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[Captivate Themes and Apps] lamboman9:
Another vote for SKP. My favorite feature, since I don't use any sort of prediction, is that I can change the language/layout to FR - QWERTY+ ' and get the apostrophe squeezed in on the right side where the semicolon would normally be.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
I keep hoping someone would clarify in existing threads, but I guess not; so here is yet another thread, albeit on a vague topic. It is very clear that we need the stock recovery to receive the OTA, but can anyone in the know please answer the following:

Do we need stock recovery to get the NOTICE of the update, or just to process? These are, of course, 2 very different things, and those of us sitting on a rooted stock incredible waiting for the update notice may never even see the OTA if we need to be stock recovery first.

In other words, I know we need to be stock recovery to install, but do we have to be stock recovery to learn that its ready?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andybones:
I honestly wish I could answer this question, it is a valid question, and I don't know. Would I like to know, yes. hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in.

I can however throw my two_cents in for FWIW.

If you are awaiting the 2.2OTA, as I am.

why wouldn't you get the stock recovery, as we know you NEED this for the OTA. as for your question, again I don't know, but why does it matter if you need this, then why wouldn't you do it.

I'd like to know, what hboot is needed,

I am on .79 hboot, s-off, stock recovery, stock radio, blah blah,

I have read you need .77 but I doubt it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchebb:
I doubt that Android itself will check the recovery image. The OTA notification should appear just fine even without the stock recovery. If you accept it with Clockwork, I don't know what would happen. Probably, everything except the radio would flash fine and you'd be left with 2.2 but missing some features.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
Is there any way to make set display's brightness level lower than slider in settings allows?

Why?

1) SGS's display got so much brightness and contrast that in low (or zero) light conditions it is simply too bright! It hurts eyes.

2) It might severely improve battery life.

Any gurus around? ^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
echo # > /sys/devices/platform/s3cfb/spi_gpio.3/spi3.0/backlight/s5p_bl/brightness
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tristecire:
brightness to 0

If i remember, real mini is 8, max 255, i use Brightness level from Curvefish ( Market ), it seems to be the lowest i can get, an it's a 1X1 widget, not that horrible.

Dimmer Night mode , Market too, is another way to go.

Twice are free.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
Thanks, working as intended :)

The best solution would be to allow 'auto' setting to go that low.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Yup even quick settings (free) from market allows to go uptil 18.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fua:
i use Dimmer. brightness is 10.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakine:
I use extended controls and it has multiple options to control brightness or switch between user and auto brightness settings. Not sure it goes lower than stock but i tested it today and i can get 7 hours of almost nonstop use out of a full battery. Thats a mix between navigation internet and calls. Thats good enouh for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
From 1 to 17 theres no difference in brightness. 0 is screen off, 18 is lowest brightness,.... and so on up to 255.
[Captivate General] jgaviota:
Hi, I live in Guatemala C.A. and with the availability of the free unlock for the Captivate and Vibrant I'm trying to decide what phone to get.

I need ATT's 3G, but it seems that the unlocked Vibrant does have it also.

Which phone has a bigger developer community, the Captivate or Vibrant?

Has either bootloader been hacked? Custom Roms etc...

Can they use Galaxy S firmwares? advantages or disadvantages?

Accessories?

Also the Dell Streak is tempting, with the big screen, but it is still locked, I'd have to get a rebelsim 1.2 with all its uncertainties.

Any thoughts? Thanks!
[Captivate General] mesasone:
Your questions can be answered by visiting the development section for both phones.
[Captivate General] jgaviota:
I'm sorry if I'm not making myself clear, but I'd like OPINIONS from people that own the phones. How do you like them? Have you installed other roms?

Thanks!
[Captivate General] ag4vr:
As much as I enjoy using my Captivate, I would go with the Vibrant if I were in your shoes. Both phones have been rooted. I know you can run Galaxy S firmware (I9000) with the Captivate, and I don't know why you couldn't with the Vibrant.

Assuming you can run AT&T 3G with an unlocked Vibrant, that would be a real plus in the Vibrant's favor.

I'm guessing accessories are more readily available for the Vibrant since its shape looks closer to the shape of the I9000. The Captivate's shape is just different enough to possibly be an issue if you're looking for form-fitting cases and that sort of thing.
[Captivate General] InsaneJester17:
I personally prefer the looks of the Captivate over the Vibrant, but internally they are the same phone.

The Streak just seems too big. Plus the screen isn't anywhere near as nice as the Captivate/Vibrant's. The Streak has just a basic LCD screen while captivate and Vibrant have Super AMOLED screens.

I'd recommend heading in to a local store and trying out all of your choices before deciding. But my recommendation is Captivate.
[Captivate General] sportedwood:
Ive had both, the vibrant felt more like a tween/girl phone while the captivate feels/looks more... bro?
[Captivate General] Phytrax:
I was really interested in the Streak. I heard about reception problems with it though and since it only came with Android 1.6 that was a turn off. I heard people complaining of reception problems with the Captivate too but it is just as good as my Tilt2 so I'm satisfied. Maybe the Streak is fine too.

I must say, once you see the screen on the Captivate it is really amazing. I heard how great the iPhone screen is but I wasn't as impressed with it as I am with the Captivate screen. The Captivate has faster hardware too. And no one mentions it but I really like the ear bud headphones that came with the Captivate, which work really for music and hands-free talking.
[Captivate General] jgaviota:
Thanks to all for your replies! :D

Unfortunately I'm not in the States, so I can't compare them personally, and you cannot see the Streak before you buy it... So I really appreciate hearing from all of you that have tried these devices.

Has anyone with a Vibrant confirmed that it indeed has ATT's 3G as engadget said?

Thanks again!
[Captivate General] cliffgardner:
I agree with this entirely. In the end, it comes down to which form factor and network you prefer because the phones are the same. I love my Captivate.
[Captivate General] Clienterror:
In my opinion, I'd go with a captivate or vibrant. They are basically the same phone. As for the streak, 5" screen is too big for a phone IMO, it runs like what 1.5 or 1.6 android.....seriously? I new phone runs an OS that's 18 months old, you can tell they put a lot of effort into that. It's not even an AMOLED display, much less a Super AMOLED display. And I've owned 2 dell laptops and they were both in my opinion disposable, the hinges were loose, the screens had a ton of light leakage (one of the laptops was even an XPS model back before they bought Ailienware). So in my experiences with Dell laptops translates to a phone, which is already obsolete out of the starting gate I'd pass.
[Captivate General] jgaviota:
I just wanted to say thanks!

I finally got a Captivate. I wanted to get a Dell Streak but with no unlock codes and with the botched UK 2.1 firmware (front camera stopped working, reversed accelerometer) I decided against the bigger screen

I really enjoyed my Windows mobile years (Kaiser, Fuze) but it's time for me to go Android.

Again thanks to all for answering this Android noob's questions! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] SonicFlare:
Hi,

Here is the demo of my app for reading popular russian it quote site (bash.org.ru)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpb6pJRa5I4

Some issues that i see is:

1. The text is too small. I think this will be fixed, when the MS Panorama control will come out, as it use space more wisely.

2. I would like to scroll the quotes itself by the finger gestures, but it just pan the panorama. Don't know if it's more usable, to just lock the panorama scroll to the title or to the whole screen. Could confuse end-user.

In total, I've spent around 2 days of developing it.
[HD2 General] sriram227:
Htc sense menu is unable to load and only the windows menu loads.

and it get freezed after 1 min.

what shld i do now.

can i perform Hard reset.?

My is an unlock T-Mobile USA.

so if i fo hard reset , will my phone get locked again.?
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
No, a hard-reset will not relock the phone, you will still be able to use your SIM in it for calls/data on your network
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] pnawaf:
does any body have good english dictionary and folder lock software for my htc touch diamond.if plz............:)
[Android Themes] Abarthel:
Does anyone know of any available or under development Nightlies ROM themes?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lisalover1:
I'm interested in rooting my HTC Evo that has the 2.2 firmware, but I want a very thorough method of backing up all my data first. What is the best method for a complete backup of all the data on my phone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sombdy:
MyBackup Pro from the Market. When you restore, do not restore system settings as this will cause interference with the new ROM. Restore only apps and data for the apps.

After you root, use Titanium Backup. It's the best app. Also after root you will have the ability to do a nandroid backup which is like a Windows Restore Point such that you can rollback everything to the way it was when you performed the nandroid backup. Very useful when you totally mess up everything.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ConceptVBS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuch_jQcCl8

1:19

:eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it was already mentioned before

we are even planning a DEV forum for it

see here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=764084

the Korea version also has DTV

but the price for the Brazilian model is around $1500 USD
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Adanedhels:
I was wondering if anyone could take the Decepticon Boot screen and replace it with an Autobot symbol?

Any help here would be appreciated as I haven't done any programing on over 10 years....

Thanks,

Adan
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Adanedhels:
bump.... Anyone Buehler Anyone?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tamas413:
No programming really needed

The easiest way that I've found to do it is to create a (480x800) Flash file about 120-200 frames long and export it as a movie as frame by frame png files.

Then follow the directions at thread number 697527.

I would post the link but the mods haven't approved me yet.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Adanedhels:
Thanks

Thanks for the info. As for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to even start doing it myself.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SamJamz:
Yes I can, Look for the superboot thread to explain more
[Fascinate Android Development] mdram-omnia:
given the fact that all the other galaxy phones are rooted, whats your opinion on this one?

think it will take long?

i tether, so its a must for me
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
it will b rooted the very same day it comes out. All the galaxy phones require is I think just a root kernel and done.
[Fascinate Android Development] nemesis000000:
any updates on this topic? very eager to see a rooting solution for this beauty.
[Fascinate Android Development] dr154:
i believe all galaxy s phones have the same rooting process like stated above, they the easiest phones to root.
[Fascinate Android Development] onelovekir:
my friend she has the fascinate and has had it since June. her brother works for verizon and gave her that phone cuz its a test version. it is the samsung galaxy s SCH-i500 (verizon fascinate). is there anything i can do to help the situation? i would like to root her phone for her but would need the ground work. any help would be appreciated...thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
Not to be a negative Nancy but I work for verizon and I'm calling B.S. on this one.... and if you do have a "test one" then no it wont help
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
There is an app for the gsm versions but the app did NOT mention the epic or fascinate, unless there was an update I misses out on but check out ny friends captivate quadrant score after the lag fix, we did it three time just to double check, though linpack was pretty much the same
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
We are supposed to get about 15 fascinates at the store I work at and my boss said I could have one to try to root and mod but if I break it I buy it lol but if I get it rooted I'll post how and pics of it working and all that jazz
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
Does anybody know how to get past the activation screen?
[Fascinate Android Development] nemesis000000:
Ota
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
We just got five in our store this morning, the rest will be here soon but we can't get passed the activation screen
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
Help
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
This does nothing BTW
[Fascinate Android Development] vai1018:
Was that on 2.1?
[Fascinate Android Development] nemesis000000:
any updates??
[Fascinate Android Development] tech9ne:
press the home key 3 or 4 times to bypass activation screen...
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
Pressing home did not work, we just simply activated it then cleared it out, but no word on root, it was 2.1 and it has a task manager app built in and it says it only has 325 mb of RAM but some ppl say that the other 187 mb of RAM is for graphics
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
The one click root app might work, I'm too scarred to try it cuz its not my phone
[Fascinate Android Development] nammyczc:
all galaxy s has 512mb of ram but the OS cannot recognize all of the 512mb UNTIL froyo update
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
I'm sure you all know this but its highly likely that when 2.2 comes to the fascinate that the root hack won't work. So if you're already on the fence about rooting decide quick, personally I love root but some ppl don't use the benefits of root
[Fascinate Android Development] cesium:
mmm as soon as a root is confirmed i'm pulling the trigger :)
[Fascinate Android Development] bubby323:
Try the one click root for the Epic 4G it worked on my epic and captivate. So im betting it will work on the Fascinate! :D
[Fascinate Android Development] wisenick:
That's actually what I was thinking, I'm sure the app would have worked I just didn't want to do it to a phone that wasn't mine
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
I'm not a developer, so I'll admit I don't know what it takes to root a phone. That being said, I checked the other forums and found that nbs11 made a guide for pretty much anything you'd need to do to a Captivate. I looked at this one because I was interested in how the process worked with no hardware buttons besides power and volume.

In this guide, he has a link to the update.zip file needed to get root access. I downloaded this update.zip, looked inside and found it has the Superuser.apk, busybox and su files.

I also downloaded the Fascinate dump to see what files were there and based on what I see, this update.zip should just place those files in their respective folders as long as the update is signed correctly. I don't really see how this can "break" anything, but I guess anything is possible?

My guess is if it works, it works. If it doesn't, the update.zip will error out. This is just a guess though.
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
It does not work as of yet, both with the Galaxy S Root and the One Click Lag fix/root. Both of the respective update.zip files gave the "could not verify signature" error on my Fascinate. I'm sure someone will have a new update.zip that verifies with the Fascinate very soon though.
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
Damn. Is this the one click root method you tried? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=746129

This is for the Vibrant and it looks like the files (Superuser.apk, busybox and su) are the same. I was hoping it would work since these appear to be the same. The Epic appears to have different files.
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
Just out of curiosity, can you verify that the updater-script file had the model number for the Fascinate included? (according to the system dump, it's SCH-I500)

The method for each of the other three phones included adding the model number to the script.
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
From an update.zip file for one of the other phones:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I5800" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I5800" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9000" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9000" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "SGH-I897" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "SGH-I897"
);
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
I did not actually have that version, I had the non-final. Just tried it and it didnt verify either, gonna try to see if I can modify the updater script with the fascinate product id.
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
Yes, this will need to have the following lines added:

getprop ("ro.build.product") == "SCH-I500" ||

getprop ("ro.product.device") == "SCH-I500"||

Or it will almost certainly NOT work.
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
I'm anxiously waiting to hear how you do!

My Fascinate gets here tomorrow, along with everyone else's, and I'm actually going to try to see if I can make a video of my unboxing and rooting, and I'm hoping I can do it in under five minutes! :D
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
Ok, so I unpacked the update.zip file, went to the updater-script file. I then added the line with the sch-i500 model and repackaged the update into a zip file again.

After copying back to the memory card, I booted into recovery, only to have the same signature verify problem all over again.
[Fascinate Android Development] eleazar123:
Bummer, I was hoping you'd get it working before we all get our phones tomorrow. Maybe we could convince a dev to help us out? :D
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
Just to make sure, you were copying to the INTERNAL memory, not the SD card, right?
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
That would be great. I'm not bad with this kind of thing but I'm no dev by any means. I'm gonna keep playing though, just to see what I can get to happen.
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
I'm feel like an ass now. :o I was, in fact, using the SD card because I had no access to a computer that I could install drivers to.

I'm too spoiled by my Incredible I guess. I always did everything on the memory card.

Now that I'm home from work I can install the drivers on my computer and I'll give that a shot.
[Fascinate Android Development] eleazar123:
Yay, we still have hope.

I think it's funny that all of us have less than 20 posts (at least on page 2).
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
Haha yes I've been a longtime lurker, just now finding myself in a place where I might help out.

One other question tho, does it matter how I'm repackaging the update.zip file? As of now I've just been using regular old windows zip function.
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
Not at ALL Dude! Every other Android phone loads the update.zip off the SD, so it's a totally natural assumption to make. I only knew about it because I was watching a YouTube video of a guy rooting a Vibrant, and he really emphasized the difference.

And yeah, Hi there other low-posters! :D
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
I believe the .zip files do have to be "signed" properly? I'm coming from the Eris forum - that's how things worked there. It's all Android, so it is most likely the same across the board. It is a process which I never took the patience to learn. Someone made a Windows signing app. If I find it, I'll link it here.

Signing made easy.... [ Updated July/2009 ] by Stericson: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=473580
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
Also, I cannot for the life of me put anything to the internal memory. Adb just says permission denied when I try to push it and windows shows a removable disk but it wont open it. Any ideas?
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
I don't think ADB commands will work without root. If they DO work, you have to have USB debugging enabled.

I'll be able to help more tomorrow once I get my Fascinate, but there are plenty of REAL Devs on here that will hopefully help out.
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
I didn't believe so either, just trying it. I'm thinking as an end user, we don't have access to the internal storage except for apps.
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
Try removing the SD card, then mounting.
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
That's the only way I tried it. I'm in the process of resigning the update.zip after adding the il sch-i500 line and then ill try to load it in recovery from the SD card.

Fyi- I didn't see it mentioned, but in recovery, instead of using the power button for selecting like the other galaxys, its actually the home button on the fascinate.
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
No go. Im all out of ideas at this point. If anyone has something to try let me know.

Also to rule out any possible errors on my behalf, someone could try modifying the updater script and package it into a signed update.zip, I could then test it out.

But if not, we always have tommorow. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
Okay, here goes nothing:

I've included the SCH-I500 in the updater-script file in this .zip, and used JF's signing tool on it. This represents the limits of what I am able to do, so if it doesn't work, I got nuthin' else.

If you can get to this tonight, then great, otherwise I'll try it tomorrow when I get my new phone home! :D

Good luck!

-Z
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
I gave this file a try. The .zip file has to be named update.zip or else you will get an error saying it can not find the file. When applying the attached file I got the E:signature verification failed message. I'll keep trying and let you guys know what I find.
[Fascinate Android Development] jaminw:
Right. I have tried multiple update.zip files. The problem would be that I cannot access the internal memory on mine. I'm not sure if its me or my computer. Using it from the SD card errors out every time.

Apparently running the update from internal memory is the only way to make it work on galaxy's.
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
Ok guys. Valiant efforts on trying to sign an update zip, but that method will not work without a custom recovery that only checks the google test keys, not samsungs production keys.

As far as root, i have temporary root with the rageagainstthecage bin used to root the epic, but cannot get permanent root to stick. working on it now though