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[Android Software Development] androidworkz:
I am not really sure what the guidelines are for linking to other sites here... so I hope I am not breaking the rules... but I wrote a tutorial today that I think could help alot of other Android developers when dealing with Lists and ListAdapters and I wanted to share it... I don't really want to rewrite my tutorial here... so I am going to link it.

Basically, this tutorial will show you how to make intelligent lists that only exist once in your app and inform the consuming object (such as a ListAdapter or Service) of any change that is made to the list. This will eliminate the need to call setAdapter everytime you need to change the contents of a ListView or get a new copy of the list before you need to do a loop... or whatever. This has really helped me to eliminate a TON of code dealing with the list in multiple activities and in my Service. I hope it helps you out as well.

Smart List Adapters - Singleton Observable Lists
[Android Software Development] androidworkz:
I posted a second installment to this turorial today because the more I messed around with these Observable objects the more I realized that I had stumbled across a literal gold mine of functionality. Check it out.
[Legend General] ViktorX:
Is there some program like Motorola's Multimedia Dock? I know there are few programs like Night Clock and default Desk Clock but they look so ugly compared to Multimedia Dock...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauss0829:
I heard that the source code for froyo was released this morning. Does this mean will we have root soon???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
What????

Terrible waste of characters....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
I feel like I am in a time machine..no wait a hot tub time machine!! yeah!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wy1d:
Great white buffalo.

Swyped on my EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epphllps:
Twittagra!!!

Sent from my EVO, the true iPhone killer!
[Windows Mobile Themes] thesecondsfade:
I like FingerKeyb2.1 more than the HTC's EZInput, but I like the look and layout of HTC EZInput more... so I decided to make a theme using HTC EZInput's graphics and layout to be used with FingerKeyboard 2.1. It works in both landscape and portrait. Smiles and Shortcuts are on the touch-and-hold keys for the first 12 keys on the 'Shift' layout. I didn't include modified Smiles and Shortcuts so you can change them to what you want yourself.

Just place the files in the zip in your \Program Files\FingerKeyboard\Skins folder and reload the SIP.

Screenshot:

Let me know what you think.

Change Log:

Aug 25, 2010:

Fixed landscape backspace button size and moved around the landscape backspace and arrow keys.

Aug 8, 2010:

Initial release.
[Windows Mobile Themes] birkoffsjunk:
Nice work... looks great!
[Windows Mobile Themes] thesecondsfade:
Updated Aug 25, 2010.
[Windows Mobile Themes] chelsea_fc:
i tried it and works fine, can u make the popup keyboard letter in different color for visibility? thanks
[Windows Mobile Themes] jaskiratsingh:
I have a QVGA phone and it gives me an error : loading skin. Can you port the same for QVGA without the up, down, left, right arrows at the bottom line
[Windows Mobile Themes] thesecondsfade:
This is for WVGA only. I'm not saying QVGA can't be done, it just takes a lot of time to map everything. You can try it for yourself if you want. Just modify the files in the zip. You'll get the hang of how it works after changing things around a bit.
[Windows Mobile Themes] JaCoL_JcL:
Love this one !! But I have a WQVGA device :( Please port this great one for smaller screens !!
[Windows Mobile Themes] bratboo:
Thanks! Works perfect on my omnia ii!
[Windows Mobile Themes] mombrot:
nice idea..

just a suggestion, usually ezinput give 2 skin layout (with/without arrow)

thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
Hi everyone this is my third thread today and Im going outta my mind!!!:confused:

Whatever firmware I flash Kies doesnt allow me to restore my firmware to what it was!!!!!!!! It also says that this deviceversion cannot be updated anymore just like someone else mentioned on the forum.

Can anyone help me please!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
What firmware are you trying to flash? Kies is only for official updates. You must use Odin to flash other/beta firmwares.

read the faq thread in the development section.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
right now jf3 as someone stated thats the stock one, but i want to go back to the stock one and let KIES do the updates how am I able to do this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
Anybody???
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
you will have to use Odin, or ROM Manager to install previous version of the ROMs

you can not use Kies to restore back to original ROM
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
But if i flash the original firmware will I then be able to use Kies again or will I never be able to use Kies to update?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
Use Odin to flash back to JF3 then Kies should be able to handle official updates from then on.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
I did that it still says that the phone is not able to be updated anymore I think because I really need the dutch firmware
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cyberpope:
If you flash back to JF3 you would still get that he can't upgrade the phone. I got that message also when I was back on the stock-rom.

There is no official dutch update after JF3. So you allway get that he can't upgrade the phone.

I think/hope that the new Frodo update you can install with KIES. But can't be sure until there is a new update in KIES.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
Im about to cry right now is there no system recovery?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
About to cry?? What is the problem? If you are in holland there is no official update available. Use odin if you want to flash newer firmware or wait till september.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SkulleD_PT:
Man what the hell is wrong anyway? Kies will ALWAYS show that message untill Samsung releases an official update... There is nothing to update so obviously Kies will tell you that there is nothing to update! Obviously. Only in September we will see official updates... Wait untill then...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiraj_panosian:
No you dont get it, it doesnt say theres no update available, it says the phone cant be updated anymore... when I hadnt flashed it said theres no new update available...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finebrian224:
Does SimpleRoot support 1.32.651.6?

A friend needs to root her phone, but is not tech savy and Toast's Root might be too much for her.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
No I'm pretty sure it just does 1.47.651.1..Why does she need root?

I ask because even if she is somehow able to get root who is going to maintain the phone? The radio and wimax will need to be updated etc and you can brick a phone pretty easy messing with the radio.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hcarrega:
i have allready root on my SGS , its possible to upgrade root user via update.zip???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
You can download the latest version from the market http://goo.gl/7p7DK
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigmack:
I am having an usual hard time getting any bootanimations to stick with SkyRaider 2.2. I have been doing this a while and can't seem to figure it out. So far the only one I can get to stick is the one that comes from the ROM. I've been wanting to put a few different ones on my phone and I have modded the desc.txt file to accomidate my phone and they all look good with the bootanimation preview tool but no matter which way I try to load them onto my phone I can't get them to stick. Can anyone help?
[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] s4dm4n:
I own samsung b7330 wm 6.5 smartphone, I would likr to change the start menu grond to an image. Is it possible? if yes. How?

Regards

Saadman
[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] Spiaatie:
Please use search before making a new thread.

Instructions are [here] - Menu Background

Thread closed. :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] fight_4_ur_mind:
Hey,

Just put the newest version of xdandriod TOPAZ on my HTC pure and it works perfectly except that if someone calls me it won't have a ringtone (vibrate works fine however).

Is there a way to fix this problem?

The only alteration I've made is changing CDMA='1' to CDMA='0' in the Startup.txt

Cheers
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] tommy1994:
there is no way to fix it yet

lets wait
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] N'ash:
Try RingoPro app...it may fix this
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] zooster:
Tried ringopro 1.2.28 and it didn't help.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] Sqoerk:
this was soooo clear, as this tool doesn't do anything about the "broken" sounddriver.

I hope you didn't spend money on it :p
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] zooster:
Hehehe ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] fight_4_ur_mind:
I tried the free ringo and it did nothing.

Looks like it's a matter of waiting until it gets resolved!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] ReWind402:
There is no app that will enable sound ( ext. speaker ) because its a primary kernel issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
see wiki for details

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/GT-I9000M

it's about how to find out if the phone is from the defective pile or not via the IMEI #

but of course, the best way to find out is to press the 3 buttons

it's always funny to see the sales people faces when i do it in front of them and they are like OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! :eek: HOW DID YOU DO THAT? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DarthV:
100% on the IMEI ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
If this is true this should get stickied
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
we'll need more people to confirm

specially those that have done the swap, if they can remember their old IMEI, and the new one
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostshock:
Mine has the 3 buttons disabled and the IMEI isn't right. Mine doesn't have a 60 in that order in it anywhere. I have 01xxxxx as the last 7 digits where the wiki says 60xxxxx is the problem.

Unless I REALLY suck at entering download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
is really really easy to get into Download mode

it takes a bit of practice to get into Recovery mode, but the Download mode is a no brainer

just hold those 3 buttons, after you put back the battery and bam! you are there already
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaY_III:
I also do not know how you are getting that IMEI

How are you viewing yours?

when i enter"

#*06#

i have something completely different come up.

My IMEI is the same as Frostshock's

FYI i got my phone on the Friday the 6th the phone came out in Coquitlam (Vancouver)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Croak:
Bunk.

Poppycock.

Horsefeathers.

It's a timing issue people, not a "bad batch". I've yet to run into a non-bricked one that wouldn't go into unlock mode eventually. Not always the first time, but eventually it will go. I personally tested 4 units at a Bell store this week that were returned for this particular problem...all went into Recovery or Download mode when I tried it. Ponder on that.

Same issue with the Captivate, sometimes it just got stubborn about going into download mode, but it would eventually via keypress.

Oh, and FYI, both of my units didn't have a "6" anywhere in the IMEI string...the 9th digit was 0.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] applebook:
The IMEI on my Bell also doesn't have a 60xxxx or a 65xxxx on it.

3532850401207XX

I can get into download mode easily, but how do I try recovery?

Also, why is it that with my Rogers SIM, I can receive calls and text (though calls drop eventually) but not make a call or send a text? Is it normal for locked phones to be able to receive but not give? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
sorry guys that's supposed to be the Serial # number not IMEI #

you can see it after you remove the battery inside the phone, or in the box where it came in
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Croak:
Ah...my first was a "60" series, my current is a "61"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yup that was my suspicions too, the first batch is the problematic one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostshock:
My serial number ends in 61xxxxx, was from the first shipment Bell got on Friday, and can't go into download or recovery mode. So there's more to it than that.

Edit: I was looking at my box because I didn't want to open my phone...my SIM number was stuck on top of the serial number, so that was my SIM number I gave you >_>. My serial number ends in 77####P, so the mystery continues.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
if you look at the label of the box, it is the looooooong number at the top of IMEI, there is no letter in that bar code scanner (serial #)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostshock:
Then it is 61xxxxx but...that's also the number on my SIM card...and that number is nowhere to be found underneath the battery. Under my battery where it says S/N it ends in a P.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] applebook:
Mine actually ends in 59965XX.

You still haven't answered how I get into recovery mode (it's stuck at download mode).

Also, why is it that my Rogers SIM can receive calls and text? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DarthV:
Guess you should of tried the 5 phones that I handled on Tuesday. The only one that would go into recovery/download was the store demo. Could get it to work every single time, nada on the other 4.

But yes, a lot of people might not know how to do it properly and returned perfectly working units. But I'd bet one of my bank accounts that you could not have got my phone to 3 finger into recovery. :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Croak:
Bet ya I could. :)

I spent 4 hours off and on one night trying to get my Captivate into download mode last month, and if I wasn't in a hotel room 1000 miles from where I bought it, I would have given up and returned it the next morning, swearing it was bricked or un-doable. I stuck it out and it worked. It's been flaky on and off since then, but now I KNOW I can coax it into Download eventually. We have a relationship, me and that phone.

I also spent 25 minutes last night fussing with my "61" series Bell Vibrant after a stupid Odin incident..but it went, eventually.

They're temperamental, kinda like women and mules (no offense to the mules!).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TriC_101:
double post
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TriC_101:
I can tell you 100% for sure its not a timing issue.. I had one that would not go into download mode or recovery but I exchanged it and go one that would... its very easy to get one to go into download mode when it works on one that does not have the issue.. This was confirmed on the samdroid.net forums the Sbl.bin from bml4 seems identical but it was compiled on a different day and one string and data is slightly different. could have been an error when the file was compiled and downloaded to some phones. but since 95% of people don't root there phones no one really noticed till after.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pure_energy1:
I have a 6479xxx, and can't get it to go into download mode.

Maybe if somebody could explain exactly how to do it?

- how long to hold the 3 buttons for? (ie: until the white galaxy logo appears? after?) I tried keeping them held, and it kept rebooting...

- if it's a timing thing, is it all about getting the 3 buttons pushed at exactly the same time, or do we start with Volume Down then Home then Power ?

Sounds dumb, but a proper walkthrough would be helpful...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trueimage:
I just got mine this afternoon in Calgary.

Serial ends in 64xxxxxx

I can't seem to do it.

So I hold vol up + home + power until it reboots, as soon as the galaxy s screen comes up I let go of power?

vol down + home + power just continuously reboots the phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TriC_101:
if it works you hold all 3 till you see the logo then let go of the power and just hold the volume up and the home button. to get into recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] applebook:
Can someone tell me why my serial is 59XXXXXX and can boot into download? How do I get it into recovery?

Also, one more time, is it normal for this phone to allow Rogers SIM cards to receive texts/calls?

P.S. You hold down all three buttons at the same time. It never fails to work for me. Once the Galaxy S screen appears for a few seconds, you are immediately taken to the download section. If you don't see the download screen within 5 seconds, then it isn't working.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TriC_101:
Volume up is to get into the recovery and Volume down is to get into download mode.

Yes this is normal. mine did the same thing so did others. but it will drop calls and you can't really send or call. can't wait till we can unlock this phone so I can take it over to rogers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jordiharrison:
To all the people who say that no i9000's are locked out of recovery/download mode:

You have NO CLUE what you're talking about! Just because YOU havn't experienced it doesn't mean it's not happening to others.

I for one have. Some of you know this, but my first i9000m had no way of going into download/recovery without adb. I tried and tried different combos but to no avail. So I ended up bricking it, got another and the first thing I did was try recovery and it took one try to succesfully get into it.

Stop being ignorant please, it's very annoying. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaY_III:
once again i got my phone on the Friday the 6th in the vancouver area

I CAN NOT get into download mode

My phone serrial R4X703xxxX

I also got my wife a phone the same day and its serial is:

R4X703xxxF

i am looking at the serial number under the battery on the phones

the box says:

58xxxxx on them both
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Croak:
I've had a half a dozen of these in my hand now, and a Captivate as well. 4 of them were reported as unable to be put into dl/recovery. Yet they could be.

Stop being so certain they're abnormal because you didn't tickle yours properly. All this fear mongering is very annoying too. Plus there's a lot of perfectly good units going back to Bell for no real reason, artificially inflating the DOA rate and ****ing Samsung (and ultimately US).

They're temperamental at times, no argument about that, but I'm willing to bet the full purchase price of one that any unit that you say CAN NOT be put into recovery or download via keypress can indeed be put into it, as long as you haven't totally ****ed the firmware up (like flashing Captivate/T-Mobile Vibrant firmware on to them), or deliberately sabotaged the hardware.

Anyone in the Vancouver area got one that is working normally (I9000M firmware that boots and runs, home, power and volume keys work when running) but they think can't be put into download mode?

If I can't get it into download mode inside 30 minutes via key press, we'll go to the nearest store and I'll buy you one that can, and you can keep your "defective" one to do with as you like.

But if I can get it into download mode in 30 minutes or less (not a terminal emulator or app command, just keypress from a power-off condition) I get to keep it.

Fair enough?

Only thing I'll bring to the party is a USB cable, wall charger, and my fingers.

You bring the phone, all packaging and accessories, and a valid sales receipt with the IMEI on it. I'll need all that to sell it on Ebay.

Who's game?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pure_energy1:
Nope, didn't work for me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it should not keep looping on reboot

when you hit those 3 buttons, it immediately goes into download mode

only if the phone was OFF to begin with

you have to remove the battery, put it back

then hit those 3 keys
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
fido too

you can always receive calls, and text, just not call out

you might be able to send SMS back, and possibly get internet if you enter the APN settings
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it is very simple

take out the battery, put it back

hold volume down, hold home, press power

and you are there on that yellow triangle screen as the picture above

it doesn't take more than 1 sec
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yeah the 58xxxxx is even earlier than the 60xxxxx those might be from the same batch with the problematic keys
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
same

i own the Euro i9000 as well as 2 Bell i9000M and there is a difference

it's extremely simple

remove battery, remove sim, remove sd card

put battery back

if it works, it works just by pressing volume down + home + power

if it's disabled it goes into a never ending loop no matter how long you hold it, i've let it loop up to 10 times once, and it still didn't go into the download mode
[Galaxy S I9000 General] armrob:
what happens next after getting into download mode ?

mine just stays there for ever on "downloading" ubt nothing happens !

should i plug it in the computer to download the firmware or something ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that is what it is used for, but there are more steps than just plug in the computer to download the firmware

you need to download odin3 + the proper ROM for you phone, then you can flash it

but only do it if it's necessary

the latest stock ROM are very good.

there is a new official ROM via KIES, so no Odin required
[Galaxy S I9000 General] armrob:
I'm actually trying to put the stock rom it. I've downloaded Kies software but the installation been going on but 30minutes. seems it is downloading something else and it takes forever.

to flash in Kies, do i have to be in download mode also ? because when i boot the phone normally, I got tons of "force close" messages to the point that the phone is unusable.

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
no... for KIES you need to be in KIES mode when you connect the USB

but if you can not even get that far, due the bugged Apps

then boot to the REPAIR mode

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/Vibrant_GT-I9000M

in that screen, select the option to WIPE data, and WIPE cache as you can see in the screen shot
[Galaxy S I9000 General] armrob:
I wiped but I'm not sure what I did wrong. it simply won't boot.

it stays stuck on the samsung logo. I can go into recovery or download mode but can't boot android.

I tried flashing odin while in recovery but it fails . probably because of adb issues. I cannot get adb devices to see the phone.

not sure what else to try !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
to use Odin properly, you need to be in download mode

and you need Odin3 + 512.pit file, then a Full ROM with PDA, modem, CSC included

select the optionto Repartition in odin

hit Flash
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Andrewwelton:
I just wanted to see if my phone had download mode disabled. I did the key combo and it worked fine. Now its on the download screen and it says dont turn off target.

It doesnt appear to be doing anything, is it safe to just reboot my phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yes, just reboot, take out the battery put it back in

there is no danger if you are not using Odin to flash
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Andrewwelton:
Okay thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thundernode:
You can also exit using the power button, you just have to hold it for slightly longer then you would think.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xZeDgEx:
Bell Samsung Galaxy S here. Cannot get into recovery mode to install the lag fix. Nothing works.. :mad:

Guess mine is disabled. It does not even go into download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Andrewwelton:
When you turn the phone on for recovery mode, when the samsung logo appears do you let go of the power button for ~.5 a second then rehold?

That's what worked for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jordiharrison:
It's not a matter of there could be some i9000m's with it it disabled. Because I know first hand that there is, no doubt. Infact, to test your theory of wrong button presses, I tried to go into reocovery and download modes on my sisters i9000m that we bought at the same time and it in fact did NOT work, while mine, using the same technique, did first try. Sure, I cant really prove it to you right now, but I know your just flat wrong.