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[Defy General] fritolays:
Barebones faqs. . .

Why its downgradable ?

This works is because the fixed sbf has partitions taken out; specifically CG31 (CDT) and CG39 (System). Reason being these are the parts of the sbf that prevent you from downgrading. So, this lets you make up the rest of a 'whole' rom using the nandroid; and bingo Froyo with downgrade.

Barebones.zip ?

Unlike some of the other roms posted here, which are nandroids, this one is based on an update-script. Meaning it just changes a stock rom into Barebones; does not restore a complete system. So a factory reset is not enough.

Why install clockwork a few times ?

Nandroid doesnt come with the app, my rom doesnt come with it; yes clockwork is installed just not the apk, so you need that to boot into recovery. Reason why, defy bootloader is locked - so recovery has to be initiated from within the android os, hence bootstrap.

Update.zip ?

If you read the build info it states that it copies all the extras to the sdcard. While Easy Installer is the only program in that update that get installed automatically. Point being you use it to install whatever you feel is missing and delete the rest.

Other apk's not in update.zip ?

Not my problem, I cant please everyone; and I'm not going to make update.zip's with every apk under the sun. The update.zip is already half the size of my rom, so . . . Barebones ? Maybe use adb to pull /system/app after you restore the nandroid and before Barebones. You could then copy them back to the /system/app folder after Barebones is installed. If you try to install the apk's before Barebones they will be erased by my update-script. To be honest I probably didnt include most of these apk's because they must be installed to the /system/app folder (eg: MediaGallery, BlurAlarmClock). They just wont install to /data/app.

But its not Barebones . . . .*tear

OK I get it guys, my 380kb of extra noise's offends, so wait for v1.3 if its too much. This is my first android phone, I got it in December; I learned to cook this rom in that time (so google and read). So lets face it, I make this rom for my phone; just sometimes other people like it too.

Hope this clears up a few things . . . and enjoy the rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] el-grosso:
Hey guys, currently on this setup: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=827593, and have been suffering proper lag with SMS. I have well over 4000 texts, but recently I've noticed proper speed issues.

For one thing, the phone first lights up, waits about 7 seconds, and then shows the text (using sms popup in handcent sms). The second issue is sometimes, texts come in a lot later than they should. I've noticed getting about 3 texts after I send one, like after I send a text I'm reconnected. It's random though, usually get texts at the right time. Sound familiar? Cheers.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Benzal:
4ooo texts... I think you should start deleting a bit... In any case that will help!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] genius.lizard2:
1-save your texts with sms backup.

2-use HandCent SMS app ***

3-delete your texts :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chikar4:
defs delete sum of ur texts lol.... even if its just 1k wud probz make whole loada difference
[Epic 4G General] 5111:
I previously updated my phone with the update.zip. It worked for a while and then started giving me grief. I backed up the SD card and then tried the simple root. After a few tries, it appeared to be successful. I formatted my SD card and then replaced the backed up files. I then backed up my phone with Titanium backup.

Here is where the trouble lies: I powered down the phone and held the volume down/camera/power button until it booted into ClockworkMod Recovery. I selected "wipe data/factory reset" and pressed the home key. The screen went black but the led stayed on and the keys on the bottom stayed lit up. It stayed like that for at least 10 minutes. I tried pressing buttons, powering on/off, nothing. Finally I did a battery pull. After the battery pull it allows me to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery, but won't let me reboot or anything. Anytime I make a selection, it goes to a black screen.

Now what? I'm freaking out here!
[Epic 4G General] tetshi:
This has got to be a troll right? You don't use the home key to make your selections. The home key MAKES the screen go black, that's what it does.

You should be using the camera button to make your selections.
[Epic 4G General] 5111:
No troll, I sincerely thought that you used the home screen to select. I'll try the camera button now. Thanks for the info!
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
my guess is he's on stock recovery... not clockwork
[Epic 4G General] 5111:
I was trying to do a factory wipe. It is my first time to root a phone and use CMW. The camera button did the trick. Thank you!
[Epic 4G General] NateWhite:
If memory serves me correctly you do use the home button to make a selection with stock settings.

OP you may want to just use the Samsung utility to flash back to Stock EB13. After that you can root or do whatever you like.

I also used the update.zip to start with, and even though I didn't have any of the serious bugs that we have seen. I went ahead and flashed it back stock anyways and noticed an improvement.

You should be able to find a link to the samsung tool here, I'm sure its still on a mirror.

If not let me know.

Nate
[Nook Color General] Contra1971:
what seems to be the most popular browser being used with a rooted nook?

got a favorite, lets here it

I am using the stock and Skyfire
[Nook Color General] Mistar Muffin:
I use Stock and Opera Mini
[Nook Color General] woot1524:
Dolphin browser HD with the user agent set to desktop.

I'm running CM7 r17.
[Nook Color General] lyam23:
Miren has been the best in my experience. It's got a great UI, it's very speedy, renders pages very well (with modes that display full pages on the screen very well), and has loads of options.

Also, I was experiencing a bug where every browser crashed to the homescreen when I tried to visit an htpps: page. Miren does not do this at all.
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
What he said.
[Nook Color General] PJE66:
I use XScope.

The latest version of the program has fixed the issue of white text on white background in the pop up menus.

Sent from my Nook Color
[Nook Color General] jcrabapple:
This is why I love Android. Ask this question in an iPhone forum and see what you get. Safari or Opera. Choose wins!
[Nook Color General] azj:
Too bad the market says it's not compatible for me :(
[Nook Color General] onclebob:
I have give a try to xscope!

Currently i'm using Miren and it's pretty fast, the ui is great to!
[Nook Color General] easyski:
I am using xscope pro. I gave dolphin hd a chance for 2 days but couldn't stand how it rendered pages no matter what my settings were... Especially how it rendered reddit. I do love how dolphin does the bookmarks though.
[Nook Color General] Contra1971:
I will give these a try, wow so many options...lol
[Nook Color General] Contra1971:
I am trying Boat Browser, it seems to fill my needs, but the only one that seems to show favacons it the stock browser
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] noamsch6:
--Few of these games is supported ONLY for hTC devices (with android)--

***I will continue to update games***

It includes gr8 games like:

gangstar 1and2

nova

hawx

fruit ninja 1.5.4

sandstorm

and more...!

This is my upload: uploading... :o

Enjoy! :D

sry for the upload, i had to shut down my cpu.

the upload is in progress now!
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] pulser_g2:
Warez isn't permitted on XDA
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] the_scotsman:
Don't even bother. To quote rule #6:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolsid8:
Why does the old apk does not run on 2.2 and 2.3 ??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrHassell:
Different drivers are required. Seem fair? This should be in Q&A really ;-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] OoTLink:
Since I mute my ringer while in class, I've noticed this a BUNCH of times since I got my G2 and it's beginning to get on my nerves. On mute it might work fine (I can't remember), but I know after I leave my classes I'll try to make a call and it connects (green screen!) and I still can't hear a darn thing.

In fact, the people on the other end hear nothing when they answer the phone either.

Only a restart fixes the issue :( Anyone else have that problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magician369:
Hi..

I just want to ask if there is any way I can use to prevent some apps from connecting automaticlly to the net
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
If you have root yes, for example droidwall
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magician369:
Yes I'm rooted but I need another app or method .droidwall didn't work perfictly for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttf:
If you have enough skill, you can directly use some iptables rule&scripting plus playing with your host file should do the trick.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Turn Mobile Data off using something like Quick Settings .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
JJEgan did you even read what he asked ? Emphasis on the word SOME. as NOT ALL :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Yes i read some of the post but not all of the post .

jje
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
For some reason my battery tells me wrong information so sometimes the phone thinks.its dying so then I turn it off and turn it back on and it is completely difffent number and I made a mistake and flashed a captive Tom and now so when I turn my phone on an at&t logo comes up I can get rid of it by Wiping Every thing but don't want to do all that just fix those problems
[Vibrant General] CptGemini:
I've had that a few times myself, I think its due to a bug in whatever rom your using. I personally have no had that problem in a while because I am using a rom exclusive to a site I help out.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Either flash a new rom to see if it goes away or reflash the existing one. In these odd cases, I usually try a different to make sure it is not the phone. Also, you can go into recovery and go to advanced and then wipe battery stats there to get a fresh start
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
I will try wiping battery status I have tried bionic and Axura had problems in both wat about art start up thing
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rspong:
Big PROBLEM. Everything was great with the Rom and overclocked kernel. Then the force close acore happened so much, i thought i would perform a restore. But did it through Rom Manager instead of CW recovery. Well Rom Manager threw me into the original android recovery? and it will not allow me to do anything. I get the white triangle with exclamation, when i touch the home button it gos to the Android sytem recovery screen instantly, but does not allow any functions. Push and hold power off is all that works. Then reboots to the same exclamation. I tried flashing both the Khasmek kernel and rom via Heimdall, which reports succuess, but im am still at the same exclamation. Am i bricked?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howtodoo?:
Can you get into download mode??? if so you not bricked.. voodoo mod was very glitchy for me, when i flashed overcome rom to my verzion tab.. i couldnt wipe anything i got that same screen with the triangle and not matter what i was doing it would go back voodoo cmw options then triangle. so finally i reflashed back to stock then booted into original recovery and wiped from there, both data and cahce. i was able to boot back up into android, from there i reflashed voodoo recovery and oc kernel and then was finallly able to use my nandroid back up.

stay away from rom manager, just power down the device to get into recovery or download mode. with the device off hold down power button and volume down button and yellow triangle should appear then flash back to stock... your gonna have to reboot into recovery after stock flash, and wipe both data and cache this should get you back up and running.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rspong:
Its just getting ugly. Wont even power down. when i push and hold power off, just turns back on into the triangle exclamation, again, touch the home button and im in stock recovery screen with the exclamation still on that screen too. I can scroll up and down with volume, but when i push power to select nothing happens. Yes, i can get into download, like i said, ive reflashed everything successfully, according to heimdall, but nothings changed, just boots back into triangle page.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rspong:
well,

i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howtodoo?:
yea man i got freaked out too.. i had the same problem with powering down, i just kept holding the power button down finally it shutdown.did u get the msg saying back button is disabled. then a few seconds later back button is enabled, while in voodoo recovery?? how did u make out with the nandroid backup?? i got my to work after reflashing back to stock and then reflashing v3 kernel and vooodoo recovery..
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinsoku3g:
Khasmek has a thread for the rom.. why not just post in there? This if not there would belong in q&a
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NomaSS:
Where did you find the vzw files? Can you send them to me?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NomaSS:
Nevermind google found it sorry :/
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robin M:
Google found them WHERE? I've been searching for hours. I need original VZW VCast files back so ECO2 script won't crash when it tries to update them.

Update... I never did find the VZW files with Google Search, but the fix here in this thread restores everything back to stock including all the VZW bloatware. The fix works like a charm, by the way, for completely restoring the Tab back to stock.
[Droid X General] txmaninblack:
I dropped my phone today, cracked it and called the insurance company. They told me they aren't making the Droid X anymore that the Droid X 2 Gig is what they can send me, of course they want 99 dollars, I asked if i kept my 16 on board and 16 sd card she said yes. I am presumed they will not be sending the 2gb card with it, which is good cause I am not giving up my 16 gig card lmao Just some heads up.
[Droid X General] torikorocks:
Is the replacement the same as the Droid x
[Droid X General] shukero:
Yeah, Engagdet just threw this out to the public, the new droid x's that are being seen in the verizon systems as well as sams club systems are the same device, but just with a class 2 2gb memory stick. If I were you I'd get a better mem stick anyway, class 2 is slow as hell lol :P
[Droid X General] txmaninblack:
im keeping the one that came with the original i was thinking if i said no, if i could get a thunderbolt or bionic lmao since im going to pay the deductible figured its worth a try
[Droid X General] txmaninblack:
I just got the run down of the new droid x 2 gig from a verizon technical support person, its no different than the droid x except a 2 gig card EXCEPT it was confirmed that it will be installed with 2.3.340 lmao silly company
[Droid X General] Devilsephiroth:
You never have to replace the battery or sd card. Ever!

Ever.
[Droid X General] txmaninblack:
EVER wow thats a relieve cause the First Edition I got when it first came out sucks balls!
[Droid X General] JayBeezy802:
They are referring to Verizons Software code, not the Androids hence why our phones will have Version 2.3.x but android 2.2.1, currently.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jjjkkkl:
My friend just showed me this link to a new ROM called LatticeMOD. It's for the Droid Incredible and runs really smooth, graphics are great -- check it out!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karateman1300:
Hey people,

I've recently rooted my phone using the UnRevoked root method without a hitch. I've also recently installed HydraKernal's OC 1.13ghz OV v1.0 kernel (On the Stock 2.2 Froyo ROM). However recently my phone has been freezing and stuff, so I went back today to reflash my phone back to the stock kernal, using the stock one provided from HydraKernal's Support section on the website. After flashing, I get stuck at the HTC Incredible white boot screen and have to do a battery pull. I've tried reflashing to the previously working OC 1.13ghz kernal with no luck, and my SD card got corrupted so I lost my nandroid backup. Any ideas? I'm currently in the process of unrooting, but I'm not sure if this is the right step to take. I've cleared the Devlik and regular cache's but have not done a factory reset, because I'd like to keep my phone setup how it is. If you have any suggestions I'd appreciate it. Thanks...

-Matt
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
You will have to revert to stock and then re-root. Because you have lost your nandroid, you lost a lot.

Download this file

http://www.fourty.net/~berzerker/stockstuff/PB31IMG_3.26.605.1_RUU.zip

Rename it to PB31IMG.zip, put it on the root of your SD card, Boot into the bootloader (hold vol- and pwr) and let it run the update. After it is done you will be back to a stock 2.2 and can re-root from there and do whatever other updates there are. I would suggest using a newer kernel as those hydra kernels are very outdated.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karateman1300:
Okay, did it all. Worked like a charm. Rerooted with a Nandroid backed up to my PC. Learned my lesson. Thanks guys ! :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4304093:
OK. So I am having the same issue with my device. I also have the Droid Incredible. The link above does not work. Can anyone help? Thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
This thread is from March bud, just start a new thread.

Try going here pvillecomp.com.
[Nexus S General] supernine:
Hi everyone, so I am the proud owner of 3 Nexus S' and I have to say, probably the most awesome phone I have ever owned... Battery life is good on all 3 phones with an average of 20 hours on average use... however as soon as I enable LATITUDE on either of the 3 devices.. battery life drops to around 8 hours with the same average use. I believe people are aware of this issue, but I could not find a fix other than obviously disabling the feature.

Is this a software bug for Google yet to fix, or is Latitude/GPS that much of a battery drainer (sometimes up to 20% in battery usage in info)
[Nexus S General] skreamz:
Same here. Battery drops as soon as it is enabled.
[Nexus S General] nxt:
Well Latitude continuously pings your location to Google, and it's receiving info of where your friends are, so yes, it's a battery hog.
[Nexus S General] supernine:
I honestly believe that's not the problem, especially with hundreds of emails coming through my phone a day. I never had such a drastic battery drain from this feature on another android device (e.g. Nexus One)... I believe it may be linked to either a software bug or hardware issue (I'm assuming Samsung GPS takes up more time and power to acquire the same lock vs an HTC device).

Anyone know of a way to tweak Latitude's GPS refresh rate? I'd like to raise it's minimum to like 30/45min. Or I want to figure out why it's keeping the phone awake 1-3hrs in a single day.
[Nexus S General] newspeak:
disable location history and auto checkin ...mine doesn't seem to take up as much power after i did that
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
yeah, there's a bug report if you google. latitude is not that battery hungry on my previous HTC Magic.
[Nexus S General] RogerPodacter:
remember when you are signed in to latitude, it does not use the GPS in the background, it only approximates your location from the nearest cell site. when you actually go into maps and into latitude is when it pinpoints your precise location with GPS. soon as you minimize it, the GPS turns off and it goes back to approximating location again.
[Nexus S General] daffyno:
i cant use latitude in this condition :mad:

can u link the bug report please?
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15057
[Nexus S General] johnkim0011:
1+.

I'm on second Nexus S. I didn't have Latitude enabled on my previous Nexus S. Battery used to last me a day.

On second one, I enabled Latitude and it would last about 5 hours. I didn't think Latitude was problem.. though I should disable after weeks of usage. Then I get about 15 hours with mild usage.
[Nexus S General] dinan:
Yea I've stopped using latitude... only manually refreshing it then disabling it every now and then. It was fine on my Nexus One so I don't know why it's such a huge hog on the Nexus S. I submitted a bug report to google a few days after release...
[Nexus S General] mbwelch:
Same issue on my NS when using Latitude as well. I'm wondering if it has something to do with Samsung's GPS functionality as there has notoriously been issues with it with their Galaxy S phones.
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
Just when I thought I do not have this issue anymore, yesterday Maps was using 70% of my battery, and I saw that it kept my phone awake for 7 hours of my 15 hours period!

I have rebooted my phone and now Maps seems to be at a normal 20% battery usage (still not normal if compared to latitude being enabled on my old HTC Magic).

Really need latitude....
[Nexus S General] defia:
enable latitude always kills your battery life

but set to never sleep in wifi advanced settings will definitely reduce the battery leeching
[Nexus S General] erikiksaz:
I hate resurrecting old threads, but there is an alternative to latitude.

Search for altitude, by the same dev that put out betterbatterystats.

It allows you change the refresh on latitude, and how coarse/fine you want it to locate you.

Definitely reduces the resource drain.
[Nexus S General] Shark_On_Land:
I just never open latitude. Till this day its never been open.
[Nexus S General] zlwu:
So I also disabled latitude because of this.
[Nexus S General] davidsteele1975:
Try it. Not everybody has the issue.

Actually on that bombshell, Latitude uses very little power when I don't travel and lots when I do, as I expect. The refresh rate depends on how much I move about. Newer versions of Google Maps has tended to use more power than older versions but the update last week has helped.

I don't have any real reason to use Latitude most of the time, other than I can, but my wife uses it to not call me to see where I am. I wonder if the power saved through no call makes up for the drain..? :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] p3eps:
My fiancee has an iPhone 4, and the other day sent me a video by email.

The file came over as a .mov file - which I couldn't play.

I had a search, and I read that RockPlayer played .mov files on Android, so I downloaded the demo. It gave me an error when trying to play.

I thought it was maybe because the video had been edited in the iPhones iMovie - so I had her send me another one that wasn't edited.

It produced the same problem.

Has anyone successfully managed to play a .mov file from an iPhone 4 - and what program did they use?

I'm trying to play them on an HTC Desire HD if that makes a difference?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] v0yeur:
rockplayer 1.6.1 works

Hey there,

I've used Rockplayer 1.6.1 - the full version, and it plays a 2MB clip from an iPhone4 user's email. My issue is that I'd love to permanently associate rockplayer with the filetype in Root Explorer.

I also find that 'opening' the file directly from the mail client is a no-go. I only got it to work after saving, then using RPlayer to navigate to the file.

good luck!

edit: and I just noticed - I have the same phone, Telus edition in Canada, unlocked, rooted on RCmixHD ROM 6.1.0.1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shannonm:
Same problem with iPhone messages

I downloaded rockplayer (lite) and meridian, neither play .mov from an email attachment. I also don't see a way to save the video attachment locally. How are you able to do this?

Using a new Nexus S.

Thanks

Shannon