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[Nook Color General] Scooter30:
Crap,my nook just updated to 1.3.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
Uh. Look at your error again. It means you don't have adb. Have you installed the Android SDK and platform tools?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RacerXO:
I have Root Explorer installed and I am trying to rename a file in the directory system\media and copy a new .zip file to the location. When I have executed the process it changes back to original file.

I have checked the Mount R/W button at the top of Root Explorer as well.

I have checked to make sure the superuser is in the whitelist for Root Explorer.

I also can not add .apk files to the apps folder as well.

What can I do to resolve this.

TIA.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RacerXO:
I resolved it. I needed Busybox.
[Fascinate General] thefunkbot:
I dont know what caused this to happen, because i havent flashed anything new on my phone or made any changes for like a week now, but today when i got home from school and plugged in my phone, a few seconds later i get the messaged telling me that it is fully charged, even though the battery on the status bar says it is at 20%. i tried wiping the battery stats in cwm but it didnt fix it.
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
Possibly dirty usb port/connector. Otherwise, turn the phone off to charge it. If it still doesn't charge right, it could be that the battery went bad.
[Fascinate General] thefunkbot:
oh lol i cant believe i didnt realize this. i just got a new keyboard and i had my phone charger plugged into the usb port that is on the back of they keyboard, i shouldve known it cant charge off of that i was being stupid hah. plugged it into the computer and it works fine.
[Fascinate General] quarky42:
The phone will say it is charged when you plug it into a USB port with too low of a current rating.

I do not know what the cutoff threshold is, however I have a variety of USB ports and adapters that I charge my phone off of and some of them work great, but a couple of them have extremely low current ratings and the phone just says "charged" because it is not seeing enough power go into the battery.

This might be considered a bug, if there was a way for the hardware / charging drivers to measure the strength of the USB port the phone is attached to instead of solely looking at the current flowing into the battery.
[Fascinate General] kent1146:
Hrm. Weird that it would report charged when it doesn't get enough current to properly charge.

On a related note - I would also recommend doing a deep drain / charge cycle about once per month, to calibrate the battery charge sensor.

- Charge your phone to 100%.

- Then discharge it down to 0%.

- Then charge it back up to 100% via the OS.

- Turn the phone off, and keep it plugged in to the charger. A green battery icon will appear, and indicate when the battery is fully charged to 100%.

- Reboot the phone into recovery, and wipe battery stats.

Doing this about once per month for any Li-Ion battery will help calibrate the battery charge sensors on the device, giving you more accurate battery charge stats.
[Desire HD General] saayinla:
Hi All,

I am coming from an HTC Desire to the DHD, my phone is simfree and unlocked from Carphone Warehouse, am on Tmobile though.

I have read a lot about S-ON and S-OFF and Radio etc. I am confused on what to do Next all I want to do is root...and be able to run any superuser apps.

What should I do and not do? What tools do I need to do this...is there a one click rooting app that I can use?

Please advice me on what to do next.

Thanks in advance.
[Desire HD General] futur1sm:
First of all, you need to check what version your Desire HD is running (software information in About Phone)

If you're on 1.72 or 1.75, you'll need to downgrade (I used this really useful guide). Once you've done that or if you are already on 1.32, use this guide to get root and S-OFF etc.
[Desire HD General] saayinla:
Thanks for that...

Android version 2.2

Build Number: 1.32.405.6 CL278359 release-keys

Software version: 1.32.405.6

I believe I can just go straight root and S-Off
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Yeah, no problem, i would recommend getting Radio S-OFF as well
[Desire HD General] saayinla:
I did it all and I think it worked. Thanks guys.
[Epic 4G General] blackdragon79:
Please I beg you hire the devepolers of XDA the people here are more skilled than the people y'all keep hiring off craigslist. When ever I call sprint for help I get some script reading fool that knows nothing about what's going on with there service. I can come here and get an answer within mins of asking or searching the threads. Better yet XDA get live phone support if that's possible. Its less frustration to able to talk to someone that actually has a clue of why you calling.
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
Send a letter to Sprint.
[Epic 4G General] the_hiV:
Good luck with that one. Carriers aren't the issue. Devs help manufacturers improve their software for free by trying to enjoy their devices at full capacity. But sure send em a letter. :-P
[Epic 4G General] brian2220:
all it needs is alot of bad media attention and everything is resolved :mad:
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
If sprint hired XDA dev it would be bad news..why?

Because then XDA devs would have to sign contracts that prevent them from doing what they are now..and also you have to remember that Sprint's goal is not the same as ours...

Sprint's goal is to load bloatware and lock as many features as possible so they can sell them to you..and with XDA dvs working for Sprint no one will be there to remove those limitations...so be careful what you wish for..
[Epic 4G General] knx2:
You have to remember that a lot of these "devs" just copy and paste or modify code. In order to have what you perceive to be all these great developers to be hired. The developers need to know how to code from scratch.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Exactly. I am not sure what our most talented developers do exactly, but I am pretty sure they aren't writing device drivers from scratch.
[Epic 4G General] deano0714:
well see who the real devs are when the source code is released.
[Epic 4G General] quik99:
you also have to remeber the people answering the phones dont know $hit cuz they dont get paid $****. Anyone with the knowledge of the devs here is not going to go work for $10/hr answering phones for sprint. Same at any company the "tech" people at the help/service desk know basic trouble shooting if anything at all.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jerseykid101:
Hey guys, im not really big on technology , but for the last 5 hours i have been trying to get android on my HTC HD2. I have ROM 3.14 and Radio version 2.15. but my SPL is 2.10. If correct i believe I need SPL 3.03? I have no idea as to how to do that. Im new on this site so please forgive me if this post has already been done. Much help would be appreciated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
Do you want NAND or SD Android?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jerseykid101:
Im sorry , but i dont know the difference . I think i have been trying to get the SD android.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
In that case, you have everything you need. Forget about HSPL. That's only needed if you need to change radio, and you don't.

Just follow the instructions on how to install the Android build that you have downloaded and you'll be up and running.

Android on SD is pretty straight forward - it's just copy, paste and run - so you shouldn't have any problems.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Jerseykid101:
Thank you very much sir. I really appreciate the help.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
No problem mate. Glad to help :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] despy1989:
If you like you can follow the link in my signature which gives you step by step instructions

:)

enjoy
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] reza416:
use youtube also

the video on youtube....KVoCi0qkrBg will actually show you how to do everything!!! with links to this site and where to get what from this site and how to install/setup... i was really confused before watching this video and it helped alot... also in the description of this video you will get all the steps and links...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] reza416:
also...

since i dont think i am able to put outside links in my post i put the description of the video like that for you... but if you couldn't find it try this, the full name of the video is " How to install HSPL ,RADIO,ROM,ANDROID on HTC HD2 " by (mlkjuggalo).

good luck
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vinchinta:
MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 [A2SD+][GRH78C][RMNET][Kernel: MDJ S10.4 OC

hi please some one help me i am trying to install MDJ's cyanogenmod 7 on my htc hd2 T(mous) when i tried to update Magldr rom but it is not going through it just got struch on updating window it did not even update 1% i think the reason behind it might be my rom being much updated version when compared to what i saw magldr my software details OS version 5.2.21913(21913.5.0.94) ROM 3.14.531.1 (04666) wwe RADIO V- 2.15.50.14, when i tried to update MAGLDR window showed me rom image 2.000000 sometlike thing like this plz suggest me some thing and give the detailed step by step i am new to android buils i am running froyo v1.8 sd version for almost months but its draining my battery in 5 to 6 hrs plz help me out with this i wanna get cyanogenmod 7 badly. thx

i appreciate ur builds and services.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] daz990:
Just found this on e-bay, is that a theme for wp7 or is it an old one off wp7?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] mrmomba:
looks like the htc-thumbs or someting else

( i cant remember the right name )
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] jekuper:
its htc hub
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] daz990:
is that on wp7 or is it just meant to look like it if its on where do i get it?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] xILukasIx:
It's for Windows Phone 7 and you can get it off the Marketplace for free ;-)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] lhernana2j:
It's not a theme. It's an app. HTC Hub.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] DynamicXL:
Okay, so after flashing the new Bionix-V ROM, i have been customizing it to fit me.

One thing I have been dying to get was the skinned Gingerbread keyboard. The Blackout Green one in particular. Found here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9814026&postcount=169

There is a flash-able .zip and an .apk file. I have tried both methods and still no luck. I followed the instructions and can't seem to get it to work.

I know that the Bionix-V ROM comes with the stock gingerbread keyboard, do I have to delete that one to install the other one? I'm just worried that it will get deleted and I cannot re-install and.

Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jrod33084:
I believe you do have to delete the original first but before you do copy it to ur sd just in case it doesn't work. Don't forget to reboot after you remove and install
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camalot:
Yes. The next update I post (at least for my mods of them) will automatically remove the original before applying the update.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] DynamicXL:
Sounds good, I will delete the original Gingerbread Keyboard.apk and flash your mod. Will keep a look at your post for the update!

Thanks guys!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jrod33084:
Can't wait!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] creator2456:
I released an updated Blackout Green yesterday in the original MTM thread. It's near the end. You can also just find the Gingerbread Blackout link in my signature and find it there. :)

Just starting work on the rest of the colors as it appears no issues have been found with what little changes I have made.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jrathbun27:
Just an fyi... im using the blackout red gb kb... i just went in with super manager and renamed the stock one and then pushed the blackout (just to make sure if it didnt take i wouldnt lose the stock one too) and all is good and this keyboard is SWEET
[Epic 4G General] DangerZone1223:
Hey, guys. I just installed the DK28 Froyo Stock ROM. I was using Lookout Mobile Security to backup all of my contacts and pictures.

However, all of my contacts aren't syncing from Lookout. Is there an easier way to get back all of my contacts from Lookout?

Also, my account only shows the apps from the Marketplace that I had purchased, but not downloaded. Is there anyway to download everything I had before? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
Don't know about Lookout; I always sync contacts through gmail.

Don't know about pictures; all of mine are on my SDCard.

Your free apps do not show up in the marketplace...until now. Now that you're running 2.2.1, anything you DL will re-dl every time you replace ROMs or wipe your phone. (this may be due to updated marketplace and not 2.2, but I'm not sure)
[Epic 4G General] blackdragon79:
Lookout is garbage. I use appbrain to save my app and google to save my contacts. Have you tried logging into your google on your phone to recover your contacts?
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
It's due to both.
[Epic 4G General] DangerZone1223:
It's Lookout Mobile Security. It's a great piece of software. However, I think it's stuck on restoring my photos.
[Epic 4G General] DangerZone1223:
No, Google didn't sync all of my contacts. Just some. Is there a detailed way to show how to sync my phone contacts with Google? It wants to sync like every e-mail address I've ever e-mailed with my phone.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] eh10:
Hey everyone :)

Is it flashlight to Nokia N8?

Can anyone smart gay make it, please? :)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Mr. Raven'sFjord:
I'd like to help, but to be frank, I don't understand what you're asking (?) at all
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] eh10:
Is it possible to make phonelight with the blitz? Sorry, from Norway, bad English....
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Mr. Clown:
Nokia?

you definitely are in the wrong forum and site.

On that note, thread closed.
[Android Software Development] stalnakerz:
I'm getting a Viewsonic G Tab soon and will be upgrading it to the latest Vegan image. I have a Sprint 250U USB 4G card that I'd like to be able to use with the tablet, but have not been able to find a Smartview port. Anyone have any ideas on how to get the USB card working with an Android tablet?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hmcjr1978:
Hello , I Have 2 HD2s and I use one as a phone and one as a media/gaming device. Is there any way to make the back speaker louder, with some sort of amplifier....also is there anyway to make the front speaker a loud speaker as well...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SpiderVenom:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=923748
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hmcjr1978:
i tried it but doesnt work on my build...wouldve been nice:rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] B3arfruit:
What's the best way to root my so I can use setcpu? I only want to do that and keep everything I currently have the same. Is this possible and if so how?

Believers b3ar fruit with their Nexus S.....:)
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
CAUTION: experimental/theoretical until someone tries it on a virgin phone, but...

Shrivelfig's found a method that might let you root without unlocking your bootloader and erasing the phone.

Download these two files:

clockwork recovery

su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip

Place the su zip one in your sdcard.

Place the other on your computer.

Put your phone in fastboot mode (power off, then hold volume up and power key at the same time until the phone boots to a white screen).

Use fastboot to boot the phone into the clockwork recovery:

fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img

If you're not sure how to get fastboot working on your computer, follow the instructions that Allgamer gives in this thread, but don't do the oem unlock command!

Once in clockwork, flash the su file to the phone by following these steps from this thread:

select install ZIP from sdcard (power button to apply)

select choose zip from sdcard (power button to apply)

select su-version#-signed.zip file you downloaded earlier, and apply it

select yes - install su-version#-signed.zip

confirm it says "Install from sdcard complete"

select go back

select reboot

Reboot.

If it works, you should be rooted, with a locked bootloader, and none of your data erased.

That said, never hurts to have a backup of your precious data on the sdcard that you can copy over to the computer.

Please let me know if that works; I've not seen anyone who wasn't already rooted report back on the success or failure of this method.
[Nexus S General] B3arfruit:
If I do a full root does it delete everything that I have? I have never tried it an I now looking Ratbags site that has a full outline on how to do it. All I want to do is use setcpu without deleting my stuff

Believers b3ar fruit with their Nexus S.....:)
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Most of the root methods involve unlocking the bootloader with the "fastboot oem unlock" command as the first step.

That's the command that erases your phone.

Any method that has you do that command will erase your phone.

If the method above works as expected, it will root you without erasing your phone. Shrivelfig did it without harm to his phone, but he had already been rooted the old-fashioned way.

I would certainly backup my data that I could before doing any root method, but this one seems like it's 99% safe.

Use at own risk, of course, but that's true of all the methods.
[Nexus S General] B3arfruit:
OK last question what is the easiest way to backup your phone? How?

Believers b3ar fruit with their Nexus S.....:)
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Without root, your options are limited and incomplete.

The only stuff you'll be able to backup are items that are stored on the sdcard. Some apps put their data there, some don't, some mix it up.

To backup the sdcard is as easy as usb mounting the phone and dragging/dropping the stuff you want to save.
[Nexus S General] B3arfruit:
Your the man thanks bro I'll let you know if it works. Hope my phone doesn't crash on me
[Nexus S General] B3arfruit:
Man I suck I followed a lot of different direction and still can get my computer to recognize my phone when trying to root....
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
You're putting the phone in fastboot mode? It's got the white screen?

You're using the proper commands fastboot? What message does your computer show? Are you Win, Mac, or Linux?
[Nexus S General] ozzy.h89:
Just tried it on a new Nexus S, worked perfectly :D
[Nexus S General] mylexon20s:
I rooted using this method last night. From start to finish, 10 minutes. I have full root capabilities.
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
I've been somewhat discouraged from rooting my Nexus S because of the apparent hurdles to rooting. When I rooted my Vibrant it never erased any data or stopped me from getting a firmware upgrade. Sure I lost root after upgrading, but all I had to do was run it again.

With the NS, when I hear people talk about root methods erasing their phones and preventing them from upgrading, it worries me. Sure I can back up all the data I really care about, but why should the NS have these difficulties when the Vibrant didn't?
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Actually, you haven't been keeping up with the rooting methods. A few weeks back someone figured out how to push a recovery and install Superuser without unlocking the bootloader which is the part that wipes your phone.

The reason it is so easy to root most phones is that they use an exploit in the Android system to grant Superuser priveleges while on the Nexus S we do it the legitimate way. I've not heard of root preventing people from updating nor does it really bother me. I run custom roms and therefore wait for the updates to be integrated in my custom ROM. I'm sort of confused why someone would buy a Nexus S, a phone Google has said was designed to be hacked to pieces, and leave it stock.
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
Because it's the fastest, cleanest, most up-to-date Android device of its class on the market. Custom ROMS are all well and good, but they're hardly the only reason to get the phone. Indeed, there are a ton of phones out there with arguably equal or better third-party ROM options at present. Anyway, to say Google designed the NS to be hacked to pieces is perhaps a bit of an overstatement; to my knowledge all they said is that they deliberately left open a way to root the phone, and even at that, it wasn't exactly a consumer marketing point.

Not that I'm badmouthing rooting, installing custom ROMS, or whatever else people do to their phones. On the contrary, I think it's fantastic. But ultimately, I object to the idea that there's a "wrong" choice when it comes to making those modifications. Different people have different priorities, concerns, and levels of comfort with various procedures, and the NS is a great phone no matter what you choose to run on it. I'm probably on the low end of the spectrum with respect to my interest and comfort in modding as far as people who post with any regularity on these forums go, but bear in mind I'm also probably a great deal more engaged with it than the majority of users, many of which may not even make full use of their phone's basic features, let alone think to try making their phone do anything that the top-layer UI doesn't facilitate.
[Nexus S General] suhas_sm:
Clockwork link not working :(
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Try this one: http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img

or go straight to koush's blog: http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html
[Nexus S General] edo_xda:
worked for me as well, on 2.3.2 without erasing anything.

thanks!
[Nexus S General] jamiemac1977:
I concurr, the nowipe method works here (UK SNS fro Carphone Warehouse on 2.3.2).

All we need now is google to fix the issues (rebooting in particular). ;)
[Nexus S General] Paparasee:
Hey, thanks ... if this works without unlocking the bootloader, I'm trying it :)

Two things before that though:

a) Please let us know if you can update to 2.3.3 after this or if you have to wait for a new image.

b) Can I rewind and get my phone back to the unrooted version as it was when I bought it? If yes, can someone write the steps for that too?

Thanks
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
It works. Try it. Full thread on it that I'll update as things change here.

We won't know for sure until the 2.3.3 update comes out and we can examine its contents and what it does. There's no reason to expect that Google will do much differently in terms of the bootloader or recovery than they have in the last two updates, especially since they've said in the Google blog that the NS was designed to be easily unlocked and rooted.

In the prior two OTA updates, you could update with no issues other than your root being broken, but it was as easy as just rebooting into clockwork and reinstalling the su update zip.

The only people who had issues updating prior OTAs after this kind of root were folks who had messed around with applications in the /system folder (such as replacing the Market or Gmail apps with some modded one). That can be worked around easily and is discussed numerous times in a couple of threads.

All rooting with this method does is add the su binary to /system/bin, the superuser.apk file to /data/app and change permissions on /system/bin. If you install busybox (which you really need to do for root to be most effective) it will add it's own files and some symlinks.

Several easy ways to reverse the process:

Restore/flash a nandroid or stock rom image that's not rooted. (Try making one after getting into Clockwork and before flashing su-update.zip.)

Use terminal/adb, the Settings/Applications app or the Market to rm and/or uninstall the su binary, the busybox install, and the superuser.apk as well as any root-enabled apps you installed.

There's more details if you need them in another thread here or Q&A section. You should be able to find them with a search on the terms "rm /system/bin/ root".