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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 12paq:
I've broken down PDAs and smart phones over the years and even done a lens replacement and a camera module replacement on an iPhone. I can tell you right now the time cost and angst are not nearly worth the effort. For example the back case replacement on the iPhone 3G requires an almost complete tear-down of the device minus thankfully separating the glass screen from the digitizer and the LCD. I do not do this repair in my business because the cost and time is worth more then the device its self.

That all said, you have a unique situation that possible requires unique effort. If your company bought the phone for you I would say go for it, with approval of course.

Odd you would need the device but not allowed cameras... you designing a competing device? You wouldn't work in Redmond would you?

Alright enough teasing. Disabling or removing the modules might mess with so many other components or even the OS. Think of it as simple PC with a missing component, sometimes it wont boot without it, even though it seems completely unrelated to the core system. Without being on the design build teem of said device, its a crap shoot it would even run without the modules.

Removing the lenses might be a better option, as silly as that sounds. Just taking one apart is opening a crazy can of worms. And I seriously wish you luck.

Call Samsung and tell them your Q from James Bond maybe they will offer to help. Seriously, try the manufacturer, after they say up and down and over and over again that it will void your warranty, they might just help you.

This site is more about software development, mods and roms, then actual hardware work. Good luck though! And post pictures of the break down... ahhh... with a different camera, ...and not at work. ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manlisten:
Just place some tape over the lens. =)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Why don't you use some paint?

Then you don't need to ruin the phone.

They can test it and it will not show anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exadeci:
well I guess that you should just dissable it http://www.careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/ and remove the lens and tape the wires ..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantIntoCode:
Can I ask you a question. Are you a spy? Just kidding lol. Looks like you'll have to give this one a go yourself. It's not like people take there cameras out there phones to see if they will boot everyday. If you find out the answer please report back...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maddmatt:
Since paint would not be easy to remove, maybe your workplace would be ok with that? Would look ugly though.

Maybe buy a cheap phone for work and leave the SGS at home or in your car (if you drive).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 12paq:
You sparked my interest, ...I found a fairly good site with a break-down list with pictures and I think a video of the disassembly.

http://www.sprintdroids.com/forum/s...-galaxy-s-torn-down-extensively-detailed.html

Sorry about the jokes before, I just couldn't resist.

A hint on after tear downs, restart up procedures can be odd. The iPhone likes to be restarted up in recovery mode or it wont boot. And stay grounded! Use a grounding wrist strap. One static arc and it will fry any of the multitude of chips.

I have know idea about our Galaxy S's. Read study and Google it a lot. I did my best when I read about all the mistakes and failure people made, and there were many. Over time as this device becomes more popular it will have far more data on the web. Right now its so new not to many people are cracking the cases with being under warranties etc... Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Don
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
If you use right paint. Use waterbased paint.

You could easy removed it with car polish without damage the lens when you dont want it anymore.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Broetchen:
I'm very impressed from the first Desire HD GUI Screens. Will there be a build for the HD2 soon? Is the ROM available, yet?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] embassy:
/Bangs head on desk.....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bates_1974:
.....places finger on trigger............
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ragelord:
Yeah ... I have one but I was instructed not to distribute it. However ... consider a donation and we might have a deal ...:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] domineus:
how about I donate an IOU and a makemeasandwich ticket k thanx bai
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thatruth132:
To OP...your answer is yes maybe in a day or two
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] KrewsialNL:
pulls pin from grenade...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thesweeney:
i seem to remember....

actually I was going to say something funny yet scathing but i just dont have the energy anymore.

bates_1974... could i borrow that first please?

edit:

the crowd on jerry springer just gave me an idea on something funny yet scathing...

"You Suck! You Suck! You Suck! You Suck!....."
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] domineus:
+ 5 for bringing jerry springer in a thread not about dysfunctionalism
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Cerv3r:
No, it will never be released. HD2 Android development has unexpectedly stopped.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nordicfastware:
I like that one...

Shall I press "force close" ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] [[ Cold ]]:
it will come... how long do we have to wait?? no one knows
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] evolutionqy7:
Does all the things at the same time every single time some one post a stupid question like this!!!

THERES A Q&A SECTION YOU ****...

Jeez search too. Wish XDA brought in a rule where a stupid question gets you suspended for a few weeks. Think people would consider searching more and post on appropriate threads where a conversation already exists as it does already
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Moon2:
Can you tell us what kind of improvements one might expect? in terms of compatibility with hd2?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sausagedog:
i don't understand some people at all maybe its me but, why can't you happy with the work the guys do to get a.droid running on hd2 now wait and look at the posts instead of asking as soon as a new product is launched....when will this be done when will that be done. the guys do a stunning job and do it as a hobby i guess they don't get full time pay for it

so WAIT like the rest of do.

oh thank u dev guys for Android so far :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Moon2:
Dude, calm down, I was just asking if this would make any difference to the hd2 android scene.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ATomCZ:
Interesting:

http://pocketnow.com/android/htc-desire-hd-rom-leaked
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Moon2:
yh: http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=785034
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] justwonder:
Before you guys do that, please send me your HD2:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] KrewsialNL:
This baby is going down with me! :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] poweroutlet:
Does anyone know if it will be possible to port the DLNA support of the desire HD to the HD2?

Or any of these other neat features?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTgnlASGAg&feature=player_embedded#
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sausagedog:
i understand that you want to know if it will be possible but give people a chance to get to work on it as its always the same when something comes out. 30 secs after everyone asks and as we know from the posts its not a easy task to do things and get it right.

just grinds my gears lol that people ask.

come on hurry up with it so we can get it on our hd2s :D:D:D
[HD2 General] nazzza:
Hi all,

I bought an used TMOBUS HD2, now the touch screen isn't working and I will send the phone back to tmobile for a replacement. I bought the phone with installed new rom and radio, but probably if I send this way back to tmobile will charge me for the new phone. Where I can download the original tmobile USA rom and radio? (I'm searching on the forum, but I fear I can download the wrong rom)

I've never done this before, I hope I will not brick the phone! thanks a lot
[HD2 General] dkb218:
Question...

How are you going to return a phone that you purchased used? T-Mobile does keep records of the phones customers purchased. As you are not the original owner, I really can't see them replacing it for you.

You can find the T-Mobile rom here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=653938

and as you've never done this before, I suggest you read up on rom flashing. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=653614
[Epic 4G General] mormegil83:
I've searched around a bit andfound nothing on this topic. So I'm wondering if my epic's wifi radio is bad or something. Or if a new router may fix it. 500-1000kbps down and 3000-5000kbps up.

Background: I traded in my droid x for this after coming to the realization that it would never get true custom roms. When the X first came out it suffered the same issue but was reported all over the net and patched almost instantly and pulling ~15mbps down like it should. So unless their is a compatibility issue specific to the epic and my linksys E1000 I believe (bought at BB 2-3 years ago) I think it may be my phone. I can't find anyone else reporting this issue, wife's iPhone still connecting fine, laptops connecting fine, after patch the droid X connected fine, not sure what else it would be.

However, I am already considering a new router with mimo, dual band and usb support. Two smart phones, two personal laptops, two work laptops, a wii, and soon a new htpc or google tv just seems to be over working the poor little linksys and constantly needs reset anyway... If you guys think that could fix my epic problem ill get one sooner than later and not bother harrassing sprint.

If anyone else is suffering of was able to fix, please share!

Thanks in advance! You guys are da bomb and much appreciated!!!
[Epic 4G General] mormegil83:
Oh yeah. With other devices I full connectivity everwhere in my house (1000sqft condo) even outside a little ways. With the Epic, I get one bar downstairs two bars upstairs and USUALLY tthree when sitting right in front of it at my desk... Thanks again :-)
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
I'm running an E3000 and have zero problems whatsoever - pushing about 12Mbit in some cases. A few questions: Do you have WiFi N enabled? Mixed-mode? What channel? (The Evo, which has the same WiFi chipset, does NOT work well on channel 1, for instance).
[Epic 4G General] mormegil83:
Thank you very much for your response. It was very helpful! For some reason i didn't even think to mess with my router settings. I tried bunch of different stuff and what i think i found is that my router is not broadcasting well in wireless N. My best results for my epic ended up being wireless G only mode and channel 1. Now getting 4.5-5mbps down and 2-2.5mbps up on my phone. Which i can live with until i get a new router! Thanks again!
[Epic 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
I am getting 10+ Mbps and I have a G router, I am going to be picking up and N router which the Epic can handle, cant wait.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitin.04:
Samsung galaxy s and android together is a nonsense

Subject volume

now if i want to lower the ring tone down when i am in office it works simple and easy

but what stupid it is my sms ring is still like a loudspeaker, i have to manually go inside setting and do the volume control. completely nonsense.

after office i put my phone on high but i usually forget to go inside tweak things and do the sms volume up and high ( i missed so many imp text)

and in silent mode if i try to play some game it will have music to start with because the media volume is again different level needs another correction there...

such small things which are very imp and even after 4yrs of android no luck....

come on if i want to link a contact i want to type and search a name and do it quick rather i scroll all the names.

Samsung Android what nonsense... CAN SOME ONE HELP ME & THEM UNDERSTAND

and there are so many such things... to much to type may be someday later .....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
such a trivial thing

install this and it will fix your problem

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8123906&postcount=39

more cool stuff at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765081
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitin.04:
thanks this sounds worth it.............

but this being a widget i am sure it will use continuous ram.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] An Droid:
You could also try an app called Quick Profiles - works well and you can create your own custom profiles as you see fit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitin.04:
Oh thanks ......i like the audio widget but i must give this a try since the audio widget makes my slow phone run even slower......

i read it some where samsung galaxy s was the fastest phone...... why is the ram/rom part always been used more then 70 %..........
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
you make no sense

i run all these and even more without any slow / lag

all my 7 screen are full of widgets
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitin.04:
wow you have a very interesting screen and looks you are pretty tech savvy.... nice

I am driven by tech and speed i hate slow and sloppy things...... i mean this is a wonderful phone better then all my previous phones I phone 3g, E72, bold 9700 .......

but the truth is it is still not perfect it lacks so many details and at times the response is so very slow.

I am waiting desperately for FROYO ...........
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max BrainBox:
Suppose I need to synchronize email and access the intranet using APN#1 but all other accesses need to go through APN#2.

On WinMo, there was the option to automatically select a different APN for work or internet related access. MMS also went automatically via yet another APN.

How can this be done on Android 2.2?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Waza_Be:
Hello All!

I just sold my Desire and Got a Galaxy S and I am very suprised that when I have a calendar event with a location adress, I cannot launch navigation to go there.

I am sure that with my Desire, when I had a event with a location, I just clicked on the location and that was easy to go at this event.

Am I misusing my phone or did I miss something?

Thank a lot for your precious help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] XlAfbk:
it's indeed not possible. if you're rooted you could delete the TW calendar and replace it with stock
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Waza_Be:
mhhh seem a good reason to root my device!

Any feedback on other people that replace the calendar app?

That does not give any issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Waza_Be:
Sorry to post again, but any of the people that tried Froyo rom may send me a feedback?

I would like to know if installing new software would allow me to launch navigation from a calendar event.

That's really important for me!

Thank a lot for any information.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] aditya104:
in calendar app, how can I change an event to "not participating" without deleting the event. Its possible in Google Calendar and sync is fine but don't know how to do it on SGS. plz help!
[Touch HD General] ^Apo^:
hello everybody,

i know that there was an similar thread half a year ago, but i think that the time changed the knowlegde about it.

i know too, that the blackstone doesn't meet the requirements for WP7, because there are more than three buttons on it.

the rom developers would surely find a way to get this still working, wouldn't they?

thanks for reply,

apo
[Touch HD General] ku9911:
hope so it can be developed

but it would be like running window 7 with pentium 3 :o
[Touch HD General] jeanfrederic:
Come on guy. WM6.5 is laggy already on Blackstone, what do you think about WM7 hardware specs 1Ghz at least 'd give???
[Touch HD General] spookyxy:
That WM6.5 seem to be laggy on the Blackstone is in my opinion already a myth. On my old Qtec2020 ran WM6.5 without (any) Problem and on my Blackstone is it like a dream.

Ok, the performance schould be laggy but for the kids here is WM7 like a new toy :D

Thanks here for all the devs which spend so much time for progging,

and thanks for all the wifes which spend so less time with their husbands...

SPOOKY
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
WM7 won't be able to run properly on the HD, mainly as you need a capacitive screen which the HD hasn't got. You may eventually get some parts of it working, but it would be like running Windows XP on the Spectrum. They just aren't compatible so would never function properly
[Touch HD General] retsam88:
Well, if we could overclock HD, it would run without any trouble. Also HD needs proper 3d drivers.

Capacitive screen isn't really needed, most functions can be ported to work on resistive screens too. How about east countries where write recognition is a must?

What we really need, is a group of talented developers.
[XPERIA X10 General] vickysud:
http://www.fonearena.com/blog/22895/smartphone-championship-motorola-droid-vs-se-xperia-x10.html

Vote x10 against droid n make it reach to semi finals :D
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
Man, this competition's still going on? Hasn't this been happening for like 2 months?

I voted anyways, but jeez.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tface:
In the stock messaging app. If you touch and hold a message in the conversation you have the option to lock a message....however all it does is put a lock icon at the bottom of the message. I'm not noticing any other difference. How exactly does it work other than maybe tagging messages and still making them visable?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
this is just to lock the message so if you delete the thread the message wont be deleted. It isn't to lock the message so no one can see it.

For that check out ChompSMS (not sure if handcent can) but with chomp you can go to setting->security pattern lock, and turn it on, and set your pattern. I think TigerText is on android now too
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tface:
I've tried chomp and hand cent however I've had probs with mms . Thanks though
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ags29:
Your best bet if u wanna lock messages is App Protector Pro.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
seems like there was one called cheatalot. something like you would launch the calculator, and shake your phone and it would open the "secret" texts or something.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxdemo:
I have a vibrant but my t-mobile account is not yet active and I do not have a t-mobile SIM card.

I inserted an AT&T SIM card just to unlock the the phone but the AT&T SIM card is not active either.

Even before I unlocked the phone, I could not get it to download apps from the market.

I thouht it was because the phone did not have a SIM card so I unlocked the phone using the AT&T SIM card but it still does not download.

Whenever I choose an app, it says "Starting Download" but it will not progress any further from that.

Is there something that I am doing wrong? Shouldn't the phone download apps regardless of the activation status of the SIM Card.

I have tried everything including cancelling the pending downloads on download manager.

Please help!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
You will have to sideload apps by downloading them on your windows or mac pc and placing them on the sdcard. From here you can use the FILES app to manually install the apk's you download.

As I understand the Android Market's limitations you have to be active on the carrier to use the Market. So, sideload until your account is active.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] siddspain:
Seen this:

at samsung mobile singapur's facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileSingapore?v=wall&viewas=0)

Don't know if it's, as some people posted after flashing jph, good news.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dark_sith:
since JPH is still buggy, they'd better work harder and give it some time
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] LockeSGS:
[highlight]Mod Edit: Racial profiling/slurs are not allowed on XDA nor tolerated. Next time, I will ban you permanently[/highlight]
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] exadeci:
6 Days To supposedly release

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...&month=09&day=23&hour=12&min=00&sec=00&p0=195
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] andrewluecke:
It wouldn't surprise me.. Software development is never a definitive process. It's impossible to determine how long something will take. Sometimes it takes quicker than expected, sometimes longer.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] bilboa1:
as i said elsewhere, if they cancel release and work on it further before releasing it's a good thing for us.

if they release the current version they will prolly stop working on fixing the important stuff

if they dont and delay further it means they have realized the "important stuff" REQUIRES fixing before release

in a nutshell:

- RFS performance (replacement would be neat but they are too proud of their own FS or smth.. weird)

- GPS accuracy ( /pray ?)

- Reported critical software bugs (exchange, etc)

Luckily they read XDA ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dupel:
Just a question - how is this question for development section?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] miki4242:
Reported. Please take that racist $@# elsewhere, or if you think you're THAT cool, show me what YOU can do better! Kernel patch to fix lag, stereo FM radio, longer battery life, etc. would do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nCoder:
Please note that this message is for the Singapure upgrade:

Jerahmeel Zacky Chua So Galaxy S was first released in SG... Are we the first to get Froyo too?

Wednesday at 5:09pm · Flag

2 people like this.

Samsung Mobile Singapore Hi Jerahmeel, unfortunately not. Europe will be getting it first. SG should still be getting at end of Sep.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sionyboy:
Samsung UK mobile on twitter are still giving out the "end of September " answer on Twitter so...... who knows. I'd say samsung but I'm starting to doubt that!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dagrim1:
We'll just have to wait and see right?

I prefer they another week or 2 to really finalize it and fix all the bugs before releasing instead of rushing for a release which only disappoints.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] suomaf:
cheers man, I am personally not offended but some people might be a bit more PC
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] andrej.marinic:
ontopic: i wouldn't mind upgrading to froyo knowing it had bugs, but at the same time knowing it would get updated within a reasonable time frame. the problem we have with samsung (apart from having to put up with their developing "skills") is that they are very quiet. you only find out about stuff per semi-dodgy twitter or facebook accounts.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sunwee:
very likely samsung is rushing froyo to pre-empt the Desire HD which ships with froyo. (and early previews seems to indicate a very mature froyo at that) and latest reports says the Desire HD may even ship a week earlier...so our buddy Mr Sam Sung is in a bit of a bind here....lol.

rushed the 2.1 to pre-empt the iphone4 and now trying to rush 2.2 to pre-empt the HD....tough being mr sam. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sionyboy:
And then they'll rush their new gingerbread phone to market and forget all about their galaxy s customers..... :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] FadeFx:
in a way i feel they will struggle from rushing so much...we will see