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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Thanks for the effort. But I'm not sure what this is achieving other than duplicating the existing rooting guides in the dev forum.

Also this isn't a very up-to-date guide, it only seems to use one version of "wpthis.ko" and it isn't clear if this is for pre-OTA or post-OTA G2s. And it doesn't cover the DZ either, so it's not a "Vision" guide, just a G2 one.

The existing wpthis.ko was found by scotty not really to work properly anyway, and the newer gfree method of rooting (fully documented in the Wiki) is more reliable (though still does not work with all kernels). And you know Visionary hasn't been updated for months now, right ?

Sorry if this seems like I'm just trashing your guide, but I don't see how posting old information is going to help people ? :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijoshv2:
It may be old, but I had yet to see a collective guide on xda developers' website about rooting, s-off, and flashing the 'G2' vision. In which I clearly stated this was for the G2. Not the Desire Z. This is the only method I knew about, and this guide was for a few select friends, and whomever else felt the need to use it. Its okay if you don't agree this post was helpful. But come on. This was the surefire way I used to root my G2, so I'm spreading the knowledge. Let not hate.

:)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Groboto:
So visionary still works right?

Just checking before I go threw with this.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Exactly, it's old. If you're writing a new guide, why use very old, out-of-date info, when you could easily provide the latest info (e.g. from the Wiki).

Yes, it's a collective guide, but one with old info in, so I don't see how that's helpful.

Your guide uses wpthis.ko, but makes no reference to G2s that might be running the original shipped ROM, or the OTA update. So this will only work on some of those phones.

Your article talks about something that T-Mobile did "to prevent rooting". I don't know where you got that information from, but it's not correct. T-Mobile did nothing to prevent rooting, because the OTA came out before root was fully achieved. It's just that the way of disabling NAND write protection needed to be done differently on the OTA (more as an accident than anything that T-Mobile did).

You refer to Visionary as a "sure-fire" way of rooting. Are you sure ? Have you seen how many phones have ended up stuck in a boot loop after using Visionary ?

Also, I find it kind of weird/interesting how your guide points people to another website to choose their list of custom ROMs. Why not point them to the dev forum on this site ?

Sorry but your guide is full of mistakes and out of date. You haven't even posted it in the right forum, this is the Q&A forum.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijoshv2:
It worked for me. Bottom line, That's because i did it step by step and actually followed directions.

Old or not, IT WORKS.

If you want to make something better, then do so. Otherwise, silence your lout. Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krisko24:
Thank you for this write up. I was having problems getting my root to stick even though it was showing s-off but I followed your steps

10. After that is done, reboot the phone. When it boots back up, turn it off and back on holding down Volume Down and Power until the HBoot screen comes up. Confirm it says S-OFF at the top. If so, you have S-OFF.

11. Now, to get permanent root, turn the phone back on to get to the normal home screen.

12. Open Visionary and Uncheck TempRoot on Boot and click Temproot Now.

13. Then select Attempt Perm Root Now and the phone should reboot.

14. Once the phone reboots, open Terminal Emulator on the phone and type su and hit enter. If you get the # symbol, you have permanent root access and S-OFF

AND IT WORKS!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijoshv2:
You're welcome, fellow G2 owner. :)

Why don't you join my group, for those who love their G2? :D just check my groups in my profile, hopefully we can get a good set of owners together. You never kno what a mass of similar thinking people could accomplish! :)

Plus, i'm going to start posting some cool guide on how to further customize / enhance your device! Good stuff to kno. :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dimitri1992:
Can i use this tutorial for HTC Desire Z?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ijoshv2:
This tutorial was create for THE G2. I would NOT recommend you trying this method. Go around and search google for a tutorial MADE FOR YOUR PHONE. Although the phones are almost exactly alike, they don't necessarily mean they are exactly the same.

Find a different method.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jordan779:
Need help

This is not working for me. I temprooted my phone using visionary but when i try to use terminal to permroot, whenever i type "su" it say permission denied. Please help. I've been trying to do this all night and have been unsuccessful.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lainvalenajr:
Hmm...It is true that it is out of date but for me it works fine. I didn't use the wiki way cause it was to confusing for me and Unfrogivens method was working fine on me. Not saying this method is better or anything and I know this method is unsafe "if" you do not fallow what it says. Like always people try Gfree method 1st before trying this one...(Only for G2)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwind:
When I rooted my DZ, I combined all referrences and guides ;)

It was very hard at the beginning to understand the instruction, but after read and tried, it become easier to understand.. and I finally could root my DZ...

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roggles77:
Hello

Hello all totally new to android and was trying to root my g2. I followed instructions thourghly ( so i thought at least) and the s is still on after i exit the emulator and reboot. The last part about typing sync threw me off, how many times am i supposed to type sync while hitting enter after each line? Which lines, im sure overanaylzing something but didnt seem to work and tried multiple times. Thanks for your time..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwatts1977:
hi all

i have tried and failed to root my galaxy s, i am running froyo and have so far tried super one click and z4root but neither worked.

does anybody any other ways to root it and also which is the best lag fix to use.

my phone is locked to orange and is

basband version i9000bvpj3

kernal version 2.6.32.9 - root@se-s611 #1

build no. froyo.bvjp8

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perror:
Hello,

i have the same problem. tried z4root and it only crashes and turns me to my home screen.

Please, anyone???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpsalas:
Did u have debugg mode on? Go to..settings>applications>development and tik debug mode or w\e and try again :-D gl
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neilmurg:
I also have a locked orange phone. with Froyo 2.2:

PDA: BVJP8

Phone: BVJP3

CSC: BVJP8

build: 2010. 12

kernel 2.6.32.9 root@SE-S611 #1

I would like to root my phone, use Titanium backup and them go for 2.2.1 and possibly Darky's stuff, but before I do I would like to hold the files so that I could get back to my current build (in case I have to return the phone).

None of the builds I've seen are explicitly the Orange locked build. Also the root fixes, like SuperOneCLick don't seem to work with 2.2, so it appears if I go for the manual upgrade, I am committing before I can use Titanium to back up my bought apps / data (because Titanium requires phone to be rooted).

Has anyone read Catch-22? can you enlighten me please?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oggy059:
have you tried Galaxy S I9000 One-Click Root yet?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheKoomba2010:
try z4root however your phone has to be conneced to the pc with kies closed down and usb debugging on!! and then hit root

:D
[General Topics] pillowking:
hi does any one know why when i plug my xperia mini 2.1 in to my pc it disables my wireless internet connection????
[General Topics] DarrellRaines:
Maybe a little more information like are you sharing you internet connection via your xperia, operating system, what type of wireless connection you have and so forth?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] HAKA:
Was browsing the market and found this...

The original Gingerbread Launcher(not by me! :p)

Absolutely free! And simply amazing!!! Very Fast, very smooth! And obviously better than SE Homescreen! :p
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] XperianPro:
ADWLauncher EX have more themes and is smooth.:D
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] racht:
Its ok but nowhere near LauncherPro ..
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] revenge50:
screens of that pls
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] .kannabizz.:
LPP and ADWex own the launcher market..
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Disastery:
Can somebody upload it here? Don't have free internet(
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Disastery:
please, will be grateful
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Buddha:
see the attachment below :D
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] thorrellius:
Will it work on an unrooted X8?

Does any one have a screenshot of it?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Disastery:
It's not working att all,doesnt install
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] airyz:
ftw :D

im using zeem now. very easy..
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] borisstone:
it dosen't work on my X8 with chineese fw

" syntax error" ... :(
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mmalott:
For those of you who like the minimalistic look on your home screen you should check Calendr. Its a lot like clockr which is also shown on my screen shots. Its got a few configurations to suit your taste and comes off really clean.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kizer:
Thanks for this. This is really cool I've been using Quick Calendar forever since it alerts in my Notification Bar, but I really like how this shows right on your screen and its rather clean looking.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/quick-calendar/net.jimblackler.quickcalendar
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mmalott:
This app will also display the full date in short form (screen1).

I'm kinda torn between this one which goes great with clockr and smooth calendar (screen2).
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jscarano:
mmalott whats that widget you have near the bottom that has batt % and storage for sd card?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mmalott:
Mini Info. It's free in the Market.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HarpingOn:
Does (or can) the Galaxy S i9000 use apt-X CODEC for music over bluetooth headphones?

I've got some Sennheiser PX 360 BT headphones on the way, and they support apt-X which does make quite the difference.

I know my iPod doesn't do apt-X, it'd be nice if the Galaxy did though. Can't find it mentioned in a spec page anywhere.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblawsum:
i'd like to know this too, i was looking through the galaxy s documentation but couldn't find anything. Maybe that's the answer right there.

I got the px210 bt as a birthday gift and if the galaxy supported apt-x that woulod just be the icing on the cake..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodak69:
Any news on that? I'd like to know that too but there's no such information online.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblawsum:
as far as i could figure out at the time, it's not supported. I asked around and apparently it could be added on by writing an apt-x specific bluetooth stack and adding it to the kernel but no one has attempted it to the best of my knowledge.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dolphran:
csr (the owners of aptX) announced it would be supported on the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. Perhaps it can be ported from there to the Galaxy II S (and the Epic 4G Touch which I have). Any thoughts on this?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magneticzero:
I have basically completed my rom, but I dont know where to change the text that covers this window.

Thanks in advance for any insight.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtblittlebrown:
okay I can not succesfully flash my att x10a to 2.1 when i use the binary graphical flash tool it fails. Either it starts to but then gives me an error .Java null point exception or it flashes and then sets my phone on a loop when i turn it on . Activating phone then to screen with emergency call button . then if i press anything it just resets and does the same thing. Luckily seus can reinstall the original software. so i need help i have installed seus pc companion and i have the latest java. Someone please help
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Try again, and read through the thread.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtblittlebrown:
woa i never read that through firstly how do you disable uac and how do you wipe your USERDATA
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
That's the biggest problem here.

It's probably stated somewhere in the original thread, but see THIS for UAC and the flashtool for data.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtblittlebrown:
strange when i plugged my phone in flash mode this time it says installing driver for semc usb flash but then it fails
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Are you doing that before running the flashtool? If not do so, by running seus just past the point of putting it in to flash mode, then try again.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbo77:
Have you tried starting windows in safe mode? I read somewhere in here that starting Windows in Safe mode will allow you to install the drivers without any problem.

Jim
[G Tablet General] SirDroidAlot:
I just got a new G Tablet as a Christmas present and had a chance last night to charge it up. Then this morning I turned it on an attempted to establish a Wifi connection from my NetGear router, but with no success. I went into settings, and it found my wifi, but when it tried to connect, it just would say "disconnected . . . Connected . . . Disconnected. . .

I have two laptops that work fine with this router. Should I go out and pick up a new router? I'm excited to get the new update, but I first need a wifi connection.
[G Tablet General] goalweiser:
No Sir. Your router is not the problem.

My WiFi on the GTablet was doing the same thing. Apparently there's different errors than pop up on different GTabs like the battery error. These were made in China so we can't necessarily count on everything being the best quality...hence the screen.

That said, there's several ways to temporarily fix the problem without flashing a new rom. There's a thread in this GTab forum which covers them all. I usually had to turn airplane mode on and then turn it off so I could manually connect to my router.

However, there are firmware updates from Viewsonic now and the TNT Lite 3.00 rom I'm running completely got rid of that error. I connect without any trouble whatsoever.

I would advise downloading the latest VS Stock update from the forum here and flashing it through recovery mode. This may be confusing, but if you read up a bit in the Development forum, you'll be upgrading and connecting in no time.
[G Tablet General] racedog:
I agree with your comment except for the above. The problem with the screen is not that it is made in China, it is that Malata chose a cheap screen to use in the product in order to keep costs down in order to be able for their OEM resellers, such as Viewsonic, to be able to sell the device at a much lower price than competing tablets. This is my personal take on this and YMMV.

R
[G Tablet General] goalweiser:
I'm not sure where any of the parts were made. I do know the tablet was assembled in China which means your assessment would probably be correct.

The WiFi on stock roms as Roebeet suggested in another forum has always been an issue until recently. Which would imply that despite the materials used to make this tablet, drivers and firmware could fix most of the issues.
[Fascinate General] jselden:
Yeah I know another Froyo 2.2 post. But I found this interesting that the Samsung product page for our phone has it listed with 2.2 coming standard. Maybe a clue that it will come within the next few months.

This is the Fascinate for Verizon network.

Hopeful for 2.2 yes, will it happen, probably not soon. I can wait.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SCH-I500RKAVZW
[Fascinate General] lthibeault:
there are multiple posts about this same thing....

search for those...
[Fascinate General] devistator18:
Well that is a step in the right direction. The picture under the little article "Galaxy S with Android 2.2OS" still says 2.1 though, but eh at least they are acknowledging that 2.2 is coming very soon.
[Fascinate General] jselden:
Figured i would get flamed for this. But all the rss feeds today are posting. sorry guys, did not read every single 2.2 post from start to finish to realize this was posted.

Anyways. Site is inconsistent. who knows when it will happen. I am not getting my hopes up for it. just thought i would share the already shared news again.

Cheers!
[Fascinate General] devistator18:
I'm not sure about other people on here, but I appreciate the info. Since this is the first time I have seen it. Also because it is not speculation, it is straight off of the samsung site.
[Fascinate General] lthibeault:
wasn't Flaming you or bagging you, simply saying some other posts here and at www.Fascinateforums.com have more info from Samsung reps...
[Fascinate General] tannor:
i don't see 2.2 on that page...it shows 2.1 under specs and near pic?
[Fascinate General] jselden:
Looks like the over zealous web programmers have fixed the Fascinate for Verizon to show only 2.1 again. Someone either jumped the gun or is just trying to get peoples hopes up.

Hope they got a good laugh!
[myTouch 4G General] beelbeel:
I was looking for a simple dock that could let me set my phone on my bedside table to act as an alarm and charge, and I came across this guy that might do the trick...

-- I can't post links, apparently, but a google search for "ezestand" will bring it up --

Have any of you tried it? It looks like it could be great, but I also have a feeling that the usb port on the phone will be blocked by the support portion of the stand. In the websites FAQ, they mention that another phone (the HTC droid incredible) could not be supported without shifting it off to the side, due to the location of the usb port. I have no experience with that phone, but I get the impression that the mytouch 4g would have the same issue. Does anybody here have experience with the incredible, and could you compare its usb port location to that of the mytouch?
[myTouch 4G General] CBConsultation:
Why not pay a little extra and get the official MT4G stand at a T-Mo store?
[myTouch 4G General] beelbeel:
I would consider it, but it's roughly four times the price. It's a nice looking stand, but I don't think it's features justify it's price.
[myTouch 4G General] tonyriceroni:
Lol i dont think $35 is just a "little extra"
[myTouch 4G General] CBConsultation:
I do agree with you there. It is pricey.

The ezestand is universal so it should fit a wide variety of phones. For roughly $13 I would say give it a try and report back here with a review and your thoughts.
[myTouch 4G General] beelbeel:
I have a really strong feeling that it won't work, but that is not going to stop us from getting the info. There is a member of the t-mobile forums who bit the bullet and bought one. Their "shipping department" (probably the same one person that runs every other department) is closed until January second, so they are not going to get the dock for a while. If I find anything out from that member, I will post it here too.
[myTouch 4G General] CBConsultation:
Great. Will keep a look out for it.
[myTouch 4G General] chrisjs81:
You could place the phone in the dock with the USB port facing up (buttons to the left).
[myTouch 4G General] beelbeel:
Unfortunately, the display would then be upside down.
[myTouch 4G General] chrisjs81:
Oh? I didn't try the desk dock app but the clock app will rotate all four ways.
[myTouch 4G General] beelbeel:
I had not noticed that. The clock app does indeed seem to rotate when you put it into its simpler modes (that only show the time), but it does not rotate in the normal position. That is not really a big deal, though, so this is definitely a possible solution. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] ninestraycats:
HTC Sense's People app can't sync individual Google contact groups, for some reason. The stock Android Contacts app can.

Is it possible to replace the former with the latter? This thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795178) suggests no, but I can't find any information online or xda about the Rosie framework or precisely what you can modify in HTC Sense.

What I attempted was to rename HtcContacts.apk to blah.apk.bak and trying to install a stock Contacts.apk I found online, but I got a strange 'sbin/sh: pm not found!' error using 'adb install.' Simply pushing Contacts.apk to /system/app was not enough (the People app obviously wasn't available anymore but neither was the stock Contacts app).
[General Questions and Answers] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Put stock contacts apk in system/app and rename it to htccontacts.apk

Sent from my Epic that craves frozen yogurt
[General Questions and Answers] sgtfoo:
I've been looking for the same solution.

Had anyone else tried this with success?

[stock 2.2 on HTC Desire-Z]
[General Questions and Answers] sgtfoo:
where do we get the stock contacts apk?
[General Questions and Answers] lordequus:
Bumping because I am interested in this as well. I can't find a trustworthy place to get the stock contacts.apk. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] custm2007:
Bumping...Anyone figure this out?

I've been searching forever for a way to change the Pople app on my EVO 4G, I need the ability to filter the google contacts.
[General Questions and Answers] xiuhaotian:
try reset.

you can download it on store.
[General Questions and Answers] custm2007:
Maybe I posted this in the wrong thread.

What I'm trying to do is replace the stock people app to one from another HTC phone. I have the EVO 4G but it does not have the ability to filter the google contacts like most of the other HTC phones.

Can anyone help with this?
[General Questions and Answers] SonicSamZ:
Bumping an old thread but I am wondering exactly this, due to various reasons I have to stick with a Sense based ROM, I have root. Can I replace People with a stock Contacts apk? If so, how!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rebecker:
I'm currently using Google Tasks Organizer, version 2.4.1. I discovered today that a repetitive task that is set to repeat 7 days after completion and marked complete on my phone was not properly handled. I'm using gSyncit to coordinate my calendar and contacts with Google and the Android. The completed task DOES show up in Outlook properly, one week after the completed date. However, the task no long appears on my phone or on my Google calendar. Any suggestions on how I get get repetitive tasks to work with the phone? Is there another method that works with Android/Google/Outlook?

Thanks in advance.

-Bob-