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[Droid 2 General] JonandRoid:
Well you kinda said it right, MOST roms are visual and make certain apps look different but not too much actual performance enhancements. Now the developers are changing the scene up a little here by making the "vanilla roms" which change up the file system and remove all possible apps to make the phone faster and get rid of some of the unwanted blurr apps. The droid 1 didnt have any blur and it ran great and then motorola wanted to go and screw up everything and make the droid 2 with as much blur as possible so now people are making the droid 2 as stock as possible and that's what an asop rom is, a rom that is built straight from the original code. As of right now I only know one person working on that and are almost done with that (check the forums for the asop rom). But like I said everyone is doing their best to REMOVE blurr from the already made droid 2 and it has made quite a difference in battery life and performance of the phone. try out the fission rom, you will feel like you have a new phone, but once the asop rom comes along, the fission will be blown out of the water...well it shouldn't be too bad but it will be faster since the rom is made without any extras and didn't have anything taken away to make it faster but yeah, idk if I really answered your question but I tried to give some examples of what the pros are of rooting and installing certain roms. Thanks for reading, and btw, you don't look like an asshole at all for asking questions, that's what the forum is here for.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jufranz:
Hey guys,

first post here. =D

I have a Vivo branded phone (Carrier from Brazil). It's unlocked, but I can't yet update to 2.1 because unlocking does not unbrand. =/ Vivo is only releasing the 2.1 on the last week of november.

There is a lot of information here in the forum, but I found it a little confuse - too much information.

So my question, is there a safe way to unbrand my 1.6 X10a without rooting it?

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mipepim:
YES, i do it:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jufranz:
Sorry, what would it be?

Does the replacement method on SEUS works?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Install this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=825675

Use this to change region - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=828163
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jufranz:
Tks! But to do that I need to root right? Another question (sory, i'm new to the android plataform) I must update prom 1.6 to, 2.1 World generic then change the code to 2.1 Brazil generic, right?

How can I save the Branded Firmware if I need it in the future?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jufranz:
So, can anyone confirm that the SEUS method to debrand the X10 still works?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BingoRingo:
1- if you update your phone from 1.6 to 2.1, the code will stay the same (Brazil stays Brazil) unless you use the flash tool to upgrade with another firmware.

2- You can try to download the flash tool with the right firmware if it's available, else, just use the 12XX-XXXX code on your phone (under the battery on the sticker) and rebrand using the different methods available on XDA.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BingoRingo:
If you mean the one where you have to quickly replace a file while it's updating, no it doesn't work anymore.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jufranz:
It doesn't, sad =/ LoL

Let's root and unbrand then =D

How can I backup my actual firmware?

Tks!
[EVO 4G General] caguirr4:
So I was at the Sprint store today to have my screen replaced case I dropped my phone. And they replaced it free of charge no questions. So as the title says, Sprint rocks.
[EVO 4G General] jerryparid:
The new Sprint policy is great. Free w/ insurance, only $35 without.
[EVO 4G General] Albaholic:
Wow, I missed that, when did that change
[EVO 4G General] Makdasamurai:
It changed last month. It is really nice now, but people still question insurance. However this doesn't help w/ lost or stolen or water damaged devices. Also physical damage can be fixed in house now if we have the parts.
[EVO 4G General] caguirr4:
I know that is flicking awesome. Hell a new digitizer on eBay is like 60 bucks.
[EVO 4G General] Rippley05:
I have a busted speaker I really wanan get repaired.. is that possible?

I am rooted tho, so I prolly won't end up taking it in =p
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
I just took mine in for a busted speaker...$0 and about 60 minutes later I walked out with a fixed phone.
[EVO 4G General] Rippley05:
Bet you aren't rooted tho =p

I really don't wanna go through all that process again =\ but I HATE my busted speaker!

Thank you for the info =)
[EVO 4G General] caguirr4:
When I took my phone in I removed root completely. But I made a backup just before I unrooted. So all I did was did unrevoked root real quick. Flashed amon-ra with Rom manager and nand recovered previous settings. Simple as pie.
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
Yes i am rooted, i backed up the phone and put steels "stock" rom on it. As i walked out, i restored my backup.
[EVO 4G General] theoner1:
I have insurance since day one, now my outter camera lens cover is busted. Do you think Sprint will replace it?
[EVO 4G General] hackulous:
I work at sprint if you have insurance they'll do it no charge as long as they have the parts in house

sent from is that a phone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
Why does everybody worry about taking their phones in for repair if they are rooted? As long as what you want to get fixed isn't software related they don't care. I am rooted and running Fresh with Riptide's theme and took my phone in last month for a screen replacement and yesterday to replace a broken plastic cover over the camera lens. Nothing was said the first time for the screen, and yesterday I was asked how I was getting the great battery life I was getting so I told them it was due to the custom ROM and kernel. They were impressed. And, yes both repairs were free because I have Total Equipment Protection.
[EVO 4G General] Smac7:
Most of them won't care or won't even know. But all it takes of that one guy to care and then void your warranty. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to take that chance because of laziness.

Sent from the xda app on my htc evo
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
I would raise holy hell if they tried to void my warranty on a non-software related issue I brought my phone in for. Feel free to root and unroot all you want. I'll stick with "laziness".
[EVO 4G General] twin001:
I had my screen crack fixed by Sprint. I simply flashed Joey Krim's stock looking rooted 2.2 and they didn't ask a question.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=699847

Just make a nandroid of your phone. I put my OEM SD card back in the phone and kept my good SD card with me. They fixed my screen, no questions asked. However, when they accidentally broke my volume down button on the side (need that one!) they just gave me a new phone. Nothing but good things about Sprints service.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mmmark111:
I like Desktop Visualizer but I couldn't find any icons I liked, so I made a few. I don't know squat in terms of image editing. I did 80% of the editing in MS Paint and the rest in Gimp :D

The images used are common from Google and are not my own. I only edited them to my liking. The icons look a lot better on the phone. The screenshot doesn't do them much justice.

Instructions dumbed down to avoid any confusion

-Download Desktop Visualizer free from the market

-Exctract images from .zip (this is not something that's flashable)

-Add images to SD

-Long press add widget

-For the horizontal images, choose the 3-square horizontal widget.

-For the Vertical, choose the 2-square vertical widget.

-Tap "select icon" and find the image

-Tap "select action" and choose corresponding app

-Erase label

-Choose touch effect

-Tap your menu button, go to settings, go to memory and image quality, change preferred image quality to "best" (otherwise the pictures look like garbage)

-Arrange to your liking

If I get enough requests I'll consider making more.

If everyone says these look like piss, maybe I'll make them look better.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jbdan:
Not bad at all :) creative, thanks
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] v8dreaming:
Looks pretty sweet to me.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mmmark111:
Glad you like them.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fast2049:
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bd4-hkr5hev4x.htm

I just ordered one. 50 bucks is kinda pricey but I don't want to end up with my phone broken because I have no insurance. :D

Better order one quick before they run out!
[EVO 4G Accessories] klbjr:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Just ordered mine. Was really bummed about not being able to get the Defender but loving the 3500 battery. Funny how they wait till Otterbox releases the Defender to finally release their rugged add on. Can't get me to believe that they just finished design & production, the phone has been our since June.

Sent from my new BFF...Evo 4G that is!
[EVO 4G Accessories] Mayonesa:
the only problem is having to take everything off to charge the extended batt. from what i have seen here, the evo wont charge these extended batt compleatly. so you have to charge them externaly.
[EVO 4G Accessories] uget2seconds:
anyone receive this yet have any comments about the case? im deciding whether or not to purchase this, or sacrifice my extended battery for the otterbox defender :(

! I HATE THIS PREDICAMENT! :/
[EVO 4G Accessories] klbjr:
No! I check back every day but my order is still "Processing". Even though the money left my account almost immediately.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fast2049:
Mine said that until I did a live chat with them. I will be getting it tomorrow :D. They just forgot to update the information or something. Ill do some pics here and a little short review and then eventually a longer review.
[EVO 4G Accessories] uget2seconds:
yes please!!!! im going back to my stock battery trying to see if the battery life is "doable" for me right now.... otterbox defender case looks SO MUCH MORE SEXIER than the seidio rugged.. even though seidio has it for the extended battery. i jsut dont want it to breakdown like the original seidio rugged cases... -_-

if i go otterbox then that means i have 2 seidio plus wall charger on sale soon! XD
[EVO 4G Accessories] WrlsFanatic:
Mine gets delivered today. Since I won't risk using my EVO without it once it's here, it will be hard to be completely impartial, but I'll give my thoughts once I have it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] ballenone:
I have mine and I'm on the fence about it cause it is a little bigger then just the extended I have . I like the extended i was using but did not like the fact it would scratch the sides of phone when taking on and off .not having top and bottom protection was not a big deal but It did make me feel less secure about using the phone .

Now the extended rugged is nice not sure how I feel about it yet but it looks a lot more beefy and the fact I can use it as a weapon to hit somebody or throw it at some poor soul knock him out then pick it up and use it :D is cool ..but I'll put it on and see how well it fits in pocket and feels in hand ..

One of my favorites is still the otterbox commuter with sedio 1750 love the looks love the feel it's just nice ..

Now I have never done reviews but if you guys like I can take some pics or side by sides just let me know and I'd be happy to help you make your choice if you are still on fence

Sorry for long post maybe bad grammar and poor punctuation but Hey you can read it (painful or not;) )
[EVO 4G Accessories] fast2049:
I just got my Extended Rugged combo today this morning. I will post pics after I work. It feels really sturdy. Definitely a brick now. I'm sure it would survive a drop easily. Sadly the kickstand is gone tho.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fast2049:
It takes awhile to put it on and take it off considering its bad to charge the battery in the phone. The rubber attracts dust. The headphone and the charge port are covered with the rubber case as a flap. It feels really sturdy, And once on the device it feels like a tank. It isn't as thick as it looks in the pictures feels nice in the hand and in my pockets ( I wear carpenter jeans a lot ). I don't have to worry about breaking the phone any more. Everything is well packaged and for 50 bucks you even get a holster with it. Everything fits together nicely and the buttons are still really easy to push. I never have had problems with the buttons once even tho in the pictures it looks like they aren't there. It is worth the 50 bucks tho, or 30 if you already have the innocase extended. This is the short review though, It will definitely hold up.
[EVO 4G Accessories] spyngamerman:
Looks very nice tracking says I'll get mine tomorrow ;) now I'll finally have my phone protected at work and a holster I'm excited been waiting on this for awhile figured of wait for combo instead of just the extended
[EVO 4G Accessories] alekosy:
Let me know how it turns out bro, I'm sure the battery is most helpful use of all.
[EVO 4G Accessories] spyngamerman:
I love this case comes with extended holster for just using extended case and rugged holster with rugged case rugged case is very sturdy and feels very nice in hand I'm not concerned about dropping my evo anymore

the only complaint I might have is when u try to type far keys next to edge you hit case but on rare occasions

Overall definitely worth the wait plus integration with my seidio car dock using ext case is pure icing on the cake

The only reason I won't upgrade this phone is cause the sheer amount of accessories I bought to get it perfect and I'll wait till it dies

Once again thanks seidio for making best sturdy sexy looking accessories ever
[EVO 4G Accessories] Novarider:
This looks like a major problem to me. Does anyone that hasthis case use one of the "slide style" keyboards? I use one and i'm worried I wont be able to "slide" over and hit the P or the Q. Can someone please let me know if this is true or not.

Also I have another question. Does that big beefy belt clip hold securely on a dress/casual type of belt or does it flop around? A friend of mine had the regular rugged case and he hated the holster because it wouldn't grab onto his regular sized belt it would flop around.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gear.h34d.2012:
Hey all, Hope everyone is well.

I've been digging around and neither my xda search Foo or Google-Foo have aided me in my search. I'm looking for a ported version of the Droid2 boot animation with sound for my EVO (running Myns Warm 2.2) I've got a feeling this is out there somewhere, I've just yet to find it. Any help would be appreciated guys :cool:

~Cheers
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gear.h34d.2012:
Arghh, back to the top with ye! :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] cesarcerros31:
There's an app on the market called boot animation changer I think its free and you change your boot image with out flashing they have the og droid and droid incredible boot hopes this helps

Sent from my overclocked Cyanogenmod htc evolution 4g sucka
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] asbessette:
No I think he wants the Droid 2 boot animation....(I currently think that it has been ported to only the nexus one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPSQD-uNuQ

I would love the Droid 2 boot animation as well. After reading this post awhile back, I did a wide search myself and only came up with the DroidX boot animation...and I am quite happy. However, if the Droid 2 boot animation gets ported, I'll jump on that one super fast :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] asbessette:
I found the Droid 2 boot animation for the Nexus One. I took a look inside and found it's not quite the same as our boot animation folders...it looked like there was no sound file, and it's not flashable.

If someone could please port this, and place the "Droid" sound in the proper place that would be out of this world kickass!!!! :D:):D

http://www.mediafire.com/?t8hea40sr6lscaj
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Matstarr:
I think you would like the droid pro one even better than this 1 but thats all up to what you like check it out http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/96106-droid-pro-boot-animation.html
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] asbessette:
You are right...the Droid Pro is a HOT boot animation! I would gladly take either one of them. However, I think we are posting these requests in the wrong place. If we asked in the "custom MODS, BOOT ANIMATIONS, SPLASH SCREENS thread....we might get further in our goals of porting these :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gear.h34d.2012:
Shameless bump. Lets get this back to the top.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] brrip:
hey guys,

i just reflashed back from the energy roms to an official rom, and the colours on my touch hd have gone funny. they're inverted on startup, but after i turn off the screen and on again it goes back to normal.

any suggestions?

i wanna get this fixed because i want to sell the phone.
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] bib*oops:
Probably your hspl version is wrong related to your flashed ROM version ...
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] brrip:
thanks for your reply. could you point me as to how to fix this?
[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fallen Spartan:
Read and follow one of the following guides for HSPL:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505377

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=431217

......and post further queries in one of those threads

Thread closed
[Focus General] pancake04:
Anyone having issues with sound quality on their focus. Everytime a sound is played a pronounced hiss and distortion comes through my headphones. When listening to podcasts this hiss is very apparent. I wanted this phone to replace my ipod touch, which does not have this issue. Feedback please, thanks.
[Focus General] Thresher:
I do not have feedback or hiss in any music or app so far. My headset works well too. Not sure but something is up. Have you tried a hard reset and a new set of headphones?

I do notice low overall volume out of the stereo port though...compared to the Tilt 2 my car stereo needs to be turned up about 25% louder to be equivalent.
[Focus General] ekw:
i think the sound is amazing, especially the external speakers.

As for headphones, have you put the headphones all the way in? It could be that or either worn-out wiring on the headphone cable.
[Focus General] Seed 2.0:
My complaint about the sound is the alarm. When u test a sound for alarm is its very loud. When u set an alarm to go off it seems 1/2 as loud.
[Focus General] pancake04:
Ok, I have done a hard reset and tried with several headphones. The pronounced hiss is still there with some crackling when I change a song. My best guess is the audio output is not working properly. I did test the headphones on my ipod touch with no distortion coming through. Will be taking a trip to the att store for an exchange. While there I will test the floor model to confirm a problem with my device. I hope they are in stock because I took the last one two days ago. I love the phone and with clean audio output I will love it even more.
[Focus General] uwbadgers16:
what became of the at&t store test?
[Focus General] jodywallin:
I've had my Focus now for 10 days and I am completely satisfied with it. I have never had any sounds like you describe. Just clean, clear and much better reception than I had on my 2+ year old Fuze that I dearly loved. It was hard to switch to Samsung for me, but I think I made the right choice. So far I really like my Focus and the display is nothing short of fantastic!
[Focus General] St. Jimmy:
I'm having a similiar hissing issue with my Focus as there seems to be a noticeable hiss at low volumes. The sound quality does not appear to be as good as my iPhone 3GS or Zune 80GB.

I'm still within my return window so I'm debating returning the phone and exchanging it for a new Focus.
[Focus General] uwbadgers16:
is there any update on this? i'm really cutting it close to my 30 day warranty period, and i'm not sure if i should return the phone or not.

my issue is that when playing music in zune, you can hear a very faint hiss. if you pause the music, you can hear it for a half second before it stops outputting audio.
[Focus General] mcorrie1121:
Try switching it for a new one while you're still in your window.
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
Make the switch... before the deadline. No harm no foul and really it is a legitimate complaint.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chibixzero:
I being getting txt from ATT to update my phone but I can because I have sh custom tons anyone have a non rooted non custom Rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Do a search and I am sure you will find the stock rom, even though I wouldnt wast my time with it at the moment, the last time ATT tried this it left alot of people very upset.
[Desire General] tommo123:
i read that unrevoked does it for cdma? (US phones yea?)

what about uk desires? (GSM?) will it do it for our phones too, or is it only the iso method?
[Desire General] tidy:
Will work for gsm aswell
[Desire General] CrimzonEyed:
Don't lie to him...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794314

is the only working one for gsm desire
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
No it won't. for GSM unrevoked will root but not S-off. to S-off use AlphaRev. There are also some tutorials on this.

Make sure you actually know what your about to do and what the risks are.
[Desire General] tommo123:
thanks guys.

i know what the risks are (potentially fubarring my phone)

will do the vbox meth tomoz

ta all :)
[Desire General] tidy:
Sorry jumped the gun ... I will hang my head in shame :( only read the post and forgot about the title s off is real easy to do just burn the .iso with Nero and takes like 5 mins to complete the soff its as easy as one 2 , 3
[Desire General] mercianary:
Just burn the cd and do it the normal way. Much easier and lots less to go wrong. It's as easy as putting the cd in and rebooting your pc in most cases.
[Desire General] tommo123:
tried the vbox way and it was fiddly. hooked up a dvd writer to my NC10 netbook and booted off the CD.

took about 3 mins i think.

now, i know there's something in the oxygen rom that's only available with s-off, anyone want to make a short (or long) list of things we can now do?

to be honest, i just wanted to get rid of that all white htc splash tbh :o
[Desire General] Nikishek:
Hi, time progressed.... is there any noob/the easiest way at this moment to gain S-OFF???

Any one click program etc....?

Found HTC Supertool v3, but not tried this and not sure that is functional on WFS.

THX for your reply!
[Desire General] nlooooo:
Depending on hboot of your device, 0.93 and 1.02 work with revolutionary, older are compatible with unrevoked and alpharev.

Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders
[Desire General] Nikishek:
I just read that Revolutionary gave up work on the WFS (This topic is redirected from Wildfire S forum)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1270146

So I must downgrade hboot??? ....awwwg, God for what?! ...Not like risking to brick phone...
[Desire General] nlooooo:
Which hboot do you have?

Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders
[Desire General] nlooooo:
I'm not sure why some people cry for help and then never look at the answers...