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[G2 and Desire Z General] navkaranchadha:
Iv been a nokia user all my life, love trying new things with my device.

Now finally Iv decided to shift, I am getting a HTC Desire Z this week for approx $500.

Is it worth that much?

If i do need a qwerty keypad, is there any other phone better than this one in the market?

Also im totally new to rooting and roms stuff,

How much of a difference is it to root the device?(the HTC sense UI is already pretty awesome and customizable from the reviews iv seen)

Is it worth the risk?
[G2 and Desire Z General] urfavoritemazn:
idk if they have craigslist wherever you're from, but i can find one right now for around $250
[G2 and Desire Z General] navkaranchadha:
The device is not on craiglist here, 500$ is cheap i guess(its unlocked to any carrier here),

Another small doubt, can anyone share a link on how to root the desire z, all i can find is for g2(i read somewhere its not the same)
[G2 and Desire Z General] wileykat:
The best guide for both is the Gfree root, s-off and super CID thread in the development forum.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
The most up-to-date guide for rooting, which covers all Vision phones (both G2 and Desire Z) is in the Wiki - http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Whether to root or not is a very personal choice. But even if you don't want to load custom ROMs, there are still some things that can only be done on rooted phones. Some software, like ShootMe and Titanium Backup only work on rooted phones. Also, if your version of the Desire Z has any bloatware, it needs to be rooted to remove it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] navkaranchadha:
But what all do i lose on the desire z on rooting it.?

Does the sense UI remain the exactly same?

Also is it possible to kind of unroot it later on for warranty issues n stuff?
[G2 and Desire Z General] wileykat:
You can possibly lose warranty,.... only if something goes horribly wrong and you cant unroot again, but in usual cases, yes you can unroot for warranty purposes.

You can still use full SenseUI,... But you dont have to if you dont want,... thats the beauty.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhkr123:
Typically, if it is so buggered that you can't "unroot" it, then they won't be able to tell that you did anything to it to begin with.

Root does NOT take anything away... what root is, is simply GODLIKE POWER. Being GOD doesn't limit your freedom, it ENHANCES it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Well, I don't know about "godlike", but it is fun to have "superuser" privilege :)

All rooting does, is give you privilege/permission to access the operating system files. It does not actually change any files or take away anything. Its very unlikely to mess up your phone rooting as long as you follow the instruction carefully. And to me, the benefits are well worth the risk.

One more benefit I forgot to mention before, is that overclocking the CPU is only possible on a rooted phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] navkaranchadha:
I read somewhere in xda, that the phone loses htcsense.com feature, htc locations and some other sense specific feature. Is it so? Iv had my nokia rooted, i know what it feels like, but these few htc features are the ones that sold me on it. Dont want them to go.

Also the phone data, do i lose it on rooting?

and whats the diff between gfree and hboot?

Sorry im new at all this, still researchin on the xda forums.
[G2 and Desire Z General] FinalJenemba:
I dont have a desire z, so I cant answer with 100% certainty. But I have a rooted G2 with a Desire Z Sense rom on it and htcsense.com seemed to work, but I turned it off as I hated it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I highly doubt that htcsense.com can tell if you are rooted or not. You certainly don't lose HTC Locations or any of the other stuff, it all works fine still. Don't worry.

htcsense.com is actually very flaky at the moment, and HTC admit they are still working on it. So it doesn't work very well anyway for a lot of people, rooted or not.

No, you don't lose any data on rooting. Unless the rooting goes so badly wrong (extremely unlikely if you use the method in the Wiki) and have to flash a ROM again to recover.

hboot is the bootloader on your phone. You can "see" it if you have the phone powered off (not just asleep, you need to turn off the "fast boot" feature in Menu->Settings->Applications or pull the battery), then hold Volume Down then press Power till it turns on. There is an "eng" (engineering) version of hboot that gives you a few more flashing/recovery functions, but that's not essential to start with, ignore that for now.

gfree is a utility that can be used in rooting and primarily for achieving a full S-OFF on your phone, plus SIM unlock and "superCID" - see more details at http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Subsidy_Unlock.2C_SuperCID.2C_and_Radio_S-OFF
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawoa:
[Q] Standard "stock" launcher - Not ADW, etc; the one that comes with a Nexus. Where?

I've been around a bit and I've noticed that no roms appear to use the "stock" Android launcher. I don't even know what it's called! Even CM, which is generally very close to regular vanilla Android, comes with ADW instead of the normal launcher.

I understand that ADW and other launchers that are included in roms have more/better features, but I'd like to give the "normal" one a try sometime, if only out of curiosity.

Anyone know where can I find it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawoa:
Seriously, nobody? :-/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sibbi:
Just delete sense as standard, press the home button and choose the stock launcher...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craig432:
Download leedroid2.2d from the development page,he includes it in there, its called launcher so just extract it from the rar. It should be in system/app
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hybernator:
sometimes I will pick up my phone and see download fail on a bunch of apps I've never tried to download...any ideas why this is happening?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmurph3:
Might be one of those rare instances that you have a virus or something malicious obviously. Download an anti virus software like lookout or even AVG has a free version on on android now. Scan and post results.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hybernator:
just let odin weild his hammer on my phone and wiped it clean, was still getting them...I also have lookout
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frostie123:
I know there have been many threads like this but I'm just looking for clarification as this is my first Android phone. At my house I usually get the Rogers H speed with 3/4 bars. When I browse the Internet for just an hour, 15% of the battery has been drained. Is this normal on these speeds?

I plan on leaving an IM client on 24/7 and using GPS/maps daily, so I am a bit worried because this may not last the entire day. I could switch to EDGE when I don't need it but apparently I heard that will disconnect once I start a voice call (and want to keep my IM on always). I checked my battery stats and apparently the cell standby (H) is taking most of the battery.

I am using CyanogenMod 6.1.1 with stock radio from Bell. I'm going to try to see if SetCPU makes a difference. And is there any program that can limit the HSPDA bandwidth so less battery is used? Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] urfavoritemazn:
call *#*#4636#*#*
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkadesi:
If you are at home or in a Wi-Fi accessible, Turn ON wifi - it uses wayyyyy less battery than the phone radio when it comes to Data....

you could get a extended battery.... Mugen Power has one for 1800 mAH and its the same size as the stock battery so no need of a bigger door.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
What is your screen brightness set at? The screen is one of the top battery drain culprits. Try turning off auto-brightness, and turning the brightness down to as low as you find tolerable (depending on personal taste, and the lighting conditions in the places you use the phone the most). I recently just lowered my brightness to 35% (still plenty bright under many conditions) from 45%, and already noticing a significant improvement in batter life. Battery usage of the display dropped from over 70% to 45-50%. I haven't had the brightness set this low long enough to see how it translates to hours/days between charges, but we'll see how it goes . . ..
[G2 and Desire Z General] tvdang7:
my battery life is retarded. probably less than yours. i swear i think i lose 1% of battery per minute of web surfing. battery is fine if you do not go on the web and have 2g on all day.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lost800:
Yeah, it's pretty bad.

But that's the same for most smartphones nowadays I think...

Back to the days of game gear, the battery muncher.

6AA = 5 hours of gameplay.

I just bought some Chinese 1500maH batteries on eBay and I don't know if they're actually 1500maH. If I play with my phone a bit, I get 50% after 8 hours at work. Yikes!
[G2 and Desire Z General] CoolinHL:
Assuming the screen was on the entire time, 15% drain for an hour of web surfing sounds pretty good to me. The main battery eater while using the phone is the screen, so I doubt messing with your connectivity is going to drastically change your battery consumption in this usage scenario. Changing connectivity to Wifi or EDGE would probably help more during those times when your phone is off but your phone is still connected to the internet.

On a side note, I had terrible idle battery life when I was using CyanogenMod 6.1.1 on my Desire Z. When I was using my phone, battery life seemed normal. But when the phone was on standby, it seemed like my phone was running even when it was supposed to be on standby. I suspect it might have been SetCPU constantly polling in the background. I switched to Virtuous and didn't install SetCPU/didn't do any overclocking and my life improved literally threefold.
[G Tablet General] fasteddie58:
I'm going to buy a card and would like recommendations on which brand?

Thanks!

Ed
[G Tablet General] japhule:
Cant go wrong with sandisk
[G Tablet General] droidburmese:
can i use micro sdhc ?

hi there, I'm wondering whether I can use micro sdhc into gtab. Not sure the difference between micro sd and micro sdhc. Anyone tried it yet ?? cheers..
[G Tablet General] TeutonicWolf:
You'll have to use microSDHC on the gTablet (or any device) if you want anything larger than 2GB

microSD (and the larger SD Cards) max out at 2 GB

microSDHC (SDHC in general) goes up to 64 GB I believe -- but only 32 GB cards are starting to be available...

I have a WINTEC 16GB rated at Class10 speeds that works fine. The price was right -- only $28 via NewEgg
[G Tablet General] RojasTKD:
Agreed Sandisk is a reputable company with a good product. I heard of to many issues with other "brands".
[G Tablet General] 999ping:
For any kind of computer memory I stick with the brands that I know and trust:

Kingston

Patriot

Sony

It's just too much of pain to lose your data and memory is ridiculously cheap these days.
[G Tablet General] MicroChip:
I would throw in that the adata microsdhc cards you can get from Newegg are usually priced right and work great. I had one that went bad, but adata warranty replaced it very promptly. I have a few that I use with my Nintendo DS, which can be fussy, and they've always been great. Lifetime warranty too.

MC
[Defy General] tenfar:
I've just brick my defy. and i am trying to findout how to fix it.

I format the /pds partiton , and now my phone wont start.

any one who can tell me how to insert a CG to sbf file?

the pds partition in defy is CG38.smg and i have that backup file but i cant insert this CG to sbf file...

hope some one who can give me some tips.
[Defy General] Sorensiim:
I'd just reflash the sbf and move on, cant you get into the bootloader?
[Defy General] jboogie3:
use sbf depacker from modmymobile

open the sbf then insert the cg the compile it, then flash
[Defy General] tenfar:
but it seems the sbf depacker cant insert cg files. it can only replace cg file.
[Defy General] yyhoney:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9z7abkremhza9mh/SBF-Recalc 1.2.9.1.exe

hm..i don't know well. but Do you wanna this?

it is a SBF-Recalc
[Defy General] tenfar:
I've already try this one. it cant add cg to sbf it says cant insert code group ,please wait for 1.3.0 ....:mad:

any one who can help me get sbfcodec?
[Defy General] chaihg:
Tenfar, sorry to hear that but when i googled i got lots of hit for adding and modifying CG in sbf. Please droid forums there seem to be others who did this.
[Defy General] tenfar:
you can replace a CG you can delete a CG but how to add a CG?
[Defy General] Higgsy:
I think the man to ask on this one is Skillraz on Mod my Mobile
[Defy General] Perilla_:
Let us know if you fix it man.

LUCK!
[Defy General] Filipitripi:
Question

You need a .sbf with only cg38 ¿?¿?

All the .sbf with a specific cg38 ¿?¿?

Answer and i try help you ....
[Defy General] tenfar:
I need a .sbf only with cg38.smg.

Thanks

the backup file is at

http://pubftp.goapk.com/1026/CG38.smg
[Defy General] tanggle:
Did you find any solution? I've got the same problem :(
[Defy General] ABC_Universal:
If I'm not mistaken, tenfar eventually sent it back to factory. And a circuit replacement was required.
[Defy General] Epsylon3:
i've exactly the same problem...

What was your symptoms ? a reboot at bootanimation point with all sbfs ?
[Defy General] gavinta:
I hope someday Moto could unlock the BL then we may fix this brick, by the way, does that legal if we copy the IMEI files in a condition which we are unable to write the original IMEI back?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RollerCoasting:
I'm having some trouble tethering my Archos 70 to my myTouch 3g Slide with CM6.1.

When I attempt to bluetooth tether (archos won't pick up on ad-hoc, arghh), it asks me for an APN and (optionally) a username and password. I'm blank as to what to put these as, could someone offer some insight? (Or a way to get the Archos to see ad-hoc? Or how to tether with infrastructure?)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foh1981:
The APN depends on your carrier and sometimes also what kind of data plan you're using (if any). Username and password doesn't matter (normally anyway), you can leave them empty or fill in anything you want.

However, if you get the APN question your Archos wants to connect via Bluetooth DUN. I use Wireless Tether on my Hero and then it uses Bluetooth PAN, which doesn't ask for the APN. Read my post here for how I connect to my phone: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10238875&postcount=29
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RollerCoasting:
^ Thanks a million, I could never figure out how to get PAN instead of DUN working. The Wireless tether app worked like a charm, thanks so very much for your help.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rose4uKY:
So can I tether with my non rooted EVO using Wireless Tether? If so please tell me how? Does it not recognize the Archos?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aliilyas:
Hexxeh, a web developer and hacker has managed to port Android to Cr-48, the prototype notebook for Chrome OS. That's the fruits of having an open source mobile OS

Source
[Nook Color General] mtm88001:
My solution to turning off USB auto mounting.

After reading nookdevs.com/NookColor_Turn_off_USB_automouting I was unable to get the settings to persist after reboot.

However; after adding the line persist.service.mount.umsauto=0 to the /system/build.prop file the setting seems to survive reboot.

Can anyone else confirm this works or have an alternate method to stop the auto mounting, even after reboot.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
Same here, even though I was told creating the file described in the wiki would do the trick, adding it to the build prop seems like it would also work.

I will double check the file name and location and change the page appropriately.
[G2 and Desire Z General] :
I just got the HTC G2, what is the best application for an alarm clock where I can also put my own music as a ringtone for it? Or if there's any way I can use the phone's built-in alarm clock app for that (e.g. choose one of my songs as an alarm tone)?

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] ab0m:
Klaxon is my favorite. I love the way the volume can ramp up and stuff, and it's just awesome anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z General] convolution:
Gentle Alarm BY FAR.

Sooooo many options to play with.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhkr123:
Stock alarm clock will do that. Put your alarms into a directory on the sdcard called.... "alarms", and the next media scan will have it into your alarms list.
[G Tablet General] ndgayan:
Can anyone tel me the best auto memory optimizing app.
[G Tablet General] Allenfx:
I have been running app killer. It has some custom settings (app kills safe, moderate, aggressive etc) and you can set it to shut them down every 30 minutes, every hour, etc etc.

It hasnt caused me any issues with functionality that i can find.....nothing crashes or locks up or fails to run. Most of the necessary apps just start themsevles back up if they get killed. The unnecessary ones don't.

It helps keep a good portion of that 512mb of ram freed up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wdenker:
Are any other roms going to go to edify scripts soon? I love quantom but would like to try others.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sh0wNuF:
As far as I know mammon's bonsai rom is compatible with 3.0 but I believe midnight rom edify version is coming out soon
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thizzmaster:
never heard of the quantom rom, but right now midnight is on it :P and quantum rom is good!!! i think this should be asked in general too D:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbadboy2007:
It will be moved lol but there are now a few edify roms 3 to be exact.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecooce:
My Frankenstein FROYO ROM has edify scripts,compatible with RFS and EXT4,CWM 2.5.? and 3.0.0.5,I say once you try it you will want to stick with it.No Im not one of the big names on here,nor do I have a team,but Ive taken the best things from every ROM and added some things that are made by me.
[General Questions and Answers] bigpoppo:
Kind of a noob to android software but learning quickly. Picked up my Vibrant a week ago and immediately rooted it to remove bloatware and install Barnacle. Everything works great except Live Wallpapers stopped working. When I try to run a live wallpaper i get the following message, "unfortunately our checks indicate this handset doesn't support the Live Wallpaper feature. You can acquire the Live Wallpaper feature via upgrading firmware. Our apologies for the disappointment."

Kind of hit a wall because I can't figure out how to upgrade firmware and I only have a Mac. All the forums recommend a procedure using Odin or downloading via Kies, both of which seem to be PC only. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[EVO 4G General] jhoffy22:
Hey guys, I'm relatively new to torrenting and I figured since this community is so great that I would run it by you guys first.

Speedtest says that my download speed is approximately 8mb/s. Why are my Utorrent download speeds so slow then? I'm only getting about 2mb/s download speeds.

There are plenty of seeders as well so I don't think that is the problem.
[EVO 4G General] SilverZero:
Could be throttling from your ISP, or it could be that you just aren't getting the same speeds over the ports uT is using. Or maybe all your seeds are slow. Could be any number of things.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
8 mbit is your speedtest speed, utorrent is telling you your download speed as mbyte. they are 2 different ways of saying the same speed but they are not equal

example: speedtest tells me 9.56mbps I can download at 1226kBps or 1.2mBps
[EVO 4G General] jhoffy22:
I'm downloading Dexter Season 5 which is in the top 100 torrents in Pirate Bay so i don't think that it is a problem with the seeds. Any way to check the other things though such as throttling from my ISP? I read that my ISP does in fact throttle so is there any way to get around this?
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
use an encrypted vpn, or a speedbox. I have comcast and they are notorious for throttling, but I use btguard so I don't get throttled, and nobody can track me
[EVO 4G General] jhoffy22:
I'm going to look into setting all of this up. Would you mind helping me out? Thanks for your help.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
yeah, pm me
[EVO 4G General] sobis1dm:
Are you doing this through your phone (only reason I ask is because, well, it's here)? If so, your ping times are probably nowhere near fast enough to get you to consistently hit that 8 mbps speed.
[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
If you've got multiple computers, here's a nifty trick I found this past weekend to get around some ISP's (namely, Comcast) throttling:

1) On both computers, install uTorrent 3.0 Alpha.

2) Under Preferences>BitTorrent set outbound encryption to forced, and un-check "Allow incoming legacy connections", under Basic BitTorrent Features, make sure everything except "Limit local peer bandwidth" is checked.

3) Confirm your router supports UPnP, and check Preferences>Connection "Enable UPnP port mapping", "Enable NAT-PMP port mapping", "Randomize port each start", and "Add Windows Firewall exception"

3a) If you have a firewall on your computer like ESET Smart Security, make sure to create an exception for all inbound and outbound TCP and UDP connections to/from utorrent.exe.

4) Load the same torrent file in both computers' uTorrent list. Under Peers, right-click and select "add peer", and enter the LAN IP address and port (you can get the port from Preferences>Connection>Listening Port) of the other computer.

Now, each computer will download the torrent and (hopefully) go after different pieces of the torrent simultaneously, then share over the LAN what each one has gotten. Enabling Local Peer Discovery will also find a bunch of peers from your ISP, since cable networks act like giant WAN-addressable LANs. (If you want an example, hook up your computer directly to your cable modem's ethernet port, and open up Wireshark. You'll see a ton of broadcasts from people's LANs, like mDNS and ARP requests. You could even do some ARP poisoning and sniff everyone's traffic in your neighborhood...)
[EVO 4G General] jhoffy22:
Thanks for everyones comments and suggestions! Weirdly enough, I got it working great now and just by uninstalling and reinstalling as to restore the default settings in Utorrent 2.2.

One thing that peaks my curiousity however, earlier when I was trying to leach off my friends 8mb/s download speed internet I was only achieving the 2mb/s or so. When I got home to my house, I was getting about 2.5mb/s and the internet package that we have is supposed to only allow for 1mb/s!

I stopped all downloads and went onto speedtest.net and I did indeed register at ~2.7mb/s download and 1.1mb/s upload. I don't understand how this is possible considering last week I consistently was only getting 1mb/s and even called my cable company and they confirmed that was what I was paying for. Doesn't make any sense but I'm definitely not complaining :p
[EVO 4G General] stangdriverdoug:
I get about 15 mbps down and about 1mbps up on speedtest.net. When I download a movie I see about 2mbps down and about 90kbps max. Whats everyones upload? Thats what really matters.
[EVO 4G General] nrage23:
I found a torrent app for Android that actually works. I have tried several but tTorrent is the only one I have found that really works. They have a free lite version that has a download speed cap but I paid for the full which was 2 something.

https://slideme.org/en/applications?text=ttorrent
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
Do what you want cause a pirate is free! You are a pirate! lets make a sing along!
[EVO 4G General] stangdriverdoug:
Maybe there should be a disclaimer in the op lol
[EVO 4G General] treckin:
Limit your global upload speed to 25kb/s, walk away for 10 mins. Bam, max speed.

If that doesn't work, the torrent you want probably doesn't have enough seeds close by to you with good upload.