yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] greeced:
While this is somewhat true, it is Samsung, not the carriers that release the software.

As for sales, Samsung stands to gain much more than the carrier does when it comes to sales. Granted, if the carrier only sold 1 brand of phone there would be a good argument there, but they don't.

Samsung is the one telling people on their facebook page that there's good news coming for owners of the SGS in Canada, not Bell.

Samsung is the one telling people to "Stay tuned", not bell.

Bell's bloatware is not what's causing the hold up. People with Cooked roms can get every one of their bloatwares off the market.

Its definitely not Google's fault. I'll agree with you there. Google envisioned Android rollouts differently.

However to lay blame on the carrier is ludicrous. I say this because HTC released 2.3.4 for their Incredible S. That is a phone Bell carries. Its also a phone that has bell's bloatware. If Bell is withholding Gingerbread to sell more phones, they would have with every phone across their line, not just the SGS.

Their was also an internal memo leaked from Bell stating the SGS would receive the update prior to the HTC in "early summer". This "early summer" thing was even stated on Samsung's facebook page at one point (prior to the leaked memo), but was deleted for unknown reasons. Now Samsung's facebook page is saying late summer, but Bell isn't saying anything other than "contact samsung" or "We're waiting on samsung" when you call them.

At any rate, everyone can have an opinion as to who to blame, or who's accountable. But it's Samsung opening their mouth about updates, so it only leads me to believe that they are the alpha dogs here who decide when and what gets released.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
So you are actually commending Samsung for releasing a crap product and fixing it near the end of the product's life cycle.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cabessius:
Nowadays my SGS is running as it should, but I don´t forget the disappointing early days, when crappy Eclair made me almost return it to VF and exchange it for something usable. As soon as I learned how to use Odin my phone got a deep transformation, but that doesn´t excuse Samsung for releasing such a crap.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] greeced:
Excellent posts by the above 2 posters expressing both sides.

+2
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arj03:
Well written. I agree very much. Coming from HTC this is definitely much better.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] got-petrol:
if this is the end of the updates from samsung the galaxy s has had a good update life and whats next if it is the end weve got cyanogenmod hopefully all the bugs will be sorted out
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
And IOS is now on version 5 beta? So even they release unfinished firmware for public testing and then do updates. It is the same with every OS there are always bugs, beta testers and updates/upgrades.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dfolt:
I just wanna say one thing.

Samsung dont have Galaxy S users in hmm "ass" bcz he doing still update's no like HTC, I mean now Desire.. Update bcz users do revolution... Its so sad...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] madd0g:
I'd say that Samsungs gonna keep updating the SGS because they don't have a ****load of top end devices like HTC. Currently, only Samsung phone thats more powerful is its successor, SGS2.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xpcomputers:
Didn't Samsung sign up to the "18 months of updates" agreement? I know it in theory only applies to phones from now onwards officially, but I wouldn't be surprised if Samsung didn't pull out another update or two before stopping development on SGS at around 18 months. They want a reputation with their customers that they keep working on updates. It makes no sense to pull development just yet when they have over 10 million SGS sold! That is a lot of customers they can keep happy for next time when choosing a replacement phone when carrier upgrade is due...

Just my opinion, but time will tell if I am right or if I'm just being optimistic...

Mike

Garbled meaning induced by swype when posting from SGS I9000. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] HiKsFiles:
You just made my day!

Looking at how they've been behaving ever since I got my SGS, they absolutely don't look like they're looking for a reputation!

In fact, if they wanted one, they pretty much got it all wrong with crappy after market service and faulty hardware (GPS and faulty internal SD for us canadian customers just to mention those 2).

Reality check !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
its really annoying that samsung is taking so long to get 2.3 out when skype and other video chat apps require the os update to work. and ya. im not comfortable flashing unofficial firmwares, especially with the i9000m because of the different frequencies, etc. i really dont want to mess it up or brick it, whatever.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hansonator:
Been flashing custom ROMs to my I9000M for months and no real issues to speak of. It's easy and if you follow the instructions it will go without a hitch. Since the bootloader update that came with jl2 there hasn't been nearly as many reports of dead sd cards. Also you can still use a Bell modem for 850hz band with any firmware if you need to but the 1900 hz from European modems works just fine.

I'll never go back to stock, not on this phone or any future phone I own.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xpcomputers:
Ok. That is fair enough.

What I mean is that Samsung releasing more updates for the phone is very likely to happen in my opinion. I didn't say if they would be successful at having a good reputation, but I think they will continue to polish things until the 18 month mark and try improve that reputation! That is my prediction.

I think the same will be true for the US and Canada customised versions, but they are already behind the international versions in software updates and seemingly drifting further behind. Can't say whether they will catch up and end on equitable software versions... possibly not now... But who knows. Anything is possible!

(If the next Bell firmware turned out to be v2.3.5 you'd be at least a bit impressed I reckon. ;o) very unlikely though, sadly.)

I suspect the customised versions have a smaller dev team and smaller budget... and having hit various problems has set them further back.

Mike

Garbled meaning induced by swype when posting from XDA app on SGS I9000. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SWave711:
Actually is was JK4 that caused the problem and JL2 was released to fix it. Why do you need stock Bell/Samsung Roms? You are on XDA!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] greeced:
Was it JK4? I stand corrected on the version, but the thought stays the same. Thanks for pointing that out.

As for why do I need stock? Well after the problems with JK4 that caused my SD card to blow up, I'd rather not put on a cooked ROM at this point as Samsung may void the warranty should it blow up again... Guess I'm just scared. lol

I came from WM6.5 on an HTC Diamond. Now that was a cooking community. I used to flash every day or thereabouts, and never had to worry about killing my phone.

But seeing as Samsung killed their own phones, Android is pretty new to all this... so once I see no cards being destroyed anymore, specifically on a i9000m, I may go ahead and try what you guys all rave about.

For now, stock roms, rooted and bloatware removed afterwards works well enough for me.

When I finally do decide to put on a cooked rom (which is an eventuality because the i9000m will be cooked long after Samsung doesn't upgrade anymore I'm thinking), I'll probably find a knowledgeable Canadian i9000m Bell user thats done it numerous times before and talk his ear off until I get a complete step by step procedure and feel comfortable with what I'm doing. Right now, there are many How-To guides, but as they are sometimes generic and help a whole lot of different countries, I don't want to use them as I may be doing a step that works for one, but not for ours..

Lot of reading in my future I guess.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
you can say that again. and it goes double for me because i have a network unlocked bell model on rogers. and the only way to get them fixed is through bell. im lucky they didnt check up that im not with bell the first time the phone got replaced.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] evil-doer:
so whats the best guide around for a newb thats never flashed anything before? any time i jump into something like this i always find guides that assume you know a lot of things beforehand.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] taketheleap:
Best newbie guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Rooting

Isn't your warranty over by now? Or close to it? I believe it was only a year?

I have bricked two phones, saved them both, lost an SD card on one, returned it, flashed around eight ROMs, used a jig to save one phone, lost all contacts on another, flashed again and am currently running Cyanogen Mod 7 on my Galaxy S I9000M on the Bell Network. I have to qualify as "knowledgeable" I would think.

That being said, CM7 is stable. It is LIGHTNING fast compared to Stock and believe me when I say this: once you see how fast your phone can really be, you'll never go back. I realize that flashing is scary because it voids warranties, potential for bricks, etc, but if you follow each step methodically, your phone will come out the other end with a fire trail behind it.

Good luck and happy flashing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] HiKsFiles:
What about the modem?

Did you flash back KC1 through Odin to get the 850MHz band back ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xpcomputers:
I thought we had a two year warranty? Maybe it varies by market?

Mike

Garbled meaning induced by swype when posting from XDA app on SGS I9000. ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garfield50:
hello everybody :)

my question is :

anyone know how to make a custom rom for the EEEPAD Transformer ? because i want to make that.

if you have any how to or info, i take :)

thank you so much for your responses.

PS: sorry i'm french and my english is so bad !!
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
You forgot Voodoo Control. I line out to my car. I listen to techno, and I like my bass cranked and the volume amped. This is absolutely necessary for anyone who likes their music to go loud and hard. Especially high school teenagers like me :) Also you can control voodoo lagfix from the app.

Also, I recommend MoboPlayer as a video player, it has a lot more file support than the stock player.

Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
I'll have to check that out, I use Freemake Video Converter(possibly the BEST converter of all time) and just convert it to Android format so stock works fine for me, and btw PowerAMP(the music player) allows you to modify your bass and, well, pretty much everything. I like a lot of bass too and PowerAMP does just that :p
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
Voodoo Control modifies the audio hardware directly.

Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Yea I have Voodoo Control Plus :] I'll be sure to add it to the list, I just prefer poweramp, it gives you a nice UI like you're in a recording studio. It also allows you to save your presets and assign them to certain songs and all this crap. I love both apps :p

edit: Do you know why Mobo isn't recognizing all my videos? I direct it to the folder and after it hits a certain video it will just stock scanning and only show a few videos. Not sure what the problem is but that's the only thing annoying me about this app, everything else seems great.
[Verizon Droid Charge] piizzadude:
If you do a lot of "newspaper" reading I would suggest that you give US Newspapers a try. it is a free app and it lists something like 30 newspapers and sports sites. You can also add your favorite sites as well.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Turb0wned:
Is their an app to turn my charge into a sgs2? Now that would be a perfect phone!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Birthofahero:
How bout how to do this on a mac? I know you can use heimdall but as far as step by step I'm lost.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ViciousCircle:
Wondering about 2b.. the SD card fix. I've yet to have to flash this to have my mass storage work properly. I'm running the latest PBJ Voodoo kernel, and am on the debloated rom with a few minor tweaks of my own. I just double checked and I can read from and write to my SD card when connected to my PC just fine. Is it only necessary when running certain roms?

Edit: I suppose it is possible that I flashed the fix way back when I rooted my DC, but I really don't remember doing that. I do have the fix on my SD card though, so I guess it is a possibility that I did flash it and don't remember doing it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
See the thing is it doesn't always happen, if you didn't flash it I would still recommend it. If it breaks later you will have to go out and buy a usb reader for your sd card to fix it

Beamed from my Droid Charge using the XDA premium app
[Verizon Droid Charge] caesus:
This is a great idea for the newer Android users. The only thing I would add is that a custom launcher is very important (ADW/Go Launcher Ex/LauncherPro Plus)>

Also, I think GoSMS has surpassed Handcent in the SMS category.
[Verizon Droid Charge] slmhofy:
Mass storage break

This is crazy! I never even heard about this SD card break before you mentioned it. Are the dev's working on implementing this into their roms?
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Haven't heard any talk about it. Not really sure what causes it but the guide I followed to rooting this phone told me to flash the SD card fix. I see plenty of threads on this forum about how their phone is only reading as a disk drive and it's always because they didn't flash it.

edit: Just a side note, if anyone could suggest a better picture viewer/gallery over the stock one I would add it to the main post & give you credit, currently I can't stand the crappy stock Gallery :] Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
I've begun adding pictures to the thread. I'm still in the process of getting pictures for all the apps, just sit back :p

Also, if you have any apps you think should be added to the main thread just drop a reply with the name and the reason why, I'll be sure to give you credit :]
[Verizon Droid Charge] Jmjohnson1717:
QuickPick is a great app for the gallery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
you missed the all important screenshot app!! lol I personally use "Shoot Me!" but there is Drocap2 and a few others (all free) :)... Dropbox is a good app to transfer/download files as well, and CPU Spy (free) is a must have to monitor phone cpu usage, and Terminal Emulator
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Lol I was just about to finish typing the little review of ShootMe when I saw your comment, I'll give us both credit >:]

Added it, thanks a lot for that app it's SO much better then stock!
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
sweet lol and CPU Spy and Terminal Emulator should be added as well, both free... perhaps LTE Switch too, its not a toggle but takes you directly to the option to switch between 4G LTE and 3G/1X only CDMA (for those too lazy to navigate through menus like myself lol)
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
nice dude thanks for the tip, its lightyears ahead of the blah stock gallery

blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Added CPU Spy because it seems like a pretty useful app, didn't add Terminal because I honestly can't see a real use for it. I think you can type su in it to check if you have root but aside from that I don't see the point :p

I won't add LTE Switch because there were a lot of complaints that the app can break your LTE and force a factory reset to fix it, I never bothered downloading it after seeing all the complaints. Sorry!
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
it can boot you into CWM, access Kejar's gummy toolbox and a few other little useful things but yeah I guess you're right... unless you do any dev/theme work (I dabble but im still a noob) its not needed by the average android user

blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
You can boot into CWM by just holding the power button, all the ROMs out right now have that option. As for the Gummy Toolbox, Kejar has Terminal pre-installed on Gummycharged so there's no need :]
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
for those rooted but not on a rom (or for whatever reason on one that doesn't include the power menu) it helps lol, it saved my butt a few times on the Fascinate lol but yeah I agree not needed by everyone

blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Tried GO SMS Pro and I've gotta say it's better then Handcent but it does have its downsides, I'll update the messaging part of the thread :]
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rythmyc:
Camera + Hidden Lock Screen

I'm having issues with the power button after turning off the lock screen. Instead of the menu, it's just powering off when I hold the power button more than a couple seconds. This is of course, interfering with the camera button mod (have to hold the button to focus before you take a picture). Any fixes / known issues? Is this something I have to modify with the sense lock screen I modded in (I didn't upgrade for the options, but will if have to to get this to work)
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
Why are you posting that here?

Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rythmyc:
Because this post refers to the poster using both the camera mod and the lock screen removal. I wondered if he or anyone else that has / is using both could tell me how to fix the issue.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Sorry about that, I'll update the post. Didn't realize that this removed your lockscreen and power menu :[ You can re-enable the lockscreen very easily but using the same guide until a fix is found.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rythmyc:
Yeah, I noticed you removed the camera.zip altogether, which is what I was going to recommend considering even after re-enabling the lock screen so the phone wouldn't shut down. The menu would pop-up, disabling the camera so you couldn't take a picture. I'm sure dev's will come up with a fix for this.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
I didn't remove the camera.zip, it's not in the app section of the thread it's right before that :p
[Verizon Droid Charge] Rythmyc:
Oh, i'm blind. Just ignore me. =D
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Lol there's too much text, it's not your fault. That's why I added pictures or else it would be a dam 20 paragraph essay and no one wants to read that.
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
Subscribed so that I can view this thread later and maybe do some more modding to my Charge. Thanks for putting this together!
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
No problem, glad to help :]
[Verizon Droid Charge] triton302:
Quick question though... I came across the V6 Supercharger and LS tweak yesterday... it seems very time consuming to get these up and running on the phone. How difficult are they really?
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Well the thread for the V6 SuperCharger is incredibly long so I didn't even bother reading it lol, just follow Hazard209's guide found here; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1209791&page=2

As for the LS Tweak just follow the guide on the OP, if you have any trouble just drop me a PM and I'll help you out.

I was up and running with both mods/scripts in about 20 minutes.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Cheggit'

Got that HTC Sense style.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Ted A:
Yes, I want my DC to be perfect. I look all over for this feature to no avail, but is there an app that would add a couple seconds delay after the screen times out before it locks it? I'm sure the previous DROIDX users know what we're missing on our DC that prevents it from being a perfect phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
It does that for me already, when the screen fades if i click the lock button it will turn the screen back on without giving me the lock screen for about 3 or so seconds after it fades.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Ted A:
Aaaah, my bad. It accomplishes the same task now that you mentioned it, but somehow I've ignored it when I'm busy doing something else. Not as prominent, I guess, especially with the screen filter on. Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Edvard_Greig:
Great list! Just a heads up for apps/games, for the Android n00bs (myself still included). Amazon App Store does a free app every day...sometimes they're good, sometimes they're not. GetJar does a similar thing, and you can get "Cut The Rope" for free from them (NOT warez) right now.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
I wasn't aware of that, does Amazon still require you to put a CCard on the account even when you're getting a free game? They did that when PvZ first came out.
[Verizon Droid Charge] rickbrad:
I have performed step 2b several times but still have trouble accessing my SD card, even as a hard drive. I keep getting this error every time I plug it into my USB port:

Well, I am too new, can't post the dialog. Any clues?

The dialog says something like: "Exception Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 409534dsclkj09345..."
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2leaponover1:
Anybody know of a good Tazer app for Atrix. The old one I had for my MyTouch 4g was awesome, it vibrated, lit up, and made noise and got my dad to piss his pants with it. The app doesn't activate the led on the Atrix.

Anyone that can suggest a Tazer app that does all three (vibrate/noise/led flash) i'd appreciate it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] maaraujo:
Hi guys,

I'm a complete noob on Android since I've bought a new X5, my first android, only yesterday. I came from a Nokia/Blackberry world so the differences are huge.

I have a couple of fundamental needs on a phone witch are bluetooth connectivity and Synchronization with Outlook. Both of these options are possible as far as I can understand with this phone but they are not working.

The bluetooth pairs with other devices but does not connect. I've tried car hands free, other phones and my laptop. it says paired but not connected.

The Hi Suite software requests me to install the usb drivers but the ones that come with the phone have a \adb_driver\android_winusb.inf that I cannot install because it returns an error when I try to right click-install. I'm running W7 Pro 64bit SP1.

Problem solved.... just a mater of turning usb debug on in Aplication/development phone options. One to go :p

Finally is there any tutorial for ROM updates in this forum?

Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance,

Miguel
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
In regards to BT, you have to retry when it says paired but not connected.

If you wanna try different Roms, this is probably the best guide:

http://android.modaco.com/topic/341011-ultimate-guide-to-the-huawei-u8800/

And this is probably the best source of stock Roms:

http://wiki.modaco.com/index.php/Huawei_Firmware_U8800

Good luck!

PS: With tens of Roms I've tried, the BT connectivity is still not great on my X5.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] maaraujo:
I've managed to connect the phone to the car hands free after about 20 attempts of pairing/unpairing :confused:... I can't connect with the PC dough. Seems that the bluetooth stack of this phone sucks. Is there any BT alternative?

Thanks for you assistance ;).

Miguel
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
I agree, BT sucks and so far none of the Roms have overcome that problem. :(