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[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] n1kolaa:
Im thinking to bay this phone , can some one tell me more about phone ? How is in gaming and if i change firmewere i will unlock phone for all networks ?:eek:

How much time spent use phone beatven 2 charging ?

way samung dont wanna update it to ics ?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] dimaka1256:
it's nice and price-worthy, otherwise there wouldn't be enough of people here to create this sub-forum.. exactly I enjoy gaming as much as it possible on non-giant screen

changing FW != unlocking for networks afaik, yeah?

lifetime is typical for latest sammy's phones, at least it survives my workday and it's enough

sammy doesn't update it to ICS just for marketing reasons, pushing newer and moar expensive models... but look at dev forum, we enjoy first builds of CM9

imho it's worth buying and i have never disappointed in my purchase for several months :D
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] n1kolaa:
i was look in gb , stock rom have almost all things like ICS , i dont think to unlock phone after bay , i will unlock it after servial months :)

its same thing happend with my xperia x8 , sony drop suport ater only 4 months :)

phone are good locking , tnx for replay
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] THE-E:
Gaming is passable, not the best phone to play high-end smartphone games, but for 95-98% of the games it works flawless.

Changing the firmware will not lead to a SIM/Net-Unlock, this you will have to make manually(complicated) or through a website(irishpancake has first source experience in this)

The battery last from 6 hours(hard gaming) up to 4 days(very moderate usage).

As mentioned, different marketing way -> Buy the phone and than you are on your own.

greets

THE-E
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] 2g11:
Really 4 days on Euro firmware?Can you elaborate a bit on how you made it possible?

Sent from my Wonder
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] THE-E:
No, it was on an asian firmware and I have not tested it, because I am way to inpatient.

But here is the source: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585176

greets

THE-E
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] n1kolaa:
Are posibole to unlock sim for all networks ?
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] THE-E:
If you have a phone with SIM/NET-Lock than you have to unlock it using a website(irishpancake knows the link). It will cost you around 20€.

Flashing firmware will not unlock or lock the SIM/Net-Lock!

greets

THE-E
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] n1kolaa:
tnx :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rjsmer:
Hey...Folks Are you Looking For Ics In India...

???

So Hyr i'm With Officel Ics ...For SII GT-I9100

Note:- this Is Not Indian Version This Version Is For Nepal ...But U Can Use It And Gas What Im Using It So No Problem...So If You Want It Go For It !!! Stop W8ing ...

Step 1 :- 100% Official Change Your CSC Code From INU To NPL By *#272*<IMI>#

Note:- This Will Wipe All Your Data So...Back it Up !!!

Step 2 :- Connect Your Phone Throw USB Cable To Kies Plz Active Your Internet Connection Kies Will Pop-up firmware Upgraded Notification :):):) Download It And Install Back Up Your Data ...Hurry Now you Are On ICS 4.0.3

Step 3 :- Now After Upgreding Your OS Once Again Change Your CSC Code From NPL to INU ...Thats It Now You Are On A Official firmware...Enjoy !!! :D:D:D

Hit Thnx !!! If You Found It Use Full !!! :p:p:p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] praseodeveloper:
Not working.

I changed the CSC to NPL.

But, Kies now mentions

"Your device does not support software upgrading via KIES".

Does anyone face a similar issue?

How to resolve it?

Thanks,

Praseo
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Phalanx7621:
The English language may never recover from this......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rjsmer:
It works fine for me...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rjsmer:
after changing try wipe data and factory reset ...its works for me or u can download official NPL version and flash it via odin ...Google it...!!!

Edit :- I think you are using i9100G model ??? If yes then this is not for you buddy ...

Sorry for my bad English ...I'm leaning :-D:-D:-D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] praseodeveloper:
Thanks.

Yeah, that seems to be the problem.

I own a I9100G.

So, I will wait for the official release.

Tried downloading ICS for Nepal and flashing using Odin.

Failed in between and semi-bricked it.

Had to download stock ROM to get the phone working again.

Better safe than sorry. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rjsmer:
Soon Samsung going to release ics for G model ...so no need brick your phone ...:-P w8 for it...!!! ;)

See this... http://m.gsmarena.com/the_ics_update_for_i9100g_galaxy_s_ii_is_now_available-news-4178.php
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
I was in one shop and the back of the phone and top front edge looked dark grey but then I went into another shop and it looked definitely black. Is there only one colour (Carbon Grey) or does it come in black also? I prefer the black and am in UK.

Thanks!
[HTC Titan] Tachi91:
Carbon Grey (AT&T).. That I'm aware of they should all be the same color regardless if branded or otherwise... But I could be wrong
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
I googled it, and somehow have the feeling that it's carbon-gray phone only. The phone is black, but the sleeve is carbon-gray.

Mine is carbon-gray too. You don't realise it until you look at the edges around the screen though. :confused:

I read somewhere in early Titan days, someone in US went for an accessory replacement and the back sleeve he got was black instead of carbon-gray from HTC. Any pics on the net showing the difference? I feel colour blind!
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
I swear the unit on display in Carbone Warehouse in Selfridges London, is all black - front and back. I know this because I never liked the grey colour so the black colour there immediately hit me.

If anyone knows of any links to a black cover please let me know.

Cheers!
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
I'm visiting the store! I need to understand this difference :)

Sent from my TITAN X310e using Board Express
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
Get yours out (the phone that is) and compare the two side by side and let me know. It is the working Titan anchored to the wall. In basement, near TVs. :)
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
OK I just received my Titan from Expansys this morning. So far I am loving the phone!

FYI, the model is a Euro model with spanish packaging and leaflets. However, the back case does indeed appear to be black rather than the lighter carbon grey version. I AM SO HAPPY about this :)

Now to leave it to charge for several hours.
[HTC Titan] IronMan1289:
I believe the carbon grey backing is specifically at&t's version of the Titan( they released it late in the u.s. and wanted it to be slightly different. I have that specific Titan but have purchased a spare Euro(black) cover on eBay because you are definitely right, it looks much better!

Also if you take a look at the coming the titan thread, I posted some pics! Hope it helps!!!
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
Sorry where is your thread? "coming the titan" thread?
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Pics please? Will save me the trip to the store! :D
[HTC Titan] enyaj:
Is that Expansys US?
[HTC Titan] IronMan1289:
My apologies its actually the "replacement back plate" thread eight here in the general section!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1434201&page=2
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
Expansys UK
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
Look here.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21915799&postcount=14

Mine is definitely black. What I can't figure out if it is metal or plastic. It feels like plastic which should be a good thing for reception.

I wanted black, I got black. Brill!
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
drupad how on earth did you get so many thanks? I only have 91 and I started and collated one of the biggest threads on the HD2 forums - with almost 2 million views and 2.5k posts and 91 thanks lol!
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Like that ;)

I paid the mods!

nah, kidding!

I have many friends now on XDA so we thank each other for even saying 'Hi'!

nah, kidding!

I used to develop when it was 'Windows Mobile' - did 5+ ROMs and Mods for Toshiba TG01 (the first snapdragon phone ever!)

I was also active for a bit on Android forums after that. Made themes etc, so grateful users do thank me. Never did donations, so thanks was everything I get :)

EDIT: gave you 7 out of my 8 thanks for today :D Might make a little difference ;)
[HTC Titan] markthomson1404:
Black

Got my Titan on Ebay U.K. a couple of months ago. Very very Black

:)

Mark
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
Thank you so much Drupad. Greatly appreciated! I just thanked you lol! :D
[General Questions and Answers] bogdan5844:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/ne...tm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

This article got me thinking. Why the hell do we (e.g. - you, the US people. In Romania, EU, it's not like this) have to wait for the *carrier*, and not the OS maker (be it Microsoft or Google) to roll out an update?

Why should they be in charge, when they actually should only be a pathway between the client (phones) and services (servers which deliver content/functionality) ?

I find it very awkward and cumbersome. I could understand a situation in which customers would have to wait from the OEM (Asus, HTC, etc) to send the update. But carriers? Really?
[General Questions and Answers] LogisticsXLS:
Could be right, if not someone correct me...

The Carries sometimes make their own "ROMs" for the device. The manufactures will make the basic software updates for the specific device , then send it to the carries for them to make their own software updates. For example Verizon might update their "My-Verizon" app or so on.

Basically the carries will get the update before the end users so they can bloat it up.
[General Questions and Answers] lamborg:
or perhaps the manufacturer like HTC, LG, Samsung should take care of the updates
[General Questions and Answers] bogdan5844:
Well, couldn't they just update the apps through the Play store, just like every other friggin' app on any Android phone? 3-4 months delay for some crappy app that no one ever uses is absurd...
[General Questions and Answers] Dark lord me:
I know with my phone (Galaxy Nexus) the updates come from samsung who have to tweak it. Other devices (most in general) need to be tested to make sure that the bloatware that's on them works
[General Questions and Answers] LogisticsXLS:
Yea they can, but updating the apps itself might not be the only reason why they get to hug the update before the end-user. They could be tweaking the update before putting it OTA. Also not to forget they could also be responsible for the radio updates.

Either way, they get it before us so they can add, tweak or remove some items.

Yea, sometimes I wish we had some kind of subscription choice when you setup your phone. Like being able to choose to get updates from the carrier or the manufacture.
[General Questions and Answers] bogdan5844:
I'd think that the best solution would be to have each and every phone by default on AOSP Android. No modifications, no preinstalled apps, no nothing.

Then, manufacturers, carriers, whatever could let the user choose, by a setup screen that would boot the first time with the phone, what optional components they want (apps from the carriers, UI's from the manufacturers, etc) so that if I'm a Sensehead, I can have the full HTC experience if I buy an HTC phone.

But if I would prefer not seeing the piece of poo-poo that is TouchWiz, but do love the big thug of a phone that is, say, the Galaxy Note, I could go for AOSP.

Heck, sweet dreams. But I have an assumption that the carriers know the bundled apps are c-r-a-p and that any sane person would better rot in hell than use those excuses for apps.

That's my opinion, though.
[General Questions and Answers] c5satellite2:
ByThe carriers "own" the phones they order from the manufacturer. Yes it is absurd. They have full control, and they decide how it is locked down, what bloatware will steal your battery, and what os you are allowed to run on YOUR device.

You think you are getting "xyz manufacturer, but really you are getting a "carrier" phone unless you buy an unbranded phone and pay full retail(even though you pay full retail ultimately because you are under contract and pay every month regardless)

Yes it is a joke.

And on top of it after say "verizon" puts their hands all over a working android os, they ruin it.

This is why xda has become so big. People obviously want fast, unbloated, up to date, and bug fixed roms. When will the carriers wake up.

AND FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME:

WE DON'T WANT THE BLOCKBUSTER APP! IF WE WANT IT WE CAN INSTALL IT! EVERY BS PREINSTALLED APP THAT WE CAN'T UNINSTALL IS WASTING ELECTRICITY, THEY EAT UP BATTERY RESULTING IN HAVING TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE MORE OFTEN! GO GREEN, DUMP THE BLOATWARE ALREADY!
[General Questions and Answers] bogdan5844:
Loved the rage quit. :-D You are right on many points. I wonder - if carriers *do* know that no one uses their crappy apps, why do they shove them on our throats?
[General Questions and Answers] jfsat:
The problem is that many users (obviously ones who don't get on here) DO use those apps, and at the end of the day, it makes a lot of money for the carriers. It's all a money game. If all phones came AOSP, then the carriers would actually have to compete on the android market. They can't do that very well, so they require the manufacturers to let them have at the ROM before it gets into our hands.
[General Questions and Answers] shurane:
The bloatware really ruins the Android experience. For example, look at Apple. They have a complete lockdown with regards to what extra bloatware goes onto their devices, last I checked. This leaves a great lasting impression on the consumers that end up buying Apple devices. The same consistent quality experience (of course, arguable) regardless of what carrier you use. And that's how it should be, because no one is looking specifically for a carrier experience for anything. Bloatware on Android really leaves a sour taste in the mouth. I imagine that's one of the reasons why the Nexus branding from Google exists -- to be separate from all the scummy carrier practices. And even that hasn't worked out so well, if the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is any indicator.
[General Questions and Answers] jfsat:
Excellent point! Apple played the game really smart, they built up their brand first, so that people wanted the iPhone simply because it's Apple. Then with that popularity, they told the cell phone companies "If you want this phone, WE set the terms, not you". If any android phone maker said that, the carrier would laugh in their face, and that brand of phone would be gone the next day. Android is open source, so we suffer for the same reason that we love Android, anyone can change it. Apple won't give their clients that freedom, so despite their "bloat-free-ness", their product doesn't appeal so much to us.
[General Questions and Answers] bogdan5844:
Ok, I can see why carriers f**k the hell out of Android by preloading it with apps and stuff.

But what about Windows Phone? Wasn't Microsoft touting a „best of both worlds” experience, in that we would have the hardware choice of Android, and the unified experience of iOS?

Whatever happened to that?
[HTC Sensation] brummie028:
Hi

i spent last 6 houres putting multiple roms on a sensation xe orange uk model

and all it does is freeze on boot and no further i have ext4 recovery same with clockwork tho and it is s off am i missing something

thanks

j
[HTC Sensation] sickorwuut:
What kind of roms? If ICS I've had the same issue. Currently having it but was reading around it could be due to the battery or the cpu being too low while screen is off.
[HTC Sensation] davebugyi:
I presume you performed wiping before flashing and also you have updated the RADIO to the one needed for ICS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipmanwck:
New to this forum so apoligies if this post is in the incorrect place.

I rooted and installed CM9 last night and tried to follow the noob guide which was not that clear especially when you don't know what flash means. I know I am a real noob I ended up finding a great video by searching Samsung galaxy s2 root. Had all the links and latest version of cf root.

I have to say CM9 is what the S2 should of been like !

I have a few questions though. Sorry in advance if these are noobie questiins.

1. On stock ics for my device when i chose a picture from gallery for wallpaper it would let you choose if you wanted it in portrait or across 3 parts. Now I have a box which I have to adjust and I can never get the size correct !!!

2. How do I get a seperate picture on my lock screen.

3. How do I get camera to save to SD card , there is no option in camera settings ?? would this be because google devices have no sd slot ? is so how can i change this?

4. How do I get the cool unlock effect then after I do that get the pin option ?

5. Anyway of adjusting keyboard options like key size (way to small at the moment) and feedback as vibration is too strong at present.

6. How do I get folders in the app draw ? Can only do it on homescreen. Very annoying as could do this previously and I am ocd with these things.

7. Found that if I use the camera there is a very slight pink splodge in the center of the screen. Never had this before ?

8. No 3G but i do get the H symbol occasionallyy pop up??

9. Battery life poor and really really much worst whilst using gps.

10. gps takes at least 5 mins to get a signal on navigation / maps even when i have it fully on.

11. How can I get notification numbers on the text and email symbol on the homescreen ? beleive its on stock ics.

12. Anyone know if whilst in rom manager I can update to the latest nightly build and is this the best way to update my phone now i am on cm9 ?

13. Sometimes my homescreen swipes are inaccurate ?

14. keyboard presses sometimes dont vibrate but letter appears?

15. anyone know how to get music player to look like this. http://www.xda-developers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cm9-music.jpg?139d23. the cm9 one looks grey and dull and has less options.

16. my videos on my sd card wont play ??

17. lost notes which came with the s2? where can i find it ??

18. how can i get gestures like cm7

19. how can i change themes as the option seems to be unavailable in the menu e.g its there but wont let me press it ?/

Thanks in advance. I know there are lots of questions here and all the little things here won't put me off using cm9 as its sooo much better than stock !!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beston94:
+1 with the inaccurate home screen swypes and also when turning a page in moon reader pro....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nutmegy:
blimey.. well..

answers to some.. .

2. not at the moment

3. Cant at the moment (use ICS+ Camera from play store if you want that)

4. i guess you mean Faceunlock.. read the CM9 discussion thread lots of questions answered in the first post)

6. is being worked on in nova Launcher but no others at present..

7.KNOWN ISSUE for most people since the phone came out...

10. there is a GPS fix you can get but you just need to experiment with radios etc,... again search the CM9 discussion thread

11.. being worked on on various launchers not a CM9 issue (believe Nova and Apex are working on this)

19. Themes are not essential as it is only a nightly build ..

remember most of these issues are known about and are varying in importance on when they are worked on.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipmanwck:
thanks

Thanks so much for the answers.

Any idea why my battery is draining so much since install of this rom ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aramil:
Let me google that for you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipmanwck:
Google ?

No point using Google. If I had found the answer there then I would not have created the thread. I have also emailed / posted cm direct but they state they won't reply or that in so many words. I am assuming that battery life has reduced due to rom but don't know ? That's why this thread was created ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
And yet, his answer provided you with the information you needed to find out yourself.

Common cause of battery drain is wakelocks, and his provided google search linked you to a ton of threads and links which detail what to do to find out what is causing wakelocks, and how to try to prevent them from happening. That will improve battery life.

"No point in using Google".... C'mon, dude.

Rule #1 of the XDA Developers forum rules: search before posting.
[HTC Desire S] Ngoeun:
Got stuck with htc logo after the LeeDroid flash on my HTC

Hi All,

Good morning. I am very new with Android, I did the flash rom using Leedroid 4.3.0 I can flash it ok, but it said I use s-off so I need to extract the boot.img from rom.zip and flash it.

I have no idea how to flash it. Can anyone guide me step by step.

I tried the ADB.exe with CMD but no luck, although it say (sending boot <3853 kb> ... okay, writing boot... OKAY, I still cannot get it to work, after reboot, I still got stuck with htc logo.

I am using HTC flyer, HBOOT 6.10.1002

Thank you in advance for your help
[HTC Desire S] esideboi:
you need to flash it when you are in bootloader using fastboot command:

fastboot flash boot boot.img
[HTC Desire S] mrsureshisha:
You are my first teacher......enjoyed it....Thanks a lot...
[HTC Desire S] titasb:
Incredible s stuck on loading

Hey All,

Here is my story -

Never felt the need of rooting my phone, until one of my relatives, done that for me. If I ever knew, that i will have so many problems, I would have never let him do that.

Moving on, I couldn't find a rom fitting myself, always had bugs, used too much of my battery, or so on. Got tired losing everything, everytime i had to change the rom, after finding a bug i couldn't stand. So, I came back to original rom 2.3.5. Thought i will just update and will have S-off phone with original software.

Somehow it didn't let me update, I stayed with that for few months, then one day i decided i can't stand the old soft, and started working on getting my phone back to s-on and original rom. Used Android flasher to flash this file engHBOOToverARX . The next step was to flash the original rom, via

Android flasher. But i couldn't find it on internet. Therefore i thought it's just gonna be easier and faster that i'll just go and scan for the update.

It found and finally was updating when I was happy i'll get back to normal phone. Unfortunately, It wouldn't load the software anymore, only the white screen with the HTC logo.

Bootloader still says

Revolutionary

Vivo PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT - 6.13.1002

RADIO - 3822.10.08.28_M

eMMC - boot

Apr 1 2011, 18:34:39

I tried to follow the steps, on the cmd.

But it looks like it can not find the device.

My phone is connected to the computer via usb cable and on the bootloader menu.

PLEASE HELP ASAP.

I am using my old Nokia 6310i as the backup plan at the moment, and believe me it is not fun at all, uxcept the fact that I make everyone laugh

when I take it from my pocket :D

Titas
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Where to start:

This is not a general help thread

This is not even in the Q&A forum

You have a VIVO which is an incredible s not SAGA (codename for desire s so you're in the wrong forum)

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] ayanah:
explanation

"Setting up fastboot: Your phone must be on bootloader "

1st... what do you mean by "Your phone must be on bootloader" & how to do ?? :)

2nd... I accessed this thread from another one concerning nabi II tablet rooting .... but I can't figure out the DIRECT importance to know that ...in regard to rooting the nabi II

.... is it essential ?? :confused:

3rd.. can u please write the prompt commands in full manner ... as sometimes u use "\" or "/" eg:

"adb install C:\<directory>/file.apk

or /sdcard/<directory>/file.apk "

that's a little bit difficult :eek: ..thanks