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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iggy82:
My best bud was complaining about how slow his stock SGS was so I decided to help as I've fixed about 20 phones now without any issues! Until now!

Problem

Lost Contacts which were stored to phone memory

Lost memos

Almost all programs are Force Closing

History

Installed clockwork recovery as per Cyanogen Wiki page (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide)

Then using the new SpeedMod kernel by Hardcore, I rooted the phone and also converted the file system to EXT4 to ensure the lagfix worked nicely

The Recovery automaticalled generated a Nandroid back-up before the file system conversion took place.

When phone started, a lot of programs Force Closed, so we ran a Fix Permissions and this solved most problems. However, a few days have passed and now the phone is constantly FC. The loss of contacts and memo's was annoying but he wasn't too bothered as had various back-ups

So I tried a Nandroid restore which works apart from system.img which it cannot find.

I wonder if the system.img backup doesn't work since the file system was changed to EXT4? Do you think if I push the nandroid backup using ADB, it will successfully restore the phone with contacts and memo's too? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinancetinkaya:
That's why I never touch someone else's phone. Always something goes wrong that never gone on my phone.

Sounds like you need to do...

Wipe data/factory reset

Wipe cache partition

...in clockworkmod to make a clean install.

If your friend didn't set up a syncronisation in "Accounts and sync" between google and the phone, AFAIK you cannot revert back contacts and memos

After turning the file system to EXT4, it removes backups.Because its not a nandroid backup. Just backing up your files before the partition formatting. So, no luck.

I'm not a android expert, so I might be wrong about it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joefi:
Hi,

I have bought U8800 X5 few days back and it was working fine.now the problems I face are

The yahoo icon is missing.when i tried for downloading yahoo again it says "could not be downloaded due to some error".Any app update from the "market" are having same message.When i tried to down load from yahoo site it says " yahoo mail already installed in your device . Also mail sync in gmail and yahoo are not happening ,gtalk authentication failed notification is coming and often.

Can any one tell me why? and if there is any solution.

Regards

joefi
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melvinchng:
Try to uninstall and reinstall those apps. It seems that you have corrupted files.

If they are still not working, check whether "sync" is enabled in account and sync.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tanvirul:
anyone working on it ? i miss sense
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeb85:
Theres a bunch of ppl trying just be patient.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sarni84:
Huh? Just grab the amaze then.....sense is very hard to port to non HTC phones
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] babymatteo:
Sense sucks anyways..it slows down your phone so much..It doesn't make "sense!".
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
but it looks nice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] adamboyd83:
That was my thought. Why buy this phone then?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Monk4Life:
I beg to differ but that's just my opinion. I think sense is the worst thing ever created for android. Touchwiz isn't that great either. I prefer aosp/cm7/miui.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tigerz0202:
sense looks great and has alot of user friendly widgets that look great also, its personal preference but i dont plan on going back anytime soon, i absolutely love this phone and in its stock form. id love to have energyz28 over here cooking ,his work was the best as far as the complete package of performance and eye candy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
Sense is a waste of time/space/CPU/______. TW or stock is the way to go.

Sent from my EagleBlood-infused SGSII or my GTab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tanvirul:
sense

sense is userfriendly, and i cant stand the messeging skin on tw, i got gosms but i really liked the messeging on sense, sense slows stuff down but is really useful, and i would have probably got the amaze but i found a trade on craigslist for the galaxy, so i traded my blackberry 9900, which is a bad idea since it costs more than the galaxy but whatever...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
My wife has the 9900 and it seems like a nice phone, but SGSII is way better. I just feel like HTC should work on improving the performance of Sense instead of constantly adding new cosmetic touches.

Sent from my EagleBlood-infused SGSII or my GTab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
I don't see the point of having all that extra power just to benchmark more. Wow your uber benchmark score makes you cool. I had sense 2.1+ 3.0 running on my evo 4g pretty smooth. OK sense on the sensation seemed laggy but I really like the way the amaze runs. I have no problem with aosp but I find touchwiz scary. Thank Google for flashing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unlvmike:
Why is this even a thread, the amaze runs sense, should have got that if you wanted sense....you smart guy you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
you should call the guy who trade you the bb if you think the galaxy s2 its not a good phone for yourself homie
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
I'd like to see Sense too. It is one of the few things that I like more about the Amaze. I can't stand TW in general it feels like beta software that was never finished. But with ICS taking so many things from Sense, I will probably be happy with CM9.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tanvirul:
sense

you guys can **** on sense all you want but i think its one of the best user interfaces out there, probably neck in neck with apple os, it looks nice and functions well, i dont know where you guys are getting all this lag stuff about, it is bloated but once u flash a rom that clears the bloat sense is amazing, insert coin on sensation was awesome
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tanvirul:
insertcoin

and if anyone from insertcoin team is viewing this thread, PLEASE BUY A GALAXY
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rbtady:
Even though not everyone likes sense, it would still be nice to try for some of us that have only tried it as a sample on the amaze. Even an earlier version of sense that would be easier to port might be fun to try for a little. I tend to flash a lot anyway, so I probably wouldn't be on it for too long.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ariel123:
Sense is a waste of space on the phone. That's why I got rid of my sensation. Why do you think windows phones don't have sense all over? Because ieven though it looks nice it just slows down your phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
Sense?

sense dosnt make sense . its a piece o ****, if you like sense you shoulg buy a sensation or amaze? why are you using a gs2?? that its dumb
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KillaHurtz:
This thread is pointless.....it aint gonna happen....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hazard99:
I don't get why everyone loves miui having all my apps on my home screen bugs me. But thats just me. I didnt choose the amaze because it makes a lot of the apps I buy useless.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheSeanTeam:
Folders are your friend.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] flipq88:
Yeah me neither, if i wanted all my apps on my home screens i would have just bought an iphone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheSeanTeam:
Why do people like MiUI? It's pretty slick. The notification system, the themes, the speed, the battery life. There's a lot to like 'bout MiUI. I too am not a fan of all the apps on the main screen, but as I mentioned earlier there are ways around it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nooney299:
Everyone has something negative and smart to say about sense. Not every one hates it nor DO THEY WANT THE AMAZE TO HAVE IT. I knew when i put down that 500 on Sam i KNEW sense wasnt on there but i HOPE in time it will show its face around here. Each phone has its wow factors but the amaze did not wow me like sam did. My sensation was one of the best phones ever til it drowned. I had core droid on it and it had wings. Sam has this size and amoloed screen and 16gb internal... Yeah blah blah blah. I would LOVVVVEEEE to see sense on Sam. No i do not want a dog gone amaze and my Sam w sense w still kick arse cause she is beast like that!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] j0hnZ:
A launcher is not a rom...that's so annoying for someone to criticize the launcher as a reason to hate a rom. This isn't ios or WP7, we can still change our launcher to anything we want. This is what makes Android-Android. I like MIUI, I don't use the launcher... I like TouchWiz apps, I don't use the launcher... and yes some people use Sense, and they don't use the sense launcher.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] goonx:
I love sense... just throwing that out there.

Very refined ROM and it's very user friendly. Great looking ROM. Performance burden.. sure?... but not enough to bother me. Had great battery life and performance on the ARHD rom from the sensation. If there's sense available on the SGSII, i will use it for a while and then judge for myself it's worth.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rault18:
Sense after rooting and insert coin is a totally different experience..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rbtady:
Maybe this can be ported on to the Hercules...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324408
[Acer Iconia A500] avseq:
I have 3 partition on my portable drive but my tablet can read only one? Is it just me or anyone else knows abt it? What shall I do?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Tanvirul:
Can you please work on the galaxy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
SERIOUSLY!!! Tanvirul HERES UR INFO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] Bob Smith42:
Today only - 1saleaday.com. Seems like a good price for this *accessory*. :)

SanDisk 32GB Class 4 cost $28 USD.

I never bought from these guys, can someone recommend?

Good luck.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] raze1000:
i would be tempted for at least a class 6 card myself.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] jhanford:
Errr... list price $189.99? Doesn't look legit to me
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] thedarkness81:
The site is legit. I've ordered many things from there, all in perfect new working condition. The info always says if its new or remanufactured. The retail price is usually the highest price ever seen for something to make it look like a better deal.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] acdcking12345:
Looks like a great deal. I got one for my TF.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] LAYGO:
I bought 2 from them via NewEgg at $35/each with no problems of one of them. Haven't tried the other one . . . yet.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] lost_:
Good price. I bought one from them through Newegg for $31. Verified with h2testw that it was indeed 32GB, and the speed was decent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PhonePhanatic01:
hey guys i just bought the i777 and was wondering if there is any information i should know like what cases are recommended and such thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Gotheat:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1303
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PhonePhanatic01:
i know about that part of this forum yes but this is for general information i should know
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nuwayman:
It really depends on what you like. I got the case with the kickstand in back to watch shows without holding my phone. Shop around. You will find something that catches your eye.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yoderk:
Take a look through the accessories section, they have all sorts of reviews of cases people have purchased as well as docks and extended batteries and what not
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Hello Folks,

I been search a way to port Bravia engine for CM because it's one of the reason I bought Xperia Arc. I found this thread at HD2 ★⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠★[MOD]BRAVIA tweak for HD2★⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠

The methods seems like works fine for our CM Rom as well. I compared the video with Mobo player and stock player I did notice a difference. As you know BE only works on stock gallery and video player.

You can test it out and see if it works fine.

Download and instructions can be found at ★⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠★[MOD]BRAVIA tweak for HD2★⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠

The next option we are looking for is xLOUD try this MOD it might work... [Mod] XLOUD | For X8 | 100% Work | 21/09/2011 it don't feel much difference though

Note: There is no option under settings for both Bravia and xLOUD / Do it in your own risk and make sure you make a backup of your ROM.

Edit: Apparently tin2404 has taken work from one of our developers. Thanks to zdzihu and DooMLoRD for port this feature.

Cheers... :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kokjsch:
Thanks a lot. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Istvan_86:
Nice, I test it in the next few hours.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Your Welcome!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
its a straight copy of the files i posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1246402
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Achotjan:
exact i can confirme that

cheers

Achotjan
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Oh! I saw this in XDA News. Well the user didn't give proper credit then :mad: Well nice work D.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pradeepvizz:
i tried this on my FXP44, but failed to feel the difference. Did someone actually see a difference ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lighterlp:
I try the manual install method but there is no bravia engine on/off option under display setting is this corect? and I didt notice any different...When I type the value in the terminal emulator it says chown: /system/etc/be_movie: read only file system is this corect?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SXUsr:
Yes, as stated in the OP.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Salt_Water:
Bravia Engine, and other Sony features only work on Sony Locked Bootloader phones

Sony Bravia Engine seems to only work on Sony Locked Bootloader Phones, the same happens with Sony TrackID, and Xperia S Walkman "Get Music Info"
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bam80:
Do you mean exactly locked bootloader or just device keys must be present? You know, this is different things..
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] vibez:
Can anyone advise on the following.

Dice Player:

Is there anyway to disable the showing of subitles?

MX Player:

How can we enable H/W decoding. I only get the S/W options when playing a MKV

Thanks in advance :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] No_u:
In MX Player I know that S/W is the only option to play MKV properly. I don't use Dice Player =/
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] chr0m:
Did you download the ARM7 codecs? I can play MKV with HW decoding on MX player. Maybe it's to do with your rom.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] davebugyi:
MKV is a container - the contents maybe different.

Dice Player - Start Dice Player - Go to settings > scroll down > untick Show subtitles.
[HTC EVO 3D] TommyX235:
Any idea how to get wiimote working ?
[HTC EVO 3D] n_god:
Wrong place dude...

Sent from LeeDroid 3D 2.0.0
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stiiky:
Hi Everyone,

I am trying to recover my HD2 after it being corrupted or something but it wouldn't boot anything or recover or work with USB. Got it to play nice again after a few hundred reboots and reflashing HSPL.

I am trying to install a ROM with MAGLDR but cannot get it to play ball. I understand that lots of the ROM packs are intended to be loaded with clockwork mod recovery but when I try this, the packages don't have the required daf or .data files.

Any help?

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
I don't think you understand how to use clockwork mod (well at least not how to flash things via clockwork mod). You should flash clockwork mod then copy the rom (which will come in a zipped folder) to the root of your SD card. You should then follow this guide in order to install the ROM.

The ROM should never be taken out of the zipped folder, and it isn't flashed via an .exe program (that's one of the best things about clockwork mod, everything can be done away from your PC if you want, you can just download the update straight to your phone and use a file explorer to move it from the download folder to the root of your SD card).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stiiky:
Thanks for the feedback. I understand that clockwork mod is great because you can just drop the file sin and boot but the issue is that the downloads that I've made don't work. I cleaned my sd card before putting Hyperdroid CM7 on it and it was the only thing on the card. I went into recovery in the boot menu and then

it comes up with the usual "123456 GOGOGO" and then just hangs on the screen. After looking around, i found mention of the .data folder being required to execute it but it isn't in any of the downloaded roms i have.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
So it hangs whilst trying to enter clockwork mod (at the 'GO GO GO' screen)?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stiiky:
That's right. Then it just sits there until i take the battery out. I left it on charge for 5 hours yesterday and it didn't budge. When loading the ROMs it seems to all work fine and everything is up to date. It just won't boot into it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryk78:
Hi,

My wife got me a Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 for my birthday. We live in China so it's a international model with CHN firmware preinstalled, which I updated from Froyo to Gingerbread using Samsung Kies.

The update was successful but unfortunately the Android Marketplace app (and Google Mail, and Google Maps, and Google anything) isn't included with this firmware (and Samsung Apps doesn't work just on wifi without a SIM card!) so I'm looking to flash it to XEU (Europe) and hoping that the XEU firmware includes all the Google apps... so I will be able to use my Tab as more than just a web browser.

I tried the Kies Registry Patcher to spoof the current firmware to an old XEU firmware (I used this string: "P1000XWJJ3/P1000XEUJJ3/P1000XXJID/P1000XWJJ3") and this worked as far as Kies recognising it as an out-of-date XEU firmware and telling me that there is an upgrade available. But after telling Kies to go ahead, I get this error: "the latest version is already installed on connected device". This then gets stuck in a loop - as long as I'm still spoofing the old firmware version, Kies tells me there is an upgrade available, but the update fails with the same message each time. When I stop spoofing, Kies goes back to normal, recognising that I have the latest Chinese firmware installed.

Q1: is there a fix for the error message above?

Not having any luck with Kies, I downloaded Check Fus and downloaded the latest XEU firmware (this one: P1000XWJMI/P1000XEUJM5/P1000XXJMA/P1000XWJMI) and now I have a TAR file which I unpacked and found lots of useful-looking files:

boot.bin

cache.rfs

factoryfs.rfs

hidden.rfs

modem.bin

P1_add_hidden.pit

param.lfs

Sbl.bin

zImage

I have Odin v1.7 but no idea how to configure it correctly to use the firmware I downloaded. I don't want to brick the device by flashing it incorrectly.

Q2: is there a guide to Odin so I can be sure to set it up correctly?

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers,

Larry
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ofiaich:
Hi Larry,

I upgraded mine recently and the thread is here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291217

Down the page is a thread by bongski55 which has link for Overcome.

and Homey, on page 3 of the thread has a great post with a You Tube link!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291217&page=3

There are lots of other threads about ODIN and the procedure to follow..

This thread might have good information

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1193064

I had a bricked tablet at that time, and got lots of advice there..

Good luck,

Ofiaich :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryk78:
Thanks Ofiaich, I reviewed the threads and despite not being able to access the video on youtube (even through my VPN... thanks China!) I found sufficient instructions to give it a shot.

Download mode is easy - hold volume-down and power until the "Android at Work" yellow triangle shows on device - plug it in, then run Odin.

Looks like Odin only needs a couple of things:

1. PIT file (goes in PIT section)

2. TAR file (goes in PDA section)

And the PIT file is in the TAR file :)

Hit start.

Currently in download mode, hooked up through Odin and flashing the ROM I downloaded from Samsung earlier.

Will post back to let you know how it went. Fingers crossed.

Cheers,

Larry
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryk78:
Flashing in progress. Here's the Odin log... so far.

<ID:0/012> Added!!

<ID:0/012> Odin v.3 engine (ID:12)..

<ID:0/012> File analysis..

<ID:0/012> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/012> Initialzation..

<ID:0/012> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/012> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/012> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/012> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/012> boot.bin

<ID:0/012> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/012> param.lfs

<ID:0/012> zImage

<ID:0/012> cache.rfs

<ID:0/012> hidden.rfs

The progress bars (on device about 5% complete; in Odin about 50% complete) haven't apparently made any progress in the (roughly) 15 minutes since Odin started flashing the hidden.rfs file. Granted that's the largest (343MB) file in the set to flash but long pauses make me nervous. Anyway, a problem shared and all that. I'm going to have a cup of tea and wait a bit more. Maybe it's using USB 1.0 for the transfer and Odin only updates the progress bar when the file completes (not during...).

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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryk78:
Still stuck on hidden.rfs. Is it really supposed to take this long? I don't want to (actually, can't see any way to) interrupt it without unplugging the device or killing Odin. That sounds like a fast way to brick... but I can only wait until it's out of power anyway. Suppose I could leave it overnight.

Just for interest, I did a comparison of the size of the contents of the two ROMs I downloaded. First one is the one direct from Samsung (which I am trying to flash now). I downloaded that using Check Fus. It's apparently the latest XEU firmware. Second one is the P1000XXJQ1 firmware from samfirmware.com which is the latest that they have, but I suspect it's a bit old... which is why I'm trying the Check Fus one instead.

P1000XWJMI	P1000XXJQ1

P1000XXJMA	P1000XXJQ1

P1000XEUJM5	P1000XXJPZ

HOME	HOME

Contents	Size (bytes)	Size (bytes)	Same?

boot.bin	262144	262144	Yes

cache.rfs	8294400	2465792	No

factoryfs.rfs	323633152	318148608	No

gt-p1000_mr.pit	2008	Yes (as P1_add_hidden.pit)

hidden.rfs	351780864	35598848	No

modem.bin	12582912	12582912	Yes

P1_add_hidden.pit	2008	Yes (as gt-p1000_mr.pit)

param.lfs	565248	565248	Yes

Sbl.bin	1310720	1310720	Yes

zImage	7860352	7860352	Yes

Note that I've not done a binary comparison. This is just comparing the file sizes.

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