yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] peeturr:
It may be a part of your settings or a 3rd party application that is being restored after you restored your device. Try restoring your device again. This time DO NOT sign into gmail at the prompt. Instead, choose SKIP. Click the market icon from the app drawer and sign in from there. This prevents market from automatically installing apps, as well as restoring previous backed up settings.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Alternatively, couldn't you just turn the lockscreen sound off? I always forget there is even a sound because I turn it off.
[Nexus S General] tekkitan:
I'm confused because my phone doesn't have a lock sound and hasn't since I first turned it on :)
[Nexus S General] SpookyTunes:
Check that

Settings

->

Sound

->

Screen lock sounds

is off
[Nexus S General] peeturr:
Its off by default.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Hi,

I contacted VS support about a problem described here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933128

They said that they'd rma it, so I should send it to them. They said turnaround was 10-14 days.

I was wondering if anyone has recent experience w them? Are they turning these around in that timeframe, and are the repairs effective?

I can probably be w/o my Gtab, but I'd hate to wait that long and get it back w the same problem!

Thanks,

Jim
[G Tablet General] muqali:
Ask if they cross ship?
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Did ask, but it wasn't an option.

Jim
[G Tablet General] muqali:
Let us know how your experience is. Looks like you get to be the RMA guinea pig.

edit- I'm guessing the RMA is for the flash?
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Yes, because of the bad blocks. I'm still debating tho, bcuz I don't have 100% confirmation that the dmesg msg and the inability to nvflash --read partition 11 are correlated, plus my Gtab seems to be running fine so far, other than that :(..

Jim
[G Tablet General] Nosunshine:
bad blocks in dmesg

So I checked your other thread and decided to dig thru my dmesg since I recently reflashed. I see bad blocks as well allthough most of mine are in cache. I can post those later if you like.

I also have no problems with my tab on vegan but I'm currently running gojimis cm7 so any issues I've been attributing to that.

Could this possibly be the nand controller marking known bad blocks so the os knows not to use them? Kinda like how ssds have an extra amount built in to compensate for wear and

such?

Maybe someone else could check their dmesg and see if they show any errors.

I think later ill try to emulate what you did with nvflash and see what I get.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
My theory is that there are multiple levels of operation, e.g. in Android, the OS has loaded and is looking at the physical media as a yaffs partition, but before that, i.e., when the boot loader is running, it sees the raw media. I don't know enough about Android to know if the bad blocks are visible and at which levels.

Yes, if you have a chance to try nvflash, please post. What I'd be interested in is if you could do --getpartitiontable to get the list of partitions, figure out the part # for CAC, then do --read on that partition, to see if you get read failure.

If you do, you'd be the 3rd person (tcrews and myself), so that would be more evidence that dmesg bad block mags == bad --read.

I have another theory, that maybe some of the 'mysterious' problems that people see like magic # mismatch, etc., may be related.

Jim
[G Tablet General] Nosunshine:
Well if im not mistaken cm7 uses ext4 instead of yaffs for atleast the system partition, if thats true then what were seeing is most likely related directly to the hardware.

I'd almost be willing to bet this is the nand controller driver marking blocks that the os cant use, but if its causing problems now or down the road, I don't know.

Its strange that it shows up in the logs if thats the case. I would think this would be obscured from the user and handled by the controller at a hardware level.

I'll post my logs and nvflash findings in your other thread as to not muck this one up to bad, should have them up by tomorrow.
[G Tablet General] muqali:
It is why I had earlier wondered if the standard linux command badblocks was available to use before you ran an mkfs. Badblocks will make a log of all the badblocks on a device and that log can be passed to mkfs so that instead of having to wait until you run mkfs to check for bad blocks, you can have already done it(and hopefully gotten your data off too).

http://www.yaffs.net/yaffs-talk-slide-16-ecc

In reading that slide from their site it seems that either the MTD/device or YAFFS can do the ECC. What you're seeing might be the hardware reporting to the YAFFS driver the blocks that are bad so it can do whatever it needs to do to work with it. Of course any disk utility that thinks a reported bad block is a problem will choke.

I'm not aware of any utilities that are like dd but work after the filesystem driver and not on the device itself, but it is quite possible they exist. It is also possible I am completely off base here.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
I know you suggested running badblocks, but I haven't figured out HOW to do that yet (what command?). Remember that on stock TNT /system is yaffs, and I don't think there's an mkfs.yaffs?

Jim
[G Tablet General] muqali:
Oh. badblocks is the command. The syntax you'd want to google the man page. I dont think it is part of busybox, but might ne on the system. If not, the source code is easily compiled.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
The thing is, remember I get the failed --read when I do the nvflash --read. At that point, the only things involved are the boot loader code on the gtab end, and nvflash on the pc end, plus I get the same read fail at the same byte count w different nvflash versions (bekit's and nvidia sdk) and both on windows and Linux.

The point is that there is no filesystem involved when the --read fails, so other than some bug in multiple versions of nvflash, or some bug in the boot loader, it has to be a hardware (nand) problem.

Jim
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Thanks. If 'badblocks' is literally the command name then I don't have it/can't find it, either in TNT or when running CWM (and adb'ing).

If you have a binary that'll work, can you post or PM?

Jim
[G Tablet General] muqali:
Yes, a hardware problem was what I was getting at. Usually nand has in hardware remapping but i was thinking since yaffs can also handle it(and all nand has bad blocks), that maybe it was designed to not remap bad blocks. Since nvflash is reading the raw device and not from the yaffs it sees what yaffs itself corrects for when in place. Not sure if i make sense.
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
You may already know, but you can check what kind of filesystem is used for /system. Just terminal or adb, then type 'mount'. That'll list all the mounts, and show what kind of filesystem is used for each.

Jim
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Unfortunately, that makes perfect sense, I.e., that's what I think is going on.

Jim
[G Tablet General] Nosunshine:
Badblocks

Yea busybox doesn't have a badblocks, and the android version of busybox has even less apps. I think you can build a version of it from source to add the extra functionality but idk.

I also did a little hunting and found that if i run this from terminal find | grep nand that there are what looks to be drivers for the controller in /sys/devices/platform/tegra_nand and /sys/bus/platform/drivers/tegra_nand. So I think this is definitely the controller telling android what it can't write to because of the bad blocks.

The question is what does this mean? Also go check the other thread im about to post my dmesg.
[G Tablet General] Nosunshine:
I did not know that, thanks for pointing it out!

Yea it looks like I was wrong, /system and /cache are yaffs2 and /data is ext3.

Sorry for the confusion I was sure I read somewhere that gingerbread was going to be ext4 but maybe cm7 hasnt made it that far yet.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ~BAM~:
Hey Guys

Running Vegantab-B5.1 and tried using the xda app from marketplace to browse the xda forum but i find shortly after i log in that it crashes on me. Does anyone else have teh same issue?

BAM
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] MarkF001:
App does not work on tablet!

Two alternatives, DolphinHD browser gives a nice experiance, and tapatalk works well if you really want an app.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Stretch2m:
I have the same problem. Thanks for the tip about Tapatalk - I will check it out.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wordweaver27:
I also have the same problem on my Droid. I find dolphin HD the best experience. Not crazy about tapatalk.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] geoffreywolter:
Yeah I think we're all in the same boat regarding the XDA app, I agree with both suggestions above, Dolphin HD and Tapatalk Pro are great alternatives. Tapatalk is fast and minimalist in it's appearance (but plenty of features), where as Dolphin HD gives you a near desktop experience, just depends on what you prefer.

Sent from my Viewsonic G Tablet running TntLite 4.2.1 w/ Clemsyn's Kernel
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Mantara:
I miss the XDA app. I got so used to using it on my HTC Magic. Hoping for a fix at some point.

Edit: the premium xda app doesn't crash as often. Still can't log in but it is a very minimalist and add free way of viewing xda. Been using it lately to read very long threads and older threads I just want to digest and not respond to.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] rogersranch:
Same here force close when trying to login - vegan 7 exp
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] frankencat:
Yep, force closed on Tnt 4.04 and Vegan 5.1.1.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Gaslight0:
Force closes on Stock ROM as well
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] khartma8:
XDA app is based on Tapatalk. I got annoyed with the FCs and went with Tapatalk. The experience and UI is mostly the same, just a few more taps to get to what you want once you've set up your favorites.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ntnunk:
Same here. VEGAn 5.1.1, FC on login. I was rather disappointed.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Mantara:
Its a known bug and I'm not sure there are plans to fix it. You know though, we do have full internet on these bad boys. I prefer that over the app. The app is perfect for my phone with it's small screen. With 10 inches the real thing is better.
[Android Apps and Games] ToastPwnz:
I'm still using the stock internet browser as of now, and I decided it's probably time for a change. I've tried Dolphin Browser Mini, not a huge fan of it, and my battery life seemed to drop considerably faster after using it, Dolphin HD doesn't suit my graphical "needs", and I'm just not a huge fan of the Dolphin Browser family in general. :/

So outside of those, what do you guys recommend in terms of internet browser replacements?

Just as a note; I would prefer speed over fancy looks and extras that aren't needed.
[Android Apps and Games] raymond4:
I would say miren browser
[Android Apps and Games] chi_ra:
Opera mobile is really fast but it doesn't support flash yet.
[Android Apps and Games] missparker76:
See here there's already a thread ongoing : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933123
[Android Apps and Games] ToastPwnz:
That's great, but that thread is pretty much only the opinions of G2/Desire Z owners. I'm looking for opinions from everyone.
[Android Apps and Games] MeOverTrance:
I second Miren Browser
[Android Apps and Games] spork27:
I've tried Dolphin, Opera, Skyfire, and Miren. I always come back to Skyfire because it's the fastest for me and has all the controls I need right in front of me.
[Android Apps and Games] kschang:
Dolphin mini

Miren is nice but isn't that special

I have a comparo on hubpages but i can't paste url from my phone
[Android Apps and Games] big790:
Ill also go with the dolphin mini
[Android Apps and Games] jaronow:
I stopped using dolphin anything and went with miren because dolphins browsers cause a partial data wake lock on my epic and others I have flashed locally, when it is in standby causing massive battery drain

Sent From My Epic Bonsai Tree
[Android Apps and Games] frub3nz:
Dolphin HD is better than mirren in my opinion, but dolphin drains battery very fast on the Droid X.
[Android Apps and Games] lagaba:
I've used stock, opera, Firefox, dolphin HD and mini, xscope and now Miren...

No flash in opera is a show stopper for me... Firefox doesn't do text reflow and dolphin HD I found bloated...

I settled on dolphin mini for a while - it's fast and has enough extra features to warrant using it over the stock browser....

Just recently tested both xscope 6 and miren... both v good, fast, tweakable, lots of features... settled on miren because I find it easier to use and I think it looks better.
[Android Apps and Games] BryanChung:
Miren Browser for me! :)
[Android Apps and Games] Tre Lawrence:
While I actually prefer the stock, I do like Skyfire.
[Android Apps and Games] imparables:
Miren browser for the win..
[Android Apps and Games] phoezies:
miren & ucbrowser.. both equally d same best browser
[Android Apps and Games] ToastPwnz:
Looks like I'll be trying Miren.

Right after I get done with this essay. >.>

Thanks for the suggestions guys. (If anyone else wants to make their opinion known, feel free)
[Android Apps and Games] tommytomatoe:
From my experience on the Evo, Dolphin HD has a lot of nice features, but ultimately its demand for resources caused it to be laggy often. Dolphin mini is a nice one from the same developers. It also has some neat features built in, like gesture control, tabs, and pdf save. Mini is also quite fast. Firefox beta is still in testing, and notably so with several glitches. Eventually the mozilla crew will get it.

All said, Opera Mini has been my favorite. If you enjoy a smarter text reflow experience, you will enjoy opera mini. Although no flash support, you can simply use the youtube app or the stock browser to watch video. For general browsing, mini has it all with all the speed.
[Android Apps and Games] irish22022:
the only thing you need in a browser is flash and speed. The rest is all up to the user, and whether or not you like the interface.

I find that Miren is the most user friendly for me. I like the speed dial on the homepage, and the new copy and paste is terrific.
[Android Apps and Games] daante122:
I recommend skyfire for me is the best.

Greetings
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] owmygulay:
I have found lots of info on returning a Captivate back to stock with the Odin program but I believe a PC is needed. Is there any way to do this on my Macbook without Windows? I flashed my first ROM a couple weeks ago and would like to try some others. Thanks for any help you can give.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydromerlin:
reflash stock help

hey im having the same problem actually i flashed a cyanogen 6.1 beta and my sd card is not showing mounted in recovery so i need to know how to flash back to stock using a mac
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
You should be fine just flashing to another rom but heimdall is what you need for flashing stock using a mac.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] owmygulay:
Thanks. I will try flashing over the old ROM but I will also look into Heimdall.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dq13:
Heimdall or bootcamp your Mac and run windows on it (run both OS, select one on start up)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdpyo:
Any success? I was lost when I went to heimdall. Since I couldn't go back to stock after initial root + rom, I've been able to successfully keep flashing different ROMs.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashyford:
Almighty Heimdall

Heimdall seems very confusing to me and, unfortunately at this time, there seem to be no instructions on how to use it. If anyone finds step by step instructions on how to use it to flash back to stock, please post a link or the instructions. I have it installed but don't know how to do much with it besides brick a phone. :eek:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Look over in the i9000 forum for instructions on using heimdall. I don't use it but I saw a thread with a lot of detailed instructions there.

edit...here is the thread: Heimdall Guide
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdpyo:
Thanks newt!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzzz:
So I think this is a problem. Sometime when I swype certain word, I don't get the word I want. It's almost like the swype program had its own idea of which word I was trying to spell. For example, it doesn't know the word funny. I had to add to the dictionary. It also keep giving me "knorr" when ever I tried to write know.

I can only think of a few possibilities. (1) the original swype dictionary database isn't an american version (maybe uk english). (2) my touch screen calibration is off.

I'm am using axura's build, version 2271. I wonder if anyone is experiencing similar problem. I have tried adjusting the accuracy/spewed meter to no avail. I have used swype before on my hd2 (wm6 + android version) and never had this problem even though the screen calibration on my hd2 android was off.

Any advice, guys? Much thx.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex9090:
I think couple of older versions of swype had that problem. Upgrade to newest one and it is much better. Just sign up for beta at their website and install the new one.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
I had the same problem with a couple of different roms. I just retrained it. It does make you wonder tho :confused::confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bernardos70:
Like the 2nd poster said, some versions of swype are missing words. If you go to the Bionix V discussion thread, there is a new version of Swype. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that would work fine with Axura. I would flash that if I were you. I had that problem and it pissed me off until I found out about it (in the SBG thread somewhere, I think).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
download latest swype.apk

go into your files on phone, with w/e u use.

system/lib/

delete swypecore.so

go to system/app/

delete swypetips.apk and swype.apk

go back to system/lib/ make sure the swypecore.so is not there, if it is delete it.

reboot, you must reboot.

now put the new swype.apk in system/app/

now use swype installer from www.beta.swype.com

to update your language files, and BAM you got you a new language pack and new swype.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzzz:
Much thanks for all the help, guys. One more question, do these beta expires? The last couple of them I have (on my HD2) kept on expiring which was really annoying (but not as annoying as dealing with the bad words my swype is outputting).

Thanks again.

Update: Alright. Got it all sorted out. Much thanks, guys. This was driving me nuts. The newest swype also look pretty nice too. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swede2008:
I currently have a HTC Evo for my regular use. This summer though I plan on staying in the UK. I was planning on using this hand me down iPhone 3G while there, but now after playing with my Evo, I don't even want the iPhone. So, my thought is to try to trade the iPhone for a gsm android device as close to the Evo as I can get. Any suggestions? :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MBeattie:
Do you plan to purchase this new device here in the US or once you get over seas? I guess the closest(looks & specs) would be the upcoming Inspire 4G on AT&T here in the states and the Desire HD abroad. I don't think your gonna be able to trade someone for either of these devices, definitely plan on adding some cash ontop of your iPhone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swede2008:
It will be traded here in the US. I really don't want to add cash on top of it (the trip itself is already stretching my budget). What do you think I could straight trade it for? Like an Aria? even though its super tiny lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rydah:
Sell your ass for some cash. You'll make some unfortunate woman happy. Lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xHausx:
I think the Desire HD is the closest, and may be even a little bit nicer than the evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Necrosan:
Desire HD has Adreno 205, Evo is only Adreno 200.

Desire HD to my knowledge has no forward facing camera.

Desire HD is the better phone in my honest opinion between Evo/Desire HD.

OP, you'd have much better luck buying a used HD2/trading the iPhone 3G for one.

HD2 is basically "winmo 6.5" evo with no forward cam.

Runs android 2.3 perfectly though, and is an item someone would possibly trade for the iPhone.

Good luck!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MBeattie:
The HD2 is actually a very good idea. In ny experience Android runs flawlessly on it and I also agree you have a good shot at a straight up trade. Other than that maybe the original desire or one of the older HTC handsets released over seas. I guess its really all gonna depend on the condition of the iPhone and the device thats gonna replace it. Best of luck and enjoy your journey
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swede2008:
So android runs well on the HD2? I'm defiantly not interested in the WinMo side...been there done that with the Vogue. Would the HD2 be a better option than HTC Aria as far at battery life and ease of use? How would I go about unlocking the HD2 (It confuses me with the dual operating system)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lokifish:
In addition to my EVO I have an HD2 running Android. The only difference is GSM and physical buttons, other than that they are the same phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] azzledazzle:
Is there any free app out there that can do back up and restore in batch mode? I'm using titanium backup at present. But after flashing a new rom it takes forever to restore 100+ apps one at a time. If anyone knows of a good one that will also backup app data and is free. I will be eternally grateful

Thanks guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jersr:
Titanium backup..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] toyboymag:
its worth your every cent for the titanium backup pro.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nofam:
Yeah, Titanium Pro does this:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] madfix:
I've never seen any free app of the same quality level than Titanium or MyBackup.

You really won't regret any cent invested in such apps.

I'm using Titanium after a short try to MyBackup. I do not want to go back and will stick to Titanium for long time, I think ;-)

You can also buy a license with your PayPal account on the website of TitaniumBackup
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] azzledazzle:
thanks for all the replies people :D guess its time i stop being a tight arse and finally pay for it lol, i guess its worth it when im flashing new ROMs all the time..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] holgalee:
There's a free version of mybackup pro for root users on the market. It doesn't backup game scores and my memos though, IIRC.
[HTC Aria General] ARMarlowe:
I'm running the CM7 nightlies and latitude sometimes decides to update, and sometimes doesn't, is anyone else having this problem. I have also switched to EDGE only instead of HSDPA in order to save battery. Could that be the culprit?
[HTC Aria General] ARMarlowe:
nevermind, I got it working, it just needed to be rebooted (the phone)