yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
Who said it wasn't? The point is, his program is everywhere on Android phones, many people who have no technical skills at all have it, and it seems to have 'broken' their phones. His lack of statement regarding the problems and offering workaround for it are the problem. As for 'finding another launcher to moan about' really? That's all it is, the consumer's fault? I think there's a job for you at AT&T.

No, not really. The anger is all over the internet. He needs to do damage control to help his reputation.

I love the LauncherPro program, I've had it since I started, I paid for it right off the bat. I do that with all developers. I will say I haven't found him to be very forthcoming with assistance - then again, until now (and still, for me), there haven't been issues like this that needed addressing. My only point is he needs to get in front of this and fix it or yes, his reputation will be damaged for many. Not you, not me, but there are plenty of others who are extremely unahppy.
[Android Apps and Games] jimbobalu:
Apparently Lifehacker has been in touch with Fede or found a response somewhere on the interwebs.

http://lifehacker.com/5727669/how-to-stop-launcherpro-from-taking-over-your-phone
[Android Apps and Games] Dodgylegs:
Apologies, I didn't realise the problem was so serious, so big apologies again. I know how hard Fede works so I'm sure he's looking into it.

Apologies again, I should read up about it properly before getting sensitive about Fede's work in future.

So again, apologies.
[Android Apps and Games] reinbeau:
Absolutely no apologies needed, really, I am surprised by the whole thing, too. LauncherPro is such an essential part of my Android experience, I hope (and do believe) that this is soon water under the bridge.
[Android Apps and Games] irish22022:
I know what you mean by saying he hasn't been as forthcoming as other devs with issues (although, I haven't had many issues, just a few bugs that never got ironed out), but I will say this: ADW is a team of people. There's one main guy, sure, but the guy has help. Fede heads up arguably the most popular alternative launcher on Android and he's doing all the coding, PR, website management, etc... ALL himself.

So yes, he's not as forthcoming about issues or doesn't have a presence on XDA like Go launcher or Zeam, or even ADW. The good news is, we get an all inclusive experience. We lose a little in direct support, we gain a lot in having one very talented guy control everything. He has plans to hire a couple of people someday, but in the meantime he's coding from scratch. If he makes his January target I'd be shocked, especially with his email inbox filling up because people can't get to his website. I'm sure that's the last thing on his mind.

When the new one drops, all this petty stuff will be long forgotten, that we can be sure.
[Android Apps and Games] chris1486:
No issues for me with launcherpro
[Android Apps and Games] bwhite757:
My wife had the issue with LauncherPro expiring on her OG Droid with an older Ultimate Droid Rom installed. She is by all means not a technical user and I definitely didn't keep her phone up to date like I should have, HOWEVER, LP was giving her a warning for 5 days that it was getting ready to expire which gave me plenty of time to address the issue. IE "This version of LauncherPro will expire in X days." I couldn't install an updated version over it though, I had to uninstall through ADB then reinstall the new version, no biggie for me but I can see how that would be Cumbersome for an average user.

My paid version on my DPro hasn't missed a lick though, and as long as I can get LPro to continue to work on my phones, it will be the only Launcher I ever have on them.

Sent from the DPro
[Android Apps and Games] BryanChung:
Why won't people update their apps actually? =X
[Android Apps and Games] bgs_piece:
Launcher Pro is working fine for me, however the site and forum are down. If I try a specific link to a page within the forum it loads just fine. Not sure how/why, but it does seem a little weird.
[Android Apps and Games] BryanChung:
Fede said he shifted to a new web hoster and he hopes tomorrow it will be working.
[Android Apps and Games] musashiken:
These are the same people better off having an iphone because android is too complicated for them.
[Android Apps and Games] AndyCr15:
It's still rather an exaggeration to say that no-one will want his launcher. So, tell me, are you still using it? I know I am...
[Android Apps and Games] BryanChung:
iPhone is so not customisable. :D
[Android Apps and Games] AndyCr15:
Exactly. There's less you need/can do. People that can't cope with updating apps should probably stick with the iPhone.
[Android Apps and Games] birdfoot:
If I'm not mistaken, Fede did admit it was his fault. Thing is, it's not possible to get that message far out to everyone.

The not-so-techie users thought it broke their phone but that's really an exaggeration. I do empathize with the frustration of having to install the sdk and use adb simply to remove the launcher as a resort however.

That said, LauncherPro is still my favourite launcher (for its ease of use) although it isn't quite as fancy as ADW nor as radical as GO Launcher.

Developers do make mistakes after all, and I doubt this mistake will hurt his revenue because it's not happening to the Pro users.

P.S. Amazing how those users never update their apps for such a long time!
[Android Apps and Games] fbloise:
Im using the pro version and I didnt notice anything. I just came to know about this by reading this topic.

People are exaggerating lot about this, specially people that dont have/didnt pay anything for the app. Did you guys read the EULA on the free version? Guess not.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkarale:
I am running Android 2.1 on my TMO Vibrant. Can I manage or change the function of the Icons at the bottom panel/bar (The bar currently has Dialer, Contacts, Messaging, Applications)? I would like to replace the Messaging function to Web. Any 3rd party software allow me to do that?

Another question, once the Vibrant phone is sim unlocked (able to use other phone services like AT&T), will flash to other roms or OS upgrade make it lock again?

Thank you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flak_Munky:
From the Vibrant Bible.

As for the sim locking after flashing, yes I do believe it will be locked after you flash a new ROM. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I remember reading that it will be locked after flashing.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkarale:
Anybody can confirm about the sim will relocked after new roms? Thanks for the docking instructions.
[Droid 2 General] sahilarora911:
First of all.. the moderators can move this to another section if this isn't the correct place to be posting this...

I have been waiting for the Milestone 2 section to pop up to ask this... but I guess that might take a little longer...

I'm using the stock ROM from Motorola Froyo 2.2.. My phone is rooted though... Not a big fan of BLUR for obvious reasons.. (Angdroid .. we are waiting for ur custom ROM eagerly to get rid of BLUR.. kudos to u bro to help us out)

So I want some recommendations on the apps that I should use for the list below. I'm using some apps but since the android world in full of awesome apps.. I just wanted to make sure that I'm using the best of the best.. :)

I would really appreciate if someone can give a reason as to why I should NOT use a particular app..

Task Killer - _________ (using Avanced task killer)

Alarm & Timer - ________ (using stock) (hopefully nothing fancy is necessary here)

File Manager - _________(ASTRO)

Calendar - ___________ (using stock)

Dictionary - __________ (required. Preferably offline)

Camera - ___________ (using stock)

Camcorder - __________ (using stock)

Contacts - __________ (using stock)

Dialler - ___________ (using stock)

Office app - _________ (got Quickoffice as stock)

Browser - ___________ (Dolphin HD and Opera Mini)

Social Networking - _________ (I only use Facebook and I have got the official App)

Picture Gallery - ________ (Got QuickPic.. looking for something a little more fancy here)

Music Player - ___________ (got stock n WinAmp)

Text Messaging - __________ (Stock)

Exchange - ____________ (heard a lot about Exchange by Touchdown)

Launcher - ______________ (using Launcher Pro)

Other than that I have Google Goggles, Google Sky Maps, Google Maps, SetCPU, XDA app n Youtube..

One more thing, I would really appreciate if someone can suggest apps (especially launcher) which can give me better battery life..

Would also appreciate any interesting app that I'm missing..

Thanks in advance for your suggestions..
[Droid 2 General] Spitemare:
You don't need a task killer. FroYo is designed to handle running apps optimally and a task killer just gets in the way of doing that.
[Droid 2 General] sahilarora911:
okay... thanks for tht....

Any other suggestions??
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Well I keep advanced task killer froyo in case an app starts acting up and I need to kill it. I never kill everything though.

A great music player is miui music. Very good ui, downloads lyrics and album artwork free.

Miren web browser from the miui rom is also great.

Widgetlocker is nice. Widgets on your lockscreen and its only $1.

Launcherpro is a great home replacement to get ride of the blur launcher. Its super smooth and snappy. Paid version has some nice widgets.

Hope you find this helpful.
[Droid 2 General] sahilarora911:
Thanks.. I'll try out miui music and miren browser.. Not to keen on keeping widgets on lock screen, so would keep away from Widgetlocker..

Have tried both Launcher Pro and ADWlauncher... Launcher Pro is super snappy... but ADWlauncher is catching up fast... Plus it has got loads of themes.. I cant decide between the two at the moment.. I guess battery consideration will dictate terms there....

More suggestions are welcome...
[Droid 2 General] silverfang77:
Root Explorer is a good file manager because it gives you access to your /system folder so you can eliminate those annoying camera shutter sounds. It costs $10.
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Android mate is a free alternative to root explorer. It gives you root access to your /system folder. It might not have as many features as root explorer, but that's the price you pay for not paying lol
[Droid 2 General] miketoasty:
Ad free to stop ads (Duh).

Adobe Reader (Just in case).

Angry Birds (For a little fun)

Default Browser

CNET news

Compass

Droid Overclock

Droid Light

Google Earth

Facebook

Fancy Widget (HTC Clock type widget)

Fissiom Rom Manager

Google Goggles (Take pictures of things and automagically googles them)

Iheartradio

NFL mobile

XDA app of course

Just a few apps I use on my phone.
[Droid 2 General] sahilarora911:
Thanks Mike for the list..

I do have Ad Free, Angry Birds, Facebook, Google Goggles n XDA apps.. :)

Will give compass a try (donno how useful it is for me though).. CNET news and Google earth also seem to be good options...

About Droid overclock.. I did try Milestone overclock n was able to overclock my phone to 1300 MHz.. but my battery doesnt seem to last long (even without overclocking it hardly lasts a day).. Do u guys have a similar issue without battery?? If yes, can you suggest some ways to conserve it??

@orkillakilla: I have ASTRO.. Is Android mate a better option??
[Droid 2 General] miketoasty:
Im guessing since you have the Milestone 2 you prolly don't have it ROMed which I dont think you can at this point and time. There in lies your problem, the MotoBlur absolutely HATES batterys. Before I ROMed my phone I could barely last a day with mild useage, I can now last at least a day and a half. With overclocked =P.

To conserve use WiFi whenever possible. Put the screen brightness as low as you can tolerate it. If you don't mind disconnect your facebook account from your phone (That is constantly pulling data which is a main cause of battery drain).

Also, If you just got the phone I'm sure you are using it a ton which may drop off as time goes on (Once you get used to having this amazing mini computer in your pocket lol) which will drop the battery usage that display uses.
[Droid 2 General] oTToToTenTanz:
I also use "Data counter widget" because the native data counter bonkers :-(

There are Engadget, xda and Facebook apps in the store.

For internet tethering I use PdaNet - great app!

PowerAMP is my favorite music player. Haven't played much with it though.

QuickDic as dictionary.

QuickPic is okay, I use native Gallery.

Shakespeare App is great. All his books for free!

Widgetsoid to create my own widgets. Like it alot.

As for games I'm currently looking for a strong mills game. I have downloaded all mills game from the store but they all suck. Way too easy. The same for "Stratego" clone Legions...nice, but way too easy...

iPhone has a better choice for apps...really sucks :(
[Droid 2 General] sahilarora911:
That is surely true.. :)

But I dont think we Milestone 2 users are gonna see a custom ROM anytime soon... though m keeping my fingers crossed...

@oTToToTenTanz: Data counter is a good suggestion.. m nt too keen on games (except for angry birds) as I use my PSP for that...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
This is an addition to the Samsung Galaxy S Family, it's a shame it doesn't have a dual-core processor:( for me it's a no-go!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/...ounced-for-atandt-4-5-inch-super-amoled-plus/

but it gets rid of the PenTile matrix :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ticiano:
This phone isn't a sucessor... It's a Galaxy S, as Fascinate, Captivate and many others... It's announced like "Galaxy S"...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Toss3:
Samsung is really going to have to step up their game if they want to compete with the Motorola Atrix. MWC is sure going to be interesting this year!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
Already posted yesterday
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
Background

To update (flash) a recovery image onto your phone allows you to update or replace your recovery environment on your phone. There are a number of ways to flash a new recovery image, some of the more commonly used methods are using a tool such as ROM Manager or using development tools such as Fastboot. There is also a third method using a standalone utility "flash_image" which allows the flashing of recovery using the terminal emulator on the phone.

flash_image is not a new tool, it has been used on Android since the beginning, many custom ROMs include the utility as part of the ROM itself though not all stock ROMs (including the stock ROM on the G2) include it.

Requirements

1. A permanently rooted (with S-OFF) phone

2. The flash_image binary

3, A recovery image that is compatible with your phone and ROM

3. A terminal emulator application on the phone or use of an ADB shell

Overview:

1. Get the flash_image binary and recovery image onto your phone

2. Copy or move the flash image binary to your system and make executable

3. Use flash_image to update your recovery environment

Stage 1: Get flash_image and recovery image on your phone

1. Download the flash_image binary (not needed if you are running a custom ROM that includes this binary)

2. Download the recovery image you wish to use

You can either directly download the files onto your phone or onto your PC and transfer to your phone. Probably the easiest way to do this is to connect your phone to your computer via USB and mount USB storage, then copy the files to your SD Card. Alternatively you can use ADB Push, bluetooth file transfer or several other methods.

Stage 2: Copy or move the flash image binary to your system and make executable

In terminal emulator:

Stage 3: use flash_image to update your recovery environment

In terminal emulator:

Reboot into recovery and verify that the correct recovery environment is installed

Notes

Any of the commands that call for using a terminal emulator on the phone should work fine using an ADB shell if you prefer.

This was tested on G2 but I can't think of why it would not work on Desire Z or any other phone for which this version of flash_image works. Obviously different phones have different compatible recovery images.

I've attached a zip file containing the flash_image binary that I extracted from the CM 6.1 update zip. I suspect most custom ROMs already have flash_image.

If you are wondering "Why should I use this method over using ROM Manager?" you could be using a recovery image that ROM manager doesn't support, for example ClockWorkMod Recovery 3.x which is required for some experimental ROMs.

If you are wondering "Why should I use this method over using fastboot?" The two main reasons are you can't use fastboot if you are not with a computer with working ADB and using fastboot requires that you have previously flashed the engineering HBOOT.

This is my first guide so I'm open to suggestions or feedback.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Nice one :)

Though I would suggest that

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

could be simplified to :

mount -o remount,rw /system

Edit - actually /system isn't even on /dev/block/mtdblock3, and it's not a yaffs2 file system, I suspect that's come from another phone model ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr123:
"dd" will do exactly the same, but no need to install extra stuff since its already there.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
I wouldn't have a problem using dd myself. But I would have thought it was much more risky, since instead of typing something relatively user-friendly like "recovery", you're typing in /dev/xyz/abc or similar, which if you get it slightly wrong could be disastrous ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bronz_Most:
Excellent, worked for me, flashed CW 3.0 without fastboot
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
Interesting, I've been using that command since forever (since I first rooted my G1 in early 2009) and it definitely does work on my G2 as well as my wife's MT4G.

I just tried "mount -o remount,rw /system" on my phone and it does not work, mount gives me the "Usage:" messages which seems to mean it wants more parameters.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr123:
Unless you run wpthis before dd, you're perfectly safe. The radio partitions are all protected by the power-on write protect feature of the eMMC AS WELL as the linux kernel write protect on low addresses. Worst you can do is blow away your system, data, cache, misc, boot, or recovery partitions, and these are trivial to recover from.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr123:
Depends on whether or not the mount command can tell the associations between the devices and mount points, which is determined by either system configuration, or what mount command you are using (i.e. android's mount or busybox mount).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Sorry, there should have been an extra space, this works on my phone :

mount -o remount, rw /system

I don't have a "/dev/block/mtdblock3" on my system. My system partition is mounted on /dev/block/mmcblk0p25, and it is ext3 not yaffs2.

What ROM are you running ? I am running the stock DZ 1.34 ROM. I wonder if you are running Gingerbread ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
I'm running the Stock G2 T-Mobile post-OTA ROM, definitely not Gingerbread.

Edit: I just tried your method and it works, I will update the guide because your way is simpler and sounds like a safer choice.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatruth132:
you could just rename the CW 3.x.x recovery to the exact named recovery slap it in the cloclwork download folder after you delete the old one and flash it with CW just a quicker trick for GB roms
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
Not sure that's actually quicker, at least I don't think it would be for me, especially if you are changing recoveries with any frequency (like if tying out Gingerbread ROMs then going back to a 2.2 ROM) because you'd need to constantly rename your recovery images. With my method you would only need to leave the two files named as they are, or for expediency you could rename to recovery.img and recovery3.img then when you wanted to switch you could just execute:

or

Depending on which recovery you wanted at that point & time.

As I said in the guide, there are already a number of options available, using ROM Manager and fastboot are the most commonly seen in guides but your method and mine are other options for people for whom they work better. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlos_polanco:
Works!!!

Hi my friends!

It worked for me flawlessly. I was using virtuos 0.9 on my desireZ :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanjivp2000:
Great description, but file did not work for me

It's a very good description that a novice like me can follow. And, I am sure the provided file works for many of you, since many of you reported it to work. After following this guide, and not getting it to work (Stopping Signal error), I decided to find another binary file for flash_image, and the other flash_image file worked for me on my Sprint CDMA Hero. My phone currently has aospMod v0.9.9.2 | AOSP 2.2.1(12/10/2010), if it matters.

One can download a flash_image from here http://cyanogen-files.carneeki.net/flash_image.zip

Then unzip and place on sdcard - follow all the steps in the original post of this thread.

It is my understanding that this file is not unique for different android phones, but if I am incorrect, someone please reply to this thread to correct me.

Again, great job in summarizing the steps.

Regards,

Sanjiv
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gcng:
so darn easy! thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acritec:
Also usable for splash screen ??

Just curious,

Anybody tried to use flash_image to flash a custom splash screen ?

Something like :

flash_image splash1 customsplash.img
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaoyina:
very good post for a newbie like me, just want to make sure, do i need to do the stage 2 every time I flash the recovery?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
No, you only need to do stage 2 once, whenever you update/change recoveries from that point forward just use stage 3.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokemontrainer4life:
Is there a way I can reflash a recovery without access to the ROM?

I'm stuck at the HTC splash screen, so I'm basically stuck in my current (broken) recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcovtwout:
The flash_image in the start post did not work for me, the one above did.

Also, my HTC Hero was missing the cp command.

Instead, I used: cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image

Successfully flashed recovery again :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoscreater:
i know it works for recoveries, but can we use the "flash_image" file to flash other .img files, such as "boot.img" or "system.img"?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nipqer:
No idea if you can use flash_image, but if you have eng hboot, you can flash boot.img via fastboot, not sure if you can flash system as well.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omargs7:
Thanks i was able to install a recovery program to my friends hero thanks to this tutorial :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaliEskimo:
Where did I go wrong??

while using the instructions to flash my LG Optimus V I ran into a problem(see screenshot). I am a ubernoob to using Terminal Shell and alot of Linux commands...this is not the same by a long shot to Windows CMD or Cisco commands! Please, somebody tell me where I went wrong, I would really like to flash and install [RECOVERY] Cannibal Open Touch v2.1 for my Optimus V VM670 2.2.2 :eek: