yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El_JimBob:
Ok... MD5 hash checked ok... trying to update again... aaaaaaaand... nope.

Right, will try re-flashing the recovery and then try again (again)...

*hmm... something's definitely not right here... flashrec refused to install the recovery and attempts to do it from adb gave me an error - mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /sd-ext failed: No such file or directory*

Might try a full wipe and start again... oh well... :-)

*edit* Ok, downgraded (with goldcard), flashed recovery, flashed radio from recovery and nada... so what am i doing wrong? i can't have the only phone in the world that can't update its radio... worried that anything further i have to try might be right out of my depth...
[Android Apps and Games] ngkkv:
if not where else can we find them?
[Android Apps and Games] maxomus:
Here is great place, kinda... But a... Try googling android market alternatives.

Sent from my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] phlunkie:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=495798
[Off-topic] boodies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gho30f6Yut0&NR=1

i was just browsing through all these on youtube haha.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] JHimmelbauer:
has anyone Toshiba's virtual DPad "FreePad" (see attached cab) working on a HD2?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
have you? or are you wanting someone else to try it first?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] JHimmelbauer:
yes, of course, but it does not work - no idea how can I start the dpad (also no icon)

Don't worry, a deinstallation will it completely remove it again (also in the registry)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] geralt:
Look at this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=658673 there is similar application.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] JHimmelbauer:
thanks, I know this thread, but I would prefer more this solution - one of the reasons is, this virtual dpad is transparence...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dezaras6:
I'd love to have this, it might have something to do with the fact that it is set to install in a toshiba settings folder that doesnt exist on non toshiba devices. If it were possible to extract an .exe out of the cab, that might work, not sure.

Thoughts anyone?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] geralt:
Here is extracted Toshiba Free_Pad.cab (in attached zip file).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erik97:
Is anyone working on getting our phones in S-OFF mode or unlocking NAND? :confused::confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 42turkeys:
Pro Tip: Don't post in the Dev section.

Don't you think the only mod of the desire section plus 4 other devices has enough to do without constantly moving n00bs posts in the dev section?

You've just felt the full force of #villainrom hitting the report button. Muahahaha
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakzone:
It's great that now we have people like you here, you make this place nicer.....

Anyway these tools are provided by unrevoked. There are a couple of options, either wait or contact them and see if they are working on them :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
there are a few people working on a few diffrent ways of giving us full R/W access, maybe you should of had a little search first :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kieransymes:
Hi all

Does anybody know of any reliable websites that provide instant unlock codes for the Hero?

Thank you :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] mackem1966:
Got mine off ebay off someone with "bear" in his business name.cost me £8 and came within an hour and worked of course lol
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Dormantlemon:
I used this guy back in february (see below). But it appears he doesnt offer unlock codes anymore. still you could keep an eye out if he does again if you dont find anyone else

He's on ebay. Member ID: bltmustafa. Code came within 3 hours of purchase. Of course, there are many excellent ebay seller who currently offer hero unlocks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Jose_95:
Hey guys, I bought a motorola droid just yesterday. Turns out I can't put any sim cards in it and neither is it a gsm phone. But then I heard about the milestone. The milestone is the GSM version of the droid. But I'm not exactly sure on where to buy it. Do I need to order it online? Or can I buy it at a specific store? Since some of you have the milestone, where can I get it? If online, please give me a link on where to buy it.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] NorskHelgen:
Well I live Canada where the Milestone is sold through Telus. Correct if i'm wrong anybody, but i believe you can simply just buy one off eBay, then just buy an unlock code off eBay aswell and have free access to use any sim card in it.

My father has a Milestone and i just bought an unlock code for it to test on Rogers Wireless so i'll let you know if it works.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] NorskHelgen:
So I tested one of the unlock codes i bought off eBay with a unrecognized sim card and it worked. So if you buy a Milestone off a site like eBay and purchase a unlock code it should work on whichever sim you like, well aside from T-mobile. It'll work, but their 3G runs on 2100 mhz so you won't be able to connect.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocklee99:
even though i rooted through simple root and have nand unlocked, is it recommended to use unrevoked forever to keep nand unlocked?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
I wouldn't since you are already good.

The only thing it does is protect you if you should allow an OTA update and if you want any recommendation, I'd advise not downloading any OTA's ever.

EDIT: At least that is my understanding of what it does.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v_lestat:
it only protects you if an S-ON update is not included in that OTA update.

Someone in another thread mentioned they already have a patch for the S-OFF/ON to kill unrevoked forever.

there is a point to the program but seriously, all it takes is an update to kill it and i am not sure what the revoked team was thinking making claims that it would allow root for ever,,,, that was a pretty unsubstantiated claim since, again, all it takes is an update from HTC.

I think the bigger point is that you wont loose root/nand if you flash a bad rom or something.

but i think they made that statement with "never install an OTA update without researching it first" in mind.

now that is how I understand it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchwin88:
Ahh, see I was under the impression, like probably most, that it was permanent. I wasn't aware that either this tool or HTC could change it back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
The patch for forever was mentioned but I don't think its actually confirmed. Either way, for root users here I don't see any reason to ever to an OTA.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mondragon21:
I tryed it,:) when I first downgraded from 2.2 to 2.1 it asked if I wanted to update, so to see if unrevoked forever really work I downloaded the file and install it.after it was all done I went to bootloader to see is if the security was off and it was it said s-off then all I did is flash the custom recovery that was in the guide and it worked
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
I haven't received my Galaxy S yet but everytime I use my friend's I think the screen is just too blueish. Mostly the white parts. And I also think a "square field" is visible all over the screen. Is this because the resolution is too low compared to the size?

The phone itself is great so I still want it, but I'm afraid the screen will make me disapointed, especially since I've read so much about the Super AMOLED is so great.

Are all Galaxy S' screens like this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pika007:
What is the "square field"? please explain better.

And let's start from clearing the point of resolution/size-

800X480 is more than enough to go up to 7". If anything, it might be the pentile matrix that the screen uses.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
I guess it's these "squares" I see: http://www.engadget.com/photos/iphone-4-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-display-face-off/#3115591

You're probably right that it's more the pentile matrix I notice more than lack of resolution.

I cant understand why many reviews says this screen is very good when it's very noticable.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mithent:
I've seen mentions of different Galaxy S phones having different colour temperatures, though mine seems fairly cool.

PenTile does, unfortunately, make text less sharp, and there is a bit of a screen-door effect (I think that's the term you're looking for). It's a tradeoff for having a Super AMOLED screen - excellent contrast and very bright, but not as good as a TFT for text. I've become accustomed to it though, despite my misgivings (but a non-PenTile SAMOLED really would be the best screen without question).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
What's the good side with PenTile? And yes, I've searched for "screen-door effect" and it seems as if that is what I'm seeing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
Yes, Galaxy S display seems to have quite high colour temperature. You can sort of calibrate it using the calibration app that was developed for Nexus One a while ago and is now part of CM6, but you have to run Froyo, install it manually and lose video overlay, so it's not really usable right now. Nevertheless I've managed to calibrate my SGS to more or less 6500K using it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
What is the downside of losing video overlay?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
Not being able to play back videos and shoot pictures and videos :) Or, to be precise - you can do all of that, but all you see is white screen ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
Oh. Well, guess I'm not going with that solution then :)

But since it can be done through software, does it mean that Samsung could make an update and fix this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocketpaul:
I had this on my old galaxy S and coming from the x10's tft it was painfully obvious the white colour had a blue/green tint to it. I then got it replaced and the tint was still there but not so obvious. Now after a while the white colour looks perfect white. I think my eyes have adjusted or something.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
Ok, guess I'll have to wait until I get my before I know how bad it is.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsuru:
My friend got a blueish Galaxy S I9000. Mine isnt that much!! Next to his looks like mine is Redish, but mine next to my Monitor looks blueish! I believe some Screens have more blue tint than others :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mib1800:
Mine is very white. Put the phone on a white screen (using a screen torch app) and the screen looks whiter than a piece of white paper.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeusalmighty:
Hey all, keep us updated if there's any application that can change the color temperature without affecting the functionality.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
I got the phone a few days ago and my friend's is defenitly more blueish than mine. I dont notice the screen-door effect anymore so I'm very very happy with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMReuffurth:
I´ve read something on a German Mobile Phone Review Site (don´t know the which one it was now) and they said, that this is normal, because of the AMOLED Tecnology. They said that the Colors will loose the intensity over the years and as blue is the most energetic Color in the spectrum it looses faster the intensity. That is why it looks now maybe a little bit diferent. After a while it should normalise, because it was planned by the manufactures.

Ok found the Site. Heres the translation:

Higher blue components of the display of the Galaxy S may have been deliberately created by Samsung with the idea that the blue OLEDs are aging much faster than green or red. After months of use should mitigate this effect and color balance to be balanced.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
They could do that if they wanted to, yes. But don't expect them to do so, I don't think colour temperature is of any importance to them if it stays within usable range.

Got this tip a while ago on some other thread - you can start Video player, play some video, go to Settings and change the Colour tone to Warm. It stays changed even when you leave the player. It's not perfect, but it helps a bit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DisplayGeek:
Actually, YES! Your eye do adjust to the white that you are looking at.

You've been doing this all of your life and haven't noticed it. The light in the morning is a very different color than the light at noon. In the morning, it is likely very red if the weather is good, and very white at noon... yet everything looks normal to you... because your eyes adapt to the color.

Adjusting to your screen is the same way. But compare it side by side with another screen and one or the other is going to look "wrong", usually the one you haven't been staring at all day!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DisplayGeek:
Congratulations, your brain has created a special filter, using a process called "adaption", by the human vision scientists, that blocks the screen-door effect. You didn't know it, but your brain created one years ago that blocked out the 'striped-lawn' effect caused by the columns of RGB subpixels on conventional color displays. That 'striped-lawn' effect was just as visible the first time you saw one, but that was likely many years ago.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
Okay so this blue tint thing is somewhat strange, still no clear answers.

Some people are saying "this is normal for super amoleds." I have to disagree. If this was normal, then every single Super Amoled would have this blue tint. I've put my samsung galaxy s vibrant side by side next to the samsung galaxy s epic, fascinate, captivate and other vibrants. Some have a blue tint, and others don't. Others have nice rich whites, while some like mine have a blue tint.

Makes no sense, so I'm not buying the "all super amoleds have this blue tint" statement. They don't all have them!

I've used my phone for over 2 months now, and the blue tint is not fading at all. Something else people said. I don't plan to keep this phone for 10 years, waiting for the blue to fade, I want nice white now, not blue whites.

Anyone have any updates on this blue tint some galaxy s phones show?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mozzboiDK:
Mine does not have blue tint. Purely white here :)

GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TDO:
I metered a few SGS.

All had a whitepoint from about 8500K to 11000K.

(this means they all had a bluish tint)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nCoder:
Try voodoo color
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
can you prove it? Not that I'm not believing you, but lots of people are saying their super amoled is pure white, not blue, until they put it next to a normal lcd, and they say "oh **** its blue."

however, if you don't notice it, thats great, that means yours may not be as severly blue. Some are slightly blue, and only noticable when you place it next to a normal lcd. Others are more strong, and visibly blue, you don't even need to put these next to an lcd to notice.

so can you do us a favor, show us how white your super amoled is

download "Screen test" from the market, and put it onto the white background, place your phone next to another phone with an LCD screen also running the program, and take a picture and post it here so we can see how white your super amoled is. If you don't have another phone, put it up to your computer lcd monitor running a white background. thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mozzboiDK:
What phone should i test against? :)

GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
Any phone of your choice, do you have another android device, maybe an HTC or whatever, with a non super amoled screen. Run "Screen Test" app on both, using the white background, place them side by side, and take a photo. if you don't have another phone, put it up against your LCD monitor

thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mozzboiDK:
I'll put it up against my friends X10 later today :) hope you can wait.

GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walker7373:
Hi all,

My Galaxy S also suffer the blueish display. Here a photo that compares Galaxy S and Motorola Milestone with a White screen.

xxx.saoner.it/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=179

I solved partially installing Voodoo color. Now the color temperature is better (a little bit warmer to be honest).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minisaw:
as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_LED:

* Color balance issues: blue light degrades significantly more rapidly than the materials that produce other colors.

1) In order to delay the problem, manufacturers bias the colour balance towards blue so that the display initially has an artificially blue tint.

2) More commonly, though, manufacturers optimize the size of the R, G and B subpixels to reduce the current density through the subpixel in order to equalize lifetime at full luminance.

* Power consumption: for the majority of images, OLED will consume 60–80% of the power of an LCD - however it can use over three times as much power to display an image with a white background such as a document or website.

>>>>>>

Samsung seems to have gone the dumb way regarding the blue tint (the first option above).

Also, many of us browse the web alot, and web sites predominantly use light color schemes, so I expect power consumption to be a rather weak point of an OLED screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vcespon:
Can someone that has installed ROM JPK check if the display temperature has changed? Because mine is perfect now, indoors and outdoors.

Easiest way to check is use Kindle - options, and brightness slider. You'll see that the background and buttons stay neutral gray, without the green-blue tint they had before.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
interesting, let us know
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amoled:
I saw two new Galaxy S´s this week with beautiful warm "neutral" whites. It just kills me that my devices screen was BLUE compared to those...

Both demo phones run 2.2 so can someone please confirm does froyo really change the screens colour balance???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musicadi:
Mine has the same blueishness, although only if I reduce the brightness. Can you guys check? If it's set to automatic, it's usually low brightness and that gives it a blue tint. If you max out the brightness, then white is white, even whiter than my laptop's lcd :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
Well u will face this blueishness if you use blue colour a lot ! amoled screens are made from organic materials and hence have different colour preferences if u use blue colour a lot then after some time your screen will start decaying and have shadowey patches at different places where blue is most displayed and hence colours like white start to fade off ! Yu xan prevent this by using colour like green and red instead of blue as they decay your screen lesser then other colours also try using green wallpapers instead of blue ones ! If u dont care about your screen then use whatever you want! Apparently green is the most healthy colour to be displayed on an amoled screen then any other colour ! So go green !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
The green blue tint is actually a blue tint only and not green! it seems to be green but its blue only! Dont use blue colour if you want to prevent your screen fr decaying !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhu1:
I think your phone is new thats why its pure white or you didnt used much blue colour earlier so its till healthy!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
actually the blue tint was on new phones and supposedly faded with long term use as the blue leds died, they supposedly have low life span. BS, exchange the phone for a new one without a blue tint problem. Wonder if the sgs 2 and nexus prime will have that problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] need4steer:
This thread is old, but I still wonder if any of you still have the blue tint problem on your device?

I'm having the blue tint / bluish look all lover the screen after flashing cyanogenmod 10+ (JB).

according to DerTeufel1980 and pawitp, this issue is caused by the updated framebuffer driver of the Nexus S in the cyanogenmod 9 (ICS) kernels, and the actual problem is that some devices contain incorrect calibration data.

BTW, very early cyanogenmod 9 builds should work because they don't use this yet.

Edit: I posted a thread in which I summarize all I know about this issue.

Edit: This issue is solved. Please look in my thread for more information.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
which could also mean some parts did not meet quality control or were sub standard , which manufacturers would not recall. ( One reason why I think, Samsung, did not want to take it any further than Gingerbread. :) IMHO

Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] need4steer:
Well, I hope this calibration data can be controlled and be set in the ROM somehow.

How could it be that the very same hardware that is used on GB or ICS results in good colors while it won't look good and will have a blue tint / bluish look all over the screen on JB?

I believe (and wish) it could be programmed somehow. I just wish I knew how...

Edit: I posted a thread in which I summarize all I know about this issue.

Edit: This issue is solved. Please look in my thread for more information.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
I hope so too but I think its how the drivers work, the amount of resistance/volts a defective part can take or cause problems will vary. The thing is, this problem does not affect all but a small batch, which is why I mentioned, a certain batch produced at a certain time or parts from a certain supplier may be the cause of this problem.

Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] need4steer:
bluish screen - dark blue tint / hue after flashing AOSP ICS and above on GT-I9000

Well, now it's solved!

There's a known problem for a little amount of Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 devices that are getting bluish screen after flashing AOSP Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.x) and above.

By bluish screen I mean that there's a dark blue color, a blue tint / hue all over the screen.

This bluish screen appears everywhere in the ROM, in the recovery, and even when charging the phone while it's off.

According to DerTeufel1980 and pawitp, this issue is caused by the updated framebuffer driver of the Nexus S in the CyanogenMod 9 kernels, and the actual problem is that some devices contain incorrect calibration data.

I posted a thread in which I summarize all I know about this issue.

This issue is fixed thanks to pawitp.

We can flash this fixed CyanogenMod 11 nightly.

Any release from now on will be updated with this fix.

There are detailed instructions in pawitp's thread - [NIGHTLY][ROM][4.4] CyanogenMod 11 for Samsung Galaxy S

This is the official thread of CyanogenMod 11 in this forum.

Please note

that in CyanogenMod's download site we should flash any version that is newer than cm-11-20140211-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd.zip which was posted today, the 11.02.2014, at 04:51:57 (according to the "Date Added" column in the download site)

I'd like to appreciate pawitp for his willing to help and for his truly tremendous effort to the community.

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ChiGGz:
Is there a way to change the dialing sound for each number. I hate the waterdrop sound.