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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ascensionc1:
After un-rooting my phone, I can't access my recovery mode from boot (gives me the phone's red no-go sign); nor the simple recovery version from the security settings (it's not there at all). The only thing I've been able to do is install updates from HTC Sync. I have a nandroid backup I want to apply so my questions are....

Is there any way to fix not having the recovery option?

Is there any way to re flash the whole phone back to complete factory settings?

Is there any way to install the nandroid backup without needing recovery?

If theres a question here I didn't ask that you think might help me as well I'd appreciate the knowledge base. Halp! This really sucks.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Did you try booting into recovery by powering off, and holding home and end call?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ascensionc:
Yeah. It just gives me the screen with a phone icon and the red no-go icon.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Oh, just saw you're not rooted... you need to be rooted to have a recovery ;)

Sent from my hero running froyo... take that Sprint!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ascensionc:
Muaha

Ahh well that makes all the sense in the world :p I was hoping someone would tell me some on brainer info like that lol I just have had it rooted for so long I didn't even remember that was a factor.

Thanks a ton! Very helpful :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem, let me know if you need anything else :)
[Surround General] Sheon849:
is the volume for all these phone just to low when using headphone?

i use monster turbine and even at max volume listing to zune player on this phone its just to low i want the volume to be way louder

anyone else have this issue?

im coming from iPhone 4 and thats the only good thing ill give that apple does is there headphone volume output is loud as hell i just hope this phone can do the same with maybe a software update -_-
[Surround General] XeNoMoRpH1030:
I haven't used any other headphones besides the set that came with the phone and those were plenty loud.
[Surround General] Stan City:
I've tried several different headsets to get desired results, it's weird but some headsets don't have the same performance as on the iphone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnp1974:
I have searched, without result, for an answer. I am hopeful someone here will be able to give some guidance.

A whle back, I took a screenshot of one of my homescreens, using shootme. Then uninstalled, as I learned how to do it using the SDK and adb. I now have an album within my gallery named screenshots. It contains the single screenshot I took with shootme. It is not located on my phone. I have wiped internal storage, flashed several ROMs since, and it still remains in my gallery.

After fresh install to any ROM, with or without wipe, it shows up. I have noticed that it will show up on ANY phone that I setup with my gmail credentials. I am assuming that this is stored somewhere on Google as part of a backup. I am frustrated, and have searched for how to change google backup settings, only to not find an answer.

Anybody have some insight as to how to remove this pesky pic?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnp1974:
Solved!!!

After some more digging around the interweb thingy, I found that it was Picasa Web Album that was storing that screenshot. I logged into my GMail account, then clicked on more, in the top left section of gmail, then clicked on photos. Sure enough there was my rogue screenshot!!! Clicked edit-> delete, and now it is gone from my vibrant!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funeralthirst:
what happened is when you install shoot me it creates a folder on your sdcard that it stores your screen shots in. when your phone 'wipes' to install a rom it wipes system data, not sdcard data so that folder is still on your sdcard and will continue to show up until you delete it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnp1974:
It was Picasa Web, not the SD Card. Thanks for your input though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
If you update to 2.1, you will loose Root (if you had it with 1.6).

Android 2.1 has been released for the Garminfone (aka Nuvifone A50).

See the thread over at the T-Mo forums.

As I type this, it looks like Garmin has taken the .update file offline again. Too bad for them, its already out there on the internet. Ask around and its available...

if you like the old home screen, you can still keep it.

oh, and Angry Birds works now...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] merwin:
Can anyone message me with a link to it or point me to where i can get it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
And the Eclair 2.1 update has been persistantly rooted.

I nailed it at 8am today. Thanks merwin for the tip via PM.

See the T-Mo forums for details.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] carbond:
I would also like to know where the link is, I've been looking all over...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
Check this forum.

Read the whole thread. It's only about 7 pages currently.

There's talk of an FTP server, and I suggested a torrent.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
ADB REBOOT RECOVERY gets a screen of an android with a yellow caution triangle.

Any thoughts? I assume its Recovery Mode, but now what?

I'd love to get a FULL dump from the phone before I start messing with it but I have no idea how.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] quicktek:
Update Link

Here you go:

Admin Edit: Garmin link-takedown requested
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crawling:
Weird!!!

I bought this phone yesterday, it was on a special from Optus (199 AUD).

They said it should have Adnroid 2.1, so I went to garmin asus website and downloaded the latest update but the firmware version is still 1.6, and the Kernel version is 2.6.29!!! Is that Eclair or what???

The stock UI is really bad, I cant install LauncherPro or ADW.Launcher, I keep on getting "This application cannot be installed on this device"...

Have they restricted custom home launchers???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] paulfrankie:
There is another link to the update:

Search for it on megaupload

or just go to the megaupload main page and add this after /?d=E423N72N
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] paulfrankie:
Or go here:

(hotfile main website) then add this to the address bar;

/dl/82664787/91d6745/006-B1130-00.update.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
I would imagine Optus will have to release the Eclair 2.1 update to keep pace with other carriers. I don't think Garmin meant to release it the way they did for T-mobile USA.

I know of 2 guys in the T-mobile USA forums that had ADW launcher working.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sacrifyx:
Got it updated, got it rooted, GPS isn't working. The error log says it can't open locales.xml - checked the path and the file isn't there. Supposed to be in system/usr/share/garmin/gtt. Based on what little information I could find, it looks like it's a universal file for folks in the same geographic location, so if someone in North America would be willing to upload that file for me here I'd appreciate it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sacrifyx:
Disregard that - I was able to find the section of the Garmin website that let me re-download my map update and I'm back in business!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
That's great news.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vcasi:
For Optus network of the A50, 2.1 update is already in.

Just updated mine to 2.1 a while ago.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Spazmogen:
Over the air or via download?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vcasi:
Via PC download. Just go to the garmin-asus australia website and download the update file from the Support page.

Enjoy
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sezza:
I bought the same thing

Hey mate, I got ADW to work no problem without doing the update just yet. Definitely agree the UI isn't great. Slide bar isn't bad either.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ABM30:
Information request

I need some information if it is available and someone is so kind to provide me with: where is the map stored? POI, Vehicle, Voice, Language folders on the phone? Which is the folders name? Are they in phone memory or on SD Card?

Thank you in advance!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] merwin:
On the built-in internal sd... the /storage folder. There are several folders there, just don't forget the .System folder in there (might be hidden)
[Desire General] liamstears:
No matter what rom I use I always seem to get random reboots.

They are completely random but happen often when browsing the web.

I have amonra and its s-off

Currently trying my own rom based on ruu just with superuser and busybox but still get random reboots.

Would just flashing an ruu fix my problems? although I would loose mods :-(
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
No you probably have a faulty motherboard. So you have to unroot and send it to HTC.

You may want to do some reading HTC Desire Rebooting on its own, might give some more insight.
[Desire General] liamstears:
Faulty motherboard? How could I confirm this?

I got the phone on contract so I should be within my 12months warranty...
[Desire General] duryard:
I was getting random reboots and crashes during satnav. HTC asked for it back so they have it now for repair. Probally a faulty m/board as the camera has also gone "fuzzy"
[Desire General] feroz2u:
i also have same problem but my phone is not under warranty...

can u pls tell me any other solution to get rid of this prblm.
[Desire General] ste1164:
You can still send it to HTC just it wont be free to fix.
[Desire General] Ch3wyzzz:
Hi i had the same problems but a trip to the htc repairservice fixed it so thats the best you can do
[Desire General] StephanB:
I have Random Reboots and Bootloops and I'm not sure what is the cause. I can go days without it and other times it will happen twice a day... most of the time when I'm using power hungry apps that require gps or online games... and if I use any such apps while the phone is on charge it is almost certain to happen!!

So often the phone will be hot as well...

This is the 3rd custom rom I'm trying to get this solved however it's not solving the issue...

my phone never did this prior to using cooked Rom's... Any suggestions??
[HD7 General] noelito:
while I await for my hd7, i was curious to know if anyone is working on porting windows mobile 6.5.x on the hd7 while wp7 is growing and progressing as a new operating system. I think that it would be nice to go back and forth between winmo and wp7, for our different needs until wp7 is a fully robust operating system. is anyone working on this?
[HD7 General] truffle1234:
dear friend why u want to waste time porting windows mobile 6.5 to HD7, when u can buy the HD2 which comes with Windows Mobile 6.5 pre loaded....
[HD7 General] VizagDude:
Are you for REAL ????? :confused:
[HD7 General] humblehyper:
Once you get your HD7 in your hands, you won't be asking this question anymore :)
[HD7 General] xma1e:
My first reaction was to scoff at this, but I do see his point. My daily driver is the HD7 but I still have to keep my HD2 for satnav and SPB time. It's a pain,but once those services are ported over WP7 I won't be needing WM.

I don't think anyone will be working on a port for Windows Mobile, they are too busy working on jailbreaking WP7. If you need WM, get a HD2 or something similar, they will be flooding ebay soon
[HD7 General] nurps:
I hope someone will do it, if it works on the HD7 it will work in the Pro 7 and i could get a modern device with a keyboard.
[HD7 General] LuRock:
Im sorry but I rather use the maps on the HD7 then have to deal with WM6.5 that has Satnav or any other app you might use it for. I give all credit to the developers for making the hd2 way better than what it was suppose to be but after all the roms I tested on it along with porting Android, I still had to deal with the lags, freezes, and just couldnt use the phone for the basic reasons. to me theres just no way you can compare hd2 to hd7, its like comparing a brand new painted 1990 car to a brand new 2011 car.
[HD7 General] af974:
Redunant thread, this one was made before http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833949

Please read the suggestions when you compile the Title .
[Droid X Themes and Apps] lico10:
Hello, im kina new to all this custom rom stuff, im running apeX 1.0 and im lovin it but i would like to know if there is any way i can install the keyboard from da RubiX focused rom which i believe is the regular android keyboard. I just think its alot better and stilm has da comma button. If anyone out there know how to do this please help me out thanks!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] gmenfan83:
this is just something i would say to try out for your answer......i would first make a backup just in case though so if you dont like it or it affects apex in a negative way you can just flash back.....whenever placing stuff from one rom to the next you should do this as it may not work
[Galaxy S I9000 General] s3xkiller:
Anyone with triple image problem could try this :

1. Using root explorer and goto /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media

2. Move all external-something.db to another folder on sdcard (just in case something goes wrong).

3. Reboot the phone.

4. After reboot it will scan for all media files and make a new external.db file.

Btw, I am using gallery.apk from jpd rom.

I don't know if it works on gallery3d from the market.

Please let me know if it works too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] s3xkiller:
Reserved
[Galaxy S I9000 General] EarlZ:
Yeah it does work but it comes back too often.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] s3xkiller:
Just curious, do you delete .thumbnail folder inside DCIM both on sdcard and external_sd before reboot?

On my sgs, it doesn't come back again even after several reboot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Razvanel:
Works on jpa, I had double images in gallery.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] skiddhard:
What do you mean by triple image?? Repeat images perhaps?? :o
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ghost77:
Another thing that works is

0. kill gallery with task manager

1. connect phone back to PC mount SD cards , then delete jpgs from DCIM\thumbs.. don't delete folders itself.

2. unmount properly , first from phone itself then from pc side.

3. unplug cable

4. profit.

Maybe some steps can be changed i am to lazy to experiment.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] erbse:
thx for the hints.

it works on my phone (Doc Froyo XWJPA v7.6.2 / XXJPO v7.6.2)

first i removed only the content from DCIM\.thumbs.. but i didn't solve the problem.

then i do the steps from s3xkiller and it works :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] s3xkiller:
You're welcome.

Glad I can help. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 999phonebug:
Works like a charm. THX!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonix232:
I recently tried to run the navigation app called Aura. It is a Sygic product, and developed for mostly look'n'feel navigation (and has working pedestrian navigation, what I use a lot), with great 3D views, etc.

But when I try to run it, the app closes with a message "This device has no 3D hardware what is required for running Aura". But as far as I know, the G1 has a great 3D graphics unit (at least it was pretty good two years ago, but still a decent one), why the app can't see it? Maybe it has to do something with the live wallpaper fix, what adds the drivers? But if I apply that, Angry Birds won't work anymore :S

Anyone idea?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xillius200:
um what rom you running im going to say it's the rom :D egl are the 3D drivers as far as I am aware lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonix232:
Yep, egl is the driver, but the LWP fix adds some files what makes the hardware accessible :D

I am on the always latest best CyanogenMod nightly, currently on 237!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xillius200:
um think that just copies or patches the egl lib files lol well thats how what the lwp's do on two roms I have here :D apart from that not sure of the other way so the other patching way coudl do it lol you tried fr's lwp patch see if that helps at all? 0o
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zamc:
Hi! I have the same problem as described in the first post! Is there a patch or something to enable 3d hardware ? And where we can find it?

Thanks
[Surround General] Sheon849:
i love this new phone and new os but some things are really annoying and i hope they will be fixed in a future software update

no custom ringtones and no seprate volume control for ringtones this really sucks cause if i turn down the game or music volume it turns down the volume for everything.

playing a game like need for speed and hitting that stupid search button will kick u out of a game ur playing.

setting wallpaers u cant set a full wallpaper u always got to crop the image first i hate this.

no turn by turn directions for maps.

the dialpad and message theme kind of sucks i hope this can be changed

i would like to be able to set a wallpaper for the main screen just not the lockscreen

headphone volume output need to be way louder

the phone tile when u miss a call or get a message would be cool if it would show u who u missed a call from and if u got a text message it would show who text u and half of the message or something like that kind of like what the me tile does when u post something new

putting contact tiles if it would show messages and misssed calls alerts on there tiles that would be great

the top menu bar should always show battery lift signal if u get a txt message etc.

improvment on loading time for games etc..

cant think of anything else i want changed right now

other then that i love this new os i been using iphone since the 2g iphone and this is just way diffrent i also use a android device :)
[Surround General] mattrobb:
I'd like more options within text messaging. I'd like the ability to initiate a call from a text message, and the ability to add a contact from a text message.
[Surround General] tcnoller:
I've been a Windows mobile user for quite a while, and made a switch to Android, now to Windows Phone 7, it's great, but I agree with everything you posted, but adding a file explorer it a must. The ability to select or hide different photos that show on the picture tile, an option to hide/show the keyboard while typing (so you can see the whole screen), and the ability to turn on/off wifi, Bluetooth from the main screen instead of digging into the settings each time. Plus a few more settings, like wifi rules, (turning off Wifi automatically after unused, if you like). It would also be nice to be able to remove that little white arrow in the upper right corner of the main screen, it takes up so much real estate on the main screen. Landscape mode on more screens would be nice too.

Oh, and the option to remove an account, I already have a Windows Live account that I don't use stuck on the phone. I don't see a way to remove it, and cant' change the email address or log in id info, only the password.

I'm sure updates will be rolling out to resolve some issues, or possibly apps.....??
[Surround General] panflute:
surround

you can just add a second windows live acccount and disable the first one by unchecking everything effectively disabling it. I wish you could delete the main one too. However, I posted this somewhere else, the phone got corrupted and after i did a hard reset and connected to my computer, the Zune software restored all my programs (in the backgrouind without my knowledge) and all was good again. There are some bad reveiws of this phone on youtube, but some of the reviewers got it all wrong. For instance the screen resolution for movies is EXCELLENT. It takes the zune software a long time to convery and copy some movies but worth the wait. There are some bugs and some things could use improving. I would say the one thing that bugs me the most is when you zoom in on a net page...the text could be sharper. But I can live with it. All in all the phone is a pleasure and I look forward to the updates.
[Surround General] Aturayd:
Thing i dont like about video watching is Netflix over 3G is good quality.. but youtube is crap over 3G. There NEEDS to be a setting for this. Its just a hub extension, but hopefully something gets fixed.
[Surround General] XeNoMoRpH1030:
A lot of your suggestions are for the OS, not the physical phone.

It would be nice if the OS could utilize the awesome speaker on the phone a bit more. For example, speaker phone is pretty weak. I also dislike how if the speaker is not slid out, everything is muffled. I guess they expected the sound to reflect better, but it just doesn't.

That's really all I can think of besides the lack of a microSD slot that's visible anyway. I'd take my phone apart to see if there is one, but I don't have a torx bit small enough.

Besides the OS limitations, I think the phone is awesome.
[Surround General] dccorona:
I want to be able to set the notification LED to blink for new texts, emails, etc
[Surround General] kdj67f:
I second this. One of the things I miss most from my Tilt2 and all other winmo phones have been the blinking notification light.
[Surround General] jlopez0978:
Need more from microsoft

I want to be able to block unwanted call, more options in the settings menu and better functions for the camera.
[Surround General] sublimeax:
definitely need to be able to explore the phone. more wifi options would be nice as well. also the speaker seems to be a bit lacking. ( sure thumps when i hook it up over the cd deck in my truck though!) I had the htc tp2 prior to this and i became completely addicted to the wifi router utility, so for me personally that would be the most important thing. if anyone knows about anything like this under development let me know. i'm always willing to donate to a good cause.
[Surround General] jlmwrite:
One of my teens got his old LG upgraded to a Surround for Christmas yesterday. I'd been thinking when my Tilt 2's upgrade time comes this summer I'd do the same -- but not after spending a frustrating afternoon helping him with it!

We played with it in the store several weeks ago. I think the slideout speaker is a gimmick but he's 16 and thinks it's great. We both agree the WinMo 7 tile thing is a bit silly but is FAST, and he loves the HTC Hub UI. The hardware is very good (though I'm not sure I agree with no micro-SD slot).

But using Zune software to sync is a PAIN!!! My Vista laptop took 1/2 hour to download the device drivers, then insisted on a reboot before downloading the Zune software (another 20 minutes). Then the Zune install insisted on checking for an upgrade (yet another 20 minutes) before going thru a rather painful 10 minute install.

Once installed, it was very unhappy when I changed the monitored folders, and took several attempts before it would sync with the folders I'd copied off the kiddos old micro-SD card. Of course what I was most amazed about was the lack of drag-n-drop support in Windows! What kind of lame-brained, Steve Jobs-style of engineer would nix that? (I did find the reg hack to renable that just a few minutes ago, but haven't verified it yet.)

Lots and lots of lockdowns in WinMo 7 that I don't like, as have been mentioned by previous posters. This whole thing reminds me why I disklike the iPhone's OS so much!

Maybe my next phone is gonna have to be an Andriod phone instead...