yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exparrot:
I would much rather have some sort of small mirror/prism attachment that would piggy-back on the top of the phone, feeding my image into the already existing image into the camera.

Heck,

would sitting in front of a mirror and using skype/qik work?
[Wildfire General] stipler:
I have recently moved from a HTC Kaiser that i loved to the Wildfire. I have seen lots of posts about rooting but nothing explaining what it is. Can somebody gove a quick rundown please.
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
In one phrase, gaining complete access over your phone.

This article at Wikipedia should help:

Rooting (Android OS)

If you wish to root, you can refer this extremely detailed guide here:

[GUIDE] Turkeys' Ultimate Guide to Root Wildfire v42.1.2 (Root ROM A2SD Unroot!)
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
is there a way to get an actual battery percentage on my phone? This is one thing I loved about CM roms on Android and iOS and WM.

maybe it's a basic feature on WP7 that I'm just not seeing?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
Nope, not at the moment mate.
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
man that sucks, I don't suppose there's any 3rd party hack yet either.

now that we can change the registry maybe we can find a way to do this at some point.
[General Questions and Answers] pintopunk:
I am on the sprint network and have a samsung transform. When i go into roaming where i work, my phone shows that i have full service in roaming. I try to make a phone call it says connecting and then is followed by the screen like i hungup on the person. I try to send a txt and i get error code 97. I had a lg lotus dumb phone and it worked in the exact same area. I contact sprint and they read off the script of basic troubleshooting and then after all of that I got my intercept replaced 3x and then they gave me the transform. I called yesterday and they sent me to the exelations department and told me the phones are designed to do this and that there is nothing they can do for me. Please if anyone knows how to get my phone to work in these areas help... I thought about buying roam control to force my phone into roaming but if i cant call or txt why would i do this? Unless the app would force me on a different tower maybe. It is a very rural area lots of cows and no 3g lol but i should be able to use simple call and txt features right?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
Hello,

i wish to create an update.zip to copy fonts from the zip into the system/fonts/ folder because i delete them and kept one font but it seems android doesn't boot with one font only need other fonts to be there (or atleast matching the names) to be able to boot.

adb push doesn't work giving me permission denied because /system is not mounted R/W (which i do using Super Manager for example)

i read other update.zip files and it seems i need to create CERT.SF and MANIFEST.MF files in META-INF , but it seems there are some SHA1-Digest: below each file (is this a md5checksum?) so i can't just replace file names and apply it

any ideas how can i do it without Wipe data/factory reset ? (and if factory reset is my last option would fonts be returned or factory reset doesn't get fonts back? i feel not)

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
The app below will sign the zip and allow you to flash it. You just need to put the zip inside the folder and call it 'update.zip'
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
Thank you :) , any chance there i a Linux version out there? i'm using adb on ubuntu

and for CERT.SF and MANIFEST.MF i just create them manually based on any update.zip file i download earlier?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
I'm on windows now and i've signed the file, when i try to apply it from recovery i get

E:signature verification filed

Installation aborted

what i'm missing?

attached my signed update.zip
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
it seems i had a folder update inside the zip

i have re-created one and signed it and still same error

attached the file
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
btw as i'm rooted and i used to su from adb shell and terminal emulator earier, any idea why su not working now?

$ su

[1] + Stopped (signal) su

$

[1] Segmentation fault su

$

is it because i'm on the HeRO logo boot screen ? it didnt get in yet?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
btw for linux/ubuntu users who want to sign on linux you can use this:

java -jar signapk.jar testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 update.zip update_signed.zip

inside the Auto Sign folder
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
after signing on linux i get the following:

E: failed to read footer from / sdcard/update.zip (I/O error)

E:signature verification failed.

Installation aborted
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vido.ardes:
First of all, please use the edit button, posting 6 times in a row is very hard to read, and is considered bumping your own thread which is a quick way to lose friends.

Secondly, the autoSign program creates a file called update_signed.zip which is the file you need to flash, the cert and manifest files are created by the process, you don't need to touch them. I have attached a signed version of your zip
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
I resigned it for you, see attachment. I use "androsign" I found here somewhere on XDA, maybe go look for it. It is a very easy tool ;) edit: Too late :P

When you are in "adb shell" you should have SU rights already.

Otherwise there is an option in adb to switch to SU rights, just type in "adb help" of a howto.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
First of all , sorry for the multiple posts :)

second i've tried both update-signed.zip and update_signed.zip and both of them gave me the same error

*P.S: sorry if i'm not allowed to put an image ill delete it

EDIT:

i tried to the help i didn't find how to set su in the right roots?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
Have you flashed an alternative recovery at all? This one looks like the default one.

And look at the first error, it asks for a path in /cache/... Just get amon_ra recovery ;) This way you can select which zip you want to flash (as long as they are in the root of the sd-card).

And from "adb help":

"adb root - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions".

However seen you still have the original recovery, that probably won't work in recovery.

You said you rooted the device already right? maybe you can move the files with adb then when the ROM is trying to start, and after everything works get a real recovery where you can do something.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
yeah i tried the adb root already but getting "adbd cannot run as root in production builds"

yes i'm rooted and everything is fine

btw why deleting fonts prevents the phone from booting although there is one font there "not the default one"

what i want is to push the font files into the phone but getting the error i mentioned earlier that its not mounted as as R/W:

bashar@bashar-laptop:~/linux_adb_fastboot/hero_fonts$ for i in `cat list`; do adb push $i /system/fonts/$i ; done

failed to copy 'DroidSerif-Bold.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSerif-Regular.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSerif-Regular.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSerif-Italic.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSerif-Italic.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSansMono.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSansMono.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSansFallback.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSans-Bold.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'Clockopia.ttf' to '/system/fonts/Clockopia.ttf': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'DroidSans.ttf' to '/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf': Read-only file system

and yes adb remount doesn't work :(

bashar@bashar-laptop:~/linux_adb_fastboot/hero_fonts$ adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
You have "rooted" your phone but you can't get adb root? That is contradictory :)

But since I'm in a good mood. Try to boot up the phone on your ROM, so not in recovery or bootloader. Then try to remount.

If remount is still failing, you don't have root.

Maybe you should also read your stuff a bit in before attempting anything. You are kinda screwing up your phone here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
Yes i'm sure i'm rooted i had universal root which i can root and unroot, and before deleting the fonts i used to do su and get root

also to confirm im rooted i used to use Market Access to access US and other markets to buy (since my country only has free apps not paid yet)

i didn't get the part of botting up the phone using my ROM ?

also a side question when booting the phone normally (i think this is what you meant about booting into the ROM?) and it stays on the HeRO logo as you can see i can access the adb shell etc.. so the phone is actually responding but not booting because of the fonts not there? or something else could be broken ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
Read "adb logcat" or in adb shell, use the linux command "dmesg" to see what is wrong.

And yes, with booting your ROM I mean the normal boot process. But probably android won't start as it can't find the fonts (they are essential).

And really... Read your stuff. You deleted fonts but didn't put any new there yet? You are asking for problems, while you ask us to solve it.

Then you come up with the plan to flash the new fonts, but you don't have a customized recovery.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
I did put one font there, but my mistake is not renaming it as the default font names that was there, i thought it would scan the fonts folder and use ANY font listed there

but seems not...

catlog shows im missing the fonts: http://dpaste.org/ADyJ/

dmesg output: http://dpaste.org/8IGw/

i never thought the recover it had won't let met flash the fonts

EDIT: i tried the mv command as linux user but my main problem is that its a read only system

bashar@bashar-laptop:~$ adb shell

$ cd system

$ cd fonts

$ ls

DroidSansArabic.ttf

$ mv

USAGE: mv <source...> <destination>

$ mv DroidSansArabic.ttf DroidSans.ttf

failed on 'DroidSansArabic.ttf' - Read-only file system

$
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riemervdzee:
You can't do "adb remount" when starting normally? You have rooted the ROM, not the recovery (which refuses root access, as it is still the default one).

If everything fails, you can always do a RUU. (google "hero RUU"), this will reset everything as HTC wants it. Then you start from scratch again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
yeah it seems thats my only option :)

I was hoping to learn by fixing, i'll flash it tomorrow then

now back to the question, why the update.zip that we were trying to sign is not flashable or signable ? what might be the reason? is it because i didn't root the recovery ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bashar .:
i tried an stock Hero rom and still gives me invalid signature, i can't apply any rom at all now or what?
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] muddy00:
I have done qdl to 2.2 but my amazon program says unsupported locale but I can't figure out how to change it anyone have this problem. Also if I update it any from the app store it says lts not installed
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] muddy00:
Figured it out needed to change language under settings
[Windows Phone 7 General] mrluker:
How to update WP7 Apps & Games via Zune? Help me please :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] kirimaru89:
I think update through marketplace is the only way now :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Nowonmai:
I tried that, and got message that the software was too big to update via mobile network, and to use Zune. (yes, I enabled WiFi and tried that way, but kept getting too big message, and if I shut phone off and used Wifi only, I got message that I wasn't connected so it couldn't be updated) So after those messages, just plug your phone into computer, wait for Zune to start up. If you check your games/software, you will see the status bar of it being updated.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ravindra9:
The stock camera on Streak is not very appreciable. The pictures appear very dark, despite trying various options like changing whiteness / scene mode, even on Superfine and 5mega pixel quality!!!

There are some good android phones with very good camera, however Streak's camera is not as great.

I request members to give their opinion on best possible SETTINGS for the Stock Camera Application for streak.

And also please advice which is the BEST New camera application altogether, thats better than the stock camera application.
[Desire Themes and Apps] sianzb0i:
I realise whatsapp service (its the service) wont end or stop it will keep cosuming batt life...so the only way is to end it...

Normally after i end the service or restart the phone the contacts will be lost and when i refresh it doesnt help..the only way is to reinstall..the validation of the sms is the only way to bring the contacts back
[Desire Themes and Apps] sianzb0i:
No one encounter this?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Moning2:
No problems here whatsoever. Have you tried wiping (dalvik) cache?
[Desire Themes and Apps] TheGhost1233:
So if i understand you right, you force close whatsapp because you believe it drains battery (which it barley does on 2.2 and up) and then complain because the app doesn't work like you expect it to. No wonder that no-one else encountered this.

And did you know that in the whatsapp home screen you can click the upper right corner, hit menu and refresh your contacts?
[Desire Themes and Apps] sianzb0i:
Sorry i am very new to android.

Erm wad is delvik cache?

I noe i read something on 2.2 nt consuming batt life...i realised that under the services if the app is inactive it will go under "cache" bt its still in the active (ok nvm my other apps are also there)...then u went to see the cpu time....the other apps under "active" the time is not ticking but whatsapp is ticking...that made my think it is actively running and therefore consuming batt...

I understand that i can refresh contacts bt it doesnt work..the only thing that work is reinstalling n the sms validation
[Desire Themes and Apps] sianzb0i:
And logically thinking it must have some service in the background running if not how it knows and notifies users that theres a msg in real time...theres no push or refresh interval
[Desire Themes and Apps] Monkey D.Luffy:
well if your are still having the problem.. :silly: open up your contacts chose a contact which you remember having a whatsapp account.. select send message using whatsapp. Then when the screen comes.. add that person to your existing contacts. Wait for a bit. Now hopefully you get to see all your contacts in whatsapp also. It worked for me :good:
[Desire Themes and Apps] beltezor:
It worked for me too
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S2W:
Official Viewsonic set the record straight about "Gtablet Support" or did they?

Was led to a video on youtube caught on ces 2011.

By the sound of the representive there, it seems as viewsonic will no longer support the Gtablet, but there own viewpad 10s tablet which they will sell and support. And as meantioned in the video the Gtablet will be supported and sold by US merchant.

Just thought I give an insight. So please feel free to disscussed further on this topic.

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This was posted on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UobzkW6iV28

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Viewsonic answers and sets the record straight!

Posted by officialviewsonic:

See what happens when I go to CES?!

Glad there's so much discussion about the G-Tablet. Let me try to help resolve some of the confusion...

We now have 4 full-sized tablets we've introduced.

G-Tablet you all know

ViewPad 7 - 7 inch Qualcom Processor running Froyo. 3G and voice ready (integrated SIM)

ViewPad 10 - 10 inch Dual Boot Win 7 / Android 1.6 (soon to be higher)

ViewPad 10S - Tegra II -based Froyo device

First, let me make one thing clear: ALL PRODUCTS HAVE FULL SUPPORT. The G-Tablet has a different support line mainly due to its more retail/end-user distribution. That line is managed by USMerchants, hence our sales rep's comments.

The G-Tablet is not going away. We have an OTA upgrade scheduled for later this week, and are looking at different OS loads on it (hint hint).

Google does not support Google Mobile Services or the Android App Store on any 10" tablet running Froyo. Adobe does not support Flash on any 10" Tegra II Tablet running Froyo.

While we originally were launching the 10S only in Europe and Russia, we are now considering bringing it to the Americas as well.

We have many more Tablets in different configurations and sizes in the works, so you'll continue to see great things from us.

Thank you all for your continued interest and support for our products. I'll keep you updated!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dezufnoC:
And while Viewsonic will only support the 10s it still will not have the marketplace installed....smh...hrmmmmmm
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushless:
The device has always been purchased through US Merchants and supported through both entities (when all is said and done). Viewsonic mainly had a hands-off approach to the G all along. This marketing lady sums up what is going on. The G was a stepping stone for them and just to get a place in the market (with less than good results).

Not seeing how much has changed, but since this device has Viewsonic's name on it, they will have to support it. Too much bad press on top of the already bad press would be too much rick for them. Seems only difference is an HDMI port and probably higher price.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S2W:
Yes and no meantion of flash. Since they stated on their site that it would be by late jan. Will pending certification from adobe that is.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam96_77:
Interesting. Looks identical device.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S2W:
Your correct they do have that big logo on the rear of our Gtablets. lol So lets see what happens... hopefully they will honor the support and not push us to US merchant.

Yes the price could be higher only b/cus the rep laughed hoping it could be the same price as the Gtablet lol. Also no Tap n tap.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S2W:
These are the specs they are showing us as of late:

Android 2.2 OS

10.1" Capacitive multi-touch

1024x600 Resolution

1GHz, 512MB ROM

512MB RAM

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Optional 3G)

Webcam 1.3MP

G-sensor

USB, Micro SD (32GB Max), HDMI, headphone
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WantADroid:
XDA support

The G tablet will be sold by US Merchants, but the true support comes from XDA and the team of Devs who make this device what it is! This makes me think Gingerbread and Honeycomb will only be brought to the G tab if XDA makes it happen....
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjmoreno:
So true. I don't really think about Viewsonic anymore when I am using my gTablet. Like others have said, if the dev community here at xda had not stepped up to make these fantastic roms for this tablet I would have returned it to the store long ago.

Any piece of electronics I purchase I buy fully knowing that it will become outdated very quickly. So I will enjoy my gTablet for as long as the guys here at xda cook things up for it. When these guys move onto other great tablets I may purchase one of those at that time.

But until then, I have a great tablet running a great custom rom and I will continue to get great use out of it everyday.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S2W:
Couldn't agree more.... Roebeet, Gojimi, Rothnic and all the others who have contributed here on XDA made the tablet fast and stable. I say as long as we have them. Im ok with that. I'll just theme them up lol.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frrrrrrunkis:
This may seem like a dumb question, but do any of these guys have donate paypal accounts or something of that nature? They do all this work on these roms, with many people like myself reaping the benefits without really contributing. I would like to give something back other than my feedback when something works or doesnt work.

That being said, I do not regret my purchase of this device and I did it knowing that xda devs were on it. If viewsonic is smart, they would employ the devs here and keep this piece alive. It really is a good, solid device with good hardware.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fuzzy John:
If the support issue turns out this way, it will be the second time I got screwed up by Viewsonic Support. And it will definitely be the last time.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toddmp:
What sort of support from Viewsonic have any of you been accustom to or dependent on for the g-tab?

Your support is right here on XDA.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palagai:
If an developer accepts donation you can see the "Donate to me" button which can be seen in any of their postings above the Avatar (left hand side).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam96_77:
If it was not for Devs here mine would be back in store. In fact if I wanna know if the g-tablet will get updated to honeycomb I don't ask viewsonic rather I tweet bekit, reobeet and company. I have more faith on the guys here at xda then any other company that includes galaxy s carriers and manufacturers.

You guys rock
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philbailey:
Agreement

As a newbie to Android I look at the xda site here everyday, sometimes twice just to see what amazing stuff these guys come up with for the gtablet......from a newbie to the guys developing stuff for the trablet that I love......thanks:)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S2W:
IMHO... viewsonic adding the xda link to their site was the best think they've done as for the gtablet. Especially for those unaware that we have a dev team enhancing our tablets to a point where we can say wow.

I can't express enough how excited I am about how the devs modified our tablets to work as it should of out of the box.

I for one and I know many will agree that we are NOW happy with our gtablets.

Thanks dev team!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ~BAM~:
Viewsonic are probably quietly hoping that the devs will fix their 10s when that comes out too!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
I'm not too worried about it. All we need is a dump of whatever firmware they end up with on the 10s, and it might be fairly easy to port over. One good thing about the Tegra is APX mode - allows us to take more risks.

Gojimi is working on his Gingerbread rig, Bekit on dealing with cm7, Pershoot and the kernel devs are amazing us with their customized kernels and Rothnic is popping out updates to his mods all the time. Things are alive and well, here.

Heck, we might have an Eve port one day. :O
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fuzzy John:
On the other hand they will not hesitate to void the warranty of any tablet that has XDA stuff on it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alpha06:
Nicely said. Can't wait to see Cyano7 on the g-tab. I love this community :D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcgabriel:
You guys do know that the Viewpad 10s is non-US only, right? At least that's what's announced so far. So this doesn't really impact support in the US.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spykat:
This must mean we may never get honeycomb when it finally is released, The tablet rock Viewsonic however sucks, hope they enjoy the $400 they got from me, never again though, much respect to the cats here who have put together some incredible roms, this is paper weight without you guys, thanks