yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] isaacj87:
I think I'm with you on this one.

Cricket's version has a 3G network, so that's one reason for sticking with it. The Zio isn't a very good phone and isn't a real good option for Cricket users.

In our case, I was willing to put up with 1x granted I had the ability to properly develop and customise the Ascend. I'm looking at being stuck with 1x and a company who can't even properly support this phone. If I get the Optimus, I know the source code is already available.

Don't know how I feel about going from a 3.5" screen to a 3.2". Plus, the new android samsung LTE for Metro looks pretty sweet as well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jadden:
any news on cwm for the ascend
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
Got loading bar off the pink same with volume bar

Don't know why pics are so blurry same app i used for the others.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jadden:
can u post a link
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
What do you think about the Huawei X5? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375473,00.asp

it's caught my eye for sure
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
Not a theme. When you edit the system/ build.prop change to ro.config.hw_customizetype=02 to 05

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] king_xerxes:
05 makes the clock black again on my Ascend. I played around with different styles, but they all come back to black for me, unless I use 02.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] louforgiveno:
Careful though, samsung has crappy support for their phones as well, Love my hd tv (sammy) but my samsung omnia had very few updates- they blow in that aspect, epic users are getting a dose of that now :eek:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
That it does i didn't notice because i keep my bar hid. My bad.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] king_xerxes:
Not a big deal!

I just wanted to point it out, it may matter to some and not matter to others.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigjoe25ss:
I work at a metro store and I have played with the samsung craft its got great screen but the phone its self isent that nice and the price is kind of high
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iDavido:
I'm wondering, since we don't have the kernal source for our Ascend yet..what's the next best thing? I've been looking around and it seems the most compatible kernal would be the Pulse. I may be wrong, but could we maybe tinker with it and see what happens? The source for the u8220/230 is out.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
Huawei needs to cough up the source. Lets flood their support inbox
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] king_xerxes:
I spent several hours today d/ling roms from Huawei, trying to find the Metro one, I failed, but I will try again on Monday - when I get back. I learned that every phone seems to be comprised of different sets of HW and that even the Ascends are different from week to week, and seeing how the Cricket Ascend was started in September and the Metro in the second half of October, they seem to be really different on builds. I am not sure that we could make a fully working ROM without all of the different build info given to us. It would take a lot of specs from different users to know what everyone has. I am really starting to hate Huawei!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iDavido:
I agree, we should coordinate.

There's no reason to withhold the source, especially when we have a better shot at porting Froyo than they do.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
Lets hope, unless the problem stated above ends up being the dealbreaker.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iDavido:
Has anyone figured out how to get this thing deodexed yet? I tried using xUltimate to no avail..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
I got the /system/app folder deodexed and working fine... The /system/framework is another story, there are a few files that error out, probably ones that we could do without, like the debugging app, would be useful to have, but probably not necessary...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iDavido:
How did you go about doing so? I'm at my wits end on this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ixbrettxi:
Idk, they're going to release the source code eventually, and Feb 10 they're scheduled to release Froyo for the 'international ascend' I personally will be sticking with my ascend because I know eventually the wait will pay off.

Edit: I also heard from a Metro salesperson in my area that a 4G plan is incoming, and the ascend is EvDO ready.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
Sounded like cricket is getting LTE in some form
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
Will it make a diff? Won't the cpu only go so fast? I swear i think the 3G comes faster than the phone can take it. Would like to know if this matters to us.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
http://www.filedropper.com/deodexedappfolder

paste those into your system/app folder and then delete all the odex files, once I did this my accounts were screwed up, to fix them I booted into the clockworkrecovery and deleted the cache and the dalvik cache, I also deleted my settings.db here data/data/com.google.android.providers.settings/databases/ and then re-added my accounts and everything was fine....

I used kitchen, but it's more or less the same a ultimatex, you can fully use kitchen because it doesn't decomplie the kernel properly...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bnb25:
metro doesn't have and LTE phone that runs android. the LTE phone they have is just a messaging phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
I have some gripes.

1. My email app wont work for my corporate email on an exchange server. The msgs are pushed, but when i click on one, waits 2 seconds then fc's

2. One of my buddies just let me mod his ascend a bit. Anyway, his is a month or so newer than mine, and its way faster too. His internal sd is almost full. But still much faster and i have minimal apps installed.

EDIT

3. Before modding anything, the email and youtube (app and browser) started failing. My friends ascend has nothing wrong with it.

/gripe
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] salas2324:
Cricket and metro getting 4g... makes no diff eureka now dese phone are 3g only
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] salas2324:
I don't know how eureka got there
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dEris:
I would like to know how you booted into Clockwork. Is clockwork working and you're holding back on us?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] clor01:
is the youtube app even worth keeping? i can search perfectly fine but when it comes to loading the video to watch it takes eternity. is there something wrong or is it the same for all you ascend users?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] linuxgeek099:
Yes there is an "UnOfficial ClockworkMod Recovery" for m860 ascend. We were kinda of waiting for Koursh to publish it officially. This has not happened. I am considering publishing it to this forum.

Everyone must understand. This is NOT a recovery. It's the application that will allow you to make a nandroid backup so if you mess up your phome you can restore it. It will not fix a broken phone. It will fix the recovery menu if you tried to flash a offical clockworkmod recovery.

It is unofficial as Koursh hasn't added it yet and most likely will not support you if you have a problem. I can attest it works great and if everyone understands the caveats, I create a post with the instructions on how to get it on your phone.

Does everybody understand?

Linuxgeek099
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
I can boot into recovery from clockwork, but is really amon ra recovery. Rom manager works fine that way. But if you try to flash the clockwork recovery rom manager will reboot the phone and not boot into recovery. As far as the official recovery ,no it will not work that i know of. Isn't that why the amon ra was released and not the clockwork. Didn't wanna side step koush on the official release. Been followin the subject but ain't heard much else?

Edit: What is the difference between this and the one i am usin now? Does it really matter wich one i use. Figured i would ask in case anyone else was wondering.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] salas2324:
I had dat same problem... it went on to fix itself so yea mines works
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dEris:
AmonRA has been working fine. Is clockwork any more stable?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
That's what i wanna know. Ain't had no problem out of ra. Bet i have restored 20 times.lol

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] isaacj87:
I know that. I wasn't talking about the Samsung Craft. That's just a dumbphone.

Here: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/14/samsung.forte.leaked.ahead.of.feb.11.launch/

There might be 2 variants. One with the keyboard and one without.

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Forte_id5140
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] _atlien_:
But the Samsung Forte will be LTE. Less than one month away. I'm waiting one week to see how much progress happens around Ascend dev. If we still don't have a released CWM I'll sell it before too many people know about the Forte release.

I really want this ascend to work. I mean....a hundred bucks for a Android phone that can be modded. Can't beat that. But I also know how to cut my losses and move on.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ben's:
So, does anyone have word on the new CWM recovery or is it still not stable enough to call it an official release? If so, can you guys please post them, I would really like to update my first post so people don't have to read through 800+ posts. All credit will go where it is deserved, no worries about that!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buby78:
Yeah they got it working
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bnb25:
I'll believe it when it comes out.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
I meant to say use the Amon-RA to wipe the cache, the point here being to get the phone deodexed.

This is why we really need our own forum, the topics jump around so much it's hard to make progress on any one point...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
Well, I just bricked my ascend. I installed ROM Manager a while ago, and now when I hold vol up + end call, then power, it says unpack failed.

The Huawei site is slower than crap (my dl of the stock is going to finish in 3 days, 2hrs)

It boots ok, but all of the apps fc when I unlock the screen. This happened after I changed a color in the notification bar xml file from -1 to 0.

Can someone help me out with a way to just make my phone go back to how it was out of the box? Im just gonna start over

Thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
Have your choice

mutilupload here http://www.multiupload.com/VXYIW07P8U

or king_xerxes mirrored it on his site http://muh****.com/downloads/

Just copy the dload folder to the root of your sdcard

Power off your phone, press and hold the volume up key + the end call key and then tap the power

your phone will take care of the rest, you'll be back to stock in no time...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wharmaster:
That's what myascend.org is for ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
I signed up and when I tried to log in it would just keep giving me an error(We encountered a problem processing your login request), I just ended up giving up...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] semyazza:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=909243&highlight=back+stock+ascend
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] BurningKoala:
goooood news
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
@joe

Thanks, but I remembered that I had this zip file on my pc. I had to do some magic to get it onto my mac, but wow this dload folder is 177mb? A bit hefty

Cool it's unpacking. I will miss my lolpink bars... (Gingerbread Theme) Until I re-install.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DISTURBED489:
Modify PPP configuration

Hi sorry for my bad english and an question that maybe is solved, i have rooted Ascend, but when i try to change the config on QPST PPP options, and reboot the phone back the cricket config, what i must to do?, Install custom rom?, any idea?.

In Advance

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
So what's up with the unofficial C.W.M. release? Thought we was gonna see a dirty version or something.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dEris:
What's your username.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
my user name is joenathan
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] semyazza:
You should not need to use QPST unless you are modifying your PRL file, changing an ESN, changing from cricket to metro, etc.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
Thanks again joe,

My phone is back to normal but I am having a hard time installing Amon-Ra.

I reboot the phone using vol down + End to get to the Huawei splash screen that doesn't go away. I then proceed to click

install-recovery-windows.bat

And it says "Waiting for Device" forever.

How does the bat know when the phone is connected? Do I need to install some type of driver first? I have looked around, and everyone says the same thing. "It should just work"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] isaacj87:
The generic Google fastboot driver should install by itself. If you have Windows 7, it'll auto install for you. Then, the phone will connect.

If it doesn't, just go to the Device manager, right-click and choose update driver.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
When the phone is turn on normally and connected to the computer it'll show up as a CD-ROM drive to your computer, that drive has the drivers on it, either install them manually or open the PcOptions.exe and hit the install drivers.

I think that should do it for you, I have never used the batch files myself, I just do it manually using fastboot, great little tool...

edit: didn't notice Issac replied before me, try what he said...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
I couldn't understand what he was saying, but your post cleared it up.

Just did a Nand backup. Whats the dif between that and + ext?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] clor01:
+ext is for apps2sd but i think its useless on 2.1 i heard. correct me if im wrong fellow Ascend users. last time i tried +ext it didnt work on mines. ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] linuxgeek099:
UnOfficial ClockWorkMod Recovery

I have attached the unofficial recovery.img that will allow to make a full and comprehensive backup of your phone. It can do a a format of the sdcard and then partition it. It will erase everything on your sdcard and partition any way you want.

It does NOT fix you phone if you have already deleted something you shouldn't have.

It will not restore your to stock unless you did a backup of your stock phone first.

If you flashed you phone with ClockworkMod recovery and it won't go into recovery mode, this will fix it.

You have to Flash it to your phone manually. If you don't know how to this you should probably wait for the official release.

I use the adb shell to this. You must have rooted your phone. This is only one way to flash the image, there are others also.

Create a directory on your sdcard called recovery.

Find a copy of flash_image and install to the recovery directory. (google is your friend)

copy the the recovery.img to the recovery directory.

Make your sdcard executable

mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard

cd sdcard/recovery

./flash_image recovery recovery.img

reboot your phone.

Go into recovery mode on your phone and you should be presented with a ClockworkMod recovery menu.

Backup your phone.

I share most of the credit with XDA member Issacj87, We collaborated quite a bit to get a working backup and recovery utility.

I will not be responsible for anything you do to your phone. If you are not comfortable doing any of the steps. WAIT UNTIL AN OFFICIAL RELEASE.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jadden:
Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
Is ther any way to just flash it through the amon ra recovery? Can't just use flash zip from sd in the recovery options? Also any way to use both recoveries?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ixbrettxi:
Yes, it is useless on 2.1 stock, with a custom rom we could use apps2sd but not as of yet. Also, if you don't know what it does, good rule of thumb, don't do it. :-)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
ADB uses a command line interface, no graphic elements just all text and typing...

navigate to where you've installed the Android sdk and open the folder "platform-tools", then hold shift and right click and choose "open command window here"

then you'll be able to issue commands to adb there... first command you can try with your phone connected and usb debugging turn on is:

adb devices

Our phone shows up as a question mark...

here is google's page with info for adb http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jadden:
Thank you, so i just put the codes
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iDavido:
I've linked to a zip with all the files needed to flash the Clockwork recovery. Extract the zip anywhere on your computer, put your phone in bootloader mode(VOL DOWN + END + PWR), plug it in, and run the .bat file. (note this is for Windows users) Again, only flash this recovery if you feel you need it, and make a backup first.

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?egzfp41ti4l84e4
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] linuxgeek099:
Ascend 2.2 roms

It doesn't look good.

I was able to compile a 2.2 Froyo for the Cricket Ascend but it not fully operational. It has no Wifi and it as touchscreen issues. One of the major issues that when you get an incoming call the phone won't let you answer it. (Some would say that a great feature :) )

The kernel source I was using had some Huawei support but the phone it's really for is not the same. (Screen is smaller for one)

The only other phone that's closest to ours is the C8600, and of course I can't find the source kernel for that one either.

Unless we can either get the huawei patched to the standard Eclair (2.1) or Froyo (2.2). I don't think it will possible to get any custom ROMs. I haven't given up but the odds are long.

Any other ideas will certainly entertained ;)

Linuxgeek099
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] papawiskas:
If only Koush had the time to help you guys or one of those other big hitters.

I am proud of you guys and hope you don't give up. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selfinflicted1:
Aside from the few issues how would you rate the rest of the froyo port? And is there no other ways to locate the source codes for the acsend or the c8600? I noticed kallt kaffe has a rom for the u8100 (c.t.p.) you don't think him or his guys could help any. Aren't the u8100 and the m860 very similar?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigb1324:
Man I feel ur pain I did the exact same thing but u can try holding VOL UP +SEND + POWER and go into recovery mode and clear everything tht might work faster
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cool_on:
Is it possible to just take the stock ROM it already has, and just add flash 10.1?

Or does it have to be all-or-nothing?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cool_on:
Im newb to building roms, so bear with me.

Kernel code can be written to but not read from a phone, correct?

To modify a ROM, you need the kernel for reference, but you dont necessarily have to modify the kernel, correct?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joenathane:
It seems that you are confusing a few terms. There are a few things important to understand, you have compiled code and you have source code.

Having complied code is like going to the store and buying a cake, lets say it's a chocolate cake, it's a great cake but let say you want to change it from being a chocolate cake to being a vanilla cake. You can't do that, you'd have to bake the cake over again and you can't bake that cake without the recipe.

Having the source code is like having the recipe for the cake. You can then bake it from scratch and make it vanilla or add nuts or change or tweak pretty much whatever you want.

The code that ships on the phone is compiled code, some things we can easily change, like the theme, which would be like changing the type of icing on the cake. While other things like the kernel or the cake being chocolate, we can't make changes to without rebuilding from scratch or from source....

In other words to make a custom rom we really need the recipe/source code, we've(Issac&Linuxgeek) have tried ingredients from the recipes from similar cakes/phones but the cake isn't coming out right.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fodoom:
Great analogy. Cakes and pies = phones and tablets ^^
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] clor01:
Pro :cool:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dEris:
You just made me buy some cake from Walmart.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cieran:
has anyone ever thought that maybe the source code may NOT have been made by Huawei but a different company altogether? like say they outsourced another group to make the code while they worked on the hardware?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cool_on:
kinda made me hungry for gingerbread...

Anyway, so the "rom" is the compiled kernel? Then how come the stock ROM cant be decompiled to reveal the kernel?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] isaacj87:
No, let me explain.

Operating System: (The Linux) Kernel. It handles the input/output operations. Android is built on top of this. Android is nothing without the Linux kernel. I've pulled the kernel from Android quite easily. However, the kernel is pre-compiled. I need to see the source to understand how the final product was made. I can't make changes to the final product.

Software (User Interface, Applications, Artwork, etc.): ROM. This sits on top of the kernel. It's the graphical interface that interacts with the kernel. Simply put, you do things in Android, it talks to the kernel, it comes back and you have a response.

That's a very simple explanation of what the Android OS is. You can wiki Linux distributions to better understand how Linux-based operating systems work.