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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LentoViolentoMan:
Thanks for replying both,

Yep that's the one i'm using, i've been looking at the steely mod and at doc's rom for now to put on my SGS. (didn't know there was a base Doc version, so, thanks)

When you are speaking of cyan, which rom is that?

There are also multiple versions of Doc's rom, which one is the best when you want to use dutch swype etc? Is it possible to install dutch locale and swype through a zipfile like i did with the current tayutama rom?

greets,

LentoViolentoMan
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
My evo got pretty ****ed over the past day, originally I rooted it by installing the hboot drivers then using unrevoked,I assumed everything would be done from there, I never got to flash Amon ra or any custom roms so I wanted to try it out, every guide I found involved using adb shell and a Tom of other steps I never used while originally rooting.

I got so fed up with all the error messages that I decided to start from the absolute beginning and root again and then try unlocking nand, one method involved me putting all these files on the sdcard and using adb a lot, I followed all if these steps exactly and DEFINITELY DID A NAND BACKUP but then after rebooting in one step my phone went back to eclair 2.1 and all my info was deleted and now its as if I bought it today, its not even rooted anymore so all the apps I backed up with titanium I can't even access anymore since it requires root

One step told me to do the nand restore and when I went the folder was empty, I would kill to have my old evo back or at least all my apps, any and all help would be HIGHLY appreciated
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
If youre back on 2.1, just root it, put whatever recovery you used to make your nandroid on there and then restore your nandroid.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
I assumed onceI was on 2.1 I would be rooted again, I tried unrevoked once it was on 2.1 but it just stayed saying "running root" and never changed, and my nandroid restore didn't show up before so why would it now
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
The root method you used was older, and was the way to go before Froyo was officially rooted. It involved downgrading (which you did) and then rooting 2.1 and then flashing a froyo ROM. It sounds like you made it to the downgrade part and then you stopped for whatever reason. You aren't in bad shape, you just need to get that 2.1 rooted and you're good to go.

As far as the nandroid is concerned, if you made it, then it should be there. You said you never got to flash a custom recovery but you must've if you were able to do a nandroid. Now if you made your nandroid with clockwork you won't be able to restore it with Amon and vice versa, which is where I think the confusion lies. Do you remember what recovery you made the nandroid with?

Your only real option at this point is to root your 2.1 and restore your nandroid with the correct recovery. Check your SD card, if there is a folder called Nandroid then it was made with Amon, and I'm pretty sure clockwork puts it's nandroid into a folder called Clockwork.

As far as why the root wasn't finishing, I'm not really sure because it's been a while since I used that method. It could be a driver issue. Have you installed the proper drivers?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
yae the recovery is where the whole issue began, i assumed i was good so i tried flashing amon RA with the terminal emulator and whenever i typed 'su' it always said permission denied, i was rooted for sure so some people said i had to probably unlock NAND and more errors came from there so i tried that other rooting method so i definitely flashed with clockwork and i remember seeing the build name on the bottom as well which makes me pretty happy as well since i found it in the directory which you said under my sdcard with the date name and whatnot so major kudos for that

i installed the hboot drivers before so i assumed i didnt need to do it again but when unrevoked kept staying at "running root" i tried installing again, and on this video online from djr3z he said under 'My Devices' that Android 1.0 would show up where I could click to install it but it never showed up so I've been stuck since that point, are there any other alternative root methods you recommend/should i try updating the drivers? or perhaps i can delete the driver and reinstall?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Check your hboot, are you S-ON or S-OFF? Also, what hboot version are you?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
im definitely S-OFF, saw it all the time in the bootloader screen, how do i check the hboot version exactly?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iitreatedii:
you load it up with volume down and power button, same way you go as if your going to boot into recovery
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
ok and my hboot version is .76.2000
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
can anyone confirm if .76.2000 is the latest hboot driver? everytime i connect my phone and check device manager it shows android bootloader interface which, from what i heard, is what im supposed to see

everytime i run unrevoked it stays at "running root..." and doesnt change from there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
The latest hboot is 2.02 I believe but you don't want that one, I hear it's a pain to root. Yours is the engineering hboot which must have gotten put on there from whatever rooting method you were using. It's fine to leave that one on there, it will allow you to flash CM6 if you ever decide to. What happens when you select recovery from the hboot menu?

Have you tried downloading ROM manager from the market and using it to flash clockwork? I would give that a whirl.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
when i select recovery from bootloader it gives me the black screen with the phone and red triangle, i started button mashing and it seemed like a recovery image but it said 'Android system recovery <2e>' with a few commands like wipe/reboot etc.

i was trying the clockwork before, i installed rom manager, then tried "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" but it kept giving me error messages about attempting to run privilleged commands, assuming that means im not rooted again

i dont even think i have the clockwork recovery image on my sd card, it does however show my amon RA one, but there's no point in flashing that if the clockwork has my nandroid backup right? and couldn't i just put the clockwork recovery image on my sdcard from online somewhere?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Try this- Download THIS FILE, put it on the root of your SD card, and boot into hboot. It will automatically find it, load it and ask you if you want to run it. Choose yes and let it go. It *should* install clockwork recovery on your phone. If it doesn't work, no harm no foul and we can try something else. If it does work, you should be able to restore that nandroid that you made. It will only work if you are S-OFF, which you say you are so it's worth a shot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
okay and if it works, before i do the restore should i wipe everything?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
It won't hurt but when doing a nandroid restore wiping is not necessary.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
so close...your method worked, but i couldnt restore it gave me an error messgae..

ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1

Checking MD5 sums...

Erasing boot before restore...

Restoring boot image...

Error whille flashing boot image!

takes me back to the main menu of the recovery =\

do you think it has to do with me still being on 2.1 rather than 2.2?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
So you now have clockwork on there? That's a step in the right direction! Try restoring your nandroid once more and if that doesn't work, you can flash a ROM and then restore your titanium backups.

It shouldn't matter what ROM you're on when restoring a nandroid. Do you remember what hboot version you were on when you made the nandroid? If I remember correctly that could cause an issue but I'm not entirely sure about that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
hmm i cant even get out of the bootloader screen now though..even when i reboot it takes me straight to bootloader

and also if i flash a rom will have to be designed for 2.1 since im still technically on that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
no idea about the hboot version =\ just assumed it was upgraded to the most advanced version when i updated the driver

but i cant even put any ROMs on my sdcard now because i cant even leave the bootloader screen?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
No, flashing a 2.2 ROM will upgrade you from 2.1, it should work fine. You must have made your nandroid on a different hboot version then the one you have now.

What I would do in this situation is run the 3.29 RUU found HERE which will bring you back to full stock, and then you can run Unrevoked and reroot it. The whole process should only take you a half hour or so. I don't know if you will be able to restore your nandroid because of the hboot discrepancy, but at the very least you will be able to restore your titanium backups.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
I cant run the program unless it recognizes my phone and it wont until im out of the bootloader screen, even hit the factory reset button and it still wont reset
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Ok then do this- Download the pc36img from THIS THREAD, put it on the root of your SD card and run it the same way you ran the last one. Make sure to remove the old one from your SD card before you do it though. It is a fully rooted RUU in flashable form of the 3.30 update. Use an adapter or reader to connect the SD card directly to your comp for transfer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Scratch that last one, try just flashing a new ROM first. You can still get into recovery, right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
yea but i have no ROMs on the sdcard to begin with
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Use an adapter or a card reader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynigman:
hey metalhead, u seem pretty knowledgeable, so i got a ?? for ya. i have 2.02.000 u said isnt good. im having nothing but problems. unrevoked says it works but i get nothin on the phone. i cant get into recovery and i have no image or wrong image coming on during hboot. ive been at my comp since last night reading hard, but im stuck. just got a new white evo from sprint and it isnt happening. any help would be appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Well it's not that 2.02 isn't good, it's just that it's difficult to root. To my knowledge, unrevoked does NOT work for that particular hboot which would explain why you are having issues. Now I haven't rooted 2.02 personally so I can't really tell you what to do or not to do, but here is a thread that explains the root process for your particular hboot version, and that would be the place to start. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynigman:
when i open the exe file to type in a command it immediately disappears. im still trying but cant get it to work. where else can i open the adb from??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynigman:
nevermind, followed the tutorial n rooted like a boss!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
metalhead, you are the ****in man

friend had a microsd adapter, put mikfroyo on there, ran the recovery, it started up after a few minutes, my main concerns from here were whether i fully unlocked root and also if all my stuff was erased for good

re-downloaded titanium from the market and ran a batch rstore operation and surprisingly EVERYTHING came back, with small "problem loading widget" errors, for some reason its still stuck running the operation on restoring google search but it appears everything is back the way it was before i downgraded to 2.1 but even better and faster with this mikfroyo

once again CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH for holding my hand thruogh this process and not getting fed up with my issues

one last small question though, my contacts are the only thing not coming up, everyone said it would be restored with google, im assuming this means when i create a new contact and it asks to save under google or phone you would select google, my whole life ive been saving under phone, if i did it under google they would all come back?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
No problem bud, happy to help. Glad everything worked out for you!

You are definitely 100% rooted so rest easy there. From here you can flash any ROM you want, any theme, and root apps... You're golden.

The "problem loading widget" things are normal and will happen every time you restore with titanium or even with LauncherPro's backup. Just delete those error boxes and re-add the widgets.

For contacts you HAVE to set them all as google and not as phone. That way they all get backed up to the cloud automatically and you never have to worry about losing them. Every time you flash a new ROM, as soon as you add your gmail account your contacts will automatically be repopulated into your phone. If there were a ton of contacts that you lost, you can always try to get that nandroid restored to bring them back but you gotta figure out what hboot version you were on when you made that nandroid in order for it to work. OR, if you have an older phone with your contacts on it you can always go to the sprint store and have them transfer them for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R1pTheJacka:
damn so theres no way i can just change all of them instantly from Phone to Google contact types, just manually? also, if i save them under Phone isn't it just gonna pile up in my internal phone storage
[G2 and Desire Z General] JupiterDroid:
I cant believe im saying this, but the best ROM so far in my opinion in terms of battery life, smoothness and all round quality is the G2 rom;)

Well done to T-Mobile USA for their amazing effort in the making of their ROM;)

JD
[G2 and Desire Z General] jark99:
hows your battery life? like how much can you get out of a day with medium usage?...
[G2 and Desire Z General] JupiterDroid:
Desire Z ROM 12 Hours Usage

G2 ROM 16 - 20 Hours Usage

Cyanogen 6.1 RC2 6-8 Hours Usage

;)

JD
[G2 and Desire Z General] jark99:
i get about 16-20 hours on my desire z, not consistent though, sometimes it drains faster....its strange. im thinking about buying the hitchi batteries those red ones everyone is getting.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icebergxx:
All the launcher junk is cool, but I'd like the cool ole scroll tab for my g1. (despite running a 2.2 Rom and knowing Android ditched that launcher)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makskylan:
As the post says, I have tried 4 or 5 different music apps and none of them see my music folder on my sd card.... any suggestions?

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Use a widget like sdmount to rescan the card and try again?

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makskylan:
I have removed all music and reinstalled, tried the sdmount widget, completely wiped my phone, new rom, theme, etc. I still can't find any music player that will see my music in my music folder?..
[Desire HD General] Gurps777:
This is my first android phone. I had the htc touch hd before but didn't flash or anything. I have to say android is great but does need some getting used to which is a fun element in its own aspect.

Desire HD is great !!!! When you heard it's fast, believe you think it's fast but you have no idea. It's instant...almost too fast for some people's liking...

I'm pretty sure you've read many reviews so i'll just cover main points.

First of all the back covers aren't that much of a hassle, i quite like that design with unibody design...although sure they could've used better plastic but it's not something you would care about.

The screen despite it being "normal LCD" is so amazing...it's so viabrant until i compared to sgs then i was like ehh...however watching images and movies...the sgs over did the colours and sharpness...Dhd just the perfect natural images. and oh yeah it's very very clear. AND BIG.

Battery i'm afraid isn't impressive...11 hours only but that may because it'd had all sync on's,everything on and heavy use since it's new...but 11 hours is still poor.

Now i'm not a photographer or anything but i thought the camera was great and the recording at 720p was amazing too but i'm not qualified to judge very accurately on that.

Now the speaker doesn't do this phone justice but don't get me wrong it's not that bad. I see people making it sound like it's hopeless..."I missed calls when the phone was next to me" ? is a complete lie...i have to say i heard the phone in the next room this morning while i was getting ready. It's "hearable" as in usable but it's still poor

but not deal breaker issues

Apart from that this is pretty much the perfect phone for a long time now...

unibody design with 4.3 inch screen? I don't think anything will match it very soon

I love this phone ...a bit too much...despite the bad battery life.
[Desire HD General] vansmuk:
Android first timer as well.

So far, no regrets. A few complaints ( like the power button execution and the inadequate battery ) but nothing worth diminishing that grim on my face when I put on Avatar or Backbreaker in the gaps btw lectures at uni and immediately theres a crowd of 20 DHD-owner wannabes on my head. They say the best advertisement is making someth brilliant and lettin it speak for itself. Well those korean muffies it. Period ;]
[Desire HD General] Mr.Kakarot:
my only regret is I cannot have 3g on my carrier (rogers)..... so I am in limbo right now.... so with no 3g and usb debugging on, the battery lasts me all day... I turn off wifi and gps when not in use.... if I decide to keep the phone, I will get another battery....

I also love the phone, but I am very disappointed in the camera and flash.... If I look at a yellow piece of paper through the phone, it looks white.... the screen and photos look washed.... but I do love the size. Wifi is so fast and smooth on this phone....

adding the otterbox case, makes the power button and volume rocker much more accessible....

Over all, a great phone.... but I do not know if I can make it without 3g :(
[Desire HD General] v6kgang:
Hey good Review...liked u being very frank in the review. considering you are a first timer...this device is gonna keep u busy for atleast some time...as u pointed out...its gonna take some time of getting used to...but u won't regret the time spent learning this...

I don't want HTC to come back next month introducing a Duo core processor with the same screen size[4.3" is Just right] and better battery life with more RAM..Now i hate that :D:D
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Until you've flashed a custom rom and oc kernel...only then can you say its fast hahaha...because trust me...stock is not that fast at all...
[Desire HD General] Gurps777:
Well i considered this fast...I'll wait a little while before flashing, i need to learn everything since i don't even know what kernal is...

They will come out with duo core processors early 2011 ( but then again there's always delay on everything these days) secondally i heard it'll be useless...since you don't need that much processing power.

never the less it may be usefull with other features released in the future. They won't make a 4.3 inch duo core soon enough...might start off with a 3.7 then that uni body design won't be duplicated till ages.
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
A 3.7 dual core handset would be just great but I can't see it coming any time soon. The trend seems now to be more towards 4" plus. Still having the debate with myself whether the 4.3 inches of the dhd is just too much or whether the trade offs are worth it. Then of course there is the small matter of £500 if I want it in a reasonable timescale!
[Desire HD General] mixedape:
Change your White Balance setting
[Desire HD General] rossysaurus:
+1, although the auto white balance is terrible and should be much better than it is.
[Desire HD General] v6kgang:
Lets just hope so...Considering this is the Best phone of the Current lot...i want it to stay so for some time atleast :)
[Desire HD General] Gurps777:
A comment on the flush power button. I see many people complained (including myself) about the power button being hard to press and effort to reach since it's on top of the phone...you have to curve your finger around it kinda...if you get what i mean...I figured...since the headphone jack is on the bottom now ( it makes sense for wires to hang at the bottom when you hold it - personally i like the initiative..) hence you would put the phone upside down in your pocket and it'll easily press the power button in some cases...I think that may be the reason for flush power button...But since the volume keys are also flush...i guess there's a chance they've just messed it up...but never the less i found the power button useful in some aspect...
[Desire HD General] wakers:
Hold the phone in 1 hand while pressing the power button in the other hand :-)

Simples :-)
[Vibrant General] jnp1974:
I am looking to acquire a bricked Vibrant or Fascinate. It should at a minimum have a good screen. I am not too worried about cosmetics, but nothing that has been hit by a bus. I have a brand new Vibrant that was used for testing screen durability. It was never powered on and I removed the mainboard from it. I am looking to "make" a new usable phone with the innards. The mainboard will snap into a fascinate or vibrant, so either device will work for me.

Or, if no one has a bricked device, would anyone be interested in taking the mainboard off my hands, for a nominal fee? It is a JI6 model.

I also have ALL of the box contents in unused condition.
[Vibrant General] walia_mini:
yeah i need samsung vibrant main board.......cause i have prob in my vibrant board
[Vibrant General] connexion2005:
I have a good Vibrant housing that just has a bad main board if you are interested. You can toss your board in and be good to go. PM me if you are interested...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JessJames:
OK people... some of you people much cleverer than me PLEASE tell me there's a way around this.

My internet at home runs through a proxy server, so I have the IP address and port.

This internet connection is broadcast using wifi around my house. My PCs can connect to this just fine, using the IP and port in my Windows networking configuration.

My Vibrant will NOT work. Here are the scenarios I am dealing with :

If I connect to the wireless I can see my home network, and browse Windows network shares on my phone just fine.

If I go into the wireless | advanced | proxy settings (I am running a Bionix 2.2 ROM - Onyx 4.2 I think) and set my proxy IP and port then I can browse the internet in the default browser but NO other apps will make an internet connection. Odd since the proxy connection seems to me to be attached to the wireless connection, not the browser specifically.

So I installed and configured transproxy 3.8 beta (which doesn't seem to be vibrant specific, but installs and configures OK), and entered the same details and enabled the proxy connection, and NOTHING, including the default browser, will make an internet connection.

In all cases my connection to the wireless network itself is perfectly fine.

I've spent a couple of days trying to find a sensible solution to this, but have found nothing helpful.

Anyone out there had any similar experiences, or better yet found some kind of awesome solution ?

Very much appreciate any answers.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JessJames:
Ok before I give up completely, no one has gotten a Vibrant properly connected through a proxy server? It would at least be something to know it is known to be impossible, then I could stop obsessing and concentrate on being annoyed?

Anyone?