yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One General] Old MuckenMire:
yeah pretty much anything that is persistent is going to possibly cause an issue. I'm glad Google is going with black now. I think it looks better and is safer for our AMOLED screens. As far as I know, this is not an issue for folks with SLCD Nexus ones since LCD phosphors have a much higher half life so do not show this issue until you are pretty much ready to upgrade your device....if it ever shows. LCD tech is much further advanced in this area than AMOLED.

Just be careful of using high brightness: it will age the pixels quicker and make it even more noticeable. Best thing to do is use a launcher like Launcher pro and hide the bar as much as you can for awhile to "wipe" the worn pixels. Same with any apps that allow for hiding the notification bar in settings. That will improve it some and then you can use the black bar that will come with Gingerbread and you should be good. It wont be gone 100% but will be barely visible at that point.
[Nexus One General] msavic6:
I always leave my brightness on automatic and now i hid the notification bar in launcher pro. i'm set until gingerbread :D
[Nexus One General] tameracingdriver:
My 2nd hand Nexus One has burn in of the title bar. TBH I'm not that bothered; its very unlikely I'll even still have this phone this time next year. How long do some of you folks really think you'll own this phone for? Its aged well, but in 12 months time, I reckon it'll be a pretty small percentage of people posting now who still use one of these with any regularity.

I just ignore it.

I do use a theme with a black bar now anyway.

I wonder if the SAMOLED stuff suffers this issue?
[Nexus One General] msavic6:
I plan to use my nexus one until the end of 2011. I only got my phone in may 2010.
[Nexus One General] tameracingdriver:
Yes, but I bet you'll replace it by then.
[Nexus One General] Buck Shot:
Same exact thing happen to me on a swap and the went me another one that was in perfect condition without hassle

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus One General] Old MuckenMire:
That's been my experience with HTC, they've never hassled me about anything I've wanted help with. I sure wish they were making the next Google phone.
[Nexus One General] aasheet:
cant we make the notification bar more transparent using some sort of theme or something ??? :S
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikewballou:
last weekend I soft bricked the vibrant, and odin'd back to bone stock. then immediately re-rooted with oclf and set up clockworkmod recovery. then I downloaded both aospish and obsidian v5 beta, to test out which I liked more.

I did aospish first, but now, am not able to get into recovery no matter what sequence of pulls, button pushes, and battery in outs, sd cards in/outs...

I have looked everywhere. I have tried quickboot, rom manager, and every other thing I have seen listed on this forum.

so... any ideas? or do I have to odin again? I have it set up on a neighbors computer because mine is on the fritz right now, otherwise I would have already tried it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikewballou:
okay, I have just made sure it can get to download mode, and it can. I redownloaded cwm and tried boot into recovery, as per the instructions on the aospish forum, and it still just went to the vibrant screen and chilled there for a long time till I took the battery out.

I then left the usb charger in, and put the battery in. Got the battery charging picture, and was able to turn the phone back on...

frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ionic7:
Try a different cable or port on your comp.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEFINITIONOFREAL:
Its easier to odin back to stock
[Vibrant General] molson24:
I have my device bridged and it says its connected and recognized when I run ADB. When I try to run the Script it says the following:

Failed to copy /efs/nv_data.bin Permission: Denied

*Error Unable to find file <.\nv_data.bin>

Could not find C:\Documents and Settings\1\Desktop\Generate Unlock Windows\nv_data.bin

If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated.

It is on JFD stock, which I rooted from JF16 using Odin.

I have installed all the drivers as well, and I have it on debug mode.
[Vibrant General] molson24:
If I root the phone, will that work?

Also, what are some good programs to copy the EFS folder?

Sorry for all the questions.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I'm fairly certain you have to be rooted
[Vibrant General] molson24:
I am rooted as of 10 mins ago.

I tried to unlock it and I still got the same thing.

It says Permission Denied

Anyone have any ideas?
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Does anyone know how to get SU permission?

I am trying to pull that nv_data.bin

But it says I do not have permission.
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
in Terminal?

type:

su

(and hit enter)

before the command that needs superuser permission.
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
Also you probably would be better off just pulling the whole efs folder.
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
for permission denied try this:

open terminal emulator on your phone (download it from the market if you dont have it yet)

or you can type "adb shell" without quotations into the dos prompt and do it from there.

and type:

su

chmod 777 /efs/nv_data.bin

exit

exit

then in the dos prompt try:

adb pull /efs

or if you just want nv_data.bin:

adb pull /efs/nv_data.bin

if you need further help, this was written for the 19000 but it should help you anyways.

http://www.communityhosting.net/sgsunlock/i9000.html
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
You need to copy your nv_data.bin from your phone to your pc

You should see a folder made in the repair_nv_data folder like this Sauverarde_efs_apres_reparation

Move your nv_data.bin there along with nv_data.binvierge and repairation_nv_data.jar and Step2 and Step 4

Run Step 2 again and then Step 4 after its done creating the new nv_data.bin

I can't remember but I think you have to delete nv_data.md5 and a few others from your phone first
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Thanks for the help boys!

The phone is now unlocked, it took the whole night, but I finally got it.

Ended up using this method here

http ://www.communityhosting.net/sgsunlock/

Worked fine, but theres alot of steps you have to follow, so it just takes time.

The reason I was having problems with the SU permission, was because the phone screen always shuts off after a few seconds or w/e and I never saw the pop up asking to accept the SU Permission. lol
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
lol yeah I can see that happening :)

I've accidently denied su permission a few times myself even when I do notice the pop up ;)

well congrats!
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Thanks Dude!!

The only weird thing that is happening is that when I am connected on wifi... My downloads dont seem to be working really... They worked for 20 mins... And then I tried at a few mins later and it says download starting and dosent do anything. I can browse the internet fine and I am connected so I am not really sure.

Also, If I am still in JFD stock, If I were to flash it again with JFK with Odin, would this lock the phone back up again? Or If I were to flash it back from J16 to JFD, would it still be unlocked?

I am not sure, but I am thinking I reload JFD again, and root it again, then maybe the downloads will work properly. Any thoughts?
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
Unlocking should not break your downloads (At least I've never heard of it happening) but you'll be fine flashing any rom you like, without having to unlock again.

are you still on t-mobile just unlocked?

orare you on a different carrier now that your unlocked?

the main things to be careful of when flashing roms is:

be careful going from froyo (2.2 JK2/JK6) back to eclair (2.1 JFD/JI6) its a little tricky, but not too bad.

and be careful with lag fixes, if you use one always disable it before flashing. (I never found them very useful myself anyways)

going from JFD to JI6 and back should be fine though.

if you want a completly clean slate then you can use Odin and it still wont re-lock your phone.

you might even find that you like some of the roms out there better than the stock one :)

I know I did.
[Streak 5 General] MonkeyTeeth:
Hi all,

Since going to official 2.2 (bb 31500/bld 12332) everytime I use the "Exit" option from the standard browser menu (one that pops up after pressing "menu" button) it force close's on me....not the end of world, but bugging the pants off me.

Before I first resort to reset (and stick apps back on one at a time), & then even more drastic measure - anyone have any ideas/thoughts?

Did a logcat (was that worth doing?) and one major thing that stands out (even to my untrained eye) is, right after the "BROWSER TERMINATION requested BY USER":

W/ActivityManager(149): Permission Denial: forceStopPackage() from pid=4599, uid=10041 requires android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES

Doesn't look normal to me?

Cheers,

MonkeyTeeth
[Streak 5 General] HansTWN:
I am using the same ROM. Don't use the standard browser. Dolphin HD has occasional problems with some websites. Opera mobile and mini work fine, so does Skyfire, and reportedly Xscope (or some similar name).
[Streak 5 General] MonkeyTeeth:
Fixed the force-close with a factory reset - but will still give the other browsers a look until the "too many redirects" gets sorted.

Cheers,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingtz:
Hi, new user here. Also kind of new to android in general, but I've been lurking avidly over the past couple of weeks and soaking in as much as I can.

So here is my dilemma:

There a couple of apps that I came across that I wish to buy. However, I'm currently running 2.1 with JH7. I'm waiting for AT&T to release an official Captivate froyo (which I've been reading might be anywhere from a few days from now, or sometime mid December), before I root my phone.

So, if I buy the apps now, they'll get installed onto my phone memory. After froyo, I understand I'll have to option to install the apps on my SD instead - and this is the option I want.

So if I buy the apps now, is there anyway to move the installation files or even somehow reinstall the app to my SD card once froyo hits? If not, I might just have to wait until froyo is released before I buy the apps.

Thanks in advance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majinzen:
We have 16g of internal mem. compare to 2g on Nexus One. It will not be an issue. But yes when you move to froyo you will still be able to move them over.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingtz:
Thanks, that's good to know. I guess now I can do some shopping.

Just a more general question: how do the rights for paid software work? Are you generally restricted to a specific phone, or does the buyer still have rights to the software should he later decide to upgrade to a different android phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdunseith:
The software you purchase is yours. And can be installed on any Android phone that will run that app. I bought most of apps when I got my droid and have used them on multiple Android phones. Same apps are now on my Captivate. You only have to purchase them once. As long as you sign into your phone with the same account on your previous device. They will show in the market as "purchased" and you just reinstall them to your new device. Hope that explains what your asking.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingtz:
Thank you, that was very helpful. Time to shop! :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panflute:
uninstalling an app

Just thought I would post this here. I bought the SETCPU app which ended up locking my phone when it went into standby. I uninstalled the app, and to my surprise marketplace detected it and automatically issued me a refund.

This phone continues to amaze me. I had the windows Surround phone, kept it 2 weeks, and brought it back to exchange for the Captivate. The windows phone had much better sound, great voice recognition, easy to use, but apps were way too limited and the OS needs a lot more tweaking. The tradeoff was worth it. Maybe by next year windows phones will catch up somewhat.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Returning apps - 24H Refund

http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134336
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bevansxd:
Im new to smartphones. I recently got a DroidX...now I'm hooked. But being new to the technology, I need some help. I don't want to pay Verizon any more money but could really use the 3G HotSpot for work. Ive done the research and want to root my phone...I hear z4root app is excellent!!! Its no longer available on the marketplace, so how do I download it from the web and get it onto my phone and functioning? Please all the info I can get will be usefull.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] SysAdmin-X:
For the free hotspot, it depends on how u want it to run. (ad hoc or infrastructure mode). Infrastructure is the equivalent of a home wireless router. If you search google for "team black hat wireless hotspot hack" you should probably find what u are looking for.. This allows you to use the Verizon wireless hotspot app for free (disclaimer: this is theft and is technically stealing from verizon so I don't condone this. This is merely just info).

If u don't care about the original app, u can root the phone and search the market for wireless tether for root or barnacle tethering.

As for z4root, google the app, and then download it and use your computer to move it to your SD card. Then you can use a file explorer app (i use astro) to install the .apk file.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bevansxd:
Thank you!!! My DroidX is now rooted! Thanks again for the help.
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
Charger Database

CHARGERS WHICH CHARGE IN AC MODE (UNMODIFIED):

Monoprice.com Car Charger (Cigarette Lighter to USB Female Converter) #6766, 1000mA

Motorola P513 Car Charger (Micro USB), 975mA

Seidio Micro-USB High Output Car Charger, 1000mA

CHARGERS WHICH CHARGE IN USB MODE (UNMODIFIED):

Belkin MicroCharge Part # F8Z445ttP, 1000mA (**Modification Instructions)

Sprint USB Vehicle Charger - Item # PVX9501R, 850mA. (**Modification Instructions)
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
I strongly suggest not buying this charger if you're buying it to modify because it's a pain in the butt to get apart and it's only rated at 850mA, but I already had one and I was determined to either modify it or destroy it trying and I'm glad to say that I ultimately succeed in modifying it.

First I pried off the head. There are little indents that you can see from the back and what I did was work little screwdrivers into two of 'em at once (one on each side of a corner) and pry the corner up. Then, while holding that corner from snapping shut again, I popped the other two sides loose and the head just lifted off.

Then I stuck a fairly large-blade screwdriver in behind one of the grounding springs and pried the body halves apart far enough to get a smaller screwdriver into the seam and I basically just "worried" the seam apart working from the large end to the small. Then I repeated the process for the seam on the other side of the body.

Once the case was apart I carefully examined how everything fit into the body and lifted it all out. The chrome grounding springs come out separately and it helps if you remove them first. Once I had the guts out I found where the #2 and #3 terminal tabs poke through the circuit board and bridged them with a small bead of solder. This takes a needle-point soldering tip and a great deal of care lest you also bridge to the tiny little surface-mount resistor which is right next to the terminals. You've been warned!

Then it was a simple matter of putting the guts back into the body, snapping it back together, wicking a small amount of thin CA (super glue) into the seam to hold the halves of the body together, debonding my fingers from the case (just kidding :D), and snapping the head back on.

The bottom line is it's doable, but the net result is an 850mA charger with ugly pry marks all over it, although the pry marks will end up inside the cigarette lighter where they can't be seen. I would have preferred to include photos, but my camera that does macro is at work and I didn't feel ambitious enough to go get it.

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] aduljr:
Monoprice Car Charger (Cigarette Lighter) to USB Female Converter - White

1 Amp USB charger, works properly in AC mode so no modification is needed. USB Port

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10826&cs_id=1082602&p_id=6766&seq=1&format=2

Price 1.16 each comes in white or black.

3ft USB cable with micro usb head 1.00

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=4867&seq=1&format=2
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
I had to call Seidio today about an unrelated item and I asked about their Seidio Micro-USB High Output Car Charger while I had them on the phone. The gal in Customer Support didn't really grasp what I was asking about, but a guy in tech support called me back to report that he had tested the charger with an Evo and it definitely charges in AC mode.

So I added it to the appropriate list in post #2.

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
Would it be possible to just modify a USB cable to do this or would I have to get nitty gritty with the Kensington PowerBolt Micro bend its will?
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
Sure. All the Evo needs to see is a short between the D+ and D- (#2 and #3) pins to charge in AC mode and it doesn't care whether that short is in the cable, in one of the connectors, or in the charger. Remember that you're not telling the charger what to do .. You're telling the phone.

I've never actually owned one myself, but I've seen plenty of references to "charge-only" cables which I assume have the pins shorted. A example is the Seidio Micro USB Charging Cable (5FT) which says "This cable is for charging only, and cannot be used for data synchronization" in the product description. But I need to reiterate once again that I'm

assuming

that this cable has the D+ and D- conductors shorted because I can't imagine any other reason to make a charge

only

cable.

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
I was easily able to take apart the powerbolt but im unsure where to lay the solder.
[EVO 4G Accessories] cavediver:
* Brand: PointMobl Retractable Wall/Travel Power Adapter

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4050265

* Model number: 23-1119

* Rated output per the info on the charger:

Built in retractable cable connector: 5VDC, 1.0A

Secondary USB Port: 5VDC, 0.5A

* Does it charge in AC or USB mode: AC with built in cable connector

* Does it have an attached cord or "Type-A" USB socket:

Built in retractable micro usb cable

Secondary Type-A USB socket for charging a second device

* Who sells it: Radio Shack

* Do you like it: Yes. it charges the phone fast and full.

Edit: Sorry I just realized this isn't a car charger, but a good charger nevertheless.
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
You need to bridge the two pins in the red box:

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
Thanks. I figured thats what i needed to bridge. Ill probably do it tonight and give it a test followed by a proper write up.
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
Brand: Kensington

Model: PowerBolt Micro

Rated output: 2.1 Amps

Does it charge in AC or USB mode (see below)? USB

Does it have an attached cord or "Type-A" USB socket? No

Who sells it? Amazon, Newegg, etc.

Do you like it? Hell yes.

I had to short pins 2 and 3 so that my Evo could pull more than 300mA. To open the charger i just pried off the bottom half, the side without the LED, and pulled out the circuit board. I dabbed some solder on it and was off on my way.

According to current widget, the Evo now pulls ~700mA and up to 810mA which was the most I've seen so far.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Largeprint48:
cheap Ipad charger from ebay

I got this cheap Ipad charger off ebay, then I super glued this connector on the middle pins works so far. Only got about 900 mA out of the 2.1mA, but i didnt expect much out of it anyway.

First post on XDA

WELL I tried to post pictures but it wouldn't let me....
[EVO 4G Accessories] mrpickem:
I've had this Blackberry charger for 2 years plus and it still works great. It charges in AC mode and does .95 amps. It doesn't get real hot like some I've used. I originally used it with my Tour and have been using it with the EVO since the day one launch. BTW my EVO has never had a problem in the year or so since the launch. I love the phone and will be sorry to let it go...when the SII is released.

Amazon Link $6.85 now, but when I bought it was less.
[EVO 4G Accessories] mti87:
prob gonna be buying this one
[EVO 4G Accessories] funnief13:
Looks cool...
[EVO 4G Accessories] quagman:
I recently purchased a Kensington K33497US PowerBolt Duo car charger. One USB port is rated at 2.1A for iPads and the other port is rated at 1A. Plugging my EVO 3D into either port results in "USB charging" mode. Following the advice here and in other threads, I pried open the charger and soldered a connection between pins 2 and 3 (this is on the side with the 1A port). Tested the 1A port and I now see "AC charging" on my EVO 3D. I haven't tested the actual current yet but hopefully will soon. Thanks to all who have posted their experiences.
[EVO 4G Accessories] quagman:
I tested the modified Kensington Powerbolt Duo today with my Evo 3D. The battery was at 69% and I turned on Google Navigation and took a 15 minute drive. During that time the phone was reading "AC charging" and stayed at 69% during the drive. Then on the way home I plugged in a cheap car charger I bought from eBay. My phone again said "AC charging" and in the first ten minutes of my drive the battery went from 68% to 73% with Navigation running. The phone and charger also were warm. I had turned on Current Widget for the ride home and it peaked at 720 mA with the cheap charger. I then switched back to the modified Kensington and monitored the current for around five minutes with Navigation on. The battery charge stayed at 73%. According to the Current Widget log though, the current was reading negative values up to -253 mA. Not really sure what this means.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Armenian6000:
sorry but this charger is probably not even that good, it charges blackberrys which means its probably under 300mAH look on dealextreme for like ones that are 500mAH + under that sucks because say you use navi or somthing, it will eat more battery than it will charge. there are pretty awesome ones on DX for like 5 bucks but the thing is it takes 14 days for shipping, pretty long time. or check monoprice which is located in orange county and is a GREAT site i get my things in 2 days with them and there SUPER cheap like DX hope this helped
[EVO 4G Accessories] Evo450:
Brand: Schosche

Model: reVIVE II Dual USB Car Charger for iPad

Rated output: 2.1A

AC or USB Mode: USB

Cord: USB A Plug

Who sells it: ht tp://w ww.amazon.com/Scosche-reVIVE-Dual-Charger-iPad/dp/B003N7NO4Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311527021&sr=8-1

Do you like it? Yes

I just found this thread. I bought this charger over 6 months ago. I thought surely that the 2.1A capability would mean this would charge as fast as the wall charger. While that has not been the case, and thanks to this thread I now know why, it at least keeps it charged while using the GPS which all of the other chargers I tried before did not.

After seeing this thread this morning I went out to my car and plugged the phone in to see what mode it was charging in. To my surprise, it said USB.

So, my question is this. Could I not simply plant a bead of solder between pins 2 and 3 of a USB cable and get the same result as modifying the charger?
[EVO 4G Accessories] wega1985:
Has anyone successfully modified this charger? Pics?
[EVO 4G Accessories] jacobjohn:
Brand: Motorola

Model: SPN5400A

Rated output: ?

AC or USB Mode: ?

Cord: ?

Who sells it: amazon.com/gp/product/B000S5Q9CA

Do you like it? heck yes

I'm currently at work so I will update you guys with the ac or usb mode and the other question marks. But come on, its on amazon for $3.64 with prime shipping! Can't beat that. And according to one post, this baby gives a 4.75-5.25V 950mA output. I used this for about a year and did not regret spending less than 4 bucks on it.