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[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
Like I said before... the system will hold the browser session in memory until it's needed elsewhere. The second another app needs the memory then the system will dump the browser and load up whatever it needs to load up. There's no performance penalty for this kind of behaviour but it does make multitasking alot nicer if you're flicking between a few apps regularly as it doesn't have to fully load them each time.

Just because a background app is showing as using memory doesn't mean it's hogging resources.

Linux has worked like this for a long time, Vista and Windows 7 also work like this. It's better, it works well, yeah it can look odd looking at a task management app but just let the OS do it's thing.

M
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
What would happen if they significantly changed the interface though? You'd get just as many people (or more) whinging that something is different.

As a tech savvy user (like myself) I appreciate that you like having the newest and best updates, you like to see progress and change as these updates roll out too... but the reality is that we are in the minority. The people that samsung are catering for are the "sheep"... they don't understand why it's updating or what it's going to do, they just don't want it to mess up the way they are used to doing things. They'll get a good performance update moving to GB, sure, but changing the way things look and work on an established device is asking for trouble.

Using my HTC Desire as an example... it comes with "old" Sense 2.0, the slightly newer desire HD has one step better (2.1), and some of the new premium HTC's have a newer version of sense again (3.0). Now, with the GB updates they are all working on basically the same android 2.3.3/2.3.4 base platform but they AREN'T updating the sense version on existing phones even as they update the base to GB, they get the same old sense version they launched with just running on GB. With the Desire we are lucky that most hardware is similar enough to port stuff around... but not quite the same on the tab sadly.

You can't change systems that people are used to, they will accept a change if they update device, but messing around with things on established devices will make the sheep upset.

Yeah I understand that. Because GB for tab is very new they haven't had the time to develop all the extra Overcome features yet, likewise because we don't have kernel source that removes alot of capacity for tinkering too. We've still got alot to come yet for Overcome GB :D

IIRC this was never a part of Overcome, you're obviously welcome to put in feature requests (probably best done via PM to Alterbridge so it doesn't get lost in clutter in the thread) but I daresay we're going to see re-implementation of Overcome Froyo features before we see much new stuff.

M.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Alvin Lai:
Well said. Agreed 100%. I think he can always customized the tab.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Alvin Lai:
Is there any chance of sgs2 email widget to be used in our sgt

Sent via Overcome 2.0.0 SGT
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] ravness:
If you're really bugged about it, get TaskSwitcher from Market. It's like alt+tab in windows for Android. Long-press on the Browser (while you're not running it, e.g Home Screen) and it will close. Faster than doing exit on Task Manager, this method works for me. Cheers mate
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] New-Bee:
Where can i find this howto?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
It's attached to the first post.

M.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] THEDARKEST:
Sorry, I should have been more specific.

Maby it's good to place the warning about the internal SD card being wiped because of the restock.

I always backup to the external SD card, even though everyone tells me it isn't neccesary ;-)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] luigi_sa:
Hmmm... ah well, there went my imaginative thoughts out the window, cant blame a guy for thinking it though. would have been interesting if it WERE possible to swap out the internal sd. but thanks GF, much appreciated for destroying my dreams... lol.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
Ok just a minor quirk from me, don't know if it's the market app or the rom, or something else totally different.

Downloading from market, it should go "starting download" -> "downloading" -> "installing". Currently it goes straight from "starting download" to "installing". It all works, it's just strange. Makes it a little harder to see stalled market downloads as they get stuck on "starting download" rather than changing to "downloading"...

Nothing major though :)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
That's what I'm here to do dude ;) Look into the emmc chip that's in use, see if a bigger one exists and have fun re-soldering it. In theory all you'd loose is data, as /boot /recovery and /system are on different chips. You'd replace that one, boot to recovery and manually recreate the partition layout using parted (a pit file probably wouldn't do it, unless you made your own) then restore a Nandroid onto the new chip. More internal memory!

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On another note, has anyone booted Overcome 1.6.x on the new bootloaders?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] DarkPal:
Well external SD port supports upto 32 GB and thats a software limit (not that there is a card that is more than 32 gb right now). But thoeritically it can take more. So why mess with internal memory? ! Feel free to correct me :)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
No I don't think it will take more. 32Gb is the limit for SDHC, beyond that you're in SDXC territory and I don't think I've seen support for that on any phone yet (just cameras/video cams etc).

Certainly no cards larger than 32Gb anyway, even the 32's have only been made available quite recently - a long time behind regular SD due to the higher density i assume.

M.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
Why do we mess with the software?

Because we can!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] DarkPal:
Am talking about messing with hardware soldering stuff lol.

Btw here is my take on GPS. I applied the settings tweaks from the overvome guide and with MSASSISTED instead of MSBASED and got 7 sats indoors. Which is breakthrough since getting sats inddoors in egypt is impossible given we have solid steel reinforced concrete buildings (explains why buildings survive for 50+ years ;) )

One more note: DO NOT APPLY AN OTHER TWEAKS OR FILES FROM ELSEWHERE. Sammy already fixed it.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
Ahhhh ok ;) will probably have to wait a while though sadly, like I said I'm not aware of any MicroSDXC slot on any device yet, so no donor. I'm talking >32Gb external SD - just to make sure we are on the same page ;) Internal SD shouldn't be a problem with any size, just have to adjust partitioning.

M.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] RichAP:
You have to sideload the Bootloader Checking apk via ADB from a computer.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] RichAP:
The dialer / phone app doesn't support incoming SIP calls either.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] stoney73:
In gingerbread(on both the tab and my sgs2) bluetooth will only stay visible for 120 seconds2mins), then it will stop responding. However, if the bluetooth is being actively used(downloading/talking/etc) then it will stay visible for as long as necessary.

I think its for security? And probably to cut back on battery drain.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
Entirely a security thing, battery life is unaffected by bluetooth visibility
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] GOF007:
Visible is mainly to pair your devices, after paired you dont need Visible. And by being visible to other, reduce your security.

@spike1985

Your paired device still there, try open BT setting (first time you may not see your device), close the setting then open the BT setting again (second time your device should be there).
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Bulut.O:
About The File Hosting...

I Can Provide Direct HTTP Download Links From My Server...

As I Said Before But Didnt Get Any Answere...

I Put The Latest Files In My Sig For Now... But I Am Sure It Would A Lot More Helpfull To Others To Have Those Links In The OP...!!!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] alterbridge86:
I tried :P the widget and new email app work great for about an hour, then cause an INSANE amount of lag throughout the entire system. The same issue exists on i9000 gingerbread trying to use those apps. Not worth it ;)

Thanks for the offer Bulut - the team and I are working on a new solution that you'll all be seeing in the near future ;)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] DarkPal:
So i tried restoring default framework as I had a thoery that power control widget is fracked coz of it. It isnt lol. Still fracked. But it works on reboot or toggling one of its apps via pull down.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] luigi_sa:
had a look around, the largest NAND eMMC chip out, I'm in South africa so not here yet without importing, is a 128GB (http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2010/memy_10_598.jsp). from what i can pick up, the pinnage is different enough to what our GT's chip has, that it wouldnt be possible to fit unless some SERIOUS hardware modding took place (i'm good but not THAT good... lol), but just the THOUGHT of 128GB in my phone...:eek:

ah well, dreams are still one of the FEW free things in life i spose!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] roan67:
Hello. I'm Overcome for some time (early) but I find this version beta2 less fluid than the official firmware 2.3.3. Why?

In advance thank you.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] bakoyoko:
This is Superb rom for SSGT and .. its user guide is very detail!!

I love it!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] 9812813:
@alterbridge

OOOOOH -- I hope it's OTA updates that would be slick ..

BTW -- Gingerbread Rocks - Keep up the fantastic work.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] jacauc:
Hmm, can't wait to see more of that!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] amf:
I just can't install or update any app from the market. I re-installed twice already (with wipe) and still the same. Market shows "Downloading", when download starts, it reverts back to "install" or "Update". When I click on either of the two, it will again show "Downloading" and then quickly go back to either "install" or "Update".

What could be causing this and what is the solution? Never happened to any version of Overcome ROM before.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] 9812813:
Amf --

First a few troubleshooting questions:

1. Is your Tab set to allow Unknown Sources for software packages ?

Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Unknown Source (checked)

2. Are you trying to install the program while on Wifi or 3G ?

3. What apps specifically are you trying to install / update ?

4. Have you tried to clear your caches? dalvik cache
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] VolcanicSkunk:
@njackson, I wish I could thank you again! That worked perfectly! Just had to extract the wpa_supplicant from the zip and move it to /system/bin/ and BAM! I have Ad Hoc support! Now I can nerd out at work properly! :D
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Pharaohnough:
But you can thank him again :D:p
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] harsha_aithal:
Strangely. . I am not able to browse some websites with .com domain. . And if those sites have .co.uk (for example if the site i want browse is abc.com then it wont work, but if i change it to abc.co.uk then it will work alomst fine ) then it works well except for the fact that some contents plus flash wont work or appear
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] amf:
First a few troubleshooting questions:

1. Is your Tab set to allow Unknown Sources for software packages ?

Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Unknown Source (checked)

Yes.

2. Are you trying to install the program while on Wifi or 3G ?

Tried both.

3. What apps specifically are you trying to install / update ?

Titanium backup, Adobe Flash among many others.

4. Have you tried to clear your caches? dalvik cache

Yes.

Thanks.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
Going back to 1.6

For those who might wish to do so, simply flashing overcome1.6.4-full.zip works fine :D

Oooh, hell. Scrap that. All hell has broken loose on my Tab now, lol. Reboot galore and no recovery! I get Android 3e recovery for some reason :D
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] cypis:
I bricked my Galaxy Tab :( YES totally bircked - no download mode or recovery. Zero reaction. I sent it to warranty (Do you think that they will not recognize interference in software?)

I was fallowing guide. In odin everything was set as on the screen with proper files.

It stopped on flashing factoryfs. I had to remove USB...

rooted, without blocked bootloader, with overcome 1.6 on board, euro tab
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] zaxondis:
Ouch, pulling the USB did it. I bricked a phone this way. You didn't try just closing odin and going through the steps again?

In any case good luck with the warranty! I hope they just replace it for you, I know how much that sucks.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] 9812813:
@amf

I can not take credit for this, but please try these tips to get the market working again.

http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/index....-market-doesn’t-work-anymore-–-how-to-fix-it/

Credit goes to Will Wilson.

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Timtown:
Not sure what I'm missing but installing the new version of this .apk doesn't work for me.

"Installed" just like the first version (which is way cool) but, no joy.

Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab using the XDA Premium App

ROM: Overcome GB BETA2

Kernel: GB
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] cypis:
Nope. I thought that I will be able to put it in download mode again. Did you send your phone to warranty?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] taki1erotoman:
Wow! I wanted to flash this on my galaxy. Now I'm afraid about bricking it. What went wrong guys?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] amf:
Thanks. Tried all of those and still same problem.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
Bricked tab? Afraid to 'fess up to immoral flashing?

*IF* you brick your tab (Very, *VERY* rare occurrence, I have updated 2 T-Mobile US tabs without issue, as have countless other happy Overcome users), and are afraid Sammy will say "Naw-naw, you were frakkin' with the software by flashin' yer thingy at it, now you are SOL. Here's your brick back, and BTW, you owe us the return shipping fee as well. Moron. HA-HA!"

Just put it in the CLEAN (Don't think Sammy will say "YUM!" if you return it with cheese melted between the glass and the side frame) microwave on low for 3 seconds, face down, a couple times. This will definitely finish the destruction of the tab. It may also condemn you to the darkest depths of hell, but if you are reading this then there is already a pitchfork with your name on it :)

Just sayin'.

Oh, and here's the standard boilerplate: I am NOT responsible for you bricking and then nuking your tab in any way, shape or form. You do this out of your own illusory free will.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Timtown:
Failure to remain calm (by this poster) and ignoring an obvious warning.

NEVER disconnect while flashing until you have the Tab up & running well.

Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab using the XDA Premium App

ROM: Overcome GB BETA2

Kernel: GB
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Bulut.O:
Beeing afraid doesnt change anything :)

1. You can use your tab as it is ( Stock or Whatever )

2. You can risk it and have alot more fun with your tab...

Thats like not going out on the street because someone had an accident :)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] grukko:
I think one thing to keep in mind when flashing any device is to minimize the number of apps running on your computer. If you're flashing your tab and also playing Crysis while taking to a friend on Skype and rendering a video with Softimage while also transferring 10 gigs of data to a USB drive, I think you're pretty much asking for it.

Oh, and don't overclock your computer's cpu or use a usb cable that looks like a dog has been chewing on it.

Putting your machine on a UPS will also protect you from power surges and fluctuations (much likelier than an outage).
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Magaboo:
Yes, same on my Tab. Went back to the 'small' version.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
To save high blood pressure use a PC that hasn't been built from the parts of about 3 others and that doesn't say "A USB device has malfunctioned..." on every boot

(Guess who ignores his own advice)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
Ye of little faith, heed grukko's wise words, as he is 110% correct. And to add my little grain of sand, you could also use a fully-charged laptop to do the restock procedure.

And whatever you do, DO NOT unplug the USB cable from the Tab or computer, and DO NOT power-cycle the tab if Odin fails. Close Odin, and repeat the procedure from the beginning. All without touching the tab. At all.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] nscosta:
Hello alter, when do we get the next beta...? Keep up with the excelent work :)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] sparkyxda:
Fixed: Battery not Charging

This is puzzling.

Was running Overcome 1.6

Installed Overcome v 2.0.0 Beta 2 and followed guide to the letter. Stock safe, etc.

Ran fine all day.

Decided to condition battery so switched off and charged overnight. Booted to recovery then wiped battery stats. This was the first time I had ever done this on my tab.

Ran fine all day.

Plugged in tab whilst still powered on that evening and I did not get the familiar two beeps when I connected to Samsung original charger. Battery symbol showed charging so I went to bed.

Next morning battery had not lost or increased charge percentage.

Now tab will not charge whilst switched on despite showing charging in Elixir.

Charges fine when powered off.

Any ideas?

----

Update :

Did another full charge and wipe stats and now fine.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
I AM PANICKING!! ALL, get iPads now!!!

Wonder if the Chef has had a chance to be scared sh*tless by all these end-of-times reports about vulns in our beloved Andy devices...

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/smart-phones/229500737

:D
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] 9812813:
Try toggling USB debug mode to OFF, and see if you charges while turned on..

Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging (uncheck)

reboot

See if it charges when plugged in.

In some cases, the Tablet might think it should be in "data" mode which turns off the charging mechanism.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] zaxondis:
I tired, but it got rejected unfortunately. Thankfully it was around the holiday and I bought myself a new phone as a gift. Best of luck!
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
Well, why did it get rejected? You did *not* tell them you were flashing custom firmware on it, did you?

The universal "Well, it just won't turn on anymore" should have done the trick...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] sparkyxda:
All fine now see my original post
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] zaxondis:
Oh I played that game, but it was a sprint phone and I made the mistake of bringing it to a store. They had a tech who knew how to use a JTAG device.

2 lessons I learned:

1. DO NOT UNPLUG THE USB CABLE WHEN FLASHING (will NEVER do that again).

2. Don't go into the store.

This was one of my early ventures with flashing ROMs and such a couple of years ago so I learned a hard lesson but it made me no less brave, just made me much more careful :-)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Timtown:
Wha...?!? The store had a tech?!? That knew how to do something? ZOMG!

AT&T stores don't even have folks who know how to turn on a flashlight (goes for their L1 & L2 support folks too)!

Lesson 3: Always obey lessons 1 & 2. ;-)

Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab using the XDA Premium App

ROM: Overcome GB BETA2

Kernel: GB
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] poppscc:
I rebooted after odin failed, now my tab wont boot. I get a phone ... !... computer screen

nevermind, just ran odin again, and it worked
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] kay_kiat88:
hi alterbridge, I see useragent settings in the stock browser so i don't think you have to add it in the next version. just a heads up for you before u start digging through all the smalis.

edit: after rebooting the settings are gone :(
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
That's still download mode, try again :D
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Pharaohnough:
The UA settings are only temporary- you lose them each time you reboot your device so they need to be hard-coded so to speak
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
Getting ROOT errors on B2

Hi all,

Paired with my tab's inability to execute some apps since installing Overcome, some apps, like SetCPU, Widgetsoid, Titanium Backup and others are failing to acquire root access, even if they have already been allowed.

I removed the XDA premium app as suggested earlier in the thread, and I have re-flashed multiple times, still having same issue.

Anyone else experiencing this?

The SuperUser applet is NOT executing...

Screen is NOT getting locked upon power off...

Some widgets are stuck in LOADING and cannot be interacted with...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] mattman83:
I did have issues with SU on first boot, titanium wouldn't pick it up. However I just went into the SU app itself, didn't touch anything, went back to titanium and it's been fine since.

Not sure on the rest of your issues, sounds like a bad install to me.

M.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] GOF007:
Never have any issue with SU.

TB works fine.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Pharaohnough:
Did you by any chance flash a custom bootanimation or something similar? Some of the ones floating around have been known to cause permission issues and can cause some apps to lose root (including Titanium Backup)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
I *did* replace the standard bootanimation.zip with a custom one, in the ZIP before flashing.

I will remove it now, and see what's what. Funny thing is that Root now seems to be completely broken as no programs can get root access anymore...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Pharaohnough:
Hang on.. I'll post one that I'm sure fixes the permissions issue
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Pharaohnough:
Try This

Use the attached one

This is the stock bootanimation that comes on newer Galaxy Tabs

I am absolutely certain that this one fixes permissions issues caused by unstable bootanimations so if your problem is due to that it should be fixed

Let us know!

Edit: Attachment can be found Here
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] delovelady:
Lesson 4: don't try to install firmware that's meant for different hardware.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
I thank you for your help, but this sadly did not do the trick. I just wiped data/factory reset and will see if that returns the root access... I will then know it is one of my apps misbehaving or, as I suspect, if there are file system issues in the /system partition...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Pharaohnough:
Sorry to hear that...

If you often tamper with flashable zips then that could very well be the reason... The script within a flashable zip is supposed to tell your device to open up certain permissions (R/W access) to install the files and then close it up again (similar to a chmod 777 then chmod 755). It has been my experience, however, that tampering with a flashable zip may have an adverse effect on the last step where permissions are closed again
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] Yom:
And you just might be right, as wiping data did NOT fix the root issue, so either the filesystem is frakked (unlikely) or the perms set due to my messing with the zip are the culprit.

I will re-flash an unmodified Beta2 full, and then try to restore my data and datadata partitions from my latest nandroid, see how that works.

Again, thank you for your help, I think you are onto something...