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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzysmallthings:
Not solved. Apparently I needed to use a VPN to connect my account though Talk. But now when my VPN isn't on nothing will sync and my gmail won't load. Until today I have never needed a VPN to log into my Google account. Something is obviously still wrong.

So I've flashed dozens of ROM's at this point and have never had this problem before. I have read all the threads and tried the following fixes ...

Pulled SIM and used WIFI

Factory reset

You Tube account ... This actually registers my Google info under accounts but won't sync at all. When I try to sync contacts or anything I get a red exclamation point and nothing happens.

Flashed other ROM's and different gapps.

Tried logging in though other gapps such as Talk and Gmail. Again YouTube will show up on my account tab as synced. It's green and looks synced but if I try to manually sync it the red error shows up again and nothing has actually been synced.

There must be a reason for this yes?

I should also mention that I'm in Shanghai. However I have never had a problem before. What gives? Why now? Could it really be that the server is down and I should just try again tomorrow?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skhull:
Yeah... i've been having a similar problem in xiamen for about 3 days... china unicom?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzysmallthings:
Oh? And also never had this happen before? Happened after you flashed a new ROM?

I'm with CMCC.

What makes me think something is rotten is Chinatown is the fact that if I do use my VPN everything is OK. I'm hoping this isn't the case.

I'm searching for some old TB files I can toss on my phone to try and restore it to an earlier date. If that doesn't work maybe a super crusty old ROM will work. I really am out of ideas at this point.

I wonder if getting rid of root and going stock would fix anything?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrchad:
Error Message

I have also same problem for past 3 days on China Mobile in Shanghai. I belive it should be something to do with the carrier or Network accessibility to Google products... I am on Galaxy S2.

Today I checked on couple of my friends with Nexus and Galaxy S1 and confirmed that they also face same problem...:mad::confused:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzysmallthings:
Currently the only Google app that's working is Google Translate ... The rest however won't work without my VPN on.

So it looks like this is both CMCC and Unicom so far. I don't even know if there is anything else.

The funny thing is Google + has been working on my phone from launch with no problems. Not anymore though.

Anyway there are so many places selling Android devices in China I could only imagine that this is temporary.

I wonder if there is any way to edit some of the carrier info to make things work?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skhull:
Apparently there is something going on, it looks like.

It looks like it's happened before, and after about 3-4 days it sets itself aright...

Anyone figure out a workaround? I was using a pretty good VPN, but the android version only has pptp and therefore barely works here. I can't get any programs, email, or anything on my phone after a factory reset... this makes me sad.:(

*had some links posted but I guess I need to post a few more times before it lets me*
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skhull:
Anyone figure out any updates or fixes for this yet?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vennstrom:
It's been like that for several days now...I'm with CMCC. After sometimes it'll be okay as usual....black "magic" I would call it.

VPN is a no no for me, used to work fine till they block it. I'm using SSH Tunnel now...no problem in general except from time to time (once in a very blue moon like now) when "they" cast their "magic"

Without tunneling. market couldn't get through these days.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skhull:
How annoying. I even tried taking out my SIM card, and doing a hard reset, and then trying to download my software from my WIFI, but it's not a DDWRT router so I can't access the VPN.

Is there software that can turn an OpenVPN connected computer into a Wifi router? If I logged into my computer which is on a VPN, maybe I could at least re-download all my apps from the market......

*sigh* or wait heh
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] singh2india:
I got the same problem like last 5 days ...i m in China too ..with china unicom ...i tried everything possible like factory reset, uninsalling and installing gapps, install stock image , cache cleaning ....BUT ...CAN'T LOGIC GOOGLE ....

at last i used VPN on my phone ..and its sync and connect in a second ...problem gone...Happy to have my fully functional phone back
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrchad:
MAGIC Happened again

Just trying to log into the market .. yes now we can access the market and other google products..:)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
Introduction

Hello everyone,

We all know there's no official support for our G3 in the ROM Manager, which is a sad thing.

But since Team G3MOD is a team with lots of developers we decided to make one by ourself!

Using the G3RM (G3 ROM Manager) app you will be able to flash Custom ROMs and Kernels on your phone directly.

What do we need?

So the site we used to use is been taken offline by the owner and we never heard anything about him.

However, Dympy now has his own server and has offered to put the minor amount of files needed by the app on there.

All ROMs and Kernels will be downloaded and then uploaded to our 40GB Min.us account, so we don't have to worry about bandwidth, storage and because Min.us has direct link options.

Now all we need is you. Or at least the content you developers make.

We made a simple Google Docs Form so you can upload the ROMs and Kernels.

At the end of a period of time, Dympy will download and upload EVERY item onto the Min.Us account and edit the xml file being hosted on the RA-mod server.

The app shall consist of a way to quickly flash CWM on your phone, so you can even use it while still on stock.

This part is made possible thanks to Cdesai.

But why do we need it?

1) No more need of ODIN or a PC to flash ROMs and Kernels

2) ROM's and their Updates can be provided from the Server directly.

3) You can try any new ROM, without loosing data from your previous ROM.

Note to ROM Developers:

1) You will need to provide your ROM's as System.img files or update.zip files with the needed prerequisites in your description.

2) Those interested in providing your ROM's using this ROM Manager, please let us know.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
App Info

The app shall have a simple UI so every user should be able to use the G3 ROM Manager.

It shall consist of 3 major parts:

1) ROMs

2) Kernels

3) CWM

ROMs

First of all you shall be asked what kind of ROM you would like based on Android version (so CM7.1, CM6.2, 2.2, 2.3, etc).

When you've picked one of those options you shall be redirected to a list containing all available ROMs for the chosen version of android.

When you pick a ROM you like, a pop-up shall come up, giving you extra information (description) and the download button which shall return a list with all available versions.

The app shall then download the ROM and place it in the location the user gives (E.G. user downloads Kyrillos ROM, the user has to save the ROM in the Kyrillos folder by picking that folder in another pop-up).

Kernels

Basically the same as ROM's

Once again you have to pick an Android version (so CM7.1, CM6.2, Hybrid, etc).

And then if you've picked, a list shall be shown with all Kernels matching the chosen android version

When you pick a Kernel you like, a pop-up shall come up, giving you extra information (description) and the download button which shall return a list with all available versions.

The app shall then download the Kernel as update.zip to the root of the SD-Card, or as a zImage file (ooh, secret stuff..)

Cdesai said he has found a way of flashing zImage files, which should be tremendous. We're still testing out various methods so this could take a while.

CWM

This option shall just have the basics for now.

It shall consist of an option to install CWM so you can flash other Kernels without the use of a PC.

It shall also containt various reboot options, such as "reboot into recovery", "reboot in download mode" and just plain simple "reboot".

This way, even if you have stock ROM, you still have some sort of extended powermenu.

I shall look into other options we could implement.

Downloads?

None yet, the app is being rebooted and hopefully the first download will soon be available.

Changelog

- None yet.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
Reserved for downloads of previous versions and/or links to source code.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
Media

None yet, but this is where I shall post sneakpeeks of the new UI or the app.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
Credits

Cdesai - for finding a way to add CWM to our phones without the need of a PC.

Koush - for the original ROM Manager

abhijeet.pathak - for making the needed database files
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Hmm nice! :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] EdisDee:
is it coming this weekend?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Certainly!

Just thought of a good way of versioning so the app can make a notification when a newer version is available, so going to implement that one and then release (;

Dympy.

EDIT:

Implemented and working, going to convert the code to work with the ROMs, do one final test round and upload (;

Dympy
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] raja4sure:
Good Luck with this project.....so excited for the app
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] TearsDontFalls:
Is there also a Option for nandroid Backup, nandroid restore? IT would be epic if i could say, that i want to do a nandroid Backup and a automatically Reboot After that.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] D@rekills4:
G3Mod team FTW!!!!

Waiting eagerly for this ^_^
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well guess what I'm uploading right now.. :D

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] TearsDontFalls:
Hmm can i take the telephone joker?:D Pls give us the link after uploading, it will be very useful.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, I encountered some problems after putting it online, fixed them now.. I hope..

Doing one last check round and then I'll share the link (;

Dympy.

---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 PM ----------

It's always fun to find certain things not working after uploading >.>

I'm going to try and fix this before sharing URL.

Dympy.

EDIT:

Nvm, got it back working :D

Doing final test round...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] TearsDontFalls:
lol i have read several posts and i know the url. Nice job dympy, thank you for your hard work!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
And the site is online!

http://g3mod.com/g3rm/index.php

Developers, please make an account and start adding content so this site shall grow (;
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] EdisDee:
congrats! when will you upload the app? :)

in the site under kernel section you have uploaded CM kernel in froyo section.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Oops, I shall fix it (;

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] fuxmen:
why cant register without website?

sorry i just get that register is for devs only
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Guys, later this day I shall probably switch to another server and implement the update method so you won't have to use external sites.

I'll also make some minor fixes.

Dympy.

---------- Post added at 11:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:57 AM ----------

Yes, another bug.

I'm going to make this one optional.

Dympy
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I'm going to make a simple google docs form later today. Then you can add your own ROMs an Kernels in there. Then I'll upload each of the submitted onto the minus account and place the xml files onto the ra-mod server.

Then it's just a matter of changing the original source code and done. Expect a new release somewhere at the end of this week.

And yes, RA-mod has somewhat of a bigger priority now.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And here's the google docs form.

Please use this to upload content, as soon as there's content uploaded, I'll change the app and redo the thread (if I can remember the G3MOD accounts password..)

Google Docs G3RM Upload Form

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] g3mod:
First posts of thread updated!

Devs, please start uploading ROMs and Kernels!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Great to see the project back!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] alen1901:
Just want to say that over nexus s threads, some devs who make rom, made app like this, its working awesome. CNA rom utility. Hope this project will be the same. ;)

Sent from my Nexus S
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] nishant_713:
I always wanted to see this working for our G3. So happy to see it back :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :D

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Glad you guys are happy to see this Project back on tracks.

So far only Kyrillos13 has uploaded his ROM, I hope other devs will soon follow.

rkoby13, maybe you can also add some of the kernels in your mediafire folder to the app?

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rubensollie:
I will add some of my roms tomorrow, i just didn't had time to make the update zips today.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
yes...i can....:D....which ones should i add?....can i add my rom.too?

edit: Rom must be uploaded as update.zip?

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Of course you can add your ROM!

Just make sure it's an update.zip or system.img (for multiboot).

And maybe you can add Arakmars kernels.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
i'll add Arakmars kernels...or better i'll add only latest kernel...hmmm....since Arakmars kernel supports restoring both system.img & system.ext2.tar...i'll add .tar...ow..and i'll add latest cm7 1.4 kernel as update.zip...i just need to get to my lappy & i'll start uploading asap:D

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Wait, you can restore an system.ext2.tar?

If so I'll have to add another option to the form :P

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
actually yes....Arakmars build is capable to restore system.img & system.ext2.tar...but not system.ext4.tar due to recovery issues

with ext4 partitions...i dunno why...i figure it out when i builded my rom.tar with datafs.rfs-ext4 and i got E: unknown volume on /dev/block/stl7...and this resulted as 0.0 kb internal memory bug(later on i had to convert stl7 to ext2 to get it workin')....but on the other hand i was able to restore my data backup from multiboot which contains data being ext4 and sd-ext as ext4 aswell...so...it' a bit :confused:..

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Okay, awesome!

Changed the form to allow update.zip, system.img and system.ext2.tar files.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bambolis:
I wish you the best luck guys :) I can say without a doubt that G3 has the best community out there. You guys are the ones who develop android the way as it is - the best open source project available (excluding linux itself of course). Wish you the best of luck at doing what you do. Keep up. Of course that goes to all the developers out there who mod/develop for G3 :P
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
how should we pack system.img's&sytem.ext2.tar's?...just as they are or...:)

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Ok I have doubt about the working of the app because I haven't used the original Rom manager.

Suppose I choose Kryillos 9, so is this app going download the .tar/.zip file from the server and going to flash it directly through my phone?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
yup...i think it will...and we have to upload update.zip's since we can't flash .tarballs through cwm:)..but let the app dev explain more precise:P

edit: @Dympy...

i've added two kernels...via form you provided...i'll add my rom today after i get some decent nap:P..it's 5:30 am here:P...lol..:P

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
You can pack them any way you like, I'll unpack them an upload the unpacked version onto min.us.

Dympy
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
hmmm...i allready have system.ext2.tar in my mediafire...i'll send a link via your form then...it's uncompressed though...:)

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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] yfriday14:
Nandroid backup

I would like to backup my current ROM from my Samsung Galaxy 3 i5800.

Is it possible with G3RM?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] :
That would be possible if some sort of cmw installation option that works with our phone would be implemented (and that is going to happen according to the first post), which would be really cool. Right now most custom kernels have a working cmw integrated.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ajay.d96:
wow 1111 thankses
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] yfriday14:
Well, flashing a custom kernel is not an option for me, because if it does not work perfectly, I can not put back my original firmware...

That's why I need a Nandroid backup.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] :
You could allways flash you original firmware back with an original ROM from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1497261 if you want to experiment with custom ROM's. Only thing you have to do is check the stock firmware you're running now and choosing the same one from the list. :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
The app will probably have an "inject CWM" option, where it will just replace the original Samsung Recovery with CWM, leaving the kernel intact.

I have to dig through some chat logs with CDesai, because I believe he showed me a way to flash a zImage (kernel) without the use of ODIN.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Yea, redbend_ua restore /dev/block/bml5 /path/to/zImage
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Thanks, I'll try it when I get back home!

Dympy
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Mohanshbhr:
Chirayu.... This method flashes the whole kernel or only cwm recovery part, because I made a tool sometime ago and I use this command to flash whole kernel... Confused be....
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Whole kernel, for CWM injection I'll use a different approach.

This will just make it easier to flash kernels.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Our phone does NOT have a separate recovery partition, this writes the specified image to bml5 (which is the kernel partition)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] klncdc:
Hello,

Thank you for your Job and thank you for making our G3 is so extraordinary and to prolong his life.

When do you get the first version? I can not wait to test it :-)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
This is quite a common thing on Samsung SoCs. The Exynos in my SGSII does it as well, as well as the Hummingbird. To be honest, I think it's a better way of doing it because I never understood the point of having two kernels on the phone only differing in the initramfs.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Not really, all the Hummingbird variants have another partition of the same size for recovery, but it isn't used on the Galaxy S and Tab variants, but is on the Epic.

But yea i do support your point, using recovery.rc isn't a bad idea, nor is loading the correct initramfs by checking the bootmode on /proc/cmdline
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] yfriday14:
Waiting for a working release of G3 ROM Manager.

I would like to Nandroid backup my current rom.

I removed some of the unused system apps and integrated some of my often used apps into the /system/app dir.

Thus I have a custom modified rom, without flashing feature what custom roms have :(

Really waiting a solution to have a working ClockworkMod Recovery...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] kaman237:
If you want CWM just flash g3mod kernel ^^
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Plz sign up to minus using this link : http://min.us/rHh5qXE

more info here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295381
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] EdisDee:
hi, when will you release the app?

btw why is only few roms and kernels uploaded? is nobody interested in this??

thank you
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I think the main reason of lack of ROMs and Kernels is the lack of a proper upload method.

I shall try and implement today, along with some security fixes (Thanks for mentioning them TearsDontFalls).

Does anyone know of a proper Minus API for PHP, mine doesn't seem to work..

For now I shall just upload onto the server itself and probably upload them to Minus myself and change the links in the database (yes, this isn't the best plan, but since the Minus API won't work for now, I have to look for another way to upload to minus and this is the best way to save space and bandwidth on the G3MOD server.).

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Parth_goklani:
I Am intrested to provied my rom's system.img file but my rom will realese after 1-1.5 week:cool::cool::cool:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] TearsDontFalls:
No, it think that the site is not useful for us without the g3rm.

So are there any news for the app?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] vishnu:
Why exactly do you want to upload to Minus via the server? Can't you instead let the Developer upload his ROM/Kernel at Minus and specify a column in the database where the Developer can simply provide the direct link?

That way there should be no b/w problems! :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, we already created an account which now has over 40GB of space, so we want to use that for all the downloads. But I think I can find a way to let other users use that account without giving them the chance to change the Password..

As for the app, most of the php files are done, so now I have to implement them in the app.

Just have to make a little change in the database.

But today I'm not going to do anything because I turned 19.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] tbschommer:
Happy Birthday, dympy!

And thanks for your great work!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] vishnu:
Happy Birthday! :D

Alternately, can't you ask all the Devs to sign up for their own accounts? It'll make things a lot easier for you! But if you did manage to get the API working, cudos :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] vivekmishra:
Happy birthday and best wishes! :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] TearsDontFalls:
Happy birthday dympy!

<reallife> Are you still in school when you are 19? I will leave the school after 12 years with 17.</reallife>
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, here in holland you start school at the age of 4, then you'll go for about 8 years, so you're about 12/13 when you go to the next school, which would take about 5 years. Next up is college which is going to take 4 years, but this is my second year of college, so after this still 2 more years.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] antaine:
So when will u release your app ??

Can't wait it feels so amazing !!!!

Or can u upload some screens to show us the app??

Hb sorry i'm late :-P