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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gtmaster303:
We're not customers, this site is free.

And you're not doing them any favors by being angry.

Nowhere on this site does it say that the most ill-behaved and nasty people will get their forums first.

XDA has its own agenda to add new devices (which I'm not entirely sure I understand). I'm just trying to to help them along.

As I said before, our best way to go is by hitting the new device request forum hard. The more they see Samsung Relay, the more likely we'll get a break. But don't spam the thread. That will only get you into trouble.

In the mean time, I'm trying my best to contact the right liaisons and mods and to get us going a bit quicker than the rest :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onebornoflight:
I actually found a shell case with a holster and a kickstand on the back at the T Mobile store - I'll see if I can post pics tomorrow unless someone beats me to it.

Oh and to the discussion about our own forum - it has been suggested a Qwerty bias exists? I personally just feel it is a popularity contest and it irritates me to watch but XDA mods have the power to affect a lot. There is one mod in particular in one of the bigger forums on here who seems to get off on the power of closing people's threads on seemingly a whim. Given, he is within the rules most of the time but still given the career listed on his profile I think it is a power kick - bullies offline are bullies online too... and kicking around the little guy in this case is us. I loved seeing the MT4GS take off even now because people underestimated that phone - it is a beast. This one... will be underestimated too.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Are you referring to the h/w kb?

Both the physical shift key & alt keys only affect the following single character/key press and not all following characters(keypresses).

Only when the shift or alt key are pressed twice will they stick and take affect on all following keypresses until you press the shift or alt key againt to turn the shift or alt back off.

It works in the most intuitive manner.

Perhaps your referring to the soft keyboard.

:thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
I never liked cases on phones (especially sliders), so I opted for a skin from skinomi.com

http://www.skinomi.com/sagasre4g.html

Came with a screen protector, FULL coverage and a lifetime warranty for $20.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] ploopower79:
Nice skin Dood that's a deal!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] tylik:
There's sqeaking, and there's being a ****. The two are not equivalent.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Relax.

We can alway patron the other forum that has been gracious enough to create section.

Why this one isn't, I dunno.

But considering this thing is a sleeper hit "shrug".

I've been visiting XDA since my T-MO MDA, and they have changed drastically in that time.

Anyways, I use the "kickstand" holster case from t-mobile, it was the thinnest out of all the skins and it can still take a beating (dropped the phone twice on accident :D). Without the case, the darn thing is just slippery.

http://find dot t-mobile dot com/controller?N=1000640&Ntk=primary&Ntt=relay&Ntx=mode+matchpartialmax

the holster one. The holster is a pain so i dont use it, but the rest of the case is nice and thin and the kickstand is useful to play with :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gtmaster303:
We're on our way!

Great job guys, we're making our presence known. Keep it up! :good:

Haha, check out the top most thanked posts
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I tripped the flash counter! I had a little time tonight and flashed a rooted, stock rom via heimdall 1.4RC1 on Ubuntu 12.04.1

The first time, I just flashed the system partition and forgot to flash the boot.img. The second time, in download mode, I noticed that the Odin info has changed. System Status is now Custom.

Custom Binary Download: No

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Custom

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

I also ran into an error while flashing the system.img, but it seemed to flash otherwise since I had superuser access. RIght now, system is 100% flashed, but it hangs and then I get this error:

99%
File Part #4... Response: 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
File Part #5... Response: 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
File Part #6... Response: 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
File Part #7... Response: 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
File Part #8... Response: 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
File Part #9... Response: 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
File Part #10... Response: 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0
File Part #11... Response: 0 0 0 0 B 0 0 0
File Part #12... Response: 0 0 0 0 C 0 0 0

100%

ERROR: libusb error -7 whilst receiving packet. Retrying...
ERROR: libusb error -7 whilst receiving packet. Retrying...

ERROR: Failed to unpack received packet.

ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
ERROR: SYSTEM upload failed!

Ending session...
Rebooting device...
Releasing device interface...
Re-attaching kernel driver...

Now the kicker- I tried to flash a custom boot.img and got bootloops. Now, the custom binary download is Yes (1 counts)

Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Official

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

I flashed the stock boot.img and the bootloops are gone. Now I have:

Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

I guess this means that some partitions are signed? So yeah, if you want to keep your warranty intact, don't flash any custom kernels/boot.img files.

I would do the nv items dump, but that is a windows program and I have linux and a half dead mac.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HippoMan:
I'm still a little hazy about how the flash counter is used. Does this mean that there is nothing stopping us from flashing kernels and boot images, as long as we don't care about voiding our warranties?

I'm guessing that partition signing is only used for verifying whether partitions are "stock" or custom, so that the warranty can be more easily enforced. However, is signing used for other purposes, as well?

In other words, does this mean that we are going to hit hardware roadblocks when we try to install custom kernels/images? If so, does this mean that we have to figure out an S-OFF procedure for the T699?

Personally, I don't care about the warranty, and I just want to make sure that I'm not blocked from installing custom kernels and images, when the time comes.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I'm not sure about the flash counter- perhaps they are concerned about people overclocking to ridiculous levels and then claiming their melted piece of plastic is completely stock.

Otherwise, I don't see how it prevents us from flashing anything.

Yeah, the warranty is a secondary issue. No one forced me to flash anything. I did it myself and take responsibility for the consequences.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
That makes all kinds of sense. Honestly never thought of it that way.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Thanks for the heads up, I will wait until this issue is addressed more before flashing my own (and a stable CWM :p more importantly)

DO you have a jig that you can use to test the removal of the flash counter?

It's not just overclocking, they can do it for anything, essentially the warranty is void. I've never had to do a warranty repair, so who know's how they'd actually handle it :D
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I didn't know there was a jig.

I sm wondering how to flash files that are tar.md5 files. These appear to be tar files with the md5 hash appended on the end. Heimdall seems to want to flash individual partitions. How would I go about flashing the tar.md5 file in one shot? Do I need the gui version for this?

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
I've been using Odin, but I don't know if it works for everything.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HippoMan:
I was hoping that this is the case. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Is anyone else using heimdall, and if so, which version?

I'm using 1.4 rc1 on ubuntu 12.04.1. Maybe I'll try 1.3.1- the pit file looked a little funny on 1.4.

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HippoMan:
I'm running 1.3.0_1 on Linuxmint 13, which is a branch of Ubuntu 12.04.

I've had no problems with it. However, I only used it to flash CWM and the rooted ROM.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Thanks, I'll give it a try later. For some reason, I thought I needed 1.4 for the newer phones.

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] mikeybot:
Stupid question but just want to be sure.

So, we could basically just make any sound of those types for the start-up/down sounds by renaming them?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Can anyone print out their pit file? Here are a few entries from mine that I downloaded with heimdall 1.4. Do the blocksized and block counts look odd?

IF my math is correct:

boot is 269.5MB

system is 506.25GB

and recovery is 29GB

These are obviously too high... the other partitions look just as odd.

--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 137984
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: BOOT
Flash Filename: boot.img
FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #13 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 14
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 221184
Partition Block Count: 2457600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SYSTEM
Flash Filename: system.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #17 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 18
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 15187968
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RECOVERY
Flash Filename: recovery.img
FOTA Filename:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
OK, how about a custom kernel??

Insecure boot!

127|shell@android:/ $ cat default.prop
#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb

I fixed my bootloop problem. In technical parlance, I think the ramdisk offset should be 0x04000000. The stock mkbootimg has a different offset. While you are at it, I think the kernel_offset should be 0x00000000 as well, but mkbootimg will allow you to change the base address, so you can manually fix the kernel_offset from the command line. The ramdisk_offset problem is cursed, so you'll need a hex editor. ;) Simply change the word at 0x16 to 0x50. You can confirm that the ramdisk address for your modded boot.img is the same as the stock one.

There are also 256 words of data appended to the end of the boot.img. I presume this is the signature to test if the boot.img is stock.

For reference, here is the header for the stock boot.img

Magic: ANDROID!
Kernel size: 0x5307A0 (5441440)
Aligned size: 0x530800
Kernel addr: 0x80208000
Ramdisk size: 0x2FFA3 (196515)
Ramdisk addr: 0x81[B][COLOR="Red"]50[/COLOR][/B]0000
Second size: 0x0 (0)
Second addr: 0x81100000
Tags addr: 0x80200100
Page size: 0x800 (2048)
Name:
Cmdline: console=null androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] mikeybot:
Out of curiousity, when doing a backup in CWM recovery, did anyone else's take a really long time to backup to the sd card?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onebornoflight:
Yes indeed. Almost a ridiculously long time.

Also when you go into recovery does anyone else's show a momentary vertical inversion of the splash image? (As in part of the words samsung galaxy only upside down and at the bottom of the screen)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Yes this splash quirk happens to me.

Backups and restores are profoundly quicker on the Relay coming from the Doubleshot
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] pudgybunnyBry:
Yeah the splash deal happens on mine as well. While the backup is a little slow, its not slow enough to really bother me.

You. Will. Obey. XDA Premium - Samsung SGH-T699
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
I'm getting the same on all accounts so I guess it's considered normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Hardware Keyboard Edit Tutorial

Just a little insight into editing the hw kb map

As I am a resident in the UK, I have more use for the £ symbol then the $ symbol.

Below is the procedure to successfully edit the $ for the £ symbol - of course you can edit the $ with whichever denomination you like (the same principle goes for replacing any key on the hw kb.)

Firstly allocate the character you want to replace $ with (in unicode format)

For me..... £ = U+00A3

However U+00A3 is not in the correct format, it needs to be rewritten to this \u00a3

(de-caps characters, remove the + and insert a backslash at the front.)

Now you've located the unicode for the character you want & you've got it in the correct format.

Next, using root explorer, navigate to '/system/usr/keychars'

Now MountR/W

We need to edit these 3 files:

keypad_8960.kcm

qwerty2.kcm

sec_keypad.kcm

For each of these 3 files:

Hold press the file & 'Open in Text Editor'

Scroll down to 'key 4'

Wherever you see the $ symbol, replace (in my case) with \u00a3

Menu > Save & Exit (at this point RootExplorer will create a backup of the Original file as keypad_8960.kcm.bak, qwerty2.kcm.bak & sec_keypad.kcm.bak)

Reboot the system & Enjoy
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] fantomex:
Hello, i've tried today a remapping of the "Mail Key" and "Messaging Key" with no luck (but i've been working on it for five minutes)

I tried to use Button Remapper but that does not allow to map standard keys (letters, numbers - only back, home etc.) to certain buttons - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850464 - it didn't work anyway but didn't have time to test it thoroughly.

JFYI using KeynrMapper i found that:

Mail Key = 215

Messaging Key = 187

Voice search = 188

I am planning to change Voice Search to normal search key, Mail to @ key and messaging to either back or menu key. Will inform if i get some time to play with it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Yo, this one is simpler then you think...

1] Using root explorer, navigate to '/system/usr/keylayout'

2] MountR/W

We need to edit this file (fyi - this key map file is for the slide out keyboard ONLY):

sec_keypad.kl

Hold press the file & 'Open in Text Editor'

Scroll down to the very bottom, last 3 lines: ==>

key = 215 EMAIL

key = 187 TEXT

key = 188 VOICESEARCH

Quite self explanitory that:

215 is the Email Key

187 is the New SMS Key

188 is the Voice Search Key

Simply replace these 3 values to whatever you desire.

Some useful values that will work:

HOME

POWER

CALL

MENU

SEARCH

VOICESEARCH

TAB

MOVE_END

MOVE_HOME

PAGE_UP

PAGE_DOWN

MUSIC

CALCULATOR

CALENDAR

CONTACTS

EXPLORER

EMAIL

TEXT

AT

Menu > Save & Exit (at this point RootExplorer will create a backup of the Original file as sec_keypad.kl.bak)

Reboot the system & Enjoy

In your case you would have:

key = 215 AT

key = 187 BACK

key = 188 SEARCH

Personnally I don't see the need for a dedicated search button, as when you slide the kb out, you can just start typing from the homescreen & it defaults your typing into the googlesearch bar.... alternatively, hold pressing the capacitive menu button on the front face also brings up the search bar :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] mikeybot:
Thanks everyone for the keymap info. It's been driving me nuts to only have 1 alt key or accidentally hitting the messaging key.

Unfortunately, won't get to play at it probably until tomorrow, but can't wait.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] dillalade:
Cool, its very straightforward :thumbup:

Luckily I just remembered all this from tinkering similarly with the Doubleshot kb.

Last night I was just poking around in the 2 folders I've discussed previously, some trial & error gave us what we all want.

We can all now individualise our kb's ;)

(When you've completely reworked your kb to you liking, i'd suggest copying the edited files to your sdcard for safe keeping, they could come in handy for when we come to flashing future roms :D .)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] SumthinWicked:
Hey fsg4u, remember what info (besides the obvious IMEI) you had to give over the phone?

My boss' wife (my new personal hero) just bought one for me in L.A. ( :victory: ) and I was wondering

if I should ask her for more details before calling T-Mobile Customer Support @ 1-877-453-1304.

She will be staying for a few more weeks, so I thought I'd take care of the SIM Unlocking business

before she returns to the Netherlands. I also already ordered a micro-SIM card from T-Mobile NL

and a Samsung 32GB class 10 microSDHC from my current holiday location! :D

Tnx a bunch!

PS. +1 for our own forum, just in case someone influencial reads this post :)

~ Sent from my parent's notebook on their catamaran in the harbor of Cartagena, Spain
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Hold up there, I believe the SIM is a mini-SIM- the kind that is 2.5 cm long.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] SumthinWicked:
Thanks for the heads-up! Verifying by downloading the original manual T-Mobile_T699_Galaxy_S_Relay_4G_English_User_Manual_UVLG8_F4.pdf and Acrobat Reader...

Done.

Looks like it's a regular-style mini-SIM card, there's no mention of the micro-SIM. Wikipedia also says regular SIM.

At the last moment I decided to postpone ordering the new SIM until tomorrow, thank you procrastination :o
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] morespamless:
Extended Life Battery

Has anyone found an extended (high capacity) battery for this phone? Or a battery from another phone that we can shove into the Relay? (even if it loses NFC)....
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] GinoAMelone:
Definitely a mini SIM. Used the same one from my wife's G2 in her Relay. Not like the surprise I got when I moved from G2 to GS3.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] CQd44:
Any news about CM9 or 10 or even jellybean for our phones yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onebornoflight:
Kornyone has both cm9 and 10 (IIRC) booting on our device but too many bugs for a release according to his G+... and no word on official JB.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] CQd44:
Thanks. It's unfortunate that non-flagship devices get ignored though =\

My phone's been rebooting randomly and recently is getting crappy 4g speeds when my friends' GS3's have been getting flawless service.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onebornoflight:
I haven't had that problem here but then again I spend half my time in Edge. Have you rooted or not? If so, did you flash the rooted image or just the recovery and superuser through recovery? Did you wipe caches afterwards either way? And last but not least... are you using the phone sim locked or unlocked? You might wanna go in to your settings on mobile data and tweak them around, make sure everything is stock there.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] CQd44:
Rooted, flashed rooted image, and I cleared caches afterwards. I'll try wiping the cache tonight and see if it helps. I hope it's as easy as that. It worked fine up until a few days ago.

And my phone's sim locked to tmobile.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] fantomex:
Thanks for doing the research for me =) It works like a charm.

Is there a better camera for the Relay? I liked the burst (continous) shooting mode in the HTC ONE V. It did 5-10fps with 4Megapixel photos.

And it's possible to get at least the gallery app from the HTC ONE series?

And +1 on the safe bloatware removal list. Wish I had more time like in the past. =)
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] shawndaivari:
Help with stock browser restore

Recently rooted my phone and was removing bloatware and removed the stock Samsung browser. Now ICS+ Browser from Market doesnt work. I downloaded the Galaxy S3 browser APK and put it in system/apps but it won't run and ICS+ Browser doesn't run either. Am I doing something wrong? Or does it need to be the Galaxy S Relay browser APK? If so can someone post for me please or suggest fix.

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Did you give it proper permissions? Also, try another browser, such as opera or chrome. If that doesnt work i hope you made a backup because youre screwed.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] shawndaivari:
Are you talking about giving proper permissions to the Galaxy S3 browser? I don't think I did. I just copied it to system/app. Opera works. Only ICS+ doesn't.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Yeah, use root explorer and navigate to the system apps and look view the permissions on any app (should all be the same), then give the browser app the same, and reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] shawndaivari:
Even tho the stock Samsung browser is in system/app folder, it doesn't show up in my app drawer, and when you try and install the APK it fails. Maybe it's because is for the S3 and not the relay? As far as permissions they are as follows:

Your loation

Your personal info

Network Communication

your accounts

storage

phone calls

system tools

Are you saying any other app in the system/app folder should have the same permissions as the stock browser? If so how do you give/add/subtract permissions from an APK?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
As far as I can recall, there should be an odex file that goes with it. I think the files are SecBrowser_TMO.apk and SecBrowser_TMO.odex

Or maybe that's not it... just be sure to get the odex file too, or download firefox.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] SumthinWicked:
FYI: People that bought the $399 retail version of the SGH-T699 and wanting to use T-Mobile's customer care number for unlocking, read this:

www . howardforums . com / showthread.php / 1712368-Attention-Non-T-Mobile-customers!-(Read-whole-post)

The skinny: get IMEI, call T-Mobile (menu walkthrough: "I have none", 4, 0), fax Receipt, wait for e-mail...
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Matze5800:
He was talking of the r/w permissions of the file itself, check it with any root file manager. This is what it should like:

Gesendet von meinem HTC Vision mit Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] shawndaivari:
I do not have the .odex file. Would someone please be able to upload and provide a link please?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I spent 10 mins cleaning house... So far, I removed these apps and everything seems to be working. There are a few others that look like they can be removed, but I have to make sure they don't do something important.

EDIT: added a few more to the list- I'm not sure if these are available in the market or not. I just know nothing bad happened when I deleted them.

AmazonShopping_TMO.apk
BonusApp_TMO.apk
Evernote_tmobile_TMO.apk
FBAndroid.apk
GameBase_TMO.apk
Lookout_TMO.apk
MobileLifeContacts_TMO.apk
MoreForMe_TMO.apk
SlackerRadio_TMO.apk
SNS.apk
Telenav_TMO.apk
Vvm_TMO.apk
YahoonewsDaemon.apk
YahoonewsDaemon.odex
YahoonewsWidget.apk
YahoonewsWidget.odex
YahoostockDaemon.apk
YahoostockDaemon.odex
YahoostockWidget.apk
YahoostockWidget.odex

Cozi-tab-tmobile-prod_TMO.apk
com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd.apk
Highlight_TMO.apk
ECID-release_TMO.apk
MediaHub.apk
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I believe these are the stock browser files for the relay 4G. At least, they have browser in the name. Flash at your own risk.

https://rapidshare.com/files/2510001888/SecBrowser_TMO.apk

3b89fa61f28a341240a11f39962cec12 SecBrowser_TMO.apk

https://rapidshare.com/files/1291523254/SecBrowser_TMO.odex

0171ae7ff430da60ecaefff428bc4972 SecBrowser_TMO.odex
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
For those that don't speak German, use this.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] SumthinWicked:
Did you check here: prepaid-phones . t-mobile.com /prepaid-phone/Samsung-Galaxy-S-Relay-4G-No-Annual-Contract

Problem is: they only deliver in the U.S. ... Possible solution could be services like ShipItTo (I even created an account with them), but for some reason I hit a roadblock using my Dutch credit card on the T-Mobile site, probably something with their web forms not accepting periods in the first name field.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] shawndaivari:
Does it need to be flashed? could i just drop into system/app folder for safety? Or would it not work?

Thanks