I know this won't effect most people, but I know it has others. So, just an FYI for all the chefs and lay people, there is a massive problem (supposedly anyway) with EVERY FroYo leak that Samsung has put out. And as a result, it seems to effect all of the custom roms.
What is it? The android_id number is the same on EVERY device with that rom. This doesn't sound like a big deal, but it is if an app (like Kik Messenger) uses that ID as part of other things.
How can you fix it? Here are some instructions (assuming you use root explorer):
Using some sort of root file explorer, copy the /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db to your sdcard.
adb shell
su
chmod 777 /sdcard/settings.db
sqlite3 /sdcard/settings.db
insert into secure ('name','value') values ('android_id','device_id_goes_here');
.exit
copy /sdcard/settings.db back to /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/
touch and hold on the file you just copied and click permissions. Make sure that the ONLY boxes that are checked are user/group read and write. Uncheck any others.
reboot
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Make sure to change the bold part of the command. This can be just some random 16 character hex value.
Props go to Hanness for his original post that lead me to a solution.
For chefs, here is a bug report about it.
gehzumteufel said:
I know this won't effect most people, but I know it has others. So, just an FYI for all the chefs and lay people, there is a massive problem (supposedly anyway) with EVERY FroYo leak that Samsung has put out. And as a result, it seems to effect all of the custom roms.
What is it? The android_id number is the same on EVERY device with that rom. This doesn't sound like a big deal, but it is if an app (like Kik Messenger) uses that ID as part of other things.
How can you fix it? Here are some instructions (assuming you use root explorer):
Make sure to change the bold part of the command. This can be just some random 16 character hex value.
Props go to Hanness for his original post that lead me to a solution.
For chefs, here is a bug report about it.
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Or you can just download android Id changer from the market.
texasrocket said:
Or you can just download android Id changer from the market.
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I wouldn't have offered up this solution, if that actually worked. Tried it on even a stock rom, and it fails. So, no, you can't. It doesn't request SU permission till AFTER the app tries to make function calls. Which causes the whole process to fail. As such, that app does NOT work to fix this. And SQLite Editor doesn't work either, because it doesn't seem to see a DB in the folder.
I spent lots of time yesterday (had to flash back to stock when I broke it) and a bit today working on this till it finally did work.
gehzumteufel said:
I wouldn't have offered up this solution, if that actually worked. Tried it on even a stock rom, and it fails. So, no, you can't. It doesn't request SU permission till AFTER the app tries to make function calls. Which causes the whole process to fail. As such, that app does NOT work to fix this. And SQLite Editor doesn't work either, because it doesn't seem to see a DB in the folder.
I spent lots of time yesterday (had to flash back to stock when I broke it) and a bit today working on this till it finally did work.
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Lol how you gonna tell me it doesn't work? I use it everytime I install a custom rom. I have to use it because if I don't imobsters doesn't work and I always play that game. If it doesnt work for you you have to get busybox from the market and install that then use android id changer. So yes you can.
One more thing you do is get your original android Id that you have on your stock rom and use that one with it.
texasrocket said:
Or you can just download android Id changer from the market.
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Agreed! I use it every time I flash for storm8 games to work.
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texasrocket said:
Lol how you gonna tell me it doesn't work? I use it everytime I install a custom rom. I have to use it because if I don't imobsters doesn't work and I always play that game. If it doesnt work for you you have to get busybox from the market and install that then use android id changer. So yes you can.
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What.The.****. You're pulling a rabbit out of your ass and telling me that I can't tell you it doesn't work, but yet, it doesn't work. Pot. Kettle. Black? Yes. God **** XDA is such **** now. All because of people like you.
texasrocket said:
Lol how you gonna tell me it doesn't work? I use it everytime I install a custom rom. I have to use it because if I don't imobsters doesn't work and I always play that game. If it doesnt work for you you have to get busybox from the market and install that then use android id changer. So yes you can.
One more thing you do is get your original android Id that you have on your stock rom and use that one with it.
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And sure enough, installed it, fail. ****ing fail. Instead of coming into a thread as if OMG EVERYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT!!!!!!! and posting, sit, think about your post, and make it in a helpful manner. You could have asked what the error was, you could have done other things. Like, you know, just make the god damn suggestion about the BusyBox thing. But, alas, this is falling on deaf ears.
gehzumteufel said:
And sure enough, installed it, fail. ****ing fail. Instead of coming into a thread as if OMG EVERYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT!!!!!!! and posting, sit, think about your post, and make it in a helpful manner. You could have asked what the error was, you could have done other things. Like, you know, just make the god damn suggestion about the BusyBox thing. But, alas, this is falling on deaf ears.
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first of all calm the **** down. Xda is **** cause of people like me? look at your post. your a little kid throwing a ****ing tantrum. I told you how to get it to work and you start talking **** like that? Xda has gone to **** cause of people like you who can't read instructions and come here and flame people who give suggestions to get it to work. So instead of throwing your little tantrum go read up.
So instead of telling me it doesn't work as if that is a fact when I know it ain't don't get your feelings hurt when someone else proves you wrong you little crybaby
texasrocket said:
first of all calm the **** down. Xda is **** cause of people like me? look at your post. your a little kid throwing a ****ing tantrum. I told you how to get it to work and you start talking **** like that? Xda has gone to **** cause of people like you who can't read instructions and come here and flame people who give suggestions to get it to work. So instead of throwing your little tantrum go read up.
So instead of telling me it doesn't work as if that is a fact when I know it ain't don't get your feelings hurt when someone else proves you wrong you little ****ing crybaby
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lulz telling me about throwing a tantrum, but you come in and post **** like this:
Lol how you gonna tell me it doesn't work? I use it everytime I install a custom rom. I have to use it because if I don't imobsters doesn't work and I always play that game. If it doesnt work for you you have to get busybox from the market and install that then use android id changer. So yes you can.
One more thing you do is get your original android Id that you have on your stock rom and use that one with it.
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gehzumteufel said:
And sure enough, installed it, fail. ****ing fail. Instead of coming into a thread as if OMG EVERYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT!!!!!!! and posting, sit, think about your post, and make it in a helpful manner. You could have asked what the error was, you could have done other things. Like, you know, just make the god damn suggestion about the BusyBox thing. But, alas, this is falling on deaf ears.
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What error are you getting? The process I use is dloading id changer onto the working 2.1 rom. Open it. Copy the id (exactly as it reads) onto a paper or other source. Dload id changer and busybox onto new 2.2 rom. Open id changer, type in old id. Click "change id". Has worked flawlessly for me every flash. Thanks for providing an alternate method.
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gehzumteufel said:
lulz telling me about throwing a tantrum, but you come in and post **** like this:
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Yea cause my first post was me telling you how to get it to work and then you come in here cussing at me and telling me xda has gone to **** cause of people like me. please, I was just giving suggestions and you went all bat****. anyway I'm done.
gehzumteufel said:
And sure enough, installed it, fail. ****ing fail. Instead of coming into a thread as if OMG EVERYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT!!!!!!! and posting, sit, think about your post, and make it in a helpful manner. You could have asked what the error was, you could have done other things. Like, you know, just make the god damn suggestion about the BusyBox thing. But, alas, this is falling on deaf ears.
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Hate to be "that guy" but I just installed Android ID Changer, typed my old Android ID in to the app and pressed change. Phone rebooted, android ID changed. I'd dare to say that it works.
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How do you know your old android id?
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I had a time machine backup of a nandroid backup from a week after I picked up my vibrant, odin'd to JFD, restored backup, grabbed id, flashed nero beta 3, restored new backup, installed superIOkernel, changed android id.
bahnburner said:
I had a time machine backup of a nandroid backup from a week after I picked up my vibrant, odin'd to JFD, restored backup, grabbed id, flashed nero beta 3, restored new backup, installed superIOkernel, changed android id.
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so if we dont have an ancient nandroid we wont be able to find it anywhere else?
i needa dig through my nandroids and see if i got an ancient one lol
frawggy said:
How do you know your old android id?
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There's only 2 pages to read. I explain it on the first page.
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gehzumteufel said:
lulz telling me about throwing a tantrum, but you come in and post **** like this:
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Shut up. Either you're doing something wrong or your ROM/device is f*cked. It works for normal people, obviously, now go die in a fire.
shovelhead83 said:
There's only 2 pages to read. I explain it on the first page.
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sorry.. got distracted by all the feces being thrown about, that i did not catch it.. i'll look back =)
shovelhead83 said:
What error are you getting? The process I use is dloading id changer onto the working 2.1 rom. Open it. Copy the id (exactly as it reads) onto a paper or other source. Dload id changer and busybox onto new 2.2 rom. Open id changer, type in old id. Click "change id". Has worked flawlessly for me every flash. Thanks for providing an alternate method.
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So i could use the rom from samfirmwares, odin to stock and i'll get my original ID back?
frawggy said:
sorry.. got distracted by all the feces being thrown about, that i did not catch it.. i'll look back =)
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That's funny. Yes I believe if you coding to stock you should have your OG id.
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Related
i have no clue where to post this and have searched, so....... Q & A seems like to place to start. i just flashed this rom from dead stock. seems like most apps i try to use on my captivate now get a FC. not with a notification but a series of buzzes. on Super one click root it says im rooted. i did have to enter SU and tell it to allow setcpu but now things like titanium backup i get a blank screen and then a series of buzzes and it exits that app.
please help me or slap me in the right direction.
Bill
You can post questions in the the Andromeda thread in the developers section. It sounds like you got a bad flash. I'd suggest using ondin to go back to stock, do a master clear, then reinstall 2.0. I've yet to see anyone have this many problems with Andromeda so it's bound to be a bad flash.
bzmotoninja83 said:
i have no clue where to post this and have searched, so....... Q & A seems like to place to start. i just flashed this rom from dead stock. seems like most apps i try to use on my captivate now get a FC. not with a notification but a series of buzzes. on Super one click root it says im rooted. i did have to enter SU and tell it to allow setcpu but now things like titanium backup i get a blank screen and then a series of buzzes and it exits that app.
please help me or slap me in the right direction.
Bill
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where to begin?
sounds like the first problem is you tried to root this rom...its already rooted. secondly, setcpu is a bad idea on a kernel that doesnt support overclocking or undervolting. sounds like you need to reflash and DONT restore ALL data from Tibu. just restore missing apps+data
Ok. I will reflash. As far as the rooting thing. I noticed that SU was already there but something came up that said I wasn't rooted. I tried SICR. And after a bit of fighting it, it said I was already rooted. ...........
BRB!!!!!!
Bill
axis01 said:
You can post questions in the the Andromeda thread in the developers section. It sounds like you got a bad flash. I'd suggest using ondin to go back to stock, do a master clear, then reinstall 2.0. I've yet to see anyone have this many problems with Andromeda so it's bound to be a bad flash.
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I wish users <10 posts can post in the dev sections
Thanks guys. Got it. Might have been a botched flash or the SICR....... and yes I wish that there wasn't a ban on the 10< post for the dev forum. But again, thanks. I have a new favorite ROM now.
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Glad you found it. I'm using Andromeda too. It's getting a lot of positive response. I'm looking forward to their update shortly to take care of a few small things.
jastx said:
Glad you found it. I'm using Andromeda too. It's getting a lot of positive response. I'm looking forward to their update shortly to take care of a few small things.
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thanks. we should have the update out soon. we are doing some final testing to verify bugfixes are taken care of.
apparition said:
I wish users <10 posts can post in the dev sections
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Ahh, I forget about that, haha.
Thanks to shabbypenguin we now have a very good form of a OneClickRoot. Pls donate where Donations are deserved. PM him for his Paypal. Enjoy!
I will Also Post a Mirror here Soon
http://www.holylivingfuck.com/Stuff/One-Click-Nexus-S-4G.zip URL Fixed!
Mirror
download the zip, extract it, read the readme
or if your lazy just run pdanet first, then run the run.bat
Update fully working
big shoutout to Austineasleyinfo for continued patience and testing
the moment yall have been waiting for, qbking made another one of his awesome videos for this app
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZMAkp89fao
chrisgrod from mycricketforum was nice enough to make a how to video using the one click check it out here and make sure to give him a nice thumbs up for teh like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3VfPwUzHsM
Uploaded version 2.0
Changelog:
Added busybox install
Removed that pesky installrecovery.sh so now anyone running this will have cwm
upgraded to cwm 4.0.0.2 orange courtesy of j_r0dd
http://goo.gl/VaJmc
if you have any issues at all pm me as it get them as emails so i can know if someone is having problems.
lol this is for the ns4g as it uses crespo4g recovery, i know the nexus s could flash it but i am unaware of any ill side effects. i think worst case is you wont be able to flash a nexus s rom :O
its hosted on my server so dont worry about bandwidth or it going anywhere
shabbypenguin said:
lol this is for the ns4g as it uses crespo4g recovery, i know the nexus s could flash it but i am unaware of any ill side effects. i think worst case is you wont be able to flash a nexus s rom :O
its hosted on my server so dont worry about bandwidth or it going anywhere
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Same here with the mirror its not going anywhere
Nice work! I don't see why people were trying to flame the idea. Its one less thing new users have to figure out. It'll keep a lit of newbie question threads from starting too.
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Too funny great job and that was fast
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Good work man
When you told me ,you were getting an ns4g i was sold.
Knowing the hard work you put into the epic. I knew it would be the same for the nexus 4g.
Thanks for the hard work
humdrum2009 said:
When you told me ,you were getting an ns4g i was sold.
Knowing the hard work you put into the epic. I knew it would be the same for the nexus 4g.
Thanks for the hard work
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hard work? name one thing i did for the epic >.>
ps there is a certain tweak headed for teh crespo/4g as soon as im done testing...
edit also the first link is broken, he musta just copy and pasted
www.holylivingfuck.com/Stuff/One-Click-Nexus-S-4G.zip
shabbypenguin said:
hard work? name one thing i did for the epic >.>
ps there is a certain tweak headed for teh crespo/4g as soon as im done testing...
edit also the first link is broken, he musta just copy and pasted
www.holylivingfuck.com/Stuff/One-Click-Nexus-S-4G.zip
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Yes i did copy and paste it lol but this link is also broken
just tried it, you need to right click and copy url or here better yet
http://goo.gl/Y5J7M
Shabby, awesome job! I have a question on this. Will people still have to install drivers and sdk to do this? Im rooted, so I dont need it
But, my brother just picked up his NS4G today, and I dont wanna team view for 3 hours to get him all set up...
mikeyinid said:
Shabby, awesome job! I have a question on this. Will people still have to install drivers and sdk to do this? Im rooted, so I dont need it
But, my brother just picked up his NS4G today, and I dont wanna team view for 3 hours to get him all set up...
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no way to avoid installing the drivers tho, i included a readme and pdanet as it not only is a good program, but uses a nice easy installer for the drivers
shabbypenguin said:
no way to avoid installing the drivers tho, i included a readme and pdanet as it not only is a good program, but uses a nice easy installer for the drivers
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ok, I think he can figure the drivers, sdk is out of the question though lol
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Whatever
Dude, I posted a solution at post #23, which is the same thing that shabby posted at post #26 in the bounty thread.
I am not discounting shabby as I am sure he knew how to do exactly what he did, but next time you offer something, you should pony up to the first solution that does what you requested.
Compare my batch file to his if you don't have any faith. Just because I made sure you were serious, and you took offense, doesn't mean you shouldn't do what is right.
And by the way, I apologized for any hurt feelings over my, "Are you serious" comment.
EDIT - I was missing a library, fair enough. Statement Retracted.
simon.ponder said:
Dude, I posted a solution at post #23, which is the same thing that shabby posted at post #26 in the bounty thread.
I am not discounting shabby as I am sure he knew how to do exactly what he did, but next time you offer something, you should pony up to the first solution that does what you requested.
Compare my batch file to his if you don't have any faith. Just because I made sure you were serious, and you took offense, doesn't mean you shouldn't do what is right.
And by the way, I apologized for any hurt feelings over my, "Are you serious" comment.
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But it was about 15 posts after that the oneclickroot was finished..by shabby. Solutions and products are *****es. Look at zuckerberg.
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simon.ponder said:
Dude, I posted a solution at post #23, which is the same thing that shabby posted at post #26 in the bounty thread.
I am not discounting shabby as I am sure he knew how to do exactly what he did, but next time you offer something, you should pony up to the first solution that does what you requested.
Compare my batch file to his if you don't have any faith. Just because I made sure you were serious, and you took offense, doesn't mean you shouldn't do what is right.
And by the way, I apologized for any hurt feelings over my, "Are you serious" comment.
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i understand your concern about this issue, but i think it was more of a mine had everything included in it from the get go, whereas your option (at the time) still required drivers to be searched and used.
also
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etx/install-recovery.sh.bak
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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wouldnt have done anything as system is mounted to
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/system /system
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and as a side note the su zip wouldnt have pushed as when you flashed cwm it unmounts the sdcard, have to go in and manually mount it.
again i am sorry but i was the first one to have a fully working version.. if you have any issue with this please either post in the other thread, or take this to a pm
shabbypenguin said:
i understand your concern about this issue, but i think it was more of a mine had everything included in it from the get go, whereas your option (at the time) still required drivers to be searched and used.
also
wouldnt have done anything as system is mounted to
and as a side note the su zip wouldnt have pushed as when you flashed cwm it unmounts the sdcard, have to go in and manually mount it.
again i am sorry but i was the first one to have a fully working version.. if you have any issue with this please either post in the other thread, or take this to a pm
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Shabby, I returned to stock to try this out and after the unlock when it boots into recovery, it's getting hung up at the android logo and an exclamation point. What would cause that?
sounds like there was an issue flashing cwm, whats mind pastebin'in me the output of the terminal?
just saying could not load, the easy fix was just putting your cwm file in sdk/tools
ah yes, this zip is assuming you dont have path set/sdk installed ill look into making a newer version thats a bit more advanced tomorrow. prolly whip up a linux friendly version as well. can try mac but no guarantees
on a side note might wanna update your sdk as the newer ones use "platform-tools" for adb/fastboot
Hi this is my first post. Im really sorry if Im posting this again and if I am just tell me to delete it and point me to the correct one.
So i want to install the Cyanogen mod 7.1 that was released yesterday onto my HTC incredible s. however since i have only just had it around a month i know very little about android rooting and how to do it.
My question is what guide should i use? is this the cyanogen mod good. i cna tpost it here it wouldnt let me.
if so i know doing so will void my warrenty and so is it like jailbreaking where all you have to do is restore to stock firmware?
Update: installed using this http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Incredible_S:_Full_Update_Guide
worked like a charm
thank you very much.
incrediblealex said:
Hi this is my first post. Im really sorry if Im posting this again and if I am just tell me to delete it and point me to the correct one.
So i want to install the Cyanogen mod 7.1 that was released yesterday onto my HTC incredible s. however since i have only just had it around a month i know very little about android rooting and how to do it.
My question is what guide should i use? is this the cyanogen mod good. i cna tpost it here it wouldnt let me.
if so i know doing so will void my warrenty and so is it like jailbreaking where all you have to do is restore to stock firmware?
thank you very much.
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welcome to the forum. just remember, this forum is chock full of great info. when you have a question, more often then not your question has already been asked. always use the search button first to reduce clutter
this phone is one of the easiest phones to root. just head here. voila. that's it.
yes, cm7 is THAT good. definitely worth it. fast and prob the best battery life out of all the roms.
you can always get the phone back to it's original state for warranty purposes. always a good idea to do a backup immediately after you root.
have fun.
ok thank you very much. Does the guide on the CyanogenMod website include how to restore to stock if you have to send your phone in?
incrediblealex said:
ok thank you very much. Does the guide on the CyanogenMod website include how to restore to stock if you have to send your phone in?
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i don't think so. that info is, however, readily available in this forum. just do a search
come to think of it, i think all you have to do is revert to the stock rom that you just backed up after rooting. someone please correct me if i'm wrong.
Does anyone also know if the root method for the HTC incredible S is temp? Does that mean you cant turn off your device? I'm confused.
incrediblealex said:
Does anyone also know if the root method for the HTC incredible S is temp? Does that mean you cant turn off your device? I'm confused.
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no, it's not temporary. it will stay rooted until you unroot and return the device to stock/original state. why don't you try it out? it will be a good way to familiarize yourself with rooting, backing up, and restoring.
Hearing of the release of CM7 got me finally around of rooting my phone. This forum offers great tutorials and I managed to root is fairly easily. After rooting I was also asked wheter I wanted to flash CWM and I answered yes. Everything went OK and I was able to try CM7 after 30 minutes or so. The most time consuming operation was creating backup with CWM recovery.
But my opinion about CM7 isn't good. While I like the the effects and other neat customisation possibilities 3 thing turn me off.
First, I really love HTC's phone or dialler application which helps me find contacts by entering their number or trying to type their names. This is the single most useful thing invented on a telephone. As CM7 doesn't support that (only enterning numbers as far as I know) I will not use it.
Second, I wasn't able to connect to Exchange server for some reason
Third, Android Market shut itself down after 10 seconds and repeatedly kept doing that.
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PS. I would have liked to post this info to developers forums, but as I don't have rights, I couldn't.
I'm no noob to forums - I'm a veteran member of Estonia's leading IT forum of Hinnavaatlus.
weaselEST said:
Hearing of the release of CM7 got me finally around of rooting my phone. This forum offers great tutorials and I managed to root is fairly easily. After rooting I was also asked wheter I wanted to flash CWM and I answered yes. Everything went OK and I was able to try CM7 after 30 minutes or so. The most time consuming operation was creating backup with CWM recovery.
But my opinion about CM7 isn't good. While I like the the effects and other neat customisation possibilities 3 thing turn me off.
First, I really love HTC's phone or dialler application which helps me find contacts by entering their number or trying to type their names. This is the single most useful thing invented on a telephone. As CM7 doesn't support that (only enterning numbers as far as I know) I will not use it.
Second, I wasn't able to connect to Exchange server for some reason
Third, Android Market shut itself down after 10 seconds and repeatedly kept doing that.
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PS. I would have liked to post this info to developers forums, but as I don't have rights, I couldn't.
I'm no noob to forums - I'm a veteran member of Estonia's leading IT forum of Hinnavaatlus.
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The markets fixed by going in to language settings and selecting English again.
Exchange worked fine for me...
Download another dialer application..
I'd choose double the speed, battery life and ram any day over sense
lets not start cm7 vs sense. this thread will never end really, it comes down to individual preference and that's not something we can argue.
cm7 isn't prefect but it's close, imo.
Please recommend a dialer app and I will give it a try Dialer One maybe?
Thanks for the market tip.
weaselEST said:
Please recommend a dialer app and I will give it a try
Thanks for the market tip.
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try dialer one. it has the function you are looking for.
weaselEST said:
Please recommend a dialer app and I will give it a try
Thanks for the market tip.
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Dialer one, go contacts and touchpal dialer are all good.
syc7090 said:
no, it's not temporary. it will stay rooted until you unroot and return the device to stock/original state. why don't you try it out? it will be a good way to familiarize yourself with rooting, backing up, and restoring.
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Thanks again I'm going to try it out and report back on how I got on.
incrediblealex said:
Thanks again I'm going to try it out and report back on how I got on.
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sounds good. and there are guides in the dev forum if you need some assurance.
Cannot download anything from the Market for unknown reason. The download bar just scrolls endlessly.
E: Restart helped. Everything seems to be working just fine. Will give an estimate of battery usage in a few days time. And will test out Skype as well.
I feel as though the guides here need to be updated current one is from June. Not complaining just sayin is all.
itsbeertimenow said:
I feel as though the guides here need to be updated current one is from June. Not complaining just sayin is all.
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Yes, they could use some tweaking.
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Unable to sign in to Skype. Forums aren't very helpful too.
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Yes, they could use some tweaking.
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Unable to sign in to Skype. Forums aren't very helpful too.
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Yeah I think they need updating. From what I can work out the root for the HTC IS is not temp but the guide says it is?
incrediblealex said:
Yeah I think they need updating. From what I can work out the root for the HTC IS is not temp but the guide says it is?
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What do you mean exactly? After restarting my phone is still S-OFF (if you asked that).
weaselEST said:
What do you mean exactly? After restarting my phone is still S-OFF (if you asked that).
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Well I think the HTC incredible S was a temp root but from what I can work out and what you have and others have said it is not. I haven't tried it yet but I'm going to tonight.
I was running .5.893 and wanted to update to .6.893. I reverted to stock .886 and applied forever root. I then installed the cheesecake app and went to staging and selected the first server. When I checked for update, it said I was up to date. Is there a way to flash the update without cheesecake, and if so, does anyone have a link to the update files?
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Here is a solution provided by thejdog55 below. Thanks jdog.
Here's what I did:
Nandroid
One click back to stock and root/forever root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...62&postcount=1
Download this: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/d...tml#post106190
Copy the file to SD card and boot into CWM and flash that. It will get your system up to 5.5.893, and reboot.
DL this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=450
Copy the 5.6.893 file to SD card and boot into STOCK RECOVERY(power down, hold volume down, then power on. Hold both volume buttons while in fast boot and press the power button)
Click apply zip from SD Card, make sure you choose the 5.6.983 file, it's going to say 5.5.893 so you may want to delete the 5.5.893 system zip so you don't get confused.
Nandroid again, this way if another update comes out, which 5.7.893 was just found, you can just restore to this and update instead of having to go through the whole process.
After it's done boot up and then you can boot back into CWM and restore your nandroid you made in the very beginning. The 5.6.893 updates the LTE radio mostly, but it seems to correct a problem 5.5.893 was having when switching between modes and losing data connection
The bootloader unlock research thread and Cheesecake thread have a lot more information, so I'd say read all of that before doing this because you don't want to mess up. If you don't really understand what I'm talking about RESEARCH! A lot! Rootzwiki and mydroidworld forums have a lot of information as well.
Hey dude, questions go in general! Not to mention, there are about 100000 threads already talking about the same thing. Maybe search before you post, and read!
Annoying.
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mistawolfe said:
Hey dude, questions go in general! Not to mention, there are about 100000 threads already talking about the same thing. Maybe search before you post, and read!
Annoying.
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Gee with all the policing of threads you do, you would think they would make you a moderator already. Although maybe the fact that they have not should tell you to calm down a little. I have looked for threads, and searched. I have not seen anyone with the same issue of no update being identified.
You constantly tell people to search when the issue they are raising has not been raised before. Please think next time before you flame someone for the thousandth time. I am sure many people feel the same way.
someone has put up a link to the newest update, it is out there if you read through the pages
the method to use it is also out there for you to find if you read
use the damn search button instead of starting a thread looking for someone to give you the answer on a platter
lawtalking said:
I was running .5.893 and wanted to update to .6.893. ... When I checked for update, it said I was up to date.
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I got the same problem.
lawtalking said:
Gee with all the policing of threads you do, you would think they would make you a moderator already. Although maybe the fact that they have not should tell you to calm down a little. I have looked for threads, and searched. I have not seen anyone with the same issue of no update being identified.
You constantly tell people to search when the issue they are raising has not been raised before. Please think next time before you flame someone for the thousandth time. I am sure many people feel the same way.
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If you read the forever root + 893 = winning thread your problem has been asked and answered multiple times. Why should anyone help you if you're lazy and can't help yourself.
Also it belongs in general.
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ROB281 said:
someone has put up a link to the newest update, it is out there if you read through the pages
the method to use it is also out there for you to find if you read
use the damn search button instead of starting a thread looking for someone to give you the answer on a platter
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I downloaded the newest update. I cannot find how to apply it.
It is amazing how many people have time to go around doing nothing else but criticize people who cannot find the information they are looking for.
Dakota0206 said:
If you read the forever root + 893 = winning thread your problem has been asked and answered multiple times. Why should anyone help you if you're lazy and can't help yourself.
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Did you read ALL 341 POSTS????? Just shut off if you can't get the answer. I can't find answer in forever root + 893 = winning thread
ddv2005 said:
Did you read ALL 341 POSTS????? Just shut off if you can't get the answer. I can't find answer in forever root + 893 = winning thread
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Ive looked in that thread too, and the answer is not there. Unfortunately, some people would rather be a**holes and tell someone to search than to be helpful. I guess for them it makes them feel better about themselves. If I find the answer ddv, I will let you know.
has nothing to do with making myself feel better
it has everything to do with being tired of seeing the same questions asked over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over...
if I can use the search button so can you can you, help yourself
ddv2005 said:
Did you read ALL 341 POSTS????? Just shut off if you can't get the answer. I can't find answer in forever root + 893 = winning thread
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Yes I have read all the posts.
Listen its not about not wanting to help, but there is an ettique to follow. Do you stop at a stop sign even if no one is there?
In that thread there posts pointing everyone where to go if they didn't follow instructions, and how to fix it.
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lawtalking said:
Ive looked in that thread too, and the answer is not there. Unfortunately, some people would rather be a**holes and tell someone to search than to be helpful. I guess for them it makes them feel better about themselves. If I find the answer ddv, I will let you know.
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How are we the bad guys because you didn't follow instructions, and don't want to research your mistake?
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ROB281 said:
has nothing to do with making myself feel better
it has everything to do with being tired of seeing the same questions asked over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over...
if I can use the search button so can you can you, help yourself
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I can use the search button. What I cannot do is find an answer to my problem. You have responded twice, in neither case did you provide any help, but only scolded. If you were not going to be helpful, there is no reason for you to respond. Therefore, the only reason I can think of is that you get some feeling of joy being superior to others, and insulting them. Good for you.
Dakota0206 said:
How are we the bad guys because you didn't follow instructions, and don't want to research your mistake?
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You don't want to research my mistake, well I did not ask you for any help. I asked those willing to help for help. If you are unwilling to help, move along. You are the bad guy for feeling the need to respond when you had no intention of being helpful.
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How are we the bad guys because you didn't follow instructions, and don't want to research your mistake?
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Did you check instruction NOW??? May be you have to shut off if you don't understand the question? It show update yesterday for me but NOW it is UP TO DATE and no update anymore.
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Did you check instruction NOW??? May be you have to shut off if you don't understand the question? It show update yesterday for me but NOW it is UP TO DATE and no update anymore.
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Have you checked all the servers in cheesecake? Try the first option under staging
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This is rich from the person who is trolling the thread. Take your own advice here, and next time you feel like responding to a thread you do not have anything helpful to contribute, move along.
Dakota0206 said:
Have you checked all the servers in cheesecake? Try the first option under staging
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This is the one I have been checking. It is where I was previously able to get the update. Now it says I am up to date. And thank you for actually trying to help. I can assure you it is not just me and ddv who have been having this problem, and there is no place where a solution is easily found. If we can find the answer here, I can change the OP to let others know what to do. This will actually help avoid extra threads. But where the solution to a problem is contained parts in different threads, including threads that are hundreds of posts long, many people will not be able to find a solution.
Here's what I did:
Nandroid
One click back to stock and root/forever root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17920962&postcount=1
Download this: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...ate-zip-system-only-886-893-a.html#post106190
Copy the file to SD card and boot into CWM and flash that. It will get your system up to 5.5.893, and reboot.
DL this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859427&postcount=450
Copy the 5.6.893 file to SD card and boot into STOCK RECOVERY(power down, hold volume down, then power on. Hold both volume buttons while in fast boot and press the power button)
Click apply zip from SD Card, make sure you choose the 5.6.983 file, it's going to say 5.5.893 so you may want to delete the 5.5.893 system zip so you don't get confused.
Nandroid again, this way if another update comes out, which 5.7.893 was just found, you can just restore to this and update instead of having to go through the whole process.
After it's done boot up and then you can boot back into CWM and restore your nandroid you made in the very beginning. The 5.6.893 updates the LTE radio mostly, but it seems to correct a problem 5.5.893 was having when switching between modes and losing data connection
The bootloader unlock research thread and Cheesecake thread have a lot more information, so I'd say read all of that before doing this because you don't want to mess up. If you don't really understand what I'm talking about RESEARCH! A lot! Rootzwiki and mydroidworld forums have a lot of information as well.
Unforunately, I have instaled app "anymote" from some rexdl site or something like that, and got notified that app was made for older versinos of android and it cant work... I close it and uninstalled it.
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After that I noticed that some icons in app manager have changed, i dont know how to explain, icon of that app somehow got in corner of other apps...
I tried to wipe cache, even i wiped whole phone, and those icon are still there after reinstalling all again, from scratch...
Anyone have an idea...
Thx
vranjesvanja said:
Unforunately, I have instaled app "anymote" from some rexdl site or something like that, and got notified that app was made for older versinos of android and it cant work... I close it and uninstalled it.
After that I noticed that some icons in app manager have changed, i dont know how to explain, icon of that app somehow got in corner of other apps...
I tried to wipe cache, even i wiped whole phone, and those icon are still there after reinstalling all again, from scratch...
Anyone have an idea...
Thx
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Screen shot?
Find the app. Clear data on it. Hopefully it's fix it
dladz said:
Screen shot?
Find the app. Clear data on it. Hopefully it's fix it
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C'mon man... said that i've tried wipe/reset whole phone and did not helped...
Definitely it's a virus. I think
Can you try to reinstall the firmware?
The Restless Soul said:
Definitely it's a virus. I think
Can you try to reinstall the firmware?
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I'm not tried that... Just wipe user data, reset...
Is there something like official hw tool for that or....?
vranjesvanja said:
I'm not tried that... Just wipe user data, reset...
Is there something like official hw tool for that or....?
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Hisuite should help you
It looks like theme is corrupted. Try using another theme and/or restarting phone.
vranjesvanja said:
C'mon man... said that i've tried wipe/reset whole phone and did not helped...
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Cmon man?
You've installed a cracked APK and are asking for help because something went wrong? And then say cmon man when I suggest something? As well as something as rudimental as as a screen shot.
Lol good luck with that.
dladz said:
Cmon man?
You've installed a cracked APK and are asking for help because something went wrong? And then say cmon man when I suggest something? As well as something as rudimental as as a screen shot.
Lol good luck with that.
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I was posted screenshot, don't know how can't you see them... I'm not an expert but i'm not an idiot, wiping whole phone should clear data too... an i didn't mean nothing bad with that "cmon", just to let you know that i tried that...
And I forgot to say that phone is working perfect, I don't have any problems with it so far... it's just some anoying thing that wasn't been there and I think it shouldnt be there...
adamdvd said:
It looks like theme is corrupted. Try using another theme and/or restarting phone.
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Tried, but provision message and carier services still stay with that icon in corner...
vranjesvanja said:
I was posted screenshot, don't know how can't you see them... I'm not an expert but i'm not an idiot, wiping whole phone should clear data too... an i didn't mean nothing bad with that "cmon", just to let you know that i tried that...
And I forgot to say that phone is working perfect, I don't have any problems with it so far... it's just some anoying thing that wasn't been there and I think it shouldnt be there...
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Wiping the phone yes. What I meant was. Once phone was set up and established with the issue present, does wiping data from the problematic application fix it, temporarily or not
I'll be honest, if I didn't know you were talking about an android phone then I would query if it was a rootkit virus. As it seems embedded on a very low level..
I honestly couldn't advise if that's possible on android but the symptoms are pretty compelling to say the least.
Against my better judgement here, I would advise installing an antivirus (only for a scan) specifically one that would eliminate a rootkit.
Does malwarebytes have an android alternative?? If so then try that.
Beyond that the only thing you can do if the problem is returning each time you perform a full wipe would be a firmware installation with a fresh firmware file.
It's not possible to remain beyond that unless a rootkit is possible on an android phone. .
Edit: as suspected, rootkits do exist for android, so I would put my money on that. A wipe won't fix it and you (if I'm correct) have a back door into your device. So it has to be eliminated before you use it for day to day tasks / business / personal use.
Don't enter anything personal at all unless you have to to get the job done.
You need bespoke software in order to remove it.
If I isn't that then a new firmware should fix the issue.
Lastly, I know you're not an idiot. I was just trying to get more info, I couldn't see screenshots, using the same app for xda and now I can.
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Wiping the phone yes. What I meant was. Once phone was set up and established with the issue present, does wiping data from the problematic application fix it, temporarily or not
I'll be honest, if I didn't know you were talking about an android phone then I would query if it was a rootkit virus. As it seems embedded on a very low level..
I honestly couldn't advise if that's possible on android but the symptoms are pretty compelling to say the least.
Against my better judgement here, I would advise installing an antivirus (only for a scan) specifically one that would eliminate a rootkit.
Does malwarebytes have an android alternative?? If so then try that.
Beyond that the only thing you can do if the problem is returning each time you perform a full wipe would be a firmware installation with a fresh firmware file.
It's not possible to remain beyond that unless a rootkit is possible on an android phone. .
Edit: as suspected, rootkits do exist for android, so I would put my money on that. A wipe won't fix it and you (if I'm correct) have a back door into your device. So it has to be eliminated before you use it for day to day tasks / business / personal use.
Don't enter anything personal at all unless you have to to get the job done.
You need bespoke software in order to remove it.
If I isn't that then a new firmware should fix the issue.
Lastly, I know you're not an idiot. I was just trying to get more info, I couldn't see screenshots, using the same app for xda and now I can.
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We misuderstood each other early... Sorry for that and thanks for info...
I'll do the new firmware tonight... Hope it will help...
Since I haven't get EMUI 9.1 update yet, i'll do that too, and see what will happen then...
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vranjesvanja said:
We misuderstood each other early... Sorry for that and thanks for info...
I'll do the new firmware tonight... Hope it will help...
Since I haven't get EMUI 9.1 update yet, i'll do that too, and see what will happen then...
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Perfect, i would avoid banking or entering personal details until that point.
The 190 firmware will not lock down your bootloader either so you're quite safe, please double / triple check that you're not on a later firmware.
Actually isn't 190 a 9.0.0 firmware?
Please check before proceeding, all instructions are in the guide.
"We misuderstood each other early... Sorry for that and thanks for info.."
No problem man, good luck. You'll be fine.