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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkX10i:
Hi

im kinda new to all this custom rom business, and since sony have said there will be no 2.2 i thought i'd try this way instead :D

would any of you here be able to get me started? i have an x10, with 2.1 software, first question i guess is how do i prepare my phone to use a custom rom, like what software have i gotta put on it beforehand, and second, what software is there to put on? has there been a custom 2.2 rom released yet?

thanks in advance :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooidort:
Go there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859571

Then here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=900441

Then ???

Then profit!

Edit-

You could also read this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876548
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Also read this too...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkX10i:
cheers for the help guys, definately seen the light now ;)

sorry if i posted this in the wrong forum part, i'll make sure to post in the correct place next time.

thanks again :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draken Korin:
appreciated, have fun :)

not dev related, moved to q&a
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
So, last night I decided to givemedia hub a whirl and downloaded 300 and watched the whole movie on the phone and I never realized how good this phones screen is for HD. It looks better than my tv.

But anyways, riht after the movie was done, I downloaded and watched V for Vendetta and fell asleep afterwards without charging, and right now I'm at 13hr 34min with screen on time of 5hr and 43 minutes.

Id say this phone handles media playback quite well lol
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Also just realized...tws is 53%...wtf lol
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
Yeah its good to watch movies on this screen.I downloaded about 5 from media hub sofar.Dont forget the files are stored on your sdcard,I had to delete them manually for some reason.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
I love using the tv.com app and watching STAR TREK: TOS episodes. Anytime they use a communicator, I feel a tremendous inner geek fire and oh how warm it is. Heh heh.
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
veoh.com/iphone is high on my list,that and I rip alot of movies to the phone in high qulity,about 1.3gb on most hour and a half movies.
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
I also highly recommend : Droid Streamer

it's free on the market and streams tv shows, movies, and anime @ 480i compressed. There's a Pro version, but i dont know what features you get with that.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
How much gb is a movie file?
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
droid streamer is nice but it seems like it wants to much info,but I do keep it on the sdcard and install when I want to use it...Media Hub files range in size,most are around 900mb - 1.1gb
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
I wouldn't call droid steamer nice per se, but it is free and gets the job done when bored, altho the dev. needs to use a better player that can do aspect ratios.

Do Media Hub movies play @ 720p for 1gb -/+ files?
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
I think they are 720p native.
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
now if we could just find something that will allow us tpo play them through allshare woudl be great, i hate allshare can never get it to play any damn video
[Epic 4G General] running_the_dream:
I use double twist for my player. Keep my music playlists there and watch TV shows and moveis with it. I transfer movies and shows from my pc to my sd card on my phone. And yes, it HD looks fantastic on Super AMOLED. It's the best screen I've seen on a phone
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
One cool feature i like is it lets you airsync your andriod to your itunes player. Do you know of a app that's similar to this but streams to WMP or VLC player?
[Wildfire General] mrbumbastik:
I've already made a couple of Goldcards... When i try to install the RUU on my Wildfire it gives me Error 131 Customer ID Error and It once give me Error 140. I was just wondering what is going on. And my screen has magically stopped working, the reason i'm trying to get back on to stock ROM is so i could send it back for gurantee and get it repaired/replaced. Do you thin they would check ROM ? It voids the gurantee and i had a custom ROM on... Any help is thankfully welcomed.
[Wildfire General] ryanraven:
DEPENDS

where did you get the phone and was it debranded ?

what version are you trying to install ?

now you install a custom rom it has voided your warranty.

do you know what version you had when you had the phone ??
[Wildfire General] f0xy:
Just install an ruin from shipped time as normal... this will put phone into normal state. You aren't penalised for updating your phone.
[Wildfire General] f0xy:
Ruin is ruu
[Wildfire General] mrbumbastik:
i am trying to install RUU_Buzz_Vodafone_SPA_1.14.164.1_R_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_130867_signed

Thats what i found off shipped ROMs.

When i try to install it it gives me error 131...

When i bought the phone it had 2.1 and i updated it to update-1. From there i rooted.

I got it online on vodafone on contract and i think it was already debranded, not sure. their is no vodafone logo on it, nor is it locked to vodafone, i put in a dif sim and it worked.

I have tried a goldcard while installing the RUU and it just gives me error 140 Bootloader version error.

Can you help me from here, my screen doesn't work and it haven't tampered with it( dropped it or anything like that) . Do you think they will check the software version??? And who should i ring to say it's messed and i got gurantee.
[HD2 General] Ower:
Hello, im looking if its possible to make a backup of full Rom. Im wanna try install nand android but im afraid to lose all data/settings and everything from my Wm rom.

Sorry for new thread.Peace.
[HD2 General] fighter7139:
Spb backup, sprite backup, sktools, resco backup.
[HD2 General] fred_up:
Do a full backup using SPB Backup, this will save all your settings/SMS/etc onto your SD card. Download a copy of the ROM on your phone.

If you want to return to WinMo, then flash the ROM and run the SPB Backup retore file on the SD Card - this will put all your stuff back into WinMo.
[HD2 General] Ower:
Thanks guys.
[General Questions and Answers] NinjaRicky:
So Adobe has released another update. Can someone post a modded .apk version that will work with Hulu please? I defer to the Masters. :)

:D
[General Questions and Answers] Ziiieper:
Can i Run the Flash Player on the smartbook Surfer with 2.1?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Crossrocker:
No offense to anyone but I simply do not like the theme thats used in mikfroyo. I flashed the flat black theme and still do not like the colors. What options do I have to make this amzing rom good lookin?

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on the IPhone. We now have the Htc Evo.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Crossrocker:
Never mind.. Flat black is pretty good

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on the IPhone. We now have the Htc Evo.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mquinn24:
Matted blue theme is up for mikfroyo 4.3. Looks awesome
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Mich2Ga:
Most of the 3.70 Themes work fine with it....
[XPERIA X10 General] shaunbu:
After looking at the file system of the X10 and noticing lots of empty space on the /system partition and the fact I wanted more space for apps but didn't want to use my class 2 SD card (that is already pretty full!), I decided to try moving some of my larger apps and pointing to the new location using symlinks (like what apps2sd does). Got over 70mb extra space and no probs no far. New apps will just be installed in /data/app/ as before.

Goes without saying that you do this at your own risk and to make a backup first!

This hack of course requires root! And busybox installed.

First copy the apk file to /system/app2/ say (/system/app/ is already used for some system apps so I decided not to copy their so I could keep them separate.)

Check this is done correctly (I used root explorer) but if the command completed with no errors it should be ok. May need to mount /system as read/write.

Then delete the original file and create a symlink to the new file. (If the first step was done incorrectly this step will remove the app!)

I used an app called Scripter to read QR codes I generated from http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ (use text mode) with the code I wrote on my PC, just scan your comp screen with phone camera and it gives you the option to execute the text. (Or you could spend hours typing it in by hand.) adb didn't work for step 2 when I tried it (access denied).

If step 1 says access denied use root explorer to mount /system as read write and try again or use adb to copy the apps ("adb shell" then use the "busybox cp /data/app/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk /system/app2/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk" command)

Example with angrybirds:

First find the name of the .apk file (I used root explorer and navagated to /data/app/ and ordered by size) in this case "com.rovio.angrybirds.apk"

Copy it:

busybox cp /data/app/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk /system/app2/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk

Delete old file and create symlink:

busybox rm /data/app/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk

busybox ln -s /system/app2/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk /data/app/com.rovio.angrybirds.apk

I used notepad "find and replace" to change "com.rovio.angrybirds.apk" to the name of a different app and repeated.

Here are the names of the apps I moved (to save you typing out the names, all near the top of the list in terms of size).

com.polarbit.krazyracers.apk

com.rovio.angrybirds.apk

com.skype.raider.apk

com.fring.apk

com.qype.radar.apk

com.galcon.igalcon.apk

Hope this helps people who like me want more space for apps without using their SD card. Any probs ask here and hopefully I or someone else can help.

Shaun
[XPERIA X10 General] Crowds:
i wonder if this really works :eek:

not calling into question what you say but I think in the long run is able to consume more resources (or at least the same) due to the fact that they also use a folder within the system...

just a thought ;)

but hey, if it works ... WOW
[XPERIA X10 General] creage:
I'd like to see it implemented in a sh script, accepting app name to move as a command line argument.

Or, even better - an apk, which lists all apps installed, and does moving selected ones. Should not be difficult to implement.
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
thanks for this, but can i do it on HTC Wildfire where it could actually matter? :)

and btw, currently my system folder has 175MB free space, how low do you think would be too low? how much free space really has to be free?
[XPERIA X10 General] shaunbu:
If by more resources you mean phone memory? Then yes it consumes the same amount of memory but as /system is on a different partition it consumes the memory in a different place (kind of like a different hard drive in your comp, google partitioning).

I'd love to make this into an app but have no idea where to start, prob wouldn't be too hard though, just a gui that passes busybox commands to the shell, with maybe some safe guards, say leave 50meg free, check its copied correctly ect, wonder if other phones have free space in /system as well? No idea with the script either or how to build a safeguard if command 1 fails don't do 2 and 3, but if someone can run a script they can prob do this.

Yeah should work on other phones if /system is mounted on a different partition and has free space. Run "df" (without quotes) in terminal or using adb run "adb shell" after you've connected to your phone and then "df" and post your output here and I'll let you know. My phone starts to complain (memory low message in status bar) and drop sms messages (really bad bug/feature!) when I get below 50meg, hence the reason for me doing this.
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
I tried to do the same thing but use /nand (internal storage) and link is created in /data/app but doesnt appear in drawer

It looks permission are the problem
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
have you tried Link2SD?

This is the only thing that is simple enough for everyone
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Tried and couldnt have my SD recognize by my tablet after making the second partition.

I really like to make link2sd work but as soon I create the secont FAT32 or ext2 or ext3 card disapear
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
tablet? what kind of tablet? if you partitioned the card wrong, it could cause unexpected things. I prefer to do it with SuperOS(formerly Super Ubuntu) distro or any kind of Ubuntu.

if that tablet is 2.1 then this should work, but if it's 2.2+ then app2sd is exactly you need.
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Tablet: HSG-X5A-G 2.1

I format with a PC with Ubuntu and not recognize I even try with minitool on another PC

I did on ubuntu with 8gb SD Card X6 and gparted:

delete all partition on SD card apply

create a partition (1) of 8gb primary FAT32 apply

resize to 7.5gb this partition apply

create 0.5gb partition (2) with the free space after resize primary FAT32 apply.

set partition (1) active

put the card in tablet

and no detection of the card.

If I delete the 500 meg (2) partition the sdcard is imediately recognize after putting back in the tablet.

I even try second partition with ext2 or ext3 try too formating with clockwork recovery menu.I try too to copy to the new formated SD the dir Android, Android-secure and Lost.Dir...... Nothing work.

The second partition make my SD unrecognizable.

I even try to create a linux swap file of 32 meg and no chance too.

If someone can explain me why?
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
did you use cwm to format things? for now avoid things like this

if you have root(have you?), then please download irssi connectbot from market, open it, set the pulldown list to 'local' at the bottom and give it a name, enter.

then open the newly created connection, issue these commands and post the results here(with the sd card working):

$ su <- after this allow superuser access
# mount
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Result with my working 16gb card:

rootfs / rootfs ro 0 0tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0

tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0

tmpfs /broadcasting tmpfs rw,size=1024k 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock2 /system yaffs2 ro 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock5 /data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

/dev/block/mtdblock4 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

/dev/block/ndda1 /nand vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fma

sk=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

/dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
if you put in the partitioned card, does Android notifies you to format it or doesn't even do that?

if it notifies you, please try to issue this command as superuser:

mount /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard -t vfat -o rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Dont even do that, no message at all
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
then issue the command anyway, and see if it works, if not, then post the results here
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
I create the second partition on the card (space was free) as primary and FAT32 put back the card in the tablet.

As the card was not recognize i use PC with adb:

adb remount

adb shell

su

mount /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard -t vfat -o rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro

I get :

mount /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard -t vfat -o rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,u

id=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset

=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro

Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
oh, the sequence that matters!

then type this:

mount -o rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro -t vfat /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Result:

Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directorymount -o rw,dirsyn

c,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,c

odepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro -t vfat

/dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard

Usage:: not found

Re runing give me this now:

mount -o rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,

allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=

remount-ro -t vfat /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard

[1] + Stopped (signal) mount -o rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,g

id=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-

1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro -t vfat /dev/block//vold/...
[XPERIA X10 General] Adolf1994:
well, it looks like it's too high for me.

try to find the tablet's subforum and/or another senior member with the same tablet.

hope you can solve it

and please post here the things you found
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Thank you very much to try....
[XPERIA X10 General] lanyudidi:
in fact i install all the SW in my phone memory....
[XPERIA X10 General] enotar:
Just have 40meg free in /system so that wont help me too much, still don't understand why Link2SD need a second partition?

Looking all arround to figure out what is wrong with my system not recognizing card
[G Tablet Accessories] WantADroid:
I have an old HDTV that only has DVI and component in. Anyone know of a cable or converter that might work with the HDMI from the Dock? I won't be getting a new TV until next year some time, but I would like to use my tablet with the dock and bigscreen.
[G Tablet Accessories] M 5hizzle:
Yeah you can find a DVI-HDMI cable easily. I used one from my PC (DVI) to my 42" (HDMI). You should be fine if you just find a cable like I used (which was nice that it was cheaper for me than an actual HDMI/HDMI cable and then using a DVI/HDMI adapter).
[G Tablet Accessories] HKChad:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10231&cs_id=1023102&p_id=2284&seq=1&format=2

There you go.
[G Tablet Accessories] WantADroid:
Thanks

Thanks for the replies... I am looking for something that will also push audio from the HDMI. I may need to purchase a converter, but I don't want to pay that much if it won't work. I wish the G tab dock had connections like my old archos dock has. Svideo, component, and composite, no HDMI but I didn't need it at the time with my old device.

I know "Buy a new TV"... :o
[G Tablet Accessories] rothnic:
Is the audio jack on the tab disabled when using the HDMI out? If not, then you can use a 3.5mm to stereo cable to run the audio.

I'm not aware of anyway to adapt out the HDMI audio to an analog equivalent. HDMI audio is digital, so there would have to be some active conversion going on, which means an expensive adapter.
[G Tablet Accessories] WantADroid:
Not sure if audio is disabled when Dock is used(haven't recieved mine yet, I got in on rebate) was hoping to get a jump on what I would need to use my G Tab with my bigscreen.

I know about Digital to analog issue but I have read that some devices will work with a fairly inexpensive adapter. I may be the guinea pig on this... I have found full converters that start from $150.00+. I guess I will wait and see if anyone has already gone down the road I face.

Thanks.
[G Tablet Accessories] anjenaire:
Or rather than a complete cable, just switch right at the TV set with this:

http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=110&sku=40367
[EVO Shift 4G General] the5ifty:
Okay so here is my idea I am due for an upgrade february first so I was thinking maybe I would get the evo just to see what it's like an see you all the hype is about... and if it doesn't live up to my expectations I will just do the sprint 30 day trading thing and end up with an evo shift. I will be able to side by side both devices since my wife just got the shift on the seventh.

good idea?

sent from my gameboy.
[EVO Shift 4G General] yokken:
my pre was ready to go and i got the evo because it's what was out at the time. got sick of the virtual keyboard, hated it on my iphone and i think i'll always hate virtual keyboards.

the shift is faster with a great keyboard and much better battery life. and $50 cheaper. that's enough for me.
[EVO Shift 4G General] the5ifty:
I will probably end up coming back to the shift but I just want to try out a new you gonna have it for a little while to see if it will suit my needs cuz I don't really need the hard keyboard. and also I have rom add so I wanna try out the 50,000,000,000 there are ready for the evo...

sent from my gameboy.
[EVO Shift 4G General] indiscriminant:
I am looking to upgrade soon from my Hero and am contemplating the same thing, EVO OG or the Shift. I have seen a few comments about the shift being faster, is that just a placebo because it is new? I thought the OG EVO had a faster clock sped than the new shift (why it gets better battery life).
[EVO Shift 4G General] Compusmurf:
I have both an Evo and Shift. Stock, the Shift in benchmarks, even with being an 800Mhz cpu, benches quite a bit faster across the board.

Cam seems better on the Shift, esp. anyplace indoors where you need flash. Tho the megapixel rating is only 5.1. More doesn't always mean better.

Evo does have a significantly bigger screen which is good, esp for me. I don't HAVE to wear my reading glasses. Evo has the front cam and a kickstand, and of course, the worthless HDMI port. I've never used the front cam, not once. I really don't WANT to see the folks I chat with. LOL

The reason I added the shift to "probably" replace the evo is the keyboard. I type A LOT. Messages, notes, IM's, data from conf calls, etc and it does get extremely annoying to do it with only a soft keyboard.

Sense, for the folks that like it, has landscape capability on the Shift, not so on the Evo.

Phone wise, both are superb. No odd bluetooth dropouts, I was on the phone for exactly 4 hours and 52 minutes today at work, no issues. Clarity is awesome.

Battery life so far, has been better on the shift than evo. Both seem to get the same amt of signal on both 3g and 4G in my house. Data speed tests with 3g, 4g and wifi are very close to identical. GPS seems about the same, nothing odd there.

Right now, the Evo is nand unlockable and fully rootable, the Shift probably will be and is expected, but this may matter to some folks.

The screen on the evo is flush and has been known to "peel" in the corners. Shift is recessed about 1mm, which will probably eliminate the peeling effect that bothers some folks.

The usb/charge port on the evo is on the bottom, which make it easier to hold and use while charging/syncing, but probably makes it more prone to snapping the pins. The shift is on the side, probably stop the damage occurring, but does make it more awkward to hold/use while charging.

Back cover on the evo was quite easy to remove/swap batteries, whereas the shift, attaches really well to where you think you're going to break the clips.

As you see, both have their pro's and cons. All depends on what you're looking for in a smartphone.

In the end, it'll probably be the keyboard over the screensize that will make my decision.
[EVO Shift 4G General] indiscriminant:
I currently have a HTC Hero Nand rooted, with custom Sense rom and kernal. When you use roms and kernals on your Evo how does it do? Obviously nothing has been made yet for the Shift for comparison yet though. Just curious about your experiences.