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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
You're the first to report SIM lock issues with the latest radios, you on Orange UK?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaKin:
Yes, orange UK. I'm just trying a different ROM as we speak (DeFroST_3.1)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
Those radios have been ok with Orange branded phones so far. Did you let the phone boot after you flashed your radio before you installed the custom ROM?

I would try flashing the latest 2.1 generic RUU (goldcard required). Apparently there are problems trying to sim unlock a phone on some non-stock ROMs.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaKin:
I understand what a gold card is etc....but why is it needed again here?

I thought the gold card pretty much allowed you to boot into recovery and then flash a rom?

I will try the following first:

1)wipe / clear cache's

2) flash radio and reboot

3)flash rom

This is what I SHOULD be doing right?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
When you first updated the radio did you boot into your Orange software? If so, I take it there was no request for a sim unlock code then?

Without a goldcard you can't flash using an RUU (there are no branded Orange ones).

You could also try installing a custom pre-rooted froyo ROM.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaKin:
I don't think there was a request for simlock. Instead it just rejected the sim.

Oh right....why do I want an RUU? I'm sure I'm missing something here.....My phone's already rooted....I just want a custom rom on here eg. open desire...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
People have had problems unlocking their phones on non-stock roms.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaKin:
Ahh ok. So I apply the RUU rom and unlock....then re-root etc and I won't need to unlock again?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
That's what I'd try.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaKin:
OK, thanks alot mate
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaKin:
Just a quick update. I've flashed RUU and then sim unlock has worked perfectly. I'm now going to root and try a custom rom again. If this fails I guess I'm stuck with RUU = stuck with sense = no wii remote :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
You will need to update the radio again for the latest roms.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] webstar1:
hi everyone :(:(

Look below at the screenshots, the messaging button is missing, it all happened when i applied a morph I need help as i use touch wiz and that is UGLY what i have there
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] daijirok:
I hope you are kidding us....

Simply enter modify mode in touchwiz menu and drag messaging icon where it belong...

Why do you started a new thread for such a stupid question?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaanJordaan:
RTFM!!! This is the third time I've said that this week!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] webstar1:
ThI feel dumb :o

Thanks anyways :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] The.Opethian:
Yeah, simply go to the list of apps, make sure you're on GRID view, menu key then EDIT, then press and hold an icon you want to place to it, drag and that's it.

If it still doesn't work, I think you'll need to do it while you have your feet soaked in a bucket of water with salt. That should do the trick. ;)
[About XDA developers] Conrad-007:
Hello,

I cannot find anymore some very useful informations on WIKI, like, for example, the incredible useful collection of links to the cooked ROMs for each device, ordered by developer and date... The page of "Reconstructed ROMs" is empty and I think the amount of the useful links for different topics of each device was decreased.

As a real life example, I am currently looking to flash another, better and more up-to-date ROM on my Kaiser, but, without the collection of ROMs previously available for my device on WIKI, I don't have any overview of the current ROMs and it makes the choice pretty difficult :(

Would this situation be improved in the near future, or it's planed to remain like this (new vision)?

Thanks in advance for any answer!

Conrad
[About XDA developers] Captainkrtek:
As part of the migration of the wiki we had many pages to move, (myself moved 500+) and the rest of the team moved many more. Inside each page there were more links to other pages and going through and moving every single one was VERY time consuming. Ill see if i can locate that page and move it over for you.
[About XDA developers] Conrad-007:
Thank you very much for your answer and your helpfulness, Captainkrtek!

Sorry, I understand that this migration action means a lot of work and, if I could, I would also help as much as I could. My post was in no way intended to accuse somebody... It would be a great help for me and I think also for many other members of the forum, if you could find again the collection of links to the cooked ROMs, in this case related to Kaiser.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Best regards,

Conrad
[About XDA developers] Captainkrtek:
Look here: [Link Removed] for the page you want restored and Ill do it
[About XDA developers] DaveShaw:
Sorry mate.

I don't think that link should be made public. I'll PM him.

Dave
[About XDA developers] Captainkrtek:
Sorry Dave
[Galaxy S I9000 General] The3D:
Hi guys,

my first post here, but i spent a lot of time on this forum in the last days stealing information here and there so i would to thank you all for your incredible effort on get this phone better. Now i think it's time to share my thoughts about this smartphone, and ask for some doubts i have.

- Display: the size is awesome, but honestly i found it too much saturated, is there any way to change color saturation? Plus the reading is not that good... the characters, expecially without zoom, look too fuzzy. I have to admit that, imho, readability was better on my old iphone 3g. Someone feels like that? For multimedia, however, this screen is awesome.

- Lags: I can unfortunately notice some random lags while opening application or switching from market to installed apps, even with the oneclick lag fix (512 MB) installed (quadrant reports 2200+ score, if i remember correctly). I was tempted to try the hackheclair cooked rom, any advice about this?

- Battery: another pain. It seems that the phone drains the battery too fast in standby mode. In 6 hours (last night) it drained more than 20% of battery life. This sounds strange to me since many users reported an 1-2% battery drain during night. Please note that i killed all the applications and widgets before leaving the phone in standby. The only one thing that i'm unable to kill is the touchwiz UI, since i use launcherpro as default launcher. Do you know any way to kill the touchwiz UI?

- Memory: here is my biggest doubt. Shouldn't this phone carry 512 MB of RAM? When i check the running services the application reports a total of 256 MB of RAM. Where is the problem?

here are my phone details:

Firmware version JM5

Baseband XXJM3

Oneclick Lagfix applied

Sorry for the huge amount of questions, i heavy used the search engine but i haven't found any solution yet.

thanks:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MAMBO04:
1. There is an app in the dev section to reduce text size, go check it out

2. That's odd, no lag in my end and i've applied One Click lagfix 1.5 .apk, i'm using SamSet's 1.9f ROM though.

3. At the moment there is no way to get rid of the TouchWiz UI but devs are working on a clean ROM, a Cyanogen mod ROM which is basically stock Android. Not too sure about the Battery issue, someone else can shed some light on that, but i do get 1-2% drop at night...

4. Eclair 2.1 does not utilize all of the RAM, and Samsung hasn't chosen to either, so we're all waiting for the final release of Froyo in a few weeks and then hopefully that will utilize all of the RAM, or there will be a workaround.

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
I was going to ask about the fuzzy text myself. It doesn't always seem to be so but a lot of the time the white titles of apps or text in widgets etc. It looks like it is a little out of focus but all images and coloured text appear pin sharp so far. Very odd.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sensi_:
your coming from an iphone 3g and your complaining about battery life and lag? you taking the piss?

and as for the screen, its better than any screen ive ever seen, i lol'ed when my mate put his iphone4 on full brightness and watched the battery go down in minutes, so dont go there with battery life.

try reading the forums and you'll find out that your problems have got a slightly better with more recent firmwares

sorry still ranting, 'fuzzy letters' roflmao!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] darkoroje:
Actually the reason for limited memory is not Eclair. The amount of memory available is governed by the kernel and the kernel on the Galaxy S supports the full 512MB. However Samsung creates a large ramdisk on /tempfs (160MB) which explains why reported RAM is around 320MB.

As for the fuzzy fonts, this is the result of using PenTile matrix in the display. Just search for PenTile, there are many threads on these and other forums discussing that.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
Is there a fix ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tachikoma_kun:
Not without changing the entire screen.

After a while you get used to it, it's just jarring coming from a regular LCD screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nirvana388:
Don't worry about the battery, it just needs to be broken in, be sure to charge it fully then use it till the phone shuts off then charge fully 3 or 4 times when you first get it. It took mine a week or 2 but now I get a couple days of fairly heavy use out of it compared to half a day when I first got it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] The.Opethian:
Another recommendation I will give is to try not to categorize this with another device. I came from a BlackBerry and as much as I hate to admit it, I had some BlackBerry withdrawal issues :( LOL

I'm now a happy camper and haven't experienced the lag too much. I did experience too much lag on JM5, downgraded to JM2 and lag is gone except for LauncherPro, so tried going back to TwLauncher, was happy, and now finding that ADw is a very good launcher in itself.

Bottom line for me is that I wish there were more apps with the same caliber as the App Store's, but it does what I need and more. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
Can anyone in late Eclair version's confirm the tmpfs theory (one way to do it would be to change the settings I guess so that the tmpfs is bigger, 200mb, and see if the ram drops)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
It would be better with a non serif font that was a little larger. Surely this is possible?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] darkoroje:
Look at the the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=762116in the "Android Development" section for more details.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alovell83:
I'd bet money this is more than just a breaking in problem. The battery drain doesn't drop by 95% (20%->1%) after a few cycles. (more on this later).

First, let me ask, do you use a task killer other than the touchwiz task manager? Do you let it run at night? If so, stop, this will cause the 20% drain nearly by itself.

Next, look at the apps that you have installed? How many do you have installed? Maybe some are doing some heavy lifting at night when you are sleeping, this is almost definitely a sync and/or app related issue. Download Spare Parts to get more detailed information on your battery drain.

Here's the issue with the battery. First, the easiest way to fix the problem should be juicedefender and ultimatejuice, but it will cost like 1.99 or 2.99. Then set up sync and maybe 3G to go off at these hours.

Cheaper fix: turn sync off at night (I assume this is running, but actually, it might not be, you might just have random data going out). Also, potentially turn 3G data off at night, this actually prevents me from getting any data and that's what I've seen improve my battery life more than anything. ultimatejuice would make this automatic (I think).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] catsa:
I own both the iPhone 4 and SGS, and i agree that black and white text in the iPhone generally looks sharper and more crisp. I had been using the iPhone for about a week before finally being able to acquire the Galaxy S Vibrant off contract, and i really wasn't used to the display for the first day or two. I was surprised because so many people raved about the Super AMOLED screen, yet my eyes were so used to retina display, i was able to notice the pixels on the Galaxy S screen. After the first two days though i got used to it and it looks great to me now. Actually, i had gotten so used to the customizability, as well as the Menu and Back button, and the bigger screen size, the crisper graphics on the iPhone 4 is easily negated.

Anyways, if there is a way to make text look sharper on the SGS that would make it a perfect device for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bobler420:
my battery life last very good compared to other phones

i get around a day and half screen brightness full uses for about 5 hours

wifi turned on the entire time and very heavy use

when you first got the phone did you let it drain completely then charge it completely and repeat a few times or do you just plug it in when ever ?

i had the htc legend before and the battery sucked and as for the screen

im very pleased
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MAMBO04:
my bad about the RAM question, must have got mixed up :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] brunes:
Aside from all this... "killing all apps and widgets" does nothing to stop the biggest android battery killer, Google sync. Google sync is always running unless you disable it.

If you really want to see how long your phone lasts in stand by, install APNdroid and disable your data connection before you go to sleep. You will have miniscule battery use during the night if you do this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mib1800:
I just upgraded to the new official DJG4 firmware and the lag has been reduced alot. It is now no slower in opening apps than my 3GS.

On the old DJF4 firmware, with 3G and sync on, battery drops by 2% per hour on stand-by. With the new JG4 firmware, it is now 2% drop in 2.5 hours. This is much better compared to my iphone 3GS which loses 10-13% over 7 hours on standby with sync on.

Most software I had report 326Mb total instead of 256Mb. Which variant of sgs phone do you have? I have the galaxy s i9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yeah these batteries needs to be drained completely before charging again, else it doesn't hold proper charge

i always push it until the phone turns off (shutdowns completely) itself, then i change the battery pack

i cycle through 3 of them
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matothett:
What do you guys think the best Rom and android combination is. i have tried a few and want to know what is working best for you.

thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polo735:
I'll bite, even though "Best rom/build" threads are usually shunned.

I use Energy rom for windows and shubcraft for Android. I use a full energy rom because I still use windows from time to time. Shubcraft is preferred for me because of performance and it feels native to my HD2. It tells me in the 'about' section that I am using an HTC HD2 as opposed to a Desire or Nexus One. Something about that just makes it feel right for me.

My combo works well but I do put the time in to fully explore and find solutions to minor problems. I believe that rom/build compatibility is not a huge issue at this stage. In my experience any rom works well with any android build. To get it working properly it takes more than just the "right" combo.

It would be more beneficial to have a thread with "Non compatible rom/builds" rather than best combination.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] random_username_:
i change both of mine all the time but right now it is mattcnexus1.1 for andorid and artemis for windows. with this setup i never get sod and only get screen freeze if auto rotate is on
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kabuk1:
I've been having good luck with a combo of VBN Black on the windows side & the latest Shubcraft on the Android side. So far the only real issue I'm having is occasional data errors, laggy GPS, and some programs not wanting to install/work. And, with occasional data usage & 2-3 hrs of streaming bluetooth audio at work, I still have about 50% battery left by 5. No heat issues either :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Akademist101:
my windroid combination

Windroid combination are as follows:

Artemis V30.0 WWE (winmo) + SubCRAFT V1.4d (non Sense)

Artemis V30.0 WWE (winmo) + MattcFroyoSense V1.6b (Sense)

fast smooth daily use stability and fully functioning core elements
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kidza66:
out of all the roms shubcraft is my fav still never has frozen or played up for a week today, with telstra rom radio 2.12.50.26
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] smeddy:
I'm copying polo (I'm literally going thread to thread telling him so :)) - Energy Full WM along with ShubCraft. I am daily trying out other builds, but the non-cluttered, non-Sense interface and professional look of ShubCraft has won me so far.

I still do boot to WM occasionally (and actually enjoyed doing so again tonight), and just need to figure out a decent Exchange client, and an e-bookreader to match AlReader (I've tried 5 or 6 but none do it for me), and I guess I'll always keep WM in the background so I have access to TomTom. Apart from that, long live Android!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fi3ry_icy:
2.12.50.26 radio?

where do u get that? i can only see 2.12.50.02.2 in vbn files ( http://www.vbnfiles.com/HD2 Common/Radios/ ) and the radio thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611787 )
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bluey Thunder:
I'm running Miri's 17.5 with Darkstone's HD2Froyo v2.1 and I haven't had any problems.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] juggs:
Obviously a typo. :rolleyes:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Segnaro:
I don't see any differences in the roms I tried... Miri, Chucky, Energy.

I just pick the rom that looks the coolest, which is Chuckyrom to me.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] qipengart:
I jest and say that the best Android combination is the one with the fewest Windows as possible.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wy1d:
Please delete
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wy1d:
Oops, I should have posted this in Q&A. Can a mod move it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HondaCop:
Sorry, couldn't resist! hahahah Yea, someone will move your thread soon, hopefully before all the piranhas come in and tear you apart! hahahaha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnc53:
Didn't mention Good Messaging Client. good DOT com / android
[Captivate General] RexEscape:
I'm not sure if this has been discussed (if it has and it's been buried, it's probably about time we discuss this again).

I'm looking around the AT&T bloatware (which I'm hoping to remove soon) and touched the Where (W) app. The Terms of Service (TOS) pops up. Some of us will just touch OK right away. Some of us will read. On my first Cap, I just touched OK and quickly saw what Where was about. Didn't like it. Never used it again. I returned my device due to GPS and Power issues and got my replacement Cap. I launched Where again while playing around and this time I read the TOS. In red, it says that if I continue to use this service and if I don't cancel within 7 days, I will be charged $2.99 per month. It also gives me a website to review all of my mobile app subscriptions. I checked out the site and found 3 subscriptions of $2.99, $2.99 and $4.99 per month that I have been paying. I don't remember at all how they got there. They were services I have never even heard of which I don't use.

Review your bill! On AT&T online billing, click "View Full Bill". Scroll to the bottom of the page under "Mobile Purchases & Downloads". See if you've been subscribed to something you didn't even know about.

Addendum: Call or Chat with an agent and have them install their Free "Subscription Block" to your account. It prevents any fee-based monthly services from automatically activating without your knowledge. You will be given a code when AT&T puts this block in effect. When you decide to download an App that requires a purchase or sign up with a fee-based service, you can then use that code to make the purchase.
[Captivate General] thindery:
My bill day is 8/21 and here it is 5 days later... i still can't view the actual charges online. wish i could :confused:
[Captivate General] joia:
I think it's to be expected by now to be charged a monthly fee if you plan on using any of AT&T's bloatware. Personally, I refuse to even open any of their programs for fear of having random charges on my bill. Just avoid them until you get them uninstalled.

From a business perspective it makes absolute sense why they do this. The general population has no idea of the free alternatives. These same people won't notice or care to check out their monthly bill's when an extra 2.99 is tacked on every month. I bet AT&T makes a killing off this stuff.
[Captivate General] Bjd223:
I agree, when I sold phones they offered a ton of free stuff, as in free for one month and then you started getting charged a couple bucks.

I was nice enough to tell the people to call and cancel the services if they didn't want them but most reps didn't even mention it.
[Captivate General] locsplitter:
Couldn't find what you're pointing to here. The Mobile Purchases and Downloads part.
[Captivate General] RexEscape:
You're probably fine then. I guess if you haven't (knowingly or unknowingly) made an online purchase or download, then maybe it doesn't show up. You're probably ok.
[Captivate General] locsplitter:
Yeah that's what I'm thinking. I did click on the Where app once though, so I was curious. Hopefully nothing went through. That last part about the confirmation code to prevent auto subs though is a good idea.
[Captivate General] RexEscape:
When did you launch the Where app? It probably won't show until a few days later. If you have successfully launched it it's guaranteed that you will be charged $2.99 per month if you don't have the purchase block feature and if you haven't canceled within the 7 days grace period. Just look out for it in a few days.
[Captivate General] locsplitter:
This was a couple weeks ago. I think it was even before I got my monthly bill. Hopefully I'm set and don't have to worry about it.

Also, I tried the last part in your original post about talking to a live rep and having someone put that auto-subscription block on the account.. the rep never even heard of it and directed me to call customer service instead.

Hmm
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
I stupidly clicked on Where. Now how do I cancel it?
[Captivate General] sparker366:
Thanks for the heads up. I found 2 charges on my bill for them called att up and had them cancel it as I couldn't find where on my account I could cancel them. I also added the block to my line as I already had it on my daughters line.

Funny thing is that I work for verizonwireless and know all about this and see it every day but I fell victim to it. They credited me back for the charges which I wasn't expecting at all.
[Captivate General] RexEscape:
Glad I can help.

Call your agent and ask about the Mobile Purchases and Downloads. They should know about this. Not all agents know, as we have read so far. But mine was able to refund and put a block. I had I'm a happy camper!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] freakyd9984:
does anyone have any advice , my wallpaper will not change its stuck on black and ive already made sure its on regular wall paper mode under CHTEditor and it still will not let it change to another wallpaper ..... thanks if someone could help. I donot wanna do a hard reset
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] thebest1:
i had the same issue. what i did i unistall cookies home tab and chteditor then i restart it. i install the programs again then i was able to change the wallpaper.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] freakyd9984:
ok let me try that