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[Galaxy S I9000 General] O-T:
When Re-partition is OFF the PIT-file will NOT BE FLASHED by Odin.

Partition Information Table of whatever PIT-file will have no effect on phone.

Most Samsung ROMs need 512.PIT to set correct file system RFS and size of /system /data + + partitions. Not necessary to reset your partitions/filesys every time you flash ROM.

Use 512.PIT when you have ext4 (lagfix) filesys, CyanogenMod, MIUI or ICS ROMs and want to return to Samsung stock.

Bootloader (Sbl) of Froyo and Gingerbread are not the same. Odin will take care of updating bootloader IF PHONE.tar includes sbl.bin.

DO NOT tick update bootloader, just flash PHONE, MODEM, CSC and you'll get updated bootloader.

More here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14273101

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rovi18:
Problem with internal SD not solved yet

After applying the methode as described in post 1, it did not resolve my problem. Internal SD still not usable.

When following the above (link to post) all the possible solutions did not work.

Could someone please let me know how to fix the internal SD so it can be used again?

Thanks in advance!:good::good:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevdog:
My wife has an HTC Thunderbolt -- its unrooted, stock. I wont turn on anymore -- let me clarify that statement.

I see the orange light flash under the grill. That's about it. Ive taken the battery out numerous times. On windows I get the notification the device is connected to the usb port, but I can't get so far along for adb to recognize there is a device attached.

I'm really stuck. Its charged as best as I can tell. Is this a battery issue, a dead phone? I wanted to flash back to stock or totally wipe the device, but I cant even get to that point.

Recommendations?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xredjokerx:
so what happens when you hold power? nothing?

hhave you tried power and volume up for bootloader mode?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevdog:
When I hold power - I feel the phone just slightly vibrate after a few seconds but nothing happens after that. With power/volume up -- nothing happens. The orange light keeps flashing however for whatever that means. I'm thinking it has to be the battery. The orange led shows when plugged into the USB port, however nothing shows when not plugged into USB port.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRealDeadApe:
If the phone isn't booting adb will not be usable, however if the computer shows that a device is connected it is most likely your bootloader. I would use the command "fastboot devices" in place of "adb devices" to try to detect functionality of the phone. If you are successful fastboot can be used to flash a full RUU package.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevdog:
I appreciate all the help. I took it to a Verizon store and even with a new battery it would not boot. I did on the advice of the last post try fastboot devices and nothing showed up or nothing was listed with this command. Its looking pretty much hopeless.
[HD2 General] Tenpin:
Hi, as from another thread you will see that I have mentioned the screen is malfunctioning, i.e doing things itself. Went to a mobile shop today and the chaps said it's defo a digitizer related problem, so I've ordered one.

Now the other problems I have is that the micro usb port has come off the solder so isn't connected to the circuit and hence won't work in both charging the phone and letting you connect to pc.

Lastly the major problem is the volume rocker. It doesn't function at all, I tried opening the phone and repositioning the button but it's fine. I think it's missing the circuit below the volume button or something as I didn't feel a button thing there, it was only two dots where volume up and down are.

So the big question is. Will there be anyway in which I can flash a new rom without getting into bootloader as the volume rocker doesn't work. Also the micro usb port doesn't work too, so is there a way? Or would I have to get the volume rocker fixed?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
Sorry to tell you but the volume rocker being functional is a must for MAGLDR. You can not navigate MAGLDR without a working volume rocker. You can access the bootloader via a couple of different apps via Windows Mobile, but after flashing MAGLDR or clk you can no longer access the bootloader without the volume rocker working.

You do have touch enabled custom recoveries, and you can flash clk via SD card. But you can not flash Clockwork Mod Recovery or any other custom recovery without a working USB port. So final answer, you need to get one of the two working before you can flash Android to NAND.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] allen175:
Ok so i have had my transformer since it was released, haven't had many charger problems till recently, last year i was able to fix the charger by bending the pins on the adapter so the cable had a tighter fit.

about a month ago the problem came back, i was able to fix it again, then the next day that wouldn't work, i gave up on it for a while and figured i would save to get a new charger, since i wasn't really bothered going through asus for a new one.

I got the charger to work yesterday some how, don't ask me how, now its not working again.

Now, i am finding it near impossible to find a replacement adapter, asus don't ship to ireland and other places are trying to charge up to €40 for delivery from the uk! my head is starting to melt all i want to do is be able to use the stupid thing without having to worry about it charging!!!!

does anyone have a good place to buy the adapter, alot of places are also out of stock, last resort would be to go to ebay and buy a after market chinese knock-off one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] VulcanGrey:
My charger quit working after a few months, I had to bend the gold pins inside the USB socket on the wall part of the charger.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] theraffman:
Enercell AC adapter cat no. 273-358 with the USB connector piece. from radio shack I got it out the door for about 20 bucks. Sometimes they have deals where you get the connector piece for free.

The bonus is that this effectively extends the overall length of your charging cord by an additional 2 meters. I bought one of these as a backup several months ago... Its all I use now, my Asus charger has become my backup.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblack55:
Does anyone know (with detail) how to pull txt messages from a CWM backup without restoring it. I only want to be able to read through them not restore.

Thanks Guys!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
There really isn't a way that I know of. The sms/mms is stored in an sqlite database (on stock ICS at least, should be the same for gingerbread or earlier.

Check the backup directory for datadata.tgz and extract it and find /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/database. In that folder is a mmssms.db file that has the sms/mms messages.

It's an sqlite database so I doubt you can open it with a text editor. Nope, you can't.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gargdada:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26919157&postcount=6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mondingo:
Lately this week I am getting a lot of spam email. Emails that say I am a winner, or money has been deposited in my account. I never click on them. Just delete them. But is ths an app causing this? I installed air push detector. Music paradise was pushing some stuff out. I uninstalled it. But still getting these emails. What do I do? Thanks for the help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hyelton:
First of all are u meaning emails? As In ,in your email? Or spam.in your notification bar. Cause if your getting spam.in your email you can't stop that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cgibsong002:
Am I missing something or.... How is there no good junk mail filter apps? Email is one of the most used things on smartphones, you'd think the play store would be flooded with these apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mondingo:
Its my gmail account. I wish there was some filter or something. it just seems it's happening more often this week than ever.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hyelton:
Oh. Well the emails have nothing to do with your phone then. Just mark them.as spam. I get spam everyday
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] johnus:
I've got several GMail accounts that I've never used for anything except self-storage, and I get 30-40 spam e-mails in those every day. Google used to have the best spam filter I'd ever seen...now it's the worst. :/ As soon as my Alma mater switched to Google Apps for Education, my incoming spam on that account quadrupled.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dave*228:
Gmail still is the best at filtering spam. You are not seeing 95% of what it filters automatically.

For the ones that get through take 5 minutes to train it. Mark the ones that are spam spam and it will quickly learn to mark those automatically.

Also; watch what you are installing and downloading. Most spam is brought on by installing questionable apps or clicking questionable websites.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Punchatron:
I am getting them too. About 1 or 2 a day. Some days I get none. They are coming from hijacked email accounts meaning gmail thinks it's actually coming from an authentic live person trying to send a real email to you and therefore is getting around the spam filter.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stkiswr:
I am excited! I think the maxx will be a winner. I have a question, how is the screen in the sun? I'm coming from a rezound w an extended battery but as much as I love the phone, the visibility without running full brightness is killing me. Everything I read points to the Max being preferred in bright areas due to the screen. Opinions?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cmraymond:
Mine is enroute also. Should have it tomorrow!! I hope it reads well outside, cant be any worse than the phone I have.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Richdhill:
Razar maxx

got the maxx a few days ago and it is all what they say about it.

the screen looks just as good outside as inside if you don't use the automatic

brightness. The best phone yet
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
I think its great! On full brightness I can still read what is on the screen with sunglasses on. Its worth keeping g brightness up with the maxx. The battery can handle it!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] POQbum:
if you turn it all the way up you'll have no problems, though it'll likely still seem a bit dim compared to everything else.

If you put it on automatic then I doubt you'll have as high of brightness in the sunlight just because it has limitations..

Waiting for better customized ROMs to have a better customized automatic brightness levels :rolleyes:

Also I'm sure you'll love the phone
[Motorola Droid RAZR] razr totin' Jim:
I don't have the maxx but I do have the standard razr which is the same device with a wimpy battery.

Here in the Florida sun, with the screen brightness at mid range I have to seek shade to view the display.

You'll no doubt have better luck with the maxx.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] POQbum:
same here but I think OP is talking about the brightest settings on the phone and not just normal midrange screen brightness
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Yeah I cant use automatic brightness either. That low and with my sun glasses just doesnt work.Great phone though. Best I have tried so far.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohiowa:
Mine doesn't seem to have any issues with sunlight (at least in the two days I've owned it thus far).

I have yet to try it with polarized sunglasses, though...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stkiswr:
Good to know ya'll. Tomorrow is the day
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stkiswr:
Really like this phone! Out the box was at 50% ad I have been putting it thru some paces today. Did all my little touches. Very happy overall

Left wifi on but it wasn't connected for 5 of these hours. Mostly 3g. Pretty impressive as. Have owned many phones w large extended batteries
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jiwengang:
Welcome to the bright side. We don't worry and paranoid about screen on time or battery usage details here :D

From my RAZR MAXX
[Verizon Droid Charge] scarygood536:
SHORT STORY (can be omitted skip to questions):

Well I'm at the point of getting ready to take the charge in for service. It seems I have a termination problem on the main board. My phone shuts off randomly not ROM related but actual hardware (if i bump it it turns off). My battery and phone contacts are clean and making solid contact with each other as well. This brings me to my next observatory task of opening the phone. While I was open in the phone I noticed there was 4 cracks on my chrome rim (probably due to the 10ft drop to solid concrete, just a after thought). So there was no way to take it apart without fully destroying the rim. Which was upsetting because i was looking forward to seeing the beast and trying to solder it back together and\or look into a intuitive\ revolutionary (as apple would put it) way to fix the backlights brightness. Kinda all bummed out and stuff I tried to put the screws back and who would have thunk you had to shrink ray your hands so you could hold the screws. Well trying it with all fat chode like fingers I screw managed to slip from my grasp. It bounce on my hard floor a couple times, followed by that awkward silence where you know should have been a bounce and your still waiting to hear it, but nothing. O.0 So now I am missing a screw...

To the point questions\ concerns:

1. Can I bring this to tech support to ultimately get a refurb (huh), with out a screw? Or do I have to take my sammy Rogue (yea that "feature" phone) apart and steal one of it's screw and paint it black (there is a little difference in the screw probably will strip the phone).

2. Beside the obvious return to stock and PIT blah blah blah. Is there anything I need to do? Like trim my memory card b\c of the folders that say ROMS,KERNELS,MODs, etc... I don't plan on giving the card to them unless they ask for it.

3. I should probably mention, that the battery is starting to get so hot i cant hold it sometimes. and have to take it out and find some kind of heat sink to cool it. This has happened mainly when charging but has happened when idling and on stand by too.

4. should I call them or take it in? Which would prove better results in getting a refurbished or new phone? (either way I don't expect much from these sexist bastards that can't appreciate a good looking male, seems like you need to have some boobs and a nice ass to get new phones from VW)

5. chances in switching phones? I love the charge. (even though there aren't many roms\tweaks, the developers that have past through have been outstanding, even when some of them didn't have a charge) I don't love the fact I paid full released price and 2 weeks later it is $200 cheaper and they pretty much decided they don't love us (although GB and talk of ics is nice) I'm sure verizon very much wants to abort the charge.
[Verizon Droid Charge] luis86dr:
Call verizon. Explain to them your situation. Let them know your phone is constantly rebooting. You've tried checking battery, hard reseting device, and everything else you could think of. Ask for a warranty replacement as you were given a defective device.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jager420:
Are you out of your 1 year manufactures warranty?

and as for question 4 i would just call...forget takin it in..just tell them you dont have the time..they should send one if your still within your 1 years manufacture warranty that is...
[Verizon Droid Charge] buhohitr:
You just call Verizon and give them a reason where they can't help to fix over the phone, they will give you a replacement. In my case, I think something wrong with my phone cause it drain battery like crazy and I just want another one. I told them the screen is not respond to my touch anymore. I have to hit 4/5 times before it registered. That's it I got a new one.
[Verizon Droid Charge] scarygood536:
I believe it still is within the manufactures first year. I got it just before we lost unlimited data. I guess I will call them then.
[Verizon Droid Charge] luis86dr:
Thats your best bet. Im sure they'll ship you a new device. Keep us posted.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jager420:
Yeah for sure..Call ASAP before you get the update with the diagnostic tool.. Then they can say no there is nothing wrong on their end and not send you one. Just call and complain about the phone rebooting randomly (and cant create the problem, it just happens) and that you want them to send you another cause you didnt pay $$$ for a device to do this blah blah blah... then say you tired factory wipe and everything and your fed up and want a replacement...shouldnt be a problem at all...and again if they say go to the store tell them to PISS OFF you dont have the time for that..let us kno how it turns out
[Verizon Droid Charge] sasquatch080:
Dude you're funny. I hope you get your replacement. Oh and I think any SD card would do.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jager420:
lol..call in to Verizon (611) and tell them that you (your name) need to added to the account and create a password for the account..i am not the primary account holder on my ****, my mom is. So I had my name put on the account and had a password created so now reps ask for the pass i give it to them and we move on to the problem...

EDIT:if they still give you a problem about adding a name then have the primary caller call 611 and tell them to add your name so you dont have to go thru stuff like this..
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Lol for me my dad is the account holder but he doesn't know how to do anything so I am the account manager. On their website it says that the account manager has full access to the account, so you could just log into the primary's My Verizon and make yourself a manager.
[Verizon Droid Charge] charlie_c:
So, you dropped your phone on concrete with enough force to damage the internals (which I'm guessing is the cause of all the problems), disassembled it and lost a screw in the process, and now you want to try and get a replacement under warranty due to manufacturer's defect?

Good luck. Just don't be surprised when they back charge you for the cost of the device when they realize you've exchanged a phone you've destroyed. You've voided the warranty several times over so they've got plenty of cause to hit you with an out of warranty fee.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Cryptrix:
Oh my..

Ha.. I did that once. I kicked the grapefruit juice out of my box they sent my phone to me in and so I was like, :( why did you send me a busted up box with a phone that doesn't work?? They were very polite about the exchange (of course, this was only like the third day I'd had it). I went to church after so I think it all evens out.
[Verizon Droid Charge] charlie_c:
Lol, my friend got an old out of warranty second hand PS2 replaced by writing to Sony and pretending to be a very upset 12 year old. These things do work sometimes :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] scarygood536:
I dropped my phone maybe 6 months ago, no apparent damage (internal or external) phone still worked great. At the time of the drop the phone was in a case. I'm not really sure how those cracks got on the outside of my phone but my screen is in perfect condition.. I never even disassembled any of it I got all the screws out and saw that if i tried to take it apart further i would have bigger problems, so I put back the screws and one fell out of my hands. I also found the screw, which managed to bounce onto a shelf of my bookshelf. So my charge works, just has a loose connection somewhere. Not surprising seeing how I work a construction job. The phone doesn't look that bad at all it looks barely beat up, besides the small cracks in the rim which you wouldn't know unless you really studied it. There should be no reason to back charge me anything.
[Verizon Droid Charge] scarygood536:
i have to go to church for weeks to make up for some girls I've "dated". I hope i can even that out too. Verizon screws us enough, time to give a little back
[Verizon Droid Charge] jager420:
Yeah I wouldn't worry about it at all since there's no major damage on the outside of the device...you should be fine
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
People complain about the cost of everything going up, and this is precisely the reason why insurance and other services go up in price. The replacement devices aren't free, and the cost of replacement has to be made up somehow. Congratulations for feeling good about dicking over the honest people in society.
[Verizon Droid Charge] charlie_c:
Hey, I don't condone it and it's nothing I've done myself, but people that rationalize that kind of behavior don't understand the harm of it probably. Kind of like SUV drivers that complain when gas prices go up...
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Right on the money. People blame the companies over rising prices but they don't realize that profits stay about the same. Kind of like what is driving up medical costs... Frivolous lawsuits by butthurt idiots.

Sent from my handheld Linux computer using electromagnetic radiation.
[Verizon Droid Charge] scarygood536:
I don't mind using my warranty, I paid for because I knew my phone would break all my phones, except my samsung phones, stopped working before i even put them through the rigorous days on a construction job. I rather spend the down payment on it than having to buy a new phone full price. I've been dicked by verizon (ex. buying replacement phones a couple months after getting a paid replacement) though so i don't feel bad getting a new device for free.

i don't deny people getting phones for free just to get new ones is wrong and screws over the honest people, but verizon in my eyes, while being a loyal customer for about a decade or so, hasn't been really that honest of a company. Like the whole data plan needed phones. My mom and sister both had the same phone, one need a data the other didn't (due to the timing of when they got the phones)... All the phone had was verizons "mobile web" on EVDO pretty usless itself. But the data plan was forced upon one of them for profit gainsb(data was even blocked on our account at the time). This doesn't even include the trying to charge to transfer contacts and bs fee's fee's. If Big Red didn't have all the members and didn't get the best signal in my area i'd be on a different carrier.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Cryptrix:
...

Damn straight.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jager420:
I don't know about you but I never had to call Assuraian and pay 100 bux for a replacement device. I pay 7.00 a month(Assurian) x 4 or 5 years I've been with Verizon..that adds up..that's how much that company has made on me for my "peace of mind". I know i'm not the only one that's never had to replace a device so I assume Asssurian makes good profit. As for when sending it in for a replacement within the 1 year manufacture warranty, they give you "certified like new" device. Which means it had been sent in before. So its more like a swap. The only thing they pay for is exterior of the device (which is plastic) and the screen.. CHUMP CHANGE Im sure a few come in that is just irreplaceable but Verizon makes TONS of money and its not cutting into their profits at all..just my 2 cents I would call and get a replacement ASAP:p

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Hence why they charge so much...;)