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Strom Thurmond posted:Yeah, I deserve that - I read the first post and a few pages and decided I'd just learn as I went - didn't work out so hot for me. I only read on some droid-related forum that someone thought it might brick it, but you know, he was just some guy on the internet posting stuff. I'm not opposed to that, and I will probably do that if nothing else works, I'd just like to see if anyone else has any bright ideas. Note: I've never dealt with Verizon ever so I can't predict how they'd react.
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I find playing dumb with them usually goes a long way, especially of you get someone who is knowledgeable (teehee). Also its hard for them to argue with you if you play really dumb and just don't know what happened jesus Att didn't treat me like this.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:You probably still have "su" installed, but the OTA update reset the permissions bit on it so it can't actually get root privileges. That's pretty easy to fix if you can get a root shell again. Turns out the "debugging mode" notification wasn't showing up like it was in Froyo - it used to tell me debugging mode was active. Your link worked wonders, and the Droid X notes were helpful as well. Can I buy you a forum upgrade of your choice? I literally worked on this all day and you helped me fix it in about ten minutes.
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For anyone rocking a Thunderbolt, the latest OMFGB nightly (9-13) has been pretty good to me. It apparently has DRod's latest kernel installed as default and I'm getting pretty good 3G only battery life with it. Currently at 15 hours off charger and have around 58% battery left. The only big knock against it is that I've had a few sleep of deaths requiring a battery pull and also the status bar widget to toggle 3G/4G is broken. Not that big of a deal as you can just go into Settings > Networks and select it there. Edit: Their Rootzwik page can be found here
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Sep 18, 2011 03:34
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Strom Thurmond posted:Your link worked wonders, and the Droid X notes were helpful as well. Don't worry about it, just glad I could help.
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I have an Evo that I flash to Cyanogen 7. I like it, except for the camera app and possibly the dialer app. What's a good replacement for the camera app?
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Posted this a few pages ago, but it might've gotten lost in the shuffle. Please help.hooah posted:I see that a CM7 alpha is out for the 3D. I was able to get S-OFF in a very roundabout way (couldn't get Revolutionary to work, used HTC's method and then managed to hack my way through some other method to get full S-OFF), but at some point my phone went back to S-ON, even though Superuser still works.
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hooah posted:Posted this a few pages ago, but it might've gotten lost in the shuffle. Please help. I can tell you this: Root isn't really affected by S-ON. It's my understanding that you can be rooted with S-ON and running apps that require Superuser will function. I think S-ON refers in most cases to the NAND lock which will prevent you from flashing ROMs. ExcessBLarg! could probably give details (and I'd love to read them) but I think the HTC tool doesn't give S-OFF but does allow you to flash ROMs but not kernels and radios so even if the bootloader is unlocked using HTC's tool it won't give you the degree of freedom you need to flash CM7. How to get from where you are to where you're going? I did some reading on xda and if you have HBOOT 1.49.00011 (this was a GSM thread, the CDMA HBOOT may be different) it's simply not possible at this time to get S-OFF. And if I'm remembering correctly you can't run the tool without having that HBOOT so I think for the time being you're hosed when it comes to flashing a custom ROM but I could be wrong, wait for someone who knows better to tell you. vvv See? I told you--the man's the oracle. ClassActionFursuit fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Sep 18, 2011 |
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If you updated HBOOT so as to use the official unlock method, there's no way at present (to my knowledge) to get S-OFF again. You were able to previously through some magic? I haven't seen that at xda, and if it's possible they'd be jumping all over it. Anyways, regardless of S-ON, are you "**** UNLOCKED ****"? If so, you can pretty much follow this post of this thread to flash ROMs. Basically, the trick is that you need to keep a copy of whichever custom recovery image (ClockworkMod, TWRP) on your computer. When you want to flash a ROM, you have to boot into recovery via "fastboot boot ...". That's the only way that a kernel flash will take with HTC's method, but otherwise it should be the same process. Edit: Details? Basically with HTC's unlock method, the NAND lock still applies to all partitions but /system, I think. Boot and recovery can also be replaced by "fastboot flash", which is fine, but somewhat inconvenient as everyone expects to be able to flash directly from recovery. What's weird is that if you boot recovery normally, the boot partition is locked, but if you "fastboot boot" recovery, it's not and it flashes just fine. It would seem to me that this discrepant behavior is unintended. Either you should be able to flash kernels from recovery, or "fastboot boot" shouldn't be able to. The fact that one can and the other can't is probably a bug, but which one is right? As for other partitions, like splash, I don't know if they can be changed with HTC's method or not. Details on that are pretty scant. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Sep 18, 2011 |
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Thanks for the explanation. I doubt I'll ever buy a non-Nexus device but it's good information to have because I'm asked about this stuff fairly frequently.
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Thanks for the help.
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Pizza Club posted:I have an Evo that I flash to Cyanogen 7. I like it, except for the camera app and possibly the dialer app. What's a good replacement for the camera app? I saw miui camera recommended at another forum as a replacement for cm7 camera. I like it lots better, has tap to focus but still not close to the sense camera. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984279 (It takes way better pictures for me than the examples in there) Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Sep 18, 2011 |
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Anybody know any good Droid X2 roms? C7 hasn't been ported to it yet (though supposedly their working on it). I just want one that has a comparable battery life to the stock phone, and doesent reboot itself once a day, and isn't broken (working bluetooth, GPS etc).
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Wagonburner posted:I saw miui camera recommended at another forum as a replacement for cm7 camera. I like it lots better, has tap to focus but still not close to the sense camera. (And yes, I understand the rationalization that all a digital zoom does is crop the picture reducing resolution and you can just do that later but that's retarded if I can do it in the camera itself.)
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Anybody know any good Droid X2 roms? C7 hasn't been ported to it yet (though supposedly their working on it). Hey man, I responded to your edit in the other thread if you didn't see it.
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Codiusprime posted:Hey man, I responded to your edit in the other thread if you didn't see it. Nah I saw it, was just wondering if anyone else had any opinions on it. Thanks for answering though 
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Sep 19, 2011 00:38
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Nah I saw it, was just wondering if anyone else had any opinions on it. Is all good, I responded a little after you posted it so I wasn't sure. Ill add onto what I said and suggest definitely steering clear of Eclipse v.6. I've been really disappointed. We seem to be a small group.
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If I root my phone and install a custom recovery and all this poo poo, does that all disappear and go back to completely stock if I use RSD Lite and flash an SBF to my phone? Asking just in case I need to exchange my phone for warranty reasons down the road.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:If I root my phone and install a custom recovery and all this poo poo, does that all disappear and go back to completely stock if I use RSD Lite and flash an SBF to my phone? Yep, if you can flash an SBF you should be golden if you have a problem. It takes you back to from the factory stock.
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LastInLine posted:Tried this out on the fiancee's Nexus S. Is there any camera replacement that allows for zoom on a Nexus S? Even the stock camera on the stock ROM won't let you zoom and that's just ridiculous. This one does: https://market.android.com/details?id=slide.cameraZoom Results are pretty poor though (although that could just be how digital zoom is) Edit: Uh just took a few pics and its even worse than I remember (to the point of being useless). Don't buy the app just for the zoom capability dissss fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Sep 19, 2011 |
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Sep 19, 2011 00:55
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Digital zoom is pretty awful. That's really weird about the Nexus S.
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dissss posted:This one does: https://market.android.com/details?id=slide.cameraZoom Now that I see your edit I won't even pass it along!
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Maybe someone who knows about the innards of Android can help me out. After flashing CM7 I tried restoring all my WIFI passwords from Titanium Backup but it didn't work, as in it didn't apply the backup to the wifi settings. I was coming from a 2.2 Sense rom. I read online that something changed with the wpa_supplicant file coming from 2.2 and that something needed to be moved in order for the backup to work. Any ideas? I'd really like to have my wifi passwords work.
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If you're upgrading from a different version of android AND going Sense to AOSP restoring system data is a bad idea.
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CM Alpha 2 for the Sensation is up. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258543 Something to note: It is built using the latest OTA radio (10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01) so you'll need to change to that. Changes: -Wifi calling FC fixed -Kernel updated (along with accompanying props) -LOTS of audio issues fixed -Rebased to latest CM7 source -Screen-off RIL crash should be fixed
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az jan jananam posted:Maybe someone who knows about the innards of Android can help me out. After flashing CM7 I tried restoring all my WIFI passwords from Titanium Backup but it didn't work, as in it didn't apply the backup to the wifi settings. I was coming from a 2.2 Sense rom. I read online that something changed with the wpa_supplicant file coming from 2.2 and that something needed to be moved in order for the backup to work. Secondly, bmg is right, never restore system settings with Titanium across types. Even better, don't do it across ROMs. When my girl was moving from the G2x to the Nexus S, I thought I'd do exactly the same thing although I was moving from "vanilla" Gingerbread to CM7 which is AOSP Gingerbread. It hosed up the wifi to the extent that I had to wipe everything and start the entire process from the beginning. Just don't do it.
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I fixed it. For anyone else having trouble with wifi password restoration in Titanium not working it's probably due to a permissions issue, you can fix it by doing the following in a terminal chown system.wifi /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf And then rebooting.
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az jan jananam posted:I fixed it. For anyone else having trouble with wifi password restoration in Titanium not working it's probably due to a permissions issue, you can fix it by doing the following in a terminal LastInLine posted:First of all, you shouldn't have to restore your wifi passwords, they're stored in the Google cloud.
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The Sense rom I was on did not have the google backup service.
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az jan jananam posted:The Sense rom I was on did not have the google backup service. That's odd, it's been part of Android for a while now and my Evo 3D definitely has the options for it.
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big mean giraffe posted:That's odd, it's been part of Android for a while now and my Evo 3D definitely has the options for it. It's not terribly common but it exists. There are a some WWE (European) based Sense ROM's with little to no Google anywhere in them and they can function just fine. Some of the original Hero ports were like that. The only set up on initial boot was for HTC sync services. Edit: It's also in badly built Sense ROM's that don't have the Google set up wizard launched on first boot and the only way to initialize it is by launching a Google app after it's finished booting. If that's the case none of the saved cloud stuff gets passed to the phone.
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I just purchased a rooted droid 2 global last night and figured this was the best place to ask. I don't know anything about 'why' rooting is decent, although I'm reading up on it. My biggest issue right now is the phone works just fine yet I can't download anything from the droid market. I started looking into it although any of the issues I found on the droid forums didn't seem like what's going on with mine. I can see the market yet anything I click on to get any kind of app just says download failed as soon as it pops up in my progress bar. No error messages. Any ideas? If there's any information on the phone that could help you guys out, you'd need to tell me because I don't know how to look it up. Price was right for the phone, so Im willing to put up with a little hassle till it gets working right.
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For anyone running an OG Droid still, I think I've found the King of all ROMs still being developed for it. I've spent the past year or so bouncing around between Cyanogenmod 6-7 as well as Peter Alfonso's Bugless Beast & GPA builds. I've even dicked around with Charity and MIUI for shits and none of them seemed to have it perfect. The ROM would be "okay" for a while but never feel like it delivered results. Then I went and snagged Simply Stunning on a whim. I figured since Chevyno1 built a badass kernel, he could probably build a good ROM. I underestimated the poo poo out of him. Unlock screen has ZERO lag. Apps happily fling themselves at your face. 3G is even tweaked to feel a lot faster too. For some reason this ROM attracted a lot of themers too. It's a tiny bit bloaty but nothing you can't strip out with Titanium Backup. (Example: it comes with 3 launchers? w-t-f.) I'm only running at 800mhz and this is all the phone I'll need until I can finally burn my one and only NE2 in November. 14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:I just purchased a rooted droid 2 global last night and figured this was the best place to ask. I don't know anything about 'why' rooting is decent, although I'm reading up on it. My biggest issue right now is the phone works just fine yet I can't download anything from the droid market. I started looking into it although any of the issues I found on the droid forums didn't seem like what's going on with mine. I can see the market yet anything I click on to get any kind of app just says download failed as soon as it pops up in my progress bar. No error messages. Any ideas? If there's any information on the phone that could help you guys out, you'd need to tell me because I don't know how to look it up. Price was right for the phone, so Im willing to put up with a little hassle till it gets working right. Whenever the Market freaks out, your best first step is to go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > All > Market. Then Force-Close it, and clear the Data. Once you open up the Market again it will reinitialize and refresh with info from your phone. Rooting is a good thing for your phone because it gives you legitimate control. Non-root users are unable to do proper local data backups. So if they were to switch phones they'd lose things like their Angry Birds progress, or certain settings for apps like Launchers or SMS replacements. You can also do fun stuff like taking screenshots without having to chain yourself to a PC and run contract-voiding tethering apps so anything with wifi can have a connection via your phone. ProjektorBoy fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Sep 19, 2011 |
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:I just purchased a rooted droid 2 global last night and figured this was the best place to ask. I don't know anything about 'why' rooting is decent, although I'm reading up on it. My biggest issue right now is the phone works just fine yet I can't download anything from the droid market. I started looking into it although any of the issues I found on the droid forums didn't seem like what's going on with mine. I can see the market yet anything I click on to get any kind of app just says download failed as soon as it pops up in my progress bar. No error messages. Any ideas? If there's any information on the phone that could help you guys out, you'd need to tell me because I don't know how to look it up. Price was right for the phone, so Im willing to put up with a little hassle till it gets working right.
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LastInLine posted:Is it stock rooted or running a custom ROM of some sort? Settings > About phone, mine has Mod version under CM7 but I'm not sure what yours should or does look like. Also what's the Android version in the same screen? I see System version Fission_2.4.3 Android Version 2.2 Baseband version N_01.48.05R Kernel Version ohmygodlotsofnumbers Build number is the same as system version Cleared market data, gonna go retry it now thank you. Edit: market seems to be working! Sweet!
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Usually when you have any market issues with stuff locking up it can be solved by force stopping and clearing data. As for good root apps, first of the bunch every time is always going to be Adfree Android. LBE Privacy Guard (allows you to kill permissions on applications that you think are to intrusive), Titanium Backup, Some sort of root file explorer (ES Explorer is nice), and Optimize Toolbox. As a mechanically minded man I think you'll really enjoy some of the neat stuff you can do with the last one. I did a little digging and found some information resources for some new roms once you feel the itch to try around. Forums located here. As well, although XDA is a cesspool and it looks like most devving is at a standstill, here is a link to the main FAQ over on XDA. You should familiarize yourself with it. Remember: Systemversion=Rom Baseband=Radio Identification Number Kernel version=  This image explains it betterEdit Sorry i had it uploaded via attachments and it didn't show up so i threw it on imagur MC Hawking fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Sep 20, 2011 |
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I think you have the image in there twice. As for explaining it better, I'm confused as heck. How does that image equate to version number for the kernel? (Seriously, I'd love to learn, I have no idea about how this stuff is derived.)
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Is there anyone active in Android ROM development in here? If so can you PM me?
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Wow right now the ROM scene or the X2 is pretty bad. I flashed a couple of custom roms last night and pretty much immediately SBF'ed back to stock. I think someone is porting CM7 over to it, though.
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Wow right now the ROM scene or the X2 is pretty bad. I flashed a couple of custom roms last night and pretty much immediately SBF'ed back to stock. Its true. I haven't even messed with anything but Eclipse really. I would go back to stock if it didn't run better. Don't stay to long in the X2 section of XDA either, like the loving wild west if it was full of 11 year olds. Also yea I think there is a guy claiming to be porting CM7 but he hardly has a presence on the board and I've never seen any actual proof he's doing jack. Though none of that really means anything.
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