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[Nexus One General] albundy2010:
Taking straight from the wiki. Please read it before asking questions.

very generic explanation of steps needed to update a stock phone to custom ROM:

Download the ROM of your choice.

Copy the downloaded ROM image to the SD card

Root if you don't want to unlock bootloader (or just unlock bootloader).

Flash custom recovery image (if not done while rooting)

Turn off the phone

Turn on the phone while holding Volume Down

Select "BOOTLOADER" from the menu

Select "RECOVERY" from the menu

Select "Wipe"

Select "Wipe data / factory reset"

Select "Wipe Dalvik cache"

Return to main recovery menu

Select "Flash update.zip" or "Flash ZIP file"

Turn off verification, if such option is presented

Select your downloaded ROM image

Wait for the flash to finish successfully, if it didn't - do not continue!

Return to main recovery menu

Reboot the phone

You can follow a video walkthrough for this here: How to Flash a Custom ROM
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
To add to the post above, look at my signature and make sure you read and execute the relevant guide.
[Nexus One General] Clarkster:
Just to clarify what the others are saying. You don't have root because you didn't root your phone.

You only unlocked the bootloader, which allows you to flash partitions through fastboot.
[Nexus One General] apollofroyo:
you havent rooted ,just unlocked bootloader
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
Echo?
[Nexus One General] rawskillz:
yea i since realized that. ive now flashed 2.2.

but cant get the to root it yet :(

trying to figure things out.. maybe rooting wasnt such a good idea since i cant figure it out
[Nexus One General] ilostchild:
since you have a unlocked bootloader you can do fastboot flash..

get amon ra recovery and do fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

after you do that it should say sending flashing and done with no errors

from then reboot into recovery and do a nandroid of rom then do wipe and wipe and flash selected rom you want.. cm7 plus gapps after reboot and you haverom..

nexus one is ez to gainroot if you unlockboot loadder.. if you dont then it gets more complicated..
[Nexus One General] rawskillz:
wow thanks alot. it was way easier than i thought it would be. now going to backup my apps and flash cyanogen 7 . the problem is i had installed sdk b4 in wrong folder etc. will take future note. thanks to all
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azriel18:
Hello,

I bought the Galaxy recently,and changed his rom.

Rom comes with Launchrpro,and I am very satisfied with it.

But I want to stay with the original rom menu (TW). is this possible?

In addition, I want to get the applications menu in folders.is this possible?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgsI9003:
I don't know which rom you are using but if that rom gives you both option then go to

settings> application> manage application> choose TW> set default (you can clear defaults too)

Hope this works for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phzi:
There are custom roms that offer touchwiz, and you can always install it afterwards too (e.g. From apk found off the forums, or via sgs tools app).

Doc rom kitchen is a great place to start.

The app menu is launcher specific, afaik there aren't any that allow you to arrange your apps into folders, and launcherpro is the only one that lets you hide icons.

Sent from xda premium app on i9000m.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azriel18:
Tnx but I know that I can switch to TW.

I want to stay with Launchrpro and replace

just the menu

like TW.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
What menu are you talking about? (screenies would be nice)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azriel18:
The first picture(left) is the menu I want to go back to.

This second picture menu I have now, in the launcherpro

I wish to keep launcherpro because of the comfortable home screens.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
That menu is called app drawer a part of the launcher and what you want I believe not possible with launcherpro. If you want the horizontal scrolling + menu in app drawer I mean. You are better off with another launcher. Like ADW launcher or some modified TW.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
As near as I can tell, what you are showing in the first pic is the TWLauncher homescreen, while in the second you are showing the App Drawer in LauncherPro.

It is easy to reproduce a similar homescreen in Launcher Pro. On your main screen, just press the button to open your App Drawer (the thing shown in your second picture). The press and hold the icon for an App you wish to put on your homescreen. Your view will switch to your homescreen, with a garbage can at the bottom. Position the icon where you with it, or drop it into the trash and start again. Once you have everything on the first homescreen that you want, go to the second screen, reopen the App Drawer, and add apps just as you did before.

You can control the number of homescreens you have, and which opens by default, from the Launcher Pro Preferences menu.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
As you can see if you look closely BOTH pics are app drawer :) . Look first pic, grey bar down (home screen has it black) and Home button which doesnt exist in the homescreen since there is the Applications button :)

To OP look what I wrote you up :) . Or you could kinda put all yours apps on your homescreen like rschenck said.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmsnx:
Try Go Launcher, free in market. It lets you have the "side swiping" app drawer/menu :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Quite right, my bad...been a while since I used the TWLauncher.

OP, are you asking to be able to horizontally scroll through apps, or to have buttons for Phone and other key tasks on the same page as all your apps?

I am still thinking that you can either jury rig a solution using Pro, or as Pagot suggests, try other launchers, there are lots of good ones out there...ADW, Pro, GO, Zume, plenty of others.
[Nook Color General] joe91584:
I was thinking of buy a nook just for a alarm clock that would be able to show the news when at my desk.

Does anyone know how long the backlight would last on the nook if it was on 24/7?
[Nook Color General] Clienterror:
I would think it would last quite a while, as far as an alarm clock you'd need external speakers attached, the built in one is pretty weak. You could always just put it to sleep when you go to work so the screen isn't on 24/7 when no one if using it.

Sent from my Nook Color on Honeycomb 1.1 OC
[Nook Color General] joe91584:
Ok after using this for a few weeks now. Yes it does work great as a alarm clock, like clienterror side the sound it a little on the low side, however it does get me up.

The black light has not given up on me yet but I do wish I could find a easier way to turn on/off the screen when no one is around sometimes I do forget to shut it off.

I still have yet to find the perfect app (yah ok nothing is perfect) to wake up to yet but I am not about to give up so soon.
[Nook Color General] ruprick:
Try Lightning Bug. It's my new favorite sleep/alarm app and works well on the NC.
[Nook Color General] joe91584:
Thanks for the app. I really like it soo much
[Nook Color General] Explore3:
Check out Gentle Alarm (TRIAL). The trial is free. I believe it is the full version except it will not ring on Wednesdays. It really does work.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] d3adbroke:
anyone else that is using a unlocked phone on att with the medianet plan know if there is a cap i no its "unlimited" but i heard there was a 5gb cap is that true? because if so i went over that 5gb tonight and was wondering whats going to happen..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
More than likely you'll just get bottlenecked. Call AT&T and ask them.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] d3adbroke:
Bottlenecked?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
They cut out the available bandwidth to your phone. Typically that means they'll block your phone from accessing 3G networks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] d3adbroke:
Damn but ill get edge till next billing
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Right. It'll reset at the end of your billing cycle. There's a way around it but I'm not familiar with it. Some searching should help you out.
[General Topics] oka1:
Here is an Article for test results testing 4G speeds on all major carriers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110314/tc_pcworld/4gwirelessspeedtestswhichisreallythefastest

Confirms what I already knew TMO is good for phones too bad as soon as it gets bigger it will be worse

Interesting article
[General Topics] Dariz:
Interesting actually, even though that, I knew the most.
[EVO 4G General] zikronix:
In some states in cities. Clear had to light up Wimax On a few towers for and to keep licensing. Clear may not be building but this is an fcc requirement. So start looking for 4G. This information came from confidential documentation and sources from conference calls with various engineers

Active = Means you can connect to it and use it but is still unadvertised

More to come = They will light up a yet unspecified amount of towers in other areas

Completed = Until its "official" no more towers will be brought online

Comming Soon = Should be happening

Status Unknown = No further information is known. Other than it has been reported to be working.

Arizona 4G Cities (Select towers and areas only) include

Phoenix (Active, More to Come)

Mesa (Active, More to come)

Prescott (Active, Completed)

Flagstaff (Active, Completed)

Lake Havasu (Active, Completed)

Yuma (Comming Soon)

Tuscon (Comming Soon)

Globe (Active, Unknown)

Sierra (Active, Unknown)

Kingman (Active, Unknown)
[EVO 4G General] m4xwellmurd3r:
Kick ass
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Also add Globe, Kingman and Sierra Vista to that list :)
[EVO 4G General] raul602:
where can i get 4g in phx? I thought only the "test" area up in bell road had it :(
[EVO 4G General] splmonster:
Some in Mesa.. go to clear.com/coverage to check.
[EVO 4G General] zikronix:
Comming soon or physically lit up. I dont have information that reflected those cities. I had heard it through the grape vine, but its not on my "list"

Thats what im talking about...these Test areas...are not necessarily test areas...Select towers in select areas are being lit up for licensing purposes. There will be more phoenix towers I assure you. But until we are "official" dont expect it find it everywhere.
[EVO 4G General] tempe38:
Globe, Kingman and Sierra Vista show coverage on the Clear.com/coverage map. I'll believe 4G in Tempe when I see it. "It's coming" is nothing we haven't heard for 9 months.
[EVO 4G General] magicalsleeper:
Need to see more on the sensorly map pronto. :) time to bug some friends in flag to do some data collecting soon...
[EVO 4G General] zikronix:
This has nothing to do with official deployment or testing. This is simply licensing to make sure they dont interfere and or loose the licenses to run in said city There could be 4g signal right now (allthough I dont show anything for tempe)
[EVO 4G General] zikronix:
I was just up there..

Picked it up at little america down to walmart at 17 /40 split.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Is anybody working on a port? I know there's a wannabe CM7 out there from Biz but it just doesn't cut it.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Wait, the Girls Gone Wild crew didn't have a port?
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Unfortunately no

Sent from my spaceship!
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Most unfortunate.
[EVO 4G General] d-evo_me01:
you guys need to grow up. use this place for phone questions only and not your own personal twitter account
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] kitsunisan:
Anyone able to get EA games like Sims 3 and Need for Speed up and running on Vegan, or any other rom for that matter?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Pazzu510:
not in early january. Havent tries recently.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] antjc80:
Same problem. Can't find games I have previously purchased.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] kitsunisan:
Not on the market for me either, but when pulling the apk files from my Nexus One and installing it on the G-Tab, every single one of them force closes on me. I wonder if the Xoom can play them, if it force closes on that, then at least we may know it's a processor issue.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] lordgodgeneral:
I've gotten worms working fine on my G Tab.

Side loaded both the app, and the additional 40 MB of data that it copies to \sdcard\Android.

Just side loading the app wasn't enough, whenever I tried running it errored out saying device not compatible. So downloaded it on my droid and copied over.

Works really great on the 10" screen, controls take a little getting used to.
[Xperia Arc General] joplin48:
Sony Xperia Arc:cool:: vs Samsung Galaxy S2:confused:

I'm really interested in the Arc due to the fact it has Autofocus/Hdmi/Takes excellent pictures in low light plus great pictures in general. The Video is very smooth/clear. You can run mutiple apps without lag. It comes loaded with 2.3. Must important of all it has clear/loud/incredible sound whether using the media player or talking on the phone or using the speaker phone.It has a great screen with vivid colors.

Just because its a single core processor does not make it slow. This is the same processor that the Desire HD uses.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that the Samsung S2 is not a good phone.

Here are my thoughts

-Dual core processors are brand new(1st generation)

-it will take awhile for them to prove themselves

-how long will updates take

-it will take awhile for developers to develop games/apps for dual core phones

-not everyone needs or uses the power of dual-core processor

Final Thoughts

At the end of the day I want a phone that I can clearly talk on/play the odd game/listen to music. Play utube stuff/watch videos without lag/surf the internet the odd time/take some picts/odd video.

Im not into heavy graphics/rpg games/editing movies or pictures.

I believe that Arc can do all the above and more.

To me Dual core is overkill for me for now. Besides at the end of the year we'll have Quad Core phones.

Tell me your honest opinions on the Arc/Vs Samsung Galaxy S2.:confused:

Thanks

Joplin:cool::confused:
[Xperia Arc General] pippenchan:
For me is just easy, if heavy for game play, I go for Xperia Play. If not, I go for Xperia Arc.

Because I hate the out shape design of the Galaxy S, it's too similar to iPhone, even the UI.

Arc out shape design is too great!!
[Xperia Arc General] refract:
Gaming is fine on Arc, too. The screen is more than huge enough to support gaming via touch.

As for topic, I'd go for Arc, considering as you said, dualcore won't matter for at least next 2-3 quartals, and even not then as well.

It's a experimental area, phones don't really need dual core stuff just yet imo.
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
In the end it's not about what people tell you

It's about what you want

For me i'm going with Arc, it has everything I want in it
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
This sub forum will tend to be full of people who are genuinely interested in the Arc. If you wan't some interesting opinions you should open the same thread in the galaxy s2 sub forum. ;)
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
Of course, why would someone hate SG2 go to their section and waste everybody's time :-P

Same goes here
[Xperia Arc General] refract:
Well some people are actually genuinely unbiased.

It's just a mobile phone, also, strictly speaking, you'll milk more out of Arc than SG2 with your money for the time being. But on the end, everything falls down to preference. Dual-core won't make that much difference for the time being, plus I'd imagine it rapes your battery life faster. On another side, SG2, if the dual-core CPU actually matters much, is the smarter choice here. Again, proving my point that personal preference is all, I've seen some people picking up inferior phones just because of brand or it's looks ( cough cough iPhone )

Pick what you like, is the best answer you can get on these forums.
[Xperia Arc General] joplin48:
I appreciate all the positive feedback.

Thanks

Greg:cool:
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
Easy fella. It was a joke. Ofcourse at the end of the day it's all down to personal preference. :)

Back to the topic. I'll go for the arc because I am a sucker for eye candy!
[Xperia Arc General] END_OF_FLESH:
Just throwing my .02 in... I'm returning my Atrix within the next week or so due to Motorola locking down the bootloader and Designgears calling it a lost cause... but I figured I'd just throw it out there that the Atrix with the Tegra 2 (dual core) CRUSHES any other phone I've EVER owned in the last 6 years on the battery life. If the bootloader wasn't signed I'd drop Cyanogenmod 7 onto it and be a happy camper for the next 2 years (Tegra 3... mmmmm...)
[Xperia Arc General] refract:
Guess I should've added a smiley or two in that post :p

Hmm, the battery life thing is interesting, a man would expect it to drain more power ._.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
I believe that dual core processors are more power efficient because they each run at lower clock speeds, and therefore lower heat.. and therefore use less battery!
[Xperia Arc General] refract:
Ah, fair point. Guess I'm just dumb today :(
[Xperia Arc General] Makenboshi:
specwise, SGS2 overwhelm arc

pricewise, arc might has a slight victory

either way, it's back to yourself (and your pocket, lol)
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
what makes you say that?.. what about the SGS2 overwhelms the arc?
[Xperia Arc General] Makenboshi:
gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3619&idPhone2=3621

specwise, arc is overwhelmed by SGS2

but if you compare price/performance, arc would came as the winner

btw the bravia engine is so cool, and xmor also rocks

just hoping the bootloader could be unlocked, keep my fingers crossed :(

a short video by me when trying the arc demo unit

youtube.com/watch?v=D4uc1PHxA9Y
[Xperia Arc General] joplin48:
Originally Posted by Makenbosh// My Reply>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bigger does not mean better. Sure Samsung has dual core but why do I need to go 150mph/ 100 mph with the Arc is fine by me. Besides the ticket will be cheaper. Bonus point goes to ARC
[Xperia Arc General] Blomkungen:
rumour says all new SE phones will be unlocked if they have time to do it
[Xperia Arc General] silverwind:
Dude, never really trust gsm arena;)

I would love to have dual core phone, but it's not available in the market, yet..

So, I decided to have this arc.. I love the design:)

About, the price, IMO it's a bit over priced ;)

Ah, can't wait 9 April :p

Cheers
[Xperia Arc General] phonex1:
The fact you cannot get rid of Sony Ericsson's ugly blues theme makes it pretty underwhelming. Sexy phone but ruined again by SE. I was set to buy it but after learning there is no way around the iPhone-esque lockedness I would just get SGS2. If I want a locked experience I have the iPhone 4 for that. No need to settle for same thing again.
[Xperia Arc General] Blomkungen:
Who says it's locked?
[Xperia Arc General] phonex1:
You mean the bootloader will be unlocked? Allowing easy access to root and install own modifications?
[Xperia Arc General] Robot Abstracts:
Even though I'm in the us and this doesn't really apply to me, I would say GS2, you say that dual core is to early in development but alot of great games are already dual core only leaving me first the first time feeling outdated and that pof dual core only apps will only grow, the arc is a nice in between device IMO.
[Xperia Arc General] Blomkungen:
Rumours in sweden are saying yes
[Xperia Arc General] zerodi:
I'm going for the Neo I'm hoping it wud be cheaper and u only lose a few inches! Lol

Although the play looks awesome but why they didn't give it dualcore as its a gaming phone is beyond me
[Xperia Arc General] Blomkungen:
Probably because qualcomms dualcores weren't done and the price would have gone up and made it less attractive, Also it would have been delayed due to the delay in qualcomms dualcores

With the current price of 470 euros it's far more attractive
[Xperia Arc General] Makenboshi:
haha, not overpriced if you also include the bonus of the pre-order items

VH110 = 16pounds = IDR 200k

6 month free data package = @IDR 100k/month = IDR600k

HDMI cable (if you got it later) = about IDR100-200k

from IDR 5.5mil reduced by IDR800k-1mil (+IDR500k discount if using BNI's credit card) become about IDR4.2-4.5mil

it's a very nice bargain

and yeah, I also can't wait till 9 april :D
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
bootloader WILL be locked.. infact a lot of the other manufacturers are starting to do the same too.
[Xperia Arc General] silverwind:
That's why we are here ;)

To unlock the locked :D

Cheers
[Xperia Arc General] Petra Immanuel:
Uhmm Yes April 9 @SenCi ha3
[Xperia Arc General] titus1:
Yup, why not NEO? All the goodies the Arc could offer but in a more pocketable dimension (and cheaper I pressume).
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
The design, I guess. Arc design is absolutely sublime, but the Neo is very good too. They're both departures from the all-too-familiar HTC styles, which is good to see.
[Xperia Arc General] kishore123:
y r we toking about developing games for dual core...cuz wen we r comparing a game for single core using on a dual core..it wud be naturally faster...

and the fact thatdual core is 1st gen..which doesnt matter becausee obv 2 cpus wud be great..and wen tokin abt the arc nah...u have to consider the bad batter life alsoo
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
bad battery life on what?? dual core?
[Xperia Arc General] n3o_m4rt1n:
IMHO arc design is much better

that sexy curvy body is just want i need right now :D
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Sexy curvy body is just nice but look at the execution of front glass into the sides and corner.

I always thought that having a full glass top like iPhone4 would be nice (I am not an iPhone fan) but I was mistaken as soon as I saw the ARC. It can be still improved but you can only massage a design to an extend.

It would be nice with some stainless steel work. X1 was a good example. and as the rest of commenter said,I don't want a flat slab as my phone.
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
There's already the 'Tegra Zone' dedicated to handsets running on nVidia's Tegra2 SoC - it will include support for Playstation games.

So I think that point is moot.

Motorola are very good when it comes to battery life - my Defy gets 3-4 days easily, I reckon 5-6 if I cut down my usage.

But, conversely, Motorola suck at software optimisation - the Optimus 2X uses the same CPU but spanks the Atrix up and down in benchmarks.

That's the theory that nVidia present regarding Tegra2.

Why not?

And what site would you 'trust' instead?
[Xperia Arc General] se_dude:
All ther games present in Tegrazone are already available for the play, means they are optimized for single cores. So isnt exactly dual core material is it? ANd the PS Suite should be compatible on the Arc too given that the play uses similar hardware.
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
I wouldn't be so sure about that...

The Tegra Zone includes versions of the games optimised for the Tegra2 SoC - the description of 'Backbreaker THD' states it 'is an enhanced version developed specifically to be played on NVIDIA Tegra-powered devices'.

I can't see that ever happening - why would SE want to potentially-undermine the sales of the Play by offering the same functionality on a handset that's available at a lower price.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
sGS2 :

+Look

+Screen Super Amoled +

+Dual Core

-Price

-Expectating date flying in the sky

-Pixels per inch slightly worst than Arc

-Fingerprints?

Arc:

+Look

+Screen Bravia

+Camera

+Price

+Available

+Screen under sunlight

+Over average speakers

-SE prices decrease rapidly (you bought it +600$ a month later its at 500$ lol)

-Actually less interested devs in XDA to build roms ( but everything could change when rooted)

-Fingerprints

-Would have preffered the new high resolution like Atrix and Pyramid
[Xperia Arc General] topkop:
Is this true? You cannot change the theme color?
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Use ADW launcher and you can use whatever color you want ;)