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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkbots:
All right, got my phone back to stock unrooted and with S-ON. Here's what I did (note that my circumstances my be different than yours so try this at your own risk):

I rooted and S-OFFed using the rage (v 0.03-this will come into play later) method on the wiki (http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD). I did this right when I got the phone, so no OTA update (I had 1.19). Downloaded ROM Manager and did a Nandroid backup at this point (in my above post I said I made a backup right at the beginning which I was mistaken on). Then I went ahead and flashed CyanMod.

Phone earpiece broke, so I had to get the phone back to stock. First I restored my backup ROM (so back to 1.19 again). Used the unroot guide (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=835971), and during step one, I got the following error:

E:Board does not support mtd utils.E:Failure at line 344:

write_raw_image PACKAGE:boot.img BOOT:

Installation aborted.

Failure at line 6:

install_zip SDCARD:/stock_root.zip​

Some others seemed to get this error as well and it looked benign. Continued and rebooted the phone. Figured this would be a failure, so I followed the HexEditor steps. Turns out the misc.img file was already the right version, but I renamed it and ran dd if=/sdcard/miscnew.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 just in case.

Step 2 ran without any problems, so now I had a stock phone with S-OFF. To turn it back on, I temp rooted the phone (just follow the TEMP Root steps in the wiki). I then tried to follow the S-ON directions on the wiki (http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Turning_S-On), but the phone would automatically reboot after the dd line while not changing S-OFF.

Then I realized that I could use ./gfree -s on to turn S-ON since I was using 0.03, which worked perfectly. Rebooted to remove the temp root, and did a factory restore for good measure, and I believe I have a fairly pristine G2 ready for replacement.

Thanks to all the wikis and threads for their help!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KarlosTheJackal:
I have a question about restoring to factory settings. Cant you just use the RUU from HTC (if you have a Desire Z that is) and just run that? Wont that just put it back to factory settings?
[General Questions and Answers] FotG:
Is there a way to see what applications have accessed my location information recently?
[General Questions and Answers] Babydollll:
Download Lookout from the market and opt for the two week trial of premium. They have a privacy dashboard that will tell you what apps can access certain features (location, personal info ect.)

Sent from my Llama powered N1 courtesy of the xda app! Llama Power!!
[Nexus One General] mikehoffer:
You get the old Market first time you launch it.

The orange flares at scroll limits are nice.

The "screen off" animation is awesome.

The download manager in the browser is nice.

You can now natively play .wav files in Gmail!!!!!!

Text selection is better.

If any of your notifications are set to black text, they will be invisible. (I'm looking at you Weatherbug)

The dialer is just too black. You can't see the edges of the buttons, or lack of buttons I guess.

Everything just seems more squared off and cleaner, like dialog boxes and such.

I use Swiftkey, so can't comment on the new Android Keyboard.

Sometimes the WiFi and signal strength indicators go grey instead of their usual green.

Overall UI seems snappier. I use Launcher Pro.

Weird scrolling issues in Tweetdeck seem to be gone for now.

Curious to find out if battery life will improve with GRI40.
[Nexus One General] negroplasty:
I'm liking everything so far, everything's very fast and responsive :D
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
2 words: Bloody fast!!!!
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
Change that in the weatherbug settings.

This indicates that you don't have an internet connection to google's servers.
[Nexus One General] mikehoffer:
I'm reading in some other posts that benchmarks are down in GRI40.

Maybe benchmarks aren't optimized for Gingerbread?
[Nexus One General] crachel:
that's correct
[Nexus One General] mikehoffer:
Hmmmmm. I have WiFi sleep policy set to "never".
[Nexus One General] erikiksaz:
I think that the gray'ed out wifi and BT just means that they're enabled, but there's no active connection at the moment.
[Nexus One General] OJ in Compton:
Anyone else using launcherpro notice that the drawer open animation without a live wallpaper or 3D drawer isn't buttery smooth anymore?

Also the browser stutters a lot when moving around XDA for me..everything else so far is good though
[Nexus One General] sirconsole:
can any check the Dial call ? i have problem wen i dial in my Nexus One the screen turn off and i can´t end or retun main menu.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Nope... all it means is what others have said... you're not connected to Google's servers. You can still surf the web or use non-Google apps, but try opening Gtalk for example.

Many of us have been running GB for weeks now... this isn't new to us.
[Nexus One General] mingocr83:
Well.. everything is smooth... BUT the phone restarted once....I was closing Skype.. suddenly...BOOOM hard restart...
[Nexus One General] henriquesp:
Amen to that!!!

One thing that I particularly find to be very faster is the installation of new/updated apps. I was used to 10~20 seconds of "installing" notification, now it barely lasts for 1 whole second! WOOT!!!
[Nexus One General] henriquesp:
I don't have a problem per se, but now when I dial it won't make the keyboard sounds anymore (even though the keyboard sound flag is set, under 'Settings' -> 'Sound').

Edited:

WTF?!?! Telephone keys sounds are classified as "Media" sound?!?! My media sound was 0, even though other sounds are max, and that's why I couldn't hear it.
[Nexus One General] Brownbay:
Are all of you guys here running the latest version of the market?

I'm not, even posted about it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=968672 so I'm a bit concerned.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
Updated successfully no problem. Switchpro widget couldn't toggle BT, GPS, and flashlight. Amazon MP3 app is still there...
[Nexus One General] juggaknot77:
Anyone else notice that the track ball light doesn't work and the orange flashes in the app drawer only show up when using launcher pro.
[Nexus One General] samagon:
Big fan of the new keyboard. Have been using swiftkey, but switched on a lark and it is great.

Everything else is like froyo but better.

All my notifications were messed up though, 3 minute fix for that though.
[Nexus One General] krazichinaman:
Yeah my track ball doesn't light up anymore either. Guessing there will be an update for this soon.
[Nexus One General] kikikaka:
The back button has problem (sometimes ..). I press the Back, I can feel the vibration, but there is no action. Retry one or 2 times OK.

This happens occasionally, and not limited to particular apps, even when Back from the app drawer.:(
[Nexus One General] myst_exodus:
Don't know about anyone else but the battery life has improved significantly for me. My N1 on 2.2.2 used about 35-50% battery charge in a day. Today on 2.3.3 it's only used 18%. I am very impressed. :D
[Nexus One General] Mrplennium:
Would anyone be able to tell me why my 3G disappears when I'm on a call and I'm no longer able to perform data functions while on a call? Is there something in settings I can change to get back the ability to use data while I talk on the phone?
[Nexus One General] josbackus:
Well, whaddayaknow. I powered off my N1 for about 10 minutes, then turned it back on. All of a sudden, the trackball notification LED started blinking again! :D

Maybe it's a hardware reset kind of thing...
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
So far, battery life seems to have improved a lot! Also, like the UI better.
[Nexus One General] dan1431:
Question, are you on at&t Mobility?

If you are on at&t Mobility they employ N-SET which load balances services across 2G/3G. If you are making a voice call and not actively using DATA at the time, the network has the ability to switch you to 2G to complete the call and when you disconnect from the call and actively start using DATA again will switch you back to 3G.

Dan
[Nexus One General] worker1:
I'm at 75% after charging last night; usually I'm around 60% at best. I'm not going to charge tonight. Usually I have to charge every night or it dies the next day.

Visually, GB is awesome. I also like the books app, and want to check out copy and paste when I get a chance (I saw the text selection sliders)
[Nexus One General] markzip:
Speed / Battery / Space

Really noticed the speed up when the "Listen" app went to refresh the feeds. It felt as though it was blowing though the titles about twice as fast.

At first glance, the battery life seems improved.

And I *think* I've got a little more memory free.

I know I really wanted to feel this way, but it was worth the wait and I'm glad I did not give in to the temptation of the Nexus S
[Nexus One General] OferR:
N1 Screen inaccuracy issue

In regard to the infamous issue where sometimes my screen registers touches in incorrect places, and I need to turn the phone off and on to make it work correctly again...

Are you experiencing any change with this version?

I know that the consensus is that it is a hardware issue, but since installing 2.3.3 the problem did not show. Prior to 2.3.3 it used to show a few times a day.
[Nexus One General] worker1:
it did it to me tonight.
[Nexus One General] Mrplennium:
I am on T-mobile though. I can use data a few minutes into the call but then eventually the 3G disappears and I can't use it anymore until I hang up the call.

Plus I am also certain that track ball notification no longer works either.
[Nexus One General] pinkgabe:
i want my root back.. the battery life is great, some hiccups when on wifi, sometimes connection doesn't work, but after 10 secs its fine.
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
Flash the su.zip lying around somewhere in this forum.
[Nexus One General] pinkgabe:
i tried i got an error. do i name it update.zip and flash thru recovery?
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
Are you using a stock recovery? You need either amon ra or clockwork.
[Nexus One General] pinkgabe:
using stock recovery.. ugh i thought you needed to be rooted to use those recoveries??
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, you can flash it via fastboot.
[Nexus One General] pinkgabe:
my bootloader is unlocked.. kinda noob at this. got my phone rooted so basically need to go back and re-root right?
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
Assuming you already set up fastboot in your computer:

1. Download RA recovery from here.

2. Put the su.zip i attached on the root of sd card.

3. Power off and boot into fastboot (hold down trackball while pressing power button)

4. From your computer: fastboot flash recovery *insertdirectorytothedownloadedfile*

5.Then just go into recovery and flash the su.zip, you might need to turn off signature verification.
[Nexus One General] pinkgabe:
installing fastboot right now. and ill follow these steps. THANKS!!!!!! :D
[Nexus One General] chrisrenegade:
servus!

after update (FRG83G > GRI40) stock widgets dosent fit in perfectly gingerbread ui (they are froyo light-gray). is there a way to fix it?
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
In contrast, I'm finding that 2.3.3 has made this worse. I hardly ever got it on 2.2.x and in 2 weeks of using CM7 it never happened.

Now in 2 days of official GB I've lost count of the number of times I've had to flick the screen off/on.
[Nexus One General] Dirk:
After extensive testing, i've found that the frequency isn't so much affected by the ROM version but by how well that ROM is working for you, if that makes sense.

On 2.1 i had it bad, 2.2 was worse, sent away for repair and came back with 2.2.1 - it was much better, 2.2.2 made it worse again. CM6.1 was improved, back to 2.2.2 and it was better than it was on stock before, CM7 RC1 slightly worsened again.

I can flash the same ROM repeatedly and have varying degrees of frequency between each one. It seems the issue could be totally random and unaffected by the ROM. Of course, the longer the phone is on and the more use it's getting, the more we notice it which is particularly telling after a ROM flash when we are using the device the most.
[Nexus One General] duykham:
ADW EX goes down

I have the same issues with ADW EX and track ball notifications :|
[Nexus One General] obadvw:
happens with me too
[Nexus One General] :
On the Nexus S, the stock messaging app has a black theme option, but I don't see this option on this build of 2.3??? :confused:
[Nexus One General] neilalexander:
I'm impressed overall, but the complaint about the menubar has a lot of weight to it; the new icons are just too small.

The Gmail icon and Talk icon are very small, as is the mobile data icon (the one with the G/E/3G) and it's practically impossible to see them at a glance. If they had kept the size of the old icons, it would be a huge improvement.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
The black notification bar could look more 3 dimensional if they gave it a shade of grey
[Nexus One General] :
I've just realised that ever since I updated to GRI40, my 3g/EDGE/HSDPA connections don't work at all.

I've tried flashing radios 5.08, 5.12 and even 4.06, but it just doesn't seem to pick up my data connection at all. All I've got is standard connection, but no 3g/E/H icon to tell me that i've got a data connection...???
[Nexus One General] OJ in Compton:
The stock messaging app on the nexus S has a black theme? Anyone have the apk?
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Bizarre, just opened the Messaging app to check for a theme, and all my messages had gone. Luckily I had a backup, but still, not good!

PS. Are you sure it's the Stock NS version, or the CM7 version?
[Nexus One General] :
wow, never even heard of that. very cool. cheers.
[Nexus One General] Mrplennium:
Trackball notification is still very buggy. It will light up for emails, but as soon as I get a missed call it stops pulsating. It doesn't pulsate for voicemails either. For the ppl that don't have this issue? Did you change something in settings?
[Nexus One General] siddharthsai:
Google will be solving the trackball issue when they push out 2.4
[Nexus One General] mingocr83:
Man, this is not the radio...Did you check that the APN settings were set accordingly?
[Nexus One General] akusokuzan:
Source? 10chars
[Nexus One General] Sarg92:
According to this article there is no 2.4 instead it is 2.3.3 which I what we already have on our phone.

http://goo.gl/IhW7E
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
anyway to set the keyboard vibration feedback intensity like the nexus s keyboard?
[Nexus One General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
100% agree. I also hate the new notification area and the tiny icons. I don't know what Google tried to archive with this stupid change.
[Nexus One General] pfmiller:
That's got nothing to do with Gingerbread, I'm surprised you haven't encountered it before. If you lose your 3G signal during a call, it will not renegotiate the data connection until the call is over. I think it's network related and not a problem with Android. I've had it happen to me many times, and it is a real pain.
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
You don't have to reboot to clear that issue, just black out the screen real quick. Takes a second and clears the issue.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
I've noticed the same thing on T-mobile. It's a shame... wonder if AT&T does this as well...? Not that I'd ever switch to AT&T, but I'm curious.
[Nexus One General] OferR:
Yes I know. Possibly a poor choice of words on my part. Thanks anyway.

Most people experience better battery performance. It seems to be the opposite for me. I have also moved from 4.0.whatever to 5.08. WiFi seems to take more power than before, but can be something else as well.

Ideas?
[Nexus One General] Zmydust:
Battery life is unacceptable, 30% less than with froyo. bone stock nexus one.
[Nexus One General] robotnoize:
Multitouch in fruit ninja now!!!! Nice.
[Nexus One General] robotnoize:
Battery life is amazing. Sleeps well.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
My battery life is normal. Gingerbread has this new battery chart and it seems that the battery drainage is pretty stable.
[Nexus One General] Phone_Junkie:
Not looking to start carrier wars, but I've never encountered that with AT&T. It sounds strange, actually. I'm not saying AT&T's network does not behave the same way, but I have never experienced it at least.
[Nexus One General] geemaan:
it was added in the latest game update. worked in froyo too...
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
It's network protocol thing, that's the way it works with GSM fallback. If you're unfortunate and lose 3G connectivity while on a call - it won't be renegotiated until the call is finished.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
I don't think you need to worry about carrier wars, lol. I think even us T-mobile users can admit that AT&T's network is better... for me, it's just not worth the extra $50 a month, so I'm willing to put up with T-mobile...for now at least (been with them for over 8 years). Plus, T-mobile is the only GSM carrier in the country that really gives Android its due...

Sounds like it's more prevalent with T-mobile, as opposed to AT&T. Whatever though...
[Nexus One General] Mrplennium:
I hate when it happens. If I'm tethering and on a call, that obviously goes as well. Is there no way to remedy this?

I also hope google fixes the trackball notification issue as I rely heavily on those notifications since my phone is always silent when at work.
[Nexus One General] Lord_Buckington:
My phone has been unused most of today, and went from around 70-80% charge to 25% charge in about 6-8 hours. Android OS made up 59% of the battery drain. Obviously the screen has barely been on so I don't expect it to have made up the bulk of battery drain, but I'm surprised that the Android OS process has used up so much of my battery when the phone's not even been used.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
Google didn't add scene mode to the camera :( According to the Android 2.3 Userguide, there's supposed to be one.
[Nexus One General] nexusonemeover:
Call me an under user but I just got 48 hours from one charge and had 20% still remaining...never had that with froyo...
[Nexus One General] elimorais:
sweet. so far, so good
[Nexus One General] samagon:
I guess it depends on where you live, in Houston, tmo is much better, and I went from tmo to att and came back to tmo.

Faster speed, less dead zones, less dropped calls.

I used multiple phones on each, so it wasn't a phone thing.

Anyway, still loving the gb, imo it's as much better than froyo, as froyo was better than eclair was.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
:eek: wow, that's impressive. Are you on 2G most of the time?
[Nexus One General] OferR:
Same here.

Did you upgrade your radio as well, or did you already have 5.08 with Froyo?
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Good point... Do you notice losing your data connection after a call and having to wait 30 seconds or so before you get 3G back?
[Nexus One General] samagon:
Haven't noticed, I haven't used speaker, or bt yet, before the upgrade though, no problems with data, it would show that it wasn't on 3g, but would show 3g connection as soon as I connected to an app that used data.
[Nexus One General] OJ in Compton:
I was hoping they'd add the macro option that the Nexus S got too...oh well.

I just want someone to add AAC recording to the camcorder portion...
[Nexus One General] sirconsole:
Proximity sensor problem anyone?
[Nexus One General] JHaste:
now i remember why i hate stock so much...
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
A couple more things after using it for a few days:

1) I am in agreeance, the icons up top are too damn hard to see. The dark grey tiny icons on a black background are ridiculous. I feel like an old man holding the phone 5 inches from my face so I can see the ****in icons.

2) As others have said, missed call notification does not light up the trackball... that is certainly annoying. It seems apps the custom flash the led don't work any more (like LED tester)... but Blink still has my custom LED colors set for SMS and MMS and those work...

edit: Light flow seems to be able to enable the missed call led flash, yay :)
[Nexus One General] robotnoize:
Tweetdeck still lights yellow for me.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
think it's because the early update.zip is not the full version or something?
[Nexus One General] Lord_Buckington:
My radio's 5.08 since Froyo. I'm hoping the battery usage problem will solve itself eventually.

Sent from my Nexus One

EDIT: Since rebooting the phone a few times to see if it made a difference, it has. Battery life has improved significantly and Android OS is using a much lower share of the battery drain.
[Nexus One General] pfmiller:
No. What early update.zip? There is one and only one Gingerbread 2.3.3 for N1. Google isn't going to release an update with parts accidentally missing.
[Nexus One General] Matterhorn:
Yes indeed "Light Flow" does work and it displays colors too and it works without rooting! I just loaded it so I haven't had time to evaluate it properly, but the LED worked the first time on a missed call in RED, thanks for the tip.
[Nexus One General] ap3604:
Edit: Nevermind Vovan and K_myk were kind enough to explain why Light Flow is fine and doesn't steal any data. Thanks guys :)
[Nexus One General] k_myk:
When I realized that trackball notifications were working funky I was like: >:O

but then I saw your post and now I'm like: :D

Seriously, that darn trackball is one of the most important features, which made my buy a nexus and not cheaper desire. If it couldn't be fixed I would roll back to 2.2.2...

Overall GB is working much faster than froy, but I think that animations are a little less smooth.

EDIT: @ap3604 Every custom accessibility option shows the same warning so I guess you have to trust the dev, that he isn't collecting any data from your precious android smartphone, or... root and use for example Trackball Alert.
[Nexus One General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Wasn't the new keyboard supposed to support multi touch? This doesn't seem to work on the n1. Or at least I don't know how to really check this. What kind of shortcuts are possible?

I just tried holding caps and then touched a letter. Didn't work.
[Nexus One General] ap3604:
ignore this
[Nexus One General] Vovan888:
Light Flow does not have "Internet access" permission, so it cant send your data anywhere.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
If you're rooted you can push a distinct multi touch config file and it will "work".

I say "work" but not really, as the N1 digitizer is wank.
[Nexus One General] k_myk:
I'd like to add something just to clarify:

source: Developers site @ http://rageconsulting.com/page/website/rageconsulting/pageId/1665

BTW, IMHO it's a darn good and useful app:) Pity I didn't hear about it earlier:D
[Nexus One General] Mrplennium:
i just got the paid version in the market. It is awesome!!!! But it doesn't give you any notification when you're on a call. Unless i'm missing something?
[Nexus One General] ecdy:
We need Trackball Wakeup!

Not much perceptible change in performance 2.3.3. from 2.2.2.- had to reinstall Swype and switch from builtin Yahoo! Mail app to the Yahoo! app on the market.

Juice Defender seems to work but its icons do not correctly indicate when it's turned data off.

Those notifications are too small and dim.

But, considering that N1 power buttons are known to fail, it would be good to be able to use the trackball to wake up the screen--as NoLock lets you do in 2.2.2.

Apparently the NoLock developer isn't interested in dealing with this problem and that AnyUnlock does not work consistently either.

Finally, has anyone noticed higher HSPA data speeds? I seem to be getting speeds as fast with my N1 as with my MyTouch 4G, which gets the Tmo HSPA+ network. Both run 3.8-4.5 MB/s. I was getting that with the MT (2.2.2) before but only about half that with the N1.