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[Captivate Accessories] JPS81:
I like how there's so many people that feel the need to go into screen protector threads claiming they don't need screen protectors as if the screen is invincible, even though there are threads like this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838848&highlight=defeated

...not to mention people in the main screen protector thread coming back and saying they weren't bullheaded about not having a screen protector after they scratched their screens.

I have a very slight scratch on mine next to the back button, which I got before I had a chance to get a screen protector, and I never dropped the phone nor did I keep anything in my pocket with it. Makes me wish I had gotten the protector earlier.

So if any of you scratch your screen in the future, don't come crying back to us: we warned you. It's a risk, and it's your choice, but don't post as if your opinion is fact.

If you buy really bad screen protectors, yes, it would be significant. That's the difference between those crappy generic ones and the good ones. Good ones you can't even tell are on. Most common question I'm asked about my phone when I used Martin Fields was, "Why don't you have a screen protector?" (I've since moved to SGP as it was far, far cheaper; $10 for two, plus it is far easier to clean.)
[Captivate Accessories] MikeyMike01:
So you're saying we should trade the chance of an ugly phone, for the guarantee of an ugly phone.
[Captivate Accessories] ninjuh:
Ignoring all other posts in this thread and to answer the original question:

1, go into the bathroom where there's a SHOWER and close the door

2, wash your dirty filthy grimy hands with SOAP

3, turn on the shower at the hottest temperature

4, clean your phone with a micro cloth or even a soft t-shirts

5, a piece of skotch tape can be used to lightly dab pieces of lint off the screen

6, by now there should be steam everywhere from the hot shower running, the dust particles and lint in the air will float to the top of the room leaving you to safely apply your screen protector

7, try to be as quick as possible applying the screen protector, you don't wanna give it any time for dust to collect(happens easy)

All in all, if you're a ****ing idiot you probably can't do it, just takes patience and steady hands.

Glhf
[Captivate Accessories] Cezar`:
Get a VanGuardz clear screen protector. It feels like you wouldn't have one. And is damn good. Trust me.
[Captivate Accessories] bmunday:
dude, I got phantom skinz. Used the warm soap and water (no bubbles routine -dish soap) and had it on in 30 seconds, there was a finger print and some lint, so I took it off, put it in the soapy water, got my fingers wet in the water, and reapplied. Immediately looked fuzzy and visually foggy. 3 hours later -PERFECT, 2 days later, I cant tell it's there, changed my PPI from 240 to 190 and it is still invisible... I'd say it's the perfect skin... certainly not touch input problems.
[Captivate Accessories] goob1284:
Get the zagg its the best one.
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
Did you not read this thread at all? Zagg is awful. Zagg is the worst screen protector I have ever used. Its bumpy, sticky, and orange. Might as well wrap your phone in lots of Saran wrap and the color it yellow with a marker.

Realook or a similar HARD, CLEAR, are way way better. Its not even a contest really unless you don't know any better.
[Captivate Accessories] goob1284:
Ummmm... are you serious? This is the best screen protector ever! It doesn't peel nor does it show evrry tiny scratch. I had another screen protector and it had bubbles, peeled and showed every little scratch. Worth every penny

Btw this is my second phone with a zagg. Never saw the yellow crap on either one.
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
Actually yes Jr Member, I am serious. Ive used more screen protectors than you have posts on this web forum, and I can tell you Zagg is the worst I've tried. You've tried 2 different companies and zagg is the "best"? Thats not saying much because your first one was probable the cheap crappy one they sell AT the wireless store. Sure your phone hasnt gotten scratched up, like i said, wrapping it in plastic wrap and coloring it yellow your phone wouldn't get scratched up either....

If you have bubbles then its because YOU don't know how to apply a screen protector, not the manufacturer. Never saw zagg discolor? Well Ive added some references below. Why dont you peel that screen protector off and stick it on a piece of paper, I bet you can see the yellow/brown/green discoloration then, or go put your phone up next to another naked screen.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=767132

http://www.dailyrelevance.com/iphone/zagg-invisible-shield-follow-up-bodyguardz-review

http://javajosh.blogspot.com/2008/11/iphone-invisible-shield-review.html

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=zagg+corners+peeling

Shall I keep going?
[Captivate Accessories] goob1284:
Those are all iphones? I had mine on the sanding eternity and samsung galaxy s. The eternity never had problems. Never. Thebother cheap ones were from best buy target and Walmart. But the one from target was expensive. It just might be you guys not putting it on right :P
[Captivate Accessories] hashish16:
Just to add to the conversation, clearprotector.com are terrible. They have lots of friction, so you don't get that smooth feeling, but its shows fingerprints and smudgets galore. Had it on for 3 months and everything is already peeling
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_unruled:
Hi guys,

I'd really appreciate any help as I'm rather dependant on my phone right now.

I bought an unlocked galaxy S in Holland. I've been in the UK using my phone for the last 3 weeks without any problems. My phone is running 2.1 update 1. The only modifications I did was a lagfix and root. Since doing those, I've used it for 2 weeks without problems.

Today I finally got my UK sim only card so I swapped out my SIM. It worked fine for a few hours, until I tried to input the internet settings for my UK provider. The phone kept rebooting every few seconds, so I removed the battery and tried to power on.

Since then, the phone will boot up with the galaxy S animation, but it will stall there with the lights flashing (normal boot up sequence). Even after a few minutes it is still like that, and eventually the screen turns off and only the touch sensitive buttons light up.

I have tried to do a volume down+home+power and it puts the phone in a downloading screen which leads to nothing.

I can't seem to be able to hard reset. Worst of all is that I can't return it to the shop for replacement since it was from an internet shop in Holland and I now live in the UK.

Is there anything I can still try?

thanks a lot. :( it would be a disastruous 450 euro paperweight if I cannot solve this :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slev7:
My phone did that few times, I just flashed rom back on with odin. Lots of tutorials around
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_unruled:
I am having trouble locating the original eclair rom on the internet, especially because the samsung-firmwares site seems to be down/private. Do you still have a copy or link?

I have also read that people with stuck bootscreens shouldn't flash.. somewhat conflicting stories.

Any help is greatly appreciated..:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] almi88:
Just go in recovery volume up+home+power, after the screen turns on take your finger of the power button. Once there do a wipe-factory reset. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slev7:
Oh yeah that'd worked for me too but heres the firmware link just incase...

samfirmware.com

they're encrypted but passwords can be found on samfirmware forums
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_unruled:
Thanks for the tips guys. I tried the volume/home/power thing and this time it did work (had tried it several times already).

did the reset and the phone booted up afterwards. I have internet connectivity via my 3g and also via a wifi spot however it tells me it cannot establish a reliable data connection to server when i try to add my gmail account.

I've tried both over wifi and 3g. I'm now trying a reset of the phone via the menu in android.

also I noticed there is some XEN error. Not exactly sure what that is.

edit: the reset via the menu fixed the Gmail sign in problem.

Is android just really this unstable? I've always only used the default firmware so I have no idea why suddenly all these things started happening. It's pretty troubling really.. especially since i've just lost a lot of contacts.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
I don't think android is unstable, but rather Samsung not taking the time to tune the Os for the SGS as it has some rather annoying bugs. Just last night I had to factory format my phone. It seems I need to do it every damn 3 weeks. The first 3 times didn't bother me too much but not this is getting out of hand. I will never buy another Samsung device as long as I live. Right now I'm downloading JM9 rom to install on this thing. Freaking annoying
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da_unruled:
well, if devices with pretty standard hardware require fixes or hacks to make things work properly... then its unstable in my mind.

I really hope I won't have to do it again--- a phone should just work, it shouldn't be like a damn desktop OS in that sense.

I'm also still wondering what the deal is with the official froyo version. I still hven't seen it appear properly and it won't show up in Kies either. GPS is extremely bugged atm.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaliKot:
Galaxy S doesnt have standard hardware.

Its samsung screwing up the software
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oror494:
can we flash the normal galaxy s android version 2?

like froyo?

is there a diffrances between the those phone motherboards?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] RFOX100:
HEY GUYS

i download the htc sync the newset version and installed it as they say

i try to connect my phone but my pc dont regonzie it

i tryed to see notification and noting

put the usb allow in the phone setting and noting.

i switched usb spots and still dont regonize

but when i connect the device it is charing

what can i do ?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] RFOX100:
any 1? please help
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] RFOX100:
is it normal ? i dont think so :P
[Vibrant General] siirial:
I have put together an ebay listing. It currently is closed for presales to those who have sent PM's to me. To get the link, send me a PM now.

If you want to go in with a buying buddy, use this thread to look for and find them. The original thread is about doing the mod. Please don't clutter it up.

How to do the mod is located here

Discussion on making software work with the FFC here

Original Thread is Here

There is another thread going for an alternative market to find buying buddies: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=802325
[Vibrant General] siirial:
reserved for more info from OP
[Vibrant General] adamcooks:
There are a few cameras up on ebay at the moment, in stock. more to come, usps lost second package with the rest
[Vibrant General] beyonddbt:
trying to buy a FFC for Vibrant

hi i been looking every where to get this device but i cant seem to find it any where i did the rom set up already cleaned out the little space on my phone to install the FFC so im set, but need a Camera, pleas help
[Vibrant General] Mussri:
you can find them on ebay, you have to search for an I9000 cam but there are alot onthere, you have to allow almost a month for delivery cause it's from Hong Kong for most of them, should be in the mid 20s range on price. comes with the tools as well for some of them. hope that helped
[Vibrant General] mustang_52:
ive still got one for sale. pm me for details.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
www.globaldirect.com

They have Cameras for sale But you have to but 3, but the are easy to sell off

So does Alibaba.com but this site is in HongKong and it will 2 weeks for delivery. Also you will have to search within the site

Hope that helps..............:)
[Vibrant General] chinu89:
Anywhere to still get one of these. Do you think its possible to use the cam from the SGS II?

Thanks,
[Vibrant General] chui101:
Searched ebay for "i9000 camera"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Camera-Pict...127?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbb2b5d77
[Vibrant General] RussianBear:
nice find. here's another one for people who don't want to wait 2 weeks to get theirs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-i90...363?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf7d7e78b
[Vibrant General] darksandz93:
please note that if these are the revision 1 cameras there will be a banding problem with the back camera. This will result in having lines that go across the image and makes it look like crap. I owned a rev1 off for 6 months before selling it because I couldn't deal with the stupid banding anymore
[Vibrant General] RussianBear:
yeah, the one in my post lists these as v2 (you can see it on the ribbon). the link he gave looks like a ver1. $20 bux shipped is a lot better than $50 :)
[Vibrant General] chinu89:
Thanks guys. I ended up ordering from the below link and got a revision 2 for a few bucks cheaper (took about a week in the mail). Just got it installed and it works like a charm. They should have just put it in stock. SUPER EASY MOD would recommend it to everyone who has a vibrant.

ebay.com/itm/260838219127#ht_1947wt_1132
[Vibrant General] protohamster:
how do you know if you have a rev 1 or rev 2 camera?

Mine is a green-blue PCB with R02 printed on the connector PCB.
[HD2 General] macsym:
Hello all,

The weather forecasts on my HTC are not very accurate. I noticed that in my area the best forecasts are given by http://weather.yahoo.com. Also, many more cities are available from Yahoo.

Is there any way I could change the data source so that the weather tab retrieves its data from http://weather.yahoo.com ?

Thanks in advance for any help
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joe1981AL:
Anyone else experienced dead pixels? Looks like I have a couple dead in one spot or at least one color is. On solid white shows light blue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tytdfn:
Dead. Call att/samsung

Yay no more fc
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwood55812:
Sounds liek a stuck pixel rather than a dead one to me, I thought if they were dead they'd be black. Are there any apps in the market that will quickly flash different colors on the screen in an attempt to unstick them? That worked on my iphone before. Also what I've done in the past is put slight pressure with your finger on the screen where the pixels are, sometimes that will make them go back to normal.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Connor1:
Dead is black, stuck is green/red/blue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoungGun821:
There's a free app called Color Flashlight
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joe1981AL:
Does seem that the blue and green work but red does not in that spot. Will contact samsung later to see what they say...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] omfgitsMatt:
So, I've searched, I've looked, I've scoured, and I seem to be coming up empty handed.

I was able to get all of my contacts from WinMo into .VCF format, now when I toss them all on my SD card, and try to import them using the importer in Froyo, every time is fails to find them. Is there a specific directory they need to be in, or is importing these just not an option since Android is running off of the SD card itself?

Thanks in advance.

-Matt
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] robkoehler:
can't you import those to your gmail contacts on your computer and then let them sync?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] omfgitsMatt:
I never thought of that, to be honest, but I can only do one contact at a time using that method, it seems.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] omfgitsMatt:
Also, another strange thing happening when I import them using Gmail, some contacts auto-synch with a person's Facebook profile, while others do not. Any thoughts on this?
[General Questions and Answers] Caspers25:
because i would hate to not get the OTA updates.

i have no idea on how to manual update crap.

i dont feel like doing that work,when i can get it over the air,yah know?

but please help me out thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] deathsled:
No, but OTA updates will take away your root ;)
[General Questions and Answers] Caspers25:
No, not the unrevoked forever I believe.

Sent From My HTC EVO
[TG01 General] shad0wboss:
Planning on buying one and found out that by installing an official ROM in english i can change its language (French) i was also wondering that if i go to Asia, and use another sim card, will i be able to use it or is it only Orange bound mobile or something?
[TG01 General] elder T:
Just unlock your TG01 and you can use any network you wish to have.:cool:
[Captivate General] IpodLover77:
Could anyone help me out and tell me how to shrink the font size on the captivate? my phones not rooted or anything and if possible i would like to keep it that way. any possible way to make the font smaller system wide (if not system wide at least the sms/email)
[Captivate General] z28james:
Over in the Cappy Apps and Themes sub forum there is a thread for some fonts packaged as apks. Use the sideload wonder machine to load them in. There are a few smaller fonts, I think the one I ended up with was helvetica condensed.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xGary:
Umm I need someone to upload their Mediascape/Timescape APK and Odex files. My firmware is R2BA024 if that matters.

Thanks very much :D

SOLVED: NVM I got it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abraham89:
heyyy.. can u pls upload the files n PM me the lnks ?? i need the files badly... thanx
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellogk:
i need the files too. can i have them pmed or something? thank you in advance!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xyler89:
I need the files too... PLEASE!

I foolishly deleted Timescape without thinking twice....:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
2.1 System Apps/Framwork | 2.0.2.A.0.24 | - In Case You've Deleted Them...
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
How do ya do it?

at most ive gotten bout 20
[Epic 4G General] kelmar13:
MINIMAL use (I.e. no browser).
[Epic 4G General] illogic6:
Yes, anyone getting that much battery is running minimal services with < 10% wake time.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I usually get about 14 hours.

I keep my brightness on auto,

surf the web randomly,

I don't turn off auto-sync,

I watch videos, stream Pandora to my car stereo over Bluetooth,

sync 2 email accounts,

send and receive about 20 texts a day,

my facebook and twitter widgets sync once an hour and sometimes I manually sync them in between,

my Tech-Buzz widget syncs once an hour,

Beautiful Widgets syncs once an hour,

I use whatever wallpaper I feel like using on any particular day(some people think black saves power),

On some days I use Navigation and that knocks my usage back by an hour or two if I don't plug it into the car charger while using it.

I refuse to cripple my phones capabilities, or sit it down all day just so I can say I get 30 hours of battery time. If I need more than 12-18 hours, I have 3 spare batteries ready to go.
[Epic 4G General] badasscat:
Disclaimer: DI8 has really reduced my battery life, however I still can get 2 days if I stretch it, and am *always* at around 70% at the end of a normal day. On my last charge before DI8 I was still at around 50% after 36 hours, with normal use.

What I do:

* Wi-fi always on, never sleep

* 4G off unless I know I'm in a 4G area, then on (it stays off anyway if I've got wi-fi)

* GPS off

* DRM and all other non-essential services off

* Screen brightness 1 or 2 ticks above minimum

* Kill only apps that I know are hogs (Google Nav, for example), leave all others alone to do what they want, use ATK as little as possible

* Airplane mode workaround for TWS

I also just don't use a lot of apps that I know are going to potentially prevent the phone from sleeping or otherwise hog up the battery if they happen to start up in the background randomly. I just don't have apps like that. Some people install all sorts of weird crap on their phones that does god knows what, I generally will only install stuff where I know exactly what it does. I also don't run a lot of widgets that check stuff in the background, although I do run Twitter and Facebook.

I am sure I don't use my phone as much as some people here, but it's wrong to assume people who get good battery life just don't use their phones. I make no real attempt at not using my phone; I use it whenever I want. That includes making calls, browsing the web (with one of three browsers), sending text messages or writing emails, using navigation in my car, and playing games.

Of all the things I do with my phone, the only thing I've noticed really super-killing my battery is GPS and navigation. That burns the battery at a rate of about 20% per half hour, which is about as long as I normally use it. But even if I use the GPS for an hour in a day, I can still get about 24 hours out of the battery if I need to.

I'm convinced wi-fi still really helps, and I'm set up so that *most* of the time I have wi-fi. I have wi-fi at home, at work, and actually on most of my route to and from work (my cable company has free wi-fi if you're a cable subscriber). I don't know how good my battery life would be if I didn't have that.
[Epic 4G General] daazncandyman:
I use to get 20-25 hours easy, now I'm lucky to get maybe 8-10 :(
[Epic 4G General] ZenInsight:
Same here. Using stock DI18, rooted, mixup kernel with ondemand setcpu and juice defender (it was 5 hours b4 juice dfender installed.
[Epic 4G General] Firon:
Turned off the DRM service, automatic brightness. That's it. :D Stock everything else!

I've got GV and talk always on.
[Epic 4G General] akei1:
I"m a light user; sent 50+ text messages, occasionally check my email, and push email every hour.

At 40% battery life I have 2 days of battery life.

In the background I have

5 essential stock services running

digital clock wdiget

voicemail

email app

switchpro widget

My running time is 5.5% (lol), with display on 2 hours (auto-brightness), 3G on 10 hours, wifi on for the remaining time (Wi-fi policy never sleep), and TWS 0% (airplane mode trick).

Also, if you run wifi make sure you set the sleep policy to never. I'm using the DI18 update and when I turned my phone on I saw the 3G icon in the notification bar when there should be the wifi icon. Setting the wifi sleep policy to never will stop the phone from using 3G when the screen is off. NOT fixed in the DI18 update.

Attached my wallpaper lol
[Epic 4G General] dumpringz:
what exactly does wifi never sleep do to save battery ? also I seen it mentioned on a dif site, set it up that way and when the phone went off it appeared the wifi did also .. idk need a lil insight on that whole setting
[Epic 4G General] akei1:
Normally, wi-fi uses a lot less battery life than 3G, so sometimes you want to use wi-fi and not 3G.

You set wi-fi sleep policy to "never," so that when you have wi-fi turned on and the phone goes to sleep, it won't turn off the wi-fi and turn on 3G. So the phone only uses wi-fi and "never" switches to 3G.

You have to manually change this in the advanced settings.
[Epic 4G General] daazncandyman:
I don't know if it's something I downloaded which is eating my battery. I guess I'll try to do a hard reset, if that doesn't solve it, time to root
[Epic 4G General] JokeZony0u:
I can't get more than 8 hours on this..any suggestions to increase it?
[Epic 4G General] Coin Slot:
I never get to 10 hours but I use my phone constantly. I on average use two batteries a day. I believe I should get the most out of my phone, I am paying the monthly fee, why restrict myself cause my phone will have a dead battery, I always carry a spare.