***Informative Links*** - Read before clicking "New Thread"

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***Informative Threads***

Post your question / issue / success story / etc. in the appropriate threads instead of starting a new thread!

Do NOT post a new thread to ask a QUESTION!!!
If your post has a question mark in it, you most likely need to post your thread in the Q&A Section

Please follow xda-developers forum rules and be courteous to all members.
Common sense goes a long way -- if in doubt check out All~G1's pointers on Dev Forum Etiquette

[Build Indexes] - Don't ask which build is best -- choose for yourself based on the features you desire!

• androidspin.com
  SimonNWalker & a group of Android Community members are maintaining a site which showcases the feature sets of the latest and greatest android builds ("roms" if you prefer). Check here to see "which is best" and try them out for yourself. The site is also ripe with news about Android development and more. XDA Thread
• Google Docs Build Spreadsheet - View and edit build info - Google Docs Build Spreadsheet

[Guides/Tutorials/Info]

• HTC Dream overview and useful information - Wiki article
  Highly recommended for beginners.
• In the beginning... There was ROOT
  Lots of good definitions, history, and an excellent overview of most things going on here.
• SPLs for DREA100 & DREA110 (Orig, Eng, Hard)
  Contains information and downloads for SPLs (Secondary Program Loader) for the Dream. A modded SPL is instrumental in restoring from backup, preventing a brick, applying builds designed for foreign markets, etc.
• Nandroid v2.0 - Full NAND backup and restore tool
  In-depth discussion of your best friend whilst modding your android device. A good Nandroid backup regimen will pay dividends to keep you up and running.
• Basic adb/root commands for noobs
  Using ADB and terminal commands for your Android phone.
• Surviving a Data Wipe / Update (Reduces Force Closes, too!)
  Save (most of) your data while switching between builds (wipes are not your enemy!!)
• Cyanogen's recovery partition
• Amon_Ra's Recovery Partition
• Modded recovery and boot images
• SDSPLIT repartition your SDcard on phone (w/o a PC) - NOW handles > 2G FAT!!!
  An easy way to re-partition your SD card without a PC.
• LucidREM's Latest JF mod scripts
  The swiss army knife of build customization
• Auto-lucid script by tehseano
• Let's fix that SPL Pay attention too post 3
  Report in here if your phone is unresponsive after applying the 1.33.2005 SPL released by Haykuro. If you can get into Recovery or the SPL bootloader screen (three skateboarding androids), this is not you.
• ROM guide for HTC Dream
• T-Mobile G1 User Guides/Manuals
• HTC Dream Wiki
• "Brick" Thread or Technical Think Tank for Bricked G1's
  If your phone is stuck at your splash screen (most likely a big white "G1")...if you you think something is broken...if you otherwise think you have a brick, post here instead of starting a new thread and any online members will do everything they can to help you out. (Reading as much as possible of these threads before posting will give you lots of insight as well!!)
• Benchmark your build (apps thread)

[HOW TO]

• STOCK-2-CYANOGEN / Root, Recovery, Radio, Rom / Partition SD / FAQ
• How To Partition SD Card With Ubuntu For Dummies
• Partition sdcard w/parted,goto ext3/4 & install rom from adb. no liveCD req'd
• UNROOT, get phone to STOCK firmware
  Reverting back to stock firmware.
• New and improved Apps to SD(more stable, more powerful, etc)
  The latest tutorial on how to get apps to SD.
• Convert and mount ext2 sd partition ( /system/sd ) to ext3
  Tools and instructions to add journaling to your ext sd card partition (apps2sd, etc). trust me, journaling is a good thing!
• Register the G1 without a sim or data plan
• Increase Max Volume -- Automated, no reboot needed
• ADB for Dummies Supported Operating Systems Drivers and SDK
  
• Get Home Auto Rotate on JFv1.51
• Unpack, Edit, and Repack Boot Images
  Create and edit "recovery" and "boot" .img files -- this thread is not for splash images.
• Custom SPLASH Image
  Replace that G1 splash logo that displays when your device turns on.
• Alternative way to creating a SPLASH image
• View Man Pages in terminal / adb shell
• Mount SD card in recovery via adb
• Use ash as your login shell
• [MOD]user configurable userinit.sh V0.1.4.1 for CM
  config file for setting up compcache, tweaks, etc. at boot
• [How to] mount SD card in recovery.

Ported Hero Programs:

• HTC Camera
• HTC Music

***Developer Links***

Developers - Instead of maintaining a list of builds, I've changed this list to include links to your publications (blog, twitter, main release thread, etc.) let me know when / if you want these modified or if any should be added -- I'm sure I've missed some of you!

• JesusFreke's Blog
• Haykuro's Blog
• TheDudeOfLife's google code page
• Cyanogen's Twitter
• TwistedUmbrella's Twitter
• justanothercrowd's twitter
• Stericson's twitter

For links / info on particular builds, check out the AndroidSpin or the Google Docs Build Spreadsheet


This index will be updated as needed.
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Oh, and thanks alapapa.

Enjoy
Dave

An improvement

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The Threads should be in catagories.

Such as:

[How To]
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[Guides/Tuts]
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[Info]
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and so on with different catagories.

something like that would be helpful to this post to quickly find relevent topics.
Thanks for reading.

here is a pretty sweet guide to android OS development, hopefully someone will find it useful
http://pdk.android.com/online-pdk/guide/index.html

I just thought I would whip up a quick informational post here regarding people saying "this does not work", or "this app FCs", etc. Posting something that just says "this is not working" tells us absolutely nothing. We need more information, and that is why God (Google) invented adb and logcat.

I am going to assume that to get to this point, you at least have ADB configured correctly. If not, do it. You can find detailed instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719.

Once you have that set up and configured correctly, you can begin to post more informative posts in regards to something not working.

'logcat' is your best friend. Do not be afraid to use it. All you need to do is run 'adb logcat' from your command prompt. If ever I am at my desk, I have my phone plugged in and logcat running to see what is going on in the background. Normally, you will just see the standard items such as resource allocation, email queries, and things relating to applications you have running.

At the beginning of each line in logcat, you will see I/, D/, W/, or E/. They designate what type of message it is.

• I: Information
• D: Debug
• W: Warning
• E: Error

When an application crashes, you will see a lot of D/ and E/ lines, with some W/ thrown in for good measure. That is the information that is needed to help diagnose the problem, and hopefully create a fix for it.

Here is an example of a helpful logcat that should be posted when you say "it no workie":

I/ActivityManager(  277): Starting   activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.
MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000   cmp=com.google.androi
d.apps.googlevoice/.SplashActivity }
I/ActivityManager(  277): Starting activity: Intent {   cmp=com.google.android.app
s.googlevoice/.LoginActivity (has extras) }
W/ResourceType(  441): No package identifier when getting name for   resource numb
er 0x00000000
E/JavaBinder(  441): *** Uncaught remote exception!  (Exceptions are not   yet sup
ported across processes.)
E/JavaBinder(  441): android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException:   String res
ource ID #0x0
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   android.content.res.Resources.getText(Resources.java:
200)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   android.content.res.Resources.getString(Resources.jav
a:253)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   android.content.Context.getString(Context.java:149)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   com.google.android.googleapps.GoogleLoginService$Acco
untAuthenticatorImpl.getAuthTokenLabel(GoogleLoginService.java:586)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   android.accounts.AbstractAccountAuthenticator$Transpo
rt.getAuthTokenLabel(AbstractAccountAuthenticator.java:155)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   android.accounts.IAccountAuthenticator$Stub.onTransac
t(IAccountAuthenticator.java:123)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at   android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:287)
E/JavaBinder(  441):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)
I/ActivityManager(  277): Displayed activity   com.google.android.apps.googlevoice
/.LoginActivity: 158 ms (total 158 ms)
I/DumpStateReceiver(  277): Added state dump to 1 crashes
D/dalvikvm(  894): GC freed 365 objects / 24000 bytes in 132ms

That information may not provide every piece of information we need, but it gives a good starting point as to where to begin to look.

EDIT: If this needs to be put into another location or shouldn't be posted to begin with, feel free to move/delete it.

Custom thread

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Threads should be in a bulleted format indicating first the subject which is to be discussed. Under it lies the sub bullets in which gives information to the subject as well as the problem to be solved. Facts should be stated then the resolution would come last. Just like solving a simple problem.

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