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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
Thanks for the reply. I understand you clearly but haven't read the new Samsung Galaxy S many posts and that how majority of the folks are rooting because of lag issues, is what made me make this thread in the first place.

As mentioned in my first post I will be a new Samsung Galaxy S owner and was trying to prepare myself by reading many( and I do mean many) post about Samsung Galaxy S, just to get myself familiar with the phone through the eyes of other owners while I wait for my phone to arrive.

Most seem to be rooting their phones so they can install some lagfix. Well it seems whatever lag they are experiencing seems to have been all cured up after this wonderful lagfix. I just wanted to know if it was really necessary to start on this course, immediately after getting my new phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.sw:
No.

Stock firmware isn't that awful.

Take into acount that in december Froyo going to come and some performance issues going to be solved.

Some people just love to get all the juice out of their device, just like with PCs and overclockers.

It's not must thing for everyone. Aspecially if you got no time for it or real need.

I rooted my device to add hebrew fonts for example. Never applied lag fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
Thanks Mike. Good to hear it. Are there anything I should keep in mind, like programs that will be a necessity to my new phone?

BTW, I heard the SGS has a GPS issue that will be fixed with an update from Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.sw:
Many ppl will recomend you some kind of task killers as the first must program...but I dont really think that is needed in android os (actually it can decrease performance).

So maybe the only must app is...Barcode Scanner to help you download all the other cool apps! :D

About the GPS problem, yes there seem to be some kind of a problem, but I never noticed anything that horrible. Maybe because I use GPS only once or twice a week, or maybe my geo location is blassed with multiple satelites, I really don't know.

If you going to relay on your SGS as main navigation device, maybe you should wait for froyo update to see whats fixed and what isn't.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
Thanks Mike. No, I do not use GPS often so I can survive without to a point, maybe. Perhaps, maybe if I need to find a particular location while on foot, that I do find it handy. Otherwise I use a proper scale GPS system in my car. ;)

So, I can wait for the Froyo update that s suppose to come next month.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmy-bish:
My brother in law has an unrooted SGS running the stock Australian firmware. He still replaced the launcher with LauncherPro, which made his phone a little smoother. It's definitely still quite fast and usable.... just not as fast and usable as mine with the JM5 firmware and lag fix ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
Appreciate the input Jimmy. I think I'll wait until the Froyo update and GPS fix to be officially release and see how it behaves before making any major changes to my phone. As long as it does not stop me from enjoying all the benefits of the apps market and whatever enjoyment there is for this phone. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
December? I thought it was going to be a LOT sooner (I thought September)..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cavinsoo:
You need to root your phone if you want to install the latest firmware.

If you are using any of the latest firmwares, you don't need to use Task Killer. Android is smart enough and able to manage resources without any problem.

I'm on JM2 firmware with lagfix. Blazing fast.

If you just bought your phone and didn't do anything with it, it's slow as hell.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Umm.. That's WRONG! Once again, ROOTING IS NOT REQUIRED TO CHANGE FIRMWARE OR INSTALL OTHER FIRMWARE!!! And I wish people would stop saying this..

That being said, you don't really need to do much these days. You possibly need to root for lagfixes (I've never used them though). I don't really care about the lag that much honestly. But unless you are messing with the operating system, there generally isn't any need to root. I am running an unrooted phone now, and it does everything I want. But each to their own...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
That's exactly what I do not understand. Samsung makes a firmware that will be updated in the phone( without rooting). So why do people root to install a firmware?????:confused:

Can't the lagfix be install regardless? Didn't Sansung make the unofficial( or beta) firmware that you all are installing into your phones?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sareen:
I'm waiting for my phone to come through but I'm not going to this as I'm not confident enough and I don't want to brick, btw when we get the phone should we charge it for 24hrs or use it till it dead and charge till its full and used till its dead and do this twice so the battery apparently gets better I read this in another post and was wondering what is better?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
Like I said, I'm going to wait for the official Samsung Froyo update that is suppose to retify all the issues, both Lag and GPS.

As for the battery issue. I just started a thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7799467&postcount=1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tachikoma_kun:
I'm on JM1 updated via KIES, not rooted or lagfixed and mine is "Blazing fast"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ging3:
From what I can gather (im quite a newbie when it comes to rooting / firmware), most of the firmware listed on here and samsung-firmware.webs.com require your phone to be rooted.

They are not officially released from Samsung, but instead are beta firmware which has been leaked out to the community.

I myself am running official Samsung firmware which was released through Kies (Australian JG4 via Optus) and my phone is not rooted.

Please correct me if im wrong, as I am still quite new to the SGS :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcharng:
Well,

Galaxy S is a tools and like good tools, I like it to configured it to my liking.

I like to have reboot button on home screen rather than holding power buttons for 6 seconds.

I like to have adfree app, to get rid of all annoying adds.

I like to use lag-free fix to make it even faster.

I like to use autokills app to configured how galaxy s manage its memories.

I like to use MyBackupPro to backup my apps, when I am upgrading factory firmware through kies and not having to re-install all my applications one by one.

Considering that rooting is painless safe and reversible. I don't see the advantage of not rooting your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
I guess that prettyuch sums it up :) But what happens when Samsung releases the new and official firmware that supposely does all that you have mentioned( I am assuming so); don't you have to go back to the original Firmware to be able to update to the new one?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Ok.. Clearly, there is a lot of wrong info out there.. Root access is not needed at all for running beta firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spandsbab:
So this means that you have to return to the factory firmware to upgrade via Kies right?

Anyway, Ebue, it is really up to you though not experimenting with your SGS takes half of the enjoyment as Samsung updates as far as I know does not really hit the right spots and whatever they did or added with the Android OS does not really compliment it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
Do you mind explaining how one can update to the beta firmware without rooting, as this is the impression all the threads around the net have me believing.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kcharng:
There seemed to be a lot of misunderstanding about rooting and firmware.

I am currently using a factory firmware JG4. Previously I was using rooted JF4, when the new firmware arrived I upgraded through Samsung Kies to JG4 just fine.

I don't really like to mess with the firmware myself. Rooting is far safer than flashing your firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.sw:
100% right. it was 3am here :)

September of course.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.sw:
Yes.

You use Odin to update firmware. You don't have to be root to update your phone's firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
I've posted http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=762445 because it seems to be a common mistake people make..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sturmeh:
Some people here are missing the point.

He's asking why he has to root to install lagfix, phone should just work right.

I fully and truly agree with this, however...

Rooting does not automatically void your warranty, it's like overstepping your bounds. If you can retreat to a safe position within your bounds when the time comes you need your warranty, it will still be honoured.

However if you DO use root to do something irreversibly damaging, which you CAN, than you probably won't get away with your warranty claim.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebue:
That's exactly right. Thanks. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khi.GS:
same here bought my phone in aus updated through kies to JM1 faster than my previous forgot the vers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oswade:
Nothing wrong with a good root... :rolleyes:

No really... unless you play around with system files without knowing what you're doing, root won't kill your phone.

Root is so useful when you wanna get rid of bloatware and properly customize your android phone :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R.S.G:
how to move apps

Hi there,

Is it possible to move your apps to the internal sd without rooting in 2.1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] naTTan:
Ok i have had 2 other Android device before this, and always set my filesystem like so

sdcard>media>audio>ringtones

>alarms

>notification

And this method has prevented the music app from picking up the ringtones and alarm. However with the samsung, it picks up everything.

Is this a bug or what?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ickyboo:
Try putting a .nomedia file in dirs you don't want scanned. Helped me.

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100
[Galaxy S I9000 General] naTTan:
That doesn't help if i put nomedia in there, they won't scan my ringtones and alarms sounds. I don't understand don't the music app you guys have detect the sounds?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hiperjp:
It's .nomedia, with dot before. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] naTTan:
yeah but if i put a .nomedia in there the phone won't pick up the ringtones.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
nice tip

this should be in the wiki :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ickyboo:
I use lithium music player which allows me to specify which folder to look for music, also most of not all 3rd party players do that. Mixzing does too I beleave

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100
[Galaxy S I9000 General] naTTan:
I understand, the problem is that, this wasn't a problem with other android models specifically the G1 and Hero i owned. The music app would never pick up anything in the ringtones/alarm/notification folder.

So is this a Samsung thing, or do other phones like the Nexus/Droid also have the problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ickyboo:
I think its the stupid media scanning thing. Never had a dif Droid phone so didn't realise its not standard.

So Yeh. It's a Samsung thing

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100
[Galaxy S I9000 General] deco105:
I'm having a similar problem:

If I put the .nomedia file in my \sdcard\music folder, those files don't appear on the music player. If I remove the .nomedia, my Gallery get full of folders with 1 album picture for each music album I have. So it's one or the other, not sure which is less annoying.

Is there a way that those album art (hidden files) can be hidden just from the gallery and not music player?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] daClaus:
put the sound files on the sdcard into system/media/audio/ringtones

/alarms

/notification

and everything will be fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] daClaus:
you can either rename each album cover into albumart.jpg or rename it to .whatevernameyoulike.jpg (enter a dot as first character to make a "hidden" file) to exclude the album images from the gallery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fudduf:
has anyone managed to do this?

es file explorer seems to be the best app for viewing SMB folders, but i can't pick which media player plays which file. they will only open with es's own local player which doesn't support as many formats as the SGS.

i also tested file expert and astro + SMB module, neither work either.

my 3-year-old archos 605 wifi can do this without problems (linux-based OS), surely the SGS is capable of doing this???

are there no people out there who want to stream their libraries to their phone on their home wifi network without transcoding or downloading to the phone first?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
Be patient. Someone just recently compiled a samba driver thingy. It won't be long til we can naitively mount smb shares. Have look in the dev forum for it.

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
O Yeh. Have you tried astro with smb patch?. It might do what you want. Look on market

Godsped

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fudduf:
Yes, i did try astro + smb as i stated in my original post. It actually behaved the worst out of all the options.

Cheers to the community for their help...i also made a feature suggestion on the EStrong forum to allow us to choose which media player plays which files. if anyone else cares to, the EStrong developers are listening: http://forum.estrongs.com/thread-263-1-1.html
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nattyd:
Just wanted to put this out to the community to see if anyone else is experiencing this problem.

I have a mugen extended battery for my HD2 and I have tried every android build in this forum and none of them work with the extended battery except for the Desire Android builds. All the froyo builds fail to boot with the extended battery but they all boot perfect with the standard HD2 battery.

Now the question:- Is this a known issue and if so will this be something that will be addressed in future builds or is it that if i need to run Android I will be limited to the standard HD2 battery.

Thanks to the community for all its hard work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] the_scotsman:
Try searching before starting a new thread...it keeps the forums clear of repeated posts...

There are known issues with extended batteries...

Try this thread for a start.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756513
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nattyd:
Thank You

I really did try and search for days. I think maybe i did not use the right words.. I really do appreciate your quick answer. Thank You.

Would you mind closing this thread so that it does not get any bigger.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
Hi. I recently rooted and installed a WWE "sensefroyo" rom off the internet.

And I just figured out (since a couple of hours) that my speaker isn't working AT ALL.

Before, it worked when you left the battery out for a minute and put it back in. it worked flawlessly. But after a while it'd go back to being messed up.

Now its screwed. and wont work at all.

I didnt realise I needed to get it replaced till now.

I really need the Telus Desire rom asap. As I just emailed them about it, and most likely need to get it replaced/fixed. And I dont know much about Telus, if you lose warranty privileges if you root/custom ROM it.

Unless I can tell them that I installed the official 2.2 ROM (dont know if it needs root) off those .exe files (the RUU_Signed) kind. (They didn't work for me. So i rooted using recovery)

Or if you can link me to one where I can find a rom that does not require rooting, and has an .exe file and a copy of a .zip kind.

I wrote a lot here, and its all over the place.

Right now. Either link me to the Telus Desire rom. or one where I can flash without rooting.

I am going to unroot as soon as I get one of those two things^

Thanks. I just hope you guys know what kind of freaky situation I am in.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F0l3ert:
Where did you buy it, and how long has it been since you bought it?

Depending on those factors, you may not need to worry too much.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
I had it activated on a 3 year contract almost a week ago(Not even a week)

What do you mean by I will not have to worry about these things?

Is Telus a carrier that is more on the 'chill' side of things?

EDIT - So I just got off the phone with Telus.

The representative told me if I installed something that Telus did not release. That basically voids my warranty. So now I really need to get back exactly as it was before.

Can someone please help me out here?

I need to go to a dealer soon to get it replaced.

I am pretty sure I can unroot it myself with no issues I guess.

I really need something that matches with the same stats as a Telus Desire.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] routehero:
You should probably try starting over.

If your rom is still rooted, get ROM Manager and install clockworkmod.

You can install something stable like opendesire and wipe data/cache.

You should be fine, unless you really have some unusual desire to be on Telus' rom.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
I was wondering if someone can post what their 'software version' looked like on a Telus Desire

Maybe then I can try to get the same radio and 'stats' as a factory device.

I got on a rep and they also said that the worst thing that can happen is your device will be sent back.

They even said that some people wont even notice the software change and stuff.

If at the end I cant get a Telus rom. I would LOVE a link to an Eclair build rom. Possibly one that is an official.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfpreach:
Didn't you nandroid backup prior to moving to froyo?

From what I understand you can restore from that.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
I actually have NO idea what nandroid was.

I just followed instructions off a tut on xda.

So I cant seem to find factory eclair roms.

Now I read around a little bit more.

And just feel completely stupid.

Please. Someone. A factory Eclair build.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] routehero:
start by getting clockworkmod installed.

Without knowing what state your device is in, it's tough to help you.

but with clockworkmod recovery going, you will easily be able to switch between roms.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheLastOne:
Honestly you couldn't have bought it that long ago, just return it to the store, the guys don't even know how to check.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
I already do have it. Thats how i installed all the different roms (Leedroid, Nightly Cyanogen, and then eventually the official one)

Hold on for a couple of minutes as I can provide you with some of my hboot and so recovery options. (Using the WiFi hot spot at the moment)

Other then that. Here is my 'software version'

android 2.2 with the latest 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20 radio

Kernel is

2.6.32.15-g1fc4045

htc-kernal@and18-2#1

Build #

2.06.832.1 CL207528 test-keys

Software Number

2.06.832.1

with the obvious webkit 3.1

hboot info?

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.83.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.09.00.20

Jun 10 2010, 12:12:05

Used ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1

Yes it is an SLCD display?

you needs more? - tell me what exactly you need and how I can get it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] routehero:
download opendesire 3.5.0, wipe data/cache, flash that.

after you set it up, let us know what's not working.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajanu:
If I were you, I would go back to the store you got it from, with your recipt and contract. You have 14 days to return any phone. That's how I got my desire, I returned a Hero. Make sure you take everythign back you got, charger, phones, etc. Tell them waiting to get a band new phone fixed is a waste of your time, and you want to exchange the phone right away.

So long as you have a sense UI ROM running, I doubt they will know you have rooted the phone. The guys where I bought the phone didn't know too much about it.

If you managed to get a tech support guy to tell you they might not notice, you clearly have the power to get what you need from people. Be forceful if you have to, within 2 weeks they should just give you a brand new phone. After 14days though, your gonna have to live with no speaker, hope it's actually a software issue(doesn't sould like it if even stock it was failing), or send it back and hope they don't miss it. To the best of my knowledge there are no Telus official roms to be found, but there are many official roms from other places. As long as your background doesn't say VodaPhone or something, how will they know?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfpreach:
Telus has 30 day DOA over the counter exchange.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Mr. X-:
YAh but he made the mistake of telling them e rooted and flashed it (why on earth would any one do that i dont know)

So they have flagged that IMEI in the system as void.

Your best bet is to try doing a wipe and flashing back to the telus 2.1 rom and radio, you will, the recovery is gone though as we dont hava ruu.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
Actually. I didnt. I went straight for asking the question off a residential phone that uses Rogers. So they don't know who I was or any account related things.

The first time I called though, I told them that the speaker wasnt working and I wanted it replaced.

So no my IMEI is not flagged, guarantee you that part.

I will try using the OpenDesire 3.5.0 with "clear/wire cache"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1jatt:
This might work for you and i think its your best bet.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6710085&postcount=3

Go to the above thread, follow the instructions and make a gold card.

then go to the following thread, download official froyo rom and flash it. It looks almost the same as the original rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753672
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
I cant seem to do the goldcard thing.

I am using the official 2.2 at the moment.

It does look the same as 2.1 Telus itself.

What does it mean over here?

I cant seem to do the "command prompt" location thing.

Someone wanna help me? maybe with some screenshots?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da pavinator:
I am done making the GoldCard. What does it even do though?

It has something to do with switching to the factory rom..

Now. I have issues with the RUU. It does not wait long enough for the phone to be in bootloader.

EDIT - Is there any way I can "remove" or uninstall the Superuser Permissions app and the "Wi-Fi Hotspot" app? To make it appear even more legitimate.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Mr. X-:
I packed up the telus stock rom from a nandroid dump you can try it.

http://www.mightyrom.com/mrx/MRX/Bravo/Stock/Telus_HTC_Desire_Stock_2.1_NoRADIO.zip