yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DooMLoRD:
i presume that u want to use 2.1 for its camera... so if u want to use it for video/hd recording then running (2.1) from sdcard wont be a good idea.... rather let it run from the NAND and try n put beta4 on sdcard...

there are a LOT of things involved to even get upto the stage of booting... like creating xrecovery images (yaffs FS)... converting them to fit in ext2fs img files of data (512mb)/system (256mb)/cache (128mb)... verifying file permissions within the images... once thts done modifying the boot-hijack script 'chargemon' to mount these files... then comes the part of ramdisk modification which i have no clue on how to do it... may be someone can help out???
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjhjack123:
But. How. To .. converting them to fit in ext2fs img files of data (512mb)/system (256mb)/cache (128mb)... verifying file permissions within the images.

The. Biggest problem is the ram disk isn't it ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DooMLoRD:
converting the yaffs images (xrecovery/nandroid backups) to fit in ext2fs images is the simple part... for windows: there is a tool called unyaffs which will help u extract content from these images and then use info from here to create the data/system/cache images... and then mount them using a disk mounting tool (i have used Gizmo central).... for linux it even simpler as one can just perform loop mounting... and then paste the contents from xtracted xrecovery images into them...

and yes ramdisk is the biggest problem as of now...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjhjack123:
I am wondering what is included in the ram disk,and how it influence the boot process of the rom.I think if you know some. about this ,we may make it .
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DooMLoRD:
ramdisk.tar

it has the following files:

default.prop

init

init.rc

init.es209ra.rc

init.goldfish.rc

i think the init*.rc files are the ones which need to be modified for this to work... but as i said before i dont have the expertise in modifying these files...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjhjack123:
i dont have the expertise either ...I think we can make it ...

What is used to modify these things ?I even have on idea about how to pack up them into ramdisk.tar...forgive me ...

I am using windows and if is needed I can install ubuntu or any system except mac os...

And do you have google talk account ?my google account is. zjhjack123@gmail.com
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjhjack123:
Do you have any other talk tools ... like MSN or even better a QQ number?

Gtalk is limited in china... ****!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] com4343568:
哈哈，老外看见我输入中文一定很郁闷，不过你看的懂。。

zjhjack123 is a chinese aged 16...lol~~

I think the foreign friends see my reply will be puzzled,but it doesn't matter..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DooMLoRD:
@zjhjack123

hey some progress... i could get past the SE text logo and was able to see FreeX10 bootscreen... but it doesnt proceed beyond that and just reboots... :(

have contacted J & Z regarding this... lets hope they can help us out...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zjhjack123:
Its really good isn't it?

There must be some lib or something ,I'll check it out as soon as my hard disk is returned by my brother ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] otter5:
Last night my battery completely drained so I charged it over night and when I went to power it on it says booting WPH go go go, boots to the HTC green logo screen and powers off. I have been running WP7 flawlessly for 3 weeks now and have not had this problem before. I don't really want to reflash right now because I'm hoping there's a way to salvage everything in the phone.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] omarza:
Are you sure the battery charged last night...reason I ask is...when it completely drains the battery wont charge when the phone is off due to Magldr.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] otter5:
Yeah, it's off the charger right now and it just keeps powering off after the HTC logo
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] irulesoha:
same exact thing just happened to me. I'm going to start from scratch and redo it.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] otter5:
I am curious to know as to what caused this, it's very odd since the ROM has been working flawlessly.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
your not restarting with usb cable attached are you?

how did you charge your battery? external charger?

there is some talk that charging in magldr usb flasher mode works dispite no status lights BUT its unclear if the battery controller will auto cut off when full, overcharging could shag your battery

oh a while back i had some odd restart issue too, pretty much as you have mentioned, happened 4 times in a row then worked
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] X4iVaz:
Help me too!!!

Me as well, about an hour ago, my battery drained, so I plugged it in, and the phone keeps restarting, but then powers off...

I've kept it on the AC for the past hour, and now it no longer hit's the magldr, it just flashes the screen black, then dies...

Is there a way to JUST CHARGE my battery? Without having it in the phone?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
too bad you didnt seach for this issue, i wrote a nice piece that would have got you out of that mess if you hadnt kept restarting it, oh well never mind,

if you cant even get to magldr then your looking at an external charger, you could try connecting up an old usb cable directly to the battery but be very careful!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheDisneyMagic:
This happened to my old HD2 after I gave it to my sister once I got my HD7, to enable it to charge again all I did was remove cable, remove battery. Re-insert battery and attach cable, hold down the volume down button on the side of the handset and press the power button.

The phone will turn on and show the tri-color screen. Leave it on this screen for 20 minutes and the battery will charge, then simply reboot and you will be able to boot back in to Windows Phone 7.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] omarza:
Thanks for that tip...I am going to remember it in-case I one day run into the same problem :)
[Android] NinjaWolf:
ok, ive tried dozens of times with dthe same outcome, first i tried porting from another device(thunderbolt to evo) off of a ruu rom.zip. the farthest i get is the "Evo 4g(htc bootscreen)" then goes black for 3 sec, then goes into recovery. so am i missing something. ive done the basics(changed init.device.rc to init.supersonic.rc and changed kernal, applied supersonic hardware files and changed build.prop).

So my main questions are:

What are the basic files needed to make the evo boot on another rom from another device?

What main changes need to be made to build.prop?

Am i issing something about porting from aanother device?
[Dell Streak 7] Mysticales:
Question using Lookout, is it worth using or is it just something that bogs the DS7 down? Will it try to mess up any of the root apps?
[Dell Streak 7] WookieFan:
I use it with no negative affects. Non-rooted. Slight slow-down during installation of new apps.
[Dell Streak 7] sgrant:
I removed it and I am pretty sure I get better battery life now, it sure seems like it.
[Dell Streak 7] Mysticales:
Ok so count is 1 and 1. I mean I started using it now myself to see. Would be good to know from others tho if you all can chime in. =)
[Dell Streak 7] RootaToota:
I havent had any problems with it since Feb 2, but I also have stopped a few processes - this being one of them... that have rendered the tablet useless for a min or two.
[Dell Streak 7] groves226:
It is extremely useful.

Not only for a remote wipe or device location but also general security as well.

You can decide to not use a security app but when you get a malicious app or stolen device you will be kicking yourself
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManuCasas:
Hi people I just bought an used Samsung Galaxy S, and I'm worried about the seller, the item works perfectly but I mostly bought it to use it as a game console, means I wont be using it as a cellphone of have a SIM card on it, it's just for WIFI navigation, to listen music, etc.

Since I (We) can't trust people over the internet, the seller will probably will call his/her old cellphone company and ask to block the cellphone by the IMEI, what would happen if I change the current IMEI to "000..000" or any other random number, will the cellphone work even if the seller told his/her company to block the cellphone, as I said before i just will use it for entertainment, not for making calls so it wont be connected to the network.

I'm asking this because my sister bought a cellphone 1 year ago and it was working as usual for 2 weeks or so then it got blocked by the company because the seller blocked the cellphone by IMEI on his cellphone company.

Thanks in advance for any kind of help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrotune1200:
Changing your IMEI is illegal.

If you're worried about the seller, why in the world did you buy it? Seriously.

Maybe the seller didn't contact the carrier about the IMEI, but the person who it was stolen from did. Maybe something to think about.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kar200:
Like Electrotune said changing the IMEI is illegal (and I doubt anyone would help you with this).

Also you have to understand the IMEI is not just a text file where you change you can probably corrupt it but not change it.

By the way why would the seller do this? Did you buy it from ebay or from someone on the street? There is always some sort of protection if you bought it from ebay for example or used your credit card.

I think you are going the hard way about this....

K.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnsecWifi:
Why on earth would the seller report the phone stolen after he voluntarily sold it to you? Unless.... the seller stole the phone and you feel the price was so good because of it. And you think the person who was robbed of his phone will report it stolen.

Which means you knowingly bought a stolen phone. And why would you buy a 580 dollar smartphone to use ONLY as a gaming system? There arent that many awesome games for Android.

So who cares if the IMEI is blocked for you stolen phone. If your not going to put a sim in it and use it as a phone it wont matter. Keep enjoying your stolen phone!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radekgers:
I bought several used phones in my life, including galaxy s and my imei was never blocked. I think they do it only when the phone is reported stolen. Why would the seller do that? And even if he did, you go to your network operator and show him the papers that you bought the phone legally.

Wouldn't a tegra2 tablet be much better for gaming? Or even an iPod Touch? There are better games for iOs and an iPod Touch would be cheaper...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pikachu01:
I think the TS is asking for a "how-to" to circumvent theft reporting. This topic should be closed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehpriest:
Actually it happens quite a lot. They buy on contract, sell the phone for a couple of hundred just low enough to make it sweet but not to low to arouse suspicion and then state a non recoverable (non PayPal) payment method. It is a well known scam. Some also do it o

utr of sheer malice for not getting the price they wanted.

The above comment still applies though in the first instance as doing this is fraud and theft from the supplier.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radekgers:
Sheer malice aside, why people do it? They get some kind of insurance money or something? Aren't they afraid that the buyer may make some kind of problems? Like go to the police.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsHegger:
First of all, changing imei isn't illegal everywhere, but to answer you question if the operator blocks ypur imei you will be able to use it as a game console, as they pnly block the network functions (and not the phone)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blade10:
Hmmm. I smell horse processed oats in this "use it for gaming" pile...

Blade
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttf:
hum weird, weird, wierd..... why would you care changing the imei anyway?, if the provider lock it, as you said you won't use the phone part.

Or maybe, you simply try to do a makeup of a stollen phone.... (...since you don't trust the seller, why should i/we trust you?...hum??? fishy anyway)

In all case it's illegal.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudeboy150:
I own a Samsung. Gs myself from my carrier its clearly not stolen but I must admit I would like to know this myself

Although I want to know purely out of curiousity and in the case my phone got stolen

In summary it can be done

Is it an easy process because I bloody well hope not
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazevxi:
If you just wanted something for gaming, why not buy an iPod touch or something? or a PSP Go or w/e
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcaneMethods:
Why indeed!

People are always asking why one would want to change her IMEI other than for illegal reasons. I've got a perfectly legal reason that I share with a rapidly increasing number of others. I changed carriers and want to sell my old phone. I have no idea who will buy it or for what purpose they will use it. Doesn't it seem obvious that I would be utterly foolish to leave anything on that phone that could be traced back to me?

If I can't remove its past link to me I simply will not be able sell that phone without the potential of unthinkable liability (indefinite imprisonment without any due process in the U.S. were it used by the buyer for the purpose of terror.) That currently indelible link to me is its IMEI!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
Or you could just get a receipt.......
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansonscleung:
To remember the most important thing: Your Samsung service center might not accept your phone for repairing. e.g. My Galaxy Tab which has replaced motherboard got bricked. The helper in Hong Kong required a proof that why the IMEI got changed. Fortunately I brought my repair description from another Samsung service center.
[Dell Streak 7] Mysticales:
Hey lil annoyance with the homescreen and icon/widget placing. Which I understand it lines up and fits right when you hold it vertical.. I prefer using my device in landscape mode. I hate how the left and right sides you cant use for icons and so.

Was wondering if anyone knows if there is a workaround for it or if in the future a custom rom could even change that up?
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
I use adw ex. You can add more, the normal setting is 4x4. I increased it with adw to 6x6. That's the most I tried though because 6x6 fit well in both modes. I think any higher some would get cut off in portrait mode
[Dell Streak 7] Mysticales:
Ok Ill give it a shot, low memory footprint I trust? Also would this be similar to Cookie Tab?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lekan1152:
hello,

please I want o find out how I can recover my window 6.5 back. I downloaded the

MAGLED software and after the download, I took my USB wire off it now I have no way of booting windows back my computer only recognizes that the USB is connected but does not recognizes the phone.

Pls I really need help.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jotomicron:
Some days ago I had some problems with vibration, which stopped working for notifications. I installed an application called "Sound Manager" and was able to solve that issue. Now, I find my phone to be extremely slow on some things. For example, grabbing and dragging the notifications panel takes something like 5 or 7 seconds, and the "settings" button (the virtual button left of the Home button) also takes a lot to respond. OS Monitor tells me that "/system/bin/immvibed" is taking a whole 98% of CPU load. I don't know if this two things are related, but from the process's name, i suspect it has something to do with vibration settings (I cannot find any useful information online about such service). Annoyingly, I can't kill it, because it comes back to life immediately.

Is there something I can do? What does this process do?

Any help is appreciated :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jotomicron:
Solved

Apparently, all I needed do was a system restart!! Funny I failed to think about that before... Now the process is using no CPU resources. I still wonder what triggered it into that strange "all your CPU are belong to us" mode, though.

Anyway, problem solved.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
Some crazy continuous loop most likely.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gilly11277:
Where can I get all the new CM7 nightly build changelogs?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
http://mobile.twitter.com/cmsrc

:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gilly11277:
Thnx.

....damn they have a lot on their twitter.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
Yeah ha ha there new codes everyday there are some special for each phone tho and some for the Rom, if it say supersonic... blah blah blah is specially for the Evo , if it says inc... blah blah blah is for the incredible the rest are for the Rom on all phones and they field the nightly really late too
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gilly11277:
Yeah haha I know at least that much haha. I think CM should get like a default slot with Google™.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOVATENT:
I live in the US and tmobile is my carrier but I wanted to unlock my G2 because I travel sometimes and like to use my home country sim card. I tried to unlock with gfree but it did not work. I tried with an old att sim card I had at home with the code I got from tmobile as well. When I type the code it accepts it. But after a reboot the phone is locked again. Gfree verify shows this after running the gfree -S option.

gfree verify_simlock returned:

@SIMLOCK= 01

any ideas? It seems it always returns to the locked state. I am running the newest radio from the G2 forums here. I have no issue and unlocking is not a big deal as my g1 is unlocked. But I just want to know what I did wrong at somepoint in owning my phone to cause it to lock like so.

edit: i read that I think my radio now is to new for grfree to unlock it. I am running 26.06.02.27_M. Still don't understand why it relocks when I use the tmobile code. When I first rooted my phone and took the S-off the only thing i skipped was the unlock figuring I could do it later.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prittyboy203:
Well you might already have figured this out but maybe if you already have the true s-off and the eng boot image.

if its giving you a problem just flash another radio and give the unlock code another try or use the gfree way and see if that locks it in.

then try to flash the radio once you've locked it in then it might stick its worth a try or just plain in simple flash back to a dated radio that you know that works then stay at that one when you travel and put the unlock code in but of course annoying but it will work lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOVATENT:
Update: I restored to the first tmobile radio. Still phone relocks after reboot. I will next try unrooting my phone all the way to stock and see if that works.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prittyboy203:
Huhhhmmm that sucks lol. good luck hope something starts to work for you. When used to get the unlock code I would root right after. and no matter how hard I messed things up the unlock code always stayed after a flash of a new rom or anything.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revolution48:
Did you type in sync after you used gfree?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOVATENT:
yup
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOVATENT:
New status update. I restored my phone to total off. (Without S-ON and OTA). I did the unlock and it actually applied it. I forgot about the tmobile glitch with using the tmobile provided unlock codes. My phone does not work now. I applied the OTA but it did not help. So I rang tmobile and they are sending a replacement. Now I just need to re-enable S-on before sending the phone off. I should not have the refurb till next week. Back on my G1 till then. To the few that gave me a few tips thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prittyboy203:
Oh no problem well its always a trial error with this type of thing :-/ but hope with the knowledge you've learned you'll get it all done with the new one.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOVATENT:
Yea your right. I know how to to mess up the new one. I just feel like tmobile wants to blame me for not applying the OTA. (I did not tell them that. I actually told them I was on the OTA and the phone quit working after unlock. So now they think there is a glitch with the OTA) I was not gonna tell them otherwise because they would not repair the phone for a problem they caused with their stupid lock codes.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prittyboy203:
Haha your right hook luck on the next one. and I did the gfree method and true rooted and unlocked mine before I did there update and didn't have any problems. I'm definitely gonna save my first unlock code request for a Future Android phone that will probably need it instead of ordering on eBay. I did that 3 times for different g1's back in the day when I first signed with T-Mobile. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOVATENT:
So I got the new phone and just used gfree for everything. Worked like a charm. I hope I stocked my phone all the way correctly. I already sent the broken one back.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prittyboy203:
Ahhh that's great news now you won't have to worry when your about to travel and try that mess again and then have a expensive door stopper lol.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahase:
I tried to fix the hardware issues because i was not able to get into the recovery mode buy using the 3 button combos. Anyways, I BRICKED IT!!! It wont turn on or able to get to download mode anymore.

Is there a way to get it to turn on again or should i just trash it and should never touch a smart phone again?

Please help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roumenjr:
So, with battery in you plug in the charger like you're going to charge your phone, and you get nothing?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahase:
yes, nothing at all.....the phone is completly cold!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roumenjr:
I assume you have tried pulling the sim and sd cards out, pull the battery out, connect usb to pc and phone and pop the battery in as you hold the +- vol buttons? Check the usb cable, try anothrone if you have, check the terminals on the phone usb port. If all ok then you might want to try a jig....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahase:
I have tried all of the above. But what is the jig?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roumenjr:
Jig is basically a jumper thru your phones usb port that forces the phone to download mode, or jump start it. Search the forum, they are cheaper here than ebay.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertd0619:
Here you go...http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?p=570
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
This phone is incredibly hard to brick...

What exactly did you flash? Everything... In order...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahase:
Thanks so much guys!

I just bought one and hope this will work!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roumenjr:
Sure, good luck!