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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XmentalX:
I followed the root guide here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045

and am running the sprint lovers rom but....

I am ok without Fresh but not ok with the stock kernel the battery drain is horrible..

I have tried the SBC kernel, and the netarchy-toastmod kernels.. if i flash either one of them in any flavor.. my camera stops working

I had a V003 evo from June but it had the purple hue screen and was gathering dust under the screen as well so I picked up a new one for $140 at radio shack and sold the old one.

the new one says V003 but honestly anytime i flash a kernel other then what comes in the above link my camera stops working so i am thinking it may have the new camera hardware but be labled v003...

any suggestions, feedback, options?

thanks in advance!

EDIT:

Phone info:

Hardware V 003

Baseband 2.15.00.11.19

Kernel that works 2.6.32.17-gee557fd #15

Build: 3.70.651.1

dont remember how to itentify my panel if that helps remind me how ill gladly share
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
It most likely has the new camera. The new source is needed to get it working on custom kernels. 003 and 004 have this new camera in it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XmentalX:
doh! well i guess ill have to live with battery drain in the meantime
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twiz0r:
FEW 003 evos have the new camera

Swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XmentalX:
Any definitive way to tell? Because I would really love the battery life of a custom kernel this dead by end of work day stuff has to go lol

-Who cares what I sent it from???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
I have a 003 evo with the new cam.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josh6780:
Is there a way to send a signal to your phone to power it on? I know that the company Asurion can do this. It is a new feature now. I have heard about this here and there but never have looked into it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
Wrong section should be in q&a

from my phone duh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
Maybe remote in ssh style or wireless adb and give the command shutdown.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aph:
Not possible unless the phone isn't really off. If just the screen is off, sure, it's very easy. Check out WebKey for full remote control of your phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Take a step back and look at what you're asking:

You want to turn on the phone, using the cell radio, while the phone and said radio is off. Quite simply, this is impossible unless you have the phone turn itself on to check-in for a "turn on all the way" message. What Asurion does is tag the phone and send it commands, but they can't do that if the actual phone is off and/or the battery pulled out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aronslusa:
You're cellphone is never truly "off" unless the battery is removed from the device.

There is likely a way to do it, but this guy **points thumbs at self** does not know how.

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html

Granted its an old article, but still gives light to what is possible.

And to the OP, I know what you are in reference too... I remember reading a while back that if a powerful enough signal is provided to a device the article was about wirelessly charging batteries from a far distance using towers rather than things like the touchstone and powermat type devices, and the device is able to interpret the signal and activate certain processes, it was in fact possible to charge wirelessly from a-far.

Same concept would be applied, but it would require a downloaded application to run 24/7 on your phone (on or off), unless you powered down by use of battery removal.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrRyder:
Why's everyone so quick to say that this is impossible? If it's impossible, how come with some phones, when the phone is off and an alarm is set, the phone will power on for the alarm to go off. I've seen it done. I'm sure a similar method could be used.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josh6780:
There is no doubt in my mind that this is imposable. I have read a few articles back in the day and even talked to a guy that worked in government security one day (I was selling him a phone) He was a manager over a department where all they do is watch for hackers all day long over networks for all sorts of corporations likes banks and what not. (there is a whole lot more to it than just that) Anywho, When I found out what line of work he was in, I could not help but ask him all sorts of questions. It took him a while to answer even start to answer them. We became buddy buddy I suppose enough for him to shed a little light on a few of mine. When I started asking him a couple of questions about some things I have read bout cell phones he was very very vague to the point where it looked like he was trying to tell me things without actually telling me. I was only able to get him to clearly answer one thing. I was asking him about GPS's in phones. He basically told me that most manufactures put many different alternate ways to access things on a cell phone. (did not specify what) He acted like it was government required or something. (Which I doubt) but he went on to say that there is a signal that you can send most phones that will send a GPS location back to the phone even if the phone is off. After he told me that I asked him about powering on the phone itself or powering on a direct (call) connection without the phone even coming on. (I have ready some pretty weird things) he basically was like "look there is no way around anything unless the battery is out of the phone, that's all I'm going to say" And I was all like "ok man". I also work for a phone company. Which is where I heard about Asurions new features. One of them which they claim, can wirelessly turn a phone on if it is off and the battery is not dead and call it for you or located it if you have lost it.

Which is basically why I am here asking these questions.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaner123:
josh6780 - I'm confused is the conclusion of your story that it possible or IMpossible??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bumsock:
S

Same here.... :-/ the suspense is killing me!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeC84:
What's the point of this anyways. I never turn my phone off, there is no need to.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josh6780:
This is for when you might have lost your phone or if someone stole it and had it off.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josh6780:
Exactly.............................
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesomecomb:
It's so cute. I think he is trying to use his big boy words.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josh6780:
Are you really trying to make fun of me?

Your the guy that bought an EVO from a dude that claimed he got it at best buy without checking the ESN. Then you come on the boards and ask how to activate it because it's not working. Then you start a whole new post asking if you can flash an EVO that has been flashed to cricket, back to sprint..... go away dude.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phillysphinest1:
No relevant knowledge to post but i sure as hell want somebody to check into it.

Im expecting a tutorial by the end of this week. Guys get to work!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kallisti5:
easy method

there is an easy method to wirelessly power on your phone...

...with your finger. (ba-dap-da *crash*)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonwarr.the.incredible:
Lol...never fails for me!

Anyways, I think anything is possible so long as it can be thought of...just my 2 cents...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkrodgers:
The phone is not off then. It's asleep. Big difference. Here's a simple test. The night before an important job interview/test at school/whatever, set an alarm. Hold the power button and choose "Power Off" from the menu. Go to sleep. See what happens.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] alitech:
So apple already has games that take advantage of the gyroscope in the Iphone 4. What can we test this with?

Any games out there?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] nxt:
Please search, there's already a thread on the exact same question.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=888883

Mods, please merge or delete or whatever.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] iCHRYST:
Hey all, I've been browsing around the forums trying to find answers but I must not be fully comprehending what's being explained.

I recently got a HTC HD2 (Person sent wrong phone on eBay - Purchased a HTC Desire after 4 weeks receive HD2 can't be without a phone for another month or 2). After playing around with Windows Mobile OS I have decided that I don't enjoy the experience of using the phone and have decided to try and flash Android to the device (thus why I am here).

I'm about to update the ROM to the latest official ROM from the HTC website (to update the Radio to get ready for flashing) however my problem lies after this.

I currently have a 2GB MicroSD card. "A breif guide to installing and maintaining Android" recommends a 4GB MicroSD card where others say I may use a 512MB MicroSD card. Thus leading to my confusion in flashing my device.

If anyone could point me in the right direction with the size of the sdcard I need and a "fool-proof" guide to flashing, or even a guide written for the average Joe to understand I would appreciate it.

Kind regards.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
Well firstly, it doesnt matter what size of card you have aslong as it can hold the android files and your data.img (internal storage file).

Second, You can not currenly "flash" any android to your phone, You only have the ability to reboot your phone into android OS and this would be ran from your sd card, Your phone in no way will be altered or flashed with any rom.

I will not attempt to tell you how to accomplish this as its a ridiculous question to ask as its obviously a faq and has been asked too many times and answered too many times..

Read, guides, read build topics, learn!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] iCHRYST:
Thank you for the quick response. I've been reading all I can here, however, it seems that everything is going over my head (such as things like SPL and Radio Versions). I'm not looking for a free ride with doing this, I'm just trying to find some assistance in a way I can understand.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] iCHRYST:
Mods, please close this thread. I have solved my problem.

Kind regards.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
I have read tons of threads on this and none of the answers are working for me. I was running Nero v3 and flashed a newer voodoo kernal. It booted back into CWR. I guess I hit the wrong option and now the phone will turn on to the Vibrant/Samsung screen and nothing else. No download mode and now recovery of any kind. It has been on the Vibrant screen for 45 min and no matter what I attempt, it will not do anything else. I would be willing to tip someone that can get me fixed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
How are you trying to get into download mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
I remove the batter, sim and sd.

Hold vol up and dwn.

put battery in.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Born_Immaculate88:
I have the same Nero rom you do and ran in to the same problem. This is what worked for me. You're going to need a computer, usb cable, your phone and battery.

1. Take the battery out of your phone and make sure it is off

2. Plug the phone into the computer with the USB cable *Without the battery in*

3. Put the battery back in the phone

4. Wait for the charging screen to come up ( the screen with the green battery)

5. Press the power button to let the phone boot up

After these steps the phone should boot up normally and you should be able to go to either your back-up rom or install another in rom manager. :)

Like I said this worked for me and I hope it works for you as well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
huh never heard that before.....

Anyway if that doesnt work just power off the phone plug the usb into the computer only then with the phone off hold both volume buttons then plug the micro usb into the phone that will get you into DL mode .
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
That didnt work out. Im still at the battery screen.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1cK'd:
You almost have the right combo for dl mode. Assuming you have your drivers loaded, lets begin. First things first have odin open on your pc, your pit and tar files loaded, ready to flash your rom. Take out battery, sim, and sd card. Phone off, plug the usb to pc, hold down both volume buttons then pop the battery in. It must be a pc, a wall outlet sends a different charge and wont trigger dl mode. You will see a com port light up in odin, hit start and sit back, it should only take a few to flash. If it hangs for more than 5 minutes at any one particular part of the flash, close and relaunch odin and repeat, boot to dl mode etc. Oh and if you dont get dl mode the first time, try it again, sometimes it takes a few goes to get into dl mode.

Ginger Clone's of the World Unite! Via the XDA App
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellette:
Best answer and will get you where you need to be.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaqr0d:
I had the same exact problem all I did was reboot into recovery mode and restored one of my backups (this was my last resort) and it werked....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
WEll..... this did not work after several attempts. I can not get into dl mode or recovery or anything. I downloaded and installed Droid Explorer and it sees the phone but there are no folders and none of the plugins will work for reboot to recovery, flash recovery etc. Do I need a stand alone recovery file for Droid Explorer to work?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1cK'd:
Keep trying. Take the battery out, let it sit for a few minutes, and try again. Still not working? Try, instead of holding down both volume up and down, try the same method, all cards and battery out, usb cable into pc and phone, hold down the volume down only, then pop the battery back in. I know it can be frustrating, one time it took me 45 minutes to successfully boot to dl mode trying over and over.

Just know, if you're seeing anything at all on the screen, you are not bricked, and it is possible to recover. The volume down only method worked for me the first time I had the same screen you are seeing. If you're getting frustrated, walk away for a few, go get some fresh air or do something to take your mind off it and come back to it when you're fresh.

Try both ways, with both volume buttons or just the volume down. Being sure to remove the battery after unsuccessful attempts. Diligence will prevail, don't get frustrated easily, and keep trying.

Also, once you get successfully flashed and back up and running, flash this recovery fix. After flashing this, I can get to recovery and dl mode so easily its stupid. Of course all the steps I am telling you are what I had to do before I flashed the fix linked below.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804305&highlight=recovery
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ionic7:
you said you hit the wrong option? It may help speed things along if you say what you hit and all, PS dont mess with something you dont know how to fix it will bite you in the ass.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
Thanks Br1cK'd for the info. I have tried it both ways and everytime I put the battery in with the usb cable in, the phone will not go past the gray battery image with a frozen loading icon in the middle. But I continue to try.

That was VERY helpful, thanks for chimeing in. :rolleyes:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swehes:
OP:

How to get into download mode

1) remove battery

2) plug battery in again

3) hold down the two volume buttons but not the power button

4) plug USB into the computer

5) plug usb into the phone

Voila! you are in the download mode (if your aren't hardkey locked)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1cK'd:
Just to be clear, plug the usb cable in, hold both volume buttons while popping the battery in. From what you are describing, it sounds as if you are releasing the volume buttons when you pop the battery in. Even if you release one or the other and try to press again, it will not work, and you have to unplug the usb and start the process again. Can be a pain in the ass, I know. You must hold them down and keep them held down while trying to boot to dl mode. Man, if you are anywhere near colorado springs, I'll do it for ya and flash that fix for this I posted earlier. Just be sure you do not release the volume buttons when popping in the battery.

What works for me, is to hold the phone face down in my palm, with the usb cable plugged in. Find the right angle to hold it and keep the volume buttons depressed, and in goes the battery. Again, good luck friend.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
That's exactly what I have been doing. If the fingers slip off, I start over. It is the oddest thing. I have experienced troubles before with other phones, but none this difficult. Im not real close to CO or I would take you up on it. I'm in TX. It doesn't matter how long I hold the vol button after the batt is put in, it only shows the gray batt and non-animated loading icon.

Someone mentioned the hardkey lock. I have never heard of this...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
Is there a way around this hardkey lock?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ by using a JIG, a guy on Team Whiskeys site sells them at a very good price.

JIG = 100% download mode.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swehes:
Also links to places how to make them

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=732458&highlight=bricked
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
Sorry for the bad image but this is now the screen Im getting.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1cK'd:
The jig may be the way to go.

I have a phone that was in the same build date range that other hardware locked phones are atrributed to, dont remember the range, but mine was manufactured on 8/7/2010, and while I always had a hard time triggering dl mode, it eventually worked. That was up until that fix was flashed. Its known there are manufacturing differences from one vibrant to the next due to the phones being built at a handful of different locations. Causing things like dl and recovery not accessible through the buttons, larger nands and a few other things. The jig should trigger dl mode.

There have been people who have swapped their vibrant with tmo, citing the inability to access dl and or recovery is a manufacturing flaw.

Hell man, if you get out this way, or want to pay shipping I will gladly give it a try. Pm me if any of the above applies.

Ginger Clone's of the World Unite! Via the XDA App
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeroplace:
I will definatly keep that in mind. Im going to continue to try at this and see what happens. Thanks for your help and patients and for not pounding me for screwing it up, LOL!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
@OP

Have you tried doing DL mode in the past?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1cK'd:
Not at all, I don't mind helping, or trying to, if I think of anything else I'll post it up here for ya.

Ginger Clone's of the World Unite! Via the XDA App
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
With three pages of instruction....he is either doing it wrong somehow or he is hardware locked . In other words s.o.l . Buy the jig .
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
How can I put some pictures in my files but not make them show up in my gallery?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android.francis:
Try the free app called VAULTY in the market.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
I'm not looking for a app I know there's a way to do this by changing the end extension to something else so gallery doesn't scan it

Thanks anyways
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] widto08:
Create an empty file named ".nomedia" (without the "") in the folder you want the pics to be hidden. Done....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Ooooooh k thanks il try that and report back
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] widto08:
Using that file will keep all "media" in the folder from showing. If you just want to keep certain pics/media from showing but want others to show rename the pics/media with a "." in front of the file name. Eg. "mypic.jpg" ---> ".mypic.jpg"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Got it worked thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadrock:
out of curiosity... are you hiding porn?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
No. I'm not sick like most others.

My parents don't like, my girlfriend so they check my phone for pictures so I wanna hide them haha
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] gokcer76:
Hi Guys,

I just flashed the tablet to TNT 3.1.0 along with LaunchPro. I installed Dolphin Browser. When I put a shortcut to URL on the Home from the dolphin browser, It launches the page in the stock browser. Sometimes it opens a blank stock browser window and it loads the page in Dolphin. I cant figure out if there is a pattern to when it does this.

Any suggestions to open URL shortcuts to open in Dolphin?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] jimcpl:
When it goes to a browser don't you get a popupp asking to select which browser to use?

That popular should Java a checkbox, and if you check that, it should use the selected browser as the default browser.

Jim
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] gokcer76:
It does the first time if I clear the Dolphins "Use Default" option from ManageApps. After the first time it still starts stock browser.

I am using MgeekBookMark as the shortcut type. Should I be using something else?

Samething happens in ADW and Stock Launcher as well.

Something with MgeekBookMark fires up the stock browser
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] gokcer76:
I fixed it. I had to go SYSTEM APP MANAGEMENT and clear the Default from WEB application.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
When I go to people next to one of them there is a little 2 so I click on it and then at the message tab at the bottom also with a 2. I open it and it says 2 new voice mails. I click on one of them and the people and vvm applications both crash and force close. I have checked my vm manually by dialing my numer and gave no voice mails. I have tried everything from clearing cache to deleting the contact, wich did make it dissappear but onceb I put the contact back in the 2 voice mails came back with the same crash. Any one have any sugestions on how to get rid of these?

Sent from my HTC Incredible

Rooted - S-OFF

Virtuous 3.2 Rom

Virtuous custom kernel v3
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvit:
Do you use google voice?

There is a chance these indicators are from your carrier prior to initializing google voice VM as your primary VM.

If so, you should be able to briefly change your primary VM to your carrier, just enough too clear the VMs, then switch back to google voice VM.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
No I dont use google voice. However awile back the stock vvm app somehow stoped functioning. Well in the process of trying to fix it with some instruction i found on google it got deleted.

I searched high and low for the stock incredible htc vvm with no luck, so the only vvm app i could find from a verizon phone was for the motorola droid x. i installed it and it works great but now i have the ghost vmails.. i have also tried installing the verizon visual vm which works also but still same problem.

If anyone can post the stock htc vvm.apk it would be much appreciated.

Sent from my HTC Incredible

Rooted - S-OFF

Virtuous 3.2 Rom

Virtuous custom kernel v3
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] suppliesidejesus:
The new version of SetCPU seems to let us set CPU speeds for boot. Check it out in the market!

Sent from my Fascinate using the XDA app