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[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AdamDowning:
Hey Guys

I've recently purchased an accessory from eBay. It came yesterday and I have got to tell you it's the best case I have bought for the Galaxy S, and I must have bought 6 or 7 cases for it, as I like to change. The case I bought is great, because it frees up space in my pocket because I can carry the cards I use every day (debit cards, membership cards, college card etc...) in the same case as I carry my phone. You can see how the case holds both the phone and the cards in the picture, and their is a compartment behind the cards holder for cash and other items of use (such as my bike key and house key).

eBay Listing Here​

I have also seen the video for the Samsung Galaxy S drop test, and me being a 'safety freak' as I don't want it to break, put it to the test whilst it was in this case. The phone simply clips inside and is very sturdy, the phone has never fallen out of its clip and is actually pretty hard to remove, which is something I like for safety reasons. I dropped the phone onto tile flooring whilst the case was closed, from a height of about 7ft. This is little above my height, as I am 6ft2" and whilst making a call it could be easy to drop. The phone was fine, no scratch or scuff marks, and the screen was intact! I have tried this whilst the case is both opened and closed, and it seems that the case almost closes its self when it is dropped to protect the screen which is a massive pro for this casing!

Now, onto the bad things about this casing. As you can see, the hinge is leather, as you would expect it to be for style. This means that you have to fold over the leather {which doesn't damage it in any way}, whilst you are making a phone call, or it just flaps all over your face. The same goes for typing, it's difficult to type fast with both fingers, unless of course you fold the case over, which is no big deal! One other con with this product, is that when you first insert your credit card type objects, they are hard to remove and are a tight fit, but once you've put them in and removed them a few times, it becomes looser and things become much easier.

So theirs my review on this case. You can get it from eBay and I purchased it for £7.90 with free postage and packaging, from a UK supplier, so these aren't manufactured in Hong Kong or China. It's a great product, and if you're looking to free up some space in your pockets, whilst protecting your phone, I would definitely recommend this to you. It also comes with 2 free screen protectors and a cleaning cloth, which aren't great and I personally don't use them as it's gorilla glass, but some people do use them, and you've got 2, so if you put one on wrong or break one, you've got another go, well worth the money! I will shortly take some pictures of my case, and not use the one on eBay which could be seen as biased towards selling the product.

Thanks for reading the review!

Adam Downing
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Snuble:
Just how hard is it to remove? Is it easy enough to remove that its not a negative when you get in the car and want to move it to the car holder?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AdamDowning:
It's not of great difficulty to remove, but you will need two hands to remove it. You have to lift it on either side and it unclips.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] KLoNe1:
Thanks for the review, the case looks like a great thing to take out on the town with you, without having 4,5,6 different things to look after.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Ichigo66:
Thats great I looked on ebay for about a week for this exact type of case for times when I go out. I'm so glad I found your post. Thanks for the detailed review!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] lvikel2:
Can u send link plz
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Tehpriest:
Here's my case. I bought it at a jumble sale for £0.50p and has seen me through four phones for nearly six years now. A bit clunky but it holds the phone in the front with a Velcro flap and all credit cards, notes my USB etc etc inside. It may not look the most modern but the design and quality is excellent. If it were a little slimmer it would be perfect.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] geoair:
Won't the cards be touching/scratching the Galaxy S?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Tehpriest:
In which one?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] geoair:
AdamDowning's
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AdamDowning:
They touch it, but don't scratch the screen. Been using it maybe 1-2 weeks now, and no scratches, it comes with a free screen protector if you wanna put that on but I don't use one. Remember, it's gorilla glass!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] rand0m:
got mine today, also not fancy to put on the screen protector ... looks nice and cmon 99p ...:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Prufrock:
I've got this case, and I absolutely love it. In fact, my 15 year old (who has a Galaxy Portal) wants one for his phone...he thinks it's "cool". I own a Pdair book case, and a few other cases, but this case is definitely the best of them all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Kwakman99:
I would delete that second picture. I can read quite a few of the numbers on your credit card and I'm not a determined crook.

Next time just pull the cards out, or just put one that isn't as sensitive.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DaRkMyk:
Just got mine.. the seller kind enough to add me to the safe list so that I can buy the item..

I really like the case, sleek and stylish. You can see that it is really well made.. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] TNStrangelove:
I got one of these and I'm in two minds about it, on the one hand I really like it the quality is excellent and I got it for a quid when they were on sale.

However, I really would far prefer a flip down because holding it when on a phone call is kinda awkward. It's such a pity because other than that it's pretty much the perfect case.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Hrc4u:
Hi! Have had this for a while now..and last 2weeks 2 of my bank cards has become unrecognized when trying to use them.. You had cards get broken? Hmm maybe to close to phone magnets? :-(
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Product F(RED):
Sweet! So now you lose your phone AND your money when you get robbed!

Don't mind me, just trollin :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Hrc4u:
Exactly! ;-)
[Wildfire General] marspl:
Hey can i use some sort of pen on my Wildfire, becouse i saw tons of them on Ebay saying its HTC wild Fire compatible, but when i try to use some object on the screen it doesnt work. Sorry if it was asked before and for a stupid question (Just got my Wild Fire the other day)
[Wildfire General] tigger69:
There are some styli for capacitive screens, they dont work on pressure they work on some sort of electrical thingy i think.

How about a home made one :p

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2010/05/05/a-diy-stylus-for-capacitive-screens/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toyface:
Hi all

I have a Desire and have done for a while and I've swapped from 3 player to the Sense player, which is fantastic.

However, I can't seem to get the album art to show, I' using Linux with Rhytmbox, the album art is in the player but doesn't show up in sense when I play it.

Any help?

Thanks all

Toyface
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nikki_77889900:
Hi,

I wanna know how to instal Android OS to my Samsung Omnia 2? It's possible I know that, but I don't know how.

Thanks!

Regards to everyone :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -=HOLLYW00D=-:
i was curious if there's a way to turn the screen off when i'm using the "video out" function.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mrtrevelyan:
Dear all

In all the Android builds that I've tried on the HD2, I can't seem to find one that will take 5MP pictures in a format that automatically fills the entire screen on the HD2 when viewing the said image in an album.

I realise that the Android builds come from the likes of the Nexus One (3.7inch screen) or the Desire (again 3.7inch) - and the HD2 screen is 4.3inches, but some of the Android builds come with the option of the EVO camera, and the EVO shares the same massive 4.3 screen as the HD2.

I've noticed however that the 5mp picture outputs from both the stock Froyo camera and the EVO camera app (as well as the Camera360 app from the Adnroid Market) all provide a 5mp output image that does not fill the HD2's screen.

I would be grateful if someone would shed some light on this subject - my searches have proven fruitless as no one else seems to be complaining about this (hence why I think I must be missing something incredibly obvious).

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

(HD2 running NRG GTX Sept 14 and Bangsters 1.3b - but tried a whole load of Android builds prior to this current one! Radio 2.12.50.02)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wildcopper:
Maybe it's because the HD2 screen is not 5M pixels and also does not have the same aspect ratio than a 5M pixels pic.... =P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10507:
No, HD2 is definitely 5mp.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jdwrrzmm:
The camera is, the screen isn't.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mrtrevelyan:
Thanks for the responses thus far.

So is there any way to get the camera on android to take a pic that fills the entire screen when looking through them in our albums (as it does on the hd2 running stock or cooked WM roms?). I would've thought the ported EVO camera would've done it as it was designed for a screen that's similar to the hd2.

Is there perhaps an app on Market that allows you to tweak the 5mp format to identical dimensions as those pics taken by the WM camera on the HD2?

Being a bit of a stickler for details, I find it annoying to scroll through my albums and see all the WM images filling up the screen perfectly, only to see an image taken whilst using Android (3 or 5mp) with black borders!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] macoy:
the picture's aspect ratio is 4:3, and hd2's screen is 16:9, that's why it won't fill the screen. You could use vignette to crop the picture to 16:9, but that cam app runs pretty slow on hd2.

winmo's camera has a wide screen option which crop the picture automatically.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mrtrevelyan:
Thanks for the info re widescreen, macoy - I did notice the widescreen option on the WM camera settings, but I would assume then the the EVO would also have a similar widescreen option as it shares the same screen dimensions?

Thanks also for the vignette app suggestion.

If anyone knows of any further app's on the market which have a widecreen option please do let me know!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Itaintrite:
I don't see the point of cropping pictures. Surely there must be a gallery app that zooms in automatically to fit screen?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mrtrevelyan:
Yes - there must be!

Or a camera app with widescreen options suitable for the HD2's 4.3inch screen (which is similar to the EVO's...)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chrisrj28:
I created a thread asking the same question a few weeks ago and have yet to see an answer to this. I have long wondered what it is, when I was using Froyostone v1 Clean the Camera had an option for widescreen but when selected it would still not take widescreen pics. Like the OP I am a stickler for the detail and I like the fullscreen view of the Winmo Cam. I only take pics in WinMo until a solution is found for this.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mrtrevelyan:
I'm surprised that this doesn't seem to be a big issue for most people - one of the "wow" features of the phone for me when I first got it (and indeed - it still impresses me) is scrolling through my photos at fullscreen, showing off the HD2's display in all its glory!

I can't believe that there's no way to do this on the HD2 running Android? Especially wih EVO and the upcoming Desire HD coming out (both sharing the same 4.3inch screen from what I understand).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ruthusk8r:
I've tried searching as well using, and this, albeit not a big issue, is one of the cool things about viewing the pictures. Let's keep this going, hopefully someone may chime in.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] veda_sticks:
Photos takin in wide screen are actually less than 5M.
[Vibrant Accessories] ludeboye:
Wondering if I should put a realook on order right now or just use the one provided? feedback please.
[Vibrant Accessories] SamVib:
I ordered the Barely-There case, and since it's made by the same company I assume the SPs are the same.

I really, dislike mine. The screen protector was very hard to swipe without getting my finger stuck. It get's dirty, and smudgy. Plus, the SP is for the international Galaxy S, meaning they're unnecessary holes at the buttom.

I wouldn't recommend putting them on, because they're terrible.

Order the Realook now, because you will be much happier.
[Vibrant Accessories] badaphooko01:
order it now! I have one on my vibrant, my son's ipod touch and my wife's iphone. The only flaw in my opinion is the fingerprints, but that can easily be fixed with a quick wipe from your shirt.
[Vibrant Accessories] bromat80:
Go for the realook. You will not be disappointed.
[Vibrant Accessories] soarsore:
Got my TC a few weeks ago, and was really looking forward to replacing the T-Mobile SP that I got for free the day I received the phone. I know what I had on it sucked, and like Sam V said, I was disappointed when the SP was not for the US market.

Instead I ordered the realook and I am frankly stunned by the improvement. Never having the opportunity to use it without a SP, I did not know what I was missing. So yeah, be like everyone else and get the TC and RL. Although I have never seen it posted here yet, I have been a lurker for sometime, buy a couple of two packs since there is a good chance of messing of the first try. If you have not done a SP before that is. I am glad I tried the 2nd one myself instead of going to the local T-Mobile looking like a noob ass, it went on fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ostendk:
Could this be used on the SGS maybe?

http://circle.glx.nl/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamDowning:
Yes looks like it could. Not sure on this though, best asking a developer or doing some inside research.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ostendk:
Thats why i posted in the development section :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Idan73:
Not a developer but I can tell you that it does not work.it will not accept our file as it is designed for desire only. God news is we can use pics generated to manually edit our files. Check fightspit thread.
[Wildfire Android Development] Dr_Death:
Hi, I wrote this small shell script to download update files for HTC android devices

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# HTC android FOTA fetcher V1.2
# Coded By Dr.Death 2010
# drdeath[at]bsdmail.org
# This Small script will download the Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update
# for HTC android devices, so you can install it manually
# Tested with Wildfire, Desire, Hero and Legend

echo -e '\E[35;44m'"\033[1m.::HTC android FOTA Fetcher, By Dr.Death::.\033[0m"

echo
echo -n "Enter you device model:
EX: Wildfire
> "
read model

echo -n "Enter your Firmware version or older version:
EX: 1.14.405.2
NOTE: You Can find Firmware version number from htc.com or shipped-roms.com
> "
read firmv

post="{id:0,checkin:{build:{firmware_version:"$firmv",},cid:11111111,},model_number:HTC "$model",logging_id:0,locale:0}"
len=$(echo ${#post})

checkin=`
curl -s \
-H "Content-type: org/x-json" \
-H "Connection: Keep-Alive" \
-H "Content-Length: "$len"" \
-H "Host: andchin.htc.com" \
-H "User-Agent: Android-Checkin/2.1" \
-d "$post" \
--url "http://63.241.57.68/android/checkin" \
| grep -o "data_uri.*.zip" | awk -F: '{print "http:"$3}'`

if [ -z "$checkin" ]; then
echo "No Update available, try other firmware version"
exit 1
else
echo "Find new update"
f=`echo "$checkin" | awk -F/ '{print $4}'`
echo "File name: "$f""
echo "Start Downloading ..."
curl -O "$checkin"
echo
echo "put the zip file in to your HTC SDcard rename it to "update.zip" and install it using recovery mode from Clockwork Mod"
echo "enjoy ;)"
fi
exit 0

I bought my wildfire from HK and i was wonder why i didn't receive and OTA update, contact HTC support they told my my device region is Indonesia :eek:, so I did a fast sniff between my device and my router, and wrote this small script to make it easy for other's to download whatever firmware they wont.

HTC update server is only need two input:

-model name (which is case sensitive), like: HTC Wildfire

-firmware version (you need to enter old version number to receive the new one)

Dr.Death
[Wildfire Android Development] 71baker:
Can this be used on european Wildfires , i see a "locale:en_US}" bit in the script, should that be changed for different locales?

Haven't tried it but it looks interesting.
[Wildfire Android Development] Dr_Death:
I guess yes, it should work with all wildfire devices, for the variable "locale:" you can put anything inside it and it should work,

i found many variables sent from my device to the update server, i test all of them, and found that just those variables are needed to be send to receive the OTA zip file form the update server.

(id, logging_id, locale) those three variables should not be empty but you can enter put anything in it.

you can get the older version from htc.com or from shipped-roms.com, I test it with those version's:

Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.14.405.2 >> Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.25.405.1

Buzz_hTC_Asia_HK_CHT_1.15.708.2 >> Buzz_hTC_Asia_HK_CHT_1.22.708.1

Buzz_hTC_Asia_HK_CHT_1.22.708.1 >> Buzz_hTC_Asia_HK_CHT_1.25.708.2

Bravo_HTC_EU_1.14.405.1 >> Bravo_HTC_EU_2.10.405.2

Bravo_Froyo_Orange_UK_1.22.61.1 >> Bravo_Froyo_Orange_UK_2.17.61.2

Hero_HTC_WWE_ELL_2.73.405.66 >> Hero_HTC_WWE_ELL_2.73.405.95

Legend_HTC_WWE_1.31.405.4 >> Legend_HTC_WWE_1.31.405.5

if you put the old version in the "firmware_version" variable and POST it to the update server you will get link for the new updated version of it.

I think this should work with other HTC devices, you just need to enter the Model number for your device (setting>About phone>Phone identity>Model number) for wildfire i found its just enough to write "HTC Wildfire"

UPDATE:

works fine with Desire, Hero, Legend
[Wildfire Android Development] tigger69:
How do you use this?

Thanks
[Wildfire Android Development] Forceflow:
Download it, make it executable (chmod +x), then run it.

(you've got to be on a Linux/FreeBSD system, though)
[Wildfire Android Development] demolition23:
Can anyone check the chinise locale if there is any fota??
[Wildfire Android Development] Dr_Death:
demolition23, which device is this?
[Wildfire Android Development] HCDR.Jacob:
Wildfire :)
[Wildfire Android Development] Dark_Balor:
just check this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788350
[Wildfire Android Development] Dr_Death:
fast google show that HTC wildfire shipped with android 2.2 in china, if anyone with wildfire 2.2 can sniff the OTA update and share with us the details that would be nice.

then we may download 2.2 manualy and no need to wait anymore for HTC OTA
[Wildfire Android Development] janarp:
is it possible to download stock FROYO rom for Legend??
[Wildfire Android Development] OzJD:
To the OP:

The correct URL would be http://andchin.htc.com/android/checkin

Sure, it might resolve to that IP for you, but perhaps not for others.

Also, it may change IP in future
[Wildfire Android Development] nemuro:
Can someone please post the executable? I have only windows.
[Wildfire Android Development] Dr_Death:
try to use live linux CD's, like backtrack or fedora live

you will have a lot of fun and control on linux
[Wildfire Android Development] pnukeid:
or you can install virtual box dan download a linux and install it..

and your linux can run on your windows. ;)
[Wildfire Android Development] sandeep_dhameshia:
thanks mate, it really works!!!

can be very usefully for needy ones.
[Wildfire Android Development] dagobertduck:
Ask for CID

You should ask for CID in your script or change the CID to the SuperCID 11111111

look about the problem here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=902756

There I wrote a .NET App for windows users too. (Source and Binaries included)

Thank you for your sample :)

It helps me a lot for the WinApp and search for the problem!!!
[Wildfire Android Development] Dr_Death:
thanks bro, great tool you create for windows users, i edit my script to send superCID, but strange why for some roms no need to add the CID.

with my wildfire i face the same problem you face it with update to froyo, i never receive the OTA on my phone neither the script didn't found any update, my original ROM "1.15.707.1" is for South East Asia region which include (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,Singapore, Vietnam) and also Thailand, from HTC website SEA region receive the OTA, but my phone didn't get any update!!

even now i try to the superCID 11111111, and still no available update.

if any one with wildfire 1.15.707.1 and receive OTA froya, please share with us the packets that sent from your phone to the update server so we can have better idea what we are missing and what need to be improve to make the tool more stable and universal for all android HTC phones.
[Wildfire Android Development] kasra_Qeshm:
Tanks for this app

But Not work this App now

Are not a new version?
[Wildfire Android Development] Lesicnik1:
You do realize that the Wildfire has been EOL'd (End of Life) for quite a bit, so there's no more updates for this thing to fetch.
[Wildfire Android Development] kasra_Qeshm:
I know

I want this app for other Htc phone

This best way for Check and download OTA file at PC
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnishism:
i was on xxjm7 on tayatumas v1.3 rom

nd den i tried flasin da da stock jm8 firmware...

da firmware includes only da pda nd modem file...nd da mdem file is of xxjm4..dnt noe y??

after da flash da recovery mode opened on itsown..nd i got da following error:

reboot system now

apply sdcard:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

E:Cant mount /dev/blocksstl11

(invalid argument)

update media,please wait...

update media finished

#manual mode#

--applying multi-csc...

installing multi csc

mps_dat value : KOR

copy_multi_carrier from:KOR

multicsc : can not access to /system/csc/KOR/system

copy_common_data E:cant mount /dev/blocks/stl11

(invlaid argument)

E:Cant mount /dev/blocksstl11

(invalid argument)

now wverytime i try to flash a new stock firmware i get this error...

WT should i do???plz sum1 help me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamDowning:
I would suggest that you boot into recovery, do a full format/wipe cache, then try and update with Kies if the phone boots. If not, make sure to select 'repartition' on Odin, and ensure that you try to flash the firmware you had BEFORE you tried to upgrade. Don't worry, your phone is 99% recoverable since you can boot into recovery/download mode. I would suggest flashing a stock firmware with the Phone, Modem and CSC files.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Yo! Wazzup? Wat da u doin 2day?

Seriously, have you tried writing in english? I hear it helps in getting help, when people dont have to decrypt.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamDowning:
Yeah that would also help, it took me a while to figure the problem, probably longer than it's taking for you to figure the answer :). Try to write in continuous pro's and keep the language to an understandable to every context. Remember, this forum is public and not just for FBI members!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnishism:
Sorry for da late reply guyz...thnks for tryin to help me...

should i also format my internal sd card???

already tried to do that..

tried flashin jm7 with odin...repartition ticked...

still got da same error...