yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
Hi, I am looking to root my MT4G.. but I always see "root at your own risk" etc... Well, I am ready to root at my own risk, however I don't really know enough to want to attempt thsi yet.. so I am looking for a general thread explaining what this stuff is and how it is explained..(definitions for commonly used terms and acronyms..) someone please point me somewhere.... Thank you.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
I have been looking for a thread that answers these questions I have and I haven't found one in about a week, so I posted this...however I literally just found one, that I think answers most of my questions @ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859446&highlight=guide sooo any MOD please close or delete my thread, and I am sorry for wasting your time.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shlongwoodian:
I used grankin01's instructions...

I know there's a lot of info out there, especially if you just search for "root." It can be a bit daunting at first, especially if you're not oriented properly.

I have rooted 3 MT4G's using the following guide by grankin01...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834225

It really can't be any easier. I started out on a G1 and rooting was not this easy back then. To paraphrase grankin01's instructions (please read his instructions carefully and do this at your own risk)...

1. Download and install VISIONary

2. Extract that root.rar file to your sdcard. This is where a lot of people got messed up. There's a 'root' folder within a 'root' folder 'cause the person who originally .RAR'd these files, RAR'd a 'root' folder. Basically, when all is said and done, you should have a folder named 'root' on your SD Card. Within the 'root' folder, will be 3 files - hboot_dhd.nb0, Root.sh & wpx.ko.

3. Run VISIONary and click Temproot now - you now have temporary root access

4. Download and run Terminal Emulator and execute the commands outlined in grankin01's post. You will be prompted to restart. Once your phone boots back up, run VISIONary again only this time, click Attempt permoot now. Your screen will go black and eventually, the phone will reboot.

On two occassions, when I was doing this on replacement MT4G's I received, I forgot to enable USB Debugging. I found that VISIONary would just spin its wheels at the Temproot portion. After rebooting the phone and trying again, VISIONary actually prompted with an error to let me know USB Debugging had to be enabled. Totally my fault, but the app just spins its wheels at first, so you don't really know what's up until you reboot and try again.

To recap:

- VISIONary temproot

- Commands outlined in grankin01's post

- VISIONary permroot

It really is quite easy to do! If anything, there are plenty of redundant posts that explain how to get root access. I hope my info above doesn't add to the mire. :o
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
I think that is why I posted this... Because I have been searching but I don't know what exactly to search for, or what step to do such thinigs in...I appreciate the help. I am currently following the s=off perma root guide, however I am struggling at getting my ADB drivers installed correctly....sooo I have some tinkering to do but I am looking forward to rooting my phone, and I don't even know what that is gonna open up..CANT WAIT!!!

EDIT: I checked out your link, and I am using a guide written by him, i believe, but it is the one that is a little more complex, and causes a deeper perma root...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
For the ADB drivers just look on the sdcard that came with your phone. There should be a file named HTCDRIVER.EXE. Just copy that to your windows desktop and execute it. It will install the drivers you need. As for linux, my Kubuntu 10.10 installation saw my phone without any problems or driver installations. :D

The new guide with the "deeper" root actually is the better one to follow. Its really not as complicated or difficult as it looks. ;)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
Freaking awesome...in sitting here at work not looking forward to going home to another wasted two hours trying to set the driver up you just saved my day with that info about the driver...you sure it has the adb driver though..?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
Yeah, I had to install it for adb to work on my windows installation and it has saved several other people heartache too. ;)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
Ughhhh.. just found out I work at job #2 tonight...how FREAKING lame...like I wasted ALL my freetime not being able to figure it out last night and now that I think I know what to do... I have NO time...BLAH!!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
Okay, so my ADB **** is still not working... I don't know why.. I am following the guide over at theunlockr.com and it still won't work.. I installed the SDK from google... I didnt DL the archives however... and then I installed the drivers off my SD card onto my computer, and when I open the Command prompt and type cd\ cd AndroidSDK\tools\ it says the directory does not exist... it says on the unlocr guide to try installing PDAneT and that might help, and so i did that as well, still says directory does not exist...ARGH this is frustrating!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
Do you need perma root to boot into recovery?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_licious:
I would just follow the visionary method so you won't even have to bother with adb. Just use root explorer to copy and past the files into the right directory. Did it on the bus, took me 5 minutes. No need to get true/deep root especially for someone just starting off. I promise, for all you'll be doing (and a hell of a lot more) you'll NEVER know the difference. Just gives you more options to screw up your phone. Start with perm root (set up the easy way), flash a rom or two, mess around with some cool apps for root users, figure out adb, and then work your way up to messing with the deeper system stuff (if you still feel need).

Just my 2¢
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
It sounds like you are looking in the wrong directory. Open your file browser and do a search for adb and pay attention to what folder it is in. My installation had like two subdirectories before I could even get to the tools directory on my windows drive.

That is if you still want to try adb. It is a valueable thing to learn. Espescially if your going to be doing these kinds of things to your devices. It can take a brick and turn it back into a phone if you know how to use it. :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaskwith:
Thank you kind sirs you are very helpful to a pour nub such as myself...well it seems like I dont havr any freaking time ever so I think I might take c_licious's advice for now and read up on adb some more...i did see that in the thread its easy to convert from the perma root to the deep perma root so think that's what ill do. Thank you grankin for the tip on finding adb drivers that will definitely come in handy when I get to that. Yayyyyy!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
I'm using Navigon for the android and it always says that my GPS signal is too weak and navigation will resume with a stronger signal.

Help?

I had my GPS on of course.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tluu91420:
Cm6 fixed my gps problems
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis86dr:
Download GPS Status from market. Use the tools/toolbox under menu and go to Manage A-GPS State. Follow the steps and you should be gravy. Worked for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NuShrike:
"Bluetooth GPS Provider" and external GPS.
[EVO 4G General] javidnky2005:
I sent an e-mail to HTC to inquire whether or not the EVO is going to get HTC Sense and/or Gingerbread update, here is their response:

Dear Javid Beykzadeh,

Thank you for contacting HTC Technical Support. I’m excited about the release of Gingerbread, myself. So far, we don’t have any information about when our phones are getting the update to 2.3.

I don’t have any information about when the Evo is getting updates to HTC Sense that’ll let it access HTCSense.com. Right now, the website is still in beta and only the European Desire HD and Desire Z can take advantage of it.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number ##############.

Sincerely,

Hubert

HTC
[EVO 4G General] lui22:
yeah they know everything he BS'd u but he was nice about it. he proly has gingerbread on his phone
[EVO 4G General] wuclan48:
And the reason you felt you should share an email about nothing and in the wrong forum to boot was...?

Sent from the void...
[EVO 4G General] lui22:
since it has to do with future development
[EVO 4G General] Hot_Hands:
That's a big stretch.
[EVO 4G General] lui22:
yeah ur right
[EVO 4G General] myn:
Keep in mind Customer Service is always last to know ;)
[EVO 4G General] khov07:
OP: just a friendly FYI - customer service emails of this particular type are not trusted sources of information. They typically start receiving training only shortly before any releases. Remember all the new iPhone hype earlier this year? Customer service didn't know anything, or were at the very least prohibited from admitting to anything before the 'official' announcement.

Sorry man, that email isn't useful to us at all.
[EVO 4G General] ald3n3:
i wonder what kind of new exciting things it will bring...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] davidson2384:
i have a htc hd2 im trying to install android desire build v5.7 ive tried all the ones possible even froyo 2.2 but evey time i do it alls i get is 2 lines down the screen n they stay there ive left it for hours n nuthing happens am i forgetting sumthing ? can anyone please help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ultramag69:
You need a later radio rom, I use 2.15.50.14. I also flashed my wm to the cheetah base 3.14 rom. I have had no problem loading android.

You may also need to FULL format, not quick format, your sd card to get rid of the file ghosts left behind...

Good luck, I hear it shouldn't be long before a gingerbread build, Android 2.3, will be available... Cheers...:D
[Android Software Development] elMosquito:
Hello everybody !

This is my first time on the forum so hope i'm in the right place for that question, if not, please let me know!

I'm a beginner in developping app for android, and i have the idea of making an app, for restaurants in my towns, that listing them, their price, print them on the map, etc...

And i would love to have something like the sidebar from htc (that they put in all their app) for switching between different activites like the map, or list of restaurants etc...

Here is some print screen of the htc side bar that i want to reproduce

(from the following app: footprint, friendstream, music, all from htc)

img607.imageshack.us/img607/9378/capture5r.jpg

img819.imageshack.us/img819/1273/capture1hp.jpg

img600.imageshack.us/img600/5290/capture2c0.jpg

img163.imageshack.us/img163/9404/capture3to.jpg

img203.imageshack.us/img203/523/capture4z.jpg

(Ok i'm too new, i can't post images for now, but you can copy paste the links)

What would be specially usefull, is the fact that we can have a lot of icone, more that the screen let us have (It goes out of screen), the animation effect of the bubble going on the icon with a image preview is really cool also!

For now, i tried with tab.... it's pretty ugly, so i think i'm really far from it !

And i try to give a look over google, but wasn't fructuous !

So please, someone have an idea ? or a clue to begin with ?

Or can we find the code of the app since it open source ?

Thanks you for your attention, good evening !
[Android Software Development] elMosquito:
So..... Nobody ?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RegnierD:
So I've been digging through the xml files in the Desire Z Rosie, pulling xml's from other 5 column Rosies to compare, and attempting different combinations to get this figured out, but I'm afraid I've run out of ideas.

I was wondering if any of the devs here could point me in the right direction or give some pointers. I would like to actually do the act itself, but I am in need some slight guidance here.

Thank you all. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMPOWER:
The file that you need to change is /res/layout/all_apps_view.xml When you open the file it will look something like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<com.htc.launcher.AllAppsView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:inAnimation="@anim/fade_in" android:outAnimation="@anim/fade_out"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<com.htc.launcher.AllAppsListView android:id="@id/content_list" android:background="@color/add_to_home_background" android:nextFocusLeft="@id/content_list" android:nextFocusRight="@id/content_list" android:nextFocusUp="@id/content_list" android:nextFocusDown="@id/content_list" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<com.htc.launcher.AddWidgetLayout android:id="@id/content_add_to_home" android:background="@color/add_to_home_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<com.htc.launcher.AllAppsGridView android:scrollbarStyle="outsideOverlay" android:id="@id/content_grid" android:background="@color/add_to_home_background" android:nextFocusLeft="@id/content_grid" android:nextFocusRight="@id/content_grid" android:nextFocusUp="@id/content_grid" android:nextFocusDown="@id/content_grid" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:listSelector="@drawable/grid_selector" android:drawSelectorOnTop="false" android:verticalSpacing="@dimen/launcher_aagv_vertical_spacing" android:numColumns="4" />
<com.htc.launcher.PersonalizeListView android:id="@id/personalize_list_view" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</com.htc.launcher.AllAppsView>

And you will just change the part android:numColumns=”4” to android:numColumns=”5” then save the file, compile it back to an apk with references set from com.htc.resources.apk
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RegnierD:
Awesome. Thanks a bunch. I've been doing everything with Root Explorer and a Windows Archiver, so I guess I'll give it a run with apktool on my Ubuntu partition. Thank you again.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMPOWER:
Don't forget that after you build the apk, you will need to copy the META-INF and AndroidManifest from the original apk to the new one. If you don't do this step you will get FC or bootloop upon reboot.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RegnierD:
I'm not questioning you here, merely wondering if you know why that last step is necessary. I mean, those don't get directly modified in the process, so why do they need to get copied over?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMPOWER:
I completely understand your thought process on it. You can read a little about it in this post, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8071523&postcount=27.

If you open the APK that apktool outputs you will see that the META-INF folder is missing. The META-INF folder holds the files that sign the APK. Since Rosie is a system APK, it uses a proprietary signature that can't be reproduced from the signing programs out their that use a general signature to sign the file. This is why we transfer the META-INF folder from the original.

The reason that you transfer the manifest is really just to be on the safe side. Since you are not changing anything in the manifest, using the original file is a good way to avoid any formatting or structure changes that might have happened when using the tool.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RegnierD:
Hmmm, interesting. That makes sense though. Thank you!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spbeeking:
If any developer, (or just any person in general) needs the extracted system.img from android 2.3, I have it right here

http://www.mediafire.com/?0acuwtkc6kuw3zv

Have fun! I know infinitybiff is. :)

EDIT: I initially posted this in the android general section, but now realize it was a stupid idea.

EDIT 2: Just to avoid confusion, this is not a rom, this is just the sdk dump. I merely got the sdk, then used unyaffs to extract the system.img

EDIT 3: If any developer uses this and makes a rom for us, it would be nice if I could see my name somewhere in the credits for extracting this. But its just a wish. You dont have to if you dont want to.

EDIT 4: This thread just made the XDA portal front page! (Well, Darkstones post did, but thats good enough!) http://www.xda-developers.com/android/hd2-running-on-gingerbread/

And this thread also made it onto pocketnow and other android centric websites too! Awesome! http://pocketnow.com/android/gingerbread-ported-to-htc-hd2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] CableMan67:
I'm starting to smell the Gingerbread on my HD2!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rafpigna:
Wow! So fast!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] reocej:
Uhhhmmm....gingerbread!!!! Yummy!!!!:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pack21:
yeah, Gingerbread comes to dady!:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4U9btlDXwA
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spbeeking:
Whats even funnier is that when he checked his messages, it said from Sam. THATS MY NAME GOOGLE!!! IM SUING! Jk, still, what a coincidence.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -deuces-:
where did all those apps come from if they where not in the sdk app drawer? just curious...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spbeeking:
They are all system apps, like certinstaller, contactsprovider, customlocale, etc...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Fidalgos:
GingerChristmasMan

I'm anxious to have this new OS Gingerbread :p Maybe before Christmas I stay a GingerChristmasMan:p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Death2494:
I've seen some of the features of Gingerbread, and honestly I think Froyo packed a much bigger impact. I'll give it a test run, but I'm honestly not that hyped for it. Especially after the strides that's being made on ACE (DesireHD).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mdeejay:
cool......
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pack21:
Master Mdeejay make for us a Ginger build.:p

Please.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mdeejay:
i guess today... :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phiredrop:
Thanks for providing
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spbeeking:
Both M-deejay and Phiredrop, replying on my page! Im not worthy. (falls to knees)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -deuces-:
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] atoore:
Thanks for the dump, time to cook this babe! :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] spbeeking:
You are very welcome.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] infinitybiff:
First boot attempt failed. Yea... I took some time to work on it lol. Couldn't resit. Trying again now
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mindstormmaster1:
If anyone needs a pre alpha tester Im your guy!
[Android Software Development] shalinda:
Hey,

Guys i unlocked the samsung galaxy s phone today it was a success.

This is how I unlocked it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822008&page=9

Anyways now I wanted to plug it to the computer and via kise mini to update it to 2.2 BUT it says under firmware version UNREGISTERED DEVICE :(

Because of this i cant press the update btn I am guessing this means that the software is not connected to the update server to actually update my phone
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] gueyenono:
Hello to you all,

I really need help regarding the touch screen of my HTC Touch Pro2, which has lost its former sensitivity for some time now. I now need to apply more pressure on it to have it respond. As a result, the touch screen is getting all scratched!

I've made extensive research on the subject right here on the forum and else where as well; however, nobody seems to have the solution for the Touch Pro2.

Following are the actions I tried to take, which were unfortunately to no avail:

- I downloaded and installed an application called iTouch, which can be found on the link below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=469865

- I tried to edit my phone's registry as suggested by several posts I have read. The files whose values I was asked to change are:

(i) HKLM/Drivers/TouchPanel/PressureThreshold. The value has to be set at 80866 (using decimal, not hex).

(ii) HKLM/Software/OEM/TFLOSettings/FingerPressure. The value has to be set at 1 (using decimal, not hex).

Also, I'm currently running on Windows Mobile 6.5 and it is my guess that editing...TFLOSettings/FingerPressure is not making any difference in the sensitivity of the touch screen because my user interface in HTC Sense 2.5.

Sorry for the long post and your help will be much appreciated.

Thanks
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] gueyenono:
Why is nobody helping me?

Please, I need your help.

Thank you very much!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Xknower:
Hello,

I would suggest simply running the screen calibration again and pressing very lightly the screen when asked to.

This will change the registry values to the appropriate ones.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
The values you edited are the right ones for the pressure sensitivity of the device. Make sure you restart the device after applying them. If they make no difference, then there make be a problem with the digitizer. In that case, you might want to look into a warranty replacement, if you have that option. If not, digitizers and their instruction kits go for about $50-80 on eBay.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brennod10:
Does anyone know how replacement with the best buy protection plan works for the evo??. When i bought my phone i skipped out on the $10 plan for protection because it seemed stupid. A few days later i bricked my phone so i went to best buy and they actually replaced my phone, but i think it was a used/refurbished phone. Now i feel like the phone has gotten really slow and I've dropped it so many times that the corners are all cracked and there is a white powdery looking spot in one corner of the screen which i think is from a drop. So now i really want to have it replaced by bestbuy, but lately i've been hearing about a lot of stories where people had their phones sent off to repairs and it took a while. Is this true?? How can i have my evo replaced by best buy??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brennod10:
never mind, decided to just cancel that black tie protection, heard too many crappy reviews. When i called some creepy lady tried to make small talk with me... it was pretty weird. She was trying to make a joke or something, then she said she wasn't from cali she was from massachusetts... even though i never asked lol
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TannerGolden:
How would I update my x10 to 2.1 on AT&T in the U.S?

SEUS does not show that there is an update
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
This has been discussed many, many times on here and elsewhere. AT&T did NOT release the 2.1 update yet. If you are impatient, you can go here and flash the X10a world generic firmware. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=825201
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AKA_Rizzo:
^^^^^^^^^

I'm a USA AT&T customer. I used that and I have had no problems that were not my fault in the first place :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tat2messiah:
I to am on at&t I flashed 2.1 generic onto my phone no problems just remember to put your apn's in ajd you will jave 2.1 enjoy