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[Legend General] alexhtclegend:
On some rooting guides for phones like the DHD it says you need to be S-OFF to flash a custom ROM. How come we've been doing this on our S-ON Legends? I don't understand how being S-OFF is any different than S-ON for a Legend user?

I've probably got the wrong end of the stick here...

EDIT: Something to do with ROMs having to be signed by HTC, but none of the custom roms for Legend have to be used on an S-OFF phone despite not being signed by HTC?
[Legend General] marclh1992:
S-OFF unlocks the bootloader, you can install basically anything on any partition on the phone. This lets us install a custom recovery in the recovery partition. It also allows to boot custom kernels without flashing them (I believe)

Rooting with S-ON just allows you to boot a custom ROM with root access and no read/write capabilities in the /system partition (unless you have aufs)
[Legend General] mike998:
You can flash custom Kernels without being S-OFF. Done it myself many, many times. You don't need to be S-OFF to flash kernels.

S-ON as you said, gives read/write access to the /system partition while the phone is running. Unless you're looking at theming the phone yourself, or you want to access the /system and /recovery partitions it's not really required.

As I mentioned previously, I can get into recovery via Clockwork, but it's spotty, and I don't really like the idea of flashing a new ROM if I'm not near a PC that can drop me into Recovery. Rambo, I am not!

Hats off to entropicamente for posting the above - it's THE best place to go. I would warn that if you're a Bell Legend user, the download there will not work. There's a download on this forum for the .iso to S-OFF your phone.

Ultimately, with the number of "What benefits does this give me?" questions, it should probably be avoided for now.:D
[Legend General] Meocene:
probably wrong, but i don't think i am using fake flash...

my legend's s-on, but to get to clockworkmod i just boot in through rom manager...

(guessing someone's about to tell me that that is fake flash...)

EDIT: missed marclh1992's post.

so in other words i'd be able to replace the stock htc recovery (accessed holding back+power) with clockworkmod, for example?
[Legend General] marclh1992:
Yes, you can install clockwork mod into your recovery partition if you are S-OFF.

Sent from my S-OFF Bell Canada HTC Legend.
[Legend General] joggerman:
would I flash the CWM recovery image with fastboot? Where can I find the .img. I can only find the CWM recovery as a zip
[Legend General] whitetigerdk:
Look in the development section. There is a thread called "Recovery 3" .. there you will find the .img file..
[Legend General] joggerman:
many thanks
[Legend General] psyionx:
is this why the busybox installer from the market cant do its work on installing busybox? i'm s-on tho....
[Legend General] vip333:
does having superuser mean you phone is S-OFF ? :confused:
[Legend General] marclh1992:
No, superuser just lets you "log in" to the root user account. S-OFF allows you to write to any part of the phone essentially. Among other things.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twyfish:
i have download some Android cab installation software, but it is not successful function in my X1. Can anyone provide a useful software?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twyfish:
can anyone help me ? or teach me how to install =.=?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadin:
what android cab that u instal... its is theme or what..??? as i know betwen android and winmo was diferen flatform... maybe your android cab was a theme.. if it so than u must read carefuly the intruction...

please give me your android cab link.. so i will know what kind of android cab that you has been ask....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EZTYC:
Hi all I own an international i9000 (Hong Kong version),

My little woe started like this, I was uninstalling RyanZA's OCLF, when I encountered an error where I couldnt uninstall the ext2 tools. I read somewhere on a fix for it, where I downloaded a app called Mount /system (rw / ro) in which i set the system to RW, and then I was able to uninstall ext2 tools.

Afterwards I tried to install the Voodoo lagfix via odin.

After that, it refused to boot to the load screen (Galaxy S logo) and stayed in the i9000 screen saying restore operation then the device reboots itself.

Out of desperation I reflash my phone with my phone's 2.2 firmware "I9000ZSJPE" but that didn't work either, the first time it boots when I flash the firmware, I get taken to recovery mode, and I get this message:

update media please wait

E:Can’t mount /dev/block/stl10

(invalid argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:can’t mount DBDATA:

your storage not prepared yet,please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.

copy default media content failed

No matter how many times I flash the firmware, I keep getting this message...

Is there any way to get my phone up and running again?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Hey, dont panic, its no biggie... this happened to me last week, you need to find a firmware that contains 'dbdata' im unsure which ones do contain it... i know darkys 9.2 Odin version definately has it... thats the rom i used to fix my phone last week.

EDIT: found this.... this should work :

This one is easy to fix so don't panic.

Download this ROM and extract (Odin 1.7 and 512.pit are included), then do as follows:

-Start Odin and load 512.pit, don't connect the phone yet.

-Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked, don't change anything else.

-Load PDA.tar.md5 as PDA, MODEM.tar.md5 as PHONE and CSC.tar.md5 as CSC.

-Put your Phone on download mode and connect it, start flashing.

When flashing is done, the phone will enter recovery mode, if it get stuck at the same error, simply do a wipe/factory reset and reboot the phone, the phone shall boot normally then.

Link: http://www.multiupload.com/PZNPALHVDW
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronmtorres:
damn, this is why we NEED XDA forums and other members! I would have hyperventilated if this happened to me! good thing there is a solution posted here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EZTYC:
It seems my earlier reply did not send through, but I'll say it again,

Thanks a lot!!! my SGS i9000 is up and running again!!!"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Hey no probs !!! glad to hear you got it fixed :D nothing worse than the feeling of your beloved precious phone dying infront of your eyes, and the sweat dripping down your forehead when you try mouth to jack input resuscitation.................. or is that just me ??

haha anyways hitting the thanks button would suffice :D:D:D
[HD2 General] mann kumar:
Virgin mobile recently replaced my HTC HD2 handset as the screen had completely frozen (after 11 months into my contract) despite soft reset, hard reset, reset to factory default and rom upgrade.

However, the rom version of the replacement handset which is a re-conditioned handset (not brand new as they were out of stock) is only 1.66.351.1 whilst the rom version of my first phone had been upgraded to 3.14.405.2.

When i enter the serial no. of the replacement handset into the HTC website, it says that the rom upgrade is n't suitable for that device ?

Although using the original rom is n't really a problem, the voice / sound of the co-pilot application which i had bought and worked fine on my first phone does n't seem to work and the twiitter app (mo-tweets) which i used on my first phone also crashes after 10 seconds of use.

Apparently later roms are supposed to be more stable and less buggy ?

Has anyone else had this problem on the HTC website of serial no's not being suitable for their HD2 handset - someone suggested that i could use my old serial number but i was afraid that it my invalidate my warranty?
[HD2 General] xaccers:
From the sounds of it (someone correct me if I'm wrong) your replacement phone is branded or possibly foreign, so the ROM you're trying to download isn't suitable.

I take it there's nothing in the apps list suggesting branding of any type?

You can either try downloading some of the branded ROMs to see if you can find one which works, that will tell you what brand it's locked to.

I'm on O2 for instance, and they've yet to release a 3.14 ROM so I can't download anything higher than the O2 1.72 ROM from HTC.

I have however got hold of the generic 3.14 ROM and use the goldcard technique to load it onto my handset.
[HD2 General] Richy99:
it means the handset it locked to a specific network and not unbranded so thats why you cannot use the htc site to download
[HD2 General] mann kumar:
thanks to both of you for your replies. I had read that some providers (O2 and Vodafone) HD2's were locked but virgin HD2 were not, indeed my original HD2 allowed the latest rom (i've still got a copy of it on my laptop).

I just don't understand why Virgin have locked the replacement (maybe because it was re-conditioned and not brand new, or perhaps its because i only have 6 months left on the contract perhaps ?)

I've also read other people who used 'other people's' serial numbers to download the rom update's from the HTC website. So, when i asked HTC support if i was allowed to used rom update that i had previously downloaded, they initially replied yes, but when i mentioned that the serial no. of the replacement gave a 'un-suitable for your device' response they asked me to call them up (rather than respond in writing)

do anyone know if i attempted to install the latest (3.14) rom onto my replacement HD2 whether ;-

a. it will actually damage the phone ?

b. whether it invalidates the HTC warranty (as the 1 year warranty from virgin runs out this month - but the HTC warranty will run for another year - although i don't want to not use Co-pilot and mo-tweets for a year)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Algorithma:
Are there any Turkish T959 firmware?

Which package?(T959UVJFD,T959UVJI2,T959UVJI4,T959UVJI6,T959UVJK6,T959UVJL4,T959UVJL5,T959UVKA6,T959UVKA7,T959VUVKAB)

Thanks...
[Nook Color General] samuelhalff:
To be deleted. Sorry.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sgsfan:
Hi everyone

Im looking for some sort of system boot animation. Onstead of the flashing S i wanna see all the code it goes through as its booting up.

Similar to what you see when you boot to recovery mode.

Having said all this ive heard there is one so im assuming there is one BUT ive no idea how to install it so any help there would be much appreciated

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 00.ante:
You need to use root explorer (phone must be rooted first) and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media and on next boot animation should appear.

Sent via Steel Blue themed i9000 using XDA app
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sgsfan:
Is rooting safe ive heard lots of different views on it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] FuryriderX:
Yes.

/10char
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sgsfan:
Ive heard there is a possibility of bricking and does it void insurance and warranties?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] KMino:
Bricking, yes, if you don't know what your doing.

Insurance/warranty, no, but read your terms and conditions.

All fixed/covered up with Odin and flashing a stock kernel. Your broken hardware on return isn't going to a CSI lab for investigation. Only your mouth can get you into trouble, if you volunteer to tell them any info that breaks any terms and conditions. Your mouth can also help, say it was a failed Kies update :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sgsfan:
Ok this sounds do.able. If i root it then change the boot animation then unroot it will the boot animation stay.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ross_ctr:
Im pretty sure you have to flash a custom Kernel which supports custom boot animations, like Hardcores' SpeedMod.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] e_sanders88:
i havent found a reason not to root...as the options for customizing are endless! from boot animations to themed dialer and swype keyboards....custom ROMs and everything in between....

to answer you question about the boot animation..i think there is one out there...check out

Doc & Stefunel's RomKitchen

in the Development thread. there is a boot animation thats called BIOS...never used it but it seems like it fits what you're inquiring about....

good luck..

....please hit thanks if this was any help to you....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] webarts:
thanks for infos
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sgsfan:
Nice one folks im gonna have a think first though. The idea of bricking my £720 phone does not appeal to me haha
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] afterglow:
have a look here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863063
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ross_ctr:
How much?? Lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dharlem39:
Hi all!

I just got my S Galaxy S from the phone dealer who rooted my phone to the kernel 2.6.32.9 root SEI-28 #1.

I was trying to update the maps to the new v5.1.0 on the market now and it kept saying 'package was not signed correctly' since it couldn't install (but COULD download it). After some weak research I was under the impression i should use Root Manager to remove the Maps.apk file and com.google.android.apps.map.apk. Still i could not install the new maps. :(

(side note: i tried to backup with the root manager and apparently it did not work without me realising...bummer)

Later i find out i had the Brut Map v4.4 and tried installing that and it still does not work. Now i have no maps and cannot install either. A pretty unclean uninstall, i know, but can anyone help me resolve this problem??? Do i still need to remove some other files to uninstall it completely? i don't know much about using adb stuff though i'm happy to try anything at this point.

Thanks everyone!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Galaid:
http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-driver.html

15700 ms (2.1 stock ROM)

5100 ms (2.2.1 Ultimate v7.8 with laststufo kernel o'ced to 1.2GHz performance gov)

Quadrant is low, but who cares... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rytkonen:
7996.6ms.

Doc's 9.1.4 JS3 with Hardcore's speedmod k12u kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mucinch:
5061 ms.

Doc Rom XWJS5 v9.6.6, BUJP5 Modem, Stock JS5 browser, RFS all, SOK 1.2Ghz.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Galaid:
just for a reference, in my short period of playing with desire HD, I was able to reach 2800ms (1.5GHz o'c), on 2.3.2 though.

Anyone running CM7 on SGS? Please test.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sjoyce666:
I have had my HTC Desire Z for a couple of weeks now and I am receiving the following message when typing a text message "The application Messages (process com.android.mms) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

I have the standard ROM and have only done one OTA update and since then I think the problem has been happening. I did the update fairly soon after receiving the phone so I cannot be 100% certain this is the problem but I believe it could be

Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this and how I can fix the problem. I have imported my SMS messages from my old Nokia 5800 by bluetooth using the standard phone Setup wizard

When the message appears I get kicked out of the message I was typing and it is saved as a draft. The problem occurs if I use the on screen keypad or use the keyboard

The phone is not rooted or modified at all. I have a few applications I have downloaded but all of these came from the Market

Any help much appreciated
[G2 and Desire Z General] wideruled:
G2 user here and i have the same thing happening with one specific messaging thread. Every time the person would send me a text after the picture, i couldnt reply or view the messages until AFTER the message had scrolled past the top of my screen. If i scroll up to the picture, the messaging app crashes, so my only option is to delete the messaging thread (which i would rather not do).

It is probably a corrupt picture.

I am also open to suggestions on how to either delete that specific message without removing the entire thread.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ts-1:
i have had the same problem on my g2 after bit i discovered only happened to me consistently when i started writing an mms message (with photo) with keyboard closed and then opened the keyboard to type my text message once photo in message already - i get this crash when i send nearly everytime after the steps above (end up in draft without text i typed). not had this happen in ~1mo now as long as open keyboard first before starting the mms message. your mileage may vary ! :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] sjoyce666:
This problem happens to my phone when typing and trying to send a standard SMS message. I have sent a MMS message but only one to get the settings and functionality enabled.

It is possible that I could have a corrupt picture message as I imported my messages from my old phone but didnt import any attachements or images so it could be the message is linked to a MMS picture which is no longer on my phone.

Is there either a way to disable all previous messages coming up when typing a new message or replying to a message or can I somehow get into the message database to remove corrupt messages
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] redoano:
Hi everyone,

I have problem on watching videos on my HD :( I cannot watch videos at 480*800 resloution :( even i tried 640*40 etc. but nothing changed :( I have STONEhenge rom and use coreplayer to watch videos. Also i have 85~mb free ram. So what format, resolution and player should i use to watch videos??

Sorry for asking my question under themes forum :) Sorry administrators, can u move my thread to general discussion forum.
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
Hi all,

Could someone check to see if their Friends stream is working, mine stopped working a few days ago so I tried logging out of my Facebook account and back in again and I just keep getting an error saying that the service is unavailable.

The Android Facebok app works fine.
[Desire HD General] AndroHero:
my friendstream and htc peep/facebook are all working fine :confused:
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
Damn, I wonder what's wrong with mine then.

I did a search and found someone saying that by clearing the "cache" that worked for them, I know how to clear Internet cache etc. however is there any other cache on an Android phone that I'm not aware of.
[Desire HD General] AndroHero:
if you go to settings>>applications>>manage applications, you can clear individual application cache's there :)
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
DOH !! I knew about that setting but did not think to go there, thanks.

I've cleared all the cache for the Friends Stream app and it still refuses to sign in, hmmm.
[Desire HD General] slydex:
remove the widget & add it back,
[Blade General] Matilainen:
Hi! I really think that Blade, like every other phone, would need a truly real time list of all the roms available. Has anyone come across one? Or at least some type of list? Both XDA and Modaco have GREAT forums, but i think that for many people searching for a rom it's a bit slow and frustrating to browse through hundreds of posts. If there's no such thing, is anyone interested in making one?
[Blade General] harmohn:
Here's one: http://android.modaco.com/content/z...rrent-known-available-roms-for-the-zte-blade/

:)
[Touch HD General] terrorizernl:
hello

i removed contact.ink with total commander

anyone knows how to place it back

im using the energy rom :Energy BLACKSTONE Sencity Jan.17

i hope someone knows a solution

thx in advance

gr.

terrorizer
[GT540 Optimus General] jaydips:
hey frnd can any one plz help me....

i have ported GT540 2.3 SwiftDroid CM7 Project Mur4ik and clean 2.3.1 in my lg gt540.

how can i back in normal 2.1?

plz help me...

bcoz i want to sell my phone early....

thanks.....
[GT540 Optimus General] joostvhoek:
Downgrade from 2.2.1 (2.3) to 2.1

1. We go in and write FastBoot:

- Fastboot.exe-w (This command does XP)

- Fastboot.exe erase system (cleaning section System)

- Fastboot.exe erase boot (clean partition boot)

- Fastboot.exe-w (To be sure)

2. Flash a rom with kdz updater

got it from 4pda, it should work.
[GT540 Optimus General] pepi74:
It will not work: many have problems after first time use fastboot roms. It looks like that only small percent of owners can flash GT540 with stock ROM and in that case phone work. Many can flash but phone stuck at boot logo. If you use fastboot 2.1 it will work normally
[GT540 Optimus General] dunhillmentol:
^^

so i cant downgrade my phone with ROM that have no fastboot?
[GT540 Optimus General] pepi74:
Try, you cannot loose anything. Maybee you will be in that few pwercent of users that downgrade works.
[GT540 Optimus General] JackG256:
Just use a fastboot rom, I sold my silver GT540 with a fastboot rom on it then got a White one, to be honest, Most phones from other manufacturers have fastboot enabled anyway, so I don't see it as a problem

Jack
[GT540 Optimus General] Haque92:
Well i'd recommend using your backup you made using clockwork recovery :D

I hope you made one :p
[GT540 Optimus General] jaydips:
ohh u m not take backup of orignal 2.1.. :(

have any one backup

plz give me link of bakup 2.1
[GT540 Optimus General] Dr.Alani:
It does not cause a problem to downgrade to 2.1 without fastboot, I have done that several times. All you have to focus on is the following:

after doing "fastboot -w" turn the phone off. And DO NOT TURN IT ON AGAIN. Remove the battery, sim and SD. Hold the camera + power and then plug the phone to usb it will run into download mode. Run the KDZ updater with CS Emergency mode and flash whatever 20A rom you can have. Before the update ends, it will reboot and ask you to insert the battery. Do not unplug the phone until the KDZ updater gives you the ======= finished ====== message.

I hope this helps.
[GT540 Optimus General] Andrenas:
first, try restore with clockworkmod the backup of the 2.1 rom and after flash the original rom with kdz
[GT540 Optimus General] somoant:
guide here
[GT540 Optimus General] andynolan1:
i have followed all the steps but when i connect phone to the computer and try to run the kdz updater i get phone not found and ideas whats wrong
[GT540 Optimus General] Tamate:
The king

You are the man, thank you sooooooo much, two weeks on getting the downgrade working and this works a treat.

After downgrade I was able to get into the unlock menu and was able to enter the unlock code, I am so happy for your post.

Ernie
[GT540 Optimus General] Tamate:
to andynolan1

yeah just turn your phone off and plug in your usb, hold camera and power for a bit and it should connect. It may still be black screen but do not worry, then run kdz. I can tell when it connects by have my computer open on windows 7 and you will see it flash up on the left hand side. Other times I hold power and home key? The trouble I had was just horrible but just be patient.

Ernie
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roxylove:
Hello,

I am new to posting at XDA (have followed for months), and have a question regarding the Magnolia Rom. Since this Rom's following is relatively small, posts regarding it are few and far between. I am more interested in people's experience with it. I apologize, I cannot post in the development thread for this rom due to low total posts.

First, let me say this rom is AWESOME! Very smooth, professional, and elegant.

I am coming from Virtuous 3.2 and got excellent battery life (30-35 up time, 6-7 hours awake with Virtuous Custom kernel and SetCPU). Has anyone found a kernel to create this type of battery life?

I've tried Ziggy's HAVS CFS, but I had to reboots in a relatively short time. I am currently using Lou #9, however I am starting to doubt whether the battery life is even achievable on this Rom...

Also, I've read Mag 1.2 is around the corner - any word on its release?

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
Ummm

I too anticipate jumping ship from Virtuous v3.2 as soon as Magnolia v1.2 is released.

However, I suspect a better place to ask this question might be the dev thread for Magnolia. People rarely use a custom ROM without also lurking that ROM's dev thread; so it is unlikely you would capture any more people here than there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882878