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[Galaxy Tab General] Stu_Gotti:
So there may be several of you reading this posting that got your Tab from woot.com. I have been working on getting my hands around this tablet since day 1 and I wanted to stress to each and every one of you that plan on rooting or flashing anything to get yourself a new SD card asap... I found, as well as many others, that the SD card that came from Samsung (16GB) seems to be a problem for the device when it comes to flashing kernels and roms...

I finally was able to get Honeycomb on my device after swapping the 16GB SD card out with a 2GB SD card I had laying around at work. I couldn't get any of the CWM kernels to actually do as it was planned to do until now...

Just wanted to share!

:D
[Galaxy Tab General] Thisrobot:
I also have a sprint refurb woot tab and did not have this issue.

I flashed to hc just fine using superoneclick -> special sprint tab cwm instructions thread (uses heimdall) -> cwm update using sm1's zip file.
[Galaxy Tab General] Stu_Gotti:
Yeah I've seen mixed reviews on how to go about things and many Sprint users, including woot.com Tab owners, experiencing a wide array of issues or none at all. I think documenting all the various issues will give us a better chance of figuring out different approaches that'll be specific to each user.

Just wanted to share another story in detail. Thanks for your input!
[Galaxy Tab General] A. Nonymous:
I'm one of the one's having no issues at all. I took both updates, rooted the thing and disabled the activation. Have no desire to do anything with it beyond that though. HC just strikes me as half baked. If/when the GB update comes down OTA I'll take it, but I have no plans to flash any ROMS or anything. Only issue I've noticed is that if I don't reboot it every other day or so it develops serious lag. If unaddressed it becomes completely and totally unresponsive. Rebooting it fixes the problem. I may just program Tasker to reboot it at night.
[Galaxy Tab General] jay2o01:
i noticed a similar slowdown when my tab was on for long periods of time.. If you are using Dolphin HD, install the addon "browse faster." it kills unnecessary processes and makes scrolling/switching tabs more responsive.

OR, you can hold the home key-> hit the task manager button->exit all and/or under the ram tab clear memory.

These work fine for me, and at this point i pretty much never have to reboot because of slow perf.
[Galaxy Tab General] s44:
The original microSD card was unrecognized out of the box, but formatting it on another device worked. Try doing that and putting the card back in.
[Galaxy Tab General] Stu_Gotti:
I'll have to give it a shot, even though I just bought a 32GB one for it..
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
anyone else getting a constant conversion to ext4 when you reboot into CWM? I swapped out the stock sd card for a 1gb card i had laying around, it runs through the conversion, and can read the sd card, but as soon as I flash the HC rom and reboot it just sits at the samsung bootlogo. I power it down, and go back into recovery and it runs the conversion again. The only time it doesn't run the conversion is if i put the stock sd card in, then it just says can't mount /sdcard. this is getting really annoying. I've got an Epic 4g and stuff like this just doesn't happen, so I'm wondering what the heck the issue with the Tab is.

So, figured out anytime I was getting stuck in the ext4 conversion loop for recovery, that I needed to go back and flash the recovery via heimdall again. It seemed every 3rd flash would work. Annoying, but at least now I know.
[Galaxy Tab General] zzelinka:
My card pooped out and they gave me a $20 credit. Time for a class 10 16gb card. Maybe the dead one will come back to life!

- Z
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
I bought a refurbished Sprint Galaxy Tab from meritline.com. Probably of similar heritage to the one Woot was selling.

So far my 16GB SDCARD has worked without any problem. I have (just for the heck of it) ordered a 32GB Class 10 card to use in the Galaxy Tab.

Am waiting for Spacemoose1 to release a Honeycomb beta version. Will probably dive into HC at that point.

And if someone figures out how to get Netflix flying on the Galaxy Tab I'd be interested to hear all about it.
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
Another question -

Since my Sprint Galaxy Tab does NOT have any active data plan, will it still acquire OTA updates? Mostly I'm curious about the upcoming, promised Gingerbread update from Samsung.

Or will I have to manually install it. Since KIES does not function on these CDMA tablets it leaves me wondering just how this update will find its way to my Galaxy Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] pvtjoker42:
I also don't have a data plan with sprint, and I've received OTA updates (possibly pulled down via wifi) so hopefully if we do get lucky enough to get an official GB update, it'll come OTA even without a data plan..
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
My Samsung Fascinate is on a data plan with Verizon. When an OTA download is available and I request the update via the phone settings, it ALWAYS cautions that it is about to disable the WiFi in order to access the OTA update.

I do not know if the same is true of Sprint as I've never had an activated Sprint phone . Seriously hope not as it might make it less than straight forward to acquire the OTA updates such as Gingerbread.

Time will tell.
[Galaxy Tab General] alans75:
warranty on a refurbished galaxy tab

Hawk521,

I am thinking of buying the one from meritline too. I am concerned as to who did the refurbishing. Was it Samsung? How come there is only a 90 day warranty as opposed to a year for a new one? Is it worth spending more for the full warranty?
[Galaxy Tab General] Veereihen6:
I got around this by formatting, partitioning and converting to ext4 using my Evo4G.
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
I don't know who did the refurbishing. On items like this that have only been on the market for 7 months or so, most 'refurbs' are likely simple product returns from buyers who were not happy for one reason or another. I've bought lots of refurb items over the years and have yet to have any regrets.

FWIW, mine came in a brand new looking oem box, the power supply and cables were still in the oem packaging and all documentation was pristine.

If it suits your needs go for it. Sure beats spending $350+ bucks on one. I'm not using any Sprint 3G data plan - just treating this as a WiFi only tab.

Also, just today it leaked out that Sprint will be providing an OTA update to Gingerbread starting on July 5th, 2011.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/30/sprint-updating-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-with-gingerbread-on-july/
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
After it fails the first time (and while you're still in the CWM utility ROM go and clear the two cache settings prior to restarting into CWM rom again. Clearing the caches (one is under the advance setting) will clean things up so that upon the next bootup CWM will properly convert to ext4.

At least that is what I've seen several times now.

Good luck with it.
[Galaxy Tab General] Hawk521:
Gingerbread for Sprint on July 5th?

Has anyone had any luck with the July 5th Gingerbread upgrade that Google and Sprint have indicated would begin downloading on July 5th?

I realize they may roll the update out over several days, but so far my attempts to prod the update manually have met with no results.

If anyone has better luck please post it here. Also note if your Galaxy Tab has a current Sprint data plan, or if it is like mine, a refurb that has no current contract for data.

Watching and waiting... :)
[Galaxy Tab General] adonishong:
My non-activated sprint galaxy tab just only show me "Unknown Error", when I try Setting->About My Galaxy Tab->System Updates->Update Firmware.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingDavid63:
Ok guys im sure its here im just having problems finding it.... I wanna change the UA on my browser how do i do it or please point me to the thread.... Cant believe no Netflix on this thing....
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stealyourface:
Type about:debug into the url bar. Then go to the settings > debug
[Wildfire General] Rajhans:
hello guys,

i have an ace and m planning to buy a wildfire for a friend of mine..

im plannin to keep it on 2.1 for some months and then upgrade to cyanogen...

the basic apps i want are whatsapp , google lattitude n facebook. are they ok when running on 2.1? internal is 512 , system will eat some.

wat say? thank you.
[Wildfire General] bx19:
Everything is ok and everything works fine with those apps.

But the main problem is its hard to find a new 2.1 wildfire at the moment. And if u find u r really lucky.

And why going for an outdated device now. I think there are many other options if u wish. Think again
[Wildfire General] Rajhans:
my budget is Rs 10k....wat other device would u suggest? The main thing she needs is the camera with flash...dosent want to beg anyone else for flash :P ...

thanx :)
[Wildfire General] bx19:
Wildfire camera if fine but video recording sucks due to the processor.

I will try to check if any other at 10K
[Wildfire General] Rajhans:
thanx :) ...i think croma still has wildfire with 2.1
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
I would not reccomend it due to the fact that it is at end of life (im thinking of getting a sensation). Have a look at the zte blade if it is in your region and budget
[Wildfire General] Rajhans:
its good but got no flash for the camera....i think wildfire is the only one with flash at Rs 10k...
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Amazing, but it seems that what you said is indeed the case. The only other phone I was able to find was the SE Xperia X10 Mini.

But really, I think it would be better if you think a bit about it. If the flash is a critical component, then by all means go for the Wildfire, but, for any other purposes, get the Dell XCD35.
[Wildfire General] kevin2516:
Doesn't the desire have flash? go for that :p, or the Blade, since it's cheap, but it's good.
[Wildfire General] f0xy:
Desire has flash, I'm on cm7 latest nightly and camera is tip top!
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Desire is double the cost of his planned budget! :p
[Wildfire General] Rajhans:
yup....

Flash is a must for her.... so wildfire it is....

do zte blade and dell xcd35 have the same specifications?

coz GSM arena does not show any GPU for the dell xcd which is the indian version of the blade
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
It's the same. Just rebadged. You can ask nhnt11 from this forum, who has upgraded from the Wildfire to the XCD35 for confirmation, but I am pretty sure on this one myself.

PS: If possible, bump the budget a bit and get the Wildfire S. Far better value for the ~2.5K price difference.
[Wildfire General] bx19:
Is flash alone the mandatory thing or is android also the mandatory thing. Because u will have only fewer outdated options in your budget.
[Wildfire General] ccdreadcc:
blade way better than wildfire...
[Wildfire General] Rajhans:
i just took a Galaxy Ace a month back so im pretty low on cash....:o

10k is max...

and she wont b a heavy user....jus apps like whatsapp,facebook n maps n a few more...

nd i love the name...wildfire...

thanx a lot all of u :D .... will buy it this week...

flash and android is a must....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tildog:
So this is the issue I'm having if I send a long SMS it is revived on the other end garrbled has anyone else had thisdue or found a fix for it it has happened stock and on every rom I have tryed

Thanks in advance for any advice
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbh87:
Use an app that will split messages for you, or at least has a counter so you can split them yourself.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsallsubliminal:
go into messaging, hit menu, settings and look for Split message, you can also check-mark message counter...

i have not had the issue since
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FelipeRRM:
I'm experiencing this, all contact photos appear very pixelated on Infinity View, is there a way to fix it?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brettdwagner:
If netflix is a deal breaker then your limited to CM7. Although I believe a couple of Roebeet's 1.2 mods have semi functional netflix hacks.

I'm understanding "reflashing" to be getting back to stock. For that you want nvflash:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950

Different roms have their strengths. I believe a video review of all roms is stickied. I like mods based on tnt, which are Froyo, and incorporate some tablet oriented UI elements.

Kernels are often included with mods, but you can change the kernel on it's own as well.

You do want to partition, it's critical.

You probably have read this, but if not it's a good overview

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tigga9545:
Im Currently running stock froyo.uvka6 and dont know what to do now. i would like to flash a rom with great battery and great performance. please help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnielsen40:
Roms/Kernels/Modems:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991267

Guide on how to Flash (and everything else):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849028

Spend some time looking around at the different threads - you'll see just about every question or issue has been asked and answered already. :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
heres the ultimate guide for wht u want!

this is where i send people who need help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnielsen40:
Lol - way to double post. I already linked him to that. :rolleyes:

At least he'll know it's a good thread to view.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazie1:
You can download rom manager from the Market and once installed open it and the first option says "install clockwork mod recovery" choose that. It'll install and I assume you know how to get into recovery...turn phone off, hold up volume + down volume + power altogether to boot into recovery. Good roms are bi-winning, project-v, bionix nextgen, sgs II clone....just some off the top of my head. You just download any ROM and place on the root of your internal SD card. Then boot into recovery like I told you above, it should come up and choose 'reinstall packages' it'll reboot now. When it comes back up choose 'reinstall packages' again, this time you'll enter clockwork mod recovery. Wipe factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache under advanced. Then go back and choose install custom ROM I think and then pick choose from SD card. Your roms will be in there you can choose anyone to install once done just go back and reboot system.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tigga9545:
thanks guys
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tigga9545:
can i get gingerbread roms also?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
im gonna be brutally honest!! it says in op on GB roms that GB roms are for experienced users only. And by the way ur asking for help i wouldnt go to gb roms until ur a lil more advanced. With Gb roms theres more to it then normal 2.2 roms, good luck!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kero4:
My suggestion, as I was only in your place a few days ago, is to read the vibrant bible, make sure you understand all the steps and procedures associated with rooting, flashing, backing up, etc etc.

Also get famaliar with understanding what titanium backup does, rom manager does and busy box.

Once you learn all this and do your first flash, like myself, whom only did my first flash a few days ago, you will see that what you will read might sound scary, but it's really not as long as you take all the correct steps illustrated in the bible AS WELL as following the instructions for the particular ROM you want to flash. They normally put the install instructions in the OP of the thread.

The most important thing to learn and do, is how to make a nandroid backup of your OS as your fall back should things go wrong.

Now, you are on stock froyo, which means that you will have a challenge to get the clockword recovery console to get loaded onto your phone. There are ways around this, which is the development section but you can read this thread to get more info on why and what you can do to not only solve it but also backup correctly, etc etc.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121577

You will notice both me and another member ran into the same issue and with the help of the great ppl here, we both were able to get what we needed done to move forward.

I hope this helped you out a bit.
[Atrix 4G General] Jonnym:
I was wondering if there has been any developments I've missed on updating audio codecs for the Atrix which also work when using the entertainment centre? In particular I'm interested in AC3 audio codec

thanks

Jonnym
[Atrix 4G General] defnow:
Take this to the Q&A section.
[Atrix 4G General] joe ferreira:
try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=890761
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sammy_user:
Hello, which is the best file manager for android? root explorer or astro or something else?

for galaxy s;)

thanks:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] malcho:
Root explorer is my favourite
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgsshedden:
AntTek
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cantIntoCode:
+1 for root explorer. Also this thread is kind of pointless.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] miztahbeezy:
I use root and astro, each for different purpouses. I generally use astro because it just works. I use root explorer to fiddle around with the os, also unzipping in it does not seem to work and the ui is a bit depressing so that's my main reason for astro. (Root explorer therefore for you is kindof pointless if you don't have a rooted phone)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
This should definitely make the sgs4g bible. Its a great tutorial on getting through the flashing issues people are having. Thank you this is ( . ) ( . )
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
HAHAHAHA man good job on sending me that personal message i was in the process of typing everything!!! wonderful guide! keep up the good work!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
Thanks brudda :) I wanted to hurry up and get ahold of you before you wasted all of your time and talent ;)

@Mr. Clown , Any chance this could get a sticky in general until these issues disappear? I only ask so that the development threads can stop getting CLOGGED with "I can't get it to flash" and "I can't get it to boot" or "I still can't get into recovery" (making your life easier ;) )
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] johndrdragon:
Great post!..quick question as for the rom..I heard that the mounts should look diffirent before and after flash..so after flash how should i order them?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
Don't be concerned with how they look afterwards. I never have. Just make sure that when you flash they are set up properly :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] johndrdragon:
Thanks:)..one more question im currently running odex kd1 meaning original tmobile stock because i was actually waiting for roms...should I flash straight to bionix or trigger or go to kd1 first then flash those 2? because I"m concerned odex might mess it up
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
No need to worry. Go ahead and flash away, just make sure to follow this and anything else the dev's tell you to :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
Don't forget his thanks button for this everyone ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
+1 brutha! Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] johndrdragon:
thanks a million,just flashed it! :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Nice post, yo.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
I like to hear thanks :)

But, ummmm, ya >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>thanks button ;) lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
Shanks dude :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] partie:
Great job! I just came from the HD2 and was wondering if any of these roms helps the ****ty battery life?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
They are all better than stock for sure. Also if you use the battery recalibration trick.....its much better.

sent from the pits of hell (from an sgs4g)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
yes im a noob and yes i approve of these directions lol ya followed to the letter :P got clock work installed and bali installed :P ty
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] golmar88:
I got a question. I have this problem since I screwed up flashing the first Trigger, and then, with a brain fart, odining with the Vibrant .pit file. I got it fixed but now it will not let me change the /cache mount. I am running Trigger .4 with no problems but just curious why I can't change that mount. When I go into root explorer the only file in there is "lost&found"????
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mad_fitter:
Let me do some research on that one, lol.

sent from the pits of hell (from an sgs4g)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] __McB__:
Nevermind, figured it out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K-Driod:
So I flashed the "Synergy" rom and noticed that I didnt have the 3d carousel effect after letting the rom run for 2 days. I then noticed another download for the rom with the 3d effect. After flashing that rom I am now stuck on the splash screen. I can also no longer boot into recovery. I am able to access the bootloader but that's it. I cant access nothing on my phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vdubtx:
Find it odd that you cannot get into Recovery. Are you pulling battery, then holding power and down key?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K-Driod:
Yep... Ive pulled the battery several times, and tried accessing the recovery by holding power and the down button.. All it does is restart at the splash screen and stays..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Did you wipe prior to flashing ? Never had that issue so what happens when you click on recovery in the boot loader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinchenzop:
You said in the first post that you can access the boatloader, but in your next post, you say starting your phone with vol down and power takes you to your splash screen... this is an important piece of info for me/us to know in order to help, give advice.

If it goes to the boatloader, try reflashing a custom recovery. If it's going straight to your splash screen, that is a result of " fastboot" being enabled in the settings menu, and you're holding your phone wrong and have to wait longer ( up to 10 minutes) as it can take a while to build the dalvik cache and set up the symlinks.

Tower, this is SkyRaider requesting a fly-by...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Flash a custom recovery pc36img.zip in bootloader. When done boot into recovery and factory wipe. Then partition your sd with 1024mb ext2, move ext2 to ext3. Flash synergy and u should be good. Backup ur sdcard before partitioning it.

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Have no idea how he messed it up .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinchenzop:
It's one of two things... bad wipe or user is just impatient and isn't used to the longer initial boot time of the sense 3.0 roms, so panic sets in after 2 minutes of boot

Tower, this is SkyRaider requesting a fly-by...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K-Driod:
Ok here's my process fellas and this is whats happening (or not happening). Phone is stuck on the SPLASH screen. I can hold the volume down button and power and get into the bootloader. Here's what Ive tried so far thats not working for me. Trying to go into recovery through the bootloader takes me back to a stuck SPLASH screen. Ive installed a PC36IMG.zip (Custom recovery) and when the HBoot looks for the file it doesnt see it. The file doesnt have zip.zip as the extension and the MD5checksum was good on the file. When I installed the rom I did do a full wipe and when i hit restore it took me to my SPLASH screen and stayed there longer than 10 minutes. I flashed plenty of roms and this is the 1st time ive been at this point where im unable to boot my phone. I suspect the recovery is broken

and as of now, there is no other way (that i know of now) for me to load a custom one into my phone.

I also tried to push the file via adb and when entering the command adb shell, i get a device cannot be found message.

Hope this helps you guys help me.