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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Biker1:
I would like the rear battery cover to be sort of like the soft touch cover on the

Evo 4G. Has a slightly better grip to it.

Other than that, this phone is Phenomenal, especially with all the Development Support it is receiving.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
No dedicated camera button.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AVAH0LIC:
Yeah Im loving how Calks converts the Volume+/- to that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jess813:
Touchwiz I wish it was AOSP
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LordLugard:
I think everyone should just run Blazer ROM.

Phenomenal

battery life, fast, stable and just great.

Only peeve i have coming from a NS4G is i wish it were as contour and the headphone jack were on the bottom. I HATE headphone jacks being on the top of phones, that's just me.

Power button is fine where it is. Most would get a cramp trying to reach for it at the top of phone, think about it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] globen:
Wake Lag! Is the only fix to take sd card out? That's convenient. Yeah I know it's only a couple of seconds, but when I was asked what time it was yesterday, went to turn phone on and my wife beat me to it with her evo 4G. Don't get me wrong, I love this phone, but the wake lag sucks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MRMonaco:
©MikeC84 I've seen that post before, but doesn't explain why I, and other people have seen differences with and without calibration.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Biker1:
As has been said, the speaker placement could have had better placement, then where it is currently on the lower left, on the rear.

My hand naturally covers it, and I have to be conscious of this.

But otherwise, the SE4GT is a fantastic device!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] choyt2011:
You expect it to be that good? Compared to the Evo this mic rocks. You have to realize its a phone...not a professional HD camera. For the fact its able to record video at 1080p with one of the best audio recording mics...Ill take it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
yeah then u can zoom with those buttons anymore. pinch to zoom causes u to shake screen during filming.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
GPS is awesome for me. Only bad thing but not much of a big deal is the resolution

sent from my Iphone Serial Killer (E4GT)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sui Generis:
Who dares?

I own a Samsung Galaxy SII T-989 and, because I come from the "Windows" side rather than Linux or Apple, I would like to be able to completely wipe out the Gingerbred ROM that came with the phone and install a "cooked" ROM based on Windows Mobile 7 or, at least Windows Mobile 6.5.

I am hoping that, all those great developers connected to this site and spending so much time on cooking roms and rooting android phones, maybe one day they would look into this project that will become, I am sure, the greatest challenge, the pinnacle of all great things ever accomplished and recorded on this amazing forum.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xspeed9190:
Would be cool to dual boot like the HD2 days. But TBH Sui, we barely have any devs for anroid let alone start a whole new can of worms with WP7. Like the idea though.... +1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kailkti:
Wp7 doesn't support multiple cores.

$1 gets you a reply
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kenvan19:
Except for, you know, the already released dual-core WP7 phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xspeed9190:
Good Point Kallkti, but soon it will. I was at a mircosoft event and we will see an update in a few months to support it. In theory couldnt we just use one core like ....idk the original froyo/GB code, and keep the second core sleeping. I never wrote kernel code im only asking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] punjabi_xtasy:
lol we dont even have a working CM7 or Miui...yet you want this?! i dont think it'll ever happen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] audscott:
GS2 doesn't meet hardware requirements for 6 hardware buttons and who knows what else, but seems to me if someone wants a WM7 phone, you get one.

Another thought - get an HTC HD2 - ROMs available for WM 6.5, 7 and just about every flavor of android available. A little slow (1 GHz) but satisfies all other requests.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasontx:
I think it'd be awesome, been thinking about this myself. Probably damn difficult if not impossible to do at this point.

My girlfriend has a Samsung focus and it's pretty sweet. I find myself getting jealous over her phone at times especially with the zune pass lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Keda_P:
Why

Why would you ruin a perfectly good phone and turn it into an unstable brick?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Charlie Brown:
The question is not who dares. But why? Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
They have not released any dual core wp7 phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Windows Phone 7 will never work unless Microsoft makes it open source. The Hd2 was lucky only because the Hd7 has the same exact internals and even that phone doesn't run Windows flawlessly.

Its like trying to put iOS or RIM's software on the GSII. It will never work and if you are lucky to get it to boot it will be extremely buggy!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
I just don't understand why you would want that OS on such an amazing piece of hardware. WM7 in my opinion is just too limited in the things you can do, hence the reason why people including myself rid of 6.5 from their HD2's.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] adamboyd83:
What windowsphone7 phones have you seen with dual cores? Even the top of the line phones are single core be ause the OS doesn't support it yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aalsmadi1:
wp7 runs extremely smooth and looks very nice. i don't know why this phone has no cool stuff, we have a bunch of competent developers, even cyanogen is working on this phone. i'm hoping that in the next 3 months development will explode for this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gdmlaz:
like stated before if we can't even get a stable version of cm7 or miui we are deff not getting this here....... lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alilkrazy550:
If it's looks you want there might be a launcher theme out there you could try
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] superuser696:
i still have my hd2. its cool as hell but i never used wm6-7. why because it sucks-hard. why would you want that? Oh if you like wm and like your phone, download a wm7 launcher. i think thats going to be the most development youll see.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OriginalMemnock:
Windows Phone 7.5 is a better OS than Android. Does it have as much developer support? No. But speaking strictly of the OS itself, it's much more efficient, handles battery life much better, is smoother out of the box. It just needs more love from software developers.

That said, what the OP is suggesting is never going to happen. Least of all on the Hercules/T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
Ya saying Windows phone anything is better than android is just straight up garbage sorry. If that was the case it wouldn't have 1% marketshare while the richest company in the world is marketing and pushing it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Well I do think android is leading now but if wondows 8 integrated with the desktop version. As if I can use my desktop applications on a Windows 8 phone and tablet. Then iPhone and android market will be totally obliterated. Market share does not mean nothing really the ipad still owns the tablet market but it's essentially a big ipod touch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Simer03:
Are u joking? Why is it better? Cuz it integrates with Xbox live? Oooohh....so cool! Not!

Sorry but i work for Tmobile and playing with the Lumia, its absolutely terrible! Terrible screen, the OS looks dull and boring, and Bing is just crap....oh yeah, and the model we have keeps rebooting constantly when u try to use it! Nokia fails again...

Sent from my blazed Juggernaut!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] msmith1991:
This would be awesome :-)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ejcortes:
Awesome indeed. It's not just about "Android is good, Windows is bad, Apple is godlike, RIM is the devil". It's about good ole dev'ing fun.

As a Windows programmer, I would love to see Windows Mobile on Hercules, just for fun.

:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jim93:
a) MS isnt the richest company in the world

b)You are using the market has spoken argument which would mean Windows XP is the best OS for PC and iOS is the best for tablets .
[HTC Incredible S] biomech91:
Does anyone else experience this? Try taking a photograph of a piece of white paper. My photos end up with a pink/redish sphere in the middle of the photo. Nothing in the camera settings that I've tried fixes it.

I know there are other phones that had this issue, but is there any way to fix it?
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
Are you stock?

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] biomech91:
As my signature says, I'm on CyanogenMod.
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
I'm on the xda app, ****.

If you would have read any of the thread from CyanogenMod you would know that it's an ongoing problem with Cyanogen mod and any aosp roms as the drivers are not released for the HTC internal camera. Switching to a sense based rom will remove this error.

You can press the thanks button now.

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] biomech91:
Not really sure why you're calling me a ****, I wasn't trying to be one, but that's cool.

Thanks for the help.
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
Just came across dicky that's all.

Your welcome : )

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Just wondering. What do you guys freeze or uninstall?
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
DRM protected

Email

Email exchange

I only use Gmail so other things are not necessary.

No app killers for me no magic battery life givers.

Anything and all battery related things I believe in:

Cpuspy

Juicedefender(with the right settings it can really improve your battery)
[Vibrant General] Exel:
Unused live wallpapers.

Email.

Email exchange.

Google one time init.

Setup.

Vpn.

Google Calendar sync.

Google partner setup.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
These are what I uninstall*

Any music player that comes with the ROM

Any signed Market or Launcher or Browser (I use newest market, ADWex and Dolphin)

Gallery (I use QuickPic)

Google Voice.apk

Google Quicksearch

Pico TTS

SNSAccount

Any Keyboard (I use Better Keyboard)

Any extra apps the developer put in that I don't use.

*When I say uninstall, I actually pull them out of /system/app and put them in a folder on my SD card, so JIC I want them back for some reason, I can just replace them. Sometimes TBpro won't back up executable portion of the APK, so if you uninstall it, you cannot restore.

These are what I Freeze

Alarm & Clock

Calendar

Device Management

Facebook*

Gmail*

Google+*

Maps*

Any video player (I use Moboplayer and it by far the best out there)

* These four will run in the background whether you have widgets or not, so I freeze and when I need them, I defrost, use and re-freeze.
[Vibrant General] theking_13:
I freeze

- DSP Manager

- Music (Stock, come with ICS)

- Search

- Setup

Rider, what settings do you use with JD btw? I used to have it on my myTouch 3G Slide, saw some improvement, but instead just turned off data completely unless I needed it.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
What's JC?
[Vibrant General] theking_13:
My bad OP, thought Rider was the OP.

Sent through the XDA App on my Samsung Vibrant running ICS Passion v10.6
[Vibrant General] brucedeluxe169:
DSP manager (seems to be one of the biggest battery eaters in 4.0)

DRM

Voice Dialer

VPN services
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
This is a copy/paste from my old guide for the Vibrant.....

DELETE THE BLOAT!

Download Root Explorer (i'm not associated with) and go to System/App to remove a lot of the bloatware that came on the phone. I strongly encourage researching what can & can NOT be removed. ALWAYS make a backup. Alternatively, you can use Titanium Backup (free) to uninstall the apps (I only know Root Explorer, it never fails me). Remember, I am not responsible. It will be some time before we have a custom ROM that removes this crap for us.

Here is a list of apps I recently used to remove a lot of bloat (I kept AllShare and ThinkOffice). After you backup, delete, go to settings > Applications > Menu > Filter > Show All and delete the leftovers from the apps, little traces left behind.

In that thread I also saw you can delete data_tmo/games (73MB) if you do not play/deleted The Sims.

Here is a list from the JFD builds (most of these are seen in future versions):

First off all the Standard Apps:

AccountAndSync.apk/odex -> The app in the drawer, not the settings.

AddToHome.apk/odex

AudioPostcard.apk/odex

Avatar.apk/odex -> The app that launches Avatar in the video player.

BuddiesNow.apk/odex

Dlna.apk/odex [Allshare]

FlashPlugin.apk/odex

GoGo.apk/odex

Infoalarm.apk/odex [Daily Briefing]

KindleStub.apk/odex

Layer-samsung.apk/odex

MediaHub.apk/odex

Memo.apk/odex

Mini Diary.apk/odex

MobiTV.apk/odex

MyAccountStub_4-5-10.apk/odex

Myfiles.apk/odex

Sims3_Samsung_Embed_Launcher.apk/odex

slackerradio.apk/odex

Swype-Tips.apk/odex

Telenav.apk/odex

thinkdroid.apk/odex [ThinkFree Office]

vvm-signed.apk/odex -> T-Mobile Visual Voicemail [can be re-downloaded from the market. for some reason that version is the preferred one.]

VoiceRecorder.apk/odex

VoceDialer.apk/odex

Writeandgo.apk/odex

TouchwizWidgets:

Day.apk/odex

DualClock.apk/odex

SamsungWidget_Calenderclock.apk/odex

SamsungWidget_Feedandupdate.apk/odex

SamsungWidget_stockclock.apk/odex

SamsungWidget_Weatherclock.apk/odex
[Vibrant General] serendipityguy:
This is why I love the android and this XDA community!

This is why I love the android and this XDA community!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] robroy90:
Is anyone aware of a case for the Prime that provides full/shock protection, similar to an Otterbox? These leather cases are all I see and they don't typically provide good corner protection, etc.

I know Otterbox hasn't announced anything yet (if ever) but I would like a cover that was as similar to it as possible.

Anyone?

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] droidx2.3.3:
I emailed otterbox and they say they have no plans to make a case for the prime
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spidey01:
Damn, and they're the 0nly one I would really look at for a case for my systems :'(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] reynoldsrobbie:
I was told by Otterbox to keep emailing. The more emails they get, it shows more demand for a product to be made.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brd922001:
Please help me guys.

I have 100 percent stock Xoom with the 4g update

I unlocked then did the fast boot recovery and did the root with the universal root

Then did the latest ICS nightly build #17.

Now my Xoom will go to the Dual Core screen and that is it.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dellenrules:
The new Tiamat kernel takes a long time to boot.

Is it boot-looping, or displaying any errors?

If not, then let it try to do it's thing. It took my Xoom about 20 min to boot up the first time.

If it still doesn't boot after 25-30 minutes then follow these steps

-boot into recovery

-clear cache

-clear davlik cache

-wipe system

-re-install rom
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
You don't need to root the stock rom. You're erasing it and flashing a new one.

Boot back into custom recovery.

Factory reset

Format system.

Flash rom

Flash gapps.

Reboot. It does not take 20 to 30 mins to boot ever.

Simply put. A proper full wipe. Flash rom and gapps. The end
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brd922001:
Mine just hanged on the Motorola logo.

Also, are the Nightly updates a full ROM on each night?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
you did not format system/ do a full wipe prior to flashing .......

Yes.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CraigSav:
Help

is there any instructions for flashin this ROM. i have been looking and i am not able to find any help

I have a stock no root 4g xoom that i would like to have Tiamat ICS

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
Can someone skilled please explain in detail how to create a non-wipe version of a given stock rom?

I know that the data.img has to be removed from the according .tar.md5 file (see picture), in order to do that you have to open the file with a zip program (remove the .md5 or open it with "open with").

The problem is, after removing the data.img the .tar.md5 file want flash proper with odin. I guess this is due to a wrong md5 sum which was not changed during this process, and therefore is no longer valid!

I remember that I read once that you have to use a specific packer for that (winrar for example is not able to do this), but I cant find this source again!

Can someone please illuminate us in regard to that?

Thank you very much in advance!

ps.:

I posted this in development section because I think this is more development related as Q/A! If this violates the forum rules any mod should feel free to move this thread into Q/A...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Latoc:
You don't have to keep the .md5 extension to flash via odin, and thus skip the md5 checksum check.

But I don't know if it will flash properly after you removed the data.img

I have never tried that. Maybe you still have to modify a script or something...

I thought of using Mobile Odin and not selecting the Code.tar.md5 through the open file dialog, but rather selecting every part to flash individually and NOT selecting anything for data.

Too scared to try...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
thanks latoc!

can someone with experience confirm that is it enough to remove the data file from the tar, repack it and don't add .md5?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Latoc:
I tried the mobile odin method and it wiped my phone even though nothing was selected in the data part.

There must be a script somewhere that tells the phone to wipe...

I made a backup before so no problem for me :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ragin:
Use peazip, it can create working tar images that can be flashed. Winrar corrupts tar. Some say 7z also does a good job. I haven't tried it as I was happy with peazip. You can even use gzip. Hope it helps.

You can even extract all the contents, remove add files, then use paezip or gzip to make a tar. Works perfectly. MD5 is not a necessity. If you want, you can create a MD5 hash for the new tar that you have created. Google it. Its easy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
thanks for the answer!

peazip uses 7zip via console, so its the same!

anyway, the tar from peazip wont flash! odin (1.83 and 1.85) stops with an error (could not write) with the boot.bin (from my modified tar), after that the phone wont boot and give the message: firmware update failed, use kies recovery mode blabla

only way to get it back to life without kies is to flash a proper boot.bin (sbl.tar), which is the software boot loader.

did you experience anything like that before?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
No one with an idea?

There must be enough people with this knowledge around here...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] matius44:
I didn't try it myself but someone else post this link to this thread in the SGSII forums about what you're asking about, I want to try when I get home and get the latest LA3 firmware but here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1132724
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] legion1911:
And this supercomplicated procedure achieves what exactly?

A non-wiping rom update?

I think he just wanted to delete the data image, repack and flash with odin.

Just needed the correct packer. Right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
right, it should be enough to delete the data.img!

it looks like the problem is the packer, although i'm in contact with intratech (who is a xda-mod who did this a few times @sgs2 forums, besides he's really great in what he is doing!) and he meant that there could also be a wipe instruction inside the cache.img!

when i know more i will post it here!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] matius44:
Great! Will be waiting for you're simpler procedure as I found that way hard myself! :D

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ragin:
I think you can safely remove boot.bin from the tar file. You should verify this before trying.

PS : If the bootloaders havent changed, why do you want to flash them? They are already there.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] legion1911:
That packer could be used to easily install anything.

So if you find that packer, please let us know.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
it would be ok to remove the boot.bin as well, but then the flash would fail on the next (first) file odin tries to flash!

in case of not deleting boot.bin, this would be the first and therefore damage the boot partition, a reboot is not possible. that's the reason i hat to reflash sbl.bin!

the reason for this is again the packer, if the .tar would be ok, so would be the flash procedure!

intratech suggests to use linux and the following command to create a odin flashable tar:

tar -c boot.bin cache.img factoryfs.img hidden.img modem.bin param.lfs Sbl.bin zImage >> [Name of the desired file].tar

i will look far a tar executable for win32 and report!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
done!!! :D

found a working packer: tar for win32 ;)

this was a little bit tricky, because the download from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm did not work, i always get the error message "The procedure entry point libiconv_close could not ..."

searching in google about that i discovered the following:

in the download from sourceforge is an old dll, the "libiconv-2.dll" which causes this error! you have to download a newer version from diffutils 2.8.7-1, which can be found here!

then, simple rename the inside libiconv2.dll to libiconv-2.dll and overwrite the one in the \bin dir from the C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin!

then add "C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin" to the path variables of your system, then you can use the tar command from the whole shell!

lol, until now this was all to get the tar program running! all people running linux won't need this steps, as tar should be fully functional for them!

then simple extract the rom files with whatever packer you like, you should see a file named "CODE_N7000XXLA3_CL880036_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5" or whatever your original rom is. remove the .md5 and extract again, then you should end up with some more files:

boot.bin

cache.img

data.img

factoryfs.img

hidden.img

param.lfs

sbl.bin

zimage

now, tar the files you want to flash into one file with the shell command from intratech, for example:

tar -c boot.bin factoryfs.img hidden.img param.lfs sbl.bin >> filename.tar

you can also add whatever kernel you wish, add a zimage then!

DO NOT ADD CACHE.IMG, AS IT CONTAINS THE WIPE COMMAND!!!

now flash this file (and perhaps the proper modem.tar.md5) with odin as PDA (modem as phone) and you are done!

upgraded with this method from KL7 to LA3 without wipe and without any problems. once you have tar for win32 up and running it's really simple! :p

big thanks to intratech for aiding me about the cache.img and the tar syntax!!

ps.: i don't care about the yellow triangle nor the flash counter, as it is very easy to reset: use the sbl.bin from the sgs2, flash it, remove battery, use usb-jig, remove battery, flash sbl.bin from note, remove battery, done! no triangle, counter at 0
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] legion1911:
Bravo, Wiener, Bravo! :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] matius44:
Btw I found another way and just did it.

I used dsixda kitchen to deodex, root, zipalign and make a non-wipe version and it was easy!

Thought I might share it with you guys

Sent from my GT-N7000