yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] gakuku:
Here it is guys, SKtools v4.5.1.4.

A Powerful tool for benchmarking, registry editing, performance tweaking, etc. For anyone who likes to fiddle with their phone (like me:))

Enjoy...

ps: sorry, didn't know that warez isn't allowed here. Changed it to the trial version, fresh from the website.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishalrao:
Hello, (first post!)

Got an HTC HD7 a few days ago in India and loving it overall.

Noticed that some text (in either emails, webpages, facebook etc) which use "indic" or "devanagri" or "hindi" (India) font show up as square blocks suggesting missing fonts.

Is there a way to add/install fonts now or do we need to wait for updates from MS?

Also, is there a kind of official location for user feedback for such things? social.microsoft.com forums will do?

Thanks,

Vishal
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gate Keeper:
fonts: no.

social.microsoft.com: yes.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CSMR:
Wow another incredible omission. Amazing how far backwards things have gone compared to Windows Mobile.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gate Keeper:
you're very quick to jump to conclusions... why would the end user need to install fonts? if it doesn't work in India yet it is because MS are still working on the language support. As they said already, asian countries (which include india if you know your geography) will get it mid to late 2011.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sensboston:
Developers can add any TrueType font (with Hindi or any other subsets) to their application (exactly as I did in UltiTran - will be available on market soon).

The simplest way to do this - it's an ExpressionBlend's FontManager.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CSMR:
A constant refrain. Why would a user need x, where x is a standard feature of computing that has been in common use for decades.

If you know what a font is, you know why a user may want to install fonts. So that text in documents he views and composes can appear with those fonts.

The same goes for everything else. If you know what a file is, you know why a user may want to access files. If you know what multitasking is, you know why a user may want to have two tasks running simultaneously. And so on.

Sorry to go off on a tangent but this attitude is really dumbing down computing and may prevent the windows phone OS from ever being adequate.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gate Keeper:
of course i know what a font is. giving the end user ability to reach this sort of system wide tool though, they may as well just left us with windows mobile 6.5 rather than start from scratch.

in saying this, as i said before, MS are working on it for a uniform experience. otherwise you'll end up with some phones with some things and others without, which is what happened with windows mobile.

i'm not saying that we should dumb down the smart phones, but much of the general consumers don't really want to have to go to these lengths. that's not to say there aren't any, but if we were all like that, iPhone would definitely not have taken off.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivek.krishnan:
Well, its mid past 2012, and do we have indic fonts on WP? Well, I guess they are not really bothered.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister B:
+1 with you on this.

WP7 to current 8 is simplified to point of being useless. I have wm6.5 to WP8 devices & can't believe how hard it is to achieve the most basic functions even with fully unlocked custom ROMs on WP7.8.

Font should be simple so people can add required support for specific fonts for things from sms to docx. Only reason many users found it all too hard back on wm6.5 is fact most people had lower level PC knowledge back then & Microsoft didn't make things any easier & know just omit features completely !

Wm6.5.5 stays my daily device & work standard platform for my company.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
so i had the flashable version of dk28. it hasnt worked out the way i thought it would. since i got my laptop fixed, i thought i might as well odin back to stock with the new 2.2.1 modem and pit. got the correct files from xda. put phone in download mode and plugged in. then followed given instructions from there.

heres my result:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

where exactly did i go wrong here? and how do i fix this?

because of this failure, my phone is now bricked.

i really need help and fast because i have no other phone or way of contacting people. and ill be on a charter bus from atl back to orlando tomorrow (or in a few hours) and id like to have my phone up and running by then.

thank you in advance.

EDIT: so i have attempted this multiple times. this latest time around, i re downloaded odin 1.61 and im in the process (3 hour dl...) of dl the dk28 .tar again.

with the re dl of odin and its pit, i am getting:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

...but then it just hangs there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtuansdiamm:
We need more details like size and exact name of the files u used and does your phone go into download mode and how does it look if you try to turn the phone on normally.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koadic:
Boot back into Download mode again, and try, try again, doing a battery pull and restarting Odin each time you attempt to flash the modem. Also, try downloading the modem.bin again, just to make sure it is complete... upon right clicking on the DK28 one I have that I know works, and selecting properties, it is 15,597,728 bytes (may not be as good as a md5 sum, but it is something easy to do).

Another thing you can try, if it failed right away without doing anything, is to flash with Odin again using only the pit file. That may allow you to boot the phone to the way you had it before.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtuansdiamm:
I can't do much now but here are some trouble shooting options you can try.

Make sure ur tar file is 255mb I believe.

Make sure the extension is Tar and not mk5.

I can't really think of any thing else but I remember that there was another thread like this a few weeks back in the general section you might want to try checking that out. I think it had a weird name I can't remember. My lack of sleep is finally getting to me sorry.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
i used the 3 links under "before you start" in the first post on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=864445 (viper rom).

opening the extracted folder, the names i see are "Odin3+v1.61", "modem.tar", and "victory_8G_100528.pit".

phone goes into download mode without a problem. when i try to boot it normally, all i get is an icon that has a phone on the left, a yellow triangle with an "!" in it, and a computer on the right.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
ive repeated this process numerous times already, to no avail.

you said "modem.bin". what i downloaded reads "modem.tar". is that the same thing? as i said, im in the process of re dl the modem. but it says it will be finished in 4 hours. like hell im waiting that long.

when accessing the properties of my "modem.tar", it says it is 14.8 MB (15,605,760 bytes). which seems comparable to you files size.

255mb seems way too big. as i said, my tar reads 14.8mb. and the extension is .tar.

i just tried to use odin with only the pit file and i clicked start and it did absolutely nothing. it just sat there like i never even clicked start.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NateWhite:
Did you uncheck F.Reset Time ?

I did the same thing to my phone before I realized that I had to do that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
yes, i read that the only thing that was to be checked is auto reboot. so yes, i unchecked f. reset time. in my later tries though, i left it checked to see if it would work. but either way, i still havent gotten this thing to work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koadic:
Ok, if you have the modem.tar, I believe you need to place that in the PDA section, while if you open the .tar file with winrar (or equivalent) you can extract the modem.bin file and place that in the PHONE section instead.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
You have the wrong file. You need the rom file for doing a rom flash. You are just trying to flash the modem. Use this and get the di18 file and put that into the pfa section, uncheck reset time and dont insert the pit. Just the rom tar file and hit start. Once again just make sure only auto reboot is checked.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794138

Sent from my Evo killer!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
okay, just did that. but its hanging once again at:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

please elaborate and explain and feel free to post links to what i should be using.

EDIT: thank you. ill check that out right now and report back.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
It sounds like you are only trying to install the modem with Odin? I would suggest downloading the full DK28 tarball from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794138

When you use it with Odin it goes in the 'pda' slot, you can leave the 'pit' slot blank.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Just edited my last post cjeck it oit

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Just use that tar file from that link either di18 or dk28 depending on if you want eclair or.froyo and it will work. I use it all the time and dont use the pit file. It can cause it to fail. Good luck.

Sent from my Evo killer!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
well once again, i play the waiting game. a direct dl from multiupload says it will be finished in 3 (now 4?) hours. yeah, i cant wait that long but it would seem that i have to.

thank you both (and all) for helping. im pretty sure that this will work, just waiting for now. will report back whenever i can with the results.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombiematt:
i know this sounds silly but, after each failure switch to a new usb port. i dont know why this makes a difference but when i flashed roms on my phone it worked the first time. but later i flashed my girlfriends phone and i thought i bricked it ( was failing for 2 hours) so i decided to try different usb ports and once i found the right one , it flashed nice and fast.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Wow you must have a slow connection! I just clicked the direct d/l link and am getting 1.2 Mbps using 'downloadthemall!' add-on for Firefox. Anyway, yeah it'll be worth the wait. Let us know how it goes.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koadic:
Ok, while your waiting, go ahead and use the modem.tar that you have, place that in the PDA section, dont use a pit file, and then try to flash it. Worst case scenario, you have to wait for the full DK28 tar file to download anyway.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
huh interesting. yeah ive noticed that before. i will try that when the new .tar is finished downloading.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
apparently so. this hotels so called "high speed" internet is getting on my nerves. if it doesnt finish downloading by the time we get on the bus in a few hours, ill just wait until i get home to use my connection.

see first post on the second page.

and i guess ill have to wait. its fine, as long as everything works out in the end.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koadic:
Ok, one last post :)

Link Removed

See if that provides any better speed for ya, just start it up and save to a different location than the other one your downloading. If it goes faster for ya, you should be able to cancel your other download. This is on a box with a 100Mbit connection, although it is located in France, I can max out my home connection at about 1.5-2 MBytes/sec in Nebraska.

EDIT: removed link as it wasnt an improvement in DL speed for the OP
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
no luck, but thank you so much anyways. i think its just this terribly slow hotel wi fi connection.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
okay so update on my status. .tar downloaded faster than expected. not sure if it fully downloaded though because i am now getting this:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> SPH-D700-DK28-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Looks like the .md5 file is corrupt, verify the file you d/l'd is ~289mb in size. I've had that happen before, REALLY annoying! I hate to say it but you need to d/l it again :( Or just wait until you get back home to a decent connection.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koadic:
Full tar should be about 289MB
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
it would appear so. okay, re downloading now. hopefully it will be done in less than an hour. its 4:20 (hahaha whatta coincidence) here. and i have to wake up at 5:30. pullin an all nighter. :D

EDIT: no, mine is 23.1 MB. so it most definitely is corrupt or something went wrong.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Rename it.by just taking off the .md5 at the end. Try that. So the file ends in .tar

Sent from my Evo killer!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
I've pulled more all nighters because of this phone than I care to admit!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Try renaming it while you are waiting on the redownload and try it again. Odin is very picky and sometimes it takes me a couple tries. Let us know if you get it. Oh I didnt see the file size nevermind. You have to redownload it 23 is def. To small

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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
I used to think that too, but it turns out that Odin doesn't care.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
unfortunately, i have too...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuttjs:
Double check that the file ends in .tar and not .tar.md5. I know you sai you have done so, but double check. Secondly, get odin 1.3. For some reason I never could get odin 1.6 to work very well. Switched to odin 1.3 and have had no problems. Hope that's works for you
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gullzway:
I'm in the same boat. Phone will ONLY go into Download mode.

I've tried 7 different PC's ranging from XP to Windows 7, and dg27 all the way up to DK28 and I get a fail at either boot, factoryfs, or param. About to give up here!

Tried Heimdall as well and it stalls at factoryfs!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
can someone confirm that odin 1.6 doesnt work very well and that 1.3 might work? i dont think a problem with odin, just a problem with the tar. anyways, i might just give it a shot.

well please tell me if you ever get it working and i shall do the same for you. i know, this is so aggravating.

UPDATE: so im home and currently downloading the dk28 tar file again. eta still says 2 hours, but im at 29.5 mb / 289 mb. so i know im making more progress than before. will update further once downloaded.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangerover_95:
I was in the same boat as the OP, trying all last night to take my stock DI18 to DK28. I had tried the Odin method to flash over the DK28 tar file that whosdaman had on the page, but it never worked for me, saying the md5 was invalid. I rooted my phone (prior to trying to flash to dk28), and just used the update.zip method. It has worked perfectly since.....

I believe this its my first post here, I want to thank all the guys here who help the newbs like myself really start learning the process and feel comfortable. At least newbs that don't present themselves as trollish assholes who don't read, and ask the same question over and over, ad infinitum.....

I am used to the forums, as I moderate on a couple knife collecting forums, so rest assured, I read thoroughly before I post.....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Come to think of it, I guess I have seen a few posts here and there saying that v1.3 worked for those who couldn't get 1.6 working. It's certainly worth a shot!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Congrats dude, your very first post is a blank one!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangerover_95:
I know, I am using tapatalk, and it was my first post using the program..... Egg on my face....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
downloaded the tar file. total size is only 36.1 mb. so obviously the file is corrupt.

but now, my phone doesnt recognize when i put the charger in it. doesnt charge whatsoever. i have absolutely no clue why and it worked perfectly last night. maybe the input in the phone is loose or the input on the charger is broken.

so im pretty much **** out of luck, with a $300 paperweight that i cant take back to sprint because i cant odin back to stock, and im left with no way of keeping in contact with the outside world except with my laptop.

i am so incredibly pissed off at both sprint and samsung because sprint has caused more harm then good when fixing my phone numerous times before and because samsung is now a terrible and unreliable company.

i have absolutely no clue what to do from here. so if anyone has suggestions, please feel free to share.

[/rant]
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
TakE the battery out and put it back in. I don't know why the file isnt downloading correctly for you. I just did it today from the link you got and it worked for me. Try another rom to download. Try the dg27 rom. I know it's not the newest one but your phone should update itself ota when you do it. Click on it and hit save and save it to your desktop. Don't rename it or anything.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
i cant do anything now. read my last post. this is so damn frustrating.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
I did why do you think I said take the battery out and put it back in and see if it works. If not the battery might have died so you might need to charge it somewhere. I'm just trying to help bro.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Do you have the tep insurance on it? If you do tell them you lost it. If not take it in there and tell them that your phone said a software update was available and it downloaded and when it went to install it the phone turned off and this is what happened to it. Tell them it just shut off and let them look at. That wouldn't be the first time an update semi bricked a phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuttjs:
Same thing happened to me as far as not charging, turning on, etc... As the poster said, you need to take the battery out for ~30 seconds, put it back in and it *should* hopefully fire back up so we can try to work on it some more.

Did you happen to try Odin 1.3? Here is the link : http://www.filecrop.com/odin-3-v.1.3.html

As I said, I could only get Odin 1.3 to work. 1.6 worked for me only about 2 or 3 times. In fact, when 1.6 didn't work for something, I went back and tried 1.3 and the same process I was trying to accomplish earlier worked just fine.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Thanks tuttjs. He still needs to get a complete rom downloaded. Like I said if the one you are trying isnt working try another one on that page. you might not be where you want but at least your phone will work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
battery pull for 30 plus seconds didnt work. so that means its either the cord or the input in the phone. im thinking the latter. so like i said, im **** out of luck with odin. guess ill just take it back to sprint. yes, i do have the tep insurance so it shouldnt be a huge problem. but knowing sprint service reps, it will most likely be a huge ordeal.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuttjs:
Sorry to hear. I really hope it's just a dead battery. I had a very similar situation as you where an Odin flash didn't work. I kept trying and trying with fails. Then all of the sudden my phone wouldn't turn on, charge, not even a charging light would come on. Luckily I bought a spare battery 2 weeks before because I was going on vacation. I plugged the spare in and the phone turned on. After fixing my phone, I put my other battery in and found out it was dead.

Sorry about your troubles! Hope everything works out well for you brother
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromchaos0646:
yes, lets hope its only as simple as that. if not, then i guess ill either try to get a refurb epic or a new phone all together. i love my epic but its given me nothing but issues since i first got it.

thank you and thanks to everyone who tried to help. once again, will update later once i get all this crap straightened out.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Good luck man. Hope you get it worked out.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gullzway:
Mine got like that at one time!

You have to Pull the Battery. Then Hold 1 + Power and REINSERT THE BATTERY WHILE HIOLDING THOSE 2 KEYS DOWN! Sounds difficult, but I've gotten so good at it I can do it without looking.

Still haven't fixed mine. Next thing is to get another cable, I only have the one it came with, but it worked with Odin before so I'm not holding my breath. Then I'll try different PC's starting with family.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Is your computer not recognizing your phone now?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gullzway:
Yes my vista and W7 PC's recognize it, only my XP laptop doesn't(Which is strange because it's the one I originally used Odin to go to DK17?).

Odin just fails now. I'm now thinking it's a battery issue as tuttjs mentioned. Only it won't charge and I don't have another one.

Will look for one locally or a charging dock, or may have to wait until Wednesday and try my coworkers Captivate battery.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enragedpaza:
Mine won't get past factoryfs.rfs

Turned into a very frustrating night!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RushAOZ:
I had the same issue a few days ago trying to return to 2.1 after having 2.2. Took me about 14 hours but I finally figured it out. Try flashing the pit first and check re partition and reboot. After that try flashing the tar file. That worked for me after 14 hours of the same error your getting. Very frustrating isn't it? Hopefully this will work for ya. Did for me :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irule9000:
how to unbrick

try the dk28 or di18 from this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794138. For it to work i had to delte the .md5 extension and leave it as a .tar. I then put it into odin under pda and the pit file you should use comes with epic 4g 1.6 + pit odin http://briefmobile.com/how-to-update-sprint-epic-4g-to-android-2-2 there is a link on this site for the epic 4g odin download, click on the link for odin. Run odin with the .tar file you chose from previous site in download mode. Voila an unbricked epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
You don't need the pit file. That's only for flashing kernels and modems.

Sent from my Evo killer