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[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
I'm trying to get Samsung to release the source for their ar6000.ko ethernet kernel module as well as the source they used for wpa_supplicant (which contains extensions to wpa_supplicant.) To that end, I've sent them a few messages making those requests. Here was their reply (edited)

Sadly, they seem to have failed to meet the conditions of the BSD licensing as well. I've sent them another message stating this:

Honestly, I don't expect for Samsung to be responsive and/or helpful. I think the best that anyone can expect is that they release an updated firmware that includes the proper licensing information.

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
Check and mate Sir. I despise these OEMs. You GO gary. Whatever happened to opensource? What are they so afraid of?

Anything we can do to help, let us know. Even if it means just spamming their inbox.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] orb360:
It's not like I buy the tablet because it has such an epic driver....

I buy it for the hardware...

When your entire OS is practically open source... not open sourcing the drivers for the wireless chip seems like shooting yourself in the foot just because you can.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] StingerDog:
Thanks garyd9 for fighting the good fight.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
When companies do stuff like this for critical things, it _really_ makes me want to spend my money elsewhere.

In regards to the SOD issue, I've noticed that quite a few honeycomb tablets have this issue or something similar to it. I've only personally seen it with Samsung branded ones (10.1 and 7.0+), but have heard similar issues with asus and and acer.

Perhaps its a honeycomb issue?

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
give em hell!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
If you'd like to help, please click the link near the top of the OP to submit the article to the XDA portal. Perhaps if this issue is shown on the front page, and enough people notice, Samsung could be convinced to "choose" GPL over BSD.

Thank you

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
There may be a small bit of hope - I've been contacted by someone at samsung (perhaps due to your rant combined with my constant pestering on their open source website.) It isn't much, but the first line of collaborating is communication. They seem more interested in fixing the bugs than sharing code, but I'll take what I can get.

Oh, and the last_ksmg memory was corrupted when the one person who had adb, my kernel and root installed was able to check it. (As you know, the file won't be generated if header area for the ram console can't be found or is in bad shape.)

We'll see what happens, but I'm not going to hold my breath with the lunar new year coming up.

Take care

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
so how many people do we need to sue??
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
No lawsuits required. Although... that might explain the poor customer support from Samsung. Perhaps they've been afraid that Apple will sue them for patent infringement if they help a customer?

Not that I've ever had any GOOD support from Apple... mostly just clueless kids taking guesses. Even their so-called "geniuses" are mostly clueless.

In typing that, I realized that I'm probably one of the hardest people in the world to provide technical support to. When I have a question, it's only after I've exhausted the combined knowledge of myself and whatever google can provide... meaning the only good response from phone support would be "Would you like to cross-ship an exchange or wait for the repair?"
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
can we spook them with a (legal)letter they are in violation of the GPL/BSD agreement, and If it isnt provided in X amount of time, we will be forced to escalate?

I like to annoy people to (;
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] htc9420:
Speaking from personal experience ,when dealing (even on corporate high level) with Samsung there is nothing to gain but some weight due to stress.

They do care( up to a degree) about some customer relations and I've seen very nice, honest and helpful people there. But this is where it all ends.

The farther you go the worse it gets. Somehow they got this Apple attitude of profit and secrecy all over their structure. Apple calls themselves "innovators" to reason the secrecy, but Sammy are nowhere near. If I was to say they do act like copycat killers I risk getting called names- though they "adapt" almost everything, from design to business models. The Korean HQ has drawn quite strict regulations for the rest of the world.

We should remember that Samsung is a HUGE corporation. Android devices D&R is a tiny faction, ruled like in Middle Ages. They have the road map and they ever raise the stake every time. From my point of view, I sincerely understand those people for not jumping out with the source code. If you get paid 100k+, you don't help anyone but yourself. The decisions are not theirs. The people taking decisions don't give a rat's a55 about GNU or Linux, Minux or whatever. On top of that, there are some people that MIGHT have some influence in changing this policy ( the brown bearded, we call them) but those are the pride ridden SOBs.

You can read this from their mobile device history. They had to go into that, given the fact they build everything, from ships to home furniture. They got a share of the market because they were big and had some bright minds there. I know for a fact that, at the beginning, working @ cell phone dept was like sentenced to prison, only the undesirable but indispensable were sent there. Huh, those people left, some for Apple and some for others ( LG,Sony and Hyundai). Panasonic and Toshiba flops are some examples of how, in a degree, cultural burdens lead to a fail. HTC, a mobile phone company, depends on how much stir dev's can produce. On the other hand, Samsung can get a write-off for their mobile dept. without a blink. Bada is a perfect example. It was close to write off so they decided to make it open- see HP. They are too big to follow rules and beside being big, they hold the power few have- the power TO BEND rules, that is.

Getting any serious, development like help from Samsung is close to what ''Acts of God" are described in car insurance.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
You are, obviously, an HTC fan or employee. Well, I have a samsung tablet, so I'm developing on a samsung tablet. At least the device was unlocked when I bought it and I didn't have to petition on facebook/twitter/etc just to be able to root it.

Unless you have something to contribute to solving a problem, please go elsewhere.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Entropy512:
I wouldn't be so quick to judge him...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] garyd9:
I just got the impression that the point of the post was to promote HTC while bashing everyone else.

Perhaps I spoke (typed) too soon. If so, I apologize.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Entropy512:
No, the HTC thing was just one line, and what I perceived as some general comments on why some manufacturers (Panasonic, Toshiba) seem to have kind of flopped in the market.

There was definitive Samsung-bashing - but he's just joining with us in frustration.

Check PMs gary.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] psyke83:
Hey Gary,

I'm the developer for a CyanogenMod port for the Samsung phone (GT-I5500). Samsung have released their source for an older version of the AR6kSDK, which I have put on github here: https://github.com/psyke83/AR6kSDK.3.0. This source is quite old, and doesn't support combo scanning, but it's newer than the ath6kl source release contained in the 2.6.35 kernel.

Last night I scoured the internet trying to find some newer source, and came across a release by Sony for one of their e-book reader products. I have uploaded the source onto github which you can check here: https://github.com/psyke83/AR6kSDK.3.1

The above git's description links to the location of the original source tarball on Sony's server, but if you prefer, just clone the git and checkout the first commit, as it's the unmodified source.

I have made some changes already to get the module to initialize properly, but at present it's not even scanning properly. Perhaps it will work better for you without modifications, especially if your device is not AR6003_REV2 (which is the revision on my phone).
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] jmar8124:
my friend mat has done this for me as he knows his stuff. it was a very powerful letter i must say haha. just waiting for a response :D
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] foliage green:
gary, thanks for all your efforts man! this is my first samsung android device, have they always been this bad in witholding source?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] fisterkev:
Soulcraft THD beta version is out for free today. Been playing it a bit and while it crashed once, otherwise seems like a pretty cool game. Free, too...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] notsointeresting:
Wasn't a bad game
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raro89:
Hello!

are new to the forum, and I had a request for help and clarification from you.

I recently purchased the nexus as if originally fitted Android 2.3.3, so far I have not received any OTA update it to 2.3.4 above it ... how can I do to solve this problem?

I can go to 4.0.3 without going first to the previous ones??

look forward to your responses on!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harbb:
There is a stickied thread in general that has the links to all of the updates for the NS. Go to your specific phone model and download either the update (2.3.3 -> 4.0.3 or similar) or a full rom which can be flashed at any stage.
[HTC Sensation] zerozoneice:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
[HTC Sensation] sromer:
Try searching next time. There's 2 other threads on the first page about this.

Most popular one is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1444302
[Member-Found Deals] The K-Zoo Kid:
www.woot.com
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_nene_kpy:
Hello,

I've got a HTC 7 Trophy (also called Spark or T8686) with Windows Phone 7.5 (7720) and TouchXplorer doesn't work in this version.

I tried to use TouchXperience's File Manager and Windows Phone Device Manager (1.8.0.0 public beta) and it doesn't work well.

In WPDM, when I transfer a mp3 file it return me an error. With folder I can create them but can't delete them.

Anyone knows another File Manager/Explorer does work in my HTC? (I tried WP7 Root Tools but it only work with Samsungs mobiles).

Thank you
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fixyaface:
My vibrant is booting up as a i9000. How do I go about changing it back to vibrant? Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobshute:
Did you Odin GB bootloaders and then Odin JFD or another Rom?

If so the GB bootloaders have three files boot.bin, sbl.in and parm.lfs. parm.lfs has the boot splash image and Odining JFD after installing GB bootloaders will make it show I9000. The fix is to Odin the GB bootloaders again and it will return to say Vibrant.

There is a modded JFD in the OP of the bootloaders thread that doesn't cause the chage in bootsplash.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fixyaface:
I'm on ics passion v 10.6 with gb boot loader currently installed. Are you saying I should just install the gb boot loader again? Or should I do something different? Thanks for your help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfranklin1986:
Since it's only there for a half a second and it doesn't effect anything you could just leave it and not worry about it. Other wise you need to flash the boot loaders again, which you're playing with fire imo
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ayerman3:
Who would be willing to buy a Verizon Droid Razr off contract for $480

The catch is that the mini HDMI doesn't work perfectly.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Tikerz:
You can post it up in the XDA marketplace but the RAZRs aren't going for more than $400 in perfectly working condition.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ayerman3:
Okay
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tribalb:
You have a year warranty. I dont understand why you wouldnt exchange for a new one unless you got it from a third party.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onemotodroid:
I paid $300 five weeks ago brand new still in the box off contract.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Neurotica:
Not trying to be an ass or anything, but why wouldn't you be going through the store you purchased it from or directly to MOTO for them to fix it. It should still be covered under warranty.

I sold my RAZR for $400 after using it for 1.5 months.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrandonPrice31:
There is a CPU overclock and Undervol mod in this thread. I want to insall it but I'm not sure where I flash it to. Boot, Bootrom, System etc?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380064
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johantheolive:
First off, I wouldn't use said kernel purely because it's not been updated in weeks. Use something actively developed such as franco's. You flash the zip in clockworkmod.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Geezer Squid:
Brandon, The Olive got it right. It is strongly recommended that you not flash that. You need to really familiarize yourself with rooting, romming and kernels before you do anything else. Spend a good deal of time reading everything you can find on this forum and any others you can locate. You need to thoroughly understand this stuff before you attempt any of it. You can make a whole lot of extra work for yourself by making mistakes.

Good luck.
[Android Apps and Games] inches0:
So turns out according to the official facebook page of Temple Run, We should be seeing sometime in February!

www(dot)phonesreview(dot)co(dot)uk/2012/01/13/temple-run-android-app-release-cheats-and-fans/

Sorry for the (dot). I don't have 10 posts.
[Android Apps and Games] xriderx66:
Thats great news, but Temple Run is a bit old now hah No one plays it anymore :(

Still, it'd be great to have this on my phone :D
[Android Apps and Games] inches0:
Oh that's surprising. I guess me and the rest of my school is really late. :o
[Android Apps and Games] inches0:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwkboCnzKE
[Android Apps and Games] kcls:
Yeah, everyone in my school is pretty obsessed with this game. Guess we're late as well :)

Tapatalkin it from my IHO CM7.1'd, MIUI Themed Optimus V
[Android Apps and Games] xriderx66:
haha im not trying to say its outdated, but theres this other game out and its spreading quickly around school, its also iOS only so far... I can't quite remember the name, but I don't think it'll be a big hit as Temple Run.

I saw a friend play

It's basically the game "helicopter" the classic game except with a dragon and points.

Dragon has to dodge obstacles and collect points.

I still want temple run. :(
[Android Apps and Games] kcls:
Same. I see all my friends with temple run on their iPhones, and they are like, "Can your Droid do this?" And then I have to delve into the discussion on how my phone only RUNS android, its not a Droid, and by the time I've finished they have gotten bored and gone back to their game :) I'm still waiting for them to bring tiny wings to Android, lol. That'll never happen now though, who plays it anymore? Us Android lovers seem to miss out on the good games :/

Tapatalkin it from my IHO CM7.1'd, MIUI Themed Optimus V
[Android Apps and Games] Soontir Fel:
the same situation :D
[Android Apps and Games] alexnaoumi:
Don't you hate when you people ask "is that a Droid!?"..I was asked so many times in school that I once replied "no *****, Droid is a brand just like iPhone is a brand, but I have an android phone"
[Android Apps and Games] knipp21:
Droid is mostly just Verizon's name for their Android phones. Not really a brand. As all Verizon's androids are "droids"
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] blcman:
Hello I have the ICUP Kernel with oICS v43 for my nexus s 4g and I really do enjoy the Backlight notifications on it, but having this phone i have been disappointed by the brightness of the Backlight on the capacitive buttons.

Is there anyway to get the Flashlight Notifications Application to work for the Nexus S 4g, i feel it would be a lot more helpful.

Thank you
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] liltrill254:
I like that idea. I would like this too. Somebody help us out

Sent from my Ice Cream filled Nexus Sandwich 4G
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] IIIV:
You know that the LED flash would drain your battery, right?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
Bln doesn't drain battery? I'm really more curious if touch wake drains battery... I think if the led flash blinked every 5seconds shouldn't drain that bad would it?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] blcman:
The only flashlight app that i have found that works is Tesla, if someone could do something with that, it would be great
[Motorola Atrix 2] mathk:
But what is the REAL difference between ME865 and MB865 except the model no.???

Anyone knows it?
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Radio, Sound device, WIFI chipset, and a couple others. It is basically a different device, with "close enough" hardware. I would not try using things from one for the other though, because as others have found even the ME865 has 3 different versions, with some small differences in hardware, and have flashed fxz files for the wrong version and been very unhappy.
[General Questions and Answers] got556:
I've went back and forth between these two for way too long.

I'm really leaning towards the 7.7 as I love Galaxy Tabs, but I can't help but note they are not "technically" available in the US. Negri has the wifi only versions pushing $600 while Motorola has the 8.2 Xyboard available next week for $400.

I know the 7.7 will be the better of the two tabs, but I don't want to be stuck with a Euro or Asian version and possibly not be able to install US roms when the US version hits (Like the 10.1 vs the 10.1v).

I'm just not sure it's $200 better than the 8.2. Yes I know the 8.9 SGT is out but it's in the $500 to $600 range also and really does nothing for me as to me it's too close in size to my 10.1. The landscape issues of the 8.9 also worry me.

The one thing holding me back on the 8.2 is the locked bootloader. Yes we're bombarding Moto and Verizon to unlock those bootloaders, but I honestly don't have much faith in that. Other than that, I've played with the 8.2 and it looks great, the screen looks great, and I love the design. It doesn't look like every other tab out there.

The 7.7 has the better screen, hardware, SD card slot (The US Xyboard 8.2's do not have the SD card slot....well they do, but they are blocked off...:confused:).

Both have IR blasters...(not sure how much I would use it however.), but have heard the 8.2's IR software is better than Samsung's Peel software.

So do you guys think I should spend the extra coin and go for the 7.7. I'm sure it will have a pretty big following once it hits the US. But again, I don't want to be locked into an Asian or Euro 7.7 and not be able to install US Roms on it.

Thanks for your input.

(I may end up getting both....if I truly can't decide. As in get the 8.2 now and wait for the Official 7.7 to drop on US soil.)
[General Questions and Answers] mxmarcus:
I decided to go with Xyboard 8.2
[General Questions and Answers] Bateluer:
I'm also in the market for an 8in tablet. What do you think of of the XyBoard 8.2? Did you get the Motorola XyBoard 8.2 or the Droid XyBoard 8.2 on Verizon?
[General Questions and Answers] legion1911:
I say wait for MWC.

There will be new tablets with tegra 3 and some with A15.
[General Questions and Answers] Bateluer:
I definitely will not be making any purchases until after MWC, I'm just looking for a device in that ~8in form factor.

I'd love to see the SGT8.9 refreshed with a Tegra 3 or Exynos 4412, at the same 399 USD price point. Would buy in a heart beat.
[General Questions and Answers] tanjunjie9:
Wait for asus' 7inch transformer prime. quad core and $250. what more can u ask for? now's not a good time to buy tablets bro.
[General Questions and Answers] Bateluer:
7in is too small for me. :P But yeah, not going to buy anything for a few weeks at least.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Marcell96:
I was just wondering,

why we dont have a ''Xperia Neo(V) Q&A'' section?

I think it could be usefull don't you guys think? :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] adridu59:
What's the problem, you can post on Neo section... they are the same except camera/kernel.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Marcell96:
Uhm i think you have to read moer carefully....;)

There is no Q(uestions)&A(nswers) Section for the Neo and Neo V
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
Agree. That would be nice!

Sent via MIUI 2.1.13
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] sdhanush1:
Totally agree!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Krishna-Sukhraj:
ill start.

am not able to unlock my neo v's BL.

it says oem unlock failed....via official method.

scared to use tp method...what to do
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] zmbutt:
+1 about Question & Answer section :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
Q/A section will be very much helpful for new comers to Android platform.+1 for the idea
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Aarush:
Totally agree!

__________________

SE Xperia neo V (2.3.4) (stock rom) (white :cool: )

Locked Bootloader
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] tinyXperia:
Has anyone already sent Poyensa a message?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] spaniard:
It would be nice
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dioggo92:
I hope someone do it :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] poyensa:
split General - Q&A section use to happen when there is more than 1000 threads or 10.000 posts .... so we have to wait.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mokrane2012:
halo...

pls help me to unlock phone ASUS P552

IMEI 354062020361715

THENK YOU
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Kannaft:
i have and HTC Desire HD and its rooted...now i have a very big problem..

i have install cm7oc to my phone and i eventually didnt backup it...and now im fak up , my phone cant reboot keep freeze in T&T logo...and no HTC logo boot up...keep on T&T and T&T...anyone can help me solve this matter....and i cant factory reset...when reboot it still T&T T&T T&T...please help me...and use clockworkmod also cant help....damn im in deep trouble....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] KGNTSTNY:
Can't use Odin to flash?
[XPERIA X8 General] junghyun01:
This is my first first Tutorial thread in xda! :D

So,don't mind me and forgive me If i am done wrong something!

Swapper is simple application for "extending memory". Helps when you need some memory for non active applications (like music player + browser + maps + etc...).

Requirement: root, SD/SDHC card and custom kernel that support swap .

Warning: SD card will be used as swap space. It can (and will) shorten SD card lifespan.

1.Downlod Swapper 2 from market! Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=lv.n3o.swapper2

2.Install Swapper2 normally

3.There are 2ways to swap: first use swap by partition and another one is by none partition(But If you partition you can create more 256mb:D)

4.For using swap by partition u must partition your sdcard by using minitool or etc....(NOTE: partition to linux swap and primary)

5.After you partition you turn off yor phone and then back to xrecovery or cwm to clear cache partition

6.turn on n then open swapper2 normally and go to Preferences of swapper then you check safe to unmount and safe to remount

7.and then you go adavaned preferences and check the Use swap partition and Swap partition set it to /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

8.after that go back to swapper2 and turn it on :D(wait the process when it say All done It works)

9.Another one way is none using swap partition it easy because swap create it by itself but it can't more then 256mb

10.First Open Swapper2 then go to Preferences of swapper

11.Click on Swap size and click what number that u want to swap 32,48,64..etc

12.Then go back to Swapper2 and turn it on :D

13.For none using swap partition method It take a while 3minutes or more depend on class of your sd card!!!wait the process untill it say All done It mean that It works :D

Recommend: For me,I'm using micro sdcard 16G class10 so i partition my sdcard 1500mb for swap ^^ I alway free more ram about 90 to 120

Note: for swappiness it depend on your phone!!for me i can use swappiness 100 smoothy :D

If you have any question you can ask me more about this :)

I take my time for making this thread If you think I'm helped you Just Click THANKS for me :D