yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbutt:
1) If I do a nandroid backup to my SD card, will it wipe existing contents on the card, or just add a bunch of additional files?

2) Will any part of the "full wipe" process necessary when flashing a new ROM wipe the contents of my SD card? I know that it will wipe the ext partition or whatever it is called that can hold apps2sd programs, but what about the regular data on the card?

3) A more complicated one :) If I perform a nandroid backup to my SD card, can I then safely copy that backup to my home PC, and then put it back on the SD card at a later date in order to perform a nandroid restore? I am wondering about stuff like UNIX permissions etc. that might be critical for system files on the phone, and whether they will get altered or corrupted by copying to a Windows file system and back again?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0rner:
1,2 do not wipe SD card content, 1) will create "nandroid" folder on the card and store everything in it.

3) Yes, permissions do not matter. Also, the card is formatted with FAT32, which does not support file permissions at all (not counting "read-only" flag)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ampicillin:
1st of all this is a development section. next time post it in Q & A Forum

1. when you doing nandroid back up via recovery it won't effect anything . it will just back up your Ext-partition (512Mb) if you have App2sd otherwise it will just back up your existing ROM..

2. Yeah full wipe is always necessary because it makes phone much smoother .. :) when you are wiping everything there have option wipe EXT- partition it will wipe your App2sd which is 512Mb Other then that it will not wipe your whole SD Card . your SD Card should be safe :)

3. yeah when you completed flashing later you can simply cut/copy your nadroid back up & you can safely put it on your laptop .. when you need it simply copy on sd card and restore it thats it but remember don't rename nandroid back ups. Hope it helps
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbutt:
Thanks for the help guys!
[HD2 General] Bankbuster1:
My question in the below snippet is whether T-Mobile will make it so the existing HD2 users with Windows 6.5 will be able to use it, or is it just an application for WP7?

"T-Mobile TV: Oh, and one more T-Mobile pre-load (as the name suggests). As far as we can tell from T-Mobile's announcement, this looks to be T-Mobile's answer to services like Sprint TV, MobiTV, and AT&T Mobile TV, offering a selection of "free programming from ABC News NOW, FOX Sports, PBS Kids, Azteca America, family holiday movie favorites and more." Both live and on-demand shows will be available -- perfect to take advantage of that sweet HSPA+ rollout, eh?"

Then again, will it be something we want on our HD2's?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] junooni.1980:
hey fellas! is there any app where i can setup a video as my alarm. No random video, if i wanna setup a specific video of my choice as alarm. Please help. Thanks.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] gIMpSTa:
This may be like using a 55 pound sledge hammer to pound in a finish nail... But you could use "tasker" or "locale" to do this. Setup a time based context (ie 7 am) with a task to launch specific app/file/whatever.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] junooni.1980:
Nah im looking for an app. Anyone?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] gIMpSTa:
... I just suggested two apps ...

lol

But I suspect maybe you meant you are looking for an app that exists specifically to do that? Sorry, don't know of any. But the 2 I suggested are capable of that and SO much more, worth looking into if you have time.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] junooni.1980:
Lol thanks.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] junooni.1980:
None of them isn't free.
[Desire HD General] amczee:
I've been with o2 now for about 8 years and to be honest I can't fault their service. However, noticing they won't be offering the Desire HD (I have a Desire at the moment) I have been looking around, and notice t-mobile will be doing some pretty good deals. That, coupled with the recent news you can now use Orange's network, makes it all the more tempting. My question though, being a t-mobile noob, is will they slap a 't-mobile' logo somewhere on the phone? Would much rather have one with no branding but if that's what you have to accept to get an awesome phone and a considerably lower bill.. I'll take the plunge. Apols if this is mentioned elsewhere.

Cheers in advance

amczee
[Desire HD General] JupiterDroid:
I very much doubt there will be branding on the phone itself, like 99 percent no... But if you buy direct from tmob you might have a crappy t-mobile rom on the phone, always best to buy offline or contract at carphone warehouse, or online with mobiles.co.uk or mobilephonesdirect.co.uk

JD
[Desire HD General] amczee:
The ROM I can deal with, don't intend to keep the stock ROM going for long :p but thanks, will check those sites out
[Desire HD General] riz157:
I'm 99% sure their won't be any logo. Bought desire from them and there were no markings at all, unlike Vodafone and orange. Only when you boot up the phone then T-Mobile logo appears which is the norm for all network issued mobiles. If you don't even want that then try mobilephonesdirect.com who issue unlocked mobiles with their contracts.
[Desire HD General] darrenjdoc:
Why do you not get it through this site as they are offering it on O2 if you want to stay with them -

http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/Brands/HTC/b509/n442/p83978.aspx#tabsAnchor

If they say you cant do an upgrade change your number onto a PAYG sim and then port the number across :)
[Desire HD General] slateac:
The regular Desire from T-mobile didn't get any hardware branding. So I assume the Desire HD will be the same

There were only light software branding such as a w'n'w icon on the internet and some deleteable bookmarks.

I am getting an upgrade from tmobile but to be sure i am gettign the DHD via Carphone Warehouse to ensure that it is unlocked/brand free.
[Desire HD General] JupiterDroid:
+1

The only thing branded if anything will be the ROM;)

JD
[Android Themes] dadsterflip:
Im unable to do a transparent notification "slide one not the bar". I've done it with my old X. But now I can't on the new one. I've deoxed and did that ultimate service.jar fix and still nothing. I've done adb push and terminal but I can't seem to make it work. I've seem that 928 theme but I like the way mine is right now. Does anyone have a service.jar file or anything? Im running out of ideas on what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

I've also tried ninja morph.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orillion:
i have an old HTC magic ( 32a ) with a custom rom on it. Because i got my self an iphone 3gs i want to sell my magic now.

but before i want to put the original rom from HTC on it again.

my little problem is that i can find the usb cabel that came with the phone.

but i have an usb cabel i used for an usb hub that fits the mini usb in the phone.

Should i not be able to use this cabel to connect and sync my magic ( when i connect it to the pc, it finds the phone but only to be used as a storage device ) in HTC sync it´s not registered

Hope you can help me. and sorry if i put this in the wrong forum
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] digitaljeff:
any mini usb cable will work. i lost my cable that came with my phone months ago, been using a standard mini usb fine. although i dont use HTC sync, im fairly sure any mini usb will work, do you have another you can try?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orillion:
i got an mini usb i use for to charge my headset for my ps3 could try that.

but dont understand why i can´t get htc sync to see my phone.

I have the newest htc sync installed so it should run fine on windows 7 x64 with out doing anything special or iam i wrong ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] digitaljeff:
hmm it should be fine.. but again ive never used htc sync... maybe look at there FAQ and see if there is no issues with win7 and sync.

talk to there customer support?? i really cant see it being the cable..

EDIT: ahh.. just read you are running a custom rom

i heard that people who run cyanogenmod cannot use htc sync, i believe it relies heavily on the htc framework which is pulled out of most custom roms.

sense roms appear to work fine however

my guess is thats your issue...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orillion:
just gonna try a couple of things first and doing some research before i contact thier support

Will try the other cabel tommorow.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Stonent:
Standard USB cables have always worked in the HTC port. The exta side has pins for some kind of add-on (probably headphones or video) that current phones I don't even think use.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
I've used the cable for charging my PS3 controller several times for my phone. Did you install HTC Sync after you plugged the phone into your computer the first time? If so you probably need to uninstall the drivers and plug the phone back in to let them reinstall with the HTC Sync provided driver.

Sent using Tapatalk.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orillion:
from what you guys say it should work then.

I just have to kick my pc then and see if that works :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] digitaljeff:
well since your running a custom rom it will be hit or miss

i know on CM6 htc sync does NOT work as it requires the HTC framework which is stripped from the rom

your best bet would be using a rom built off of a legit carrier rom, like one of the rogers rooted roms, or a sense rom as they will have the HTC framework in the rom

so it may work, it may not.... depending on what rom you are on.... so its not your cable...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orillion:
atm iam running CM 4.2.14.1 ( it says so in about phone ) i know it´s an old rom.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfan:
One day, after I took my X10 out of silent mode, the "boop" sound for volume adjustment wasn't clear. Tried music and it was quite obviously distorted. Sound through the headphones remained perfectly clear!

Music distortion is one thing, but this makes my ringer much quieter :(

If the headphones are clear, it seems like it can't be the internal amplifier.

Does anybody know where a replacement speaker can be found?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tookieboy:
if i'm not mistaken, a speaker of that size cannot possibly give you the type of sound you would find on a desktop computer.

and if i'm not mistaken as well, speakers of all phones are really horrible, compared to using the headphones. so it's a normal thing.

i believe there are speaker accessories for the x10. look at SE's global website
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfan:
To clarify:

The phone had clear sound for months.

One day, the sound was distorted.

It has remained distorted, even at low volumes.

The headphone sound is still clear.

Therefore, I suspect the speaker is damaged.

I don't want external speakers, I want to hear my ringtone when I get a call!!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfan:
(bump)

Any sources for X10 parts???
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadMike10:
why don't you send it to se that they repair it for you ?

here is a page with spare parts:

http://www.swissmania.ch/category_10721_15845_42000_48340/Ersatzteile.html
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrtim123:
call me crazy, but blow (using your mouth!!) into the speaker holes. My old C905 had the same thing and it turned out to be dust/sand/junk that was stuck in the speaker hole - causing the speaker to distort!

worth a shot hey!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spireite_uk:
Hi guys

I've just installed Android on my HD2, with OzDroid and the mattc build. On Windows installs I always found and installed a 'DataDisconnect' shortcut to my home screen, so with 1 tap I can stop any mobileweb or other data connections currently active.

Can anyone tell me how to do this on Android, as I've been playing with it and can't figure it?

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tuck4x4:
suuuurreeeeee... here you go!

http://tinyurl.com/23zbf6z
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CrazyEye:
Connect to wifi and download APN Droid

Cheers!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] famewolf:
If you are talking specifically about turning the 3g/2g data connection off all you have to do is hold down the end(red button) and choose the data disconnect option....if you are referring to programs like "nodata" under windows that stop ALL data until you manually re-enable it but don't put the phone into full fledged airplane mode then the options others are giving you should put you in right area.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nervy:
"apn on/off widget" from market. simle and perfect
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spireite_uk:
Thanks for your replies everyone, but this bit is exactly what I was looking for. Excuse my droidy noobiness - thanks.
[Galaxy Spica General] qwer23:
Hi @all!

Since the developers here were able to enable multi-touch on the Spica, I wanted to ask what microcontroller is used in the Spica? Because in the X10 forums, we were able to strip a X10 to its bones and found out that our controller is named CY8C21x34 from Cypress. Now we're excited if we'll be able to use MT if enabled by our devs in 2.1 :D

So, anyone knows which controller is used in the Spica?

If you want to crack open your device and have a look, here is what it looks like :p

Thanks in advance and cheers!

qwer23
[Galaxy Spica General] munchy_cool:
if this might help, this is the service manuual of samsung spica

http://www.soluzioniinformatiche.eu/software/Android/GT-i5700_Service_Manual.rar
[Galaxy Spica General] qwer23:
Thanks but i don't find it in there, since these are article numbers specific for Samsung. The manufacturer's description is different. But still - thanks for your efforts! :)
[Galaxy Spica General] munchy_cool:
Touchscreen Controller: Atmel AT42QT5480
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeancw:
its been happening for a while now. it happened when i was rooted with stock leaked latest ota, so i unrooted and downloaded the latest ota and everything is back to stock...

the issue,

from time to time the sms and email count will hide behind the widget and i cannot see but a small green portion of it. also, my weather is crossed with another weather. example...right now it says its sunny 60 degrees, well you can see in teh background of that sun last nights full moon and temp. so detele the current weather/clock widget and voila, there is the culprit. theres a gray box (the size of the clock/weather widget), with nothing on it but the picture of the conditions and the temp...

also while this happens, unlocking my phone is very choppy and the screen is very unresponsive...
[Epic 4G General] woodyth:
hi,

I have to send my epic back to sprint. its rooted. should i return it back to factory and send it or just send it back?

Woody
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
I always return mine to factory - 2 reasons.

1. Just in case there is a password or account info lurking on it.

2. The off chance they check for root.
[EVO 4G General] Thyago:
I manged to buy an htc evo 4g from the us. Ofcourse I didin't know the phone was a sim free phone!=) Aniway..

Norway have all the net htc evo 4g needs to work accept 4g..

cdma,edge,turbo 3g,3g...(3gs) cdma 200 1rtt...

The problem is the sim card..but I refuse to think there isint't one guy here at the xda that cant mix something up:)!

Some how possible to like use a sim card reader and install the sim card in the phone some how..

after some reseach i understood the the sim card holds information that connect the phone to its operator as for me (telenor norway) so its possible to ring, send sms and mms.

so teoretlic it has to bee possible:) at least i hope..

really hope for some positive answer:D
[EVO 4G General] SteveDusa:
Just to let you know, for CDMA it's not a SIM card, it's a RIM card.

Anyway I think let this be a lesson to you that CDMA phones sold in the States are NOT RIM-replaceable. Only a few countries in the world that will let you do that.

Your best bet? Well, if you know anybody that works for your CDMA provider, he/she maybe able to manually add the ESN into their network and... well, it's just way too much hassle. AAA Keys, provisioning and such...

Sadly I don't think it'll work in Norway. I've seen ppl made the Evo to work for China Unicom (Only CDMA provider there) with a LOT, I mean A LOT of work just to get the 1xRTT functions such as voice calls and such to work. No data... YET because they haven't figured a way out to change the AAA key.

As for 4G/WiMax? Well, not going to happen unless your country decided to use that technology. Most likely LTE will be used instead of WiMax, knowing rest of the Europe relies on GSM systems more than CDMA.
[EVO 4G General] Thyago:
..

okay'

Telenor norway provide cdma:D so what you are sayng is that this is possible for the operator to mix som up(even thou it is to muchtrouble..).. but then again there would bee problem for htc evo 4g because its not rim card replaceble?

this vpn thing in the phone.. what is that for? is that for the wimax only?
[EVO 4G General] SteveDusa:
Well it's not, not replaceable per se, it's part of the phone. See in other countries where using RIM on CDMA phone is practiced, the ESN is part of the RIM card. Just like MSID on the SIM card for GSM (correct me if I'm wrong). Imagine it's a GSM phone but the SIM card is permanently part of it.

So what you have to do is ask your provide to ADD your phone's ESN onto their network so it can be used onto the system. However that only solves the 1xRTT (voice and text), in terms of data (EvDO), it'll be harder due to the AAA key and such. Your provider is the one that makes the final decision.

As for 4G/WiMax? Well I don't think there is any WiMax network rolled out in your country. Even if there are, it'll need further tinkering due to preset configuration in the phone's WiMax part.

VPN has nothing to do with WiMax. VPN is an application and WiMax is a protocol.

Anyway good luck trying to adding your Evo to your provider! It won't be easy but it's do-able.
[EVO 4G General] Thyago:
hmm okay:) you sound like a really smart guy:)!

so for the phone to wokr I need the esn number and what more?

if you could just list what I need in that type of thing, if you understand me right:)

and maybe how I could find those thing. like how can I find the esn number in the phone.. I google it. I saw that its illegal to change the esn number so therefor it really hard to find a way to see it. but since Iam not gonna change annything + my htc evo 4g isent locked to any operator I guess i can do what ever i want:)?

thank you for responding I find your answers very helpfull!:)
[EVO 4G General] Thyago:
imei and imsi

now I found something interesting that I wonder if it will work:D

I have a htc hero with a si card in it. And there I can see the imei number.

the htc evo 4g has a IMSI number.. Both looks the samme to me:P couldn't I just change IMSI number on the htc evo 4g with the IMEI number That it shows in my htc hero?

and then ofcourse add the esn number to my operator network.. wouldint everything works just fine then:D?
[XPERIA X10 General] spacegravity4me:
Is there any way for me to disabled the lock screen? Its such a pain. Every time I hang up, lock screen. Turn on the screen, it times out, lock screen. 1.6 sucks....
[XPERIA X10 General] Slvrback:
No lock, on the market dude
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
Battery indicator pro also gives you that chance. It works most of the times.

PS. @spacegravity4me: You should have made a search before posting, dude, there´s a lot of threads about this.
[XPERIA X10 General] spacegravity4me:
lol okay, thanks for the help though guys.
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
Are you insinuating that a lock screen is a 1.6 problem...?
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
Don't know what you're complaining about, for the past 2 days my lock screen has mysteriously vanished. Which means I can't put the phone in my pocket. Annoying, really.

I would do a factory reset but then I've got to do one for the 2.1 update anyway so I'm just going to wait it out
[XPERIA X10 General] aminmizar:
Lol..my lock screen turn out the reverse way,to the left now??
[XPERIA X10 General] rynoon:
I'll say that the lock screen on the Xperia X10 is pretty terrible. It has caused me to miss calls because I couldn't manage to move the slider all the way. I'm not sure why it couldn't handle that, but it's quite annoying.
[XPERIA X10 General] iead1:
I get that too, but yeah, it's definitely an X10 problem, and not a 1.6 thing. Thankfully, SE is taking the update opportunity to change it, so hopefully it will be more responsive.
[XPERIA X10 General] tetracortica:
try swipe it backward
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
Hold it at the top(of the swipe pattern) and turn it to the other side...
[XPERIA X10 General] aminmizar:
Lo..tried that aint doing what it suppose to :confused: Im a lefty and im liking it this way. Thanks for the info though.:D
[XPERIA X10 General] chongbh:
So far, I have one missed call out of 10 calls so I was quite lucky.

They have change it to the one similar to iphone which is no longer unique anymore.
[XPERIA X10 General] rynoon:
I'd rather have common and working than unique and broken.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] easilybigger2:
Already available for Iphone and coming soon to Android is the new Yahoo messenger App with video calling. This is something I will enjoy.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/09/..._campaign=Feed:+weblogsinc/engadget+(Engadget)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dwertz:
What we really need is the one from the Mytouch
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dadoc04:
cant wait for this
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] salmanslick:
When will they release stupid iphone got it before us bummmmr
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dwertz:
I thought they said they have not got it approved yet from Apple. That is why they probably started iPhone first, the approval process could take months.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Award Tour:
Nope.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/updated-yahoo-messenger-app-now-live-in-app-store-3g-video-call/
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dwertz:
Oh dang it. Thats right. I read this a month ago. Thats why. HAHA

I am surprised google has not released anything like this.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gessin64:
cant wait for this app all the current video apps sucks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aalopez10:
u guys should try...

tango

its iphone to android video caller. pretty neat app
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] looneylu:
has the awake bug been fixed?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tatnai:
nope, but it is on the list supposedly. Tango is THE ONE, if they fix that problem. uninstalled until then.