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[Captivate General] Bjd223:
The Need for Speed game ripped from the Droid X and posted is a great game to show off the gfx of the phone. It runs even better on the vibrant/captivate then the Droid X.

Only downside is the game is only a trial, still fun to play.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idumych:
Hey so I did something that I am really kicking myself for yesterday. As seen in my other thread, I was having issues with getting Google Voice from the Market. So guess what I did? I did a freaking OTA update on my nice new Hero that I just got yesterday. And guess what? Unrevoked won't work on it now.

So, I'd like to toss out my info and see if anyone has had luck downgrading with an old RUU. I tried one from the 2.1 root thread and it failed to flash.

Firmware: 2.1 update 1

Baseband: 2.42.01.04.27

Build: 2.27.651.6 CL169236 release-keys

software ver: 2.27.651.6

It seems to have a newer version of fastboot and hboot that won't let me flash from the SD card (forgive my noobish wording)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reedsw:
I had just used the *.5 RUU to flash over a .6 not 5 days ago. Worked just fine. Was located in the 2.1 Root thread. Second post.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idumych:
Yeah, sorry for the false alarm folks, I just tried it again with debugging turned off on the device and it flashed fine.
[HD2 General] Ishcabible:
This is my second one. The last one had the same issue. I've never dropped it. Help...
[HD2 General] Jimmmycrackcorn:
Pull the battery and try to load it back up
[HD2 General] Ishcabible:
Did that, sorry should have said in the OP. I even tried installing different ROMs. :(
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Do you have BsB tweaks installed? If so, go in that app and turn off the "tap time" setting...that's been known to cause this type of symptom.
[HD2 General] Ishcabible:
Nope, and I wouldn't be able to anyways, unless I can finally get application that allows me to control the phone from my computer (shoot, I can't remember the name of it) to work. The touch is completely dead.

EDIT: Shoot, never mind I think I do have that installed. I'll try that.

MyMobiler! That's it.

Nevermind, I installed a different ROM so any settings were deleted, right? That can't be it. Gah it's happened every two months.
[HD2 General] ek9beast:
wont respond like... the screen is just black? or it comes on but you cant do anything with it?
[HD2 General] Ishcabible:
The latter.
[HD2 General] sam5mith:
I have what sounds the same problem :(

the other day I noticed that it was starting to play up, and then the touch screen just would not work. It shows the screen but there is no response on touch :confused: HELP anyone
[HD2 General] masondoctorjt:
Press the end or back button fairly hard. Sometimes that seems to make it work again for a while, then call HTC and see if they will warranty it, they did mine.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] slack04:
Does it make any difference? I'm using TAEL on my ATT Fuze right now, but it's giving me real problems (actually, it's unusable at the moment. I'm 100% on android- until my battery runs out...) Should I go back to a WinMo 6.1 build? Which one do you use?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] arrrghhh:
Several people have done fairly extensive testing... and all we've found that WinMo does is initialize some hardware for Android - so any build of WinMo is fine. It really does not have any relation to Android at all.

With that said, if you want an easy way to go straight to Android, search for Gen.Y. That method is a sort of dual-boot of Android and WinMo (not a true Android ROM keep in mind.)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] slack04:
Thank you!

That's great- I'll just flash something simple and keep android up (love it BTW!). Does this mean that once android is running, WinMo is completely shut off? Does it make any difference if I have WinMo applications running before I start android?

BTW- Thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] arrrghhh:
Basically, yes. Like I said, the only thing WinMo does is initialize hardware - for example, early on we had to make a phone call in WinMo before booting Android to get the mic to work. Devs fixed that issue. Same with hw3d, but they sorted that out as well. I think the only thing left is the display itself (I could be wrong) but there isn't any special app you need to run to initialize that.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] ccmxda:
I use that lightNHB winmo that is posted on the first page of the android release post. Seems to work good... and gets into Android boot pretty quickly
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] kodhyok:
i'm using TAEL too, but it's quite stable, oh i'v instaled [prj][XDANDROID][2.2][AOSP][29.7.10] but i don't use lightNHB, i simply execute haret.exe on explorer :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] SergiusGee:
LightNBH2

No guys, you are all wrong. There's one ROM I'm on now, which automatically boots Linux and as well is very quick to boot (for those people who don't want to use WinMo at all)

It also lets you to use your device as the internal storage to (update/edit Android builds) I find this ROM the best to use with Android. It loads as quickly as possible and auto runs Linux which is surely the best decision so far. Here's the link.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] arrrghhh:
I'm so glad you feel our opinions are wrong...

I could easily say you are the wrong one, because I don't want to run a ROM that only boots Android...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] ccmxda:
Haha, that and I said I use LightNHB and works good, and that was also wrong
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] mrvanx:
Come on now people, is this needed really??

I think to paraphrase the thread, try out some ROMs and see how you get on.

Really thats it. ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Android Development] hilaireg:
Agreed; thread closed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] paul12you:
hi all...

i'm starting this thread by appologise myself for this noob question..

i own a brand new samsung galaxy s for about 4 days... and i try searching all the internet for games.. apps.. and usefull stufs..

i found the term "root" on some posts and threads... and i don't know what is it..

can someone please take a minute and explain me what it does ??

tnx in advance..

and sorry for my bad english...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Robin.B:
Once you have "rooted" your phone (there are many ways, you need to search about), you basically have access to things you didn't before like modifying system functions at a lower level. It basically means you can give your phone even more capabilities using apps that require root, and it enables you to install custom roms and such.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] landy42000:
I wondered about this too. Had mine only a few days also, so are there any links to Rooting this phone and things to look out for??

Landy
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Endombed:
Oh sorry wrong by me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Robin.B:
Not in this context is it now...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nandihno:
is it possible to root your device on a mac?

most of the examples i've seen are done on pcs?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
Think of it as the different between admin user and guest user.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
It's not necessary to involve a PC. Just do this:

1 Download the update.zip file from http://www.multiupload.com/JHIFK9K80P using your phone itself. However, if you're using the native browser, make sure you have first installed Astro File Manager. Otherwise, the browser does not support downloading of such file type.

2. Then start the stock program called My Files. Navigate to the /sdcard/download folder to look for update.zip

3. Move it to /sdcard. This is done by clicking menu button -> more->move, select the update.zip, press move, move here.

4. Check that the update.zip file is at the root, then continue.

5. Power down the phone. This done by holding the power button then select power off option.

6. Press volume UP button+ power button+ home button at the same time until you see the galaxy S samsung logo screen before letting go of all three buttons. You will see four options presented.

7. Use the volume button to move between options. You would want to select the option called "apply adcard:update.zip by pressing the home key.

Then wait for it to reboot. It's done

8. You know you're rooted when you see an application icon called Suoeruser Permission in your application drawer.

To confirm the step here cross check with this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728754

Hope this helps. I understand the apprehension,p. I'm also an Android noob. I own an Android device for around 7days now. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikael120:
please be aware that rooting your phone voids your warranty, so I would not do it unless you actually have a real desire to use a root app/change roms

for the average person root is not really necessary, playing around with root apps without knowing what you are doing can cause much more damage than good.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
True. I did it because I need screen capture. Wanted to flash new firmware to remove lags and get GPS working, but it seems like no firmware can really do that yet. So I'll wait for Froyo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NamelessGRL:
I cant even do the first step T_T

I went to http://www.multiupload.com/JHIFK9K80P website from my Samsung Captivate and everytime i wanted to download i got an error saying "Download unsuccessful. Cannot download. The content is not supported on this phone."
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Ah, I now remember that you need to install another program for Android browser to support download of such file. As I've hard reset my phone twice, its no longer on my phone and I can't remember the name of the program that enables this. Anyone know?

Edit: it's called Astro file manager . Install that first. I discovered it when evaluating browser in post 4 and five in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724998
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NamelessGRL:
I got stuck here now. So i turned off my phone and while off i pressed UP button+ power button+ home button, the AT&T logo appeard n no options. I tried to move arrow up n down but it kept turning the phone on. Mine is a samsung captivate do u think its different the way of doing it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Not just turning off the screen. You must power it off. These two mean different things. To power off, press and hold the power button until you see the option to power off as one of options. Read step 5 again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NamelessGRL:
Yup thats what i did. I completly turned it off. Then i pressed the 2 buttons but just got the AT&T logo coming up and stayed there, when i released the buttons my phone started to turn on. There might be something im doing wrong but i dont know what.

**BTW my home button its actually a sensored button so it might not work when the phone is off o.O
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
You only press two buttons? You must press and hold three buttons: volume up + power+ home all at the same time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NamelessGRL:
GOT IT! Its different for captivate, i needed to press up n down volume buttons + power button xD so now i was able to go to the android system recovery... but... when i tryed to select "reinstall packages" says Can't open /sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) Instalation aborted.

So i maked sure it was there, i even enabled the option to see extensions of the files so it gets to be "update.ZIP". But there was nothing different.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AXIS of Reality:
The update.zip MUST be on the phone's INTERNAL memory.

When you connect your phone to your pc via USB and mount it, you have to put the update.zip in the root directory of the phone's internal sd card, not the physical sd card.

Because of Android's way of doing things, it refers to its own internal memory as an sd card too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Like Axis of reality is saying.

Interesting to see multiple ways of getting into recovery mode. Why don't they may it the same?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NamelessGRL:
Thnaks everyone!

Finally i was able to do it. So the update.zip had to go in the sdcard like @AXIS of Reality said. But not only that, seems i had to modify the updater-script, adding the model of my phone. I ended up having this "Superuser Permission" app but when i try to open it the screen stays black.

Well anyways, thnx @eaglesteve for the patience and @AXIS of Reality for ur help xD
[Galaxy S I9000 General] KHZidane110:
That's how its supposed to be. The superuser app displays a list of the apps that have been granted root access. If you have no apps that have been granted root access then the list will be empty.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
That's right. In my case I only have the screen capture program there.
[General Questions and Answers] jusgar:
Yesterday, I downloaded that rom from Acer site and started the process as described in the help file. when the process reached around the 75% I got the error message and the liquid bricked.

Need help, please. :mad::mad::mad:

This is the log file
[Vibrant Accessories] oakie:
just a heads up... did a search on this forum for "32GB" and didnt find anything. didnt bother searching "microsdhc" since so many people would have a different way of typing it out that it would be near impossible to find on a search.

anyways, Verizon Wireless seems to have the SanDisk 32GB microSDHC cards IN STOCK and is selling them for $99 online with free overnight shipping. most places havent had stock EVER since it was released a couple of months ago. original retail price on them began at $240 or something.

unfortunately, these are Class 2 only, but generally it's not the card that's the bottleneck when it comes to speed on your device. i popped mine in this morning when it arrived and have had no problems with reading at all; 350mb XviD avi rips of TV shows like Rescue Me and 550mb XviD avi rips of Top Gear all play back flawlessly on my Samsung Vibrant.

write speeds have a bit to be desired, but i cant complain due to faster cards being unavailable. compared to my Class 6 16GB card, it has no ill effects from what i have so far observed while in the device.

cliffs: $99 for a SanDisk 32GB microSDHC from verizonwireless.com with free overnight shipping. normal price from them is $150, but is on special for now... the original deal was $50 off with the purchase of a Droid X, but that seems to have changed for a limited time. cheapest i can find it anywhere else using Google Shopping is $140 before tax+shipping.
[Vibrant Accessories] Inat:
Thanks for the heads up. Do a search on Engadget for an article on it (I can't post the link). Apparently it just hit the store 8 days ago.

Still, I dunno. I'm kind of on the fence about getting it due to the price (just dropped $550 on the phone itself).

So no lag skipping/playing music files or video?
[Vibrant Accessories] SuperMiguel:
lol 16GB + 32GB = 48GB why? why you need 50GB of space on a cellphone :)
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
real users only need 640k.

anyway, is $100 for it even a good deal? I see 16GB micro sdhc for like $40 (newegg link).
[Vibrant Accessories] Inat:
Because I want to be able to ditch my MP3 player (which currently has 30+ gigs of music) and use my phone exclusively. One less thing to carry around.
[Vibrant Accessories] down8:
How many slots does your phone have?

-bZj

_____

-sent from my Samsung Vibrant via XDAapp
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
What does this have to do with my vibrant? I would hope most people know it's only got one place to put a micro sdhc
[Vibrant Accessories] ben7337:
I think they meant to point out that unless you want to carry around a tiny breakable easy to lose 16gb card in ur pocket or bag and switch out when you need to, having 32gb in one card is more convenient which combined with how newly available the card is, it is quite cheap for the price. You only pay a bit more per GB in this case, normally you'd pay 2-3x more in the beginning for the new highest capacity in flash memory.
[Vibrant Accessories] down8:
Ding ding ding - winnar!

-bZj
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
What would someone possibly need on a 32 gb that cant fit on a16 plus having access to any pc you plug your phone into plus another 15 approx gigs internal?
[Vibrant Accessories] Maverick777:
I know at least for me, there's never enough space. Unless they somehow manage to offer Terabyte microSD cards. Even the, I'm sure I'd find a sure for it.

Music, movies, games, ebooks, audiobooks, work files, space for pictures and videos, etc.

Do you NEED to have that much stuff on you? No, but it's nice to have access to everthing and worry less about space.

I know I have 14gb of music on my card and that's mostly just ONE genre of music. I have over 150gb of music. And yes, I do listen to all 14gb that I do have on there. It's good to have access to lots of music for parties and get togethers. Remote access is not always a perfect solution.

Again, I don't NEED all the space, but I sure as heck will use it when I have it. :D

If I had more space, I'd also partition space on my phone for portable apps. Having access to FireFox, GIMP, Openoffice, 7zip, etc wherever I go is a huge plus.
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
well yes, I agree, there are things to use the space. I'm just saying given the phone limitations wouldn't it be easier to dropbox and/or grab crap off the pc? The thing does have allshare/server capabilities to make that easier.
[Vibrant Accessories] ben7337:
Do you need to be plugged into the PC to get the files off of it? I assume you do, but even if you didn't, think of all the battery power wasted to get the files when you want them. e.g. let's say I am on a bus or stuck waiting for something and want to watch a show or movie on my pc on my phone. I'd need to get on 3g, hope it can all stream fast enough, and the battery would run out super fast using 3g and playing a video all at once.

Also as for the 32gb 16gb argument. I might be able to work with limited storage, but I personally could fill about 5tb or more with anime and movies and tv shows that I'd like, and if I could carry all of that on my phone, and be able to select anything I want immediately and have it right there, that would be amazingly convenient. Therefore as far as I am concerned 16gb, 32gb, it's never really enough, people can always fill more space. However I will deal with having only a 16gb card on my Epic 4G when it comes out.
[Vibrant Accessories] Texag2010:
I thought the max microSD card the phone accepts is 16 gigs as per specs supplied in the manual. Guess those are wrong then? Good to know! Thanks for posting this topic!!
[Vibrant Accessories] bobofosho123:
Duh, for all the porn you gotta shove on the ***** for on-the-go wanking!!! lmao;)
[Vibrant Accessories] thunderstruck!:
Wonder if you could rig it up to work with a WHS box streaming from home? Just a thought. That's what I'll do at work tomorrow I think.
[Vibrant Accessories] strictlyrude27:
What else are you going to do with that beautiful AMOLED screen? Duh :D
[Vibrant Accessories] oakie:
i can fit 20GB of movies, TV shows, and music on a single card without having to connect my phone to a computer to add more.

THAT wont fit on a 16GB card. i dont carry my laptop wherever i go, therefore i dont really have access to any data beyond the 16GB card. maybe you are always near your computer, but i'm not.
[Vibrant Accessories] oakie:
none.

i set the removable card slot as the save point for the camcorder app and recorded nearly 7 minutes of video with lots of movement. no issues when recording.

i then played it back using both the built-in video player and eStrong File Explorer's built-in video player and experienced no dropped frames, freezing, or slowdowns, nor did the audio and video go out of sync.

i'm a hobbyist photographer so reliable, fast memory cards are something i'm always on the lookout for. because of this, i've sampled a lot of different brands in the past (i'm always testing different brands to try and find cheaper alternatives for my camera) and have found that SanDisk flash memory cards are consistently much faster than their rated spec. this result with the 32GB microSD is probably no different nor that unusual, based on my previous experience.

if i have some free time this morning and will do some read/write tests of the SanDisk 32GB Class 2 card alongside the original Samsung 2GB card that the Vibrant came with, a SanDisk 2GB Class 2 card, and a SanDisk 16GB Class 6 card i used in my HD2.
[Vibrant Accessories] oakie:
i really dont understand how anyone can manage to COMPLAIN about more data space, or that someone bothered to share a good deal they had found. either you people lead unhappy lives or you're lashing out because you're unable to afford one... because there's no logical explanation you can create to support an argument against a 32GB card except price.

the microSDHC spec allows for up to 32GB. it's just taken this long (released in the beginning of this year, or so) for a company to create a chip dense enough to reliably manufacture a 32GB microSD card.

the new spec, microSDXC, will cover sizes ranging from 32GB up to 2TB in the Secure Digital format. 64GB SDXC cards are already available from Panasonic and SanDisk.
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
Price is the only issue. I'm not against having more space. I'd buy a 64GB if the phone could handle it and it were available.

The issue is: a 16GB is $40, but a 32 is $100. Obviously there's a difference in cost there. Maybe you should have read my followup post. This isn't a "640k is good enough for everyone" but more taking into consideration of having around 30GB vs having around 46 (you lose plenty from the factory install) and no, I'm not going to rehash my old question again. Also, what kind of crap is this? "there's no logical explanation"? Honestly?

Lets see. You have 32GB in total by having a 16GB card installed? how's that.

jeez dude, what a jack-ass posting by you.
[Vibrant Accessories] Texag2010:
Thanks this totally cleared up everything! Greatly appreciated!
[Vibrant Accessories] Pneumatic:
I remember buying my first 2.1 GB Barracuda hard drive for my computer back in the day (early 90's?) and thinking "This is more space than I will EVER use!“

If you would have told me back then that we would have a storage device capable of storing 15 times more data that will fit on your finger tip and cost under $100.... I would have said you are crazy.
[Vibrant Accessories] thunderstruck!:
I still have 2 80 meg hard drives that I paid over $500 each for about 20 years ago.
[Vibrant Accessories] BigWorldJust:
I found 8GB MicroSDHC card for $20.00. I think that is better than this :P.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kingston-8GB-microSDHC-Memory-Card-with-SD-Adapter/10981796

This is just what I need to put all the seasons of Martin & Fresh Prince Of Bel Air on my phone :D.
[Vibrant Accessories] metalfan78:
Well, just ordered mine for 99 bucks off verizon.com

Soon I can load all my tunes onto my phone and ditch my stupid ipod...sweeter
[Vibrant Accessories] electrichuman:
16gb sdhc for $28 from amazon
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
Just fyi, that is a class 4. You can get a class 4 for 20 even on newegg. You might want to read carefully at what you are expecting, so that you get what you think you're getting.
[Vibrant Accessories] BigWorldJust:
What's wrong with Class 4? The speed? Doesn't matter to me :P.
[Vibrant Accessories] designerfx:
yes, speed changes, and not too significantly, however price drops a lot. You can find a class 4 around $20 anywhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds
[Vibrant Accessories] BigWorldJust:
Ah, I see thanks for the info. I only posted the Walmart link because I have a GC there. I'll probably pick up two to put some TV Shows no them :).
[Vibrant Accessories] jblade1000:
I also bought the 32gb card from verizon for $99, but I havent received a notifcation that its shipped, nor has my card been charged. Are they out stock/backordered?

*edit* wow my phone notified me as I was typing out my post and it was an email from verizon saying its shipped with a fedex tracking number lol
[Vibrant Accessories] scrizz:
sweet ima have to pick one up