yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Is anybody getting the server error in playstore?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
I did for a while earlier in the day. It finally started working in the afternoon.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twisted03:
dont know if it is a stupid question, but i need a new keyboard for my sgs4g...anybody know of a good one that isnt small?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Personally i used the paid gingerbread keyboard

this one :P

I'm not sure if free one allows you to customize layout but the paid app does.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twisted03:
I found swiftkey works really well for me...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] isaachristian:
auto rotation

hey guys,

so i'm having trouble with the auto rotation feature. I have my auto rotation always checked, but after an hour or so, it wont auto rotate, and when I check, the box is unchecked... I have tried using the app rotation locker and it still does it. I have already tried horizontal calibration also. any help would be much appreciated :cool: :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
CWM

i am running tmobile's official gb (2.3.6). it is rooted (superoneclick) but i have no clue on getting CWM on this thing. from what i've read, you need a custom kernel however i have no clue on which one is suitable for (2.3.6). if anyone can link something or explain what i need to do, you would be a phone saver, because im about ready to smash this phone(so slowwww)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
If you're rootes then download sgs kernel flasher from play store and then download Anton's kernel from development thread and flash it with sgs kernel flasher and you'll get cwm plus alot more :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] krazierokz:
1st time on the stupid thread :D

:cool::D do these sgs4g roms work with the Galaxy S vibrant 3g
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
No, they do not. Attempting to flash one of these on that phone, or one from that phone on here, would result in, at minimum, a soft brick. Only install ROMs and kernels designed for that specific device.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
I tried to play some videos from youtube the other day, and they wouldn't play! Come to find out, no video from anywhere would play, unless it was one that I recorded with the camera myself. I don't know when this problem started. Could I be missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Internet?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Using WiFi. Definately NOT a data problem. I've tried here at home, and at my job's wifi. Nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Have you tried uninstalling the youtube app? Using the browser to view them? It is probably the app itself being stubborn. Or its your phone telling you youtube is eating your brain. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Yes, I've tried playing them from the browser, and still no dice. No kind of videos, anywhere. It's like I'm missing something that lets you load videos. Anyways, I was trying to watch the first video that pops up when you search 'Epic Mushroom Man Police'. It's good, check it out.

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ok, i tried uninstalling and re-installing, and when i try to install from google play, I get an error: "YouTube" could not be downloaded due to an error. (941)

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going to try clearing caches and fixing permissions.

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looking at mounts and storage in recovery, it's U-U-U-U. isn't it supposed to be UMMU? Also, when wiping Dalvik, it says E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]

but it still wipes.

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WTF. I'm still getting the error.

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Something is definately wrong :(

I go to youtube on the browser, and any video i click, it says it can't play. I tried d/ling a different video player since i can't d/l youtube now for some reason. But, still nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Do you have a backup of the app? If so restore it. Then make sure Adobe flash is installed.

Sometimes the play store does this to me. It wouldnt let me install gmail a week ago. Kept tossing out that error. What I did was left it open then went to settings manage apps and then the play store app. Long pressed home to get the last used apps went to the play store tried to download again. When it failed long pressed back to the the manage apps and cleared cache and everything worked.

Have you installed or removed anything lately? That is why I mentioned make sure adobe flash is installed.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Yes, I have Adobe Flash installed. Also, I don't believe I had a back-up of the app, but i tried clearing all caches, even in manage apps, and re-download but it still wouldn't go. Maybe I'll try side loading it.

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OMFG. I uninstalled adobe flash, b/c I was going to try re-installing it. And now it won't let me download that! WTF!

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Cleared data for Google Play, and STILL wont let me get them.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Ok take a minute breath. Boot to recovery and fix permissions there. Reboot and let the phone sit a bit. If you have access to a pc try pushing the install from there. It is a semi known issue with the play store. They were suppose to push out a fix but some people didnt get it. A work around is to try installing from a pc.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Alright. I'll update when after I try d/ling from the net. If I can't get it to work, I've been wanting to start my phone from scratch, now that I know a little bit about this stuff. So, if I can't get it to work, I'll be restarting my phone when i get off work tonight. IF I can figure out how to get it back to factory
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
The gremlin remover thread is a good way to revert to a stock state.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
BIG THANKS my friend. I did get the apps to install by using my pc. Youtube is playing videos again, but I have to click the HQ button once or twice before it actually starts loading it. I still might restart my phone soon from scratch.

I'd like to try a new ROM, but I'm worried I won't like anything as much as I like Val-Final. Maybe VB, or Anton's barebone for performance.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Once in a while youtube will do that with certain videos. I think that is because of how they are uploaded. Like you said toggling the hd button will get them to play.

As for what rom to try. Try them all. Find one you like and stick with it. Truth be told they arent much different since they are all based off the same stock rom kj6.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
thanks man, now where do I find antons kernel, xda? Do I need to factory reset before hand?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
here's antons kernel thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1610528

and no you don't need to factory reset :D

but i would backup efs before doing any flashing, just as a precautionary measure.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
thanks,i found it after a while. it worked, but after the first boot it took like 5 minutes to start, i nearly **** my pants thinking it bricked thanks a million !!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
Prior to installing antons kernel (stock) my 4g sign was glow green: indicating 4g is working and would be white if it didnt work, now its white but it still works. Isbl this normal?

What's your favorite rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
If its not broke, don't fix it ;)

Cyanogenmod 8)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
Why must phones sit for 10 minutes after flashing? I've never waited more than three and I haven't had any problems. :p
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
cm8, isn't that honeycomb ?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Lol that was a smiley not an 8
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
That's a face. 8-) lol anyhoo to be specific cm7.2
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
To build caches and its not 10 or everything goes to hell but just as a recommendation
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
Thanks, btw my mind can't register those Smiley faces
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] abodd:
Does ummu stand for unmount memory unit (SD card)?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Nope its for the mounts set in mounts and storage in cwm
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] smontero:
I have kind of a stupid question what is the difference between BML and MTD partitions; and which one is better?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
In recovery, mounts and storage, I have UUUU. AKA, everything is mounted. Is that the way it's supposed to be as long as I'm not flashing anything?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
This has links that will help explain it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1682931
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pakiyoungster:
Hey guys am new to xda.

I am on stock 2.3.6 and stock kernel.

i have rooted my device.

Plz suggest me the best custom road and kernel for my device. By best i mean any rom which is 100 percent problem free.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pakiyoungster:
Is it fine to flash rom on my phone having 2gb memory card?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Its fine as long as the rom fits lol.

As for ur question read the OPs of the roms they mention bugs and anything wrong with them.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
A work around is tap the HD icon.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] echardbody:
text message problem

Hey all,

I am a noob to the android community and am trying to figure it all out.

I have SAM T959V (T-Mobile)

I rooted it and then unlocked (Thank you to so many posts I read) it so I could put it on the ATT network.

Now to my problem, I get some but not all texts from people and it seems to be based on the user.

I have checked the access point and my MCC (310) and MNC (410) are correct for the ATT network.

I am not sure what else to do and can not seem to find this issue among anyone else.

I do not want to go back to my iphone so hopefully someone else can help out there.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] isaachristian:
hey guys,

so I just wiped all of my data (factory reset) and reflashed valhalla final and AS 14.1. I usually do this just to start clean again and I usually start off only having 76mb internal memory used. But I just recently did this, and it says that i have used 96mb internal memory used. do you guys know why this is? :(:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4127440:
Can i buy a goldfish from walmart with food stamps?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
Is it food? No.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] talbachi:
could someone point me to a link that has a file to be loaded into heimdall-frontend to go back to stock if i dont like cm7?

or if i dont like cm7 can i just use the odin files from the GB starter pack?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea...T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar/download

That is a one click back to stock. Just download and click. Its the same as using heimdall because it is heimdall.

Also here's the thread link. Be sure to thank Bryan (the op)!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fingolfin14:
[Insert obligatory "I'm a long-time lurker but first time commenter" comment and apology for my ignorance].

I had a general kernel/ROM question which has been bugging me and the answer to which is more just a curiosity than extremely useful. With bhundven's heroic efforts in porting an aosp GB kernel and its eventual use in applying it to an ICS kernel, I have wondered what the base of our existing kernels is.

What I thought is that the existing custom kernels we have were just built/modified from the stock kernel that came with the SGS4G (much like the ROMS). So bhundven is instead building a kernel directly from Google source from non-device-specific code. How far off am I?

What are the benefits of building a GB kernel this way? It it simply to make a port to an ICS 3.X kernel easier and more stable in tandem with an ICS ROM? I feel like I'm missing something and my knowledge is very limited.

Thanks for humoring me.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
You are correct most of our kernels are built from stock samsung. That is where the problem is tho. They are proprietary to our phone only. Certain part of the code is closed source because of how samsung does boot sounds and animations. Plus they use a different partition format.

You will see MTD and BML mentioned throughout the forum. MTD is open source and much easier to use. Because most phones not proprietary to samsung uses this style of partitioning. Which means it is easier to port roms like mokeeos, lewaos, joyos, miui, and once we get a ics kernel most of the ics flavors.

And yes it is mostly because porting/building ICS with a mtd kernel will be MUCH easier.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] larry12s:
OCTANE

Where can I get latest version of Octane?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Whatever is in the OP of that thread is the latest, that rom is outdated and unsupported.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
Okay, silly questions ahoy:

Q. How do I chmod stuff.. I wanna run scripts in terminal. I have root, busybox droidedit, etc

Q. Where did sl4a go? I wanna run python too.. Infact, how much of python is compatible?

Q. Is it possible to install sudo, apt-get, wget, and all the real linux stuff I want?

Q. Compilers.. Can I get gcc on here?

Thanks guys, epic thread idea!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
Oooooooooh, also,

Q. Wtf do I mount .IMG files with? Unyaffs gives segmentation fault error, sudo mount -o loop -t ext4 place file gives 'cant find ext4' error..

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
These are the kind of questions I like :D.

A lot of custom roms come with busybox which comes with a chmod applet, so you can use

busybox chmod 644 whatever

I've read about sl4a but I never tried it on our phones. Now's the chance for you to do it since it seems that you're interested in it.

Sudo and the su binary come with a lot of custom kernels so once you have your phone rooted you'll have sudo (su -c) support. Apt-get we don't have out of the box, and busybox's wget on stock-based roms won't work using domain name resolution, so you'll need either a direct IP address or you can use the curl binary to do SOME downloads, since it's not exactly like wget. For example, sourceforge download links won't download properly with curl whereas wget will grab them fine. Wget works fine on CM7 though. You can get the curl binary from my Valhalla Black FB Edition rom thread in the general section which comes with other CLI binaries since I like my CLI experience to be really useful on my phone too :)

I haven't tested out compilers directly on the phone though you can compile binaries for the phone on your computer using a cross compiler.

To mount the .img files, it depends on how you made them and what filesystem you made them from. RFS images will mount fine using -t vfat and you'll be able to read. Writing to them proves to be problematic since RFS is a proprietary fs. Ext4 mounts fine, and I haven't done extensive testing with yaffs2 images.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
I just put your thanks meter to 15 ;)

I didn't know that sudo was su -c.. I think that may be deserving of a facepalm!

755 makes it executable, right?

Okay I'll look into curl and wget usage.. what about lwp-download for those bigger files?

Once I get my Stock ROM into peices (and your Valhalla ROM into peices?) is it easy to add binaries to what's already there? What would I have to bear in mind if so?

I don't suppose you know of a tutorial somewheres that would show me how to cross compile gcc or similar? (If I get that on my arc I will be an extremely happy bunny). There used to be an installer-app on Play for SL4A - it's disappeared now :( - could I cross-compile python too?

system.img: Started with the ICS official rom, unzipped it for sin files, used sin2img (androxyde version I think?) to get system.sin to system.img, which I am unable to mount..

If I zipped up the .img file and put it on here, and if you had the time, could you try and mount it and let me know what works?

OOOOOOHH.. one more..

Q. I've got Ubuntu 10.4 running on my netbook, but its not netbook remix.. how do I know if it's 64bit? I'm sure this processor is 64bit..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
First of all, you ARE using the SGH-T959V (galaxy s 4g) aren't you? Just making sure...

Yes, 755 will make it executable.

Here are the files for Valhalla-Black, everything just gets zipped up:

https://github.com/teamacid/valhalla-black

I found this after searching for "android native gcc"

http://code.google.com/p/native-android-development/wiki/UbuntuForAndroidDevelopment

It's an Ubuntu image for ARM. It'll let you use a lot of the software that's available to Ubuntu via apt. GCC, Python, Perl, etc.

fb@homer:~$ file factoryfs.rfs
factoryfs.rfs: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x12, OEM-ID "MSWIN4.1", Bytes/sector 4096, reserved sectors 292, Media descriptor 0xf8, heads 1, sectors 95872 (volumes > 32 MB) , FAT (32 bit), sectors/FAT 94, serial number 0x3eb13417, unlabeled

To check if you're using a 32 bit or 64 bit kernel run:

uname -m

64-bit will show x86_64
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
Thanks!

I'm using an arc s.. And my netbook shows up i686 but i think it counts as i386

Thanks for the image :) is Valhalla Arc friendly?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
I remember finding that zedomax guys sites a while back, I thought it was awesome, rootstocked an armv71 build 10.4, (on my netbook lol) and followed the instructions on the site, but the guys scripts threw a bunch of errors, that was while I was on GB..

Stupid Question.. Is it theoretically feasable to do it the other way round?

I.e. Install an arm image Ubuntu, and from there chroot android into that?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
su -c .... Whats my password?!?!?!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
You ran that on your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
Yeah! LOL..

I tried..

busybox chmod 755 test.sh

and busybox chmod 644 test.sh

and busybox chmod +x test.sh

to try and get the script executable. They don't throw any, but if I su, then ./test.sh I get 'Cannot execute, Permission Denied'..

The script just says echo uname -a

..Would be cool to know my phones password though lol, this is exactly my problem with Cloud tech et al.. I wanna know what's in the box! My box! Not Googles box!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
It has to be on a partition that supports permissions. That means it can't be on your sdcard

You might wanna try

busybox sh script_name.sh
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
*Starts singing the song from Halo 1*

awesome! Howcomes the ./ doesn't work?

I think I'm all out of stupid questions for now! :D

Awesome thread, many thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I'm not sure why ./ didn't work. Did you add

#!/bin/sh

at the top?

Your script should be located on the phone directly (/tmp is a good location if you have it)

/tmp/myscript.sh
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
Thanks :D

It's just sat on my SD Card.. added the #!/bin/sh.. I'd put #!bin/dev for some reason.. :S

I have two bin folders in system.. ?!?! wtf?

(been trying to install ubuntu)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
in the zip file of the rom I d/led and flashed a while back, I found the SystemUI.apk. also, i see where it has the base launcher as ADW Launcher blah blah blah. Can I remove that, and put my favorite launcher in, and then flash it, and it wouldhave that launcher as it's base?

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I have the modified systemui.apk. how do you mean to push it from recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST.

You have to use the aromafilemanager zip. But to make this easy. Push it using a root explorer from within the rom. Then reboot to recovery and fix permissions.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Thanks again eollie! I'm sure glad you're on this site! Glad to let you know, that I heavily modified the rom .zip, and got it working like a charm! Thanks my friend!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] skorpion12:
How do I install red CWM?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
If you are on Froyo and not rooted or on gingerbread you can look at the guide in the first link of my signature. If you are on Froyo and rooted - follow the guide in the second link of my signature and flash with bootloaders.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] orion_134:
Here's one: I have to do a factory reset and reflash to fix some google framework and android errors. How far back on the reflash checklist (here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1470716) do I need to go? Do I need to back up efs? Do I need to create a current backup or does that risk backing up what is currently causing problems and then I'll upload the problem when I reflash? How do I then upload my backup?

Hmm...maybe that's more than one stoopid question...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
You absolutely need a back up of your efs regardless of anything if you are flashing your phone. If you do a nandroid back up you will have a backup of your efs folder. Copy that backup to your computer for safe keeping. FB has a simple efs backup you can look for that is even better.

After that a factory reset and reflash is all you need. It is even overkill but won't hurt. Don't restore a backup of a ROM you have problems with because well... obviously you will likely restore your problems.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] orion_134:
I tried a factory reset, it rebooted to the Samsung Recovery Utils and listed:

wiping data

formatting data

E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl10

formatting cache

E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/stl11

data wipe failed

appling multi-csc

installing multi-csc

can't access to '/system/csc/TMB.system/'

successfully applied multi-csc

I then select reboot system now and everything is still on my phone. Google is still synced (gmail), apps are still there, everything looks the same.

What gives?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
I recall getting the format errors when I'd converted the partitions to ext4 (voodoo lagfix). I had to convert them back before it would work. I might be wrong, though - it's been a while.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] orion_134:
If that was done, it was done during the initial install in February. I never did any manual voodoo lagfix.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
That is quite possible. What ROM are you on?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] orion_134:
VB. So what should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
I can't remember if voodoo lagfix is enabled by default with VB or not. If you have the voodoo control app from the market it'll tell you. When you reboot into recovery, does it come up with the Samsung standard recovery (3e) or CWM? If it's CWM, you can go into the voodoo menu and check there, too. Also, if it's CWM, you can factory reset from there as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] orion_134:
Factory reset through CWM fixed it.