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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fllash:
Hi There,

I have been using DeFrost and OpenDesire for the last few months, and have therefore not been able to use the FM radio.

It worked when i tried it initially with the stock Sense rom, but nowdays (MIUI, SenseHD and Sense) all i get is static, no matter where i am (outside in good weather etc). My friend with a Nexus One can pick up the stations at the exact same location.

I have tried all the radios back untill 5.09.00.08 (currently using 5.11.05.14), but no difference.

Any ideas?

Josh.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budadank:
Go back to Stock using a Shipped RUU. If it's still fubar then send it off for a warranty repair.

Make sure your HBOOT is restored if you've flashed the S-Off HBOOT but i think the stock RUU should write the stock HBOOT back on the device for you.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fllash:
It's not FUBAR, just the FM radio seems to give static. I have no other issues with it whatsoever.

What does an RUU contain that 'might' fix this issue?

Josh.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budadank:
Going back to a Stock ROM will ensure that your software is 100% compatible with the hardware. It's naturally the first thing you should do if you start having problems with your device. If you're using a cooked ROM, there's an increased chance that the problem you are experiencing is related to software rather than hardware. In your case, more so since the Desire 2.2 kernel was only recently open sourced, so the FM radio drivers have only recently been included in 2.2 cooked roms.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eKeith:
Hey Josh,

I'm running LeeDrOiD 2.4.1 and have the identical issue with my FM radio. Did you solve it? If so, how?

Thanks,

Keith
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eKeith:
Bump. Anyone?
[Fascinate General] yuhang:
I just wanted to inform all the good people of XDA for helping out me out. It all started with me asking total noob questions such as "What is rooting" to finally having great guides to teach me about rooting. Now, my phone is completely rooted, voodooed, and just spanking fantastic. It's fascinating how a phone can do so much. I can't wait till XDA works hard to crack the 2.2 update in the future and I just wanted to say, Thank you very much.
[Fascinate General] Dhuss:
I second that. Came in here with no knowledge of the subject of roots, and after a couple of weeks of reading I feel I can safely edit my phone. Thank you to all who contribute.
[Fascinate General] Mean Bro Greene:
Thirded. It's quite amazing how quickly this phone has come along. Big thanks to the devs for their hard work. Also, lol @ the OP's fascinate pun.
[Fascinate General] Dynomike1:
U'll can thank a lot of these guys by donating. Most of them have ways to do that.
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
I'm gonna echo the OP's sentiments exactly. After everybody's help & responsiveness here at xda I feel like I've been able to make the right choices about phones & apps & what to do with them. After everyone's input on my OP, droid x or fascinate?, I'm sticking with the fascinate due to my confidence in what these devs can accomplish with a truly open platform.
[Fascinate General] dream.chaser:
+1. I'm new to the android scene. Thanks to XDA and its helpful guides and members, my phone's now rooted and zipper than ever.
[Fascinate General] TheSonicEmerald:
Some other folks here and I have had this phone since Last fall, and this dev community has exploded since then. Thanks to the devs, this phone is exactly how I want it.

Sent from my Fascinate with MIUI Gingerbread
[Fascinate General] Micronads:
+1 here as well. I would be bricked many times if it wasn't for all the helpful information here.
[Fascinate General] zanktank:
Yes thank you xda for offering me a way to customize my phone and get rid of all the crap that irritates me about it.
[Fascinate General] rax82:
thank you all on xda forum, you helped me very much, especially dsaklein thank you
[Fascinate General] bobloblaw1:
This thread must be dead sexy.

Necro'd in 2011 and 2012.

Classy.

-Hai guise I haz problems on the pre-alpha release and I don't know why.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gahh Its Lee:
Can someone make me a metamorph theme that will just make the pulldown notifications black with white text? I found a theme that did it but it changed alot of other stuff and thats the only thing i dislike. Im not sure if it would have to be a theme or just something flashable. Any help would be great

Or even just take a piece out of uncommon sense? I believe its just straight white that creates unneeded battery drain
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gahh Its Lee:
Im not 100% sure this goes in this section but it seemed development-ish to me
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deficitism:
This belongs in the themes and apps section. To quickly answer your question, HTC made this a real PITA for sense. AOSP can be done easily, but try searching for roms and themes for the evo and the dinc. You will quickly notice that

not one

sense mod (evo and dinc) has this implementation. I have been able to do it with very inconsistent results.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAshMan:
I've got my Nexus One, in pretty much fantastic condition. Zagg cover since day one and no major issues.

It does have the common bug where screen becomes unresponsive when you connect a charger to it but I was told that there's no fix for that.

It's got a few extras: screen protector, cover, UK adapter, cleaning cloth

Bought in April, then 3 weeks later I got the Desire so this has been sat around doing nothing much.

I'm looking to get rid of it now, but have no idea what it's worth. I don't plan on selling it on here but just want to know if someone can give me an idea of how much I can expect for it!

Thanks in advance
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starfarer:
well my N1 never had that common bug. I checked again after your post and nothing as you described.

For excellent condition and unlocked, I would say on average in the range of £240-270. For brand new, £290-320. If the bug is very noticeable prob in the range of £180-220 ( few noticeable dents and marks). £250 is the sweet spot for most N1 in good condition. Try Hotdeals Uk.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAshMan:
Thanks, I was certain that I'd read something like that on Modaco, maybe it was something else then.

If it is faulty hardware then I should be able to get it fixed as it's still in warranty. If not I'll list for the cheaper price you said.

I guess the first step is to start using the phone again for a couple of days and see if that issue's still there

Thanks for the help, at least I've got an idea of how much to expect for it
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grady_hawks:
Well I (6 weeks or so ago) sold a brand new, in box, Nexus one on eBay to a chap in Ireland for £325.

Also, might be worth considering unlocking the boot-loader and flashing a popular Rom and adding that in to the selling notes. The normal people love words like "Unlocked" and so on. I bet you could reach the same kind of price if you sell it well (even if it is used).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elkyur:
Dude, YOU CANT SELL nexus one. Because its best phone. I dont thing you want to just quit mobiloty or you want to?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kertesd:
Im really stuck here. Im running C-gen on my Nexus One. I just did a Factory Reset a few days ago. I cleared the Cache on most apps, moved 80% of my apps to SD, I deleted 200 pictures Yet I still only have 42.37 MB of Internal Phone Space. I dont understand what the problem is, and where the 400+mb of storage is being used. Please help.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mvillegas:
Hello, did make the clear storage?? I recommend you do it. Also you can try format the SD Card, make a backup and format and install again your apps, I just did and I have 110 mb, It take an hour. Here I leave you the steps to do a clear storage(careful, the will be like brand new out the box).

1. Turn the phone off. If it’s frozen in the on state, pull the battery.

2. Press and hold both the Home and Back buttons simultaneously.

3. While continuing to hold the buttons, press the Power button.

4. Release Home and Back.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the hard reset.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] salar argoshi:
dont do hard reset ... download cacheclean application and clean the cache
[Android Apps and Games] xbassols:
History Clear v1.3

This application lets you clear browser history choosing between last 10, 20, 30 minutes, 1, 2 hours or all history.

Warning:

Only works on Froyo default Browser.

New coming changes:

- Screen Widget

- Custom time clear

And more...

Tags: clear, clean, borrar, history, historial, limpiar, eraser.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newtonthecat:
Perhaps this is just a useability thing but I often have my phone sat flat on my desk. From the home page I launch an app (Messaging, Market etc.) without picking the phone up and the app opens in Landscape mode.

I think I worked out what makes this happen:

If I have the phone in my hand (portrait) showing the home screen (which does not rotate) with nothing running in the background and put it down on my desk as I put it down I have actually tilted it so if an auto-rotate app was running it would have gone to landscape. It is as if the accelerometer has sensed the phone in landscape mode and remembered this so next time I launch an app without picking the phone up it starts in landscape. I proved this by holding the phone (portrait) on the home page and putting it down on my desk carefully so it was only tilting in a portrait orientation, then stated a program and it started in portrait.

OK, this is probably considered normal operation but the way I use my phone it's really annoying.

I don't know about anyone else but when I put my phone on the desk I nearly always lay it down long edge first - which puts the accelerometer into landscape mode, causing the "problem".

What would be nice is an app that let you choose the default orientation programs/apps start up in but ONLY if the phone is flat. Hmmm I'd buy it!

EDIT: Or just an app that resets the accelerometer to your preference of landscape or portrait after the screen locks or unlocks and the phone is horizontal

Mark.
[Android Themes] dodjob:
Hi there,

This is something I have wished for a looong time. I have seen that the MIUI has it but on my hero.. there is simply no way that I can install it.

Does someone knows if there is a way to get it there?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] robertgibson:
Wow this is good stuff.....thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rhodes588:
This disables them from starting up and running if phone is rebooted and not running temproot? Or do we have to put these cmd lines in again once rebooted?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Anomaly:
Nice tip, thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ryaninc:
Great tip! Thanks!

But...dude, you disabled some of my most frequently used apps. Google Voice, Twitter, Goggles, Listen...I use all of those apps every day. But Photobucket, MyAccount, Facebook, all killed. :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
This actually makes changes to the packages file on /data, so the NAND protection doesn't matter.

i.e. - you only have to do it once. :)

P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Voice - doesn't work in UK

Twitter - Seesmic > Official App

Goggles - Meh

Listen - Meh

:D

P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
Nice. Thanks. Worked great.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xile6:
How to undo?

pm able?

And is this the code tmobile used long ago to hide/show the myfaves app?

Either way great find
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sk8rbebop:
P, you are the man.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
pm enable (package name) to undo

Also, this doesn't work for com.amazon.mp3. Perhaps it has something to do with it running as a service?

Great work Paul. Everytime I saw that Photobucket app it made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
It should do... in fact it DOES on my device.

Have you tried doing 'pm enable com.amazon.mp3' then 'pm disable com.amazon.mp3'?

P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
After I updated Amazon MP3, I couldn't disable it either!

The fix was to do this...

#cat /data/system/packages.xml|grep com.amazon.mp3

...which returned this...

<package name="com.amazon.mp3" codePath="/data/app/com.amazon.mp3-1.apk" flags="1" ts="1287142896000" version="800022" userId="10049" enabled="false" installer="com.google.android.feedback">
<item name="com.amazon.mp3.client.activity.LauncherActivity" />
<item name="com.amazon.mp3.client.receiver.FirstBootReceiver" />
<item name="com.amazon.mp3.service.DownloadService" />
<item name="com.amazon.mp3.client.activity.IntentProxyActivity" />
<item name="com.amazon.mp3.client.receiver.RetryDownloadsReceiver" />
<updated-package name="com.amazon.mp3" codePath="/system/app/amazonmp3.apk" ts="1284540940000" version="800019" userId="10049">

...after which I manually disabled the launcher activity...

#pm disable com.amazon.mp3/com.amazon.mp3.client.activity.LauncherActivity

...and it's all good! :)

In an ideal world you'd probably disable all the activities (or you could be able to use a wildcard).

P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
Thanks again Paul! Disabling Amazon MP3 now...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
I'll probably rustle up a script to automate the extended part of the process, to ensure apps are completely disabled...

P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
That would be great. I went ahead and disabled all of the com.amazon.mp3 activities, but Amazon MP3 still shows up under "Running" applications after a reboot. It's gone from the app drawer, though!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
Paul is Jesus reborned! You the man Paul!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] phoenix79:
Works beautifully Paul, thanks!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Do an 'adb pull /data/system/packages.xml' to your PC, have a look through and double check the 'BOOTCOMPLETE' activity is disabled.

That's obviously the one that is making it run on startup.

P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
If you could that would be great!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mike1986.:
Ok thanks but I would like to stay away from installing extra stuff just to remove other stuff :) no other solution?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shambala001:
Earlier in the thread it explains how to disable it if you updated, which you probably did because its still in the launcher
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] trs999:
Thanks!!!!

Thank you so much for this!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mike1986.:
No, I haven't. I don't even have amozon mp3 in the Market.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] icon_x:
big thanks to the script, it did help a lot with disabling most of the bloatware on my G2.

Now to wait for a way to permanently uninstall some of this crap...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shambala001:
Even if you did not update it, Amazon MP3 is in the market. Find it and reply if it says its installed or not. Try using Titanium Backup to freeze it as well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] floepie:
Is this what Titanium does when it "freezes" an app?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Neejay:
Yep, it is.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fradog23:
Thank you! Got rid of some of the crud thats on my phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xzxxzx:
I love you.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] VolcanicSkunk:
Thanks so much for this thread! It was so informative I read the entire thing! :D I am about to get a myTouch 4G and this will be incredibly useful considering the amount of bloatware I hear is on it.

I have seen some new users in this thread having problems getting adb to work properly. I came from an original myTouch and this thread was in the G1 Rom Bible. It helped me get the SDK tools to work first time perfectly! So I thought I'd pass on the info. Click Here To View Thread
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AnonWM:
Kind of stuck

Trying to do this on my G2, and kind of hit a roadblock. Have not tried to root any android phones before, when I attempt to do ADB Shell using the android sdk, all I get is device not found.

Currently I have USB debugging on, I've done a temp root using VISIONary and it responds that the phone has been rooted.. tried with the phone connected as charge only and as disk drive.. Not sure what i'm doing wrong. If anyone has any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] VolcanicSkunk:
You must have USB Debugging activated. To do this go to Settings>Applications>Development>Check mark (USB) Debugging

That should do it. Once plugged into your computer it should auto-install the drivers. Once it is done installing check your connection by typing

adb devices

That should bring up a one line list containing your device. Hope this helped!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AnonWM:
I have USB debugging enabled, upon connecting to my PC (I run Windows XP86) I get a new device found ADB, but have not been able to find drivers to install.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AnonWM:
I believe I've solved all my issues. Found this guide ( showthread.php?t=532719 ) and was able to use PDANet to install the drivers, and now I'm showing up in ADB.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Just wanted to point out that it didn't work on some apps.

Shopper

Earth

Sky Map

Still good 'coz it got rid of the other stuff.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bdong:
Hmm.

Worked on Shopper/Earth for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shambala001:
Using Titanium Manager I disabled Earth and Sky Map (I use shopper)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] nandesho:
If wifi calling is constantly connecting and disconnecting (and making your phone never ring) like mine and you're sick of it hogging ram- disable com.android.kineto.

Doesn't seem to have any negative consequence, yet. .
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
Same. Kept Sky Map though so don't know if that would work or not, but don't see any reason why it wouldn't.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jbunnell:
Wi-Fi calling app

Thanks for all the good information in this thread!! Following instructions here I'm managed to root my new G2 and stop unwanted bloatware from running..:p

Has someone come across a way to rid my app killer list of the WI-Fi Calling .. I've tried to disable it (com.android.kineto).. and that rids it out of the app tray.. but it remains on the app killer list as a function constantlyl running..

thanks in advance ..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iamwhere:
has anyone since found out how to get rid of the wifi calling?

i noticed theres a kernel module associated with it (/system/lib/modules/kineto_gan.ko) and the app that is always on might be some userland process for the kernel module.. but i tried rmmod and to kill wifi calling but it still comes back.

Or for that matter, how can you completely get rid of a package? "pm uninstall" always returns "Failure", but if we could just read all the directories and files associated with a package could just rm them manually. The linux user in me says to not do this but I'm out of ideas.

Also, is there a way to get rid of applications in the widget menu? The stock news & weather is still there even though I "pm disable"d it..

Ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Neejay:
Could someone PLEASE give me the geniewidget.apk from the stock build? I deleted mine and I think it's the reason "fancy widget" stopped working.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] labrea:
anyone knows how to disable wifi calling ? i could not found command when I type pm package list

it shows everything except wifi calling
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] CTR01:
ThAnKs!

Thanks for this info! Always hate seeing stuff i dont use pop up/use resources, no matter how little is being used.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rojocohete:
Thank you!

I'll admit it, I haven't read every post in all 21 pages, but if there is some place to donate to POB, I'd like to. This has corrected every issue I have with the phone.

Well except one issue. Does anyone know how to make a shortcut to the 'MENU'?

I find the soft MENU button not to be completely responsive and would love a home screen shortcut icon.

thanks again...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jaoyina:
Why i can only execute on pm command at a time, after that, the # sign just disappear, is this my terminal tool issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jaoyina:
pm disable com.android.kineto (wifi calling)

pm disable com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget (news and weather)

use these 2 packages should be working.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hoetel4dawgs:
Just get "system app remover" app and delete unwanted apps.

best rapper on the planet...youtube.com/scoobythegamber

sent from t-mo g2 dz rom
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lennyuk:
Why has this thread been bumped? it was made prior to S-OFF, now we have s-off this method is completely redundant.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rojocohete:
Still hopeing someone will answer this. thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MrEzzzkiel:
Thx for this! :)

I needed to get rid of some bloatware, and this did the trick! Again, THX! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jjuice525:
Or.... you can just download Root Explorer, Mount rw and then delete all the apps from system/apps. They will still be deleted even after you reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Cobra281:
i have root access(no hacked ROM, just the stock 2.2), and typed the commands, went to (settings > applications > manage applications > forcestop launcher). then restarted the phone. exactly as the 1st post. these are the messages i got from typing the pm disable commands:

however, the services are still running when i restart the phone. do i have to "pm disable com.android.launcher" also? and what package name do you use to disable wifi calling?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrbelou:
works only on rooted phone, you are not rooted...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hollal:
Many thanks. Now I have shortcuts created with Tasker to enable, run and then disable applications like Facebook and Maps which I found consumed more than their fair share of time and battery.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] f231f:
How do I disable Quickoffice? I don't see that in the package list.

Edit: I found it: com.qo.android.oeme

Thanks for the tip, paul!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] smasraum:
Sweet! You rock POB. Thanks for Visionary and this tip.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mightyab:
So if I do this will it free up more memory on the internal or does it just not show the app in the app drawer?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wheeliest:
awesome, paul is the man..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] f231f:
The packages don't load. I disabled a bunch of apps I never use and it freed up a BUNCH of memory.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hendusoone:
With some of these, I'm getting output like this:

[1] Killed pm disable com.google.android.listen

Most of them work, but it seems I can't disable Listen or HTC Setup. I've already checked to make sure those apps aren't running. Any other suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
I've got the same issue... I've been trying to disable a few apps and I'm also getting:

[1] Killed pm disable com.android.tts

Any suggestions Paul?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hendusoone:
Ahh, figured it out. Turns out, that's the output you see when you enter an incorrect package name.

It's not com.google.android.listen, it's com.google.android.apps.listen. Oops :o
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xile6:
this works great for me just wanted to know if there was a way to see what all has been disable