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[Captivate General] OBatRFan:
Alright, I didn't think it should take that long. It must be my phone, because it happens on all my USB ports. Are you using the cable that came with it?
[Captivate General] james.arroyo:
Last time that happened to me with one of my externals it was because one of the SECTORS on the harddrive was corrupted. it would copy over but at severly low speeds. formatting/partioning didnt resolve anything, i knew it wouldnt but there was hope.

Could be that your device is about to fail or that storage has corrupted sectors.

How old is this device?
[Captivate General] OBatRFan:
I got it back in July, about two weeks after it came out. If I remember correctly, it's been copying this slow for me since day one...
[Captivate General] james.arroyo:
All I can say that if its not the USB port (tried various ones), its not the cable (tried at least 2), then its probably the device. sounds like its the device's storage is failing.

you can try a program like easeus (im not sure if that will do exactly what you need) to check the integrity of your phone. just mount it and select the drive.

i usually use Ubuntu for stuff like this so im not exactly which program can help you if easeus cant. but ill look into a bit more.

EDIT: You can also try a chkdsk to see what populates.

start>run>cmd then chkdsk #:\

# being the drive letter your phone is.
[Captivate General] OBatRFan:
Thank you for your help. I'm not exactly sure what EaseUs and Ubuntu are for, could you elaborate?

And what should happen when I chkdsk? It says "That type of file system is FAT32."

EDIT: So from what I gather, Ubuntu will stream data to your phone rather than over USB? How fast is this?
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
LOL...

Ubuntu is a different operating system (ie windows / osx ) - get alot of those guys here... (friendly poke)

My computer > right click your phone storage after mounting on phone > properties > tools tab > check for errors.
[Captivate General] krackers:
And you've tried this with a different cable/computer?
[Captivate General] OBatRFan:
OH, LOL. I thought it was just a really cool piece of software. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it.

I'll try to use it on a different computer, and I'll try using my Kindle cable.

EDIT: Right click, properties, etc. showed no errors with phone. Kindle cable won't mount. Maybe it's a problem with earlier builds? Mine is 1006.
[EVO 4G General] mulhiny:
VVM

I don't mean to troll your well written instructions, but this is what I do and have zero issue.

Use Super Private Conversation (free) and black list 9016..Then flash the attached zip.

That's it. No more notifications.
[EVO 4G General] NxNW:
Hmm. That does seem simpler.

Without actually flashing it, it's not clear to me what the .zip does. Can you explain (or if this has been covered elsewhere just send me the link so I can do the remedial reading on my own)?

EDIT:

Ok, poking around inside it, it looks like it's a visual voicemail app (as one might expect from the filename), although it's still not *quite* obvious where it came from, but I'll assume it's a recent version of a Sprint-branded VVM app.

So this really comes down to SPC vs Redlist: I was just proceeding with Redlist because someone pointed out Redlist is much smaller.

SPC does appear a lot more full-featured: you can even choose the icon it uses and it does include one that is close to the stock Gingerbread SMS notification icon (dark gray, not light gray, and a little larger than stock, but otherwise same shape). Also it seems to solve the additional issue I alluded to above, ie it *does* show names in the notification area, not just digits.

I will try it for awhile and see how I like it. Thanks for the recommendation!

I suppose if that icon *still* wasn't close enough for me, I could try to hack the SPC app roughly like I did Redlist (ie, add the desired icon to /system/data/com.superdroid.spc-1.apk/res/drawable). Unfortunately this is a real .apk and now if I touch it I'll probably need to actually read that apk hacking thread I mentioned above that talks about how to use some tool to re-do the signatures.

And/or if size ever becomes a concern, I can always go back to Redlist.

So I'm sticking with my story that the above procedure could still be helpful to *somebody* out there.

But SPC is definitely a simple alternative that seems like it could be very acceptable for many, just as you say.
[EVO 4G General] gpz1100:
I use gosms which supports a black list option too. Just sent myself a VM, then blacklisted the sms that came through when it was received.
[EVO 4G General] captivate:
same. gosms is pretty nice too
[EVO 4G General] mulhiny:
Yeah, that zip..I can't remember where I got it to be honest. It was a while ago when the Sprint VVM last updated. I had my Hero at the time and was looking for a way to end the constant update reminder. After searching for a bit I found that zip in an Evo forum somewhere. From what I recall (I'm no developer by any stretch), the zip simply installs the VVM apk in the correct system directory. That's pretty much it. It's alway worked flawless for me.

Anyway, I always used this zip along with SPC with any AOSP Rom I've used on both my Hero and Evo. Redlist is indeed a lot lighter. I think both accomplish the same task, just depends on what you want to go with.
[EVO 4G General] crisbv:
Thanks for this instructions.

Redlist works really good. Miui user here.
[EVO 4G General] jayshocka:
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[EVO 4G General] NxNW:
yer killin me

hey i was so proud of figuring out how to hack a pre-gingerbread app..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
I think i just achieved the impossible, hard bricking the nexus S.

I was having the google logo stuck problem after i tried to root it in CWR... so I used odin to reflash rom, and apparently flashed with the wrong rom (i have i9020 but flashed a 9023 rom)

Now my phone doesn't even turn on, i can't get it to download mode no matter what, can't get into CWR anymore.. fastboot doesnt work because usb doesnt even get recognized.

the only "life" i have from my phone is that the battery gets warmed when i plug the usb in.

I am not aware that there is a USB JIG for nexus s...

does anyone have any insight?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
All I gotta say is you shouldn't of used odin. Are you able to get into recovery? Fastboot not recognizing your usb can be due to drivers.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
can't get into recovery (if you mean volume up + power), i used to be able to, but after the flash I can't anymore.

Fastboot is via cmd? Can't do because USB is not being tiggered.

It's totally unresponsive.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Volume up + power doesn't go into recovery. It goes into fastboot. When you go there, you can press volume down until you reach recovery.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
The reason I used odin was because I came from Vibrant and odin worked great. I shouldve done more research I know..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
I came from vibrant too. Before that I used the g1. Non samsung phones primarily use fastboot.

What happens when your phone is completely off. Then hold volume up and power at the same time?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amritttt:
remove your battery and then press power and volume up u will go into bootloader mode then flash cwr
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
right... I can't go into recovery because I can't go into fastboot in the first place... such a bummer...sigh
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
So what happens when you try and hold volume up and power?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
nothing happens, as if its still completely off
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Does the computer recognize the phone when plugged in via usb?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
It doesn't, not even a "?" or "!" in device manager, it used to recognize properly thats why I was able to install CWR. after the "hard brick" my computer doesnt even make the sound when plug in the phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmRipper:
He already said that it doesn't even recognize.

Are you all guys really sure that you read the first post first? Or just read the title and replying?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
I just notice even when USB is not plugged in the phone is still warm (with black screen and everything)... so I am not sure anymore.. the mystery continues.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
I am pretty sure I flashed this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=947950

then it bricked, how stupid
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Alright since you want to play the douche card. Ill just give you this thread then.

See ya.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
wow how did it come to this, i just wanted some help..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
And yeah. That was a 9023 rom. Go back and see if you can get it exchanged. Just say it randomly shut off and wouldn't turn back on.

But this is totally on you because the op in that thread said not to flash it on 9020
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amritttt:
i have never seen any problem like this or never used odin but if u are able to use odin then here's the link where u will find samsung nexus s i9020 firmware which can be used with odin

http://www.samfirmware.com/android.htm

edit:if u are not registered here is the direct link

http://hotfile.com/dl/107982455/033fcd6/I9020XXJK1.rar.html
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
thanks for your advice, but I can no longer to on Odin, because I can't go in download mode.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peeturr:
There was a thread in the vibrant forums regarding selling jigs to get into download mode. If you could get in contact with him, you may still personally fix your device.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peeturr:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
hi, thanks for your advice, but the thread says "If your phone screen is always black, that is it does not display the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo when you switch it on, then sorry, this jig will not help you."

which is my situation right there..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
I went ahead and bought one anyways, just to try. $10 is not alot of $$
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peeturr:
Good luck. Don't forget to report back with your results for other future members as well.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emorej:
Hi i also bumped into that i flashed wrong rom via odin, when i turn it on it just show black screen and i cannot go to fastboot.

What i did is repeat the process of odin, install the right rom for you, you wont see the android digging with triangle when you pushed the center of the volume button, but when you see in odin the "added" status your good to go, flash it, then after completing your phone will boot again..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Op said he can't get into bootloader. I've asked
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
yes it doesnt even connect to USB.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donharden2002:
Maybe try contacting connexion2005. He's the guy that does the rom reviews for mobiletechreviews.com

He might be able to help you out.

I hope you get it going.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeren:
to OP,

i have been in this situation twice while experimenting. i have a i9020 and flashed the i9023 rom. well you wont be seeing anything on the screen, but i can assure you that the functions are still there.

what i mean is that ( this is how i solved mine), remove the back cover and battery and put back the battery. press vol up and vol down -(keep both pressed) and then press power button. It would enter the download mode. the thing is that you wont be able to see that on ur phone but i can guarantee you that it does enter the download mode. then plug it in ur computer and run odin once again with the correct rom for ur device.

P.S reason for u not seeing anything on ur screen is that one has amoled drivers and the other one slcd drivers. so dont panic. just follow the steps like i said.

goodluck/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbi11:
hi deeren, i tried your procedure, do i keep holding the 3 buttons when plugging in the USB?

I tried but the USB jsut doesnt get recognized. :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carito26:
Hi, happened to me the same thing to you. I try to do what they say in the post but did not work. odin does not connect to the phone, but I did the process anyway. I got this message:

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Bootloader_I9023XXKA3.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> PDA_SOJU_GRI54_TMO_EUR_MR1_SIGNED.tar.md5 is

valid.

<OSM> MODEM_I9023XXKB3_REV_00_CL912571_SIGNED.tar.md5

is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

Any idea?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sccrplyr13:
Just something to try: Assuming you're using windows, look in the Device Manager and see if there are any devices who's drivers did not successfully install. If so delete them and try plugging your phone in again to see if your computer recognizes it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carito26:
Windows does not recognize, already tried ...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SphericalPuma:
I'm in the same boat as OP, has anyone figured out a solution yet?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyfkevin:
sadly, I just got on the same boat as u guys.

any solutions?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alston02:
same

i done the same with my nexus s. have you found a solution to fixing it yet
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeren:
power in ur phone (long press power button for about 5 sec).even if nothing appears on ur screen, plug it in the computer and check through device manager if u have smthing plugged.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyfkevin:
sadly, no longer detected by computer

tried:

1.normally press power button

2.vol up + power

3.vol up + down + plugin usb

etc...

the only thing is black screen.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeren:
do you find like a small flicker in the screen? can u try once more these steps ( precisely)

first of all, disconnect the phone from the cable.

1) remove battery n put back

2) press vol up and vol down at the same time.

3) hit power and keep the vol up and vol down pressed for like 5 sec.

4) now connect to the computer.

5) run odin as administrator and see if the small yellow square turn up in odin.

i insist on these steps cause as i said previously, i have been in ur situation twice indeed but managed to revive back my phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prad1po:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

Try this to get in to dowload mode
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyfkevin:
followed the steps precisely. the small yellow square no longer appear.

tried homemade jig, just boot the screen on with nth

I flashed this rom via CW while it just released

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060192

I reported to OP and he said this
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliosue:
I'm really glad this thread is still alive! I have a Samsung Nexus S, which I have managed to soft brick, (Maybe?) It will boot into fastboot mode if I remove and replace the battery each time I want to do it, but I can't do anything in the fastboot mode that works - (reboot, reboot into recovery, power off)

Reboot into recovery will go back to fastboot mode with volume up and power button but the other choices simply take me to the Google logo on a black screen. If I use power and volume down button, I go to the little green Android, triangle and yellow exclamation mark. The options that work there are "apply update from /sd card" and the wipe data and cache. I thought I could use the "apply update" but nothing in that menu will install. Will continue in next post.

heliosue
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliosue:
Soft bricked continued

I got to this sad state by doing the following: put phone in adb bugging mode, unlocked the phone successfully using fastboot, tried to root using SuperRoot, and that's when I ended up stuck with the white google insignia on the black screen. I have tried the hard reset many times, unsuccessfully. My usb recognizes the phone and if I could get adb to work again, I thought of flashing a stock rom image into the internal sd card to see if that would work. I also just read about the jig and would be very willing to try it if no one can help me figure out how to do this using another method.

Thanks for any ideas you might have.

heliosue
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Si_NZ:
Can you still get into CWM?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliosue:
No, darn it. I never even got far enough to get it installed. This all happened when I tried to root for the first time. I've tried to figure out some way to push CWM or the other recovery ( RA...?) into the internal sd card by using ADB, but ADB is giving me a headache right now and I have to figure out exactly what to push if, and when, I get ADB working again. This internal sd card is much more difficult to deal with than the external sd card I am used to using when rooting or flashing to my Nook Color!

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

heliosue
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyfkevin:
Report:

I brought it to samsung service center and got it back one day after.

They just replaced a new motherboard.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Si_NZ:
Can you still get to the fastboot screen then? If so, try flash CWM again using the fastboot command. Once you get CWM running again, format /system, flash a full ROM to get it working again.

Don't try those one click root methods, I don't trust them. They may be genuine, but they may not be generic enough to work for all NS variants. The rooting guide stickied in this forum is quite easy to follow.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neezygfx:
I came from a very hard bricked captivate, which has all the same features as your Nexus... it holds paper down lol.

All I can say is do research when modifying any new phone. I learned my lesson coming from a Xperia x10 to my first Captivate. (I've had 3)

Sent from my...

White Nexus S

Android 2.3.4

GRJ22 / KD1

AT&T Wireless
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neezygfx:
A good investment would be a Jtag to restore future bricks and paperweights.

Sent from my...

White Nexus S

Android 2.3.4

GRJ22 / KD1

AT&T Wireless
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heliosue:
Now I can get to my CWR recovery! YES! It took me way too long to figure out and I was able to install a CM7 ROM, although I'm still looking for a stock ROM that will work.

Thanks so much for helping me out. Your question about CWR made me move a little closer to my solution.

Heliosue
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasan112acil:
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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puma9S:
hello,

my nexus s (9020A) is bricked.

I've tried with jtag but the device is not recognized.

may I need some special drivers or something?

(I'm not working with JTAG a friend do this for me)

please help
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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] glavos:
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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skeb:
S'up guys, just won my boss's X10, its locked on Rogers and I already own 2 Android based phones.

I'd like to know if there is a way to use it as a media player/web browser (my son would love to play with this one!) without the sim card or without paying for an unlock code??

I heard of te "bootloader bypass", can this be a solution for me??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blagus:
Well, can't you remove SIM card and turn it on?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PtN009:
No it wont work that way. i had rogers locked x10. it will show u imergency dial pad only. u need unlocked phone as per i know.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronw3:
Search the market for wosim. Will do exactly what u want

Kieron
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blagus:
My unbranded and SIM locked Xperia X8 works without SIM card. Maybe Rogers' branding disables functionality without SIM? Try flashing generic firmware.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skeb:
Ok, wosim...... all writen in chinese.......

For flashing generic OS, dont I need access to the phone first???
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
buy a sim card and just don't set it up.....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skeb:
buying a rogers sim is more expensive that unlocking codes.........??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BingoRingo:
Unless it changed by a new method, you need a SIM card from another network to unlock it anyways no? Get one on eBay from AT&T for a dollar if you want to unlock it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skeb:
Wosim worked like a charm, thx kieronw3 ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
Sim cards are only like 5 or ten bucks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skeb:
So are unlock codes, which I will probably buy in the next week or 2, but its still nice to be able to use this baby, without having to spend anything.

Thx alot for all your help!