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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wiggz:
Hi Guys,

I've posted in a couple of threads but didn't let loose for fear of hijacking it, so putting my question here for the good fellows to respond to if possible.

Basically put I have a ROM installed (Kang-o-rama SP1) and have a 1GB A2SD partition courtesy of DarkTremor.

What I want to know is what process should I go through to flash a new ROM but retain that Ext partition? I'm not sure if this is even possible? Should the wipe wipe absolutely everything and then after flashing the ROM I should rebuild the EXT partition and then use Titanium Backup (or something similar) to restore my apps to that A2SD partition?

Can somebody please just tell me what the best process is (even if that means wipe everything, and recreate from scratch each time you flash.

I was under the impression you see that I could wipe everything but retain the actual partition (albeit wiped) to restore apps to after a new Flash?

Thanks in advance
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agriff:
Probably your best bet is to use Titanium. When you restore, look for the setting in the app that mentions something to the effect of attempting to integrate your backup into a different ROM (Sorry don't have app in front of me).

You can also use ADB to pull your sd-ext to your computer. Push it back when you have the new ROM set up with ext

adb pull /sd-ext c:\whateveryouwanttocallit

I use Amon Ra's Recovery but I think Clockwork Mod has an option to backup just your sd-ext.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] HanSoo417:
When I check my gallery, I have all these screenshots of the joiceplotter graphs. I'm guessing that it's something I'm accidentally doing, but I have no idea how to take screenshots so I'm trying to figure out how to stop.

in short, How do I stop juiceplotter from taking screenshots?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] HanSoo417:
so no one can help me?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] emerson.biguns:
Screen shots are captured when the N button is pressed simultaneously with the Volume down button. Not sure if that is what is happening or if there is a different JuicePlotter only screen capture sequence.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
You'd want to ask the JuicePlotter dev, but my guess is it makes these on its own...

Just add a .nomedia file to its directory and you won't see it anymore. Of course there has to be a media scan, etc,. so don't expect it immediately.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] HanSoo417:
how do you do that?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
Do what, add a .nomedia file to the folder?? :confused:
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] HanSoo417:
yeah. Maybe my confusion is because I have not idea what a .nomedia file is
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
It's a file. Empty file, doesn't matter. Just use a file manager or adb or anything to go into the directory where the Juiceplotter files are and create a file called .nomedia, that is, {dot}nomedia
[XPERIA X8 General] laureus:
So,

now that the first usable ROMs for X8 pop up i am wondering: what is the easiest way to import all your settings to a new ROM?

i am thinking of Apps, App-Settings, Sync-Settings (gmail, Roadsync..), SMS, Mails etc etc...

Restoring/Setting this up manually after every installation of a new ROM takes some time.

What is your trick for the lazy people?

How much can be backed up with Titanium Backup? I'm still not sure about this.

What other Apps can you recommend?

update: found a solution at lifehacker today.
[XPERIA X8 General] :
Non of them will work when going from ROM to ROM. When you go to a new ROM, you should backup the previous one so you can go back to the default when there is a problems with the Custom ROM.

Basically, you can't transfer apps or anything from one ROM to another. You will have to manually install them yourself, take a list of them and download/install again. I wish it could work but it cant ):
[XPERIA X8 General] laureus:
Too bad.

Ok, I cant backup apps this way.

Is there a way or script to automatically install apps (apks) from a folder on sdcard?

Maybe I could use AppBrain to sync apps.

But how about System Settings, Accounts...
[XPERIA X8 General] :
Hm, actually come to think of it .. If your phone is rooted (obviously is lol) you can go to Root Explorer or any root application manager, go to System>App and if you can transfer them to your SD card, I use Root Explorer, just select all and zip them, then transfer to SD card .. All the .apk's will be in the zip file. I suppose just install one by one :)

As for system settings, accounts etc. those can't be backed up .. You'll just have to be updated manually :L Don't be lazy haha
[XPERIA X8 General] laureus:
just found this tip from lifehacker using titanium backup. looks pretty convinient.

if someone tries this, please report if you have success.
[XPERIA X8 General] mzmz83:
Use this, for me it's the best way.

Titanium backup can store all your current apps and data settings for theseapps, too.

After flashing your new ROM, install Titanium backup and restore your backuped apps. Works fine.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
it was a rutine day as usual, running the GPS with CoPilot and playing music stream via BT to the car

and all of the sudden BAMN! the scary grey Google screen with the unlocked lock shows up

I was like *** BEEP ***, in my head i though oh, it might just be that reboot bug that is plaguing everybody but me, and now it's finally catching up :p

but noooooo... after i got to work i tried to reboot the phone (pulling battery out), nada, nothing, zero, zip... still the same dead google screen

then the worse case scenarios flashes through me head (knowing samsung past issues :rolleyes: ) so i'm blazing for the worse... :mad:

currently i confirmed it can go into CW recovery screen and also go into the Odin Download Mode screen

so i'll try a nandroid backup first

if that is a no go, Odin is next...
[Nexus S General] willverduzco:
Good luck, man. I feel your pain.

Hope you don't have to resort to odin, but if you do, that safety net will have proved its utility.

Again good luck!
[Nexus S General] serialtoon:
I can almost guarantee that ODIN will work. I resurrected a Fascinate that was locked out from itself using ODIN as well as a Captivate that had this same problem you are describing. ODIN dont **** around.
[Nexus S General] ogdobber:
hey what is your "flashing" history? (i.e. roms, kernels, etc.)
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
Well, that's if Odin is used right, otherwise it can ruin the phone. I've used it to bring back my Vibrant a bunch. It's good knowing that these Galaxy S phones are nearly brick proof.
[Nexus S General] gadjet:
All is not lost, honest...

:):)

Hi AllGamer.

I had a similar disaster with the black google screen, and I had the unlocked bootloader as well, first I relocked bootloader, then used odin to reflash (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=947950 ) then used the e0b546c442bf.signed-soju-GRI40-from-GRH78.e0b546c4 update (http://android.clients.google.com/p...2bf.signed-soju-GRI40-from-GRH78.e0b546c4.zip) renamed it to update.zip, put it on root of memory, and ran it via the built in recovery mode after..phew.

Odin saved my life to!!

Good luck...:)
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
:p i guess i should have updated the post before heading out to lunch

not too long after i posted the original message, i was able to reflash any ROM, and got it to boot back to normal.

it was weird for some odd reason the ROM just got corrupted? i don't see how's that possible

I was on Bionix 1.3 beta for the longest time, and i've been on Bionix pretty much ever since December 2010/Jan 2011

I'm now back to Stock 2.3.3, but i replaced the stock recovery with CW recovery

I simply booted into the CW recovery mode, and then loaded a new ROM from zip
[Nexus S General] gadjet:
Yipee

Glad your sorted....:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibpnyc:
Hello all.

I have been researching and came across articles that the OS has a 100 per hour limitation. I also read about needing to root my phone, access terminal and run a adb shell command, some sqlite command and this should fix the problem.

So i started out by rooting my phone using unrevoked (ver 3.3.1).

I have a ninja icon and have no idea what to do now for the commands to remove the limitation.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kshiue18:
Search on the market for SMS limit remover

Sent from my Evo via MIUI
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirmx:
Hi, this is Android Development. You will have better luck posting in the proper Q&A forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibpnyc:
should I just repost or can someone move it for me?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirmx:
Top right corner of all posts is a Triangle with an Exclamation Point inside. Click that and report your post, asking it to be moved.

A Mod should eventually move it for you, then folks can get on with hopefully getting you an answer.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] truongpa:
Hi you!

I installed ROM Manager. When I choose Backup current ROM, it requires installing of ClockworkMod Recovery. After choosing Install, a list of fone model appears: Huawei Pulse Mini, Dell Streak, etc... I cannot find Optimus One nowhere in the list.

Which model should we choose or how can we put P500 into the list?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ljubisa_sk:
nice question :) I want to know either...??? but BE CAREFUL cause I ve bricked my Optimus one once with that crap called ROM MANAGER
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Jaylapeno:
There is a custom version of ROM manager you're supposed to use for Optimus One, I saw it before but there wasn't a lot of confirmation that it was reliable. If you're looking to root/custom recovery use this link. Most people on the forum have tried these methods and can confirm that it will work. It even list problems you may have and how to fix them. =)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] truongpa:
Oh, it'd better not use this guy (Rom Manager) hehe! I've done custom recovery and performed a nandroid backup :D
[Xoom General] padanfain:
I, like many others I assume, bought the Xoom from Best Buy on a month-to-month Verizon contract with the intention of canceling the contract immediately. Today I called and tried to cancel the contract and had a frustrating 60 minute phone call. The agent, working with her supervisor, was telling me that there is no way I can possibly cancel my plan with them and that if she were to cancel my account, my Xoom would become a brick. She told me that in order to get the device to work in wifi only mode I would have to return it to Best Buy and go to a Verizon store to purchase one with Wifi only. She indicates that there is no way possible to convert my existing device, even if I brought it into a Verizon Wireless store. I just got off the phone and she said she will be calling me back after contacting the best buy store on my behalf and trying to work out a solution.

Has anyone had success with this situation? What did you do? Is there a secret code word I have to give to Verizon? Is she actually correct... if she cancels my account will my Xoom turn into a brick?
[Xoom General] bogatyr:
There is no wifi model yet. Turning off your cell service shouldn't brick your tablet. I would call back and talk to a different rep.
[Xoom General] ChrisDos:
Don't have one yet. But that is just BS. Call them back and just cancel it. If they say it will be a brick (complete lie) then tell them so be it. You want nothing to do with Verizon. You only wanted the Xoom.
[Xoom General] atoy74:
They sold you a load of crap. There's no tie in to the OS and cell service. Tell them to cancel your account and you'll "risk" it. Verizon has been known to say anything to keep people from canceling...its happened before.
[Xoom General] modru2004:
i just wanted to clarify. the person you talked to was full of bull.

i walked out of best buy with an unactivated tablet (meaning no verizon data) and wifi and everything works beautifully.

also i would like to point out the obvious error with this "reps" logic. if a tablet without verizon data was a brick, it wouldn't be possible to activate one in the first place.
[Xoom General] padanfain:
She is insinuating that it will brick the device because it was set up with Verizon in the first place. That is the only fear I have... that there is some sort IMEI check when the device boots and if it can't authenticate with a Verizon tower it will fail in the bootloader.
[Xoom General] bogatyr:
If that was the case, they wouldn't be able to sell tablets without Verizon service. I imagine they would also be looking at a major lawsuit if people couldn't cancel the service.
[Xoom General] padanfain:
I can't be the only one that is trying to do this... would someone who has done this please give me some peace of mind? :)
[Xoom General] modru2004:
no, again, i would like to point out that if you were out of range of a tower (which can and does happen that would result in a "brick" as you call it).

your fine, call cancel be happy.
[Xoom General] setite:
She lied to you. The first CS Rep gave me trouble to, but a seperate completely bull**** story. She told me that since I went to costco, and they are an "indirect retailer", that I would have to go to them to cancel the line.

After calling Costco I was informed that this wasn't true, and that Verizon lies :). She told me to make up a story that I needed to cancel the data plan because I couldn't use it right now but I would be reactivating in a few months.

Due to impatience, and stubbornness I called Verizon again, without a fake story, just adding that I'd been "misled" by one CS Rep, and that I had already called Costco. The second rep was very helpful, did my cancellation with no problem. She informed me, as I already knew, that the device would work perfectly fine without activation. At this point I had skipped activation and hadn't use a single byte of Verizon data and had been using wifi for hours.

When you call, and get a better rep, make sure that they waive the activation fee, as it's not automatically waived when doing a quick cancellation.

So to recap.

Don't Take No For An Answer.

Inform them that your device is off contract, and you are keeping it, just getting rid of the data plan.

Make sure they waive the activation fee.

You're device will not brick, and you can just turn off verizon data in the settings.

So YES. I have successfully cancelled month-to-month data and kept a fully functional XOOM.
[Xoom General] socomdark:
just call again and get it done. You called Verizon right and not Best Buy. Verizon can easily do this they are just trying to keep you on your data plan. Threaten if that you dont have your plan canceled then you will report them to the BBB. Im sure that will get you some attention
[Xoom General] angermeans:
I work for Verizon in customer service and we had a training the other day that stated if a customer signs a two year contract and gets a discount and then cancels the data plan within the two years they will be charged the 200 difference. I hope this is not true and just something they told us, but for your case I again hope it isn't true. Good luck man and I will try to find out more today at work.
[Xoom General] jparker36:
call them back. My cancel phone call took 30 seconds, I explained the situation, she said ok let me cancel that...... there you go, activation fee waived, service canceled. We'll let you know about the 4g upgrade.
[Xoom General] atoy74:
No, that does not happen.

First, Verizon has officially said you do not need service to purchase the device anymore. Motorola will sell you the Xoom directly without service.

Second, when you start the device for the first time it asks you to begin the setup which the first step is to activate the device on Verizon. Immediately under it states you can continue with wifi setup by click the button.

The OS is not locked. This was mearly a strong arm approach by Verizon and Best Buy to get at least 1 month ($20) of service and connection fee ($35) from anyone purchasing.
[Xoom General] Paradox5582:
They key point is that he didn't sign a contract. He is on a month-to-month plan with no obligation to continue service.He did not get a subsidized price. This is how I purchased mine.

EDIT: I could be wrong. The OP says "month to month" which implies no contract, but then states he's on a contract. Hmm....
[Xoom General] padanfain:
She called me back and after talking to best buy she did exactly what I told her to do in the first place -- cancelled my account and prorated my two day's usage which was 1.50. I had to pay the activation fee. I know there are others who didn't, but frankly, after arguing with them for an hour just to cancel, I really didn't feel like having it out again with them just for $35 bucks -- my time is worth more than that.

Thanks for all the responses guys and gals.
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Wow, I'm glad I didn't end up picking one up from costco given all the hassle to cancel with Verizon. Ugh, don't think I'm ever going to activate it based on this.
[Xoom General] atoy74:
Just FYI, I think there's a 72hr return policy on the activation fee. A google search will get you verification.
[Xoom General] Slimgym20:
I just called and cancelled. Took 5 minutes. Device still works just fine! I just have to pay for the 1 day of usage.
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
They gave me ****, i just told them i know it can be canceled and i don't want the data package. You have 72 hours to cancel and not pay the activation. If you did sign a contract, then yes you will have to pay the ETF.
[Xoom General] eallan:
Just to type it again, you can take the device and walk out the door and "skip" activation entirely. Even if you buy it from costco, verizon, etc.

You can turn on the 3g entirely for they, life of the device without ever activating and never run into a problem.

I could have walked out of costco without signing up, but I chose to be nice to the booth guy, he was nice :)
[Fascinate General] martyotaku:
Guys is 2.2 official out for the fascinate? Or was I misinformed?
[Fascinate General] Bush715:
No
[Fascinate General] siberian85:
misinformed
[Nook Color General] DizDroid:
I'm currently running phiremodv3. No problems with the install. I'm aware that you have to use EXT4 to flash this ROM as well as CM7. I was curious if I was able to still run the nookiefroyo build found here:

NookieFroyo

My concern is that my internals are on EXT4. Is this a worry or can I just download the file and burn it to my sd and load from there?

Thanks for looking, this place is great.
[Nook Color General] DizDroid:
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
[Nook Color General] variable47:
The ROM you mentioned completely re-images your EMMC at the block level, I believe. Whatever filesystem you started with won't be there afterwards. :)
[Nook Color General] DizDroid:
Thanks for the reply. Anyone else have anything that might calm my nerves a little more?
[Nook Color General] ke5hde:
Don't sweat it too much. I came from CM7 to Nookie and had no trouble. As already stated this rom completely erases the internal memory. I had a problem with the market not working but got it fixed following this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11626645&postcount=425

good luck
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zigi1989:
so i didnt find in the net guide to create theme for my SGS and i dont know how to optimize those in the site to my ROM so i want to learn how to create theme and im sure that a lot of members would like that too
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Tak3r07:
Hey there,

I'm actually using TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 and i'm looking for an HTC-Sense Statusbar like this one:

I've already searched but had no results which fit my desire.

Thanks in advance
[Android Software Development] santiss:
Can someone made a custom driver for this network card, i know that some of china aPad have this adapter in case and actually driver must be already interrated in OS.

its good to have some rj45 port on your tablet pc
[Xoom General] Xevilious:
Good heavens the battery is killer on this thing. I've been using it off-and-on for 24 hours (minus a few hours for sleep), and I still have about a quarter charge left.

I mean, I don't do really heavy-duty stuff with it... mostly Google Talk, Chrome, and Pulse, but for me, that's just the way I work.

Other thoughts, I like the keyboard, but I wish there was a small layer of number keys at the top, similar to HP's TouchPad.

Wifi performance has been great so far. No problems there.

Also, I read some accounts about text seeming blurry or something, but I honestly have no idea what those folks are talking about. Text is crystal clear.

When browsing, a lot of the sites I use revert to the mobile versions. This is maddening, especially when those sites don't create a clear way to get to the desktop version.
[Xoom General] Jrockttu:
Type "about:debug" in your browser, then go to the options and you'll see a debug menu where you can change the User Agent to desktop. This will fix the mobile website problem.
[Xoom General] mcramer19:
I tried this and no menu pops up. Your are supposed to type about:debug in the URL field correct? This has been driving me crazy as well
[Xoom General] blozout:
Nothing pops up. You type about:debug and then go to the regular settings tab and you have new options. took me a little while to figure out as well.
[Xoom General] BBalz:
It drove me nuts too. Example on Facebook whenever you clicked HOME it reverted to a mobile version and said something on the bottom about downloading it for your Aria.

I downloaded HD Dolphin Browser and set it to DESKTOP in the settings and have been happy with it.

I'll try the DEBUG thing mentioned above though... I do like the stock browser better overall in performance.
[Xoom General] CJNYC:
Thanks!

Thanks! This worked for me.
[Xoom General] arrtoodeetoo:
So HD Dolphin works on the XOOM?

That's great to know. I have always hated Android's stock browsers. They're so slow. Dolphin HD is so much better.
[Xoom General] jawonder:
The Battery life is phenomenal i've been using it from 5:30 am and it's now 11:30 am and i still have 85% left . I'm not so sure about the keyboard , Swiftkey demo a keyboard made for the Xoom which looked great , i searched for it in the market but it's not there yet . The browser could be better but i'm not worried about that i know browsers will be coming out for it soon ,overall it's a great Tablet . Just tried FPse emulator and it works full screen on the Xoom only needs some minor adjustment for better picture frame rate is better than on my droid x ,man this thing has potential .
[Xoom General] keitht:
Standby test

Well I did my first standby test. After 8 hours on standby with WiFi turned on, I am still at 100%! The notification light was even blinking part of the time.
[Xoom General] khov07:
Yup, it's pretty solid. I used it constantly from the time I walked out of the store to the time I went to sleep last night around midnight and I still had 24% battery life, all on the charge the device had right out of the box.

Downloading apps, web browsing, watching a little video, light gaming, some email, YouTube, spread over 12 hours. Wish I would have checked the batt percentage initially, but that is still pretty solid.
[Xoom General] clovis_ll:
this. i downloaded dolphin hd on my xoom but pinch to zoom is kinda wonky. i have a different experience with the stock xoom browser, its faster.

battery life is actually great! i love it!
[Xoom General] samtran0331:
I have a Viewsonic G-Tab with Dolphin...and Dolphin is definitely faster than the FroYo browser...

But the new HoneyComb browser is wayyy faster than Dolphin...

Just wished the HC Browser had some more of the cool features of Dolphin