yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] YoungGun821:
1. You can do that if you already rooted.

2. You can do that easy, even with out having to root. I use 'Android Central

Sideload Wonder Machine' (its a program you download and use on your pc)

3. Use Beautiful Widgets or Fancy Widget. Might need to be rooted to customize some UI.

4. For battery life I use Battery Indicator Pro. I like 'GPS Status' to test GPS.

I myself is not rooted or not running any custom roms. Not worth the risk to me and I can wait for the official update. My phone works and looks great. GPS is good enough when outdoors.
[Captivate General] bash_array:
Read like the rest of us you lazy piece of sh*t! Go back to your iPhone

I897 captivate, leaked froyo, rooted, side loaded, Verizon fingerprint, led density=210, startup sound changed
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
Haha! Agreed. :)
[Captivate General] Garjani:
Bitter much?

FYI This will also help others who have the same questions. Be nice.

To answer your questions, the most popular rom currently in use would be cognition (located here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=786532). This handles all the needs you are looking for and more.

To make things pretty I would recommend using launcherpro and Beautiful Widgets. The best music player is poweramp.
[Captivate General] panflute:
good question

I think it's a good question. and anyone calling someone else a piece of sh*t for asking a question is one himself.
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
I agree to that as well :)
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Paul22000:
Just in case anyone's looking for a high-quality but inexpensive total body skin, check this out:

http://www.bestskinsever.com/mytouch-4-skin

Full-body skin for only $6.99 + $1 shipping, crazy!

I've had a BSE on my Nexus One for 9 months now and absolutely love it. Pictures here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618006

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5502896&postcount=94

I'm definitely become a fan of this company now and just bought two of these BSE's for my girlfriend's new MyTouch 4G. Can't wait till it gets here and hopefully I'll take some new pictures once I put it on.

Anyway, it ships Nov 22nd, with a pre-order price of $6.99 ($1 shipping) so highly recommended!

[Edit 12/05]: Pics!

(Note: it's still not 100% dry, so that's why there's still a few bubbles here and there -- I only put it on last night and it takes around 48 hours to fully dry. Also, the bubbles like on the sides are barely visible with the naked eye. The macro on the DSLR camera is just that good :))

It came out really nice. I love the glossy look, especially on the back. My GF is happy :D

Tips for putting it on:

A) Do the front, back, then top/bottom pieces. Sides definitely last.

B) Use a lot of liquid on the pieces so you can move them around easily. Then when applying pressure to get it to stick/dry, use a paper towel to press down so the liquid gets pushed out and soaked up immediately (so it doesn't go INSIDE your phone).

C) By FAR the best tip: Once a piece is mostly dry and set, use a hair dryer to really glue it on (the adhesive on BSE skins only works as it dries). This makes application

MUCH

faster.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] kevx:
How's the orange peel? I used to have BSE on my blackberry. Good skin but I could always notice the orange peel.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] crxtasi:
Saw that too, Loved it on my Nexus...it does have some orange peal but not as bad as Zaggs. But if you "like" BSE on facebook they normally have coupons posted up for 15% off ever other weekend so im waiting on that :p

I currently have Realook Screen Protector on my MT4G and its pretty good as well Zero orange peal and smooth as silk!
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Chedderknight:
preordered the first chance I got, can't wait till next week, till them using the cheapo gel skin screen protector
[myTouch 4G Accessories] TmobileDash12:
is this only a screen film, or is it the whole body? like battery cover, back, front, etc?
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Kline:
Whole body, used it on my G1 and loved it. Ended up only doing the face, but I've had my G1 since release and the skin only has a tiny bit of peeling on one edge due to me flipping the keyboard out there constantly, and otherwise looks brand new!
[myTouch 4G Accessories] pack:
These should be going out this week so when someone gets theirs could you please post some pic's... I really wanna see how it looks, big part being with the rubber on these phones... thanks guys
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Paul22000:
I haven't noticed any orange peel on my N1. Hopefully that's the case with all their products, since the N1 skin is the only one I've used.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Paul22000:
Just got my shipping confirmation email!!! :D
[myTouch 4G Accessories] crxtasi:
Just ordered 2 for me and the wife and BSE is offering buy one get one free for "After Thanksgiving Sale" Got mine for 9.99 shipped! :D
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Paul22000:
Muwhahaha! Check this out!!

- Friday = Buy one skin, get one free

- Saturday = 20% off entire order

I was lazy and waited until just now (with only 45 minutes left until midnight) to order some Nexus One skins and somehow I got caught in the middle of BOTH deals:

$16 for two Nexus One Skins

-$8 for free skin

-$3.20 (20% off BOTH skins)

$1 shipping

=

TWO

full-body skins for $5.80
​

Haha!!! :D :D
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Vanquiz:
ROFL, that's slickdeal ...
[myTouch 4G Accessories] crxtasi:
Very nice! Just hope people took advantage of this! BSE>Zagg any day! :p
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Chedderknight:
Just got my skins, going to install later tonight
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Paul22000:
Got my skins last night too! Can't wait to install! (Probably this weekend, no time during the week unfortunately.)
[myTouch 4G Accessories] crxtasi:
Can't wait to get mine...post some pics if you can :D
[myTouch 4G Accessories] SugarMouth:
I installed the screen and the battery cover only leaving the soft touch areas off.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] SiL3nTKiLL:
gonna preorder :)
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Paul22000:
Applied the skin last night!

And added some pics to the OP!

(Note: it's still not 100% dry, so that's why there's still a few bubbles here and there -- I only put it on last night and it takes around 48 hours to fully dry. Also, the bubbles like on the sides are barely visible with the naked eye. The macro on the DSLR camera is just that good :))
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Need recommendation on which overclocking kernel currently performs the best..

I've used raspdeep's v216 and its pretty good, very responsive..

Right now Im trying the Super Optimized Kernel 4.2 and it also is very responsive, cant really tell the difference so far..

3rd on the list is the YA-OK 1.30

How about you guys, what are your experiences/feedbacks on these overclocking kernels ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
At first I dont want to neglect anybody's work here, Im proud of what all devs here trying to do whatever they can to make sgs faster.

I may sound indifferent/malocontent, but besides ext/340mb/oc effects of other 'speed tweaks' are so small that I dont notice them. I stick with raspdeeps, mostly because I find it complete (bln <3), most 'stable' and long term. New kernel comes like every 1-2weeks, which is perfect. I just trust raspdeeps work, runing his kenels since his first.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I agree that all 3 kernels have very similar performance but it never hurts to figure out w/c has the best optimization.. from the change logs all 3 seems to offer a different package.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cloudstripe:
So far.. YA-OK runs better on my SGS.

But never tried the two yet.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I just found out today that YA-OK is giving my phone some delayed wake up state from a deep sleep when I press the lock button or when I get a call.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montyalbo:
Does using odin wipe my internal sd card data?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqaddict:
All your personal data on /sdcard and external SD stays intact, unless you check re-partition.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
Not unless you specify it to do so.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montyalbo:
ah thank you
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AKA_Rizzo:
I went to BB to see what accessories they had.

Can you say "Zero"?

Really.. Not one single item relating to the X10.

They should call it iBestiBuy. It's "i" whatever from wall to wall.

Any other sites I should check out ?

I am concerned about getting a skin as some are loose fitting and I'd like to see them in person.

I live in Michigan, USA.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3sRtH4mmR:
Try Expansys or Amazon.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
ebay is also a good place to look. I get my stuff from there.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
Maybe Google? ;)

Seriously - there is no universal place with best selection and prices both. I used to buy accessories at buy.com, amazon.com, ebay.com, some other virtually noname online sellers I found by Google search. Don't like online? No problem - you can try this model in some brick-and-mortar store with crazy prices. And buy it online. Anyway everything is "Made in China". The only problem - returning. That really sucks. But for now I was lucky. Look - once I bought a case for SE k790 in ebay store of one HK seller and it didn't fit. I wrote, since the description claimed this model for k790/800 and they answered that they'll send me another one for free - anything I like. I checked measurement of the phone and found a model that should fit. It was around 1/2 more expensive, but they sent it without any returns. I was impressed and always check them first. But now look like they are out of business - no website, no ebay store and a lot of negative feedbacks. So it is a little risky, but after some research it worth.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoTnERb:
I know how you feel. Especially since they have the exclusive white x10 then it only makes sense that they carry x10 accessories. But of course, Sony Ericsson really isn't that well known over here, so what you'd find would be for Apple and...probably that's it. Joking aside, yeah, its a bummer. have you tried amazon though?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Che Kirila:
Apple's case perfectly fits my X10. ;) I bought it around a year before X10 photos were leaked over the web. I love Apple - they are able to predict many new tends. ;)

I mean belt's case or pouch or whatever marketing freaks name it, not skin.

By the way, try to find a difference (except price and pressed brandname LUXMO inside or outside) between some in one store:

$0.60 + $2.98 shipping - Apple Iphone 4gb 8gb 16gb 32gb

$0.33 + $2.98 shipping - just iPhone

$0.57 + $2.98 shipping - Verzion Motorola Droid A855

$1.69 + $2.98 shipping - Samsung BlackJack i607 or BlackJack 2 i617

$1.12 + $2.98 shipping - Motorola q9m Q9c Q Q9h

$2.80 + $2.98 shipping - Apple iPhone 1st & 2nd Generation including 2g 3g (4gb/8gb/16gb/32gb) (AT&T -ATT)

I like their notes about the internal memory most of all - it is really universal case from 4Gb up to 32Gb!!! Wanna case for another model - wait a minute - our representative put the sticker... errr... sorry - find a case specifically for your model. This is how online works. ;)

I think you'll find exactly this model in regular store for from $10 up to $25. And try how it feels.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urs74:
Up here in Canada the only place I'm ever able to find cases fir my x10 are at flea markets and sometimes at cellphone kiosks in the malls here.

Sent from my X10a v2.1 using swype
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stan.s:
As of this month I have purchased the following accessories.

2 car chargers from Radio Shack, the cheaper ones.

1 windshield holder from ebay seller in Hong Kong. It has a short bent arm. Not good with very steep slopes. Phone needs to be plugged in when used as GPS so limited positions with car charger. Blocks view in smaller cars. I would rather have the one with the flexible arm instead for more possibilities.

2 Belkin usb to micro retractable cords. Microcenter

1 soft silicone case totally covers the sides of phone save camera and speakers and projects out 1/8th inch from screen like bumper. It's nice but the phone could be any phone. EBAY

1 hard rubber snap-on case with cutouts for buttons, camera and speakers. Finish on mold edges is not good. EBAY
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
Hey guys I'm trying to flash Amon RA v 1.8 on my phone, put it in the root of my sdcard opened terminal emulator and typed su, but it said 'permission denied'

my phone is rooted, i have superuser permissions under my apps, i was able to use set cpu, i dont understand whats wrong, suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
Sounds like you may be rooted but not Nand unlocked. You should give more information as to what method you did to achieve root, what hboot, etc...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
one person told me the same and that i needed the PC36IMG zip file and that i would be good. my method of rooting was installing the hboot drivers and then using unrevoked.

i booted in recovery with clockwork and did a NAND backup assuming then that NAND was unlocked lol but i guess not so i tried doing some research into the NAND unlocking and i have no idea what this adb shell thing is, is this the problem though with flashing amon RA?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willy900wonka:
Try giving terminal emulator su permission. Tap supermissions apk and enable terminal emulator.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
if you mean go to the superuser permission app and check whats allowed/denied terminal emulator isnt there, only wifi tethering set cpu and titanium backup are there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willy900wonka:
In terminal emulator settings check start as root, then restart it, and then when supermissions prompts you give terminal emulator root privilege.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
there's no setting like that in terminal emulator, i do have another app called 'better terminal emulator', checked those settings and it had the setting you were talking about, but even when i checked that, superuser permissions didnt ask me to allow/deny better terminal emulator
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willy900wonka:
Within Better terminal emulator, try the su command.

I used better terminal emulator (bte) to install Amon_Ra's 1.8 and it is in the super user permission white list.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
**ROOT Is Required**

For BootAnimations:

The usual notice i am not repsonsible if you brick your device but this is pretty easy to do... follow the instructions below:

1. Follow the link to download.

2. Download and rename the file to bootanimation.zip

3. Put it on your sdcard

4. Open terminal enter these commands: (for Cyanogen and Stock Rom)

su

cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /data/local/

For those of you who have it the root explorer.apk also works to install

1. Same as above

2. Same as above

3. Same as above

4. Open Root explorer

5. Select bootanimation.zip from sdcard

6. Select move

7. Find Data folder

8. Find Local folder

9. Paste into Local folder

SENSE Roms Instructions: (Absolute System.apk Needed)

1. Download and install Absolute System.apk

2. Select download bootanimations

3. Press Menu

4. Change Install Location

5. Select EVO4G

6. Download Bootanimation

7. Use a File Manager to move Bootanimation into sdcard/goodies/bootanimations

8. Open Absolute System.apk

9. Select Downloaded Bootanimations

10. Select the Bootanimation you just placed in the file

Coming Soon

To Replace the white bootsplash screen:

1. Download splash zip file

2. Extract entire zip file

3. Rename extracted file to splash.img

4. Open Terminal Emulator (enter these commands)

su

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/splash.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19

it will then say transferring and your done.

Now onto the good stuff, Below you will see images of the Splash screens and Bootanimations. I have a link going directly to my mediafire folders. Click the link and find the files you want.

The XBox Files: Sorry Animations were too large to get a Preview to play (Notice: The Animation Plays Vertically... So turn your phone sideways)

Here Is a preview of a few images in some of the animations

View attachment 609716

Halo View attachment 609061

New Windows Animation View attachment 609720

New Transformer View attachment 610910

Transformers Preview

The 360 Bootasplashes View attachment 603206

These both come in one zip so extract and choose the one you want to load up

Windows BootSplash View attachment 609746

YouTube

Download Files
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Gravityrat:
This has been driving me crazy. I promise I am not an idiot but I have been trying to get a modified boot animation to work for about a week now and have posted in the other threads too.

I cannot for the life of me get any other boot animation except the stock to run.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
New Blue bootsplash

View attachment 522669

Terminal Emulator commands :)

su

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/boot.img(space)of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19

ZipView attachment 522670
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Gravityrat:
Just like everyone says.

I download the zip to my sdcard, used root explorer to copy and paste it to data/local.

Reboot and nothing.

If I paste it in system/media it boots up to a solid black screen and takes forever.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
What else do you see in the data folder?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
I'm also assuming you have perm root and s off?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Gravityrat:
I DO have perm root and s-off.

data/local folder has:

hboot-eng.img

tmp

vision_oc.ko

wpthis-OTA.ko

Can I or should I delete these?

Updated: I deleted everything in the data/local folder except the boot animation and it worked.

Thank you
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
No problem glad to help
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] rjbaran17:
Do you have to root the phone for this to work?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
yes your going to need superuser permission to move the file
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] stevencpoynter:
Hey tried your method of editing off of a previous g2 boot animation to port the older red rage animation for the droid 1 phones but im having some issues. Didn't want to thread jack with my problems so I created a new one. I can't seem to get the red rage boot animation to work correctly, any expertise is welcome!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
What are the issues ur having? Plus if u want to attatch it and ill take a look
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] henryr934:
it work for me thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
If anyone has a suggestion I'm always open for them
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] stevencpoynter:
Here it is.

http://www.mediafire.com/?gwim34391f17akx

Ive figured a lot of stuff out as I found a site that explains the desc.txt file. The problem i'm having is that I simply can't load all of the screens before the phone boots lol, there's like 300+ PNG's to load between the two animation folders.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
Well u might need to up the frame rate to make it play a little faster
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
Ill download and lood at it tonight or tomorrow and see what I can do
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] stevencpoynter:
Thanks for the advice dude, ive played with the frame rate..like..a lot lol. Atleast i'm pretty sure. The default file should be set at 210p just to load the whole thing on a stock droid 1 at the time.

Ive played with it and trimmed some of the fat off like multiple black screens and such but it's still not enough. Thanks for your time, it really is a cool animation

This is also booting on CM RC2 which boots fast as crap anyways lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] shadyx513:
Yea I noticed the boot times are shorter which is cool but it cuts into our animation lol
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
hmmm doesnt work for desire z rom :(
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
Ok ill take a look an see what I can do
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
On thanksgiving I will download the desire z rom and see what changes need to be made
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
thanks bud
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
ok i think i have it so it will load according to the b ootanimation file in system/bin it says "use bootanimation.zip. /system/media/bootanimation.zip" which should load the zip, its also saying /data/local/android_audio.mp3 which makes me think it can play audio?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] SHOOTEMUP2.0:
Can u please mirror. I can not get the download link to work. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
I had a problem uploading so when I get to a comp. Ill try another site sorry
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
download link doesnt work anymore man
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
also i cant paste in there since its a read only folder did u use adb?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
NEW link is up on original post
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
make sure to rename to bootanimation.zip

I used the root explorer app which has permission to paste into the data/local folder you can push adb Code:

adb devices

adb remount

adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
hmmm dint work still getting the HTC screen i put it in the data/local
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
fast boot also is uncheck
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
is that the first or second screen?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
both screen i see the htc screen
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
ok give me like 10 mins to load the rom onto my phone an see what i can do
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
can you try it on the HD rom, im sure its the same system but not sure.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
is it the evil g2 hd rom?

or which hd rom are you running
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
appreciate it man
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
Video by G1_enthusiast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RuKKGsG0xM

lol never mind i figured it out, slow internet tether so will be back shortly with instructions
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
i can not for the life of me find out where it is pulling the htc animation from for the hd rom
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
i found the bootanimation for your rom. it is located in

eViL-G2-HD-v.0.5\system\customize\resource\bootanimation.zip

now that you know the file location you should be able to push it there and if not then you can always try extracting the rom and manually placing it there then reinstalling it.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
very nice it works thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
No problem thanks for being patient with me
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
your good man, might i suggest make the eyes a little bit smaller so it looks more round rather then oval-ish
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
Lol yeah I'm off tomorrow also so I will modify it all then I had the pixel size wrong the first time and just stretched the image
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
lol still good though :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1_enthusiast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXQpyms1j-o

just a little inspiration for the eyes
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
new resized bootanimation is up enjoy
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
Lol I included the animation in my themed rom and it was too long it only played part
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] jboiii15:
Not working on virtous sense rom!

Ahhhh!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
Which steps have u followed?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
For the sense roms I believe its the same instructions for the hd if that doesn't work thrusday I will post the instructions you need for ur rom