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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] wuziq:
hey so i encountered my first issue today.. wondering whether anyone else has experienced it.

during a call, my phone got in a state where i couldn't get the screen to turn on again. this happened when i was on a call over my bluetooth headset. i couldn't get the screen to turn on, so i told the person i'd call back in a sec. i hung up, then tried to turn on the screen (pressed power, pressed home, opened the slider, pressed keys). couldn't get it to turn on. i pressed the button on my headset to call the person back, but it just made the hang-up sound, as if i never hung up. every time i pressed it, it made the hang-up sound. all i could do was take the battery out of the phone.

i couldn't pull the last kmsg either, cuz i don't have it rooted.

has anyone else experienced this? :(

edit: i also tried plugging it into my computer while in that weird state, and nothing happened.. no charging or anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
I moved from mt4gs to the Relay.

My first sammy device & I'm happy I've stepped away from HTC.

Never used Odin or Download mode. So thanks for the tutorial - everything was simple and I have gained superuser root access :)

Allowing me to gain superuser rights, adfree, sixaxis control & titanium/root explorer functionality to delve into debloating/depinking.

I have a question regarding the potential for flashing the GSiii CWM you mention below.

If I try this, can you point me to the file I need, and how to use Odin to flash this?

From that point, can I use ADB to run any/all of the traditional CWM features (like nand backup, restore, wipes, installs etc.)

If this is possible I want to give this a try.

Thank you in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] noptys:
I think with Odin you would flash the recovery in a similar way as you did the system img. I only have Windows through a VirtualBox VM and I don't trust badness not to happen while flashing, so I moved to heimdall.

If you go that route, you need a newer version than is available to download, so you'll have to compile from source. I was successful in compiling from HEAD github for heimdall (I still can't post links) and then running the following.

$> ./heimdall flash --verbose --recovery ~/dl/R4G/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.2-d2tmo.img

A couple things to keep in mind

1) if you run this as non-root, you need to make sure you have permissions to the usb device

Either:

a) install 60-heimdall-galaxy-s.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d

- or -

b) temporarily give yourself permission to the device

$> lsusb |grep 686
Bus 002 Device 035: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II]

$> sudo chmod a+rw /dev/bus/usb/002/035

2) heimdall reboots the phone after each command, so if you are going to test with print-pit, make sure you also use --no-reboot or you'll have to put it back into download mode again

As for being able to do the normal CWM things - not easily. There is a nandroid binary, but I was having trouble getting it to make a backup, I think because the fstab is incorrect for this device, but I'm not sure.

Reading through the code, it looks like you can send commands to the recovery process through /cache/recovery, but I have't given that a try yet. Its documented in the source code if you want to search for "github recovery.c cyanogenmod"

I'm making what I feel like is some progress hacking with the SGS3 (d2tmo) recovery, but I still haven't been able to get the LCD to come on with the d2tmo kernel and I haven't been able to get recovery to start with the kernel from the stock recovery img

(Standard disclaimer - this probably voids your warranty, might brick your phone, kill your cat, etc.. )
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
This might be oversimplified, but wouldn't we be able to take the relay recovery and replace the bin/recovery binary with a cwm version and have it work? I've done something similar with a tablet recovery and it was relatively brainless. The inits, fstab, and drivers will be correct for the relay. I don't have the device so I can't test it out.

EDIT: after poking around a little, it's not a trivial exercise to use the stock kernel and the cwm ramdisk. I think the init.rc files are different enough, etc.

Good luck!

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Azianmunk:
I know you already swapped phones however I just wanted to let you know (and for others who are concerned) that I didn't really have any issues you had mentioned. On my phone, I'm using a class 10 MicroSD (I'm not sure if that makes a difference). The phone was constantly charging via USB throughout my entire drive. Last, I drive a toyota camry SE.

Samsung Player - So I downloaded songs that were coded at 160kbps Ogg Vorbis files + converted some of my songs over to Ogg. I spent 6 hours driving upstate and didn't have any sound issues at all. There was pauses in the music however this could have been just the song itself. I was using Samsung stock music player and connected via bluetooth. I actually like the program and it's freatures but thats just my opinion.

AUX - During the middle of the drive I did loose bluetooth connection which was sorta upsetting to me and swapped over to AUX. I didn't have any issues when the phone was connected via AUX except that I believe I was using the wrong audio cable. Something is different about headphone plugs (on the phones) versus speaker inputs (on say a computer). I usually have to pull out the cable half a millimeter on all my phones to have audio feed into both speakers otherwise if I push it all the way down, it only plays off one side.

Google Play - On the drive back downstate, I used Google Music Player (updated as well) which I hate because it pulls up random unsorted music, old college lectures, MCAT reviews, and what not. I didn't have any real issues with this player either aside from what I just mentioned.

So in the end, I'm not really sure what is causing the problem. Could just be your MicroSD card isn't compatible with our phones which is hard to imagine. Sorry for the late update, work has been busy with a new product lauching.

EDIT: Iono if this is a concern at all, but when I purchased my phone, they made sure they swaped out my 8 year old sim card for a newer card that is supposely "better for 4G phones." Perhaps there was data/service connection issue with the card. Just a suggestion but hope she enjoys the new S3
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] preci_alejandro199:
I personally got the Relay a few days after it came out and I'm pretty pleased, no major issues yet, just a few intermittent issues.

Sometimes, while texting, the keyboard goes into some "shortcut mode" where the letter a selects all, then the next letter I type deletes it. And sometimes the letter m causes the maps app to pop up. It's kind of annoying and I don't know how to disable it, usually just restart the phone.

I use a pattern unlock, and very rarely the pattern buttons don't load right, I just hit the lock button again and it fixes itself.

Other than that I really like the phone and I'm SO glad that TMobile finally had something with decent hardware and speed with a full qwerty. I'd been using a modded droid 3, loved it but was getting sick of the 2g/edge speed when not hooked up to wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Frag1le:
The Desire Z would also have this problem of keys turning into shortcuts. I could usually fix this by using the menu/sym key multiple times and it would stop. Perhaps you could try some button combinations on the Relay
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] preci_alejandro199:
Thanks, I'll have to try that. I'll just have to wait for it to happen again, seems random to me. Someone else told me to try the "search" button (magnifying glass) but this phone doesn't have one xD
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Frag1le:
Yeah the search (mag. glass) could sometimes fix it as well.

Perhaps try the voice button on the google widget, it does the same thing as holding the mag. glass (from the homescreen) if i remember correctly
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
mhl hdmi??????

Is anyone able to get th MHL/HDMI out to work?

I bough 2 MHL adaptors, but the connector into the phone seems verrrrrrry tight and awkward.Can anyone report working MHL output and with what hardware?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] COZ'N'EFX:
I have a Samsung MHL to HDMI Adapter and it works with the Relay connected to an Epson 8350 projector.

The connector into the phone on my MHL cable feels the same as the usb cable that came with the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] noptys:
Are you using the SGS3 (11 pin) MHL adapter or the older 5pin MHL?

I can confirm the Samsung-branded MHL adapter for the SGS3 just plain won't fit :(

I have a 5 pin USB-TGO adapter, but I haven't had a chance to test it yet
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] COZ'N'EFX:
The cable I got from Amazon says "Samsung MHL to HDMI Adapter - Data Cable - Micro USB - Retail Packaging for AT&T SGH-i77 & T-Mobile SGH-T989" by Samsuing

These models listed in the description are SGS2's

I can't post links yet, but if you go to the Samsung website on the Relay product page, click on Accessories > HDMI Smart Adapter > See All, you'll be able to see all the phones that are also compatible with this cable.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
How does it work? It says it needs power from a wall adapter. How is it powered if it's plugged into the phone and TV? Am I missing something? I'd really like video playback on my TV though..:D
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] COZ'N'EFX:
There is a mini usb connector on the side of the adapter that you plug the Relay usb cable/charger into

This connector is on the right side of the adapter, so you can't see it in the product photo on Samsungs website.

If you do a search on youtube for "samsung hdmi adapter", you can see what I'm talking about and how it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] noptys:
CWM getting close

I was able to build a kernel from source and manually create a recovery image and now there is LCD navigation! I'm working through some problems I found, and then I'll post for others to test.

More importantly, since the kernel built from source, I'm going to try to build a CM9 image tonight.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Nice work!!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] wuziq:
sweet.

also, i see that you've left the factory plastic cover on the screen. i'm rocking it, too. :good: factory screen cover solidarity, CHYEAH.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] mikeybot:
Holy **** awesome!.

Throw up a paypal link . I'm buying you a drink!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] John5788:
FYI on anyone trying to use heimdall, you must use v1.4 RC1 for proper protocol initialization.

Here is github repo: https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall

I was attempting to use Odin over a Windows 7 VirtualBox and ended up nuking the system partition. Phone would not boot up and showed me a "Please reboot into Kies recovery mode" message. Freaked me out a bit until I was able to reflash the rooted system image using heimdall v1.4 RC1.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Matze5800:
so... is there actually a way to unlock it yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
This is very exciting!

Thanks for the update :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] speculatrix:
I'm visiting the US on holiday and had a quick play with the Relay4g to see how it compares with the Mytouch4gSlide (which I bought in UK off ebay)

whilst I mostly liked i particularly the keyboard with extra row and the fast CPU, I think it's too early to jump in and spend $400 (effective price for me) when there's too much uncertainty about community update.

if I stil had my Vision (desireZ) then I probably would go for it and take the risk, but it's not a compelling enough upgrade.

However, I'll be keeping an eye on the SGR4G and maybe buy one in 6 months if I can get it at the right price and if cyanogenmod fully supports it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] :
www.cellunlocker.net or go through the T-Mobile hoops http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1588

After waiting a week for T-Mobile, I bought a code which arrived in about 12 hours.. about 2 days later T-Mobile gave me the code.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Any further moves on this effort dude?

Did you get any success with cm9 image.

:thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Kaczman:
good job guys! throw up a paypal link id like to donate too. kind of disappointing we still dont have a forum for the relay yet...
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] noptys:
Unfortunately, something came up and I didn't get the solid block of time this weekend that I was supposed to have. OTOH, I'm testing a new recovery image, and I hope to post that soon, and then the work more on CM9 today.

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LOL. Yeah, at least until I make it my primary phone. The "protective" cover on the back fell off though, almost immediately.

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This CWM is still largely based on the Galaxy S3 as I haven't been ablet to get the recovery portion to build from the apexq build (yet). I was able to do a backup to both the internal sdcard and the external sd card, shell access works, and I did an "advanced restore from external sdard" of the data partition.

Again, I'm using heimdall (1.4RC version based on HEAD on github) to flash, but I assume Odin should work as well.

This is very much a work in progress, so please let me know if you find any problems with it, but I would recommend not doing a full erase and restore on the device unless you have a secondary backup at this point.

[ EDIT: some people were reporting some sound and charing problems with this CWM, so I'm pulling it down for now. If you had an issue, can you post how to re-create?]

(Standard disclaimer - this probably voids your warranty, might brick your phone, kill your cat, etc.. )
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HibikiRush:
So is this phone a worthy upgrade coming from the Desire Z? I am getting frustrated at the speeds of that phone, both CPU and RAM so am just kind of eager to just switch to anything more modern. Those that have switched over from the Z, good choice? I know it's not a significant difference in things like screen size, camera, etc but for me the speeds is really key.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Awesome.

I'm new to samsung hence heimdall, but I did some googling and could only discover that 1.4rc was available to be built off of github and not supplied as a exe piece of sofware like odin as such...?

I found the latest release 1.32 on this site http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/ can I use this?

A small tutorial on how to flash this new recovery please?

EDIT:

I was about to try flashing via Odin, however we can only flash .tar and not .zip files with Odin, any advice?

Thanks in advance :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Azianmunk:
For me speed was key as well. I'm not sure if it's because I'm wasn't running a stable rom on my old G2 (Minicry 1.5) but the lag was insane. It took 30 seconds just to read and respond to a text msg at times. I tried streamlining the phone by removing the widgets, tried memory saving tactics (like minimizing the amount of text msgs stored on the phone), and speed programs but still nothing worked. The constant force closed and frozen programs got to me. And the call function and contacts kept crashing on me. My phone was internally falling apart and started not accepting phone calls or call quality was horrible.

As for the Galaxy Relay, I also wanted to retain a smaller phone size (that was not as large as the S3) and felt comfortable with a phone that is the size of the G2 was adequate enough. I was a bit disappointed in the build quality and overall plastic of the phone, the keys lack the pop and aren't as raised above the surface. Overall I'm more pleased with the placement of the keys however it took a lot longer trying to get use to the new position (like the shift and alt are switched). The extra row of keys + arrow keys do help out and reduce weird hand manipulation to get certain characters. The sliding function does break-in and slide easier overtime.

The quality of the camera rocks the G2, I know people are complaining because they came from mytouch but seriously. The front facing camera and "&" 5MP camera seems to take clearer photos than my old G2. However the lack of a dedicated camera button has began to miss me off more than I expected.

The speed is adequate, it's not amazing. If you were suffering like me and it was potentially costing you "job opportunities" and clients. Hell yea I would switch over otherwise if your phone is still working fine, i would wait out until January. By then most of the phones would be out by then (Nexus), we'll see how the Galaxy Relay community develops, and we'll probably hear on t-mobile plans with the new G3 + LTE by next year. And if anything, a better rebate would be out for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] wuziq:
i can't really speak specifically to the desire z, but FWIW i had the G1, then the sidekick 4g (a little higher spec'd than the desire z), and the relay blows both of them out of the water in terms of speed. pretty much night and day. stock ROM seems solid, too.. no sluggishness, no crashes, battery life is good. you'll likely think that it's how a phone should be.

is there another phone you're thinking about getting or comparing with the relay? if not, then u might have your answer already...
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Naviiin:
I'm not HibikiRush, but I'm stuck in the same predicament as he is. I'm comparing the Captivate Glide, Droid4 and Galaxy Relay and I don't know which one to choose. My phone (Galaxy S Plus) broke down, so I need a new one right now. But the Relay is too expensive (live in Europe, so I'd have to import) and the other 2 seem like they will be outdated and unsupported next year. But at least they're somewhat reasonable in price. So I was wondering if there really is that much difference in performance and battery life to shell out an extra 150 or so euros for a Relay.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] :
Best way to flash if you don't have an Odin/Heimdall image (which is ridiculously easy to create, see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=926546 all you have to do is create a tar, the md5sum is optional) is the following command from adb or terminal shell: dd if=/sdcard/image.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 after gaining root (type su first) with the added advantage that dd doesn't trip your custom binary counter like Odin would (Heimdall doesn't seem to have this problem)

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I just came from the Captivate Glide, it just got ICS and Rogers basically dumped their old inventory of them cheap on Newegg. The combined low price with the ICS has reinvigorated the development community for it and there's actually more support for it than when it was new. Droid 4 has excellent support from hashcode, one of the best developers out there, and there's a rumored GSM only version coming out soon (the Motorola XT898, although the device appears to have been designed but not picked up by any carriers yet) and probably has quite a bit of life left. The reason I picked the Relay over the others is 1) cost doesn't really matter to me 2) it has AT&T and T-Mobile bands and actually gets faster AT&T speeds than my Glide did 3) I like Samsung 4) Unlocked bootloader, 5) NFC 6) S-Voice

Gonna try to mimic a Galaxy S III with it and see if I can get Google Wallet working
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] s0medude:
FYI

The source for this phone is now on opensource.samsung.com

Hoping to check it out after work!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] revwillie:
I keep checking Tmobile's online upgrade options and the Relay is still not listed. But what is funny is that Tmobile will let me upgrade to a brand new G2 for only 84.99 with a 2-year extension (134.99 without).

At least I can't say there are no qwerty+trackpad phone options anymore!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
This is fantastic.

I'm personnally still getting to grips with the samsung ways compared to htc.

Once I'm up to standards, I'm going to try to build cm9/10 from source.

Currently deep in education mode.

Thanks to everyone here keeping the Relay unofficially hosted here on the G2 thread.

Let's unleash the beast within the Relay with some good'ol AOSP/CM :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] John5788:
we really need a new forum to discuss this in, instead of this single topic.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] jjbz:
I installed this recovery via terminal emulator and when I tried to restart into recovery, my phone bricked. Battery won't charge, phone won't turn on (normal, bootloader, or recovery), and no lights/signs of power. My battery is fully charged via an external charger.

I had to get the phone replaced by T-Mobile. A jig may have worked but they offered a replacement so I took it.

I don't know if this has happened to anyone else. Just sharing my experience.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] freakingwilly:
Make a request for the forum HERE. Simply post saying:

+1 for Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G (T699)

And hopefully the forum will be created.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] mikeybot:
Last time I counted there were at least 20 requests, including myself up to the weekend after release.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] John5788:
yeah, i've already made my request last week. i dont know how frequently they approve these requests, but it just seems too ridiculously flooded for anyone to even want to read through it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I have a feeling that the new forum requests might be limited by the volunteers available to moderate the forum.

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] :
oh dear. I successfully installed it via adb. And yes we need a forum. There's a form at androidforums but very few people are using it.

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Where do I sign up?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] John5788:
were you trying to use `dd` method from terminal?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Would really appreciate if you supply a step by step guide of how you flashed the recovery vua adb.... please :D
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] jjbz:
Yep.

su

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] :
Do not flash this recovery. There has already been one report of a brick and my phone, while not bricked, just buzzes if I try to charge it while the phone is off.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
You might have to contact another moderator to volunteer, and then send me the $50 application fee. ;)

I found this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/...BeSQIAT3EHCqgM/edit?authkey=CIWz1JkM&hl=en_GB

In this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=958206