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[General Topics] samizad:
The basic HD2 specs are up to date on paper (RAM, ROM, processor) and even beat some newer phones but dig deep and you'll see the latest version of the chips are better. Android 2.2 is running perfectly but WP7 is still work in progress.

It's more than a year old but still the best phone EVER.
[General Topics] ahmedsalem89:
Well, it's clear now that the HD2 is one of the best phones out there as it's capable of handling nearly the 3 OSs, Thanx for ur help :)
[General Topics] aaa:
Any chance for Desire to use WP7 too?

I would be great if it is possible.

I wanna try WP7 too.

:D
[Nexus One Android Development] djR3Z:
I know its something fairly simple, but for the newbies out there, here's a simple walkthrough I made for how to flash a custom ROM on your Android phone. If there are any improvements I can make, let me know :) How to Flash a Custom ROM on Android

Benefits of Flashing a Custom ROM

While you’ll end up seeing a lot of benefits from custom ROMs, they all probably fall under 3 main areas:

Better Performance – You’ll be able to overclock Android or even see it built in with the ROM as well as see overall performance increases from various tweaks

Better Battery Life – One of the first things people do when rooting is remove stock apps. Don’t know how? Most developers have the apps already removed in their ROMs. Additionally, various system tweaks and improved kernels, as well as undervolting Android help to drastically improve Android battery life.

Better Overall Experience – Try other versions of Android such as those found on other phones that have been ported to yours; stay up to date with updates and new features; try out different Android themes, etc.

All in all, there are a LOT of benefits you’ll get from using a custom ROM on Android, so wait no more, here’s How to Flash a Custom ROM on Android.

Basic Steps

Choose the ROM that you want and download its .zip file

Transfer the zip file to your phone's sd card. Do not put it into any folder.

Turn off your phone and reboot into recovery, usually by holding the down button and power button at the same time.

Do a Nandroid backup

Wipe the phone by clear cache/factory restore and wiping dalvik cache

Flash the zip file that you put on your sd card

Reboot phone
[Nexus One Android Development] mkrmec:
all this info doesn't help a thing if you don't have a rooted phone and a custom recovery. Not very usefull How to..
[Nexus One Android Development] Kiserai:
I have to agree. While OP's heart is in the right place, a real noob will just get confused by this because there are A LOT of steps missing from the process.

I would recommend that noobs go here instead:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Nexus_One.png

This has everything a noob needs to get started off right.
[Nexus One Android Development] dictionary:
Ops heart isn't in the right place, op is trying to get paid lol.
[Nexus One Android Development] djR3Z:
Thats kind of harsh. Do you really think this isn't useful? You mean you never didn't know how to flash a custom ROM? Impressive.

In my guide, I specifically outline that you must be rooted.

Excuse me? I believe I made this specifically to try to help people.
[Nexus One Android Development] cyben76:
Good guide, but all the info already in the wiki and the wiki for nexus one already stickied on the top of the page...
[Nexus One Android Development] djR3Z:
If you looked at the wiki, you'd notice that its just a short list of written steps. This is a video walkthrough. Just something a little more for users who are confused.

I was just trying to help guys.
[Nexus One Android Development] cyben76:
Great, everyone was a noob once.. Your post is great, but might just confuse the users, imagine everyone starting a new post about flashing ROM cos the other person missed some points. Best in you add to the wiki, then new users would just refer to one guide..
[Desire HD General] jackystudio:
Hi there, does anyone know how to change the ring type to "Ring Once" only? Thanks!
[Droid Incredible General] djR3Z:
I know its something fairly simple, but for the newbies out there, here's a simple walkthrough I made for how to flash a custom ROM on your Android phone. If there are any improvements I can make, let me know :) How to Flash a Custom ROM on Android

Benefits of Flashing a Custom ROM

While you’ll end up seeing a lot of benefits from custom ROMs, they all probably fall under 3 main areas:

Better Performance – You’ll be able to overclock Android or even see it built in with the ROM as well as see overall performance increases from various tweaks

Better Battery Life – One of the first things people do when rooting is remove stock apps. Don’t know how? Most developers have the apps already removed in their ROMs. Additionally, various system tweaks and improved kernels, as well as undervolting Android help to drastically improve Android battery life.

Better Overall Experience – Try other versions of Android such as those found on other phones that have been ported to yours; stay up to date with updates and new features; try out different Android themes, etc.

All in all, there are a LOT of benefits you’ll get from using a custom ROM on Android, so wait no more, here’s How to Flash a Custom ROM on Android.

Basic Steps

Choose the ROM that you want and download its .zip file

Transfer the zip file to your phone's sd card. Do not put it into any folder.

Turn off your phone and reboot into recovery, usually by holding the down button and power button at the same time.

Do a Nandroid backup

Wipe the phone by clear cache/factory restore and wiping dalvik cache

Flash the zip file that you put on your sd card

Reboot phone
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] toby4059:
I just got my mytouch today. Has anyone gotten any really good games running that kind of show off the phone? I tried getting sims 3 and need for speed running but they did not work.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Beast84:
I really hate that need for speed doesn't work with this awesome device! 3 of my favorite games didn't work. I couldn't get need for speed, backbreaker or sandstorm from gameloft to work.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] mixer5911:
I'm actually enjoying FIFA 10 now that I can use multitouch
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] toby4059:
Thanks I will try that.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] s10shane:
sandstorm works on mine so does assassins creed and nova. i just cant get need for speed to work. i installed the apk but when i go to open the game it just closes out of the game right away. it does that for monopoly as well but i have the full game apk file. but the monopoly demo works fine lol i dont get it.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Beast84:
Sandstorm & Backbreaker do the whole open & close thing to me also. Give me those 3 games back & I'll be set. For the time being, I got Angry Birds to hold me over
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] s10shane:
thats odd cause my sandstorm works perfect on my mt4g. but some of my games do the open then close thing right away for some reason. i dont know why it does that though
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] toby4059:
Yeah, Sandstorm works for me too.

Edit: After downloading the data, both Nova and Sandstorm close for me. Only Assassins Creed works for me.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] s10shane:
uninstall the games and try this

2 – IF DOWNLOAD SD CARD FILES OVER WIFI YOU CAN PLAY REGULARLY WITHOUT AIRPLANE MODE

1. Airplane mode (no WiFi/3G/2G)

2. Install apk

3. Return to GSM mode but always with the WiFi/3G/2G disabled

4. Start game (has to load data (xx MB))

5. Push home button

6. Turn WiFi on

7. Return to game (long push home button)

8. Start download

this is what i did for sandstorm and nova and they both work fine for me.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] s10shane:
no problem thats what i did and it worked fine.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] iynfynity:
so how's the rock band game guys? i really want that game.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] toby4059:
It works really nice, and its pretty fun.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] iynfynity:
is there anyway i can have the rock band game? i'm using galaxy S. i really want the game but it's not in the market.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Fearless1978:
Where did you try NFS from? I have working versions of NFS Shift, GH3 World Tour, N.O.V.A., Reckless Racing, etc. Still haven't found Rock	Band yet though.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Beast84:
I have NFS from my Vibrant? Are they different versions?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] GentMAB:
did you ever find a way to get monopoly working for you?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] s10shane:
i cant get monopoly to work at all. it just closes out of the game as soon as i open it. but the demo works fine.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Kline:
Pocket Legends is pretty awesome IMO, for a cell phone game. It's really a mini-WoW. Fully 3D and everything. It's "free" with paid perks like most Facebook stuff, but it's really responsive and has very nice 3D graphics. Shows the true power of these phones now!
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] s10shane:
yeah ur right i just downloaded it. it was 27mbs but it sends most of it on the sd card when u download it. the graphics are really good on it but i dont play wow ever so i have no clue how to play it lol
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] GentMAB:
Yeah I like the pocket legends too, monopoly and asphalt the real versions refuse to work tho
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Kienz:
Has anyone found a way to play Sims 3 on the MT4G? I have the files from my Vibrant. But installation, even with the launcher installed, just yields the flash-and-return.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] pack:
the apps from the vibrant actually read the phones versions to figure out if your using the vibrant... :/
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Kienz:
I was afraid of that. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to locate it anywhere else. EA's mobile gaming site actually kind of sucks. And they seem to be very behind the times, in terms of phones available thru T-mobile, and on the android platform altogether.

And the 3-D version is nowhere to be found on the market.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] VibrantOwnr:
check out tanks hero beta...just came out. i like it and it works without a hitch

http://www.appbrain.com/app/tank-hero-beta/com.clapfootgames.tankherobeta
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] toby4059:
If you guys are looking for any good online multiplayer games, check out Armored Strike. I play it all the time with my friends.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] stoneyjonez:
Need for Speed Shift is out, pretty nice, works well.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] h0wlings0nnets:
Well my coworkers and play angry birds obviously BUT

Rocket bunny is fun

Free Run is addicting in some sort of weird way

Fruit Ninja is fun and one of the better games i paid for

Uno...altho multiplayer would be nice

We have AppBrain downloaded and that pulls from our games and apps and picks everything from the market we may like....love AppBrain!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
Taken from here. I spent several hours today (at work lol) blending fold, fly-in and bounce to get it how I liked it :D I'll make an flushable zip for people upon request because everyones framework will be different with themes/roms etc.

this is a link to a zipped anim folder you can replace by

adb shell
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#exit
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk

Then open up the res.apk with your choice archive manager. Replace the /framework-res.apk/res/anim folder with the one I've provided.

Reboot into recovery and

adb shell
#mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#exit
adb push yoursdk/tools/framework-res.apk /system/framework/

I hope this makes sense and you guys like it :D

Here is a ****ty vid of it running on my Epic (also runs on my EVO)

[YOUTUBE]7d39RmIiO-w[/YOUTUBE]

I've attatched a zip for MIUI 1.29 with the auto-brightness fix included.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rungun8909:
Would this work for my incredible Running virtuous 3.1.0 with rule the air? Looks really sick and would love to have this on my phone
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] opengeo:
Did not work for me. Had to restore. Was stuck at endless loading boot screen. Would've liked to see these in action...
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
updated with metamorph. download it from the market its free :D
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] opengeo:
I have it, but really don't know how to use it. :(
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
easy bud. Use metamorph to extract the theme. itll give you an error but don't worry about it. open it back up and select pick existing theme and select the xml file :D hope it works!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] opengeo:
This was helpful, thanks. I installed through Metamorph but got stuck in bootloops. Any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
Do you know how to get the logcat?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jarniella:
this looks great, but i get boot loops also. I have a sense deodexed rom from the 10/13/10 release. does it work on this rom? Also i used the zip file transition.zip and used metamorph. i would really like to get this installed.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] james_pnut:
Ive use this with the skyraider 3.3.2 with success. No boot loops. Keep up the great work.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rungun8909:
How long do you watch the loops before reboot? Set you're phone down and wait awhile
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rungun8909:
Got it but I kept getting force closes and had to do a restore. Should this work with virtuous and rule the air? I feel like I need this! Lol
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mattguyver:
Running 3.26.605.1 Sense rom, installed using metamorph. Looks great! Thanks! :D
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rungun8909:
Can you make me a flashable zip please? Running virtuous 3.1.0 rule the air theme.don't know what im doing wrong
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] chingy51o:
flashing an update.zip with these files will undo any theming you have done that involve your framework and you will be stuck with the other persons framework. Its really not a hard process to get these working without using a flashable zip. Are you familiar with adb?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] KB Smoka:
Worked great, looks pretty damn cool.

I'm using the stock 2.2 Virtuous ROM with the latest updates....Verizon App store and all that.

Thanks for this!

KB
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] M@XLOL:
Great glad you are liking it
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rungun8909:
Not too familiar can you shoot me a step by step?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] chingy51o:
Have you set up adb on your computer?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rungun8909:
Yeah got the first step done now im stuck!
[Epic 4G General] redram38:
It is just me or is the menu button on the far left side very hard to get to react. I press and press and press and it reacts sometimes but very seldom on the first try. Is it just my phone or is this a problem overall.
[Epic 4G General] troyolson92:
I would love to be able to change sensitivity for all for buttons!
[Epic 4G General] dito33:
Welcome abroad, if your phone within 30 days exchange it. This been known issue since day 1 on epic. I finally got my replaced and all good so far.

Dito33
[Epic 4G General] AndrewZorn:
My first Epic had a very unresponsive Search button, exchange fixed it.
[Epic 4G General] fromchaos0646:
I guess I'm in the slim percent that has had no problems with the hard buttons :P

Sent through the Matrix
[Epic 4G General] redram38:
I swapped mine out today and this one is miles better than the first in a lot of things. The first one must have been made on a Monday or Friday late.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
I think you're a representative of the silent majority.
[General Questions and Answers] WebCobra:
Hi XDA! I'm very glad I have joined thecommunity. But anyways, to the question. I have bought a MyTouch 3G (32B) and unlocked it to AT&T. I have rooted and and upgraded my phone to Cyanogenmod 6.0.

Now everything works, wifi works, and at&t works perfect. I can call, text, and use data. The real problem is that the speeds I get are unbelievably slow. I get less than 50 Kbps in the Edge with SpeedTest.net App. I know that 3G doesn't work, but is Edge that slow???

Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] ruben8448:
So when I plug in my phone to the computer it won't connect, it just charges. Last time this happened I had to format myy sd card but I can't afford to do that now. This really is annoying and its making me dislike the phone more and more. Any help anyone? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
I guess first things first, you try a diffrent cable, diffrent port?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
This does sound like a charge-only cable is being used.
[Epic 4G General] ruben8448:
No the cable worked well on my evo and it worked on my epic after i rooted it. Yesterday i installed the syndicate rom, then i switched back to epic experience, which was updated so installed the update. And now it doesn't want to connect to the computer. I had this problem when i first got the epic, i just formatted the SD card and that fixed it.
[Epic 4G General] fromchaos0646:
I've always had this problem. What I did is just unplug the cord from the phone and computer as well. Then plug the usb into a different port and then plug it into the phone and hit mount. If that doesn't work, id suggest rebooting the phone and trying again.

Sent through the Matrix
[Epic 4G General] EvanWasHere:
Having this exact problem right now.. I thought it was cause I was using 64 bit on my PC.. so I went to the office to try a 32 bit there.. I also wiped the phone, cleared the memory, rebooted the phone, tried different drivers, etc etc.. Nothing worked.

Then I realized that if I held the cable into the phone a certain way, it worked for a quick min.. so I realized the USB port was busted..

I went to the sprint store and they confirmed the USB port is bad.. so now I need to wait for a refurbed phone.. Which I am pissed about as I just bought this $500 phone 60 days ago, and now I have to get a refurb cause I didnt know my USB was messed up till now. Spent 3 hours on the phone with Sprint and 2 hours in the store, but since I am passed the 30 days, I am screwed and can only get a used phone back instead of a new one.
[Epic 4G General] luvjones305:
HEY

i had the same problem i had samsung check my computer remotely from were they located an they see my phone was defected an the guy say i need to turn it in to them so now im waiting on it they about to reflash it with a new software an rom an fix gps an wifi issues for me for free your phone have to have warranty go to the samsung website an check its all free shipping and handling an free service
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leeoniya:
i was wondering if there was any benefit or drawbacks to going from 0.79 S-OFF to 2.02 S-OFF?

also, once you have S-OFF, is it off for good? can i just flash 2.02 over it, or will that re-enable it and i have to go through the process of getting s-off again?

thanks

Fresh 3.4.0.1

King CFS #11

Amon_RA recovery
[G2 and Desire Z General] nickbunyun:
Hi,

This has happened about 3 times in the past month, so I figured I may need to ask if anyone gets this problem.

1. Sometimes out of nowhere, I pull out the phone and its on the G2 boot screen.

2. Sometimes out of nowhere, I go to call someone and Call Log is empty.

3. All contacts are missing and asking to add email and/or import contacts.

Today.. I browsed the web and did some gaming. Went back to homescreen and locked screen. 5 minutes later I went back to call someone.. call logs were erased (again), so i went to contact.. which were empty, asked me to add email account. I went to Favorites and it was all empty. I went to Accounts and my xxxxxx@gmail.com had a red sync icon.

I could not get it fixed, so i had to restart the G2, wait a few seconds and all contacts were back.

However call log was gone.

I had a G1 and in the 2+ years I only erased the call log by mistake once or twice... never really had call logs missing. So I doubt I hit it by accident "clear log"

Anyone else have this problem?

I don't wanna jump to a factory restore just yet.. :(
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
(Mods, if this is in the wrong section, feel free to move it. I posted it here cause I saw most of the SIM unlock related things in the Dev section, but I wasn't sure where to post it.)

I'm sure most of you who are looking to SIM unlock your Captivates have seen/read about Helroz who posted about how to repair your nv_data.bin file so you can get your phone unlocked. Unfortunately, Helroz is from France and it seems he might have poorly translated his post using Google Translate.

If you have a Captivate, please follow the directions in the quote as I have edited them for our phones specifically.

NWolf over at the Vibrant forums made a web based tool that eliminates any problems and confusion. No Java or any runtime files are needed. You only need to know how to read and use ADB. (And if you don't know how to use it, simply follow the directions that he has posted on the site, they are VERY easy to follow and understand.)

Now it says that it is untested for Froyo/2.2 ROMs, however I am running a stock JI6 (apart from being rooted and sideloaded) and it worked just fine for me. Follow the directions exactly and you should not have any issues. NWolf's website is here: http://www.communityhosting.net/sgsunlock/

Also remember, that when you are backing up your /efs directory to your sdcard, that the location has changed. In Eclair it is simply /sdcard but on Froyo it is /mnt/sdcard

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's proof that this does work:

Credit goes to NWolf for creating the website. Please consider donating to him (for the work) or I (for the support).

Original thread from the Vibrant forums can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822008
[Captivate Android Development] joeshmoe08:
Hello I have some questions:

1) So I am assuming that you start this procedure after putting in a non att sim card right?

2) Should the unlock and unfreeze codes be different?

3) Do I do this with my phone connected to the computer in debugging mode?

4)When it says

{cp /efs/nv_data.bin /efs/.nv_data.bak

cp /efs/nv_data.bin.md5 /efs/.nv_data.bak.md5

chown radio.radio /efs/.nv_data*}

If you receive an error with the chown command, use instead:

chown 1001.1001 /efs/.nv_data*

do I have to type the entire thing over again if I get error(from bracket) or do I just type

chown 1001.1001 /efs/.nv_data
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
Doesn't matter if your AT&T sim card is in or not.

They can be different, or they can be the same. I made them the same for simplicity.

Anytime you use ADB and the command prompt, your phone MUST be in debugging mode.

You need only to type chown 1001.1001 /efs/.nv_data*
[Captivate Android Development] WheresWaldo:
Performed all the steps and can verify that network lock status now says off!
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
How do I get to the network status screen?
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
*#7465625#

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] joeshmoe08:
Thank you so much for the quick response, tried it and got it working!
[Captivate Android Development] Dave the Knave:
My pleasure. Beats paying attention in night class.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Android Development] CLShortFuse:
Pretty cool. I haven't checked, but just looking at the site, I figured you could just rewrite the FFFFFF in the nv_data.bin with whatever code you want. I didn't have a way to test it and asked for testers, but no one was interested. Since it worked as I thought, I'll put it in superoneclick
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Now I have not paid much attention from when I unlocked on 2.1. Are people unlocked on 2.1 going to 2.2 and having their phones re-lock? Or do they never unlock on 2.1 and we now have an option for 2.2. I am just curious as my phone says it is still unlocked from when I upgraded to 2.2 about 1 month ago.