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[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
congrats. I have my iPhone 4 right next to me, I haven't touched it in days :).

The SGS2 is just way better in my opinion. It does EVERYTHING the iPhone does, except REALLY WELL! Like watching videos? No need to encode. Reading ebooks? MUCH larger display. Images on the screen? WOW! That's an awesome screen! Holding more than 32 gigs in it (YUP!). Widgets, GREAT!

My BIGGEST problems with the iphone were:

1) screen size

2) having to download EVERY DAMN NOTIFICATION TWICE! I would RECEIVE a notification for an IM app, have to open it, and then it would have to download it again! BIGGEST WASTE OF BATTERY AND TIME! I hated this.

Also the extra keyboard room is FANTASTIC. And it's SOOO thin and SOOO sexy! I love it! ^^

Battery life could be improved, but then again it's powering a next gen screen that's almost an inch bigger, also not only 1 faster processor, but 2! I have not had ANY lag (my iphone lags SOOO MUCH especially multitasking, switching between apps). This was the Android device I've always wanted ;)

EDIT: Btw, if the iPhone works better for you, then that's fantastic. I know a lot of people to whom I'd recommend the iPhone over the SGS2. The iPhone just works, and it does its job. I consider myself tech savvy-ish, and I didn't like the incredibly closed box Mr. Jobs sent me in a pretty glass package. :). But TBH, the iPhone is a great device. But I found one that's better (for me). I'm sure that's the case with MANY people. I wouldn't recommend to my mom an iPhone or an Android phone. She needs a craptastic Nokia that makes phone calls and lasts 5 days on battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] randomguy123:
I'm curious, what did you find more enjoyable on the iPhone?
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
Having decisions made for you? xD
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
I like flash player on IPone .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Furbious:
WOW, the new IP4 is WHITE, totally different and cool, it's way better than the one they released a year ago. It's like just totally better than the GSII, because.

Gotta love people like this - you really think you're that important that we need to know that you went back to a white iphone 4, and you even made a new thread. Best part is that you can't even be bothered to justify why you did this, so you win the prize for most useless thread ever.

Go away troll, we really don't care what you do.
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
You sold your new phone with some teething issues to buy an old phone with ongoing issues?

Awesome I guess........ :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
You sold your new phone with some teething issues to buy an old phone with a quarter of the power and ongoing issues for more money?

Awesome I guess........ :confused:

Nothing quite like an Apple fan, Apples marketing dept is quite something.
[Galaxy S II General] autumnfire87:
Sometimes I think I have accidentally gone into the wrong forum, what with everyone talking about the iPhone all the time!
[Galaxy S II General] xinfinityoO:
:):):) nice one
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
Multitasking is a plus for me!
[Galaxy S II General] yamanote:
Oh yeah, the iPhone 4 is incredible!

Especially after the iOS5 update- that new Notification Center is insane! When will Android get a notification thing which slides down? It's magical and will revolutionize the way we see notifications... forever.

i am able to enjoy as much as i did iphone [sic]!

/s

*sigh* OP, why do you think people on here care?
[Galaxy S II General] itskapil:
I think you made the worst decision.... dear. I just purchased Galaxy S II today and am enjoying it fully.

The bad part is you didn't give yourself any time to play with custom ROMs, android launchers, custom themes, ROMs like MIUI and CM7 (unavailable on S2 as of now but will come for sure), and very much more super-exciting stuff.

God help you!
[Galaxy S II General] kcaz:
You obviously haven't read some of the other threads he has started. This is actually one of his better ones.
[Galaxy S II General] daivik:
I just wish android would get OTA updates, because it's brand spanking new innovation that was just released on iOS5....oh wait...

Might just pop over to here...http://getwifisync.com/

Hmmm. Guy submits app...gets rejected...Apple basically improves the app over the next year, with its numerous engineers working on it...then re-releases it in iOS5.

That's what so many people pay (stupidly overpriced amounts of money) for?

Oh well, what-ever floats your boat. :|
[Galaxy S II General] Stitch!:
For me the Galaxy S was already better, let alone the S2..

/androidfanboymodeon/

yes your typing but all I read is meeeeeh meeeeee meeeeeeeeh, ****ing apple sheeps.

/androidfanboymodeoff/
[Galaxy S II General] clonednull:
suffering under the stockholm syndrome? :D

useless information, useless thread.

please close or delete...
[Galaxy S II General] dagrim1:
My life will never be the same, I'll miss you and your quality posts...
[Galaxy S II General] MiG123:
yea got raped in the a** by a dude so much in the past that he's starting to prefer continuing to be raped in the a** rather then have sex with pamela anderson.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
HC 3.1 – OTA (update.zip) – Galaxy Tab 10.1

http://droidbasement.com/db-blog
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] tigerminx:
Thanks for this, I have the 10.1v and would like to know if this will work. I can't wait to try :) Will wait for confirmation first though.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
Ur my hero today
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] xavierdylan:
is it possible to just boot using this 3.1 rom without flashing to test on the 10.1v?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
is root intact
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] ObsidianX:
The update is a delta update. It doesn't re-flash /system but overwrites applications and updates their parts. This is why removing the stock apps - such as in my case - you cannot complete the update since it's trying to change parts of the apps and not simply drop in a replacement.

You cannot lose root to this update since it doesn't know about Superuser.apk and su.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
This is a vanilla system with no su or superuser. It is not a delta. It is a complete system.

Put back su/superuser after flash and after your back up.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] rycus86:
Anyone tried this update on the 10.1v model?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] GSO:
I tried it on the 10.1v, but is gives a MD5 sums mismatch
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] rycus86:
That's sad... Thanks anyway!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] tigerminx:
That is depressing news :( Looks like us 10.v users will have to wait for some love.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
ill make an update.zip.

ill re-release in this thread. ill try to get it out tonight.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jaskru:
thanks for the lending hand pershoot.

md5 doesn't match.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] tigerminx:
Thanks for all the effort pershoot. It's much appreciated by all.

Will the update.zip work with the 10.1v?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
It will flash. Work remains to be seen.

You can try a restore from the tar img provided manually by unpacking it in system via cmd line. Take a nandroid backup first before unpacking, in case of issues so you can roll back.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] tigerminx:
Unfortunately my skills are not that great, I am more likely to break something. Flashing something in CWM is about the extent of my knowledge, unless I am following a guide :) Appreciate you getting back to me though. Thanks again.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
pershoot thanks so much for all your work that you've done thus far :D

edit: It's taking a while on the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" screen after advanced restore and clearing cache :-/
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
it is rebuilding dalvik. takes some time.

you can monitor its progress with adb logcat.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
Oh okay, well unfortunately adb logcat isn't working I get

"- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -"

when I try to execute logcat. It does find the device though in adb devices. Can't do anything on DDMS either. How long should rebuilding dalvik take?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] schwiz:
Stock recovery not liking it. Aborts itself after you select the zip from update. Not sure if the zip is corrupted or maybe my tablet doesn't have enough battery.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
this is not for the stock recovery.

please read the instructions on the posting.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
that means something failed. go back to recovery and do a restore of your backup.

boot back in. then go back to cwm (use the latest, 0608 that i posted here in the forums/droidbasement), and restore system/boot only from the dload posted this morning. check /tmp/recovery.log for any issues. then reboot and try to boot it.

if it happens again, go back to cwm, do a full wipe (dont worry, you can restore data later on), then restore system and boot only. then try to boot it.

i did two restores this morning myself, and all checks out fine on my specific device.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] doublehoya:
So I'm having a fastboot driver issue, and I'm about at the end of my rope.

Question- if I have CWM already installed (using ROM Manager), can I unpack the zip, copy the folder to clockworkmod/backups, and restore using CWM like I was just flashing a backup I had made myself? My guess is that if it were that easy, pershoot would have set it up that way, but hope springs eternal...

Thanx again for posting the backup, pershoot. Good looking out.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
i havent tested CWM from RM, so i cant advise at this current moment. please get fastboot working. it is crucial to have this functionality, not only for now but for later on.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
ill do my best to get an update.zip format out tonight (was very late in the morning, so wanted to get something out for you all which couldn't do OTA on the device due to sammy's server issues).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] doublehoya:
You're right, of course. I'll keep working at the driver issue- better safe than sorry. It's frustrating because it works with both my evo and my tb, but not the tab. Where's that damned sledgehammer?

Thanx again for the help & the quick response.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
reinstall the driver set from droidbasement. you can find it under drivers in galaxy folder (for windows only).

now try.

if a no go, then remove the driver (if using windoze), in device manager (fastboot or some such), then unplug/replug. you should be able to see it.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
also, take note of this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14601619&postcount=18

my device is not encrypted (and also we dont usually backup the efs partition in normal backups).

if your device is encrypted, this may not work for you.

i will add this to the blog posting.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] doublehoya:
Excellent- I'll give that a try when I get home from work. thanx again!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
Is there like a rds lite for this so i can get back to complete stock?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
All stock images are on droidbasement in sys-backup folder and in the posting.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
Where are these drivers? I can't find them on droidbasement
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] newbapotamous:
OTA

So I totally just did the OTA update to 3.1 on the I/O LE Tab and noticed that live wallpapers can't really be set as lock-screen wallpapers... WTF - anybody else notice any changes? The system still seems kinda laggy compared to the Xoom 3.1 that I have. Weird...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
is it possible to have to competing recoveries, the stock and clockwork which make this thing bootloop?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
when are you bootlooping? when you restore and try to boot in, or when you try to add su/superuser after a successful boot to 3.1?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/drivers/
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
i restore fine and everything works great but yes when i try to push su it boot loops when i reboot
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
flash the tools pack (as advised in the other thread).

use the one before 5/16 (the one without the boot.img in the zippy).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
at the risk of sounding dumb LOL too late whats a tools pack and where do i get it?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1079905
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
Oh okay that's just the samsung installer. I already have it installed to C:\Program files\Samsung but there's tons of different device folders. Which one is the tablet? It's refusing to find an "adb for fastboot" in device manager and is refusing the "have disk..." options when trying to use the android SDK usb drivers
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
duh i am stupid i see it may 15th thank you doing it now
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
start fresh. purge devices referenced to the tab via usbdeview (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html), unlpug/replug, and try again.

make sure your cable works.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
get yourself back to a working state (on 3.1) first though.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
Okay I'll look into this, hopefully my desktop at home will find it better. I'm basically ****ed if I can't get fastboot working, it won't boot or anything if I can't get back into CWM which I thought I already had flashed
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] CorrieM:
Tried to restore the 'v' model,

Restored the boot.img

Restore System.img with error.

See attached recovery.log

I guess it does not work with the 'v' model with just restoring.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
it wont work with v (as previously tested and found so).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
Just as a note, I went back to my desktop at home with windows 7 64 bit and forced the driver install of "Android bootloader interface" and it successfully fastbooted correctly. Never found any sort of official fastboot driver
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] kentoe:
Awesome I followed this again and it worked this time, looks perfect! Thanks again for providing help and the tools necessary to do this.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] doublehoya:
Well, the good news is that I got the fastboot drivers working.

The bad news is that I have f-ed this thing up royally. I got the CWM 3.1 backup installed (it worked perfectly, I might add- booted correctly and was running great), and went to get root (realizing after the fact that I was supposed to use the 15 May zip). It began to act a little odd- freezing up, rebooting, and I couldn't get it into recovery. Then it just began bootlooping.

I can still get into the bootloader, use fastboot, and get into recovery that way. I tried restoring an old backup, formatting /data, restoring (not advance restoring) the 3.1 backup, etc. As a last resort, flashed stock 3.0 boot.img, recovery.img and system.img- but still in a bootloop.

My own fault for not reading the instructions thoroughly. Any thoughts as to how to undo the damage (if that's even possible)? Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
can you tell me how to do this

thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
fastboot wont detect my tab, can someone link drivers
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
I wish i could help more cause this was my problem too and I have no idea how it worked itself out but i used these hints and drivers to get fasboot working. I just spent like an hour juggling these drivers and booting into and out of fastboot and eventually i saw fastboot drivers loading on the bottom of my computer. Hope it helps!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14432951&postcount=61
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
flash tools pack 5/15.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
+1 this worked perfectly for me
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
i just went through this (stuck in a bootloop; fastbooting erasing/images did not help; could not get odin to successfully flash (unfortunately).

boot to CWM (0608 posted here), full wipe, 'full'(normal mode) restore from the 3.1 backup (that i posted in this thread), and reboot.

or to try fastboot:

fastboot erase system -w (all user data gone with this)

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot erase boot

fastboot flash boot boot.img

good luck.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
ill also upload my 3.0 stock nandroid to droidbasement this wknd so all points of recovery can be tried for those that get stuck.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
im gonig nowhere with fastboot

pershoot, are u close to releasing a flashable zip for this damned update

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
working on it.

irrespective of this, you need to have fastboot (whether its for 3.1, to boot various images, or other means). without this you will eventually come in to a situation which will be very difficult to get out of. there is odin though (which i still could not get a flash from IO/retail, as of yet), so thats the saving grace.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
i know

thi sis the only device ive had probs with

ive tried uninstalling drivers, used usb deview

pointed to the google usb driver s(SDK)

nothing works
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
anyway to enter recoveyr (using key combo)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
Pershoot

just brought my tab back from the dead using ODIN , after doing the advanced recovery, my tab just hung on the samsung logo

this version: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DDN6BYB2

and this pda md5: http://www.mediafire.com/?gcenefqc3khcc0c
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
thx. trying now. im toasted once again as well, and this time its being real finnicky, ha.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
hah, that should get you back for sure!

now trying to finally update to 3.1..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
OH THANK U GOD, this ODIN file is magical, upon reboot and logging in etc..

and checking for update. it finds it and mots importantly!

it allows the stock OTA to go past 13%

After 2 days of hell, im FINALLY ON 3.1!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
just for clarification (if i need it for next time),

im taking off the .zip extension off the .tar, correct? or is it a true md5, and i should rename it .md5?

im leaving everything default, and just using PDA button?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] SS2006:
extract the .md5 file, from the zip

and only press PDA and use that file, everything else blank/default, and start!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
and im back...

these should be the recovery steps (one method of recovery):

fastboot erase system -w (this will wipe all your data (including media, so back it up (media) prior to recovery).

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot erase boot

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot boot recovery.img (your booting the stock recovery)

once entered, do a factory reset

(it looks like it does something with CSC mode, etc.,in recovery so it 'may' be doing some sort of setup/mode check/change against the system).

reboot via menu option.

boot through the anim and wait for the samsung to flash a few times (you will bootloop).

hold power to shut it down. power + vol down, it will go to an 'upload mode'. hold power again to shut it down. now vol down + power. enter fastboot.

fastboot boot CWM-recovery.

mount /data

adb push your known good backup.

full wipe/factory reset

full restore (normal restore).

reboot (menu option).

you should be good now.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] schwiz:
OK I'm an idiot who can't follow instructions. I chose restore instead of advanced restore and now I'm stuck in upload mode. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
Scroll up.

Your recover options are listed.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] doublehoya:
Currently in the process of these directions- getting a curious response to mounting /data:

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 on /data failed: Device or resource busy.

mkdir worked and pushing the backup seems to be working. we'll see...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] doublehoya:
Pershoot-

+100 internets to you, sir! You are a steely-eyed missile man. Your solution worked like a charm and I'm now up and running on 3.1.

Thanx again for all the help.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] schwiz:
edit: sorry this is sorta off topic I'll start a new thread if you would like..

does this look normal?

Fastboot USB download protocol

Bootloader Version : unknown

Baseband Version : %s

Serial Number : <serial number>

Lock State : UNLOCKED

fastboot on linux and windows not turning up anything: waiting for device

fastboot on OSX says Error: could not get pipe properties

whoever has fastboot working what OS are you using? And where did you get the fastboot. I have been using the executable found on HTCs website and its not working >< I have tried installing the drivers from droidbasement 3 times. YSBDeview shows nothing with sumsung in it and the tab is showing up as an 'unknown device' in device manager in windows.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] bodiecon:
Is the upload screen in the top left Corner? I accidentally hit power after advance restoring the boot.img only. What i did to fix was fastboot flash recovery using pershoot's latest recovery. Then back through the process again. I wasn't able to fastboot the folder though so i had to create it in root explorer and then use keis to push it to the folder. Don't. Know if any of that is relevant to you or not.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] Archangel:
Thats is exactly what mine says I wish i could help for the drivers I was only able to get then installed on one of my computers and have no idea how i did that just a lot of loading and one time it said nvidia fastboot drivers installed.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
ive now done this recovery process three times to resurrect my tab (from testing various dev stuff). worked every time.

you can use the hc_31 images for recovery from all steps (from droidbasement).

looks like the odin version to be used is not compatible with my desktop hardware (i get immediate lockup when it starts the transfer of file to the tab).

if you run in to issues, this 'should' sort you out.

good luck.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] seraph1024:
Well, I got my GTabLE back from Samsung. They replaced it with a brand new IO limited edition but with unusual version. When you press vol down and power up, I don't have access to fastboot (USB) but instead, I can boot to recovery or ODIN. So I assume it's the locked bootloader on an IO device. Interesting so far.... The other part is that the current ROM comes with Google books, and US as a update center on top of usual UK and the normal list that we are used to.

I am going to see if I can get a dump from my bro's LE and see if I can odin the whole thing. If not, samsung gets another call in the morning. Anything else I should do?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] pershoot:
in 3.1, they use books, and US is default.

you should contact them immediately.

tell them you want your BL access [unlocked] (fastboot), unrestricted recovery, and unrestricted odin access back (i assume they did not flash the unrestricted recovery/odin to it, and used the retail's ver.).

maybe an oversight, but your an IO attendee and should receive back what you initially received.