yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PrasanRocks:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Hairline Crack

I also have the same hairline crack problem under the glass, after 6 months of use. Can't explain it.:mad::mad: Like everyone says can't see it with the screen guard on, and the phone works fine. The guy at the store who changed the screen guard only noticed it. From what I read it seems to be a common problem. Never dropped it but had it in my front pocket. I bought it without warranty so I m doomed....

If it is a manufacturing defect, then Samsung and the likes are cheating us.(I bought the phone in Sri Lanka and I wanted to get the MHL adaptor and asked from Samsung agent, and the sales girls had no idea what it was!!!)

Shame on Samsung!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sunburn12:
Sorry for resurrecting this topic. :D

Newbie here. I have the same issue my T989 was 3 month old then while holding it the LCD totally cracked inside and can't be use anymore. I never dropped it or done anything harsh to it's LCD. I'm just holding it then when I was going to check the time. Boom! LCD is totally gone! Only the top part is visible. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] novanosis85:
Which rom were you using at the time? Were you overclocked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sunburn12:
My T989 was not rooted. So i guess it is a stock ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
Overheating can't cause the screen to crack like that if that's what you are thinking. My screen cracked after a month. I dropped it two feet and it fell on a rug. I've thrown my Epic across the room and it hit concrete and wasn't damaged. So I believe that some of the screens manufactured were faulty.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheSeanTeam:
Have you tried going down to the store where you purchased it? Maybe they can help.
[HTC EVO 3D] anthony92170:
i may have to give up my evo 3d because reception sucks on it i tried 3 different phones i have to use an air wave in my house. my other 3 phones are evos 4g and no problems, so my question is i am looking at 3 phones 1. epic touch 2. moto photon or 3. iphone 4s any help would be greatly appreciated. i dont want to go back to evo because the hardware issues after 002 i had it before now i am afraid of getting bad phone mine was perfect. i had 002 never had issues with rom my wife and daughter have issues and they have 003 and 004. also can you tell me the good and bad of each phone.
[A7 General] junghm69:
I am pretty tech savy with Windows but this is my first Android device. My device states:

Model number: A7-040

Firmware version: 2.2

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 luke_yang@sd1-build#1

Serial number: 2638016300029

Build number: Dexter's ElocityA7 Mod v1.42

EC version: 0.14

1st issue: Cannot read my 8Gb Centon Pro USB thumb drive (could be because it's formatted using exFat instead of FAT32) Status of thumb drive remains "checking for errors" underneath "Preparing external storage"

2nd issue: Superuser app has been installed and every once in a while pops up and states that some unknown app is asking for some kind of permission

3rd issue: Factory restore (settings>privacy>Factory data reset) does not seem to reset anything (downloaded apps, wifi keys and ssids, desktop shortcuts all remain afterward)

4th issue: System update does not seem to work (states that "update.zip" is missing).

And why does the kernal version have what seems to be someone's email address on it?

I need to know if the info in "About device" seems right or if I need patches or additional mods or updates. Or maybe I need to know how to reset this thing to complete factory settings (factory ROM).
[A7 General] 5[Strogino]:
1. To read exFAT kernel must have library supporting exFAT. Have to advice - format your USB thumb drive to FAT

4. System updates do not work at custom ROM, may be Dexter turned it off to prevent erasing all custom modifications.
[A7 General] netstat_EVO:
2. kinda scary if an app you can't identify is getting su permissions.

3. Maybe related to 5[Strogino]'s answer for #4

The random su access woul scare the crap out of me, I'd download a new rom and start from scratch.

For the factory reset and updates, I have always taken care of those tasks in recovery, never from inside the rom.
[A7 General] junghm69:
Thanks to both of you for your replies. I appreciate your time. So I guess exFat is not supported. I'll try and figure out the rest for myself.
[A7 General] Dexter_nlb:
1. android has no exFAT support, even if i included it with the custom kernel.

2. alway just re-install a clean 1.42 mod and do a factory reset in recovery menu, then you are 100% its safe.

3. custom rom issue, never gonna work.

4. same as 3.

and with a customer kernel the compiled date + hostname + user will always be embedded according to custom kernel and linux revision standard in the linux code. you cannot get around that, except if you remove it the code.

factory reset (press POWER ON for 1sec and release, again press and HOLD POWER until screen says loading recovery, you will see info on screen saying hold 5 seconds to boot recovery)

press "HOME" to see menu in recovery otherwise you just see "!" sign.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakobyy:
i recently got my galaxy back and flashed insanity on it, which works fine but any other rom i flash won't boot it will just go into a boot loop.

What's happening? can anyone help me out. I'm on an Australian Network.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
Custom roms?? Or stock? Flash ezbase with ezodin then flash whatever custom rom you want via recovery

Insanity CM
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakobyy:
thanks for the help, all is good though i'm gonna just use insanity :) thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
Good choice

Insanity CM
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e195aea:
Really good choice... But as Jason123420 says, put a ezbase rom because insanity rom uses a Cm7 kernel and you have this loopings..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason123420:
I'm pretty sure its because cm7 uses a different file system then Sammy roms

Insanity CM
[Samsung Mesmerize] mikedavis120:
Title says it. On eh09 ROM want to find flashable themes or links to them. Anyone know of any?
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Wont be able too. Sorry. The ROM generally has be deodexed in order for a theme to work. Stock ROMs aren't in a state that can be themed. If you want to have a theme I would suggest finding a stock deodexed ROM that has themes for it.

This is based on how things have always been. To the best of my knowledge it is still the case.
[Samsung Mesmerize] mikedavis120:
You've been a lot of help man. I'm super3devo from rootzwiki. I've had problems on other tons with my radio not being recognized. I found a version from.August of cm7 fixed for eh09. I'm worried of I flash it I may lose radio again. Currently I'm on stock eh09 rooted per your flashable zip that u linked to in another thread. Then I have red cwm. I have a decent voodoo kernel that's been good on battery. Just trying to talk myself into flashing cm7. Question though if I flash cm7 and things go bad can I restore a nandroid of eh09 or will the ext4 conversion break that? Leaving me with a need for a full odin repartition and flash back to eh09?
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Well the CM7 for EH09 works just fine. And honestly its not too much different than the CM7.1 as far as features go. But if you want to stay on something that is fully functional try out Resurrection or Awesome Sauce. Both are Touchwiz based and have everything working. I personally love the resurrection ROM and would be running it now if I didn't like CM7 so much.

---------- Post added at 04:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 AM ----------

Also anytime you flash any sort of MTD ROM you generally have to Odin back to stock. What I would do is make a backup of you're current ROM. Then if you want to go back Odin back to DI14 with repartition checked. Then Odin EH09 without repartition checked. Then you could restore your backup.
[Samsung Mesmerize] mikedavis120:
Are u thinking like me that any ROM dependant on the eh09 radio would work?
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Yeah. I don't see a reason why it wouldn't since that's the radio you have the best luck with.
[Samsung Mesmerize] mikedavis120:
Currently downloading eh09 heinz57. The one with tw4.5 and all that. Then ill use tks kernel. Wish me luck LOL. Hope I don't kill the radio again, ill have to wait till tomorrow when I have a chance to get to a computer with odin and all my files on it. Hopeing it goes well and works.
[Samsung Mesmerize] dicknavis00:
well no matter what rom u flash you'll have to flash the EH09 update first to get the newest radio and boot, but once u do that the sky is the limit...I used to use heinz57 and liked it a lot but a couple months i switched to using MIUI and haven't looked back since...if you like the speed of cm but want some of the mods like heinz has u should head on over to www.miui.us and check it out, i can't say enough good things about it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] guyenxda000:
I currently own captivate and it simply sucks. i feel like 20 yr old 80x386 personal computer on which you type and waited for couple of seconds for the letter to appear on screen.

I got very good recommendation on inspire 4g but i wanted to ask owners how is the advantages and disadvantages of owning inspire 4g.

I initially bought the samsung captivate for best clarity screen only to be tricked by its poor performance and frequent lockups. So my first priority is performance and reliability, secondly being able to root etc.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
The inspire is a fine phone. That said there is far better on the market already and the nexus prime is soon to be released.
[HTC Inspire 4G] colt45x:
I love my inspire. Sure there is better out there but it gets the job done.
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
And in just a few months there will be better than the Prime. The main thing is want you want out of the phone and what kind if deals you can get. Personally, I like the HTC Sense experience best, so I would be holding off for the Holiday/Raider.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ryan09266:
I came from the captivate, I liked it to a point but had terrible issues with gps, lockups, and as good as the contrast was on the screen, it never seemed sharp. I have no complaints about the inspire, would love a dual core, but does everything I need. I would also recommend ARHD, MIUI, and cyanogen if you get one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] secretasianman:
Non-functional GPS on the Captivate was the deal killer for me. I liked everything else about the phone.

Pros:

1) HTC Sense. I find the widgets very useful.

2) Working GPS.

3) Still fast and snappy on Gingerbread (even the stock ROM).

4) Nice, bright, and big 4.3" screen.

5) Excellent build quality. This thing feels sturdy. I have a Body Glove case and a screen protector on mine and have dropped it several times landing on the corners and it keeps on ticking. I'm surprised I don't have a broken screen yet (knock on wood).

6) Camera has a flash.

7) Very little bugs that I've noticed on the stock ROM... ie Wifi connects and reconnects after sleep or being away from a WAP just fine. Everything I needed and used just worked.

Cons:

1) Comes with 8GB microSD card. No on-board flash storage.

2) Less than stellar battery life: 1230mAh battery... seriously HTC?!? WTF?! Keep your phone plugged in and/or keep a spare battery handy.

3) Camera picture quality is... acceptable. I have to admit the iPhone 4 and the Captivate takes better pictures and videos. If you zoom in to the actual size of the photo you can tell its grainy or has a lot of compression. I just feel the picture quality can be better.

Not a whole lot of cons or deal killers. The closest thing to a deal killer is the battery life but that's not a problem if you're able to plug it in or carry a second battery.

There are better phones for the same price available: Moto Atrix 2, LG Thrill, and the Samsung Infuse.

Spend another $100 and you get the big daddy Samsung Galaxy S II.

The Inspire is based off the Evo so IMO the hardware is getting long in the tooth. Personally my choices are in the following order: Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Infuse, Moto Atrix 2... and that's it. I have no experience with LG phones and I don't believe they've proven themselves in the OS upgrade area.

HTC is the best when it comes to speedy official OS upgrades. Moto is second and Samsung third.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [crowd]:
Hello,

I know this is not the best place to ask this question but i don't have permission to ask it on the developer forum so i thought trying my luck in here :p

I wrote some sh script to my device which has to run for a long period of time.

I wanted to run the script on the background so i run the script with "&" but for some reason the script freeze whenever the device is getting into standby mode.

I made some testing script (called testcode.sh) which simply count seconds to see what happen

#!/system/bin/sh
i=0
while (); do
sleep 1
i=$((i+1))
echo -e "\n\rIt has been $i sec since the script started"
done

I run the script from a terminal (./testcode.sh &) and saw the counter start counting, i then put the device to standby mode (short press on the power button) and waited for 10 min. after 10 min i open the device and saw that the counter still counts but the time was 3 min (180 sec).

So i guess the script kept running for 3 min then hang for some reason and resume when the device got off standby mode.

Is there a way to make my script keep on runnning ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powercamg4:
thats because android has entered deep sleep mode, to disable this go to wifi sleep polocy and make it never
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
Hey so I was looking at the honeycomb tablets today at best buy and I was so anxious to buy one so before I do buy it I wanna see which one is my best option

Here are my options

Motorola xoom

Asus epad transformer

Acer iconia table

Sony table

Galaxy tab

So which one would you guys choose?

Or are there any other better options?

Stewie just said that!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Spastic909:
What does this question have to do with applications?????

Why is it so hard for people to post in the correct areas?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Palingenesis:
Cranky people on this site. For future reference though, best to post in appropriate area to get your questions answered. Meanwhile, try searching cnet for reviews on those. That should help you decide. They usually have video reviews. Or try youtube.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] innovat0r:
Hi, I recently updated my SGS I9000 via kies to latest version. I want steps to root my device. I read previous topics but i didnt understand much because m a newbie in this field. Please provide me the step by step procedure with much details. It would be highly appreciated.

Details:-

Baseband : i9000DDJV5

Kernel : 2.6.35.7-I9000DDJV9-CL312456 root@SE-S605 #2

Firmware Version : 2.3.3

Build Number : GINGERBREAD.DDJV9

Regards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3d_jc:
Well, you'll need to download odin, and flash a rooted kernel, you'll find many thread explaining how to do that :)

jc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austin777:
Or you can just use Superoneclick , it really can't be any easier than that :)http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] innovat0r:
That method isnt working now. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austin777:
I rooted mu SGS with stock froyo fw yesterday. Judging from the official SOC thread, it should work with gingerbread as well.

Baseband : i9000XXJPY

Kernel : 2.6.32.9 root@SE-S608 #1

Firmware Version : 2.2.1

Build Number : FROYO.XFJS4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinguznomad:
for DROIDS CHARGE! hard buttons above the screen and the chin in the back to the top will help not hinder my holding it safely, and be easier on my thumbs

via APK or BUILDPROP whatever

any help would be appreciated :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luag:
I use:

Nexus S (i9023)

CyanogenMod 7.1

Radio I9023XXKB3

Problem:

At first I couldn't get 3G to work, I got stuck at EDGE.

So I tried to change the radio into an older one (KB3), then I could get the phone into UMTS, but everythime that happens, the GSM service would stop working (Emergency calls only). It will work again when it drops to GPRS/EDGE (I check this using *#*#4636#*#* - Phone Information)

I've tried to do a clean install, but the problem persists. So right now I must use GSM only setting from Phone Information.

Has anyone else had this problem and know a way to fix this?

Thank you :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixtapes08:
use kb1 radio its more stable on i9023 devices..

tell me if it works.. if it doesnt try reflashing your rom.. or switch to other roms.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luag:
After flashing KB1 radio, I think I'm back at getting stuck on EDGE again ^^;

Oh, and I cannot change "WCDMA only" to "GSM auto (PRL)". Everytime I choose "GSM auto (PRL)" it will revert back automatically to "WCDMA only".

EDIT: I just tried this method:

And I just got 3G back! Yay!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uni7:
I would back up those files.. Deleting/losing your EFS folder will mess you up later on.
[Samsung Mesmerize] RyanRH:
I just did the Gingerbread update 2 days ago, but this just started tonight..

I used the USB cable that came with the phone (for the charger) and plugged it into my computer to move some pictures from my phone to computer. This is the way I've always done it. For some reason, my computer wasn't recognizing my phone was plugged in even when the phone was set on Mass Storage. I unplugged and replugged a few times but to no avail.

And now, when I plug my phone into the USB cable while it's connected to the charger, on a wall outlet, it recognizes it like it's plugged into a computer and asks me if I want to transfer files and turn on Mass Storage.

It never used to do that before when on the wall, only when in the computer.

How do I fix this? Any suggestions? I also noticed my dad's Mesmerize does it also while on a wall charger, rather than just charge.

Any help is appreciated.

UPDATE

I just unmounted my SD card and took it out of the phone. Then I plugged the phone into both the computer and the wall via the same USB cord, and it connects just like it used to when I would plug it into the wall. No choice for mass storage, or to transfer/move files. So obviously it's something with the SD card?

I'm sure you guys already knew that, but just in case.
[Samsung Mesmerize] RyanRH:
I also formatted my mass storage (SD card) thinking that would help.. it did not.
[Samsung Mesmerize] RyanRH:
80+ views and nobody?
[Samsung Mesmerize] Philbrick:
You are not alone

I have experienced the same problem ever since I updated my mesmerize to 2.3.4
[Samsung Mesmerize] RyanRH:
I also noticed it doesn't hold a charge as well now that it recognizes everything like it's a computer. Charge now lasts about 60% as long as it used to.
[Samsung Mesmerize] RyanRH:
NObody has an answer?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allgsmnetwork:
Hi friends,

for me at moment the best kernel is Manu kernel 2.0,exist another kernel better ? i tested all roms :D i search also rom froyo with potent kernel stable...with neocore benck adreno 31,5 my htc desire with CM 7.1 and Manu kernel...the better ? rom and kernel much point ? :D

Thanks for help me :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I've found nothing I prefer. Roms like oxygen and redux 2 don't work with manu. Best for those Roms is _thalamus' kernel but that won't work with Roms manu works with
[HTC Sensation] Jambone:
Hi all,

I was wondering, as Android still insists on converting Long SMS to MMS, is there an editable attribute in the coding, or a dev willing to mod the messaging client, to remove this. This has been fixed by a dev in the Galaxy S, so would be nice to see on the Sensation :)

Cheers,

James
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dukenukemx:
My friend bought a used G1 and the phone wouldn't work properly, so he gave it to me to try and fix it. Pressing certain keys on the keyboard would produce random garbage, and the back and home buttons would sometimes not work either. Had a parts G1 lying round and swapped the keyboard and home back buttons, with no change. Figured the motherboard was bad so I tried using a heat gun and use contact cleaner on the connections. Seems like it started to work again.

I fallowed this tutorial to root, flash, and install a recovery on the G1. Only that I installed recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0 instead of that old outdated version, and it seemed to work as I could enter recovery and fastboot. Then I tried to flash radio-2.22.27.08.img through fastboot, and got "FAILED <remote: partition does not exist>" So I thought I needed 1.33.2005 SPL for some reason, and entered recovery to flash the .zip.

Now I can't enter fastboot or recovery, and I'm stuck at the G1 logo. Did I screw up or is this motherboard acting up again? Can't tell cause the home and back keys did randomly stop working.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dukenukemx:
Just figured it out, I flashed DeathSPL without upgrading the radio first. Anyone know a cheap way to Jtag the G1? Perferably something I can put together cheaply.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fractalcat:
Get your self a bus pirate, its about $30 from various retailers. Or you could build it yourself since the whole project is open source. http://code.google.com/p/the-bus-pirate/wiki/HWBPv3
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dukenukemx:
Thanks, definitely a cheap alternative.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
Hey there,

I am currently considering buying a Galaxy S II off eBay here in Australia and i was wondering what I should and shouldn't be looking for.

My main concern is that if I get Hong Kong/International stock then it may have differences (OS or Hardware) to the ones you can buy locally. Is there a way I could check to see where the handsets come from based on a model number or anything? and is anyone using an eBay bought SII to list the differences to local stock?

Thanks in advance,

DarkRyoushii
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaver2233:
I bought mine off ebay ages ago, was listed as Australian stock...so if you are worried about overseas models just use the advanced search and choose only located in AU...then if it is not stated in the description just ask the seller if its aussie stock...though in most cases ones from overseas work just fine and I don't believe there are any differences (both local and overseas stock are international versions, besides the I9100T for telstra)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
Thanks, there's a massive price difference between Australian ($700) and Unmentioned ($550) stock though so if possible I'd just love to make sure it won't turn up in some unheard of language with no way to change it, the wrong bands, restrictions (I know NTT Docomo limit text messages to 160 characters) on the OS or something like that.

so the I9100 stock is all the same with no variations? I thought there were different letters at the end to signify which region they were made for..

Thanks again,

DarkRyoushii
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaver2233:
hmm well I got mine for $600...I'm pretty certain they are the international version...as long as it states I9100 and nothing else, it should be fine...also some sellers (eBay shops usually), provide 1 year warranties as well..

EDIT: there is an Australian stock on eBay now for 600 + 15 postage...if you're really that worried I'd recommend you just save yourself the worrying... I'm sure you could message the seller and negotiate for free shipping or something... ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkRyoushii:
That's true :) Thanks for your help! +1 Thanks to you!