yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blizzard1017:
Plus, I am sure you have ready many a debate about "this modem sucks and this one is better" and vise versa. depending on your area and specific situation one modem might be better suited for you.

Example: Bionix is still releasing with ka5 as it's a happy medium of everything. I have Bionix and have since upgraded to kb1 and am getting better connectivity. I don't get AS good battery life but I charge my phone nightly anyways and have a spare on busy days. So I didn't mind sacrificing battery for better connectivity.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krooked22:
ok, so i get home to flash new serendipty. I did a wipe and flashed the rom but forgot to back up the esf folder even though the program drilled in my head I needed to. Ok so now I assume its gone, heres my question.

does it matter, and how will me not having this file backed up affect me?

Thanks everybody
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krooked22:
I also master cleared.....I just would like to know If Im ever even going to need the code again, im not returning the phone to att ever, I dont think so. It seems to be working fine with my t-mobile sim card as well as the att one.

If for some reason I get another sim card, from another carrier im worried I would be prompted for unlock code, which I wouldnt be able to retrieve because I deleted the file...but then wouldnt I just be able to unlock without the code again like I did the first time?

I had used galaxy s unlock and I never got the code, it just followed the steps and rebooted the phone and voila.

thnanks for your time everyone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Use sgs.tools app, secret codes, check your ime and product code. I have never backed up my efs. You should be fine
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krooked22:
really appreciate it, thank you
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krooked22:
now what is the difference in my unlock rather than a straight up enter the code unlock. As I said I used galaxy s unlocker so I never had to enter a code, but wanted to do it that way, but instead bypassed it completely.

Im just curious as to how exactly does this work? and whether its a "real" unlock or rather just tricking the phone.

I entered the keys to check gsm lock and it is off, however im just wondering
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krooked22:
anything else I should know about the esf folder?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathscyte:
Hi some app on my internal storage is preventing me from booting I flashed the rom and kernel multiple times i also use the wipe options in the recovery the files are still there i can see them when the device boots with adb logcat, Is there any way to format or delete the apps from that folder.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] countnoobula:
Is there a port of it yet? If not, how hard would it be to create one? and what language would it use? Tutorials please? P & T

Don't bother with the Android is better lecture... I have a reason for doing this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Its not Possible.... yet... if you want a windows phone...... buy a windows phone

there is a windows 7 phone theme over in Themes and Apps section.... very good and very nice.... but the phone will still be android... whether you find a windows port or not.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsessionXYZ:
countnoobula

honestly, why? there is some pretty good windows mobiles out there.. they are created for that purpose,

i remember when i had an iphone and wanted to test android on the iphone.. well it work but not as good as on an android devise..

sorry mate, but i would leave this thought alone..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fragnbastich:
I am super new to this. I have 2 att tilts I followed a guide on this site and flashed them both to windows 6.5. both seemed to be working fine. My wifes had no sound though. So I searched and realized hers had an older radio than mine. I followed another guide here to update her radio. (I picked the same one as mine 1.65.21.18) I tried the sim card first and nothing happened so I tried it via sync. It got to 99% and errored. I followed the on screen commands and the second time I got 0% and errored. Now the phone is stuck in the multi color boot screen and nothing I do fixes it. I have tried searching and cant fix it. I dont know what mtty is. Please help!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Hakim Rahman:
to fixing bricked kaisers with MTTY commands looks at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=371154&page=5
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fragnbastich:
Thanks. I'll check this out.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fragnbastich:
Once again it says run mtty. What is mtty? is it a program? if so can I get a link? i googled mtty and there is a download but im afraid it might be a virus so if anybody here has a safe link id appreciate it...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Hakim Rahman:
MTTY is a program command ....here use it
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fragnbastich:
Thanks for the program, when I open it and go to usb and type command boot i get

Cmd>boot

Command error !!!

I also have ruunbh in top corner I followed the link on the tutorial to download an original kaiser rom but there were none....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fragnbastich:
ok I typed

set 16 0

then

task 8

My phone rebooted to windows 6.5 but still has wrong radio. I am afraid to try and change radio. is there a link to a step by step procedure that works. did i pick the wrong radio?

TPC_Kaiser_Titanium_Ultimate_28002 is rom

Kaiser_Radio_only_1.65.21.18 is the radio that i tried to do last time...

r-1.27.14.09 is radio it has now...

http://blog.contriving.net/2009/06/18/upgrading-your-att-tilt-to-windows-mobile-6-5-tutorial/

is the tutorial i followed to flash rom. I am not sure if i installed Hard SPL i followed that tutorial. I did jumpspl 1.56...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Mr. Clown:
If you are not sure how to use MTTY, please don't use it. This is a powerful tool and if its not used correctly you can definitely bricked your device. Try to read first of what you do.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fragnbastich:
I have spent hours reading and searching posts the last couple of days. If you have a helpful answer for me feel free to post it! I followed the tuorials exactly. Not to mention I already DID USE MTTY and it worked! Now I need to change the radio... All I need to know is if I need to run hard spl first or jump spl? The tutorial I followed just had me run jump....

PS. I don't need to become an expert I am only updating to sell these phones on ebay. You get more for them with windows 6.5. Once I get them working I am selling them and will never use these tools again. I switched from ATT to Virginusa and an android phone...
[Windows Phone 7 General] sayonical:
I thought we could compile a list of apps that integrate themselves in various hubs so they're not needed to be pinned to the homescreen. I really love the idea of the hubs, they're much better than than boring old folders!

MUSIC + VIDEO (ZUNE) HUB

PODCASTS! - A great app to stream podcasts without having to sync them via the desktop Zune

Radio Plays - A companion app to the built in FM tuner that shows you lists of Radio stations in your area and the last songs played on the station as well as most popular songs charting.

Last.fm - Radio streaming app that remains free for us WP7 users! :)

Slacker Radio - Radio streaming app that actually support landscape view (neat with the HD7 kickstand)

Lyrics - shows the lyrics of the song currently playing

Bitbop - app like HULU is currently offereing 3 months free trial to watch tv shows

Daily Motion - Youtube nearest competitior. The app is what Youtube should have been on wp7

Youtube - this is Microsft sucky plugin

SongTweeter - Probably my most used. Twet the song you're listening to!

PICTURES HUB

Share menu

Pic - o - Twit - tap a picture, select share and then upload to pic o twit.

Extras menu

Photo Enhancer (HTC phones only) simple photo effects app

Phone Collage - Make a collage against various backgrounds of your pictures

TwitPic - share photos via twitter

Pictures Lab - nicely full featured photo manipulation app that also have sharing features built in

Flickr Manager - Serioulsy why isn't the official Flickr app here? Plus this app remains faster and smoother though less "pretty". You can also directly save photos to the phone unlike the official app.

GAMES HUB

All Games automatically go here :)

I'm sure I might have missed some since the market place now has 8000 apps! Feel free to share some of the unique integrations you've come across
[Fascinate Android Development] adrynalyne:
Its not terribly common, but there have been some cases where upon installing froyo and updating the camera, the firmware flash has messed up and broken the camera. Make no mistake, this is not a software issue. Its a camera firmware issue and the only way to fix it is to reflash the firmware.

Now, the camera software offers once. After that, if it fails, it isn't going to prompt again.

To get around this:

1. Download Launcher Pro from the market. Any cut and ADW will likely work too.

2. make a new shortcut, to an activity.

3. Scroll to Camera Firmware, and choose the second option (user)

4. Click ok. There is now a shortcut on your homescreen. Choose the third option, Phone to CAM FW Write. Put your phone down and do not touch it until it is done.

Hope this helps.
[Fascinate Android Development] Syn Ack:
Oh my godddd, doing this now. When I flashed Deodexed Stock EB01, my camera got alllll f*cked up.

**EDIT** - I did this and replaced Camera.apk with THIS and now I have everything working.
[Fascinate Android Development] GizmoDroid:
Just going to throw out there that ADW has the shortcut capability too.
[Fascinate Android Development] Vladimirus:
This happened to a friend of mine! Verizon updated the phone automatically and she never saw any prompts. The phone just updated. And the camera failed afterwards, going into "please wait" loop. I know nothing about Android. I'm trying to find a solution for her that does not involve flashing anything, including going backwards where her rom is concerned. Verizon's two solutions leave much to be desired from what she tells me Verizon explained to her. So, she's decided no camera is the only suitable option in hopes another workable alternative arises. Okay... that all said:

What is this "ADW" thing you refer to? How to get it? She does have Launcher Pro. Please excuse my ignorance. Like I said, I have no idea what Android entails. I'm still a Windows baby (winmobile 6.5). Would you be so kind as to provied for me very detailed instructions and maybe some images so I can help her get her camera working again without having to mod her rom or do anything that could actually cause additional problems? Thank you.
[Fascinate Android Development] FDro:
Go to market and download "launcher pro"

Install launcher pro

Press the home button to change launchers...choose launcher pro

Long press on middle of screen..

2. Choose shortcut

--- Select "Activity".

3. Scroll to Camera Firmware, and choose the second option (user)

4. Click ok. There is now a shortcut on your homescreen, press on the shortcut, select the third option, Phone to CAM FW Write. Put your phone down and do not touch it until it is done.
[Fascinate Android Development] sageDieu:
ADW is just another launcher, similar to launcherpro. If you have LP you don't need ADW.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Fascinate Android Development] NuclearEMP:
*#7412365# is what I used

I have been flashing different firmwares to the camera all day and using this to fix the issue

been trying to get autofocus while video recording to work on our fascinates
[Fascinate Android Development] Ronbo85:
My phone has 2.2.1 on it. I get camera fail when I run the camera app. I tried this post to update the fw many times and I get "fw update fail try again" at 8% everytime. I also tried swapping the camera assy from a known working camera from another phone, same results. Any ideas? Phone is mint never wet.
[Fascinate Android Development] Ronbo85:
I guess this camera is done on this phone
[Streak 5 General] borijess:
If anyone is interested just noticed Playon media server is working on android now. You will need to stream go to http://m.playon.tv/ in order to stream from your PC.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3Z:
I'm on a HTC Desire, rooted with unrevoked and I have flashed the Oxygen ROM. I want to install custom framework, but every time I try to open Metamorph, I get the ''some files could not be extracted and set up. please make sure you have enough space in /system''. I have tried

''adb remount

adb shell

ln -s /system/xbin/busybox /system/xbin/cp'', but still without luck. Could someone please tell me what to do? I'm not very skilled at this, so please explain carefully. Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmkrmr:
Isnt it because of the fact you need BusyBox from the market in order to get Metamorph to work, but BusyBox is not working for Desire yet.

it says so in the description of BusyBox in the market.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qweasdfzxc:
If you want busybox download titanium backup and open it, you will see how obtain busybox working on desire ;) It worked for me
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3Z:
Thanks, but am I supposed to do something after I've installed busybox with titanium? Or just open MM? cus that didn't work. And also, why can't I delete the 'busybox' file from /xbin? Sorry for being such a noob, but you're my hero if you can help me with this!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
I have no idea how metamorp works or what you are trying to do, but if you want to write to the system partition while booted you need to be S-off.

If you want to delete busybox and you're not S-off, you need to do it with adb while in recovery.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3Z:
alright, thanks. which adb command? tried adb uninstall, but that didn't work, unless i did something wrong
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
adb shell

rm /system/xbin/"whatever you are trying to remove from there"

To see what is in there:

ls /system/xbin

But i don't think uninstalling busybox will fix your problem since you got a error regarding /system and you won't be able to write to there unless you're S-off.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3Z:
Ok, thanks a lot anyway!
[EVO 4G General] Success100:
so, back in the good ol days of windows mobile, someone created an app where you could actually view your picture mail albums right from your phone. This included any pics that are sent and recieved, without having to save them locally on your storage card. Im a person who gets a lot of pics, and would love an app to just pull from the picture mail website. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

Im going to post this in the Apps section also
[EVO 4G General] Success100:
bump..anyone?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Jwtiyar:
hi All

after installing ROMupdateutility.exe to my HD2 ,while restarting to get the black screen that have 11 choice but i didnt get this black screen and its stopped in HTC logo white screen,

whats wrong with this and what i have to do?

thanks alot.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Sakem:
I think multiposting is not very smart dude :/ Not on xda ^^

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=951628
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Jwtiyar:
sorry because i forget to post it in Q&A forum.

thanks.
[Galaxy 3 General] aeonstorm:
hey,

i realised the froyo camera is kinda good now, but it still has no auto focus. any idea if anyone can mod this or fix this in any way?

thanks
[Galaxy 3 General] aeonstorm:
oh btw i tried to use the sgs tools hacked camera app but it wouldnt work. i know its for galaxy S but i thought i would just try it.

everything else works including zoom.. using power button to take a photo but it stalls when i try to take photos. any idea if i can overcome this ?
[Galaxy 3 General] disconsolate:
Did you flash the new radio? Also, are you turning the Focus mode to Infinity or on Auto? And, download Barcode Scanner and try to scan something, to assure that your hardware is not faulty, this APP autofocus's pretty efficiently. And then you will know if you have a software bug or a hardware fault. If it's software, backup your files, and try to reflash firmware :P
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelavie:
After trying several methods (tiwlan.ini, wpa_supplicant.conf, wpa_supplicant patch) to get my Motorola Milestone to connect to my Laptop's Adhoc wifi network with no success, i finally come up with a solution. Now I am sharing it here hoping it will help those with the same problem.

The idea is to use Barnacle (on Market) to first setup a connection with the laptop, then re-config it to make the sharing work in the reverse direction.

Steps are as followed:

1. Start Barnacle (you may check "Local Mode" in Settings to go ahead without a data connection in phone), then connect your laptop to the wireless network it creates (named milestones or so). After this step, your phone's IP will be something like :192.168.5.1, and your Laptop's IP will be something like: 192.168.5.100

2. Start sharing your data connection from Laptop, in doing that, your Laptop's IP will be forcibly set to 192.168.0.1 (yours may be different, just note that this IP will be used as default gateway we use in the next step)

3. Now the configuration part:

//Start adb shell by entering at Cmd prompt

adb shell

$

su

#

//mannualy set IP for your phone, can be anything in form of 192.168.0.xxx

# ifconfig tiwlan0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

//manually set the default gateway of the phone to the Laptop's IP at this time

# route add default gw 192.168.0.1 dev tiwlan0

After these steps, the phone can access the internet via the Laptop's connection. We will complete the remaining by manually specifying a DNS for the phone

# setprop net.dns1 #.#.#.# (here you should replace the #.#.#.# to a known IP address of your ISP's DNS, in worst case you may use Google's DNS)

//Now test with ping to see if we receive any response:

# ping -c 4 192.168.0.1	=> the Laptop should answer

# ping -c 4 191.168.0.2	=> phone are pinging itself, the phone should answer

# ping -c 4 209.85.175.106	=> some server in the Internet should answer

# ping -c 4 www dot google dot com => Google should answer :)

If the tests above are all OK, you are done, enjoy the internet from your phone !

have tried :

+ Mail OK

+ Browser OK

+ Internet radio OK

+ Market nearly OK (in here the app browsing is OK, but download seem stuck)

Please confirm your result,

Codelavie
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] khoaspkt:
not working. i follow your guide exactly, but it didn't work. how can you do that? where am i wrong?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] albarc:
Didn't work for me either. After quite a hard experience I've managed to compile a wpa_supplicant with adhoc support for Milestone 2.1-update1 after applying szym's patch, and so far it works fine. The only thing you need to do is substituting the original system/bin/wpa_supplicant for the patched one, and restart wifi. I cant post the link yet because I'm new in the forums, but I'll post it as soon as i can.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiusPatronus:
Hi guys!

It's very difficult not to cup the bottom left side of the phone which ultimately blocks the antenna on my phone and decreases its signal. I was wondering if there is a work around for this problem? Will buying a thick cover case for the phone (like a Trident Cyclops for the Samsung Vibrant) resolve this?

Let me know if anyone is experiencing this and how you guys get around it.

Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
we have a death grip?

everyphone has a death grip.

Stop using your phone as a cup and hold it the way its meant to be.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiusPatronus:
Not even cupping, just merely having my hand in the bottom left side of the phone

like this decreases my signal 1-2 bars.

I found that putting a couple of layers of cloth in between my hand and the phone decreases the effect. Hopefully the armor will do the trick.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
i just tried it, and i HAD to cup it for it to work just normally holding it or while making a call my hand doesn't cup the whole thing and nothing happened...

maybe you have a faulty one?

try to get a replacement? i'm not sure
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiusPatronus:
I don't know, maybe i'm a little bit far from my tower which is the reason why the antenna is a little bit finnicky? I'm not sure. Oh well, if problems persists then I'll just have to hold it differently from now on hehe
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
DUDE........... I'm left handed and this phone works just fine there is no death grip. It is the First thing I Always check on a phone or other devices being in this right handed world.

It is probably your phone ONLY........ I have 2 Vibrants both work flawlessly
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guruchimi:
No one is experiencing this. The way you get around it is to stop referring your iPhone as the Samsung Vibrant :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
I have this issue too, but it doesn't drop calls it just drops my 3G signal which sucks. So if i want to use 3g i have to use it in landscape and don't touch the bottom left.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiusPatronus:
Thanks! Good to know i'm not the only one with this problem.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwleonhart:
I had this problem on the stock 2.1 from samsung. Once i switched to the bionix v 1.2.1 everything is great. I used to have that same complaint
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anandneemish:
I think I have this too. Just posted a message that my phone won't stay on HSPDA or 3G as soon as I pick it up.

There are 2 other Vibrants in our household. The other two do not have this problem. They stay on 3G just fine.

Do you think this is a warranty covered defect? It's bothering the heck out of me.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PiusPatronus:
Just an update on this.

I figured I should test this out on the Rogers network as well here in Canada. I tried cupping the lower left side of the phone but amazingly, no drops in signal at all.

So, in conclusion, the signal drops only happen when under the WIND Mobile or Mobilicity (AWS) networks...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geralddarden:
same here

I have an unlocked vibrant on att, and suffer from the death grip as well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
Has to be a bad antenna wire Never had a problem with the phone and I am left handed,
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
this death grip only happens when i'm inside my house. Very weird.