yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlin:
I guess that fix mainly changes the NTP server to one which is closer to your location.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[XPERIA X10 General] vinnnn:
Hey guys

Huge facepalm, Im trying the new cyanogen rom, works flawlessly (except for the sd card).. Tried a fix, changed how it mounted as suggested in the dev forum.

A glitch (I assume) in the new rom meant that renaming a file actually deleted its contents, so my whole /system/etc/vold.fstab file is now empty, meaning I cannot mount the SD card.

tldr;

/system/etc/vold.fstab is deleted, whats the easiest way to get it back? I dont mind typing it by hand but dont know where I would find whats meant to be in there.

Thanks guys;

Vincent.

Edit: Explored rom, found FSTAB. Gmailing contents to my account, retrieving on phone, copying and pasting into fresh file. Will update.

Edit II: Done, created new fstab, dumped all the info from the last one. Still nothing, any more ideas? Just says the SD card isnt mounted.

Edit III: Formatting errors came up when I emailed fstab. Fixed now, Mods, please close the thread.

Thanks guys, sorry to waste time with noobish mistakes.

/fixed
[XPERIA X10 General] rogem_kk:
consider updating the thread title to [SOLVED]
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
Im rooted, and oc at 1100. Havent done anything different lately except added Softlocker. Its kind of unresponsive. I have to hold down longer sometimes, but not by much. (just enough to dive me nuts lol). Any ideas why?
[Nook Color General] BillyVerden:
Not that i have an answer but.. mine is the same way for the first several minutes(i don't know how many) after i re-boot. It only started happening after i OC'd to 1100. Usually it gets to being normal after a while. Yes it is annoying..
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
Do you have soft locker installed? After I deleted it and rebooted it seems fine. So far at least lol.
[Nook Color General] eyecrispy:
This is a know issue if you use one of the OC kernels. Just turn your screen off and wait a few seconds and then turn it back on. Your screen will be back to normal.
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
No, I've had that. It's slightly different. Softlocker removal worked for me.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 96edwy:
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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DaraM:
Thanks for your efforts. This step-by-step instruction is really help!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] coldest~~~:
great guide
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nandowom:
Nice guide, many thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dawizz:
Thanks for the great guide,

just one question I am looking for a guide to back up from my HD2 wm6.5 and convert it to Adroid.

I know I can use google apps or exchange but I have other stuff that I want to back up like text messages and call logs.

Any help would be great...

Thanks...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] metaljoker:
Great Pal!!!!!

Thank you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 96edwy:
im not too sure about this one, i know there are ways to backup wm6.5 things like messages and call logs but i dont know if you could convert them to android format for use on android OS, unless u only want to just back them up and not use them in android?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bates_1974:
Try this:

http://www.migratetoandroid.com/

Courtesy Of Spb Mobile, haven't used it, just stumbled across it now by chance!

Seems pretty straight forward though.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] voncrane:
Try this, i tested it earlier on & successfully got my data over to android..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] digitaleagle.net:
Thanks for the tutorial.

Do you have any tips for switching from a ROM with Sense to one without? I am thinking about trying a more stable ROM because the Sense seems to be causing me issues.

Would the Sense related settings be crossed out, and I would uncheck the crossed out options during the restore? Did I understand that correctly from the video?

Also, you touched on the Apps installed from the market. Do you have to install those manually? Or, will Titanium Backup restore those for you?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] prophecy7824:
In need of help

I have hd2 running gingerbread from magldr and would like to switch back to the original rom so i can send it in for warranty .. any help would be greatly appreciated.....thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ceftelos:
Nice guide, many thanks from me too!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] digitaleagle.net:
Don't forget to backup the SD Card

One other thing that is probably worth pointing out: Once you have backed everything up, you should probably copy it off the SD card to another computer. I read somewhere about someone doing something that wiped out their SD card, and they lost their backups on it.

To back it up, I copied the TitaniumBackup directory from the SD card to my laptop. Also, I copied the clockworkmod directory because i had backed up the ROM as a whole from the AD Recovery.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] preludedrew:
Alright seems we've gotten off to a slow start on rom developing so I figured I'd take a look at what the issues are and post a few tips/tricks. This really isn't a Q&A for every issue that is come across, but will definitely suffice to get some developing going on some roms.

First let's start of with what I'm seeing as an issue for dev's coming from phones like the Evo and other phones that use MTD partitions. I'm only going to post snippets for edify/updater scripts. The reason for this, is IMO all dev's should use this style of scripting. Amend/Update scripts are old tech and need to be gone anyways. Also because clockworkmod 3.0 only supports edify/updater scripting. Something like this well help you out - Link - but I'll post a little more detail and examples of scripting.

Wrong way to format /system

format("MTD", "system");

Correct way on our phone using ext3 partition.

format("ext3", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p26");

Wrong way to mount /system

mount("MTD", "system", "/system");

Correct way to mount /system on our phone using ext3 partition.

mount("ext3", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p26", "/system");

The same applies to other partitions like /data. Here's a list of partitions and their mounting points.

/boot - /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
/cache - /dev/block/mmcblk0p28
/data - /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
/sdcard - /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
/system - /dev/block/mmcblk0p26

UPDATE #2-2-11 - Stock rooted & deodex'd rom for dev's to base off of. This has the updater-script fixed and a new update-binary. There was also an issue with the HTC_IME.apk that has been fixed. I am not supporting this rom, but you shouldn't have any issues with it as a stock base.

http://evervolv.bpcr.biz/Artis/Stock_Deodexed_1_17_651_1__preludedrew.zip

UPDATE #2-10-11 - Mounting partitions read/writable for emmc.

/system

mount -o rw,remount -t emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 /system

/data

mount -o rw,remount -t emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 /data

/cache

mount -o rw,remount -t emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /cache

Alright, this is just a start. I'll be updating & adding stuff to this as we go. i just wanted to get this straightened out so newer dev's and ones coming from phones like the evo will know how to properly use these. If I note or state anything incorrectly, please don't hesitate to let me know... I'll get it fixed asap. Also, anybody who would like to contribute just reply to this thread and let me know about it. I'll add it to this guide. Bcnice20 should also be replying and adding stuff as we go along.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] bcnice20:
Reserved for now
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] cloverdale:
This is great, thank you.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] linkosffl:
Well done.

--

phone
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] bubby323:
Reserved for some insight.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] :
you might also add some common rom etiquette in here as well. start training up the dev scene properly. things like unmounting /system and /data at the end of your rom, that way there is more of a "oh thats why you have to do this" instead of "well ionno why. newkidd said i should do it."
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] viffer_man:
So i have posted this question in Copes thread but fear it may not be the correct place to place it.

I have an issue in which i cant seemy SD card from Android. I could really use some help or advice...

Here is my current set up:

OS - Copes latest gb build (freaking awesome) for SD

Windows Phone 7 on NAND

MAGLDR 1.13

SD card is partitioned as follows:

6gb fat32 primary partition (android)

890mb ext-3

140mb linux swap

7.5gb windows phone 7 partition

The partitions are exactly in that order from left to right.

From android all i seedor space is the 890mb but i obviously cant store anything in there. If i open up Titanium Backup i can see the missing partition but i cant do anything with it.

Everything boots fine etc, but i would really like to be able to use apps that require the SD and copy my music over.

Oh, i have also deleted and recreated the partitions a couple time now .

Help?

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] viffer_man:
I figured it out... Feel so dumb... The linux swap was not a primary partition... As soon as I converted it and booted to the OS, bingo, SD card was now present :)

Sorry to bother you guys, hopefully my experience will help someone else...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MR0808:
Hi Guys,

I've searched and cannot find an answer to this question.

My setup is an HTC Desire running ReflexTSenseHD v1.7. I have a 1gb ext4 partition on my sd card.

According to quick system info, I have about 600MB free on my ext4 partition, however only 14mb free on my internal partition.

On top of all this, my phone is now running really slow and is getting to a point where it is almost unusable.

I did a clear of the Dalvik cache and it cleared up some space, but still left me with only 50mb free. Is there a way to force the Dalvik cache to be moved to the SD card or somewhere else in this ROM?

Cheers

MR0808
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
Think if you have DATA2SD then you can. Not too sure though so your going to have to read up on it. It is also the joy of having a Sense rom, not having a /data partition that is overly big so your being forced to use Ap2SD+.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MR0808:
So, there's no way with Ap2sd+ to move the Dalvik-cache, and how come it doesn't seem everyone is having this issue? Would I be missing a step in installation?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
Not too sure because I don't use it. Have a look at the notes and details of the app2sd+ that you have and see if it does move the cache but I doubt it. I would say that I think that using your SD card for app storage isn't the best thing if your card isn't up to the job. Personally, using internal storage, using a custom hboot is way better and no way impacts performance. But read the notes for the app2sd+ that your using.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] bnlf:
After finally solving the data problem im now able to receive mms BUT as small and bad compressed images. Seems im having the same problem as win mobile hd2 / touch hd etc.

wonder if the fix may be something similiar - change reg keys to make operator think they r dealing with n95 device.

anyone having the same problem?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] collinbd:
Like to know as well. I need to spoof my user agent to receive mms with my carrier
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chobas:
NM i fixed it.. i flashed an eclair rom initially and that didnt wanna work.. so a froyo rom fixed it...

===============================

so i just flashed my first rom a few days ago and it went well.. now im stuck in a boot loop and cannot get into recovery, but can get to download mode..

steps i took to frustrate myself with this problem

flashed speedmod k12s kernel from base stock froyo

wiped everything and installed a cooked rom from docs kitchen and it worked fine

flashed a few but the last one i made i forgot to select a launcher so i was just staring at a black screen.. so i couldnt mount usb

for some reason i cant access my internal sd from CW recovery menu which i had no idea why so i flashed JH2 eclair to get the launcher using ODIN

that just sent the phone into a loop now and i cant even access the recovery menu.. only download mode..

i tried to reflash speedmod kernel and still the same flashing with no recovery menu available..

are there any settings i should use with odin that im missing? i really have no clue what else to do.. thanks guys in advance
[General Questions and Answers] videian:
Picked up my first Andriod today, been iPhone since the start, but the virgin mobile $25 deal with the new LG Optimus V was to much of a good deal as I needed another phone..

Tips for a nooby to XDA, would like to root this thing, have very little idea of what is involved, what software required, is there a faq for people to get the gist of it? Software required, steps involved?

Thanks!

Or am I in totally the wrong area?!
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
Hi and welcome aboard.

There is rooting info HERE, HERE and HERE.
[General Questions and Answers] vandaleca:
Thanks for sharing the links.
[General Questions and Answers] videian:
Thank you!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lamensterms:
Hey guys,

got a question which may relate to a few different apps/settings - so i wasnt sure where to post it.

but im wondering if this is possible - i would like to create a text widget using 'Minimalistic Text' and put it on my lock screen (Widget Locker) - but only have this specific widget display when i have an unread sms in my inbox. I thought this might be possible with the app 'Tasker', but ive had no luck.

So if anyone has the know-how on setting this up, any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks guys.
[HTC Aria General] duckredbeard:
I have seen several posts stating that bluetooth tethering works with the Aria, but I'm not having any luck. I am rooted, running FR008 (thanks attn1). I am hoping to connect my Archos 101 via bluetooth so I can use the Aria's GPS receiver to run navigation apps on the 101.

Am I reading this all wrong? Is bluetooth tethering really possible with this device and ROM?
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
The term 'tethering' usually involves sharing the phone's network connection with a PC so that a PC is able to access the Internet through the phone. Bluetooth tethering allows a PC to make a BT connection to the phone to share the network connection. In some cases you can also access the phone's SD card to copy files and you can copy pictures and contacts. I have not seen any reference to bluetooth tethering in regards to utilizing the phone's GPS connection. Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] -deuces-:
today i was messing with sister phone, trying to surprise her with a sense rom.

The phone (mytouch 3g 3.5mm jack, 32a, ) was running mytouch cm 6, radio 2.22 and SPL 1.33.2010.

i went into recovery and flassed update-hboot-1.76.2007-signed.zip, and now i cant aget into fastboot, recovery.

is it Bricked?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
I answered this in the other thread.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
You properly just didn't let it finish the update...

So yes.. you just ****ed up your spl and got yourself a brick...

Try JTAG :0)
[General Questions and Answers] unowzup:
i installed z4 root and halfway though it just stops ?? hellllllp me please. I have the original android with 2.21 as an operating system and i downloaded I already have superuser with the skulls and astro file manager? please any one hellllllllP me ?
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
You didn't mention what device you own?

There are other 1-click methods for rooting, i.e SuperOneClick that you might want to try. Do your research, and if you post what phone it is then we can direct you to some guides.
[General Questions and Answers] nerdslogic:
I have a Droid 2 and have been waiting to root it. I DL'd Z4 when it was still on Market. So I guess I have an old version....if there is a new one that is.

I rooted with it before, but then unrooted when I started having issues with the phone. Now I am skeptical to root again until I find a good ROM for a D2.

So...should I root with this Z4Root 1.3.0

Are there any good ROM's for D2....preferably a GB ROM. I don't see the point in installing another FROYO ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
I didn't see a GB ROM scanning through the forum but THIS is the place where it'd be if there were one.

SuperOneClick is my preferred 1-click root method and often works where others fail. There's also more rooting info in the dev section link above too.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benz360:
Hi all,

I have a EVO4g on sprint, but the Atrix is bringing me back to ATT. I was wondering what do I need to do to have my number ready to be ported when the Atrix releases and I pick one up? I already know about paying sprint off, etc.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feerlessleadr:
all you should need to do is call up AT&T and tell them you want to port your number to them when you create your account.

They should take care of the rest for you. I don't know however what you will need to do with Sprint in terms of paying any etf.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benz360:
Thanks, Yeah I'm going to call sprint and pay the penalty
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropism:
Don't call sprint yet. Get the phone at AT&T (please go to a corporate store and give a rep the commission. We need to eat too), bring your Sprint bill (for the account number), and as long as you're the Sprint account holder, you're golden. You'll need to provide the billing address and social security number that's on the Sprint account, as well as the PIN that you use to access your Sprint account when you call.

Once you port, Sprint will automatically cancel your account and send you a bill for the termination fee. If you cancel BEFORE you go to AT&T, you will lose your phone number.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LockeCPM4:
+1 to everything he said
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benz360:
Ok will do :) thanks!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rred:
May I suggest? Get a free Google Voice account. Once you have done that, you "own" the GVoice phone number, and you can have it push to any other phone number(s) you choose.

So you give people the GVoice number, and push that to your cell phone. If you change providers, change numbers, change whatever...you don't have to do anything except change the number assignment in GVoice. No one has to know.

And if you find the new phone number is getting wrong numbers from folks who think they are still calling the old owner? GVoice can block those calling numbers--and just those callers--so you don't pay for their calls, either.

An incredibly powerful service, and an example of what ANY telco or celco could provide for your phone, if they really wanted your business instead of your wallet.
[Galaxy Tab General] vamp6x6x6x:
I know Honeycomb for the Galaxy Tab has been talked about a lot, but I actually was wondering something:

Does anyone know if their will be a way to disable the hardware keys since from the demo Honeycomb will have its own on screen hardware keys?
[Galaxy Tab General] FC1032:
There's a button remapper app on the market, maybe you can assign "no action " to the buttons. I haven't used the app though... just a thought.

Then again, I've used the archos 70 and having less hardware buttons makes me feel insecure... but if they have zero lag and lock ups, on-screen buttons seem ok
[Galaxy Tab General] kevwright:
Surely the Xoom has no hardware buttons at all does it?

Kev
[Galaxy Tab General] vamp6x6x6x:
correct, Xoom has no hardware buttons but Galaxy Tab does. And because Galaxy Tab does and Xoom doesnt have hardware keys we should in theory be able to turn off the annoying hardware keys for the gTab so we can use only the on screen ones.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Synoptex:
Hope you find that usefull.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Synoptex:
Thanks again to crunchie-uk for the code.

NTP_SERVER=xtra1.gpsonextra.net
XTRA_SERVER_1=hxxp://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=hxxp://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=hxxp://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

# DEBUG LEVELS: 0 - none, 1 - Error, 2 - Warning, 3 - Info
# 4 - Debug, 5 - Verbose
DEBUG_LEVEL = 5

# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable
INTERMEDIATE_POS=1

# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions
# less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions
ACCURACY_THRES=2500

################################
##### AGPS server settings #####
################################

# FOR SUPL SUPPORT, set the following
# SUPL_HOST=supl.host.com or IP
# SUPL_PORT=1234
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276

# FOR C2K PDE SUPPORT, set the following
# C2K_HOST=c2k.pde.com or IP
# C2K_PORT=1234

################################
# EXTRA SETTINGS
################################

# Wiper (wifi positioning), 1=enable, 0=disable
ENABLE_WIPER=1

#################################
##### AGPS Carrier settings #####
#################################
CURRENT_CARRIER=common
DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE
DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE

# TRUE for "User Plane", FALSE for "Control Plane"
DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRUE
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cabalist:
Tried some combinations with above settings.

The best i got was a 1 minute fix but followed by longer one, usually it takes 2-3 minutes to get a lock if phone is put in a flat position and left there.

For me that's not usable, i was used to take the phone from my pocket, setting a destination, putting it in the cradle and just drive with navigator... now if i'm already moving with car it takes around 5/10 minutes to get a lock. Often i reach the destination before it locks...

A stange behaviour: i can get these times only with SD roms. Any NAND i tried took more or didn't work completely.

I hope developers could fix this once for all.

Last thing:

AGPS is not supported at the moment, i remember a note from gauner1986 reporting it during GB libs development. Should not being supporte in froyo as well (simply, there is no code for AGPS inside libgps.so).

Cheers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] j4n87:
How many xtra servers can I add? My example is a bit overdone, but in gereral is it possible to combine some servers? Or is this not recommended?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Synoptex:
cabalist, Some tips for you:

1. If you are using GPS Status, kill that app b4 launching navigator, or it may interferate with a navigator.

2. Try giving your gps.conf a line: INTERMEDIATE_POS=0 It can help

j4n87, I think there is no a strict limit to that. Try to put in your first line:

ntp_server=0.de.pool.ntp.org
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] j4n87:
Just copied/pasted your quotes.

Forgot to rename it to de.

My gps was working, I only don't get fast fixes all the time, so I wanted to know, if I can speed them up, by adding more servers e.g. my de and additionally the european and gpsonextra servers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cabalist:
Ciao Synoptex,

1) Already uninstalled it;

2) i've already tried but i didn't notice any improvment. altough i have to do more intensive tests, hopefully this weekend. Should also find the time to search for some explanation about these parameters, i would like to understand what is their function into this;
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bogdatov:
I'm in US and tried this ntp_server trick. It did not work even after 2 reboots. Still like 2-3 minutes fix time.

Then I installed GPS Status and did "A-GPS Reset" and "A-GPS Download". Rebooted. Now my fix is 10-15 sec.

I DID try GPS Status BEFORE I tried gps.conf trick - did not help.