yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] groomster73:
I have a HD2 that is running android off of my memory card. I would like to root the phone so i am just running android. The problem is every spl program i have tried is not working. When i go to install it it reboots the phone and acts like its doing it but does nothing. It says i have SPL 2.08.0000ii but wont update to the one needed to root my phone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MattOG:
First, this thread should be like your bible:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893948

Read it well.

HSPL thread is here, check post 2 for hspl3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611433&highlight=hspl

read that through too.

Any questions... read again, then, search, and read more. Everything has been answered. If you follow the guide in the first link properly, you'll have no issues.

Good luck. :)
[General Questions and Answers] cobo_:
Hi XDA,

So I've have my Milestone 2 for two days and installed only a handful of apps from the Market.

However I just noticed my data usage is ~350MB with most of that usage from "Gallery" - as listed in Data in Settings.

Looking in the Gallery app and there were about 6 images of chinese characters from websites like sina.cn that I didn't put there.

And their creation date was from a day ago at 4:34am :/

Any ideas suggestions?

Thanks!
[Android] Aztecbandit:
I'm probably posting this in the wrong spot but can someone help me. As most of the world knows, yesterday the Android Market was suffering some problems probably due to the new online marketplace. I was unaware that was the reason for the malfunctions and in an attempt to get it working again I uninstalled the new market updates that were sent to my phone. But Google is no longer pushing the updates so it wont revert my phone back to the new marketplace like it would when the updates were still rolling out. Does anyone have a solution?

PS. I'M USING AN UNROOTED AT&T CAPTIVATE. I CANT SIDELOAD APPS AND CANT GET THE SDK DEBUG BRIDGE OR ANDROID CENTRALS SIDELOAD WONDER MACHINE TO WORK. IF YOU HAVE ANYOTHER IDEAS PLEASE PM ME OR POST IN THIS FORUM. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Sent from my iDon"t care what u say its not an iPhone or a Droid, it's a Captivate.

Scratch this forum. It updated
[Android] stukindaguy:
As far as I know, the update should happen just by opening the market a few times...if not, try clearing the cache and data from the market, as well as the cache from "Download Manager"...that should get the update pushed to you. Just open the Market a few times and it should work.
[Android] stoute:
If all else fails you can always root and flash the new market update.

Sent from my Green Rom Project HTC Glacier on Tap a Talk

http://www.greenromproject.com/forum
[Android] Aztecbandit:
Lol looks like you guys should of read the last line I put

Sent from my iDon"t care what u say its not an iPhone or a Droid, phone
[Epic 4G Themes] insanity213:
You rock! Keep up the good work!
[Epic 4G Themes] S0ckM0nk3y:
I love the fact that everytime you post something Rodd you have phenomenal directions on how to do it. Great to see that you are trying to educate people on how to do stuff that they normally wouldn't even think about doing. Keep up the good work.
[Epic 4G Themes] MeetFace:
Sweet action...thanks for explaining the workings, helps to know what's going on so we can all learn as we go ;)
[Epic 4G Themes] makipsee:
thanks man worked like a charm!!!
[Epic 4G Themes] Dante of the Inferno:
Why can't you just rename a jpg with the proper dimensions and size the same as the Samsung image and replace the original image using Root Explorer? We already know the location, size, and dimensions of the image.
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
Read 'How it works' in the OP. With j4fs partitions you can only create a NEW file. You can not modify, rename, or delete an existing file. And yes the method you are suggesting was the first thing I tried. :)
[Epic 4G Themes] asj2583:
Question? Will this be like the evo where if you flash a new rom it will stay or will you have to refash every time a new rom is flashed?
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
it will stay until it is overwritten by odin or heimdall so it will stay through rom flashes
[Epic 4G Themes] asj2583:
Do you know of any custom boot/splash screens that are available to download or can the evo's be used?
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
Any 480x800 jpg 64KB or less in size should work just fine. I have not tested any other resolutions or anything bigger than the original file size.
[Epic 4G Themes] iSaint:
Everything went thru but it just shows a black screen and not the pic i loaded..any ideas?

it was 34KB
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
if you want post the jpg link in this thread or pm it to me and i'll look at it
[Epic 4G Themes] iSaint:
i was playing around with these thanks for the reply bro

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8033908&postcount=5177
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
looks to me like those files are not jpg files and are not the right size either

remember once you have a logo.jpg in /mnt/.lfs/ you have to redo the partition to add another

please post the actual file u were trying
[Epic 4G Themes] blademonkey:
Logos

Here you go
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
thanks...added a link in the OP to your post
[Epic 4G Themes] DeeODoubleD:
I'm not much of a photo editor, but I'm working on a cross of some sort. A plain white glowing cross would be awesome. If anyone beats me to it, it won't hurt my feelings.
[Epic 4G Themes] DeeODoubleD:
Thanks for your hard work Rodderik! Playing around I found and resized this for any Christians on here... hopefully someone will be inspired to make a better one
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
thanks for sharing em...they look good to me!
[Epic 4G Themes] DeeODoubleD:
You're thanking me? All I did was resize a couple of free jpg's. I love this on bootup and thanks again! The white cross looks awesome as it matches everything else coming up.

Hopefully someone will figure out a way to make it last all the way until the boot animation. Even if that's not until the 'official release' that's hard to believe in these days.
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
yes i thanked you...you contributed :)

hopefully some1 will indeed help me tackle the kernel logo
[Epic 4G Themes] ZHkilla:
Great read Rodderik, thanks for the info.
[Epic 4G Themes] DeeODoubleD:
Maybe with the new release we can get this ball rolling? <evil grin>
[Epic 4G Themes] tyl3rdurden:
Does the "Modified param.lfs" work with EB13 or would it my phone? Thanks for the great read and info! Also as the source is out now could we get the kernel samsung bootlogo changed too?
[Epic 4G Themes] Rudyblah:
I think i could have possibly found something dealing with the boot logo in the kernel here: https://github.com/Rodderik/Genocide-Kernel-EB13/tree/master/Kernel/drivers/video/samsung

The Kconfig has

config FB_S3C_SPLASH_SCREEN
bool "SPLASH_SCREEN on LCD"
depends on FB_S3C
default y

and logo_rgb24_wvga_portrait_victory.h looks like it could be some form of a raw image
[Epic 4G Themes] :
so is there a way to change the fs type of the lfs partition? Could we create a odin/heimdall flashable that would flash an RFS or EXT4 filesystem?
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
already working on it :)

the datestamp is the same in the .tar so im going to say yes this should work with eb13

you are correct it is a raw image...in hex
[Epic 4G Themes] dangerismymiddlename.com:
Well... there is no delete button for this post is there?
[Epic 4G Themes] zman0900:
Based off what Rudyblah posted, what if you just set CONFIG_FB_S3C_SPLASH_SCREEN=n in the kernel .config? Seems like that might disable the kernel's splash screen, but who knows if the one from param.lfs will carry over. I've never built an android kernel before, otherwise I would try it myself.

EDIT: Hmm, I just put in a custom logo with the hacked param.lfs and it did not show the samsung screen between the logo and the regular boot animation. I'm on Syndicate with the Twilight kernel 1.0.3 (I think that's what is in Syndicate 1.0.1). Maybe there is no longer a logo in EB13 kernels? Or maybe that kernel has already disabled it...
[Epic 4G Themes] deciple:
Yeah....I too modified my param.lfs and used

Sent from there to here heimdall to flash and now there's no samsung logo, just the jpg I shoved. Whatever the case.....it's satisfying.
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
bringing back a dead post!!!

https://github.com/Rodderik/Genocide-Kernel/commit/30ceb7263083ba83a7c6d6b61436a2b6fc46a236

I figured out sometime between EB01-EB13 Samsung disabled the logo in the kernel even if it was configured....the above commit simply re-enables it and viola we can now modify both splash images before the boot animation.

more information and another video showing both images can be found in my kernel thread in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13231604&postcount=1751
[Epic 4G Themes] iSaint:
Sweet dude
[Epic 4G Themes] deciple:
Soooo, what do I edit to make my own within the kernel? How do I edit the zimage?

Breaker breaker one 9
[Epic 4G Themes] Shoulon:
You'll need to know how to compile a kernel. The image is inside the kernel. In rodderiks github, he has steps to doing it.

Link is in his kernel thread.
[Epic 4G Themes] dumpstar:
Thought I'd share. Question: is this compatible past DK28 also?
[Epic 4G Themes] deciple:
For those that wonder, I have pushed this

236kb

image with no issues.
[Epic 4G Themes] rulyskull:
Can this be applied with the gingerbread leak
[Epic 4G Themes] deciple:
I did it to the eg22 leak.............so yes, it can.
[Epic 4G Themes] -SpeedofSound-:
Sweet...Thank You VERY MUCH!

Now I hope and pray we can get a custom kernel so we can start changing boot animations :cool:
[Epic 4G Themes] -SpeedofSound-:
Yes it can...I did it to 2.3.4 and it worked great!
[Epic 4G Themes] daneeg:
param.lfs

does any one have the modified param.lfs that did work when heimdal to EG22? Also did you have to change kernel for it to work?

thanks
[Epic 4G Themes] latinmaxima:
Is there a walkthrough for EG22? I would also like to try this out.
[Epic 4G Themes] xanthinealkaloid:
All you have to do is open whatever tar file your using for Odin/Heimdall and take out the param.lfs...Then, open it with a hex editor and change the value as seen in the quote below from Rodderik's first post...After that, just save it for use with Heimdall or you can drop a copy in the tar file to use to flash fresh.
[Epic 4G Themes] xanthinealkaloid:
I'm fairly sure the only difference from Rodderik's original instructions would be using a param.lfs file from EG22 which really doesn't change the actual process.

In Heimdall, flashing the param.lfs is pretty much the same process as flashing a different modem, except you add PARAM rather than MODEM on the Flash tab.
[Epic 4G Themes] latinmaxima:
Thanks I will have to give it a try later today.

Heimdall 1.3 is out. Can I use this or do I need to stick with 1.1.1?
[Epic 4G Themes] xanthinealkaloid:
The new 1.3 version will work fine for you.
[Epic 4G Themes] latinmaxima:
Thank you. I will see if I can get this done and report back.
[Epic 4G Themes] makipsee:
updated to eh17 and still works awesome thanks rodd!!!
[Epic 4G Themes] 12MaNy:
OP: Can you please repost the modified param.lfs? Link is busted. Thanks. :)
[Epic 4G Themes] sinman02:
+1 10 char
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/param.lfs

all links fixed in the OP
[Epic 4G Themes] sinman02:
So I guess there's no easy way for us mere mortals to change the second boot logo?
[Epic 4G Themes] zrmxp95:
does anybody know if this still works in EI22? Don't want to mess my phone up lol.
[Epic 4G Themes] crashrat:
Thanks for the post Rodderik I have always wanted to get rid of that default logo, here's one I used

http://xdaforums.com/album.php?albumid=5262&pictureid=17234
[Epic 4G Themes] mang0:
Thanks for this! I'm on EI22 Legendary ROM and only got one boot logo screen as well. :)
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
1|shell@android:/ # cp /sdcard/bootlogo.jpg /mnt/parim.lfs/logo.jpg

cp: can't create '/mnt/.lfs/logo.jpg': No such file or directory
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Solved my issue by booting into cwm bml
[Epic 4G Themes] Rodderik:
and typing param.lfs (not parim.lfs) correctly i bet :P
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
This is what happens when you try to type something that got messed up why you copied and pasted. :P
[Epic 4G Themes] KennyG123:
And it is not /param.lfs/ it is just /.lfs/

Here is my new "SAMSUNG"
[Captivate Themes and Apps] josht999:
hey guys i just wanna say thanks to everyone who puts in the effort to make my phone awesome. but i have a question. this doesn't really have anything to do with the phone. but i was wondering if anyone knew where to find or has the sound that the new powermatts make when they start to charge a device. i think this sound is sweet and would like to get it and set it as my text messaging sound. but i was just curious if anyone knew where to find or something. thanks in advance
[Captivate Themes and Apps] davwman:
Did you try zedge?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] dnahughes:
Record the sound then drop it in the media file there ya go done
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Cosanostra_OG:
worth its weight in air

Do the new powermats have a different sound than the original ones? See if this is what you need.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ih4ckback:
lol is that ripped straight from a commercial?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Cosanostra_OG:
indeed it is
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] louiesinson05:
Just wondering.... are there any Motorola Android build with MOTO blur out there via hd2 NAND or are they coming out with one? Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] natecglenn:
Nope
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdf2883:
I'm getting ready to exchange my phone because of some gps issues and power issues. Which company is better to exchange my phone with? :confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fcbarca17:
T-Mobile.

They should give you one in store instead of having to wait weeks for Samsung to ship it to you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
Wrong most of the stores refuse to give exchange unless ur lucky.

Call t-mobile and click cancel service they will try to make a deal with u. Complain about how gas doesn't work and poweb button. Tell them u need it now they will ship it to u with overnight shipping with no charge.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdf2883:
Hmm I will try this, from what you're stating... it worked for you haha :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archie53:
Call T-Mo, I had to get a replacement for a MyTouch Slide, and by the time I got the text saying the phone has shipped I already had it in my hand, i think it took all of two days and they had told me as much as a week. They did offer overnight for I think 20, but maybe if you complain they may waive that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdf2883:
Well I just tried to get it replaced with only the GPS issue.... No luck :(. I will try stating the power button doesn't work all the time or something. If anyone has any ideas... that would great too ! :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark619Cloud:
If you lie, and they receive your phone you will get charged.

Update your phone and stop it in middle of update :D!

That's if the GPS and Power button issue don't work. But yeah, definitely go with T-mobile instead of Samsung directly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdf2883:
Its not a lie when you can make it happen! ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark619Cloud:
That's the spirit! lol
[Nook Color General] Bandage:
Something is brewing @ B&N me thinks....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030475-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

and...speculate...........
[Nook Color General] tunwear:
Official Honeycomb to NC!

yeah right
[Nook Color General] computerpro3:
I hope they're not going to close the loopholes we've been using to boot off the SD and get root.
[Nook Color General] spikey911:
My theory would be a quiet recall for defects.

Can't be for updates as that would require opening packages.

You can't tell me their inventory system is so bad that they have to send them all back.
[Nook Color General] zdrifter:
Seems lots of folks are having problems with the microUSB, (one of mine is OK, the other kind a flaky) suspect the mfg made a 'running change' and now has run out of parts (the new USB part or something associated) .. but it could be almost anything
[Nook Color General] dougp.me:
I would lean towards a hardware issue - I've had a few screen problems like burnt pixels and then off color spots on the screen. Add in that I'm afraid the microUSB connection will break off the mainboard because of it's angle (it's rather oddly angled, but just a few degrees.)
[Nook Color General] john10101:
There cant be that many of us running android os's on this device. it certianly would stink if they removed the ability to boot off sd. im assuming tho that would only effect new nooks and not ours.
[Nook Color General] one4thewings:
That same article has an update.

Update: The latest rumor, once again courtesy of Good E-Reader, is that the reason for the temporary unavailability is that Barnes & Noble is in the process of installing an anti-rooting "fix" for the Nook Color because people have been hacking the device to run a custom version of the Android-based firmware. That custom firmware allows users to access and download apps from the Android Marketplace, including competing e-reading apps such as Kindle and Kobo. If a significant percentage of Nook Color buyers are doing this, it presents a problem for Barnes & Noble (Sony doesn't like to talk about it but it had major issues with the PSP being hacked). Good E-Reader cites a "Barnes & Noble source" in mentioning the rumor, but to be clear, we don't know if there's any truth to it or not, and we're not sure how Barnes & Noble would truly be able to lock the device down.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030475-1.html#ixzz1CuIaHL20
[Nook Color General] spiicytuna:
That would suck for B&N as most people I knew who bout the Nook over other options bought it on the premise that it could be rooted.
[Nook Color General] DTgreat:
I was on the phone with B&N concerning an RMA of my NC, the CS agent spoke to me about the delay. Saying:

"We got in a shipment of Nooks that was all but unusable, so while I am sorry for the delay, I would say that the wait is worth it. You couldn't do much of anything with the ones we got in."

Which seems more likely than anything to me. If you ask in store they will have very low stocks as well.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
Easily done in HW unfortunately, but they couldn't do it in SW. However, if they're doing a hardware change they could very well make this change.

It would change the way we do some things but it would NOT block root. People would find a way, in fact I think z4 works as-is today.

What does that even mean? They're not usable or rooting? For general use?
[Nook Color General] A. Nonymous:
If true, I would be going down to the store with my torch and pitchfork.
[Nook Color General] DTgreat:
General use makes more sense. Why would they recall Nooks for something they can OTA and save hundreds of thousands of dollars? It'd be a bit insane from a business standpoint. IMHO anyway.
[Nook Color General] freakshow10:
We bought two NC yesterday at BN. One of the microUSB connections was skewed pretty bad. We couldn't connect the USB at all.
[Nook Color General] cameraz:
I checked several online vendors, including B&N and Amazon, and they say nothing about the Nook Color being out of stock. In fact, I went through the purchase proceedure at B&N (but didn't finish checkout), and nowhere was there a message saying there would be a delay on shipment.
[Nook Color General] compuguy1088:
Boo!!! Hiss!!!
[Nook Color General] DTgreat:
When you get shipping information, you'd see the order would ship on the 15th as opposed to soon-ish.
[Nook Color General] tech_head:
There would have to be a hardware change.

The Ti Omap has a gpio bootstrap option. Tie a pin a certain way and it can boot from SD, etc. They aren’t going to remove the option. They use the option in manufacturing to image the device in the first place.

How do you think the Nook manufacturer installs the basic OS??

They boot from SD or USB to then dump the contnets to the internal memory.
[Nook Color General] Musicman247:
I can see Barnes & Noble making a change to make it harder to root if the Nook Color is a loss leader (costs more to make than they get for it). If they have hundreds of people buying the Nook Color just to root it and use it as a tablet and not a reader, then B&N would be losing money with each sale, and that would be something worth making a change about.
[Nook Color General] fwdixon:
Ok, so I was gonna buy one this weekend. Should I wait and see or go ahead and get one while I can? (a few stores still have them locally and are selling them)
[Nook Color General] kable:
Wanted to buy one today.

Best Buy has a note at the display saying they will not have any at all this week.
[Nook Color General] robedney:
I bought one 2 days ago at a Barnes & Noble store. No problems with it. It had system software 1.0.0, which I assume means it wasn't made all that recently. I manually updated to 1.1.0, and now I wish I'd rooted first. Oh well. The mini-usb end of the cable is something of a problem (as noted elsewhere here). It goes partway in and wants to stop, but if you push harder it will seat correctly.

If they are putting in some sort of anti-root system, it seems to me that snatching one now would be a good idea. However, the bad batch explanation seems to me to be the best fit. The number of people rooting these things is probably not significant in their overall sales.
[Nook Color General] fwdixon:
Check walmart
[Nook Color General] follower46:
Are you sure it's a loss leader? I've heard the theory both ways. Either they are losing money or they are making ~$50 per purchase. To my knowledge, B&N has never been open with the profit margins on any of the nook devices (just like amazon never publishes the number of kindles sold).
[Nook Color General] tunwear:
I really doubt they are recalling every NC in inventory so a couple thousand people can't root anymore.
[Nook Color General] spikey911:
You are correct, people are just guessing.

After further thought, its very unlikely they are pulling back all the inventory.

Most stores that I have been to always had little to no stock since day one.

My assumption is that they may have had a bad batch of product and are sending those back to the manufacturer.

Since most stores were already sold out, that would leave zero stock.

If they are going to do any hardware modification to stop hacking then it would be a new revision, not a recall...

I don't put much faith in that article as it does not make any business sense.
[Nook Color General] bigjoe7757:
i recently bought my nook color and have the defective usb, the usb plug and port were made wrong, wont push in straight, its kinda bent up. also micro sd door wont stay closed appears theres no magnet, im betting this is the reason for returns, if you think about it, why would b&n send the units in the store back at a cost to them, loose more money on an item they think there already loosing money on because people are using the kindle app, why not just let the retail stores sell out as the new so called "unrootable" units replace stock. I cant see them loosing money on shipping and manpower. its diff a defective recall. I have to think that being as the nook is the best selling item b&n has ever had, whey mess with it, there still making $50 a unit on it even if you never buy a book.

also i just checked the B&N web site, funny the usb and charger have been pulled from the accessories section, kinda confirms the usb problem.