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[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
Hi fakeullu, I have now realised that the update will be pushed to your kies based on what region ROM you already have in your mobile. So in that what you said and feared was right.

Even I had a SingTel (singapore) based SGS so the update that was pushed via Kies for me was again a singapore based one. I still had the SingTel based screens.

This is the same even for the locally purchased SGS in Dubai. You will get a Middle East based ROM, having said that there are multiple versions for a single region. For example, Middle East has some 3-4 different versions of FW. and good news is that some will have Market access. (you can refer to a thread called 'Samsung secret codes). These regions are identified based on a three letter alphabetical code like xsg for singapore and xfg for middle east.

In another thread on getting android market access - somebody was suggesting a technique to get access to android market and it worked for locally purchased device. Search for that thread.

I did the same and retained a singapore version while I removed successfully the SingTel customised contents out.

Dubai people flashed it to XFG and gained market access. So the next time you connect through Kies it will only push you a version that is compatible with XFG (the one that has market access).

I am sure this helps. You don't have to necessarily go for rooting and flashing a different regions ROM as the method I mentioned above is safe and without rooting and maintaining your warranty.

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fakekullu:
Thanks for the comprehensive answer Sany. I've flashed to JG1 (Euro rom), so technically I should receive a euro update through kies even though I'm in Dubai?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sany:
Thats correct
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fakekullu:
Well sany, I did try updating through kies but it said no upgrade was available. Just like I thought. Anyways, I'm happy with flashing when Froyo roms (official) are released on Samsung firmwares website.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xyloncrea:
I don't really understand the term 'Flash'. What is it and how do I perform flash on my Evo? There is an explanation for Apple phones but since this is a different phone I figured, the process wasn't really the same.

I have already downloaded Netarchy's rooted rom but I do not know really how to flash/install it on to my sd card or is it the phone that it gets installed to?

Any help would be totally appreciated :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starplaya93:
ahhhh man... You're about to get mobbed to death for not doing any research by some folks on here...

its all good though...

anyways.

When you flash something to your phone all you are doing is basically "unzipping" a file onto it. Much like you unzip files onto your computer using winrar or whatever.

In order to flash a rom to your phone you first have to gain full root. If you haven't done this yet you can do so by going to the development section of this forum and searching for simple root. this will give you full root access and the ability to "flash" roms, themes, etc.

Once you have rooted your phone, NOW you can finally flash a rom.

Flashing is super easy.

Put the file of the rom you want on the root of your sd card (not in any folders or anything)

Then power off your phone.

Power it back on by holding the power and VOLUME DOWN button at the same time. This will bring up a recovery screen. On this screen go to "install zip from sd card" AKA "Flash"

Once you go there, look for the rom you just installed on your sd card and press it. It will start FLASHING it to your phone. then you just reboot and your all sit..

P.S You seem to be really new to this, so before you do anything research What rooting your phone is. How to do it. ETC. Just get your feet wet a bit before you dive in.

Flashing roms and themes and all that junk is really easy once you get the hang of it.

If you need any help P.M me.:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkstar2001:
How hard would this be to build or tweak this to work on all these imported ipad clones. Most use a arm varient processor.

I am relatively new to android and linux. I would like to learn the process. What would be the best place to start understanding linux(android)?

Forgot link

gohere debian.org/ports/arm/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darklordzim:
good linux resource sites

if you're looking for basic linux questions or help, I would check out linuxquestions.org

android, there are a couple really good sites, the wiki here is very helpful, androidcentral.com

and i'm not even talking for becoming developer, I havn't even made any apps yet, but its helpful to get a good handle on the OS.

Ubuntu linux you can download and run off the CD without installing it on your PC if you want to just poke around, there are some other distributions that do the same, but Ubuntu is a good version for someone either new to linux, or with no time for endless configurations.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lilhugo:
Hello all,

I recently dropped my milestone and it looked and worked fine. Just yesterday when I tried to take a picture with my phone it just showed a black screen.

The little options to change flash and stuff like that still showed up, but when I tried to press the shutter it just didn't work. It stayed black and it took no picture.

I was wondering if anyone knows what part I would need to order to fix it, or even if it's possible to fix it. =/

Thanks for the help,

lilhugo
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] TheSSJ:
Looks like a HW damage for me...you can run dmesg and then start the camera to see if there are any errors during camera usage...the best is when you plug your phone via USB to your PC and then start "adb shell dmesg > C:\adblog.txt" while adb is running, start the cam on your phone and after 10 seconds close the camera app and onb your PC press ctrl+c to terminate adb. Check your log then for any error that occurred when using the camera...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lilhugo:
Oh I see.

Hm... I'll give it a shot.

I was curious, if my milestone is still stock would the process of checking the ADB be the same? If not, would there be any other way to do it?

I learned that using ADB is useful for a rooted device, so I wasn't sure.

Thank you,

lilhugo
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] TheSSJ:
adb works also with unrooted phones...but to be honest I don't know if dmesg can be used without root...u should try and report back...:)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lilhugo:
Okay I tried it out and I think I would need to root it first. It said "Access is denied."

I typed in the command you gave me after I got to the "c:\sdk\tools" part. Is that supposed to happen? When I typed in just "adb shell dmesg" it gave me a huge list of things that were going on with the phone. It gave me a list of things that were Height and Width dimensions. It said "omap34xxcam omap34xxcam: w 1296, h 972 -> w 848 h 480" could that be related to the camera?

If all else fails I guess I'll try to root the phone first and then give it another shot.

Thanks,

lilhugo

Update:

I just rooted my phone and when I tried to type in "adb shell dmesg > C:\adblog.txt" it still gives me an "Access is Denied" option.

Did I happen to miss a step?

I start from the C:\sdk\tools area.

I also looked at what happened next after I typed in adb shell dmesg by itself and it says "unable to detect sensor" and "Regulator for vcam is not initialized"
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] andrea_marcello:
I have the same problem :( I could hear the sound of autofocus when start the app, but I can see only a black image near the bar of settings and if I take a picture they stuck for a while..
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] cammiso94:
if its hardware, the camera is seprate from the motherboard, it would be very easy to replace, just pull apart, pull out the motherboard, replace the camera, it just pops off the motherbaord.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
I want the Browswer to either,

1 - utilize the auto brightness function

2 - keep the brightness the same as what my setting is on

Is this that hard to do? why does the browser get it's own friggin brightness setting? At lease give us an option to take route 1 or route 2 on top of being able to change it.

Definitely something to think about in future roms.
[Vibrant General] applebook:
And here is another example of why I despise auto brightness settings on screens. I like mine cranked all the way...except on my Sharp Aquos because that would lead to retinal bleeding at over 450nits :eek:
[Vibrant General] hurrpancakes:
Just swipe from left to right along the notification bar to change the brightness to what you want.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
i'd much prefer it automatically matching the brightness to the system setting. Hopefully, that will be fixed in the upcoming roms.
[Vibrant General] applebook:
BTW, to increase screen brightness, turn Power Savings off in the Display settings. Doing this keeps the screen at 100% all the time --the browser and other apps will not dim the display anymore.
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
Very annoying. I have no idea why someone would do this. It makes no sense.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
love the setting. most of my browsing is done indoors where i want brightness set to MIN to save battery. for all regular phone use I want to setting to be at AUTO
[Vibrant General] Emama:
Same here, i don't need a very bright screen to browse

But having a auto for browser is basic setting in my mind though
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
But then you go outside and you can't see your screen because it's so low. This is specifically the reason it bugs me. I too love low brightness indoors but it sucks when you can't see the screen very well to turn it back up.
[Vibrant General] dattaway:
My only complaint is every page has to be white like a bright sheet of paper.

Back in the old days, computers had white text on black screens. Worked great at night or in dark rooms.
[Vibrant General] Emama:
Also consume less battery with black background
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusty_nz:
Everyone knows about the Google market place but what other ones are there?

Ratings?

Apps?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ryan562:
SlideMe

http://slideme.org/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aenedor:
Gameloft have some nice 3d games, Dungeon Hunter is very good.

http://www.getjar.com/

http://www.gameloft.com/android-games/top/

http://www.eamobile.co.uk/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mushipkw:
Top 7 Places To Find Android Apps Other Than Android Market
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Rocheau:
I have been visiting your site and wow, it's wonderful, your post are really useful like the 20 Essential & Cool Android Apps, or 7 Tips To Be Safe When Downloading Apps From Android Market or 3 Top Most Expensive Apps In 3 Different Mobile App Stores. Very very interesting.

Congratulations..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] chinoapple:
Hey Guys what's up,

So I just transfered my transformers 1&2 (from the HD2) to my evo, looks awesome, but I was wondering were can I find a converter (dvd to mp4) that has the same great video quality TF 1&2

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] BonkyMoon:
There's tons of video converters out there, and the quality of the video will all depend on the settings you use to re-encode it.

A popular one is Handbrake, but there's tons of others out there.

The resolution on the Evo is 800x480, so it's just slightly wider than DVD's resolution of 720x480. If you're gonna be converting from DVD you might even wanna just leave it at 720x480 because enlarging video always lowers quality. Best bet would be to convert from either a 720p or 1080p source so that you end up shrinking the video size instead. If you convert from an HD source you could even look at having the video in 720p to take advantage of the HDMI output on the Evo (for TV viewing.)
[Droid 2 General] ekruse:
For everyone actually rockin the second coming of the Droid (Droid 2), why don't we share our stories here.

I'm coming from WinMo (Raphael) so this is my first android. I figured 2.2 was a good place to start.

First good impression is that the voice commands rock. This phone rocks.

Bought at Costco, had to beg the sales dude to go back to receiving to get it. Bought my dear wife one as well. She's worth it.
[Droid 2 General] jankyboy:
My Droid 2 arrived yesterday morning and so far I'm pretty pleased. As some background, I've owned the following phones over the last 12 months: iPhone 3G, myTouch 3G, Droid, Nexus One, Droid Incredible, EVO 4G, iPhone 4, and the Samsung Captivate. So far, the Droid 2 is the fastest out of the box; however, I I think the Captivate has the best display (even against the iPhone 4). I also really liked the EVO, but I didn't like paying an extra $10/month for 4G coverage that was non-existent here in Colorado.

I find the Droid 2 to be very responsive with little to no lag - even with whatever software Motorola has running in the background. I ran Quadrant and scored a 1381, which was higher than I expected. Watching Quadrant run through the graphics tests, however, was pretty sad. The frame rate appears to be the worst of the bunch. Overall, the display is good, but looks a little washed out compared to the Captivate.

The keyboard is SO much better than the one on the original Droid. Typing is lightning fast! The onscreen keyboard is pretty darn accurate and fast, too.

The build quality (so far) ranks up there. The phone feels solid and I like the navy blue color w/ the dark chrome bezel.

And of course, Verizon's network speed makes the online experience so much more enjoyable than the others. Even when I could get a good connection on AT&T, I could never get anything faster than 1.5Mbps down, and I swear they capped the upload speeds - both the iPhone 4 and Captivate had crappy upload speeds around 150Kbps.

No buyer's remorse here.
[Droid 2 General] rickgalan:
I also came from WinMo - Herman. So far the Droid 2 is awesome - blazingly fast, great experience so far. Only downside is that the android integration with exchange leaves something to be desired.. like tasks and contact photos.. :)
[Droid 2 General] bwoodsom:
New Driod 2 Purchased 8/15/10 for my wife. I have a Driod Incredible. the Driod 2 is only pulling about half of her contacts from Exchange. My Incredible works perfectly. The clock is ticking on the 30 day exchange policy... ball is in Motorola's court on wether we keep it or move to an HTC device. Except for the very nice hardware keyboard on the Driod 2 I like the Incredible much better.
[Droid 2 General] opcenter:
I actually switched to a Droid 2 from a Droid X. I do a lot of ssh'ing and while the Droid X was wonderful in every other respect, trying to ssh with a virtual keyboard is not pleasant. The keyboard takes up half the screen and trying to send control codes is not fun.

So, I handed off my Droid X to my wife and picked up a Droid 2 on release day and I've been really happy with it. The only problem is when I use my wife's Droid X now, I find that I REALLY miss the screen on that monster.
[Droid 2 General] dragoniusFUZE:
I'm not too much of a big fan of mid-size phones. I'm coming off the Motorola Cliq, which had the Android 1.5 on it. I rooted and packed on the 2.1 leak. I went through various customizations and even flashed a new radio on it. I fell in love with my Cliq all over again. The only problem with the Cliq that made me switch was the processor was slow, and the new games for mobile phones weren't able to play properly on it.

I like the Droid 2 because of the speed. I admit that the unlock screen kinda bugs me cause the slider freezes before it unlocks, but eh, who cares? I mean the only good thing for me so far with this phone is the speed, and ability to play newer games on it without a lag. I think I'm just missing root and the option of custom roms and themes...
[Droid 2 General] whopper68:
i came from owning my 3 yr companion Xv6800 to this droid2

without a doubt you guys know im impressed and happy to finally own a qwerty phone that is up to date...

sure my 6800 had WM6.5 ...but it was oldie and started failing me, not to mention i could no longer get replacements from verizon...so be it...

anyways, on my trip to san francisco, this thing was amazing, gps, yelp, google maps, was the shiznets...
[Droid 2 General] jrmars07:
My experience is horrible coming from a nexus one. This phone may still be one hell of an upgrade if you are new to the android scene. But really this is poor performance. The hardware is there. But it runs at one third of the speed my previous android phone ran at. The music skips dragging through my contacts lags and its just dissapointingly slow. I am returning this phone when I get a chance labor day weekend. Motorola has spilt the beans on this one and should have either not locked the bootloader or not put this motoblur crap on it.
[Droid 2 General] bobby_v:
Did you apply the recent update? Do you have a task killer app running?
[Droid 2 General] jrmars07:
yes. yes. lag.
[Droid 2 General] pool_shark:
I am also coming from Windows Mobile.

I can say that the Droid 2 isn't as functional out of the box.

I love the voice navigation, speech to text, the fluid movement of the screen, and the live wallpaper.

However, I miss the Windows Mobile voice command app reading my incoming text messages thru my BT headset. I miss being able to sync with Outlook notes, tasks, and calendar on my PC.

I miss being able to fully customize my home screen, I don't really care for the icons and widgets.

I didn't like having to create a Google account just to be able to have an email app where I can create folders (labels) and have the ability to delete the emails from my roadrunner pop3 server. In WM I could also create folders in the text messaging app and save them there.

I didn't like having to pay $15 for Documents to Go because quick office didn't allow me to delete cells in excel.

WM did all of that right out of the box.
[Droid 2 General] eddysamson:
Last night I was playing around with the Spark app which is just a plain black screen and wherever you touch lighting bolts streak out from your finger and vibrate the phone.

Well I was poking it rather fast to see how well it could keep up and the phone got locked up on the vibrate and kept vibrating for about 5 minutes (and it wasn't just going through all the touches in a queue, I didn't touch it /that/ much) and it would go from just solid vibrating to pauses in between. Had to reboot to fix it...was pretty crazy, it vibrated the whole time it was powering down too.

Anyways it was probably the app and not the phone, but still a funny story worth sharing.

I think I am going to swap my Droid 2 for a Droid X, what do you all think?
[Droid 2 General] kormonnaut:
I got my Droid 2 today after big V finally realized that three defective Eris sets in a row was unlikely. I think the defect was selling that phone to paying customers... anywho, here's what I've noticed:

The Good

1. Callers on the other end can hear me much better than with my last phone

2. A few of the Motorola widgets are pretty nice

The Bad

1. Phone runs much slower than I expected. I figured a phone with double the clock and RAM of my last phone, and Froyo would run better. This could be because I had Android System Info installed, which can be used to kill apps. I'm going to remove it and see how it works.

2. Sound quality of incoming calls is no better than it was with the Eris. I'm frequently asking people to repeat themselves.

3. I've talked to two people and had two dropped calls. 1:1 ratio? I hope it gets better.

4. Phone froze for a moment or two when I tried to add a dialer shortcut

5. It seems like apps refuse to die. If you close the program, they're relaunched. This might've been another result of using Android System Info.

6. Phone is preloaded with too much crap that you can't remove. I was happy to be able to remove the NFS demo, but why can't I get rid of the CityID demo? And why do I need Blockbuster?

7. I launched the YouTube app while connected to my wireless network and it warned me that I had no data connection. Ok?

I'm resetting to defaults since it applied an OTA update, and I'm going to avoid installing Android System Info and see how it works out for me.
[Droid 2 General] bcs296:
D2 is my first Android phone. Previous phones included BlackBerry Storm2 and Tour. Two of my best friends have owned (or still own) iPhone, Nexus One, Droid, EVO, and Incredible so I knew what I was getting into. I walked into the Verizon store knowing I was going to purchase one of the three: DX, D2, or Incredible.

I obviously loved the screen on the DX but after shattering the screen on my Storm2, I will not own a phone with a glass screen again without a case and a DX with a case is just enormous. The four buttons on the front also felt extremely cheap/flimsy.

The Incredible is an awesome phone. HD recording, HTC Sense, and Snapdragon processor are big selling points. I am not big on the virtual keyboards. I probably would have gotten used to it on the Incredible but having owned the EnV, EnV2, and BB Tour, I love typing on a real keyboard and the D2's is 100x better than the D1's.

In the end I went with the D2 for several reasons but mostly the keyboard. I rarely used the camera on any of my phones for pictures and I think I have taken exactly 2 videos in the 6 years I have owned camera phones so the HD recording on the other two just wasn't a big deal for me. I also knew that I would be tinkering with this phone so issues related to the OS/GUI I could solve myself. I have since rooted the D2 and started to remove a ton of the bloatware that came installed on the phone. It made for a huge improvement in performance all around. Responsiveness, smoothness, battery life, etc. Looking at the specs on the D2, I am convinced that the poor performance is thanks to the hacked up 2.2 from Moto/VZW.

Maybe someday I will have to suck it up and deal with a virtual keyboard but not yet.
[Droid 2 General] chetmichaels:
Sounds like a support group! Lol

Hi, my name is chet and I used to love windows. That is, till I got my wife a droid x. The sheer awesomeness of the screen amazed us. So when my laggy keyboard-ed htc touch pro fell victim to water, I had to get a droid 2.

I love the responsiveness, non laggy keyboard, that it doesn't freeze for a sec after sending a text msg while it goes 3g to 1x to 3g. The bigger screen. Louder speaker. Easy to make a call (tho that could be bc the htc was gimped and it was just hard to run anything). All the internal memory. Software keyboard. I barely ever flip out the u one.

And google navigator! Super awesomo and the gps connects in seconds, not 4 minutes.

3.5mm jack. Need i say anything about htc ext usb?

Bad...micro usb. Had to get new cables or adapters. U know how many minis I had? Even the dollar store had those

But besides needing a phone now what made me switch? Winmo7phone wouldnt have been backwards compatible. If i had to start new, why not all new?

Sent via droid2
[Droid 2 General] beyondyourscope:
Droid 2 User (starting tomorrow)

I purchased a Droid in December of 09 & had it until today, mysteriously the screen went dark, luckily while still under warranty, VZW store had none so they told me to call in to warranty replacement. They told me there was a 72 hour wait on Droids, so I told them that I need a phone tomorrow the latest, so after being put on hold they offered me a refurbed Incredible, I held out for 20 minutes longer after that, and finally they sent me a Droid 2, arrives tomorrow :)
[Droid 2 General] Kukussi:
keep'em coming

Keep writting your reviews guys, this will greatly help me decide if I`ll buy the Milestone 2 when it comes out in Canada!

Cheers