yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD Accessories] Goodm7sn:
that grainy look is the same as the one with brando antiglare or less :) ? i know its a rough question but if it is less then ill buy SGP antifinger print cos my brando screws the screen colors up .

cheers
[Desire HD Accessories] satfly:
I bought my SGP anti-fingerprint from the SGP Products Store on eBay. Same product prices but cheaper shipment, also to the EU. Shopped there twice so far, shipment was fast on both occasions.

BTW, I really like the sgp anti-fingerprint.
[Desire HD Accessories] bluebirds:
Can you post a link to it please?
[Desire HD Accessories] satfly:
This is it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280627110468
[Desire HD Accessories] Ehrles:
Thanks ;)

The price is ok , I would pay 12,50 Euro ( Screensaver + shipping to germany)

Maybe I give it a shot.
[Desire HD Accessories] andreasy:
Much cheaper than from their website.

I paid $23.81 compared to $17.50. Are they genuine though?
[Desire HD Accessories] satfly:
The screenprotectors I received seem genuine to me, but I wouldn't know how to spot a fake :D. I found this video on youtube but can't understand which one is genuine and which one is fake.
[Desire HD Accessories] bluebirds:
Thanks. Just ordered one :D
[Desire HD Accessories] xxfiredratgonxx:
the most problem of sreen protector is, that dust granule comes under it.

I had already 2

And all of them becomes min. one dust granule under it -.-
[Desire HD Accessories] sjkoellner:
I'm torn between getting one if these or something like a zag. Any chance I can get a third opinion on the color clarity and graininess when ya get it? Also your impression on the durability against scratching? The one I have now is a POS!

Thanks

Sent from me using this thing.
[Desire HD Accessories] bluebirds:
Don't get a Zagg. I have removed the screen part as it looks horrible. I have left the back part on but will be putting an SGP on once it arrives.
[Desire HD Accessories] sjkoellner:
Right on, my only concern really is the color clarity. Many moons ago I had a matte on my iPhone and loved it, and it sounds like the at&t one for inspire is a piece of crap so yeah ... any reports on the sgp are welcome

Sent from me using this thing.
[Desire HD Accessories] bluebirds:
Just put the SGP on and there is a small amount loss in colour clarity. Almost like a very fine pixelation but I can live with it.

Its not as crystal clear as the Martin Fields one but for me I hate the finger marks so will be leaving the SGP on.

Added bonus is that you get 2 in the pack so if you do make a mistake you can try again.
[Desire HD Accessories] sjkoellner:
Sounds good! Thanks for the update, probably order and see how they work. Worst case I'm out 20 bucks

Sent from me using this thing.
[Desire HD Accessories] bluebirds:
There worth the money to be fair. If you lived in the UK I would have sold you the extra one I had to cut the cost.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] icepixie:
I was using apps2sd and yesterday I was messing with my SD card. Long story short, I had to repartition my sd, so all my apps are lost. I don't even have the market app anymore! :(

So now I can't even download all my previous apps. Anyone have the market apk so I can push it back onto my phone? How would I do that with adb?

adb install [file]?

Thanks....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] androidcues:
Just reflash the rom or gapps or both.

Or learn how to use dropbox as a private app store.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] aaronx12:
the easist thing to do is root your existing firmware (if you havent already) then go to to your app settingings and let it install from unknown sorces. google the market.apk file. and then put it on your phones SD card. and install it from there. if that dosnt work try opening up your widgets and adding the market widget which somtimes restores the app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pomegranetefamily:
I'm running Froyo but haven't done any OTA updates for 6 or so months.

A quick rundown of what I did:

1) Rooted with unrevoked

2) Nandroid backup from clockwork

3) Wiped everything and flashed Cyanogen7, this got stuck in a loop where the skateboardy guy kept showing up and nothing happened.

4) Wiped everything and Nandroid restore

5) Now we're stuck at the white HTC screen and I can't get off it

6) Back into HBOOT to mess around, it said "Apply update?" and I accidentally pressed yes and unrooted my phone (I think)

So now when I turn the phone on it goes straight into hboot, I can't figure out how to get anything from here. If I go to recovery I get the Red triangle of death and it just freezes (which is why I think I'm unrooted.)

Please help! Thanks so much.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Does it say s-on or s-off in hboot?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
If you have teh evil triangle, you lack recovery. Put this on your sdcard and go into the bootloader and apply the update, reboot, then go into recovery.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pomegranetefamily:
It says S-Off. So maybe I'm still rooted?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You should be, and did you run the file I uploaded?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pomegranetefamily:
thanks, that did the trick
[Captivate General] rww265:
hey guys,

i doubt anyone can be of any help. I have bricked my captivate in trying to odin flash the rom back to the stock js6, or whatever. Any help.. wont go into download or recovery mode.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=775911

If you don't even know what ROM you're trying to flash to, perhaps you should stick to stock.
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
I really like how descriptive you are in telling us what exactly your problem is :p

Here's a simplified guide to fixing your phone:

1. Press the power button. Does something happen (anything?) If yes, go to step 2, otherwise jump to step 3.

2. Read what Miami_Son posted.

3. Your phone is dead. Mail it back to Samsung. Pray that they don't charge you an arm and a leg to restore the firmware.
[Captivate General] bmwenger:
Uh-oh

Do you happen to know how much they may charge for this? I tried to flash back to stock last night and now have no reaction when I press the power button. I talked to Samsung, but couldn't get any good information from them about potential cost without telling them exactly what happened.

Does anyone know what the process involves? Can the tell from a phone that won't power what was done?

Sorry for the n00bish questions.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Hard bricking with Odin takes some effort. Did you try everything in the thread I posted? If it didn't complete an Odin flash then they probably can't tell what happened or if it has a custom ROM on it. More likely they'll just strip it for repair parts or just reflash it without diagnosing it. Just say that it was suffering from random shutdowns and now it won't turn on.
[Captivate General] bmwenger:
About the only thing I haven't tried is a jig, but from what I have read unless you have something happen when you push the power button that won't work. I didn't far enough to really tell where it is in the process. I had a recovery screen (2e I think) show up and then nothing responded to a button press. Next thing I know, it won't let me boot up.

Oh well, we'll see what happens with the phone and Samsung.

Thank you so much for all the help I have gotten over the past few weeks from this site.
[Xoom General] yankele:
Hey guys I'm just wondering if there is a real benefit to rooting at this point. I'm really pro rooting your devices but I want to see a real benefit to it too.

Am I missing something but as of now I cant really find a real motive to Root my xoom considering also that I will have to do a factory reset and revert to unrooted unlock stock for the LTE upgrade.

Can anyone that has rooted his Xoom give me their feedback on their experience and benefits they found by rooting?

And yes, I know the 1.5 GHz overclock but is that enough?...

Thanks.
[Xoom General] VegUnited:
Of course, you can play Donkey Kong on it
[Xoom General] JayBeezy802:
Motorola has said you do NOT need to unroot your device if you want the 4G upgrade. They said they will still install the modem and try to install the software needed. If the software doesn't work, they will still ship it back to you, but now you have to figure out how get the software to work.

In all likelihood, if you're just rooting so you can install some basic apps. You won't have an issue, but if for some reason you're flashing to different roms, then yes you would have to take a little time to either revert back to stock, or get it back and figure out how to install the modem software yourself.
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
if your asking this question then must not have done enough research or you shouldnt even bother attempting to root
[Xoom General] yankele:
I have done a lot of research and every day go to xoom android development to keep up to date with whats happening but I wanted to ask people who rooted already what are their experience with it.

As of now there is no custom ROM but there is a kernel and a few boot screens but and the overcloking but I from the outside IDK what are people experiencing on a rooted xoom that makes a lot of difference from my non rooted one.

And I may not have a lot of posts in the forums but even tho I'm no expert I'm not a complete stranger to rooting. :p
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
If you are so talented in rooting, you should already be aware of the benefits. If what you see in the development section isn't enough to satisfy you then simply don't do it.

Rooting opens doors to custom system-level themes, custom ROMs, root required apps, custom kernels, and so forth. Obviously you know this much and half of it isn't available on the Xoom at the time. It may just not be worth it.
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
^^^ Exactly what i was trying to imply well put ^^^
[Xoom General] gigglebox:
He didn't say that he was a pro "at" rooting devices, rather he was pro rooting devices (ie. He's generally in support of the idea).
[Xoom General] yankele:
I'm no rooting expert, or anything close to that title.

Thanks for your response, and yes, I agree with you about the fact that many of the features that we enjoyed in our phones being rooted are still not working for HC.

That's why I was asking if there is anything that I will like and that I'm missing at this point being that I enjoy other devs work but I'm not able to develop on my own.

Anyways I think maybe rooting may not be for me at this point, but I'm really looking forward for something worth rooting my $800 toy!

Thanks
[Xoom General] yankele:
That is correct, I missed that part in my previous response.

Thank you!
[Xoom General] hi_its_ryan:
I finally rooted my evo to freely tether my xoom! But no, I havent seen a compelling reason to root the xoom yet, with so many expected critical software updates coming in the future (4g, flash, sd card) I'll personally wait a bit until at least the sd card update is pushed (fingers crossed)
[Xoom General] mrjoshzombie:
This is my exact feelings. I'm waiting for the Xoom to become the device it's supposed to be before I get too into tinkering with it. Eventually I will go the rooting route, but not quite yet.
[Xoom General] yankele:
That is what I needed to hear, from normal people like me that had rooted already.

I guess if would have a data plan with vzw it would make more sense to root now but since I don't, and there is not a custom rom and I'll have to revert to stock if I want the software update when I send my xoom for the LTE upgrade, I'm not gonna be rooting yet all tho I'm dying to root, or maybe I'll root just for the fun of it because anyways I flash a new rom almost every week or twice a week so the reverting to stock may not be any harder to do.

I'll see....

Thanks for your feedback guys!

Sent from my HTC EVO running MYN's WARM Z using the XDA app.
[Xoom General] saudoo:
You're still able to get those updates even while being rooted. You won't however, once you choose to install a custom rom on it... made possible by rooting.
[Xoom General] RadDudeTommy:
Can someone just help the Guy/Girl?

come on now. It seems like everyother thread has someone saying "If you know so much blah blah" We all know he doesn't know, which is the point of his thread. To Learn.

You don't need to come in here and try to insult him/her and tell em that if they don't know they don't need to bother rooting, etc.

If you have rooted, What have you done with your device that would make a knowledgeable end user want to root? Thats all he wants to know.

I wish I could help, but this Xoom is my first android device.

I am looking forward to rooting for my first time, and playing with everything, but personally I am just going to wait till after the LTE upgrade just to save myself a headache.

Maybe someone could help me with this question. Since after rooting/flashing ROMs might cause Moto's software for the 4g Radio to work improperly, does that mean if I wait till after the LTE upgrade, rooting/flashing might cause the Radio to not work?

Or is it somehow, once the software is on there, changing the ROMs and Permissions won't affect the Radio?
[Xoom General] JayBeezy802:
Did you not read the third post of this thread? It doesn't matter if you root the device or not, You'll get the 4G update. However if you're running a custom rom, they might not be able to install the software for the modem, in which case, you need to do it yourself. If you keep the stock rom and stay rooted, I doubt you would have any problems.
[Xoom General] JanetPanic:
The third post in no way answers his question. Nor do the posts to "research." Don't be a ****, either answer the question or ignore it. The question is a reasonable one and posted in general.

In my opinion right now there is not a need to root right now unless:

-you want to deploy a custom Tom

-you want to overclock

-you want to customize the default rom. .. I.e. remove default applications such as the games, replace system files for turning purposes, etc...

-you want to run an application that requires root.

Until you have a desire or need that requires root there is no need to root the device. If you do root though Motorola seems (as stated in post 3) willing to upgrade the device at a minimum. So fear of ineligibility for the upgrade should not be a deterrent to upgrading.
[Xoom General] yankele:
I did read it but if you read my post I'm acknowledging that my device will get the LTE upgrade no matter what, but I don't want to take the risk to not be able to get the software upgrade just because they see my xoom is unlocked and rooted.

If you read the Motorola moderator in that forum he says more or less that if you are rooted pretty much don't get the software... and you know they could use any kind of excuses to not do it.

But still I might root just for the fun of it and going back to stock just to ne safe and not have to look for the freacking thing myself.

Sent from my HTC EVO running MYN's WARM Z using the XDA app.
[Xoom General] AJMetal87:
My main motive is nothing more than having the capability of defying the machine/syztem
[Xoom General] kjdocs:
I rooted and OC'd with both BidDogs and Koush's kernels.

I had reboot issues with both (not complaining here). Had it OC'd for about 4 days, tried BD update this morning and still did the reboot thing (sometimes several times an hour). MOST peoples OC seems to be wokring well.

Other then that, while rooted I didn't really do much other then poke around as su in the file system.

This morning i flashed back using the SFB file. I will try to root it again and OC if my xoom remains solid for the next day...maybe i did one of the steps wrong somewhere.

So to finally answer your question, I had a awsome time rooting/OC'ing and learned quite a bit doing so!
[Xoom General] TWiG420:
The two main reasons I rooted was for use of Samba fileshare on my wifi... and AdFree.
[Xoom General] trackerk:
Root it because you can. Because Android is one of the few consumer device OS's that is open source. Because a rooted device can be largely severed from Google, from your carrier, and from it's intended (by The Man) use. Root it because the Steves have no business telling you what you can and can't do with hardware you paid for. Republicans and Democrats alike want you to use proprietary devices that have .gov.fbi and .gov.nsa packages installed. Uninstall the USA_PATRIOT_App man!

Android, the only choice for libertarians!

(oh, and root it because you want to make it go faster, get rid of ads, run openvpn, and connect to windows shares -- but sticking it to the man is the most important reason).
[Xoom General] ChongoDroid:
I'm gonna wait, my xoom is plenty fast and I can't even think of theming it. Cache cleaning and titanium would be nice but I can wait.

Sent from my Google Phone
[Xoom General] burden010:
Man, some people seem to have attitude problems today. It's a simple enough question, no need to be so brash.

Anyway, I'll be rooting as soon as my Xoom is in my hands and the main reason is to restore app data from my phone with Titanium. Especially Angry Birds :)
[Xoom General] yankele:
Can you elaborate about the usa_patriot_app? If it is what I think I will really like to know more about this.... it may not be for this kind of forums but its an app isn't it?

If you don't wanna post it here send me a PM.

Thank you all guys for your feedback (even the ones with an attitude)

Sent from my HTC EVO running MYN's WARM Z using the XDA app.
[Xoom General] huelsebu:
I just love being able to open Root Explorer and browsing through every single file on my device. Freedom and flexibility you won't find elsewhere.

To reiterate, you will be able to get the LTE upgrade rooted or not.

I OC'd to 1.5 about 24 hours after rooting it, and haven't had a problem since. Only hand a handful of Force Closes in the time I've had it (one week now!), and most were when running apps not at all designed with Honeycomb in mind.

For me though, things like unlocking, rooting and flashing are things I enjoy. I read about and do this stuff in my spare time because I want to. If you view this as more of a chore, or simply a means to an end, you might be better served holding off until there are more compelling reasons to do it
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
It's all about taking full control of the device you paid for, that and bigrush's kernel's nuff said oc'd to 1504 and it sips battery
[Xoom General] droidftw:
im waiting for after my dad gets his ipad 2 to root because i havent decided if im keeping my xoom yet. ( we bought it at costco so i have 90 days to return) if i decide to keep the xoom then i will defiantly root it. ( i already have the entire internal memory backed up to my comp so i can root)
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
Why wat it takes like 10 minutes
[Xoom General] droidftw:
well when you sbf to stock is there anyway for them to find out if you unlocked and rooted?
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
They will upgrade your radios but more than likely you will need to take an update from the community, Or you can return it to factory settings
[Xoom General] droidftw:
what i mean is can they tell that you unlocked the device from checking something or is there no way to tell?
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
Moto has said they don't care just that you might not get their software updste
[Xoom General] despich:
I rooted. Took me about 2 hours to get everything set back up. Haven't had any problems at all since root and overclocking and I am running at 1504 even had my son play gun brothers for about a hour and it never glitched.

Not much risk really right now. Verizon is really not that strict. I remember I brought them my droid back a couple times due to hardware issues and told them it was rooted (unrelated to rooting) and they never took the attitude like they wouldn't help me because of it. Its under the manufacturers warranty right now if its bricked you just take it to verizon and act like you don't know what happened, the people at the store are not going to be able to tell what happened. They will look at it for like 30 seconds and verify that it won't boot and then give you another.

Anyways with the original source code is out now it would be pretty darn hard to accidently brick it, you can virtually always put it back to stock with it.

Verizon and motorola would not have made rooting so easy if they were really worried about it. The want the xoom to have the kind of hacking following that the droid had. I know verizon and motorola sold more droids because it was so hackable.

Its fun to hack it!
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
Root + tiamat = happy happy joy joy
[Xoom General] parityodd:
One of my fav apps to install on a rooted android phone (dont think it will work on 3.0 yet) is DroidWall.

Its a "firewall" where you can set which apps are allowed to use data connections or not. This way I can install that silly free game which require full access contacts and internet connection :)
[Xoom General] khov07:
+1 ^^^

DroidWall works wonders on a rooted device. Haven't rooted the Xoom yet, but works wonders on the EVO.
[Xoom General] ryand0901:
if i root my wifi only xoom will it be able to see the wifi tether from my phone?
[Xoom General] KING SKILLZ:
Yes it will.
[Xoom General] yankele:
Yeah besides all of the good stuff going on now if you are rooted.
[Xoom General] crisisinthecity:
Best response EVER. Well done.
[Xoom General] theNazerith:
i have rooted my phones, but see no need to void my warranty and root my xoom at this point. like you mentioned there arent a lot of custom roms and the kernels are questionable. i am happy with the speed as it is and the 3.2 update. i can root this device, but really dont see the benefit in customization vs voiding the warranty. there isnt ALOT of bloatware like you will find on android phones IE Samsung captivate...

it is your decision, but if you are happy with the device i think there is something to say about voiding the warranty to have the ability to look at files you will never edit in file explorer and use the 1 custom rom

i am on stock 3.2 and i am using windows sharing through my wiresless network through ES file explorer so i have no idea what one poster is talking about...
[Xoom General] ChongoDroid:
Duh... Winning
[Xoom General] okantomi:
Originally Posted by trackerk

Root it because you can. Because Android is one of the few consumer device OS's that is open source. Because a rooted device can be largely severed from Google, from your carrier, and from it's intended (by The Man) use. Root it because the Steves have no business telling you what you can and can't do with hardware you paid for. Republicans and Democrats alike want you to use proprietary devices that have .gov.fbi and .gov.nsa packages installed. Uninstall the USA_PATRIOT_App man!

Android, the only choice for libertarians!

(oh, and root it because you want to make it go faster, get rid of ads, run openvpn, and connect to windows shares -- but sticking it to the man is the most important reason).

Most fun to read, too!
[Xoom General] playya:
A wise man in the Xoom Forums once said "It ain't yours till you root it" I second that motion....
[Xoom General] p-slim:
Is there any way to back up my saved game info before I root? That will be a big disadvantage to rooting in my opinion. Sometimes people purchase power ups and so forth and don't want to have to purchase those things again
[Xoom General] Kippui:
before? you don't lose data rooting..

when you root run TB and it backups all apps/data so your save games would be away from harm
[Xoom General] p-slim:
Thanks but it says since I will be unlocking my xoom it will wipe data, its all good though, the few games that aren't backed up on the server will be OK. Thanks for the help
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
Root it first, backup apps to Dropbox, and unlock it. Bam