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[Fascinate General] john122675:
Something happened when flashing now it only boots into voodoo recovery and clockwork recovery. I cant restore or wipe and flash a new rom it only boots into recovery even when you pull battery and try a normal boot.

now its booting to stock recovery but says E:can't mount /dev/block/st111 (invalid argument) please help tried everything cant get it to boot i had tried to install dj05 as instructed just got the fascinate 2 days ago used to the incredible.
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
Im not sure if this has been brought up (I did a search and got nothing but rom threads) but I found an app that is an explorer with the ability to browse and change root files.

The app is called super manager. If you have a rooted phone and can't quite afford root explorer this is a decent alternative.

The GUI needs some work but its pretty straight forward.

Sent from my futuristic phone
[Android Apps and Games] danger-rat:
...or use estrongs, with the root option enabled?
[Android Apps and Games] galaxys:
Good to have another option...will check out Super Manager.
[Android Apps and Games] lexluthor:
Wow, lots of bad info here already.

Estrong says root only works for 2 specific roms. Is there a reason you are suggesting that in general then? Are their instructions wrong?

I tried super manager last week and it also appears to be a task manager. Even when I tried to turn off those functions, it still ran as a service using up 21mb. No thanks for something I only want to use once in a while.
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
Well the app is only version 1.9.7 so there is plenty f room for improvement. Im not too happy about the memory consumption but atleast I have an Option, i Can always uninstall and reinstall it on an "As needed basis" that way it don't devour memory

Sent from my futuristic phone
[Droid 2 General] jsmith45:
Let me start by introducing myself. I'm the new owner of a Droid 2 Global (but I'm posting in Plain Droid 2 General, because the distinction has no relevance for my questions).

I previously owned an HTC Titan (which I left stock, which is unusual for me). Before that I had an HTC Apache, which I customized heavily, back in the day when XDA only covered HTC WinMo phones. I was even customizing ROMs, although not at a particularly advanced level. I mostly followed other forums, but many of the important utilities used originated here.

But enough of the old history. I now have the D2G. Relative to the tiny low resolution screen of my WinMo phones, this was a real upgrade :-).

So the first thing I did was root the phone, and installed Fission. I've also installed various apps I've seen recommended, and am wanting to hear any suggestions people have for other apps.

I'm no interested in most of the things that top many "must-have apps" lists, like social networking apps, and I'm especially interested in knowing about interesting obscure apps, but I could still have missed some interesting mainstream apps.

I'm including an annotated list of my currently installed (non-rom) apps.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Current Apps:

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 (com.adoble.flashplayer)

Adobe Reader (com.adobe.reader)

AudioManager (com.smartandroid.audiowidget) I'm not particularly happy about this app's widgets being refreshed by polling, rather than by somehow subscribing to the volume change events. Is there a similar root-only app hat works like that?

Barcode Scanner (com.google.zxing.client.android)

Compass (com.apksoftware.compass)

Dolphin Browser HD (mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser)

Droid 2 Bootstrapper (com.koushikdutta.droid2.bootstrap)

Earth (com.google.earth)

eSpeak TTS (com.marvin.espeak)

Fission Rom Manager Lite (br.romdownloader)

GMail (com.google.android.gm) Fission omits this since it is on the market

Goggles (com.google.android.apps.unveil) Interesting, albeit not practical

Google Sky Map (com.googl.android.stardroid) A bit more practical

Google Translate (com.google.android.apps.translate)

GPS Test (com.chartcross.gpstest)

Maps (com.google.android.apps.maps) Fission omits this since it is on the market

Root Explorer (com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer)

Shopper (com.google.android.apps.shopper)

Street View (com.google.android.street) Fission omits this since it is on the market

Superuser (com.noshufou.android.su) Downloaded latest version from market, so I am notified of updates

Terminal Emulator (jackpal.androidterm)

Titanium Backup (com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup)

Titanium Backup Pro (com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro)

Voice Search (com.google.android.voicesearch) Fission omits this since it is on the market

YouTube (com.google.android.youtube) Fission omits this since it is on the market

Update: Apps I've tried based on suggestions and think that I will stick with (unless I see something better) will be added to the above list, in bold.
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Handcent sms. Best text messaging app out there and its free. Launcherpro is also awesome.
[Droid 2 General] rusty815:
i would get a cpu control app like setcpu, or if you want to overclock go with droid overclock by jrummy, i personally cant use an android phone without fancy widget. i also noticed that there wasnt an xda app in there ;)
[Droid 2 General] theimpaler747:
Agreed, I'd go ADW launcher though :)
[Droid 2 General] botnryan:
theres a new version called adw ex and it costs$2.50 but it is SO worth it. so much more customization. i also second handcent sms.
[Droid 2 General] theimpaler747:
I have it, and love it as well :D
[Droid 2 General] Ecnassianer:
Here's some worth checking out:

Google Voice: Google Voice will transcribe your voicemails to text, store them on the web, make them searchable, and allow you to archive them forever. Single most amazing thing to happen to phones since they got data connections. Ignore the rest of this list and get google voice. It's worth the few minutes of setup time.

qik: You can stream video live to the web. I haven't really found a great use for it, but how cool is that?

Dropbox: If you don't use Dropbox on your PC, that's a whole other story I need to tell you about, but there's an app for your android. It syncs your data to the cloud and keeps all your computers in sync with the newest versions.

Google Sky Map: Do you see a constellation? Hold your phone at arms length in front of the stars in question and google sky map will tell you their names, the name of the constellation, and other cool stuff. It's one of those you have to see it to believe it.

Jorte is a much better calendar than the default one. You can put much more useful widgets on the desktop and see the names of your events when you're in monthly or weekly views.

ADW is an awesome launcher (I use it), but Launcher Pro is probably cool too.

Get your bank's mobile banking app. Super useful.

Verizon has an app that shows you your minutes used, txts sent, and data downloaded.

Cool games:

Rocket Bunnies

Mechanics Touch

Robo Defense

Repilica Island

Air Control

Buka

Radiant

Totemo
[Droid 2 General] jsmith45:
Feedback on the suggestions: (Updated)

Its really not clear what Handcent SMS gets me over the default provider, especially since I don't use SMS very much. Also if I do decide to go Google Voice in the future, said app becomes somewhat moot, since AIUI only the GV app works well with GV's SMS.

ADW Launcher EX looks interesting. I do have some reservations though. I remember that early on all replacement launchers had issues that varied from effectively locking you out of the phone by breaking (with the breakage surviving restarts), through to eating up battery like crazy. Have those all been pretty well resolved?

The XDA-Developers app has ads, and more importantly does not seem to let me refer back to older posts while composing.

I'm not sure what to make of Dolphin HD. It has ads unless you buy a license, but those ads are hidden away in places like the bookmarks management screen (while the bookmarks sidebar is what you use most of the time). It does support downloading any file even if no app for the format is installed. On the other hand functionality like a password manager is only available in an add-on (and the password manager one is a paid add-on).
[Droid 2 General] rusty815:
I've used both adw and launcher pro, I loved adw but I just didn't find it as stable or as smooth as launcher pro, so I stayed with launcher pro, just a little input for your consideration
[Droid 2 General] elvyrorie:
I'm sure there is someone who will disagree, but I really like Dolphin HD browser. It may be a hair slower than some other browsers, but I really like the bookmarks bar on the left side.
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Some other apps I've found are the miui music app (best music player app I've found) and also the miren browser from the miui rom. Worth checking out and they are free.
[Droid 2 General] elvyrorie:
I just downloaded that miren browser, I haven't heard of it. I'm going to have to test it for a while.
[Droid 2 General] Abowersq:
AdFree if you don't like the ads. Cachemate, drocap2. Just some suggestions
[Droid 2 General] elvyrorie:
Tried the miren browser. I still prefer dolphin though.
[Droid 2 General] rancur3p1c:
chompSMS over Handcent for me. Main reason for these is the popup notifications. Saves me from turning on screen, unlocking, dragging down status bar, tapping message, and then being able to read it. Auto lights up screen (20 sec configurable for me) and opens a pop-up window, you can instant-reply there too. Oh and the quick-compose, I map that through the LauncherPro activities feature to search button + P to instantly start composing an SMS.

andChat if you ever need irc

tTorrent Lite looks nice haven't used it just have it installed

K-9 Mail much better than gmail (gmail hogs precious vertical viewing area when in landscape mode)

GTask, enable tasks in google labs on your gmail (if this is still a labs feature and not official now).

MusicJunk: I won't spoil this one for you.

I'd say that's it.
[Droid 2 General] rusty815:
I actually like go sms, its very customizable and has the pop ups like chomp, although I disable them from time to time. And I also found hancent a little buggy, sometimes it wouldn't send my messages, go sms sends them very fast, almost as soon as I hit send.
[Droid 2 General] rancur3p1c:
IMO, Go SMS, like most apps, uses too much vertical space. Who needs half an inch for a message ? I wish more would do it like k-9 mail and just make it like 1/4th inch high at the max.
[Droid 2 General] phrozen87:
I don't use very many social networking apps and mainly use my phone for media purposes aside from some of the more popular news type apps like Tapatalk, Pulse news reader and stuff here are a few you may be interested in:

Media Apps:

BeyondPod - If you like podcasts this app is amazing. Doggcatcher is pretty good also, but I simply prefer the more minimalist style of BeyondPod.

iSyncr - if you want to sync music from itunes to your phone

PlayerPro - imo this is the best music player for android hands down. its very customizable and has a ton of options and features. If you are interested in trying it check out the Sens skin for it.

RockPlayer - plays literally any video format. Eventually I hope to move to vPlayer, but that isn't all that stable on the Droid 2/X phones atm.

XiiaLive - a shoutcast streaming player with a pretty good interface. I think Winamp may also stream as well.

System/Widget Apps:

LauncherPro - other people have mentioned it. To clarify I have never had a reboot lock problem or any battery drain from it and I have been using it since I got my droid 2 back in the summer (4-5+ months), so I can confidently say it is more than stable and very fast.

Volume Toggle (Free or Pro) - I have been using free for months. Its similar to AudioManager except superior in every way. I am fairly sure it works with system change events in the latest versions of it. If nothing else give it a shot. It has a nice widget you can tap to change profiles and can auto-profile things like the headset. The ads in the free version are so minimal you wouldn't notice them as they only exist down in the profile creation screens so you wouldn't see them 9/10 days.

SimiClock - A great homescreen widget with date/time/weather and a super minimalistic look.

Launch-X (Free or pro) - A pretty neat launcher widget with a decent amount of customization.

Other Interesting Apps:

TippyTipper - easy tip calculator

Urbanspoon - find good places to eat fast!

psx4droid- Play playstation games on your phone

An app you will probably never hear of:

SimplyNoise - A White noise generator. It really helps me when studying and/or programming. Its basically a version of the website http://www.simplynoise.com/ stuffed into a concise little app. Its kinda weird, but I really like it!
[Droid 2 General] jj702561:
swift key

its a keyboard with the capability of predicting the next word you're going to write and it works very well with the physical keyboard (the whole purpose of owning a droid 2 lol) it is a paid app but it is so worth it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gthmcty1:
I cannot get my custom ringtones to show up in any of my listings for notifications or anything, I have even done the sdcard/media/ringtones/notifications/alarms option withing the media folder but to no avail I cannot find them? Any suuggestions
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josephgp:
Well, the correct order of the folder to create is: media inside this create a folder called audio. In audio folder create three folders called: alarms, notifications and ringtones. Now into these folders put your files to play as a ringtone, notification or alarm as well.

I have a little problem with this, the media scanner do its job and the sounds appears in the media player too! Damn :eek:, I tried to fixed with the ".nomedia" file into the folder but then the media scanner doesn't put the files as ringtones.:confused::confused:

I'm looking for a solution for this, as soon as I have it I'll tell you!!:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrius:
Am wondering if there is a application or something that gives me access to /data while the phone is booted into the OS.

I know i can mount /data from recovery and remove/add files and stuff from there, but am wondering if this is possible to do while the phone is booted into the OS?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
You need to flash the modified Hboot by AlphaRev to provide you with S-OFF (Securiy Off) for NAND unlock and to provide you with full root access, while the phone is powered on (booted into the OS). Search the Desire Android Development section of the forum.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrius:
Okay, let's say i do this, how do i access /data when am booted into the OS then?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Depending on what you want to do, you can use a File Explorer app to make modifications while the OS is running, and use apps like MetaMorph that require full system privileges to make r/w changes to the system partition, for example.

EDIT: Here is the thread I was referring to: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794314
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrius:
Well i've tried out s-off, and it looks like i can see the content on the /system folder with Astro, but the Data folder is empty, but i know there should be an bootanimation.zip file there, as i've seen it while the /data was mounted in recovery.

Maybe i need another file explorer than Astro? Or?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
What to do is, download EStrong File Explorer from the Marketplace. Once installed, open EStrong File Explorer and select the Menu button, then choose 'Settings'. Scroll down to 'Root Options' and select it. In Root Options, enable Root Explorer and choose the relevant option. Also choose the 'Mount File System' option as the /system partition was in read-only mode before and the files were hidden. Now, when you go to /data/local (i think), here you will find the location of the bootanimation.zip
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrius:
Didn't work, looks like i have to have a CM rom or HiAPK rom. Any other idea?

And thanks for the help so far =)

Edit: There is an app in the market that's called "Root Explorer" that says it should give me access to the "elusive /data" folder, maybe that will work?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
You don't need to be s-off to access /data. Or at least I didn't have to be.

Try putting bootanimation.zip in /data/local anyway and see if it works.

This overrides the existing bootanimation that is stored elsewhere.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrius:
Trying out a different rom, and bought Root Explorer and now am able to see the content in the /data folder at least.
[Galaxy Tab General] maxima0002:
My problem is this, after installing launcherpro plus and Widgetsoid last night, I can't seem to get data to turn on, even though "User Packet Data" is checkmarked.

I use "dataswitch" to turn on data on/off.

Any ideas or someone who's gone through this problem and found a remedy?

I have tried restarting the unit, without success. So before I reset the Tab completely, I'll give the forums a try first.

Thanks for any suggestions!!
[Galaxy Tab General] pakalrtb:
You probably lost the APN settings. You will need to put them again : go to

Menu-Settings-wireless and network-mobile networks-access point names-and at this point use the menu button and hit NEW apn

You will have to set up the APN with the settings from your provider, and at the end hit the menu button again and SAVE.

Once you save it you will see the APN you just create. It will probably select by itself. If not Select it and enjoy your data connection again.

Last thing hit the Thank you button to my post :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSellers2:
When I lock the device, it does not seem to lock the left side vol control toggle switch. So when I place it into my belt pouch it changes the Vol when I bend over and press on it. I have missed calls when the Vol has been changed to '0'. Is there some way to lock this switch?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrical1278:
New music app. Not sure if this belongs in this section, but did anyone give the new music.apk a try that has leaked? I read it belongs to 3.0.

Link to an article with a download link

3.0 Music.apk Leak
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leoisright:
Belongs to 3.0 what?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1ghtl1fe:
3.0 = gingerbread i saw a video of the music app looks sick. i havent got my hands on it yet tho
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrical1278:
3.0 honeycomb. I just installed it and I can confirm it works with the newest OTA. Its a mix of 3D gallery, coverflow (when the phone is held in portrait mode). Basically if you saw the last google i/o conference about the music app, its that same app

EDIT: just did some more playing around with it. I can't wait for the google android music app for pc to drop. It links itself to your phone through your gmail account. The option to play streamed music is in the settings of the app. And yes it does look really good. About to see if the androind music app is somewhere to be found. I hope revs start cooking this in their roms. It has been confimred to work only in froyo and gets a parsing error in gb
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leoisright:
2.3 is gingerbread. I heard they were working on Honeycomb but wonder who leaked an app for it when Gingerbread hasn't hit OTA yet. If it works that's cool
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrical1278:
Can someone move this to the apps section please. I'll attach the music apk later
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom62015:
I posted the apk in apps and themes!!! I read it was for honeycomb and it has another program to test wireless streaming which doesn't really work (or i cant figure it out) it has a similar theme to 3d gallery if held in landscape mode. I posted it like a day or so ago so its on the third page of apps and themes or search honeycomb music .apk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasmoover:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=885535

Theres the link to the .apk. Be sure to install it using Astro or some other app manager.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMartin:
This is said to be from Honeycomb which we have now learned will be Android 2.4
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrical1278:
Yeah I just read that myself. Honeycomb will NOT be 3.0 (which is a major) but a minor update (2.4)

After playing around with the music app, I hope they are adding more to it because, at this point, it is just a UI update.

EDIT: Had to do some more reading up on it. Gingerbread and Honeycomb are both UI updates with Honeycomb being the updates that enables Android usage on Tablets (meaning making Android better suited for tablet usage)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FusionX:
works so far on cm6.1.1

Thanked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckylui:
Works on avas Z1 rom :)

Sent from Point A to Point B
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animal7296:
Confirmed working on MYNs rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdocthc:
Mostly ..."shuffle all" feature is not working for me. Nice ui though
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animal7296:
There is a new app called jumper test in my app drawer now after installing this music app. Anyone know what it is?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackroseMD1:
Works great for me on Evervolv GB rom Alpha 14
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randymac88:
Working awesome in Fresh ROM 3.5.0.1.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ls430cw:
Working great on Ricism78's Stock Turbo, SBC 4.2.2 non havs.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkotoric:
can anyone post the music apk from cyanogen 6.1.1, I accidently deleted it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crpercodani:
I've had it for a few days and it does work on gingerbread. Bnices beta 4.
[Captivate Accessories] damnitdave:
has ne one with a cappy tried the beats by dre studios with this phone... got a pair for christmas so don't know if i should return and buy another set
[Captivate Accessories] Clienterror:
I'm a pretty big audiophile and to be honest, they sound good/decent but they are WAY over priced in my opinion. Bose are they same way, they do sound good but there are less expensive options that sound as good or better.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Captivate Accessories] zaures:
one set, hell you could get a few sets
[Captivate Accessories] SPLASTiK:
If you're interested in headphones... you really need to check out Head-Fi.
[Captivate Accessories] leo5111:
ive been going to headfi forums, and im here to tell you right here right now, return the beat-offs by dr dont know jack and buy a pair of denon d2000, i own them and i have a friend who had the beat-offs the denon d2000 pisses on them from a great height its like comparing a vw bug turbo to a 911 turbo :p the d2000 can be had from amazon which is reliable its where i got mine they are 230.69 see price in cart sold by amazon them selves http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AHD2000...EC0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293748073&sr=8-1
[Captivate Accessories] leo5111:
Bose, Bose = Buy Other Sound Equipment at headfi forums .....:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
[Captivate Accessories] soypoi:
I actually have a pair of the in-ear diddy beats (not sure wtf diddy had to do w/ them...but their pink which I like :p) and I think they sound great! I get my hair done weekly and they are amazing when I'm sitting under the hairdryer. I mostly watch TV shows or movies with them and when I use that 5.1 audio option I can hear everything... The price is crazy ridiculous but the sound is pretty damned good. I can't imagine how the over the ear ones sound.

I say if they were a gift for christmas, keep them.. but that's me and I'm all about the free stuff
[Captivate Accessories] leo5111:
its nice that that you think the dr dre sound good, but im dead serious, take a pair of dr dre beats listen to them then plug in the denon d2000,s i listed, i will bet you a 100 bucks after hearing the denons you will blow up the dr dre beats out in the back yard with a M80 firecracker.......:p:p:p:p:p