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[Galaxy S I9000 General] WiseDuck:
No, not very happy with it.

It's my first Android headset, I sold my 3GS to my sister figuring I'd finally give Android a chance. The homescreen is nice, notification system is brilliant and so on. But the system has a couple of major flaws...

It's just not as smooth, as easy to use or as elegant as iOS4. There's lag, the market is absolutely horrendous and Fring managed to break the camera so I had to uninstall that to get it back. I don't know what the eff Google are doing, but they need to bring the full marketplace to all countries. But even then, it's not very impressive. Yes I've rooted mine, yes I have market enabler, and it feels wrong. I should not have to do that just to get access to the rest of the market.

And this is, in my opinion, the biggest issue with Android today. I tried to find an app as good as AutoStitch or Pano for Android, but no, there is no such thing in the store. I tried to find a couple of high-quality games, I couldn't find any. I want Let's Golf 2, Worms and many others on this thing. I tried to find a photo editor comparable to PhotoForge and PhotoGene, or something similar to ColorSplash, and again, no. And what about synthesizers, virtual guitars and other fun apps? Haven't seen any.

This phone got me excited, but then I just realised... What's the point? All that power, but nothing is using it. All that power, and we still have lag all over the OS.

I'm sure people are going to hate me for this, but I am a bit disappointed by both the phone and the OS. I do have high hopes for Froyo, but flash support and a snappier OS probably won't be enough for me to keep it. I have bought over a hundred apps on my old 3GS, and I think I'd like those back now.

EDIT: If you think I'm wrong, if you have found the apps I'm looking for then by all means link me to them. I want to like this thing, I really do.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i like PhotoStitch, i keep a copy with me

Asphalt 5 is great, i consider that a quality game

Lets Golf 1 is also available

heck they even have my favourite Bejewled 1

they might not have version 2 of the software, but it will come soon.

Android is fairly new, it's only on version 2

there was not many apps nor games until Android 1.5 got matured.

Iphone OS is at least 2 version ahead of Android, give it some time for it to mature, and you'll see the big picture.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] WiseDuck:
Oh yeah I have Let's Golf, bought that in Gameloft's own store. Very nice.

As for the rest, not a big fan of racing games I'm afraid.

And yeah I know it's a new platform, but they've been bragging about it's growth for a while now and yes I'm sure they have 100,000 apps in the store. I just can't find the good ones, the store needs an overhaul.

I'm afraid I just can't give it more time. I might have to return a year later or so. :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
Sounds like someone didn't do any research before a big purchase. If you liked how the iphone operated and all the apps for it, why did you switch?

Before I bought my SGS, i went on androlib to look for apps I would need on my phone. I didn't find everything I was looking for, but at least I knew what was there and what wasn't. I also looked around all the android forums (like android central) for any android-specific issues I might encounter.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] WiseDuck:
Well, I gotta be honest, I'm stupid. I did do quite a bit of research about the phone itself, I checked multiple reviews and they were glowing all around. And people say a lot of good things about Android. But anyhow, lesson learned I suppose!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
same here, i did my homework before buying this phone ;) that's why i'm completely satisfied
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Aylarth:
just for the record, iTunes is also not available all the countries where iphone is being sold, and the AppStore is different in each country also :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] WiseDuck:
That is true. But at least the paid apps are available in more countries than 10. How different is it anyways? The app store in Sweden seems to have plenty of apps. Local ones and apps found worldwide, I've bumped into a handful that got good reviews but I couldn't find. That's when you use Installous...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] El Mono:
I really do like this phone.

I was really hoping for the Nexus One on Sprint - never happened. Ended up trying the AT&T version, even going so far as to get a MicroCell so I could potentially say goodbye to Sprint. And I like the Nexus One a lot, but this phone just seems to grab and hold my attention more. I got the international version (for Hungary apparently) because I like the looks more than the AT&T Captivate. Works fine on 1900 MHz. Great screen and decent battery life. Nexus One difinitely more solid/heavier build but Galaxy S has survived minor drop unscathed.

Overall a great phone... a keeper (at least for me).

El Mono
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Changing the splashscreen for your own.

Splashscreens. We all hate the operator splashscreens, and some of us like to have our own custom ones.

The process is simple.

1 - create your image, 480 x 800 as a 24 bit bmp.

The process fails if the bmp isn't 24bit.

In photoshop, choose save as BMP, and if it only gives you the option of 8 bit colour, then cancel out of the save, click Image - Mode - RGB Colour. (index colour gives 8 bit BMP)

2 - get nbimg-1.1win32.zip from THIS thread and extract it to a folder with your BMP image.

3 - With nbimg.exe and your bmp in the same folder, open up a command prompt** in that folder, and issue the command

nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F nameofphoto.bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D PB8110000

This will create nameofphoto.bmp.nbh which you flash using customruu.exe, just like flashing a rom or radio.

This splashscreen will show for the first 12 - 14 seconds, up to the point where the animation splash starts. (Which is part of teh rom, and nothing to do with this).

This new splashscreen will stay until you flash either a new one yourself, or a stock rom, which will return it to stock, or some custom roms also include custom splash screens.

The point is, it's as easy to get rid of them as it is to flash them.

**To open a command prompt in the currently viewed explorer folder in vista/7, you can press shift and right click in the folder window, which will give you the option to 'open command window here', , , , which is handy.

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Watermarking your Leo

in the command

nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F nameofphoto.bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D PB8110000

the 0x600 refers to the memory location where the splash screen is written.

It turns out that you can also flash splashscreens to 0x601 with the same command as above, but 0x601 instead of 0x600

nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F nameofphoto.bmp -T 0x601 -S 64 -D PB8110000

The splash at 0x600 would show when the phone first comes on, but then change to the 0x601 splash when the RGD info appears, until the animation starts.

The usefulness really comes in when you flash a stock rom, because this second splash isn't removed, (Tested with tmous 2.13 and O2 uk stock roms), so even if your thief has enough skill to know about flashing to wipe all trace, the second splash will remain.

Mine has a 'reward if found' message with contact details, and an image of me, with a warning to potential buyers that it's stolen if the seller isn't me, hehe

Also, remember the second splash screen uses the same memory space as magldr so DONT flash a secondaryscreen unless you are okay with removing magldr.
[HD2 General] ebeam:
Brilliant!

Samsamuel, the watermark is a superb idea!

Now, as my photoshop/DTP skills are rudimentary at best, would you consider posting your watermark file, & I think I could just about manage to edit it for myself.

Thanks a lot if you do, and I understand if you don't want to. :)
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
thanks sam, some useful info there! :D
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
well, the file i flash has my info on it, so is no good to you.

Whatever editing software you use, just make sure 'mode' is set to 'RGB' and not 'indexed colour' and it should save as 24bit.

Ive attached a blank 24 bit bmp of teh right size, but when you edit it, (for example in photoshop) you will still possibly get mode changes as layers get added by photoshop, so you still need to be aware what pops up when you hit save.

Welcome.
[HD2 General] sumflipnol:
The only way to revert the second-level splash screen to stock is by flashing the picture that was originally there. It takes a while to find these stock images, which you then have to turn into an .nbh file, and in some cases, you would be forced to recreate the image.

However, the first-level splash screen is usually the same as the second-level splash. In this case, just find a stock [first-level] .nbh, convert the .nbh into a .bmp (there are utilities here on XDA), then convert the .bmp into a .nbh using the "watermark" method.

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I attached the stock T-Mo USA second-level splash screen and the stock WWE HD2 second-level splash screen here.

@samsamuel, feel free to link those 2 splash screens in the first post.:)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
thanks for the input. its kinda what i expected, though i don't believe the official roms ever contained a level two splash, because otherwise when (i, we, you) flashed a level 1 screen, level two would still show and it doesn't.(on a phonethat hasn't had a custom level 2 splash added)

i've tested with several stock roms now, and my second splash never gets removed.

however you have hit on what i would do in the event of returning it, which is apply the stock screen to both 1 and 2 so it looks like a single splash.
[HD2 General] ebeam:
Thanks again. I appreciate the help! :)
[HD2 General] Staxxthedan:
sweet.thanks.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Update - turns out i DID have to return my phone to o2, and could i find a way to remove the watermark splash?? no, no i couldnt...

so i ended up doing sumflipnols method of getting a stock o2 splash and creating a second splash with it. It looks like one splash, and the phone came back to me without a hitch.
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Thanks for sharing. Watermark is really a great idea.. I will try it on weekend
[HD2 General] xnifex:
Why is this not in the Tips & tweaks posting? this is great info!
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Yeah its really a good idea :)
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
I've created a watermark but still the screen it replaced is Splash screen. Could you tell me where I m wrong :(
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
when issuing the command, if you use 0x600 it replaces thewhole splash, if you use 0x601 it replaces the second half of the first splash.

don't be mistaken into thinking it watermarks it for the whole time it's turned on, it only lasts for 7 seconds during bootup

first splash for 7 seconds

watermark for 7 seconds

animation

welcomehead

stock would be

first splash for 14 seconds

animation

welcomehead
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Thanks alot but this is what I did. I created a watermark with 601 and flash it with Custom RUU. But after flashing I m having a picture like this

Splash (The one I created for Water mark not for Splash) :(

HTC Watermark Screen

Animation

WelcomeHead

Should I give it another try.... :(
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
do you have hspl installed? it requires it.
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Ofcourse bro how can take risk :)
[HD2 General] xnifex:
Maybe post a small vid of your issue?
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Sorry My bad. The command provided by you creates two files one NB and 2nd NBH. I used NB and created my nbh from NUtil and this solution doesn't work for me where as when I used the nbh created by nbimg util through your command then it works. Cheers :-p

Sorry mates for inconvenience. :)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
heh no worries, glad its sorted.
[HD2 General] zanbarbone:
oups, mistake :D
[HD2 General] BHS Interceptor:
Looks like a great idea - thanks for the input and easy to follow instructions ;)
[HD2 General] lusjash:
Great Idea

The watermark is brilliant idea! Here goes another half-an-hour from my worktime, hope no one snitches, ;) lol....
[HD2 General] lusjash:
any advice?

well, i got a problem.

After "watermarking" my phone according to your tips it got a hardware problem - the phone do not see any type of cable attached to it - neither data, nor charging. So no activesync for me. Today i took it to service center and the girl told me that it most probably has a hardware/motherboard. She also saw my energy ROM and said that i will be asked a fee for repair because i changed the ROM. I brought the phone back and flashed the stock ROM. But something was nagging behind... And here it is - The watermark!! it is of course still there (that

s how it works, ha!!)

So any idea what to do? Every kind of scenario run through my not thaat experienced mind during this couple of hours. Even bricking he phone ;) ...
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Sorry to hear that, First thing i'd do is have a very close look at the usb port. people have been known to repair them by a gentle but firm toothbrush, perhaps a tiny drop of contact cleaner.

Failing that, you should get teh image of the first splash screen, then follow the watermarking method again, using the stock image. That way it looks like one long splash.

Thats what i did with my o2 branded one. (Though i had to fudge it, because i couldnt find the image, so i used my digi cam to take a snap of the phone booting, and made a first and second splash from that. looked fine, no problem with warranty.

(Just out of interest, you know you can flash splash screens from sd card, right?

Same rules apply, hspl, leoimg.nbh, sd card fat32,,))
[HD2 General] lusjash:
Thanks for reply. Well, i could revert the original HTC spalsh(someone posted it here) but the problem is that i cannot connect to phone to instal SPL (stupidly the first thing i did - i revert to original stock ROM which as you know overwrites SPL).

The problem is inside the phone, not the connector. It might be that it was caused by me (i was soldering a charger tip and for a split of second connected to the phone a charger line soldered back-wise)... :(

Just out of interest was it possible to install HSPL from SD Card (maybe a Gold Card?) - i dont think so. I will take the phone back to service hoping that they won't hang to the watermark seeing that overall the system is their chinese and the problem is hardware)

Thanks for support
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ahhh I see.

No you can't apply hspl from sd card, and i'm failry sure goldcards only work for official roms.
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Dear samsamuel:

Do you have any idea about creating the same watermark or splash screen for android on HD2. I am using android from sdcard and I wanna give it a try if there is any hint? :)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
the radio and splashscreen aren't affected by running android, so there's no change from the above instructions.
[HD2 General] SpottierPython:
Thanks alot mate does they remain same for watermark screen as well?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yea, just cos you are running android it makes no difference at all to the phone.
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
Hey Sam,

Small problem........

The tool you link to in your first post to turn the bmp into an nbh seems unwilling to cooperate. When run it just flashes briefly on the screen and disappears, is there another way to issue the command or do you have any idea why it might not work??

Cheers.

Edit;

Sorry man think I've got it now.

Wasnt running it from a cmd prompt thingummybob..........
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
heh yea that would do it.
[HD2 General] dharvey4651:
I seem to have run into a small hiccup. After creating a watermark splash and flashing it to my device, now every time after I create and flash a custom ROM, it won't boot. :confused:

I'm really hoping that this is not the watermark splash's fault and that my computer is just acting up but this has never happened to me before.

Will report back later if I can resolve the issue.

EDIT:: It almost seems that this watermark splash has overwritten part of the OS partition, effectively making it impossible to boot my WM Rom. What's strange is that on the bare bones stripped down ROM I had made, it booted fine. Now that I'm trying to rebuild my Sense ROM, it's not booting anymore. Further digging is in order... At this point I'm really hoping this is not the culprit. I'm expecting a phone call and I don't want to have to retire my HD2(Paid retail - have no warranty through my carrier)..:(

EDIT2::

PHEW!!!!

Seems that it was a registry tweak I tried to add. Now that they've been removed it works just fine.

Fantastic work Sam!!!
[HD2 General] Bonito77:
Hi Sam,

big thanks for this realy great tool and the easy understandably instruction.:)

Wish you a nice Christmas,

B.;)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
likewise

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[HD2 General] jose makalolot:
Nice...

Good work!
[HD2 General] Bonito77:
Please can you tell me wat's the different between .nb and .nbh file? Can't find an info in first post. Because its enought at flash the screen when I have only the .nbh in the folder, so I interested to know for what is .nb file.

Thanks and nice sunday.;)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
the nb file gets made first, then the nb gets made into an nbh file. You need the nbh file, not the nb file.
[HD2 General] Bonito77:
Thanks for the very fast answer. Ah O.k., so the .nb is only for the creating process for the .nbh file. I know I'm very curious.:D
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
im not sure of the technicals, but i know if you unpack a rom.nbh you get a .nb file, and that nbimg creates first an nb then an nbh. just delete it.
[HD2 General] pteradactyle:
you all realize that you can just drag your img on to the bat file and press 1 and it will be done in like less than 10 secs.....instead of opening a damned cmd windows and typing all that out.
[HD2 General] dubie76:
With nand now on HD2 how do I create splash screens? The custom RUU method no longer works for MAGLDR/NAND HD2
[HD2 General] Wil Badger:
Uhm yes it does. Put the phone into bootloader, connect usb cable, start RUU. Works just fine.
[HD2 General] Sentinel196:
Hi there.

Firstly, thanks for the awesome guide!!

I have successfully created my own custom splash screen and created the nbh file. However the file size is quite large at 771KB compared to most of the other screens I have seen which are around 170KB.

Is it safe to flash or is there something wrong?

Thanks.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Hmm yea that's pretty big. I'm not sure of the risks involved, but u think I'd build it again from scratch just to be sure.
[HD2 General] stupid1314:
Hi, bro!

i have question for you :).where the splashscreen image in the room ?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Room = rom?

It's not in the rom, that's why you can make and flash them without affecting the installed rom.
[HD2 General] stupid1314:
Hi, i don't think so!

Becase, when i flash CMYLXGO's rom i see splashscreens of CMYLXGO the first => CMYLXGO's rom already splashscreen!:confused:
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Some chefs include a splashscreen in their rom releases, in the same way that stock roms include a splahscreen and radio. But I assure you the splashscreen is not part of the rom. You will not find the image anywhere inside the roms files.
[HD2 General] stupid1314:
Yes, i have found and do not see any images. But, i don't understand:(.

Thanks you for answering questions, wish you good health!
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
there are 5 areas of rom memory, they hold:

the spl |-| the radio |-| splashscreen 1 |-| splashscreen 2 or magldr |-| the actual rom.

You can flash any of these areas using customruu and an .nbh file

OR

you can combine more than 1 .nbh into a single nbh, then flash more than one part at once. Example, you can build a single nbh that flashes splashscreen 1 and the rom together, but that does not mean the splashscreen is 'inside' the rom, , it isn't, it is still totally seperate.

Example 2 a stock rom contains the spl, radio, splashscreen and rom all in one package, but you cannot access the radio or splashscreen or spl data from within the rom, still all unconnected
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
Great break down there Sam, and I understand you made it simple on purpose. I just wanted to add this though. :D

the ipl and spl (bootloader)|-| the radio |-| splashscreen 1 |-| splashscreen 2, magldr, or cLK |-| the actual rom.
[HD2 General] Rick_1995:
sweet jesus, thanks for the awesome tip off.
[HD2 General] xxG4M3ROCKRxx:
When I try to flash the .nbh with CustomRUU it says it's flashing the nbimg instead of the .nbh? and I tried it once but there was no difference to my splash screen. What do I do?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
You didn't leave them in the same folder did yiu? Put the nbh and customruu in a folder of their own.
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
Hi all,

I tend to keep up with updates from HTC, and the latest listed in the UK is:

www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=0&dl_id=812

This does mention that it is only suitable for ROM versions less than 1.66, but me being a bit of a break-it-and-try-and-fix-it type guy, thought I'd give it a go on my O2 stock 1.72 ROM.

The result? The annoying jump from the typing box to the last message after it finishes arranging all the texts? gone!

It works the same as the stock 1.43 ROM, but with the added benefit of actually being able to type while its sorting the messages.

Anyone else tried it? Seems HTC have finally fixed the only gripe I had :)
[About XDA developers] spen2:
Hi,

Just an observation, but the front page on the new look forum does take a while to load. Have you considered having the individual device sections load up 'collapsed' instead of 'expanded'. I would have thought this would speed it up considerably:)
[About XDA developers] DaveShaw:
Have you tried using the collapsed view?

Dave
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Here all working ok and loads with good speed;)
[About XDA developers] spen2:
Compact view? Doh, I didn't see that. It's much more browser friendly for me. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] widjaja74_us:
Guys,

According to this site, the problem with the GPS is the software Google Maps

Read this:

http://samsungi9000galaxys.com/galaxy-s-gps-review-sygic-gps-signal-and-gps-lock-times/

So it seems that using other Navigation software gives very good GPS performance.....

But how come using the GPS TEST software also shows that the GPS is loosing sattelites lock and erratic performance? I mean if the cause of the problem is the Google Map, testing the GPS receiver using GPS TEST should show good signal lock and stable reception isnt it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] appelflap:
It's a software setting: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7281059

Other android devices have the same problem with a wrong setting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] badmrfrosty:
Its not true, I tried google maps, co-pilot and NDrive and all gave really, really crappy gps performance. Upgrading to JG5 firmware has improved things a lot but its still pretty unusable for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bynar010:
You know I was just about to post that I think the issue is with google maps and not the phone. If I apply the ntp europe fix my gps locks very quickly and stays locked to within 16 feet in gps test when driving about.within google maps navigation the performance remains as shocking. Arrrggghhh!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] widjaja74_us:
I wish i could help testing the phone with different GPS/navigation software to validate the analysis, but I already sold my phone last week out of desperation due to the the GPS problem and lag problem and phone freeze problem and signal drop problem when you hold it a certain way....

but i love the design, size of the screen, the thinness of the phone and the super amoled display.....