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[Droid X General] trkin:
Awesome! I activated that next day, updated to official 2.2 and Rooting is simple. Now im wondering why everyone made it sound like brain surgery lol. The hardest and most time consuming step for me was figuring out how to switch usb mode to mass storage. In windows mobile its in settings, android hid it pretty good and hid it right out in the open lol.

After some searching online to find out how to switch usb modes I found the universal super1click method and the page had a link to a youtube video. After watching that video I felt stupid. Before hand I felt like a bomb technician diffusing his first bomb. Even being a noob I rooted my DX within 6-7min after watching it. And most of that time was spent waiting for my laptop to boot up and then download the file. To all you noobs worried about rooting, have confidence, do a search for android super one click root. I think the download was here on xda but I don't think that the page with the video link was on here. From what I understand it work for most android phones. If you are familiar with unzipping a zip file this is a breeze. I am in no way associated with the creators, unfortunately I don't remember their names to give them any credit,this was just my experience.

Now that I've completed the rooting can someone fill me in on tethering? All I need to know is if I can use the tethering and hot spot apps that came on my DX Or do I have to download a different 1? Which 1 are you using And why?

Thanks again for those of you Who contributed to this thread. Next of it looking into those backup methods. If any first timers would like me to walk you through the process I used then shoot me a pm. I'll be happy to help you just like everybody was happy to help me.

OH YEAH! does anybody know of an app or hack to make my screen dimmer? I've got it set as dim as it gets. I work nights mostly in dark places and my screen is so bright it really messes with my night vision.
[Droid X General] gmenfan83:
As far as the tethering goes im not sure but I believe you can use the one on the phone ....for the screen dimmer you have a power contol widget built in the phone or you can download an app called power control plus ...the app let's you place a widget for each individual control you like whereas the one that comes stock on the phone you are forced to use the whole control panel ..also you may want to look into beautiful widgets its in the market and has a ton of widgets ...hope this helps you!
[Droid X General] darby427:
now that you are rooted (simple wasnt it!) you can use barnicle (available in the market) or "code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre11.apk&can=2&q=" (remove the quotes) -wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre11.apk - I use both and both are hit an miss with devices.. for example, another handheld device wont see it, but my laptop which runs Intel proset wireless sees it..

I am in the same boat as you.. rooting was simple, now I am trying to understand backup's and custom roms.. with blackberry it was easy - with droid there is so much more that can be done, but there is more to learn.

good luck

jim
[Droid X General] trkin:
Gmenfan83, I found a decent screen dimmer in the market right after I made that post.I don't know why I hadnt checked the market before. I guess I had assumed that nobody in their right mind would want their screen even darker thant the manufacturers lowest setting lol. I've already been using the power control widget on the phone but I've found out its only lets you go as low as 15 percent and need it to get way lower. At the same time I really don't want all of the clutter from the advanced widgets with all the options since power control works fine for everything else. I was just looking for something very basic. I did learn something from reading about all of them though. If you use an app to set lower than the systems predetermined lowest setting of 15 percent it will go back to 15 percent when you close the app. So in order to maintain the setting you must leave the dimmer program running in the background. Dimmer, the app I am using now Is almost perfect. You make a shortcut for it and when you click the light bulb it auto dims to ten percent. when you click it again it goes right back to your previous setting even if its set to automatic. The only way it could be improved for my needs would be if you could adjust the value because 10 percent is still too bright. I need it at about 3 percent lmao.
[Droid X General] trkin:
Awesome app. I tried barnicle yesterday and only had one instance in 3hrs where my connection slowed and stopped. I just stopped and started tether again and it was fine.
[Droid X General] trkin:
I got titanium backup pro and wow its really useful! I had forgotten to do a factory reset after froyo and rooting and wasexperiencing a few fc, errors and stalled sometimes. I used titanium to back up all my apps sys files and settings. After I did the reset and restored, I used titanium to freeze bloatware. It seems smoother now but got another error last night. 1 other thing, a few of my settings didn't stick when i restored and im wondering if maybe I havent corrected them all because now I have a new sync-like sys icon that is always on my taskbar and it wasn't there before. It doesn't ever do the spin animation and it wont go away. Other threads have said that means background networking enabled but I've changed it and the icons still there. What else could it be?

What should I learn about next? Lol.
[Droid X General] trkin:
Can anyone shed a little light on launchers? what are the differences, pros and cons, of adw and launcher pro?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nottrobin:
I am trying to upgrade my UK Vodafone HTC Magic to your Cyanogen Mod Froyo OS. It's currently running Android 1.6.

The "Upgrading from CyanogenMod 4.2 to CyanogenMod 5/6" article says:

And links to the article "[Recovery] [32A & 32B] [16-May-2010] RA-sapphire-v1.7.0".

It seems that the easiest way to install this is via Fastboot:

Copy recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your G1 into fastboot mode (boot while holding BACK)
Connect your G1 via usb to your pc/mac/...
fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your device)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img

My fastboot screen says:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON GI
HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RaDIO-2.22.19.261
Apr 9 2009,23:30:40

HBOOT
<BACK> Fastboot Mode

If I press "back" I am then presented with:

<VOL DOWN> HBoot Mode
<SEND< Reset DEvice
<ACTION> Restart to HBoot
<MENU> Power Down

I don't understand how to flash the recovery file. Can someone help me out?

Thanks,

Robin.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_T_M:
The best guide I've ever received was from THIS SITE.....I'm doing that as we speak ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nottrobin:
Thanks.

According to that method I'm pretty sure I have to create a goldcard to get back to Cupcake. Which is annoying, because I don't currently have a spare SD card (as it currently errors whenever I try to flash to a new ROM). And I'm also a little worried that I might brick my phone. I was hoping I could avoid this by not needing to downgrade, by installing this Amon_RA recovery mod.

However, as it looks like I probably just have to suck it up and do the goldcard method, I'll just order one on ebay and have done with it.

Cheers.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darfito:
Is there anybody who has unbranded your phone by Davinci Team?

If there is, please, can you give me information about it?

I know the system, an app that flashes your mobile with the cable, buying credits to do it.

But i want to know if the unbrand is definetively, I mean, if the phone gets totally unbranded forever (also i unlocked the phone via IMEI). So, if the 2.1 arrives, can i install it via SEUS with any problems?

Thank you!!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darfito:
I emailed Davinci Team about if the phone gets totally unbranded for life (about to update via SEUS to 2.1). Also I asked for any risk, and they say:

So tonite i'm gona try it... it's only 10 euros, I think it's a good price if the unbrand is for life... the newest updates, etc.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vlissine:
I unbradned via Omnius. It was 4.50 euros.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darfito:
****... I already purchased the credits! hehe thanks anyway!

And... everything went ok? Is your mobile now like a unbranded bought one right now?

I'm gonna flash now, just waiting the phone will be full chargued to do it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vlissine:
Yes, it went smoothly. In less than 3 min I unbranded Austrian A1 phone into an unbranded generic UK phone. Suerte!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darfito:
Done! too easy! I flashed the UK/Black ended in .174 there was the .175 from CN... but I prefeer an UK rom, just in case... hehe

I'm sooooo happy !!!

Gracias !!!

Edited: I had the 1.1.A.0.12 because with movistar spain it's not possible to get a newest update (incredible), they blocked the OTA and a lot of things. Now, testing the latest update i have to say that the phone improves A LOT... i mean wifi / 3G connection, and more stuff is improved, so if you have a branded one... unbrand, it's my advice!
[Wildfire General] realxception:
I paired my PC to Wildfire

everytime i transfer files from pc to mobile, my mobile asks permission for transfer, quite annoying. Bluetooth Incoming File Accept/Deny

can some1 pl help me with disabling bluetooth file transfer permission with a trusted PC

thanks in advance

kindly post reply if u knew the solution
[Wildfire General] realxception:
isnt there any solution to this .. kindly help me solve this
[Wildfire General] hashimjamal:
Hi realxception,

I am also facing some problems related to Bluetooth in wildfire.

My wildfire configuration after rooting through unrevoked3 :

Firmware version

2.1 update 1

baseband version

13.45.55.24H_3.35.15.31

Kernel version

2.6.29-c9472fc1

htc-kernel@and18-2#1

Tue Aug 10 18:57:37 CST2010

Build Number

1.25.720.1 CL227575 release-keys

Software Number

1.25.720.1

Browser version

Webkit 3.1

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First thing, after rooting, my a2dp is not working, means i cant hear music on my normal bluetooth headset, which I used to before rooting, though normal calling features are working through the bluetooth headset.

can you confirm if you had checked this thing on your piece before rooting.

Now I need to unroot back it stock image, so that I can take it to HTC for getting this problem checked.

And for bluetooth pairing, I suppose this is a shortcoming in android as a whole that even after pairing you have to click accept again and again.

I am from Delhi, can we get in touch on Mobile. : 09971777426
[Wildfire General] realxception:
my firmware details are exactly same as urs.

i dont hv blue headset , so cant comment on its working. will try to test it n post results soon

currently am using bluetooth file transfer app or wifil explorer to upload or browse files...
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
I'm running the 1.37 rru and a2dp works
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fdragon:
As title. Odin get stuck at "setupConnection", i've tried different USB ports but nothing.

Driver are ok and ODin recognize my SGS
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th_undead:
dont forget to Kill Kies and Kies tray :D had the same problem and that fixed it ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fdragon:
nope, already killed :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawialkair:
Hi

I am facing a similar problem with my ATT captivate

I have XP SP3
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
Does the HTC DHD support avi playback?
[Desire HD General] Hero Yu:
You can download rockplayer from the market place which plays avi files, not 100% sure if it can play it natively
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
Thanks for this - I did download, but the problem I'm having is that I want to play it from a DLNA server on the network. Can I change the default program with which a video file is opened so that it opens with Rockplayer?
[Desire HD General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
try vplayer.
[Desire HD General] AndyCr15:
Yeah, for example, if you go to Gallery and then slide right, you can browse media players on the network, so I can get to my avi's... but they wont play :( Can you change what it trys to play them on?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] PopovN:
Qtek 8310 (Tornado)

Windows mobile 6.5 standard (by Gregory ver 1.5)

CE OS 5.2.21854(build 21854.5.0.80)

Where are two phones, paired via bluetooth.

Can i bring internet on wm6.5 smartphone from another phone?

P.S.: From Acer n311 i can use internet from phone .. but i cant understand what to do on Qtek.. :(

Thank you.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hom.hom:
What is the actual difference between the androidinstall files gives in the build of for example Incubus Super Froyo and the regular android builds like for example this Wildfire build: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761927.

And are we able to run android builds from other WM phones, with almost the same specs, or not and why not then?

Is there some kind of check of the device such as in the RUU of the different WM roms?:o
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormander:
This may be a noob question but I would like to modify/flash my phone but I have a question before I do. I have done a few searches to find an answer but came up with nothing so far.

I have been browsing the forums for different mods that you can do for the Samsung Captivate. Out of all the mods that I have seen (One Click Lag Fix, Root, Cyanogen, Leaked Froyo Build, GPS settings changes, Removal of AT&T bloatware, unlocking phone for other carriers, side loading enable, and various others), they can ALL be undone using the Odin3 One-Click Stock Rom process correct?

ttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989

Hoever, each captivate has unique phone identification information such as IMEI, Device ID, Wi-Fi MAC Address, etc? Are there any mods that change the unique information for each specific phone? If so, how does Odin3 One-Click Stock ROM process correct that? When Odin3 reflashes to "Stock" ROM, I just want to know how that works if each phone has specific information.

Thanks in advance!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow65781:
yes they can be undone with odin one click, however once you stray from stock it is most likeley that you wont be able to update to the official 2.2 from att.

personally im going to wait and update to official 2.2 from att then root and nandroid backup and the fun will begin because I will have a backup of the official update with my unique device id to fall back on. in my opinion this is the safest way to make sure I dont screww myself and not be able to update. once that is done it wont be long untill someone builds a decent rom from scratch plus like I stated before I will have a nandroid backup of the update for my phone if I try something and dont like it.

If you still feel compelled I havent gone to the leaked 2.2 but I did have verry good results with stock 2.1 and voodoo lagfix on anather captivate. the phone was verry fast with verry few side effects well woth it if you really cant wait.. But just remember once you stray from stock I believe the only way you will get to 2.2 will be through these forums.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dimab:
anyway whatever you get from these forums will be much faster and cleaner then stock versions...

anyway i got question about the topic - i had stock 2.1 (JF6), backuped it, tried some cognition 2.2 beta, then flashed with odin to stock and the restored my backuped jf6

did my IMEI, Device ID changed?

(wifi's mac address cannot be changed)

thanks in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow65781:
I am speculating here.

I dont think it can change any hardware I.D info but software I.D is anather story it could possibly cause problems with the O.S interfaceing with other stuff like market.

someone with more knowledge please chime in
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
Theres a new app in the app store (as of a few days ago) that allows you to change your Android ID#. Called Android ID changer

Unfortunately, it won't figure out what your unique # is. If you install Cognition, you have the same ID# as everyone else.

I'm not sure about Odin - stock. My Odin 2.1 # is different than the Cognition one. Ends in 43b1. I'd be really interested to know if anyone else could check their Odin 2.1 eclair JF6 (all stock, not modified) android ID # and see if it ends the same as mine. If it's different, then that means you can always revert to JF6 to figure out your real #. If it's the same, then I guess that means for the time being your SOL for figuring that out for now.

You can always check it before making modifications....

Shadow; you are probably right, but at the end of the day software is all that matters...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormander:
Thanks for the responses. Judging from what I have been reading on the replies so far, nothing can bring me back to my original stock android 2.1 OS with all original software IDs my phone had even if I use the steps outlined in the

[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY

forum post.

How do you find out what your android ID is?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayv:
Just as long as you are running any of the stock eclair 2.1 without any mods all your unique id's wil display correctly, even if you have flashed to cog 2.2 or leaked 2.2 if and when you flash back to a truly stock eclair 2.1 the id's will return correct.

The android id changer app from the market will display the current android id your phone has when you open the app - it shows the current id just above the entry field where you can change your id. So download the app open it get you id write it down, save it in a safe place, then if you flash any rom the does not populate you unique id correctly you can reinstall the android id changer and enter your correct id manually.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormander:
Is [STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY method a "truly stock eclair 2.1" as you mentioned in your post Davy? Also, are there any other IDs I should be aware of and take note before I flash/mod anything?

Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayv:
I believe odin 3 one click in that thread is a straight rom off a phone with samsung jf6 stock install - yes I'm fairly certain it is stock. There is another odin 3 one click for the leaked 2.2 which is obviously not stock.

If you download an app from the market named simply " ID " it still give you four of your phones id numbers for your info.

I'm pretty sure all your phones id numbers are either generated from hardware coded info or your google account - so as long as you gave properly coded software on your phone these wil always populate correct - even if you install something that messes these up of you remove the bad software replace it with good software it should then populate the id numbers correctly again.

Such as the android id in the leaked froyo that isn't being generated but simply being copied to every phone it is installed on - when you replace the froyo leak or any of the roms built off the leak with one of the stock samsung roms your phone will then generate the id correctly again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nickel Dime Bay:
No thread jack but i thought id ask in here.

If im rooted and ONLY rooted on 2.1 will that not allow me to update to official froyo?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayv:
maybe, maybe not. Some of the people who were rooted only (no mods) were able to update to the jh7 update. And from what I have heard mini kies has worked to update for everyone that flashed back to stock and tried to update that way - but this is all some what of a guess as we don't know exactly how att and/or samsung will role out froyo for the captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
You are all really funny. Your worried about getting an official OTA from AT&T so you won't mod your phones, lol. Your choice I guess but the last AT&T OTA bricked a lot of phones that had not even been rooted. The ROMS that you find on these forums are way better than any of the stock Samsung and AT&T put on them with their bloaty, buggy software. I won't do any OTA updates, I wait until the developers here fix them, remove the crap AT&T put's on them and speed them up. I give you guys credit though, staying stock sucks bad, it freaks me out to see that stock screen everytime I flash back to stock before flashing a new ROM to my phone. I only stayed stock for 2 weeks and never turned back, glad I did it too. I would've bought an I Phone 3g if I wanted to stay stock and not mod a phone. Go look around the forums and read the threads, don't just skim them or you won't learn anything. See what custom ROMS and kernels are cooking and what people are experiencing with them. We had the OTA rooted on here a few hours after the update was rolled out, you won't miss anything by not recieving it officailly from AT&T. Hell we already have some good Froyo ROMS and kernels. Keep waiting if you want but there's plenty of goodies here why wait?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nickel Dime Bay:
Different strokes for different folks man, Its not like im using the tw3.0 and the blue bubble background lol ive customized stock 2.1 how i want it to look and its working PERFECT for ME, fast as hell, gps locks on quick etc. Flashing a rom is nice and all but the risk of bricking youre phone is high (theres always odin i know) and if stock is working for people then more power to them.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayv:
The way I look at it is, the phone belongs to you, do what you want with it or to it as you please.

but I do agree with one point above, I personally would not trust a samsung/att update to not mess up my phone. But that does not mean it won't work well for you or that you won't be happy with it that way.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
IMEI can never change. I don't think your device ID can change buy your Android ID can change as you've been told by those before me. If it possible to change your WiFi MAC address, only I'm not sure how to do it. If you can do it in a full version of Linux, I don't see why it's not possible on our phones. Also, before you do any mods, make sure you backup a couple files onto your computer for safe keeping. The ones I'm talking about are in the /efs directory of your phone and relate to unlocking the phone for other networks. The second you go to mod your phone, these files will be erased and replaced with ones that are harder to get your unlock code out of.
[Epic 4G General] eazy2001x:
the only way i will get this phone is if there is a Windows 6.5.X rom for it. Does anyone know where i can get a custom ROM from? I want to upgrade from my Touch pro 2 and dont want to switch over to droid!
[Epic 4G General] mekeke:
Have you ever thought of searching it?:rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
So you want to downgrade the Epic by installing WM6.5 on it? Just wait until the 7 Pro comes out, for the sake of sanity..please?
[Epic 4G General] amosher13:
SWITCH, you won't regret it
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
x2, there are several WM converts on here that can assist you if you are looking for specific functions..Android has everything, just about.
[Epic 4G General] eazy2001x:
Yes i did..

I want no part of WM7

and to everyone else.. I just cant make the switch.. :-(