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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trumsey2005:
Hey guys,

I'm new to android.. good riddance iPhone. I am a technically saavy I/T Guy and have already unrooted my captivate and figured out GPS and whatnot. However, I have scoured Google and can't find the answer to a simple question. "Do I need to unroot prior to the OTA JH7 update?"

Thanks for your help,

Trums
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyydynasty:
i dont think you'll need to unroot the phone but I *think* you'll lose your root once you update....please correct me if I'm wrong, though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malfuncion:
This is correct. All the apps will be there except superuser and the root will be gone.

I did this myself and after the update went ahead and wiped the phone (factory reset) anyway. I wanted to make sure I didn't have anything lingering..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trumsey2005:
thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajendra82:
Do you have still have the 12 MB file you got as a result of the OTA update. If so, can you upload it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceman4357:
+1, please upload if available. I dont know why att just doesnt let us download it from the website.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trumsey2005:
sorry gents.. I don't have the file yet.. will upload when I get it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abuthemagician:
You can always re-root afterwards...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maerlim:
Does the original root method work with jh7? I'm not really interested in the super rooter type all-in-ones.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madjsp:
wait, there was an OTA for jh7?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajendra82:
15000 a day beginning today.

http://outboundlink.net/anxo/dr_ta_...enter/solutionDisplay.jsp?solutionId=KB110797
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philux:
+1 :D Would love to see the update uploaded for us here. I checked to see if mine would update, but unfortunately I guess I am not one of the luck first 15,000. :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaik541:
the update is simply JH7, JH7 has been available for most of us for over a week :)

grab it from samfirmware if you really want it now
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malfuncion:
That's where I got mine.. www.samfirmware.com

you will have to sign up for an account but its worth it.

You will have to flash using ODIN. Make sure you get the PIT file located at the bottom of the firmware page too..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abuthemagician:
Plus once you have the account, you can always flash newer firmwares when they come out...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajendra82:
I know about the leaked JH7. I am running it now. I am only interested in the official JH7 update file, just to compare the two versions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typ44q:
I am not sure what happened but I just downloaded the update using the check for updates on the phone, it started to install, rebooted the phone then gave me this message:

"The update was not completed.

No update was applied to your phone"

my phone is rooted, lag fix, side load and I did not try to undo any of that stuff.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiqudDeth:
The same thing happened to me, but when I go my phone settings I show the following:

Baseband version:

1897UCJH7
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mister__x_:
So do we have to flash back to stock to get this upgrade?

I wasn't too hopeful that our rooted, lagfix-ed phones would play nice with the OTA anyway.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typ44q:
weird, mine still says I897UCJH2

I would like to find out what I need to undo or change (hopefully not reflash) to get the update to install.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eelton:
Mine also said the update was not completed, but it now says 1897UCJH7. And I'm still rooted.

More info: I'm not sure the GPS is different--I still get 3 satellites while standing at my window, although it may have locked onto them faster. I do see a difference in the notification screen--there are now buttons at the top to toggle wifi, bluetooth, silent, and vibration. Also, there's no "clear" button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatbas202:
Another that "failed". It went from my stock of I897UCJF6 to I897UCJH7. GPS is definately better, at least so far. I could see 11 satellites and lock on to 5 where before I could only see 5 or 6 and *sometimes* lock on to 4. This happens in 15-20 seconds using the 'hidden' GPS test app.

I've only had this phone for about a week and I'm already getting pissed off at Samsung for this whole mess.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I'm rooted and I've enabled the hidden "untrusted sources" setting that should be under Settings > Applications. Still rooted and that setting is still valid.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmahaffey:
my update also failed, however I'm still at JF6. My phone was only rooted. No lag fix or anything else. Was even flashed back to stock with ODIN. Who knows.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eelton:
Again, I'm apparently on JH7 despite an error message saying the update failed. When I click on "resume update," it says there is no firmware present for the update. I guess that could mean it was installed.

Stepping outside onto my balcony, I get 3-4 satellites on GPS Test Plus. It doesn't give me a longitude and latitude, although I would have thought 3 satellites would be enough for that. When I go to the Navigation app, it still just sits there saying "Searching for GPS." And--assuming I really got the update--they didn't fix the open-Navigation-and-system-volume-gets-reset-to-max bug.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmahaffey:
Now i'm angry. I unrooted my phone and ran the update process again. It again said it failed. However this time it shut my phone down and it WILL NOT BOOT BACK UP. It acts like it is getting no power whatsoever. Any suggestions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatbas202:
I just ran the update again and it failed again. Everything is running exactly as it did before. Sorry dude.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muffdoc:
I was able to get up to JH7 via a patch on the dev forum. But, screwing around, I removed the root the patch came with with the Root from "unleash the beast", and now I can't root.

Any idea's to point me into the right direction to at least regain root?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmgnet:
Use the One Click Root. That worked for me.

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2341153
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eeeeeee:
Tired of holding the phone straight and realize that your car is actually going left???

this is the solution: disable gsensor completely, then calibrate it, then re activate.

this is how its done:

download Gscript lite and create a new script:

mv /system/bin/akmd /system/bin/akmdw

killall akmd

name it as GSen off.

now activate your script when your phone is on the ground.

go and calibrate gsensor.

go back to GScript and type this as new script:

mv /system/bin/akmdw /system/bin/akmd

/system/bin/akmd

now activate and gsensor is calibrated.

(yes, you need to write /system/bin/akmd twice. once for the rename command and once for the run command)

enjoy driving as long as you dont get a touchscreen freeze.
[Vibrant General] rogerchew:
http://www.androidcentral.com/update-coming-samsung-captivate

wonder when we'll get ours and if it's just as crappy as theirs....haha, no gps fix.

...and now the fascinate too!

http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-gearing-update
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's interesting to note that they explicitly avoid any mention of GPS and go out of their way to say it won't fix all performance issues. They must be waiting on FroYo
[Vibrant General] Tpavey:
Makes me wonder if T-mobile scrapped the eclair update so the wouldn't need to support two updates in short succession. Since the Vibrant is the closest to the international version one would think our updates would cone first.
[Windows Mobile] MrJSO:
Hi,

I have an old WM2003SE Navigator (Typhoon MyGuide 6500XL) lying around, it's not in the Device DB but the MyGuide 3500XL is. It looks identical, has the same specs and the same Intel PXA255 processor as mine.

There is almost no software for 2003 left and after getting used to my HTC Touch2 (Mega) the touch experience is awful.

I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade this nearly-no-brand ancient PDA/GPS to a newer Windows Mobile ROM. All I have is the device, so I guess I can dump the old ROM from that.

I know most of you are thinking 'throw it a way and buy something decent' but at the time (my dad) bought it it had the price of an iPhone now :/ It seems so stupid to throw it away...

I'm a real noob at ROM Cooking and I don't even know if this is possible at all, but if it is, could someone please help me?

Thank you in advance,

MrJSO
[Windows Mobile] Farmer Ted:
I doubt you'll be able to do it, but search around and see if there are any rom upgrades out there from the oem; that would be the best place to start. And search and see if there are any custom roms or kitchens (I doubt it).

I have an asus mypal a716. I've looked around for custom roms for it, and basically all you find are the random post from someone looking for a custom rom for it, lol. Asus pretty much stopped supporting it the second they released it, so there aren't any official roms out there. I've tried dumping the rom with 0 success, and I've read posts from others who also had 0 success. I tried grab it, and all it dumps is the bootloader. I don't have a clue how to convert one of those dumps into a flashable rom, anyway. The thread is basically full of other posters asking how to create a rom from the dump, with no answers. I think some people know how to do it, but they never respond in that thread, lol. Anyway, grab_it would be the second thing to try, I guess.

The closest thing that exists to a custom rom for the mypal is a linux port (at least as far as I can tell). It's over at handhelds.org. There may be a similar option for you. It requires you to flash a patched bootloader, so you can dual boot winmo or linux of the sd card. I've never done it before.

WM2003 devices are so different from WM5 and later (because of the storage model), that I think the odds of you not bricking your pda with any custom WM5 or later rom are pretty low. A more realistic goal may be to cook 2003SE roms. Anyway, I find that plenty of useful apps work on the mypal. Hell, it's far better for games than my fuze. I use it mostly to stream music over wi-fi (it's hooked up to a small set of speakers).

Edit: LMAO! This thread is the 4th hit on google for "asus mypal a716" "custom rom".
[Windows Mobile] MrJSO:
Thank you very much :)

I just discovered that Typhoon just put the logo on to sell though discounter markets... It's actually the same device as the Mio 168. It seems that there is a lot more feedback from people about that device available...

Still, if you say putting newer WM on it isn't going to work anyways, I guess I should stop my search then?

The problem is that all newer apps don't support wm2003 anymore :( Also wm2003 is just forcing you to use that stylus - I wish I didn't have to :p

Also, Am I right that there is really no way to make newer WM run on it by taking drivers from the old ROM and adding them to a default WM5 or higher ROM?
[Windows Mobile] af974:
I guess you must forget to have any WM 6.5 in your phone because the specs tell you:

RAM 64 Mb (54 mb accessible)

ROM 32 Mb

Maybe a WM 6.1 or 5.0 but as FT said i doubt that you will find all the tools.

I have a HTC Bali (Fujitsu Pocket Loox 720) and was never able to find ,at least, a method to put a WM 5.0 in it lol.
[Windows Mobile] Farmer Ted:
The problem is that 2003 devices have small rom storage; they use ram for storage, and I'm not sure how you would upgrade them to WM5 or later which have persistant storage (you'd need a native kernel and drivers and all that crap). I'm sure some devices got official upgrades from 2003 to WM5, but I think it would be tough to figure out on your own. You might be able to cook a custom 2003SE rom, though, which would be kind of cool.
[Fascinate Android Development] ckochinsky125:
So now that a recovery is out how long do you think until we will see some custom roms? Just curious
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
19.477565 days.
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
wrong namebrandon, its 19.477566 days, you were a millionth of a day off, damn vicky, i mean brandon, get your facts straight. j\k. ive noticed you are becoming a goto guy\girl whatever u are aroundf here lol, good answer up there. love it
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
ahh.. I almost had it.. that's what I get for typing from memory..
[Fascinate Android Development] magicriggs:
I would have to disagree ... I heard roms aren't coming out until windows phone 7 is released cause the source code and drivers are congruent to development. Also people are not developing roms anymore cause stock is better. And one more thing our bootloader is encrypted so no custom roms. Sorry. Might you have to switch back to the droid if you want roms now!

-Via Fascinate Courtesy Of Tapatalk
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
Yeah, that was what we thought at first. Now it's ok though.. you just need to get Verizon to give you more 3G's to put on the GB's so that your apps will have their unlocked ROMs. For to bootload. er.
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
both of u guys are so close to right. brandon so close with his eta, and you were almost right by saying WP7, but actaully we are waiting on WP8. sorry i have a freind, who dates a girl ,that blows a guy, that supplies mop heads to the maintence at microsoft. and my sources say WP7 is a myth. that it is actually android. also im running a leaked version of gingerbread on my lg enV 2. (k so i took it WAAAAYY to far) to guy the poster asking the original question. SOON
[Fascinate Android Development] tats_06:
Be patient...the phone was just released on Sept 9th....and it's already rooted and the recovery is available...it won't be too long. I think it's going at a great pace. No need to rush devs...I am all for quality product ...cough...2.2...cough...aosp...cough...cm....cough....ruby....cough I think I need a cough drop :D
[Fascinate Android Development] wasupwithuman:
well you guys are all wrong... i'm saying today..........................................................................................................................................................maybe. :D:eek::cool::)
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Well, OBVIOUSLY....we have a rapist in Samsung Park...

F*%k waiting. I flashed the CM6 installer from the Incredible boards a few minutes ago. Koush made the recovery on our phone allow for ports from any other supported device. I have to tell you, 2.2 on this thing F*#$ing flies! :D
[Fascinate Android Development] daavy:
Ok... I'll have some of whatever you guys are smoking.... Maybe some Koush?
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
HA!

good one ;)
[Fascinate Android Development] tats_06:
Hey! An auto-porting script sounds like a marvelous idea :p
[Fascinate Android Development] Zennmaster:
Dude, I think I just bricked my phone trying that! Can you help? I'm not sure if I used the right version of RSDLite for the Fascinate! Is it the same version the D1 uses?

;);):D:D
[Fascinate Android Development] jho101:
This is a great ****ing thread. Cheers!
[Fascinate Android Development] Anderdroid:
BTW I hacked the front facing camera to work on my CM6... Fring is aawsome. My Quadrant pulls 5300 with my lag fixed vanilla froyo jit etc ;)

You can get the ROM at cyanogen website.. there's like 7 different ones.
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
My bad, I'm on Nightlies, no support for Nightlies.
[Fascinate Android Development] mrmorgan123:
I've almost died

Laughing so hard at this thread... ohhh god please keep it going... hahahahhahaha I love it so much. all of it.
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
guys gingerbread is awesome, but its starting to get old, guy wolven...will you send me the link for the honeycomb for fascinate from earlier?
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Gotcha right HERE

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[Shift General] axelTP2:
Hi everybody!

I finally have come to a satisfactory end with the installation of WinXP Home SP3 on my HTC Shift.

Nevertehless, while having the XP features running nomally, I got trouble starting the TabletPC side of the things, i.e.:

1. There is an icon for the on-screen keyboard "Tablet PC Input Panel" in the taskbar (on the r/h side) but it doesn't open-up anything.

2. I also have this "Get going with TabletPC" in Start Menu/Programs, but clicking it doesn't start anything.

3. During Windows start-up or shut-down I can see the on-screen keyboard for several seconds.

I wonder if this is a due to a faulty install of the TabletPC patch or something else that I did wrong. I remember that after installing the patch I had a special welcome screen of the TabletPC offering 2 options to follow - one was "Get going with TabletPC" and another one I can't remeber the name of. Anyway, I did not chose any option, I just closed that screen and went ahead with the installation of the drivers. So far I did not find a way to start that welcome screen again.

In MyComputer / Properties / General I can read MS Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.

The installation sequence was XP Home - Patch Tablet PC - Drivers - Windows updates - I guess that this is the correct way.

Running the patch again after the drivers and updates, on Step 1 I got the message that the program cannot write to all the registries as some might be busy with other programs. Running Step2 doesn't change anything.

BTW: what is Step 3 for? It was not mentioned in the HowTo installation guide to be run (only Steps 1 and 2), so I did not touch it.

As this is the first time I see TabletPC at work, I kindly ask for good advise from the more experienced people on what to do further to make the TabletPC side work.

Here are also a few questions more:

a) Does the TabletPC Patch work OK with WinXP Home SP3 or does it require WinXP Professional? (I installed Home thinking that it is smaller and lighter)

b) Where to look in the installed files on c:\ and what to look for in order to make sure that the TabletPC files are there

c) How can I bring back that welcome TabletPC screen to play with it

Thank's very much for any usefull idea!
[Shift General] axelTP2:
Hi!

It looks that there are very few people left on this forum still using Win XP on their Shift and also reading my thread....

To make the above raised topic more simple let me rephrase one question for the start:

Are there any members having on their HTC Shift the Tablet PC patch installed based on Win XP Home and NOT on XP Professional? Does the Tablet PC work all right with XP Home?

I certainly would much appreciate any confirmation or denial. Thank you.
[Shift General] axelTP2:
Size of the TabletPC_PatchXPproSP2.exe file?

Hi everybody!

Please, I need somebody to confirm me that the correct size of the TabletPC_PatchXPproSP2.exe file is 154734723B in Windows Commander, shown also in Windows Explorer as 151109kB. I need to know if I got the correct file, if not then that would explain my above mentioned problems.

Thank you!
[Shift General] axelTP2:
Nobody so far???

Edit: Is the Microsoft .NET framework required for installing the Tablet PC Patch?
[Shift General] axelTP2:
Nothing, no idea?
[Shift General] Tokl:
Hi axelTP2 !

Since i ordered this days an used Shift (hope it will arrive tomorrow:D) im thinking of upgrading my Shift with XP or Win7 (I hate Vista:mad:)

So i looked a little around and find this at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Tablet_PC_Edition#Tablet_PC_Edition

"Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is based on Windows XP Professional and includes all the software features provided in it"

So i think your problem is related to the (lighter) version of XP Home...

OK im not sure what i should use XP Pro as an lightweight OS or Win7 for full further support:confused: maybe give Vista a try for a few days:rolleyes:

Greetz Tokl
[Shift General] axelTP2:
Hi tokl,

Thank you for answering.

No, my problem is not related to the use of XP Home. I have tried XP Prof with the same negative result. I think that the problem is related to a bad pack TabletPC_PatchXPproSP2 that I have downloaded from the only source that I've found.

So I keep digging for a solution on this topic.
[Shift General] Tokl:
OK, my hope for XP will grow...

Please let us know when you are sucsessfull!

Greetz Tokl
[Shift General] fortissimo:
This is probably more work than just a simple file patch, but since this is a technical site by nature, I don't think it's too much to put this suggestion here, which is a tutorial for you to patch your XP youself to make it w/ full Tablet functionality, same as real Tablet Edition:

http://www.wincert.net/forum/index....xp-pro-home-mce-installer-and-uninstallable/?

Good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
I have been hearing of numerous complaints about the GPS of the Galaxy S and was wondering if mine had an issue.

Having only GPS'd my location at a standstill with excellent (within 10 metre) results, I decided to use Google Navigation on a 15 kilometre trip from where I was to my home.

I can honestly say my GPS had pinpoint accuracy for the entire trip, not losing signal once. And when I mean pinpoint accuracy, I mean it felt like a satellite was right on top of me the entire way home.

Apart from Google Navigation using a weird route to get home (which I followed, only forcing the unit to reroute once), and speaking the street names like it didn't understand grammer, I'd say it was almost as perfect as my tried and true Garmin (which uses better routes).

So this isn't a gloating post, but I'm trying to understand what issues all of you have with the GPS, as I don't seem to be experiencing any.

P.S. I'm still on Bell's official 2.1 firmware (latest one, I believe its JH2).

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetCopAD:
Go for a walk. Stop for a coffee somewhere. Walk again. Stop to enjoy something beautiful. Record your experience with My Tracks. Share you track. Then we can discuss GPS quality.

I hope it all works excellent for you.

Regards!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gllu:
Nice story but why post it as a [Q] and in development forum :confused::confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ed10000:
Ditto. 10 char.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greeced:
Ok, I never really use my GPS that way, but for experimental purposes I will. Downloading the program now (not factory software with Bell I guess). Is there a certain distance I should be walking? And what should I notice to report back? That my tracks were the exact route I took?

Having said that, if there is a problem, could it not be a specific problem with the way MyTracks itself cooperates with the GPS? I mean I find it strange the GPS works flawlessly with Navigation (stops and lights, stop signs etc) but not with My Tracks? I dunno.

You're right.. didn't realize I posted it here until after I posted it. I leave the moderating for moderators, but my apologies just the same. Moderators, please move this to an area which is more suitable to avoid posts like these.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ed10000:
Not just My Tracks, you can try any other similar apps. That's just the most popular and widely used one.

The thing with Navigation is, it KNOWS you're supposed to be travelling on the road - so even if the actual GPS data suggests that you're 5 meters off the road, the navigation software "corrects" it and puts you back on the road.

Use My Tracks to record a small walk. Make a couple of stops. It ALWAYS puts me 15 feet off the road. And when standing still, it keeps moving around restlessly. Ugh :(