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[HTC Incredible S] chrisr27:
well put...i had DHD and Inc S...viewing angles just dont compare, tilt the DHD at all and it washes out, do the same with the IS and its as clear, deep and brilliant at 90 degrees as it is face on..this phone is fabulous :D

try holding DHD in one hand and pulling down the taskbar with thumb, its an awkward stretch ...IS is perfect size
[HTC Incredible S] doublecheese:
Yesterday I went to a friend who has a DHD as well, however he was claiming that he has the new video drivers for HTC on his DHD and he was saying that his screen sure is better than the INC S screen....

So after comparing the screens of my DHD, his DHD and my INC S : I can clearly say that INC S screen is Brighter, Crispier, Colors are warmer.

But my friends DHD`s screen was better than my DHD`s screen, so this means the new video drivers worked but up to a certain point !!!

When you look at the screens , you can easily understand that INC S has a superior screen !!!!!!!!!
[HTC Incredible S] pcs-alien:
Where do i get the Video Driver for the DHD ??

Regards,

Alien
[HTC Incredible S] doublecheese:
Leedroid rom has the latest video drivers, you can find it in the rom devekopment section.
[HTC Incredible S] blitz89:
i think it's part of the 2.2.1 OTA update by htc. i had mine updated 3 days ago from 1.32 to 1.83 and yeah the screen became more vibrant:)
[HTC Incredible S] DaanJordaan:
This is kind of a long shot, but can anyone maybe post a screen comparison of the Inc S and the DHD with new video drivers? And try to angle them just like the OP

Thanks in advance

Edit: stupid stupid stupid.. op is using new drivers.. Sorry!
[HTC Incredible S] olyloh6696:
I tried them side by side at my local carphone warehouse. The screen on the In. is much clearer and colurs are not as washed out as the DHD. But i like bigger screens! :)
[Folio 100 General] mr-e:
Hi , I suppose this belongs in the development thread but don't have write access to that one yet ...

I don't know if it's a market issue or an issue on program launch but I noticed that in cyanogenmod some games like Ken Magic's solitaire open in a small phone-sized 'window' where in foliomod 1.4 they open fullscreen.

For the rest everything works great :-)

Ah btw , can I find an apk of the tap 'n tap keyboard from foliomod somewhere because the one in the market also opens in a small 'window' in cyanogenmod
[Folio 100 General] Topogigi:
Compatibility mode for old apps need to be unchecked in spare parts.
[Folio 100 General] mr-e:
Thx man, works great!
[Xoom General] wang1404:
I've downloaded some good apps, but people seem to be stupid or for whatevr reason, they down rate the damn good apps. But I can't seem to find a rate button on anywhere in the market apps.
[Xoom General] kalfou:
Click on the stars
[Xoom General] wang1404:
I tried before asking this. Nothing happend
[Xoom General] funnycreature:
You don't seem to own a Xoom... There have been multiple complaints/threads about the current inability to rate most/all apps in the market. It's a big item on the honeycomb wishlist!
[Xoom General] wang1404:
That just answer my question lol. Damn I was dumb enough to skip that thread. Thanks anyways bro
[Xoom General] funnycreature:
You're welcome! You can always click the "thanks" button ;)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] DemonGloom:
Can anyone mod our framework to make white statusbar and black icons like in original eclair/froyo? I can put framework-res.apk with such icons/color from Acer Liquid if you need it...
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] slimdizzy:
Post the framework res and ill take a look at it. Not promising anything but shouldnt be to hard.

Basically you want white bar with black text right?
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
So stock Android status bar and icons?
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] DemonGloom:
Yes, stock android white bar and black text/icons.. Here is framework from my liquid (and screenshot how it looks)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] slimdizzy:
Ill see what i can come up with.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] DemonGloom:
Any news? :)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] Galaxyer:
Hi,

Not only framework-res.apk is required for this mod., services.jar is essential for changing clock color

I think this guide will help:-

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9066440&postcount=1

good luck
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] DemonGloom:
Tried.. Tab hanged after first boot animation, without vibration or displaying anything..

So, I must wait for clever people to do that :(
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] slimdizzy:
Sorry for my late reply, I was away for work. As Galaxyer stated above more file are need to change the bar to white. I have some early builds locally that I am testing but hopefully by end of week I should have something. If you could post the services.jar file from your acer as well as I could do a diff on the two to see where the clock changes are, that would save time.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] DemonGloom:
Here is services.jar
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] Microsoft:
Do not Add any (framework - service - ect) Files to your Galaxy tab

you will hanging up

That files it very specific should be deference for your mobile :)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
Heres my two cents, you can mod all the icons and the background color but modding the clock color is a huge pita. You need to deodex then reodex, push the new files and reboot. Be forewarned that the first boot after doing odex mods takes a while. You can easily replace the icons by downloading the theme you want then use ninjamorph to make the changes. Hope this helps. :-)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
OK, the preface:

1. Rooted the EVO 4G phone with Unrevoked3.

2. It worked, ClockworkMod Recovery is in place - phone says S-OFF on hboot. I did a nand backup successfully.

3. Installed Wireless Tether, works fine.

4. Purchased and installed Titanium Backup Pro - it said I needed Busybox, downloaded it. Everything works fine, did a full backup with it.

5. I like HTC's Sense UI.

Titanium Backup Pro starts fine, reports everything as "OK" - that I'm rooted, the super user app runs - all looks good. It's behaving as its rooted just fine. I went through the app list and started freezing apps like Amazon MP3, Sprint NFL, and all the other bloated crap that comes from Sprint with this phone.

The problem is - that when I reboot the phone, and go to Advanced Task Killer Free - things like FM Radio, Amazon MP3, News, etc - are showing as running. The Freeze didn't freeze these things - they are still launching.

I'm trying to keep it "just rooted" -- it's all new to me, and I'd rather not have to fart with special ROMs or radios, kernels, etc - I'm old, I'll brick the damn thing. Currently I'm armed with the bookmark to unroot with my RUU PC36IMG.ZIP and some unrevoked-s-on.zip, and that's about it.

So - any help here? How come when I freeze these things, the system still launches them on bootup?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayharper08:
I honestly haven't messed with the "freeze" part of Titanium, but I use an app called "Bloat Freezer" from the market that works perfect. If you dont mind spending a couple bucks, it is well worth the money in my opinion :D

Heres the link thru AppBrian, its on sale :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heaterz16:
First suggestion get rid of the advanced task killer - it isn't needed.

Secondly, one of the main reasons to root is to remove the sprint bloatware; you could do it through adb, but I am guessing you will think that is too hard. I thought you could uninstall the bloatware using titantium backup which would be easy.

If you can't uninstall them instead of freezing them, the easiest thing would probably be to flash a custom rom. If you want a stock feel that is very fast with no sprint bloatware - download and install MikFroYo 4.5.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
I've been reading that if I remove the apps, I run some risk of OTA updates failing or some such. Is that not such a big deal, after all?

I feel confident about rooting and unrooting, reading over those steps a dozen times over. Not so much about custom ROMs and kernels. I read about radio keys possibly getting dorked, making sure you update radios and some other stuff - it starts to get a bit overwhelming - clearing cache, data, dalvik (wtf ever that is), certain features not working (fm radio, 4g, wimax, etc). As it is now, I've managed to root, do a nandroid backup with ClockworkMod Recovery, and a Titanium Backup backup - i feel confident with that.

I really do like the stock Evo 4G - just don't want any of that bloat running. There's no reason Amazon MP3 or Sprint TV should ever want to fire up at random times.

If it was easy to flip into some other ROM and still maintain my stock look, I'd be happy to start researching it. I read some other one was decent too - some Warm TwoPointTwo or something?

I'd like to keep Sense, the basic stock look - and get rid of the bloat.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
Like here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=883026

I started reading and my head started spinning with stuff about mods to the MikFroyo 4.5 ROM. NO CLUE how to add any of that or tweak it. Heck, not even a real clue on how to install MikFroyo safely. Is it just a matter of dropping some ZIP on the root of SD card, go to the ClockworkMod and update something or other? I guess I have much more reading ahead of me.

One question I do have -- when I do a backup with the ClockworkMod recovery -- is that everything? Is that my "safe checkpoint" - so if I screw something up, I can restore from that point?

I guess if I biff it entirely, I can always roll back to unrooted stock with that PC36IMG.ZIP and unrevoked-s-off.zip file.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heaterz16:
It is a bit overwhelming, I would highly recommend running MikFroyo 4.5 - it is pretty stock feel with some extra eye candy and a whole bunch of mods that make it very speedy.

There are so many links in that thread so, here is the direct link to download MikFroyo 4.5: http://www.mediafire.com/?4v1tz1y3f0nwgwa

1.Download that file to your computer

2.Connect phone, select dropdown and enable usb disk drive

3.On computer right-click the mikfroyo file you downloaded and send it to your phone (i.e. - whatever drive your computer list it as, maybe E:\)

4.That will put the Rom file (which is a .zip file) on the ROOT of your sdcard [Root - meaning the file is not located in any folders on the sdcard]

5. Change usb connection to charge only

6.Boot into recovery

7.Make a full backup of your current Rom (Probably called Backup/Restore Menu in Recovery)

8. AFTER you make a backup, you are still in recovery - now select wipe Data/Factory Reset

9. After that wipe is complete, select wipe cache/dalvik-cache

10. Now, in recovery go back a menu or so and select Flash zip from sdcard, find the mikfroyo rom file you put on the sdcard and select it, Yes, to flash it.

11. Once it is finished, select reboot system now in your recovery

12. Be very patient while booting - can take 5 mins or more sometimes.

13. Once booted, update google info and then go to market and download Titantium Backup and restore the apps you want that you orginally backed up.

That is a very detailed step by step.

Note: Do NOT try to flash anything with battery less than 30%
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heaterz16:
NEVER take an OTA update after Root, it could brick your phone.

It isn't a big deal if you remove system apps and it messes something up assuming you have a backup that you can restore through your recovery.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heaterz16:
I don't recommend Clockwork, many people have issues with it and I don't use it so I am not sure, but some versions of Clockwork don't backup everything (which might include 4g keys, etc)

I recommend this recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705026

Read through this rooting guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045

See step 6, this will backup your 4G unique keys:

6A) REQUIRED RSA BACKUP This will back up your RSA keys just in case something goes wrong in that department. You should still be in your command window inside the shell with a #. (The following came from this thread)

mkdir -p /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP

cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP/wimax.img

This saves it in a file that can actually be restored. This next step is another type of backup just for good measure

busybox sed -n '/BEGIN CERTIFICATE/,$p' /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/rsa_OEM.key

This will dump the RSA keys to a text file on your SD Card named rsa_OEM.key

Mine was about 4575 KB in size, but the size could vary. Go ahead and switch the phone's USB connection over to "Disk Drive" and then browse to your SD Card and verify that the file rsa_OEM.key is indeed on the card.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
How the heck do you block OTA updates?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surtinirav300:
how to back up all internal memary

i use titanium backup how to back up internal software and how to restore tham
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
Also - I already rooted with Unrevoked3 and it put the ClockworkMod Recovery on the Evo 4G (it's hardware 0003). Everything *seems* to be working fine.

If I decide to go back to unrooted (s-on and the pc36img.zip for my phone) - do I need to worry about my wimax RSA keys at all, or can I just flash s-on then the PC36IMG zip and be back to square one?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
Attached to the message is a copy of my nandroid backup from clockwork - it sure seems like it backed up the wimax image for me.

Also, just to be safe, I did do the ADB shell to make an RSA_oem.key file - it was 4575kb, in my root folder.

I swear, it sure seems like things are fine. I'm a little apphrehensive about trying to flopswitch to a different recovery tool if things are working as expected. I fired up the 4G antenna, and it came on and tried searching for 4G (I am not in a 4G zone at the moment).

I still have one remaining question - how do I block OTA updates from Sprint, to avoid them hosing the phone? I didn't see anything obvious in the Update Phone bits.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heaterz16:
You should be fine running Clockwork - I just recommend Amon.

Glad to see you backed up your RSA keys and I agree it looks like you have a good Wimax.img. You only need either of these if somehow flashing another Rom messes up your 4g - you should be ok, just good to have just in case...

As for blocking OTA updates I haven't had any OTA updates since I have had the EVO, but they don't auto-install, you can just decline them if the message ever pops up.

As long as 4g keys are intact when/if you want to unroot, then all you have to do is run S-on and then restore the ruu as you stated.

Sounds like you definitely have your 4g keys and wimax intact, but you can always download Wimax Keys Checker from the Market for good measure as well to check.

Glad to hear everything looks good - are you going to try MikFroyo?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
when my testicles grow a few sizes more and I've done more reading and research. I hear nothing but good things about MikFroyo 4.5, and I'm at about page 30 of his 1000+ page home post. :) I spent two weeks reading everything under the sun just to get to a stage where I felt reasonably confident in rooting. :-)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I just got a serious lawl from reading that...soon my young user. But if you're on a sense rom, just don't accept the OTA, and if you're on aosp, it doesn't even ask you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heaterz16:
Haha, well you already did the hard part, rooting. Chances of bricking it now are about slim to none, unless you pull the battery during a flash of a rom. Worst case scenario, you get a bootloop because you forgot to wipe first or something, which is easily fixable.

If you want to read up on his thread, I would read starting on last page and read backwards. Otherwise, you will read all the issues in the original version of MikFroyo, the current 4.5 is virtually flawless.

Btw, I am glad to see you are willing to read before you do things - most people don't.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
I'll probably tackle a custom ROM (MikFroyo 4.5) next week. From what I'm reading, it's all about staging a ZIP or image to the root, and using the boot tool to flash it into the system. That, and be careful about radio keys, and the like. Seems uncomplicated enough.

Thanks to both of you for the help, I do appreciate it a lot. I've not been impressed with TitaniumBackup's freezing - a buncha junk still fires off on reboot of the phone - I'll try the AppBrain one here, I think. TB works good for backing crap up, though. As far as I can tell - haven't needed to restore anything yet - but it does definitely make a crapton of files in the backup process, so that's a good thing - I guess. :-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonH54:
I have my contacts set up on Google. Is there a way to remove all Contacts on my Sim Card to remove old and outdated stuff and Mass Export all my Google Contacts to it?

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonH54:
I should had looked for Apps 1st,I found App to do this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Since the thread is now here it would be nice if you shared that info for anyone else that might be interested.:rolleyes:

For the future, you can do this without an app. Simply go into the menu while in Contacts, select Display Options, turn off everything except SIM Card so that only the contacts on the SIM are displayed, then just click Delete, Select All, and get rid of them. Then go back to Display Options and turn on the ones you want.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Why would you want them on your sim card?

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
I didn't, they were there from previous phones where I had used the SIM as a backup. Unfortunately, when you copy contacts to the SIM you lose their original formatting and the SIM splits contacts with more than one number into individual contacts making them useless for exporting. Better to just keep the SIM clear and backup your contacts via Google or, as I do, via Android Manager, which I use to sync to Outlook.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonH54:
Contacts2Sim App
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonH54:
Thanks. I knew there was a way to do this but never had seen.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] s0ulreaver:
Most people don't yet know that many Android software leak all sorts of information to the internet with only scant user acknowledgement (basically what you accept when you install the app).

Due to this and the fact that there are already privacy information harvesting apps for Android on the marketplace - a team of security experts have created TaintDroid:

What is TaintDroid?

From the project's web page: "A realtime monitoring service called TaintDroid that precisely analyses how private information is obtained and released by applications "downloaded" to consumer phones."

From: http://appanalysis.org/index.html

How can I install TaintDroid?

As TaintDroid is currently compiled into the kernel, you cannot easily install it, but you have to cook your own kernel. Instructions (for Nexus 1) are available at the project web site: http://appanalysis.org/download.html

I saw here on XDA there is also support for kernels of the Samsung Galaxy S phones.

How does TaintDroid work?

Here's a video demonstrating how TaintDroid works once it is installed and configured:

http://appanalysis.org/demo/index.html

Why would you want to install this?

There can be many reasons for installint TaintDroid:

- You want to learn about privacy features and play with Android kernel

- As it is currently impossible to differentiate between innocent and sneaky Android apps based only on what access rights they request, you may want to dig in deeper

- You are worried about what apps are doing behind your back and you want to know which apps to uninstall

- You want to help create Android a more secure and privacy-protected platform, instead of the swiss cheese it currently is

What can you do?

As compiling kernels is mostly beyond the reach of mere mortals currently, consider cooking TaintDroid into your kernel, if you are cooking one yourself and offering it available for others to try and use.

Hopefully increased awareness and usage will bring this program eventually into other modders and perhaps even Google's attention and something more easily accessible is offered for the public at large.

BTW, I'm just a user, interested in getting TaintDroid. I'm not affiliated with the research program, but I like what they are doing. This information is purely FYI.

Having this option on our phones would be great. Is this possible on Motorola?

Original thread for Samsung here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=812879

Released kernel including TaintDroid here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814228&page=24
[Dell Streak 7] binarybishop:
Has anyone deved a kernel or am I the only on in the streak community. developed one for the Vibrant, however it was quickly replaced when supercurio released voodoo for the vibrant. I can't hang with him. He is the kernel master, but, others have asked him to assist and said he was not going to help us out at all.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InvaderPastulio:
I have a problem with the Nexus S. After unlocking and rooting I waited a few days and decided to put a custom rom on it. The device is a few days old.

I installed rom manager and clockwork, just installed through there for ease of use.

Anyways, it started, but just booted into recovery not wanting to boot phone, stuck at the google-splash.

I deleted everything, to no avail. Flashing roms from recovery brings up a bunch of error messages "aborting installation" "status 7" and "cannon't read xxx.zip". I tried installing a few different roms to see if the files were corrupt, but that didn't work either. So I formatted the sd card from my computer, thinking the "sd-card" might be bad, then it refused to read or mount it any other ways than "usb-storage". So i just booted and left it thinking the device was probably lost until I figured out how to restore via ADB.

I moved it and it was at the login screen for Axura (one of the roms) I logged in and thinking great, wanting to flash something else, did it again, and back to stuck at splash.

Anyway, what I really need is some sort of idiots guide to using adb, I'm on OS X and the terminal there drives me nuts - so, anyways, any of the above sounds familiar, I'd appreciated any help.

Trying to install it says:

Extract: Recovery

Extract: System

Symlink: Toolbox

Symlink: Iwulticall

Symlink: Busybox

Set: Permissions

Flash: Kernel

assert failed: write_raw_image (2/tmp/boot.img"-"boot")

E:Error in /sdcard/Axura....zip (status 7)

Installation aborted.

I've tried flashing from adb it just tells me "remote: write fail"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenvan19:
First things first, have you tried doing a factory reset/wipe of the phone? If so have you tried one of the ODIN tools to return it completely to stock and get rid of everything you've done?

If you haven't tried those things, I would start there. ADB isn't what you need to fix your phone. Also, what method did you use to root?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InvaderPastulio:
Haven't tried Odin yet, but pulled my work wintel-laptop from the dock and brought it home, so will probably try that.

So no, odin is not tried yet.

I rooted with "Superboot"-thing (the name should probably have been a tip off...)

The root however seemed to be a bit, well, not quite rooted, i couldn't really make it backup, it wrote one eventually, and then I tried installing a new mod and then all went down the toilet.

BTW - I think I need drivers for the pc to recognize the Nexus S but I can't find any...?