yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] born_fisherman:
I've said this in another post.. but these phones are being produced on an assembly line - errors get made - the phones are all using the same hardware.

this is my #5 captivate - the last 2 phones were battery issues, but att replaced the entire phone.. I tested gps before I left the store with the new phone -

everyone needs to understand that there will ALWAYS be problems - It's technology. If your GPS didn't work within the first 29 days, take it back!

There is a reason Samsung is creating a "fix" for the GPS - they aren't RECALLING the phone because of a hardware problem. I will eat my words if the phone gets recalled because of a bad "GPS chip." But for now, if you are within 30 days and you aren't happy, please go return it, test the new phone in the store before you leave!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLShortFuse:
There is still SOME home for this chipset. Nokia is developing a device with the same chipset. I made a thread in i9000 - Android Development forum with the linux driver source code written by Nokia. We'll have to see. If Nokia releases a device with this chip and the GPS works, we know it's Samsung's fault.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSopranos16:
Has anyone ever tried to get a comment from Broadcom about the GPS issues? Since its their chip and there are over a million Galaxy S phones out there, I would think it would be appropriate for them to weigh in on this...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
You have to realize that the percentage of the bad SGS with GPS issues are too high to be caused by any reasonable manufacturaing defects.

You can't test GPS properly in a store without going through a driving test. Period. The problem with the GPS is not about whether or not you get a lock, it is whether or not the phone can keep an accurate lock on you while driving. Unfortunately, most ppl didn't realize this at all.

Samsung will not recall the phone even if it turns of the GPS chip or motherboard is the problem. It is not some kind of safety issue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
Broadcom made some small fixes in the driver. That's why with JH7, you can see your phone can lock on to more than 8 satellites now. Old drivers will only allow max lock of 8 satellites and minimal SNR value of 20. New driver allow lock on to more than 8 satellites and minimal SNR value of 10 or so. But unfortunately, it didn't improve moving accuracy.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] born_fisherman:
So when you go to the AT&T store take the phone outside and the phone you are going to walk away with doesn't see any satellites, you should just take it and run?

I'm saying this with experience. I've had 2 phones that didn't pickup any satellites even after waiting 5 minutes.

My current phone immediately saw satellites and got a lock within 45 seconds.

Regardless if you are moving or not, the phone should be able to see satellites - I understand the problem is when you are mobile and keeping the lock, this is not my argument.

my argument is that people are still complaining that they can't get a lock even after the OTA update - Test your phone before taking it home. That's all. Not a big deal if you ask me! If your new LCD TV with HD tuner isn't picking up HD channels, you would bring it back right??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbae2:
My gps was pretty terrible until I flashed Cognition the first version. Now my gps works amazingly and never has the blue circle of ambiguity. Very happy with the gps performance now. So much that I haven't flashed the cognition that is updated with JH7. Worried it could brea kit haha. might as well try though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
Yeah, the new one (Cognition v2.1) with OTA JH7 in it is pretty bad based on my reading. JH7 is an old firmware. Original Cognition has some files from T-Mo Vibrant JI2 firmware which is newer than JH7.

Our only hope is that the final version of Froyo has some improvement baked into.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] boriskey:
was struggling yesterday to connect mytouch to the desktop on windows XP. The phone connected to the moment, the drive showed up and when immediately disconnected.

I found this very helpful post on androidforums by pdl1 which I think needs to be posted in FAQ:

To connect an Android phone to a Windows PC, usually there are two steps:

1. Uninstall current Android USB drivers

2. Install new correct Android drivers

You accomplish 1 by downloading USBDeview to your PC here is the URL USBDeview - View all installed/connected USB devices on your system

Then unzip it and run USBDeview. Right click on each Android driver and delete it. Or you can remove traces of previous drives by removing all keys in registry using "Edit->Find and type in “vid_0bb4″ (no quotes)".

You accomplish 2 by going here Android 1.6 SDK, Release 1 | Android Developers

and downloading the whole Android SDK (software development kit) onto your PC. Extract it to a folder so you can look inside and find a sub-folder called usb_driver. Either move it somewhere easy or take careful note of it's exact location.

Now go to your Android phone. Open Settings. Touch Applicatons. Touch Development. Tap USB debugging to enable it. Then back out to the home page.

Connect your phone to the PC via the appropriate USB cord. Windows will open its New Hardware Wizard. Check that you will tell Windows where to find the files, and Browse to the location of the usb-driver folder. OK will ungrey and if you click it, the correct drivers will, at last, be loaded.

Almost finished. Now disconnect the phone, and repeat going to Settings>Applications>Development. Tap the debugger again to disable it. Back out to the Home Screen. Now connect your phone to the PC. It will be recognized, but in order to see and manipulate the SD card files, there's one more step. Pull down the little white bar at the top of the Android Phone screen. You will see a Notification "USB connected". Tap it and you will be given an option to Mount the phone. Touch Mount.

Now the any File Manager (Windows Explorer, etc.) will see your phone SD card as a separate drive. You can copy, move delete, whatever.

Quite a process, but once done, all you will have to do is connect the phone to the PC and pull down and Mount it.

Sorry if it was discussed already - I searched but could not find similar thread here
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyorex:
Is it possible to unroot the stock 2.2 after doing unrEVOked 3.21?

And if I keep running a rooted stock 2.2, is it safe to install OTA?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imagini:
I find myself stuck in a similar situation too. Can anyone answer his question (is it safe to install OTA updates on a rooted phone?)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
No its not, but on the other hand the update is not that spectacular it's worth to unroot for it. Just be patient for a couple of days until it's integrated in the custom roms.

If you still want to unroot use a RUU, has been mention probably in half of the threads in Q&A.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imagini:
Thanks a ton Mr.Ghost, you see I'm a complete n00b and I'm just starting to get my way through.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
What is there to compare?

You choose either Sense/Non-sense..

A2SD+/Non A2SD+

The rest is just personal preference.

Try one, if you dont like it, wipe and apply another ROm.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
what's the best app to save all settings before installing new ROM?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LukeHandle:
Titanium Backup. A donate version is available (as well as a free version) in the market. It will backup:

Applications (+ associated data)

Home screen data (icons, locations of widgets - you will need to remove them and re-add them, wallpaper, etc.)

Misc. settings

Then you can restore the data (obviously...). It will ONLY work on rooted phones.
[XPERIA X10 General] tvachev:
Rikard Skogberg says:

September 24, 2010 at 3:03 pm

Branimir,

1.will 2.2 ever come to x10?

- like I’ve said earlier: not ruled in nor out at this point, i.e. it might but I can’t promise, sorry.

2.multitouch?

- no such plans commited.

3.flash?

- no such plans commited.

4.16 m colors?

- no such plans commited.

5.camera flash?

- doesn’t seem included in this coming update as far as I can see but I have forwarded feedback on that earlier – will look into it!

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2010/09/23/update-on-updates/comment-page-19/#comment-64035

Regarding 16 mil. colours:

Why doesn’t X10 have 16 mil. colours with 2.1? Performance problems? Hardware again?

RS says: Sorry but I don’t know the reason at this time. I guess it could be hardware dependant or due to priorities in resources for development. I’ll see if I can find out.
[XPERIA X10 General] ddewbofh:
Thanks for the post. It's a bunch of non-answers really but atleast I don't have to browse through the Sony Ericsson blogs to find them. :)
[XPERIA X10 General] tvachev:
When they do have a plan - we see delays ... When they do not have plans I suppose it is a clear "no".

So for sure no 16 mil colours and no flash. For multitouch it was clear earlier.
[XPERIA X10 General] jassired:
Just go through the comments in the blog...............Rikard was patient enough to answer many questions.....
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
Thanks for the post OP

would be great if you would update the first post to include what ever he says :)

Much appreciated
[XPERIA X10 General] naplesbill:
In all honesty, all those answers are like the answers we get from politicians. In other words, they are not answers at all, they are simply evasions.
[XPERIA X10 General] Sewez:
Update on arabic support from Rikard

I asked him about Arabic support in the coming update, His answer was, i quote,

"I don’t know. I’ve checked my sample here and it doesn’t seem to include Arabic letters at least. But perhaps there could be language additions in the second update, I will try to look into it!"

I have also contacted SE Middle East on their facebook page, they answered that the support for Arabic will be added in November(on old update schedule, i guess). So that may not happens(if it ever happens) until early 2011.:(
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
Perhaps we could revive this thread? It would really help a lot of people if you post what Rikard says over here - note, no discussion, just what he posted. Then we don't need to wade through all the 500 comments cursing SE and the spam comments etc
[XPERIA X10 General] caifanX10:
I don't see any helpful answer.
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
+1. Keep posting and keep this thread towards the front.
[XPERIA X10 General] alankstiyo:
pretty much sounds like they have 3 devs to make all the new roms lol
[XPERIA X10 General] javagreen:
LOL, we never know, that might actually be true :D
[XPERIA X10 General] wasiimabbas:
And The SE keeps ignoring its customers .......... How will they remain in the market like this if they keep doing **** like they r doing with x10 owners
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Let's not turn this into another bashing and whining thread about SE. If people understood the facts versus jumping on the misinformation bandwagon they might actually enjoy the X10 experience.
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
Guys.. only what Rikard says in this thread... please no discussion
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
Lol. Yes, since that is working out so well. So far there isn't one post about what Rikard says since September.
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
That's coz Rikard isn't saying anything. I guess he won't say much about the x10 now that the new phones will be announced next week
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
He has since September. He's not going to post it here for us too.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
Here's an interesting one... what do we think about this logic?

Q: Why do you lock the boot loader of your devices? Isn’t Android supposed to be open source?

A: Yes, Android is an open source platform. Anyone can download it, modify it to their liking and install it on hardware they have designed. A mobile device is much more than the operating system. In our phones there are functionality that have to be secure such as SIM-lock and DRM. We currently don’t have a solution in place to secure that while opening the bootloader and therefore it would break legal agreements with many of our partners if we do.”
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Which makes me wonder if they want to open the bootloader? Are they actually looking for a solution to keep sim lock and drm protected while opening the bootloader?
[XPERIA X10 General] Bialynia:
It's an excuse, not a reason.
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
I wonder what agreements these are... how come all the other manufacturers (with the exception of Motorola) managed to not lock down their bootloaders?
[XPERIA X10 General] agentJBM:
For the complete post 2011 MWC Q&A by Rikard, including the bootloader go here.....

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/produ...s-from-mwc2011/comment-page-1/#comment-131793
[XPERIA X10 General] arj154:
this is quite interesting, this is the first time they've properly answered our questions and properly too which is surprising to say the least. I'm thinking that the devs wouldnt mind opening the bootloader but the sony execs wont allow this as they dont want to focus there devs on older phones. They seem to be stuck in the way of feature phones.
[XPERIA X10 General] alankstiyo:
wonder if they wont ever think that selling a phone is what gives them money not software

i mean their 10 devs can't be compared against this community we can do better think they're afraid
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LazySheep:
I flashed this Rom and I noticed there is no multitouch, is that possible?

When I try to zoom in on photos or Internet pages with my 2 fingers

Thanks

Doron
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Moved to Q&A as not development.

Please do not open threads in development with user questions

Regarding this issue: check that you have the permission file present for multitouch in /system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LazySheep:
Yes this file exists, I am not sure should it contain.

I am sorry for posting in the wrong place.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
No worries :) Just remember for next time ;)

As for the file, I guess you should try running another ROM based off CM6 (any of the froyo ROMs should work), as they have working MT.

Unless you fancy hunting down this issue somewhere...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LazySheep:
Thanks for your answer, could you explain what is a CM6 and where do I get it?

Do you mean flashing a new Rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LazySheep:
Just an update: after a few restarsts, the multitouch is back on!

Thanks its a wonderful Rom :-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmarquis:
Before taking the plunge I am looking for success/problem comments from those who have failed with OTA and then tried the JH7_OTA.zip approach.

I have searched and I don't see many comments yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigdoug2005:
It flashed fine for me but now GPS is causing my phone to lock up. Happens if I turn off GPS and just now happened in google maps while driving. Had to pull the battery to reset.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumur:
Worked great for me. GPS is working like a champ too.

Thanks to all who worked so hard on the flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mancha:
I updated with the JH7_OTA.zip and it went well, but my phone is worse than before... laggier, bottom buttons seem less responsive (could be due to the increased lag) and the GPS will not see any satellites and much less, lock. I'm sure it's not the file... just another defective unit. This is my fourth Captivate. First two simply lost the ability to connect to 3G and WIFI, the third had a great GPS but the search function would randomly self activate and the body creaked like an old rocking chair, and my current one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_tacos:
This happened to me. You don't need to pull the battery. Just hold the up volume button and power button for about 10 seconds and the phone will shut off.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RexEscape:
Edit :) Disregard my post.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanneji:
It's working great for me. I usually stream radio during the day and it usually will drop out once or twice an hour. Today, it has been streaming just perfectly with no dropouts. Thanks to all of those that got this working!!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsmith8858:
No problems here, either. I did remove my previously installed LagFix first, and I flashed over JH3. GPS seems to track me a little better than before, and it does seem that perhaps the radio is working a bit better and battery life is slightly better as well.

I have the same commute on the train each morning, and pretty much do the same routine each time, so that's a good way for me to compare things after a change. This morning I noticed that my streaming radio barely cut out at all in areas where the signal is low, much less than before, and when I got into work my remaining battery PCT was a little better than usual. I applied the RyanZ lag fix from the market this afternoon and overall am pretty happy so far!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irtehun:
My GPS is still jacked up.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArthurDents:
Worked great for me. everything working including the 3 button, usb, and better gps/compass. Things other people were complaining about not working. I flashed odin and rooted with update.zip before i applied this rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poetgeek:
luck? Sure... but...

I went with the Cognition ROM as JH7_OTA didn't do the trick for me.. All in all I like the Cog experience (install went smoothly, seems fast, no weird errors), but the GPS is definitely not fixed. Accuracy is better in that my phone can locate me on the neighborhood level, but it is still not locking and is locating me blocks away from where I'm actually at.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maximus-dev:
Worked great for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashman2002:
No problems flashing for me. That is the answer to your question, now to issues I had.

HSUPA was not working for me. So I did the revert HSUPA to get 3G back and it killed all data for me. So I did a nandroid back to my previous ROM and then I got FC so I had to Odin and then reinstall my nandroid. That is why I don't like his zip, it works fine but if you want to change ROM's you have to basically flash odin to make sure you have no issues. That is how it was for me, others might be different and then you have the nut swingers who are only for Cognition. :D

I will say this issue happened to me 3 times. I think the issue might stem from being unable to remove voodoo since it is packaged into his zip. Not positive why I had the issue but for the time being I am trying other alternatives.

Last edit: Just went back to his Cognition thread and see that he pulled the HSUPA zip, so it wasn't just me having issues. Unfortunately stuff like that lets me know that all in one package zips like that need to be worked on more.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
you probably should have removed the voodoo lagfix to try to flash other roms since clockwork DOES NOT work with voodoo

alternatively you can install cognition, and install a different kernel if you dont want voodoo lagfix...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vietn95:
flashed it and it's great! except the gps is kind of on and off.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MTechnik:
The button on the headphones is too ingrained with the media player.

When I am listening to a podcast with Google Listen, and I pause it, it pauses just fine.

But when I press the button on the headphones (sony ipod compatible ones or the ones that came with the captivate), Listen starts back up, but so does the built in media player. I end up with Rich Eisen talking about Mike Vick and 10,000 maniacs at the same time.

I checked in the media player settings, and there is nothing for the button function.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] mdaffonso:
Good morning.

My S621 Excalibur is presenting the following error:

When I power it on with a SIM card in it, I get the message "FATAL ERROR! Data collision. Contact the service center.", then it gets stuck and I can't even access the OS. If, otherwise, I power it on WITHOUT a SIM card, it works normally.

I've tried different SIM cards of the same provider (VIVO, the one I bought my HTC from), and even of different providers, to no result.

I'd be very grateful if anyone here could help me.

Thanks in advance. =)
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Have you tried a hard reset?
[HTC Excalibur] gutek85:
HardReset didn't help you (I think). It's probably damaged CID block and there is no way to fix it for free...:(

Did you try SIM or CID unlock your device?
[HTC Excalibur] mdaffonso:
Yes, I have tried hard reset. Both through software and through hardware.

Well, thanks for your replies. I went to tech support today, and they told me it's probably bad software, and a ROM reinstall should fix it. Monday I'm taking my phone to an HTC authorized tech to see what can be done.

Anyways, thanks for your help. =) If it gets any better, I'll let you know. If not, I'll just ask for a replace.
[General Questions and Answers] rukia06:
hi guys im in need of a new phone and like the full qwerty keyboard ones, im from australia so i cant import any of the cdma ones from the us.

Im looking at getting a desire Z when it comes out but i cant wrap my head around the coverage frequencies and what it means.

i want to know how well/ which parts will work in australia, coverage wise?

the specs can be found on the europe htc site

thanks

*solved - i was confusing gsm 850mhz and 3g 850 mhz

as the phone doesnt have 850mhz 3g it will not work on the australian nextG network, but the 3g 2100mhz that is pretty well only in the major cities will work.

and gsm will work too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borchgrevink:
Just wondering. Switching from eg. FAT32 to NTFS is no big deal in Windows, and I just can't understand why it is a problem in this phone. Could somebody explain?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karupan:
Been having the same question. I'm pretty sure Samsung engineers are browsing these forums for feedback about the leaked firmwares. Haven't they realized that RFS is the biggest issue the phone is facing?

P.S: Is it because its difficult to completely format the internal system to EXT2/4 and still preserve the existing data? Just thinking aloud!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huxflux2003:
They have invested money to develop it. They probably have a roadmap for it. They cannot dump it, just because its first version is underperforming. It is more possible that they will fix it than dump it.

I don't think its the biggest problem. We can replace the filesystem ourselves. The biggest problems are JIT and GPS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karupan:
Well in my case, Lag IS the biggest problem. I don't use GPS much, and JIT doesn't really show real life performance increase for day to day usage (
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adevem:
Simple.

Pride.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huxflux2003:
Install lagfix. Fixed.