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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appelflap:
I noticed that the (super) AMOLED displays are relatively cheap in comparison to the traditional LCD screens that you can find on for example the HTC's. Here in the Netherlands I found a company that will repair/substitute a Galaxy S screen for 100 euro. (Compared to 250 euro for a HD2 screen) And I didn't search that hard. I bet that there are companies that do it for less.

If other solutions doesn't work for you, google the internet and look what the prices are for a new display in your neighbourhood. Maybe its much cheaper than you thought.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pika007:
That's beyound any logic.

OLED/AMOLED screens are more expensive than LCD screens, 250$ for the HD2 screen is an overly blown-out price, you can find screens on ebay for less than half that price.

About sandpaper and whatnot- Yeah, high-grit sandpaper is a way to polish out scratches on glass.

I won't ever try it on the SGS, since i don't know where exactly is the digitizer layer.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcharng:
You won't really need to replace the OLED screen, its the capacitive touch screen layer that needed to be change.

For my omnia i900, I have plenty of scratches on my screen and I replaced the touch layer at one of the local store for less than 40USD.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appelflap:
aren't the touchsensors build in the screen itself? If I remember it well is the biggest advantage of super Amoled that it doesn't have a touch screen layer.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
Indeed that is the case. The SAMOLED screens have the touch technology integrated into the screen so you will have to replace the entire screen.

But someone found 100euros for a replacement in Holland... can you post a link to that? Seems like a good backup to me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cicinho:
If its not insured, then get it insured and claim the repairs of the insurance. Accidental damage should cover it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcharng:
outch, didn't know. best keep it scratch-less then. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkymedes:
From eHow:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogen:
LoL is that for real?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkymedes:
LoL :D I guess it is... the link is there and I just read about it.

I think is the cheapest way to try to fix small scratches.. I think I will try on some old phones around the house LOL
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doomsdaycs:
Dude i dont think u have a scratch dude what u have is a line in the screen that's present in all screens, all galaxy s users pls look carefully with white background u would see a distorted line look carefully, hope this helps..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
BTW sum1 mentioned removing scratches from GLASS.

Is the top layer of Galaxy S's screen really made from glass?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karooluss:
Has anyone tried to use scratch remove paste like for example Displex ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PraetoriaN84:
Hello,

I recommend you to use either Alien Surface shield, either ZAGG invisible shield for Galaxy S.

One friend of mine had same problem, and using one Alien Surface shield covered the scratch. The screen is clear now, and protected for future scratches.

I would also recommend AS surfaces as they have the a hole for the Home button and from what i've been told ZAGG shield doesn't (if i'm wrong please correct my statement).

Best,

PraetoriaN
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Medo2:
So did anyone tried the coca cola trick?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] alroco20:
I ran task 29, and after its done all my phone does is stay at the olds roms startup splash screen!!!! What do i do??? Is it bricked??? Why would someone tell me to do that if it was gonna break my devise??? can someone please help

:mad::confused::(:mad::mad::mad:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] BeEazy10:
lmfao relax. Hold your volume button down, hold the end key down(the button you hang up the phone with) then push the power button.

When your phone boot you should see a gray screen that say serial, plug your device into the computer and serial should change into usb. Then run the rom and there u go
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sumflipnol:
Doesn't that trigger Ramdump mode (well, I don't know what that means, actually)?:confused:

All the OP needs is to go to Bootloader Mode to flash a ROM via USB. Bootloader is easily accessed by: Turn off phone, then press/hold Volume Down + Power button.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] alroco20:
thanks guys, ive been using android, and never a minmo device, thanks everyone!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] BeEazy10:
Yes that mode what ever its called
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] steviewevie:
If you read the sticky posting on Task29, you would see it tells you that this is normal behavious for Task29, and it also tells you how to get out of it ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] raz1337:
Sortof. I just tried task29 for the first time a few days ago. I freaked out when I got in the same situation as him, but then read through the thread. There's the option of shutting the phone off, and pressing vol down + power key. I ended up doing vol down + power key + push reset with stylus at the startup screen. Simplest solution for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] forster:
taking off the battery, istnt that simplest?

Amd here is the theme about this
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] steviewevie:
In the very first posting of the Task29 thread, it says :
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sumflipnol:
IMO, the smartest thing to do is when Task29 is near 100% (I think it pauses at around 96%), hold down the Volume Down button. That way, when the phone (tries to) reboots, it goes straight to Bootloader.;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] alroco20:
thanks all you have been more than helpful, ive been using this site for a while (for my android device) but just recently made an account. All of you keep on getting it done!!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Mr kwando:
Hey, I have a Touch Pro2 and I tried the key combination above and it didn't work for me. I did get it to work however using the send key (green button) instead of the end key....

I.e, held volume down button, held send key and pressed power key once... ;-)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ultramag69:
Phone MUST be off before doing the key combo...
[Droid Incredible General] craigmack:
I cannot run metamorph on skyraider 1.9. Is this a problem for everyone? I would sure love to mix and match themes on my phone.
[Droid Incredible General] Captchunk:
It is my understanding that MetaMorph needs the nand to be unlocked, and as of yet, we do not have this on the Incredible.
[Droid Incredible General] mikeacela:
I unlocked nand using medjams method. U can find the video on YouTube.com/medjam

It will be the video showing how to get custom recovery.
[Droid Incredible General] fader01:
mejdam is using the same method as the rest of us, the nand is only unlocked in recovery. metamorph will not work if it needs the nand unlocked as stated by Captchunk
[Droid Incredible General] TNS201:
If you want to use metamorph, run the unrevoked tool, then it will reboot into bootloader, once you see the screen showup with the white HTC logo unplug the phone from your PC,make sure you do this before your phone completely boots the OS. You will have a temporary nand unlock until you reboot.
[General Questions and Answers] vince1234:
Im using an unlocked international LG GW620 (The outlet is European).

The sim card that I am using is an American T Mobile Sim, I live in the USA.

Problems:

1. I cannot receive or send picture messages (MMS) and I need help configuring the settings to work with my American T Mobile service.

2. There is no Android Market App on my phone.

Thanks in advanced
[EVO 4G General] shadowhawk2020:
The are a lot of improvements that could and should be made...

None of them I want marketed to the iPhone "lowest common denominator" crowd. When my brother first switched, he complained about every extra menu he had to go in. When I showed him that that extra menu meant endless customizations he said "cool".

We did that enough times that he now says he won't go back.

Lets go through these line by line.

My Evo with custom kernel is very smooth, but I have seen some android phones that are a little laggy. What causes it? Multitasking to many programs? Maybe to many running widgets? I will take the ability to do both of those things over "smoothness"

I like the blackness, if you don't change it... You don't buy android phones to have the color dictated by the manufacturer, you pick, change and choose

Again, choice. DroidX, Stock, Better keyboard, Swype, etc etc etc. Try them all find one that works for you. Or use speech to text, you get the picture. If you buy a 200 dollar smart phone and you can't figure out that there are a **** ton of keyboards in the marketplace the enjoy your iPhone.

It allows you to find your own music and movies without needing itunes. What is easier than drag and drop? Why do I need a clunky interface for what essentially is an easy process?
[EVO 4G General] timothydonohue:
re: music sync

try doubletwist if you want a syncing app. i don't really want or need it, but it works really well for some others.

the android app was free on the market a few days ago, but for a limited time only is what they said. grab it while it is
[EVO 4G General] mjz147:
Man you are missing the point of the whole post.

I know android allows users on here to customize it to their liking, but I meant for the average consumer who doesn't know what ROMS or rooting is, android could use a little bit of touch ups.

I prefer not having to use a program to manage music, but be honest out of all the people you know with android phones or iPhones which group has more users with music on their phone? I would say the iPhone.

Like I said in the post I know alot of people on here don't like having to use a program to control their music but for their average consumer it makes it easier and more people will like it and buy it.

The KB, again the AVERAGE CONSUMER doesn't know that they have more options. IMO the average user would prefer the iPhone KB because of the brighter colors than the black one on stock android. I Know their are many many different ones to customize and pick from, but most people don't know about those.

I am not saying that the iPhone's OS is superior, but it is popular because it is user friendly and looks nice.

Android works well and lets you customize and with that added smoothness or brighter colors to the OS I would say it would make the average consumer want one over the iPhone.
[EVO 4G General] SharkUW:
By physics you mean "easing"
[EVO 4G General] trukenx:
re sync

Ever tried dropbox... free 2gig.... anything I put in my CPU dropbox folder updates to my phone... ANY F~ing thing
[EVO 4G General] Classick206:
The Evo will never trump the iPhone. Not as long as it's running the second best OS on the market.
[EVO 4G General] 063_XOBX:
If you think it's second best then why did you buy one?
[EVO 4G General] Classick206:
Because I got sick of waiting for the white iPhone to come out.
[EVO 4G General] 063_XOBX:
They don't have an iPhone in a color you want so you get a phone you don't really want? Seriously? Thanks for confirming all the things people saying about iPhone users being incredibly stupid
[EVO 4G General] daveop:
Thanks for confirming that all Evo owners are incredibly shallow. See what I did there? Over generalizing ftl. To each his own. I swapped to an iPhone after a month, not because I hated my Evo, but because Sprint was bad in my area. If you read iPhone boards, they don't whine and complain about the Evo. I don't know why everyone on this board has a complex about the iPhone.
[EVO 4G General] mjz147:
I can agree with the guy above me, its a phone!

Yes this is an Android forum, but the second an iPhone is mentioned everyone starts talking trash about it, its a phone for god sake.
[EVO 4G General] martijua:
everyone ???
[EVO 4G General] TJDuckett:
1.) Your call-out makes no sense. The poster was being sarcastic at the other for making a blatantly shallow remark as to why he got the Evo (because there was not a white Iphone available? What the ****? Really?), and you, in turn, called him shallow... that makes absolutely no sense.

2.) As for the rest of your post, I agree... it's more than just fancy specs that make a phone one to buy... in your case, simply HAVING SERVICE was the deal breaker, and rightfully so, lol. I'm the opposite, and AT&T users get absolutely NO service in my apartment buildings, so even if I thought the Iphone was amazing, it'd be a no-go for me.

3.) It doesn't matter what the people post at the Iphone boards. This isn't the Iphone board. Most people here don't visit Iphone boards because **gasp** they don't own an Iphone. With that, you tossing out how "they act" comes off pretty "holier than thou" and has a weird "stealth trolling" vibe to it, because it's irrelevant. At least when you hear most comparisons here, it's about specs and features... you're just grouping the users into categories based on a generalization of how you THINK they think/act, and calling one group better than another. Get that **** out of here.

Anyways, on topic:

It'd be nice if there were more out of the box features that really let android shine over the competition. I completely agree on this. Showing my friends all of the theming, power saving, and doodads is definitely downplayed when they ask about simple features like MMS and I my phone is taking 300 kb files and downgrading them to 17 kb.
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
I agree with the OP that it would help if the stock OS came dressed up more, just not to the point where you have features you can't change or that the OS becomes bloated. Maybe something like an OS wizard so you can choose how the GUI is set up and it downloads them as needed. With all the different ways to customize it you have to spend a lot of time researching, and you will still always find cool stuff you've missed before.

Also people forget that the iPhone is basically the Gold standard for smart phones right now, wether or not it really is a superior phone. Most everyone knows somebody who has one so it's just something easy to compare too.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] natty407:
where can i findsum good 3rd party apps or markets
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
The android market on your phone has it all. What are you looking for that is not there?

You are not suggesting cracked apps are you?

http://www.androidfreeware.org/
[Captivate Themes and Apps] TWiG420:
You might be interested in http://XDA-developers.com/category/android/ they also have a great Android section in their forums.

(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] phonerrr:
Is there a site where you can download the apps via PC then push (SDK) them to your phone? Or do you have to download via phone first?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] systoxity:
You mean 'our' forum right?

Phone, dling apps with pc and side loading onto phone is a very popular method of getting android apps from 3rd parties.

Check out the pimp my captivate guide in general captivate forums for more info
[Captivate Themes and Apps] phonerrr:
I am looking for a site to actually download the apk on the computer and not the phone. So far all the site I see only give you the option to download via phone using bar code or link.

Next question, Once an app is installed on device, are you able to pull the apk from the phone to your computer for backup?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] systoxity:
yes.

websites with apks r usually download sites like rapidshare
[Captivate Themes and Apps] phonerrr:
I am converting to android and new to this so thanks for the help. Could you tell me a well known site you use. I have looked at these sites and don't see any download options for a PC.

androidapplications.com and appbrain.com
[Captivate Themes and Apps] systoxity:
http://www.gameloft.com/android-games/top/

gameloft makes a lotof the best games.

samsung kies has apps u can dl n install too.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] TWiG420:
Yes.. I was just being a smartass. Won't again. Hehe

(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] TPA_Droid:
SlideMe.org has some apps.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jackdiamond20:
Hey, i installed a bunch of APKs on my GFs stock but rooted phone, but i can't get them to launch because of the security. How can i get around this. IM not used to it because mine is flashed and never has these lock downs.

Thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] blazin99:
is there a way to install 3rd party apps on my captivate without buying root explorer??
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kytrauma:
android mate is a good free root explorer substitute from market.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] blazin99:
My sound isn't working for some reason I did just put froyo on it but it was working for a while... any ideas?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] blazin99:
I just got my phone back from Samsung, tried to reroot it but it wont reinstall update.zip... any ideas?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] white00gt:
go to android central and get the Android Central Sideload Wonder Machine

http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-sideload-wonder-machine/

your phone does not have to be rooted to side load app's
[Captivate Themes and Apps] blazin99:
Is there a way to get my stock camera app back from being uninstalled? I can't take video anymore... any thoughts
[Droid X General] synplex:
After getting my Droid X I kept trying to open the Blockbuster app and all I would get was a black screen until I force closed it. I kept trying after restarting my phone, but it still wouldn't work. So I decided to redownload it from the Market and now it works.

It might be a pointless app but at least it now works.

ANyone else having the same problem? Anyone even using it?
[Droid X General] Seapup:
Yep. I let it sit on that black screen for 5 minutes and finally, a notification popped up that read, "An application update is required." It just took me to the Market to update to the same version (1.0.45) that you manually grabbed. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
just wondering

or 720p
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
1 more question lets say i have the movie avatar in my phones internal memory is it possible to make the icon of avatar on the main screen like it came with the default vibrant. if so how do i do it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tengtengvn:
The icon is actually an .apk app.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
really? is there anyway i can link it to the movie i have in my phone i accidentally deleted the original avatar
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rondey-:
if you deleted the movie from your memory card you are probably out of luck, if you just removed the apk then you can launch the video with the default video player or from within the gallery.

i tried both 720p and 1080p in a mkv container and neither worked. i think it supports divx hd but i dont have any videos in that format.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
well that sux The one that was included in vibrant was that 720p?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoscentral:
really? I have a ton of 720p mkv episodes of top gear that play just fine
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rondey-:
the resolution is 800x480
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tengtengvn:
800 x 480. The Vibrant can play 720p. I haven't try 1080p.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rondey-:
hrm i will try again, what i tried worked fine on my laptop and htpc but not on the phone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben7337:
Are you sure it was encoded properly. Usually they need to be at the right level like AVC 3.1 base profile or something like that, I don't know much about it, but I know many players are picky, make sure it's encoded at the right settings first.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
great so 720p mkv works is there any way i can create icon to that movie to place it on the main screen?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pychobj2001:
BetterCut then custom icon?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] autoxer:
Install astro file manager from the market (free) then go to your home screen, long press, choose shortcuts, then astro, navigate to the video, then select done. It'll show up with a film reel icon and when you click it it'll just play.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shane_pcs:
What about simlinks? don't they work in android? Could you not create a simlink on the sd card that points to the internal memory location of avatar? You would have to add it to any sd card you want to use in the phone, but seems like a better solution that losing the icon.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt_stang:
Just write an app that points to the movie on your sd card and then opens it in a media player and you can supply whatever icon you want. The app would be like 6 lines tops
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
if i knew how to do it i would have done it lol
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kizer:
My HTPC plays the same files that my Vibrant seems to be able to play. I've thrown some 480rips, 720rips at it and it plays fine. I've only thrown Divx/Xvids at it thou.

The biggest file I've though at it was a 3.2gig file and it seemed to play just fine. 5.1 encoded as well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kizer:
I just tried a 1080p mkv file and it said "file type was not supported". Then again I don't know if mkv is supported in the first place since I haven't really tried any other than the one I tried nor do I know if 1080 is supported.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rondey-:
I tried another 720p mkv and it played fine.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradleyw801:
It plays AVI's like a dream. I did a 1080P AVI file and it looked AWESOME!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EugeneKay:
I've not been able to figure out what the cause is, but the stock ROM has some problems with the MKV container format. M4Vs containing h.264 video / AC3 audio up to 720p in size play just fine, but the same movie in a MKV will start to play, studder, and then die after a few seconds. This is odd, because on other people's devices they report zero problems, and on my original Vibrant(I'm on my second, care of a hard bricking) I had no problem either.

1080ps will play(downsized to 800x480, mind you), but the battery usage will be higher(working to downscale all those pixels to fit the screen), the file size will be excessive, and the bitrate may just be too damn high for the phone to even load it off the SD card. Best advice I can give is to transcode your high-def stuff down(I have a Handbrake preset) to inside of 800x480. I also mix the audio down to 160kbps Stereo(earbuds ain't 5.1, and SD space is precious when we're talking movies).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xalucardx:
Im usimg rock player to play mkv files, give it a try
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
IT LAGS.....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
i have 1080p file but its in mkv and it did not work so your saying if i convert that to avi it will work?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t0ny0:
Seriously people, how did you not understand what goes in General and what goes in Android Dev? Is it that hard to read the rules, before you post anything anywhere...:confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustinLoe:
I've just got to say, there's an mp4 of 720p that for whatever reason VLC has some trouble with (midrange pc w/ ati) that my vibrant plays like butter. lol it is a mystery, But this phone owns.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xalucardx:
Long press on file and select system mode , works like a charm at least with South Park espisodes on 720p , mi 1080p files are too large to fit on sd