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[General Questions and Answers] Mega Maniac:
Just been on the phone to HTC support UK. I sent my phone off due to blue banding appearing across the screen and wanted this fault repaired. The service center soon sent me an email saying their assessment was that the fault was caused by damage caused to the phone (there is a small bit of glass missing below the buttons, it had been like this for months before the blue banding appeared) and was thus out of warranty.

When on the phone the support tech said that regardless of how the fault came about the repair center cannot simply repair the blue banding fault without repairing the broken screen as well due to legal liability.

The example he gave was that if I were to cut myself or receive some sort of shock from the screen after it had been in for repair and the repair center had seen the break and not repaired it (even with express permission from the customer) they are legally liable for my injury.

This means no matter what fault may appear on the phone it can never be repaired until I splash out £160+ for the repair of the screen.

I have a basic understanding of return laws but liability laws are complex and the support tech seems very sure of himself (i.e. not just fobbing me off) so however ridiculous this may seem I am inclined to think that there is nothing can do. I just wanted to probe the mind of fellow forumites here incase I am being naive.

Thanks - MM
[General Questions and Answers] developing:
Their answer sounds pretty legitimate to me, based on my knowledge of local (United States) liability laws. People here can and do sue for the most ridiculous things; need I remind you about the woman who sued McDonalds for being burnt by spilling their coffee?

Admittedly, she was indeed severely injured, but at the time that was one of the best examples of ridiculous lawsuits, and I have no doubt that other people have capitalized on our absurdly lenient legal environment and sued over nothing.
[General Questions and Answers] Mega Maniac:
Yea I've heard of equally crazy lawsuits, the lady that sued because she left her campervan in cruise control and went into the back of the camper to make some tea, as the manual did not accurately explain what cruise control was.

In the place I work a foreign kitchen worker sued when he tried to retrieve his watch from the deep fat fryer. Idiot.

Our laws are very similar to the US, especially over the past 10 years I think our system has become more like yours. Whilst the individual should be protected against negligent corporations the current system does seem ridiculous.

Its just baffling that a in warranty repair cannot be carried out until an out of warranty repair is done and paid for first, and it is certainly not fair to the consumer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splink7007:
Is there a way to check the panel type without being rooted? Im going to hold off on rooting my new evo until the PRI issue is cleared and answered fully. Although im missing my fresh evo with the red koni theme....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aikeru:
Mine is fully rooted but I'd like to *bump* this because I'd like to know myself how to find out, please. :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] Cuchulainx:
Hi guys, I've got a couple of thousand 256x256 icons stored on my phone and they cause the N1 3D gallery app. to throw a spaz, it get's that processor intensive the phone end up's getting really hot and locking up.

Is there a more slimline, non-3d gallery I can replace it with and use as the default when replacing icons using Bettercut and Launcher Pro?

TIA!
[Desire Themes and Apps] JohnSteveDoe:
Pull the Gallery.apk from a Sense ROM.
[Desire Themes and Apps] dargolf:
Is that possible without the sense framework?

If yes, would it be possible to use the Sense camera.apk too?
[Desire Themes and Apps] madd0g:
What about placing a .nomedia file in the folders with icons ? That way the Gallery wont scan them.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Kameo:
@thed0g:

Thanks for the tip, it might come in handy.
[Desire Themes and Apps] robbiekhan:
is that a .nomedia folder or blank file (no extension) btw?
[Desire Themes and Apps] blackfox888:
you create a new folder, you can call the folder whatever as long it has '.' infront of it

i.e .pictures
[Desire Themes and Apps] Cuchulainx:
Good tip, only problem is bettercut/launcherpro use the gallery to find the custom icon you want :(
[Desire Themes and Apps] th3:
No matter which gallery you use, loading a few hundred small files will bog the CPU and SD card to 100% for a long while due to inherent physical limits... everytime you start the phone, reload SDcard or restart the installed gallery apps. Browsing them is an even bigger pain. I've been through this torture myself to realize (had 300MB in icons). The Sense gallery handles it far better than the stock gallery though.

The only workaround is as mentioned; to place a period/fullstop infront of the folder name where all the mass of icons are kept, and move the icons you require to another folder. Maybe keep it the same folder name just without the period in this case. All the galleries will pickup the icons in this latter folder and ignore the rest. Loading will be very fast.

So many small icon file reads/writes won't just make your phones flash choke but also your computers drive, unless you're using an SSD.

-----------------------------------

- Sent via my HTC Desire -
[Desire Themes and Apps] madd0g:
Its a blank file with name ".nomedia", which you put into a folder that you want to exclude from the Gallery.

".Folder" is just a hidden folder, but also might do the trick ;]
[Desire Themes and Apps] robbiekhan:
Excellent thanks peeps, now my stalker cam pics folder is hidden from unwanted eyes ¬_¬

¬_¬
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] vtired:
I finally got a working recook of the Telus 6.1 dump for the HTC Snap (S510).

Update July 30: first attempt(s) using blank ervius v1.8 kitchen resulted in errors crashing platformrebuilder.exe, so rather than starting with a blank kitchen, I started with JMZ Snap Kitchen

(from h t t p://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=670401)

1. using the kitchen, I dumped the "8-27-2009 Verizon Wireless Ozone ROM 1.12.605.30" recooked rom to borrow the payload

(from h t t p://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550863)

2. then I processed the Telus dump

(from h t t p://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=712931)

>tools\IMGFS\ImgfsToDump.exe Part02.raw

>tools\IMGFS\ImgfsFromDump.exe Part02.raw imgfs.new.bin

>tools\IMGFS\ImgfsToNB.exe imgfs.new.bin 0_OS.nb.payload telus.payload

(this copies all data except the IMGFS partition from os.nb.old.payload to os.nb.payload, then adds the IMGFS partition from imgfs.new.bin)

3. back to the kitchen, dump the telus payload which created a new kitchen directory under /dump

4. started up the new kitchen from /dump, selected the appropriate device, fill in Device ID with "CEDA****" and chunk with "64", then save and create!

the resulting nbh built with the new kitchen didn't include a splash screen, so I then flashed HTC_SNAP_Splash_CEDA.bmp.nbh

(from h t t p://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550863)

links to rom and kitchen in next two posts below...
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] vtired:
link to recooked rom:

h t t p : / / www . mediafire . com/file/5i6p50osa24gpkz/FLASH_TELUS.rar
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] vtired:
link to kitchen:

h t t p : / / www . mediafire . com/file/zmlpv0ptq4q9tw2/Telus_Chief_Kitchen.rar
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] vtired:
Note of course that you'll need to have previously flashed the HardSPL to your telus phone before you can flash cooked roms.

I had success flashing the Snap S511 HardSPL by JockyW to my S510.
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] Jorkapp:
Thanks man, it flashed just fine.

Glad to be back to stock ROM. That VZW 6.5 ROM was starting to annoy me.

[EDIT]

It seems I spoke a bit too soon:

1. I can't install some apps, and SDA unlocker says the phone is not unlockable. Things like MyPhone and MarketPlace complain about insufficient system privileges.

2. 3G Data connection doesn't work. Wifi only. At least I can still send/recv calls.

3. If I try to go to Settings->Phone, I get "The settings could not be opened."

4. CDMA1X connection has a GUID under "connects to", as opposed to a drop-down menu.

Looks like something got corrupted along the way.
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] vtired:
thanks for testing.

I'm not at all familiar (yet, becoming more so) with cooking, will attempt to address the platformrebuilder.exe error I got to see what that affects.

Update July 30: issues addressed, rom built without errors
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] vtired:
I've successfully recooked the rom without errors crashing platformrebuilder.exe. It flashed fine and no errors as far as I can tell.

I can't check 3G data connection however since the phone I'm using isn't activated - someone please tell me if it works.

I've updated the links to the newly recooked rom and rebuilt kitchen
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] SiL3nTKiLL:
good rom!!!!
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] Jorkapp:
The new ROM works just fine. Whatever you did, it worked.

Cheers!
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] babatin:
hello

i have telus snap s510

what is problems in this rom

my phone is unlocked
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] babatin:
hello

i try Snap S511 HardSPL by JockyW 3 times

but not work
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] kahicir:
The link to the updated kitchen is not currently working... anyone have another link or able to re-up this?

Thanks in advance :)
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] mrdss:
Confirmed link is dead.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fredphoesh:
Hello all, I posted this on another site, but thought I should post it here too as I have overcome some of the teething problems I had when posting here previously, and am REALLY happy with this phone.

Ive flashed with Pauls Modaco ROM, and replaced the TouchWiz with LaunchPro, and am VERY happy with the speed and overall performance.

I did have a bit of a lag and a bit of a wifi connection issue, but flashed the rom again and the wifi problem disappeared, the lag went with TouchWiz.

GPS has been fine, Navigation great, so has voice searching, playback of my Divx Xvid WMV videos and Flac Ape WMA etc audio files... been loving just dragging and dropping my movies and music to the EXT SD disk, just lovely to NOT have iTunes try to control your life!!

Yahoo and Gmail push are fantastic and incredibly fast (for yahoo you MUST use the Yahoo Mail app which gives you IMAP on Yahoo!!! (yesssssss!!!!) with all its folders etc.

Recording 720p videos has been really amazing, smooth 30fps with no dropped frames, and the audio was surprisingly good too. No flash for stills, but the cam shoots well in low light and you can bluetooth share the photos with your friends too.

ABSOLUTELY bloody delighted I am, by far the best phone I have ever used, thank god I saw the light and returned my iPhone 4, though its really a very good phone, just not as good as this, with the openness, speed, flexibility and widgets!

Thanks for the community and support here,

Mark, UK.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sammy555:
Yes with the newer firmwares gps and lag no longer an issue,and i think launcher pro is a must for this phone.I just love the customisation possibilites with android,you really can make your phone unique and your own.

As for the hd video recording i was playing a few back through the ps3 last night and really was shocked by the clairity of them (being realistic and considering its a phone)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Mark, great testimony.

I'm just about going to eBay off my SGS and get an iPhone 4 mainly because of the serious lags and GPS faults. I'm still very keen to try out Froyo 2.2 but perhaps on a device that has better performance and GPS. As it is now I have not been able to realise some of the key reason why I came to Android - i.e., to watch flash videos and to have browsers that some reports claim is as much as 3 times faster than iPhone's. (I know, I know, I should have known that it is still running 2.1. The Optus shop assistant assured me that she had personally installed 2.2 onto SGS, and I was naive enough to take her word for it before buying)

I like to get to exactly where you are now. Would you mind giving us the links to your firmware please?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fredphoesh:
Hi Steve, no probs, but I am running 2.1 still!

From experience on ROMS for Hero and then my WinMo Touch HD before that, the best roms are based on manufacturer's release versions. I dont have any GPS problems, certainly no more than any other phone Ive had, and even my expensive, in-car Garmin gps-specific device still takes a while to get satellites sometimes! I have successfully used my phone twice so far to enter an address and do turn by turn navigation.

For my ROM, I paid a bit to Modaco last year, so that still entitles me to free downloads of their roms, the link is

http://android.modaco.com/content/s...rom-for-samsung-galaxy-s-with-online-kitchen/

You DO have to flash first to one ROM then to another, as Paul says in the instructions. For rooting, I think there are some easy instructions on this xda forum.

For the Launcher Pro, Id just search the market.

I have nothing against the iPhone (other than the design flaw and slimeball steve jobs smoke and mirrors) my wife has a 3gs with iOS4, it runs well as a phone, but IMO it is really for people who want a phone with apps that are useful to them... nothing wrong with that! For someone who wants to be closer to the cutting edge, nothing beats android. Personally, as a bit of a geek myself, I love to have a phone that works AND have an exciting phone. No other phone on the market offers ALL of what the SGS does... not even the Evo.

Mark.

ps, the Evo does have 4g but no divx xvid ape flac
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Hey Mark,

I've just downloaded JG1. However, since this is my first Android phone, I have no idea what to do with it. Currently I'm having a rooted JF3 firmware. Would you mind just in a few points tell me how to install JG1 since the Modaco link assumes that it's already done?

BTW, the way I unrooted was to download an update.zip file into \sdcard, then press volume, power and home, select the update.zip item, and that's it. Is the procedure for installing JG1 similar? Do I need to rename JG1.zip as update.zip?

Thanks a million, and I look forward to sharing your joy in using this phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fredphoesh:
Hi there, yep, thats exactly it, rename to update.zip and flash as you did when you unrooted.

Im going out for most the day, so report back!

Cheers,

Mark
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Sounds very easy. Thanks for your great help. I assume to move to the custom ROM in modaco, I do exactly the same thing again?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
I'm having problem. This is what I did:

- I copied JG1.zip into sdcard, and rename it Update.

- Turn off the phone

- Press volume up+power+home until I see the Samsung logo, then let go.

- Use the volume key to go down to apply sdcard: update.zip, press home.

Here, I have these messages displayed:

#MANUAL MODE#

--Apply Muti-CSC...

Installing Muti-CSC

--Install from sdcrd...

Finding update package

Opening update package

Installing update

Installationg aborted.

What did I do wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lisette:
I don't think you're supposed to flash JG1 as an update.zip? I was under the impression that update.zip is for rooting/unrooting and custom ROMs, and not for official firmware...

You need to flash it with Odin if the update.zip method isn't working!

I can't post links since I'm a new, unverified member (grrrrr...) but go to the Galaxy S Android Development forum here at XDA, there's a {BIG FAQ Thread} {Flash/Root HOWTO}, read post #2 in that thread!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
I'm not sure what's in the JG1.zip file.

What I have done is exactly what post #2 says. I don't see any step that I did being different from what it says I should do.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Still no luck with JG1 Installation. Anyone knows what the problem is?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] riz157:
You need to flash rom via Odin here is download link for Odin and PIT:

https://www.wuala.com/Samsung Galax...din/Odin & Bootloader(.PIT)/?key=AfzUZSU4SpKU

Download relevant firmware, in this instance JG1 which you will find at the following(you need to register first):

http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/WEBPROTECT-samsungi9000.htm

Also there you will find at the bottom flash guide in PDF. Download that and follow the instructions.

Once you have flashed firmware then you can flash custom rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] riz157:
Have you succesfully installed drivers on your pc?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
I know I can use the Odin method via PC to flash the ROM, but I had chosen method B procedure B described in this post to flash instead:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7152078&postcount=2

I want to know why it was not working. Or is the post wrong in saying that you can use method B procedure B?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Streetking10:
So i just purchased a htc hero about a week ago and i'm having some problems.

1) phone lags really bad i thought maybe cause i had music on my sd card or a few apps but after deleting them it lags just as bad. Is there any way to end the lag or is that just the way the phone is?

2) track ball, menu, home buttons, etc.. do not light up all the time or will randomly flash.

3) I have been reading about rooting the phone, but have the Build # 2.27.651.6 and read that i have to downgrade to the .5, but i have no idea how to back up all my information(numbers, pictures, media etc..)

I would extremly apperciate any help that anyone can provide, Because this is the first " smart phone" i have ever purchased and i'm really forward to being able to root the from and do things i never knew a phone could do.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subcypher:
2. The lights are based on the light sensor. You block the light getting to it and the trackball, LEDs, etc light up.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
3.

Numbers: you can either download HTC Sync here http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=933&news_id=631 which will sync your contacts to Outlook

or if you prefer, you can of course sync via Google contacts. Settings > Accounts & sync > Google > check Sync Contacts and let it sync

Pictures and media: just backup everything on your SD card. Connect phone to PC, and when prompted on the phone, click mount as Disk drive. Open the sd card via My Computer, and copy and paste everything onto your PC.

Edit: I just realized, changing a ROM/downgrading/etc won't affect your SD card at all. You don't have to worry about backing up pictures and media, they will just stay on your SD card unharmed. You could always make a backup if you feel paranoid, though.

If you want a quick speed boost and don't really care for Sense UI, try downloading LauncherPro from the market. It's free and a really fast home replacement.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subcypher:
I agree. I love it. More customizable than Sense, too. Well, if you're not a widget freak. I only use a few and I got them from the Market or they were the stock Android ones.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Streetking10:
Well i downloaded the launcherpro and it didn't stop the lag. It still lags when i open text messages or go through my contacts.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
LauncherPro helps with gerneal home screen navigation speed.

And yeah I hate the HTC messaging app lag. I switched to Handcent (free). It opens everything way faster. I don't go through my contacts through the People app often so it doesn't bother me.

Another tip: download Spare Parts (free) and set window and homescreen animations to Fast (or if you really don't care, None).
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Streetking10:
I downloaded Spare Parts and Handcent and it helped out quite a bit. Now i have a nother issue I tried to root my phone last night but had to do the downgrade to the .5build but everytime i tried it kept saying USB ERROR 170 or something like that...
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
For all people that haven't seen i release a version here

OLD

Hi to all, as i announce i prepare a sinple tool to change key mapping, but before release i need someone to test it (i don't have much time).

I don't accept any other user to the group because only two submit some comments.

This is a screenshot:

as bsg is totally written in python and it can run on win/lin/mac

This tool doesn't change the kernel. Produce a simple androidupdate so you can revert changes without flashing.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] manu33xtro:
Very cool...

Yeah... If you want I'm your man :)

Send me a PM.

Cheers.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] skoxda:
willingly : )

pola100 with incubus Froyo rls11.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] narfight:
I can test if you want (Polaris100)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] ecw98:
Add me

Thanks
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
Subscribe to this group and i post you the program...
[Touch Cruise Android Development] SuperJMN:
I found this program really useful! Now I can configure each key to my likings. By the way, is there a manner of configuring the full press of the Camera button?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
Did you flash latest kernel?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] manu33xtro:
Feedback...

Hi,

I don't know how to post attachment in your social post (!), sorry...

What works :

- power for wake and wake-up

- call

- end-call, when your're in communication

- GPS : back

- explorer : menu

- long press power or end-call : options of phone

What doesn't works (with the configuration of tool) :

- long press call : search !

- when I see home, press end-call : wake !

- short press camera : home !

- long press camera : recent applications

And I think (if it's possible) you can make options for :

- long press end-call

- long press call

And I test the bootgenerator but impossible to generate the .sh file !!

Thank you, I hope that's help you for better tool.

Cheers.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
i have update bsg try now...
[Touch Cruise Android Development] taurusqh:
Great！

Is it to say, we can use an app to config the key mapping?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
Do you mean an android app?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] chourmovs:
that's a great idea liquid, i suscribe

thank you
[Touch Cruise Android Development] rscheller:
Phone function and voicemail keypad mapping

Can this tool be used to remap the telephone keypad when the user accesses their voicemail so that the number keys show voicemail function terms like 'msg del', 'msg save', 'hear msg', 'msg replay', etc.

I don't know about other carriers but AT&T has the stupid voice prompting that tells the user what number to push to perform a function such as 'To delete this message press 7'. Wouldn't it be so much better to show under the 7 on the key instead of "PQRS' have it say 'msg del'.

I can't believe there's no android app already available that accomplishes this capability.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
No, you need a program to do this
[Touch Cruise Android Development] dertester123:
Hey this tool looks nice. It will be very usefull and from time to time the key mapping changes in some roms.

What is with the Voicerecord button? I got a pola200 and its on the top left above the volume button. Is this on a pola100 too? Or is it what you mean with camera second?

Another question: will it be possible to map a short and long press feature to each button?

Atm i use incubus froyo and on explorer button is settings on short press and keyboard on long press for example.. would be usefull for every button ;D

So good developing :D hope it will be finished soon and that you share this promising tool
[Liquid S100 Android Development] barbatecla:
New ROM (android 2.1 ECLAIR) 1.100.09.EMEA.GEN1 in www dot acer dot es
[Liquid S100 Android Development] KysioXV:
Two weeks ago Acer released 1.100.

39

.EMEA.GEN1 and now (also here in italy) there is the 1.100.

09

.EMEA.GEN1

Isn't 39 bigger than 09?? :confused: