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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tosh1:
Issue... my wifi is not working. I tried every solution when it comes to wifi and some. I tried different ROMS and still no dice. I came across this WIFI Fix file that is a zip file and wanted to try and install it. Since I have no WIFI I cant use ROM Manager to install.

I dont know if you can use ADB to install a zip file? I know you can probably do it for a .apk file, but not a zip? Correct me if I'm wrong.

I tried renaming the file to update and using recovery to flash it but it runs then aborts.

Any programs I can use to flash this file to see if it works?

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] chaoscreater:
you simply put it in OpenRecovery/Updates/ folder and then apply the update.

It's in the same folder where you put your custom rom that you want to install, and you install it the same way as you do for custom roms, just that you choose the WIFI Fix.zip instead of the custom rom obivously.
[Nexus S General] xspyda:
Screen is a bit too bright for me even on the lowest settting. I remember reading about an app that let's us knock the brightness below the minimum level, ideal for night reading by all accounts.

Can anyone tell me what this app is called? Does it need root?

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] nxt:
No root necessary.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-filter/com.haxor
[Nexus S General] xspyda:
Thanks I will give that a go ... not to keen on this bit though :

"Known issues: - Gingerbread: Filter prevents interaction with Gmail. "

Is this the only one available so far?
[Nexus S General] nxt:
It's just buggy. It will "turn off" by itself, and yes mostly when you switch to Gmail. Gets the job done though.
[Nexus S General] xspyda:
Thanks i'll try it I'd that's the extent of the issue.

Edit: works brilliantly for occasional use bit I'd like something that can be applied permanently and system wide if possible. Don't know if anything exists though... yet?
[Nexus S General] ryude:
Nothing else exists, sorry.
[Nexus S General] xspyda:
OK thanks. Out of interest, am I the only one that finds the nexus s screen just too bright?

I'm sure an app will come along that caters for this if it's seen to be a common observation (though I'm not sure it is).
[Nexus S General] Superfrag:
Na, quite a few people find the screen very bright.. right now Screen Filter is your only option.
[Nexus S General] xspyda:
Hmmm, let's hope that changes soon! Thanks.
[Nexus S General] rocketragz:
i don't have this issue. i keep mine on about 40%
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Once the devs start doing custom kernels, we'll get one that can go dimmer. Supercurio, the VooDoo lag-fix guy for the i9000 and other Galaxy S versions is big on color correction and gamma and all of that. One of his early fixes including making it less bright on minimum. He's looking to get a Nexus S, once he does we'll see lots of good stuff.

Meanwhile, even without one, he's chugging out lots of stuff for the NS community. Big fan of his work.
[Android Apps and Games] hometownrival:
I started using Awesome Drop around 2 months or so ago and it's been quite amazing. However, about 3 or so weeks ago the app just started force closing.

Each time I opened the app I'd get the following message:

"The application Awesome Drop (process com.dashwire.drop) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

Has anyone else had this issue, or figured out a way to get it working again? I emailed the developers with this issue, but haven't heard a word from them and it's been over two weeks.
[Android Apps and Games] heliotropeUCSD:
Same thing here....
[Android Apps and Games] xriderx66:
try re-installing it.
[Android Apps and Games] hometownrival:
I've reinstalled 3 times. That's not the issue. If you un-install an app, does it leave files on the phone, similar to a computer? If so, perhaps I need to do a bit a snooping and physically remove anything that was left over after uninstalling.
[Android Apps and Games] xriderx66:
Installing SHOULD erase everything but go on root explorer or another folder thing and search apps name and delete anything you can find, then reinstall
[Android Apps and Games] hometownrival:
I went through my SD card and couldn't find anything to delete, with the exception of the "drop" folder that contains all the files I've transferred on to my phone. So, on a hunch I decided to transfer said files to the "downloads" folder on the SD card and deleted the "drop" folder. After un-mounting my phone, I fired up awesome drop and it now works like new again.

Problem solved!
[Android Apps and Games] pumcaca:
I did it so..., and it works.

A LOT OF THANKS !!!.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Hermith:
Turns out I had missed the part where you had to flash it with a vulnerable bootloader. :)

Hi, trying to install some custom roms after it turns our Motorola Europe sucks magnificently. But Clockwork Recovery isn't working, neither "boot into recovery" from Rom manger, nor booting into it manually via update.zip.

What happens is:

1. Phone out of box icon. Loads half way

2. Phone next to ! triangle, half a second

3. Reboots like nothings ever happened.

Any idea what could be wrong? It's rooted and everything should be in order that way.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] leisures:
lol newb!

u cant use clockwork on milestone !!!! bootloader is locked .......
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Hermith:
But there's a own Clockwork version for Milestone, and all guides requires to use it? It was to my understanding that there have been workarounds.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] dateno1:
you will need to use the bootstrap type recovery

but i try the all recovery for milestone but they cann't format the boot partition on my xt720 froyo :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] humanbn:
My battery in status bar keeps having an exclamation mark, and greyed out. It won't charge.

Sometimes if I boot into bootloader, then shut down phone, and take out battery, it goes back. But, then it comes back to grey again.

The only way to charge is to turn off phone, take out battery, put battery back in and plug in without booting up.

I have a MyTouch 4g, with clockwork, with Iced Glacier. I think this is happening on other phones too, not just mine.

Anyone know how to in Android to fix this? Must be software related, however, not ROM specific, I've flashed and reflashed, and wipes. Tried new recoveries, etc. I can't figure it out.
[Epic 4G General] orlandojumpoff:
Any picasa users out there? I know we can sync pics using the gallery, but I'm wondering why the Epic has difficulty with the picasa website using the default browser.

On my EVO, i can check everything out just like on my desktop browser (my albums, photos, slideshows, etc). On my Epic, i noticed that it just takes me to a nearly blank page. I thought maybe it's because the Epic has Android 2.1 and that it would be fixed with 2.2. Then I tried the same on the Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3 and it displays the same almost blank page.

Maybe it's forcing me to the mobile portal? Either way, is there any way around this to make it show up like on the EVO? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Set your UAE string to desktop

in the browser type about:debug in the address bar, press enter, then go into settings - youll find it.
[Epic 4G General] bwehry:
Please disregard this post. Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] Dulanic:
Just for others using picasa try picasa tool it works awsome.
[Epic 4G General] orlandojumpoff:
edit: got it working... Felt like nothing happened and then realized options showed up in settings. Thanks!
[Nook Color General] jeffchri:
Quick note, wanted to see if there's an easy fix. In the Kindle app, there is a slider on the bottom of the screen that allows you to quickly move through the book. Pretty important. Unfortunately, the NC's "soft keys" obscure almost the entire slider, so if you're very very very lucky you can grab it and move through the pages, but are more likely to do something else - hit a soft button, turn the Kindle menu off, or nothing.

Is there an easy fix for this? A quick but temporary way to dismiss the soft keys? Something?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff
[Nook Color General] jeffchri:
Bump ... anyone seeing this?
[Epic 4G General] croakthedj:
I am currently having issues. The epic vibrates when getting notifications whiole on a call. It will be heard by other end of the phone. Is there a way to disable notifications while on a call? I have searched.
[Epic 4G General] raylusk:
Download chomp sms from the market. Disable notifications in the stock sms app. You can fine tune your notifications with chomp.
[Nexus One General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Hi all,

My Google accounts started to act strange those days. Every now and then I get an error message saying something like: Google authentication failed. And I have to input two captchas for it to work again.

What does this mean? I never had this kind of messages on any android device....
[Nexus One General] cmstlist:
I got a captcha a week or two ago as well. It was very bizarre. I think it happened just after I switched my phone from one SIM to another. The captcha was damn near illegible and I had no way of zooming in, so I failed a few until I got the right one.
[Nexus One General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
In my case I didn't change anything. And I got the captcha already twice...makes me nervous cause I don't know if this means that somebody wants to hack my accounts...
[Nexus One General] Clarkster:
It could be. Either your phone, your computer or someone on the same network is making a lot of repetitive requests. Or someone may be trying to guess your password by trying over and over.

It probably isn't someone trying to hack in, but it's never a bad idea to change your password to something really strong, like DiGs#9s.0@4. No words, mix of characters, numbers, symbols and case.
[Nexus One General] sl8125:
Yes it happen to me this week.i had to change my password. I guesting there is a virus going on our something.
[Nexus One General] cmstlist:
I think the week I got the error, I had been accessing Google from a lot of different IP addresses:

- Home in Vancouver (Shaw)

- UBC wifi

- WIND Mobile 3G

- Mobilicity 3G

- US VPN tunnel

- My parents' place in Toronto (Bell)

- Vancouver airport wifi

- Toronto airport wifi
[Nexus One General] ExtraDas:
It has to do with Gawker Media servers being hacked. Because it happened on such a large scale, most if not all Gmail accounts had to be reauthorized and passwords changed.

It's just ElGoog looking out for you.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] pmpntl:
Anybody successfully been able to buy and use NFS. got it on the market for 99 cents on sale.

running darky's 7.0 w/ xcal kernel 2.4

force closes, i'm able to select a car, etc, but then it just plays music on a black screen.

???
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Miami_Son:
Got it today, runs fine on a stock 2.1 ROM.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] born_fisherman:
U may want to try setirons i9000.kernel... u have to use odin 1.3 to flash the tar file
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gmanunited:
Runs fine on stock rom. 2.1
[Captivate Themes and Apps] modum:
It runs great on the leaked Foyo ROM as well. Can you check to make sure it is on your internal SD? I tried to run the files from my external SD, and went into boot cycles. Hope that helps.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] CasseTrop:
Works great for me on Cognition 2.3b7 I have the bought version and the early version that was leaked a couple of weeks ago, 1.0.4 and they both run without an issue.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] commander2k:
Im running darky V6 with setirons kernel, and it just hits the splash screen, the music plays, one out of every 5 times I can get to car select and it crashes. I dont get a FC message or anything. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling also, and restarting the phone. The data it downloads is on my internal sd and everything. I have no idea what the issue is.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Ticiano:
I'm with stock XXJPY and this crap is closing... I think we just were stoled...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] commander2k:
Still not working here and EA hasnt contacted me back at all yet. Anyone get this game working yet?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mattio781:
Mine works just fine on perception 5, no lags, no fc's, just fun
[Captivate Themes and Apps] commander2k:
How odd... I wonder what the issue is. I mean it starts up, then just exits. Hmmm....
[Captivate Themes and Apps] thecellx:
same here

same issues here with 2.2.1 based roms. i could play once running Cronus.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Yuna:
Grab somewhere APK from Galaxy Tab - it's working for me perfectly :)

Beware: 120mb size...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] commander2k:
Im wondering if it has something to do with the market. As in, because we are using the different baseband version, the market is trying to give us the copy made for snapdragon chips.

I guess to confirm this, what version of nfs shift do you all have? I think in my many wasted google searches I saw different versions for the phones that use the snapdragon chips.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Yuna:
It's not a market issue... It's a NFS game issue - version 1.0.56 worked, but .58 not
[Captivate Themes and Apps] commander2k:
So I dont know if anyone was able to fix this, but I did find a version for the tab and its working great now. I can't share it on here, because I know its warez or whatever it's called, but mine works great now. I will add that I paid for the game, just had to find a copy that actually worked.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] piklez420:
mine works fine and im running firebird 2.2 no problems whatso ever
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cyberslug23:
I bought it during the sale and haven't ever gotten to play it either. I put a support request into EA, but 2 weeks later, I got a canned response (what's you phone, OS version, etc.... info that as already provided). I'm disappointed, since this was my first and so far only market purchase... I can confirm that it bombs on Xcal's and speedmod kernels, does anyone have it working with a newish rom (2.2.1)? If so, what kernel and game build are you running??
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Kizzmiazz:
Mine works fine on phoenix, never have had a fc on this game.

Sent from my SuperDuper!Captivate | PHOENIX RISING VERSION 3.5 with KP1 Modem | FireBird Kernel 2
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cyberslug23:
What version of NFS are you using? I've got 1.5.7, someone mentioned 1.5.6 working, is that what you have?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krooked22:
ok so the captivate was my first smart phone, I waited up until about 2 days ago to see if att wouild release froyo then gave my hopes up so I came and flashed AXURA. It has been working awesome , and performs excellent.

I would like to overclock this so that I can turn this cellphone into a cellphone that eats other peoples phones for breakfast and desert.

I would be able to look into this myself perfectly fine but as far as compatibilty issues go, what should I use??

I already have the lag fix turned on

I dont wanna put something on that will not cooperate well with the firmware. All suggestions are appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mkarin:
Flash setiron kernel and then experiment with voltage control settings

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829731

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=828052
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
welcome to the community

axura is one of the best roms for ppl new to android/captivate. it's smooth as butter & rock solid stable. just flash a setiron kernel as mentioned above and you will be golden. if you can flash axura, you can flash a new kernel. but feel free to ask for help as needed in the axura thread, they are very noob-friendly

sent from my captivate on di11igaf 3.0
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
All the Info you need is at your finger tips. Welcome and please post in the right section of the forum.

Thread closed
[General Topics] charleyboy14:
Hi i'm new to posting here but have been a keen fan for a long time. The work you guys do here is epic.

Do any of you guys have a step by step guide to edditing apps?
[Focus General] jasongw:
So, I didn't bother to buy a case for my Focus, figuring I had the insurance anyway. Well, a buddy of mine was playing with it and had it in his pocket while we went to the store. Got out of the car and BAM! Face down, glass shattered. What I didn't realize until a day later is that it also ceased charging after that, so now it's completely dead. Luckily the insurance will replace it, but the process is a pain in the ass (they want a notarized affidavit) so I'll be without a phone for a few days.

On the bright side, I did find a new, nice, clear hard case on eBay for $6 shipped, so...bonus, I guess. Bummer the thing is so fragile, though, it's like iPhone 4 all over again :(
[Focus General] OGCF:
That's true. Samsung is making some great hardware right now, but their thin and lightness comes at a cost. I'm surprised the glass is what broke though, because I thought Samsung had used Gorilla Glass.

It's some of the toughest glass in the world. This article on Engadget has a video that proves as much:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/29/dell-streaks-gorilla-glass-screen-torture-tested-for-your-amus/
[Focus General] markgamber:
iPhones use Gorilla Glass, too, and they shatter constantly. It's just better than regular glass.
[Focus General] AngelSpirit:
yes and Glass is GLASS, knock a corner and it will crack no matter what! :(
[Focus General] OGCF:
Yeah that's true. Glass is still glass, so I guess if the phone was hit hard enough it would probably break. That sucks dude.
[Desire HD General] odin13:
hi guys,

i hope someone can help me out with this;

i have rooted my DHD with Visionairy and all works fine, except...

doh...i forgot to check the option to set rw on /system partition :o

now i have tried the following from Terminal App;

#su

#mount -o rw -t yaffs2/dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

i read somewhere that this should set rw on /system but it didn't work;

then i tried the 'Unroot Now' option in Visionairy but that doesn't work either....

how can i set rw on my /system partition??

thnx in advance!

odin
[Desire HD General] zelkinp:
Hey mate, I had the same problem. Took a mistake while entering mount information before I figured out where I went wrong.

Try entering 'mount' by itself, you'll get all your relivant information. You need to find '/system' in the stings of information and then which 'mmcblk0p*' (the * will be a number, your folder might be something different, like mtdblock3) it is attached to.

I think some ROM's use different locations, as I was told something simmilar to you, which wasn't working, I'm no expert so I had to fiddle and look to find the right string.

For example mine goes;

/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 on /system type ext3 (ro,relatime,errors=continue,data=or)

This told me I had to enter the following string to set it to rw;

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system

This seemed to work for me, but I need to enter it every time I restart the handset and want to change something in the /system folder.
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
Hello all

I just rooted my NC last night and I'm having two issues.

First, my NC reboots when I dont use it for a few minutes. It seems like any time I let it idle for more than 1-2 minutes it reboots itself. So far I've seen this happen in the wireless screen multiple times, but I'll be testing it on other screens today as well.

Second, I cant seem to stay connected to my home wifi network. When I rooted it last night it wouldnt connect at first, but I just toggled wifi on/off and it connected. Now I cant seem to access the internet at all. I can see and connect to my network, but the status hangs at "Connected, but no internet." I use a N router on WPA/WPA2 PSK.

I did run into a few weird things when rooting the device, which may or may not be related. The instructions on nookdevs say once you have the SD card in the device and it's then connected to your PC it should boot from the SD card with the screen off, then reboot on its own into the new boot animation. Mine never did this, (left it for about 20 minutes and the screen remained black) so I unplugged it and booted it up myself. It booted with the new animation and loaded into android and I was able to get the marketplace working. At this point the network started doing some really strange things, (dropping connection mid-stream on youtube, failing to load new tabs in market) so I did the 8 failed reboots reset and wiped the device to factory settings. From here I re-rooted it using the same steps with the same outcome. The device did not auto-boot but the root seems to have taken OK, but I have no network access just like before.

I was able to get it working for long enough to open up the market and download angry birds and a few other apps late last night, but I've been trying reboots and toggling wi-fi all day today and it still cannot connect.
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
Also, I am very new to Android and I can't seem to add shortcuts to applications to my home screen. How do I edit this?
[Nook Color General] thereddog:
I've been having issues with restarts as well. I think it has something to do with Soft Keys.

I am brand new to Android starting last night, but have been a Pre Homebrewer since July
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
I do use soft keys. I am unsure if that is causing the problem or not

I am going to go test the wifi issues on some public wifi hotspots today. Will report once I do
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
Reboots: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880785

No problems using or reconnecting to wifi here. No other problems.

And I doubt this reboot problem is related to softkeys, but I'm not going to uninstall it to find out. The problem has been (greatly) reduced by changing the scaling governor from conservative to ondemand, per the thread above.
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
Ah perfect thank you. I will read that thread fully once I get home.

I just tested the NC's wifi at a Starbucks and had no issues at all. Everything connected on the first try and I had 0 disconnections during 15 min of testing in multiple apps. I have to assume it is specific to my network, but I am not sure what the issue would be. I already have a 360 and a laptop using that network with no problems, and even my iPhone can use it when I tell it to.

Has anyone had similar network woes? I use a DIR 615
[Nook Color General] archongtv:
I found on other topics / forums that people generally has problem with N routers. I've got Linksys WRVS4400n and it randomly hangs when Nook is on (it just drops everything and there's no network connectivity on any devices @ home). When I have turned off N (I left only b/g) everything seems to work normally again. I did not dump traffic that Nook generates, but N-on configuration was a problem..

I hope that will help somehow.
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
Thanks very much. I've updated to newer firmware and that seems to be helping. If my issue persists I'll disable N and report my findings.
[Nook Color General] wrightmd93:
My wife and I gifted each other with nook colors for christmas, so I have 2 to compare side by side.

I'll be returning mine, as it has definite wifi issues. It can connect sometimes, and I was able to get registered after a couple tries and get a couple books downloaded, but more often than not I can't connect at all and the browser rarely works.

My wife's works fine and connects without any problems at all every time.

Both connecting to the same wireless network just an old 802.11G belkin access point that I've been using for a couple years.