yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
It is a common practices by many well known software company in the past. The not too secretive and well known software leaks. I can see a lot of benefits for the software companies, including: saving a lot of money on testing, no responsibility for bricked phone and last but not least, keep the enthusiast communities alive that give free voluntary supports for their products.

Put that in monetary terms, it could worth ten of millions of dollars.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
Samsung have better things to do than read feedback from sites where most people have no clue what they are on about. If the leak is intentional it's only because they know that lots of updates sell phones to geeks but likely annoys nontech people., this way they reach both.

I really don't think they give a crap about the feedback from forums like this. But if you get a kick by believing they rely on us to figure out the bugs, more power to you. ;)

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dandarebr:
Hello,

This was posted on the Captivate forum and I don't know if this is true. I'm actually looking for some people to try this feature as I don't have the I9000 (yet).

Could someone test this feature? I mean REALLY test it? Test this feature in an area where only 850 MHZ is avaiable? I think someone using the i9000 on AT&T will be able to test.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shollywood:
Tell us how to enable it...I9000 works on 3G on 1900 Band out of the box.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dipac:
This information is not correct for the international version. I tested on on purchased from HK but used in Australia and while i can get to the service mode command, i get an error when i try to set WCDMA mode to 850.

Procedure below:

1. on the key pad, type *#*#197328640#*#*

2. Select [1] Debug Screen

3. Select [8] Phone control

4. Select [7] Network control

5. Select [2] and selection

6. Select [2] WCDMA band []

7. Select [6] WCDMA 850

After this i get

"MENU NOT EXIST"

"PRESS BACK KEY"

Current command is 187226

Except i'm doing something wrong it appears that i can't set the WCDMA mode to 850.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NeoXTC:
I'm pretty sure the bands the phone can operate in is a hardware limitation. So unless someone opens up the phone and identifies the chip that does this, I highly doubt u can use 850 band on it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kilack:
What if you select it to all bands?

never mind i tried it, just selects everything except 850, so its hardware limited, radio doesnt support it.

Would have been nice though :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kilack:
This is correct! but sometimes the radio will support bands that aren't enabled in the firmware, was hopeful :).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kilack:
Actually managed to enable 850...

Go down to combin bands, then enable it, then you can go back to wcdma band and select it there..

I dont have an 850 network to test on to see if it actually works though, doubt it does but worth a try...

update: nevermind doesn't work, checking info in the setup menu can still see it using 2100.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dandarebr:
Maybe it's because you are actually using 2100 at that moment. You should try using 3G when in a 850 MHZ only region.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reuthermonkey:
very awesome!

This works on the Samsung Vibrant on TMOUSA also.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgkahn:
Ok trying it so far so good... can someone tell me how to determine what band I am currently using?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
I get the same exact thing.... Can someone PLZ tell us how to do this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
interesting find, i'll need to test this out myself as i'm only using 1900 band
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dark-Master:
I got

"MENU NOT EXIST"

"PRESS BACK KEY"

too.

I think it's just hardware limitations. We can't enable thing we don't have on our phone. I'm hoping that I'm so wrong because my provider is using 850MHz for 3G.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reuthermonkey:
It's a software limitation. Radio firmware doesn't seem to have it enabled, but if you have a Radio firmware that can enable it, you'll have access to that band.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
Are you saying we need to flash to the Captivate radio?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dmulligan:
Enabling 850 under Combi Bands certainly makes 850 available under WCDMA BAND. My gut tells me that just enabling wcdma 850 under combi and leaving the band selection automatic is the way to go. I am currently in a 850 + 1900 region and I cannot make the phone go to 850 only. However when I select automatic wcdma 850 goes away again.

I wish I had tried this 4 days ago as I was in an 850 only region on the weekend.

D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dark-Master:
SWEET!:eek:

I wish we can switch the radio band on-the-fly.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reuthermonkey:
seems to be working on my Vibrant:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7388848&postcount=101
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
thank you for the link.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] clubtech:
When i had the i9000 (now i have a Captivate for this specific reason) it did not work.

I did exactly what is described in the Vibrant post, select only 850Mhz WCDMA and WCDMA only and i got NO SERVICE where i do have 850Mhz 3g working in this area.

This might work on the Vibrant for some reason, but it does not work on the i9000.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] madsborelli:
Now that we have working CM 5.0.8 ports to our hero, does that mean that we can just take a g1 or magic theme and flash it?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Deleted member 2500726:
Mod please move this to Q&A or at least the theme section...

I guess so but I'm not completely sure. The resolution is the same and probably also the apks so I can't see why not but again I'm not sure. You can try it out. Nothing will happen as long as you've got a nandroid ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bonesy:
put simply..no they wont work..They have different framework-res.ap files,services.jar and others that are port or device specific
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ZED_pt:
Themes based on the CM version you are using DO work as long as they are MDPI(Hero,g1,eris,etc) not HDPI(nexus,desire,etc).

There are some in Android Themes section of this forum,worked for me without problems.

If you want a theme meant for AOSP G1 rom...you cant for the reason mentioned above by Bonesy.Probably they wont even work across the diferent G1 roms.

Only themes based on the CM version you are using.
[General Questions and Answers] dexterslab:
need the default values for HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCScroll from a stock rom, could someone help? i tweaked some and never made a note of the defaults:mad:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YellowGTO:
Check it out. http://twitter.com/SamsungFirmware
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bizzshow26:
Thsts good news cant eait just picked this bad boy up and cant eait to put froyo on it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dublued:
It's not a final release. Looks like it's some sort of alpha build that was leaked.

Most probably full of glitches. I'll wait for the final OTA update.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flameinthefire:
so tomorrow we should all have froyo?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nycbasic:
No, it just means that Europe has Android 2.2! Not N.A. yet. =[
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistical:
I intend to wait for an OTA update to 2.2. I would honestly recommend everyone else do the same as well. I am sure the firmware might be safe but you never know what else could be on it. Either way, if 2.2 is actually this close, this is great news to hear. :)

I am sure everyone here is smart enough to realize that is not an official samsung twitter account. You can just easily tell from the terrible avatar and named used yet alone the url of the site they link to is actually hosted at the free hosting service Webs.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WilliamStern:
I agree with above. I wouldn't jump the gun on this one just yet.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minogue:
its not An official Blog or Site.......

And For Samsung to provide an update this Quick would be a miracle. so Im not buying it and im sure once the clock hits 12, you can either Flame me or Thank me for not putting your Hopes up:))))))))))))
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SiL3nTKiLL:
hopefully soon enough!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dex1701:
Agreed. I'll believe it when I see it. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
That twitter account is so full of $hit.

It said the linpack score was 14.6, that is insanely low for froyo and the specs of the Vibrant. It should be around 40. Hell stock eclair is 8.4 or so.

Put NO FAITH IN THIS TWITTER ACCOUNT.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TGA_Gunnman:
Froyo is comming to i9000

http://www.samsung-firmware.webs.com/
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhcp011235:
I have no idea. But, this site does seem to have all firmwares. Euro only though so it seems.

I havent seen any stock firmwares for the US versions. So *shrug* I dont believe it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sawawa:
Yeah, the Nexus One running Froyo gets a Linpack score of 37.

The Galaxy S devices will score higher due to their better processor.

So, a Linpack score of around 14? Lies.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pychobj2001:
This website has been around for a while now, and they do alot of work in EU so odds are it is real, and france said it was going to realease a froyo update in sept for sure, so this is just a RC1 or something, I have been flashing beta's all my smartphone owning days...so i will most likely do a nandroid and flash this froyo even if it's pre-alpha...weeeee!!!! sounds fun! as long as i don't have to use odin..and i can just reflash my nandroid save...i'm good

Forgive all the spelling errors..i was typing crazy fast and am to lazy to correct..lol
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boodies:
I too can't wait for this update. check this img out lol

Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pychobj2001:
And then when you put into perspective the amount of indy java VM writing companys that might come around and do crazy speed ups to java with custom build dalvik java virtual machines it even more excite..but they won't release them to the general public and i don't think big companies are gunna bite..i hope google just like them and buys them whoever they are..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fykick:
I agree with the earlier post...if this build reaches no more than 14 Mflops...I'd be willing to bet it is nothing more than one of the previous galaxy roms with spoofed info and just the frozen eclair files built in. Because as it stands that will get you from 12 to 14 Mflops. Real froyo on the vibrant should put out more than 14 Mflops, even if it is a test build or not, I'd be willing to say. But we will find out pretty soon I guess...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonmindo:
Nothing here in USA... clicked on "update firmware" says none available
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berserk87:
the firmware they claim they have they got from a directory on the samsung website, its not officially released.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Nice! :D

Froyo on the N.A. version Galaxy S needs to be a holiday. LOL...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
im in america....but im downloading the firmware....i'll probably flash it.....and then if i need to go back....use the samsung kies app to revert the firmware
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
or at least see if anything can be done with it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EugeneKay:
This ROM(XXJP1) has been released. Do *not* flash this ROM.

It works decent, but it does have some major spit and polish issues. Root cannot be obtained via the update.zip method. I tried to revert of UVJE8 via Odin3, and a total hard-brick occurred. Black screen, no button lights, zero. This is not the Cell+!+PC soft-brick. Given the current state of this ROM(engineering preview), it is far from usable as a daily driver. Another user has stated that the cell radio does not work at all.

I say again, if you try to downgrade after flashing XXJP1, you run a very good chance of getting a HARD brick. Avoid.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acjames:
Thats exactly how i bricked my phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lp894:
then I will abstain. However....is it possible to use what IS there just to get the android system as an os....while taking say the zimage and radio from an older image?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acjames:
Im sure thats what the Devs are working on. We just have to be patient....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TGA_Gunnman:
A quote from our devs.

Scepterr:

"Vibrant and Captivate users do not flash the i9000 JP1 & JP2 Froyo release it does not work correctly and you can not revert back."

Please don't try flashing the i9000 upgrade.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] designerfx:
heh my thoughts from the start were "awesome. lets wait for devs to make use of it". I hope nobody flashed it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djunio:
cant wait til this gets ported, an official release should hit by the end of next month
[Vibrant General] alecjake:
So I love this phone. I received it yesterday, and I can get a very accurate GPS lock in about three seconds, without the 'fix'. I havent noticed a single problem with the phone. The only thing I have a question about is this 5.1 Channel Surround Sound. It says you can only use it in headphone mode-but when I put in the headphones that came with the Vibrant the only thing I notice is it makes the movie/music higher pitched. Is that all it does or am I missing something?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's an SRS sound processing effect, best for movies since you can't adjust the "TruBass", "Dialog Clarity", "Center/Surround" or "Focus"..

IMHO some of us would be loving a true SRS iWOW DSP, and not this crap Samsung gave us. It's best left off for music and it probably isn't that great for movies
[Vibrant General] Damitu:
Boy, ain't that the truth!

If there is some developer out there PLEASE port SRS WoW to

the android platform...!

Or at least give us some way to set the sound options on the

video player. I really like this phone but, even with headphone on

it's sometimes very hard to hear movies while they are playing.
[Vibrant General] siberslug:
Mine was the same way until I rooted it.

After I rooted it I went from 18 hour battery life to 6-8 and the freezing problem got really really bad, the more apps I put on the phone the worse it got, it got to the point were I got a black screen for 3-5 minutes every other app I opened.

My GPS also worked perfectly but I try the 1st "fix" and I had nothing but problem ever sense I did it.

I returned mine for a new one and everything worked great except the GPS and I applied the 2nd fix and all works great now.

Moral of the story is

If it's not broke don't fix it :D

I'm not going to root my phone until things are ironed out.
[Vibrant General] bahnburner:
I loved reading what uninformed users think. The Update.zip only installs Superuser.apk, SU, and Busybox. All three only run when called upon by another application, and then exit. You battery issues are unrelated, more than likely caused by leaving your brightness up too high, or wifi or bluetooth on. The lag is a known issue by Samsung. It is caused by the way app data is stored, and can be remedied by moving the datadb to another partition and sym-linking. Blaming these problems on rooting is like blaming a flat tire on the oil change you got last week, it's just ignorant and uninformed.

Also, all of this is unrelated to the original post, so please, stop trying to thread jack and take your misinformed opinion elsewhere.
[Vibrant General] raduque:
Well, I don't know how rooting cause all that, 'cause all rooting the vibrant consists of is copying Superuser.apk, su and busybox over.
[Vibrant General] phonepersonality:
Zing!

That was a bit harsh.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kllian:
A buddy brought over his G1 that recently went fubar.

When booting, it gets stuck doing the logo for CM 6. While connected, I am able to access adb shell. When I try to mount the sdcard in order to flash a new recovery, i get this message

mount: can't read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory

When I try to access recovery, it just comes up and says usb fastboot and has the G1 logo.

When holding down Camera+Power I get to this menu

Dream PVT 32B ENG S-OFF

HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA10000)

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

HBOOT

<BACK> FastBoot Mode

-- Pressing BACK--

FASTBOOT

<CAMERA STEP2> HBoot Mode

<SEND> Reset Device

<ACTION> Restart to HBoot

<MENU> Power Down

////////////////////////////////////////////

I figured I'd want to replace the recovery image, once able to get into the recovery image is to then get a rom and reflash (of course wipe everything all along the way).

Help?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kllian:
When booting into fastboot

fastboot devices returns

HTblahblah fastboot

E:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img

sending 'recovery' (45 KB)... OKAY [ 0.419s]

writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: image error(BootMagic check fail))

finished. total time: 0.420s
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kllian:
Once I got the correct recovery image 4.6MB that works much better :)
[Captivate General] alkiter:
Anybody got Flash Player to work yet? I've downloaded the flash_for_2.1.apk, installed it as a plugin but neither the browser nor OperaMini seems to use it.
[Captivate General] Peaster111:
I tried this apk as well... same results. I guess we'll need to wait for an different version to" arrive".
[Captivate General] V DidDy 210:
yeah its buggy as hell and flashlite doesn't work well.

if you need basic flash support, use skyfire
[Captivate General] AJerman:
From what I read, installing Flash 10.1 on Android 2.1 does absolutely nothing. I read through huge threads of people trying to figure out if it did, but they were getting confused because they already had Flash Lite 4 which shows up as 10.1 in Adobe's about page.

All we have for now is whatever version of Flash Lite we have (3.x I think). Past that we have to wait for 2.2 to get a better flash player. I've yet to see someone actually get 10.1 working on 2.1, and I don't think it will ever happen since Adobe has said they use APIs available in 2.2 only. I don't know if you can update Flash Lite to get at least a little better experience, but I didn't find anything with a quick search.
[Captivate General] marshall7712:
I took the liberty of calling directly to Samsung this afternoon and spoke with a gentleman in their tech dept. They know all about the GPS issues and regret them deeply. They are in the process of releasing OTA fixes (he let this slip) beginning this coming Monday or earlier. It will come directly to the phone (OTA) with the option of installing now or later. He said within three weeks this will be fixed worldwide. It will not be a long running problem as they want everyone to get what they paid for (his words). He made me well aware that they have the difficulty recognized and under control. I hung up well assured.
[Captivate General] <insertwittyusernamehere>:
Glad to hear this, but I'll believe it when I see it.
[Captivate General] ranova:
thanks, but until I see it, I dont believe reps unless it comes in a press release
[Captivate General] brandonb81:
Very happy to hear this. I emailed samsung support earlier over the weekend, if I get an answer I'll be sure to post it here.
[Captivate General] jmreed97:
No way... an AT&T tech manager told me they have received no fix from Samsung yet. They would have to test the fix them selves before it was allowed as an OTA update. No way it will be here by Monday...
[Captivate General] donaldkbart:
just wondering does rooting your phone stop OTA fixes, or will I still receive the message?
[Captivate General] SoCADesertRat:
Here is the email response I received yesterday from Samsung after writing them about the GPS issue -- certainly no indication that they are on top of the problem:

Thank you for your inquiry. We understand your distress concerning the GPS feature of your Samsung Captivate (SGH-I897). We recommend obtaining the initial lock while outdoors in clear view of the sky.

You can also try this steps:

You must select Settings > Location and security > Use wireless networks or Use GPS satellites.

We will forward your report of this behavior along to the appropriate parties for additional review and consideration. Please bear in mind that network features, to include the GPS functionality, are best supported by your service provider. We recommend contacting an at&t Customer Service Representative to confirm that there are no service issues that may be affecting your handset.

Phone: 1-888-333-6651

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Should you also desire additional assistance resolving this, we invite you to call Samsung Customer Support by phone at our toll free number 1-888-987-4357 between the hours 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Central Standard Time.

Thank you for your continued interest in Samsung products.

Sincerely,

Technical Support
[Captivate General] Intervenient:
I've gotten the same response.

Need to make up their minds.
[Captivate General] haydonxda:
GPS is a "network issue"?

Did the email really say that GPS was a network issue to be handled by our service provider? It's not a phone hardware issue? Well crap, I guess I'll have to call my GPS service provider.

Now where did I leave that main number for the US Air Force?

Me: "Hello Air Force, please fix my phone. Apparently there's a problem with your multi-billion dollar GPS constellation that's causing my consumer electronics device to malfunction."

AF: "Who is this?"

Me: "I have a Samsung Galaxy S phone and I demand you make it work!"

AF: "<inaudible> never should have turned off selective availability."

<click>
[Captivate General] dsjr2006:
Another bogus "I talked to Samsung and the fix is on the way post"

From my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate General] brandonb81:
I received the exact canned GPS e-mail that the others received in this thread.

I wrote them back this:

Wow, thanks for taking almost a week to provide an entirely useless reply. And thanks for not actually reading what I wrote, because you told me to use 'use wireless networks' and in my original question I actually said I've used both options. Good job Samsung. That gives me a ton of confidence.

And I, nearly immediately, received this response:

Dear Brandon,

Thank you for your inquiry. We understand your distress concerning the behavior being experienced with your Captivate. Since you've already tried troubleshooting the device but still did not work, we recommend you to call us about this issue so that our technical support agents can attend to your concern. We are committed to your satisfaction and would like to assist you in finding a resolution to this issue.

Please contact us anytime, as we would be happy to provide additional information. You can also contact our Customer Care Center by phone at our toll free number 1-888-987-4357, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Central Standard Time.

We thank you for your understanding and appreciate your interest in Samsung

products.

Sincerely,

Technical Support

Useless! :mad:

Everyone should call whenever they can get a couple minutes and complain about the lack of communication regarding this and when to expect the 2.2 update and the GPS issue.
[Captivate General] waltah!:
My GF received an OTA update today on her Captivate and her GPS locks fast and holds the lock now. It was worse than mine by a long shot before. I haven't seen anything on mine as I was using my N1 all day today. Just lit it up now so I'll wait to see if I get one as well.
[Captivate General] systoxity:
you got an ota update? sweet so its out then?
[Captivate General] Citznfish:
doubt it. i just checked for a software update and received none.