yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
Virgin Mobile USA Samsung Intercept Froyo / Android 2.2 Update

According to Virgin Mobile USA Facebook and Twitter Accounts, Froyo / Android 2.2 update for Samsung Intercept should be available during first week of April or around April 4th.

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[Intercept General] mohan2k2:
Its been push back to end of April. There is no certain Date. What a crap. I purchase this about two weeks ago that it will be upgraded to Froyo 2.2 but not. Its sucks. They should work togather with Samsung.. Like T-Mobile and Samsung did for thier Galaxy S phone. Which I own one and upgrade was simple.
[Intercept General] old_dude:
Hell, it may be better to wish for a rock-solid stable modded Intercept rom from developers, judging by how fubar'd the Sprint Froyo 2.2 update went for the Intercept ....not to mention how buggy the stock 2.1 rom that came with the Virgin Intercept is anyways.

In other words, be careful what you wish for :)
[Intercept General] bdioa2:
I found this email with google kinda nails down the new date:

Thanks for contacting Virgin Mobile Customer Care.

Due to an unusual high volume of emails recently, it has taken us longer than expected to respond to your email. We are very sorry for the delay in responding back and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Virgin Mobile customers using a Samsung Intercept will receive a text message advising of an upcoming handset software update. Virgin Mobile will offer a software update for the Samsung Intercept which will update the device software from Android 2.1 Eclair to Android 2.2 Froyo. Not all Intercept customers will receive the software update at the same time. The initial software update push will be to 5,000 Intercept users starting April 11th. Further deployments of the software update will be pushed out as testing is confirmed.

NOTE: Customers who manually look for a software update will not find an available update until after the date they are scheduled for the software push. This update will be available for manual updates to all subscribers after all software pushes have been deployed.

If you need additional assistance, feel free to let us know how we can assist further or contact us at 1-888-322-1122 (or *VM from your handset). You can reach us Monday through Sunday from 4am-9pm PST.

Thanks,

Elisa

Virgin Mobile At Your Service
[Intercept General] aliaselchore:
they just did it says the 11th

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12754365#post12754365
[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
Froyo Release 4/11/2011 - Actual text Message - Virgin Mobile USA Samsung Intercept

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Here is the actual text/SMS message sent to select 5000 customers by Virgin Mobile USA:

VMFreeMsg: Starting 4/11/11, you will be notified of a phone software upgrade available for your Intercept. Click msg4u.us/isr for more information.

Here are details from the link above:

Virgin Mobile Home

Within the next few weeks you will be receiving a prompt on your phone to update your Intercept phone software from 2.1 éclair to 2.2 Froyo. The update process will take 5-15 minutes to complete. Ensure that your phone is charged or connected to AC before clicking Restart and Install. Do not remove your battery during the update process.

Google or Exchange Contacts, Email accounts, Text Messages, Alarms and installed applications will be backed up and restored. A soft reset may be required to re-sync Calendar events. Music files, Photos and Videos are stored on the memory card and are not affected. Memos, Call Logs, Speed Dial numbers, Playlists, Folders, App shortcuts and Widgets will be deleted. Backup any important Memos before proceeding.Speed Dial numbers, Playlists, Folders, App shortcuts and Widgets can be recreated after the update is complete.

After the installation is complete, your phone will restart. You will be prompted to re-enter your Google Account Password.

Froyo 2.2 enhancements include:

· Exchange Active Sync updates

· ability to install applications to external memory card

· improved Bluetooth device support

· Bluetooth Voice dialing

· improved operating system performance

· dedicated phone, application and browser icons on every home screen

First lucky 5000 Virgin Mobile USA Samsung Intercept subscribers – enjoy the Froyo (:-))
[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
Running Logcat and then download / Install upgrade

This is regarding Froyo release on VM USA Samsung Intercept.

Could you or any first 5000 lucky ones, please do the following?

Install any free Logcat App from Android Market and install on your phone this weekend prior to 4/11/2011.

When you see update ready notification on your phone, run Logcat App first.

Then, only download the update and choose option to install it later.

Check the log file created by Logcat and send the output to sdx-developers Forum. Especially, cut and paste the Google/VM/Sprint server names where Update is coming from and any user id and password (if there are any at all).

Also, please check whether your SD card shows update.zip in root folder of SD card.

If yes, please copy that file from your SD card root folder to your PC and post it to sdx-developers Forum.

This will help all rooted Samsung Intercept users on Virgin Mobile to get Update.zip of official Froyo Release.

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[Intercept General] old_dude:
Anyone doing this? I'm one of the ones who got the update text message a few days ago....but I read it to mean that it was going to happen within the next few weeks after 4/11, and not specifically on 4/11 itself. Nothing so far today.
[Intercept General] stephentheh:
i'm watching it too

have yet to see anything show up on my intercept today, but i've got aLogcat installed and will be updating here once i learn anything - if no one else has first.
[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
VMUSA Froyo Release Schedule and Support

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Here is standard Virgin Mobile USA Customer Service reponse to my e-mail:

Yes, the update will start with 5,000 Intercept users and we will continue to be released in waves of 5,000. There are no specific criteria to be selected first for the update other than you have to have an Intercept. The update has been tested so the first group is not to test the update we choosed 5,000 at a time to make sure the systems wont overload and will not crash our systems or skip anyone. I do not have a specific time of when the update will start or be finished by but, my guess is that the update will start around 8:00 AM central time as to not wake anyone with notifications early in the morning and I do not think that it should last more than a day or to for the update to reach everyone. If there is an issue like the famous "Bricking" that some devices have experienced during software upgrades you will either have to deal with the place of purchase or if they will not help we will send you another phone in a timely manor. That should not happen due to extensive testing. If you do not wish to wait until the system notify you to update you phone you will be able to choose the option to manually update. I highly recommend backing up all person information like music, contacts, calendar events, memos, applications, or anything else that is important to you.

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[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
Froy Update Release by VM USA

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From Virgin Mobile USA Twitter Account Today:

VMUcareVirginMobileUSA Care

@

@2010GLEEk The update has been released in waves. If you received a notification, you will receive the update today. ^SB

40 minutes agoFavoriteRetweetReply

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[Intercept General] havikx:
Please. If some1 gets the update notification, don't upgrade. Let a Dev help copy the update so rooted users can fix mms. Thank you.
[Intercept General] old_dude:
6:30pm PDT on 4/11 and still no sign of an update, and manual update says 'system is up to date'.

Somebody's toke'n on the crack pipe.
[Intercept General] brooksyx:
hope this gets uploaded soon!
[Intercept General] brooksyx:
doesnt look like anyone has got the update yet.
[Intercept General] stephentheh:
it's 9am central and still haven't seen anything here. anyone else?
[Intercept General] brooksyx:
sounds like people are starting to slowly receive it. someone will get it up soon!
[Intercept General] old_dude:
12:20pm PST 4/12 and still nothing.
[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
Check out VMUSA Samsung Intercept Froyo Screenshots

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Please check nice post Froyo Android 2.2 update screen shots from user Travis Kline:

Android Version: 2.2.2

Baseband version: S:M910.05.EC07

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9

Build number: FROYO.EC07

Hardware version: M910.05

Please check out the screenshots at:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1684879-intercept-2.2-quot-froyo-quot-update/page28

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[Intercept General] old_dude:
9:00pm PDT on 4/12 and still nothing. Clearly they're not rolling this out within 48 hours as was purportedly mentioned earlier.
[Intercept General] brooksyx:
its out there. anybody try it out?
[Intercept General] old_dude:
OK, so I got tired of waiting and installed the rom from sdx developers. It installed no problem. Some things I like about Froyo, and some thing I miss from 2.1 Eclair. For instance, the status bar no longer has the handy buttons for wifi, bluetooth, sound, etc. The vibrate on touch vibrates at the slighted thing..and multiple times too, like twice to unlock the phone, for instance. Very annoying (it went from sluggish vibrating under eclair, to oversensitive vibrating under Froyo, so I guess there's no such thing as a happy medium, eh. lol!).

I liked the way the app menu scrolled upward with a swipe in eclair. In froyo you tap and it appears, tap to make it go away.

As for apps, Z4root no longer seems to work, and I can't install busybox to the phone after downloading from the app market either.....it apparently can't find what its looking for in the Virgin Froyo.

The good news is that there are finally 5 screens with Froyo, and '3G' in the taskbar instead of 'EU' for a signal. The bad news is that Froyo seems to hog more memory than eclair did....about 10mb or so right off the bat.

And finally, any speed increases in Froyo are negligible at best...meaning that if they're there, they sure aren't much....and are likely offset by the dissolving screen eyecandy of Froyo.

I'm not sure if I had it to do over again if I would update from 2.1 to Virgin's Froyo....maybe I'd wait for a custom tricked-out rom from a developer that was stable and go that route instead. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.

[NOTE: The false battery charge level in 2.1 eclair has NOT been fixed in the 2.2 Froyo update. It still notifies you with a popup and bleating that its 'charged' when its actually only at 65% - 70%.]
[Intercept General] old_dude:
Picture messaging seems to be fixed in 2.2, as it was crap and buggy as hell in 2.1 on the Intercept.....in fact, all texting seems to be a lot better in 2.2, and I'm now getting a popup 'send' confirmation box before the message is sent. I can't count the number of texts that got accidentally sent before they were finished being written under 2.1 eclair. So there's that.

I figured out why there are two vibrates on 'unlock'. (duh) The first is when you touch the screen, the second vibrate is for when you slide it over and reach the unlock point on the screen.

All in all ...after using it for a while....the phone does seem more responsive under 2.2, with not nearly as much of the lag and unresponsiveness to touches that there was under 2.1.

By the way, I see no live wallpapers in the VM 2.2 Froyo update. I guess that that is something that would need to be added by a 3rd party app. So if you're upgrading to get live wallpapers...I'm not seeing it. Just an fyi for those on the fence.
[Intercept General] brooksyx:
glad you guys got it working. i tried it out myself and really like it.
[Intercept General] kneel:
It is 4/19 and I still have no 2.2 update. I got the text message on the week before 4/11 and still nothing. Updating from About phone also not working.

I am hesitant to do it from the upgrade.zip because of things I am reading here.

I don't like that they tried to block z4 and SuperUser from working - if thats even true.

I really am only concerned about the picture messaging fix, and the VoiceDial etc working through bluetooth, both HUGE issues.

Anyone tried the voice-recognition-texting stuff through bluetooth as well?
[Intercept General] demonfox02:
I like the new features on the vm intercept 2.2 but can someone help me wit the password wit the hotspot
[Intercept General] EducateAndInnovate:
:)

Virgin Mobile USA Samsung Intercept subscribers did not wait for official Froyo upgrade prompt to appear on their phone. They downloaded the zip manually and upgraded themselves.

Details at:

http://www.samsunginterceptforum.com/samsung-intercept-updates/vm-froyo-manual-download-link/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/VM-Samsung-Intercept/164380733592301

See under Discussions

http://forum.sdx-developers.com/intercept-development-2-2/vm-froyo-official-update-zip/

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[Intercept General] splashattack:
The status bar toggles were a Touchwiz feature, and since its now running (mostly) stock 2.2 it was removed. It seems for the better tho. This was the way the phone was meant to run out of the box. I'm running cm7 gingerbread on my eris at 710 mhz and im a bit jealous of how well froyo runs on my gf's intercept. I can finally stop regretting getting it for her for christmas instead of waiting.
[Thunderbolt General] clcardio71:
I would like to post this under the Virus_AIRBOURNE rom thread, but am unable due to forum rules. Hopefully someone can move it for me.

I would love android stock music player back. This HTC sense music player sucks in so many ways, but mainly...

with my OG i could drop my phone on the floor, watch it explode, put it back togeter/turn it on, press play, and it would continue from the second it hit the floor.

HTC's player cant even pick up the left-off second/time on a headphone wire pull... BS !

..just a request, i know there are many other options, like waiting for a GB TB ROM ;0
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don_Perrignon:
Can I take off terminal emulator now?!

Also, which CPU control thing is recommend? I want to be able to set the CPU way down when the screen isn't on and maybe overclocked it to 1.2 when on.

Thanks guys
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
you can remove Terminal Emulator. IT is "Safe" to do that, but i wouldn't recommend it. IT's a lightweight program and has benefits out of the Ying-Yang. It basically acts a ADB interface from with on the device.

And to over clock the phone you'll need to flash a new Kernel, and get a program called SetCPU to manage the overclocking/underclocking.

Just make sure to do a nandroid backup before flashing anything.

And it'd be a good idea to install Recovery 3.0.0.6, and you might want to heavily consider flashing the Engineering HBoot
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don_Perrignon:
Sorry... More Noob questions...

Nandroid backup makes a copy of the way my phone is now, correct? So, if something happens, I can flash my current settings and get back to where I was?

Recovery 3.0.0.6 is just the stock recovery ROM?

And, I can flash the latest custom ROM without having to get the first version of it, right?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
-Yes

a Nanadroid back up is a snap shot of your OS in it's current state. So if you should have a problem you can revert back to a safe point and try again or wipe your hands and stay clear of what ever it might be.

-sort of

Recovery images are a section of the OS that handles ROM management, and flashing themes, fonts and stuff like that.

and you need a recovery image to flash a ROM, and depending on which style (2.3 v 2.2) ROM you use depends on which Recovery image you need. 3.0.0.6 will handle both.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don_Perrignon:
Thank you very much.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
No problem, glad i could help.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don_Perrignon:
nevermind.........
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galody:
looking to buy a SNS currently own a galaxs s i9000m

hi guy i own a samsung galaxy s i9000m from bell in canada and wanting to move to SNS mobilicity anyone have any advice? should i? any problems with the phone like SD card failiure and such? any hardware problems? any ad updates from samsung that renders the device useless?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
updates are from Google directly, not Samsung.

Samsung provides the hardware, nothing more.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the SNS is safe, unlike the I9000M

no internal SD issue

it works great in either Wind or MobilityCity

no external SD, is very hard to go a day without it

it can get buggy with 2.3 is not that smooth, there are many apps that are not 2.3 ready, and FCs

updates are OTA direct from google

in SNS you will lose all the cool multimedia features from SGS

no MKV, no DivX, no AVI, no etc....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaXmax:
[Q] Planning to buy one?

Is the Nexus S good? I planning to buy one, cause im tried for Wildfire which it can play 3D games. Noticing that Singapore just released Nexus S, so simple question is Nexus S good?:o
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
Definitely. Its way way better den wildfire. You won't regret your choice :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaXmax:
Ok, thanks... I'll buy one next week... Another Question, can it able to root? Able to get Cyanogenmod 7 on Nexus? Sorry if i have too many question... :P
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmegalodon:
Rooting a Nexus device couldn't be simpler. Check the Dev section and I even spot a CM7 nightly thread!

sent from my
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaXmax:
Thanks... I already ordering one. But one last question whats the difference with Amoled and SLCD?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
They're two different sceens. The Nexus S has 2 variants. None of them use "AMOLED"

I9020 Nexus S: Super AMOLED

I9023 Nexus S: Super LCD

And in my opinion, I9020 > I9023. Pretty sure the large % of the crowd would agree.

And yes, rooting is SO SIMPLE on the Nexus S. All you do is fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and flash a su.zip and you're rooted. The hardest part is installing the drivers and 2.3.X SDK etc etc.

And yeah you can get CM7.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
Though there are users who will swear by SLCD instead.

A simple way to differentiate the screen.

SAMOLED : More vibrant colours and deeper blacks.

SLCD : Sharper and more clarity

Both screens are awesome though. You won't go wrong with either one :)

But if you're buying it in Singapore, it's going to be i9023 version, which is SLCD.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaXmax:
thanks.. Sooner i will get one...:p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkusPO:
Hi, I'm looking to buy a phone pretty much for Android development. I'd be looking to experiment and play initially, not for commercial use yet. I'd be looking to do some augmented reality apps, both position-based and location-based.

I don't really use phones for.. calls, but I would be looking to have this as a long-term investment that I'd like to last for a few years. Looking at the specs for the S on paper, it's a little disappointing in terms of power, especially when compared to the likes of the Samsung S2 or the HTC pyramid/shooter. I'm sure dual-cores will go from speed to speed before hitting quad though, but at 1Ghz, the Nexus S is essentially still like a Nexus 1, with a few more bits and pieces.

Watching a video - the story of the nexus - on youtube.com/googlenexus, one google guy implied that there's more to come from them, and I've read in a thread around here that they tend to release every 6 months. I'd be really peeved if I bought a Nexus S only for a new Nexus to come out in a few months time.

I am interested in Gingerbread, and Samsung's touchwiz looks so incredibly crap, so, long story short, for someone who doesn't want to buy phones too often, and would use it mainly for dev experimentation with the odd phone call, would the Nexus S really be worth it? I'd be prepared to wait a month or two and pay a bit extra for a dual-core.

Looking forward to hearing your opinions. Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navlem:
One reason why Google did not release a dual core nexus when they could have done it, is because Android OS was not optimized for dual cores yet. So even when other manufacturers starts to push dual core models. It won't really work as well as Nexus S until Google release a dual core Nexus in future.

Hummingbird is a still considered a huge upgrade over the 1st gen Snapdragon processor which the Nexus One had in terms of graphics capability. Thus making graphics intensive applications/games and UI enhancements such as live wallpapers a much smoother experience.

You can of course wait for the next Nexus to be out. But in terms of technology, you cannot finish waiting. After you get a dual core Nexus a quad core Nexus might be out in future. It depends on how you see things and whether you think the Nexus S would be worth the buy.

To me its well worth the buy. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkusPO:
Ahh, thanks for the reply. OK, so, I had a basic play on the Nexus S today. No internet or connectivity though, and only stock apps. The people in CPW didn't really know much about it :( Overall the phone feels very responsive. I previously had a Desire, which I sent back because it had a cracked case, and it felt sluggish at times. It's nice to see an Android system like its supposed to.

The Nexus S in UK is £429. The 16gb S2 is down for £530ish. It's hard to think that for a little bit more I'd be getting dual-core so that even though Android isn't yet ready for dual-cores yet, it would be in later versions. The problem is the Samsung UI though,

I don't want to buy one of the latter single-core phones only for it to vanish in the power of dual-cores. For example, experimenting with augmented reality - 3d models on screen as opposed to info boxes - I'd imagine would be pretty intensive.

The Nexus S seems to be a basic prototype of where the new phones should head.

I don't know. I'm getting itchy fingers!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tailsthecat3:
i too have itchy fingers. although i feel that the nexus and evo 3d arent significant enough jumps to make me switch from my evo. i would like the speed of the evo shift's cup/gfx and/or the hummingbird but the form factors that they are available in dont really do it for me. almost 100% decided on sticking with the evo for a little while longer...a brand new one at that
[Android Apps and Games] avocadopat:
I'm using HTC HD2, changing rom from cm7 to nexus one based.

I use Titanium backup to backup the Pingchat! to restore the contact list and message history everytime before flashing the rom. But this time, no matter restoring Pingchat! 4.2, 4.2.1 or 4.2.2. The message history and contact list are gone.

Can anyone help me please? :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeryn:
Somebody help me pls....i cannot run visionary+ after ota updated to a new build 1.84.707.2
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superstick1:
You have to downgrade your build number to use Visionary+. Else the rooting process will not be successful.

Follow this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905003 by jkoljo

Cheers. =)