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[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkshadow9498:
I am sorry, I know this has been asked a multitude of times on the forums, and I have gone through probably all of them. Is it possible to flash a perminant Clockwork recovery image to the Aria? Is there a way to unlock HBOOT or turn the S-ON to S-OFF?

I am new to Android, but not to Linux, but if I am doing something wrong, please point me in the right direction.

I originally rooted my phone though the update.zip switch method.

Here is what I tried:

Unrevoked: Hangs at "Waiting for root" rebooting does not help.

The old update.zip adb method: This method works to get me into Clockwork to install custom roms, however it is not persistant, when I reset it goes right back to the stock recovery.

Rom Manager: No matter which version I select, it always says it sucessfully installed Clockwork, but when you try to reboot to the recovery console, nothing. Try Alternate Recovery is greyed out, even though I have AmonRa on the SD card

Fastboot: I assume because security is on, it is not allowing me to use the "fastboot flash recovery" command as it gives me a "failed signature" error

Terminal/Shell: Tried it from the adb shell, and the terminal emulator on the phone itself. I have pushed the recovery images I want to the sdcard but when I try to execute the flash_image command I get an "out of memory" or "no space left on device" error

Firerat's install script: I have executed this script and keep getting the error that says it "cn't move /system/bin/buggerd directory not empty" error

I have tried remounting /system rw, doesn't help in ANY of the cases.

I have tried every method I can think of, other than doing an unroot/stock rom recovery and starting from the top, but I was hoping to avoid that if at all possible.

Are there any sort of firmware updates to change my hardware versions? here is what I have (stock Aria stuff)

LIBERTY PVP SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.57.0000

MICROP-031b

TOUCH PANEL-STN21_03

RADIO-7.08.35.06

May 8 2010,03:56:58
[HTC Excalibur] bromfrog:
Is there anyway to hack the Dash to turn off data completely? I've moved over to AT&T and my wife wanted to use the phone - but didn't need a data plan. I've removed the GPRS proxies, however, my first bill still showed some data activity from the phone - which cost some $$$. Thanks.
[HTC Excalibur] stylez:
Normally in conection settings can just change the *connects too* there is a piece of software called nodata *i'd attach but mobile*
[HTC Excalibur] tobbbie:
For NoData Look it up here: http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/

You might also be interested in ConnTweak in case you would want to use data-connection in a controlled way.

Or for the hard cut - as stylez proposed - set the "connects to" to "dummy" or something similar.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Hey guys,

I got in my 3rd "refurbished" Captivate last Friday and I have been collecting some data. For the record, I am using Cognition BETA5.5 FROYO on it without any lagfixes or modified GPS settings.

My first two Captivates -- the GPS sucked. I tried every fix in the book: Jupiter.xml fixes, Epic 4G fixes, LbsTestMode settings, different firmwares etc... some things helped a bit, but the GPS was still unreliable.

My 3rd Captivate's GPS works great from day 1. I've been testing it daily since I got it. I had a long trip to the New York Comic Con, which I used my 3rd Captivate to navigate. In areas that I previously had problems with, my new Captivate handles them with ease. I attached a screen shot of "My Tracks" on a turn that the GPS always overshot previously (now which works fine).

Anyway, I believe JH7 was the software fix for the GPS. The software problem was keeping locks from satellites <20dbHz and using >8 satellites. The rest of the problem is hardware due to poor quality control. This would also explain why so many people have so many different experiences. I say, if you want a reliable GPS in a Captivate, keep warranty swapping it until you get one that works.

/this also explains why some Captivates shutdown randomly, while others don't: poor quality control.
[Captivate General] nybmx:
I disagree with this. I bought mine a few days before the JH7 update and didn't have a ton of time to play with the GPS. Using GPS test I was finding 8 satellites and locking onto ~6 of them in a minute or so. With the JH7 update I was finding and locking onto 11 satellites in 15 seconds or less consistently. My accuracy would stand at 16.4 feet (I don't think anyone has achieved better than this with this device). Starting this past Friday (10/8) however my phone won't lock at all. I'm only seeing 4 satellites and no matter how long I leave it, or what settings I touch there is no lock. This is a problem many people have. The GPS works for a while then suddenly stops. This to me suggests a software issue.
[Captivate General] waiting4gingerbread:
I think it is partially hardware related as well. My GPS on stock didn't work so well with the factory settings but worked perfectly with the supl.google.com. Every update since then up to Cognition 2.1.6 has worked perfectly every time for me. If this was a software or firmware issue we would all be having similar problems.
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
If someone proposed the theory that maybe supple.google.com isn't the best source I must have missed it. So I propose it. Spirent obviously is not, that's a test site.

I wonder if there is supple1.google.com supple2.google.com tzpst.supple.google.com etc.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
I agree that Samsung has poor quality control problem, or lack there of from my past experience with various Samsung products. However, I believe the GPS issue is a bad hardware design in Samsung's part. Based on my own observation, it is the poor GPS antenna design that causes poor GPS signal reception. In compensation for this poor design, Samsung tries to boost the GPS chip amplification power which in turn causes interference from all the difference radio sources and bad S/N ratio. Since this is purely an analog signaling issue, different phones show different results and even the same phone could show different results in different environment. I particularly noticed that whenever I pass by those noise isolating walls around the highways I travel daily, my GPS starts to jump all over the place. This indicates to me that the GPS receiver is very suspectible to signal reflections from those walls, may it be cell tower signals or else.

The problem with warranty replacement is that it is really a crap shot. You typically get a refurbished phones unless AT&T runs out of refurbs. Guess where those refurbished phones come from: (1) returns due to GPS issue. (2) returns due to shutdown issue. Since neither issue can be resolved or easily identified (the later is not even acknowleged as a problem AFAIK by AT&T), Samsuung/AT&T will simply refurbish those phones and send out as warranty replacements.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
That's BS. spirent is not the problem. The original theory has been proved wrong long time ago. Change to supl.google.com does not solve the problem. Period. And getting a lock is only 1/3 of the GPS trouble you get into.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
1) I am using spirent (or whatever the stock SUPL server settings are) and my GPS is working great. The problem is not the SUPL server (although changing it might have helped some).

2) If it were purely a software / firmware issue, we would all be experiencing the same GPS problems, which we are not. In addition, I would see the same problems with my new Captivate (which is running the same software), which I am not.

3) I do not have poor S/N ratios on my phone. I get 25-40 (sometimes better) S/N ratios, which is a bit better than my wife's Aria. I did notice poor S/N ratios on my second phone (15-30), which had the worst GPS performance. If it was poor hardware design, we would all have the same poor S/N ratios (and performance), which we do not.

4) Yes, getting a warranty replacement is a crapshoot. But hey, your current phone sucks and your next refurbished phone might not. So, swap it out -- you might get lucky. Samsung owes you a good phone anyway.

The problem is really chaotic, and people cannot reproduce the same problems (and resolutions) across different devices. This can only explained by people not getting the same devices... some are just more broke than others. Poor quality control.

/personally, I'm sick of digging through the Captivate GPS problem.. now that I have one that works, I want to just enjoy my phone. :D
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
You are confusing digital circuitary with analog circuitary.

An analog hardware issue hardly will cause uniformly the same results. What you will see the S/N varies a lot between phones that's why some works, some doesn't. The antenna and satellite signal processing are still analog circuitary and prone to variations even with the same design. That's why SOME iPhone4s work just fine but others will drop calls when touched:) But no one is calling Apple lack of quality control.

Mine is 20 to 35 which is borderline.

The BroadCOM BCM 4751 is supposedly better at dealing with weak signals. I think Samsung is still experimenting different ways to get better locks in those marginal signal levels without causing the noise interference that in turn destroys the stable locks.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
What is the general consensus of the % of owners actually having perceived GPS issues?
[Captivate General] Verysafety:
Someone please make a DIY on how to fix the damn thing myself... (hardware fix that is) ;)
[Captivate General] bamonkey:
*Deep breath*

I know my 2cents really wont change this debate at all but ill go ahead and post my experiences with this issue K?

Cappy 1: Gps was just ok. it still worked but on navigation would try to "predict" where i was, jump off the roads and i would say on average i would be 20-50m off roof overhead and 10-20m if i put it directly on my dash where i couldnt see it.. This on average also took about 5 minutes to get a lock from standstill. Replaced for brick issue *incorrect flash being a newb*

cappy 2: Gps seemed to get worse everyday with this phone. mind you change the supl and jupiter tweaks seemed to help just a bit but honestly this one was just not usable. I could get a a lock in 5-10 seconds from a standstill and it would always be 10m accuracy.. so ok, it could help me know where i am immediatly but i cant see me standing in the woods going *deeerp where am i??* This was was replaced for random poweroff issue.

cappy 3: i literally just got this thing 2 hours ago picking up my mail so its fresh as can be guys.. jf6 stock right now. pulled my sim and battery into the phone at the mailbox and immediatly out of curiousity descided to test GPS. in no more than 20 seconds it got a lock of 50m..and then just a few seconds later im 5...5!!!!meters off. My eyes pop out of my head its in my hands at this time so i get ballsy and decide to put it in the lower tray in my car and take a drive. Wow...it just works now. It knew where i was and even told me and showed me a streetview of my destination before i got there...i should note this has NEVER happened i didnt even know it could/would do that :eek.

So my verdict is this. there are sofware tweaks to improve the quality and for some i dont doubt flashing firmware or applying changes has helped...BUT... overall this 3rd cappy is ...it just FEELS like the gps hardware is working right WITH the software. Things could always change with froyo and the the great devs here and if im proved wrong then wow count me impressed. Just dont hold your breath guys ;)

EDIT: just to note exchanging your device is like playing the lottery. although these latest devices seem to have a higher success ratio im noticing. Ill also note i have NEVER exchanged instore but have always used mai to get my new cappy.
[Captivate General] Futan21:
Based on the two comments here it sounds like I should try for a 3rd Captivate. Seems like 3rd times the charm. My 1st one GPS didn't work, I didn't run GPS Test or anything. Just know it never locked on me without the AGPS or whatever on. 2nd one same story. I have ran GPS Test on it and I'm lucky if I can get a view of 3 satellites outside in clear sky. It's usually 0 or 1. I've never had a satellite locked on.
[Vibrant General] sewebster87:
I have been lurking around here for about a month since I got my vibrant and keep seeing posts about TPU (is that right?) cases being so much better than the body glove cases, and that BG just sucks.

I mean, the power button is a bit hard to get to at times and the whole thing is a tad bulky, but I'm in the market for the toughest case in town....i have a track record of destroying any mobile electronics, specifically cell phones, in just a few months time

So can somebody tell me what I'm missing out on? Just curious about options I guess

Sorry for typos and errors, sent from using swype
[Vibrant General] ShinyBuddha:
Wrong forum. Please post in Vibrant Accessories forum for a better response.

It's thatta way -> Click Me!
[Vibrant General] sewebster87:
Right, my bad - usually i'm good about etiquette.....damn browsing the forum at work on my phone!

Thanks for the heads up

MODs - Feel free to delete this thread
[HD2 General] Rich196:
New official rom, causing sms sent notifcation, that cannot be turned off.

I have seached and tried both of these fixes.

1.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settin gs]

"SMSNoSentMsg=dword:1

This doesnt work!

2.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Jataayu\Messaging]

"DisableSMSSuccess"=dword:1

And this reg i cant even find on my phone to tweak, i dont know where it has gone.

Can anyone help?
[HD2 General] Rich196:
Never mind, fix using phm reg editor, created the dword DisableSMSSuccess:1

resulting in no more sms sent notifications :D
[HD2 General] xnifex:
I wonder if you set this item in Advanced Config if it will fix it as well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Llewellyn_ll:
Hi,

I've got a problem relating to Android Adobe Reader. Everytime it crashes if I turn the page or something like that. The interesting thing is that it worked last day but only once (I tried it with a few different pdf-files with some of them having more than 500 pages). I did not install a new app or changed any setting. So, I have no idea what happened. I'm using a Zenithink ZT-180 with Image from Christian Buchner (but that should not be the point: It's not the first time I've tried to get it working: It crashed too using another Firmware (even the official ones from Zenithink)

I hope that somebody is able help me.
[Android Software Development] cyberpedz:
Hey all, i am starting to find out about creating apps. I have started with creating a simple webview app that shows a website.

What i am having trouble with is after editing the files in eclipse i hit run an in the SDK emulator all i get is a black screen wit android write on it.

Any ideas?

NOTE: i am very new to this :o
[Android Software Development] blaboy51:
Be patient it takes like 10 mins or more for the emulator to load
[Android Software Development] dcds:
Novice here.

Yes, it will take sometime. Here it starts quickly (core i5 notebook). But it may take a long long time.

You can also use your phone to debug and deploy. It's very very quick, takes virtually no time to load, like the emulator. At least here.

Good luck! :)
[Android Software Development] cyberpedz:
Thanks all it did take a while was juts me being inpatient.
[Android Software Development] mstorer3772:
Follow-up question: When debugging an app in eclipse, if you change your source during a debug session, it should restart my app/activity/whatsis, right?

Yeah.. not getting that at all, and my current dev box leaves something to be desired in the horsepower department. Those emulator restarts are killing my interest in working on this pet project of mine.

I found a link that should let me use my Evo directly, hopefully that will do the trick.

--Mark
[Android Software Development] mstorer3772:
Update:

Grr. I installed the HTC Sync 2.blah, so I can actually connect to my Evo now from within Eclipse but I'm still running into problems. Eclipse still isn't automagically updating my app when I change-n-save. Am I just expecting too much here?

Oddly enough, it DID update the changed app when I unplugged my evo from my laptop and plugged it back in. This took several seconds to catch up, but it beats the hell out of waiting for a new emulator to boot. Ouch. We need some way to freeze/save the emulator state so we can relaunch it with it's memory and so forth already in place.

I'd mangled my first hand-rolled "hello world" app (started monkeying with stuff without knowing what did what), so it no longer ran. Note To Self: "Test Only" flag seems to mean "emulator only". That was a snag.

So I whipped up a demo app (the "Skeleton App" for 2.1) project. Installed and ran fine. I changed a couple buttons to Log.d(...) instead of What They Did, and after the unplug-plugin trick, the app updated. The buttons no longer performed their original tasks... instead they now do what looks like NOTHING! LogCat isn't showing my debug messages at all (which wasn't a problem previously when I was just using the emulator).

Am I just missing the boat here or what?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phi770:
Is there a way to check the NAND storage for errors? I get errors like this from a "dmesg | grep block"

yaffs: Attempting MTD mount on 31.3, "mtdblock3"
block 944 is bad
block 998 is bad
block 1083 is bad
block 1459 is bad
block 1460 is bad
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected
Partially written block 21 detected

So far everything works but i'm a little bit concerned.

EDIT:

The Partially written blocks reappear after restart, however i managed to get rid of them by making a sdcard-filesystemcheck via gparted using a notebook (although there weren't any errors) ! Strange, I thought my phone is broken...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liblack:
Hi. i have problem with my s3 i want to try to repair nand file sys. is ther any solution?
[Desire General] unnddd:
Has anyone else noticed that they get an odd clicking every few key presses when using the vibration feedback on the keyboard? I've been getting this since I first got my Desire but I think it might be inherently faulty. Does anyone know if this would be covered under the warranty if I sent it to 3 UK to get it repaired? Thanks for any help :)
[Desire General] 3722:
That is probably the autofocus of the camera. It occurs if you put it on a hard surface too. It's normal.
[Desire General] unnddd:
Thanks I was slightly worried, as my Desire also seems to have an ill-fitting bezel. By that I mean there's a slight gap between the bezel and screen. I guess I'll have to live with it though...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] jloya:
Hey,

So if any one you have downloaded the launcher pro icons app you will notice some of them say "inverted" and they are black, I was wondering if someone could mimic there icon list but have them all inverted rather than just the few available in the current app?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] mezdup:
you should put a [REQ] in the topic title so people know to ignore this. lol jk, but yea you should put it in there.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] jloya:
thanks for the idea

however i found out that if you hit the menu button you can change the color of the icons in the launcher pro app and the have one for inverted :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firestorm126:
Hi I've searched around in different Android sense areas and can't seem to find an answer so I'm asking it, please if I missed it point me in the right direction.

I have a new Droid Incredible, just switched over from a Touch Pro 2, and I love it except for the fact that SMS Recipients is capped at 10. On the WinMo phone you could go in a tweak the registry to allow however many you wanted. On Android is there a way to do this? I plan on rooting it so that won't be a problem if I need too. I've read to use Handcent (has been giving me annoying pop-ups) or ChompSMS but I'd prefer just be able to use Messages.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qmartman711:
I dont have a sense rom anymore, but if I remember correctly, it's as simple as going into messages..pressing menu..pull up settings, and then think with storage settings. You should be able to adjust the limit per thread and conversation numbers. Let me know if I am delusional..but I'm pretty sure that's it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firestorm126:
I've found that and theres a place where I can limit the amount of sms and mms's however nothing about recipients anywhere :( Any other ideas?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firestorm126:
Anyone else have ideas? I'm using Handcent but after I send one message it acts like my group is empty and I have to restart the phone. Chomp was sending double messages, are there any other programs or methods out there? The group has 58 members
[Fascinate Android Development] jasoneau:
Is there any way to port over the Print to Retail option from the Droid X to the Fascinate? Its an option from the X's gallery. Please Help :P
[Fascinate Android Development] shauder:
try getting the gallery apk package and install on your phone?
[Fascinate Android Development] jasoneau:
Yes I downloaded the system dump. I tried MediaGallery.apk, MediaProvider.apk, MediaSync.apk and MediaUploader.apk. I wasnt sure what .apk that feature would be in, but anyways none worked.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] MacGuy2006:
Can someone upload T959UVJI6 OTA Stock NANDROID image and the kernel zip?

It would help everyone who has issues with Odin and everyone who uses a Mac.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. The same request was deleted without explanation from the developer section, so I am hoping that it will get a response here.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] j0hnZ:
Try the Q/A forum.
[Android Software Development] MoSyncTony:
Hi All,

We've just released MoSync Android C/C++ SDK, so now its possible to program Android in C++ without the hassle of using the NDK, no more messing around with interfacing to Java.

We are an open source project, so we would really appreciate all the feedback you can give us.

You can get it at mosync.com

Thanks

Tony
[Fascinate General] mastibeta:
Cannot update prl on my Fascinate. Any ideas?
[Fascinate General] mastibeta:
bump bump it up
[Fascinate General] KenKeno:
Make sure you are trying to do it while on a verizon tower and not roaming.
[Fascinate General] Daswolven:
Is there an associated error message, or just a "cannot update your phone"
[Fascinate General] dnoyeb:
Update it manually...(look down a few threads)
[Fascinate General] mastibeta:
It tells me could not program ur phone...contact cs
[Fascinate General] zero7starz:
Is your old phone turned off?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
Is it possible to make the "Magnifying Glass" button activate Voice Recognition?

Ever since the new Swype beta caused the last hacked version of Swype with the voice recognition added stopped working, it's been more annoying having to switch keyboards just to get the voice button back.

So, I was wondering...is it possible to make the "Magnifying Glass" button activate Voice Recognition? That way, we can still use Swype and not have to switch keyboards anymore.

I dunno who those thicked-headed guys at Swype are but I do know many ppl have requested this very important button on their own website, but I guess they don't give a **** about listening to their customers.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEhomelessONE:
On speedtest I'm usually in-between 100-200kbps with the upload speeds being much faster. My old G1 kills this phone on internet speeds. I can't even watch YouTube videos on low quality smoothly. I have the newest radio, clarity bootloader Rom, and mdeejayz froyo sense Rom. Tried different roms with the same results. How can I fix this?