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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splazit:
Hi guys,

Looking for helps here.

First I want to thank the guy created the "Overcome for Gingerbread", it comes w/ a great details instruction and I successfully upgraded.

My tab was original from Bell Canada, the phone feature was locked. I was able to unlock it by modifying the nv_data.bin file...

But now after I upgraded to Gingerbread, my phone feature is disabled again so I suppose I should do the whole unlock process again. However when I looked for the nv_data.bin file, the directory /efs is empty?!?!?!. Can someone help me here?

Thanks,

Edit: I found a nv_data.bin file on my laptop (not sure if it's the orginial one), trying to copy it to the /efs folder on the tablet, but I got error "not enough space"...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarLog:
What program u using to copy with. Put that file on the SD card first from your PC.

Then get EF File Explorer rooted, and copy that from the SD card to the /efs directory
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SonicTab:
The nv_data.bin edit unlocks the tablet to allow use on other carriers like rogers, fido etc.

It does not provide phone usage, you need to flash a european rom to enable the phone,

then you need to flash a suitable modem to allow 3G data and phone, then edit your apn info.

Are you sure efs is empty, maybe your no longer rooted and can't see it?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakalrtb:
You get the not enough space error because you have most probably renamed the original file and are trying to copy the new one in the directory. Delete the file and also the.md5 correspondent (it will be recreated on reboot.

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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splazit:
Thanks for all the replies guys, but my problem is still there.

@Sonictab: I'm rooted and I'm sure that my /efs folder is empty.

@StarLog: I'm using Super Manager to copy the file

Now I can't even download files from the browser nor using the market place to download any apps. Something went wrong and I'm not sure what. Should I downgrade?
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Hey all. First off I would like to say thx to all devs especially add144 and phidelt for all my noob help with customising my showcase. Also I think I'm becoming a xda junkie. Lol. You guys are the sh*t. I am currently running eb11 froyo on my showcase with cwr 2.5.x, stock kernal, rooted with super one click. I want to flash the heinz 57 rom. Just wondering should I flash the 5/3 or 5/7 version. Again thx for all the help and development that you guys are doing.
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
If there is a 5/7 version for showcase I would go with that. Haven't been in that thread in a few so I can't remeber if there is or not. I've been on the 5/7 version and see no reason why you shouldn't ie: Ive not had any real issues out of it. Then again I'm on a Mes and don't know if there has been alot of issues with the Showcase. May want to just check out the thread past the 5/7 update and see if anyone on there with a showcase has reported any issues just to make sure.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
Heyyyy lookie here. Someone said something nice about me.

5/7 - no reason not to.
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
Don't get used to it ;)

And a dev, you?
[Samsung Mesmerize] sageDieu:
lol, he hasn't been around for very long, that's why :P

Sent from my CM7 SCH-i500
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Well since he pointed in in the right direction for the elusive update link, he is alright in my book.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
Word. Lets get high.
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Lmao. Sure, why not.
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Anyway. Thx guys for your help.
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Ok so I flashed the rom yesterday. So far it is great. Also flashed ultimate honeycomb theme. Phone is fast and stable so far. Still tinkkering with voyage settings. Anyway how would I go about deleting the theme as I keep going back to go launcher.

(Would have put this in development but haven't posted enough sorry)
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
You shouldnt have any issue using the theme with go launcher but if you want to remove the theme you simply reflash the Rom.
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Ok thx a lot. Also I notice that portable wifi hotspot keeps running in background. Any reason for this?
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Could I just flash a different theme over this one.
[Samsung Mesmerize] akellar:
Generally not a good idea as you can sometimes get remnants of the first theme to stick around.
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Ok thx again.
[Samsung Mesmerize] 93foxgt:
Any precautionary measures before reflashing the rom.
[Samsung Mesmerize] davidbruington:
Wipe dalvik. That should be sufficient.
[Xoom General] markp99:
Got the XOOM wifi for my Bday. Totally enjoying the android tablet experience (also a Fascinate phone user). There are a few minor nit-picks for me with the XOOM. Seeing the Samsung 10.1 at Google IO is making me reconside my selection:

XOOM Nit Picks:

A bit Heavy (but certainly sturdy). I don't have any real need to lug this thing too far from my home office, so not really a deal breaker.

Power button on the back. I lie the XOOM flat on my desk. I need to pick it up to wake it up - many time per day. I find this oddly annoying!

Display just feels washed out to me. I have gotten away from the conservative auto-brightness to manually adjusted to better suite my taste. This is surely an UNFAIR LED vs Super Amoled comparison (like on my phone), but nonetheless, it is an issue for me.

Non-USB charging - yep, one more cable to manage. Again, this is an Android Tablet general concern, not specific to the XOOM.

So, the Samsung hits a couple topics for me: Lightweight, thinner, button on edge. But has its own set of issues for me:

Not 3.1 yet, Samsung seem terribly slow to push out upgrades (maybe really a Verizon issue on my phone?).

No HDMI/USB support. I am guessing they will provide some sort of dongle to provide these features, but ONE MORE piece to manage.

No SD Card support. I don have a big concern here, but who knows in the future?

Construction. The Google IO devices really looked/felt like cheap-plastic with that funky white back - but this may be how they get the weight spec to fall just below the iPad2. This is one of my gripes with the Fascinate phone - cheap back. I've not heard any reports of the retail config in June. Will it be like the IO devices, or return to something more like the original 10.18.9 black back.

I am totally on the fence here. Any suggestions??

Thanks,

Mark
[Xoom General] BlackDino:
Have you held a tab 10.1? it does not feel cheap and plasticy.
[Xoom General] cwizardtx:
Xoom:

Available now w/3.1

802.11 a/b/g/n (as far as I know it's the only device with 5ghz wifi)

OTA updates (kies LOL)

Weight:

I typically carry mine around in some sort of folio case, or padded bag. To me, a few grams of weight is 100% negligible because of that fact... if I had any other tablet I'd stick it in a folio or case of some sort as well which surely adds to the weight. I don't know very many people that use their tablets without any form of cover/folio/case/screen film/etc. Even when I'm "around the house" I put it in a gel sleeve which adds to the weight. So... truly... is weight an issue on any of these tablets?

Screen:

I've held an ipad, an ipad2, a xoom, and an acer all together (not at once) - generally the screen on the ipads just seem better. dont know what the trickery is because its not just the fact that its an IPS screen vs a TN panel... I played with an Acer which is supposedly IPS as well and I thought it looked practically the same as my Xoom. I did get to hold it side by side with my Xoom at a tradeshow, it was a fun little tablet but it felt a little awkward to me. The button and output placement on it was better.

Peripheral placement:

Where the Xoom "sucks" the most if i may say it... is where everything plugs in. Short of the contacts for the power dock being on the bottom everything else is just wrong. You can't dock it and plug it into USB at the same time, gee thanks motorola.

My opinion:

Someone gave you a Xoom and you're out nothing. If you want a samsung tablet just wait until it comes out and sell your Xoom for $399 to someone as a deal and use that money to subsidize your samsung purchase.
[Xoom General] dulaney22:
I've got until tomorrow to return mine if I want. I've owned the original iPad, the Playbook and rooted a Nook Color. Currently, I have a Transformer on order and who knows if it will ever ship. Anyway, I agree with the previous poster that a little weight really is of little importance, especially when you put on a case. Also, for me, the connectivity is a concern because I use HDMI out a lot.

The Galaxy Tab looks appealing and I'm sure the screen will impress. However, I wonder if it will suffer from the light bleeding issues other such screens seem to have. I am also hesitant to jump in because of the stated concerns about Samsung not updating their products. That wouldn't be as great a concern if 3.1 wasn't such a dang improvement in performance and stability. Personally, I think the wiser course of action is to wait until the Galaxy 8.9. By then, surely 3.1 will be implemented and you will get a better form factor for carry.
[Xoom General] sandro.bertini:
Hi MarkP,

I think it`s really a hard decision, every review is saying great things about the Tab 10.1, for me the mains CONS are exactly those you mentioned, lack of ports and SD Reader (to be confirmed, actually, there are rumors that the retail version will have an SD reader).

Just to correct one point, the Tab 10.1 is not AMOLED, Samsung did not mention the display technology and people is speculating that it could be a Super LCD (the qualitty is very good), but is no AMOLED for sure.

I would be very worried about the pace of updates from Samsung, specially in the case of the retail tab which is supposed to come with some sort of TouchWiz (TouchWiz in itself is a big MINUS in my opinion, I like the Google Experience).

I think in any case you will be with a nice tablet, dependes of what is more important to your specific use case.

Regards ans good luck.

Sandro
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
I agree, weight is a non issue for the most part, and I also agree about waiting to see if samsung updates...I mean, I have a Samsung Vibrant and have had a Samsung Galaxy Tab, and the updates are slow to come(if they come at all.)...Don't get me wrong maybe Samsung will shape up in the future, but for now til I see it I am going to try to stay clear of Samsung Android devices.
[Xoom General] erzhik:
I personally don't understand the argument of Xoom's weight. Did people become that fragile that they can't carry around a device that is less than 2 lbs?

Also, Xoom will have a superior build quality compared to Tab 10.1, this is why it is heavier. You cannot have a slim, lightweight device that will have fantastic build quality. When you make a device that lightweight, you are giving up quality.

To me, it seems Xoom will always get it's updates quicker than any other Honeycomb tablet. Don't forget, Iconia and Transformer will get it in June, even though they are already available. With Samsung having touchwiz, my guess it will get updates a few weeks if not more after Xoom. And remember I/O? Xoom was the device Google used through out their experiments. If this is any indication, Xoom will probably get more dev support in terms of hardware capabilities.
[Xoom General] holtenc:
I guess I can't really add anything that numerous people here have already pointed out. My biggest disappointment with the xoom is the display. It's just not vibrant in any way. Pretty dull really, in my opinion. However, the fact that the xoom has pure honeycomb and will get updates much faster than other tablets that contain OEM bloat is the key factor in my wanting the xoom over others. And, the bootloader is open. My first and current android device is the Moto Atrix, and I really wish I waited or researched the android world more before I bought it, and go a device that didn't have a locked bootloader, or could be unlocked.

If you're really on the fence about it, just return the xoom before it's too late, wait for the Samsung to come out and go compare them side by side. Unless of course you must have a tablet to use between now and release.
[Xoom General] dulaney22:
I don't think the display is bad from vibrant standpoint, but I wish there was some way to change the color temperature to make it a little warmer. Frankly, I don't care much for the overly saturated colors of the Samsung or iPad.
[Xoom General] tagacapiz:
samsung has always been slow and lazy on updates.
[Xoom General] Vanhoud:
i think I need to see the galaxy 10.1 display in person because the colors I have seen in all the pictures look a little too saturated to me...I think that would get annoying after a while. From a color saturation standpoint, I would prefer the xoom over the GT 10.1
[Xoom General] markp99:
Thanks everyone!

A few notes to add:

The Bday gift was to myself ;)

Yep. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 display is also LED, not amoled like my Fascinate (I wish!). Probably will look very much the same as the XOOM, unless Samsung is able to config color/contrast/saturation default levels before shipping - or provide an interface for these options.

I think I may just return the XOOM, and go tablet-less until ~June 4 timeframe, then try to find a Samsung 10.1 display to do the touchy-feely stuff.

Worse case (or best case) - I buy the XOOM again, probably for a discount over the $599 I paid ($569 prices around today).

Will be only a small issue to go tabet-less for the next 20-30 days!
[Xoom General] matt310:
Looks like the GTab 10.1 i/o devices are suffering from a bit of backlight bleed themselves.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13959199#post13959199

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qVS8KhM_rtXC555bw011jg

Good luck being able to rip open 10 of them on launch day to find a good one. Sometimes the quality control (or lack thereof) just baffles me.
[Xoom General] matt310:
^something like that I completely allowed on my $200 nook color. But when you double-plus the price, my tolerance grows quite thin and I expect the hardware to be as close to perfect as possible. Meaning: no back-light bleed.
[Xoom General] RadDudeTommy:
Why not return, then repurchase at a different merchant to re extend your return time so you can wait for the Samsung to come out and be able to make a more informed decision? Once you sign into Google with the newly purchased xoom, virtually everything but your movies music and photos will be loaded back onto it.

You probably shouldn't do this, I only did something like this one time when i had a wedding shoot and really needed the money but had just sold my Sony nex. I went to Walmart and bought a dslr camera and returned it after the shoot. I'm sure if lots of people do this, it could **** with the merchants and Motorola. But, you know, its all well within your rights, just frowned upon. Your call.
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
Xoom is not the best, but enough to make me satisfied. The problem is Honeycomb itself (lag, missing apps..) not the xoom hardware.
[Xoom General] dazz87:
Are you still having lag issues even after 3.1? Are you able to surf the net and listen to mp3 without any issues? I have a TF and I dont know if its worth waiting for 3.1 in June. My return date for my TF is at the end of May. I heard good things about 3.1. Listening to my music and surfing is one of the thing I do the most, and on 3.0 using either playerpro or PowerAMP cause so much lag that it will lock up the browser or the player. With PlayerPro it will actually stutter during playback
[Xoom General] blkswanpres:
I was planning on waiting for the 10.1 but started having doubts when I heard about the lack of SD card, then in a moment of doubt I found a xoom on ebay for $405, I definitively think its worth it fr $405.
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
Are you not on 3.1?
[Xoom General] madsquabbles:
no ****. you gotta laugh when someone complains how tablet x is soooo much heavier than tablet y... and the difference is only 100 grams!
[Galaxy 3 General] Metalcookie:
I know fastboot isn't possible on the SG3, but the posts i found give the suggestion that it's not impossible. just not implemented yet. so my questions are:

1: is fastboot possible at all?

2: how hard would it be to implement it?

3: can i expect it to happen sometime?

thanks in advance.
[Galaxy 3 General] neo1691:
What exactly do you mean by fastboot?
[Galaxy 3 General] Metalcookie:
this:

"Fastboot is a command line tool used to directly flash the filesystem in Android devices from a host via USB. It allows flashing of unsigned partition images. It is disabled in production devices since USB support has been disabled in the bootloader."

from the CyanogenMod wiki
[Galaxy 3 General] neo1691:
i havent read any of these in forum section as yet.. :p

Acid lestitious 2.0. Fugumod 2.2
[Galaxy 3 General] Metalcookie:
I've seen some people talk about it, but can anyone answer the questions?
[Galaxy 3 General] zajkit:
I think Fastboot is HTC only... and we already flash ROMs via Odin / CWM
[Galaxy 3 General] Metalcookie:
some Samsung devices have fastboot, so it's not just HTC only..

and with fastboot you can do some stuff you can't with other methods, like change the boot splash (default it's the screen that says "GT-I5800 SAMSUNG")..
[Galaxy 3 General] zajkit:
After some searching, it looks like very few people were able to get into Fastboot/Forced upload mode on Galaxy S. Other than that, only couple of older Samsung phones could do that. You could call your provider support and ask for directions on how to get into fastboot, but I dont think they would share that information.
[Galaxy 3 General] Metalcookie:
hah, i don't think my provider would know. they don't even know the data usage of somebody, they always mess up things like that. i'd guess i'd get a response regarding garancy or something else irrelevant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonwilly:
So vibrant running Bionix with Overstock Kernel has been acting up. About once a day or two I have to reboot because when I go to play a media file like a MP3 or a Visual VM message I get a error can not read or no file. I reboot and all is good tell it happens again. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!! I will hit the botton if I get some advice.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xan_Kriegor:
This thread seems to be related to your problem. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13858442#post13858442

Oddly enough, it seems the Twitter app causes playback issues on all sorts of media. There's a few complaints in the comments, too.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonwilly:
WOw Thank you! I did just recently install the twitter application on my phone. I only just uninstalled it yesterday after reading your reply. I hope this was the issue we will see and I will post back.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miragechaser:
I had the same problem. Removing the twitter app fixed everything. Haven't had a single error since.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonwilly:
Has not happened again since removing the Twitter application. Thanks again for the heads up.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knurdle:
I've had this issue for weeks now and I thought it was the kernel I was running.

I was just rebooting my phone everyday to deal with it but I finally got sick of it. Glad I found this thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] judgepd:
Has anyone spotted how to auto arrange installed applications? If you switch to list view they are alphabetical, but in grid view mine seem to be totally random and I don't really feel like arranging them manually.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdo:
if you have root you could try this :

https://market.android.com/details?id=net.demidoes.twsorter&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landerson07:
Cheers dude!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technoboi:
Ho, this no longer returns a result in the Android market.

Is there another solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technoboi:
Seems the app has been renamed...

AppZorter Lite for TouchWiz (free)

and

AppZorter For TouchWiz (paid)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] SMASHERSONLY:
Is that website a scam? I just donated and still won't let me in I'm frustrated please help if theres a different way to log in thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] corradokng:
scam, he steals developers work as his own.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] SMASHERSONLY:
That ****ing faget that **** asked me to set up a monthly payment and every thing I guess I'm gonna say I lost my debit card
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Djveneko:
Yeah dont trust that webpage you can tell its a scam because no developer ask you to donate so you can download their stuff. Tgey do appreciate a little donation but you are not forced (taking about rom and kernels) some do charge for apps
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] SMASHERSONLY:
Thanks for the replies I'm a noob I just canceld my debit card so he won't be getting **** I hate ************s like that I work hard for mine
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chadster214:
that website should be shutdown!!! I hate that guy!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
Heres how you can help and attempt to shut that guy down.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083771
[LG Optimus 2x] McGiverGim:
The autoupdate program from LG detects new firmware in Spain. Date is 6 days ago.

Someone knows something of this version?

Regards!

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/web_model_list.jsp?country=ES

<model>LGP990</model>
<swversion>V10c_00</swversion>
<buyer>ESP</buyer>
<region>Europe</region>
<country>ES/Spain</country>
<sms_message></sms_message>
<chip_type>NVI-IFX</chip_type>
<prod_type>GSM</prod_type>
<uniapp_version>4.9.8.1</uniapp_version>
<sw_uri>http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/USBSW/GSM/EI/LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN32AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3. 2.1.zip</sw_uri>
<buyer_name>SPAIN</buyer_name>
<live_date>2011-05-13</live_date>
<customer_model></customer_model>
<popup_flag>N</popup_flag>
[LG Optimus 2x] BrumBrum74:
Maybe try to put on some logging so it's possible to find firmware url?

Not sure how it works.
[LG Optimus 2x] wapz:
Try these instructions:

From 4pda.ru.

1. http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...smg.lgmobile.com:9002/svc/po...00000000000000 If you set IMEI istead of zeros, you get info about phone's original region.

2. http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b...ry=ES&amp;region=E If you set IMEI istead of zeros, you get additional links for last LG firmware for phone's original region.

Try your Spanish IMEI and check for the firmware file.

Link for DE as follow: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...smg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...00/V10C_00.kdz
[LG Optimus 2x] McGiverGim:
I've no a spanish open terminal, mine is branded. So I cannot download kdz file. I'm looking for someone with an open terminal...
[LG Optimus 2x] McGiverGim:
Why do you use the api.viglink.com in place of direct links?

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/svc/popup/model_check.jsp?esn=0000000000000000

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=0000000000000000&model=LGP990&country=ES&region=E

You must replace esn by your imei and country and region can be obtained from:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/ftp_country_info.jsp

Regards!
[LG Optimus 2x] BrumBrum74:
My phone only gets this back:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/LGP990/ANEUDW/V10B_00/V10B_00.kdz

It's the 10B software.

People who bought phone in spain should try:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/...000000000000&model=LGP990&country=ES&region=E

Put in IMEI where all the 0s are and link to newest software will be shown.
[LG Optimus 2x] xmoo:
Mayb this is the fix rom they announced?
[LG Optimus 2x] wapz:
dont think so.
[LG Optimus 2x] McGiverGim:
The firmware is now in the ROM's thead: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035041

I will try and told you...
[LG Optimus 2x] BrumBrum74:
Good work McGiverGim