yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Themes and Apps] mikeandjaimie:
I dont think many people would use this.. As it is, most smartphone users are looking to increase their battery life, and the single biggest battery drain is having the screen on. Ontop of that, Live Wallpapers, and in extension screensavers, tend to use battery power like mad since they are constantly re-drawing the graphics. Docks (like cradle and car docks) are only useful cause they are general plugged in when in use.

The only way I could see them being semi-useful, is if you set your backlight brightness to very dim which would save you most of the screen on power loss, but you'd still suffer from the constant redraw and processing power.
[Desire Themes and Apps] elburna:
A screensaver is (and that is not my opinion but a fact) probably the most useless peace of software that can be running on a smartphone (for arguments see the previous post ;) )
[Desire Themes and Apps] astrovale:
Thanks for the replies.

However, a low consumption dim clock would make a great addition to android phones and would be a useful tool for the ones using their phones as watches as I do. I never meant to ask for a flashy screensaver such as the ones you find on computers.

Astro
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
That's still going to use up your screen and CPU. As previous posters suggested, it is not recommended, unless you want your juice to run out before you even manage to come from work. However maybe 'Digital Clock' does something similar that you need?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Dany0:
I believe it IS possible! All you need is to set the screen refresh rate to 1/60 a second, make it go to minimal brightness, make the text cover as small area as possible, make it grey, dark grey, and add the refresh cycle to the cycle where it checks for some regularities, like cell signal.
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
You can't do that. At least not without modifying the kernel...
[Desire Themes and Apps] Dany0:
And what is blocking you from doing that?
[Desire Themes and Apps] waebi:
afaik that is included in the default ROM?
[Desire Themes and Apps] danarama:
Desk clock innit?

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DeFroST FAQ... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6622965&postcount=2
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Google's API. If you mean kernel, then nothing, apart from the warranty grey area.
[Desire Themes and Apps] zHk3R:
Don't forget the fact that you need some knowledge on the subject in order to actually do anything about it.
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Very true indeed...
[Vibrant Android Development] blackerwater:
or you could just open your update.zip and place your apks in system/app re-zip and flash. Done this multiple times and it works. just need to keep a copy of your apks on your computer. ill try this method tonight. thanks :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Etrnaly:
If you put it into "system/app" it will install it as a System app, and I believe you can't uninstall it regularly (kind of like how you can't install the bloatware). You will need to use Titanium Backup to uninstall it.

Also, I remember reading that some people were not able to install the ROMs after zipping it up because it's not signed.

This script is very simple. It basically just unzips the ROM, copies over your apps, zips back the ROM, and then signs it. Once you have your Windows set up, you can just drag and drop the ROM to the .bat file and it'll do all that for you.

Is this useless? Maybe. But, the same could be said for something like RyanZA's OCLF. You can sit there, type in all the commands to convert to EXT2, wait for it to convert, and reboot, or you can just run OCLF (which is basically just running a script for the conversion, to put it simply).
[Vibrant Android Development] epakrat75:
Why not just put them into data/app instead?
[Vibrant Android Development] Chrsp:
or you could just...

Or you could just download a pro version of titanium backup so that it can restore all your apps without you needing to click. There are plenty to be found online. The latest version, the better, as it would be more stable with froyo
[Vibrant Android Development] ipeench:
So doing things this way... since it will be signed, i can also take other things out form other roms that i like and toss them in this rom??
[Vibrant Android Development] lou0611:
I have titanium paid version. Just run it and it does everything
[Vibrant Android Development] Anderdroid:
Dude it's called WinRAR. Open up the zip. Drop your apps into the data/app folder.

Then flash it. Simple.

Want certain apps to stay even after hard resetting? put them in system/app

This tool is completely unnecessary.
[Vibrant Android Development] dddtc2005:
That's really a good idea. I like the method very much, it give me more free time to do some other things when flashing...Thanks !
[Vibrant Android Development] kangxi:
Ditto. This seems way more complicated then the method I've been using. You say it's simple that there are like 20 steps.
[Vibrant Android Development] junkdruggler:
yeah and CWM has the option to toggle signature verification.. so you can flash unsigned apps on the vibrant.. but if you use 7zip it doesnt mess with the sig...
[Vibrant Android Development] blackerwater:
Or that should work. And as for signing problems I us ubuntu and ive never had that happen but I guess with windows anything is possible.

Sent from my vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] almyz125:
$adb shell

$su

#rm /system/app/CrappyBloatwareAppOfChoice.apk

Done.

No need for titanium.
[Vibrant Android Development] blahbommer:
Sorry for the noob question

When you say your apps do you mean your .apks thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Sockmaster:
Hello everyone!

My phone: AT&T Tilt 2 running most recent Simplicity rom

I hope someone can help me figure this out. Essentially I was wondering if it is possible to to use the "Wi-Fi Router" app in the comm manager to create a wifi hot spot using the internet connection from connecting my phone to my PC via USB and activesync.

Sorry if thats confusing, I'll map it out:

Cable modem----Ethernet on Desktop---Activesync---connects to my Tilt 2 via USB---Wifi Router App using the connection from activesync

When I run the Wifi Router app I can only choose from ATT ISP GPRS and Media Net as the internet connection source, but I want to know if its possible to just use the internet connection from being directly connected to my PC in order to create the hotspot.

I would just use a router but it broke and I don't know when I'll get another one. Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ROD2TRILL4U:
As the title has stated, I have flashed my Samsung Vibrant with Team Whiskey's Obsidian V4.2 - Android 2.2 w/ Universal LagFix Kernel

It works fine except for one thing...When I try to install an application from the Market, It says there is not any available space on the phone. When I look at my SD card under Settings, I have 13.03 GB of space but under Application Storage, the available space is 0.00B!

I do not know how to fix this and I have the 2GB SD with Avatar on it but I do not know how to fix the problem of installing applications on my Samsung Vibrant!!

PLEASE HELP!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreggoryD502:
This is a fairly common problem with this rom. If your familiar with odin you can use it to flash back to stock, then you can reflash obsidian.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ROD2TRILL4U:
So you think it's the ROM itself and not the flashing process? This was my first time flashing my device or any device for that matter.

How exactly do I flash back to the old ROM?

Where do I find the file to the old ROM?

Where can I get ODIN?

What version, if any, do I need for the Vibrant?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreggoryD502:
Check the android dev section, there is a stickie called the vibrant bible. There are instructions in there for using odin. It seems daunting at first, but take your time and read, read, read. Also look up a fellow user named moonfire, he has all the info in his signature.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcghee1973:
just reboot ur phone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hockeyrcks9901:
Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to download mode, follow the directions later in my post...

First Method

1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.

2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.

3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.

4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on, immediately release the power button but not the other two. You should be in dl mode.

Second Method

1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery, sim, sd card.

2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power button.

3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.

Third Method

1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.

Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe

Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip

2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.

3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.

4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it reappears, release all 3 buttons.

5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.

6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.

7) Your phone will reboot into the download mode.

Once in download mode

Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there or the ones below.

Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734475

1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected. If it doesn't try using a different usb port.

2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that once you are in Odin.

3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two options should be checked.

4) Hit start and wait.

5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.

Also, you might have to build the usb jig. It is guaranteed to get you into download mode. Here is a link to that thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

Also, if you would like I can use remote log in to your computer and do it for you. Send me a pm or email: hockeyrcks9901@gmail.com
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEFINITIONOFREAL:
They posted a fix for this
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ed1380:
and when people say flash to stock. they mean the JFD rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
For those who are looking to flash back to Roger's stock 2.1 ROM, thanks to nzahorchak and Trusselo, who have figured out a sure way and have created a nice thread with easy to follow instructions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979133

Thanks guys!

ROGERS APN SETTINGS (confirmed and works perfectly on my Captivate):

Name: Rogers

APN: internet.com

Username: wapuser1

Password: wap

MMC: 302 (should be filled in already)

MNC: 720 (should be filled in already)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
+1

ten characters
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
A little searching goes a long way http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9096976&postcount=673
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
Thanks. Exactly what I couldn't find. Someone should add that link to the i896 wiki.

Whats the difference between the firmware file and ROM file?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
The rogers_stock.zip file is a cwm backup image and needs to be restored within the recovery screen upon bootup, the SGH-I896_I896UXJI2 Stock Firmware.zip file on the otherhand seems like it would need to be flashed with odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
Hey. I've downloaded both, and they both look very similar and neither of them use Odin. Correct me if I'm wrong. They both look like .zip files that need to be booted from recovery.

Anyone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veive:
Actually, it is linked in the wiki and has been for some time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
Thanks everyone for your replies.

Like I mentioned in my first post, the one linked in the Wiki is not stock ROM. From what I've read, it was recommended not to use for the purpose of flashing to stock. Is has also been known to cause problems. I'd rather not test that theory.

I guess what I'm looking for is the Rogers Captivate i896 stock ROM ODIN installer. The one linked in the wiki is the same as one of the two posted in the above link. Neither of them work with Oden, but through recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
The SGH-I896_I896UXJI2 Stock Firmware.zip has a tar file inside, those are always flashed with odin. If you look inside the tar file theres a modem and kernel, again both of those are flashed with odin. Im just not sure how you'd flash it with odin, whether you'd just put the tar file in the pda slot or something else.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
I'm definitely still new at all this.

I thought Odin files came as .exes?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
No that only the one click exe file from designgears, the regular odin app is simply a tool that flashes the kernel/modem/pit/csc and some other files to the phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveCheeseman:
I need to get my i896 to the stock rom as well and when i was reading this thread, it seems like it just died down.

So the files posted need to be flashed with odin right?

i thought you need a .tar file and a .pit file, not a .dll file which was included in the .zip file.

Can someone clarify please?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAGr8:
that is INCOMPLETE flashing thisyou stillhave the AT&T world boot creen who knows what else is not restored .. long story short

we still need the REAL Rogers flash ... wether it is a one clic or not we need a FULL FLASH
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveCheeseman:
I still need to find how to get the stock rom back on my i896.

The rogers_stock.zip file didnt work, when i was trying to flash it, it was stuck on "installing update..." for like 30 minutes and never moved from there.

Also the "SGH-I896_I896UXJI2 Stock Firmware.zip" file doesnt have the .pit file needed for odin, it only has a .dll and the .tar file.

HELP PLEASE

I NEED TO GET BACK TO STOCK ROGERS CAPTIVATE
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjduke:
My captivate is stock (rogers). Can I help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darvo:
+1 I'm in the same situation... I managed to get my phone into Download Mode but I'm still not sure how to use the SGH-I896_I896UXJI2 Stock Firmware.zip file with Odin.

Any help would be greately appreciated.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveCheeseman:
i think i figured it out... :/

sooo when you open the .zip file theres gunna be .tar and a .dll file.

I extracted the .tar file and used it in odin along with the .pit file from the flashable cognition rom and tried to flash the rom onto my phone.

Then it work!

the only problem is that when i boot i get an att splash screen, then it goes to the sgs, then rogers splash screen
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
There's no authentic rogers flash so this is the best you're going to get.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darvo:
Yes, same for me! I I used the PIT file from Odin and the SGH-I896_I896UXJI2 Firmware and I'm back to stock after a software brick... Nice!

The only weirdness is that it doesn't have Rogers APN. Do you?

Odin:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=426139&d=1287976908

Firmware:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BD2EF4WF
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
You should be able to add the APN.

Under the APN settings, just add below:

Name: Rogers

APN: internet.com

Username: wapuser1

Password: wap

MCC: 302 (should already be filled in)

MNC: either 720 or 72 depending on your SIM card (should already be filled in)

Type: Text and MMS.

Leave all other settings blank.

Worked like a charm for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5497:
On my Rogers Captivate, I loaded the AT&T Froyo, used it for a couple of weeks with no problems... except for GPS does not work. I followed these instructions downloaded Odin and the Rogers firmware. Odin claims everything was successful but my phone is messed up.

-Power up, displays the AT&T screen for a second

-Displays the "S" splash screen

-Rogers screen comes up with 4 or 5 dots flashing progressively

-After about 10 seconds or so, screen goes black

-I touch the 4 buttons along the bottom, they light up but nothing

-Cannot turn off, have to pull battery

What have I done?!? Help please....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Something got messed up, flash back to the stock att rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989 and then install some other rom on top of it or leave it stock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5497:
I can get back to the ATT rom with no problem. I want to try to put the Rogers stock on back because this is a Rogers phone, not ATT. I'm basically trying to get this device back to it's original state as it was when I got it from Rogers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Betray:
Im also trying to do this. i find that the rogers firmware is far Superior to the att. Developers can you chime in on this? what did i do :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn122:
I don't understand why people don't read before flashing ROMS...so many threads about Rogers users flashing AT&T 2.2 and then can't get back.

/end rant
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Same phone, just different branding. There's so many amazing roms out there that there is simply no reason to stick to the stock one. Until some canadian dev does a full dump of the rogers rom you're stuck with what you currently have.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5497:
Yes, many threads about this and yes have read them. At the same time, on this very thread, users (like Darvo) are able to get back to stock (so called stock) Rogers rom with success. I'm merely trying to find out why I ran into problems. That's all.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Betray:
odd first time i read anything about it. I guess because now i have the problem.

I finally got back to STOCK rogers rom, but still have the (2 sec att world logo boot up)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
I guess this is what I'm really requesting: "full dump of Rogers ROM". A 1 click Odin file for it would be even more awesome. ;)

Beemed from my i896 Tapatalk app
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ootz0rz:
Are there instructions somewhere for creating a full dump?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
Hey dude! I believe these are still valid instructions.

LINK REMOVED. NOT VALID. SORRY.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Read post #5.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] savva:
Here are the instructions to flash back to Rogers Stock; it works, however you still get stuck with the ATT logo on boot up for a few seconds

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=845428
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3ffmcl34n:
I am in the same boat as many here. I have a Rogers Captivate, and I was too eager to get 2.2 running that I never made a backup of Rogers 2.1.

So, why couldn't a stock Rogers 2.1, be rooted, and use ROM Manager to make a carbon copy of the system? Could you not share that file, run it on someone else's phone and be returned to stock?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonieryan:
I'm going to tread carefully here before I update my Rogers I896 to 2.2 (Perception build 5).

Can I take a backup of my ROM with ROM Manager and got back to that later on and have it be restored to stock?

What is needed to take a full dump. I'm a dev and would like to help out if I can...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
I flashed Perception 5 and everything worked fine except for option to set APN settings. I couldn't get my 3G working. Every time I attempted to add APN info, system would crash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Once you flash any of the roms from this forum you'll have the att logo during start up which you can't get rid of with the backup/restore options from cwm recovery.

Get apn backup from the market to restore your settings.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonieryan:
Oh crap! I wish I had read that BEFORE flashing to Perception 5 last night.

Really? That sucks... too late now! I guess after the 2.2 Rogers update comes out we can restore to stock Rogers in case of warranty issues.

apn backup needs to be run on stock firmware first? Or can I run it now on Perception build 5?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
You run apn backup whenever you want to back up and restore your settings, which firmware you're on makes no difference.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Here you go, plenty of apn's in this file including the rogers one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonieryan:
Thank you very much! That did the trick!

Now it keeps flip flopping between "H" and "3G". I'm assuming "H" is HSPA, but I didn't realize Rogers had deployed that in my are since I never caught it with my iPhone 3GS.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonieryan:
So after I applied those Rogers APNs my 3G works. But incoming SMS timestamps are 5 hours behind! Any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Either get sms time fix from the market to offset the time or use handcent for messaging and go in the options and change the timestamp offset.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonieryan:
Yup I found smstimefix from this old bug report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1305

Sorry for taking this thread completely on a separate tangent.

To get back to the original topic: when/if a 2.2 update comes out from Rogers for the i896, I'd like to get involved in building or porting the AT&T ROMs like Perception, etc. for Rogers customers so these issues don't re-occur every time there's a new ROM release.

Where does one start learning about building/creating/customizing ROMs?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShamsMan:
I use this SMS Time Fix. It's funny, because it doesn't work all the time.

Every once in a while, a text will come in with the correct time stamp and the SMS Time Fix off set will add how ever many hours you've specified, so you'll have a text message that has a time stamp 5 hours into the future.

There are time when the Time Fix won't apply and my text messages will come 5 hours early. There are even times when my latest text message time will be applied to the one that came before it and the two bubbles will end of switching spots.

The Time Fix app works, but not very well. It'd be nice if this could be fixed at the ROM level.

Do we still have no news Roger's stock ROM? Can someone point me to correct instructions on obtaining a stock ROM from a brand-new-just-out-the-box Roger's Captivate? There are quite a few volunteers, but I'm not sure how it's done. Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _baron:
dd if=/dev/block/bml1 of=/sdcard/bml1.dump bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/bml4 of=/sdcard/bml4.dump bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/bml6 of=/sdcard/bml6.dump bs=4096

Those should gives us boot.bin, sbl.bin and param.lfs respectively. As per the "Partitions" table

on the Galaxy S wiki.

That's not a complete ROM, but I believe those are possibly the most important missing pieces. If anyone ever uploads, I'd really like to try putting together a One-Click Odin for Rogers.