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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
What do you mean "swappable"? You can flash the bootloader that came with the yakju image no problem. The only problem is that you will not be able to revert to the previous bootloader, unless you figure out how to dump it (if it is even possible...)

I would like to know this as well. This is my first Samsung device. The procedure was different with HTC devices.

In order to be running yakju, all you need to flash is the boot, system and userdata images. That is all. No need to flash any specific radio or bootloader.

You are incorrect here. In order to receive the yakju OTA update, you need to have flashed the yakju system image (the other images won't matter). However, in order to be able to install the OTA update directly, you need to have flashed the yakju boot and userdata images, as well as a stock recovery (the recoveries are all the same). You can still install the update even with a custom recovery, by you will have to do it manually, i.e., download the update, boot into your custom recovery, and apply the update.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmy2222:
Hey guys, sorry if this is covered but I'm a bit of a scrub and this is my first android phone. I've been reading since before I ordered my phone so don't flame and say "read this or that" or "read FAQ's" or "search is your friend" search is only useful when you KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

Anyways, here's my problem, I was following mskip's newbie guide in dev. and I was originally jus going to unlock bootloader and root and flash CWM. But I got ahead of myself and forgot to make a backup and ended up flashing android revolution HD only for my phone to boot loop.

So now I have a bootlooping Gnex with access to fastboot and CWM installed but no backup. I can't put any rom or zip on my SD as the phone won't go into media mode so I can transfer one over.

My phone is a virgin model, was a ITL41D build

1. Fastboot works

2. Bootloop

3. CWM works

4. No usb media storage

what do? Any help appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phazerorg:
You could try flashing the official Google factory images of yakju with fastboot... not only should that get you working again, you'd also have the "real" Galaxy Nexus ICS that gets OTAs from Google...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1394033
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sishgupta:
Perfect response thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] al-motamel:
could any one please upload a full backup copy of I9250UGKL1 or older on I9250UGKK7 (rom for Canada, Bell Canada/Virgin)

I need this rom but I can not find any full factory img or full backup copy by cwm

Please Please Please :(

anyone has this rom uploud it here
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jetrii:
Anyone have the MD5 of the UGKL1 radio?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
It's in the same post as the radio...: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20316430&postcount=24
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andriykoua:
radio versions

Guys, I just bought Virgin Galaxy Nexus, and I am using it with Fido. I was wondering if there is a difference between European Radio and North American? Anyone can comment on reception issues? I am currently running ITL41D.I9250UGKK7 and I haven't received the update to ITL41F.I9250UGKL1 so I want to manually flash the device to Yakju by using $ fastboot -w flashall command.

Your comments are very much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andriykoua:
I've updated my device to Yakju, while keeping my radio untouched, can I use this radio? and How do I go about installing it?
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
Hello, I am hoping y'all can tell me if my phone is just bad hardware, or if this is normal. Since installing the update, I've had to factory reset my phone 4 times so far after something triggers hotboots. Every time I try to ID an app or it is involves the SD card, it turns out to not be related when installing the next time after a reset.

Today I installed all of my paid apps from the Google Market, many of my Amazon apps, and then moved everything to SD card without issue. After downloading so many apps, I'd use App2SD Pro to move them over in batches, and log the apps being moved or installed and if they triggered hotboots.

I then started grabbing the free apps that I could remember using from the Market, reboot, and still fine. When I felt I was nearly done and "safe", I decided to move the last 6 apps that could be moved over to my SD card. Upon rebooting, hotboots began. Uninstalling anything that even looks like it loads into memory automatically, plus those 6 apps, has not helped.

I am wondering if I am tripping some counter when I near/exceed 200 apps and that is triggering hotboots until I factory reset. Currently trying to uninstall more apps between hotboots in the hopes that will help. I am suspecting it is Gingerbread, as I did see this on a leaked build, and not on Froyo.

Those last 6 apps were nothing system related. Just NASA, Inotia 3, Kayak, Medieval Empires, Defender, and Elixir 2. Earlier it tripped after installing Android Assistant and Android System Info. Before that it tripped when I added the Amazon shopping, Student, MP3, and Pricewatch apps.

Why so many apps? Just testing some out to see what I like and don't like.

So, is my phone hosed or salvageable? The hardware has been great so far, just software issues under Froyo and I suspect the same with Gingerbread.

And is anyone else able to repeat this issue on their phone?
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
Thank you Lufc, I totally spaced when I posted it in the wrong area.

Troubleshooting further (by selectively adding the 50 free apps I own from Amazon), the hotboots do indeed seem to be related to having around 200 apps installed.

Could anyone else please test this theory out and confirm/refute them from your experience?
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
Haha, I can't even think of having that many apps. what's the point of you installing that many? Do you actually use all of them?
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
Nah, I really don't use most of them. I just want to see what is out there and test stuff out. Since uninstalling quite a few, I've been stable. Shame I have to uninstall anything when I still have plenty of storage and ram.
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
I'm having similar problems. Have around 200 apps I like. Not everyday, but occassional. In trying to build an EP4D system using stock or Infinity everything goes bad each time I exceed some fairly large number of app installs. The system is then too unstable to fix and I end up rebuilding.....
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I have 195 apps on top of stock ep4d deodexed/debloated that I use a fair bit. I have been totally stable. I should admit that I froze a bunch of stock BS though.

Your hardware is probably fine. You could try stability test from the Market to see if you're hardware seems stable. I personally haven't had any problems with app-whoring so far.
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
It's hard to get a total number of apps, but counting the bloatware and the number of icons under apps gives me a good approximation. I've been trying and testing, and each time the phone is perfectly fine and stable up until around the 200 mark. Odd that I see this under Gingerbread, but never under Froyo. I wonder if Gingerbread has some little known bug that we are hitting when run on our hardware. :(
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I bet you something is borked that that is unrelated to actual number of apps.

What I would do is:

Install Titanium Backup.

Backup the apps you want. Don't backup stuff like that's included in your ROM of choice like Gmail since you can update that via Market. Just backup the stuff you know is not already installed and that you will want.

One thing that auto-updates no matter what I seem to do on stock/deoxed EP4D is Google books.

When you get all your backups then go ahead and nuke your phone. I suggest using CWM 4.0.1.4 to create a backup image in case you need to restore without having to set up your system.

Install whatever ROM/kernel/etc. you want.

Get Root.

Install Titanium Backup.

After everthing is booted, I usually let the Market update and let the couple few apps that the Market wants to update download.

When you are ready, run a Batch operation with Titanium Backup to restore all your apps. Its your choice whether you want to restore data as well.

Generally, I restore app + data because few of my apps have trouble restoring the data.

Run all your apps to make sure they work. Clear data on apps that don't work.

I suggest clearing data on the Market after you get all your apps working.

Freeze the crap that you don't want running.

See what happens.

I kid you not, I have no nearly 0 problems restoring over 190 apps with a batch operation.
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
Earlier today my phone, after 2.5 hours of heavy use, started turning itself off within minutes of being booted. Swapped battery, cleared cache, played with wifi settings and 4g, nothing worked. Reset the phone and all is well. Decided to only load apps I actually use, and will follow the steps in the post above later tonight.
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
Not sure if it's related to number of apps or size of installed apps, but this is a real thing on EP4D. i'm having it happen on Stock, Debloated and Infinity. It occurs at just over 200 apps. Phone works great until one too many batch restores of 5-6 apps and then it will start hotbooting and become uncontrollable. Only thing to do is reinstall. Done it about 5 times now.

In order to get to 200 or so apps (at least the 200 I want), I always end up having to do some Apps2SD movements for Plants vs. Zombies, etc. I actually think the problem is related to that because I installed around 175, dropped all games (which is all I will move to SD) and then batch restored another couple of dozen and it appeared stable for as long as I left it.

Gonna go back, install debloated from scratch and install only what I gotta have. Just tired of messing with it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
I rooted and restored only the bare minimum of what I use, plus a few games. I just don't want to mess with it anymore. I did use Tom's guide to pull off some bloatware (backed up first) and will just leave the phone alone for now. I lose too many hours tweaking every damn program each time, logging in and tweaking settings lost its fun the 5th time I restored.

Applications now listed exactly 100 apps, and I don't want to fight with it anymore. At least not for now.

Kimmie, who thought I had broke it when I rooted last night and did not have data. Glad to see Verizon had a 12 hour or so outage then, and that my phone is fine.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
I'm now at about 198 or 199 apps that I installed on EP4D deodexed/deloated using batch (app+data) on Titanium Backup and it works perfect.

Yikes, I wonder if a few more apps is going to put me over the edge.

In this case, I'm thinking you should get some logcats and see if anyone can give you any hints- unfortunately, I don't have much experience with reading logcats, but its worth a shot.
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
Again, don't know if it's exact number or some combo with how much has been moved to SD. Here's an AppBrain list of what I currently have working. I didn't look so I hope there's nothing TOO embarrassing in there ;).

I also own an Asus Transformer and here's the AppBrain list of what is on that machine. Obviously I'm basically just trying to make the two match up so I can do whatever I want regardless of which device I have with me.

Somewhere between the two lists is where I start getting the hot loops right after the machine gets to the desktop on a powerup.
[Verizon Droid Charge] svzurich:
For me it is the total number of apps, and not related to moving to SD. I tested this with smaller file size apps as our internal rom is gimped at barely over 1gb. I have Amazon's free app of the day to thank for a wide selection of apps to test.

Think it could be related to our CPU?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pazzio:
EDIT: Sorry, this post wen't to completely wrong place. Hope some mod can move this to right section.

I know. There's number of similar threats. I have read them all. Or at least feels like it.

I managed to soft brick my sgs2. I was playing with this new lol boot (dual boot app) from market. I think I pushed something wrong in this app. After that my intention was to make a CWM backup before I start to play seriously with lol boot. At the second I pressed backup from the menu, my phone shut down. Now I'm in a sitsuation whre I can't enter recovery mode. There's just this Samsung Galaxy logo. At the time I had CheckRom v4 installed.

My intention was to flash stock rom via odin. I can enter to download mode just fine BUT odin or kies isn't able to connect to phone. Kies is recognizing the usb connection, but fails to connect it properly. Here's a list what I've tried so far:

- Restart PC (100x)

- Restart Odin (101x)

- Restart Kies

- Reinstall USB Drivers (with Kies and without)

- Trying different computer which has never seen Kies or any Samsung USB drivers

- Reinstalling Windows (W7 x64)

- 3 different USB cables (2 stock Samsung)

- Different USB ports

- Also Nexus S USB drivers as mentioned on another thead in XDA

- Starting odin after USB connection, and before

- Googling with any keywords I have come up

Is there anything else I can do for now?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mathsmart:
you mean when you try to connect to odin there is no yellow square ?

maybe try to remove battery for + 90 sec and try to enter in odin ? :confused:

ps in this situation you must forget kies since its barely work when everything is fine with the phone ...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pazzio:
Thanks for your reply. Odin doesn't 'do' anything when i connect my device. I'm using version 4.43. When I connect s2, windows install two drivers, Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device and Samsung Mobile USB Modem. I also tried taking battery off. Actually the battery wasn't attached for 6 hours, still no success.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] akusokuzan:
I didn't see this in your list, but have you tried entering download mode and connecting?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Accessories] borstri:
can you enter recovery? which recovery you have? Clockwork? 2e, 3e?

Just trying to feel out your situation...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pazzio:
Guys. I think there is some Android God that came to help me. After ~36 hours of googling, crying and throwing the phone to the wall, I've managed to solve my problem! As I was googling cheap shotgun for me, I had a vision. Why not, let's try older odin. The solution was v1.83. And right when I plugged in my phone with this odin, it got recognized! At the same second! Nuff said, I'm satisfied. And do you know what is the best part? I flashed with original stock rom and every app, every launcher and so on was STILL WORKING and running!

Thanks to everyone. I'll be more careful next time!

EDIT: How the heck the custom binary counter went to zero? I was thinking its only possible with usb jig?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] borstri:
not older odin! but the one u need for sgs2 (and 1) only use odin 3 v. 1.83 or v. 1.3.

The one you said IS NOT FOR YOUR PHONE. Sorry I missed that text.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pazzio:
So if I understood you correctly, u are saying that I flashed my phone with wrong version of odin (1.83) ? Sorry, I'cant understand english too good, so can you say your point more literally and s_l_o_w_l_y? Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] borstri:
I only use odin3 v1.3 or odin 3 v.1.83.

As far as I know, you cannot use anything else, since it is not made for your device!

I might be wrong, if so, somebody correct me.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pazzio:
So if you're correct on this, the reason why I couldn't get my phone recognized was the wrong version of odin?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mattcfk:
gratz! :p

to reset your binary, there is only one way to do it. u are right, usb jig.

however, beware, i read somewhere saying that GB ver 2.3.4 onward has a new version of bootloader which prevent usb jig from resetting the counter, which mean samsung is trying to lock the bootloader now. however, flashing the old bootloader still helps (claim by others).
[HTC Amaze 4G] Branso07:
-Is there a way to get panoramic wallpaper on the home screen like how the Galaxy S II has it?

-Also, how do I delete pages on my home screen?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ebatr8:
You have to use a different launcher other then sense launcher is the only way for scrolling wallpaper
[HTC Amaze 4G] Branso07:
Any recommendations?
[HTC Amaze 4G] ebatr8:
adw ex is pretty good or launcher pro is good n has some sense like Widgets go launcher is the third real popular one these three are the ones I see most used
[HTC Amaze 4G] Branso07:
I'm sorry to ask again. But I can't find them in Android Development. Can you provide a link please?
[HTC Amaze 4G] emilianos:
All of the above are in the market
[HTC Amaze 4G] Branso07:
There is no thanks button but thank you!
[HTC Amaze 4G] emilianos:
No problem
[Off-topic] GSLEON3:
Many of you have donated to little ALex Hauser's cancer fund in my other post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1365846

But for those that can't afford to donate money can help by going to: http://meme.ms/umyzn5

and voting for G. Leon.

We will be holding an event at Yankee Doodles in Long Beach in January & these items will be going towards raffle & silent auction.

Thank you for your support!
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Sorry, I couldn't find G Leon in the list

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running EliteMod'
[Off-topic] GSLEON3:
Try this address: Hey Guys, help me help a 4-year old with cancer, please visit http://meme.ms/umyzn5
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Voted!

Some of the other submitions are ridiculous "my mom needs it so when she goes to the hairdressers she will fit in because all the other ladies have one." Bahhh

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running EliteMod'
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timonoj:
Hello guys,

My brother is going to get his first smartphone. Initially they offered him a galaxy ace, but now (the phone operator) gave him the offer for an S. Would you go for it?

What i recall from this phone was that it was rather cool and powerful, but with an infernal gps. Did it get fixed eventually? How is it? Any remark?

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Megneto:
Hi,

I have been using SGS GT-I9000 for a year and half, and frankly, it has been the worst smartphone purchase I've made over the years.

It:

1. Hangs up for no apparent reason, even when it is sitting idle.

2. Crashes or reboots at its own every now and then

3. Performance gets extremely sluggish to a point where it becomes Royal Pain in ....... (you know what).

4. Doesn't want to connect with PC except in 'Storage Mode'. Hence I am stuck with Froyo since there is no other way of updating the OS.

Now I have sent this unit to Samsung twice but they say it is 'in perfect' condition. Anyway, long and the short of it I am poised to jump the ship and buy Lumia 800, making SGS as my first and last droid.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adslee:
1. Never had that problem.

2. Never had that problem with proper ROMs.

3. Lag fix, custom ROMs like CM7 and MIUI.

4. Again, never had that problem, pretty sure you never bothered to install the Samsung drivers for the phone.

Jump ship, Android doesn't sound like it's for you anyway, but don't go telling people about how you struggled with the phone without even flashing any new firmware when that's what Android is all about.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolah:
1) Never had that problem either

2) Never had that problem either

3) As already stated add a simple lagfix.

4) Install the correct drivers onto your PC and install Kies or use odin to flash new firmware.

Adslee is 100% correct. Android isnt for you. dont tell people horror stories about this device just because you dont knowe what your doing...

Now back to the OP.

Even though the Galaxy S is over year old now it is still a good device on the market and for the price you can pick them up on contract these days i would say they are well worth buyng still.

The XDA custom rom support for this device has been amazing and there are tons of custom roms out there to choose from if you wish to flash custom firmware, such as several MIUI version; several CM7 versions and a ton of samsung based custom roms.

There are now even a couple of active ports of ICS from the galaxy nexus for the galaxy s.

Samsung have surpassed many people expectations with the support and updates they have brought to this device.

My GPS has always worked absoloutley perfect. I believe it was just the early models that had a problem witht he GPS. Even with that said, it was found that if your GPS was poor, all you had to do was fold a piece of paper up and put it in the top corner of the phone where the GPS antenna was and put the cover back on. This added pressure on the the antenna and made the GPS better for some strange reason lol.

The galaxy s started on eclair and we are now on 2.3.6 gingerbread.

This phone still has everything the new devices have and can still handle everything very well.

Dont forget the super amoled display that this device uses aswel which is amazing.

For a first smartphone it is a good start.

That being said though if you want to spend a bit more cash you can get a more updated phone like the galaxy s 2 or maybe even a galaxy nexus if your brother really wants to splash out, and likes the look of pure android without the likes of touchwiz or HTC's sense layerd over the top.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justiyad:
The first couple of version of the OS were a little buggy for the Galaxy S, but the latest one is solid, no issues with it very fast and stable. The GPS issue was fixed.

If your brother is into modding and hacking his phone he would love the Galaxy S. Mine started with Android 2.1, and now I'm running a port of Android 4.0. Just be aware that most likely this phone will not get an official upgrade from Samsung to the Android 4.0
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jwigginton:
Poking around on the ASUS FTP site,

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/TF201/

ran across this - US_epad-user-8.8.3.29.zip date 12/9/11...

Update firmware you think? I'm assuming it's not ICS, but includes "updater-script" and large "blob" file..

Any clues?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hammersuit:
I can't believe for any reason that all this would come cheaper than $10.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-S-Sha...ccessories&hash=item20c014ce8a#ht_3277wt_1396

Just wondering if anyone else had seen this...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alex72:
It's true. I got same case for $2.95 and it's a great case. For the rest I can't comment. Anyway, you can't go wrong with this deal. China shipping baby...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] runtohell121:
It's true.. just some cheap stuff from China lol =P but ships from the US instead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hammersuit:
Purchased! I can't believe that price lol. Well to anyone who is interested, that is a deal to jump on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Edgarhighman:
I bought some stuff from itrimming years ago, yes cheap, I don't remember if I bought the radio transmitter, the case for my zune, charger, extended battery or what, but something I bought "broke" and something I bought "worked" so I should it was :P

What's a good rating on chargers for our phones battery? mAh rating etc. I'd like to get a car charger that won't quickcharge the battery but do the same "full" charge like an AC/USB charger
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] superdog404:
I just received my order from them. I got the same one execpt without the ac charger. It all works good. The case fits so well that the rockers are almost invisible on the sides. The clear shield is cut very accurate but a little small all the way around. Having not used any other shield that may be the way they all are cut. I don't work for them as everyone seems to point out.