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[GT540 Optimus Android Development] robber_t:
Hi Pepi,

your stock ROM got stuck because of the leftover userdata and/or cache from the "fastboot" ROM.

Before you flash the stock ROM via KDZ, you should erase userdata and cache (fastboot -w or wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition from recovery), go STRAIGT to download mode thereafter (must NOT boot into android) and then flash non-fastboot, stock ROM!

There is a whole tutorial on Modaco or here on XDA, but the above info should be enough to get you past the LG logo or Android animation...

Hope it helps...!
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
What you explain I made minimum ten times without success.

I go to fastboot mode

fastboot - w

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase boot ( so I erase all I can erase as user)

Then reboot phone , go directly to download mode and flash with KDZ file. But no success :(

Flash is ok, but when finished, and rebooted stuck with first LG logo animation before grey ANDROID animation. I will be very happy when your process give me solution for my problem, but it is not :(

Opposite ( as I say before) when I flash with fastboot rom, every rom work without any problems.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Destroyer-XDA:
Never done that :eek:

All I've had to do is put the phone into download mode and flash with the latest stock rom in 3gqct & diag. Once it wouldn't boot up, so I flashed a V20B with fastboot, did the usual 'fastboot.exe -w' & 'fastboot.exe erase system', then flashed the latest Australian V20C rom, did a Factory data reset and was all good again.

If you can get a fastboot rom to work then do a factory reset from Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset. This wipes more than the fastboot method for whatever reason. After doing the fastboot wipe the phone always has the date and time correct where as the Factory data reset is reset to default values.

Anyway, what stock rom are you trying to flash?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
Any stock rom is ok, since I use english language. ( try 20B 20C Baltic 20D) - downloaded from LG web page.

And if you use fastboot -w and fastboot erase system, phone also reset to factory state ( language and date and time is erased)

So you suggest that I flash with fastboot ROM, then wipe data from factory data reset and then try to flash with stock ROM from download mode?

P.S Why not to fastboot erase boot?

every clockwork recovery has boot.img, so even erased I can bring boot back :)
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Destroyer-XDA:
And then flash a kdz version V20C or D with kdz_update in 3gqct & diag. Fingers crossed it works! ;)

Never had to do it, no problem with it if it doesn't do any harm.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
Try as you say, but result was same: stuck :mad:
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] keewanchoapsss:
I am the exact same as you mate. I also have tried numerous times to get back to a stock ROM and found it stuck on the second LG screen before the android logo. I have done ALL the steps, erased everything, tried everything. It's a bit of a bummer these stock ROMs.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Destroyer-XDA:
Crap!! :(

So the factory data reset worked, and the kdz flash worked but still stuck in the loop?

Sounds like wiping the phone doesn't wipe everything OR that a kdz_update crash does some damage some how. Never had a crash (touch wood) in kdz_update so maybe thats why I can go back to the LG stock AUS V20C rom.

I wonder if you guy's have a bad sector that the stock rom writes to. If this is true, I'm not sure how we can fix it. :confused:

A kdz_update crash too?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
I assume that many LG540 has "bad sector" in memory blocks ( I have two), but also found that programs are clever enough to NOT WRITE to those sectors, they are marked as bad ,and skipped when writes ROM. So I am sure 99.99% that bad sectors in memory are not related with function of stock ROM. Fastboot rom works ok, so if bad sectors are problem, I assume that fastboot sectors also have problems.

I know that phone must have part of memory that cannot be erased, and maybe fastboot rom writes something to that part.

Also mystery is also: why some users can flash stock rom without any problem, and many other cannot.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] keewanchoapsss:
Nope, didn't crash. It done the whole flash at the end it stated finished and then when my phone went to reboot it got stuck on LG loading screen. Although flashing the Clockwork 2.5.0.6 stock 2.1 rom works, but clockwork doesn't get installed. It's really strange.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Destroyer-XDA:
Bad sectors aren't marked on Windows unless you do a long format (or search for them), it finds them and marks them. If you wipe the partitions the info has

gone

and if remake the partitions, windows will write to them unless you scan for them again and then you have trouble. Linux is the same, it doesn't scan for bad sectors by default when formatting so it will write to the bad sectors too, afaik.

Now kdz_update doesn't scan for bad sectors so it writes the whole image to to the drive so its possible that it is writing to a bad sector and that's why you have trouble. Possibly ;)

Could be right about the memory, even with a kdz flash you still have some of your previous setup, that's why we have to factory data reset, so it doesn't wipe everything. If I was the foil head type, I might be thinking..........:rolleyes:

Do the fastboot roms only write data to the already made partitions? Does kdz? I know kdz changes my button assignments if I flash a V20C > 20A.

Not a crash but still with kdz rom. Hmmm.....

I didn't have recovery with the stock clockwork rom either, had to install it manually.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
In that case mystery is much bigger. Fastboot ROM works without problem. So if you theory is true it looks like that fastboot ROMs are less sensible to memory errors ( bad block) then stock ROM, and that thing to me looks nearly impossible.

So answer must be in something that is not erased, and not in ROM and bad sectors.

Also even you erase all data from phone there is always left part it cannot be erased, so it is possible that information of bad sectors are stored in that place.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] coleonyx:
Bad sectors in windows are different than bad blocks in linux. I have 9 bad blocks on mu phone.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
Sectors are on hard disc, blocks are on memory chip:but it doesn't mean anything.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Destroyer-XDA:
My theory has some holes in it though. The partitions must remain intact otherwise the data wouldn't be there to 'factory data reset', wiping the partitions of a single disc removes all. They could be formatted, system & boot and that might cause the problem but we know that for a fastboot flash, we have to wipe the data & system partitions and it still works?

Maybe kdz writes more data (bigger size mb) and these bad blocks get written. Could be its not how much but where it writes too as well. Maybe kdz is doesn't know about bad blocks, just dumps it, block by block regardless.

If we could just extract the img from a kdz we could test it somewhat.

And yes I should use 'blocks'..... :D
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
When I made my own fastboot roms the chage in size was less then 3Kb compared to stock rom. Is that 3KB makes such difference? I dont think so. So something was not wiped, and that is all problem ( at least I think so)

Also as you can see stock Baltic 20D have nearly

10 MB

less then others stock rom, but also not working. So there is something in rom of phone that block using boot part of stock rom, and fastboot jump over that part ,and phone works
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Destroyer-XDA:
Fastboot might see the the bad blocks, kdz doesn't, maybe. At least we are getting somewhat closer to understanding the problem.

Makes me worried about using kdz_update though. ;)
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] djdestiny:
Are you using CDMA or 3GQCT ?

CDMA will at least , brick your phone .

Try using Emergency mode .

And !!!

Be patient .

My Optimus GT540 has suffered the bruises of 3 ROMS already , 2.2.1 , 2.3.2 ( SwiftDroid ) , And my flashing of STOCK UK ROM from LG .
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pepi74:
I try ALL combination : even CDMA ( and it doesn't brick my phone) So I am not afraid bricking my phone. Until someone find solution I will use fastboot ROM I made. Work very well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sudhishchandra:
Hi all,

I've been trying to add new locale ml_IN(malayalam -India) and it's font to android source.Some how I added font to android emulator by replacing DroidSansFallback.ttf with my fonts it worked for me ,I know that is not the right way, when I added it as DroidsansMalayalam.ttf to system/fonts it's not working.

So how can I add a new font to android source without replacing DroidSansFallback.ttf and then compile it.which file/files I need to edit.

(I just tried it by adding DroidSansMalayalam.ttf \ to 'copy_from' in /frameworks/base/data/fonts/android.mk and also added element <fallback ttf="DroidSansMalayalam" /> a to /frameworks/base/data/fonts/fonts.xml still no luck )

In the case of locale I added ml_IN to language_full.mk and language_small.mk files in /build/target/product and I provided malayalam language resourced for calculator application. To view malayalam in list of supported locales in device I added code(ml_IN) and label(malayalam) of my locale to special_locle_code and special locale_names elements, which is in package/apps/settings/res/values/arrays.xml file of Setting application ,

Then I compiled the whole source using make command,then I replaced the system image of emulator with new image it does not show any result

Iam noobe to this Somebody please help me

Thanks for your time

Regards,

Kariyachan
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sudhishchandra:
Please help me ......................??????????
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Farrukh:
I also want to add Japan language support and keyboard to my hero. Please help me. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sudhishchandra:
@Farrukh

Hi there,Let's work together for it .If you got any updation please post to this forum.I will do the same;)

Now I have following link that that give me some hint.

http://groups.google.com/group/andr...9bb65c5d7d4?lnk=gst&q=locale#56d0c9bb65c5d7d4

http://groups.google.com/group/andr...c3396abf486/507020d4d754d7b4#507020d4d754d7b4

Thanks,

SC
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] poo22:
Id like to add a russian keyboard to text o n my froyo galaxy s. Anyone?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abeysa:
hi I am new to Android localisation pls help me

1. how we acquire malayalam localisation

2. Is there is any key map is available for malayalam
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] rezkon:
Ok so ive had my diamond for a while i cant be 100% how long

my diamond when i get a call i have to turn it on to loudspeaker alot sometimes it will randomly work again other times it wont its is very werid and quiet annoying

any help?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
Unzip this fille and copy to your Windows folder, replacing the existing.

It will boost your volumes, but if it is a hardware issue then it won't help.

I have also heard that when the earpeace starts to go, sometimes taping it can get it to come back.

Hope this helps
[Omnia 7 General] magistrala669:
hi

Does anyone know will there be an option to change themes on omnia 7 phones.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] harsha_aithal:
I found some simple steps do the trick in increasing battery life of my HTC Hero (with Official 2.1 Update, Sense and rooted). Would like to share the same with you all. Shared the same with some other Sense users and awaiting for their feedback).

1. Turn off always on mobile data

2. Turn off Auto-sync(Yes, I know what you are thinking right now. But, I open twitter, facebook whenever I need them. I Don't keep them open and syncing all the time and this is same for Gmail app too)

3. Remove any weather widget from home screens (or atleast reduce the frequency of update)

4. Install a software called Battery booster(free) n do the following (don't expect it do wonders, it just allows you to do couple of settings)

@ reduce display brightness to a satisfactory level (I have kept it to 9-10%, doesnt make any difference if you indoor, and Hero's display is pathetic in outdoors anyway)

@ reduce automatic lock time (This one is irritating, Should say !) (optional, helps when you have a habit of keeping the phone unlocked and not using it)

@ have its widget on the home screen (to do some quick settings)

5. Install start up manager from market n remove all user apps from start up, doing this will avoid them getting started automatically (Yes, I didnt require any of the apps to be loaded at the startup, in fact I have disabled couple of system and HTC prop apps or services)

6. Reboot the phone n witness the magic (I have got more than a days battery after 3 hrs of music, an hour of browsing, fb twitter etc..)

7. (UPDATE) Have task killer to close all running apps before you go to sleep !

:p
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sebxd:
Hi,

I have an off-topic question but I wanna know the name of your widget showing your data of the day and your data of the week !

Thanks for your tutorial and for your future answer !
[Hero, G2 Touch General] harsha_aithal:
PHONE Usage app. ( only paid version let's you add widgets )
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sebxd:
Thanks i'm gonna check it
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mcyorian:
or buy a charger for home, another for office, nother for car, another for mom´s home... so etc... i have 2 chargers
[Hero, G2 Touch General] harsha_aithal:
Like that.. But what if you are in a jungle ?;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Coedy:
If your in a jungle chances are you wont get coverage so can have it set to aeroplane mode ;) :p

Good guide though!

Also worth saying that 'Data on Demand' is a great app. turns off 3g/2g/h connection while the screen is off. and is a lot less cpu intensive than juice defender and the like.

Also GreenPower is the same but it also manages wifi.

Annnnddd its pointless turning the GPS off in the settings. when it is on it will only use power if an app asks for your location (and then you will see that the gps is activated in the notification bar).

You get the exact same battery life leaving the phones gps set on but never open a gps requiring app as if you leave gps off and never use a gps requiring app. ;)

At least it has for me on every rom Ive tried, and on my brothers official 2.1 hero.
[Fascinate General] dco717:
So is there a one click root app that works to root because z4root doesn't work after update
[Fascinate General] kspeaksster:
I'm unable to root as well. Been trying the alternate methods without success. Can't even get ADB to work.

verizon fascinate DL09 *UNROOTED AND CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ROOT*
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
I used this method a few minutes ago and it seemed to work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

EDIT: Scratch that, I tried installing a rom and it failed.
[Fascinate General] mike919:
z4root does NOT work with DL09 nor does any one click that i know of... you must use the d2 method found here. I just rooted using this. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=779238
[Fascinate General] Kevin Gossett:
It seems to vary from person to person.

Some people have had success with z4, some have had success with 1-click...
[Fascinate General] mike919:
i'm seeing that as well. thanks for the update!! i think a lot of people are going to have issues with this... if they just learned ADB they wouldnt have this problem!!

community is spoiling noobs with 1 clicks... :)
[Fascinate General] thewaytolite:
I used ADB to root my phone and install clockwork recovery not a single issue
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
True but unfortunately ADB does not work on my x64 Win7 machine.
[Fascinate General] shauder:
that seems like a personal problem because it works for me on x64 W7
[Fascinate General] mdram-omnia:
it uses a diff directory structure, inststead of android-sdk\tools

its in android-sdk-platform\tool\platform

or something like that

but i cant get the root to take using any method yet
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
I was able to successfully root my device using the files from here, its a 1 click method too.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/33899-how-root.html
[Fascinate General] RacerXFD:
If you can get into recovery, and mount system as r/w, you can root it...

Push the files necessary for root such as busybox, superuser, etc

Now how you do that?

I'm not sure.
[Fascinate General] bwheelies:
I used the superoneclick root. Windows XP with 32bit Drivers and FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POST.
[Fascinate General] kspeaksster:
This method worked for me

verizon fascinate DL09 *UNROOTED AND CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ROOT*
[Fascinate General] bignew67:
Possible reason for failure

I had similar issues when I tried to manually root my fascinate after the dl09 update, and was using the most current samsung usb drivers...i think 1.3.550.

I removed the drivers and used the older 1.3.450 and was successfully able to root.
[Fascinate General] dco717:
To do without a one click app please give directions because I don't know how to root using other methods
[Fascinate General] denpad2010:
Excuse my ignorance, but did you root after ota update or previous that, thanks
[Fascinate General] dco717:
can't figure out how to since the update z4root won't do it
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
That was the only method that worked for me after the update.
[Fascinate General] dco717:
Tried but says drivers may be old but just updates em
[Fascinate General] denpad2010:
I updated recently to ota dl9, well I lost root,i just reroot using the sam4 method,i taking about...superoneclick, Worked the second time, first time gave me an error...
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Guys, please check the following thread for manual rooting instructions. This is really the best way to do it, as it works no matter what version you have (DI01, DJ05, DL09, etc.), and you learn more about how exactly the rooting process works along the way.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913670

The only catch with this method is that you have to install Clockworkmod, but since you need to have that installed in order to flash any custom kernels or ROMs, you may as well go ahead and do it. The OEM recovery is only needed if you want to install anymore OTA updates from Samsung/Verizon, and you can always get that back at a later point in time if you really want. As soon as Kaoscinate CM gets up to speed though, you shouldn't have to worry about OTA updates anymore. ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xport:
I am new to the rooting incredible scene. Came over from the vogue/android scene. I would like to know if I can root just to remove bloat and add wifi tether, then set my phone back to the state where it will automatically receive OTA updates (even if that adds bloat back in until I re-root). I am trying to keep my inc as stock as possible, but would really like to clean some of the sh*t off, and would like to have true wifi tether hotspot. TIA.

Let me clarify. I want to have my phone as close to stock (verizon sense stock), without the bloat apps, adding wifi tether, but be able to receive VZW updates OTA without issue when they come out.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Closest I can think of is Virtuous.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765447

It is stock sense with bloat removed and other enhancements.

As for getting an OTA, you have to be on the stock recovery. But Virtuous updates the Rom on the latest OTA anyway.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Also wireless tether for root users can be found on the market or the latest version is always here:

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xport:
What are the cons of the Virtuous ROM? Is there anything not working? I am used to something not working coming from the Vogue scene.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
All of it works great - that is the ROM you want for the setup you described.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xport:
Is it easy enough to return to stock (vzw returnable)?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Pretty easy really.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=786436

But grab the newest S-on from here:

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] projectsome:
Ok,

following on from, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10414748&postcount=22

I've been looking at this thread, I've got to page 12 of 22 so far. think my eyes are gonna melt soon....

unfortunately my knowledge of editing etc is limited to ZERO

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=710204

I've attached a bootanimation file which is from a HTC phone and the mini pro system/bin folder . If you open it in a file editor and press search for mp3, there's a few lines etc pointing to folders with mp3's in. I think the file also points to other xml files and db files located on the HTC.

If you look at the original bootanimation file on the mini pro located in the system/bin folder there's nothing on mp3 in it.

I've noticed from the line debug.sf.nobootanimation in the mini pro and HTC varies (which is where I found the differences)

I've attached both bootanimation files in the zip below if anyone wants to take a look. I've renamed them accordingly.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] projectsome:
I've also posted here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10565772&postcount=217 for some helpful info.

I've had a look at the bootanimation file(s) from the HTC one listed here and the bootanimation file in system/bin on the mini pro which tells the phone to look in the media and local folders respectively.

The difference is on the mini pro version it doesn't point to any xml files/scripts etc whereas the HTC one does.

I've tried putting the HTC bootanimation on the mini pro and the animation works fine.

I've also tried adding lines from the HTC file to the mini pro one. I also tried changing the path names on the HTC file to reflect the location(s) of file(s) on the mini pro. I even tried copying the audio file in to several folders.

I've even tried using the bootscreen folder listed somewhere (again pointing to it using the HTC file)

Are there any files etc I've missed that could get the sound working?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gewoonjan:
hello people who think it's worth reading this!

i know i'm not posting anything on XDA, but I try to keep the threads readable0=)

(ofcourse respecting the developers)

anyway, yesterday i was reconfiguring my home tab once again, and found out that my taskbar disappeared when i set cht to use the custom softkeybar.

does anyone else has the same problem?

or maybe dealt with it before?

(i'm sorry to say this is the first time i haven't used the search function due to the fact that my hd2 was going crazy when i tried to use it)

btw i'm using tsowen's taskbar and qmenu, if you need the info 0=)

hope that someone has an answer for this.

thanks in advance!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dunc001:
It's a known bug. Just press your Home hardkey and it should reappear.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gewoonjan:
ok, is there a fix for it?

cause i was hoping there was 0=)

btw i allready figured your home haddkey tip out, but thanks anyway ;)