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[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
very thanks clarkkov for the info.

You said -You can use stock (bare, oreginal) Samsungs Froyo ROMs which can be downloaded from Samfirmware.com. With custom ROMs you can get complications if you don't know how to use them.

I think that any ROM other than that comes pre-installed on my phone is Custom ROM?

Isn't that true?

And also, I have to struggle that which one is good for my phone? How to do that?
[Galaxy 3 General] hooligan007:
Dude wait for the apocalypse final version to release ..I have checkout the beta 2 ..its pretty good. That's. A good costing rom
[Galaxy 3 General] CelestialSaiyan:
I'm also waiting on the apocalypse version to flash my phone.
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Thanks clark for the great information.

If I download any Custom ROM (say from Indroid as I heard it is great), would there be any known issues for that ROM?

If I find any issue specific to that ROM, would the developer usually fix them in next version or so? How frequent are these versions?

Is there any stable version that says this version is most stable in terms of this X added functionality?

Just to confirm that I5801 and I5800 are same? we can use firmware for one on another because on samfire, there is no firmware for I5801 for Asia region?

The techniques for several fixes that are mentioned in developer section can be applied on all Custom and Samsung ROMs that do not include that fixes..correct?
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
So basically Lagfix and JIT are fixes for the same issues but JIT is more effective..Am i correct?

Also, if I choose lets say X ROM to flash with: would there be any notes that specify that these fixes are already applied in this ROM so that I can apply other fixes individually?

I want to back up or make image of my phone including system app and data so that I can restore my phone in case flashing to new custom ROM fails. I tried Titanium Backup but it does not back up system app...is there any app or way to do it?
[Galaxy 3 General] Bubble-be:
deskjeti created a batch to backup your phone : Alexgalaxy´s G3 Recovery Tool v2.3. I haven't tested it though.
[Galaxy 3 General] Joelj08:
I have sg3 I5801 and have used "I5800" roms...official(samfirmware) and custom(apoclaypse,lestatatious..)....no issues...only thing is when flashing (official rom especially..) dont flash the boot file included ..it will change the boot screen from I5801 to I5800 if you do ...Lol i did that ...so I know..
[Galaxy 3 General] Bubble-be:
I did as well, but restored it using this procedure : [I5801] Restoring original bootlogo ;)
[Galaxy 3 General] Joelj08:
Thanks....though I Got back my boot Image when I flashed an Asian rom with bootloader. Present mistakenly.....never knew then.....I could brick ma fone that way....haha

sent from the amazing galaxy 3
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
@ clark - so, just as a suggestion, one should do both lagfix and jit fix to improve performance if they are not already included?

Just to confirm that jit compiler is preinstalled on the phone but not enabled. Jit fix just enable that?

@ bubble - g3 tool that you mentioned.does it make the image of my phone's stock ROM?
[Galaxy 3 General] Bubble-be:
It should, but I've not tested it yet. Have a look at the thread.
[Galaxy 3 General] eKulzz:
Its pretty difficult to fail the flashing process so no need to really backup system apps. If it does fail however, you can reflash anytime and all system apps will pretty much be the same no matter which firmware you choose. I have tried both JPD & JPM and they work perfect.

Sent from my GT-i5800 Kyrillo's Rom v3.0 Extreme Edition JPM
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Thanks...

Quadrant Results: 298

Linpack Results:

MFLOPS: 2.422

Time: 34.61 seconds

Norm Res: 5.68

Precision: Inaccurate Results

Also, I understood that lagfix fixes the issues where the user clicks on say messaging and the content appear with latency to him

Similar to the above analogy, can anyone please let me know, what is fixed by JIT fix?

I know that JIT speeds up floating operations done by the phones CPU per second (MFLOPS) by enabling the Just In Time compiler....can anyone please let me know the scenario where JIT is used if enabled?
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Can someone please respond to this?
[Galaxy 3 General] Joelj08:
Take a look at this....

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/05/dalvik-jit.html

sent from the amazing galaxy 3
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Thanks clarkkov. Sorry for the delay. what is fugumod kernel?

Is this a new custom ROM?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirby_blue:
Hi !

My Nexus S GPS used to worked perfectly fine until I decided to tweak the phone a bit. I'm now super happy with my new settings, except that the GPS doesn't get a fix anymore :(

I come from an unrooted stock Gingerbread 2.3.3

Now I have:

CM7 RC4

James Bond "triple dub" Kernel

Radio XXKB3

FasterFix -> europe.pool.ntp.org

What would be my best option to restore the GPS?

I tried already:

- Restore "north-america" with fasterfix and reboot

- Use GPSFix and wait half an hour...just for the sake of draining battery

- Delete and download new A-GPS data with GPSStatus (for some reason it doesn't seem to work)

Yet to try:

- Flash CM7 final

- Get back to radio XXKB1

- Go back to stock :eek:

Any advice?

Also: GPS status is showing nothing under AGPS age(d) and it keeps displaying a loading circle where I suppose there should be the satellites it finds

EDIT: Problem weirdly solved:

- Disabled wifi

- Enabled data network (my operator will certainly charge me for that)

- GPSStatus: downloaded latest A-GPS data

- GPSStatus now shows AGPS age(d) 0

- Got a lot of satellites but no fix

- used GPSFix...got a fix in a few seconds
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zxcvxc:
Have you tried setting your APN type to default,supl? The GPS won't download assistance data (and will take approximately forever to get a fix) unless there is a SUPL APN available.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirby_blue:
Well I have not subscribed to a data plan but here's what happened: when I looked in my APN config, the two APN that were previously defined had been prefixed by "disabled_".

Like:

disabled_internet.proximus.be

disabled_mms.proximus.be

What I did is remove "disabled_" and checked that under APN type it had "default,supl"

What happened though is that it started displaying the 3G icon in the notif. bar and apparently download and upload some data...after a few minutes and with no luck, I decided to turn data off again.

Under stock, I don't remember having to activate data or to configure my APNs in order to use the GPS ??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nozerogravity:
Hello,

I got GT-I9000 on 2.2.1 / J9000XXJVE / Dark_Core_1.0 running Darky's v9.5.XWJS8 (Voodoo 6 kernel), Ex4 lagfix active.

My problem is that non of the 3rd party camera apps, like Camera360, Vignette etc are working. When I start the apps they ether FC, or show me info about the camera driver problem (screens attached). Stock camera apk is working flawless, and no problem with it at all. If someone be so kind, and help me find a solution. I really don't want to flash software again :/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rschenck:
I would also suggest going into Settings > Applications > Manage Applications and clearing the data for every application you are having trouble with.

If that doesn't help, perhaps you should reflash your kernel or try a new kernel to see if that solves the driver initialization issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nozerogravity:
Thank you for reply. Unfortunately changing kernel didn't helped. I switch to speedmod, and the same problem occurs. Think I'm gonna flash whole rom later today. The funny thing is that only camera-based apps are not working. Oh well :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hofinho:
did you delete system email.apk before? had a similar problem with barcoo once and solved it by reinstalling the original mail.apk. have read it several times that this seems to cause force closes in third party camera apps in some way
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lar3s:
Return back Email.apk, if you removed it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nozerogravity:
Thank You all. That was the problem in 99%. I've remove the email apk, but didn't have the chance to restore it manually, I've just reinstalled the rom.
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
Quite a good comparison here:

http://bluntmation.com/index.php/20...phone-4-snapshot-shootout-mobile-photography/

To summarize, they both have some +&- in video but in stills the Arc wins, especially low light where Arc destroys iphone4.
[Xperia Arc General] Makenboshi:
I tried both and I regretly said that iphone4 is superior

it has better details than arc

but yeah, under low light the situation is reversed :)

no bashing intended, just facts

as i have both

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5926/bia0001.jpg
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I decrypted the media profiles xml file from the Arc and it looks like I can already say we will have better photos once we get root on Arc.

Compression actually is 10 to 30% causing a little lack of details, that what explains that you get only 1mb for an 8mp photo!

On the N1 using the stock profiles, photos were about 650k per photo for 5mp,using my modified profiles people were getting 1.3mb to 1.6mb...and better details!

For the Arc I would say the photos will be around 2.2 to 3mb for 8mp and much more details :D

Just pray that SE keep their promises of unlocking bootloader
[Xperia Arc General] StickyGeko:
AWESOME FELLA, i was a little concerned at the lack of detail in my photos from what is touted to be a great camera, fingers crossed SE give us root soon
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
this is nice to hear it, i remember this when modding SE k750i i modded the camera driver to lower the jpg compression. I was also wondering why the images have low Mb anyways can't wait for root.

another picture compare site is http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=3&idPhone1=3619&idPhone2=3275&idPhone3=2964 you also can compare other phones ;)
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
I've seen arguments that say arc its much better than ip4..so I guess it's all pretty subjective..

Plus if you want lower compression ratios try vignette.

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] iead1:
The best part about this silly comparison is even Apple knows the Arc's camera is better than the iPhone 4's, since the rumor is Apple will switch to the same exact lens, made by Sony for the iPhone 5.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/01/sony.ceo.accidentally.backs.iphone.5.camera.plans/
[Xperia Arc General] Makenboshi:
oh i see, that's why the details were so different when i compared it

you just made my hope rise again :D
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
Why do you think the comparison is silly?

He seems to think that the Arc has the better camera over all, and he does proper side by side comparisons.

Did you watch the whole thing?
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I tried Vignette as you suggested with Super Fine...I am getting...instead of 1mb...+5mb per photo :D :eek: :D

I will see if it's too exagerated or not (too much pixels kill the pixels)
[Xperia Arc General] iead1:
Silly because even Apple seems to think the Arc is better...thus, comparisons are unneeded. :P
[Xperia Arc General] oXunknownXo:
Default app vs Vignette super fine:

I think that, even with 5MB, vignette delivers worse quality than the default app.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Yeah I think because it's post-treated, like when you edit a 1mb you take with the Arc under Photoshop then save it with 0% jpeg compression, size will be 5mb but based on a 1mb so nothing change.

Editing the media_profiles.xml will still be needed to really improve photos, dunno why Android 2.2 and 2.3 are all compressing photos even on fast phones
[Xperia Arc General] guowaia:
expect expect
[Xperia Arc General] Bwyan Benton:
I think vignette is the best camera app on the market...but one thing it doesnt have in which makes it useless to me is EV+/- control! That is an extremely important feature that instantly makes excellent photos when used properly.
[Xperia Arc General] Bwyan Benton:
Let me show you an example of my previous statement. I used stock Xperia X10 camera vs Vignette at its best setting.

On stock cam all I did was adjust the EV+/- balance. Tell me what picture is actually better.

I would assume, using the EV control on the Arc would produce better results with your pictures.

NOTE* I have uploaded this pics using XDA, so there both probably going to look like crap, but at least you will have an idea of what im talking about.
[Xperia Arc General] solidkevin:
Both excellent cameras!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kanako:
I was just wondering if anyone knows of any application that can toggle multiple items with one button like to save power

F.E save battery toggle (data. Wifi. Gps. Etc) on/off

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demon_man:
Here's the problem I had WP7 nand, micro usb broke, sent it away I need a new main-board (boooo) so dual booted with android for a while, now I have flashed via sd card but feel its very laggy due to not been formatted, is there a way to task 29 with the need of a usb cable yet???

I no its a long shot but worth a go :confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwind:
Extract the task 29.exe file. Find the file named "RUU_signed.nbh"

Rename it with "leoimg.nbh". Copy it to the root of SD card.

Turn off the phone. Go into bootloader (press vol down + power on buttons).

Make sure you have HSPL installed before doing it.

And keep in mind it will erase MAGLDR + ROM. You cannot reflash MAGLDR via SD Card.

Good luck
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
well this is what I know about Task 29. It has to have a .nbh file to flash, but Task 29 runs after the .nbh has been flashed. So I am not really sure if this is possible or not as this means the actual task 29.exe is seperate from the .nbh meaning it is not contained in the .nbh file.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
I am stupid here and seeking knowledge. I thought that would just flash the radio, to actually perform the Task 29 or initiate the Task 29.exe file you would have to be using a RUU.

I mean a official ROM runs a Task 28 before flashing a ROM package when flashing via RUU. But I thought you had to have the RUU to initiate the Task 28.exe file. Like I said in my other post the Task 29.exe and Task 28.exe files are not contained in the .nbh files and that is what you are flashing when flashing via SD card. the other files that are in a rom zip file are all used by the RUU.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demon_man:
So I need to get my self a stock rom and grab the task.exe, I don't wanna go back to stock, I wanna re-flash this custom rom, so i can re-name it to LEOIMG.nbh whack both files on a blank formatted FAT32 sd card.

Whats the chances of this not working, will it go wrong or would it just flash the rom anyhow, like I said I have no usb at all, so i can only use my sd cards.

oh yeah I already lost magdlr as far as i no by going back to winmo, im not bothered about that if i want android again i can boot from sd
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
There's a 100% chance that it wont task29.

as outlined above, the nbh file is only there because ruu wont run without one, which is why you can use boot image nbh, radio nbh or even a blank nbh with task29.exe. The task29 ruu is a standard ruu hex edited to perform the task29, so flashing the nbh from SD will do just that... flash the nbh.

Putting the. Exe onto SD wont help since it isn't a winmo exe.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demon_man:
Thanks Sam I kinda thought that after I read through these post's again, I have changed to NRG rom and all seems fine now anyway, but like I said in the first post was worth a shot to see if it could be done,
[General Questions and Answers] HikerMan:
Hi, I am having the problem where my HTC Desire can't mount the sd card, and am using the method whereby you open cmd and use 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' to fix it. I had done this before because it has annoyingly already happened... anyway, when it came to entering the line 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' it read '<waiting for device>' and stops there; the computer doesn't seem to be reading it at all. Am I missing any drivers? I have reinstalled and wiped windows since the first time I did this, so I will have lost everything I had, including programs, drivers etc. that may have read the device.

Please post any ideas you may have; if you need any more information about the device (I think this is more of a comuter related issue at the moment) please ask.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Logiic:
You're not going to like my answer but I had the same problem on my Incredible. I had even just gotten a new computer and cleared my old one. I tried to d/l my sd card contents onto my new computer but my computer couldn't read it, even though up to that point my phone had recognized it just fine. I tried several methods of reading in my computer and reformatting (after I got desperate) but nothing worked. Then when I tried to put my sd card back in the phone, my phone couldn't read it or write to it!

I must've searched a hundred forums and my answers were basically either no one had any idea, or the only option was to get a new sd card because mine had somehow shorted out. I didn't want to believe that there was nothing I could do so I called a buddy of mine who has been building computers probably since before he could walk or talk and he confirmed that sometimes sd cards have a defect that will just randomly cause them to "short" and become unuseable.

After much frustration I ended up having to get a whole new sd (and lose everything off of my previous one) in the process. The only good thing that came out of it was that Verizon replaced it for free with a bigger one.

Hopefully you can find something that will allow you to access yours but I wasn't so lucky. From what I can tell from your post you may end up having the same fate as me in this situation.

I always recommend backing up to an external drive on the computer now as well. You never know when it might come in handy for something like this. I just wish I would have had one before I had to go through all of that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slevy951:
So I put Andromeda on my phone a few weeks ago. It went fine, no problems, liked it. So I went to put it on my wife's phone. I was able to get it rooted. Into download mode, and Odin on it. But I couldn't get it into recovery. Vol up/dn/pwr just booted the phone normally. Vol up/dn does work to change the volume settings normally so it's not a bad button. So I thought, I had mine on stock 2.2 when I did everything. So I hooked hers up to Kies and put 2.2 on it. Rooted it. Now I cant' get the phone into download or recovery mode. Vol up/dn, plug in usb not working, it just goes into battery charge mode. We got our phones the same time so they're both same hardware rev. Any ideas?

TIA,

Scott
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tae_254:
This should probably go in the q&a section. But did you try the three button fix. Search the forums for it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rons_sacramental:
I donot know whats causing the problem (dont have the knowledge) but i can suggest buying a usb jig (costs only 8$ including shipping) which is pretty cheap and useful considering if you change roms frequently.

U just plug in the usb and the phone goes into download mode and you good to go.

If u wana buy just google mobile tech videos and buy it from their website (the guy john selling it is a rom reviwer on xda so its a safe site to buy) or on ebay. :-) hope this helps
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
so its back to stock 2.2 ?

try using rom manager to boot into recovery.

note with 2.2 stock it has 3e recovery. to install cwm you must root and replace with 3e hacked recovery

use rom manager to boot into recovery. from cwm you can tell the phone to reboot into download.

or if you still have a custom rom, you use the advanced power menu (power button menu) to select download or recovery. no button tricks needed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
3e recovery can be a bit of a pain, it is easier to Odin one click to 2.1 with the 3 button fix and go on with that.

The other solution would be to go with Team Komin's Ursa Minor kernel. There's a video posted on the forum (and youtube) by AdamOutler (I think that's his name) on how to do it - very clear and easy to follow.

@ Trusselo, I don't mean to go against your suggestion. I went through the 3e recovery myself and it can be a pain for a newbie so I'm giving him/them a second opinion/suggestion :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
the 3e instructions are written like crap. i asked the OP to change it but no.,...

its actually super easy if you have root explorer. (google *cough cough*)

use root explorer to mount RW then drop the file over the old one.

done

@ bwolf_56 Oh and no offece to you but he cant get into download mode to flash the Ursa kernel from odin... so...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Yup, they're. I had to go through the replies to find the actual good way to do it and even then it wasn't so clear.

Once you know how root explorer works, then go ahead and use the 3e recovery but I wouldn't suggest that to some1 new to all of this :rolleyes: I mean, you don't wanna replace the wrong file either (or even worst, delete system files).

Either way, It's up to you OP - both solution works great. I hope we helped :)

EDIT: lolol - I guess w/o dl mode, my way doesn't work so well :rolleyes: You can try one of the 3 ways to get in dl mode, the one that works best for me is:

1. Turn off phone, remove battery, sim card

2. hold down both volume button

3. plug the usb in (while holding both volume still)

4. A nice triangle with a Android holding a shovel should show up :)

If that doesn't work. My apologize and go ahead with the 3e recovery that Trusselo suggested. You can pm me for clear instruction (and probably Trusselo as well) ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slevy951:
Thanks all for suggestions....

so its back to stock 2.2 ?

Yes. And I believe I got it rooted with Superoneclick because it has superuser on it.

it is easier to Odin one click to 2.1 with the 3 button fix and go on with that

Exactly what I'm trying to do. But can't get into download mode or 3-button recovery mode. Neither are working. I didn't try the abd server method. Looked a bit scary, but may try it this eve.

use root explorer to mount RW then drop the file over the old one

Forgive me. Root explorer from market, right? 'mount RW' ? Drop what file over what old file?

use rom manager to boot into recovery. from cwm you can tell the phone to reboot into download.

So mount the SD and copy cwm to it and rename to update.zip. Get Rom manager from market and that will get me to cwm to get to download mode to use Odin to go back to 2.1. Then root again and install rom manager again to get into recovery to load the Andromeda? Is that close?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
odin one click isnt 3 button fix

3 button fix is a flash you use with the NON one click odin

root explorer is from the market... (can also be *found* on google [for testing purposes])

3e recovery fix is a file you must replace. xda search it!

rom manager will download and copy the update.zip for you! so you dont need to do it frist. its the first button in the app! Rom manager also has a button. "boot into recovery" use it to boot into recovery...

so flash to 2.1 with 3button fix (regular odin) 2.1 no 3e recovery forget that.

root

install rom manager to get cwm

cwm flash your new rom

delete rom manager.

sounds like you need to do more searching and reading...