yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] darkowler:
very understandable about the law issues, but correct me if im wrong, did we not already break the laws by customizing the os in the beginning??? im not the most knowledgeable on this and by no means do i want to start a controversy, i just figure if we have already come this far go all the way..
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] XPiemaster:
Well... I'm pretty sure there is no law against porting OS's to devices besides the fact that it could break your warranty.

And Microsoft said they would not add the WP7 update to previous devices because it doesn't meet their hardware standards, but they never said it would be ported on to previous devices.

Furthermore, at the moment you have to call Microsoft for an activation key that they generate on the spot for any phone, model, etc... They even ask if you need a key before asking for your name, email, phone number and other information (at least they did for me), so in a way, they are promoting this behaviour. ;)

So there is nothing completely wrong with doing this at all, but it sounds like you just don't want to call Microsoft for key that takes all of 5 minutes.

And what tictac0566 is right. All we do is take their OS and move it to our phone. That's like installing Windows 7 to your exclusive Dell Windows XP. :D

And we have not customised the OS that much as of yet. :P
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] NFRCER:
Forgive some of the answers, we don't mean to be mean :). You see, sometimes it's difficult to distinguish most of the good intentions in touchy subjects like this one. It might be that it has been asked repeatedly with it only ending on a flame war or perhaps something along the lines and some are getting tired of it. It's not your fault bro.

Let me put it into perspective though, as far as I'm concerned, yes.. technically speaking, porting WP7 goes against the licensing terms. As a matter of fact, we aren't really supposed to do it at all. But then again, the same can be said about Winmo and all its variants.

In the past MS has stated that as long as only the software that has been shipped on the cellphone is included sans any commercial software you'd have to buy normally, then it's a go. I believe we could assume the same about WP7 for the time being. Asides it helps them find bugs faster and treat like a big beta-testing but just in real life by XDA.

I believe Microsoft isn't much bothered by it or rather is not a threat. But the moment you mess with it's DRM or rather the services (XBOX mainly to be specific) being protected by whatever algorithm Microsoft has put in place it then you are already touching their crown jewel.

Hacking the device for tiles is not a priority for MS, but hack the Live services and this can only assure or give the impression anyone can tinker enough to hack to cheat on the Live service (which is rather amusing, since hacking gamer points and scores is just so wrong in so many levels).

I'd say it's just like the Xbox console. As long as you don't mess with Xbox Live, then most of the hacks aren't really blocked unlike Sony, which sued the pants off everyone and now that is why the PS3 was gutted to pieces recently. I hope that helps a little more.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LegendDroid:
I had an HTC LEGEND which I rooted and used Blayo’s rom on, and then

later a stripped down version of it. I loved it, made my phone faster everything worked great and it updated me to 2.2

Now I’ve got a new phone the Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and I’ve heard that the modding community has done some fantastic work for this piece of hardware. I’ve been creeping on the forum for the last couple of days and noticed a few things.

First it seems like a bit more work to flash the phones, and second that there’s a lot more options with things like kernals and such. Despite reading through pages of intellectual jargon I’m still feeling a little overwhelmed in what choices to make. Perhaps if I listed the features I was looking for someone could point me in the right direction?

I can follow the directions that forum members have posted easily enough I just can’t decide what is right for me when it comes to flashing the phone.

Here’s what I’m looking for:

I like the stock rom look and enjoy the layout of the phone, contacts, apps and messaging home row.

I would really like to have better battery life as I feel the phone really doesn’t last long.

I hear that there may be some better GPS tweaks? I use the GPS lots when I’m out of cell range with pre-loaded backroad maps. It’s REALLY important to me that this works as it could get me home at night or leave me stranded in the dark during hunting season if it doesn’t work.

I’d like to get rid of all the bell and Samsung bloatware. I didn’t really seem to care for any of the stuff they had pre-loaded.

I’d like to keep the voice dialer, calendar for sure along with the

contact manger – it’s sweet.

I don’t really like the pre-loaded internet app been using Dolphin mini and loving it.

I would like it to be as stable as possible I don’t want to be having to tinker

with it all the time.

Based on these prerequisites and that knowledge that my phone is:

Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell i9000m

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyG_Au:
Yes. I'd suggest checking out the Vibrant forums ;).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJustin:
You've got the right forum! The Canadian "Vibrants" are not the same as the "Vibrants" from the US. What is the manufacture date of your phone? It should be located behind the battery. I had a galaxy s from Aug (from Bell) and I found the GPS really bad. It improved with the updates but would still put me on wrong roads, etc. However, I now have a phone made in Dec. 2010 and it seems like the GPS is much better than before (without any tweaks or anything). It actually works with google navigation now! I would recommend you test out the GPS thoroughly (without assistance from towers) before going on any big trips. I went on a 9 hour drive with my old SGS' GPS and it was terrible.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJustin:
oops, forgot to mention that seeARM has a rom based off of stock Bell JL2 ROM. If you are worried about the possible internal SD issue that was happening a month or so ago, this seems like a safe bet. It does seem like the issues have been solved though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=906977

It says that the stock launcher is included so you can keep the touchwiz, contact manager, etc. I think there's still some bell bloatware on but I believe you can remove them through programs like titanium backup.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordon_Jeffries:
Hes got the right Forums buddy :) This is the Canadian version of the Vibrant not the T-mobile one
[Android Apps and Games] hyperbyteX:
*NEW LEVELS ADDED EVERY WEEK!!!!*

You are Green Beard, a droid pirate with the ambiton to become the richest pirate in the world! On your journey you will travel all around the four corners of the Earth in oreder to track down long lost treasure that few dare to find. These treasures are accessible only through hidden paths and if you fall off, you will be forced to start that path all over again!

This is a unique puzzle game that will truly put your memory to the test!

HOW TO PLAY:

- the object is to reach the treasure

- you can move in any direction (up, down, left, right) from the currecnt tile that you are on

- if you fall off the path you must restart that level

- you can use the arrow signs to change levels at any time

New levels will be added every week! This week there are 25 levels in total that take place on "Sandy Shores" - a calm beach ripe for treasure hunting.... and "Demon Bay" - few come out alive who venture into this dangerous territory!

http://market.android.com/details?id=com.hyperbyte.treasure
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
How do I overclock my epic over1.2? I'm currently using mixup kernel which ststes it can oc t9o 1.3 or 1.6 but I can't figure out how to get to 1.6. Thx in advance
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toast95135:
It doesn't really OC to 1.6, and the newer versions of xtreme (and mixup should be too) go up to 1.3. Not all phones will run 1.3 and be stable though.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiGi760:
IIRC, the 1.6 thing was a glitch and 1.3 should be the max we actually use.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
?

setp cpu max is 1600 on the xtreme kernel v1.0 im using .But my battery died within a couple hours lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiGi760:
Oh, it'll say it hits 1.6. That doesn't make it true.
[General Questions and Answers] VB2008er:
Hi,

Is there a WinMob 6.5.x Taskbar for 6.1? Like here

Only the taskbar!
[General Questions and Answers] VB2008er:
Or here i mean this bar at the bottom.

Noone knows?
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
You would have to flash your device to a 6.5.x ROM if you want that look.

What device do you have?

I can tell you that 6.5.x was a big improvement on 6.1 and well worth the upgrade.
[General Questions and Answers] VB2008er:
I dont know the improveents....Im using an Samsung Omnia :D

Looka at my Signature
[Android Themes] Kamzy:
These beauties are modified versions of ketchup539's tiles over here.

I made them for the Metro UI (BETA) [THREAD] homescreen, but I'm sure they'll have other uses! :D

Oh baby! GinoCorleone let me get some Symplistic action up in this B!

If you like what I have, you'll love his work.

Got 215 more icons up in this B using =yankoa's MetroStation set.

They look great! Bask in the eyecandy.

Love it? Hate it? I like feedback!

Requests? GinoCorleone is the guy you want to talk to. His icon thread (once again) is this way.

UPDATE: Metro UI 0.3.5.2 BETA allows some icons (ALL of MetroStation) to be A LOT smaller! \o/

Just hit 400+! I believe some thanks are in order.

ketchup539 for bringing these icons to attention

GinoCorleone for allowing me to use his icons, and taking requests over here

yankoa for adding on to my project

#HTC-EVO for keeping me awake

All of you for using my stuff

Enjoy!
[Android Themes] m0bstar:
Nice job

Angry Birds

Text From Last Night

Wordfeud

those i would like to see.
[Android Themes] skribbler86:
Wonderful stuff! Great work man.
[Android Themes] purian23:
Very nice icons dude!!

Only thing I would do, and I know 144 is already done, but it seems like they're a little too large, even on my Evo. Other than that, perfect.!
[Android Themes] Kamzy:
Thank you sir!

I'll try to get them scaled down for you.
[Android Themes] purian23:
Thanks dude, it not it's not a huge deal if it's too time consuming. I'm using all of them now instead of the UI's the theme comes with, his were just really small, so these were a big change but great to have as options.
[Android Themes] Kamzy:
Bad news. The latest version scales every icon to 140x140, causing my 110x110 icons to look tacky.

Wish granted. :D
[Android Themes] -shift-:
this is fantastic work, kamzy! nice job! keep it up!
[Android Themes] GinoCorleone:
Lol. Nice work!

Didn't realize when you asked you were working on the same project as me.

JUst said yes no questions asked :P

I finshed my layouts today for the Metro UI icons!

Check it out in my thread and keep up the good work!

Maybe you can add in your 1st thread, that for requests, they can ask in my thread and I will make them asap.

Greets!
[Android Themes] Kamzy:
That warms my heart to know people will get their requests fulfilled. Thanks again for the permission, I really appreciate it!
[Android Themes] arthursnape:
Really fantastic work you done for us Sir....:)

Great icons......

Thank u so much.............:D
[Android Themes] leeh41:
These are awesome. thanks!

Anyone have a Yelp icon?
[Android Themes] kidrookie:
thanks for sharing !
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KentaHansen:
Just today I got S-Off and rooted my G2, then went from Rom Manager and flashed CM 7 build 20 and now im stuck in the CM 7 boot up screen. Keeps going and going and going...

What do I do? Please help!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ostinq:
Did you make a backup? Did you flash clockwork recovery 3.0 before cm7? If you have clockwork recovery (2.5.1.3) installed try flashing a new rom like CM6...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KentaHansen:
Got back to my backup, going to go for the CM6, thanks! :)
[G Tablet General] ketty_yijun:
i found this trick on notioninhack.com site http://notioninkhacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=475 and also here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=934377 but i can not make it work on our gtab. can somebody figure out why? i'm using vegan b5.1. thanks.
[G Tablet General] jwischka:
The Gtab has multitouch, and you can rotate the map in Cyanogen. I too am running vegan, and it doesn't work for some reason, though dotty does show two contact points working.

In short, it seems like it may be a vegan issue.
[G Tablet General] ketty_yijun:
thank you for reply. does it work on gadam?
[G Tablet General] jwischka:
No idea. Haven't installed gadam
[G Tablet General] catttman:
I TRYED Useing Adam ...it

did

work for me (File edit)

its all good now ... I had a typo (the space)

:)
[G Tablet General] gotwillk:
doesn't work on tnt lite either. so its not just vegan.
[G Tablet General] jwischka:
Would be nice to know why it does work on Cyanogen.

Has anyone tried it using a non-standard Kernel?
[G Tablet General] atakapa:
Tried it on latest TnT lite (4.2.1) with clemsyn's kernel -- no multi-touch rotation, although it does recognize both touch points (ie zoom).
[G Tablet General] jwischka:
Found the solution and incorporated it into a zip file.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=936545
[G Tablet General] ketty_yijun:
sweet... i love u.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bernard_photography:
My wife and I are big into Geocaching now. Can anyone tell me what rom/kernel has been the most accurate them? It doesn't matter to me what version of android I use. I am finding that NFX 2.1 gets me to the relative position but acts a little crazy at times. As far as CM6, I am finding it to be even less accurate. I'd like to avoid buying a handheld gps if I can.

I have also tried downloading the GPS Status & Toolbox from the market and reset and downloaded GPS assist data. While this works sometimes, I find that it often freezes the GPS temporarily.

Any thoughts guys? Thanks in advance.

P.S. I have already searched the forum for answers and have not found anything specific to what I am looking for.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldjackbob:
Any stable rom/kernel combination will be as accurate as any other, in any given situation. The algorithm used to determine GPS positioning is imbedded in the radio software, and is independent of the rom or kernel.

I've been using Google MyTracks for a long time, on many different roms, to record my mountain bike rides deep in the woods. I've not seen any accuracy differences between any of the roms/kernels I've used. I've observed that accuracy is highly dependent on the quality of signal I'm getting from the satellites ... deep in the woods, my position might be off 20 feet or more, but out in the open prairie I'll be accurate to 3 feet or less.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runngwlf:
The accuracy of the GPS is actually very dependent on hardware. Where you get assistance in accuracy is using the cell tower positions to help your location results in combination with the GPS receiver itself. That has a lot more to do with a radio than a kernel. I would try to make sure your using the most recent radio, if it doesnt work better, then flash an older one. There are several geocaching apps on the market that help you with your GPS coordinates. There is no perfect science to geocaching, and your phone GPS will never be as accurate as a dedicated mobile GPS unit. That being said, I use my phone for it, and the extra time it takes to find the cache is part of the enjoyment of doing it in the first place!! Good luck!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobcat331:
I installed the flip animation and battery zip and and everythings fine except the notifications bar is black so I can't see the time. I looked thru the settings but didn't see anything for that. How can I change the notification bars color.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labnjab:
You can change it thru menu,settings, cyanogen mod settings, tweaks & extras, user interface, notification colors
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobcat331:
Thanks I was looking in the wrong place.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labnjab:
Your welcome glad i could help :-)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] urfavoritemazn:
right now im using mdjs cm7 gingerbread NAND rom but i wanna know if there are any cm6 roms because alot of apps dont work on gingerbread and its bustin muh balls.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] russeini:
ive just installed mdj froyo revolution v2.3. ..and man its great.....i have the eu hd2 though....everythng works so far nd the interface is great
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] GTRACER88:
I have had the Super ram from Darkstone and as much as I have loved it, it is giving me my fair share of issues.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaiu22:
Hi Master and TW!

I wanted to know what is the first step for building my own ROM from scratch? Do you have any literature about Linux OS and kernel that you have learned from in order to get where you are today? I'm willing to take the time to learn this. I have basic knowledge about Linux and and computer hardware (I'm a computer engineering student).

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
oh if i had a dollar for everytime i've seen this question...

from what i understand...advanced knowledge is required for android development...but if you're willing....here's a link to get your workspace set up on Ubuntu

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10635918
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaiu22:
Thanks a lot!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtwo:
I've recently rooted and installed s-off on my G2. I've Villian ROM up and running on it as well. However, I was wondering where I can find this Htc sense 2.2 ROM this guy has running on his G2 taken from xda forums (link below)? I tried looking in the other developers forum, but couldn't.

Apparently, I can't post a youtube link either. If you type "htc sense on g2" on google, it's the first video link.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837042
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtwo:
Awesome!! Thanks man.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
I deleted market, and i need to reinstall it.

How do I do that?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] missparker76:
See here for market 2.2.11 apk: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=915873&highlight=market
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
I can't flash with CWM!

I tried both v2.5 and v3.0.

I booted into recovery.
[Epic 4G General] magoo5289:
I'm tying to figure out how to use the front camera for taking pictures. I can do the video stuff no problem, just not take pictures. Seems silly the native camera app would not offer this.

From what I read, there should be an option in qik to do this, but from the one I downloaded from the market, I'm not seeing this option. I'm running Frankenstein and have checked through all the various mod paqs and there is no qik app in there that may have this feature enabled. What am I missing?
[Epic 4G General] Jimmyjoe:
Inside the camera app... Click the Top left icon on the screen and select Self-Shot.

Is that what you are looking for?
[Epic 4G General] magoo5289:
Perfect thanks so much! Guess the internet docs on this not working through the camera app are wrong.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mr-e:
Hi,

I just upgraded my Hero to Elelinux's Gingerbread ROM ... had to reinstall swipe, lost previous dictionary, what now ... (most communication is in a Dutch local dialect so official dictionaries aren't much help)

so wrote this little script on my phone in SL4A/python.

What it does is simple :

load all sent & received sms messages in a textfield (separated by spaces)

then all you have to do manually is :

--> select all

--> swipe button

--> wait five minutes for confirmation message

--> every word you ever texted or received is in the dictionary

(just copy this code into a new 'filename.py' in the script folder of SL4A and run it)

import android

droid = android.Android()

text = ''

messages = droid.smsGetMessages(False,'inbox')

for message in messages.result :
text += message['body'] + ' '

messages = droid.smsGetMessages(False,'sent')

for message in messages.result :
text += message['body'] + ' '

droid.dialogCreateInput('Value', 'Please enter value:', text)

droid.dialogShow()

I know , the string handling is horribly noob but couldn't be bothered with learning python first, so if anyone with more patience can write a better variant that excludes numbers etc , plz do !

or ... if 'there is an app for that' ... let me know :-)
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] manikin13:
NOTE: Root is required

When an application fails to install - even side loads - an error message is logged.

First thing to check is the logcat -> it will point to a secure file issue.

for error -18 it is

smdl2tmp1.asec

this file, and all other *.asec files are in the /mnt/secure/ directory.

If this file cannot be removed by the installing application a failure message results.

to manually remove this file you need a terminal application

android terminal emulator works just fine.

Step 1.

launch the terminal application of choice

Step 2.

SU

Step 3.

At the # command prompt type

cd /mnt/secure/asec/

Step 4.

type

ls

This will locate the file causing the issue.

Step 5.

type

rm smdl2tmp1.asec

Step 6.

close the terminal application

Step 7.

enjoy the fruits of your labor by installing the application that initially failed.

:D
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] joe75:
Thanks, manikin13!

Do you know any other error codes?

:)
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] manikin13:
I believe this fix works on most install error codes.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] skeeterpro:
Interesting. Been getting the Error code 18 when attempting to install VitalPlayer. (Vegan Beta1) Folowed your steps to the letter (miss DOS at times) but that folder appears empty. Actually there is no asec folder on either sdcard or sdcard2. Did I miss something? thanks
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] manikin13:
Are you using a terminal app on the tablet?

this folder does not show up without using a terminal app on the tablet.

once in the terminal app

cd to /mnt/secure/ to see the files. There is no asec folder. The file extension is asec as in *.asec
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] skeeterpro:
You bet. Android terminal emulator from the market. At /mnt (via FileManager) there are folders named secure and asec. Both are empty. Notice that when I cd to even mnt/secure I get same message "not found" Verrrrrrrry interesting!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] manikin13:
I saw the samething that nothing shows up in any file manager. only in the terminal ls do the files show up.

you should definitely get a not found for mnt/secure as the actual path is

/mnt/secure/asec/

the initial / is the root of the OS. (linux or unix)

so you are looking for a dir under root called mnt -> /mnt

so if you are having difficulty finding the full path break it down into each step, and do a ls to find the next step

ie

cd /

ls

cd mnt

ls

cd secure

ls

cd asec

ls

etc

hope that helps
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] JackedNY:
Permission denied in Terminal

How do I get terminal permissions?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] manikin13:
Typically typing su at the $ prompt should bring up the superuser prompt (allow / deny) as seen on screen 3. If not you should be able to go into the superuser app, and specifically add terminal.

once you allow the su request the prompt should change to the

# symbol