yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy General] morr22066:
For me Z4Root did not work, but SuperOneClick 2.1 did work

The SuperOneClick 2.1 method worked well.

I first tried the "noob guide" to root the defy with Z4Root. But no matter what I did it just would not work, I even went so far as to restore my Defy to factory settings and never could get it to work. I also found the SuperOneClick 2.1 here.

This was much easier than I expected and I have not had any problems with my Defy so far.

There are a lot of things you can do if you are rooted, like:

delete some system apps that you otherwise could not delete, you can also download a program to let you change the boot screen annimation (no more T-Mobile or Blur startup), you can overclock to increase the CPU speed, have more control over your phone and be able to customize it beyond what you otherwise would, access to many more apps that require root access, and much more. You could also install a different OS / ROM if you want to take that chance but it is not as easy as getting root access.

After it was rooted, I downloaded the System Recovery App found here at XDA and it also an smoothly without any problems and I backed up a copy to my SD Card.

Then I downloaded SetVsel from the Market for the Defy to overclock it, it comes with 3 preset Vsel settings for 300, 600 and 800. I kept the first two at 33 / 300 and 48 / 600 then increased the 3rd preset to a 52 / 1000 and the CPU now hits 1000MHz. There is a noticeable boost plus battery life is at least as good as it was before. I also ran the stability test just to see if there were any issues and it went well. A lot of people are clocking the CPU beyond 1000MHz and are going to 1100, 1200 and I have seen a couple say they have tried 1300 but I'm happy with 1000MHz.

I also downloaded Uninstaller for Root from the market and began deleting the preinstalled bloatware from T-Mobile one at a time and so far I'm not having any problems. I'm only deleting things that anoy me or take up a lot of CPU / RAM that I never use.

And then Titanium Backup just to be safe. The funny thing is that "after" all of this, now Z4Root says I'm rooted.

On the Quadrant Standard benchmark test I am averaging between 1000 and 1209 depending on what is running. And on the speed test I average around 9350 kbps download and 1110 kbps upload speeds, of course it depends on the time of day.

Overall, I have noticed much better performance and it appears to be stable. Thanks for the tutorial, between this and the YouTube walk through for SuperOneClick 2.1 it all went smoothly.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kingakoopa:
Hello again experts,

First of all , I love Android ! Period.

Currently , I'm running a Cyanogen 7 Gingerbread 2.3 off my SD Card.

I like it , its pretty stable( if you have any other ROMS that have everything working and much more stable compared to Cyanogen's please let me know...but so far its been OK...except a orange light on top and sometimes its slow(2-3 seconds) to show me the unlock screen when i press the red key at bottom while the phone is sleeping )

So now i want to get rid of WinMo6.5 and install Android on my NAND / Flash my NAND with Android.

But since Im a noob , I might screw it up and brick my phone.

Is there a way i could backup some stuff and restore in case I brick my phone and start using WinMO?

Can we reverse the mess and go back to WinMo6.5 safely without any issues?

Please help...any steps and procedures would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

King !
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SpiderVenom:
What type of phone are you using? If you're using the hd2 (I'm assuming because that's the most popular dual booting phone, if not then let me know which one it is) check out this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893948
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abo999:
Thought I'd start a thread rather than jam up the beta4 thread with this...

I've flashed to beta4, dualtouch and baseband .54. The phone works completely as expected with the following exception: I cannot use the SD card.

I know the SD card is present and readable as if I boot to xRecovery it sees the card fine.

When I boot the status bar reports 'Preparing SD card' followed by 'SD card safe to remove'.

If I go into Settings->SD card & phone storage settings it reports 'Total space' and 'Available space' Unavailable. Tapping the Mount SD card reports 'Preparing SD card' in the status bar, followed by 'SD card safe to remove' again.

Apologies if this has been covered before, I started through the beta4 thread but with 482 pages of posts it wasn't easy...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abo999:
Responding to my own post, I tried a 2GB non-HC card in , formatted to FAT which worked fine.

So, I backed up my 8GB HC card, formatted it to FAT32 then copied my files back and everything is working now.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddi666:
You must format card in your device, no by a PC. Format FAT32 in windows I do not know why but it's not the same in the android. You will see later how a lot of files will disappear from card(like jpg, png and others). I had this problem before and after fast format in X10 and now everything is ok.

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I testing beta 4, the only miuns is that the titanium backup does not work. After using the system is crashing. I read about busybox and xrecovery problems and I know the TB use busybox. Any suggestions?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kloud_:
Try re- installing TB

Regards

kLouD

** Please hit "Thanks" if someone helps you out. **
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abo999:
Couldn't format the card on the device, as it wasnt detecting (? or acknowledging anyway) the card at all.

Sticking it in my laptop and formatting it there worked fine.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackCorsar:
Hello I have a problem, my SD card has two partitions Fat32, Ext2, app2sd and FreeX10 does not understand it. Wrote your SD is not supported file system, please format it.

Sorry for my bad English translated by Google Translate
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abo999:
Try doing what I did, pop it into a PC, copy the contents to a temporary folder, format the card to fat32, no partitions then copy your files back again. Worked for me, give it a shot you've nothing to lose :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lion3494:
So what file do you need to format the sd card on the computer,? Do I just mount the sd card or what once im about to format it with?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abo999:
Pop the card into a reader or adapter and slot it into your PC. What OS are you using? On Windows just open explorer, right click the card and choose format and then make sure fat32 is selected. Ubuntu or similar, sorry its been a while but I'm sure there is a format tool in the system tools? Mac? 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lion3494:
O lol. Thanks. Sorry I'm new to this
[Vibrant Accessories] zbt1985:
anyone out there try the LiveView with the vibrant yet, and if so, how do you like it? I'm thinking about getting one, looks like a cool little toy, but i've herd some negatives about connetion issues (yes i know they just recent released a fireware update to help that) but still unsure if it's worth it.

Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Accessories] zbt1985:
well i just got it, and it's pretty bomb in case any of u 203 visitors wanted to know lol
[Vibrant Accessories] sgtmedeiros:
What is it?
[Vibrant Accessories] thegreatcity:
Its a bluetooth connected display that you wear on your wrist. It will give you a lot of information at a glance. I guess it would be great for someone who hates pulling their phone out all the time, or someone who uses a belt clip or armband case.
[Vibrant Accessories] down8:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/liveview

Neat concept, but the review I saw showed major problems. I'd like to see another in-depth review, post-update.

-bZj
[Vibrant Accessories] bdroc:
that looks incredibly useful...i want one
[Vibrant Accessories] zbt1985:
they put out an update for the software that makes it pretty usefull. there is also a hack with tasker to help it connect when it disconnects.

it does disconnect sometimes, but for the most part it works really well. If you are on xda and hack your phone then you know the software isn't always perfect and if you have delt with roms that arn't quit ready for daily driver you know the feeling and it isn't that bad.

I'm loving this so far, and want more people to get it so that more people would devolop plugins for it.

it is coming to the US soon, or u can get it on ebay for about 70 bucks! get it now before they get to the us and become hot and the price on ebay skyrockets!
[Vibrant Accessories] zbt1985:
I'm at work right now so will post an in-depth review if i can tonight...gotta go see the gf and play star craft before i go, and try and go shopping...lol but I will try
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
I thought of making one theme for valentine day and I'd been searching and playing with colors and stuff so I came this far but now am so terribly bored both with android and framework-res.apk than I'm abandoning my idea however its not bad too if anyone wants to try it.

PS : The status bar is transparent but god knows why it becomes black in LP lol

Stale Tomatoes&Eggs Most WELCOMED :p :D

EDIT : its for v2.1.blah.blah
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Buddha:
It's pretty girly, don't you think? :p
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
yeah I know lol

but valentine day was meant for girlfriends wasnt it?? lol
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Buddha:
I hope my GF will install it lol :p
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] BehradGH:
can u just make a red one? not with hearts and blah blah !!
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
like? what red do you want? only the icons and stuff?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] BehradGH:
I want a theme like the original one but with red colour ! Black status bar and transparent.

Other things red such as main wallpaper and stuff . Its gonna really beautiful !
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
thats a lot of work man..

give me the swatches man... what color do you need... am bored and you are just lucky cuz am dropping off this framework thing neways so it might be my last [ass]ignment lmao
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] BehradGH:
well . i made a wallpaper for main theme ( show in settings and etc.) (320x480 i've created)

and black transparent status bar.

and i attachad one of your screenshots that is red.

i think this is good but a red that is match with my wallpaper.

normal battery percentage.

and normal animations and transitions.

if u do this for me , i will be glad man.

thank u :X :*

(also sorry for my bad english :)) )
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] BehradGH:
another thing i have forgot !! i want this on 2.1.1 Version ;) tanx again my friend
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
how long are you willing to wait? cuz if you need a complete red thing than there are 250pngs to colorize and to be frank I dont want to waste my valentines day editing framework lol

so tell me or should I tell you how to do it?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] BehradGH:
If u give me instructions how to edit framework-res , that would be nice too !
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
get stockframework (least errors)

get apkmanager (availbale in this forum)

decompile the apk

use your photoediter to change colors

compile the apk again

copy the pngs from the compiled apk and replace it in the framewrok you want.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] k3ksik:
How you change text color of time?:>
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Zocker Tko:
thanks for this girl theme:D

works fine with newest firmware and transparent statusbar with panda home 2:)

ok it is for my wife:rolleyes:

edit: found little bugs hope for fix

see attachements

for market didnt see if apps ready for update or just installed

or in statusbar didnt see the connection for example in browser or market, ok it is because transparent statusbar.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
yeah its cuz of transparent status bar hehehehe
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Zocker Tko:
hi,ok my wife like your theme very well;)

so i will ask, can you please change the white font colour because see no details in market. Look at the picture i have posted above.

sry for bad english, hope you understand me right

Thanks
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
too change color would be too much tedious... but one thing I can suggest you is change of statusBar back to black lol
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Zocker Tko:
ok thanks

so i fixed it for me, i gone the easy way, changed all your png´s with an other theme, so i have the fonts colour back to default, and black status bar.:)

thanks again for your theme ;)
[Captivate General] bnevets27:
I'm looking for info on how to get into modifying ROM's. I can do the basic stuff like replacing system apps, kernel, modem so far.

Looked at this thread but it wasn't that informative and apparent not entirely correct ether. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=885048

Things I'm looking for/to-do:

-List of apk's that are absolute necessary to have all ASOP functions work. OR a list of everything that can be removed and have all ASOP functions work.

-Change the time on MMS from received to sent.

-Change system settings defaults

-Faster pull down/up notification bar animation

Things I would like to do but not sure are possible (where should I look to try):

-Change functionality of button/button long press. ie. use google's gesture search when long pressing menu instead of default search.

-When using the "back" button to exit an app auto kill it. Do not kill/act normal if exiting app using "home" button.

-Remove app icons from notification bar that are running in foreground. ie. tasker

-Block apps from running on startup/in background. Yes I'm aware of autorun manager

-Disable lockscreen toggle, possibly add to lock screen chooser? yes I know there is the app no lock.

-If a text message fails to send keep retrying till it does send. (This really bothers me, my old "dumb" sony ericsson did exactly that)

I would like to minimize the use of apps that change functionality as much as possible and would like to make the modifications directly to the ROM.

Question, when using an apk that is modified like the themed black market apk, I assume it does not get updates through the market?

Is it possible to put widgets on the lock screen without the use of widget locker?

I'm guessing there are threads for these, if someone could point me to them I would appreciate it, if not I'll probably find them eventually

Accurate battery mod

Extended power menu options

Lock Screen Chooser

I plan on starting on already made roms from xda to start with.

I would greatly appreciate any info or direction.

Thanks
[Captivate General] axis01:
Did you happen to look at the sticky on "how to create ROMS" located at the top of this forum?
[Captivate General] bnevets27:
I did, and I did forget about it. It does help a bit, now I can decompile apk's.

Could someone point me to the file in the mms.apk that would contain the value to change the received to sent?

In general there is tons of files in the rom's and apk's, how does one go about locating the files that contain the info that one would like to change?
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
That's the fun part.

I use the blind squirrel method myself. ;)

Sent from my Captivate.
[Captivate General] bnevets27:
lol, at 1,250 files for one apk..... how many blind squirrels does it take? :p

So far I've found something different between a "stock" mms.apk and a mms.apk that displays the sent time.

Stock mms.apk:
<string name="sent_on">%s</string>
Sent mms.apk:
<string name="sent_on">Sent: %s</string>

Though assume this just means one has the "sent" prefix and one doesn't...
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
i will agree with this....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albalaji:
Dear developers

i feel my HTC desire HD not will and i install many applications and do alot of work with it

IS there any Way To Reinstall Original Rom(SW) as it is from Factory ? and How?

BTW i bough it from UK ...

thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
Just download official wwe ruu 1.32 and run it.

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Someone Swyped my idea.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albalaji:
from where PLs?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Original ROMs thread in DHD android dev subforum.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbanLupu:
Would you like to post a link ?
[Nexus S General] bigmizz79:
Imac will not read my nexus s..need help..thx in advance..!!!!
[Nexus S General] cavanman:
Works fine on mine. Try one of the usb ports on the keyboard. Also when you plug the phone in USB does the android USB storage screen come up?

You need to press the enable USB button on that screen before Mac will recognize it.
[Nexus S General] csmall:
Same here. Works fine. Maybe you are not enabling the USB storage mode?
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Don't have an iMac but I do have two MacBooks (or I did before I sold my old MacBook two days ago) and both of them picked up my Nexus S fine. Oddly, though the new MacBook never could find the phone for ADB.
[Nexus S General] bigmizz79:
I don't have A usb port on the keypad...but when I connect it to the monitor I get the little android in my phone...I enable USB storage and he turns orange..!!!
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
And nothing happens on the computer? It should pop up a drive called NO NAME
[Nexus S General] patrixl:
Note that since Snow Leopard, the default setting in Finder is to not show disks on the desktop. You have to go in the Finder and look at the list of connected disks on the top left-hand column, you'll surely see it there.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
O.o are you sure? I'm running snow leopard and have no memory of changing that on either laptop. They both came stock with snow leopard.

Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!
[Nexus S General] Teknojunkee:
I have a macbook with snow leopard. When I mount a drive it does not show on my desktop. I have to open finder to see it under devices. I don't know if it an option setting or not. In comparison my old Mac (before OSX) would show all drives mounted on the top under the Mac Hd Drive. Make sure you are setting your phone to connect also.

I have never had any problems on either PC or Mac.
[Nexus S General] patrixl:
Of course it's an option, and has been an option for as long as I have used OS X (since Tiger at the very least). Apple just changed the default in Snow Leopard.

kenvan19: if you don't see that as the default on both your Macs, could it be because you have migrated your users from previous Macs? The settings you had before would have been imported, and you would have never seen the new default...
[Nexus S General] bigmizz79:
Thx 4 ur help guys...it was the hard drive it was corrupted...they gave me a brand new 1...now beautiful...thxxxx..!!!!
[Nexus S General] tominater12:
Works fine for me.
[Nexus S General] Proteus27:
when it connected to the iMac did the phone still charge? I feel I may have this problem.
[Nexus S General] bigmizz79:
Yes it did still charge..!! The phone registered but the mac couldn't read it..
[Nexus S General] Proteus27:
Did you try another cable at all?

I'm really scared now, I'm in the same situation. I just bought a phone off eBay last week and I was told on the forum to try a new cable which I ordered and has yet to arrive.

The seller said it was "New-mint condition" mentioned nothing about a corrupt usb drive.

What can I do?? Is there anyway I can fix it myself? I really want to be able to transfer music to it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] are-red:
To all friends who using n1.. im have about 1 question.... could be all n1 will be die brcause power button issue????? I really love my n1.. so afraid my device will die because of that.... anyone have answer? Or its just defect device who counter that problem?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Know-Fear:
Best suggestion I can give you is to get root and use a ROM with trackball wake/unlock. This will reduce the use of the power button to almost nothing. You could also then use quick boot to allow reboot to recovery, bootloader or normal. All without touching the power button ever.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Some devices have faulty power button. Some don't.

I don't know how lucky you are with your device, and I don't know how gentle you are with the power button, so it's impossible to tell if your power button will fail or not.

In any case, as suggested above, using trackball wake can lower the chances of it failing.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] are-red:
U said some have some dont... that mean not all could possible became faulty.. usually how long the device became faulty? 4 month? 6 month? Or over 1 years? Currently im using widgetlocker to unlock via trackball...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Know-Fear:
I have had mine since about a week after release. My power button is still like new. I have never had to push it twice to do the same thing.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liam.lah:
Mine broke about a month ago, i bought ti a couple of weeks after release.

I used quick boot to reboot it, screen off and lock app to turn the screen off, trackball wake to turn it on. And if you need to turn the phone back on, you can plug it into power and pull the battery a few times.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Power button is fine after a year. But I avoid it as much as possible by using Quick boot, Lock, & Trackball wake.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] are-red:
That mean all possible became faulty!!. Right now im avoid it using power button.. i use widgetlocker and screen off and lock free on market.it help me to turn off screen without touch ur power button
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wdfowty:
It's kinda strange, I keep hearing of these issues with the power button...

I had to have dropped my N1 at least 5 times straight on the power button. Almost split the device in half one time doing it. Power button never failed on me, nor did any other hardware come to think of it. And I still sold it. lol.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Know-Fear:
It IS a possibility that your power button will go bad. It is a possibility it may not. No one can say for sure that, yes your power button will quit working. The less you physically push it, the longer it will last, obviously.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jep4444:
Mines been fine and I've been using it regularly since April, I think the issue affected more of the early Nexuses than the later made ones.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deekayy:
My power button is starting to lose it's functionality and I am sad about it. It's still usable but my alternatives is using quickboot, trackball wake, and lock screen app. I barely use my power button now.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Know-Fear:
Mine is an earlier model. Bought the 2nd week available, but no problems as of yet.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] are-red:
Maybe..not all device could be became faulty because of power button... take good care ur n1 dude...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sportsinger75:
Hi Everyone,

I am looking to find out where I can root my new Optimus V and start putting some custom roms on it. Has anyone worked with the Optimus V yet? If so, could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks so much!

-Nick
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ccdreadcc:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=901417
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