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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jodue:
after all i have read i think it's almost impossible to brick the sgs since you always get back into download-mode. the only case i read where i believe that it's a goner is flashing with the wrong (in this case the at&t) odin version. those guy's just got a white sreen with at&t logo at boot. they didn't get into download mode any more because the button mapping on the captivate is different ... so thats really bad luck, dont't try that at home :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] enlightener:
well, mine doesn't boot at all, and i flashed (technically not, because i removed the usb cable at the very start) with the RIGHT odin version

Maybe if it fails when flashig sbl (secondary boot loader ) you can't go into download/recovery mode...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
no that doesnt work either.. i dont think normal flash flashes recovery image..

My flash froze a minute into it.. i pulled the battery rebooted computer and it still came up in recovery mode and re-flashed fine.

I think it is very hard to brick these phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] husq510:
If you flash with ODIN the whole firmware containing boot.img or Sbl.img and you unplug the cable just in that moment you have a brick.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] g00ndu:
Don't ever mess with your efs! You may not brick it, but certainly you will destroy your IMEI, and a generic IMEI code will be generated. Look for the thread regarding the IMEI. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] celtichazard:
One question: if is possible access to the loader with an NSPro or HWK boxes

to reupload the firmware?

Becauce i;m those guys whit AT&T firmware flashed on to SG S

What a Sutupid Thing
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jodue:
hm. i unplugged the cable several times already because odin was hanging... so if it hangs at the first bootloader the device is a brick? if so, wouldn't it be possible to just delete the Sbl.bin & boot.bin from the archive? we don not need a bootloader update i guess? worst case, we flash it again with the bootloader...

yeah i know. i followed your thread closely. i feel sorry for you but i have no idea what you can do other than contact samsung support ...

possible. that's messed up. i feel sorry for you mate! i hope you will be able to get it running again, somehow...
[HD2 General] NickPP:
I had flashed the Energy ROM and all the steps went well and the ROM was installed on the HD2 (TMo).

I then downloaded the Max Sense ROM and then it installed 100% but in the end gave me an error message. I went back to the Energy ROM and now it loaded fine but now on boot, it is stuck on "Internal Error". I tried a soft reset and a hard reset but it is simply stuck there. I cannot go past the message box. Please help.
[HD2 General] watcher64:
Task29 and Flash it again, btw what radio version is on your phone , and which Energy ROM , You should always include the following info when asking about ROM problems, helps troubleshoot,

ROM date/build/flavor(know this Max Sense) and Radio Version...

also you really should have posted this in the Energy ROM thread .... the Main one not the one here, the one in the Leo section ...

Task 29>Flash Rom>Flash Radio>Hard Reset on First Boot

That is a good procedure to use when flashing a new ROM, of course flashing the Radio is optional, but doesn't hurt ...
[HD2 General] NickPP:
Thanks a lot man. Did the Task29 and all is well. I will follow your posting suggestions in the future for sure. :o Thanks again.
[Omnia II General] xlightwaverx:
Throwin Sense into a reduced stock ROM, buildOS is spitting out "Error building default.hv and user.hv!"

Any suggestions?

X
[Omnia II General] ninja4hire:
Check your temp > log file for the .rgu (at the bottom) that is giving you a problem. When I first cooked sense, I got a lot of rgu errors, so I removed those entries and it worked fine.
[Droid Incredible General] craigmack:
Ok this is weird. If I go into my messages all of my contact pictures have disappeared. The contact pictures are all there if I go to the contacts in people. I have the same problem in Handcent. Anyone have any ideas?
[Droid Incredible General] Matt_TX:
This happened to me once on the Evo. Make sure your contacts are stored somewhere (like Gmail, Exchange, etc.) then go into your phone, turn off synching (VERY IMPORTANT) then delete the account on your phone (wherever the pics are coming from (facebook, google, etc.) then just re-add it and re-sync. It worked for me.
[Droid Incredible General] KB Smoka:
Same thing happened to me this morning and I was going to post something here but figured that no one else would have this problem...Now when I try to go into Accounts and Sync it force closes on me.
[Click General] Harryharan:
Hi .. wen we can expect 2.1 OS for tattoo??? Its july already
[Click General] dancer_69:
There are already threads for this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=599711

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=720060

You should use search and read before make a new thread.
[Click General] haree:
hi

yes ur right thanks thread closed
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] 232603:
I just heard the news about flashing android on Diamond，can I get recognition here？

Sorry to my bad English，if you can‘t understand my words，you can use google translate the following：

我刚听说一些消息关于将android nbh，我能在这里得到肯定吗？
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] arrrghhh:
Hrm... You obviously know mildly what you're talking about if you're referring to nbh...

Why didn't you use the search feature friend? Or even peruse the stickies... Maybe the first few posts of some of the popular threads?

Either way, I'll be nice. Basically it's not possible yet. Hopefully soon, I know a few devs are looking into it more seriously, one of them posting here - http://www.neopeek.com/en/community...67-Flashing+Android+on+our+devices?groupid=13

It's been done with other devices like the Kaiser, so it is possible. Just needs to be sorted out for our devices :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] howeasy:
If only it were possible to get a nbh for XDAndroid my life would be complete.

Of course there are many people working on it but I do not see it happening within the near future, as it is not a primary concern of the main dev team.

As of now we need to focus on stability and getting all hardware components to work 100% first.

I do see it as becoming possible within my devices life cycle so I am looking forward to it.

But as of right now, nope
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vjmatz:
Ok, I have my last minor issue to deal with I hope. HTC Sense is the only interface i can use. I tried disabling the HTC sense as default in the manage applications area then did a force shutdown of it. Pressed home and HTC sense reload automatically.

Is this apart of the update recently or I'm I missing.something ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quick2822:
You can try installing Launcher Pro -- and when you hit Home it should give you a choice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] posguy99:
I suppose we all have to guess whether you've installed another launcher or not.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trentlythp:
If you download home switcher you can set either one to your default.

Sent via the Sprint HTC EVO
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Devany:
After upgrading to official 2.1, I am unable to switch off Sense in the "normal" manner.

i.e. Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/HTC Sense/Clear Defaults.

Also the brightness is not going down to 1.5 minimum brightness level, which means I can't use my Hero as a night-time book-reader. I suspect this is a Sense problem.

I downloaded a program "Home Switcher" to see if there was another Home program to use, and it reported that Sense was the only Home program.

I've tried a few brightness controls and it seems that the brightness is not going below ~9%. I've tried the HTC power widget stuff and display/settings etc. All to no avail.

The brightness thing aside, this implies that there is no stock Android home app shipped with official 2.1. Could anyone confirm this?

Ta
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Devany:
Hm. Tried Launcher Pro as an alternative Home app. Did replace Sense. Didn't fix the brightness problem tho.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
HTC changed the default settings for auto brightness in 2.1. It still works, just works differently to how it used to.
[Droid X Android Development] Mikerrrrrrrr:
As outlined by Droid dev Steven Bird: http://stevenbird.info/2010/07/10/the-droidx-security-and-discovery/

I know absolutely nothing about Android development, but here's hoping that another dev here can make sense of it.
[Droid X Android Development] Supermighty:
I love the confidence.
[Droid X Android Development] Mikerrrrrrrr:
Even worse news: http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-locked-down-let-me-tell-you-what-i-know.html
[Droid X Android Development] jerryparid:
An "efuse" hardware chip? Wow Motorola!
[Droid X Android Development] Supermighty:
I like the screen of the droid x, I like the size, but there is no way I could in good conscience buy this phone. Motorola has just slapped the dev community in the face.
[Droid X Android Development] ghost77:
Even Iphone doesn't have this BS , i guess Motorola one upped apple :rolleyes: by kicking customers twice in the balls.
[Droid X Android Development] jtroye32:
couldn't they run into some legal issues with this efuse method?
[Droid X Android Development] zedomax:
what about women?

What we need to do is setup a site called "WeWant2RootDroidX.com" and make all tech blogs in the world link to it.

Well, just an idea.:D
[Droid X Android Development] JrzDroid:
i like it. Lets really get people to notice that Motorola is really screwing with our "Open Source" phones
[Droid X Android Development] rainabba:
Done deal. Give DNS a few hours to propagate and it's live!
[Droid X Android Development] E30kid:
The Droid X is already rooted though. The bootloader is what everyone is concerned about.
[Droid X Android Development] itmustbejj:
Link to news of root?
[Droid X Android Development] NKT:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010...-the-droid-x-may-not-lead-to-a-bricked-phone/

Apparently the original Droid has the same "eFuse". I think we need to reserve judgement until we find out if Moto is utilizing it or not. Just because it's there doesn't mean it's in use.
[Droid X Android Development] cyberhedz:
I was about to say the same thing, this chip is nothing new and doesn't stop you from rooting, get real, they even advertised the ability to root this phone in their ads
[Droid X Android Development] NKT:
I don't know if I've seen an ad talking about root, but...

I talked to a device tester today and apparently there is something VERY different about the Droid X bootloader. They had VERY specific instructions from Moto that if the bootloader (MBM) didn't match exactly what they required to send the phone back to have the MBM updated. If it wasn't it would corrupt the phone.

Not sure if this is the same as the "eFuse", but should be interesting to see what happens the first time someone tries to mess with the bootloader.
[Droid X Android Development] LegionTHEFecalExcretion:
Sorry for any misunderstanding. I dont have anything that works.
[Droid X Android Development] b16a2smith:
Send them, I will help, i will be in irc, #DroidXRoot
[Droid X Android Development] zedomax:
Wow

Wow, that was quick!
[Droid X Android Development] Cresho:
i hear a lawsuit coming
[Droid X Android Development] b16a2smith:
Legion, Where are you?
[Droid X Android Development] lowfive:
I am sure most of you have seen this, but for those of you who haven't yet: Google "

how-droid-x-locked-down-let-me-tell-you-what-i-know

" (it's a forum thread at mydroidworld... sorry, I apparently can't post links yet). I recommend reading it in its entirety.

I would pay special attention to p3droid and Aixelsyd. I've read that p3droid is a well know dev/hacker and I know from personal reading that Aixelsyd has been quite accurate with his inside info. You will recall that he was one of three main leakers over at Howard Forums.
[Droid X Android Development] lambstone:
I like how motorola is locking up an open source os.
[Droid X Android Development] rainabba:
For his next trick, P3 will prove that Unicorns don't exist. Seriously people, why are you paying so much attention to him (and that worthless site) when there's NO reason to think the X won't end up fully unlocked/rooted like every other phone out there that's had any real interest? Can someone please explain this? The only theory I have is sensationalism (the same motivator behind "news" on television), but I'd think we're dealing with far to intelligent a group of people here to succumb to that crap.

Seriously; "the phone will blow up"??!

Anyhow, that "serial crusha" theory has already been debunked from the looks of it: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/motorola-responds-to-droid-x-bootloader-controversy-says-efuse/

If a device attempts to boot with unapproved software, it will go into recovery mode, and can re-boot once approved software is re-installed.​
[Droid X Android Development] aaronjb:
Says the man who shills for another forum in his own sig... :)

Well, you'd better get to work on breaking that encryption. Even though a failed attempt is unlikely to brick the phone, breaking that encryption may be the only route. And that's not a feasible route.
[Droid X Android Development] iamrobk:
While I'm very confident that this will get rooted, I do think it'll end up like the Milestone, where you can't flash custom ROM's. Not that that bothers me much.
[Droid X Android Development] :
I would wait on messing with the phone until the .Sbf leaks. That way we can resurrect our x's.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] suman_pal78:
Hi Devs and my friends...just thoughth of what would be the best HD video setting for galaxy S...is it,

1200X800 at mp4 format or what else.

Inviting your discussions on the same. Could you please come on guys and discuss on this and also the best video converter for Galaxy S

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] down8:
There wouldn't seem to be much point in making it larger than 854*480p, given the screen size....

-bZj
[Galaxy S I9000 General] suman_pal78:
The best setting as TESTED!

Use AVS Video Converter (latest release)...

1. Select "To MP4"

2. make profile with 800*480...1500 bit rate@30 or 29.7 fps

Check...I am going to upload the entire ripped "Avatar Movie" @600mb piece for your ready ref...its HD while viewing with default video player of Galaxy S!

any question...please ask
[Galaxy S I9000 General] drizek:
I just set up handbrake with some iPad presets, and i think they would be perfect for the galaxy s as well. The iframe option is less than full 720p, but it should be mpre than good enough for displaying on the galaxy screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
Unless encoding 1080p content, i don't see any point in encoding stuff for the galaxy s.

it reads just about anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Unimaginative:
I've been using the same settings in Handbrake. Even with bit rates around 1800-2000bps it plays really well (colour me impressed). Have set audio to 128kbps AAC, as there isn't much point going above that with just headphones on.

I have to say having come across from the Milestone the screen on this thing is sumptuous. I'll never be able to go back to LCD.

Yeah, but obsessive-compulsive freaks like me (and I'm sure a few others here) just have to go for the optimal experience. Considering this thing is such a monster I think it does it justice to see what it's capable of. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] drizek:
Good point, but you do want to transcode blu rays. Im not sure how though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
Can you really tell the difference between 128 and 96? I tried but couldn't.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Unimaginative:
Nah. I meant anything above 128kbps, sorry. On my Milestone I used to use 96kbps but since the SGS is such a beast I figured 'what the hell?' :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] voodoochild2008:
I have spent time on this, trying many ways as I want a great picture, so on any 1080p and 720p films I go for XMedia Recode/custom/mp4 h264/high/4.1/2 pass at 2000 bit/deblocking low/1280 by 720/mp3 192...I need this as I use sure headphones and they need good input/it works out at around 1gig or just under per hour you do, yes its lots of space but again there is new memory cards on the way (talk of tosh having made a 120gig nand chip) picture is great and its future proof for other mobiles in future as I dont want to have to do them again anytime soon, also on this setting it removes all black bars when the phone plays it (they remain if you watch on tv) but I also guess there is better ways but I just want good picture, and I did read there is problem with how our phone reads blacks, it uses the graphic chip which at the moment has problems understanding shades of black in lower than hd movies, this in turn leads to blocking but only in dark films, one guy found a way to pass this and says picture is great and blocking is almost gone in good rips but he did not state how to do this, so guess rest of us need someone or samsung to fix this, maybe on their first firmware download?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dexter666:
I don't see a point to re-encode movies if SGS reads every single one...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Unimaginative:
Because there are optimal settings for best quality/clarity.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] voodoochild2008:
we suffer from a cap of 4gb, no files bigger than that because of fat32 not letting us move bigger movie files, 720p movies sit around 6 7 8 gigs and 1080p around 10 12 13...some even more.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BuddyLee:
I just download 720p rips of tv episodes, anime and sports and drop the mkv directly into there.

If it is a movie and its below 4gb 720p i drop the mkv directly in there

If its a movie bigger i just use the hd encoder found here on xda and just do standard 800*480 with hd input.

Of if the movie has a 480 version ... ill grab that instead.

But most of the times i just drop the mkv into there ... mainly movies with subtitles i use the hd encoder.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] drizek:
Is it possible to put ext2 on the microsd card to get around the 4GB limit?

It is a Linux phone, after all. It should be able to handle it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] zacelliott:
Ok, heres the skinny. My Fiancee got a US Cellular Touch Pro 2 off Craigslist, I flashed it and made it work on AT&T. It was working wonderfully on AT&T for a few months now, but just a few days ago, it started to freak out. It of course worked fine when I was around, but as soon as she left, it started to not work. This is exactly what she told me is happening:

"As for my phone, it still completely works except for not getting a signal. Or something. It technically says it has several bars, but it also says "Digital Roaming" where it used to say AT&T. Now that I think about it, it did say U.S. Cellular when the problem first started. When I try to send a text it just says "SMS Error" and it can't be sent. Before about an hour ago, when I tried to call someone, it just said it couldn't go through, but now it's saying crazy things like it can't connect to Verizon Wireless and I should contact my phone provider. Then there are the icons. Where usually just the notification icon pops up are now two new symbols. One of them is a tall, skinny triangle and the other is a box with a 1X in it. I can't click on them so I have no idea what they mean. Also, about half the time where the signal symbol is, instead of the regular symbol, it has the bars but also two arrows going in opposite directions."

I hope thats enough information for someone to help me (and her) out here. I rock a HTC Incredible so Windows Mobile is a whole other planet for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aserp:
Have you tried to set it to connect to AT&T only? I've had it swap to T-Mobile (roaming) once, but that's because I forgot to set GSM Network selection to Manual.

(Slide all the way to the Settings Tab -> Wireless controls -> Phone -> Network)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] hitekredneck:
It seems that you will need to set up a new modem connection for the phone to work on the AT&T network. She may have actually been using the US Cellular network all along, up until now and they have most likely caught on to it and she is now being blocked. You will have to set the handset up to use AT&T MediaNET by going into the settings and creating a new modem connection with AT&T's network name, proxy server and DNS settings for it to work right.

I know this because I have just changed one of my handsets over to SimpleMobile from AT&T and I had to set all of this up for my device to work on SimpleMobile's network.

Google around and you should be able to find the information you need to get this problem resolved, ie: network settings for MediaNET, internet and MMS.

Have fun, I know I sure did. lol

HTR

Here's some information I got straight from the HTC support site, hopefully they will get you started in the right direction but it does look as though you/she will have to contact AT&T support to get the internet set up since the MediaNET settings are hard set and non-editable. I was going to get them for you from my device but it will not even let me open the settings up to look at them.

What are the Data Network settings for my device using the AT&T Network?

The GPRS settings can be found by going to Start > Settings > Connections > Connections and then Manage my Existing Connections.

The AT&T MEdia Net settings cannot be edited.

For further assistance, contact AT&T.

What are the MMS Settings for my device using the AT&T Network?

The MMS Settings can be accessed on the device by going to Messages Tab>All Messages>Menu>MMS Options>Servers Tab. Tap on AT&T MMS or select New. Server Name: AT&T MMS

Gateway: wireless.cingular.com

Port Number: 80

Server address: http://mmsc.cingular.com

Connect via MEdia Net

Send Limit: 600K

For further assistance, contact AT&T
[General Topics] geeboi88:
Sorry if this has been asked but i searched and couldn't find anything (both on here and google). So i'm using my HTC Magic which has the HTC Sense UI. I have the flip clock app on with the weather underneath. I live in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and so i input that into the widget settings but it always sets my clock one hour later. both my "current" and "home" times are set to regina but are set an hour ahead of what the time is. i recall having this problem when i tried out a sense rom on my dream as well. is there any fix for this? or is it just the way it is??
[HTC Aria General] Skyfallkavu:
I was considering heading over to AT&T tomorrow to exchange my backflip for the aria. Im sick of waiting for a root and the 2.1 that was promised. Judging by the CLIQ's progress, its not going to be around for awhile.

What im worried about is the software keyboard, how is it compared to the backflip's software keyboard? Since there's no physical on this thing im worried about typing.

Also, what about speed? I watched a video and it seemed to be flawless, but how does it perform in games? For example doodlejump, is it laggy like the backflip is?

Thanks
[HTC Aria General] modest_mandroid:
The software keyboard takes a little getting used to, but I can type decently with it now, about as fast as on my old tilt since the auto-spell correction helps a lot. The voice dictation function is also pretty accurate.

The UI is very snappy and lag free, even with a ton of animated widgets on the desktop. Scrolling through the application list is very quick and I experience minimal lag when browsing websites. I don't know what doodle jump is, but if it's anything like 'abduction', then it runs perfectly. I actually haven't played a game yet that was laggy.

One thing that IS slow is watching divx/mkv videos with rockplayer. I still haven't figured out why, but I suspect either a lack of hardware acceleration or the hardware simply isn't up to the task of rendering slightly higher resolution divx videos.

Hope that helps.

edit: - to be fair, .mp4 files desynch with audio in rockplayer but run decently in act1, so it's also possible that it's just a software issue.