I just upgraded my phone to android 4.0.4 and it's alot different than whatever i was using before. It's from Bell. I can't find an option to add or remove desktops (or canvases as they were called on my old os)
I've tried pressing and holding on an empty desktop to remove it, but it just displays all desktops, allows me to scroll through them, and select apps and widgets to add to them.
There must be a way to do this, when I first upgraded I only had 3, like I did with my old OS, but some settings were screwed up and apps as well so I did a reset, now I have 7 or so.
Anyone know how to remove them? I only need 3 maybe 4.
UPDATE: figured it out after 2 hours. If anyone else has this problem (i'm probably the only one to ever have it) pinch the screens, then you can remove them.
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As we all know the stock ROM that verizon pushes to our phone has a new annoying feature. When u connect the phone to the PC it makes a virtual CDROM drive. Ever since that got created on my phone it has caused me nothing but headaches. Namely that it causes my optical (DVDRW) drive tray to cycle open and closed. I thought that once I rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM that would go away. Sadly this is not the case. how do I get my phone to stop creating this virtual drive? Im assuming there is something in the ROM that can be changed to stop this. Now I know there is usually a CDROM.ISO file that exists in the stock HTC ROM and if u remove/rename that the drive wont show up in My Computer. My question is why does the HTC Android Phone USB device still appear on my system? Is there a way to prevent my phone from doing this? I am really tired of having my drive tray open and close for hours on end. I have taken to disabling the DVDRW in the device manager to get it to stop. I want to avoid doing that. Please help.
Nobody has any ideas??
Well I have some news. After I posted here on a whim I decided to send a support email to HTC. And they responded with some nifty instructions.
1. dial ##7764726
2. hit call
3. Type password 000000 (thats 6 zeros)
4. hit feature settings
5. choose cdrom
6. click disable
7. hit menu then commit modifications (it will say no item changed)
I tried the above instructions but I did not get any password box. It actually called the number. Maybe this only works if you are on the stock ROM? Anybody have any ideas about this?
The tip that they gave you won't stop it from showing up as a CD-ROM Drive. All that does it prevents that prompt for VZW driver installation. Any ROM based on the stock ROM (Virtuous, Skyraider, Redemption, etc.) will have this CD-ROM drive show up, though most of those ROMs have the driver issue disabled by default.
Switching to an AOSP ROM (like Cyanogen(mod)) will get rid of it.
I tried the HTC tip from within the stock rom and it does show up.
Why is it that this was never removed from any of the roms based on the stock rom?
I have tried Cyanogenmod and it restarts on me at the wierdest times.I can not even be doing anything with it. And poof it will restart. Dunno why either.
Rooted, yes? SwiFTP from market, no USB cable necessary.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Yes its rooted. Thats how i got cyanogenmod flashed enuf to know its restarting for no reason. Seeing as my 2yo lost the wall charger adaptor somewhere in the house its the only way I have of charging my phone. its also how I put my audio books and music on my phone. The amount of data moving across is more than what a wireless connection should transfer. Its alot faster with a direct connection. Besides, Doubletwist airsync is not worth the money.
Why is it that this was never removed from any of the roms based on the stock rom?
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Because they can't. It's part of the framework now.
I have tried Cyanogenmod and it restarts on me at the wierdest times.I can not even be doing anything with it. And poof it will restart. Dunno why either.
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CM6 or CM7? CM6 is stable. Minor bugs, but reboots shouldn't be noticeably more than stock. On stock, I'd get maybe one reboot per week. On CM6, about the same.
CM7 is considered in an alpha state right now. It's going through nightly builds. Each build adds a feature or two, and then the next build is meant to add in another feature or two, while fixing bugs that came up from the last build's feature introduction. We may not see a release candidate for at least another month due to the fact that their remaining feature list to be implemented is still rather long.
Bottom line is, if you're slamming CM7 for stability, well, that's to be expected. It's not even officially in beta yet. The sad thing is, it's more stable than all but the grade-A ROMs out there today.
No CM7 for me. I live and breath with my phone to use something that is still being developed. I had flashed the following flavors of ROM:
Incredibly Re-Engineered rebooted 4 times in a matter of 8 hours.
Cyanogenmod 6 stable rebooted twice in the same time period.
I flashed nothing else to the phone except the radio which is 2.15.00.11.19. I did the radio b4 I even got around to flashing the rom and never had a single issue with it. Wanted to make sure nothing was gonna go south b4 moving on. Had the radio flashed for over a week and never had to restart my phone once. Im just trying to find something other than the stock rom.
I like the cyanogen rom cause it has the vanilla interface. Thats the first thing I flashed. Only part I didnt like about it was the camera interface. Felt like I had less control over settings. Also there are no ability to do wide screen pics from what I have been able to figure out. i like that ability. Hence the switch to the Reingineered. Was happy with it for the most part. Felt snappier than the stock interface only had a problem hitting the button for the phone cause it was so blasted small on the screen. Kept fat fingering the home and menu buttons below the screen. I want something stable and doesnt lose any of the features I have on the stock rom. I know thats asking alot but one can hope.
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Maybe try UltimateDroid v 2.5?
Lots of features you describe - I run it w/ InvisibleK's #18 kernel, haven't been happier.
Plus, no annoying popups when connecting USB
I do know that Skyraider sense 3.5 has the CD-ROM feature removed. That rom is based off of sense if you like that kind of stuff( I know I do)
So basically all that will show up in device manager (if you have Skyraider rom) will be the mass storage device(s): SD and internal. No cd-rom device detected from phone. If I remember correctly, I think the developer created a script that removed that from his rom.
Ill give it a whirl
Greetings all!
I have searched around a bit but surprisingly I can't find anyone else that has had this problem.
I have two Mark 1 Motorola Droids (aka Milestone) on Verizon Wireless. My phone works okay, but it is the original version. One problem I have with it is that I can't over clock it as high as the other one.
So I want to switch to the other phone as primary. No problem, when I change the MEID on VZW site the new phone works, and my apps (that are still on the market) are downloaded. That is all fine and dandy, but I want all the data IN those apps to come too.
For instance, I have Handcent for text messages, on the new phone all the old texts are gone. I also use an app called Fuel Log to monitor all my fuel consumption on three cars. This data is gone. Also my call history is gone, and this list goes on. I was told by a dev before that they used the default android database but he didn't know how to move it. My thought is if I can find it, I can move it.
The other issue is that my old phone is rooted, with an almost stock ROM. So I can't just "Ghost" it to another phone and upgrade to Froyo. I want to use Froyo on the new phone first, then move the database over.
Anyone have any ideas?
Matt|ttaM
Doesn't anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Matt|ttaM
i seem to have a little problem.
after selecting a different marketplace and region, rebooted as instructed. i went to download some stuff only to find that the marketplace will not load.
the screen says.....loading then back flips back to menu.
tried restoring with back-up for both (Restore OEM and Restore MO) but still nothing.
marketplace will not load.
also cannot open xbox games... starts by saying loading then flips back to menu
tried soft reset but still nothing
currently running mi7Rom WP7.8 Edition Nokia Mod v2 on omnia7
any help would be appreciated
p.s when i look online at my phone details it comes up as samsung cetus!!!
i would rather not load the rom again if i can find a solution
I had this its todo with changing OEM AND MO device details the problem is it gets all screwed up when certs get synced, changing back the reg settings doesn't work, there are literally 100s of XML files that also contain various stings, I thin the problem lies in them. I for it working but in the absence of time, formatting was the best solution
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thanks for the reply. i was hoping not to have to reformat quite yet.... ball ache.
probably wait for an official/unofficial 7.8
Yeah, some of the marketplace hacks use a known-to-be-harmful hack. The reputable ones shouldn't - this issue was discovered well over a year ago - but to some people the allure of being able to run Nokia apps on their non-Nokia phones is too great. Installing the apps can be done without this hack (which is to change the OEM and phone info in the DeviceTargetingInfo registry key), but running them often cannot.
The only known solution is to hard-reset, or to restore a full phone backup that was taken prior to using the hack.
tbh GoodDayToDie i chose what i thought was a reputable app to do this from.
i used market select by sh4d0w86. oh well, you live and learn.
i wasn't trying to get nokia apps >.< the app i wanted was iheartradio which has never been available in my region.
i will be reformatting soon. let this be a lesson to me
GDTD, yeah ive never used the apps and applied the modifications myself, I suspect its actually to do with the Mobile operator settings, and not exclusively the device or OEM settings, ive been fiddling with the others in an attempt to recreate the problem, it appears random but that Mobile operator reg entry, so far, appears to expedite the problems.
I picked up my G4 last Thursday (launch day in uk) and have been having a problem with the 'default app' part of lollipop. I use Apex launcher and 3 times out of 4 when I click the home button I get asked which launcher do I want to use, and whether I want it to be the 'default' option. I always choose as the default option (check box) but within 5 mins of using the phone (closing an app of installing another or if the phone has been sleeping) it asks me again which launcher I want to use. This goes on and on......I have also found that this 'default option' is not working if I play a video and choose MX Player as default, and also to any other number of apps, default choice options.
I have been on the phone to LG in the UK and they don't even have a G4 to test this issue on!!
The only advice I have been given is to try a hard reset but this has been an issue since the phone was NEW and seeing as I cant use my Titanium Backup from my Z1due to no Root as yet I am disinclined to do a reset as it looks very much like and LG or Lollipop issue.
Anyone else having a similar problem out there ?
I'm also having this problem. Did you manage to find a fix?
I'm having this issue with photos app mainly and others sometimes, but never saw it on Nexus 5 lollipop. Must be something with LG launcher?
Others have complained of this. One solution is to use debloater to block the other launcher apps. In the other thread discussing this someone mentioned an app that forces the setting.
There are a few issue's most of which I've covered in the title. It allows me to download Chrome, Firefox and any other browser from the play store but if i open them they close after about 3 seconds and a box comes up saying 'Google Chrome has closed' or something along those lines.
I bought the box in more or less brand new condition off someone for £35 (good deal or what) and it came pre-rooted. Now i'll be honest, i'm not bad with computers / phones / tablets etc but when it comes to rooted devices I'm pretty clueless. With the PIPO box I saw it as more of a hindrance than any kind of help, for example the All4 app wouldn't work because the device is rooted and now chrome or Firefox won't even open for more than a few seconds. The device came pre installed with some app's on it called FX and that seemed to be the cause of the rooting?
Another thing, the dual boot option, now the reason this no longer works is my fault. I can't exactly remember what happened but if i do a reset with the pin so the dual boot screen comes up, or i chose the switch O/S option in the drop down settings menu it goes to a screen which has a large circle and Windows is stuck at 64% and the notice at the bottom is 'Windows is loading drivers and may switch on and off during this process' (or words to that effect) and i've left it overnight to no avail. It occasionally jumps to 71% then restarts and its back at 64%.
To be honest I wouldn't mind just completely getting rid of Windows and having it as a pure Android device, and surely Windows 10 is unnecessarily (If I'm not able to use it) using up a lot of space on the device.
As I said earlier I'm not a genius but if someone could guide me through what to do, i'm able to follow instructions regarding Firmware, Roms etc I'd be more than happy to switch on my device, it just go straight to Android and be able to download and use browsers other than the built in one, also i'd like to totally get rid of Windows 10 if that's possible?
Reading this back it sounds like I'm asking a lot, and I'm sorry if I am, but I don't know how to do it myself and i don't want to try and end up with a bricked device, i use the USB's a lot too to watch films i've downloaded on my PC if I can't find them on Showbox etc.
Here are the details regarding Firmware etc.
Android Version 4.4.4
IFWI Version i21
Firmware version V1.0.0_v1
Kernel Version
3.10.20-00005-gcaba818-dirty
[email protected] hash16 (Sorry the hash sign on my keyboard is a poundsign)
Mon Sept 7 19.27:41 HKT 2015
Build Number
X9 Android_4.4.4_201509081738
I dont know if it makes any difference but under Status the serial number is Baytrail0790F68D (Sorry I've just read the back of the box and the CPU is called Intel Baytrail.....derrrr)
Lastly i just want to say if someone's got a Rom / Firmware updates etc I'm capable of following instructions regarding using usb sticks and pressing download combinations on the device.
Many thanks for your time reading this (If anyone has haha) and I'd be so grateful if someone could help me out.
Thanks, Paul