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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] deepanshu sharma:
ok i went to samsung service centre today(stuck pixels on my screen).....

i told them that im having lots of white spots on my screen which are visible on black background.they checked for it on blue,red and green screen with the *#0*# and they were not very visible their.

i told them to check it on the black screen.

they first said no there isn't any problem and all and this is the only test that we conduct(blue,red and green screen)

i insisted them to check it on black screen.

opened one black background wallpaper and showed them the white spots(there were around 8-9 of spots)

he said this is not a problem this must be some dust or something.

i lost my control over there.....I asked him to let me talk to the engineer and tell them my problem.

he said you can't i'll go and check.

he went inside and had a talk with the engineer and came outside and said alright you have to deposit your phone and we'll tell you when to take it back.

i asked him whether the screen will be alright or not.he said this is not a big problem it will be alright.then i asked him what the engineer said.he didn't tell me.just told me to call tomorrow.and he putted one stamp on the receipt sayin 'ACCEPTED WITHOUT TESTING.CONDITION UNKNOWN.COMPANY DOES NOT BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY ON CONDITION OF THE SET WHEN CHECKED.'

i dont know whats going to happen to my phone.Im so damn pissed with these samsung guys.....if my problem is not solved then im gonna lose my mind.im so damn angry.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaskiratsingh:
Keep your cool buddy. Next time when you go to collect the phone, check the issue for which it was deposited. If the issue remains, ask the front desk politely to talk to the service engineer and i am sure he will call him. DONT LOOSE YOUR COOL. It is not the service center people's fault that there are white spots. It can be because of anything and they are there to help you.

Its not that i am appreciating samsung service engineers. There are good and bad people, but you can enjoy till your phone is in warranty :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] deepanshu sharma:
lets see what happens.....i'll call them tomorrow and i hope everythings alright.

im scared if they tried to just clean the screen thinking its some dust and some more problems come up.i hope the problem is solved.

im not saying its the service centre peoples fault what im saying is they should atleast listen to me.and that guy was very adamant.he wasn't listening i told him to just check the screen in black background but he simply refused to listen.then he took the phone inside and came out and asked me to deposit the phone.i just simply asked him that there is some problem right?he didn't answer me that's it.im scared about my phone's conditio.i just bought it 2 months ago.only time will tell.i was a very angry when i came back home.now little bit calmed down.waiting for their reply and hoping for the problem to be solved.

that guy knew very less and just carried out the colour test.he didn't check it on black screen before i insisted him A LOT.

i hope my phone will be alright.:(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
Well, when i went to samsung's service center here in cebu to replace a loose screen they said to comeback after 7 working days (that time it was friday so i can get it by 11 days "i know you know why") but after 6 days (including sat and sun) i got mu phone back with a brand new screen.. It really depends on the place.. They don't even know what is flashing and rooting.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kemistry01:
What? They dont know what flash and root are? Anyways, you should requested or asked if they have 16gb internal too!! Haha
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
I was hoping they should have replaced my motherboard too but the only thing that's defective was the screen :( .. hahaha.. :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaydips:
My frnd is working in service center i m asking for 16gb mb so he tell me its fake bcoz samsung have aslo 4gb main board stok... So dont panic with ur phn bt i m try to lose my esf n get new board even it 4 gb........
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] gaurav2912:
let me know if u succeed in losing your efs........

i've tried flashing thru odin like a zillion times, both cf-root and DDKP1 with "Phone EFS Clear" checked in odin and i havent lost my efs yet

funny how people who dont want to lose their efs lose it while flashing with odin just ONCE and i completely fail to lose my efs on purpose.....:D

i guess losing efs seriously needs the "TOTAL NOOB FACTOR" to be present :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] neojith:
Somebody delete this thread.. Its making me jealous... LoL..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] deepanshu sharma:
one question people:when they replace the screen,do they also replace the front glass??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaskiratsingh:
front glass is a part of screen
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaydips:
i m also try to lose my efs at last 3 days but i m not sucsessfull.....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] gaurav2912:
I finally got rid of the efs !!!!! LOL

flashed DDKP1, then flashed amit universal cf-root (both with clear phone efs option checked in odin)

installed ES file explorer, and then manually deleted the efs folder........

it will not allow you to delete the efs folder but contents of the folder will be deleted......

then i went to recovery folder in cache and deleted the recovery log.....

then i flashed DDKP1 again and did a factory reset.........

My IMEI is corrupted now and i've left the phone at the service centre this morning

they said it will be fixed........but asked me to call tomorrow to ask when i can get the phone back

my story was, i updated kies and then it said i can update my phone to latest software, so i did and then i cant make calls or receive.........

service centre guy said kies gets updates all over the world so i must have gotten an update meant for London HAHAHAHA which must have corrupted my IMEI

Fingers crossed, i hope they need to change the board to fix it......if not then it was worth a try i guess....

will update soon.....:D

PS: i am in no way encouraging or guiding anyone to do what i did.......do it at your own risk if u will and only if u can handle having an expensive media player and game machine if things go down south for you
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaydips:
ohhh man its working i have also lose my imei number.... thanks bro....

now its show 004999010640000
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] adi.borndevil:
If samsung check the post..they will be laughing on them selfs...n wen ur imei is cleared it shows nothing...if still there is something showing up there though it does not look like IMEI than the chances are they will recover with the /dev/block/mmc0kp1 something...

such an irony goin on..i cleared it unintentionally and you guys want to do it intentionally..well there is no harm if ur getting 16gb in return....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
ofcourse
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] deepanshu sharma:
@ephraim033 got it replaced yesterday......
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
can i ask something out of topic?

My phone's screen glass was brooke this morning..The touch on the right hand side of the screen does not work anymore..

Can i claim for warranty??

So sad for this.. ><
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
surely u can clain for warranty. Only condition is that they shoule not come to know that ur screen is broken means they should not see any crack. If they see it then u will not get warranty benefit.

This topic is something like one person got jackpot & by looking him others are also blindly buying lottery tickets. Nothing wrong to try for timepass till ur warranty in ur hand.

Nokia gives extended warranty for nearly Rs 1000. Any scheme under samsung...?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chinmay_7d:
samsung does not provide extended warranty itself.. but i have paid an xtra 500 bucks when i got the phone for +1 extended warranty.. it is provided by external insurance companies.. through mobile dealers.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
The Gorilla Glass cracked...cannot claim warranty :(

The Gorilla Glass is so weak,it just drop from the table :(

Wondering how much to replace the glass and repair the touch :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
I am 6 feet 4 inch tall and drop my phone very bad from my hand into hard road at India gate while searching gps signal.

Nothing happens to my phone just my speaker stop working after 3 day of this incident and that I also get through warranty. It's all about. Bad luck.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
You are lucky man :o
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaskiratsingh:
Should be around 5-6k
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
You meant arround 5000 RS? :(

No time go to ask the price because tonight midterm test..

Will go to ask tomorrow :(

Btw my warranty was void :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] quan815:
I am so so so sad now...

Just ask the price to replace the glass and the touch ..

The price is about RM 400 ++ (Rs 6723.78)..:eek:

I don't have money to repair it and not worth to repair it also...:(

my phone is death now...:( want to sell it also no ppl want :(

what should i do?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] gaurav2912:
hey guys,

if i'm flashing XXKPE with all the files and i dont check the Re-Partition option in odin..........

does anyone know what happens then ???

will my phone have no internal storage ??? all of the 4GB will be treated as system storage ???

curiosity at its best.........i'm hoping someone has an answer for this

thanks

PS: Got my phone back from the service centre.......they fixed the IMEI for me but no 16GB board, still the same 4GB
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jaydips:
i got also 4gb n new display...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] OrbitalDroid:
Ok now that I know that, I'm seriously thinking of killing my 3G chip again, but I live in France and last time I had to go to a phone shop, it only took me 2 weeks to get my phone back so I doubt they will give me a 16gb mobo...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] RonnYap:
If software brick..still can get waranty but if broken ...very sad

---------- Post added at 05:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:40 PM ----------

Repair rm400 and change new phone..maybe can sell 2nd hand more then rm400..:):)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] abaset:
Ok so i was using the darkGenmod for a while and suddenly...my mobile satrting switching off and after sometime it started restarting itself with factory reset ...so i took it the samsung service center(Mumbai - the same one mentioned above) and i got a call today saying they would change the motherboard....

i started to search for this problem on xda and found this post.I cant believe i gave it to the exact same service center where the other 2 guys who got it changed with 16 gb motherboard from:eek::D:D

lets hope i get the same...fingers crosseddd:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iDarpan:
The same thing has happened to me too....and now i m enjoying it...I too got 11.73 GB instaed of 1.67GB :D:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
I really dont understand that why this thread is in development section...!!!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Fingers crossed! I gave my phone in because of the resetting bug, they're changing the board, getting it in 2 days!

It's quite weird this resetting bug, happens all of a sudden...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jayharper08:
What you talkin' bout? :p

Sent from the MIUI powered E3D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
hey wow...! Thank u sir for moving thread...!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
One question I had was when the board is replaced, what exactly is changed? Processor, gps chip, int memory? What all? Its like getting a new phone? :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] supercrazy8:
I also have the galaxy sl 16 gb. Is it galaxy s motherboard ? Is the CPU gpu same as galaxy s ? Can we install galaxy s i9000 on this ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bscraze:
No

Cheers:)

Sent from my i9003 powered by Poseidon's Rom/Dxkp9 Junior + UC kernel
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Woot! Just received my i9003 after 7 days and I got 16gb! Guess the wait was worth it! Hope the resetting bug is gone now, now onwards 'less' flashing!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
can u give us screenshot or vdo as proof???
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
For sure! :D

Also no one answered my earlier question about what all gets changed with the board, is it only the board or also the other components like gps chip, etc?

Glad to have got 16gb but sad to know that the sync bug is still present :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
I am so curious about all these things. From which service center u replaced ur board??? Any chance in pune??? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Sorry bro but I'm from the sunny land of Goa! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] pabreu:
wer in goa did u give it?

n head over to the facebook group man

http://www.facebook.com/groups/GalaxySLGROUP/
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Gave it in to the panjim service center on 18th june road, near bombay bazaar.

But if you planning on giving it in be prepared to wait as they have to order it and send your old board, I gave it on 2nd and got it on the 10th! But since I know the guys there a bit I got a standby phone (nothing great a wave 723, got to experience bada for few days)

And facebook group joined! :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
cracked the glass !!

my i9003 has developed some cracks on the glass... fortunately only 2-3 small cracks because accidently i sat over it :)

but the phone and touch screen is 100% working... no problem at all, just few cracks on the outer glass... can i get the glass replaced only without the whole digitizer ?? can anybody please suggest whether its possible to replace only glass... i think it'll be cheaper than replacing whole touch mechanism and LCD... because everything is ok except the glass crack....

and please provide the name & address of THE 16 gb wala .;) service centre of andheri, mumbai

help guys....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ivAnash:
Dude first of all the whole touch thing will have to be changed coz it is one piece it'll cost u atleast 5 grand... The glass itself doesn't come separately..

And for the 16gb thing u'll have to get the mobo replaced... What does that have to do with the glass ... And if u plan to pay for both, better get a new phone instead..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustali:
Thanks for the tip.... I certainly know that glass has nothing to do with the board but as I need a visit there may be I can try my luck too by the official way of losing imei.... Hehehe ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ivAnash:
U go to a service center with a damaged piece and then say that u have lost ur imei, they're obviously going to blame it on u, even though it's hardly related.. They just need a way out..

It's ur call after that..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] OrbitalDroid:
Anyone can tell me in which countries this will work? I live in France and 4gb really suck...: /
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rohan.:
In India its confirmed! ;-)

Sent from my GT-I9003 CM9
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chongns:
So far happened in india only
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkaplan2:
So I recently bought an unlocked international version of the Samsung Galaxy S2, and so far I freaking love this phone. It's staying connected to wifi networks just fine, so I'm glad I haven't experienced that issue like many others have (-keeps fingers crossed-). Also no yellow tint so far.

I am coming to this phone from a Samsung Captivate, and I'm loving the FUNCTIONAL GPS, the front-facing camera, and everything else this phone has that the original Galaxy S should have had. However, I need a bit of help on the development side of things, because I want to flash Cognition as soon as I can.

I'm not a complete noob, but I apologize if I'm asking anything that's already been answered, so please, no "L2USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION N00B, LOLZ" trolling on here.

I followed instructions for rooting the phone just fine, and I flashed ROM's (Darky, Serendipity, Cognition, Phoenix Unleashed, CM7) plenty on my Captivate, so I understand how Odin, download mode, etc. all works.

I've got the phone rooted, downloaded the Cognition 1.6 ROM and currently trying to flash it through ROM Manager. Signature verification failed when I'm in recovery mode. I'm just wondering if there's some sort of step like on the original SGS where I have to flash to stock with Odin, then flash the ROM, etc. It's currently on KE7 firmware.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkaplan2:
One more thing, I just realized I don't really know how to get into recovery mode on this phone either. I know Download Mode is Home + Power + Volume Down, what's recovery? Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Recovery Mode is Home + Power + Volume UP .

ROM manager

Be better to follow the instructions as given for that rom .

Installation Instructions:

I highly recommend flashing the full rom! (updates can be unpredictable)

(If you have problems with the update version, flash the full rom instead)

BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!

Download the rom zip from below (don't rename it!)

Put the downloaded zip file on your internal sdcard

Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery

(don't do this from rom manager, it won't work)

Select Install zip from sdcard

Select Browse for zip on sdcard

Select the zip file you put on your sdcard above

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tijmen:
I just love this community!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkaplan2:
Yes, I did follow the ROM's instructions. As I did when I was on the SGS. It's giving me "File verification signature failed!" message in recovery. That's my problem, not figuring out how to do the whole process.

Is it because it's Android Recovery 3e instead of 2e, like the problem with Froyo on the first Galaxy S? If so, how would I revert back to 2e recovery if it was 3e stock to begin with?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkaplan2:
Yes but that's just my problem, rebooting into ClockworkMod Recovery. It's still giving me the stock 3e Android recovery, which has file signature verification enabled. I'm following the instructions but a few steps are left out because most people on here are more experienced with this phone, whereas I just switched.

On the old one, I would use Odin to go back to 2.1 Eclair and get 2e recovery before flashing a ROM. No idea how to get around file signature verification on this one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkaplan2:
Nevermind, I figured it out, but what you said helps others who run into this situation. I used the old method of rooting, using CF Root gives me the CWM Manager app and I was able to get into Recovery 4 this way.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
These have been tested/flashed and are known to work with [xHausx][STOCK] 4.24.651.1 De-Odexed ROM.

I use Amon RA Recovery v2.3 and had no problems flashing these signed files.

Here are the MODs:

NEW

- 100% Transparent Header / Background / Notifiacations Title bar.

- 50% Transparent Items Normal / Items Focus / Items Pressed.

Click Here to see this!

- Black Espresso - Get the file here

- Black Bar Lock Screen - Get the file here

- Clear Lock Screen - Get the file here

- Stock looking 1% Battery w/Transparent Notication Tray - Get the file here

- Disabled USB Debugging Notification - Get the file here

- 50% Black Transparent GenieWidget.apk - Get the file here

*** All MODS in 1 Flash - Get the file here ***

(the all in 1 file comes with the black bar lock screen)

===================================================

Black Bar Lock Screen

===================================================

Black Espresso

===================================================

Stock looking 1% Battery w/Transparent Notication Tray + Disabled USB Debugging Notification + 50% Black Transparent GenieWidget.apk

===================================================

This is what it should look like by default:

with the following 1% Stock looking battery

===================================================

As always, Make a Nandroid backup before flashing any thing!

"Thanks" button clicks appreciated.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] moseso:
OK, Danny...

What method are you using to replace the "Sprint" text with your name on the lock screen and notification tray header?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ToddlerTN:
Any chance you'd release that mod by itself?

Also is there a working hotspot hack yet?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
I used this thread to change the Sprint banner.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
I've made individual mod files instead of all in one.

You can still flash them over each other and end up with all the mods.

Not sure about hotspot as I dont use that feature of the phone.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteveGrandRapids:
Working Hotspot for DEODEXED only:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116166
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ToddlerTN:
Perfect, thanks!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] firekip:
Silly question, but I'm kinda new to this.

What do I use to flash these to my phone?

I have amon ra installed and I ran unrevoked forever.

I'm currently running the deodexed version of the first GB update and I'm still rooted.

I'm guessing that these need to be installed in RECOVERY using the 'install from .zip file' option.. correct?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
Yes, that is correct.

Also, before flashing you would want to do a backup from the recovery menu in amon ra.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] blookit:
I tried to flash the using clockworkmod and it failed. Anyone know why??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
added Black Espresso
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dirkyd3rk:
Nice work dude!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dirkyd3rk:
I flashed it but there's this weird extra line above the new Rosie is that supposed to be there? I'm running the deodexed 4.24 rooted stock rom.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
That's not weird, its the stock scrolling screen indicator from Sense. You need to remove it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dirkyd3rk:
How do I do that lol?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
Try it again using THIS FILE and let me know if that fixes it.

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dirkyd3rk:
Worked perfect thanks again man. Awesome work!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] trafficontrolr:
Love all these mods, can anyone make one that removes the gps reticle? Once that happens my evo will be complete...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DustieBottums:
I was able to make it invisible by using ninjamorph. I have been preaching this app to anyone that wants to customize icons. It enables you to change the icon png's to whatever you prefer. Takes a lil getting used to but once u get it, it opens a world of possibilities. As far as the gps icon i found it and was able to make it completely transparent. I never understood why anyone would want to be reminded everytime you look at the phone that the gps is off...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] martijua:
100% Transparent Header / Background / Notifiacations Title bar.

50% Transparent Items Normal / Items Focus / Items Pressed.

Here is what the model looks like:

Here is what it looks like on the phone:

I like how it lets your whole status_bar_background.png file show.

I've attached a flashable file that will give you what you see in the screen shots.

You'll just have to change the "status_bar_background.png" if you want a different one.

dont forget to nandroid backup before you flash.

oh.....and hit the thanks button!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rkalsky:
Me too. Can this be flashed using clockworkmod 3.0.0.5?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nvmedjpain:
i flashed Black Espresso with clockworkmod v2.6.0.1 and all went well.

oh... and thanks martijua for the mods
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rkalsky:
OK, I was able to install Amon RA, and did the ALL-in-One package. I see the updated battery, the transparent notifications, etc. What I don't understand is the Black Espresso. What is that?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 11_fingers:
It's the launcher at the bottom of your screens, normal HTC one is curverd and gray, the espresso replaces that
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] HackThePlanet:
Do you have a screen shot of the clear lock screen?

Can it be used with the black bar lock screen?