yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color General] dennis-:
post stuff thats true? well ok

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704156304576003041857933776.html

A hedge fund managed by Borders investor William Ackman is now offering to finance a bid of $960 million in cash, or $16 per share, for Borders to buy the much bigger Barnes & Noble, which put itself up for sale in August. Mr. Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management LP holds 37.3% of Borders shares, made his offer in a regulatory filing that became public Monday.

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704156304576003041857933776.html#ixzz1D0u1JDo8

heres a thought. do a little more reading before you try to be a schmuck on the web
[Nook Color General] painter_:
http://phandroid.com/2011/02/03/sou...ed-due-to-inventory-software-bug-not-hackers/
[Nook Color General] slayda:
Interestingly enough, I am the only person I know with a NC & it's rooted but I only know 2 other people with any type of ereader (one is my daughter & I gave the reader to her). I'm 68 - definitely not in the younger generation. Got the NC because I read a lot & it could become a good Android tablet when rooted. Unlike many here I still us the B&N reader but seldom buy books from B&N. All my books are without DRM. I have the Kindle for Android, Aldiko, ereader & FBreader apps on my NC but prefer the B&N reader. I buy the books I want at the cheapest place I can find & that's rarely (but sometimes) B&N. My most frequented ebookstore is Baen.com.
[Nook Color General] greenmky:
Because they mark phones up a huge amount to make money on them, and in cahoots with big postpaid phone companies, to make sure you sign an expensive contract.

My LG Optimus V on Virgin was $150 last week. It's a very decent Android phone. Do you really think a Droid X costs them 3-4 times that amount? Nope. That's the artificially high price to ensure you buy on contract. Phones are big profit centers.

B&N is probably making almost nothing to $50 or so on the NC right now. Very thin margins. They are looking to make money instead on books. Samsung is looking to make a few hundred dollars per Galaxy Tab, for example, like a cellphone.
[Nook Color General] jerrykur:
Everyone should switch their book buying to B&N so they continue producing easy devices to root!

I am doing my part by buying books from B&N. I have bought about a dozen ebooks in the last couple of months. In the previous year I bought maybe 2.

I also bought a $30 case which probably cost B&N $2.
[Nook Color General] bundee1:
Did you see the date on that article? December 7th 2010.

Since then what has happened.

http://syosset.patch.com/articles/reports-borders-may-file-for-bankruptcy-in-february

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/02/04/borders-gift-from-ge-some-assembly-required.aspx

Nook stock will be arriving in stores next week. All conspiracy theorists can go back to sleep now.

I guess I have to, to reach your status. Should I bone up on your posts?
[Nook Color General] exdroid1:
Just got the email confirmation of shipping from BN. Woohoo! I was about to cancel the order, too.

So have they officially released what they "took" back?

@miemens: That would make more sense since one customer service rep stated that they had just received more stock the day before I received my delayed shipping Email.
[Nook Color General] one4thewings:
Here's a little advice for you. You can sort your Google result by date. Look to recent news before you pull up irrelevant news. Your source was from December, mine was from same week, if not same day, of our discussion. And I wasn't trying to be a schmuck. I was trying to provide you with more data for your consideration. I'll consider it mission failed.
[Nook Color General] TJNooker:
In response to the OP, I call fiction. It only makes business sense to create an anti-root patch when they plan on providing the same service themselves, aka making the nook color a true android tablet. As far as I have heard, that decision has not been made yet. As much as I would love to have a native android functionality in the nook color, BN would run the risk of mission creep. Do you want to build e-readers that can diversify and complement your product line or do you want to build android tablets that can compete with the big boys? If they go the latter route, the price will increase significantly. You have to factor in more software development, more tech support staff, 3g capability, GPS, etc, etc. As it stands now, the nook color is a decent android tablet only because the rooting community makes it so (and most developers do it for free or very little). I think BN going the android tablet route would not be to our benefit or BN's.
[Nook Color General] james robinson:
Amen!!!
[Nook Color General] rjoudrey:
I agree completely! The sales price is being subsidized by book sales much like Verizon subsidizes phone prices for service contracts. I will betcha B&N would rather not sell these devices to people not buying books. They have the right to do as they wish with the device before its sold, once sold the device is left up to the ingenuity of the buyer.

Glad I got mine! LOL
[Nook Color General] rjoudrey:
Now if they sold beer at a good price there could be a deal in the works. I really don't buy books that often!
[Nook Color General] exdroid1:
Delete Delete Delete
[EVO 4G General] exempt:
used unrevoked 3 to root my phone, did a backup, then attempted to install CM6. during the process, my phone shut off (i dont believe it was the battery, as it was fully charged and plugged in). now once in awhile (rarely) if i attempt to boot into recovery, the white htc evo screen will appear for a second or two, then the phone will shut back up.

what are my options?
[EVO 4G General] drdrewdown:
i wouldn't expect anyone to reply with any real answers until you are more clear about your problems & what you've done already to try & fix them. not to mention, hardware specifics..
[EVO 4G General] Rydah:
Put this on your SD card. http://db.tt/uo4mOhh remove "_RA_2.2.1" and place on the root of your SD card. Once you get the "white screen" it will re install a recovery. Just make sure you go with it in bootloader (white screen) prompts.
[EVO 4G General] exempt:
Figured since this was the EVO forums it would be assumed I have an EVO ;)

I havent attempted any solutions yet, as I wanted to be sure of something before trying. As for the problems, what is unclear? Rooted successfully, attempted to flash CM6 and phone went dead and no longer turns on.

So I should use something else to get it on the SD card, then try to start phone?
[EVO 4G General] tgruendler:
Damn...I thought this post was for a BlackBerry Storm. But on a serious note, he was asking about what hardware version, hboot, etc... Hardware version 002? 003? 004? 007...wait, James Bond?
[EVO 4G General] Rydah:
Card reader or other phone.
[EVO 4G General] exempt:
ah, that does make more sense. HW 003, HBOOT is 2.10
[EVO 4G General] exempt:
that fixed it! thank you!
[EVO 4G General] Rydah:
no problem. glad i could save your sanity and save you a trip to going to the sprint store then waiting an hour for diagnostics then getting a replacement when you really didn't need anything but a recovery re-flash. =]
[HTC Aria General] sniper8752:
i am trying to use usbdeview to uninstall my droid software, since when i type in "adb devices" in cmd, my phone does not show up.

thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morrow.geoffrey:
Hi everyone,

I'm currently using the AOSP 2.2 Beta 4 ROM on my X10 and for whatever reason, I cannot get my location unless I have a GPS signal.

I have searched for this issue but no-one else seems to have it! Location & privacy settings are correct and no joy.

I would post this in the Developers thread but it's my first post and I'm not allowed to!

Some help here would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boominz28:
not trying to be mean or anything and probly will get bashed, but I had a thought about how to organize the forums so the questons asked would get an answer faster and with more accurate information.

what if we were to have a question and answer part in each of the roms instead of asking in the genereal q and a

you know sort of like each dev would be able to see all the problems that their rom is currently having.

and it would also help the people running those roms see all the current questions.

we should also have a section for the people who are on stock roms unrooted

I personally think it would help in diagnosing issues if they arrise.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
I agree on a rom q and a but inside the development thread. Have rom thread ie bonsai and then a bonsai q and a thread with the most repeated q and a's on the op. This is more work for the devs and entirely up to them. It will help out in organization instead of cluttering a development thread with the same question. have the main thread for dl link, changelog, install instructions, possibly bug reports (some have a dedicated page for this) and that's it.

Edit: and most importantly feedback.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiGi760:
To do that, it would need to be reorganized such that roms would each get their own subforum. Then, they could have a "get the new version here" thread, a "general info" thread, and then all the random individual threads. If you have seen how mod forums are organized at civfanatics, you know what I'm talking about.

Lately, I've been thinking we need a "Guides and FAQs" section. Make everyone post guides being worked on in a "works in progress" subforum and then a mod can move completed guides to the main forum. We might be able to get a nice little knowledge base here if a few people wanted to chip in and write out a lot of what we have learned.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austin420:
srsly? we cant even get the one overworked mod to move much around as it is.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiGi760:
Which is why I haven't previously suggested the idea.

But, seriously, we need a couple more good mods who want to help build a community here. I know how tough it is. I've been around a lot of forums, both good and bad. It can be hard to find people who are both willing to do the job and mature enough to do it well.
[Desire HD Android Development] RaiderX303:
Info

What is changed;

ROM Base 1.32.405.6;

ROM Base 1.72.405.3;

ROM Base 1.83.415.3;

ROM Base 1.84.661.1;

How to flash;
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
May I ask you to make a rooted stock 1.32.405.6? Many people who did not do ENG S-OFF before they installed a ROM have to get stock ROM to be able to do the ENG S-OFF. Normally they have to install a RUU, but if you make a CWM installable stock 1.32 ROM, they do not have to do that anymore :)
[Desire HD Android Development] LadieL:
Screenshots?
[Desire HD Android Development] LeeDroid:
The "get s-off" issue doesn't relate to 1.72 base custom roms, its hboot related hence the need for the ruu ;)

Sent from my LeeDrOiD loaded HTC Desire HD using my thumb....
[Desire HD Android Development] LeeDroid:
It does say at the top that's its a "stock HTC rom", sure we all know how that looks :p

Nice one RaiderX303!

Sent from my LeeDrOiD loaded HTC Desire HD using my thumb....
[Desire HD Android Development] RaiderX303:
there stock base so they look the same as any other stock rom
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
It is actually radio related in stock 1.72 ROM. But I am talking about custom roms, see this scenario:

- A guy has a phone, possibly downgrades it.

- He gets Radio S-OFF, and installs your rom. Then he wants ENG S-OFF.

- You use a custom kernel, which does not support power cycling eMMC (kernel module does not load) in order to write a new hboot with dd

- ENG S-OFF fails, he realizes that he has to get stock rom

- He comes here, and just installs stock rom using recovery

- ENG S-OFF works
[Desire HD Android Development] LeeDroid:
Wasn't aware of the power cycling issue, il look further into that one, bit strange as mine and other kernels are based on 1.32 source :confused:

Sent from my LeeDrOiD loaded HTC Desire HD using my thumb....
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
Yeah, and the weird thing is that some kernels by Apache work and some just don't. For example the 1.0.7 works fine, but the newest one does not. (with wpthis module)

It is really not a huge problem, if Raider makes 1.32.405.6 cwm ROM.
[Desire HD Android Development] RaiderX303:
im downloading stock 1.32.405.6 and 1.72.405.3 RUU to make into CWM zip, other roms to follow including the new ARA rom
[Desire HD Android Development] he_stheone64:
Thx - this will help stock ROM lovers to use their favorite mods like power notification bar on a 99% stock ROM.
[Desire HD Android Development] XBOCT:
s-off

OK, no problem. Put hboot_eng.nb0 (and dd) to /sdcard then type in terminal emulator:

$ su

# dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

Custom rom is rooted. DHD is Radio S-OFF. You doesn't need to power cycle eMMC. You can flash anything exept radio.

- ENG S-OFF fails, he realizes that he has to get stock rom

PS. [ROM] FULLY ROOTED WWE 1.72.405.3 No Radio No HBoot [V2 03/01/2011]
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
I know, but most users need a GUI to do that. I know that dd works, but it is not very user friendly. I might add a tickbox to my ENG S-OFF tool so that people can tell the app that they have Radio S-OFF already..

But still for good compatibility, the kernel should be able to power cycle eMMC.
[Desire HD Android Development] XBOCT:
s-off

For people who treat 1.32 as intermediate step, CWM package with eng-hboot may be much simpler than root-ed 1.32.
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
Well, cwm cannot write a hboot..
[Desire HD Android Development] XBOCT:
hboot

dd inside CWM package can... But I understood the main problem in this way is error handling/reporting. Big red message: ERROR!!! Retry? YES/Definitely YES will be much better than small text in bottom of screen in CWM
[Desire HD Android Development] :No-Frost::
If this is a stock rom modded, can I flash it over my stock rooted rom??? (I removed some bundled apps)
[Desire HD Android Development] Hakimy:
rom 1.83 is android 2.2.1? are you sure about this? many people who had it said it's android 2.2 :S
[Desire HD Android Development] RaiderX303:
1.83 corrected in op, it is 2.2
[Desire HD Android Development] uTomi:
So, please light me up!

If i had ENG-S OFF and RADIO S-OFF and CWM 3.0.0.5, and i flash this rom with cwm and i lose the ENG S-OFF? Or brick my phone? Or this is a safe rom?
[Desire HD Android Development] kaskonjunf:
This thread should be sticky! I would just add in the first post an explanation that you should flash the proper radio before flashing desired rom and a shortcut to a radio flashing thread.

Great job man, thanks
[Desire HD Android Development] RaiderX303:
this is safe and wont brick, this is just the rom, it doesnt contain anything else so ENG/Radio S-OFF wont be affected
[Desire HD Android Development] chompy18:
Excuse the noob question, but what is ENG S-OFF? why do I need it? what does it do?
[Desire HD Android Development] hav0c:
Great work. Thanks
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
ENG S-OFF = hacked engineering bootloader that gives you traditional S-OFF and the capabilities of an engineering bootloader. It allows you to use fastboot commands, which are used to flash a radio, splash screen, etc..
[Desire HD Android Development] konanda:
With ROM Base 1.83.415.3, I got noise come out when I enable SRS enhancement while Music playing. Just reporting . . . .
[Desire HD Android Development] thdragonth:
Great job man, thanks.....
[Desire HD Android Development] hytin:
Cant get YouTube clips and flash clips on the Web to work. YouTube

Is displaying Cant play clip

Any ideas
[Desire HD Android Development] killathenoob:
wondering if someone could give me a hand I have the raidroid 1.84 running on my Telus HTC desire rooted/radio s-off/Eng s-off and I installed the Deodexer zip file with no errors in clockwork version 2.5.1.3.

Everytime I try to flash a UOT kitchen file it install fine no errors says zip file installed corect but when I reboot the phone there is no mods to the battery or icons.....
[Desire HD Android Development] gmarcoux:
I tried the most recent version of most of these roms and had the same video playback issues through the stock YouTube app and stock video player. If I use third party players they work fine.???

An interesting observation is that after the custom Rom is flashed but before the TELUS kernel is applied, the YouTube application works fine, just without sound. When I apply the TELUS kernel to get sound is when I have issues with YouTube and the stock video player.
[Desire HD Android Development] killathenoob:
finally got it to work was trying everything and I actualy tried to redownload the deodexer file and I clicked onthe 1.83 on and installed it on the phone by mistake. after I flashed the 1.84 file back to the phone and the UOT file it worked finally
[Desire HD Android Development] folgui:
Hi!

Are you going to stockify the latest Orange UK 1.84.61.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=969374

Thanks in advance.

Regards, folgui.
[Desire HD Android Development] tids2k:
Incredible s port bro? ? :-)
[Desire HD Android Development] seattleboi1982:
can you include the new Beta one that was released recently?
[Desire HD Android Development] LINKSLOVESANDROID:
can i flash mods on these roms? since they r deodexed
[Desire HD Android Development] mxpxboi:
Will you be working on a Telus Desire HD 2.3 Stock Rooted? I want to upgrade, but don't wanna lose root.
[Desire HD Android Development] m.hamadeh:
thank you for the nice roms, i would like to ask you if you are able to do the same with this room "RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_HTC_ARA_2.42.415.1" see link here with. its for Arabic language. off-course with root and other usual stuff.

http://www37.multiupload.com:81/fil...0.25_26.09.04.11_M2_release_193079_signed.exe
[Desire HD Android Development] ebe22:
Please re-upload 1.84.661.1.zip
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potna:
Sometimes a church will have a car free car wash and accept donations, but whith some of these apps on the market , the "donation" is required before you can download the app.

Why do they use these misleading terms. Is it because they don't have a biz tax id? Just curious.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgruendler:
You work for the IRS?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigjim1488:
I know with a few apps you can get them free either in the forums or from the person's webside. They usually just ask if you like their app you can make a donation by going to the market

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kd0axs:
Most of them have a free version and a donate version. Usually the free versions have ads and the donate versions don't, or the donate versions have some additional features. I don't see anything wrong with this at all.

Most ROM developers ask for donations, but you can still get their ROMs for free. I don't see anything wrong with this either.

I doubt he works for the IRS, but I think that does bring up an important issue. Anyone that is taking donations would be wise to keep track of how much money they are making from donations, and should be reporting it as income when they file their taxes. They could find themselves in trouble with the IRS if they don't report it. It would be pretty easy for the IRS to find this income since it's all done with Paypal or other electronic payment methods. Not to mention it's just the right thing to do. As a fellow taxpayer, I wouldn't be too happy if developers weren't paying their fair share of taxes on this income.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freeza:
I doubt the vast majority of people who receive donations actually report them lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potna:
I was just curious. I am a small business owner and I have learned the hard way that when you put something together and present it to the public you need to be very precise with your wording.

The word donation to me means: when our local vfw has a donations based .....say ...breakfast, you can pay nothing, or as much as you want.

But if they require a donation, is it really a donation? Or has it become commercialized when the donation is required. It sounds more like a trade, your money for my stuff and this is taxable.

I really don't care, but I guess my mind just picks things apart until everyone wants to kick my ass, lol. But I bet this terminology doesn't last long, atleast not in the given context.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkrodgers:
It's all about terminology, and while to some extent it doesn't matter, to another extent it still does. I think if a donation is required to unlock any functionality, then it's not really a donation. *Asking* for a donation doesn't make it a commercial app though. It's a question of whether it's required to use it. Basically if you're giving it away for free, and saying "hey, if you want to support what I do, throw me a few bucks," that's a donation.

There's nothing wrong with asking to be paid for your work. There's also nothing wrong with demanding to be paid for your work. No dev needs to apologize for choosing to make their app -- or some functionality within it -- available at a price, and they shouldn't try to make it sound better by calling it a donation.

I don't think calling it a donation affects IRS rules at all. No matter what you call it, you're supposed to report it. I'm not judging you if you don't. But developers are no charity, and calling it a donation doesn't make it exempt. Hell, even drug dealers are supposed to report their income on Form 1040, line 21, or schedule C. (I am not making that up.)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acerbusconfig:
The presumption is those that are asking for donations are doing so simply to bring a ROM and/or app to market. Those app and ROM developers can incur significant costs in doing so, but typically the primary focus is the development process and open source community-not financial gain.

The developers that are asking for donations spend a significant amount of effort on products that we use here within XDA and the Market.

I do not see our appreciation in the various forums here as commensurate to their efforts: In my opinion, donations from time to time are a more proper gesture.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
I have a little bit of legal experience in this area. For a donation to be, legally, a donation, it must be made with no material benefit expected in return.