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[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ra100x:
I haven't found any nice Cylon-style boot animation, well I finally created one for my G1.

enjoy

first part of animation is "friendly cylon (blue)"

and then gets crazy (red) and it repeats until system is booted :)

if you have adb:

adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media or /data/local

if not, you can upload this animation through terminal

first copy bootanimation.zip on your SDCard
run terminal
and write
#su
#mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

(now you can write to /system)
("browse" to location, where you have copied bootanimation.zip, if it is in root of your card)

#cd /sdcard

(you can check if it is there)

#ls

(now just copy it)

#cp bootanimation.zip /system/media

(you can exit, and reboot, new animation should work, enjoy)

created using Inkscape, GiMP
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] SHOOTEMUP2.0:
Can u make this a flashable .Zip please?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] R3N0V4D0:
why?

10charkthx
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ra100x:
I've never done it before :)

but you can copy that animation to you phone also through terminal

first copy bootanimation.zip on your SDCard
run terminal
and write
#su
#mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

(now you can write to /system)
("browse" to location, where you have copied bootanimation.zip, if it is in root of your card)

#cd /sdcard

(you can check if it is there)

#ls

(now just copy it)

#cp bootanimation.zip /system/media

(you can exit, and reboot, new animation should work, enjoy)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franckqcc:
Hy guys,

I've been reading on that thread for few days and one question raised in my head.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=790984

And that post

xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8299301&postcount=18

If I buy an International (European or other version) of the Galaxy I9000 that doesn't support frequencies HSPA 850MHz from scratch, do you think it has the same hardware as the Bell Canada one ans that it's just the firmware that enable or disable those frequencies?

If so, it may be interresting to try flashing one Internal version of the I9000 with the CSC and Phone file from firmware UGJH2 and see if it enable the 850MHz HSPA frequency.

If that work, that means that International and/or European unlocked I9000 phone are exactly same hardware and that, We could buy them and use them with Bell and other providers in Canada instead of buying a Bell one. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
short answer no

it has been tested and re-tested by several people already

it doesn't work

but feel free to try if you have the time and money to spare :)

if you want the I9000M (3g 850/1900/2100) you can get it off ebay if you don't care about the 3 button issue, but if you do care about the 3 button thing, you can ping me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franckqcc:
Wow thanks alot AllGamer for the quick reply. Sorry if that thread is a double post because I haven't seen one talking about this specifically. I've seen alot about the 850Mhz lost after flashing firmware thow...

So if I understand it correctly... the only option we have is to buy a I9000M from Bell and do the 3 buttons fix from that thread in order to be able to unlock and upgrade...

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=784704

I still don't get why those big compagnies does different hardware versions of the same phone for different regions.... that must cost more money...lol

P.S. anyone know if Bell allow us to buy that phone full price (499$) without even activating it or we really need to get it activated for a month even at full price???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
correct in all counts

yes, it's kinda stupid they have released more than 8 different variants of the same phone, each of them with just minor changes in hardware/software

like with TV, no TV

with Front Camera, no FC

with Upload speed cut off, Full speed upload (USA AT&T)

with Flash, with no Flash

with more storage, with less storage

with keyboard, without keyboard

with these radio bands, without that radio band

with... bah just too many

I have no clue how they keep up with all the different branches of the same tree

re: Bell...

nope, they do have an activation fee when you purchase it, even when you but it off at full price, the total is roughly $650~680 including all the taxes, activation, shipping materials, shipping, packaging, all the other crazy fees the Bell and the government charges
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franckqcc:
Just by curiosity.. Do you know a version of that phone that work with 850MHz but include the flash for the camera?

That would be nice to have a flash included with it :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorxd:
The flash is on the CDMA Galaxy S for Verizon only. I don't think this device can be unlocked but anyways I don't think you would want a CDMA smartphone in Canada.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
he can always hook it up to Telus or Bell, both runs on CDMA

but you are right CDMA kinda sucks, you can't travel to Europe or most other countries with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franckqcc:
Yep and since CDMA is way slower than HSPA, that would be useless....the only time we use CDMA is in the regions where HSPA isn't working...

Thanks all for your reply :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Bell or Telus will not allow anyone to hook up another carriers CDMA phone. This is NOT an option.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
In relation to this same question somewhat...What about a hardware transplant from a Bell Vibrant to a European i9000?

Does anyone know what radio chipset the Bell Vibrant uses and what radio chipset the European i9000 uses? I've seen two different radio chipsets for the i9000, one from Qualcomm and one from Triquint:

Qualcomm RTR8265: (Maybe the Korean i9000?)

http://translate.google.com/transla....com/News_List_View.php?nModeC=4&nSeq=1742568

Triquint TQM6M26028L: (Maybe the Singapore and European i9000?)

http://www.phonewreck.com/2010/08/19/samsung-galaxy-s-teardown/

http://www.careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/

http://www.careace.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/galaxy-s-disassembly-28.jpg

Unless I'm reading all 3 disassembly wrong, they have conflicting info in regards to the radio being used. Maybe the radio chipset being used is dependent on the region where the i9000 is from? Can any one confirm? I plan on purchasing an international i9000 to replace my bricked i9000M and would like to see if I could transplant certain parts to see if I could get the 850 MHz via hardware. I plan to disassemble my bricked Bell Vibrant once my toolkit comes in and take some pictures so maybe it'll be of help to people in the future.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
not sure where you got that from but i worked for Telus and we hooked up quite a bunch of USA verizon/sprint CDMA phones online.

we used to do a IMEI check first to make sure it was not blacklisted before signing them up for a plan with their phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
is there an easy way to find this out without taking apart the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Thats pretty weird then. CDMA phones don't even have an IMEI. That is a gsm/hsdpa specific number.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
you said IMEI people will understand what it is

you tell them ESN they will be like "wuuaaat number?"

cust: "my old number before DC?"

me: NO

Your number under the battery compartment or box that came in...

cust: "wuaaat? where?"

me: ohh... never mind, just give me the phone

cust: "here"

me: :eek: where's the sticker?

cust: "i peeled it, it didn't look good" (that happened once)

another time was

me: :eek: where's the sticker?, it's all smudged & worn out!

cust: "i dunno"...

needless to say both cases were denied, no IMEI/ESN can't register them

a couple of times we did get some black listed ESN from verizon/sprint, also denied on those cases

most of the time they are okay, and can easily be joined to the network, the only trouble was finding the re-programing instruction for those Odd phones as we knew by memory the models we sold, but anything weird will take some times.

we always charged extra for that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
Okay so quick update and something quite interesting. I'm disassembling my Vibrant right now and the piece where the antenna connects is labeled i9000T. More to come in a new thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
ohhhhhhhh wow! so we got a Latin America model inside?! :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgpound6985:
Seems to be one part. Check out the pictures here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8395614#post8395614
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mthiffau:
<farnsworth> Good news everybody! </farnsworth> I have the european i9000 (900/1900/2100) which I bought unlocked in New York City and have been using (with 3g/HSPA) on AT&T.

When I came home to canada, I got a bell sim card (as I have a bell plan, previously with a CDMA phone). When I started the phone, all I was getting was voice, and I was very dissapointed.

I decided to see if Rogers or Tellus would work (as somebody told me they use 1900 more than 850), and when the rogers guy tried his sim, it was the same story. THEN he figured out that for this phone, you have to manually enter the APN info for the canadian carrier. He tried it on my phone, and I started picking up EDGE.

I immediately called bell tech support for the same info, and they refered me to the website. I entered the bell APN info in the settings menu and I now have HSPA on bell in Canada on my european i9000! Spread the word!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
Go outside of a large metropolitan area and report back. Or maybe you could even try reading this thread....
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Hey guys. Im new to the forum, I've been over at M3 with my Motorola Cliq. I have a full upgrade available to me, and right now im considering the Vibrant since my fiance just got the captivate and its pretty sexy.

The only problem is, I dont know anyone with a vibrant, so instead of googling for bonehead reviews, i figured id post here and get opinions from people who are actually involved with their phones (and i will most likely root it). So my main question is, why should I get this phone instead of waiting for the G2 or the MyTouch HD? What are its main downfalls? Also, how is root on this phone? Hows the tethering, overclocking/underclocking? It looks like theres plenty of ROM support. Also, after briefly skimming through these forums, I'm seeing a lot of stuff on a "lag fix". What lag are you referring to?

So I welcome your personal opinions, good or bad, i appreciate it. Thanks.

PS - Cosmetically I must admit I'm not impressed. The IPhone-like body repelled me at first, and it really does feel like it may be TOO light. But if the good outweighs the bad, im sure i can get used to these things.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
best screen on the market

hummingbird processor is superior to snapdragons

it's thin and light, barely noticeable in your pocket

super easy to root, super easy to tether without apps (instructions for OSX)

major downfalls include waiting on samsung's lackluster support and some users are experiencing GPS issues

i personally thought my vibrant was still more responsive on 2.1 than an EVO i was playing around with on 2.2. i can't wait until this phone gets froyo, it should fly! :cool:
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Thanks for your input. Well, I'm pretty used to horrible customer loyalty, having had to deal with Motorola for the past 10 months.

Thin and light: I must say, it feels like a toddler could snap it in half. That is one of my main concerns.
[Vibrant General] 98classic:
Hardware is cool firmware blows. If gps worked i would buy again
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Firmware may blow, but arent there ROMs out there that improve it?
[Vibrant General] flexxoo:
Vibrant all the way!!!!! one of the best phone's out there!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant General] huasamaya:
"Vibrant" screen, memory, speed, processor, thin phone, NO SLIDing KEYWORK, trackpad and touchscreen don't make senses to me... So vibrant all the way. For rooting i used "one click rooting" and lag fix i used Ryan's Lag fix, and to fix the GPS i used "vibrant-JI2-GPS.zip" (room manager needed)
[Vibrant General] biggerx:
Yes. I'm using Bionix's mods & he's got the GPS & all that other stuff fixed in his ROM. As long as you use a custom ROM it's all good.
[Vibrant General] IDtheTarget:
I was disappointed with the stock firmware, and had started regretting my purchase. Then I rooted the phone and applied the bionix ROM, and now I'm loving my phone.

The thing is, Samsung takes a long while to support upgrades to Android, so if that's a problem, you may want to go HTC G2. Personally, I don't like the slideout keyboard, because they invariably feel more flimsy and prone to break than the candybar style of phone.

The GPS has been a problem for many people, myself included. Samsung has acknowledged the problem and is reportedly working on a fix. I can tell you that the bionix rom, like several others, incorporates a fix that has made it workable for me.

Another issue for many of us is the lack of a front-facing camera. Another poster has found the hardware for it online for $17 US, and I hear that one of the developers may be working on the software.

Overall the phone, once a custom rom is in place, is snappy and a good performer. After flashing the rom, my only real complaint has been the poor T-Mobile coverage, especially in my home. There is a recent rumor that T-Mobile is going to enable UMA (cell phone calls over wifi) for recent Android phones. That would pretty much finish off any of my complaints... ;)

Hope this helps
[Vibrant General] Dragoth12:
I have not owned any other smart phones before I purchased this Vibrant. That being said, I absolutely love this phone. The only issues I have had with it is the GPS problem (takes forever to lock on and loses signal randomly than can't find a lock again for quite some time) and the "Lag". For clarification, the "Lag" is a very minor issue that affects only some phones, and is only noticed by the picky users IMO. Basically, you click on something and the phone "lags" out every now and than for maybe 1 second.

Now it needs to be stated that not all Vibrants are experiencing these issues. My wife has a Vibrant as well and has not noticed any major issues with her GPS, while I have on mine.

However, if you have no qualms with modding your device, the two major issues this phone has can easily be fixed. Rooting couldn't be simpler with the One Click Root (You install it on your computer, attach your phone, and click a button, than follow 3 easy steps on your phone). There are One Click Lag fixes that are just as easy (Which can be downloaded from the market). I have used it and it without issue. The GPS can be fixed by either flashing one of the multiple fixes out there, or simply installing a custom ROM from Bionix, or Eugene. (I am currently using Eugenes Frankin-Twiz and my GPS locks on in about 20 seconds, and hasn't lost signal once.)

That being said, I have heard that a JI5 update for our device is being rolled out pretty much as I speak via KIES. Don't know what that update fixes, but from what little I have read, people that had GPS issues are no longer having them after updating. I just backed up my current ROM and will likely be flashing the update shortly to test it out.

Hope this helps in your decision.
[Vibrant General] huasamaya:
WHAT??? i though it was impossible... do u have a link of this thread, i been looking for this bad not luck. Thanks
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
You wouldn't say that if you used an app that hits the database hard. :D

Newsrob for example, an excellent google reader app. It's SLOW on a stock vibrant. Apply any of the lag fixes, and it FLIES.

For many apps, I would actually agree that it's nit-picky. However, Samsung F-ed up by trying to force their stupid proprietary filesystem on all of us when standard ones perform significantly better. There's no good reason to cripple this excellent hardware with crap software when free, open source software that is already in the Linux kernel Android is based on is so much better.
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Thanks guys. Im surprised these threads dont have a "thank" button
[Vibrant General] christpuncher:
i do regret jumping the gun on getting the vibrant, because i'm a huge fan of physical keyboards, and the g2 looks to have a pretty decent one. with that said, that is the only advantage the g2 has.

vibrant's pros-

display. i really don't think we'll see another phone that can match this phone's screen for a good while.

tv out. loading movies up on my phone and plugging them into the tv is fantastic!

gpu. everytime i check out some market games, the general comment concensus shows that the galaxy s phones never really have an issue running any games. the ps1 emulator running flawless is pretty much all the proof you need.

dev support. coming from the g1 with cyanogenmod, i was kinda worried that we wouldn't have any decent devs working on this thing, but my worries were unfounded. the user sombionix has made a ROM on his own (as far as i know) that has made this phone into the powerhouse it should be. the battery life is worlds better, it runs like i expected it to run when i first got it, and the list goes on. there's also a handful of other users whipping up some pretty decent themes and mods for us.

that's all i can think of at the moment. my personal cons with the phone are no led notification, no keyboard, and certain elements of touchwiz. i really wanna like tw, but there are some features that should be able to be changed or completely disabled.

so it's really up to you. just know (as i learned) that once you buy a phone you really want, there's gonna be 5 more just around the corner that you'll really want too. so just do some research, weigh the pros and cons, and go from there. luckily for us consumers, we've reached the point where there's nothing but good **** coming out, so let's reap the benefits.
[Vibrant General] quest4fire:
I've noticed alot of Devs are moving towards the Vibrant, that says it all. Yes there are minor issues but fixes are already present and official fixes are on the way. Plus when we get Froyo, this baby will be on steroids. Get it! I hear that Walmart is selling it for $99. That should seal the deal for you.
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
Im actually one of those picky users that you guys are referring to :cool:....processor speed is number one on my list of things that i want out of a smartphonee, thats why i was concerned about this issue, but i hear nothing but positive results from these "lag fixes" so i dont think its enough to affect my decision. heres my list, in order, of important things in a phone for me:

1. Processor - 1gh hummingbird, which can be overclocked/underclocked....+1

2. Storage/Memory - this phone has pllllenty....+2

3. RAM - from what i gather, this phone is up to par, no more no less than the average Android smartphone....0

4. Modding abilities - The developer support for this phone seems very good, with a decent amount of ROMs to choose from that offer your basic root features, and software improvements +1

5. Display - no need to explain....+2

6. Keyboard - Lacks physical keyboard....-1

7. Design - IPhone look is too unoriginal and basic (not looking foward to people asking "derr, is that an iphone??"), phone seems way too prone to damage with being as light as a feather....-2

8. Firmware - I can't grade it, cause it's not something you can judge on paper, but its last on the list because ROMs usually address any issues....0

Well, based on my horrible, makeshift, totally irrelevant grading system...as a non-user, this phone gets a +3.

The only reason im dissecting and trying to pick all of your brains is because, 2yrs is a long time to commit to a phone, and like christpuncher said it will most likely be behind the pack within 6months, and i really want to make sure this phone will put up the longest fight possible.

Android 3.0 should be released around the New Year, whats the likelihood the Vibrant will see that?
[Vibrant General] watcher64:
Here ya go ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770854
[Vibrant General] mmalott:
More important then specs and what everyone else thinks in a biased Vibrant forum is what do you want and need. I've owned the MyTouch (1rst Gen) HTC G1 and iPhone (jailbroken), HTC Touch Pro II and Vibrant on T-Mobile. And have used the MyTouch Slide for a few days. I don't think you can compare these phones apples to apples.

At least in my expeirence and view, the MyTouch phones are more along the lines of messaging/social phone. It's outta your way when your not using it (small) and feels more like an on the go phone. In contrast my Vibrant feels more like a premier and capable phone. It's more of a multimedia targeted phone and boasts a stronger cpu and better display. The G2 will have a hardware keyboard and if you've used the Touch Pro II's keyboard (best in market IMO) then you'll have an idea how great HTC's hardware keyboards can be. I miss that keyboard but have grown to live without it on my Vibrant. The G2 from what I've read wont carry the huge specs (800mhz cpu?) of the Vibrant but then again it's not targeted at the same market. I see the G1 and G2 as the do everything good phone.

My best advice is to wait till the G2 comes out and head down to a Tmobile store and play with them. I was set on buying the MyTouch Slide when I headed down to the store and check out the Vibrant b/c of the rave reviews. After holding it in my hands and playing with it, I was amazed but still was going to get the MyTouch Slide. Then I compared price, specs, and features and the Vibrant in my case was a steal after I headed to Walmart where I got it for $150. The MyTouch Slide was selling for $179 at Tmobile.

Anyhow, I would personally purchase the Vibrant again over the MyTouch and I would only want the G2 because it adheres to Android rules more so then Samsung does (filesystem and stock apps).
[Vibrant General] huasamaya:
PLOP!!! i can't believe it!!! i hope they can make it work!!
[Vibrant General] xxwhitehawk:
If I had to take a shot in the dark I'd say the Vibrant will NOT be seeing 3.0, but that is 100% speculation on my part. I'd imagine the G2 will get 3.0 and probably some updates further than that. That said, the dev support for the Vibrant is outstanding. At the moment I'm rockin' Eugene373's Frankin Twiz and Voodoo lagfix. I'd be willing to bet even if we don't get an "official" 3.0 update that we'll still see it on our Vibrants in due time.