yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atoz350:
I just fixed this on my phone. Your phone will go into download mode. Plug the phone in and wait for the battery symbol to fully load. Hold Vol + and _ and PWR until it goes black, then release the PWR button only. It will go into DL mode. Fire up Odin, and flash the "Froyo that does not brick" ROM. It will boot into the i9000 recovery mode and give you an error. Hold the Vol + and - and PWR again and release PWR when the phone goes black. It will go into DL mode again. Now with Odin, flash the factory firmware, making sure to click re-partition this time. After the phone reboots, it will fire right up into the factory ROM.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karmasore:
this is exactly the method i want to try. but unfortunately i cannot get the phone into recovery or download mode. i have tried at least 100 times now with many different combination's of plugging the usb cord in and pressing the volume and power buttons.

two ideas: one, is it possible that i wiped recovery and download mode from my phone on accident? the reason why i ask is that i was super tired and flashing roms and kernels to my phone. i flashed back to my original stock rom and then i flashed the kernel. for some reason, i selected wipe date/cache in Rom Manager before flashing the kernel. i have no idea why i did this. seriously. totally noob move. so im assuming i have a kernel flashed but now there is no ROM installed for the phone to boot into.

two, if above is not the issue, than im going to assume that the phone is not recognizing any button presses while its off, so when i turn it on it just recognizes that the power was pressed and ignores the volume presses, thus not booting the phone into recovery or download.

edit: i should mention again that at no time does adb recognize my device. so i cannot use adb to reboot the phone into the mode i need.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] byt3b0mb:
just a comment for the OP - the vibrant isnt worthless, it is something that YOU did to get the phone into its current state. So dont blame the phone for something that it didnt do on its own.

/end rant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karmasore:
I understand what you mean. I appreciate your criticism of my original post. Let me say that I wrote it while frustrated. But I know that isn't an excuse.

The device is fantastic. I know that I did this to it myself. It's unfortunate.

Anyways, I received a replacement phone. I will be more careful this time.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rUsTyRuSs:
Turn USB debugging on or ADB reboot recovery won't work.

Edit: Disregard my reply, I miss read your post
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inverseflux:
I got stuck doing the same thing, wouldn't reboot into recovery/download mode and did the below:

1. Unplug USB cable from computer and leave plugged into phone.

2. Remove case and battery(leave case off and don't leave battery in phone).

3. Plug USB cable back into your computer.

4. Hold down both volume keys and slide battery back into phone.

5. Release volume keys.

It should just show you download mode, until Odin 1.3, had to make sure Odin was open, but I'd have it open anyway just in case.

The fact that you see the Galaxy S loading screen after the Vibrant loading screen tells us something else is going on...

Edit: And by something else I mean, OS/Loading related, not bricked.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N8ter:
I just tried the last post's steps, and they don't work on my phone (which isn't bricked - per se, but I cannot get into download or recovery mode).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackhead2048:
Hi Guyes,

my HD2 OS is crashed, no applications run. So I cant backup my Data with PIM Backup. Does my 780KB PIm-file contain all my sms? So I only need to backup that file? I've got about 500 Sms. So isn't it a lil bit smal?

I used Microsoft Myphone to backup. Please delete the thread.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rp-x1:
Hi, most latin based languages use one byte per character.

The limit of a standard SMS is 160 characters.

So, a typical SMS message will be 160 bytes (ish).

Add the names of the sender and the time/date, you'll have under 250 bytes per SMS message in total.

250 bytes = 1 quarter of a kilobyte, so around 4 SMS per kilobyte.

Your 500 texts I'm guessing aren't all 160 characters, so say on average there are 10 per kilobyte, thats 50 kilobytes.

If you take into account the contacts and any other info you've chosen to back up, 780kb sounds more than reasonable.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soopafly Incredible:
Hopefully you guys can help me, you haven't let me down yet :)

I am having problems sending/recieving mms messages. I called verizon and they have opened a support case after not being able to fix the problem.

I keep thinking I may have taken off something I shouldn't have with system app remover...

I am currently running the stock OTA 2.2 rooted with S-off, and the Hboot bootloader.

I want to flash the stock 2.2 back to the phone and see if that clears up my problem, but I'm not entirely sure what steps i'll need to take.

I've downloaded the RUU from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765596&page=34, can I just hook up the Dinc to my computer and run the RUU to flash my phone back?

Can I just use the factory reset option from the recovery screen?

What would you suggest?

Thanks in advance!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makos101:
Im having the same problem receiving picture messages im running redemption 2.0.4, please keep me updated if flashing the stock 2.2 helps
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jett2314:
I used this (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765596) last night to get to stock 2.2 with the latest radio. Than I rooted with the latest unrevoked. I would use appbrain or titanimun to back up your apps first.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soopafly Incredible:
I'm not using a custom rom, just the stock vzw update that was posted in other threads/distributed OTA

But yes, I flashed the rom to my phone last night and was able to keep root/bootloader/etc...plus it solved the problem!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyojimbox:
I installed cm6.02 its awesome but no sounds and try to go into sounds it force closes?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyojimbox:
Anyone?
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
I've flashed a few kernels including KK and JAC's OC/UV. Never had this problem. I ODIN'd back to stock and restored a previous backup and I still can't send outgoing email through Gmail. It will either say "message sent" and then disappear or get stuck in "Sending Message...", I have a couple like that. Anybody ever run intot this and is there a way to get back to normal?

BTW, I can receive emails just fine.

Thanks

-Frank
[Vibrant General] NoDataFound:
Reboot. And try again.
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
Thanks. I have tried all of the simple stuff. Like I said, I totally reset it.
[Vibrant General] royalslim:
I have this issue also, but I stopped using gmail, and just use the email app for my server email
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
Cleared gmail data and cache. Working now. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] neoheretic:
I have used a few ROMS and none have failed to auto load the contacts from the SIM card.

I went to People -> Settings -> Import -> SIM card

it did not seem to find any. As I say, other roms have done this just fine with no interaction.

I am using mattc Leo + Froyo w/Sense 1.8.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HectiQ:
sim seems to work in sense, but I didn't came over a non-sense build which showed me sim-contacts
[XPERIA X10 General] johndub71:
Just had a tweet from a tech site claiming there are certain apps on the market capable of installing malware and rape the contents of the sd card, make premium calls and sms your data to the naughty boys and girls out there. The sd raping apparently is on the hunt for "home movies" some adults make.

So according to tech guy, a firewall is needed. I downloaded f secure, scanned for malware, ok, but no firewall. Removed it has it ironically blocked xda app lol.

So what do you guys reckon? My x10 is a bog standard one on uk vodafone.

Knock yourselves out on this one :o)
[XPERIA X10 General] johndub71:
@ctAndroidAndroid security model is inadequate, and it needs a firewall http://chtr.it/rDZuSu #android

Forgot link doh!
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
It's pretty obvious this is a user-end problem.

Every app displays clearly which permissions they need to run... if a camera app needs permission to go online and "Services that cost you money", you may want to re-think installing it.

Basically, read the permissions before you click install.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocklee99:
i cant get any apps to download, and i cat sign into g talk to get it to work, what do i do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e1allen:
Edit: I restarted the phone and all the downloads failed. I retried downloading and they all worked.

I recently tried to download 3 apps and it is not working right now for me. Going to see if restarting the phone will make a difference. Internet is working fine. Not sure if my phone call I made had anything to do with it or not.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocklee99:
i recently flash ava froyo v8 rom, i thought that did something, but idk
[Liquid S100 General] mouss150:
Hey, hows everyone?

Well I made this thread to talk about a website I made for ANDROID PHONES

http://freeandroidapps.moviekings.ca/

I know it's using a subdomain but moviekings.ca is mine so yea

so this website is nothing like xda-developers.com it is a sort of blog where people may JUST search and DOWNLOAD games and apps for ANDROID PHONES

so take a look at it and if you want any game or app just post a reply here and I will put the games
[Liquid S100 General] mouss150:
CLOSE THIS OR DELETE PLZ POSTED IN RONG SECTION HERE IS THE GOOD ONE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792771
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
Hi all,

I bought a second hand SGS and it has 2.2 froyo

How can i put it back to normal 2.1 android please?

i dont want root or anything...

can any1 help? ill put a few quid in your paypal if you can take the time to guide me through it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Well, you could always just goto settings and initiate a factory reset... You'll lose root and revert back to the stock eclair 2.1 ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
where is that option?

i found sd card and phone storage and

internal sd card format option

i notice another option in privacy that says factory data reset. but that looks like it might be just personal data reset not full reset thingy,

if what your saying works i will be very happy!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
Think about this for a second....a factory reset is somehow magically going to pull stock 2.1 out of .....where exactly?

the OP is going to have to Odin back to stock....plenty of info here on how to do this....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
what is Odin?

the search functions are down at the moment so i cant search the forums

Maybe you can help mate? please!

Its laggying badly this 2.2
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Why else would it be called FACTORY reset ? It would be the firmware provided with the phone, which would be eclair as opposed to the froyo build he received on a rooted second hand phone.

The option is in settings-> privacy-> factory data reset
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
You can't get Froyo without flash to a froyo ' factory' firmware. In this case, A beta firmware. Whenever you flash to a new firmware, you lost your old firmware completely.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
yeah i guessed it wouldnt be that simple.

guys can you give me a clue?

im thinking this: see if im anywhere near.

download odin

connect phone to pc

restart holding the volume down, power and home

flash with original files - im having trouble finding these

will my samsung be 2.1 and non rooted after that?

will i be able to re-root if i need to? ie to apply lagfix
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L00N3YB!N:
1. Download odin,

2. Download the needed firmware files from Samsung firmwares,

3. Phone off. Vol down, menu, power

4. Add pit512/513 (can't remember which), pda, modem, csc in odin

5. Tick re-partition

6. Connect phone to pc

7. Click start and wait for your phone to restart

All done, This is just a quick and rough guide how to do it, there's a much better guide on this forum what to do and how :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
do you kno where the firmware files are exactly? i cant search the forums for the guide.. search function is down.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L00N3YB!N:
A quick look and you'll find 'xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596'

For firmwares, a quick Google 'samfirmware' you'll need to sign up to access the files in the firmware section :) That's if there not in the above link
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksm_hjx:
the first one you must to do is download the firmware file through the internet,

then download the drives and odin and pit512 file,

and then install the drives ,then run the odin,select the re-partition,in pit,select the pit512,in pda,select the firmware which named with pda,in modem and csc is also select the firmware named with modem and csc,

shut down your phone then press vol- ,home ,power at the same time,you will see a android ,

connect your phone with the pc,

when the com is turn green ,press start.and wait..after you flash the firmware,you should format the sdcard and wipe your data..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
thanks guys

i think ive sorted it, but still seem rooted somehow

is this the right firmware?

2.1-update1

basedband version I9000XXJM4

Kernel version

2.6.29root@SE-S603#

Build number

ECLAIR.XWJM8

If thats all good! then thanks very much guys.. but root still looks iffy to me.

will this stop me from receiving updates from samsung? ie propper froyo when its out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinny1684:
damn i just read that i think i should have used the 803pit and not the 512. is that right?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
if you are trying to flash the leaked BETA froyo from Korea, yes you need the 803 pit
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
I didn't know that... Thanks! :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharaohdk:
You can get the firmware here http://www.samfirmware.com/home.htm

Depending on what country you are in, there are diferent firmwares.

Download odin from that page aswell.

They also have a how to guide on how to flash with odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
From my understanding you won't be getting Froyo OTA, you will be getting it via KIES. But with all the modding going on I doubt KIES will let you so you like everyone else here will have to get it installed via ODIN, no big deal at all . Just check back xda when froyo is in news for sgs
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Will this also be applicable to me ? I have only rooted my phone. It's unrooted now... And I've not deviated from the stock firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiru1602:
I advice you to check if the 3 Button Combo works on your Phone. If not, apply the 3 Button SBL Fix before messing with ROMs to help recover the device in case of a brick.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
Yep as you don't have stock (for your country) rom. Its no big deal.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Have the three button combo on my phone... Thanks guys! :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adevem:
dude. a factory reset will not return you to eclair. it just goes back to whatever default settings that came with the rom, it won't return you to any other rom except the one you flashed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racerboy3801:
follow this tutorial mate

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

this should help you
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exek215:
Hello this is my first post so hello... anyway ive searched everywhere for this but cant find the answer... for some reason my phone decided to work like it had molasses inside of it today. Slow is not the word to describe it. nonfunctioning is better. LauncherPro fc like 15 times, Sense also. Nothing different happened exept maybe i got a bunch of automatic updates this morning. but thats it. anyway i wanna hard reset the device(which i really hate to do) and start again... are my pics/videos,taken with this phone, saved to the phone, or sd. what else should i be concerned about loosing.

Amazing there is no way to fully back up your phone... my palms were amazing.... hard reset a million times and push one button and its all back... Sprite was awesome
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
Pics and videos are saved on the sdcard in the DCIM folder.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
yep. close the thread
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exek215:
great. quick and simple like it should be. thanks.
[Droid X General] zehkaiser:
I love my on screen keyboard until you turn the phone sideways and it covers up what I was looking at to show a keyboard and text box. I managed to get the keyboard up without covering my web page in ONE instance, but that's it. Was this a glitch? And is there a way to make it always work this way?
[Epic 4G Android Development] cswee1932:
Does this method work for the Epic? I wish I had a windows computer again ;-) Noob on OS X...
[Epic 4G Android Development] done12many2:
What method? Posting?
[Epic 4G Android Development] cswee1932:
what an idiot! Sorry! I can't watch football and post...i'm like an old Iphone, can't multitask :-)

youtube. com/watch?v=U508p2jRtlg

does this work?

Thank you in advance!

Chris
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
i dont see why this "wouldnt" unless the zip isnt signed for our phones
[Epic 4G Android Development] cswee1932:
Maybe I'll give it shot tomorrow afternoon after work....we'll see how brave I get...

Chris
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
ill prolly try it out tonight since i need to go back to stock anyways
[Epic 4G Android Development] cswee1932:
If this works for you could you post your results?

Thanks in advance!

Chris
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
it does not, wont pass security verify ergo it wont load. i tried on stock di07 and stock dg27
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ira-ct:
Hi at all,

i have a problem with a diamond, when i turn on the phone i feel only the vibration of welcome, but the screen remain black and the light of the button too.. now i don't know if it is a physical issue or the phone is only brikked.

who can help me?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nirak:
You could try to connect the device to pc and use a tool like MyMobiler to see if there's any screen activity.

MyMobiler lets you control your device via your pc. In normal conditions you can see the devices screen on your pc.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ira-ct:
now i try, thanks:D
[General Questions and Answers] mtlons:
My gf has an LG Ally. She uses the stock email app, and has a yahoo account, university account (which is through gmail, but isn't an at-gmail-dot-com), and I think one other all through the stock app.

She's been having a problem where emails that she read, and in some instance deleted, on her phone, show up again on her phone as unread.

Anybody have any ideas what is causing this/possible fix?

I believe the yahoo email is IMAP (not sure about the others), but I'll talk to her shortly and update this post with specifics.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberwheels:
So I saw a thread about changing the framework-res.apk images. i decided to change the battery icons and throw in the email icon for the evo blackbar. i used APK Manager 4.9. i did

Now my vibrant is stuck at the White Vibrant Text with Samsung.

When I use CMD and i type "ADB Devices" My phone is listed. So far ADB reboot recovery and ADB reboot download both work.

Using ADB Terminal. I was able to grab all my Phone files and all my SDCard Files.

How do I go about using Nandroid to recover from my mistake?

I was thikning, maybe I should do a complete wipe. Then install clockwork recovery again and then put the backup files and restore through recovery mode? is this possible?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geocepe:
This is from the Tips and Tricks Section.

HOW TO GET INTO STOCK RECOVERY (NOT ROOTED YET)

I hold my phone horizontal when powered off.

Both thumbs on the volume rocker.

Press and hold power and volume buttons.

When the Vibrant logo comes up, release power, keep holding the volume rocker.

This will get you into recovery. Hope it works for you
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberwheels:
Thanks! That brings me to the stock recovery screen. I then go to Reinstall Packages and it brings me to the clockwork recovery.

Thanks! Restoring as we speak!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geocepe:
Glad to help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberwheels:
it's fixed! if i could hug you i'd do it! Saved me 400 bucks!
[Android Apps and Games] borikua1977:
wich one is the best app for call recorder plus one for save my sms to calender gmail but automatically as soon as i recieve it? thanks
[Android Apps and Games] lostcausenjtown:
The paid version of Call Log Calendar(available in Market) does this. The free version, you have to do it manually.
[Android Apps and Games] tdumez:
I use calltrack for call logging in calender and sms backup for sms logging in gmail
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike1989:
i desperately need help with this .. i bought a used omnia 2 (currently locked to bell) is there anyway to get bell to unlock this device without me handing 75$ to them? i want to use this devicee on the rogers network. any advise would be greatly helpfull!. thanks
[HD2 General] Eroc162:
Hey guys i just installed need for speed shift on my HD2 and it looks great but I cant get the steering to work. I have the Elegancia ROM v4. Anybody have the same problem. Thanks
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
I haven't played it myself, but doesn't it use the g-sensor to steer?

Maybe you just need to used the System menu option to calibrate the g-sensor?
[HD2 General] spikegotti:
you need to remove those Resco sensor apps, like resco bubbles, resco photo manager and so on... otherwise it will not work
[HD2 General] Emschertal:
just try, but when it doesn't work for anybody else I would guess it doesn't work... :(
[Android Software Development] danktamagachi:
Hi All-

So, while I'm relatively experienced in computer programming, I'm just starting out learning the android SDK and one of my first tasks was to replace some files in an APK file, namely the Dazzle widget apk.

I wanted to make the background of the widget slightly transparent instead of fully black. I opened the APK, pulled the background file out of the HDPI drawable folder, opened it in GIMP, reduced the opacity, and saved it as a png. I put that PNG back into the Dazzle APK, resigned it using a tool I found here on XDA, and used ADB to install it.

However, when I try to add the widget, the background is now too small (however, it is transparent, so clearly it is reading the correct file)! It only takes up about 75% of the size of the widget, and doesn't cover the white buttons that are supposed to be imposed on it. I have not edited the dimensions of the image, so I don't know what's going on.

Is there something I'm overlooking? Please help!

Thanks!
[Android Software Development] jackstrawfromwichitaw:
Maybe a dumb question but was it a .9.png by chance?