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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silversleeper:
I'm on a warranty exchanged 1012 build Captivate. I initially decided to go ahead and flash a new ROM to it, and proceeded to do so using Odin 1-click like I had done so many times in the past with my old 1008 build Captivate. Odin hung for quite some time, and I feared the USB cable I was using was faulty to a certain degree. No biggie, just restart the process and all would be good.

That wasn't the case here though. It simply doesn't boot anymore. I believe it to be a soft brick as there is an image available on the screen. It's the wretched cellphone --- computer screen. I attempted to reboot into download mode like I had done using the VOL+/VOL- and USB insert method, but all that appeared was this symbol. I was simply trying to restore to stock 2.1, as this Captivate came with stock 2.2.

I've even built a JIG, a couple actually, using varying resistors. The first JIG I built before attempting the ODIN flash that killed my phone. Prior to flashing ODIN, the JIG appeared to work brilliantly. It put my phone into download mode about two seconds after contact. Now all it does is bring up that damn cellphone --- computer screen.

What is strange is that the phone, when plugged into the computer after I attempt to put it into download mode using my JIG(s), the computer will play that sound that it plays when it recognizes a USB device. In addition to that, if I plug it in when ODIN is open, ODIN recognizes the phone and displays a yellow block with "0:[COM11]" in it.

I went ahead and downloaded the necessary things from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36

and began trying to flash to stock using his instructions. So far ODIN appears to be running, but is stuck at modem.bin.

Maybe its not making any progress at all, but I'd like to hope so. Does anyone know if the 1012 batch can get into download mode using a method outside of the normal key presses and JIGs? Any recommendations for me to revive this Captivate? I did enjoy the fact that it didn't shut down on me every 30 minutes. The GPS still sucked on it though. But I need to bring it back to life, just don't know what other options there are. As far as I know, if the screen presents you with an image of any sorts, its just a soft brick and CAN be recovered.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Can't use one click with your build number. You would need to use full odin. There are numerous articles here on how to do that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silversleeper:
Yeah, found out the hard way. I do wish there was a stickied post that broke down the build numbers and the various caveats of each build number, including tried and proven methods of restoring to stock and other things.

My situation was quite strange, as ODIN appeared to recognize the phone even though it only displayed the "cellphone --- computer" icon. I'm wondering if the failed flash screwed up the download mode graphic and replaced it with the "cellphone --- computer" graphic? Either way, it didn't "appear" to actually be in download mode, it was.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
That screen only means that a flash was incomplete. Flashing anything even a modem successfully will get rid of that screen, granted your kernel/rom was broken so it wouldn't have booted properly but that screen would've went away, replaced by a bootloop. so to fix it completely to an up and running state an entire rom package is needed. Like you used.

Just informing you that, that screen isn't the **** your pants moment. that time comes when the phones does absolutely nothing, as long as there is ANYTHING you are 99% of the time ok. That 1% is when your usb port on the phone is broken, or your pc drivers just all of a sudden decide to extend their arms and give you the figner, or you try odin again with the same faulty connection that gave you the bad connection/incomplete flash and that time it hangs on the bootloaders and bricks it.

Odin recognizes my phone in all modes except completely off: booted, recovery, download and I just tested the phone...!...pc screen on purpose by yanking the chord during a kernel flash got that screen of coarse cause the flash was incomplete. But unless the phone is in download mode it doesn't initiate download protocol and odin will hang on setting up connection.

You can't really have a guide line for what works on what builds for any certainty because every phone of a certain build doesn't behave the same way.

I have 3 captivates I flash. 1, a 1010, and 2 are 1012s all of them have no issue whatsoever with odin one click. It's just the luck of the draw...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supaphreek:
I recently had this EXACT issue. The way i fixed it was building a jig out of 3 100k 1/4w resistors and forcing my phone into download mode.

Studacris helped me out there! :D

if your still having issues, its http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1079000
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodylipp:
I also just went through this. I just had to keep trying. The jig is what saved me.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] adam79:
I have a couple questions about organizing the contacts on my Optimus-T. I imported the contacts from my Google (Gmail) account after acquiring this phone (I had a myTouch 3G v1.2 before the Optimus-T). When I open up an individual contact, there are 3 separate, identical Google (from the same Gmail account) listings as well as one T-Mobile account. When I create a new account, it just creates one Google (Gmail) listing. How can I delete these extra (identical) Google (Gmail) listings from each contact. When I go into the Account settings, under "Manage Accounts," Both the Gmail and T-Mobile accounts are selected ("Sync is ON"). Please Help!

Thanks,

-Adam
[Android Themes] Ddoublevisionn:
Well, here I am again! This is another dock I made, only the icons included are not mine, they are from someone else. The dock is very simplistic and minimal.

The download package comes in a .zip folder and includes the dock + the icon pack.

Icon pack includes:

-@

-Android Navigation

-Android Task Killer

-Astro File Manager

-Calculator

-Calendar

-Camera (x3)

-Contact (x3)

-Droid

-Dropbox

-Facebook

-Gallery (x2)

-Gmail

-Mail

-Maps

-Market

-Movie Player

-Music

-Phone (x2)

-QRcode Scanner + BarreCode Scaner

-Rss

-Settings (x2)

-Sms

-Google Talk

-Tweetdeck (FaceTwitter version)

-Tweetdeck (FaceBuzzTwitter version)

-Twitter

-YouTube

-Weather

-Web

...........

Check it out and download here.

Enjoy! :)
[Android Themes] Jens Christensen:
Thanks a lot, I'm using it now on my LG Optimus One :)

One request: Is it possible to get a camera icon in the style of the phone, sms and music icons? A bright colour with a white icon inside - but not the same bright colour as the phone, sms and music icons.
[Android Themes] Ddoublevisionn:
Sure thing! I didn't make any of the icons myself, just the dock, but I gave it a shot anyway :D Let me know if you want it in a different color/size
[Android Themes] LordManhattan:
Very nice! Thanks :D
[Android Themes] eep2378:
Can't see download link when using browser from phone?
[Android Themes] Ddoublevisionn:
Yeah, it should take you to the DeviantArt mobile website and there's no option to download there.

Here's a direct link instead:

http://www.deviantart.com/download/205578246/ecstacy___launcherpro_dock_by_zebroid-d3ee96u.zip
[Android Themes] eep2378:
Great thanks a lot!
[Android Themes] Rycon33:
Downloaded and will use it as my icon for simi folder. Thank you.

- Sent from my Arc thru XDA Premium App
[Android Themes] laket:
thanks, excellent icons!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wadyas:
Hi,

Does the stock email app support push? I use gmail however prefare the samsung email app becuse of zooming and copy text support.

If no, is there a way to feature like push without having to check for regually for emails?

There isnt even a method to check once opening the app.

Any sort of will be gratefull.

Thanks

Sorry to make things clear. Does the samsung email app support push using a gmail account.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jangomango:
Yes... Well.. Indirectly.. With Gmail you can setup mail fowarding from any other email account. On your PC have a look in your Gmail account settings for fowarding.. Gmail will pull your standard pop3 email for you and then push it to your phone... Easy.. Just let gmail gather your email from various acounts...

Edit. Just read again .. You would prefer the samsung app... Not sure then...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsomby:
Yes it does.
[Atrix 4G General] shuhngs:
Typing responsiveness is a major issue for me.

Most web browsers, and most apps on the phone, even in texting........the responsiveness of typing is extremely poor.

Let's say for instance, I was typing the word: refrigerator

If I typed it very quick, most likely input would be lost by the 2nd or 3rd letter.

I never had this issue on the iphone

No matter what app I typed into on the iphone(when I had it) text input responsiveness was near 95-99% accurate, even when "texting" lightning quick.

The only time.........I ever get near 100% accuracy when putting text input at lightning speeds on the Atrix is when I "show keyboard" when I am making a phone call.

That's the screen where you get a large keypad, and the numbers are large green squares. Something about the memory management on this screen is perfect, but EVERY single other instance on the phone where I do input, text input accuracy is down near 15-20%...

I'm near the point of wanting to return this phone, because of this "aesthetics bull****"

Does anyone know what in the world could be going on?

It's a stock Atrix 4G with 4.1.83, the latest pushout from ATT/Motorola etc.

Android 2.2.2

Any ideas what in the world could be going on?
[Atrix 4G General] blunted09:
get the swype keyboard. I have never had this issue and i type pretty fast. I had an iphone and i can say it is just as fast if not faster.

Google "swype beta" and that will help you set everything up. it doesnt miss a letter EVER for me.
[Atrix 4G General] shriva:
If your running a live wallpaper .. switch to a static one.. are you useing motoblur launcher?

Download an app to see how much free memory you have and what processes are running..
[Atrix 4G General] cegna09:
don't google it. just go to anything that has a text box, long press the box, select input method, and change to the swype keyboard. it comes on the phone, and if you try and install the beta over it you will screw it up.

there are many many different keyboards for android, start playing with some different ones till you find what you like.
[Atrix 4G General] rpolansky:
I never noticed that as an issue on mine. Recently I switched from Swype to FlexT9 (speak/trace/write/tap). The speed and accuracy is really good and I like the predictive text. Also its speech to txt engine is scary accurate. Amazon app store (have to have sideloading enabled to be able to access the Amazon store I believe) was giving the Flex away for free the other day (each day Amazon gives away a free app).
[Atrix 4G General] shuhngs:
I rooted my phone at one point, then went back to stock after I went to 4.1.83, and at&t unrooted my phone etc...........

Since I am now at 4.1.83, do I have to somehow flash to an older version, to get some of these keyboard alternatives?

On a side note, since I went to 4.1.83, is my phone screwed....ie: no future rooting?

I read the may 18th post on the main website, not the forums here, that the atrix full bootloader unlock/(work around/BL bypass) is coming.....

But has no one noticed ANY issue with the stock keyboard, ie: text responsiveness? its really frustrating.

I've tried SWYPE, and i like it......it is accurate, but I'm very used to typing manually very fast, with no memory leaks...

Are any of the alternatives for all keyboard input on the atrix, as responsive as the iphone 3G/S/4 etc?
[Atrix 4G General] cegna09:
for the short time i used the stock keyboard i noticed no issues with it. it's a multitouch keyboard, so it should be excellent.

to get other keyboards just search for them in the market and install them.

swype lets you type like a normal keyboard as well as the swyping motion, you can try that.

you can still root, thought you don't need it for keyboards. just find the gingerbreak method.
[Atrix 4G General] TfzSCVang:
I know exactly what you're saying. And the real problem isn't the keyboard but motoblur. The multitouch keyboards on other phones are excellant but on the Atrix its very unresponsive because of the motoblur junk but if you download almost any other keyboard from the market you'll notice that the responsiveness is instant and you can type as fast as you want so hussy give other keyboards a try for the time being.
[Atrix 4G General] beatphreek:
Swiftkey is another good replacement. I do have the T9 one mentioned earlier but I haven't tried it. As someone else said, go to the development forum and find the easy gingerbreak thread... it really is easy. (Backup your internal SD card first).
[Atrix 4G General] Jnewell05:
The keyboard does seem to be a little bit better on the iphone. I had the Iphone when i decided to find out what all the hype was about. I don't like many things about the Iphone which is why I use an android phone still. My HTC G1 had this terribly but don't notice it on the Atrix, however i used swype pretty much from the time i took it out the box. Just did a quick test to see if i could simulate what you talking about. I seem to mis-type and catch the letter beside the one that i want but haven't missed but a few letters here or there.

However I prefer to swype and my Iphone 4 didn't have that, even third party through cydia. Try using swype or flext9, typing is so old school. I love the flext9 app because I can drive and just talk to my phone and it types my texts for me. I suppose there are many other apps that do this very well also and probably for free. The app also learns to stop suggesting bs words that i don't ever use and inputs the ones i use most often saving me time when replying. I have big fingers and always type the letters beside the ones that i want anyway even on the Iphone, so i don't plan on ever typing anytime soon.
[Atrix 4G General] krad54:
I switched from the 3gs too and had the same issues. Here's what I did to fix them:

1) get rid of motoblur launcher and install launcher pro. After doing that my keyboard got much smoother.

2) Install the gingerbread keyboard from the market. Its free, but the paid one has a nifty feature where you can adjust key size. If you don't want to pay, I suggest rooting and installing gingerblur, which comes with a new keyboard.

Hope these two tips help.

Sent from my Gingerblurred Atrix
[Atrix 4G General] Man_of_Leisure:
The original keyboard is garbage. I switched to 'elite keyboard pro', pro being the pay version. They have an iphone 'theme', that should get you back to a more comfortable place and its very responsive.
[Atrix 4G General] elementaldragon:
I love Swype. I didn't mind the stock keyboard, but i'd say my issue with it was more an apparent lack of auto correct than being unresponsive. I'd notice it i tried to type as fast on the stock keyboard as i did on my iPhone 4, i'd wind up having misspelled words fairly often (probably due to different letter spacing between the iPhone an Atrix). Don't think i've ever noticed an unresponsiveness.
[Atrix 4G General] shuhngs:
If I am running Android 2.2.2, with 4.1.83(att / motorola patch), which software do I use to root my phone?

There seems to be so many methods out here right now....etc.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Black-Falcon:
Hi All,

DroidXCon asked me for the update file on androidcentral, thought I would post it over here for everyone else to have.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2EYUZIPF

*EDIT* I should note that this is no longer needed, is not rooted, and generally not useful anymore lol

Please see the following threads if you're interested in getting ED2 rooted:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1104634

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096657

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094304

Please follow the instructions closely; this is all done at your own peril. CWM Restore does not currently work, and will bootloop your phone. I won't be updating this thread, so please keep your eye on the above threads instead.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jadsru1:
Is there a way to install this wihout losing root? I have tried flashing CWM in vain, and ended up in a bootloop.
[Verizon Droid Charge] uefcommad:
yes by flashing the kernal V4 in this thread by JT. it will allow root even with ED2 update

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092114
[Verizon Droid Charge] jadsru1:
so, should I update downgrade to ED 1, root then flash the kernal v4.

Or can should I stay on ED2 (unrooted) then flash this. Thanks

follow up:

Actually, I just flashed this on my ED2 and got root back automatically. thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] DeRiggi:
I'm coming from an EVO so i am new to Odin and all of this. How can i flash this Kernel? Can i flash through Clockwork like i used to (i downgraded with Odin to ED1 and rooted with Gingersnap). I'd obviously like to install the update and keep root.

The whole Odin thing scares me a little
[Verizon Droid Charge] Black-Falcon:
Updated OP
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maranello69:
After i flashed Android 2.2, downloaded from samfirmware.com, the phone suddenly started acting very strange.

Ex: When i'm playing a game, let's say Angry Birds, after a few rounds it just freezes and i can't do anything, except for power off button, but when it comes back on i don't have access to anything anymore. I can see just the wallpaper and the menu bar from the bottom, but when i want to open the app menu, it just shows the loading icon and nothing happens...

The only solution i got so far is to pull out the battery and restart it, i also did a Factory Reset after flashing the firmware...

any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Delta25:
flash some motafoca rom, also NEVER pull battery, it can brick your phone in an unrecoverable way (efs corrupt) just press volume up+middle button+power and after a ffew sconds it will reboot
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maranello69:
tried that combination also, but it doesn't work... if i don't pull out the battery, i have no other way of restarting it, i know its risky, but its all i can do

guess i'll just pack it in its box and send it back, don't want to move over to custom roms just yet, hope i can solve this issue first

thx for your suggestion ;)

/edit: what's the button combo for the Recovery Menu guys? i can get into Download mode with VolDown+Home+Power, but i cant find the right combination for Recovery
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] beetroot:
Never had this problem with Angry Birds. Maybe it is another app you have installed?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] maranello69:
i counldn't figure out what exactly is causing this strange issue, so i decided to send it at warranty, i got it back a few days ago and everything is fine right now, they just did a soft reinstalation (at least this is noted on the warranty sheet)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcin.:
Hey!

I bought my galaxy 6 months ago. Not long after I noticed a minor issue with my AMOLED display. I could see blue "artefacts" in some bright areas of the screen from time to time. Nothing serious, just blue dots and stripes, subpixels. I even posted a picture of it on reddit (second attachment) more out of curiosity than anything but was later convinced it was probably a software issue. I did have some suspicions something might be wrong with my phone but it actually happened so rarely and the issue was so minor that I just got used to it because it didn't bother me that much.

I recently flashed dark core 2.2 along with rc6 and it got *significantly* worse. I could see blue subpixels all over the screen wherever there's bright white, generally on the lowest brightness setting. Now, I believed that the hardware got worse and it's time to ask for a replacement. So before doing so I obviously had to flash stock firmware and guess what - it all disappeared. So I flashed just the dark core again to go back to rc6 - and it was back again.

The thing is, I really love this ROM and I love the voodoo improvements that come with it. I don't think I can live without them any more. On the other hand, it might be difficult to convince people from samsung that there's actually something wrong with my phone - since it happens so rarely on stock ROM. And I think that this display defect is intensified by the screen improvements from voodoo/dark core.

My only idea is to somehow make it show up on stock ROM and send it to them just then. But is this even possible without rooting my phone? Does anyone has an idea why would these blue subpixels show up in white areas? Is it something they check with specialized equipment or do they boot the phone first to see what's wrong?

Anyway, guys if you could point me in the right direction or had any better ideas... Seriously, It would be helpful even if you said that I should just return my phone and hope for the best. I'm a student and I can't really afford to be charged for returning - what they think is - an operational phone :(

I attached two pictures

1. a picture of how my screen behaves after flashing the latest dark kernel

2. a picture of how my screen sometimes behave on stock kernels

I'd appreciate any help or advice :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] khamseen:
Hi everyone, wonder if anybody could help me out.

I've just flashed my X10 Mini Pro with this [ROM] Cyanogen Gingerbread CM7 Final Sources (v14.4 + GPS Hotfix + Camcorder Fix) and all is working great, but I was wondering if anybody knows how I could go about getting my standard X10 Mini Pro Home screen and menus back, I don't much like the standard layouts on the small screen.

Thanks in advance for any advice and sorry if this has been asked before, I tried searching and couldn't come up with what I'm looking for. :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prscarp:
I was just browsing through the phone and found a file in /data/system called password.key and I'm just curious as to what it is?

The file contains one line of 72 characters (HEX?)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ririal:
I believe that's the encrypted hash of your lockscreen password. I could be wrong, though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prscarp:
Yea it seems like it is, I changed my pass and the file changed. Thanks :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geek4u86:
is there a way to look at what it translates to??
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravilov:
Well, clearly it's encrypted. If there was an easy way to decrypt it, that wouldn't be much of an encryption, now would it? ;)

I'm guessing it works much the same way as (3)DES and MD5 and similar hashes work - the stored hash is never decrypted, instead the system encrypts the password you enter and compares the resulting hash against the stored one.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TomasBa:
Hash

It's both MD5 and SHA1 hash of lock screen password, see com.android.internal.widget.LockPatternUtils.passwordToHash() ..... (toHex(sha1) + toHex(md5)).getBytes();
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Booker-T:
As I know MIUI is based on CM7 and I think it should be possible to install some MIUI app on CM7.

Anyone knows how to install the music app on CM7?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LFact:
Unfortunately, latest version of MIUICamera and MIUIMusic force close when you click on their icon. Some older version may work, but you need to push them into /system/app/, or sign apk files to install them normally.