommendations on an alternative music player?

Will removing the default player cause issues with the OS?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zwade01:
I've heard of issues if you're underclocked with screen off. Is that your case?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitaljeannie:
My OC settings were 710/245 so I changed them to 710/528 and will see if that helps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
I've been having problems signing in to Google Talk for a while now. It says "Could not connect to server. Will retry shortly" and never connects. It used to work, but for the past couple of weeks I've been having nothing but issues. I have tried reflashing my ROM, and have tried other ROMs and still have the issue.

My market is also pretty much broken, I can't download anything. It just gets hung up on starting download. I know these two problems are related so I'm hoping that if I get to the bottom of my GTalk issue then my market will work again.

Does anybody have any idea what I can do to get this working again?

In case it matters, I am running Fresh 3.2.0.0.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dom085:
I had this too. I've been turning 3g off (and getting insane battery life, btw), but my google talk takes forever to reconnect. Market is also hanging at downloading.

After leaving my data on for awhile, everything is ok.

I'm also on Fresh 3.2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Yeah I left my data on all day today and it's still not working :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocketx86:
I saw these symptoms when my WiFi was enabled. It turned out that GTalk couldn't connect to its servers through my firewall. In my case, it was because the necessary outbound TCP and UDP ports where closed. I found that GTalk needs several outbound ports open to work properly.

In your firewall configuration you may need to:

* Enable UDP connections to anywhere on any port.

* Enable TCP connections to anywhere on port 5222.

* Enable TCP connections to anywhere on port 443.

After I made these changes, I was able to successfully sign into GTalk and download from the market.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elijah Lynn:
I just got a new EVO and am running the commercial rom for a week or so just to see how fast it is out of the box for a while.

Anyways, I have been having a ton of issues with Gtalk doing the same thing, it never signs in via wifi and even then when I disable wifi and just use 3g it hangs and gives the message you mentioned. Sometimes it logs in, it causes problems with market and chrome to phone (c2p) too. Power cycling the 3g radio is not helping.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
I got to the root of my problem a few weeks ago. What I found was that if I sign out and then back in to Talk on my PC, it starts working right away on my phone and then the market comes back up. It's a workaround but it does work for me EVERY time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thenags:
Same problems here.. I constantly have connection issues. Both through WiFi and 3g
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinkoh:
I'm having problems with this too. Any permanent solutions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigant262:
I believe its on Google's part.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunacs:
it is 3g network problem, try with wifi or after airplane mod and has to sign in
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Seriously, you resurrected a 2 year old thread? We need a smurf lock put on the doors before the zombies get out of here.

We are legion, for we are many.

Sent from the DarkSide of the GalaXy with a MEK device
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theroncr:
Im wondering if someone could help me out here. I have searched and searched and.......... Unfortunately, all attempts to find the answer have failed!

Im trying to find out how to change my Sense Espresso Dock (on my HTC EVO) to a different Sense Espresso dock or something else. I am rooted and running the Latest Fresh ROM. His dock is really good, but I would like to have some options. I am using "Better Cut" to change icons and am wondering if I can use another program to do the same for the dock.

I am well aware of Launcher Pro and ADW but that removes SENSE. I really like the setup I have made and would like to just change the Dock. Also if anyone knows if they have made a 3d app drawer or slide scrollable drawer port, would be great as well.

I am not normally one to post as I like to find the answers myself, but im at a loss here. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Finally does anyone know of a 2.2 Sense Kitchen?

Thanks again for any help!
[HD2 General] geolhp:
My hd2 is not putting out no sound, mp3, phone calls, ring, only sound it will make is when on speaker on a call.

I installed darkstone HD2froyo 2.1

barebones energy android launcher rom

and have 2.12.50 radio

this all happened once my battery died. Phone was working great, but once the battery died, it wouldn't boot android, had to re install android. Android now runs fine, but no sound what so ever.

Any idea on what me the reason of this problem?
[HD2 General] 95gs-t:
You might want to ask android stuff over in the android section. Try running clrcad.exe before you run haret.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oklahomatulsa:
I cant believe I can't figure this out. How in the heck can I customize a ring tone:confused: for my contacts? Many thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwbdc:
download ring extender from marketplace.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geocepe:
From the music player long press the ringtone you want to assign and select "set as", then select where you want the ringtone assigned. You will have 3 choices: Voice call ringtone, Individual ringtone, and Alarm tone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oklahomatulsa:
..Little different than my N1. Thanks for the help!:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcpremutico:
I believe the contacts that you want to change the ringtone for need to be saved to the phone, not the sim.

Then all you have to do is click on Contacts

-Long click the contact name you want to use a different ringtone for

-Hit Edit

-Scroll down to Ringtone

-Then you can select from Default Ringtone/Sound/Phone Ringtone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nextgin:
Yes, the contacts have to be saved to phone. I had the same problem cause all my contacts were in my gmail. A bit annoying.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcaristorenas:
So there's no possible way to add a personal ringtone if its saved to gmail account?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] down8:
Read much...?

-bZj

_____

-sent from my Samsung Vibrant via XDApp
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcaristorenas:
Don't really have to be a **** about it...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watcher64:
Ringo Pro, in the market will do it for gmail contacts ... it is worth it ...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jaEVO:
I've got a droidx and an evo. Recently, got a hold of a t-mobile mytouch and had numerous problems when I first got it. I'm not used to gsm's at all. All having to do with not having a t-mobile sim. I'm not complaining I finally activated it with a tmobile employees sim.

My question is: after I root, and flash a custom rom, is the activation screen going to be a problem since I don't have a tmobile sim and will only be using this as one of my various dev phones. If the activation screen is going to be a problem, is it possible to modify the system files on this tmobile my touch, so as to not have this activation screen lock the phone, sort of like the nexus one bypass or are there n e sapphire roms with this sort of bypass built into it already. .

Ive been researching this for awhile and i found something for a G1, but I don't know if the method will work. I have knowledge of adb use. If this has already been posted somewhere then whoops, could anyone point me in the right direction.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
I think most custom ROMs let you either bypass the activation or let you use wiring to activate. I know for sure that the Cyanogen builds and ROMs based of their mod will let you use with to login with Google. Alternatively, if you don't needs access to market or any market apps you could opt not to install the Google Apps add-on and you wont be prompted at all.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Nerz:
I know the cappy has gps problems but mine seems to work fairly decent. I'm wondering if is a US working offline gps device that works with cappy like my garmin did for my fuze. I saw copilot for android? Id like to try it but don't want to pay for it if it doesn't work. It would be nice if they had a trial version or some way to try it. If it work id buy it because where I work doesn't always have cell service.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Lobizon:
You have NDrive 10 for Android. I think they have a 10 days trial (actually, their software es free, you have to pay for the maps)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
No data means the maps are loaded on the phone - about 2 GB. But if GPS is not accurate then these maps won't work well either.

If you want good GPS, you need to wait for the samsung GPS fix, then try Copolit or some other "no data" solution. The GPS chip gets its fix from the satellites - regardless of where the data for maps comes from.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Nerz:
Yes,i know how it works, I'm not having much problems with my gps capabilities. I need something that works with a sd card because sometimes I work in areas with no cell service, therefore google maps had no way of loading maps.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] pezx44:
OSM is a free offline option. I haven't tried it out because the search feature doesn't work well where I live (don't use Street addresses in Costa Rica and the POI search left something lacking in my opinion).

Edit:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/net.osmand
[Captivate Themes and Apps] DirtyRasa:
Search Brut Mod here on the forums. He has a modded version of Google Maps and Navigation that uses maps stored on your SD card. Works AMAZINGLY
[Captivate Themes and Apps] slyguy2000:
I paid ~$20 for CoPilot live, and it works farily well, under the current GPS situation... my maps include all of North America (Canada, USA, and Mexico)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] barthie:
i've been using osm this week with good results. i tried brut's mod, but, for some strange reason, it placed me in seattle. (i'm in oklahoma)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Nerz:
Ive been using copilot now and I like it. Only thing I like better then on garmin is the routing seems a little smarter.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] dani2k:
Hola, yo tambien soy de Capital, tengo un Captivate y soy nuevo en Android, por favor decime cual es el mejor programa para el GPS, gracias.
[Touch HD General] hobs0n:
I have a touch hd and the last month or so people have a very hard time hearing what Im saying. When I use a headset they hear me much better. I guess the micropone is halfly broken on the phone but I have a hope that there might be some setting/hack that might make the volume higher on the phone :) Anyone know if there are anything like that?
[Touch HD General] Sp1tfire:
Use HD Tweak, freeware program, it has options of raising up different volume types. Don't know if it works in your microphone case, but it's worth a try :)
[Touch HD General] hobs0n:
ill try that and I set the WM settings to auto when it comes to microphone, it seems to help a little bit :) Thanx!