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[Epic 4G Themes] KennyG123:
I cropped this up for the Epic wallpaper and thought others might like it.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] YaKillaCJ:
In all seriousness, is there a walkie-talkie app. Not a Voip push to talk. I mean 1 that really uses the same frequencies as the real thing.

I have no idea if its even possible but it sure would be nice.

I dont see why its not possible. With a Rooted, fully supported phone thats open. G2, G1, Nexus, ect...

I mean as it is we can turn our Bluetooth in2 a true FM Radio. We can take data from our antenna and push it out via wifi, bluetooth and even usb. So I mean it just would be nice to have.

Plenty practical uses like say if your job uses it. Construction, retail, recreational all use walkie-talkies.

Another nice thing would be our own 2way radios (Androids). Although im not sure how practical that would because distance. Wifi being the logical way to go for most distance.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sino8r:
No... and nothing will come even close EXCEPT VOIP. iDEN came out with an Android phone not too long ago but it is really basic. The closest to it would be the TiKL app... bluetooth/wifi would be not practical at all with such a short range.
[HTC Inspire 4G] boccari:
ok so i'm new to android i rooted my insprire and installed cyanogen 7 but when i turn the device on the load screen just keeps looping any ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
There are multiple threads on this. Pull your battery, put it back in, press power+vol down, select recovery from hboot, wipe data, go to advanced wipe dalvik, and reflash.
[HTC Inspire 4G] boccari:
i did what you said and when it went to recovery it actually just went to a black screen i'm going to just go back to factory default settings and start from scratch thank you though for your help it's much appreciated
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
If your reverting back to factory, try the hack kit instead of the one click and cwm recovery will work for you, without having to eng s-off the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] boccari:
one final question when i go to factory restore in hboot it actually turns off and goes to the same black screen as when i tried to go to recovery mode. if i turn it back on it goes to the same looping screen i'm guessing i just trashed my phone
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
go to this thread, make sure you read carefully.
[Thunderbolt General] volcomborder311:
I wanted to get into building my own custom ROMs and I wanted to know if any of the experienced developers had a good place to get resources and tips. Thanks for you help.
[Thunderbolt General] magneticzero:
You will need a few tools and there is vids on youtube on alot of this stuff.

Basic thing you will need:

linux or windows vm running a linux distro

dsixda kitchen

apktool if you plan on ripping apart the apk's

smali/baksmali(for the more experienced dev)

as for guides I wouldn't know, I learned the stuff by reading the dsixda kitchen thread here on XDA and venturing off on my own.

well known Droid Incredible dev has alot of youtube vids on this sort of thing. http://www.youtube.com/user/ohheyitslou
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBeefy84532:
Sorry if this isn't in the right forum, I'm fairly new here. Anyways, ever since EC05 was installed on my phone a few days ago, I've been having nothing but problems. AFter it first installed, the phone would freeze about every 5 seconds, then vibrate a few times and restart itself. After numerous resets, it finally started working. Then my ringers went bad, and my text messages do not go through. Various apps force close, and my phone dialer freezes up when trying to call someone.

Is there any way to re-flash the EC05? I'm thinking I just had a bad flash, since my girlfriend has the same phone and hers is fine. If there is, can you guys please tell me how to do it (preferably without data loss).

Thank You.

I forgot, I'm on stock rom and not rooted.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1005593

this thread has the update.zip for stock ec05.

should be able to download it

copy to sd card

reboot to recovery and install update.zip

I've not used that file; so read a few of the first and last pages to see if there were any bumps in the road using it.

hope that helps
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBeefy84532:
It does, but how do I reboot to recovery? Sorry this is my first android phone and I'm clueless with it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
power down

then hold volume down + camera + power .... until you see a recovery menu

one of the options will be install update.zip

use the volume up down to move the selector and the camera button to select the option highlited.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBeefy84532:
Do I have to Odin back to Dl18? Or can I just reflash it over EC05? And do you know if my phone will be wiped? Sorry for all of the questions...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
No problem; I believe the update.zip doesn't wipe.

You shouldn't have to go back to install it.

You can always use MyBackup Pro (in the market) its free for like 30 days, to backup your apps and data, call log and text messages.

Then you can get it all back if it does (though I don't think it will), never a bad thing to run a backup.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBeefy84532:
Wow, thank you so much. You've answered all of my questions, and even given me an option on how to backup. Thank you so much, you've been more help than the Sprint reps.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdelano:
You're quite welcome.

Good luck; Hope it works out ok. Let me know the outcome.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBeefy84532:
As soon as I get home from school, I will.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esteway.619:
I think if ur on stock recovery the home botton is the one u press when u select install update.zip
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emstone:
I made a stupid, stupid mistake.

I'm new to the vibrant from the nexus one. So what do I do, I google Samsung Galaxy Gingerbread. I find and flash the I9000 firmware to my vibrant, ignorant of the fact that it's a different phone. I start the phone. It seems to work---then I notice the home button isn't mapped correctly. I google and discover that the Vibrant is in fact different from the I9000. This may be obvious to many of you but it wasn't to me at the time.

I also learned that, back with with the leaked Froyo I9000, attempts to revert to stock firmware permanently bricked the phone. Can anyone save my poor soul from eternal black screen damnation by telling me how I might go about reversing my steps? I was thinking flashing the stock firmware/kernel package in ODIN as well as repartitioning might be the way to go. Should I wait for another firmware (the gingerbread for galaxy update) to upgrade or cross my fingers in returning to the stock firmware?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
I'm pretty sure odin would do the trick, wait for more people to answer! Others may have alternatives
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reorampage:
I flashed an i9000 rom before (you're not the only one, don't beat yourself up) and odin solved it for me. Not sure if it is different cause you flashed 2.3 but odin is your best bet regardless. Make sure your battery is fully charged and that repartition is checked. Go back to stock jfd through odin before you flash another custom rom. Good luck
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffcorey:
Be careful flashing back, if you didn't pay too much attention to the file you flashed, flashing back to vibrant firmware could brick your phone. Try flashing KA6 or KA7 because they have and actual vibrant sbl.bin which may save your brick. Try that, then flash JFD (so you get fixed partitions and recovery) the whatever Rom you want.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emstone:
no problem!

Just in case anyone else finds this thread. I used ADB to get backed into download mode. I then flashed T959UVJFD.tar and partitioned with s1_odin_20100512.pit and there were no errors and when the phone started back up I had it like a brand new Vibrant!

Thanks for your assistance.:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emstone:
Need Stock PBL/SBL

I think the i9000 PBL or SBL is still stuck in the system. These weren't included with T959UVJFD package. When I first turn on the phone it briefly flashes the I9000 screen and then pops into the Vibrant screen. Also, I can't use volume up/down and power to enter bootloader. I know it's dangerous to switch back but I don't see any alternate. I've searched the forums but don't see the PBL and SBL files.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3vilhomer:
my cousin did the same thing too. she flash her 2.1 vibrant to I9000 2.2. now the phone wont startup. when i turn on the phone it say "android system recovery <3e>" but i cant do anything in here except press the volume key to move the cursor up and down also when i press vol_up is cursor down... all 4 touch buttons doesnt nothing. phone can only be shut down by pulling out the battery. i try holding the power and vol_down key while starting up the phone i can go into another screen.

RST_STAT =0x1

PMIC_IRQ1 =0xc0

PMIC_IRQ2 =0x1

PMIC_IRQ3 =0x0

PMIC_IRQ4 =0x0

PMIC_STATUS1 =0x0

PMIC_STATUS2 =0x0

and theres an android robot saying "POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE"

does this mean this phone is a brick and wont work anymore??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j56bp:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=848737
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brickloader:
:confused:After flashing a variety of different roms from the X10 Android Development section my X10's vibrate is no longer working. Anyone else in the X10 community have this problem, I've tried the obvious, went into settings/ sound and display/ and selected phone vibrate option. Tried also factory reset, and also repair option in PC companion to go back to 2.1 update firmware, please help I'm stumped.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogogu:
if you've repaired with SE repair and it still does it I'd be thinking it is stuffed. Have you dropped it lately?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brickloader:
Never been dropped. Its refurbished replacement phone from at n t. So its not under warranty any longer so I think im stuck with no vibrate. fml
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3AstLyBLitZ:
Brickloader, instead of going to sound and display settings, go to your default messaging app and go to settings then scroll down until you get to "Notification Settings" click into that and you have a option where you can select vibrate, Set it to

ALWAYS

. HOPE THAT WORKED OTHERWISE YOUR PHONE IS STUFFED
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshriccio:
Why do I get extremely different data speeds? I test about 3 times a day in the same room in the same building at same time. My speeds range from 140kbps to 1860kbps. I use the speedtest.net app to test. Also im running sc2.9.2. Thanks!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesedward_g:
Your speed variatios are due to the fact of volume of calls throughout the day. When less people are using there 3g data speeds on the same tower you ping off of the faster the speed will be on your phone. With this being said during peak hours of phone usage in your area your speeds will be slower.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imnuts:
If you test just before/after sending or receiving a text message, you'll have the test done over 1X, which could explain the slow speeds. Also, as the other person mentioned, data speeds vary greatly based on time of day, weather, usage on the tower, and a host of other stuff. Plus, android using near constant data for various purposes, you could have run a test while other stuff was using the connection, or when nothing was using it.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshriccio:
Thanks for answering, I didnt know that about texting. One other thing I noticed was that if I had 3 or 4 bars of 3g service as soon as I start using data it drops to 1 bar or 2 bars. Im assuming that this is normal because it happens 100% of the time. Thanks again.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imnuts:
I think what the phone does is displays the greatest available signal, but not necessarily the network the signal is coming from. It's likely that if you were to make a phone call, the signal would remain. I'm guessing your phone is displaying your signal with 1X until you go to use data, then it shows you your 3G service.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
I'm on the verge of buying a Nexus S but I am now reading about many freezing issues where the phone loses all responsiveness after the backlight goes out on occasion - the only solution being to pull the battery and reboot, only to have it happen again.

This thread shows that some people are returning their phones to Samsung and are seeing a fault diagnosis of 'bad BGA' and a fix of 'PBA replaced'

Original Problem:

Technical Inquiry

Phone Freezing / Locked U

Freeze/Delay Between Menu

Problem found:

BAD BGA COMPONENT

WARRANTY, REPLACE PART

Solution:

Replaced PBA

Passed All Functional Testing

Just how wide a problem is this, is it something that will affect pretty much everyone at some point or are these cases failry isolated?

edit: I am buying from someone who has this phone on contract so I am wondering also if I will be able to get support from Samsung should I run into this problem. Are warranty issues dealt with by Samsung direct or are they passed through the carrier when originally obtained on contract?

Any thoughts?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
never experienced any of these problems. you have a 30 day return policy (maybe less now)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Unfortunately not, see my edit above.

Also, it seems users are running into this problem after owning the device for a while, taking them beyond their 28 day / 30 day return :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milkham:
i've had mine since it was first available and never had any problem like this.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
I've also never seen this.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
same. ive had it maybe like a 1.5 week after release date
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Worsty:
It happens to me if i mess around with custom kernels and o/c speed but so far if i use netarchy's stable CFS, it'll be fine. No freezing and having to pull my batt.

It happens if i use hornity or some BFS kernels. Haven't tried Jame Bond yet to test it out.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i think the OP is confusing the SGS issues with SNS

the SNS doesn't have any of those problems listed.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
the thread the OP linked is Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bringonblink:
only time that has happened to me is when i overclock to 1.4 ghz and the phone can not handle it
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Ok, it's encouraging that this isn't affecting everyone but still a bit worrying.

Wrong - as zephiK has pointed out, the link is to a whole load of people having issued with the Nexus S, NOT the Galaxy S.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bolick:
I believe the most problems with smartphones are in software, not hardware. And software could/should be patched/updated.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkusPO:
and this is one of the reasons that preventing me from walking into cpw and buying it tomorrow.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me1111:
I am Having this exact issue with my phone. it is unusable the phone freezes every 20 minutes. Hope Samsung finds a fix for this soon.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glmrckr:
I just got my nexus s the other day but I haven't had any freezing either:) I hope those with the issue get it sorted out though :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
loading another ROM would help, or perhaps it might be a hardware issue, in which case, take it back for an exchange
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
Happens in stock rom, and many other custom roms too. So I dun think its the rom problem :P
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
oh dear, this is exactly what I'm concerned about. Any pattern as to which are affected by this, ie just slcd or just samoled? Only a thought.

I shall soon receive my second nexus s and I really don't want to have this problem!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
I'm using the i9023 if that info helps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Yes thanks but it's not what I wanted to hear as the chances are that this is the one I will receive.

I've heard of people reporting successfully fixing this with a full reflash, others say it's a hardware issue.

Keep us posted.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
Full reflash does not help at all. It started for me with stock, after wiping data/cache/dalvik and installing a custom rom, it still happened.

But note that this doesn't happen to everybody, so you might not need to worry so much.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
That's the thing though, there's no telling whether this will affect your phone or not it sees - will be constantly waiting for it and expecting it!

When did you get your nexus? I'm wondering if there was a bad batch?

Anyone received the i9023 recently and experiencing the freezing I wonder?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
I got mine like 2 weeks ago.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
That's that teory out then! What about different markets having the faulty ones ... Maybe this is only apparent in certain parts of the world? That's a long shot though!

At this rate I will more than likely sell it as soon as received!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
I got mine from Taiwan. But apparently from the reports I saw from Google support, there are alot of users from all over the world with this problem.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Yep I am reading the same ... worryingly though samsung don't seem to be doing much about it other than flashing the phones and this is not resolving the issues people are experiencing.

Not good.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Just read this in another forum about the same issue:

Interesting? Anyone tried / can try this?

Would REALLY like to know what's causing these issues!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
Tried it, but my phone still works fine after that. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
back to the drawing board then!

Do you run with usb debugging on or off? Also, do you power off your phone often?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
USB Debugging is left to on.

I seldom power off my phone. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somekindarobit:
I have the freezing issue too. My Nexus S was bought the first week it was available and was working fine until just a week or so ago. I first noticed my phone reboot by it self and then then later when I went to power on the screen, it just stayed dark. Had to pull the battery and then turn it on. Then it did this strange boot loop and went into safe mode (which I've never even seen before) and then crashed and booted back into safe more and kept looping until I pulled the battery again. Then the next two days I wiped a couple times to try to fix the issue, but it had no effect. If I left my phone alone for a long enough time, it would be frozen when I went to use it. Well, unless I was plugged in. My Nexus S is still stock at the moment too. I've gone back to using my Nexus One for now... Plan on calling Samsung soon, but not looking forward to them just re-flashing and returning it to me broken still.

Though the fact that my phone is fine as long as it's plugged in leads me to believe there might be a software glitch going on here.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
it's interesting that it's fine when it's plugged in, also that it's only just started to happen.

Have you updated yet firmware lately or installed anything you haven't been using since new?

When you reset the phone did you just hard reset or reflash the firmware?

I too think this is software. The fact it hasn't been a widely reported problem until recently leads me to believe it's either update related or maybe a result of some very popular new software being installed by many lately?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Those that have taken / sent your phone to Samsung for repair - what information do they require from you? Is it just the serial number and personal details or is there anything else -proof of purchase etc?

What about if your phone was on contract, has anyone been referred back to their provider?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gflane:
The same thing has been happening with my Nexus S. T-Mobile claims they can't do anything about it. And when I sent my Nexus S into Samsung, they said there was no problem found. Samsung is obviously just denying the issue and ducking responsibility for the warranty. And of course, Google seems to have made themselves scarce when it comes to dealing with the situation.

I think it's time to round up the many many people who are experiencing this problem and try to organize a class action suit against Google/Samsung. They need to either recall the phone, or reimburse everyone who is now stuck with what is a largely useless device. Let's force them to fix the problem sooner than later.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
I think it would be interesting to get an idea of how long people have had their phones and how longer after ownership they started to notice the problem of freezing.

It seems to me that this is more than likely caused by an update (visible or otherwise) as I only seem to be reading of the problem occurring relatively recently - sometimes people have had their phones months yet only just started to have problems whereas others have ownded it only weeks and are now seeing the problem.

Maybe someone could put up a poll so we can get an accurate idea of when this problem started?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DryPaper9:
I purchased my NS with in the first week of release, and only just recently started noticing this freeze issue (this past month or so). Where a battery pull was needed, but the problem is mostly random for me. I'm running stock, manually updated with SPB shell. I would like it if the phone would just reboot by holding down the power for about 7 seconds like the SGS though, would be easier than the battery pull.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackTheGreat:
Same, freezing randomly when playing HD video. However, the phone takes ~7s then restart itself
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Those of you in this thread experiencing the freezing, are you all running 2.3.3 or has anyone experienced the freezing BEFORE updating to the latest s/w release?

Trying to work out if this is a result of upgrading the 2.3.3 firmware...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Many thanks to all have contributed here in response to this freezing problem.

If you can head over to this thread and add your details in response to the questions posed maybe we can uncover a pattern and identify what's causing the freezing?

Thanks.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaron636r:
Picked you Fascinate yesterday. I have flashed a kernel on it. I'm not sure if it was doing this before but when I push the power button to turn the screen off it goes off but immediately turns back on. Hit power button again it goes off and all is well.

??

Aaron
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmlhodge:
What kernel
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
Thats certainly not normal behavior. Unfortunately I really don't know what would cause it.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbeas:
I have this problem as well. I think it is just one app that is causing the problem, but I can't pinpoint it. It doesn't always happen. I thought it might just be the browser, but then I wasn't sure.

Regardless, it isn't that big of a deal because the screen fades off after like 5 seconds anyway.