Related
If this device is not rooted by Monday, I will just have to return it... I hate it when a device is locked down, and yes I am sorta hoping that Monday Samsung unveils the Nexus Two...
EDIT: Okay, a lot of you love this device, I am just saying that this may be another reason why I would return the device, I have more things I dislike about this device besides not having a root. So for anyone telling me to return it already, sure I just might, maybe because I have more other reasons.
About the Nexus two, I am just saying that any other device might have some things that I like more. I am simply asking if someone is working on it.
Sent from my HTC Glacier
Smokexz said:
If this device is not rooted by Monday, I will just have to return it... I hate it when a device is locked down, and yes I am sorta hoping that Monday Samsung unveils the Nexus Two...
Sent from my HTC Glacier
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Be patient. The devs are working on rooting TWO 4G phones (this and the G2). I'm in the market for a new Android device myself and I'm on the fence until one of these gets rooted or until the N2 comes out.
Some devices are rooted before they are even on the market, I think I just might return this device if the Nexus 2 is real
Sent from my HTC Glacier
This phone is locked down the same way the G2 is. When devs figure out permanent root on the G2, we will have it too. It ain't gonna be by Monday though. You might as well return your phone today. :rollseyes:
Damn OP, you really need to chill! Not all phones are the same, and not all get rooted right when they come out.
Yes, it sucks that we're dealing with a new chip, and it's gonna take time to crack, but that's the way it is. I assure you that we have some of the best Dev's working really hard to get this going.
You demanding to have root by Monday or you'll return the phone only makes you look like a fool! Hate to say it, but we're not going to see root for weeks, or even months for matter.
All I gotta say now is... walk your sorry ass back to T-Mobile, and exchange the phone for 2 tin cans, and a long ass string.
I hope you go return it and realize how silly you are for doing such a thing.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Smokexz said:
If this device is not rooted by Monday, I will just have to return it... I hate it when a device is locked down, and yes I am sorta hoping that Monday Samsung unveils the Nexus Two...
Sent from my HTC Glacier
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nexus 2 Launch Plagued by Hardware Issues
http://bit.ly/be8g6s
I hope this link helps you with your decision.
wow it amazes me how you can give a deadline... how are you helping to gain root access? what have you contributed? or are you just waiting around for other people to do all the work so you can just flash a rom :/
Also to be clear I dont understand how you can say you hate being "locked down"... say you did get root and flashed a rom then aren't you just locked down in a different way? (now having anything that dev personally likes on your phone, instead of what the htc dev's like)
sorry for the little rant it just drives me nuts how everyone seems to want things done for them around here these days...
Smokexz said:
If this device is not rooted by Monday, I will just have to return it... I hate it when a device is locked down, and yes I am sorta hoping that Monday Samsung unveils the Nexus Two...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just because it's a new Nexus doesn't mean it's going to be as good, or better than Nexus One. And just because previous Samsung phones were root-able, doesn't mean this one is going to be as well.
If it's like the rest of Galaxy S phones, then go ahead and knock yourself out. Make sure you enjoy your functional GPS until Monday though.
I was just gonna say the same thing... from what I have read the N2 is basically a Vanilla Galaxy S phone... the major hardware issuing plaguing the announcement is most likely due to GPS hardware issues.
hammondnav said:
Just because it's a new Nexus doesn't mean it's going to be as good, or better than Nexus One. And just because previous Samsung phones were root-able, doesn't mean this one is going to be as well.
If it's like the rest of Galaxy S phones, then go ahead and knock yourself out. Make sure you enjoy your functional GPS until Monday though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do us all a favor and return it
I will give it a chance sure, but I an just so tired of temp root
Sent from my HTC Glacier
What exactly are you doing that you can't live without root?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
With the updated visionary app that starts on boot it works like a permanent root. I'm sure there are some restrictions but I am using it rooted for setcpu and have not had one issue with this yet. Granted I don't use the terminal to transfer things though.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Haha wow iz it your time of month? Watch the nexus 2 be locked down as well
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
bubonik said:
What exactly are you doing that you can't live without root?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I just like to explore what my device can do, I love having the option to install this little fix or this ROM. It's freedom what I like... I understand everyone loved the device, I have my own reasoning, I came from a Galaxy S, I had no complaints other than 2.2 taking more than forever to come.
Most of you are insulting me rather than thinking if I have different reasons, I don't just simply dislike the device because it has no root, I have other reasons. You all may enjoy the device however I could probably name a couple of things that just make me dislike the device, mainly that Genius button.
Continue to tell me I should return my phone etc etc, however if it is not rootable more reason for me to return the thing and get another device.
I don't know if there is a Nexus 2, I don't know if it will be rootable, but as of now if it is real, I might get it.
I have a vibrant, and if Samsung is making the Nexus 2....I wouldn't dream of owning it. Horrible support and empty promises. Can anyone say Behold 2?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
i heard there is no nexus 2 that there is a phone people kept saying it might be the nexus 2 but its not. plus the phone i saw was only for verizon so it wont come out for tmobile but now i cant find the site i was reading up on.
Smokexz said:
If this device is not rooted by Monday, I will just have to return it... I hate it when a device is locked down, and yes I am sorta hoping that Monday Samsung unveils the Nexus Two...
Sent from my HTC Glacier
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
dude why do u need it to be rooted anyways? this phone is badass with out rooting it, u cant overclock it yet so for me there is no point until they first off can get it rooted and 2 if they can overclock it like the g2 and vibrant. but i can wait im sure they will figure it out. come on now they managed to get the hd2 running android 2.2 on a phone that doesnt even have android period, so im sure they will figure it out. i would rather them take there time then rush it and mess something up.
Smokexz said:
I just like to explore what my device can do, I love having the option to install this little fix or this ROM. It's freedom what I like... I understand everyone loved the device, I have my own reasoning, I came from a Galaxy S, I had no complaints other than 2.2 taking more than forever to come.
Most of you are insulting me rather than thinking if I have different reasons, I don't just simply dislike the device because it has no root, I have other reasons. You all may enjoy the device however I could probably name a couple of things that just make me dislike the device, mainly that Genius button.
Continue to tell me I should return my phone etc etc, however if it is not rootable more reason for me to return the thing and get another device.
I don't know if there is a Nexus 2, I don't know if it will be rootable, but as of now if it is real, I might get it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
First and foremost, if you have other reasons for ditching the new mytouch, voice them. You can't just post a new thread demanding root OR ELSE. It makes you look like a major d-bag. However, I do agree with you. It's frustrating that it can't be rooted just yet, and there a bunch of other things I don't like, mainly the genius button, but I'm not going to get rid of it for that reason. That's retarded. You can't buy an unreleased phone and expect it to be rooted immediately. Devs put countless hours into making these things possible, and the rudest thing you can do is be an ungrateful snot by giving the developer community an ultimatum. We, as a community, DO NOT CARE which phone you have. If you want to get rid of it, go for it. One less whiner.
As far as root access is concerned, I'm fairly confident that the g2 and mytouch are close enough in hardware and mechanism that with one, will come the other. And as of this writing, the g2 has a bigger following. (and more patient people)
For me, root means removing bloatware, and cleaning up the stock rom. It looks good enough as is, and for now, I don't see much reason to change it. I'll do some experimenting with visual changes in the framework, but that'll probably be the extent of it. Did anybody else here miss the HTC dialer? I sure did!!!(though I'm not totally sure I like the way this espresso one works...)
Edit: if google chooses samsung as their odm for a follow-up nexus device then they're morons. Touchwiz sucks, samsung support sucks, samsung bugfixes suck, hardware planning sucks.
Reasoning: Touchwiz is annoying and the interface lacks a professional appearance...needs less form, more function! - Samsung is useless if you have a problem. USELESS. Kies..oden??? Really? - Everybody take a quick second and look up a picture of the galaxy s(at least the t-mobile version). Do you see a status led? No, you don't. Why? There isn't one. At all. You need to turn your phone on to see if there is an email, or a text, or a missed call. How about the epic4G...samsung made a desktop dock. Sweet right? No. Place the phone in it and it's resting on the volume keys. WTF? I'm sure an led wouldn't have killed samsung in production costs, and designing a dock that presses keys is a huge oversight, and should have been noticed by quality control immediately. It's an easy fix. I can't stand behind a company that puts out such half-finished products. Samsung: please complete the development process before you release your products to consumers. I'd rather wait an extra month and have something fully functional.
Summary: I've had a galaxy S and an epic 4g. Both of them had glaring issues, all of which were swept under the rug by samsung. Generally by a "updates and bugfixes are coming soon" type of response. Personally, that's just a terrible thing to do to consumers. Nothing brings repeat business more than a product that 'just works' right out of the box.
Sorry this was so long-winded...I'm tired and not thinking straight
Hey guys, I'm probably upgrading from my HTC Hero soon and I'm thinking about getting a transform due to not having 4G coverage where I live and I don't wanna pay $10 extra for something I can't have. Is there anyone out there developing Rims for the Transform? I would like to have the front facing camera that it offers and be able to video chat with it, as it isn't possible to do right now for whatever reason. I'm sure with some developing, the video chat would be possible. And I'm sure its 800mhz processor is overclockable to at least 1ghz.
Anybody got any info on this? Thanks y'all.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
Unless you buy your new phone in the next 5 days any smartphone will have the $10 charge regardless of 4g coverage.
So maybe that would widen your selection, evo shift
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA
Lol if anything, I think I'm gonna go with an Evo considering its been out a while, plenty of Rims have already been developed and its got video chat. the shift seems pretty sweet, everything about it, except there's no frontfacing camera :[ that is a must on my list for my next phone lol
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
bricked my transform, need help please...
i tried to upgrade to another rom, & accidently left the m900 in binary folder,
is there a way to fix, as you can tell i`m a novice, so please explain step
by step, i was using swupgrader, & had already updated to froyo 2.2.2
now my screen stays black & it vibrates sometimes, but thats all
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
[email protected]
Of y'all have rooted yalls wife's (or whatever have you) phone? My wife is using an atrix right now and she loves it. I think if I root it (or attempt to lol) she will love it even more.
I'm thinking of switching phones with her tomorrow and trying to root it while she's at work as I have the day off.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
You go, schunter1226!
Not only did I root my wife's Inspire, I made a test device out of it. Lol. In the end, she was greatful I got her off of that crappy stock AT&T rom.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk
Let me know how that goes. I have always wanted to root my wife's Atrix too.
Ill be working on it tomorrow.
She's not really into that kind of stuff but yeah, it'll be more of a test thing for me too lol.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
Shame, shame. You guys got the Inspire and got your wifes the Atrix. My wife wouldn't have none of that. She made me get her the Inspire.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk
Well, my wife and I got the Captivate at the same time about a year ago. She is still hanging on to her captivate, even with the problems she's having with it and still on 2.1. I picked up a lightly used Inspire a few Weeks ago to have something new to play with and she said she was still content with her captivate. She won't let me root it, factory reset it, nothing except making sure it's plugged in every night. So, if your wives let you play with their phones, consider yourself lucky.
Yeah, my wife lets me play with hers.
I would play with hers too
My wife also has a atrix, there must be something with that. I have yet to root hers. Maybe ony next day off.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
I rooted my wife's Inspire to get rid of the AT&T and HTC bloat.
It increased the battery life and runs a bit smoother.
It is still on the stock AT&T ROM (she likes sense).
She just uses the phone. She asks me every now and then if I want it to check for updates, etc.
I will say that the Inspire has been very steady, no problems with it at all. She got it to replace a Captivate.
Pretty sure my wife would have a conniption fit if I tried to do anything to her phone! She has seen what I do to our computer with all of the different Linux distro's and I don't think she would want me to do that to her phone!
Rooted her phone, spent a lot of time tweaking it, pissed her off, then she was happy after she seen all the goodies.
Then about a day after she got settled in with it, she came home and whipped out a brand new SII (she ttold me she didn't want to use her upgrade because she loved her atrix too much). I'm sorta jealous, that was her goal lol. Oh and she wont let me touch it.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
Rooted
I rooted my wife's...
I also work on her phone!!
Ha my wife's got an iPhone that she won't let me touch. And I can't get her interested in Android...something must be wrong with her Any way I can trade? Lol
yea my gf says she doesnt want a smartphone or anything like it...but damn is she always using mine to play games or use other apps or the web browser.
since my job did lay offs i may not get a new phone for a little while, but her upgrade will be waiting for me when im ready
homeslice976 said:
Ha my wife's got an iPhone that she won't let me touch. And I can't get her interested in Android...something must be wrong with her Any way I can trade? Lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You talking about the wife or the phone?
I just got one of theses. Anyone know how to root? I had an LG thrill with acihazard 4 oc to 1300 that met with an unfortunate accident involving bricks. Loved that damn phone :,(
Sent from my VS840 4G using xda premium
Aw seriously? This phone seems to kick ass.
Tried to root it today but no luck. Not totally connected to the comp. It can see both drives but no USB "bug" icon in my notification bar. USB debugging on and unknown sources along with United mobile drivers.
Sent from my VS840 4G using xda premium
Lucid Root
to root the lucid you can use
androidforums.com/lucid-all-things-root/533930-root-one-click-root-lg-lucid-4-18-12-a.html
make sure the usb mode is set to Internet Connection-> Ethernet. that will enable USB debugging
Ha I looked at the debug option and didn't do it! Ima stoopid!
Sent from my VS840 4G using xda premium
I love it
As the title syas this phone does kickass. against the droid incredible 4g lte its got a better proccessor. so come on.. why isnt anything going for this phone,. atleast cyanogenmod ya know .. anything.. ics was promised by lg but that aint happening.
T3viin said:
As the title syas this phone does kickass. against the droid incredible 4g lte its got a better proccessor. so come on.. why isnt anything going for this phone,. atleast cyanogenmod ya know .. anything.. ics was promised by lg but that aint happening.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I like the lucid too, but that is just nonsense. The Incredible 4G krait processor outperforms the lucid in every way.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2
does any body knows how to manually program lg lucid 4g? I am trying to flash this phone to page plus or any hidden menu that you know?
ICS will eventually come to the Lucid,hopefully before the end of the year.Unless there's something I didn't hear about?
Sent from my VS840 4G using xda app-developers app
I know its old news by now, but if you have a lucid still, ICS is finally out for it. If you haven't installed yet, I would suggest the computer method, its a lot quicker than doing it OTA, which I couldn't even get to work right.
I can't even get that to work.Verizon is sending me a new phone
Sent from my VS840 4G using Tapatalk 2
yeah I wish we had ROMs for it. But its a sweet little phone!
it's a great phone
ICS update killed the ability to use 3rd party Tethering apps. Very annoying.
Lol to the guy above me. don't ya think it's kind of why they push these kind of updates out. they don't like third party tethering apps. then they can't track your data.
I wish we could find someone to figure a downgrade method to go back to 2.3.6 stock with root.
iolpiolp8 said:
I know its old news by now, but if you have a lucid still, ICS is finally out for it. If you haven't installed yet, I would suggest the computer method, its a lot quicker than doing it OTA, which I couldn't even get to work right.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know you've likely long since moved on but if you don't mind, what exactly does this "computer method" entail?
Nevermind I found it lol http://support.verizonwireless.com/pdf/system_update/lucid_instructions.pdf
Does anybody know how to view the hidden menu on this phone? I am running the 4.0.4. Rooted and I still cannot figure out how to access it. All I really want is to turn off 4Glte on this phone because I live in a no 4G city and my battery is being wasted on 4G scanning. I have tried LTE toggle apps but they get blocked and a little notification saying "access to system info is prohibited " pops up. Being rooted I should have a way to bypass that, but I have no idea what file or app I need to edit to do so. If anyone out here can help me I will be forever grateful. The boys over at android forums have not been able to help. I'm beginning to think there is no hope. If anyone knows the secret code to view the hidden menu or just simply has a way to shut off the program that denies me from viewing system info it would be awesome. Going from a gnex to this in effort to get better battery life has backfired thus far.
Thanks in advance.
hackweed said:
Does anybody know how to view the hidden menu on this phone? I am running the 4.0.4. Rooted and I still cannot figure out how to access it. All I really want is to turn off 4Glte on this phone because I live in a no 4G city and my battery is being wasted on 4G scanning. I have tried LTE toggle apps but they get blocked and a little notification saying "access to system info is prohibited " pops up. Being rooted I should have a way to bypass that, but I have no idea what file or app I need to edit to do so. If anyone out here can help me I will be forever grateful. The boys over at android forums have not been able to help. I'm beginning to think there is no hope. If anyone knows the secret code to view the hidden menu or just simply has a way to shut off the program that denies me from viewing system info it would be awesome. Going from a gnex to this in effort to get better battery life has backfired thus far.
Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not sure if this will work on this particular phone but Google "any cut apk" then install any cut and use create new shortcut option. This works one some phones not all.
Wow. I should have read this whole post huh!! Sorry any cut is still fun to play with for a few seconds tho!
I got jb but you should just be able to go to settings and then to mobile networks and change it from lte or global to cmda. That will hit you with 3g and not 4g.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium
odisname;35164344]Not sure if this will work on this particular phone but Google "any cut apk" then install any cut and use create new shortcut option. This works one some phones not all.
Wow. I should have read this whole post huh!! Sorry any cut is still fun to play with for a few seconds tho!
I got jb but you should just be able to go to settings and then to mobile networks and change it from lte or global to cmda. That will hit you with 3g and not 4g.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium[/QUOTE]
See there is no option to switch from 3g only to 4g/3g modes. That's why I am going crazy trying to find it. I have used any cut and other apps to be able to find this hidden "test mode" menu that I have been digging for. Unfortunately the phone info menu in this setting is still blocked. Every time I try to view it I get a little popup saying "access to phone info is prohobited" thus presenting my problem. I have root explorer and I am not afraid to use it. Does anybody here know what program or permission is prohibiting me? I will edit/delete it as soon as it is located. Nobody is prohibiting me from viewing settings on my phone... At least once I find out how to gain access to them.
Try this app, it might help you with some data features.
http://lg.flashingtools.com/Download
adb install LGProvisioning.APK
then look for LG Data Tool under your apps.
Enjoy!!
BillA
Everyone there's finally a rom for the lg lucid. Its cm10 so ics and it is amazing. You can even access the hidden menu in it easily with a bunch of other good features
-------------
I am a dishonest man, and you can always honestly trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.
So I am a current HTC Sensation 4G user. I previously had the Samsung Vibrant and before that I had an HTC HD2. Ive been using smart phone for a long time and have rooted just about everyone of them that I could.
Last week my sensation started having issues. The whole left 1/4" or so of the phone was unresponsive which means I couldnt use the QWEASD, up and ZX keys on the keypad or any apps that happened to be in the section of the screen. We called TMO about getting a replacement. Well they didnt have any. They said they had a Samsung Galaxy S 4G or Mytouch 4G that were comparable. So I had them send the Galaxy S which is basically an upgraded version of the Vibrant I had.
My GF called them the next day and they said they did actually have the Sensation and could send me that instead but had to send the Galaxy S back unopened.
So my question is keep the Galaxy S or return it in hopes that they have a Sensation to send me (leery of that though). Are they really that comparable? Only concern is I think I would have to root the Galaxy S in order to get ICS but the Sensation has an OTA for ICS and Galaxy S doesnt have a flash.
Thanks for your opinions/thoughts!
Jason
Send back the galaxy. The sensation is a better phone. Nothing wrong with the galaxy, but its outdated. It has two successors now. The sensation has plenty of dev happening, its relatively easy to root an upgrade to ICS. DO NOT use the OTA update, cause that'll just make your rooting a whole lot harder. You'll get better stuff by not doin it anyway.
Sent from my Sensational pokeball that caught Charmeleon 5.1.0!
icanttinkofaname said:
Send back the galaxy. The sensation is a better phone. Nothing wrong with the galaxy, but its outdated. It has two successors now. The sensation has plenty of dev happening, its relatively easy to root an upgrade to ICS. DO NOT use the OTA update, cause that'll just make your rooting a whole lot harder. You'll get better stuff by not doin it anyway.
Sent from my Sensational pokeball that caught Charmeleon 5.1.0!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I decided to send back the Galaxy. However they said they did NOT have any more Sensations. A couple of days later they supposedly have some. Should be getting that this week. While cruising the interwebs, I saw the Google Galaxy Nexus and decided to buy that. When the Sensation gets here, Ill just sell it. Thanks.