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    Root Eris Tethering Alternatives when ad-hoc not possible?

    Hi folks! This inquiry is a little different than the normal inquiries about tethering (laptop/desktop computer tether via phone) - in this case I want to (occasionally) tether a Nexus 7 tablet to my Eris. Unfortunately, the N7 doesn't operate in WiFi ad-hoc mode afaik. In the past I have...
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    Root CS CM7, Google Voice, & Notifications

    Hi folks, [ I put this post in the Eris "All Things Root" sub-forum mostly because I'm using a dev ROM - CS CM7 v21. It might well also apply to stock ROMs for all I know. ] I recently started using Google Voice (GV) for text messages - I came close to "running over" my monthly SMS...
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    Samsung releases, MD5s, etc.

    Hi folks, Trying to assist a friend with a JH7 Captivate S (i897) to do a stock Froyo update. From my limited reading it appears that a Win7 x64 PC is not a good choice for Kies Mini, and Samsung officially discourages the use of Kies for W7 x64. (W7 x64 is what I've got for better or worse)...
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    Root Has "GPS Signal lost" bug been fixed...

    ... in any GB or Froyo ROM yet? It's the one remaining issue that makes me want to ditch GSB in favor of an Eclair ROM for the Eris. I don't use Navigation that much; but when you want it to work... well, you want it to work. Tried Nav this am on a 1 HR drive. 20 or so minutes in to the...
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    Root Mystified by GB text manipulation (cursor insertion)

    On GSB 3.5 now; longtime user of GSB 2.x/3.x as a daily driver. In short, the apparently random behavior of the text-selector methods of Gingerbread drive me batty... am I the only one that suffers from this malady? Typical scenario: I am looking at a web page with a long URL, and I want...
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    Root Froyo/GB text selector thingamabob?

    OK, I'll admit it - I can't seem to get good at operating the GB text selector. I vaguely remember seeing a tutorial (it might have been in those welcome/intro screens during device setup), but of course I just skipped that. Anybody have a URL to some docs or maybe a useful video tutorial...
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    Root Home (softkey) disappearance?

    I recently over-flashed CELB 4.3 on top of CELB 4.1, and was using the phone in my usual manner, when I noticed that my "Home" softkey was no longer working - either long-press or tap. Didn't matter where I was - even on an ADW home screen, neither "tap" nor "long-press" did anything. Here's...
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    Root CELBFroyo Fans - fave version from 3.2 - 3.8?

    Believe it or not, I am still on CELBFroyo 3.2 - been using it for a little less than two months now without straying for another. For those of you that are CELB Froyo fans, have you noticed any compelling reasons related to either stability or performance to trade up? eu1
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    Help mixed-up bookmark thumbnails?

    I've been rooted a long time, so I don't know whether this is something which occurs in stock phones too, but it seems like it has happened in almost every ROM that I have tried (which don't all have the identical browser - I think). The bookmark thumbnails for the browser seem to get "mixed...
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    Root Notes on Recovery Booting (1.5 vs. 2.1) and OTAs

    All, I spent some time rolling back my Eris this evening, putting it completely back to stock, including installing the 1.47.0000 S-ON (locked) bootloader. This post is mostly for documentation purposes, but I did discover the answers to some long-standing questions of mine - look for...
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    Root xtrSense vs. xtrSense?

    4.2.1 vs. 4.6, that is. I'm looking for feedback from xtrSense fans that have used both. While I am currently using Froyo (CELB 3.2), I want to have a 2.1 ROM "on deck" for those times when I just want every last thing to work flawlessly. (e.g. I have the Froyo undead call bug in mind, and a...
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    Root Bluetooth Voice Dialing?

    I'm a newb when it comes to Bluetooth; tonight I borrowed a Moto HS850 and tried it with two ROMs on my Eris: - HTC/VZW stock 2.1 pre- July OTA (= leak-V3) - Tazz Froyo CM6 2.0 Results: No problems pairing or connecting, answering, disconnecting, or last-number redialing. I could NOT...
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    Root [ROM][9/25/2010]FlashBack15 v1 - Return to Factory Stock

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8315870 Should be a useful place to send rooters who ask, "How can I unroot?" Easy! eu1
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    Root [Opinion] Don't Use A2SD/APPS2SD !

    For those of you who are new to rooting, that's the practical advice I would give you: "Don't bother setting up your SD card to use A2SD/APPS2SD" The reasons? It's a bit of trouble, and a problem-maker ... for almost no benefit. 1) One of the claimed benefits is that you can get more...
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    Q: In-call disconnect/reconnect?

    Q: If you have a stock Eris (non-rooted) that received the July 2010 OTA update, have you ever been in a voice call (since 17 July) which seemed to disconnect and then automatically reconnect without you doing anything? If so, is your Radio firmware (Settings -> About phone -> Baseband...
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    Root Wipe required before Nand Restore?

    This morning, just before AF went down, someone asked the question: "Do I need to perform a "Wipe ... data/factory reset" before I perform a Nandroid restore?" (Sorry, I don't remember what user posted that question; and it looks like we lost about 1.5 days worth of postings) In any...
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    Root Another Froyo tidbit (surprise)

    A couple of months ago - I can't remember if it was here or on XDA - someone posed the question: "How do I uninstall an App?" In response, a well meaning, but probably new Android/Eris user replied: "Just drag the icon down to the bottom of the screen, and when the trash can appears...
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    Root Have a peek at the stickies

    Check out the Sticky Thread http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/127861-universal-eris-root-dummies.html at the top of this forum. OTD put it up there almost immediately (6 minutes) - I know that I hardly ever look up there, and I suppose many of the regulars probably do the...
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    Root Universal Eris Root for Dummies!

    Announcing... Universal Eris Root for Dummies! You're not dummies, of course. But if you thought Jcase's spin on the new wag3slav3 rooting method was minimalist, this variation of it should help the fence-sitters and tech-intimidated join the world of Eris root. - ZERO typing! - NO SDK...
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    Root ugh

    meh. whoops. pls delete
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    Root Can I Root My Eris? LOOK HERE FIRST!

    The Bootloader Is the ONLY THING THAT MATTERS for getting Root! The version of the bootloader on your Eris tells you whether or not you can root with currently-known methods (as of 6/22/2010). It does NOT tell you what the history of your Eris has been or what version of the OS is on your...
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    Root REFERENCE: What HTC ROM Do I Have?

    Who would have thought that one of the frequent questions we would see here on Androidforums would be, "Am I root? I'm not sure what ROM I have on my Eris!". Here we have, in one place, version numbers as reported by the phone GUI, for all the HTC ROMs (leaked or official). This list only...
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    Root [FYI] Root to Re-root, Root to Unroot, OTA to root and all that

    I ran a number of trials tonight, to try and verify different recovery/rollback scenarios. Some succeeded, some failed. See the summary, and the details if you are interested. (No, none of this applies to leak ROMs; please don't ask.) There are only a couple of tidbits of new information...
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    Root Official_1.0_OC is nearly perfect...

    ... for what I want out of my Eris - Nav (got it w/ 2.1, thanks Big Red!) - wireless hot-spot - wired tethering - Overclocking - Sense (I'll admit I like it even if it is a resource pig) - Stable / almost no bugs. - Don't need/Don't want any of the social networking stuff (and...
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    Root Visual Example: The PB00IMG.ZIP update method

    My purpose behind this "a picture is worth 1000 words" thread is twofold: 1) For newbs that experience some trouble(s) getting the inital stages of "getting root" to happen correctly, it is helpful for them to know what things should look like when everything goes the way it should. That...