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[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] CaseyG:
Tried it about 6 times now. Even downloaded terminal to ensure i have root before carrying on. Its not letting the update.zip that Rom Manager installs on the SD card run at all. Its saying its not signed and then it fails?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] CaseyG:
Androot is only able to give us a temporary root, therefore the bootloader is still locked and it will not allow us to actually get into CW at all. Correct?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
I've tried this about 6 or more times also. I thought it was just me. Thanks though. I appreciate everything.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
That definitely makes sense.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] chrisjcj27:
correct. its only root until you reboot. its only to hopefully get clockwork installed on your device.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] CaseyG:
Im trying it on a MT3GS WITH the update installed.....same as you correct?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
Not sound rude, but who doesn't have that update by now? So you're saying that we would need to revert from the current update then this should work?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] terrelltp:
humm im thinking screw this lol
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
you're having the same issue?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
This will not work. You're missing the ENG bootloader.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
Did you go back and recheck?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
What's the eng boatloader? Once we have it, will it work?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
Read through the working root method here.

This method was developed by ChiefzReloaded, a dev we all know and love. He knows his stuff.

The one posted in this thread seems easier, but simply will not work.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
So is it possible that we can use this method with eng bootloader added?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
No. By the time you get to the step where you get the ENG bootloader, you're already rooted. All you need to do then is flash the ENG bootloader, so that you can load clockworkmod recovery and flash roms.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
So the method in this thread will not work? That's sad. I started to have hope. The problem is I have a Mac and its very hard to do this with a Mac. I've tried it a few times and it simply won't work for me.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
I rooted mine with my mac. In front of all the commands, simply put ./

For example, instead of

adb push /whatever/file/you're/pushing

you'd use

./adb push /whatever/file/you're/pushing

same for all the other commands, except for steps 7 and 8.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
I used the unlockr method and it wouldn't work. The part when you're supposed to push the command and reboot the phone about a split second. That part won't work for me. I've done it over and over about 10 or more times. No luck.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] daniel60104:
wait, I might sound like a total noob, but isn't it possible to flash the ENG following eugene's guide after you gain the temp root?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
The unlockr method never worked. The old method by Eugene373 will only work if you haven't recieved the OTA. I'm assuming your slide has already recieved the OTA by now, so follow the method I linked you too and it will work.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
Ok, I well try it right now.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] OuncE718:
Rooting the Slide has been a simple pain in the ass. I'm just fed up with this phone as far as rooting goes. I've rooted the G1 and The original mytouch and I haven't ran into any problems with either one. They were much simpler. This phone is just giving me a migrain. Hopefully someone can help us with rooting the phone, via phone cause I can not get it to work over the computer. Or hopefully someone can do a step by step video method for Mac users. The only one I've seen was the video from Droid Dog or was it the Unlockr? Anyways it did not work for me because of the loop (split second step). Smh.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
STOP. Please read this post before replying!

Wow. Guys... there's so much wrong information in this thread that I'm not even sure where to begin. However the most important thing to mention is that this OP is not giving you the right information - his intentions are good, but the steps are incorrect and will not provide an appropriate resolution.

First off, the only way I could see the OP's method working is to provide temporary root access. This is not all that useful unless you're really that incapable of preforming my process described/designed here. Once you have 'root' you can then flash the ENG misc MTD to allow you to be able to downgrade your system to the "ENG" (technically it's a beta, not ENG) ESPRIMG.zip. The reason you want an "ENG" (beta) 'misc' MTD is so the recovery allows self-signed (aka "test key") packages - which allows you to use Clockwork.

If you use this poster's method then you will be eternally stuck at trying to get into Clockwork since your 'stock' Slide doesn't have the ability to accept self-signed recovery packages like Clockwork.

Incorrect. I developed the Slide implementation and documentation. The credits for the product go mostly (99.99%) to 743C for the exploit and code, to myself, then to Chiefz.Reloaded. Chiefz.Reloaded is an awesome guy and has helped me understand Android much quicker, while preserving my sanity. He has his strengths and I have mine. My background is as a Linux veteran/programmer of 11 years, his is userspace of embedded devices as well as hardware.

It's important to give credit where credit is due because Eugene trampled on Chiefz.Reloaded once already and I often see the Android (especially XDA) community give the wrong credit to the wrong person.

Anyways, now that my rant is done I would like to finish by saying that

YOU CANNOT FLASH ANY RECOVERY ON THE SLIDE UNLESS YOU'RE 'S-OFF'.

If you don't know what S-OFF means, visit: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever. To check the current status of S-OFF on the myTouch Slide, please visit my thread here.

I apologize that my exploid root method is not as well documented as it could be, but please private message me if you're stuck at a particular point.

Thanks everyone!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] migueltherocker:
Nbetcher:

First off, i'd like to apologize. You're right about giving credit where credit is due. I rooted with the original loop method, so I never really looked through your thread, except for when I was trying to help the person previously posting. I'll edit my post accordingly
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] fermunky:
I personally love nbetcher's root method as when trying the original root method found, I always have issues and have always had to do something with my sd card (contrary to popular belief, it always ends up working after formatting the sd card, but that horse has been beaten to death). Thanks nbetcher!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] cingall:
I tried other root methods as well and the exploid method was the simplest one I came across. Thanks nbetcher!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] terrelltp:
i got a red queestion mark that came up then my phone rebooted n went back to how it was before
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] The Archangel:
I did everything an nothing work
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] cingall:
I got a red question mark reading some of these posts :D

On a serious note though, if you dont have root but want to root your Slide check out nbetcher's root guide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kster940:
Thx Soooooooooooooooo much dude/dudete
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] schersh:
I just want to put this out there in-case it helps someone.

I'm not a total noob...I've rooted all my androids to date. I'm currently using the mytouch slide and really like the stock ROM, and I haven't kept up with things since I got this phone and it seems like things have changed and gotten a lot more complicated!

The only reason I wanted root is so I can tether to my iPad for when I'm out and about. This works PERFECTLY for that. I downloaded the apk to my SD card and installed it using Astro file mgr. Then I clicked "root temporary." Clicked the root and got my woot!

Then I downloaded the wireless tether apk and installed it. This allowed me to tether to my iPad perfectly.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] MusicMan374:
Only slightly relevant to the OP, but for everyone's future reference who doesn't know, the red question mark that you guys see is the stock recovery that has encountered an error, in this case a self signed update package. If you boot into recovery via the bootloader, you get a similar image, except with an exclamation point. In the stock recovery, to actually see the options, you have to press volume up and power at the same time. That will show the actual menu.

Also, @ the OP, I don't know if that's how the non-engineering bootloader is, since I received my phone already rooted, but in stock recovery the top power button is the select button, and the camera button doesn't do anything. In clockwork recovery, the trackpad is for navigation, the volume keys are secondary, the power button hides the menu. I don't know what you were referring to there, forgive me if you were talking about some other navigation area.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Obsidian777:
Try hitting volume up and power when you get to the exclamation screen.
[G2 and Desire Z General] master.peterm:
nothin really fun to do with temp root other then wifi tether...... no custom roms or kernals or nothin...... =( any suggestions....
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
Pretend your phone isn't rooted, you'll fool everyone! :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] mcp2009:
what he said.
[G2 and Desire Z General] f231f:
AdFree .
[G2 and Desire Z General] ekoulak:
Temp root has no use what so ever. The only useful thing I could think of is aid to find permanent root.

I just think that its not worth going through the trouble rooting this thing to have to do it again and again, etc.
[G2 and Desire Z General] master.peterm:
its pretty easy with the 3 click root....
[G2 and Desire Z General] smasraum:
block ads with a new hosts file (love this)

vpn into your companies' ipsec network (assuming you have the group password)

wifi tether (you knew that already)

poke around in the file system, view/replace your wpa_supplicant.conf file with the old populated one from your G1 (oh wait, that's for me)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ekoulak:
I get the whole its easy part but you are back at square one each time. Its fun to try but not something id enjoy doing every time the device had to be powered off.

I'm just saying I hope we get permanent root soon. But that's another topic.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luis86dr:
I agree it saves so much time.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
This prly isn't the right place for this but, does the iphone have quadrant? Id like to show up my fam members with iphone 4s vs my G2. This seems like a good way. Thx in advance.

fRom Snugs G2 ^.^
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
G2 is running on android. GF and good day to you iphone 4!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Snuggl3s:
Lol I wish it was that simple but my fam is hard headed. They want prof and quad with a speed test would be perfect.

fRom Snugs G2 ^.^
[G2 and Desire Z General] Zak Jones!:
Yeah, if anyone knows of a cross-platform benchmark, that'd be great. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Andy2108:
I agree. I want some way to compare my 3G with my G2

However, we can use MFlops, or the number (in millions) of floating point operations done in one second.

On my iPhone 3G i have an app called MFLOPs

result:

2.232 mflops

On my G2 I have an app called Linpack for Android

Result:

33.982

So, tell you family that a T-Mobile G2 is 15.2 times more powerful / faster than an iPhone :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] krayshunist:
LOL! I love it!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defdwight:
Sorry for the self bump. Any devs out there have any suggestions? I gotta get this thing sorted.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] migueltherocker:
If its happening on both stock and teamfenix, I'm pretty sure it's a hardware issue. Flashing a rom completely replaces the software, so it doesn't sound like its that.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fermunky:
It actually seems like a problem in the power button. Did you check the contacts for the power button? Repeatedly pressing the power button will first lock it initially and dim the screen. Press again, then it gives you the chance to unlock. Press again and it goes back to sleep. Wash rinse repeat...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defdwight:
Yes, I understand. But if it were an issue with the power button, when you logged into the phone, it would randomly put itself to sleep. It doesn't do that, it functions perfectly normal with no errors whatsoever when you are logged into the phone. This problem is only exhibited in sleep mode which would rule out a hardware issue with the power button.
[General Topics] gaisto17:
When I try to post pictures it says I'm new and can't post outside links and need to be approved by a moderator anyway I can get approved?
[General Topics] willcor:
in short.....

you need certain amount of post.. to be able to post links ..etc.etc..!!

(not sure...around 10...? )

good luck

willcor
[General Topics] gaisto17:
Well thank you
[Epic 4G General] <3me:
Right now I get pretty good battery life but don't use ste cpu because I don't understand it:-/
[Epic 4G General] <3me:
Is this considered heavy

Pic wen I get home sorry
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
Been having a weird issue with my phone lately. I'm rooted, s-off, running stock 2.2, no custom kernel.

Lately what will happen is my phones 3G won't work for loading pages, apps, streaming video as it'll be stuck "uploading". By that I mean the upstream arrow will either stay lit or blink. I've tried to pin point an app that would be doing it with no success. It'll do it for a minute sometimes two then work normally. Seems to happen most often when I wake the phone. Any thoughts?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurlife:
Hmm, sounds like it might be some app, or service phoning home and hanging. Try using a process manager app to see if you can detect which apps and services are running when your phone is doing that. Try killing all nonessential services, then see if the condition persists. If no, then reactivate one service at a time until it does. If the problem persists after killing all nonessential services, have a look at running processes, and kill any that seem suspicious. Once you know which app, service l, or process is the offending party, try uninstalling the related app.

Hope that's helpful.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
I'll give that a try. Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
So after a few weeks of trying, killing apps or processes does nothing to stop the issue. Its very random when it happens and when it does I can do nothing that uses 3G.

Anyone else have an idea?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
Is there an app that will show what's using my network in real time? Not a stats app but actual, current usage.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
Could it be PRL and location based? Starting to get real frustrating.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurlife:
Sorry you're still having trouble

Hi Phaded,

Sorry that my suggestion yielded no positive results for you. If you've killed all non-essential services and processes, and it's still appears to be "uploading," something is definitely not right. I don't think it's PRL, but I personally don't know enough about how the radio works to say for sure.

At this point, you could try a different ROM. If you don't already have it, I recommend ROM Manager root. It's totally worth the $ and is available on Android Market. It makes trying different ROMs really easy.

Trying a new ROM would also effectively reinstall your radio, which might do the trick. Before you flash a new ROM, do a nandroid backup from recovery, and backup your apps with Titanium Backup, which is another must-have, IMO.

If all else fails, RMA? It could be hardware... A genius with this stuff I am not, but I have beaten my head against many a wall..

Good luck!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
I installed Virtuous 3.1 last night and so far so good. Going to keep an eye out for the rest if the day so hopefully it is fixed.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phaded:
24 hours and no issue with it. This was a multiple time a day occurrence so safe to say it resolved itself.

Sent from my Virtuous Incredible
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurlife:
Congrats Phaded!

Welcome to the ranks of the Virtuous! Glad to hear it's resolved.

Now you've got ROM Manager, you can safely try a host of different ROMs and themes. I recommend the Revolutions theme on top of Virtuous - it's very pretty.

Best,

MaurLife
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markt2:
Having same "stuck in upload mode" issue

I have a non-rooted, stock G2 (from T-Mobile) running Android 2.2.

Every day, as many as twenty or thirty times per day, the phone gets stuck in "upload" mode. The data icon shows that data is uploading (or trying to) and I am unable to use any data-related services (whether tethered or on the phone itself). When it happens it can last anywhere from 10 seconds to 5 minutes. The only way I can forcibly stop it is to completely shut down the radio by toggling airplane mode off then on, forcing the phone to reacquire a data signal.

I've tried resetting the phone, deleting every app, reinserting the SIM card, and even formatting the SD card. Nothing seems to work to solve the issue.

My two main concerns are that 1) I can't reliably download apps, check mail, send pics/videos, or other data-related processes. 2) I'm concerned that if something IS uploading, it may be uploading a LOT and adding to my 5GB per month throttle-cap on T-Mobile.

I've ended every endable process, and killed or uninstalled every app possible (I can't seem to remove bloatware without rooting, which I'm not yet eager to do as this phone is less than 60 days old, and I'm otherwise happy with it as is).

Any suggestions or recent information as to why this is occurring?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksc6000:
I don't know why the LG ally doesn't have a forum on here.

Anyways, my girlfriend is on Verizon (still under contract), and her LG Chocolate phone has broken. I need to get her a decent phone, and the only ones she can afford are the Eris and the LG Ally off craigslist.

If any of you have used both, I would love to hear an objective opinion on which one to go with.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSonicEmerald:
LG Ally, haven't seen a roms for it. But it has a good keyboard, 800 MHz CPU, and WVGA screen. Eris, has good roms, nuff said.

Sent from Eris with Froyo
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhousto:
I bought both of my boys the LG Ally when we switched to Verizon a few months ago. The Ally is rootable, but like SonicEmerald, I haven't seen any ROMs for it yet. I like the Eris better because of the ROMs that are available for it, plus I'm a HTC Sense fan! I guess you could say its a personal choice depending on what YOU like.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natedagr811:
If she likes texting a lot, go with the Ally.

Otherwise, go with the Eris.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Resun:
Ally has a 600 mhz processor, not an 800. My wife has an Ally and it's very laggy, to the point of several restarts a day. All she does is text and facebook. Battery is supposedly better than the Eris but I haven't seen much difference if any. Only plus side really is the physical keyboard, the reason she for that one in the first place, but she uses swype almost exclusively now. If you aren't going to root it, they are basically the same, with the Eris running HTC Sense, and the Ally having a keyboard. Ally will be getting upgrade to Froyo, but the Eris isn't.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 56K:
Wife has the Ally and she likes the keyboard. Had to send it in once for a SD card issue, but seems like a solid phone.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksc6000:
Thanks for all the responses. I really appreciate it.

It seems Verizon won't activate a phone like these without a data plan, (even though I'm not buying it FROM verizon, just off someone from craigslist). How stupid. So it looks like we'll just be sticking with a dumb phone :(
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
Just go prepaid.
[Captivate General] pitmansm:
just loaded 2.2 on my captivate and is shows ongoing call forwarding for video calls. i cant get it to go away. what is this? i used this I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears(1) to update to froyo
[Captivate General] pitmansm:
i really need some help. i dont know what i did to show that option
[Captivate General] ozone777:
Re-Flash

Flash back to JF6 with Odin one click and then re-flash Cog 2.2 beta 5.5.
[Captivate General] pitmansm:
any reason for that rom? or just it doesnt have the bug? i assume its a bug
[Captivate General] pitmansm:
guess what i still have a video call forward thing on there im reverting back to 2.1 ill wait
[Captivate General] pitmansm:
any one else have this problem? or just me
[Captivate General] RexEscape:
I don't see that on mine. I'm running Cog v2.2 b6.
[Captivate General] pitmansm:
it went away for some reason i dont know why or how it comes up. i didnt know it had a video call option
[Captivate General] Princepal:
Forwarding all video calls

I am having the same problem.
[Captivate General] Krad:
dood.. your loading a cooked rom with pieces from other roms. Your going to see items like that, that are completely not compatible with the captivate.

you don't have a front facing camera anywhere for it. Stop loading cooked roms and wait for official froyo so you know what features there are.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halfelite:
Is there a way to turn off caller id when dialing out. I used to do it on my winmo phone all the time and looking around on google I see the option in the G1 phone But the same settings do not appear to be on the evo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnie_darko:
Ok I've looked around a few places and can't really find the answers I'm looking for so I guess I'll just ask.

What's the deal with new radios? Do those need to be flashed with a new rom or what? I got my phone only a month ago, so I figure the radios are up-to-date or whatever, is that the case? Or do I need to flash radios with my ROM or something?

I just don't get the whole radios thing.

Thanks in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hmfic:
I unlocked my G2 before leaving on trip to Europe and after the unlock process has finished phone now can't connect to gsm network at all. I used 3 different sim cards including t-mobile original sim card nothing helps. Also did hard reset and reflashed with OOB ROM from dev thread, nothing helps. Anybody has the same issue? Any other suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpou:
Dear friend, my issue exactly. No connection after unlocking. I have tried virtualy anything (different sims, firmware reinstallation, reboots, reset ) nothing happens. As far as i can tell after unlocking the phone cannot read properly no sim at all. It behaves asz a phone whith no sim in it. Try open your phone with no sim and try search for networks. You will get the same error message. I have contacted HTC and awaiting an answer. Where did you found the unlock code?