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[Vibrant General] gasketman:
Great thread. Glad it was made a sticky. Not a noob, but still I picked up a couple of tricks (Swype arrow keys). Thanks again for organizing this.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
The positive feedback is incredible, thank you all.

XDA has helped me so much over the past 2+ years, this was in an effort to say thanks.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
You've got clockwork recovery and nadroid which covers a system restore. What about a link to Titanium Back so you can backup DLed apps, app settings and sys settings like txt, BT, wifi, call log, etc.

thanks again. :D

Oh one more thing. Maybe add a disclaimer that, if done wrong, some of the items could cause harm to a phone and you are not responsible for any potential negative side effect.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ do you mind writing that up? I agree it would be very helpful, but I'm not familiar enough to educate the masses. Not to put you on the spot, if there is a thread already you know of I can just link to that. Great idea man.

Ha, I always laughed at disclaimers, but people are crazy. Another good idea, thanks so much man!
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
I normally would not suggest a disclaimer but since I've been in the US, it is just scary how litigious people can be.

Here's a write up for Ti. C&Ped a some things from the dev's site.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Wow this thread has blown up since the last time I was here. ;) Nice work
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Alright, made some changes and will start putting the most recent change log at the top now so people know what is new.

Keep the ideas coming!
[Vibrant General] AndroidZ28:
"NEED A TRACKBALL?"

The Samsung Keypad has this as well, hold the "123" button.

Also, on the Android keyboard you can use speech to text by either pressing the microphone button or swiping left to right.
[Vibrant General] RandyN:
Been using Swype more and more and really starting to like it. Watch the tips and tricks videos at the Swype site to learn some things you may not know. Since I'm a new user, I can't post direct links, so go to:

swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.html
[Vibrant General] DaMaDo:
I might have missed this in the list...and I'm sure it's in the instructions, but I was at a loss on how to make my computer recognize the vibrant when connected with USB.

I was used to just connecting an iPhone and having it auto-mount.

I discovered that you have to open the status bar page thing then click the USB connected section and then you'll get an option to click on mount.

Hope this helps anyone else searching around and downloading random drivers ;)
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Yeah, thanks for that.I've been doing this for almost 3 years, so it's natural for me. This is exactly the things I need to hear. I'll update the sticky tonight. Thanks again. O, as a noob to android, what do you think, and how did the thread help, if it did?
[Vibrant General] DaMaDo:
Honestly it's helped more than any other thread I've read and has made getting into the Android world a better experience. I've had a couple of friends move over from iPhone and Blackberry and I referred them to this thread.

We are grateful that you put this together.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Right on man, means a lot. How do you like Android in comparison?
[Vibrant General] bstromberg:
not sure if anybody else mentioned this, but it might be helpful to add something about adding/removing homescreens and maybe how to make a specific panel your default home screen.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ with TW I could not determine how to make a preferred screen the default... since it came stock with 7, it always tried to make screen 4 the default. If you have a work around, shoot it my way man.

I can add to another post about the home screens, good call. Maybe tonight.
[Vibrant General] bstromberg:
yeah i was hoping that someone had figured out how to make a specific screen the default, since i don't use more than 3 screens. i just ended keeping all seven since screen 4 always has to be default...i like symmetry.

EDIT: it seems that there is a thread in the international forum about this, but it doesnt look like an easy thing to do. check it out here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734151
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Check this out, hopefully this gets the ball rolling.

[Think Tank] TW - edit the default screen.
[Vibrant General] nub4life:
Thanks for this thread. I just bought the Vibrant and I'm a new Android user, so this is very exciting.

I'm from the WinMo6.5 group of nerds/losers. I have a good feeling about this phone.

Now if I can just manage to hit volume up down + power. -_-
[Vibrant General] ultra spikey:
I dont think this was mentioned...

Easy way to use your own ringtones/notifications...

- On your sdcard, create a folder called "media", then create another folder in that called "audio".

- Inside the "audio" folder, create 3 seperate folders called "Alarms", "Notifications" and "Ringtones".

...now when you go into settings to change the notification/ringtone, Android will see any media that's in any of those folders you just created.
[Vibrant General] RayRay73:
alternative to ADB

hello all,, I have found that using a app called androotfile I have been able to do everything I have needed (IE: remove all the bloat) and am very happy with it.I can't remember where I got it but it is way easier than ADB.
[Vibrant General] khulsey:
I don't think this was covered but if anyone would like to clear the search history on the android market or quick search there is an app on the market called HistoryEraser. It's totally free and clears your search history as well as call logs, internet, and youtube searches.
[Vibrant General] jkang29:
I like the quick swipe left and right option on contact page.

I just discovered that tapping the image gives me the rest of the communication options.
[Vibrant General] N8ThaGr8:
Ascending Ringtones

Has anyone figured out a way to turn off ascending ringtones? This drives me crazy. Comes default on samsung phones and theres no option to turn it off. Thanks for any help.
[Vibrant General] mayart:
how to turn off screen while playing music

Does anyone know how to turn off the screen, while playing music in the background, to conserve battery power? I tried the side button, but the screen goes of momentarily then it comes back up again.

One more question, when in internet browser how do you go back to the home screen, instead of keep hitting the back button?
[Vibrant General] aeson:
I'm guessing your home page? because i know you just press the home key to go to your home screen. As for the homepage i press the menu key, windows, then X out the current window or all of them if you have multiple ones open then itll take you straight to your homepage.
[Vibrant General] CrunchBangPow:
awesome post. started with the root and then continued on to use pretty much every section. ridiculously helpful
[Vibrant General] benwhite:
I think you meant FFC not LCD
[Vibrant General] sil3ncer7:
Awesome thread, Thanks for all the well documented tips!!
[Vibrant General] soklean:
thanks for the shout out..on the screen brightness!!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Credit should be given to those who deserve it man!
[Vibrant General] merrifield69:
thank you very much sir :]
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
GREAT post! I am seriously considering this phone for my next Android and it's great to see folks working with it and enjoying it. Thanks to the OP for the time and effort in putting this together. :)

Edit: Got the phone the other night and I am digging it.
[Vibrant General] renster721:
I'm having trouble locating the fonts directory. I read that it was under "data/apps".

However, I don't have that location ... just "data/" and a couple other folders. I also checked under "android/data" to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
[Vibrant General] khulsey:
Sorry if this is in another thread but can anyone tell me how to view the original web pages instead of the mobile view? I can't find any settings in the browser and i've tried installing other browsers like opera and skyfire. Neither worked. I really don't want to root my phone, or at least right now anyway. Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant General] aeson:
have you tried Dolphin Browser HD? they have an option to view a page like an android or like a pc.
[Vibrant General] os2baba:
Google Gesture Search

I use Google Gesture Search for quickly finding contacts and use Bar Control to permanently add Gesture Search to the notification list. Almost never use Contacts directly.
[Vibrant General] Ms_Vibrant:
hi, i have a question..

does anyone know how to name files for your movies,photos,etc. that are on the gallery app?

coz i made a folder for my movies, like in one file i have 9 movies, when i click on that folder the movies/files shows up but the movies are not named, they're just plain blank thumbnails so i can't tell which movie is which without memorizing where a particular movie is located.. i prefer to go to the gallery app rather than the video gallery app..

i only use my computer's file manager through usb to transfer files.. is there anyway to name those movies?

can someone please help me..

thanks a lot.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I do not believe the gallery app lets you sort by name like the video player app.

I will update tonight probably. After my tonsils were taken out I got pneumonia. Awesome. Still pretty beat up....

Any requests?
[Vibrant General] khulsey:
Just tried the HD browser. Still the same problem. I turned the mobile settings off and they still came up. I've also tried opera and skyfire they all do the same thing. I can't get the mobile view turned off. I was wondering if this is an android thing? Sorry its my first android so I have no idea. I know skyfire for windows mobile gave me desktop web pages. Does anyone know if android 2.2 maybe fixes this?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
What site are you having issue with?
[Vibrant General] sonnyg95:
New DMCA Ruling allows rooting legally

First off, thanks for all the wonderful tips! Really appreciate it!

Regarding rooting, I called Tmo and asked if the new dmca excemption (it is now legal to root/jailbreak mobile devices) will affect my warranty and she said no. If anyone can confirm this, then maybe our nice OP can remove that statement about warranty being nullified by rooting?

I'm still new so can't post links but google "dmca rooting" and you should get more info regarding rooting (in case you haven't read about it yet ;) )
[Vibrant General] khulsey:
well i really dont have issues with sites, i'd just like to see the real site instead of the mobile. I know if i go to facebook's site, it redirects me to the mobile. don't worry i use the app. also being from houston i'm a texans fan so the texans web page goes totally mobile and their mobile site is awful. there's a few other sites i've been to but i cant think of them at the moment. i guess i can just live with it. it's not that big of a deal.
[Vibrant General] FreydNot:
Exclude folder from music player

Here is a good one for the list.

You can hide a folder from the music scanner by putting a null file called ".nomedia" in the folder. On the next media scan all media from that folder will no longer show up in the music application.

Windows won't let you make a filename that starts with a dot, so I use the android files application to make them.

This is useful for folders of email attachments, voice mail audio files, navigation audio files and much much more.
[Vibrant General] erickrios:
Uninstalling Apps

Found this tip here: http://www.intomobile.com/2010/07/22/samsung-vibrant-t-mobiles-galaxy-s-phone-gets-reviewed/

"Samsung also added different view types – a list view, an alphabetical grid view, and a customizable grid view – which will allow you to uninstall applications right from the app launcher. That’s right, you can uninstall apps right from the app tray/homescreen."

Doesn't work for pre-installed apps apparently.
[Vibrant General] antonio91282:
zoom in while using the camera by using the volume toggle switch. zoom in and out using the volume buttons.
[Vibrant General] Lcrkz0023:
@ s15274n

Hey...where did you get Helvetica font from. I want to try it. Sorry if I missed it.

Nice post btw...and good job to everyone else who helped!!
[Vibrant General] MV10:
The DMCA decision isn't related to warranty coverage in any way.

You can buy a car, open the hood, and pour sand into your engine. You'll void your warranty, but it's perfectly legal for you to do that. In the same way, the manufacturers can still place restrictions on what can void your phone warranty. The difference is that they can't use the DMCA to threaten legal action against somebody who tells you how to do those things.

Two completely unrelated topics.
[Vibrant General] silby:
I am not sure if this has been mentioned yet, however I found in the gallary app that you can click on the top right to change the view to be by group. The cool thing is that if you have location services turned on for pictures it will group the pictures by location and then by date. Pretty cool!
[Vibrant General] pinoymutt:
Great post! I have a Captivate, but all the info is still very relevant and useful (I won't go into how some of the Vibrant and Captivate forums should be combined, there are already a lot of threads dedicated to this topic! :) )
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ Never thought about going to read about the Captivate, so I assume a lot of those users do not come read about the Vibrant.

I decided to post my sticky over there, in hopes it helps someone... maybe someone can tweak it to be appropriate for the Captivate.... if it is not.
[Vibrant General] g1ftmfw:
one thing i noticed is if you are using better widgets weather widget that there is a checkbox for animation on lock screen, by unchecking that box i no longer had to hit home, message web etc a second time to get it to function...

it is done by clicking weather widget to open 5 day forecast, press menu to open options, select configure, and scroll down to see "unlock animations" make sure there is NO checkmark in the box! voila.... at least it worked for me... lol good luck and happy androiding...
[Vibrant General] MV10:
Great reference for getting started. A few minor suggestions:

1. It would be nice to point out that Beautiful Widgets is not free. I didn't check all of the apps you linked to, but I assumed BW was free since you clearly noted paid apps earlier in the post. Not that I'm against paying for apps, but the consistency would be nice.

2. Maybe note that the camera zoom trick is a digital zoom, which effectively reduces the quality of the image. Optical zoom (e.g. a moving zoom lens) is not supported. One would hope people would realize this, but after seeing the thread where it came from, I guess some people don't understand how zoom really works.

3. A better QR barcode scanner (in my opinion) is Lynkee. I know there are quite a few, but I've seen a lot of posts recommending it.

4. The very last item on the page mentions the three sensors then asks "SURE THERE IS NO LCD?" It should refer to a front-camera, not LCD.

5. In addition to removing the startup/shutdown audio, it is very easy to remove the obnoxious bright pink animations. In short, you can use ADB (or Root Explorer, I guess) to delete the bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg files from /system/media to get rid of the startup animations, and you can delete ALL of the PNG files from /system/media/video/shutdown to get rid of the shutdown animation. The thread linked below discusses removal of the startup animation and also links to the i9000 files as replacements.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740333

6. Finally, I agree with qnzmetal's post way back on the first page -- the GPS fix deserves a place here. I actually think it deserves a sticky post of its own, but your thread is the next best thing.

Good work, helped me get my family and friends' many Vibrants quickly rooted, de-bloated, and rolling along just fine.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ some good points. I may take action on some. Not sure why everyone assumes I meant front facing camera.. It obviously does not. I was questioning a notification light... Didn't understand the proximity needed two. Thanks for the suggestions though.
[Vibrant General] MV10:
A notification light would be an LED, not LCD. Changing it to "notification LED" would clear that up.

I think everybody assumes that because someone started a thread early-on suggesting those sensors were an FC.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ Done, thanks
[Vibrant General] samoelito:
my vibrant is arriving tomorrow or friday :) Thanks for the guide man, i read it all and i thing rooting is a Must with this phone xD
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ absolutely! Rooting was the first thing I did to my Vibrant. The developers on here have really made it too easy not too, especially with the added functions.
[Vibrant General] Civil Disobedient:
Amazing thread. Coming to the Vibrant from a Nexus One. I was never able to get the ADB driver to install so I never rooted the Nexy, so this is my first time as a root user.

So far so good.

I did have a few questions. First, has anyone experienced issues with Titanium back up? It force closes every time. Wont open or do anything. Tried to uninstall/reinstall to no avail.

Secondly, has anyone done the speed boost involving drive repartitioning? A tutorial on that would be epic.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ did you install busybox? Search that in the market and install, stericson should be the developer. TB should work fine after that.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Follow the guide and click on "get fonts online"... it directs you to the market where there are about 50 other fonts to choose from. It's in there for $1. And yes, thanks for acknowledging EVERYONE for helping with this guide - I very much appreciate the help.

EDIT: Actually, a few have asked this so I tried to make the guide more clear. Thanks for letting me know, hope it helps.
[Vibrant General] Lcrkz0023:
Thanks!...I did that a while back and when I got to the all the ones listed for $1 I guess I was scrolling too fast! I'll look again. Thanks man keep doing your thing bro!!
[Vibrant General] Lcrkz0023:
Here's a tip not sure ifs its been mentioned...if you think your ear piece volume during phone calls too low, simple fix is to go into call settings and turn HAC setting to ON! This increases it alot!

*credit goes to xrussx from another website for finding this!
[Vibrant General] phragg:
@OP Couple more Tips I stumbled upon from TalkAndroid.com

http://www.talkandroid.com/7386-galaxy-s-tips-and-tricks-works-captivate-vibrant-etc/

Noteable ones:

Changing the TWLauncher Bottom Apps

Changing Where photos save to; SD Vs Internal

Misc Keyboard Enhancements
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ nice... but after reviewing, pretty sure all of those are covered in my sticky, admittedly maybe not as well.

^^ I was not familiar with what HAC mode was, turns out it is Hearing Aid Compatible. Interesting... will try and get that included, thanks man.
[Vibrant General] achild:
Awesome thread s15274n!

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Sir!

Definitely gets some of us first-timers-to-android going in the right direction!
[Vibrant General] achild:
Try skyfire. The 4th icon on the skybar (top bar with the icons) is to switch between mobile and full view. Works for me, not sure if it'll work for you but worth giving it a shot. It also runs SOME flash websites, but they are actually working on expanding the number of websites it runs flash in.

I don't know if you want to mention skyfire on your thread s15274n, but it works wonders for me as far as flash video goes, still in beta though so not all flash websites run well on it, but a good number of flash sites can be ran from it and also if you click the video icon after pressing the menu key it can run some of the flash pieces kind of in "standalone" mode.

Here is their website: http://www.skyfire.com/product/skyfire-2-0-for-android/

I just got my Vibrant yesterday and it's my first android phone, but skyfire was my #1 choice on my HTC Fuze when it came to browsing flash websites.
[Vibrant General] achild:
Actually windows will let you do it. I did it last night.

What you have to do is:

-Open Notepad

-Leave file blank (don't type anything into it)

-Click "File", "Save As"

-Click drop down that says "Text Documents (*.txt)"

-Select "All Files (*.*)"

-Name it ".nomedia"

-Select where you want to save it (desktop did it for me)

-Then click "Save"

-There you have your file...now just copy/paste or drag it into the folders with files you don't want shown.

Just tried it in windows 7 as im typing this and it worked. Can't verify other OS' though.

Feel free to add to sticky if you find it resourceful s15274n, for hiding files from gallery or music player.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Thank you for that. I will try and test it myself and update the thread tomorrow hopefully. Thanks for being so detailed man!

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant General] achild:
No prob man, anything to help out. I will keep reading your thread to learn anything new you post and share anything else I can think of.
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
Why convert videos when u can just use RockPlayer to play them

:D
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
HandBrake is a powerful tool. ^ You can optimize the files for your phone and reduce the size. RockPlayer is pretty amazing too, agreed.
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
See if mod can delete post #2 then because your post is #3 you can have use it for more updates.
[Vibrant General] achild:
On your section on removing bloatware you mention to ALWAYS make a backup before removing the bloatware. When you say make a backup, would a nandroid backup do or do you actually using a backup tool downloaded from the market??
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Sorry, guess that could be more clear. Before I mess with anything I literally make a copy of everything to my pc.
[Vibrant General] MV10:
I used "adb pull" to grab anything I deleted off our phones. Came to about 18 MB total, not including the avatar flick, which I just left on the original SD since I was replacing it anyway.
[Vibrant General] robkonz:
Beautiful widgets

What settings do you have it set at. When i turn it on its twice as long.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ small home, I prefer that more... It's a few below the normal home widget you're using
[Vibrant General] denny_1986:
have another tip

if you notice you're hearing way too much static noise in you headphones then go to settings >display >and uncheck "TV OUT" if you have it enabled. No more static noise ;)
[Vibrant General] SquareBare:
Does anyone have any update on the FM radio at all?

I read that the hardware indeed exists but it may require porting the drivers over from the original galaxy s. Kind of lame for Tmo to disable this when the hardware is still there and functional.
[Vibrant General] MV10:
Not really the thread for speculation about such things. Try here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=738318
[Vibrant General] SquareBare:
Thanks for the link, It looks like the current status is that the pros need samsung to release the vibrant kernel in a non-binary format to manually include the FM radio or rebuild the kernel from scratch.
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
soo im kinda confused but i think i know that the answer is a yes...

but if i root i still get the OTA updates right?

i want to root because of the freedom and all the more things that can be done.. but at this point im not interested in flashing roms other then the official one because after all its pretty impressive and im happy with it.

so my question is.. if i root the phone do i still get OTA updates?
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
soo im kinda confused but i think i know that the answer is a yes...

but if i root i still get the OTA updates right?

i want to root because of the freedom and all the more things that can be done.. but at this point im not interested in flashing roms other then the official one because after all its pretty impressive and im happy with it.

so my question is.. if i root the phone do i still get OTA updates?

*EDIT*

also do i understnad this correctly.. if i wish to unroot all ihave to do is type

??

would i have to remove the programs that require root 1st? like clockwork?