yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Evening friends i need your help lol

Right this is what happened, i made a backup of my rom then flashed cynogen mod and after a little play i didnt like it so i went to do a restore and now my phone hangs on the galaxy s screen?

I cant even get into recovery (vol up/home/power as the screen flashes at the galaxy s boot n dont do anything???

please help :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
Is download mode working (volume down+power+home)?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Hi.

I am new to all this but yes download mode does work.

Im gutted and really want my phone back lol :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
I have just put the usb in my phone and there is a little circle icon in the middle of the screen ? (the phone is off btw) ?????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeBeSad:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991792

download and reflesh your phone , there is tutorial also :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
Download stock gingerbread or darky rescue center. Open odin and put all files in right place and tick repartition. Now put your phone in download mode, connect it to pc and when odin recognize it just click start.

Wait for it to boot l.

Thats all
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
thanks for the replies guys but can you give me links for the stuff i need to get it sorted please.

chris.

Edit: before it all went wrong i was running stock rom 2.2.1 i believe not gingerbread as kies said no update for my device. Can i go back to stock ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
download this (latest GB release) :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/GT_I9000_XWJVH_XXJVO_NEEJV3_Sbl.exe

extract files (.EXE) and put the files in right place in odin.

check repartition, put phone in dowload mode and then connect with odin.

you can root your phone with :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/Gingerbread-GT-I9000-XWJVH-stock-kernel+hacks.tar

After your phone reboots, put in download again and put the file you just dowloaded in PDA (make sure repartition is NOT checked !!)

also odin 1.3 / 1.7 and samsung drivers for PC....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/flash en drivers/Odin_+_pit.exe

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/flash en drivers/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perfumedponce:
idiot's guide

It's 4.20 am... I am stupid; very stupid & I am panicing about my phone and this has worked..... thank the deity/s of your choice!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Guys much appreciate your help :)

I have got kies installed and the drivers would be already there yeah? or do i delete kies and install the usb drivers posted above ?

And the gingerbread i dloaded where in odin do i put the files after extracted and what about the pit files in odin? Sorry for all the Q's but im new to all this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Right managed to put the files in odin v1.7 but what pit files do i use as there is 3 of them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
512 pit file
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
phew!! a reply at last :) thank you!

in odin is there anything else to be ticked? phone bootloader update, phone EFS clear? or just tick th repartion?

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
You must tick 4 of them. Two should be ticked when you open odin. Other two that you should tick are repartition and phone bootloader update
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
if i where you i'd delete everything from kies....

then install usb drivers....

extraxt GB .exe file.

youll get 3 files : PDA / PHONE / CSC

put them in odin : PDA--PDA / PHONE--PHONE / CSC--CSC

get pit512 file from odin .EXE

check repartition.

phone in download and connect to odin, and pres start
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
when i open odin the 2 boxes that are ticked are AUTO-REBOOT F.RESET TIME and the unticked boxes are DUMP, PHONE EFS CLEAR, PHONE BOOTLOADER UPDATE, RE PARTITION so i tick all those yeah ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
I am not on my pc so i cant answer
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
leave all checks as they are, do not check EFS clear or bootloader box or dump.

the only box you have to check is repartition
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Got you :) right going to see if i can bring it back to life now.

Will post up my result.

Thanks very much guys ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
your welcome, if you have problems report here and i will help you.

im home till 14:30
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
WhooooooHoooooooooo its working :) :) :)

Thank you guy thanks thanks thanks :)

Right before i mess things up again whats the easiest way to root and install custom roms lol

I used super one click but had probs flashing a recovery, i eventuall did it but cant remember how?

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
to root your phone download this :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/Gingerbread-GT-I9000-XWJVH-stock-kernel+hacks.tar

start up odin, and put file in PDA.

be sure to NOT check repatition, and keep all checks as they are.

put phone in download and connect with odin.

wait till finished and phone reboots.

youre now rooted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Got ya :)

How easy is it to unroot mate as if i need to send my phone back at anytime i might need to do that ?

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
to unroot your phone just flash stock 2.2.1 or stock 2.3.3.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
stock 2.2.1

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/Stock - stock modems/I9000XXJPU (2.2.1).exe
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisvr4:
Thanks again dude your a star.

Will leave you in piece now lol and should i hit a problem ill let you know.

Thanks again to everyone :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard2311:
if you have problems send me a pm.....:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pwhooftman:
Since Froyo, my Galaxy S suffers from battery drain if an exchange emailaccount is setup (irrespective of the update interval set). The only ROM & kernel which didn't do this was XWJPA with the Speedmod kernels.

Battery drain was easy to spot: SystemPanel would show that the CPU load while the phone was asleep was a steady 10-20%. Once the exchange account was removed, behaviour was back to normal immediately (idle CPU floating between 1% and 3%).

Since i like JVH very much, i have come up with a workaround in Gingerbread JVH: in Settings, Accounts and Synchronization, i untick 'Auto-sync' . This stops the idle CPU load.

Next, i have set up a task with Tasker, the task enables auto-sync every 4 hours, waits 5 minutes, and disables auto-sync again. This way, stuff is still synced every now and then without the battery drain.

Hope this helps someone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Krieg Noobie:
Pls post your task settings for us to import. Thks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maartenlaeven:
This does not solve the "suspend" bug.

Just tried it but after playing some game for testing this solution the suspend bug came back.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Chief_Death:
well you could try removing software update app.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maartenlaeven:
Already deleted the software update app. Doesn't seem to help.

Any other (new) sugestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LiverpoolFCfan:
I have also seen this with my phone - but more importantly I have seen it on the server side as we have a number of Android phones, and we end up with a lot of processes running on the server.

I discovered by looking in the server logs that the email application is polling the Calendar on a constant basis. It is not just pinging the folder as it should do - it is also doing a sync every 5 minutes or so as far as I can tell.

My workaround is to uncheck the option for Calendar sync.

Other items Email, Contacts and Tasks all sync just fine as they are supposed to do.

Then every once in a while I check the Calendar sync option - perform a Sync Now to bring the calendar up to date - then uncheck the option again.

I do hope thy sort out this issue soon - as otherwise they have done a great job with enhancing the email application as far as ActiveSync integration goes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stierney:
Exactly the same issue I am having.. Calandar is syncing like mad.... Im using Enhanced Email for my exchange email and thats bulling 46% of my battery.

Have removed the calandar sync and will update on results once i have a few hrs usage
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stierney:
Update: stopping exchange calendar sync has fixed my battery drain issues on jvh.

Sammy may have made changes to the sync app and stopped it from behaving properly. Guess its manual calendar sync until they fix
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stierney:
update II:

Enhanced Email battery drain has gone from 40% to 4% since disabling calandar sync :) i now have more than 5hrs battery life :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tanerhc:
i m ready to disable all the calendar to get just few hours of battery :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pwhooftman:
Please note that this needs the program Tasker, available in the Market.

1. create a new Profile with the context Time, name the profile as you wish

2. set the From: field to 00:00, tick Repeat an set that to every x hours (i use 4 houres)

3. tap Done

4. Add a New Task, name the task as you wish

5. add an action, from the category Net, choose action Auto-sync, Set to On, tick Done

6. add an action, from the category Tasker, choose action Wait, Set to 5 minutes, tick Done

7. add an action, from the category Net, choose action Auto-sync, Set to Off, tick Done

8. Tick Done

9. Tick Apply

This way, its still possible to sync (even Agenda) without battery drain
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pwhooftman:
Thanks! This is consistent with something i have seen multiple times: if i opened up Settings, Accounts and Synchronization on the phone, and tapped the Exchange account, the grey spinning circle would always show next to the calendar entry, indicating it was in a sync loop or something.

I guess, this could very well be related to Android being sensitive to recurring appointments (and exceptions in recurring patterns) and appointments with large notes attached to them.

Could you point me to the logs on the Exchange server which lead you to this discovery. I'd like to dive in deeper.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Bobby Buggs:
I upgraded from Incred 1 to 2 and now when I add contacts to the phone I dont get the option to associate them with my Gmail account like I used to, it stores them to the phone, with that now they are not stored in my gmail desktop after sync. So if I do anything with this phone like ROM or lose it all of my recently added contacts will be gone. How do I fix this??
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] barn07:
I had this issue when I first got my original Incredible. All my contacts were associated with my "phone." I got backup assist and then backed them up. Once i was done backing them up i went into my verizon and was able to export my contacts to a csv. From there I imported them into my gmail. Then synced my gmail contacts to my phone. There might be a better way of doing this with an app or something, but that's just what i used at the moment. I'm not sure if you can go and edit them to be a "Google" Contact instead of a Phone contact, from what I saw, no.

Now that I too have a dinc 2, I can tell you that when you go to create a new contact it will say "Contact type" and see if there's a Google option there. I have Google, SIM, and Phone.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Bobby Buggs:
I just saw the contact type drop down:o,. You dont have that option if you dont use it the first time, editing does not allow you to change that. Im good now going forward. THANKS!! My inc1 came up with the account association choices as a step you needed to do to move on. This one just defaults to the phone unless you hit the drop box and chose.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] barn07:
How do you like your inc2 compared to your inc?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aratsky:
Hi all,

I am in Australia on the vodafone network. I recently flashed android revolution HD 5.1.3. and the recommended radio. The 3G network is still extremely slow. Any suggestion guys? Perhaps any other recommended radios?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4tifjaved:
Update to version 1.5.4
[Galaxy S II General] azazin:
Hi everyone,

Just got my Galaxy S II today but am having 2 issues with it, 1st, i dont know how to mount it in mass storage mode, everytime i connect it, my Win 7 x64 just tries to find drivers for MTP device but doesnt find any, I tried installed SGS 1 drivers.

My other issue is everytime i boot up the phone, the status bar crashes like 2 - 3 times, until it stops crashing and no longer appears, the message

"The application Status Bar (processcom.android.systemui) has stopped unexpectedly). Please try again"

I have tried restoring the phone to factory settings, however, this didn't fix it as after I installed a few safe apps (angry brids, google earth, well known apps) it happened again.

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
Try to install Keis or try a different usb port/computer to see if that resolves issues. Have you done any modding or anything?
[Galaxy S II General] ImpulsinatR:
ImpulsinatR

Had the exact same problem when I first got mine. Do a factory reset and format the internal memory aswel. I had my micro-sd card inserted aswel but it didn't need to be formatted. That was 3 days ago and I havn't had a problem since :)
[Galaxy S II General] jimsey:
Put it in development mode: settings, applications, development.

Then when you plug it in, an option will appear in the pull down menu bar, just select "connect usb".
[Galaxy S II General] OdieS:
Regarding your issues with the USB. My SGS2 by default seemed to have USB Debugging enabled under the application settings, this meant it always connects as Mass Storage on my machine. When I installed Kies to update my firmware I had to un-tick USB Debugging before it would load up in MTP mode for connection to Kies.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S II General] azazin:
I have the latest Kies installed :/, I just tried a different USB Port and nothing changed. Nothing at all so far, all stock.

I just tried doing a factory reset, formated the internal memory and the micro sd, the problem was gone again until I activated usb debugging mode again through the settings, a strange problem as this means I can't access the phone in mass storage :/

Just tried this mate after factory resetting and formatting everything, this seems to be the cause for the crashing of the status bar as everything is fine until I try this

Thanks for your help, I tried several methods but nothing seems to be working so far.

Thanks everyone for your tips, if you have any other ideas please share!!
[Galaxy S II General] Gawis:
I just got mine today and been pulling my hair out on how to get it into mass storage..

your info did the trick for me!

thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S II General] relikade:
Sorry i'm confused? What is wrong with turning mass storage on in "USB utilities"

Works fine for me
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] gh.rohit:
Guys its simple.....i was also facing this problem. just unchecked USB debugging mode....and try to connect again. Its Done.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BARR3RA:
I use the paid-version of Titanium Backup for all my apps and SMS Backup for texts, but what's the easiest for contacts and call logs? Google doesn't fully restore my contacts (for some reason there are some missing).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mprost:
take a look at Call Logs Backup & Restore, it's free and it works like a charm

this author also has free apps to backup SMS and APNs
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Are the "missiing" contacts on the desktop computer version of GMail? If so, they should all sync automatically. Are these contacts from Facebook, or SIM contacts? You might just need to sync your phone to Facebook before those contacts come up.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mschmiedel:
As a final idea, when you create a contact on the phone (at least with Sense ROMs), one of the things you get asked is where you want to store the contact. You get all your gmail accounts, exchange accounts and a Phone option. If you choose Phone, it will not sync with any online service, so that might be the reason why you loose your contacts.

For my case, I only store contacts on the Phone if I know I will delete them in the short term, that way if I change phone or have to wipe I get a free cleanup, but for contacts that I want to keep I always put them on some online account.

Regards
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rnnickerson:
i use a couple different back ups. Google backs things up, titanium back up, then I'm using sms back up and restore pro. I haven't lost a message or contact yet flashed about 8-9 times in a week since i started rooting.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 4700pedersen:
Any progress on Custom roms for this phone ? Or at least a Samsung Ace Forum ?

Jess
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BadassSeabass:
After updating to the latest radio, my upload speeds drastically increased (0.33 Mbps to 1.25 Mbps). I can't help but notice that no matter what my download speeds are, any where from 1.5 Mbps to 4 Mbps, my upload speeds are consistently around 1.25 Mbps. I have also noticed others with higher d/l rates get roughly the same u/l speeds. Are our upload speeds still capped, just a higher cap?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] co.ag.2005:
this has been discussed before, there doesn't appear to be a 1.25 cap. many others here have achieved uploads greater than 1.25 Mbps on multiple occasions, including me.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BadassSeabass:
Seems strange that 1.25 Mbps is the norm, regardless of location. Still thanks for the pic, I guess that answers my question.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] co.ag.2005:
maybe it is a location thing? not sure. Here is one I just did.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winky!:
It might just be your area and AT&T sucking on the 4g coverage. I've gotten like... here lemme check... Yea, I just hit 5 meg download 1 meg upload so... Its gotta be your area.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
I'm pretty sure 4g isn't enabled in 99% of the att coverage area. So really his 3g coverage sucks. I'm sorry to sound like an ass but I don't know why everyone thinks 4g was enabled last update, all we got was att's full blown 3g that has been enabled for like 3 years that we should have been getting in the first place.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winky!:
I think its more of an "OMG NEW THING GOTTA HAVE IT OMG I NEED FAST CELLPHONE OMG" kind of reaction. I think its a natural impulse for tech nerds.
[Android Apps and Games] saarraz1:
Back My Tones Premium

(Free)

Market Link

*UPDATE 1.3*

- Premium version features are now free: backup and restore your phone ringtone as well as contact ringtones, clear all ringtones with one click.

- Various bug/crash fixes.

*UPDATE 1.2*

- Improved restore and backup method yet again, now 100% accurate.

- Note that if you change a contact's name after you make a backup, you will have to make the backup again, or else that contact will not be restored.

- Please make new backups with this version. Old backups will use older restoration methods and are not guaranteed to work properly under certain circumstances.

- Please re-backup your data after installing the update for the changes to take effect.

*UPDATE 1.1*

- Now using a better restore and backup method (through file names) to ensure compatibility when replacing ROMs that re-assign media URIs.

- Smaller file by 600KB!

- Please re-backup your data after installing the update for the changes to take effect.

Did you ever update your ROM or made a hard reset, but then realized all of your custom contact ringtone settings were lost? Well not anymore!

Back My Tones offers a comprehensive and easy to use tool to create and manage backups of your custom ringtone settings and restore them with a click of a button!

The process is easy and takes no more than a few seconds to backup your settings and save you serious headaches.

If you liked this app, look for a premium version in the coming days which will feature backing up and restoring the default phone ringtone as well, among other features (75 cents).

Details:

========

Your ringtone settings for all of your contacts are saved on your SD card and can be retrieved even after you remove the application or replace your ROM.

*NOTE this application does NOT create backups of the ringtone files themselves. If a ringtone's file was deleted from the phone will the file itself will NOT be restored through usage of this app.

Screenshots:

==========
[Android Apps and Games] saarraz1:
Fixed the max SDK to support android 2.3.3... if you couldn't see the app before try again now.
[Android Apps and Games] Rico ANDROID:
Now, this is a great idea
[Android Apps and Games] DocteurN:
Great thanks for this app very usefull !
[Android Apps and Games] gohamstergo:
nice! this has been a definite problem. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] scooter1979:
Does this, by any chance, back up custom notification settings for apps as well, or just ringtones?

(If no apps, well, yeah. Future suggestion. ;+) )
[Android Apps and Games] daveid:
Good concept. But, in cases like my intended use it falls short. My system had to do a rebuild of the media db, which caused the id's to change, the tones did not change names, but 36 was no longer 36. I knew your app wasn't goingto work when I looked at the file it created and saw the id's instead of proper filenames. Now, I am pretty sure in my situation there isn't a whole lot that could be done, so I ended up fixing all my tones myself. Just wanted to post this for anyone else who may have a similar desire from it. Unfortunately, one of the recent changes in CM caused the UID for the mediascanner to change thus revuilding the media db and screweing all my tones up.

Nice app though, for people sticking to the same ROM version (or without significant changes to the mediascanner) this should work nicely.
[Android Apps and Games] saarraz1:
I could use filenames instead of URIs to ensure compatibility...

As for notification settings, I plan to enable support of this in the coming days.
[Android Apps and Games] saarraz1:
Hey man, try the app with the new update, I think your problem should be solved.
[Android Apps and Games] daveid:
Too late for me, already redid all my set tones manually. But, if this can help other people, I'm glad to have pointed this method out.
[Android Apps and Games] saarraz1:
oh well, sorry you had to re set your tones lol... I hope no more people will have to do this ever again ;)

and thanks for pointing this out, while developing the app this possible complication did pop up at some point but after testing it and seeing it working I assumed the URIs were a constant thing.
[Android Apps and Games] artash01:
Thanks for app, very useful!
[Android Apps and Games] tbela:
Doesn't work on Nexus S - CM7.0.3. Backup creation failed. Any clue?

Anyway I actually use WhoIsIt to solve this, but I don't really like it, because it has an own, separate database of custom ringtones. It would be much easier to backup the settings of the original contact list. So, I NEED this app, please, help me to fix this!

The ultimate solution would be to include ringtone settings to google/exchange sync data (as pictures included), but I understand that it can not be solved by a third party app.

Updated to 1.1. Same problem!

Updated to 1.2. WORKS!!!