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[HTC Aria Accessories] mik3di3s3l:
so i was browsing on ebay and i found those "as seen on tv" antenna sticker things that you just slap on the back of your phone...well, after buying a pack of 5 for $3.00, i said what the hell. time to test this out.

so my g/f and i have the same phone (Aria) and i put my sicker on the inside of the back case, right along the two little prongs. well here that back case that holds the battery in, IS THE ANTENNA!!! for those of you who did not know this.

so the antenna sticker sits along the prongs/pins so the contacts can still touch while putting back on. and here, we were standing side by side in different places where i had full bars, and she only had two. and both of us were in 3g. so the real test is that were going on a camping trip here this weekend in the mountains, and we'll see who has the bigger hand(but we all know that its me :D )

but ive been monitoring the signal strength between the both of us this past week and ive always come on top w/ more bars than her. looks like she'll be sucking it again w/ this bet....

if you guys want to try it out. let me know.

Cheers!
[HTC Aria Accessories] gdeer80:
hmmm...sound interesting! i'll try that method. maybe could you possibly give me link or what you type in search for ebay. thanks for the advice.
[HTC Aria Accessories] dexmix:
nice! let us know how this works.

what to search for.
[HTC Aria Accessories] mik3di3s3l:
sorry to post this but, i traded my aria:( for a captivate:D, BRAND NEW!!! i couldnt help but to take the offer. but as far as the antenna goes...i know that i helps a little...i had one left so i gave it to the ol' lady. she seems to see a difference also. good luck to you guys. i dont think ill be going back to the aria anytime soon....

laterz!
[HTC Aria Accessories] dexmix:
I hear they are close to fixing the captivate GPS issues. Personally I'm glad i opted for one that works out of the box.

http://forums.wireless.att.com/t5/Samsung/Captivate-GPS-Issues/m-p/2529105
[HTC Aria Accessories] sillyxone:
really work?

I read this test on those stickers a while back so I don't feel like wasting money on them.

andybrain.com/extras/cellphone-antenna-booster-sticker-review-and-test.htm

Anybody care to include the item's link and some testimonies?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riverrat087:
I bought a new 16gb sd card to replace my 2gb one. My phone now wont mount the new sd card. Everytime I hit mount sd card it says "SD card safe to remove". I've tried reformatting the card in the settings and mounting and reformatting the card in Clockwork with no success. I rooted my phone on the old 2gb card. I tried another new 2gb card and it mounted fine. The 16gb is a sandisk class 2. The card I rooted on is a Lexar and the other 2gb card is a sandisk. Could it be that 16gb is bad?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Copy the contents of the 2 gb card to your PC. Then try formatting the 16 on your PC- don't forget it must be FAT 32 - then copy contents from 2 to the 16, that should work. If it doesn't, it's the card.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riverrat087:
Just tried that and PC wouldnt even read the 16gb card. Looks like the card is **** oh well. Time to buy another.
[Fascinate General] pileot:
Thus far i have rooted my phone, it was a little messy but i got it figured out through some excellent walkthroughs here. thanks!

At this point im wondering what my next step should be. I know theres guides to "debing" but im starting to think it might be easier to... whats the right word.... flash a new rom?

Basically, if i were to "uninstall" the current OS on this thing and re-install it with a "better" one, would that not 'googlify' the phone?

Im mostly lost in a mess of overinformation, i know just enough to be dangerous but finding it hard to find guides that explain things in a way i can understand if its something i want to do...

Please.... help?

edit: actually, is there like, an online chat somewhere i can talk realtime with someone (preferably a place thats noob friendly)
[Fascinate General] ksizzle9:
Irc.freenode.net

#samsung-fascinate
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
ive searched the threads and cant seem to find a way to disable the accelerometer. it drives me crazy in bed when im trying to use opera it keeps flipping. i want to just be able to change orientation when i open the keyboard. otherwise ill do it manually. does anyone have a solution besides the taping the magnet one.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
Since you didn't say which ROM you were using, I'm going to assume you're on the stock one with TF3D. Go here to turn it off: Start > Settings > System > G-Sensor.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
im using the stock sprint rom with the 6.5 upgrade. Ive disabled touchflow and use spb mobile shell. Ive gone into start settings system g sensor but there is only a option to calibrate the g sensor nowhere do i see any other options for anything. I dont think there are any differences wether i access the setting through touch flo. Maybe your rom adds that setting. Thanks for the reply and trying to help.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
Delete the apps of your choice (in this case Opera) from the White List in the registry to prevent G-Sensor rotation. White List location is:

HKCU\Software\HTC\HTCSENSOR\GSensor\WhiteList

If registry edits scare you, you can install the G-Config app. This simple program just edits the registry through a user-friendly UI.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=487991

Open G-Config, you should see Opera on the list of Rotated Apps. Select and hold on Opera until the option to "Remove" pops up. Select "Remove" than exit G-Config, and soft reset the phone to make the change take effect.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] swaters3:
Hi thanks for the response. i use opera mini and its not on the list. I added it and then tried to remove it but that did not work. I guess its only good for disabling g sensor for the programs that it comes with - I was succesful at disabling rotation with the opera on the list that comes with the stock rom. Any other suggestions? Ive never edited a registry but am williing to try if you can tell me how. thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] mpeyrac:
Hi Guys,

I followed the process from this link in the XDA forum to get my 3BR mode working.. its working perfectly, I am able to access the recovery mode > which allowed me to apply the voodoo lag fix.

I was quite happy until I plugged my phone back into KIES.. In KIES when I click firmware upgrade my phone immediately fails saying the servers are unavailable or I don't have a internet connection, however I do.

I have tried unistalling and reinstalling to no avail. I would love to get this working before froyo 2.2 comes out so I can upgrade via KIES.

This is my phone about screen

2.6.29 curio carton #Voodoo_lagfix_3.0

Build Number : ECLAIR.DTJG4

Please help me :)

Cheers

Milan
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BiggJ:
After fooling around with my new phone some more it's been starting to show some troubles, I initially deleted some stock apps. I'm hoping to start from scratch, using what I know now. I was hoping that someone might have an update.zip that would restore my SGS to factory condition.

Or my other question is, when Froyo is eventually officially released for the i9000M in the next couple days/weeks, will the stock apps I deleted be restored?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgkahn:
Reflash jh2 with odin
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gtg2:
I just re-flashed jh2 from samfirmwares without a prob.
[Epic 4G General] alcaron:
First off...hello! I've come over from the Evo section, got my Epic today, and I think it is VERY promising. That said, I do have a few thoughts, feel free to ignore them if you so choose.

1) Clarification. I can honestly say that everything about rooting/fashing on this phone has been MUCH more muddled. There is a SERIOUS habit of saying "you'll need this" and then, that's just kind of it.

Can we be honest about something here for a second? The search function is ass. It just it. If someone knows what to do and there is a thread about it...just link it.

As an example (an noobnl I am not picking on you, I like what I'm seeing you work on, especially CM6!): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=779373

"***You must have DI18 update installed***"

Oooook, first off what is the DI18 update? Lets start at the wiki.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700

"DI18 update for non-stock files/kernels" - What the heck does "non stock files" mean. I mean, I've rooted my phone, so does that make me non stock? Following the link, it doesn't appear to be what I need in order to flash Andromeda (I don't have my phone near me but its DG27 I believe).

So maybe it's: Stock full DI18 ROM without modem.bin

Following the link it flat out says it's for returning the phone to stock, so that isn't it.

So now I am back to wondering how the hell I get the DI18 update on my phone.

Compare this to the Evo forum where finding "Stock update x.x.x.x rooted" is so easy to find it hurts.

Making things worse, search says it's down for 5 minutes, try back in 10 minutes. Been doing that for about 15 minutes now.

Get the point I'm trying to make? If your ROM needs the DI18 update, why is it so hard to find out how to apply a DI18 update with root? Or is the only way to do it to put a stock update on, then one click root the phone again? Which brings me to...

2) 1-click root is anything but. First off it doesn't actually tell you when it's done, it just reboots your phone (with usually at least one error on the command prompt) and exits. I ran it three times before I finally just said "ok...I'm checking for superuser." And again, trying to find out if the phone is NAND unlocked or not is more guesswork. You get to a point where "adb reboot recovery" plops you into samsungs recovery, this is after running a procedure linked two deep from the first article.

On this point I do plan on writing up my own guide but the overall point I'm trying to make here is the single most prominent feeling I've gotten so far is: convoluted and not very clear.

Which, you know, we are all here on our free time so I'm not intending this as an insult to anyones effort, and I sincerely hope nobody takes it that way. Just giving some feedback.

Also, maybe something didn't apply properly but: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782300

Is it really final if it doesn't even support USB-MS/"adb reboot recovery"?
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
To get DI18 and Clockwork running without issues, I'd do this:

Odin to stock DI18. To do that, download:

:: Odin

:: the PIT file

:: the DI18 image

Then do this:

Then apply Clockwork using the "run-try-last.bat" method.

You'll now have Clockwork, but no root on your ROM. Don't bother with the one click root, just get the kernel of your choice (and ROM, if you desire) and flash it through Clockwork.
[Epic 4G General] Deleted member 2173701:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=798067

here is a guide to help get you started. no work done by me. enjoy your epic. it is a phone that sucks a whole lot less.
[Epic 4G General] spf2722:
Why don't yu just get the .zip of the uppdate from samsungs website, enter recovery mode, and update .zip from sd. Then do your root, clockwork mod, and flash.(In that order).

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] alcaron:
Well, therin lies my point, nowhere does it say "just grab the update, one-click it again, bob's your uncle."

And I WAS sorting my way through it, just, kind of giving feedback as I go. :)

I'm planning on getting up to DI18 and then onto Andromeda today and if all goes well I will try to write a one-stop-shop guide (HEAVILY attributed of course since by and large it's pulling info from you wonderful people) to go from retail to custom ROM in one sitting.
[Epic 4G General] JettMartinez:
I for one can't wait to see your guide. I don't even have my epic yet, but I've been trying to dig through the forums and get some idea what's going on. I've been getting a little lost in all the stickies and cross-links as well. Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoneemooz:
Hi guys!

I discovered last week that newer firmwares like JPK and JPM have a pinch-overview feature for the app drawer. I never noticed this until i read it mentioned in a thread somewhere about the new SGS froyo features. I decided to try it out on a freshly flashed phone and it looked great and seemed really useful to me.

If you're unsure of what I'm talking about, it's similar to how you can pinch the home screen to have an overview of all your current homescreens and from there you can add, delete, move their positions around, or quickly jump to one of them. The app drawer for touch wiz has this as well apparently but just for rearranging panes or quickly jumping to one of them.

However, as I started filling up my phone with apps and gathered about 5 or 6 panes worth of apps, whenever I'd try doing the pinch-overview thing it was extremely slow in scrolling up or down. Sometimes it starts out fine but for some reason chokes up in the middle and sometimes it's incredibly slow to the point it is literally crawling up or down instead of actually scrolling...it's extremely frustrating.

I am currently running the latest beta for Voodoo lagfix on JPM. I keep my ram usage in check using Watchdog and Autostarts so I don't have all too many background stuff going on that would cause the slow down. The phone is nice and snappy in every aspect aside from this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokhor:
I use Launcher Pro. TW is Samsung so it's crap.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoneemooz:
I happen to like TouchWiz actually but I understand why a lot of people dislike it. :O Maybe I like the iPhone-esque layout. I never owned an iPhone though.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxoid:
I have just 6 panes of applications but no lag in the pinch zoom or scrolling. Rooted JP6, no lagfix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compuse:
Pinch zooming the apps does result in laggy scrolling here too, not very annoying though, since i can still easily jump from first to last page that way.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einride:
Yes, trying to scroll the "pinch-viewed" app drawer is painful to watch, and I only have 5-6 pages of apps. This is on rooted JP6 with OCLF v2.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeusalmighty:
Yeap, confirmed that it's super laggy. Using (official) Froyo, rooted, no lag fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoneemooz:
Yeah good thing it lags so much that a quick flick does take you all the way to your last few panes of apps without a hitch. The SGS just loses more of its "slickness" though because of the lag in this aspect. If it were smooth and fluid here then not only does it feel and look great, it has great show-off value as well :D

This is pretty much my only pet peeve at the moment with the SGS. GPS never locks for me but I don't use GPS all that much so I can live. Things still lag for a few seconds whenever apps are installing but it's nothing too excruciating.

I hope future builds optimize this aspect as well as fix the other issues of the SGS (GPS etc. etc.)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoneemooz:
Problem went away!

Strange. I added a ton of apps resulting in about 9 pages worth of apps and for some reason the pinch-overview lag is pretty much gone! :eek:

I haven't done anything special. If you ask me, I thought my SGS would be lagging a lot more than usual with the addition of more apps. I've also been customizing my homescreens with all kinds of widgets I thought would be eating up more memory/cpu but surprisingly I hardly notice a change in performance! And I'm not complaining that the lag went away. :) It's great that it did! :D Now my SGS experience is almost perfect!

I'm still not using any real auto-task killers or dedicated memory boosters. Here's my setup:

SGS on JPM (2.2)

Voodoo lag fix 5 pre4

Autostarts (turns off certain receivers that make apps autostart) - paid, forgot the price

Watchdog (monitor and "kill" running apps) - paid, forgot the price

SmartBar (to turn off certain services) - free
[XPERIA X10 General] CraigP17:
Exclusive white x10 live demos are in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores now.
[XPERIA X10 General] Nimche:
Thanks for the info and picture for proof. i saw the link on SE NA twitter. I got to say that I hate that ATT logo on the back.

I love my unbranded white X10. Was that @ $99 w/contract?

EDIT: If I were SE which I am not, I would have waited and put 2.1 straigh on this version and sell it @ Best buy.
[XPERIA X10 General] urs74:
I'm actually glad Rogers didn't brand the x10 phones and I live my white x10.
[XPERIA X10 General] netomx:
hmmmm wait a sec... is the xperia x10 new enough? Didn't knowed... just bought it two weeks ago in Mexico, and I thought it was old =/
[XPERIA X10 General] CraigP17:
Yes its 99 on contract. Comes loaded with a bunch of Taylor swift crap lol
[XPERIA X10 General] Sighx:
Wow :D Mine just says Xperia at the back haha :D name looks sexyy
[XPERIA X10 General] urs74:
No it's about 6 or so months old but the US just got it a month or so ago.
[XPERIA X10 General] alankstiyo:
lol i'm in mexico and have it for like 4-5 months lol

and glad i got a luster white
[XPERIA X10 General] netomx:
I sent you an email btw and you didnt answer! jhahaha

or wait, i think i just add you on msn
[XPERIA X10 General] alankstiyo:
nope I didn't get your pm or anything o.0 if it was an email idk where's it
[XPERIA X10 General] AyDee:
I never realized the white ones are slick/hard on the back instead of soft/grippy like the black ones. Looks nice but black is more my style.

Got my black one from Best Buy online for $1 with contract renewal. Same ugly branding on back (and at&t bootscreen/apps)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
I'm on the Evo now but my lil bro has a Hero and wants to root. I rooted my Hero back in February and I just don't remember what is necessary. From my RSS feeds I heard about the "universal androot apk" from http://software2tech.com/2010/08/29...6-2-beta-5released-and-available-for-download

So he did that and he rebooted phone, all is normal. I told him to download busybox to test and it says he's rooted but NAND is not unlocked (tells me its just a partial root). How can I get him to a full root?

Also, I should probably know this by now, but can he flash Fresh2.4 without NAND unlocked?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TpyoKnig:
here ya go...

NO @ partial root... and...

from CyanogenMOD Wiki...

It has been verified that the HTC Hero CDMA can be rooted using the Universal Androot method. This seems to work reliably if your Hero is running 2.27.651.5; however some users have reported problems with later releases of the software (2.27.651.6 and 2.27.651.7). In these cases you may need to revert back to the original 2.27.651.5 from Sprint -- this is the initial release of the Android 2.1 software for the Hero.

If you need to downgrade your phone from the .6 or .7 variations use the following steps (reference: theunlockr):

Locate the original Android 2.1 software released by Sprint. A google search using the terms: "RUU" and "2.27.651.5" should lead you in the correct direction. Download this software to your desktop/laptop computer.

Download and install HTC Sync on your computer.

Connect your Hero Handset to your computer using a USB cable (make sure your handset is at least 75% charged).

Run the 2.27.651.5 RUU on your computer. It will flash and update your handset with the original Android 2.1.

The steps in the Universal Androot should now work.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Sprint_Hero_with_Android_2.1
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASimmons:
you need to flash custom recovery easiest way to do that is d/l rom manager from the market and flash it using that. So while your phone is rooted you just don't have a custom recovery.

The partial root is odd since I had never heard it before until hitting up the Evo forum since most of us on the Heros were able to root are phone and flash a custom recovery in a couple of steps I think the Evo first rooting method only allowed rooting but didn't allow for a custom recovery to be added until about a month after it was out, you still see alot fo the rooting method where you have to root the evo and the unlock nand. So technically it is fully rooted but only partially unlocked ( when people wer say half root I was like theres only rooted and not no such thing as half)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bholoo:
Google SuperOneClick. It works per the latest .7 update. Really good, and really easy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] icon36:
So if we are not able to root the G2, does that mean newer Android OS updates are unattainable? IE we wont be able to get Android 3.0? Or updates has nothing to do with rooting?
[G2 and Desire Z General] a2002cmacg:
No updates will come. W/o getting too technical, when an update comes some type of encrypted key lets the phone know that it's a legit update and unlocks the read-only files for the rewrite.

Or something like that...
[G2 and Desire Z General] jashsu:
An important comma

Nothing at all.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xile6:
What he said.

Updates have nothing to do with root. The phone will update as normal