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[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Effectively, anything that can't be removed without rooting is bloatware..I personally don't mind if a carrier pre-installs bloatware..BUT it should have the option to remove it and add it any time..I mean its silly that you gotta reinstall all the "bloatware" just to update android officially via OTA...

I do not think "recommendations" to download from the market is the way to go as most consumers are average consumers...and if carriers did that it would make android sales worse in general..BUT they should give us the ability of removing them and re-installing them whenever we please without need to root...

As for the Asphalt demo...thats pure crap right there...ALL the Galaxy S come with free FULL version of Asphalt 5 available via Samsung Kies...and Sprint shafts us with a Demo preinstalled with no way to remove >.>
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
so in order to remove it , it must be rooted right? and from my understanding , cyanogenmod is the purest form of android ? sorry but sometimes hard to understand and see the differences between all the roms
[Epic 4G General] cnuckols1:
You know the phones with the sprint id have the option to install clean which has no sprint bloatware. Kind of a step in the right direction.
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
Yea I saw that on my wifes lg optimus s. although kind of odd, is sprint id in a way themeing it?
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
Frankenstein is very clean with nothing installed. You can pick and choose which apps to install.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884075
[Epic 4G General] running_the_dream:
All of it sucks to me except calculator, memo, calendar and gmail. TW grew on me too, but now I use Zeam and I can never go back to TW now. Allshare, buddies now, all the sprint stuff, music player...it stinks. Not that everything is bloatware. Some people find some of it useful. Just not to me.
[Epic 4G General] epic4guy:
For those that still want the Sprint NFL app, you send a text message to 7777 and put NFL in the body of the text message and Sprint will send you a download link.

*edited for typo
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] sixvoltsystem:
I guess Jeff Green likes to be a tease:

http://twitter.com/Greenspeak/statuses/27024718238326784#

&

http://twitter.com/Greenspeak/statuses/27021281803108352#

Got the info via droid-life, just thought I would share. Can-not-wait!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] bso44:
Any word on an official release date for PvZ?
[Touch HD General] baha.d:
Hi everyone;

I have a HTC Blackstone which is already carrier unlocked (not very sure, but it was working with my current carrier sim 1 week ago), today when i started it up, it said: "Invalid Sim".

So i've loaded Energy Rom today. The ROM has been installed successfully and at the first place, i've seen USB mode with Olinex.

My current status is:

Radio: 1.13.25.24

Protocol: 56.62.25.34U

Rom version: 17.01.2011 WWE

OS Version: 4.2.21916

I've already search on the forum, the only subject that i've found is:

Task 29 from HD2 now confirmed to work for Blackstone

Could you please help me. I don't have a phone anymore :(

Thanks in advance.
[Touch HD General] Hakim Rahman:
you should try to upgrade radio !!! you can find Radio's Thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=439566 ;)
[Touch HD General] baha.d:
Hi Hakim;

I've upgraded my radio using CustomRUU and my radio became successfully 1.17.25.09.

I rebooted my HTC and inserted a sim into, and still get Invalid Sim.

Do you think that it's a hardware failure rather than a sofware failure?
[Touch HD General] baha.d:
By the way, with the latest radio installed, it says:

Sim card missing.

But the issue is, wifi is still working, so i think that maybe it's not really a radio rom issue.

What do you think guys?
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
Have you tried unlocking sim?
[Vibrant General] presence06:
So Samsung's bragging again that it's going to introduce a "evolution" and in the picture its the Galaxy S and then a white blog signifying it's "masterpiece" that it hopes to unveil on Feb. 13. Speculation seems to point at it's possibly them actually showing off the Vibrant 4G or another device.

The only "evolution" that Samsung could introduce, is the one where they support their devices instead of tossing new ones out there.

Take a read,

http://androidandme.com/2011/01/phones/samsung-to-introduce-the-next-evolution-of-the-galaxy-s-on-february-13-but-will-they-ever-update-it/
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Wow, so Samsung is just like every other cell phone manufacturer?????? THOSE BASTARDS!!!!! HOW DARE THEY KEEP UP WITH THEIR COMPETITION IN A FAST-GROWING INDUSTRY!!
[Vibrant General] megatherian:
I think they just made a typo. It's supposed to be "revolution" - because that's what the users are going to do on that date ;)
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Yes, damn them. Damn them all to hell..:rolleyes:
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
no but seriously....im really into modding phones, and any device-specific forum ive ever been on has been full of people complaining about the same things. I just dont know why everyone doesnt just accept the system for what it is. And ALSO that the system is definitely out of Samsungs hands....but if they want to survive as a company, they have to keep up with that system.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
I understand they can't just release a phone and wait 2 years to release another one. But ( I guess I cut the ending short) they need to work on supporting what they have out now along side what they push out in the future. It's sad that the cell phone business has taken on Apples take of things. Make a new device, sells millions. A year later push out the same phone but with "enhancements" and newer things. Wait another year and do the same thing, and then drop support for the original after the 2nd one comes out..
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Man your a whinny little b****, maybe it could be the second generation of sgs?
[Vibrant General] ecfrer:
Unfortunately as soon as Samsung announced a phone with 4.3" SuperAMOLED+ screen and a Tegra2-beating Orion SOC, everyone who were complaining about the Android updates will secretly be counting their savings so that they can get the latest and the greatest hardware. Such is the way of phone upgraditis.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
You spelled "whiny" wrong.... :P
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
im a

whiney

little ***** haha......have you spent any time in the general section??? nothing but whining lately. what makes me any different?? because i go against the majority, which makes me an easy target??? take a nap dude. at least i make points and contribute to the debate, i dont think ive seen you make one yet. youjustkillpeople apparently
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
You contribute by complaining? I seen the genelar section, everyone has. just let pass, ignore it. your one thats been at it since the beginning, not like others who do it once maybe twice.
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
since the beginning?? i started my *****-thread on monday.....this class-action/fck samsung/lack of froyo crap has been going on for weeks....pleasedontkillme, thats all i ask

back up your accusations dude
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Samsung sucks yo.

EDIT: NVM..
[Vibrant General] Dan_Brutal:
Hey topshelf, I just got my gingerbread update on my vibrant 4g :-P
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
oh yah?? well i have a Vibrant 3000X with 65G and dual-exhaust!!!.......AND SAMSUNG STILL HASNT UPDATED ME TO VERSION 65.32.9!!!! I HATE SAMSUNG. lets start a class action lawsuit!!! hell no, we wont go! hell no, we wont go!!!!!

apparently we are the neglected orphans of the smartphone world. its only us. its only samsung. wowowowow.....it is so much fun to sit here at work, and just wonder how miserable it must be to invest so much emotion into the OS of your phone (which you can get in a custom ROM anyway)

you knwo what would solve all of these problems?? TRADE BLAKE WHEELER
[Vibrant General] golmar88:
Thank you! EVERY forum has several of these exact threads. Not trying to defend sammy, but people act like they are the only consumers being screwed by a corp.
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
dude ive been saying this for the past two days, and these weenies just flame me because i challenge their little cause......i think this post says it all:

-Originally Posted by TopShelf10-

So ignorant to the fast-growing industry of the cell phone. Name one combination of user-devicemodel-OSprovider-Manufacturer-NetworkProvider that is flawless. You roam around the internet you will find people complaining about these kinds of things eeeeverywhere. Lack of updates, lack of device support, lack of customer loyalty, unkept promises, hardware/software issues, blahblahblahhhhHHHhHHhHHHhhhHH

Nowadays, smartphones are outdated/obsolete within 6months of their release. Yes, indeed, its a monster that the manufacturers have created for themselves, and theres no way they can keep up with their competition while also keeping every single one of you crying babies happy. Yes, its an ugly industry, and it isnt fair. BUT ITS THE WAY IT IS.

*****, moan, *****, moan, *****, moan alllllll you want. File your class action lawsuits, spam their customer service lines, create facebook pages and twitter accounts, start petitions. do you think its going to change ANYTHING?? do you think its just THAT easy? you guys just sound so damn pathetic with all of your bellyaching.

Youre on a forum that is meant for modding your device, and making it better than the way it came out of the box, yet you are complaining that they wont do it for you. Then why are you guys even here??? No device is perfect. And when the day comes that they do release a perfect device, they will release an even more perfect device shortly after....thus making the prior one not perfect, and people *****ing for updates on their old ones to make it as good as the new one. Round-and-round we go.

Consumers will NEVER be happy, and you guys are proving that. Do some research before buying a damn phone next time. Dont buy it right when its released just because its the hottest thing, and having the phone that is on all the commercials gives you a sense of purpose. Maybe next time wait a couple months, come onto XDA, and see if the children are whining about the damn GPS. That would be a tell-tale warning, wouldnt you say? Then Samsung wont have your money, youll still have your upgrade to play with, and you wont be stuck with a device that didnt get sharted from god's ass. Problem solved.
[Vibrant General] glfpunk:
To me what's just as bad as the people that constantly complain are the people that get so defensive about it as if they have the majority of stock in Samsung. To break it down simply- Samsung doesn't care about you. They don't care about you the whiner, or you the blind follower.

Manufacturers aren't expected to cater to every whim of the consumer but I don't think anyone could come up with a valid argument in support of Samsung's continually delayed release of software both now and with other devices in the past.

In the end it's a great piece of hardware that we're lucky to have such excellent support for here on XDA and other places on the internet but it's just not supported by Samsung. They could learn a lesson or two from HTC. Sadly, if you're buying a Samsung or Motorola, this is the risk you're taking.
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
if i didnt use all of my 5 "thanks" for the day, id thank you......um......thank you
[Vibrant General] Dan_Brutal:
Lmfao. That **** cracks me up. Got Nos on that *****?
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
I do give you one thing the law suites/cries are getting out of control. all your doing is sending people there. they chose their side simply because they have the facts and of course sympathy. Just keep quite and let it die.

Another thing your known for complaining in every subforum. Ask the next person to post. I think I even seen you make threads in the dev section whining about something that went wrong.
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Im known for it? You mean by you? OK once again you need to back your accusations.

So i complain in every sub-forum? Ok so you mean "Themes&Apps" and "Development"...ok, do me a favor, go to my profile page, search my post history, and please show examples of out-of-the-ordinary complaining by yours truly.

The only thing you are referring to was the thread i started on "wannabe mods" like a month ago....which by the way, a lot of things i covered in that thread were actually addressed in the town hall meeting.

One thread doesnt constitute a track-record/reputation. So if you are going to publicly accuse me of over-whining in instances other than the anti-samsung or wannabe-mods topics....im all ears. Otherwise stop generalizing my behavior just to gain an upper-hand. Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palingenesis:
I want to install new kernal for overclocking on the virtuous sense rom and I don't know how to install the kernal. Please help me with instructions on how to install it or link me to the advanced kernal section for virtuous. Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bronz_Most:
Normally you can just flash the zip file through recovery or you can fastboot flash it... I'd suggest searching the forums a little more before asking people to look for a kernel for you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
Try looking at the second post of the Virtuous thread....:rolleyes:

Download the kernel you want to your sdcard and flash thru recovery or use rom manager under download rom, there's a kernel section under Virtuous.

And no not all kernels work with all roms.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palingenesis:
I did search...the second post on the thread does not give instructions on installing and says they're making a new thread for advanced kernel which I could not find.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
Numerous posts within that thread explain how to flash it though so I'm shocked the search didn't pick any of them up...

As others have said, either download the kernel directly from the link in the second post (http://files.virtuousrom.com/vision/kernels/virtuous/) and then flash it from recovery manually or just download/install it all from within ROM Manager.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] story:
I am going to sell my Desire Z which was on Bell.

How do I flash back an original kernel? Where do I find it?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bierce22:
Hey I was wondering if there was s themed gtalk app out there that would work on aospmod 9.9.2 if so could someone please point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it:-)
[Fascinate General] peck272:
Hello all,

I had my samsung fascinate rooted but went and did the update that verizon pushed out. now of course the root no longer works. I tried to re-root it using the same instructions i followed the first time; no good. I also tried z4 root but that also didnt do it.

does anyone have any ideas?

I am thinking of doing a factory reset an starting all over again.
[Fascinate General] Mylt1:
Been covered in several other threads. Did you even bother to search or read any of the threads about this?
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Everything you need can be found in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=913470
[Fascinate General] peck272:
re rooting after update

Thanks ivorycruncher for the feedback.

The solution you gave seems a bit complicated for this novice user.

do you have any instructions for doing this on a Mac?
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
1. Use Bootcamp to install Windows on your Mac

2. Refer to my previous post

:D

Please search around this forum and the dev forum a bit. The answers you're looking for have been posted already.

Rhetorical question of the day: Does anybody other than me find it curious that there are so many Mac users here trying to hack Android phones instead of worshiping the iPhone?
[Fascinate General] Thrillhouse847:
I can't get the link from my phone but when I first rooted my Fascinate I did it from my Mac WITHOUT using bootcamp (although I do have a Windows partition). There was a tutorial I followed which was stickied on Android Central that I assume is still there somewhere.

It's the original method using adb and rage.bin (not sure what the "official" name for it is) and is simple enough if you can enter some basic key commands.

Sent from my Voodoo5/Blackhole3.0 Fascinate
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Unfortunately that method no longer works with DL09, because they plugged the hole that rage.bin exploited. The easiest method to root now (that I'm aware of) is to flash CWM from ODIN, and then use ADB to push the such and busybox files manually. Unfortunately, ODIN only works on PCs.

Posted from my DL09 SuperClean Fascinate with Voodoo
[Fascinate General] Kevin Gossett:
The rage method on mac still works with dl09. Did it last week
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Hmm, that's weird. Maybe the Mac version was different than the PC version? All I know is that the original rage.bin did not work from my PC after updating to DL09 via the OTA.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] star0620:
I have been trying to down load a custom ROM on my EVO and now it wont go past the hteEVO 4G screen. Can anyone help me out?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khilbron:
You need to provide more information than that. For starters, what is the link to the rom your trying to flash.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] star0620:
I am sorry but i Dont know the link that i tryied to down. But maybe you could help me try to reflash something else. anything to get my phone back up and running. Maybe i missed a step and nad didnt do something. I can get back into recovery mode but the phone just wont reboot all the way. Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
If you can still get back to recovery then you can flash another ROM, or restore the nandroid that you *should* have made before trying to flash the last one.

Pick a ROM you want, download it, put it on your SD card, flash from recovery. Easy as pie.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost_man10002:
don't panic take a deep breath as long as you can get into your recovery you are fine...Just download whatever rom you want and store in on ur sd card and flash it and your are golden...just out of curiosity what recovery are you using?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
have you tried restoring the backup you made first before you started trying to flash a custom rom?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICEReaction:
Did you try to do a full wipe first before attempting to flash the new ROM?
[Wildfire General] Matt4242:
Hey All,

Does anyone have a list of confirmed features thats going to be added on the official 2.2 ota update. I've searched around for a bit but can't find a simple list of what's going on it and what's not.

E.g Is it getting wifi tethering (apparently so) and is it going to get apps2sd?

I'm pretty sure it's not getting full flash support and I'm betting it's not going to get Live Wallpapers either (Unless it's on a custom ROM, but i'm not interested in them atm)

Thanks a lot :D
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
It is getting a2sd, and wifi tethering, thats about it. Definitely no flash support (ever) and no LWPs.
[Wildfire General] Alex_GP:
If you are going to update to official 2.2, you can`t root.

SO please, think before acting

, we don`t need another person to whine about not being able to root, we have enough of them
[Wildfire General] dayw4lker83:
don't say ever xD
[Wildfire General] Matt4242:
My computer hates everything about the rooting process so I decided to wait for the update.

Additionally, I found a site earlier which claimed the update carries a performance boost and an increase in battery life. Both of which are needed tbh :L
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
I decided to install froyo.

There are no live wallpapers

jit is not enabled

wifi teathering is

so is apps to sd for supported apps

the camera now works in portrate mode

but still only shoots low res

there is no flash 10.1 but the flash lite as found in the eclair rom is there

IT WILL UPGRDE YOUR HBOOT AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ROOT

and the app backup function has been hidden
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Hardly. If you look around the forums a bit, people are complaining far more after the update about lags, poor battery life et al. The only solution is to format phone + SD, and, after that, it is normal, but, there is no "gain" over 2.1
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
For me its running at the same speed
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireferum:
I have hboot 0.79 and have been running Virtuous ROM 3.1 for some time. I am trying to get the latest Virtuous ROM (3.2) installed, but it requires hboot 0.92. I followed the instructions and downloaded the hboot (both the 5mb+ file and 3mb file) and placed it in the root of the sdcard. It sees it, but then won't ask me to flash, it just bypasses it. I tried formatting the sdcard and put just the hboot on there. Same problem. I tried another sdcard and put the hboot on there. Each time I have downloaded it again to make sure the download is not corrupt. Same problem. Just goes to the bootloader, sees the file, I see a loading bar on the top right but no flash confirmation. I even went to clockwork recovery and tried to install the file from there, no such luck.

My questions: What I am doing wrong? How can I get this hboot installed and upgraded to 0.92?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proryder2:
I am also running .79 radio 2.05.00.06.11 and cannot update as well. i Have formated 5 times fat 32 and placed only the PB31IMG.Zip on the card Not in any folders. Please someone help.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug piston:
Are you guys on Macs? Make sure you turn off the auto-open option in safari. Redownload hboots and do not unzip or open them. Simply rename and push to the root of the sd card. Then go from there.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proryder2:
Not using mac im using win 7 64 bit. I am just copying the downloaded file to the sd card formated in fat32 restarting in bootloader and all it says is checking PB31IMG.Zip then nothing happens. i did notice that its says S-on on the top of the screen in bootloader is this the problem?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug piston:
Most certainly is. Need s-off for this.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proryder2:
whats the easyest way to do this?

Thanks for your help
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACD168:
Yes this is the problem, if you are S-ON this stand for Security-On, and can only flash PB31IMG.zips that have been signed by HTC, such as an RUU. you want to get S-OFF by going to www.unrevoked.com and downloading unrevoked forever. this is attain s-off and then you can flash any PB31IMG.zip, like the one you want.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireferum:
Great catch on the S-ON vs S-OFF. I will try this and get back to you. I thought I had used unrevoked to upgrade the radio to 2.05.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireferum:
That worked!

I used unrevoked forever, installed through recovery. Then, on the reboot, the hboot was updated. I was then able to use recovery to upgrade to the newest Virtuous. I'm so happy to finally have a reboot option on the power options.

Thank you all!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theteflondon:
i have this same problem i have soff and am still unable to update to 0.92, what can i do?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Larry Laffer:
Didn't update...

But at east it switched my phone from S-on to S-off.

SO that is a plus.

Thank you for that info.