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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] :
It's a new build, with very few if any changes. Here's a CWM version of the new modem

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/103520801/RelayLJ1modem.zip

I recommend flashing this *only* if you're on cyanogenmod. People on stock should flash the new stock ROM to get this. If you flash this on stock Kies will refuse to ever update your phone again until you manually flash an entire stock package with Odin or Heimdall (I posted the package a few pages back). If you're willing to accept that risk, flash away!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Honestly I'd be happy with cm 10+ with a slight overclock. Anyone else with me?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I'd be happy if uncle Samsung released a completely stock AOSP 4.2 rom with open source drivers. :)

I think we are somewhat lucky the relay is similar to the sg3, we might benefit from JB updates to the sg3. Of course, it would be even better if we had our own JB update.

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] :
A working cm10 will have to wait. Right now cm9 is running rather well on the phone with only a few hiccups (camera functions, but only once per boot and only with third party apps, nfc works for some people but not others, mtp is broken [I personally use mass storage mode]) but by and large most things are working, bluetooth, wifi, phone, etc.) but it is running almost entirely off proprietary blobs from the phone. cm10 is doable, but until a) Samsung releases a jb update or b) we can get open source drivers to work properly for the phone, then we can build driver blobs for cm10. If you can live without a camera, cm9 is functioning very well right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] MTMTE:
I had a non-stock boot.img and non-stock recovery and my phone connected to the kies program just fine, and updated the firmware too. That was on Windows 7 64Bit.

I haven't tried heimdall.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Thanks- I-ll try another computer. My Mac isn't quite the computer it used to be, and I'm too lazy to put the rest of the parts back in. I don't like to leave it plugged in because I'm afraid it might catch fire.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
is t699 4g compatible with older 3g data plans?

is t699 4g backwards compatible with older 3g data plans?

it is, right?

Ok get this - I got the phone for free from wal-mart as an upgrade to my existing t-mobile contract [note: this deal is not available on wal-mart anymore :(, but as of today: 12/10/2012 - this phone is free on the t-mobile website until 12/13/2012 link: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=Samsung-Galaxy-S-Relay-4G] it came with a new sim card; i called t-mobile and told them i got a "replacement" phone and they activated my new sim card, which automatically deactivated the old sim card. I immediately got the 4g sign on the relay 4g t699 and enjoyed really blazing speeds that night and in the morning. So far everything sounds normal, no? But this is where the story takes a strange turn. My wife takes the phone to go to the doctor and uses the gps to get directions, but all of a sudden she gets lost cuz the phone doesn't give her the right directions anymore, so she starts to hate the phone. After I quickly reviewed the situation during my lunch break, i right away discovered that t-mobile had cut-off the data service to the phone. When you try to browse anywhere on the internet, a blue screen comes [web2go] it says something like this: "Your data plan doesn't work with this device. Click here to sign-up for a new data plan." But it worked the night and morning before, right? So we call t-mobile and after 1 hour of run-arounds, the supervsr finally confirms that it is not the phone but it is the plan... so she puts us on a data plan but get this - we have to wait until our current plan expires on Dec 28th to use the new data plan then... And she recommends that we put the new sim card into our old HD2 3G phone in the meantime, until the new data plan kicks in...

Now, I am just worried, because I was planning to take this phone to the philippines and to bulgaria, and use pre-paid sim carriers there, but I am thinking - what if I run into the same issue there? And how come the phone only shows 4g, and not 3g icon? I got the phone to switch to GSM mode only, which brought it down to EDGE connection, but then the same thing - the browser redirects to "Your data plan doesn't work with this device" crap...

Any thoughts? Does anyone know if we can just use 3g instead of 4g or trick t-mobile somehow so that we don't have to wait until Dec 28TH to use our new awesome t699?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
CM9 Alpha1 has been treating me very well.

Thanks team apexq.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
T-Mobile doesn't really have 4g, it's "super 3g." Even though your phone doesn't say 3g, it's running it. Same with edge, it's 2g.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
...but any idea why we have to pull out the sim card and put it in our old hd2 in order to use internet? why can't we just use internet on the t699? what is t-mobile doing that is preventing us from using our new phone with data right now, and why do we have to wait until Dec 28th for the new data plan to kick-in before we can use internet on the t699? Cuz if it is the new phone's fault, then I am having second thoughts about it, if I want to keep it and take it to travel with it outside the country [I am currently waiting for t-mobile's sim unlock code] if it is going to give me such trouble with carriers outside the country... I don't even understand the situation... and would really not be happy to findout after the grace period is done. I want to get to the bottom of this now.

P.S. Just updated the firmware to LJ1 via Kies, following the guide from t-mobile website: http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4712, and I feel like the device is more snappy & responsive somehow... it will be a shame if I can't figure out this internet and t-mobile data issue.

BTW - regarding the reason why this phone doesn't get its own forum, I think I figured it out! This thread is #1 on the thanks list, right? But when you start reading it, in the beginning, there are so many negative things said about this phone, the real juicy stuff don't start until page 17 or something like that, to a beginning reader it looks as almost all the thanks go to supporting the people in the beginning of the forum who bailed out on this phone from the get-go. I think what really might work is a summary thread for novices like myself, with summary step-by-step guide on basic rooting instructions, removing t-mobile tethering lock apn smthng whatever it is, etc, and rating that #1 on the thanks list.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] htrex:
I'm running Flinny Build 130 (Andromadus CM10) overclocked to 368-1200Mhz with background processes limited to 2, runs smooth and doesn't freeze, great ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] demkantor:
That's great... but it won't help much for the relay...
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
I've got a weird issue and I was wondering if you guys could help.

SO I've got a 32gb SD card that I use for all my storage, roms, videos, ect...

The problem is that my "ROMs" folder deletes it self and I've lost hours into BoF3 and other videos. I run psx4driod 3.0.5 and I was wondering if anyone knows if the app is causing the folder deletion?

It has happened twice, first time the PS1 rom folder was deleted, the second time it deleted my entire rom folder (SNES, GBA, and N64). I think everything has been transfered to the lost.dir folder, but there's not any recognizable file types in there, and the folder size is 2gb or so, but how do I recover the files from the lost.dir and how can I prevent it from happening in the future?

edit:

using photorec_win.exe to recover files right now, it's got about 1 hour left to complete, I'll put the result(s) on the operation here.

I'm so confused as to why this folder keeps getting deleted. How to fix is the question. Should I try a newer version of psx4driod or an older one (I have 3.0.0) too.. couldn't find 3.0.7 or 3.0.6 to download when I was looking before, anyone know where I can find it?

edit edit:

well it finished.

holy useless text file batman. Going to backup my photos and re-format the SD card with linux because of weird "partition" errors I got with testdisk-6.14

It recovered some .zips for the SNES, but I think the others are ".gz" for the save files from the emulator, it found the que files, but everything else is labeled weird.

time to go reformat and see a bad partition structure was causing these losses, the seem to happen when I restarted the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
I've had no issues with my roms folder being deleted. I successfully completed ffvii and and am currently working on ffix. Where are you saving to? I usually quick save and then for assurance save in a secondary slot.

Do you run any sort of app that connects to the sd? I use sd maid but have never had any issues with it deleting anything other than temporary files or thumbnails.

By the way I'm using version psx4droid v21.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
I just used quick save and the 2nd 1st slot, but it was saving to the folder the rom itself was in like it was supposed to. Version 21.1.2?? Is that a typo :P?

No apps, bone stock w/32 gb sandisk card.

The first time it just deleted the PS1 folder, 2nd time it was the entire ROMs folder and a folder of videos that I had downloaded. Twas weird.

I was getting errors in test-disk so I re-formatted and aligned to 8k, tried test disk again and the error went away.

I haven't loaded it up with new files yet to try, but I shall. I need to look into how dropbox works and see if I can get the save's to backup to dropbox like my images do.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
It's listed as Psx4droid v2 1.1.2. I haven't found a screen capture app that works on the relay yet, otherwise I'd show you.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
watch this on how to get a screen shot: http://youtu.be/E_FVbyjvySg?t=5m35s
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Holy crap, never knew we had that !

Here you go. Maybe search for the apk version online.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Thanks, I'll hit google and practice my google-fu!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Kaczman:
sorry this thread is for rom development only.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] shinkinrui:
Here's what happened. A few years back, TMobile used to have separate data features (add ons) for different types of phones. On these features, the system detects your imei and blocks the internet if you don't have the right internet feature that corresponds to that phone type. Since your old phone is an hd2, you probably have the "smart phone"(windows) data feature and not the Android data feature. These features are only available as part of old rate plans which are now grandfathered, which means the standard policy is you can't make changes to those rate plans. This means the reason that you're waiting until the end of the month to change it is probably because the rep actually put in a complete plan change for you and moved you to the new data feature, which does not have have the imei check for which type of phone OS you're using.

The only thing I don't understand is why you're having to fix this after the fact- the rep that helped you upgrade should have taken care of this data feature problem at the time of the upgrade. The reps systems would've given him all kind of warnings that a new data feature was needed.

If I were you, I would call back and find it exactly what changes are happening to your plan.

So, in summary, it's not the phones fault, it's Tmobile's crappy system and rate plan management over the past few years. Glad there's changes happening there. Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
That's not what the thread title states. It's a general thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
wow, this is a great reply, and makes me feel better to confirm my suspicions that the t-mobile donkeys are giving me the run around.

but there is one other thing though, you see - on the HD2 I am running American Android CM7 (from haret from sd card - i have dual boot) which I got from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957652

So regarding your comment about the WM vs Android - i don't think it is valid to suspect that they are comparing the operating systems... I think you might be right that they are checking the IMEI, but perhaps they stop at that and assume that I have WM, where as in fact I am booting my android from the SD card... Now the part about the "grandfathered" plan - I heard this mentioned to me by the suprvsr rep on my last call. The sad thing is that I specifically asked t-mobile to override it right now, but she said that she is as high as the call can get escalated and nobody can override it until the new plan kicks in. BTW - from what I understand, T-mobile is just going to update my data internet plan from the "grandfathered" to whatever the new unlimited plan they have, which will cost me actually $5/month less than before... So in summary - I got an awesome new phone and I will pay less per month, but I have to be patient with it for the next 17 more days...

I really appreciate your reply! :cyclops:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Jax184:
What are you on about?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] bbf:
I bought my phone from T-Mobile's prepaid division and it worked with foreign SIMs (PCCW in HK, U-Mobile in Malaysia) just fine with 4G data, voice and SMS... once I called T-Mobile and got the unlock code for my phone.

My phone only ever displayed 'E' or '4G' never '3G'. (Probably since T-Mobile's 4G network is based on WCDMA technology that 3G networks were/are based on.)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
question: If I do this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33323044&postcount=456

will I still be able to get updates from Kies?

also - are there any good/free stand-alone GPS programs with full maps [like tom-tom or garmin for example] that don't rel(a)y on internet data connection? Just in case I get stuck somewhere in the wilderness without any service or internet connection...?

and btw - did you know that this is the only Android device with keyboard IN THE WORLD, that will work with any GSM carrier's internet data service? The other 6 devices - some are missing front facing cameras, some are too old, not fast enough, cancelled or don't even have a thread [t699 doesn't have a forum, but at least it has this thread] in xda-developers? If you don't believe me check out the attached picture. :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
You can cache areas in Google Maps to use them offline or off the beaten path. It's somewhere in the settings or dropdowns.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
AFAIK, you will need to flash the stock rom to get updates, a couple of pages back someone reported issues.

I haven't noticed a diference in usability since updating my relay, personally :).

Patiently waiting for CM9 myself :).
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
What are you guys waiting for.

Forget all this touchwiz/kies nonsense!

The CM9 release as of 8th Dec, is straight up legendary... the phone runs smoother then on stock & more importantly is stable as fk!!!

The only major feature they are working on is stock cm9 camera (otherwise 3rd party camera apps from market work a treat.)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002200

I can safely say, you're all missing out on some outstanding efforts put together so far by these devs.

Move on to what this phone should have been & enjoy :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Kaczman:
my god, is there an easier way to install CWM rather then go through these ridiculous instructions?

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK

and

https://github.com/TeamApexQ/apexq/wiki/Samsung-Galaxy-S-Relay-4G-(T-Mobile)-Full-Update-Guide
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Anyone else getting extreme lag when clicking on an active widget? When I click on a direct call, it can take up to 15 seconds for it to even register. If I click on it multiple times, it'll perform the action multiple times, but with a delay.

Same with sound hound. If I click the widget it'll take 15 seconds before it starts up. Not always, to be honest. Just sometimes.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
That and home screen lag were why I decided to move from touchwiz.

AOSP is far superior then these manufacture layers on top of Android.

As they say Less is More (in a matter of speaking.)

:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Kaczman:
The CM9 build is awesome
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Well I should have a few hours tonight and it looks like the CM9 is stable enough to be used as a DD so far....

So this will be my first foray into this.

Nard, do you still need that dump? I updated to LJ1.

Can anyone speculate if the update to LJ1 will affect anything?

I have to have root to backup, don't I?

[Sorry nervous about bricking my phone, it's my only one and I don't have the $150 to get a new one if I break it :(]

I'll go through and compile a step by step for my understanding to make sure that I'm going to do everything right the first time :D.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] mikeybot:
Not a dev question, but has anyone located an aftermarket battery for the phone? (I have yet to use NFC since getting the phone, so that isn't necessary
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] wuziq:
haven't had a problem with this.

i'm on stock, though.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] John5788:
Yep. I see the same problems using stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Are you rooted? What method did you use?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] John5788:
I am rooted. I used the rooted stock rom system.img file via heimdall.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
I used the same file. Maybe there's something in it causing lag.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002200
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onebornoflight:
I posted this on the page for CM9 and was advised to post here as well:

Redownloaded both CM9 and the Gapps... rewiped everything three times (factory reset/system/cache/dalvik/reboot recovery/repeat) and flashed rom plus Gapps, set phone up and still couldn't access ext sd card. Put other sd card in from my g1... still no external sd card access. I have flashed the rom from both internal and external sd and still been unable to find the freakin sd card. Because recovery finds it fine it is ONLY CM9 that doesn't. *sigh* back to stock again.

It must be noted, however, that data was functional this time - even if it couldn't get enough signal to download es file explorer. By comparison... downloads on stock are zippy for Edge lol.

Sent from my Keen Vorpal Galaxy Relay of Awesomeness.

the first time I had no data and no external sd card access. This time just no external sd but SLOW data.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] burritoboy9984:
Anyone know if there is a way to enable Haptic feedback when touching the Menu and Back keys?

Thanks!

-Erik
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] ploopower79:
When trying to use NFC with the relay and my nexus 4 it won't let me send from my nexus 4 stating that my other device (the relay) isn't capable of receiving large files lol although the pic I tried to send was only like 100kb!

Just wanted to know what (if there is) is the limit for NFC on the relay? As there doesn't seem to be one on the nexus 4.

Thank you guys in advance :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
You should have no issues on the stock rom, but use wifi beam or wifi direct for anything over 15kb.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Naviiin:
Got mine a few days ago, I love it! I'm currently in the Netherlands so for those who are wondering, it's works fine over here as well. I'm on stock with all of the obvious bloatware disabled, because I'm too much of a n00b to root the thing haha. A n00b how-to tutorial would be nice. This phone needs more fans!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Just be wary- flashing the CWM recovery to get root will trip the flash counter if done through odin. I don't know about the other methods though.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] ploopower79:
Thanks man I appreciate it! I tried a super small file about 7kb still didn't work but your suggestion worked perfectly using Wi-Fi direct :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Your welcome :).

I just pulled the 15kb # out o my phanny, but when I was stock I was only able to use NFC for sharing contacts and applications with my wife's GS2. When I tried to share (photos) with NFC, it directed me to use wifi direct which worked perfectly :).
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] burritoboy9984:
Pretty sure you can only share contacts, links, etc in ICS. I don't think they added photo share ability until JB.

-Erik
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] ploopower79:
Derp that makes more sense lol again thanks for the response!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dabotsonline:
Has there been any progress made with an Android 4.2.1 / CyanogenMod 10.1 port?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] OriginalGabriel:
They're still working on CM9; from what I understand from G+ posts, once that is complete, they'll work on CM10.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dabotsonline:
Also, my friend is in Austin, Texas for the next month and is looking to buy this handset.

I see that it is $400 on T-Mobile's website ( http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/Samsung-Galaxy-S-Relay-4G-No-Annual-Contract ) but how much does it cost in T-Mobile retail stores and other retailers? Also, is there anywhere where the accessories are available cheaper online? ( http://find.t-mobile.com/controller?N=1000640&Ntk=primary&Ntt=galaxy+relay ) And how practical are these cases - surely they would prevent the keyboard sliding out?

How much do T-Mobile charge to unlock, and will she be able to do this in one of their retail stores or is it via telephone support only?

Sorry for all the questions - I'm in the UK (where she'll be using it as well as in the US - hence the need for the SIM unlock. Her criteria for a phone are that it has a physical keyboard and supports the 1700MHz AWS / 1900MHz / 2100MHz W-CDMA bands, and the 42Mbps DC-HSDPA support should come in nicely as well ('4G' according to T-Mobile US, or 3.8G in the UK - LTE being 3.9G and LTE Advanced being true 4G).
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] jarrodlombardo:
I just ordered one from eBay for $398.00 and it came with an added car charger and free shipping. All the retail stores I've seen it in have it for $499.00 without contract. I'm excited since it'll be so much faster than my Sidekick 4G. I've seen unlock instructions online, so you should be able to unlock it on your own.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] crashlen0:
As much as I love physical keyboards, I am going to have to go for the Nexus 4 since it seems like a much better phone and cheaper. If only it wasn't so low on stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
Quick question - when u r in home screen, or in any of the flipping screens on stock rom (LJ1 updated to be precise) does the accelerometer supposed to rotate touchwiz, or does it only work for everything else but the home and left-right flipping screens? I have a check mark on the rotate screen option, but only rotates screens in programs, and it doesn't do anything in home or touchwiz at all, and doesn't do it for netflix either, in netflix doesn't even rotate even if i pop open the slider qwerty...

---------- Post added 24th December 2012 at 12:05 AM ---------- Previous post was 23rd December 2012 at 11:26 PM ----------

The biggest difference for me on LJ1 is that the device doesn't automatically unlock the lock screen when you slide the qwerty from sleep mode. LH1 did which rose concerns for accidentally calling somedy if you slided the keyboard in ur pocket. LJ1 seems to fix that but it also seems like the rotate functionality is gone in home screen or any touchwiz flipping screen... see my above paragraph; still waiting on confirmation about that.

EDIT: LJ1 doesn't fix the wake-up / unlock of the device when u slide open the keyboard... in the beginning after I flashed to LJ1 I thought it did, but now i am saying that condition is back... dang...