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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
flashing the wrong rom along with a "Re-Partition" using a different pit file to recover from a IMEI problem has resulted in a sleep/dead bricked phone. Any help on how to get back to "Download mode" atleast is appreciated.

Currently

1) The phone when plugged in using usb to WinXP SP2 , detects an OMAP 3630 device.( for a short while). I Installed the TI drivers and the Device Manager shows "TI Boards-> 3630 USB Device " for about 2 seconds and disappears.

I Tried the VCPI driver (CDM) but doesn't work to give me a USB to Serial Port .

2) I have installed the Samsung USB drivers ( version 1.3.XX and 1.5.xx ) . I tried a different working phone I9070 and the PC recognises the other phone fine.

Below Now for some Geek stuff :)

3 ) Odin cannot work b'coz it cannot detect the device ( COM port ). I had tried the VCPI driver for that above.

4) I don't have a scatter file and hence cannot use the SP Flash Tool.

5) I got Omapflash 4.10 and 4.20 . Mostly tried out 4.20

# Omapflash -v [MENTION=460765]usb[/MENTION]_nand

....

ASIC information etc ...

.....

This detects my device as an omap usb device . Battery re-insert every time I get the <waiting for device >

finally ... waiting for 2nd

Error in Status Message ????60???

#

6) Even more geek ....

I tried omap-u-boot-utils.0.2 and in that I tried thee pusb

#pusb -d D00e -f MLO

This worked as the file transfer happened during the battery re-insert detection ( 3seconds )
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sam_777:
Tried anything and everything. What steps have you taken to put the device in download mode?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
Tried to get to download mode

I have tried a couple

1) The 3 button power up ( Vol Dn + Home + Pwr ) . BTW the other combo for recovery too does not work.

2) USB cable connected to PC and keeping both Vol Up+ Vol DN pressed and inserting the battery

3) There is a slot for external SD card . So I formatted and loaded MLO + U-boot.bin to the SD Card to see if I could boot the phone off the card and then get going on the eMMC/Nand. :fingers-crossed: . No result , the phone stays as-is . I was hoping to get the u-boot prompt atleast.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sam_777:
Give a try to hemidall one click unbrick. Hemidall driver is bettter than Odin.

Try vol dn+home+power then slid batter in to get download mode.

By the way what ROM did you flashed?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
One Click did not work ( Heimdall depends on a download mode device .. uses fast boot internally ). Attached log.txt

I had flashed a JVQ ROM after reading a XDA thread that bricked my I9003
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
Can anyone share with me the scatter information(Memory locations) from any I9003 device ? ( Preferably running Stock ROM )

A youtube video shows how to get it from the phone using adb shell

www dot youtube dot com / watch ? v=M6cw5eQyI0I
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
How does the Battery charging animation work when the phone is switched off and the charger connected to the phone ? Does the 2nd bootloader execute without the phone turning "ON" ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
Will tools and loaders for the Beagleboard , Pandaboard etc work for the Samsung Phone I9003 ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
I see a solution for the OMAP4460

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-nexus/general/bricked-gnex-brought-to-life-t1760787

wonder why similar solution doesn't exist for the OMAP3630.

Is TI still working on this ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sam_777:
DEAD.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
usb 2-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32

Looks like I have to rolback my kernel version (3.13.x.x-generic) .
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sam_777:
Probably cocked up kernel of the OS.

Please let us update with your progress.

At least I am learning new things.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
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Looks like the Kernel's autosuspend parameter needs to be changed ...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Galaxy9003:
The LKDDb does not seem to list a driver for this VID:PID combo . Any ideas why ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] aw000002:
Hi,

I see on MobilePlanet they have 2 types of cradles available for the 8525:

- http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=139718

- http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=143228

Which one is better?

What are any differences.

Thanks,

Alan.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Jak Crow:
One clearly has an extra battery slot.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] tadzio:
I don't know anything about the second one, but I have the first one right in front of me. Some information:

- detachable USB cable, which means it can't charge the device if not connected to a PC

- does not come with a power supply. It seems the design allowed for a socket for an external power supply, but the hole is blocked with some plastic part. I would think there's probably a "de luxe" version with an external power supply.

- good build quality and finish

- extremely poor fit for the TyTN's shape. Almost looks like it was intended for another device. There is no "guidance" for the TyTN when you put it in, so it's quite difficult to get the USB connector into the socket. And when it's in, the USB connector carries most of the TyTN's weight, as the bottom of the TyTN does not make contact with the cradle. I fear this will wear out the TyTN's USB connector rather quickly...

Personally, I would not buy it again.

Cheers

Daniel
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] jasjamming:
it will be good to see a landscape crade with audio out (3.5mm). Mr Gadget in australia has a nice jasjam cradle in landscape and it comes with a dedicated stylus in the crade - but no audio out.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
Beware of the cradle from BoxWave, I just got one.

It comes with a A/C adapter to mini USB for charging and a std USB for sync. You can use one or the other. I got the version that has the spare battery charge bay. I also purchased the Std Battery replacement for the 8525 from them as well.

The Cradle has a Red/Green Charge light and a Blue Power LED. My Blue LED was blindingly bright for a few minutes, then it began to flicker like a candle. now it's pretty much out. The charge lite seemed OK, it charged the Boxwave battery and went from steady red to green.

The boxwave battery was thicker than stock and caused the rear cover to bulge a little. I'm not happy and am returning it.

The Stock battery, if inserted into the cradle charge bay, causes the charge light to blink a fast red, Fail? Even though the battery is charged and new. So I'm returning the cradle as well. Too Bad....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Quilliam:
Got the boxwave one myself and must agree don't bother.

I sent them an e-mail asking if it can AC charge and SYNC at the same time.

THey assured me it could.

It can't.

I also can't seem to get that across to their people... they still assure me it can and mine must be defective.

The binking lights are majorly anyoing, way to bright. And it is a pain to get it to fit right.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
Just got one of the Expansys models above, the one with the 2nd battery charge bay. It fits the 8525 perfectly and seems very well made. It has seperate mini-usb connectors on the back for A/C adapter and Sync.

It also has seperate A/C and USB indicator Leds on the left side and a BiColor LED on the right for the extra battery bay. I tried a charger on it and it charges both battery and phone, A/C Led is On, the USB is Off. I tried a USB PC sync cable and it syncs and charges both batteries, the USB Led is On and the A/C Led is Off. I plugged both USB and A/C into the base, and it appears to still work normally, the A/C and USB Leds are both ON.

So it looks like it will work as a sync cradle on the PC and still charge batteries with the PC Off.

It came with no instructions or cables/adapters so I don't know if plugging both A/C and Sync in is completely OK.

It is a nice little base but for $42 I would have liked some accys and instructions.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] Quilliam:
Just wanted to double check.

You are saying both a USB and AC connect at the same time on the Expansys model (ones in first post?)

Wanted to make sure before I wasted more money.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] RemE:
Yes, the version that has the 2nd battery bay is what I have;

http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=143228

This model has two rear mini-usb connectors, and I plugged my Cingular 8525 charger into the cradle's mini-usb port labeled as charge.

I also plugged my PC's USB sync cable into the cradle's sync-mini USB port labeled sync.

The cradle seems OK with this. There were no instructions or warning labels telling me "only one at a time", and it's working.

Also I wanted to mention that the charge bay pins are all gold versus the BoxWave which were plain silver. Much nicer quality.
[Java for Android App Development] ash124:
i am using bluetooth chat program in my project to send the command from android phone to hc06 bluetooth which is connected to arduino.bluetooth chat program is available in eclipse sample program, now i want to access this program through a single button ,can anybody help me out in this how should i do this , please tell me stepwise first we have to create which activity and then which i am very confused in this
[General Accessories] Monsieur_Bond:
I am planning to buy a new charger for my Moto G as well as Nokia Lumia 520.

I would be using the same charger to charge both phones.

Please help in selecting a correct charger; a 1500 mA charger or 750 mA charger.

Lumia 520 battery is a BL-5j 1430 mAh battery

Moto G battery is a 2070 mAh battery

I dont want to harm any of my phone.

Also is somebody could explain in brief about mAh and charger relting to battery mAh ans all, will be very helpful.
[General Accessories] Jonnyredcorn:
There are plenty of guides about which chargers to use with which devices. In fact there was an xda article about it within the past few months, you can do a search for it in Google.
[General Accessories] horizonlwl:
buy a lithium polymer battery

you'd better buy a lithium polymer battery instead of a Li-ion one, for which will do harm to your phone.
[General Accessories] Levivig:
If you buy a higher mA charger than you can charge your phones faster. So I suggest you should go with the 1500mA one.
[General Accessories] steve-m:
Chargers can supply any current (mA) up to their max. rating, the voltage is stabilized to 5V for USB. It depends on the device that contains the charge controller/regulator how fast it's charging the battery. So you can't get a charger that provides too much mA for any smartphone as long as the voltage is not above 5.2V.
[General Accessories] Levivig:
More mA=faster charging

Some devices require more mA to even charge. But if they get more it's OK.
[General Accessories] steve-m:
Ohm's law is still valid - even for modern electronic devices like smartphones. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm's_law
[General Accessories] Chadfrom308:
I'm building a Lipo battery charger out of an old PC power supply and throwing a USB port on it to use the 5v line. It supplies something around 22A on the 5v line haha. I'm only using 18 gauge wire and the charging cable has like 20 or 22 gauge wire so realistically, I can only charge it at 3 amps before the voltage drops too much.
[General Accessories] DoctorLock:
Don't go too cheap on the charger, some no-name cheapo could actually harm your phone.
[Java for Android App Development] ash124:
i want to have voice prompt in my android app.., i have used the text to speech program for this, that program will take user input in the form of edit text and then speak out that text, i want to use that program for voice prompt like when the time is set it will speak out this phrase " your time is set to" and the new time which is set by time picker like 08:00,so it should speak like "your time is set to 8 o' clock" can anybody help me out in this please ??
[Java for Android App Development] Elizabeth_Keen:
ATI-ERP expeditious Business Solutions

code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android-sdk-using-the-text-to-speech-engine--mobile-8540

see above link you will get the solution.

For Web Apps visit ati-erp.com

ATI-ERP
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butthurtlocker:
I used to have an N5 then swapped it for a G2. G2 took a nose dive in some ocean so bought another N5. I dont remember it being so awful at taking pics but now that certain users and their awesome mods have been removed from XDA, Im wondering if anyone knows of any good camera mods or tricks to improve overall still picture quality of the N5?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alcolawl:
There are a few things that I recommend to all of my friends that buy a Nexus 5. Out of those 5 or so things, 2 of them are for the camera / recording.

Jishnu's Camera Fix 1.5

Chdloc's Audio Fix (installer by Aroma)

Flash both in recovery and enjoy a better performing and better sounding camera!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
HDR+ works wonders.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alcolawl:
This too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dez93_2000:
Out of interest, what are the other things you recommend to your friends?

I'm on the verge of RMA-ing my v1 build nexus 5 due to GPS, battery, and now massively grainy camera quality, and so if/when I get a fresh v2 build i'm planning on going the right way about it, rooting immediately and loading up the best optimisers. Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
There is no v2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dez93_2000:
By December 2013 there were 3 builds. I have the first, & people seem to be successfully RMA-ing to get newer builds which have flaws fixed.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paperWastage:
hardware-modding a qx1 onto your nexus 5 will give you a much better camera... you have interchangable lens too, can do tele-zoom if you want to

http://store.sony.com/interchangeable-lens-style-camera-zid27-ILCEQX1/B/cat-27-catid-collections-ifa

http://www.androidcentral.com/eyes-sony-qx1-and-qx30-lens-cameras
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Nope. Its complete rubbish. One guy took that one photo about how he had bigger holes (which he did) but wrongly assumed it was a "new version" then every idiot tech blog and news site cloned his article as truth and Brought about one of the biggest misconceptions in technology news history.

I'm sorry but there is only one version. Buy a brand new nexus manufactured yesterday, you may have big holes, you may have little holes. Its not because of different versions. Its because there are big variations in their production lines

I wrote a thread about it here

Will everyone please stop talking about different hardware versions?
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
Sony, please fix white balance in your sensors

Alpha (samsung sensor), S5 (samsung sensor), Xperia Z2 (sony sensor)

http://s7.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2014/08/4852cf32c73ac8ec285af5208a61ef0e.jpg

Alpha (samsung sensor), One (ST-Microelectronics sensor)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1280x899q50/905/Ze9koK.jpg

Alpha (samsung sensor), iPhone 5s (sony sensor), One (ST-Microelectronics sensor)

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/361x729q90/538/gk9sUE.jpg

Alpha (samsung sensor), Note 3 (sony imx135), Galaxy S4 (Samsung S5K3L2)

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/362x726q90/742/Ah95zi.jpg

All have Sony imx214 sensor

http://i7.minus.com/iykeN9YJNectJ.jpg

Alpha (samsung sensor), Lumia 1020 (nokia sensor), Nokia 808 (nokia sensor)

http://s7.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2014/08/57f72f2f5d1ee2e1d60a38236f0d10c2.jpg

Also Samsung sensor (lenovo k920) vs Sony sensor (lg g3)

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/lenovo-vibe-z2.shtml#s7

samsung sensor vs sony sensor

http://pp.vk.me/c619218/v619218401/ad50/vZosnbAwfNo.jpg

http://pp.vk.me/c619218/v619218401/ad49/TX4mRgFNq3I.jpg

http://pp.vk.me/c614824/v614824401/15efd/3awlVBQMNfo.jpg

http://pp.vk.me/c614824/v614824401/15ef4/hCockYiBow4.jpg

http://pp.vk.me/c618826/v618826401/95e9/7bw7hDlOdSg.jpg

http://pp.vk.me/c618826/v618826401/95e2/NMeVKQWoFs0.jpg

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/LG-G3-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S5_id3724/page/3

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/C...one-5s-LG-G2-Sony-Xperia-Z2-HTC-One-M8_id3728

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...hird-time-in-a-row-LG-G3-close-second_id57178

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/C...G2-iPhone-5s-HTC-One-M8-Sony-Xperia-Z1_id3694
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
White balance is a function of the image processing, not the sensor. (And it's very much personal taste, too. Some want all trace of the original light source removed, others prefer some to remain.)
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
Nobody wants to have yellow pictures and videos, you're lying, just nobody looks the tests and comparisons

"White balance is a function of the image processing, not the sensor"

Why apple, samsung, lg, sony, xiaomi, oppo, oneplusone shooting the same yellow photo and video?
[Xperia Z2 General] zyotty:
Wow no need to accuse him lying dude. I personally don't have any problem with the slight yellowish tint. I believe sony wouldn't be so reckless to release sensors that are "bad" as they tested it. IMO maybe its just like the screens we have on different phones like samsung like it super saturated and other not really. Matter of preference i would say.
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
After z3 and this screen of z2 is quite in keeping with Sony

samsung gives you the opportunity to choose between normal and oversaturation colors, and oversaturation occurs only at srgb images (95% of all content), because this mode is designed to adobe rgb images
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
If I'm lying, explain why standalone camera manufacturers are specifically adding a feature to their cameras that retains some color from the source lighting. (Eg. Pentax's Color Temperature Enhancement aka CTE white balance, which will intentionally give slightly warm /yellowish results under incandescent light).

And if it's a function of the image sensor, not the processor, please explain how standalone cameras yield different results when using the same sensor, or for that matter why you can adjust those results yourself when you shoot raw?

If you can't answer either of those (and you can't), then I'm not lying and you owe me an apology.
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
You answered. "adding a feature" "under incandescent light"

About sensors I answered in first post. This is engineer mistake or bug on low level (soft)
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
Please answer again, but this time in English and using whole sentences.

Sensors do not choose white balance; the processor does. The "low level soft" [sic] that you referred to is in the processor. Other than analog-to-digital conversion, no processing is done in the sensor itself. Not all sensors even do A-D conversion on-chip, though most do these days. All the sensor itself does is count photons and clock the data off for processing externally.
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
What you do not understand? You answered your own question. "adding a feature" "under incandescent light"

Sensor passes more warm and less the rest of the spectrum. Again. Why apple, samsung, lg, sony, xiaomi, oppo, oneplusone shooting the same yellow photo and video?
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
No, I did not. My question was why, if nobody wants the original source lighting to remain visible (eg. warmth under incandescent and sunlight, especially sunset light; cool under fluorescent, etc.), is this feature intentionally being added to standalone cameras?

The answer, since you're too cowardly to admit you're wrong, is that it is being added precisely because people *do* want some hint of light source hue to remain, because it looks unnatural to your eyes if for example shots clearly under incandescent light show no warmth -- because if you were there your eyes would perceive warmth.

You clearly know nothing about how image sensors work. I suggest you go do some reading on the topic.
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
Why not original?

Watch my links, original color is not yellow. If in the room or outdoors will be a source of yellow light, the normal sensors (samsung, nokia, st-microelectoronics) show it. Sony sensors distort colors, everywhere showing a lot of yellow, where it is not. Admit it already. It's obvious. You just humiliate yourself and look like a goner fan

lol. just go away
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
No, they don't. If you have yellow pictures outdoors, you have a problem. Perhaps you should stop smearing peanut butter on the lens.

I've got an easier solution. You're a troll; you're on ignore. Buh-bye now, you don't get the last word.
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
omg

WHAT?
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
comparison wth DSLR cameras

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/366x727q90/633/39sG4t.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/367x734q50/907/N17fTs.jpg
[Xperia Z2 General] ArmedHitman:
Is it me or I haven't ever had this problem? My pictures don't have a yellowish tint, but thats maybe cause I always choose the settings in manual. But also if the pics look yellowish on the screen on the Z2... You can make the white balance better? I can tell you the settings to put to fix that OS wide yellow, it gives you real whites!
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
He's not interested in help, he's trolling. (And gets very angry when you point out that he has no idea what he's talking about.)
[Xperia Z2 General] ArmedHitman:
I guess his name gives it away.
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
Because you do not compare. I thought so too until comparisons. Settings do not help, I've tried. And all of these tests are also made ​​with normal settings
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
goner fan attacks
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
i had quite a terrible yellowish hue to alot of my indoor pictures but my new unit doesnt suffer this problem, they are just lightly tinted yellow with correct manual settings

outdoor shots in daylight are solid, color reproduction is solid

i do believe the sensor may be at fault because this issue arises across all firmwares weather the camera driver be peices of stock.. or ones built from scratch

lets hope your reading sony...
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
The sensor doesn't decide the color, it just captures photons and counts them. Color is decided by the image processing prior to JPEG encoding.
[Xperia Z2 General] Envious_Data:
are you serious?

this yellow hue issue cant be software because ive tried many native apps

it cant be firmware either because ive tested many different drivers,

it has to be hardware because Z2 isnt the only xperia suffering this issue

list:

Z1

Z Ultra

Z

SP

S

U

E1

P

all of these devices suffer a extreme yellow/orange tint from the camera, using custom and non custom files weather those be binaries, libraries apps or entire firmwares

the sensor may just do that job but its a sensitive piece of a phone and small things can upset the result of its JOB
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
Manufacturers are constantly write about improving color reproduction of their sensors (read Sony and Samsung pr) hence the sensor can affect on the color reproduction
[Xperia Z2 General] knoxploration:
Yes, I'm serious. Yes, I'm right.

Educate yourself:

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1280129

(Multi-page article, click to go through all 10 pages).
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
This article abour color calibration equipment

You said "The sensor doesn't decide the color"

Also apple, samsung, lg, sony, xiaomi, oppo, oneplusone have different isp
[Xperia Z2 General] sonyfan12:
More yelowness from sony

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_alpha_vs_one_mini_2-review-1137p9.php