yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
Its a shame people slated WM6.5 so much, if they had bothered to understand it perhaps MS wouldnt have been in the situation they was and built an OS thats fantastic but very limited compared to WM.

The irony was that Wm never pretended to be an Iphone or Android, infact its roots pre-date them all by nearly a decade, but because WM "had" to conform to what peoples expectations were it got nuked.

So anyway, back on topic, WM on SD would be fantastic, im not to bothered about it being slightly slower than before but there are two programs i really could do with which wont be coming to WP7 anytime soon, thats memory map and TomTom, everything else i can llive without and WP is amazing but those two wee things are still a spliter in my side
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
Yeah, I love WM... actually miss using it since I haven't had it on my phone since the beginning of this year. It was so much more customizable than any other mobile OS out there. Can't wait to get a SD version so I can run it on my phone again. I bet cotulla will do a good job and it will be almost as fast as it was on NAND. I will definitely be donating once it's released.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] lohyitchun:
This is also what exactly my situation, wated to try WP7 because of its totally new and beautiful interface, but dont want to give away programs I currently using with my WM6.5 especially Garmin Mobile XT.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] lbjohnny:
CoPilot as well! among other things...:(
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] laurence2001:
Your'e all spot on. I went through hell to put WM7 on...which looked brilliant. Then was aghast when I found out it couldn't multitask! I do a lot of cycling/running/walking with tracking progress via gps app. I used to laugh at my partners who had Iphone 3G...get a call and their tracking app pause. They may now have Iphone 4, but heck have Microsoft ballsed up?

After a day out on the hill, head home after loading up TomTom...no problems at all.

Just scrubbed WM7 and popped on a WM 6.5 Energy ROM and looks very nice indeed.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th3PurpleSmurf:
Fell inlove with gingerbread theme, I would love to have the same theme but with light blue/cyan themed icons, batt/signal/3g status icons/ and status toggle =]
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratm2200:
If you have ADW launcher installed you can get the cyan theme that comes with the light blue icons.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratm2200:
This is what I have right now.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th3PurpleSmurf:
I was hoping for something that changes status icons + bat. Cwm3 + DK28 Ext4 Quantom1.7 compatable =]

Just would love to see something like this =]
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
Unzip the theme go into the framework.apk (you'll need to open it as an archive) and use a program like gimp to alter the colors for yourself. The battery and 3g/4g icons will be in the normal framework.apk the pulldown icons will be located in the tw-framework.apk. I you need help there's a lot of good guys on here that don't mind helping new themers (mysteryemotionz, dreamsforgotten, decalex, and thomaskull666 to name a few.) So give them a pm with any questions if you decide to take up the challenge.

cd's or tapes?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
See I made an inverted gingerbread theme. Easy peasy.

cd's or tapes?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Definitely, feel free to ask if you want to try doing this yourself.

Sent from Carl Sagan through the Cosmos
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sh0wNuF:
This looks pretty slick, mind posting it?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
Yeah I've only got my phone right now and it doesn't look like the upload files function works in dolphin or the stock browser. so maybe later tonight if my power comes back on and I can use my computer.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th3PurpleSmurf:
did a little messing around and played around with "absolute android" and "launcher pro" and "power control plus", put together some pretty cool homescreens =]

been reading in the wiki as much as possible, to get to a point where i can do this on my own >.<
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnowdapowda:
Take a look at some of the how-tos dreamsforgotten has put together. Very helpful.

cd's or tapes?
[Captivate General] modmyphone:
Samsung Vibrant to start getting Froyo on Jan. 21 -- as in tomorrow!

That's right folks... the Vibrant's party has just about started.

Hopefully we'll be within the next 6 months.
[Captivate General] jwood55812:
Sweet, can't wait to see if we get it too! Hopefully not within 6 mo like you say! :)
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Still betting on St. Patrick's Day for Craptivate and AT&T.
[Captivate General] xiaoali:
Where did you hear this from?

EDIT: I'm a moron.. didn't realize that was a link.
[Captivate General] qwertyaas:
Cog > stock ;)
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Click the link in his post maybe? :confused:
[Captivate General] trekie86:
I'm not gonna hold my breath, although I am taking my phone in today for a replacement of the random shutdown issue. Hope I don't get one with a bad GPS, mine works fine now.
[Captivate General] Captain Quack:
I think we need to start a betting pool for the day they roll out 2.2 across all the Samsung Captivate forums we can find. send a daily update to some sales wonk at Samsung and AT&T.

my bet is "never"
[Captivate General] bames:
why would you want to do that? :eek:
[Captivate General] stoobie-doo:
I found the most interesting section to be

So what was the hold-up? It was purely technical, Brodman said—it wasn't about marketing, payments or sales. Samsung sent its base 2.2 upgrade to T-Mobile in late November, and with the holiday season, it's taken until now for T-Mobile to work out the kinks and integrate its own features.

"It was a quality control and timing issue," Brodman said. "The biggest challenge is integration and customization."

In the future, T-Mobile aims to update all of its phones to new versions of Google's Android OS within 3-5 months after Google makes the OS version public, Brodman said. The delay comes from having to integrate manufacturer skins and T-Mobile's own features, such as Wi-Fi calling.​

How long does it take to lock down the market, install and lock down bloatware, and take away tethering?
[Captivate General] xiaoali:
So i guess this means we should be blaming AT&T? At least T-mobile being more open about things.
[Captivate General] bames:
i would agree...i think AT&T has had it and trying to "fine tune" "bloat" it.

Also the have probably been hesitant to release it without a way to lock/disable the Tethering and Mobile AP stock features of 2.2.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Most people that report recent replacements have said GPS works fine. Never hear if this this the normal GPS works for 2-3 days after a fresh flash or they actually did anything to the phone.

Seems like Russian Roulette to me. Sucks your phone has the shutdown. Mine is within the range but only happens on I9000 roms. Good luck.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Yea, after using Cog and Perception, not so sure if I really want stock 2.2 from AT&T or not. You know it'll be loaded up with bloatware and have useful stuff stripped out from it, such as wifi and usb tethering.

But at least then DG will have an official ROM to start doing mods to.
[Captivate General] bames:
its not so much that we want stock froyo for our phones...we want the developers at XDA to have their hands on the final build release to make new custom roms with.
[Captivate General] kletiz:
I got mine replaced yesterday. Gps was working better than ever on stock firmware. Successfully navigated me 10 miles around turns and stops with accurate tracking. I flashed cog 3.03 and now I can't even get a lock. Maybe I'll keep trying.
[Captivate General] Phateless:
I agree. I put Cog on my gf's Captivate and she's much happier. Smoother, faster, and the bloatware is what irritated her most of all. The more I learn about this phone the more pissed off I am with Samsung.
[Captivate General] Joey1.0:
Looks like the 2012 rumours are true.
[Captivate General] A.VOID:
curious if gps will start working ... not holding my breath
[Captivate General] dcpetterson:
Hey guys I own a vibrant and I'm just here to give encouragement. You have to get mad. Get involved. Make your voice heard. We did it over in the vibrant section, start a twitter feed, spam the hell out of att. Apply pressure. Good luck GS bros!
[Captivate General] qwertyaas:
But Cog 3 is official froyo (from the canadian captivate).
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
They are not the same exact phone, i897 vs i896.
[Captivate General] Lioncage:
*much rejoicing*

Though we're dealing with AT&T on our phone...

*much groaning*

but its a start! now lets watch the dominos topple. ;)
[Captivate General] SeenNotScene:
Does the release of 2.2 for T-Mo mean anything development-wise for us captivate owners? New code to work with? Any benefit whatsoever?
[Captivate General] trekie86:
I wish that only happened with I9000 roms, it is happening with the stock ROM. The first time it happened was very shortly after I bought the phone and I thought I was hitting the power button while in my case. Upon some searching, found out that that was not the case.
[Captivate General] trekie86:
EXACTLY!!! I'd love to try out some of the ROMs you guys come up with that have working GPS, Bluetooth, and Wifi...with all the added benefits and battery management of Froyo.
[Captivate General] TheEscapist:
That product code is the only hardware difference.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Who gives a crap... it'll be the same lag-filled GPS-broken bloated crap.
[Captivate General] upNsmokeAllDay:
Agreed. It would make it easier on the devs if they had a captivate specific 2.2 to work with thats it.
[Captivate General] alex4lex:
lulz... let's hope this update doesn't brick our phones this time.
[Captivate General] SiL3nTKiLL:
i still would ratehr run cog3 over stock 2.2 lol
[Captivate General] SlimJ87D:
I'd rather run Cog 3.1 with Froyo built for the ATT.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Not really. We have broken GPS and random shutdown on AT&T side.
[Captivate General] apeko:
dream on! att will never release 2.2. just because another carrier releases 2.2 does not mean att will release it. Android 8.2 will be out before att does anything.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Ok...then.. Don't know what makes you say that. But 2.2 will be released to us eventually. But for Gingerbread, I highly doubt it.
[General Questions and Answers] gpence61:
I know this sounds odd, but it there a way to configure the Droid so that the phone icon doesn't appear at the bottom of the home page?

Here's the deal: my wife and I both have Moto Droids and she has numerous games and videos on her phone which our toddler plays. Unfortunately, he will (too often) hit the phone icon and get into the call log. Then, of course, he hits an icon and dials one of our friends... not a good thing when he calls your pastor at 6:00 am when the pastor is on vacation!

Is there a way to lock only the phone icon, or to remove it from the home screen. My wife doesn't make that many calls and she's fine with having to get into the applications screen to make a call, or having to enter a 4 digit code in order to get to the call log screen...

Any ideas?

TIA,

gpence61
[Galaxy Tab General] mondy1:
Could someone make a "howto get back to stock FW" for the tab? Lots of howto's here, but no one that reverses the process. If someone also could decrypt the file here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=889165 and upload it, it would be great. The decodertest.exe does not work.

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
Why not you?
[Galaxy Tab General] pakalrtb:
Whowww, what a productive answer......
[Galaxy Tab General] QueenAmy:
Hello,

before I start :)

Flashing a device always comes with a certain risk - if you do not pay attention, you may end up with a device you cannot use anymore. For this reason,

* READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY ! *

If there are any videos, you can feel lucky + should watch them,

and follow the instructions step-by-step.

If questions do come up, I recommend to ask them BEFORE you flash being unsure if the settings are really ok. You can send me a PN or post in here :)

* * *

To go back to aka flash Stock Firmware for Galaxy Tab,

1) back up your files

2) go here: http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-p1000.htm

(if you have not yet registered for samfirmware, do it! Believe me, you will sure not regret it)

3) make sure to read the instructions

4) Download and read the PDF instruction guide in the link (especially the pages explaining how to pick the files for ODIN)

5) Watch the Video

6) Download: ODIN v1.7 & the appropriate Firmware for your device

- ! .. everything below here is also well described in the PDF guide .. ! -

7) Open ODIN, pick the files

(!) if you need to repair, make sure to also pick the .PIT file and tick re-partition (personally, I always flash with the .PIT file + re-partition when I flash a new firmware; only when I upgrade I do not flash the .PIT)

8) Switch the Tab to USB Debugging (Settings - Applications - Development - tick: USB debugging / go to: Yes in the pop up window)

9) Power Off the Tab

9a) I always take out the SIM Card and the External SD Card at this step

10) Start Download Mode (hold: Volume Down + then: Power, once screen starts release only the Power button; until you see the yellow droid with the shovel)

11) Connect Tab with the PC

12) now PC installs drivers & in ODIN: on the left hand corner there should be [COM:...] in yellow (this means: ODIN has recognized your device)

13) check once more if the appropriate files have been chosen in ODIN

14) once you are ready, click: START

15) ODIN will now flash - check the Message field on the left hand bottom

(!) don't run anything now, leave the PC and the Tab, and let ODIN do its work, it will take a few minutes

16) once ODIN is done it will say: "PASS" in green on the top left hand corner & the Tab will reboot

-

the reboot will take longer than usual

, let it fully reboot!

:) In my case, after flashing Firmware my Tab was in Russian language - I had to go to Settings and set my language to English (if you need help let us know)

:) Let me assure you that I have flashed two times using Firmware from SamFirmware.com and both times, everything went really well!
[Galaxy Tab General] mondy1:
Thanks man! You're the best!
[Galaxy Tab General] QueenAmy:
:) you are very welcome /

only a few days ago, I was sitting with my tab in my hands, the tab was stuck in boot loop, I was totally frightened of having ruined it .. asking myself exactly the same question: "How can I flash a stock firmware?"

.. Users sharing experience and helping each other out :) this is what this forum is here for ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] mondy1:
I followed your description and it seems everything went well! I still have a question, though; When I connect the tab with Kies, it says under "firmware information": This version of the unit can not be updated" (it's in norwegian, I have translated it so it might not be word-by-word the same as in the english version). The question is: how come?

When I now enter *#1234* the tab states:

PDA: P1000XWJMF

PHONE: P1000XXJMA

CSC: P1000SERJM4

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
I was inviting someone to research and study, then share their new knowledge. That is what pushes android development forward. My suggestion could have benefited many! At least I wasn't bashing anyone!
[Galaxy Tab General] dirtyhandz305:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzi_U-fH5Us
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
That is amazing! Can I suggest adding a few key words in the description? No, nevermind, the title is perfect. Good work!
[Galaxy Tab General] kgelso:
I was going to follow this guide to see if I can get my VZW USA Tab back to stock because it constantly force closes everything.. I just can't figure out if my firmware is on that website. It says if your from America you shouldn't flash any of those firmwares.. Is there any firmware that I can use for my Verizon Tab?
[Galaxy Tab General] QueenAmy:
Absolutely :D please, go ahead!
[Galaxy Tab General] my_username:
Hmm, I was considering flashing my Verizon Tab as well with a custom ROM, but from what I am reading it still seems to be an iffy process.

If I were to go ahead and attempt it can anybody tell me if any of the ROMs out right now offer signifigant improvements over the stock? And since it is a Verizon Tab would the procedure for flashing a ROM as well as flashing back to stock be the same as the other carriers? Many kudos to the person who gave the detailed response about flashing back to stock, but I just wasnt sure if it applied to Verizon's version as well, as it's the Tab I've found the least info about.

Edit: Just for clarity, making the Tab into a phone isnt something I'm too concerned about...just wanted to slip that in as it seems to complicate the process of flashing these things much more.
[Galaxy Tab General] Willy318is:
QueenAmy:

I follow your instructions exactly, adding PIT file and my fw which is P1000JPJM4

I get Pass in Odin 1.7

when the tab reboots, it takes me to recovery menu 3e automatically and get this on the screen:

-------------------------

update media, please wait

E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110

(invalid Argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:

your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

copy default media content failed.

--------------------

what Should I do?

I flashed using odin 1.7 like 4 times, with each time I get PASS, but after the reboot , I get the above text.

Should I select (WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET) ?

and

Wipe cache partition?

please help me, I really appreciate the few minutes you take to reply me.

thx in advance

EDIT:

I tried wipe data/factory reset, then reboot

Now I m stuck in a boot loop with the word SAMSUNG and vibrations, nothing happens
[Galaxy Tab General] dhaddow:
See my reply in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920844
[Galaxy Tab General] Willy318is:
Thank you, indeed that fixed the problem, I'm now on the JM4 FW.

Was Lost w/o you, thanks much for your help, truly appreciate it.

Will
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Hi,

I need quick help. I unthinkably installed accepted to install a OTA update (2.29.405.5) on my Stock HTC ROM, forgetting that I had rooted my phone and the update was unsuccessful telling me that 'E:failed to verify whole- file signature'. Could someone tell me what to do next.

Thank you in advance.
[Desire General] davebugyi:
If you can boot into recovery, then wipe all data & restore the latest nandroid backup you had.

If you can't then install an Official HTC RUU ROM (but after that you need to root it again).
[Desire General] EddyOS:
The OTA will have replaced the recovery so that can't be done. Flash the 2.29.405.5 RUU, root again and then restore the last nandroid you did
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Brilliant! +1. :rolleyes:

One more thing: Can you direct me to a guide to updating rooted device?
[Desire General] davebugyi:
A rooted device?

1. You update it manually from a .zip file, but then you have to ROOT it again.

I do not reccomend this one, because it can cause bootloops, or simply just won't work (depends on many factors).

2. Flash a custom ROM (even pre-rooted custom stock ROMs are on the site). A full list of ROMs can be found here.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
As you've just found out, you can't update a rooted stock ROM so you answered your own question
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Can I un-root then update OTA and then re-root, or will that cause problems too?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
You can't unroot without flashing an RUU so you might as well flash the 2.29.405.5 RUU and then root that
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Wow, what a headache. Is there anything else besides 'automatic download to sd card of apps' that has changed in this update that is worth flashing to?

If I decide to go ahead. Will I be able to use my nandroid backup?
[Desire General] davebugyi:
This is what I've found (no changelog tough):

And you can use your nandroid backup (when you restore - it will use the previous version not this new one).
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Sorry, I didn't understand this clearly, could you clarify.
[Desire General] davebugyi:
I mean if you restore that it will overwrite the RUU version you want to flash. :)
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Oh okay, I think I will stay with '2.29.405.2' for now, not worth updating or the hassle. Thanks both for the help. ;)
[Desire General] Deeco7:
Just wanted to know if there is an alternative way to back up apps and data when I choose to upgrade to latest firmware, and not have to worry about compatiblity or fw version. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdelinux:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10757850&postcount=8159
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkeller96:
When HTC Evo 4G is in recovery and you press reboot it has a bunch of weird looking lines that are diffrent colors and this used to never happpen. I do not know how to fix this or if anyone has had this problem my phone seems to still run fine but i am curious of what it is if anyone knows how to fix this or knows what it is please help me i have attaced a picture of it please take a look

Originally Posted by Unknownforce

I have this same thing with Clockwork recovery 2.6.0.1, recovery works just fine, flashing ANY files, (tried roms, kernels, application installs, theme changes etc...) no issues other than the actual display when it reboots...

This is exactly what is happening to me does anyone know how to fix it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nygel:
what?.........

thin about your question, find out what you are talking about, look in the correct thread....

stuff to think about next time

1. what recovery are you talking about

2. what rom are you using

3. what are you trying to do when this happens
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
You're going to get drilled if I don't say this, so please post questions in the Q&A section from now on :D (some people are REALLY uptight about that :\)

Anyhow, is it just an aesthetic thing? Or is it actually causing problems?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
Cut him some slack...he's new.

And how would a ROM affect recovery?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boliviano3:
Which recovery are you running?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkeller96:
sorry how do i delete this form i made a new one in questions
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unknownforce:
I have this same thing with Clockwork recovery 2.6.0.1, recovery works just fine, flashing ANY files, (tried roms, kernels, application installs, theme changes etc...) no issues other than the actual display when it reboots...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkeller96:
this is exactly what im taking about
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
Don't worry, the mods will take care of it for you :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neotelos_com:
Many things have been changed in new recoveries to make them run faster and work a little smoother.

(Kernel updates within recovery, etc)

I have noticed this too and it is not an issue, don't worry it's common.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envoykrawkwarrior7:
its just called screen tearing the easiest and IMO best fix would be to switch to amon ras recovery and itll go away just like that
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Addictedtothegreenguy:
Yea when I flash clockwork recovery the other day to dl a cm7 nightly it did that and now I'm back to amon ra so my guess is its just cw
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kybeck55:
mine does the same thing but it works fine i was using clockwork until updated then went to the new RA but now it wont do backups and im back at clockwork and i get the same nasty looking lines, but as you said my phone as well as backups are working just fine..