yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] OuncE718:
I can confirm that my avatar and ring tones work correctly. Yes, I am on Ka7. Did you guys remove the sd card that contains avatar? What exactly does avatar say when you click on it?
[Vibrant General] MUSASHI66:
This happened to me when I installed JI6, and I didn't really care. Today after the upgrade, Avatar started working again! Warning during the upgrade said that the DRM would be stripped, and I am guessing that is what happened.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
If you are coming from 2.1 the mount point for the external SD card changed in 2.2. This might explain why the Avatar launcher does not work (it is looking in the wrong place for the movie). I have also heard of possible DRM issues.

This makes me wonder - does the Launcher for Sims 3 still work? You can not direct launch the game like you can the movie. Then again the game is stored on the internal SD, so it should not matter.
[Vibrant General] zman519:
This just shows one more reason why DRM is dumb and pointless now this is more work for some one someware to do (samy software eng). I payed to see Avater I got the Blu Ray and if I want it on my phone I'll just go to the places on the interweb "They" complan about and "they" will say I'm stelling somthing. But the reason I go there is cuz of this kinda bs with drm files.

DRM=headache

But hay atlest you guys got you Froyo ;-) as for me and my not so Epic epic :-(

Sent from my ComBadge
[Vibrant General] OuncE718:
If Avatar is not working then download the 3 avatar files to the root of the sd card and then create a folder called "Movie"and drop the files in there. Do not name it anything else other than"Movie" or it will not work at all.
[Vibrant General] si12j12:
i also used kies and avatar IS working ....

seems like everithing is running smoothly for me
[Vibrant General] mr.orange303:
On too avatar extended version already. Rmvd short cut via titan back up. Looovin it.
[Vibrant General] banasik72:
Did all that, and still does not work! Avatar shows 00:00 -(running time) like it does not exists. Same Avatar file works perfect on me 2.0 Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] banasik72:
How did you get the avatar extended version on there? I cant even root the 2.2 ka7 version with z4, let alone use Titanium! Thinking of just going back to stock by Odin! ka6/Ka7 seems like more trouble than they are worth! Hard to root, and cant tether, plus lost Avatar - which my kids loved to watch!
[Vibrant General] Jeffizcool:
Look to get avatar to work all you have to do is reset the data for the drm protected content. Go to applications in the setting and delete the drm data. Reset a couple times and it should work. I got this from the T-Mobile forums btw.
[Vibrant General] darkyer:
I updated via kies and i can run avatar, here in this page at the end says something about avatar after upgrade:

ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view_us.jsp?SITE_ID=22&PG_ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=560&AT_ID=341559
[Vibrant General] RoxAbout:
lol says something about? all the way to the bottom of the page...

it does a factory reset... :/ but it did restore avatar access rights :)

and the phone stays froyo....
[Vibrant General] mr.orange303:
anything is possible.
[Vibrant General] Kgirl:
To get Avatar to work all you need to do is go into manage applications find drm protected content storage and clear the data. Reboot the phone a couple of times and it will work again.. That so far has worked for most people
[Vibrant General] mr.orange303:
Look at all my threads. Ive made one explaining everything
[Vibrant General] chris17922:
hey :)

Can anyone upload avatar the movie i deleted it by mistake-.-
[Vibrant General] uncledallas:
After trying everything, the clearing of the drm protected content storage, then 2 reboots and it works perfect on my ext sd card now!!
[Vibrant General] parasharenator:
Please help me to get Avatar working

Iam on Darky's 10.2 ROM(GB 2.3.4), bullet kernel & KB5 modem.

and the movie is at the same folder structure since, my phone came stock.

I tried:

1.) I cleared drm content and drm protected content & restarted my phone two times- then downloaded the app from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774078 but it won't install.

2.) I used the Android customisation suite from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894794 and created a zip with just the avatar.apk , cleaned dalvik cache, and the installed the zip from CWM, still the application just clicked, but no response/error message whatsoever.

3.) I downloaded a terminal emulator & tried to push the apk from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853252 and I get adb:not found.

Please guide me, what needs to be done, as I haven't seen the movie yet@!
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
I was wondering if someone with all the stock apks could post them on a link for download. I'm unable to complete the Samsung update and I believe it's because I have some of the stock apks removed.
[Continuum General] dfgged:
Here is a file with all the bloatware, but you need to use TiB in order to restore it...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FE6H6MJI
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
Do I need the premium version? I can't figure out how to restore apps with .gz files.
[Continuum General] dfgged:
No you don't, just copy ALL the files into the Titanium Backup folder, then launch TiB. If you scroll to the bottom, you should see all the apps with lines through them. click them,and then hit restore, easy as pie. :D
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
I feel like an idiot because this should be easy but I'm having issues. When I click the slashed out name of the app I want to install I don't have a restore option. I've tried running batch commands to do the install but that also doesn't work. I have BusyBox installed. Ideas?
[Continuum General] dfgged:
Have you tried clicking the button that says "Problems?" yet?
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
Yeah thats how you install busybox via TiB
[Continuum General] dfgged:
ummm....

idk what else to tell you, any body else got any ideas?
[Continuum General] bubby323:
Sdx stock app remover
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
So the directory SDX uses for restores is '/sdcard/sdx/backup/app/' but this directory doesn't exist. I've tried creating this directory and placing my .gz files in there with no luck. Any other ideas?
[Continuum General] bubby323:
Google it, install the app, run it, navigate to /sdcard/sdx/backup and put all the bloat there, unmount your sd card, open the app again and find the restore option, check them all and hit restore, accept the superuser permissions, and your done. Then you can update with the update.zip I posted in the android development section for DL17.
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
I've completed all these steps. However, when SDX installs it doesn't create the backup directory. I've tried manually creating this directory, placing the bloat I want to restore in the directory, and searching for the bloat via SDX but nothing shows up.

I'm having the same problem with Titanium Backup. TiB shows the bloatware I want to reinstall but doesn't actually have an option to restore.
[Continuum General] bubby323:
Its been forever since ive used it its probally a diffrent folder name...just delete the folder you made go into the app and vackup an app then the directory will br on the sdk card delete the apk in there and place the bloat there and restore.
[Continuum General] samuelhadams:
Well I realized why I couldn't see the bloat I wanted to restore in SDX. It's because SDX backups files as an .apk. The bloat I have is .gz backed up from TiB. I don't have original .apk's for the bloat I deleted only the .gz's from TiB. I still can't understand why TiB won't allow me to restore the apps with .gz's. It shows them on the list but there is no restore option.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudahy_boy:
do i need to be temp rooted before i perma root with gfree
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGS1231:
I believe the temp root is achieved through using RAGE via the wiki section of XDA. It is painless and easy.

I was scared to root myself but decided to just go for it last night. I cannot believe how simple it was! I met a few obstacles on the way, but managed to overcome and now I'm running the CM7 Gingervillain ROM!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudahy_boy:
where exactly did you put gfree files did you put them in android/tools or did you make a folder in tools them put them in there
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGS1231:
everything you need is on the wiki website. the location doesn't really matter because you can navigate to that folder and push using adb.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudahy_boy:
i just got my g2 now how do i no what version im on my android version is 2.2 and build number is 1.22.531.8
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
You are on Froyo(2.2) ,and your build Number 1.22 means you are OTA updated already.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
As long as he put the folder which contains ADB.exe into his computer's path, if not he will have to place the files he wants to push where ever his ADB.exe file is. In the older version of AndriodSDK its located in the AndriodSDK\tools folder but in the new version r08 of AndriodSDK its located in the AndriodSDK\platform-tools folder.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudahy_boy:
when i type adb devices nothing shows up anyone no what to do
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
Do you have the right G2 drivers installed? You can go to the Wiki and get them or here they are to save you some time.

Also installing HTC Sync will install the correct drivers, HTC sync Doesnt work with the G2 because its Sense based but it will install the correct drivers for you. You can go HERE and download HTC Sync for the Desire Z, install it to your computer then hook your phone up and it will install the right drivers.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudahy_boy:
kool i got it now the problem that i am having is im getting permission denied when pushing
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGS1231:
make sure you have usb debugging on and then do not have 'usb connected' when it prompts you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoolKidsKlub:
Yes, from what I have seen, if you get that permission denied when pushing files to the SD card then that means that you have the SD card mounted on your computer through USB. All you have to do is plug the phone to your computer with the USB cord then run ADB, don't mount the SD card to your PC.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudahy_boy:
i got it to work i was writing the wrong path i didnt keep it simple i made folders for gfree instead of putting the contents in tools but thanks for all your help i guess i just want to no is it kool to mix roms and kernels im using Virtuous v0.9.0 Sense with 1.8 g2 fast kernel
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escalavee:
I have had issues flashing ROMs and kernels due to my SLCD screen. The ROM would flash correctly, but all touch screen function would disappear.

I actually got CM6.1 stable to work properly, and I flashed a theme, but I am scared to flash a kernel in fear that it will disable my screen again.

Can anyone recommend a kernel that i can use with CM6.1 that is themed and compatible with SLCD Incredibles?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unreal2k:
The issues you are having are because of the SLCD drivers not included in some kernels. If you flash a rom and right afterwards flash a kernel that supports SLCD you should have no issues. I have had no issues since i switched from AMOLED to SLCD.

For CM6.1, the SLCD drivers are included in their kernel now. That's why you didn't experience any problems.

Since i don't deal much with AOSP roms i don't remember which ones have SLCD support, although 2.6.32.26-invisiblek #28 comes to mind.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] escalavee:
Thanks.
[Legend General] zukа:
I haven't used the legend for a few months and loaded froyo onto it yesterday as my other phone is out of action. I was under the impression froyo was susposed to speed things up, but scrolling in the browser is still unresponsive and slow. a friend and i were trying to load up film session times - he, obviously, on an iphone - and it was embarrassing how much my webpage jumped around on a fairly graphics lite website.

I know a lot of you guys love this phone, but could I get some honest opinions: is this actually as good as it gets? Am I missing something? The phone is about as stock as it comes with the Vodafone AU froyo rom installed yesterday after a factory reset and the only apps being angry birds and astro.

Thanks,

zuka
[Legend General] haha123:
turn on usb debugging in settings->applications->development
[Legend General] zukа:
what does turning on USB debugging do for performance?

cheers
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
God knows, bu it seems to work. You could also try rooting and installing BlaY0's ROM, it's nice and quick. ;)
[Legend General] ANtiHazarD:
USB debugging helps me :-)) really... It's very strange.

And i tried to send message to support (About laggs without this opt.). They ask me only one question - "What type of SD card you used" and that's all :-)
[Legend General] stevenstrike:
That's really strange... because when i activate USB Debugging, my phone lag as hell ><"

Blayo Rom is really good, but idk why, since 0.6, battery draining is faster than 0.5 :(
[Legend General] zukа:
Sorry, I'm out at the moment and can't really search for this. Is the blayo rom stock and sense based?

Cheers for all your help guys
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
Being out is no excuse. BlaY0's rom is based on stock
[Legend General] zukа:
Man you're a prickly one. Chill out
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
Eh? Sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I should have put a wink in there. I meant it in a jokey way.

Very sorry :(
[Legend General] zukа:
I was also joking haha. Don't worry about it dude, and thank you
[Legend General] TheGrammarFreak:
Win. Lol.
[Legend General] callmewind:
In my case, I'm experiencing lagginess when I switch on wifi. This is a bit annoying because I use to have wifi on all the time, when I unlock the phone it tries to reconnect and the phone becomes laggy from the first 15 seconds more or less. It's only me?
[Legend General] cryshop:
No, it's normal, it also lags when "Installing..." applications.
[Legend General] Sweny:
Try using green power premium app it can save a lot of hours.. with effective settings of course if you'r using wifi a lot.. or 3g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Any one else notice media scanner running twice when the phone boots?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Yes, it happens all the time. The first time takes about 30 seconds. Then it does it one more time for like 1-3 seconds.

Sent from The Chaotic Void.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Mine runs 3x

Sent from by Bonzai'd Epic 4g.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sniperkill:
It depends on how much stuff you got on your sdcard.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMMusic:
Mine was taking forever...

Create a file named ".nomedia" and put it in any directory you want the media scanner to skip (top level, and it will skip subdirectories).

Don't do like me and wonder where all your ringtones went and why your gallery is empty after putting ".nomedia" in /sdcard. :-)

Sent from my Epic 3g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Mine never stops. Beat that!! Lol

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
Its supposed to stop? :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecooce:
Once is media on the phone,the other is media on sdcard.
[Android Themes] QUBiCA:
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[Android Themes] yamaford:
JPG's work too.
[Android Themes] QUBiCA:
OK, but do you know a good program to make and animate them?
[Android Themes] QUBiCA:
Anyone knows a good program?
[Android Themes] connoisseur:
Any photo editing program like photo shop will be able to save png or jpg. Its just a matter of being a good enough designer. Boot animations are just a series of jpg. You can also try an animation editing software like adobe flash and export as a sequence.
[Android Themes] QUBiCA:
@connoisseur

TY, I think using flash is a good idea!
[Android Themes] ironlood:
Look at a free photo editor called GIMP you should be able to download it from Gimp.org

It has video capabilities and I believe you can export individual frames as any image type.
[Android Themes] SemperAndroid:
I really like Cinema 4D, but Flash and After Effects work great too. Photoshop is excellent as well.
[Venue Pro General] fathamburger:
ok I've finally gotten around to looking at unlocking this thing

Entering a foreign SIM (any, doesnt even have to be active) pops up a prompt for a PIN so we know this is just like any other phone. I've tried entered in over 5 random pins already so at least I know it's possible to try at least 5 times without any consequences that I can see. Furthermore , the enter code button is highlighted after 4 numbers. Are we gonna be so lucky to be able to brute force that? ;)

Anyhow, ive never seen an unlock code before, but from googling they seem to be generated from an IMEI. So does this mean that each phone has a unique code to be generated then?

I've also read that with Nokia phones anyway, too many attempts will lock the phone from being able to accept unlock codes at all. This was after I made about 10 tries, but still seems to be good with the DVP

So does anyone know how long a typical code is?
[Venue Pro General] synergeia:
the unlock code is generated from the phone's IMEI and is therefore unique to each phone.

unfortunately there is no way of knowing how long the code is unless we can successfully get a rom dump and look into the system files

from my experience unlocking various phones, the unlock code can be 4 characters or longer, but generally a lot longer
[Venue Pro General] fathamburger:
Thanks, surprised more people havent chimed in yet, especially those that got their phones earlier. The 90 days is close to being up for some of the earlier adopters.

Judging from how unlock sites are structured by manufacturer, I'm guessing each manufacturer has their own unique algorithm or private key to generate codes from and the problem with Dell is that they just haven't made enough phones for anyone to really notice/want to crack theirs yet since at this point all they have out are the Streak and this phone..
[Venue Pro General] synergeia:
yeah, the unlock sites either grab it from a database of codes that they have obtained, mostly directly from the manufacturer, or they have the algorithm to generate the code

it is possible to reverse engineer but it would require either a copy of the dell rom and/or some IMEIs and their associated unlock codes

unfortunately we dont have either just yet.
[Venue Pro General] synergeia:
oh....if someone could offload the EM diagnostic program from the phone, it may hold some clues too

i dont have the know how to offload the program, but apparently it is possible from looking at the WP7 dev & hacking forum
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
Hey guys i just bought a epic 4g....from a random guy met in a gas station for dirt cheap....m assuming he must have stolen it....i just wanna know if i go to aprints office n try to de-activate the current number n register a new one....what kind of difficulties i expect to face?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sapperpipo:
re help

well for starters theyre going to take that phone from you if its reported stolen and has insurance, and second once a phone has an esn assigned to thats it your best bet is to try another service provider, usually one of those prepay like cricket will flash phones not sure about the epic though.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3luSi0n4L:
Hmm why would you buy a stolen phone? Have sprint contact the owner and give it back to them for what you bought it for.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
It was for dirt cheap n like a brand new fon....got it for only 40 bucks...n now i turned it on n it says....too many pattern attempts..enter ur gmail address n password....any way to get rid of it...or like master reset....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Wow

Sent from by Bonzai'd Epic 4g.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A_Flying_Fox:
Turn thephone off and download odin and the galaxy s drivers

Put phone in download mode

Plug into computer with odin open

Flash dk28.tar or di18.tar
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
thnx for replyin man....can u plz provide me the links for the drivers and files for it??? i'll b grateful to u....:)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
never mind i got em.....now chargin the fon....then gonna flash it....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Doesn't the stock.recovery have an option to reset the phone to factory? Wouldntt that work?

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wj0t:
..ill buy it for 50.. lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boominz28:
This sounds fake
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
I dont think this thread is legal at all. Track the owner and get your $40 before you end up getting the charge.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMMusic:
Little known fact, most states have a "receiving stolen property" law with punishment equal to actually committing the theft. Some of those laws have no qualifiers, so whether you know something is stolen or not is not a defense in some states.

Sent from my Epic 3g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zainqaiser:
Well this is not fake at all...i odin bak to stock n its workin in perfect condition....m not gonna use any mobile network on it....coz for it i have my g2 n a vibrant.....m gonna use it as a multimedia device.....for playin games,music and takin pictures etc.....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GituSum:
Its nice to know if my phone gets stolen there's people that won't even try to find out if they can get sprint to search for the owner. And would rather take a phone somebody paid $400 for and use it as ipod. What comes around goes around
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
+1 too bad the owner didnt have the gps tracker or lookout running while that screen was locked. Id kick your front door in for less than $500 with pleasure and gps tracker would put me in your front yard.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leatherneck6017:
Karma is a mother, you'll get yours.

Sent from my Bonzai'd Epic 4g.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxcoldhit:
Turn it in to see if its stolen for a fact. If your going to keep the phone and you know its stolen, which im going to assume you know its stolen because you won't call sprint, then your no better than the thief who stole it. I hope you do the right thing.

Sent from my Shoe.... I mean my Samsung Shoe.... I mean my Samsung Epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boominz28:
If its not fake your an idiot, they have your ip , if they wanted to they could report you for receiving stolen property. I hope they do.

I don't believe anyone should be helping you
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samdsox:
Missing Something

You know guys i think the OP is an idiot who is missing something. Hmm i can't put my finger on it. Its on the tip of my tongue. OH YEAH...... ITS A CONSCIENCE!!! We have a lot of Devs here who are good with computers. Someone should track this idiot down and force him to turn the phone into sprint. I mean really come on.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] running_the_dream:
I almost literally LOLed when I read this thread and saw people actually helping this person. from the last few posts, it looks like the pendulum has swung back to the light. A lil too late though.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raylusk:
Just report the post. I did.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jirafabo:
@op dont worry about it. Just say "i didnt know it was stolen. " i mean, it worked for Lawrence Taylor and Cam Newton. But i hope you have money bc in America things like that only work for the rich.