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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansaar99:
I havent actually installed or tweaked anything on my Tmobile UK Hd2 in months. Been working a treat. yesterday the vibration just went off on its own whilst it was connected to my laptop via usb (charging). the buzzer wouldnt stop. so i had to reboot. then several hours later it beeped, and for some reason the time had changed to somewhere in 2009?. Then later it completely locked up after a phone call.

Having rebooted it many times now, the HTC Sense takes forever to start and function. Phone seems to work fine with Sense turned off.

Was there some automatic update to sense, or something tmobile have updated thats made Sense go wonky?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansaar99:
Ive managed to fix this, ive posted a response in another thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9060000#post9060000
[Desire HD General] mhbr12742:
Is anyone else finding the stock android browser crashes on flash sites?

one that fails everytime is britishgas.co.uk

i do get issues with the bbc site too. i have reinstalled flash but still get tons of crashes.

I dont want to factory reset.. Is there anything i can try?

is this a known issue?

i am using the latest 403.6 firmware
[Desire HD General] jeffmasson:
I get the same thing on some sites. I just use skyfire to go to the site that is crashing the browser. But one good thing with 10.1 4od works great.
[Desire HD General] ErMeglio:
You could try using the 'Flash on request' (in plugin under settings) and see what happens. That website crashes my browser too, just tried. Never had problems before, anyway, with any flash website I tried!
[Desire HD General] mancuk29:
Yep same on national lottery website
[Desire HD General] ratcom:
lotto and gas board sites are crashing me out too....... has anyone reported this to htc?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apexlocator:
Just picked up a t9193 from australia (I'm in US). Before I start flashing roms, where can I download the stock australia nextG/telsra rom? I'm going to put that rom on a spare card to flash back if I ever need warranty work.

I looked through the stock rom archives, but dont see the matching SPL/radio rom for my current stock Australian rom. Thanks.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] FCW:
I want to find out about flashing an x8 and as theres still no x8 forum here I thought the x10 mini ones would be the best place to ask. I wouldnt mind building a custom rom for it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] pulpoff:
Well, thats a great idea!

The bootloader is locked and u can read more about it in the X10i thread, so we can't flash custom roms yet.

But having a cooked rom waiting is still a step forward.

Hardware is much like the HTC Legend, what do you need to start?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mik101:
Hi guys, I thought I'd post the question here since I'm not sure if there is software to do this yet (or I suppose theres probably a way to script it using tasker).

I was looking for a way to automatically change my wallpaper from a live one to a static one when the battery reaches a certain level (or if it's not plugged in, depending on what my needs are at the time).

I noticed a new program SuperPower in the app section that I'll have to check out but I think thats mostly for managing the networks/connections if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks guys.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kolyan:
check tasker app. i know it can do wallpapers, i just dont know if it can do live
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mik101:
Yeah I mentioned that in my original post. I was wondering if there was a standalone app/widget available somewhere. Thanks anyways.
[Vibrant General] DADDYDC650:
Here's the link for the dates, http://goo.gl/0BPUo

SamsungUK via Twitter announcement.
[Vibrant General] grennis:
Wait let me go grab some popcorn
[Vibrant General] ksizzle9:
That would be nice
[Vibrant General] DKYang:
Get me some too if you can. I'll go get some beer and a couch.
[Vibrant General] lexluthor:
Solid source. Lol.

Why do people think that anything that gets "published" online is automatically true?

I love how the op posts it like it's a Samsung announcement.
[Vibrant General] DADDYDC650:
It's from SamsungUK's Twitter page. I don't see how that's not a credible source.
[Vibrant General] lexluthor:
No, it's not. The SamsungUK twitter feed only references UK phones. The reference to "everyone will have it by the end of Nov", refers to UK only. We've been through this time and time again here.

The schedule that's below it in the blog post is just something that the youmobile blog put together and isn't official in any way that's obvious at this point.
[Vibrant General] Lyper:
Wait, where is the Canadian release in there?
[Vibrant General] Erickomen27:
Oh I See You Didn't Go To The Link?

Go To The Link And Come Back
[Vibrant General] lotherius:
Checked the SamsungUKMobile twitter. They only linked to Kies, they did NOT link to or in any fashion post that schedule that is on youmobile. Youmobile cited no sources for the schedule they posted.

Classified: HOAX.
[Vibrant General] lexluthor:
I guess then you went to the samsunguk twitter and saw the schedule?

You fell for youmobile's trick of trying to make people think samsung tweeted this. That alone makes me think they are not a reliable source.
[Fascinate General] bpiorczyn:
So I love my fascinate except for the occasional lagginess, but one thing drives me insane and it's the fact that the contact pictures are so grainey and pixilated I imported all my contact pictures from facebook and i'm wondering if there's any fix for this......my brothers droid incredibles contact pictures look just fine and he pulled them from facebook.
[Fascinate General] hanathan:
The easiest fix is a temporary one--download Sync My Pix from the Market.

You have to turn off "sync my contacts with gmail" to keep it from reverting back. This is a known issue that different people use various methods to get around. You can dig around existing topics in the forums if you wanna know more.
[Fascinate General] bpiorczyn:
thank you, this helps alot. The contact pictures are still super small when I call them unfortunately, I'm thinking this is samsungs fault though. Helped alot on my contacts widget with launcher pro.
[Fascinate General] keith.mcintyre26:
The easiest way hands down is going to your google contacts via pc and picking contact photos there.
[HD Mini General] mikka440:
Is there any way to change icons in the start menu on HTC MINI? I know there are a lot of icons ready for HD2 but can they be somehow used on MINI?
[HD Mini General] tzacapaca:
yes,use this tool http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=567080
[HD Mini General] mikka440:
Thanks a lot. Works OK. Pity I can't export my changed icons as a theme as I get error messages.
[HD Mini General] tzacapaca:
welcome:) ,,u can use a backup software like sktools..
[HD Mini General] NitroNitrous:
Check if you're doing something wrong, coz I can do that :confused:
[HD Mini General] RicardoAlves27:
I got error messages too but it works anyway. Try to export the icon, close the program and then make a soft reset. It works for me. Look...
[HD Mini General] mikka440:
Thanks again for help, but every time I try to save a THEME with JWMD Icon Changer I get error messages for each icon it tries to export. The only way is to backup the whole system by means of Sprite Backup.
[HD Mini General] Tedo:
Try this cab, it do that.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794819&highlight=leo+icons
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gahanAR:
I recently downloaded the newest CoG beta, placed it on my SD Card and selected reinstall packages. It says "Finding Update" and then "Opening Update" but then it gives a red error message telling me the installation was aborted. Am I doing something wrong?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bulletproof1013:
flash with clockwork mod/rom manager.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gahanAR:
That means dont use the 3-button combo to enter recovery mode...?
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
Anyone know of a way to turn off the 'Quick Reply' dialog that opens for incoming sms? I use Handcent, so I never use it.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
There's a quick reply dialog? Damn how do toy turn it on? That would be handy lol
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
It turns out that the quick reply dialog is part of handcent, and can be turned of in settings.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Explains why ive never seen it. Likes me some stock messaging.
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
I'm a handcent fan, but the froyo stock app is pretty decent.
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
I have somehow messed up my folio 100, and its BCT and bootloader information.

So im hoping someone else with little experience, knows how to use the nvflash utilities and dump the information for me and send me a link on where to get it.

the combo to get into bootloader mode is: POWER button pressed 4 times + VOL- key and it will go into bootloader mode.
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
I can extract these tomorrow evening.

Can you be clearer with the bootload sequence?

Tried to get the booload seq. Ended up with a partial reset of settings...
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
well, i dont think you should try it..!!

another user did, he ended up with a semi-bricked device too.. so thanks but now the fun stops.. it seems that Toshiba included a very,very bad key combo that terminates the device to a deadlocked machine..

so ill just figure out another way to get the partitions off it.. but my 4xpower + vol- is really scary,

do NOT try it

at least until is cleared on how to get out of this bootloader state again.
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
I dumped the partitions which are visible from android already. Don't quite know what got resentment with your key sequence - DATA wiped? Some of the preloaded apps are broken now, but they were a bit broken before.
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
so you mean, you can extract all partitions from a shell?

ie. bootloader of partition2 and so forward?

i didnt notice that all 8 partitions were accessable there?

can you upload the dump of them somewhere?
[Folio 100 General] bootoo:
A guy made the dumps of the ROM (not the recovery image though) on the forum of Frandroid DOT fr but I cannot post you the link directly here (anti spam as I do not have many messages on the forum).

I will PM you (if it allows me)
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
i have the dump of the /system i need all of the other partitions ie. 0 to 8

i cannot restore system, as i got no bootable tablet at all, i need raw partition dumps which i hope can be used using nvflash
[Folio 100 General] toca79:
Is it possible to extract opera mobile 10.1 apk?
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
look for it here
[Folio 100 General] toca79:
Thx a lot found it.

I think the resolution is too high though.
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
Hi Dex, did you was able to restore your bricked folio?
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
decided to get another one..
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
ok!

I was hoping you did it because I'm a little tired of android (apple fan :)).

My idea was to build and flash linux (ubuntu 10.10 works on toshiba AC100).

But if there isn't a way to restore the factory default (bootloader, etc.), I'll give up.
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
when i was debugging bootloader configs, i was provided some config files that Ac100 users said would work on our folio, but i see now partition setup is very different, so we need to make proper configs for our folio before experimenting with the bootloader..

again, as you metion backup seems to do , when recover seems unavailable currently. it will be hard to verify if the parition table layout is working.
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
Hi,

sorry, maybe I missunderstood someting, but I cannot understand your problem in reading out the whole flash.

1. I have opened / disassembled my Filio 100. And like I have suspected there is a 16GB micoSD card connected (soldered) to the PCB and fixed with glue. One could read out the whole flash in a card reader.

2. You have fully access to the microSD card out of Android:

/dev/block/mmcblk0

sh-4.1# cd /dev/block

cd /dev/block

sh-4.1# pwd

pwd

/dev/block

sh-4.1# ls -l

ls -l

brw------- root root 254, 1 2010-12-07 08:46 dm-1

brw------- root root 254, 0 2010-12-07 08:46 dm-0

drwxr-xr-x root root 2010-12-07 08:45 vold

brw------- root root 179, 17 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk1p1

brw------- root root 179, 16 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk1

brw------- root root 7, 7 2010-12-07 08:45 loop7

brw------- root root 7, 6 2010-12-07 08:45 loop6

brw------- root root 7, 5 2010-12-07 08:45 loop5

brw------- root root 7, 4 2010-12-07 08:45 loop4

brw------- root root 7, 3 2010-12-07 08:45 loop3

brw------- root root 7, 2 2010-12-07 08:45 loop2

brw------- root root 7, 1 2010-12-07 08:45 loop1

brw------- root root 7, 0 2010-12-07 08:45 loop0

brw------- root root 179, 8 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p8

brw------- root root 179, 7 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p7

brw------- root root 179, 6 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p6

brw------- root root 179, 5 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p5

brw------- root root 179, 4 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p4

brw------- root root 179, 3 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p3

brw------- root root 179, 2 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p2

brw------- root root 179, 1 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0p1

brw------- root root 179, 0 2010-12-07 08:45 mmcblk0

sh-4.1#

Regards, Artem
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
Hi DerArtem! Nice first post indeed!!!!

Thank you for your information.

A micro SD soldered is a nice gift from toshiba!!! This means upgrades, full dumps, etc.

Great :)

A request: could you please post some pictures?
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
did i write i had problem dumping the entire mmc device? not really.

Yes, you misunderstood,Writing a proper cfg file describing the different areas is required.. dumping is easy part, documenting is harder..

but feel free to contribute and document the .cfg file for bootloader, that is of course appreciated...
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
I just got back from my business trip, and finally had some more time to take a closer look at the device.

The device has a warranty seal inside. If you open the device completly the seal will break. I have just opened the device soo far, that the seal will not break. To make photos I will have to open it copletly. I will think about it....

Ok, I see. I have duped the mmc and mounted the partitions on my pc:

Here is the partition table on my PC:

artem@gandalf ~/bin/folio $ /sbin/fdisk -u -l folio.img

Platte folio.img: 15.9 GByte, 15920005120 Byte
1 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spur, 493551 Zylinder, zusammen 31093760 Sektoren
Einheiten = Sektoren von 1 × 512 = 512 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
folio.img1 2048 526335 262144 83 Linux (/system)
folio.img2 526336 2623487 1048576 83 Linux (/cache)
folio.img3 2623488 2627583 2048 83 Linux (/misc)
folio.img4 2627584 31093759 14233088 5 Erweiterte
folio.img5 2628608 2644991 8192 83 Linux (???)
folio.img6 2646016 4743167 1048576 83 Linux (/data)
folio.img7 4744192 4754431 5120 83 Linux (???)
folio.img8 4755456 31093759 13169152 83 Linux (13G - storage)

Now you can mount the partitions on your pc:

sudo mount -o loop,ro,offset=$((512*2048)) folio.img /mnt/floppy/

I was not able to find the kernel or the bootloader or the root partition in the dump. I have also checked it with a hex editor.

Is the Folio using an other storage for kernel and bootloder? Does it have more NOR/NAND flash inside?

While looking at the size of the microSD (15920005120 bytes) I think that the bootloader is hiding a part of the microSD from the OS where the kernel and the bootloader are...

Where is the .cfg file you are talking about located?
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
its a file assoiciated with the nvflash utility. search for the toshiba AC100 or here for more details for them it works fine.

the part 5 and 7 are boot kernel(8Mbyte) + recovery kernel(5Mbyte) , bootloader is as i know from ac100 on part0 , but thats not 100% yet.
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
So, I have checked part 5 and 7. The content is the same like in boot.img and recovery.img. So the BCT is somewhere else...
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
Maybe is inside this chip? Looking for it's specification I've discovered that inside it there is a SPI EPROM.
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
I have finally got it:

the kernel parameters are (from dmesg):

(name:offset:length:blocksize)

<5>[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: mem=448M@0M nvmem=64M@448M vmalloc=192M video=tegrafb console=ttyS0,115200n8 usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 tegraboot=sdmmc tegrapart=recovery:122000:a00:800,linux:a0e00:1000:800,loader:300:400:800,mbr:700:200:800,system:900:20000:800,cache:20900:80000:800,misc:a0900:400:800,userdata:a1f00:80000:800 boardtype=PR

Now ordered by offset:

tegrapart=

loader:300:400:800
mbr:700:200:800
system:900:20000:800
cache:20900:80000:800
misc:a0900:400:800
linux:a0e00:1000:800
userdata:a1f00:80000:800
recovery:122000:a00:800

And here converted to decimal:

loader: 768:1024:2048 (2.097.152 / 2 MB)
mbr: 1024:512:2048 (1.048.576 / 1 MB)
system: 2304:131072:2048 ( 268.435.456 / 256 MB)
cache: 133376:524288:2048 (1.073.741.824 / 1 GB)
misc: 657664:1024:2048 (2.097.152 / 2 MB)
linux: 658944:4096:2048 (8.388.608 / 8 MB)
userdata: 663296:524288:2048 (1.073.741.824 / 1 GB)
recovery:1187840:2560:2048 (5.242.880 / 5 MB)

So after booting the kernel we have only access to the partitions after the mbr. The OS does not see anything before the MBR any more.

This matches also what is described here:

tegramid.com/wiki/Folio_partitions

The partition stuff is also described here:

tosh-ac100.wetpaint.com/page/Repartition+Internal+Storage

An other interesting thing is that the storage partition (13 GB) is not defined with kernel parameters. It is only only defined in the MBR, which seems to be enough.

Things like Bootloader, BCT, ... are all stored before the MBR...

I will have to play more with it...
[Folio 100 General] molux:
Hello

Hello,

what a good work !

can you explain little bit more did you get all dump partions ?

i am lost into bootloader folio 100 key access and tools to use to communicate...

and it s possible to download your extracted image file (how did you do to do that without nvflash) to try to have look into bootloader disassembly...

thanks a lot and sorry for my bad english

molux
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
@DerArtem: how you was able to connect the internal ssd to your pc?
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
I have not connected the internal flash to my pc. I have only read out it directly from the folio.

I am unable to access the bootload right now. I have also not tried nvflash at all as I am afraid to brick my device.
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
I'll try to understand how to connect it directly to a pc. Maybe is also possible to replace it with a removable device.
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
Hi,

it looks like it is not possible to direcly connect the Flash to the PC without soldering as it is using a proprietary interface.
[Folio 100 General] Draken Korin:
moved to FOLIO 100 ANDROID DEV sub forum
[Folio 100 General] helion_rules:
Hi everyone!!

I buyed the Folio 100 recently, and mi first impression is that the touchscreen have a low response, I installed FolioMod and now everything is great

I´m trying to do a full backup with nvflash, but... it said that he doesn´t know the device.

For runing nvflash ONLY to do a backup you need to do a rule in /etc/udev/rules.d? (I´m using Ubuntu 10.10 in my laptop)

Also I tried to use AC100 specific tools, but it doesn´t run (obviously xD)

Sorry if I have a bad English, I´m Spanish and this is de only forum (I think) where people tries to use at 100% the hardware whithout saying this is a sh*t.

Thanks!!
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
do NOT try to get into bootloader mode on Folio, it will BRICK you device, and there is no solution to recover becides a shop visit...
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
We can try to boot linux over NFS or from the SD-Card without the tegraparm parameter. Then we should have full access to the internal storage and might be able to get the stuff required to work with nvflash...
[Folio 100 General] helion_rules:
Too late. My "super bro" has kicked the tablet to APX mode T-T
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
if its already bricked, i might have an idea to bring it back to life..

i found a different way that other tegra tablet flashes the complete image, you might try that one?

seee here

download the v1.07 firmware (its not toshiba, but Point of View)

and see if the bootloader gets installed? its just a test, you cannot ruin it more than it already is.
[Folio 100 General] helion_rules:
Ok I will try this, the archive comes with a bootloader? because the nvidia´s default doesn´t do anything

Later I comment if it runs ;)

EDIT: Bootloader was sent buuuuut don´t initialize :(

(Idea) If that "updater" sent to another partition that is not the folio´s default? we need de Folio´s default bootloader. I think it cant be dumped from the Tablet
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
That looks like the scripted nvflash function, but it starts by reformatting the whole drive including the bct. With the wrong bct, bootloader might not run. Is it a self extracting archive, or is the image part of the exe?

Not sure it will help, but maybe somoeone could try comparing the different bootloader images for some clues. I have a feeling it would be better to understand this better sooner rather than later in case more devices get bricked by bad flashes or other mistakes.
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
i found the advent Vega bootloader, which is using mmc memory tech too, and i created the BCT file for you, which is equal to our "mbr" fix floating around some weeks ago..

get it here

with the files you tried, copy the files in the zip, and edit the bat script so it uses the new bct files and then try it.
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
I have installed Gentoo Linux on the Folio and am dumping the whole internal sdmmc right now.

We can extract the BCT and stuff from it later :)
[Folio 100 General] roglio:
Great work DerArtem!

My Folio is coming back from assistance just in time to be hacked with a full linux distribution ;)

Btw, I do prefer Ubuntu!
[Folio 100 General] pereiks:
any success extracting bootloader and bct file?

And there is a problem uploading bootloader.bin with the S6C.bct:

nvflash.exe --bct S6C.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile

flash.cfg --odmdata 0x000c0075 --create --go

Nvflash started

rcm version 0X20001

System Information:

chip name: t20

chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 2

chip sku: 0x8

chip uid: 0x161c10c742e0d2d7

macrovision: disabled

hdcp: enabled

sbk burned: false

dk burned: false

boot device: emmc

operating mode: 3

device config strap: 0

device config fuse: 0

sdram config strap: 0

sending file: S6C.bct

- 4080/4080 bytes sent

S6C.bct sent successfully

odm data: 0xc0075

downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000

sending file: bootloader.bin

data send failed NvError 0x120002

command failure: bootloader download failed (bad data)

Press enter to continue:

Update:

Just to be sure that my folio is in right mode - when i power it, it just switch on the lcd but didn't show anything. Is it right?
[Folio 100 General] DerArtem:
Hi,

I have extracted the BCF from the folio.

Also the first 10MB of the internal sdmmc are in the attachment.

If I understand this corretly the BCT is the bootloader.

Can you try:

nvflash.exe --bct bootloader.bin --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile

flash.cfg --odmdata 0x000c0075 --create --go

with the bootloader.bin inside my zip?

Sorry, the BCT is something different. I will try to extract it...

Update: I have also extracted the BCT. Please see attached zip.