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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] }{Alienz}{:
Ah. Dumb-stuck image problem then huh. I thought the kernels would flash it right out. Well...you can ask someone above me about how to get it out.

Go to the EDT dev website. www.edtdev.com and join their IRC. See if a developer there can help you out with getting rid of it.

Also try the Team Whiskey IRC chat. They have more devs and people in their IRC that may be able to help. Their chat is located here:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=teamwhiskey&uio=d4

I'm sure someone at those IRC chats will help you out.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ursubpar:
try flashing the stock "param.lfs" file through odin
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vibrant0327:
Okay I have had this problem and know exactly how to fix it. What happened was whoever had that phone before you flashed an I9000 gingerbread kernel with I9000 gingerbread bootloaders, that's why it shows that every time. Here is what I did to fix it. I don't know if it has to be done this way, this is just how I did it.

Step 1: download both of these files

PDA:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23420259/Eugene_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5

PIT:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23420259/s1_odin_20100512.pit

Step 2: Flash those files through Odin, but make sure you uncheck repartition, as I have read that if you leave it checked while flashing those files you might end up with a hard bricked phone. It will boot straight into recovery after it's finished flashing and will have some errors, that's okay just click reboot system now.

Step 3: Odin back to stock 2.1 like normal.

After you do that and Odin back to stock 2.1 wait like 10 minutes and then flash whatever rom you like. After step 2 though you should be rid of that awful GT-I9000 boot screen.:) I just Odined back to stock 2.1 to get rid of the broken recovery. I don't think you have to do this.

Let us know if this helped you, so that if it doesn't work someone might have an alternate way to fix it.

Oh also before I forget, I have to give credit where credit is due. Those are files are Eugenes files and I am in no way saying that I developed or had a hand in developing them.
[LG Optimus 2x] barathn:
Hi,

I really like the calendar application from LG. I want to install on my HTC Desire, however as this is system application i cannot install.

Can anyone provide instructions to install them.

Also i would like to replace the email application (not Gmail) provided by LG to stock application from Gingerbread ROM.

thanks.

barath
[LG Optimus 2x] Mjuksel:
dunno about the calender thing, but the other i do :)

you have to root the phone, delete the LG Email app and then install the normal Email from either market or from a download.
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspire me:
I unrooted my inspire and now have no sound. Any ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Can you elaborate just a tad more?

For one thing, why did you unroot? Returning the phone?

What process did you use to accomplish this?

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspire me:
Its a friend of mine and have no idea why he unrooted. Used the ace hack kit v11 a
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
I've heard of losing sound (temporarily) during the *rooting* process, but not unrooting. That's a new one for me.

Maybe someone else will chime in...

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Don't forget to re-run the stock RUU to finish the unrooting process and return the phone to an "as shipped" state.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=952224
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
I was gonna mention that, but I've never unrooted, so I don't know what part, if any, the ace hack kit, plays in *unrooting* a device.

I know it's used to get S-On back...

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
That's it, the RUU is to get the unmolested stocker back. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Ya learn (or get confirmed) something new every day.

Thanks. :)

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
I had to do this Monday when I got my replacement in from Hate T&T because of issues I was having w/GPS. I had to smack the piss outta my phone to get it to detect any sat's. :grr:

My new(refurb dadgumit) works flawlessly and OC's just as good as my original phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspire me:
do I download this RUU to the computer and hook up the phone or just do a direct download to the phone and the put the phone into hboot. thank you
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Well if a refurb inspire *works*, that's good news.

For us ex-captivate owners, getting a refurb meant, often times, having same/more problems than the phone being replaced.

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
DL to PC, make sure HTC Sync in installed on your PC and fastboot un-checked, debugging checked and phone set to charge only.

Connect the phone and follow the prompts on the PC.
[Galaxy S II General] alien0101:
I got my SII just 2 days back. However its very good but there are few issues :

1) Battery is draining very fast.

2) WIFI signal is very weak. I am using SII just few meters away from router in apartment and signal is very weak. Earlier I used Nexus one and it was getting good signal with same router.

Also when screen locks Wifi goes to sleep and also on unlocking wifi is off most of times.

If there any fix for Wifi.

3) GPS is not at all accurate. I tried GPS from my appartment and it always show position fem kms away. Nexus one was showing accurate position.

Is there any fix for GPS?

4) Are there any custom images for SII available like CM for Nexus one ?

5) Can we root SII? How much safe is it root the SII? Is there any possibility in bricking the phone while rooting? What advantages will I get after rooting?

If you guys have any idea , please respond.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] kakwvu:
This phone is brand new. There are no images for it yet [the dev community can only work with the phone once its released.. they're good, but not THAT good].

Read about rooting in the dev forum. Rooting gives you the ability to access and alter system files. If you don't know what you're doing, I'd suggest you not doing it. I'd especially warn against it since you don't know what you're doing and you don't want to ruin your rather expensive new toy. Once the tools are a bit more streamlined, go for it.

GPS problems are hit and miss. Consider yourself unlucky. See if you can arrange an exchange with the store you purchased the phone from.

Read the battery drain threads. You also may need to exchange. I haven't read enough about that, though.
[Galaxy S II General] alien0101:
So regarding battery and GPS , these are hardware specific problems or software?

Can these be fixed via software in future upgrades?
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
Wifi settings, menu button, advanced, wifi sleep policy, set to never. This is the proper setting and is better for battery life.

I don't know why android phones continue to come from the factory with this setting wrong like this.
[Galaxy S II General] RyanZA:
From the GPS problems, it sounds like your device doesn't have a satellite lock yet and is using cellphone tower location. You could try turn on wifi location which will probably give you the usual instant location of your flat, or try wait a bit near a window for the device to pick up satellites.
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
your in a apartment building and your expecting to get a GPS lock?!?!
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
there is usually a range where i test my wifi connection to see if it works good or not in my home.

and GS2 is the only phone besides iphone 4 that managed to connect from that far away

i tried other iphones 4 and some of them wernt able to connect. or connect then disconnect. but my last iphone 4 never disconnects. and the same with my GS2.

who knows if i get another GS2 unit it might not connect. which makes me believe some devices are not as good/defective.

my brother's nexus S cant stay connected. it will be out of range for it.

so i think you have a problem with your wifi

i couldnt test my gps. i dont know how to test it. can someoen give me a code to test the gps ? i dont use it at all but its good to know that your phone is working lol..
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
+1

I told you we'd get numpties following us to the sgsII forum lol

Swyped from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
a)

I live in a bunker and the GPS is accurate only to 10m. I never used the GPS outdoors and never got the satellite data, didn't enable the use of assisted GPS either.

I find this unacceptable. My GPS with AGPS and satellite data downloaded locked faster and is accurate to 9.9m !

b)

I live in new york and and like everyone (well, the 50 other signals i can see from my place) i've my wifi on channel 1. When everyone downloads i have very bad bandwidth. This is unacceptable. When I use my other phone at 4AM it goes faster!

c)

I report a problem cause while I saw 5 threads about it and how to fix it, I didn't bother to read them. Tell me how I should proceed. Please RESPOND NOW!

d)

I would like to root my phone but like for c), i didn't bother to read other posts. I want a personal response. With cherry on top. PLEASE RESPOND NOW!!!1

e)

Has iOS been ported yet? It's been a week it MUST be there. Else I bring the phone back. PLEASE HELP.

Seriously. Ever bothered to read the top topics? Don't even need to use search.

*feels better now*
[Galaxy S II General] andrej.marinic:
@bilboa1:

yeah, I second all of that, plus my phone can't make me coffee and watch the kids while I'm out binge drinking. surely that is a software problem! someone must look into it straight away.
[Galaxy S II General] stoney73:
No coffee either? I just took my SgS2 back to the store, it wouldnt let me play Call of Duty Black Ops, it refused to load the dishwasher, and then it had the nerve to ask for power?!! Really, what kind of phone is this? I'm going back to my iNoob! device:eek::D
[Galaxy S II General] RADLOUNI:
On a serious note

Hi Guys

on a serious note, and aside of what has been mentioned before. I had the SGS I before and i promised myself not to buy another samsung phone when i sold it. it might have worked well after you installed a custom ROM, but my experience was with official ROMs, and i am a firm believer that given the SH$$$T load of money a person pays for a high end phone, the damn thing should work out of the box

After all the hype about the SGS II and people claiming it is BLAZINGLY fast with no lag, and that the previous problems with the SGS I have been resolved, I am thinking on buying an SGS II but would like to ask guys with experience to answer this:

1- Has the lag problem been REALLY solved in this phone (EXT4 versus RFS), i have seen some guys reporting that pressing the home button takes around 3 seconds to close an application

2- Are there any deal breakers or have you noticed through your usage some major bugs

3- Are there any solid comparisons between the MALI 400 and the ADRENO 220 GPUs to show which one is better (yeah i am trying to compare the SGS II and the Sensation)

4- Everyone is reporting how good the screen is, do you recommend it or should i wait till 960x540 screens come out

5- how easy it is to connect the phone to the PC and sync your media/contacts/calendar

I am not a fan boy of any brand, just trying to make a good decision on which phone to buy since my money does not come easy :-)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
For the first and only time on an internet forum, I feel compelled to use the language of the teenager.

Because, I am, literally....

LOL

Thanks bilbao1 - made my day!
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
Everyone bashing his GPS issue, while I agree, he did says his nexus one DOES show accurate in his place. So if the galaxy is not matching same performance then there may be a problem.

Even with cell approximation, a few kilometers is too far away to be correct I think.
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
To my eyes there also appears to be slight color banding issues. On the o2 log on and log off screens its most prominent but you can also see it in the windmill live wallpaper screen shot below. Is this normal or have I been handed a lemon?

TBH: The screenshot doesn't do justice to the colour banding/ gradient issue. However Its very much apparent. Even more so on the dark grey background of the Neural Net Live wall paper. The effect is similar to having a 24bit/ 16 bit wall paper on a 65K colour display - gradient colur banding especially visible with grey/ blue gradients.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Bullies galore !!!!!!!!!!!!

I have had enough. Ease up guys, no need to attack or to call anyone numpties.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
1 - the thing with Android is it is really unconstrained. extremely easy for anyone to mess their phone up by installing some software or enabling some stupid services. I can 99.9% confirm the lag is non-existent. The only place with "some" lag is widgets, but I think it is more related to how they are rendered. Now, if you install some crazy **** or just too many normal ****s, you could get lag.

2 - some MINOR kinks as always can be found. For example:

a) the Calendar widget - when you try to scroll through homescreens with this widget on one of them, it switches the day to whatever day you touched while scrolling the screen. It is like this widgets cannot see a swipe from a tap.

b) if you phone is locked you can long-press the power button to see the power-off menu, and in there you can disable/enable data to save power , but it just messes up the settings (if the screen is locked when you attempted it). I think this problem was present on SGS1 too , but not sure.

c) the wireless signal in my area (New York City) is crappy, I get annoyed with all those edge <-> gprs <-> 3g <-> H <-> H+ random switches throughout the day, depending on where I am within a small city block :) This is not phone's fault.

d) - could be more, just wrote down whatever I recalled. nothing major yet though.

4 - my screen is good. some people complain of issues with theirs though. Wait for high res or buy this one - it is really up to you. If I had a working SGS1 I would have waited for SGS2.5 that is supposedly out in the autumn.
[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
you can't see that in a screenshot. screenshot does not take "exactly whats on your screen". it takes the software representation and that's that. the software represention is unique and never modified (unless you modify it by hand with photoshop etc of course).

it means if you show it on various screens you will always have a different result because no screen are equal (although calibrated ones have less difference, and very good ones makes it very hard to spot any difference, but the point remains)

the only way to "show" a bad effect from a bad screen would be to really picture the screen.
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
Yes, I do realize the problem here but I don't have a camera at the moment to take a picture of the screen.

However till such time I was wondering if any one can confirm if they see visible banding on screens with single color gradients like the neutral net wp background or the blue background of the o2 log screen?
[Galaxy S II General] kickassdave:
Yes i couldn't agree more, the colour banding is much more apparent than it ever was on SGS 1....

looks like it is a 16bit colour screen or something... I was quite dissapointed by this as well :(

LOVE everything else about the handset though :)
[Galaxy S II General] alien0101:
Thanks for all your responses. Most of them were funny. Anyway thanks for all of them.

I am new to Samsung so most of the threads related to wifi , gps were above my head.

GPS in apartment is still inaccurate.

But today I used it outdoor and got GPS lock in 5-10 secs. It was almost perfect.

So looks like there is no issue with GPS.

I also tried GPS from my apartment balcony and seems like it get lock after 5-10 secs.

In satellite image it doesn't point exactly at apartment , but few meters away. I guess we can manage that little bit of inaccuracy.
[Galaxy S II General] alien0101:
I feel this is the best screen ever.

Phone is so light , camera is damn good.. Video recording is too good.
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
.. And there I was thinking I had been handed a lemon !

But seriously do you think it could be an issue with a few of the SGII's 'coz I haven't seen any reviewer/ user complain about the banding issue. I got mine from the latest batch at O2 stores this tuesday. where did you get yours from? Im thinking it may be a defect on the latest batch of supplies.:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
This color banding issue, where is it visible? On any surface generally across any app or menu? Or are talking only the windmill LWP or static wallpapers? In the phone browser, search google images for "desktop color banding test images" or something similar, and display any good gradient images you can find, and post the results. If possible, photograph it with a secondary camera.
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
Hi... Its not visible across most wallpapers or apps which dont have very gradual colour gradients. Eg: In the windmill live wallpaper it doesn't show up in the blue sky but the moment it shows cloudy/ rain and the sky turns grey, you can see the banding in the grey sky background. It is also very much visible in the grey background of the Neural Net live Wallpaper. Also if you have the O2 branded log screens, its visible in the graded blue background. Its also visible in the Kies sync screen that comes up (has a grey background) when I connect the SGII to my PC with USB.

I did view the gradient check screen on lagom.nl and it showed some evidence of reduced colour depth (Not so severe as the example given in the website) or dithering. But here the banding was not so pronounced.:confused:

EDIT: No secondary cam ATM. Will try and post when I get one.
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
Sounds interesting, thanks for the reply. If you can look into it further I think many will be grateful since we would have a good idea of what this is and where is appears. The main reason I asked before is that many ROMs for me on the SGS gives poor wallpaper quality for static wallpapers when setting them normally with the gallery app. The Gallery apps seems to read the image you assign as wallpaper, then saves a very poor quality copy of it as wallpaper. Many live wallpapers aswell I've seen use quite poor quality images just to improve rendering speed. For example the Neural Net LWP has some really ugly color gradients and also alot of grain in the dark parts in the top of the display.
[Galaxy S II General] tameracingdriver:
Its amazing what some people will complain about!

There's no such thing as a perfect screen

I'd settle for not having my phone drain its entire battery in less than half a day....
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
... Yeah I know what you mean... in the grand scheme of things its probably more important to consider more important things like battery life and reliability (Coming from an Xperia X10 , Im well aware of the importance of these issues!) .. However given how every reviewer was raving about the SAMOLED + to be the next best thing since sliced bread, I was probably taken in by the hype.

I don't mind living with this niggle TBH, but just want to know if its a generic issue or something wrong with my handset. Not an unreasonable wish/ complaint I hope!

I wish I would get some more USEFUL user comments on the screen issue! :D
[Galaxy S II General] TechNoir:
I agree, but I also think that it is better that it is mentioned and detailed just for the sake of having the info. I have noticed alot of threads and such where someone mentions a problem or something they have noticed, and someone immediately calls product defect, which seems a bit hasty. There are alot of details and such that affect WiFI connectivity, GPS functionality and other aspects, and many of those factors, not all but many, lie outside of Samsungs control. But atleast detailing everything here might save someone a trip to a service center in the future, and Samsung doesn't have to deal with as many phones being sent in for repair and only getting a "No Problem Found" or "According to Specification". :)
[Galaxy S II General] flash3d:
Have you guys tried disabling the option: settings -> display -> adjust screenpower automatically (have Dutch menu, so don't know exact term, don't mean auto brightness).
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
Yes I did... I tried changing the 'Background Effects' (Std /Dyn/Mov) as well as the 'Auto-adjust screen power' option. No dice.

I'm wondering if i've become accustomed to the 480X854 LCD screen (higher dpi) of the Xperia X10 which makes me sensitive to this banding effect.

Maybe the lower resolution of this screen is enhancing a generic issue of the android display driver?
[Galaxy S II General] tameracingdriver:
Well FWIW I have noticed that the screen does, at times, appear as though it has a 16-bit colour depth... but the effect it really not severe enough for me to care about it. As I say, I just want my battery life issue fixed, or it'll be off to HTC Sensation I go :(
[Galaxy S II General] FPRobber:
I noticed some very light banding too, but it doesn't bother me at all. I just love the screen's black too much.

What I'm a bit disappointed about is that it only goes through half a day of very heavy usage. I've only charged it three times total, so I hope the battery still has to calibrate or something.
[Galaxy S II General] tuhinz:
Hmm... maybe I'm too sensitive to the banding issue. Well I've 'fixed' it by changing the wallpaper! :)

My experience of the battery hasn't been too bad TBH. It stayed on for ~12 hours before going below 15%. This included overnight rest of ~5 hours (wifi on), 1/2 hour of music , 15-20 mins of youtube, 20 mins of calls, 10-15 texts,few emails, 5mins gTalk and about 3 hours of tinkering about/ installing few apps (In office ;)) during which the screen was turned on all the time.

I was connected through wifi all the time at home & office. Gmail/ fb/ twitter all set to sync (1 hr interval for fb & twitter). The O2 signal was (as is usual for my area) pretty weak most of the time as well (93-107 dBm).

I hope battery life will improve further after a few charge-discharge cycles and as I start fiddling less with this awesome phone.

Hey Stiggy, just for perspective, my Xperia X10 went from ~9 hrs battery life to almost 16 hrs after the first update it got. I know Samsung is not known for their updates/support but you may want to consider that before jumping ship.

IIRC HTC Sensation has a 1520mH battery with a qHD screen. I doubt it will post significantly better uptimes especially keeping in mind the Desire HD issues! How I wish the Sammy was built like the HTC though!
[Galaxy S II General] tameracingdriver:
Sounds like the kind of battery life I was getting at first.

I really do hope the issue is fixed, and fixed fairly soon, as in every other way I love the phone. I wont jump ship yet - fact is the Sensation is not out for at least 6 weeks in the UK as far as I know, and if I do change, I'd want to do so without losing out too much financially... so it'd be at least 3 months or so till I changed - though suffice to say, I hope (and sure it will be) that its fixed WAY before then :)