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[Defy General] prophil:
Its me again :D

I've been installing and testing.. configuring and uninstalling.. i think.. i made one mistake on my first run. i didn't installed the launcher Pro! :D

after i installed the launcher pro, the OS is becoming usable.. i can make folders instead of scrolling through a buggy endless list of apps. and if i want to scroll, it is smoothy :D

then, i have found very attraktiv apps, like a file-manager with bluetooth and smb support. and i can send everything from and to my dlna-devices. .. ok.. thats just funktionality, not more.. but.. i think, i just have to play some more days with the OS to get used to it..

or.. shouldn't I because i will give it away (gift^^)
[Defy General] MarSOnEarth:
Because of my priorities, the whole Motoblur "experience" was just a hindrance, (though, on its face value it seemed "doable for me initially) and though that's how the Defy is marketed, Motorola did a good enough thing by not locking the device exclusively to Motoblur and limiting the phone just to it (having to sign up for the service in order to even start using the phone was annoying enough). That's what's good about Android; the freedom to make ones device experience owns own. Maybe this is an area where the OP needs to focus his efforts, and have reasonable expectations. It's a (smart) phone.

BTW, bumer you had to jump through hoops (a regular user couldn't) to get your contacts sorted out. Seems I avoided this by relying on syncing with T-mobile service (and Gmail), which went better then I expected. The process even auto-combined information from separate entries into one.
[Defy General] MarSOnEarth:
My bad, it's called SmartBar, and the feature I use is Quick Settings. It basically offers all the service on/offs in a nice interface. Not necessary, but needed by me as I'm on a 200mb data plan so I switch between APN/WiFi all the time.
[Defy General] MarSOnEarth:
@CSharpHeaven:

I'm basically with you on all the points you make, but overall, as a productivity device, the Defy (w/Android) fullfills it's (limited) aims. Comming from Palm PDAs, I do long for an app like Agendus, and it's telling (for business users) that the Android Market seems not to have anything comparable. For me it's a need I still (badly) need to fill. BTW, for your Office type docs, there is the DocumentsToGo suite.
[Defy General] :
Thank you for pointing out that.

I just discovered (it was right there all the time) that Motorola included QuickOffice (QuickOffice Motorola version) app with Defy. The app doesn't appear to be the trial version. The version number on Defy is 2.0.42 but the lastest version number is 3.3.102.

I opened a word document with various of formatting i.e. colours, bulleting and I wasn't impressed at all. It did not retain the layout properly at all. I'm sure the latest version will do a much better job but to test it I must buy it. I guess it is a downside when manufacturer include software applications with the ROM. Nonetheless, I appreciated Motorola made the effort to include an application for viewing various of documents with Motorola Defy.

I visited Document To Go web site and going through the feature list and development I decided to give it a trial. My initial impressions are very good and it might be the first app that I'm willing to purchase for my Defy.

Edit:

Just purchased DTG and PowerAmp (awesome music player)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradels:
2 nights ago I thought I would have a go at installing ULTIMATE ROM 3.0. I have flashed many Roms on my Galaxy S before and not had a problem yet. I have ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.0 installed.

However, this time- something went wrong. I don't think the installation completed properly. When I tried to reboot the system (to go back into my previous ROM) I wasn't able to. The Samsung logo appeared before the phone booted back into Recovery mode.

I tried to re-flash my previous working update.zip but had problems. I wasn't able to properly re-flash as the Installation would abort for various reasons. After doing cache clearing and data/factory reset I still had no luck. I resorted to reformatting the sdcard. Still didn't solve the flashing problem.

Throughout the whole time I was able to adb into the phone, browse the file system and I could push files on to it and take files off. But Kies wouldn't recognise the phone and Odin isn't able to complete a transfer to the phone (not sure why).

Today, I am able to successfully flash update.zip files (at least, that's what it looks like) but the phone ALWAYS boots into ClockwordMod recovery.

I am fast running out of ideas. Does anyone have any suggestion?

How can I tell if my ROMs are really 'there' but I can't access them because ClockworkMod is preventing them from booting?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myrobelle:
hmmm... me too.. stuck in a loop, that keeps going back to the CWM recovery menu, and no matter what i do, keeps going back to it... cant even get to the download screen to flash (again).... here i was thinking no matter what happens when installing custom roms, i can always flash to my stable secure rom, but not this time... need some software that can perform surgical operations, any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
Thats too bad guys,and i m sorry to hear that news.I would like to havean answer but i dont...

The fact is that since most people in this forum use some custom roms,and all of us think the same,that we can always go back,so it would be great if you give some more details about what happened to you,and mybe why it went wrong,and it would be even better if one of the BIG guys would give some explanation about this...

I already thinking of not updating my rom anymore,dot want to end up in looping too,so lets see if someone will find something.Good luck guys..

By the way,i didnt get it right,CWM recovery cannot load your backup????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
I just got an idea,but not sure if or how it would work or not.

Since you can push file with ADB,if soeone made a clean backup with his CWM (o e mail,contacts,setting saved) and send it to you,so that you log in with CWM recovery and flash that ???

Just an idea..maybe stupid dont know...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabrai_sid:
Its not very clear if youve tried this already but cant you just boot into recovery through adb? or does that not work either?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrachni:
I have installed new Omega Rom but when the phone starts (HTC HD2) the first screen is Energize screen from my previous ROM,how can i remove it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnoopLeHoff:
You need to flash a custom splash screen. You can find several in the HD2 Themes and Apps section.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrachni:
Thank you,i did it,everything is ok now.
[Touch HD General] crazy_beautiful:
What will i edit on the settings or registry in order to have my HTC HD light up whenever there's a text message?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vortexmak:
Hi,

I recently installed Froyo and factory restored my phone.

I then restored my phone contacts which I had backed up via Kies.

When I added a facebook account and synced contacts to the phone, the did not automatically link to the phone contacts like they did in eclair.

The contact names are the same but still they did not link.

Any solutions to this issue?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] krtken:
you need to download the facebook contact list and manualy join the contacts ....

Tho you will need to remove the pics from the contacts you have restored using Kies... If you don`t remove the pics ... they will stay permanent and will not change when the contacts of FB change their pictures.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vortexmak:
There were no pics upon restore from Kies.

I tried to sync again but this time I selected "sync all contacts" from facebook and it linked automatically but now I have to remove the unneeded facebook contacts which is a bigger problem.. Will try something else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vortexmak:
Found a workaround.

Delete all contacts, sync from facebook first and then sync from Kies
[HTC Aria General] vicmora5:
Hello everyone, I just recently got an HTC Aria and it is my first Android phone. A friend recommended I come here and see how I can make my Aria "better" so what do you guys recommend.

I've read a lot of the posts on here and it seems that I should root my phone, but as I stated previously I'm really new to all this so can you guys help me out and give me some tips.

Thanks!
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
Tips:

1. Read, study and reread, especially the STICKY threads that usually contain Q&A information for new users.

2. Forum Search and Google will also be your friend.

3. If you do have questions, posting in this "General" section is the best place to start.
[HTC Aria General] ckuke4:
What it says above is a great way to start. I just got an Aria too and for me the first thing I wanted to do was to get rid of the AT&T crapware off the phone. After rooting, which is super easy compared to how it was a few years back, then you can just search for what you want to do. I am new to Android but have been on this forum for years and it's the best place for anything you want to do to your phone to make it "better" :) Now I'm trying to add 3rd party apps that are not in the market, this gets a bit involved, but the info is here. I have installed different ROM's on other phones before, but don't really care to do that with the Aria yet, but it is definitely an easy way to get the Aria upgraded to Android 2.2 and get rid of the crapware and AT&T's limitations that they put on their phones at the same time.

Everyone here is super helpful as long as you read first and ask questions later. Cheers!
[HTC Aria General] vicmora5:
Thanks! I'm a total noob with everything though, I get really confused with this stuff. So far I think I've seen two different methods for rooting the Aria can you guys tell me which is the best one? So far all I've done with my Aria is get swype on it :3

Here's the two different ways I've seen,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=710677&highlight=Root+htc+aria

and

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788737&highlight=Root+htc+aria

There may be more I'm not sure, but which one is the better guide? Or are both basically the same.
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
IMO the second one has more concise instructions for noob. They both document using the Unrevoked 3.2 tool which makes rooting the Aria pretty painless.
[HTC Aria General] vicmora5:
Ok thanks, is there anything I should do before beginning the rooting process?

Also what comes after the root 3:
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
Install HTC Sync so that the usb drivers get installed.

After you get rooted, I suggest you reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery mode and do a 'nandroid' backup. Do a search and you'll find more info about how to do that.
[HTC Aria General] vicmora5:
Ok I did the nandroid backup, now what?

Just search for a ROM?

Which is the best one
[HTC Aria General] CallMeAria:
That's purely opinion. The good news is we only have a few to choose from, but they are very good roms. If you like the stock look/feel if the aria then one of the two liberated roms would be a good choice. One is based on android 2.1 with sense ui (came stock on the aria) and the other is based on android 2.2 with sense ui. Then theres cm6.1, which is based on android 2.2 but without the sense ui. All are good choices and very well developed. Try em all and see what you like. Ask those roms receive very good user support.

I personally started on liberated (i was hesitant to give up sense), but I eventually tried cm6 and once I adjusted I've never looked back.
[HTC Aria General] netw3rkd:
I too agree with the post before mine, that it's all a matter of opinion. If you want mine, since you call yourself such a noob, I'd try one of the liberated rom's that have sense ui which is what you're used to. Then try cm6.1 at a later time once you're comfortable with your skills, it's very customizable and as mentioned before, well developed, with a large helpful community. Good luck. Btw, rom's are in the Development section. ;)
[HTC Aria General] vicmora5:
I'm having troubles with both of them, not installing or running them or anything like that , but problems with my network. The liberated constantly drops the signal and the cm6.1 doesnt allow me to send or receive picture messages, do you know if theres a way to get back to just the default rom the aria came with. Maybe I'll just root then and not install any other ROMS
[HTC Aria General] CallMeAria:
Htc website had the stock aria rom. As far as the picture messages go remember that you have to have your data turned on to send or receive pic messages. But you should definitely be able to do it I'm on cm6.1 and I'm able to send and receive.
[HTC Aria General] vicmora5:
Yeah I know but there is no indication of it being on there isn't that check mark thing, even though it says its on. Anyways I already went to stock thanks for the help, I'm going to root then just keep it that way.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gil80:
Please help.

I use super manager to go into the the /system/app/ in R/W mode and I copy to this folder the original TouchWiz30Launcer.apk & Gallery3D.apk.

As a side note, these files has (no install) written next to them.

I've booted the phone but these apps are not isntalled.

I've used Termianl Emulator with Busybox to mount the files on /syste/app and still no go. It won't install them.

Can someone help me please?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ppirate:
Hello,

Would it be possible to make a complete backup of the phone. Something that is re-storable even if I would brick the phone. I guess using the SE update tool is not able to do this, and using the SE update after bricking the phone will restore the default ROM.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] benjymous:
The phone comes with a "backup and restore" app that'll back most of your personal data from the phone (text messages, bookmarks, system settings, etc)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] pabling19:
If your phone is rooted you can use Titanium Backup to backup and restore apps.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ppirate:
I'm not really expressing myself clearly enough. My excuses.

What I would like is to make a complete backup. Not only data and applications, but also everything related to the kernel, for instance the modules, the init scripts, anything. So I want an exact copy.

An example. At 17 o'clock, I take a backup. Between then and 20 o'clock I replace some stuff one the phone. Things work out bad. No problem, I restore the backup I took at 17 o'clock and have a working phone for there rest of the evening.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kingoldstyle:
Is talking something like nandroid from recovery on HTC devices
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] dave481985:
i think you want this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=869708&page=4
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Any ideas?

I have been experimenting with upgrading and down-grading my tab, it now seems that I can't flash any ROM that contains a hidden.rfs, the flash will just stop near the end of flashing the hidden.rfs and never continue, then I have to go through recovery processes to get a working tab back.

I managed to get my Tab back to CPW standard UK JJ3 by dumping the ROM from my other Tab and writing it, I then tried to update with Kies, which also hung at what seems to be exactly the same place.

I have tried repartitioning several times with the p1_add_hidden.pit but it just doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas? Can I check the size of the hidden partition see if that' the problem? Then modify the hidden.rfs to make it smaller so it fits?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Nobody at all got any feedback on this?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
Anyone had any luck with this? I'm guessing it's a partitioning issue but it'd be good to know.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
It sounds like you're currently partitioned without the hidden partition. I would think flashing a full ROM like JJ4 with the P1_add_hidden.pit in Odin would be the fix.

After thats up and running, use my JMC upgrade package to safely upgrade.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel.weck:
Time to upgrade to JMD me thinks :D ;)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sedde:
Roto i wanna ask you something. You say "safely" upgrade why ? Because on your FW's you remove the boot.bin and the SBL.bin ? So that a user wont be able to flash them and something go wrong ?

As far as i know my tab ( A euro one ), is factory unlocked and i will have no problem whatsoever in upgrading the bootloader and the baseband.

Isnt that right ?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
Unlocking is unrelated. I say safely because flashing a bootloader is the only thing that makes me squirm. If it fails your device is toast. I never want to give anyone firmware that has the potential to destroy their device. I'd feel bad ;)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
Me too : ) maybe tonight after my guests leave.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chainfire:
And you are so right in removing them...

The leaks from Samsung's servers of JM6/JMA/JMC/JMD flash a signed recovery, after flashing it is impossible to flash unsigned sbl, boot, and zImage. No more downgrade (and possibly upgrade).
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
I thought my original post covered this? I can't flash _any_ ROM that uses the hidden partition. I have tried repartitioning a dozen times wit hthe p1_add_hidden.pit, that goes through fine, but NO ROM, full or otherwise, down or up from my current one will successfully complete flashing the "hidden" partition.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
You never mentioned JJ4 or Odin specifically, hence my post. Unless you spell out exactly which firmwares you tried and which software you used to flash with, how can anyone offer assistance?

If you've tried ALL firmware and All flashing software, that leaves only your computer or Tab at fault.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Im not really worried about my Tab, i just think its a cause for concern that somehow iv stumbled on this problem. If its just the flash in my tab thats damaged its not a problem.

I have tried every firmware available on samfirmware as well as ripping the firmware from an identical tab i have.

Neither Heimdall, Kies nor Odin (either version) would get past flashing hidden and they all stop at about the same point. I have tried flashing various firmware without hidden with no problems. If i then repartition it will flash about 80% of the hidden then just stops.

Problem isnt my pc, i have tried several machines and virtual machines.

I think its a curious problem that would be good to find the cause of.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
I agree. Do you have time to jump on irc #ModADroid-Galaxy-Tablet?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Cant at the mo, just off out to visit family, xmas and all...

Ill get back to you later tonight?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
Sure, we're about to get a blizzard on the east coast of the US, so I may be cancelling my family visiting plans. Just ping me later.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
I'm around and will hop on the channel now. Don't have too long but maybe we can look into this a bit.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
I just noticed what has veen going on with tje secured boot loaders etc. I will check mine with the script once I get home from my trip tomorrow to see if any info froem my tab is relevent to fixing the problem. I noticed a mention of creating jigs, im not sure what hardware is required but I have a couple of usb-rs232 connectors on order for an unrelated project so if it requires the same hardware I can put a spare one to use and build a jtag/jig cable for the tab and see if I can help the cause.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcan168:
Question for rotohammer

Once upon a time I bricked my Verizon Galaxy Tab trying to flash a custom ROM, the only way I could bring it back was by using Odin and flashing the hidden pit. Now every time I install the original verizon rom my tab is extremely, extremely slow. I have been trying to reformat and wipe clean to start over, but I haven't had any luck.

Any suggestions on how to: either flash the right pit on it or remove the hidden partition? Anything I can do to bring my tab to full speed. I have also tried the overclocked rom with voodoo5, and at this point anything I put there is extremely slow. The only way I can get it to operate normally (Kind of) is to flash the Honeycomb Alpha rom, then restore to a day when it was working fine, however this breaks my auto rotate sensor.

That is how I use it now a days, but it sucks that I cannot use it on landscape mode.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcan168:
Follow up from my previous question to rotohammer

By the way, just in case you were wondering, the rom I flashed to unbrick it was a GSM ROM, that was the only way to make it past the Samsung logo.

So, my theory is that I have problems with it because now I am trying to flash CDMA roms to a GSM partition/files system? Excuse me if my post does not make much sense or I am using the wrong terminology, I am extremely new a this. I just know enough to get myself in trouble.

Thank you again for any help.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InetUID:
I've encountered the same problem as the original poster. SGT with CPW CSC causes problems with the hidden.rfs when trying to flash ROMs. Does appear to be a size issue with the hidden partition - I wonder whether this has been sized incorrectly when it was originally flashed as re-partitioning doesn't help. I'm currently on a XEU ROM so I guess I'll find out when Gingerbread is officially released whether I can flash that or not. If not, I think it'll need to the internal SD card repartitioning.

Anyone got any tips on how to do this?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InetUID:
So the partition table on my tab is as follows:

Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags

1 32.8kB 13.8GB 13.8GB primary fat32

2 13.8GB 15.8GB 2043MB primary

3 15.8GB 15.9GB 105MB primary fat16

(parted)

The hidden.rfs files in the stock firmwares are somewhere over 300M which is not going to fit into partition 3. Does anyone have a partition table from an unadulterated (XEU) tab to compare this against?

Can I safely repartition the internal SD to change these?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InetUID:
From reading a lot about Samsung phones today, it appears that movinand.mst is responsible for the partitioning on the internal SD card. This doesn't appear in many of the firmware packages so it'll be a matter of tracking down the correct one to give a large HIDDEN partition. There is a tool called movitool which contains some interesting information on the format of this file.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zer0Blad3:
I've been trying for ages toget this to work using various firmwares, pit files etc but I'm not having much joy getting past the samsung screen.

If alias_neo or anyone around still has a full rom dump any chance of sending it my way so i can attempt to flash that?

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konst_char:
I live in europe, but not in UK. Does anyone have ideas about how I should get my hands on the Nexus S, when it becomes available?

Any thoughts are most welcome
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrivelfig:
If you can wait, then sign up here: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/nexuss/

If you're in a hurry, then there are a few options:

1. Best Buy + delivery service like http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx

2. eBay. Prices are about $730 now, I'd wait a bit.

3. Wait for somebody local to import a load of phones and sell on at higher price.