yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mevans2007:
i know, ive looked around and wasnt very clear on how to root and install 2.2 using my build
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjayman:
well try universal androot ,the worst that can happen is it doesnt work.Search for it by name and download using your phones browser. After root use rom manager from the market and install recovery image then your ready to go.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FdxRider:
Here ya go ,under rooting guide thr very bottomit says it works for .7 (IMHO I'd bookmark this Wiki,is updated regularly and can help answer alot of you ques.)

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Hero_CDMA.png#Rooting_Guides
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noskoviak:
After that you flash the cm6 stable version from your phones SD card and it should install cm6 froyo 2.2

I believe at least..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rixoft:
Dear All, I have a Motorola Devour (Originally by Verizon) that flashing to our Local Service Provider (Indonesian Smart Telecom). Everything look good, Call, Text and Internet (1X), but I just realized that everytime the phone restart, its lose all of contacts and all applications installed. Even the wifi setting etc also gone. And I have to ##bluroff everytime it start.

Any help and advice for this problem ? thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rixoft:
Anybody...help me please...:(
[Epic 4G General] Xhyperion:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/30/samsung-releases-gps-restore-app-for-captivate-and-other-galax/

It doesn't work for the Epic...
[Epic 4G General] jirafabo:
I've read it doesn't work for the intended phones either. Just kinda masks it. Probably just clears the cache and temporarily fixes it.
[Epic 4G General] shabbypenguin:
it fixes what we broke.....

>.>
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Acid_Wir3:
i was wondering if anyone bought this from amazon?

Protective Decal Skin STICKER for T-Mobile HTC G2 with Google case cover G2-290
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Vinsane:
Looks cool. But it looks like it'd only a top and back decal....doesn't cover the sides/edges like the phantom does.

Cheap alternative though. Good find.

Posted from my HTC Vision via XDA App
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Acid_Wir3:
yeah im not planning on getting it though since im waiting for some opinions. kinda like what you said :D
[General Questions and Answers] DashBlacK:
Hi Guys,

I just got my first android phone! :) I was looking around and saw some stuff about rooting. I just had some questions about it, so I would be very thankful if someone could answer them.

Q1) To install apps in my SD card, do I need to get Apps2SD for Android 2.1 and do I need to root it too?

Q2) Will there be Android 2.2(Froyo) available for Samsung Galaxy 550? Do I need Apps2SD for Froyo?

Q3) Does rooting allow me to use paid apps for free just like jailbreaking iPhones?

Q4) Let's say I bricked my phone while rooting it, is it fixable?

Q5) What do custom ROMs do? What advantages do i get if I use custom ROMs?

Thanks in advance! I am really new to this stuff.

~ DashBlacK
[Galaxy S I9000 General] channer:
I spoke to a representative at Bell, she said that Froyo will be rolling out December 6th through Kies. Don't know if this is posted anywhere else, just thought I'd let you eager Bell users know.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lokks:
Thanks for the heads up ..if this is true let the countdown begin....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tempura:
If our Kies doesnt work, we are pretty much screwed for the official bell update >_<
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
Never trust a Bell agent. I have an audio recording of an other agent which is 100% sure that the update will be out in November. In August, they told me it would be september.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devonblue4u:
Don't hold your breath on that one. Canada got the vibrant seemingly last. And the rollout for Froyo isn't complete in the other countries that got the I9000 before we did. Id' best guess the soonest isn't until sometime in the first quarter of the new year.

I'm thinking the failure rate after the update is gonna be huge. And Corporate wants their bonuses for a good Christmas season in terms of sales. That's why I'm saying Feb '11, after the Christmas rush & the January warehouse clearance sales.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lokks:
If what you are saying is true...there is going to be some huge backlash. Especially after the post on facebook on the Samsung page which mentioned Dec 15th.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
First, this is pure speculation, even more considering the post made by samsung.

First, the Froyo release is not following the same path as the release of the phone itself (having to wait after the others...) second, pre-release are already available trough test mode in kies, wich means the testing is ongoing pretty good as of now.

As for the bonuses part, in a big corporation like bell, their already given! Bell won't wait on that to give/not give bonus.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] seagryphon:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... Someone decided to crank up the old rumor mill again.

I bought my phone the day it came out on Aug 6th and have been weeks and sometimes only days away from 2.2 the whole time....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devonblue4u:
SD card failure is higher for the I9000M than the rest of the international members of this site. I know the polling is unscientific, but it does seem to indicate there may be a problem with releasing Froyo. I still stand on not holding my breath for the 15th.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cazart:
Bell and Kies

You need to be careful with Bell. On Aug. 19, I got my galaxy and installed kies, as they told me to. I hit the 3 hour window when Samsung put out the corrupted update (according to the Samsung Rep). It trashed my bios. I called Bell and they said, it was my problem because it wasn't their software and they don't recommend anyone use it. When I pointed out I had an internal Bell memo instructing the retailors to tell customers to install it, and how to do it,(I still have it) I was told that was impossible, it wasn't their problem and to call Samsung. Then they hung up.

Needless to say I have not received any help from Samsung either, and the regional Rep won't answer my emails anymore.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Samdroid_G_S:
And that's why I purchased the extra warranty coverage. $7 a month but I can run my phone over with my truck and still bring it in.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Singhman:
I was also told by a bell employee that 2.2 is coming in a few days.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] groaner:
I'm not in Vancouver (ottawa), but this morning no update through Kies.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] groaner:
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/12/04/canadas-galaxy-s-froyo-updates-start-rolling-out-this-month/

Ya right...I'll believe it when i have it on my phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BottleB:
Just called my bell agent and he told me it would really be deploying by mid december. He talked to the samsung rep and they also received a official memo from bell stating mid decem ber. So don't hold your breath for today :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] C.Flat:
Samsung Mobile already said Mid-December on their Facebook page.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] spydr11:
Yeah, no dice here... Hopefully on the 15th, its a bit ridiculous really...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] C.Flat:
I don't see why anyone would get excited about this... BOTH of my Vibrants have died running 2.2. When this update gets released there are going to be a lot of dead vibrants
[Galaxy S I9000 General] groaner:
you had to hack your vibrant to get it on

that may have caused a problem. I would hope that bell will develop it to work on thier phone without the need to fool the phone and will have had ample testing to make sure it works. at least if it does not work, by putting the new OS using normal means, it will be up to \Bell to fix it.

sorry to hear you had so much trouble
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Boogie1979:
Which companies are not jokes these days!

Why hasn't someone started a cell company who treats their customers properly.....

If you can offer them great service, prices and plans, the company would have it made!

no one would switch, they would tell their friends which would bring more business.

Corporations are a joke these days!!!

All they care about is your money. All people care about is MONEY!

We (the people) need to make choices "together" to be able to control the direction of these corporations.

if we started a movement here in Vancouver, with 1 million strong, we could make change happen.

Who is with me!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Croak:
Call me when you get close to Reality. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devonblue4u:
A noble gesture, for sure. But you're scaring some of the other people here.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostshock:
It's called a barrier to entry. You need a lot of startup capital to actually put up towers, and even then you're limited to providing service to cities at the start. The Big Three provide service to PROVINCES.

What we need is companies, like TekSavvy for Internet, to resell existing wireless. Then there is actually a network to connect to. Of course the problem with that is I don't think Rogers' or Bellus' networks can afford much more additional load, it's bad enough at my university.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xgumbyx:
Just a quick note to everyone who relies on comporate email. I tried both the (unofficial official updates) JK3 and JK4 and both have a problem with exchange email. I run an exchange 2010 server that uses SSL (as it does by default) and I was not able to set up exchange. The same phone/server combo on JH2 has no issues. If you google "froyo 2.2 exchange" you'll get some hits saying there is a definite problem. Hopefully when Bell releases their froyo update they'll have used an updated version of froyo that does not have this issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] firefight16:
froyo dec 10 official

As all can see online Bell has released Froyo fro December 10th.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/12/08/b...upgrade-to-os-2-2-froyo-coming-december-10th/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Arcticsilverfox:
I just connected my phone to Kies for the hell of it, and it finally is showing an update to JK4, no registry edit.

Everyone go go go!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betaboy00:
update went smoothly..

had to factory reset to get rid of the "insufficient battery power to upgrade" error.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devonblue4u:
Uh, you said something about Bell Corporate testing a very sound Froyo release that wouldn't brick the Vibrant (Vi-brick)?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/18/samsung-pulls-froyo-update-for-bells-vibrant-after-reports-of-f/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] toasted:
Still at eclair 2.1 update 1??

I flashed my phone with kies yesterday, and its still not froyo... went from firmware jg9 to jh2. I haven't noticed anything different besides having to re download my apps. Anyone know whats up?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Who said their release would have no issue at all?

You know, you have to read the whole sentence and not instert words that are not written...

A lot of ppl here seems to think "debuging" and troubleshooting issue is pretty "easy and straightforward"...

well, guess what? IT'S NOT! Stop beleiving in the "perfect release", some are released, some "pre-release" are made public, some are pulled due to unknown bug most likely due to users handeling... but then, users won't tell exactly what has been done, so devloppers are stuck with an issue they can't really troubleshoot because of the lack of informations...even worst, the memory module is failing (due to the handeling, I assume) so devs can't see what have been installed or what has been done to the device...

I've updated to JK4 since about 2 weeks and my device still lives... woah! I must be living the good life isn't it?

Or maybe I just hard reset, clean caches before, updated, re-hard reset and recleaned the caches.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BlackDino:
There is different hardware out per phone.

My current phone has been flashed 20+ times, while my older phones have lasted around an hour with those builds.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] devonblue4u:
My main point was i didn't think the release date was going to be this soon, of which I was wrong. I thought Q1 2011.

But the reason why i thought that was because I knew the hardware was faulty, since I had replaced the MB in my SGS already. And the polls were showing 20-30% failure rates both in Canada and internationally...

http://www.talkandroid.com/24078-sa...es-sprint-techs-being-told-to-fix-or-replace/

And as for end user "handeling" their phones, I can see you admonishing guys flashing unofficial releases and not clearing the decks before updating. But this is a official release. My wife and others are not techs. They go glassy eyed if you say "cache". But they do know how much money they spent, or time wasted on a faulty product. Woah! (I quote)...how's that for a revelation? Real people these use phones too. You do understand the need for plug and play, huh?

Additionally, one of our 2 SGSs has be running JK4 for 2 weeks as well. No real issues. But I know of one moderator (Allgamer) on this site who wasn't so lucky. And I'm fairly sure he knows how to "handel" a SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yup!

there's the typical soft-death of the internal SD, which can be fixed by following many of the guides here in XDA

[HOWTO] Fix for corrupted internal SD-Card

and there is the most dreadful hardware death, which you can do nothing about, and can only be fixed by replacing the PCB (pc board = motherboard), most of the time these comes back with a return code of 300+ something when they come back from the repair shop, and it's associated with no power to PCB, but it's not really true as it has power, just no power to the Internal SD, which is located in the PCB.

the typical symptom for this is boots past the Galaxy S white logo, then when supposedly you see the Animated Galaxy S logo it just dies in a black screen, and with the 2 soft button lit up, and it will not turn off.

the only way to get it off is to yank out the battery, else it will drain the whole battery, and you will not be able to charge

when the Internal SD is dead, if you plug in the power charger to the phone, the animated battery charge screen is dead, it doesn't move and it shows as if the battery were empty.

that's what the repair center categorize as "no power to PCB"

My suspicion, is that it might not really be the internal SD dying on us, but rather a internal power relay or faulty component that gives power to both the battery and internal SD dies for whatever reason.

in my case, before it died, it got REALLY REALLY HOT, lets just say i couldn't keep holding the phone, as it was painful hot.

not long after that (a few hours later) it died.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaY_III:
the pulled the update as it kills phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarambuka:
Cool! So that should be enough to prove that everything is fine and that just dumb users are bricking their phones having no idea how to do it the "right" way. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgkahn:
considering you are a junior user and have about 25 posts.. and i am not and also have a masters degree in computer science and had a euro version of the phone b4 this.. and flashed many times and even flashed the i9000m twice b4 it died months later it is pretty presumptuous to blame it on dumb users unless you are talking about yourself.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarambuka:
I guess you haven't heard about that thing called irony. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kewjoe:
Ya, it's called you living in a cave for the last few months ;)

JG9 to JH2 happened a long time ago. The Froyo update (JK4) was released 2 weeks ago. After about a week of bricking almost every bell phone who attempted the update, they decided to pull it. JH2 is the current latest official version for our phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bobloblawsum:
i took my bell vibrant back to the store to get fixed. i don't flash roms or anything like that, the phone just randomly went into a boot loop by displaying the samsung gtI9000 words then just before the animation, shutdowns and repeats..

the store manager said they are sending between 5-10 phones, per day, off to be repaired since the 2.2 update. There was a lady already in the store doing the same thing i was doing. Then just as i was leaving, another guy came in with the same problem.

seems a lot more than sporadic
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Karmalina:
It must be nice to be so smug about your working Vibrant.

If you will notice neither Samsungs nor Bells instructions for the Froyo update included hard reset and cache clearing as a part of the process.

While there are many keen users who may do this, if the company expects it to be done as a part of the process then they must include these steps in the update process.

The failure percent of these phones is not due to user error, so get off your high horse just because yours happens to work (for now).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cazart:
Sure, but it was my notebook bios the bad Kies update cooked. I wish it was my phone, that would be easy.
[Vibrant Accessories] princearic:
I'm super surprised that no one has mentioned this. (or at least I haven't seen a post for it as of yet in the vibrant section) They've got some great prices on some of these things with free shipping on a bunch too. I wanted to get this post up for everyone to take advantage of the Vibrant part of it.

They seem to have quite a few nice things for under 5 bucks with a lot of the items most people discuss in this part of the forum, and I hear they're decent with a 30 money back guarantee. You may get lucky finding stuff elsewhere for slightly cheaper (very slightly), but at least this should give most of you guys a pretty good indication of what there is and at pretty good prices with the extra 30% off on top. I got my eye on a couple of them tonight to probably pull the trigger. :D

Quoting directly from dealnews.com

Here's the LINK

.. and here's a link to the dealnews posting for those that want to go that route.
[Vibrant Accessories] Deleted member 2653512:
nice...i'm up for giving it a shot. placing order now...

thx for sharing this mate!
[Vibrant Accessories] 651stp:
nice find and good selection but i already got everything i need for my vibrant besides a indash holder :)
[Vibrant Accessories] Mokie8:
16GB Class 10 microSDHC for $29.95 @ Newegg

Hello,

Here's a deal for those who're still using their stock 2GB external microSDHC class2 cards. This one is made by Wintec and it's a class 10 card. It was out of stock for a while and just got back in today so I ordered one...I'll test it once I receive it & report back if it's really class 10 and if so, if it's 10mb/s on write or on read. I can't post the link since I'm new, but I'm sure you can find it under Wintec 16gb class 10 microsdhc @ Newegg. ;)
[Vibrant Accessories] Mokie8:
Just a quick update, the Wintec worked great for 3 weeks or so, then speed started to decline. Finally crapped out just over a month. To make a long story short, I had to deal with the manufacturer, last week and just got a reply saying the product was damaged by mishandling. For the month I had the card, I took it out maybe twice. Of the 57 reviews there, 16 ppl had the same issue as me. That's 26% of failure rate. They claim to offer life time warranty, but this is how they weasel their way out. Oh well, I'll never purchase anything from Wintec again. Luckily, Patriot has a Cl 10 16GB micro sdhc for $39.95. I'll have to pick that up...along with the Adata Cl10 16 GB for $37.95 as well....BTW, just got finally got the Otterbox from Amazon for$24 shipped. The rubber came a little loose, which I had to use a head gun to shrink it. Also the plastic didn't align right, which I also had to heat it and bend it into shape. It's thinner than the castmate, which I like, but the plastic doesn't have the grip as the ABS plastic and texture of the Casemate. The Trident gives the best protection imo, however, the trim around the screen is a little thick and it's kinda hard to hit the "p" key in portrait mode.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] pgoughy:
Hello All,

I just received a Motorola Droid 2 Global in the mail from the US (I am in Australia). Does anyone know how I can set up an APN for my local provider? I was told that the phone was unlocked and rooted when I purchased it.

I am leaving for overseas today so I really need some help.

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] KGBxxx:
There are some extremely intelligent people on these forums and always bring us amateurs great surprises. From some of the amazing work that I've seen done here someone has to have the ability to do this.

I've had the pleasure of trying out the Desire Z rom ported to the droid incredible recently and was amazed at how much better the camera was on this rom than stock dinc or evo. My question and request is for someone to be able to port that camera to the evo or dinc.

It's comical how great hardware that the dinc has can support such awful software. It would be a wonderful christmas present to see the desire hd camera on my dinc. Someone has to know or have the ability to do it. Yes I know it's completely different frameworks, but if that rom can get ported over to the dinc then why can't the camera be also?

Any relevant information would be very educating. This has to be possible!
[Android Apps and Games] K900:
Already done
[Android Apps and Games] KGBxxx:
Where can I find it? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] sterz85:
you owe me a beer next time you're in troy

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814058
[Android Apps and Games] KGBxxx:
Lol. I'm actually going to troy tomorrow might to take a life insurance exam and I'm in the masters program at Walsh College. Great city!
[Android Apps and Games] KGBxxx:
I won't see this working on a droid incredible or evo framework 2.2 sense rom but what the hell, trying it anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] sterz85:
gtfo i finished my ba in accounting ('08) and ms in international business ('09) from walsh
[Android Apps and Games] KGBxxx:
Nice! Congrats. I'm finishing up my mba/msf over there. Small world. I knew there had to be some phone hacking addicts from this side of town. Lol
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] chingy51o:
Here's my proof of this working for anyone that thinks im full of sh*t... hahaha

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE OP!!

Ok so for in order for this you work you have to have the HTC Lockscreen ON your phone. If you removed it here's an flashable zip file that restores the HTCLockscreen.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cpjbua18boc3n5j

To Enable the Vanilla Lockscreen:

1. Navigate to system/app/HTCLockscreen.apk in root explorer

2. Rename HtcLockscreen.apk to HTCLockscreen.bak

3. Hot Restart

To Re-enable the HTC Lockscreen:

1 Navigate to system/app/HTCLockscreen.bak in root explorer

2. Rename HtcLockscreen.bak to HTCLockscreen.apk

3. Hot Restart

You now can switch between the two lockscreens as much as you want in the matter of a few seconds!

For this edit to work without messing up any themes you have added, send me your current framework so i can change the appropriate files and make it into a flashable zip for you.

Please attach your framework-res.apk and what options you would like and ill make it for you.

Heres your options ..

Pick One from each catagory:

Category 1- Buttons

-Black

-Stock Vanilla Colored

-Blue

Category 2- Tabs

-Black

-Semi-Opaque

-Small Black w/ Grey Border

-Opaque

Category 3- Drag Tabs

-Clear

-Semi-Opaque (What i like)

-Grey

Clear pattern lock

Also add if you want a clear pattern lock

If your running stock Warm RLS 4 with NO themes added you can flash these:

Semi-Opaque w/ Colored Buttons

http://www.mediafire.com/?da766zxohv8xu6l

Semi-Opaque w/ Black Buttons..

http://www.mediafire.com/?b6q9pi42ep57fsi

Want to disable the "Press menu button to unlock" feature on the AOSP lockscreen?

Well here's you solution!

**File is attached below**

This will NOT break the 4-in-1 reboot feature!!!

This is ONLY for Myn's Warm RLS4

Thank you to preludedrew for helping me out with this! You guys should check out his ASOP rom also!

You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=840285
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] chingy51o:
reserved....