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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disturkis4u:
someone I know has the same issue as the op...so of course I'm in Charge of fixing it..

My question...did this save your data? Or was this a fresh flash?

The person is worried about having lost angry birds data LOL
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moped_Ryder:
Level 1 :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mage42384:
by the time that mine was done it was a clean wipe, and I'm guessing that with the re-partition in this method, it's going to be the same for anybody
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChazzMichaelMichaels:
Hey everyone,

First of all, a big thanks to the members of this forum for all of the useful information. I was really torn between the G2, Vibrant, and myTouch HD and decided on the G2. The reasons being:

1) The next gen processor in the G2 seems to be much more battery efficient

2) Stock Android

3) HSPA+

4) Physical keyboard

Now, I won't lie, every time I see the screen on a Galaxy S I die a little inside; it's the most gorgeous screen I've seen on a mobile device. However, I've been less than impressed with Samsung thus far on the Vibrant as far as how slow they've been to deploy Froyo and the JI6 update reducing battery life a bunch.

Anyway...

So far, I've been very happy with the G2. This is my first smartphone (my previous phone was a 4 year old Samsung T809), so I'm adjusting to the feature set. I am a Java software developer who uses Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS and SuSE) on a daily basis, so overall Android hasn't been difficult to learn.

Here are my observations about the phone thus far:

The call quality is excellent. The speaker is clear and loud.

The screen is bright and can be seen outdoors easily

The speaker is decent. This is in contrast to the many opinions that the speaker is terrible.

The battery life has been good thus far. The first charge lasted me 24 hours (charged at 4%), and the second one, which I'm currently on, is at 12 hours with 57% remaining.

The hinge on mine is solid thus far. I can hold the phone face down and it doesn't open.

The screen response has been a bit inconsistent. There have been numerous times where I've hit one area and had an application in the opposite corner start.

I haven't had the restart issues that others have had so far. As an aside, I typically don't leave the data connection on all day long. I have, however, seen it go from H to G to E a bit sporadically on the first floor of my house, though on the second floor the connection stays on H consistently.

Now, for the list of things I've done:

Initially, I installed a lot of the CurveFish free widget offerings. They were decent, but I decided later on a few paid apps in the form of Extended Controls and Battery Indicator Pro. Both have been very useful thus far.

I went root using VISIONary. I also followed the instructions for disabling all the stupid bloatware that Paul O'Brien was so nice to supply.

I purchased SystemPanel, which has been an excellent utility for tracking application usage.

Like I said previously, I've kept the data off unless I need it. When I keep it on, I usually leave it on Edge except for when I'm doing something a little more intensive, then I'll switch it to 3g (or WiFi at home). I think this has improved my battery life quite a bit.

I installed Firefox Beta, but so far I think I like the stock Android browser better.

I'm going to be tracking the battery life pretty closely to see how it fairs. My hope is that I can get two days out of it with light to moderate usage.

Anyway, just wanted to share my experience and thank the people here for the information that both led to my purchase and helped me learn how to use it. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] killster:
g2 n00b

Owner of my G2 for about 4 hours, and i appreciate the thread, helped me get to a nice spot....

question though... rooted with visionary...

is it safe to run a fix permissions with clockwork recovery?

---will this enable titanium to see my apps, so i can do a backup?

:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] jerrycycle:
No recovery image out for the G2 yet.

To see app in titanium click the problems? block and install busy box. If you have the paid version then you can freeze apps and don't have to use terminal to disable. This is a lot easy the typing the pm disable scripts.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChazzMichaelMichaels:
Week one has come on gone. A few more observations:

The battery life has been exceptional. I'm sitting here with 29% remaining after 37 hours unplugged. That's with a handful of phone calls, a handful of texts, a moderate amount of web browsing, and a few rounds of Sudoku.

I've installed a few applications, namely Movies by Flixter, Notepad, Wordsmith, Kindle, and Enjoy Sudoku. I'm irritated that Wordsmith appears to be a Lazarus application and keeps running in the background.

Since installing those new packages, I've noticed that occasionally my home screen shows up blank. I'm not entirely sure why.

I went ahead and disabled Google Listen, yet another application that likes to loiter. I've yet to figure out how to kill a few other unnecessary apps like Google Sky.

Using the LED torch via Extended Controls is pretty damn cool and quite bright.

I had three dropped calls today in a row on the first floor of my house (an area I have issues with data on).

I haven't had the phone reset on me a single time yet. I generally keep it on EDGE unless I need 3/4g.

The hinge appears to be holding up well, but occasionally I do pinch the skin on my hand on it and it doesn't close correctly.

The metal on the face scratches more easily than I though. I noticed a couple of dings from my car key over the weekend.

Overall I'm still very happy with the phone. I should also add that I've been using a SIM card from a 4 year old Samsung t809 and it appears to be working fine. I brought that up since it's been a suspected cause of the restart problem.

We shall see what week two brings...
[G2 and Desire Z General] rUsTyRuSs:
While in titanium backup click problems? Load busybox. Reload titanium backup. That should do it. I hope this helps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Akulamenuri:
This is what you need to input to disable Google Sky.

pm disable com.google.android.stardroid
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChazzMichaelMichaels:
Thanks, that disabled it :)

Another update. I now get 3 days out of my phone with some reliability. The last two charges have lasted 64 hours, going down to 3%.

Both times, I probably had about 10 phone calls, 20 texts and a few hours of web browsing, both on 2g and WiFi.

I have to say, I'm impressed :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheManCityLife:
Hey these are really good updates. I think I'm going to exchange mine. Not really having any problems with it, I just want to exchange it get a new batch and before my 30 days run out.

I have the same issues you have which aren't really big deals to me. This is also my first real smart phone. I was coming from a Motorolla Q. It sucked.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ties0:
Good to see you are enjoying your first Android phone. I used to have an iphone first gen, then a g1. I waited for a bit until I saw a phone that I really liked with decent battery life (the g1 just had horrible battery life, I would not touch it when I go out just in case I would have no battery by the end of the night.) I was in the same boat as you with the vibrant, but I really dislike Samsung's touchwiz software. Every Samsung phone I had was filled with horrible software. :mad:

The g2 is certainly a huge upgrade coming from the g1. The battery life is amazing, and the new processor is really fast. Definitely worth the upgrade.

Also does anyone know if the g2 is the fastest android phone on the market? Seems to have the highest bench marks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dynamikd:
The Mytouch 4g is!
[G2 and Desire Z General] xdviper:
If I'm not mistaken, the MT 4G and the G2 both have the same CPU, but the MT is clocked at 1Ghz. Off course, you can get better numbers when you overclock your CPU, so that's probably one of the reason why G2 has some pretty good benchmarks right now, and also because it's a newer chip.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ubnub82:
Can some1 plz port this theme over? I really like it and when I flashed it earlier it kept rebooting.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8569893#post8569893
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cordell12:
Cool theme!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bk718:
if u didn't know already, you can't just flash themes for any other phone all willy nilly..:D it kept rebooting because this theme was created specifically for the N1, not the hero.. i believe ASimmons is working on putting out a script that will port any theme to our phones, so i would advise looking out for that..
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] devonkosa:
if that works, i will shi* myself.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ASimmons:
I've spied the source for this theme and I try to hit it tonight with the script, its a good porting candidate.

The issue is some of these themes have bad source it I just don't have the time to sort out a buncha crap and just to try and port something.

The other issue is the 9patch porting. My way of doing this is not perfect and relies on what I'm porting the theme to if the have similar 9patch stretchers then it works very well, If the theme is totally different to what I porting it to then the 9 patch don't come out so well.

Look for it late tonight!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thegreat520:
Has anyone helped you yet bro?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayprime:
Remember it could take voodoo up to ten minutes for the first boot. If not take your battery and sim card out, put back in and odin back to stock. And just in case something funky is in your internal memory from voodoo check the repartition box in odin. But normally you don't check that box.

Samsung Vibrant using Bionix 1.9.1 w/JACs UV/0C v1.1
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayprime:
I forgot to tell u the stock ji6, or stock rom with update has to be run with a backwards compatible kernel or u will get stuck at splash screen. Jdf is different kernel than ji6.

Samsung Vibrant using Bionix 1.9.1 w/JACs UV/0C v1.1
[Captivate General] timur525:
Android 2.2 Froyo

Some Ext. 4 Lagfix.

OC/UV.

Maybe somehow get just the launcher part of the Bionix Fusion ROM?

Galaxy S I9000 Stock Camera

Galaxy S I9000 Stock Lock Screen

2e Recovery

Rom Manager

Titanium Backup

Task Manager

Cognition's GPS fixes

Samsung Music Player

Voodoo Color Fix

Voodoo Audio Fix

Other Minor Fixes and Tweaks.

AND OF COURSE THE XDA APP!!!:o

Oh, my, God...

The Quadrant would be...:confused:

OVER 9000(dbz ftw)!!!:D
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
WoW...that would be something..

How much better is the stock camera on the 9000 compared to what we have ? Does it have a good zoom or more controls ?

Mac
[Captivate General] timur525:
The stock camera app had like 5000 options.
[Captivate General] novajustin:
anyone elses phone getting a little creaky when holding it? makes me sad it sounds like it's getting old already
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
You should check to see if its your screen

Mine was creaking when I would make phone calls. Come to find out the screen was coming loose. I sent it back. So push on the screen to see if it moves in the corners...
[Captivate General] tysj:
If it's the bottom battery cover latch, I "fixed" mine by actually taping a cut business card on top of the battery (so it's between the battery and the battery cover). Creaking hasn't come back since.
[Captivate General] novajustin:
good ideas! my screen is secure, not moving around. the creak seems to be coming from the battery cover latch. i'll give the business card trick a go!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Frankie3521:
Well I want one of the faster roms, I installed an Energy rom and my phone is so slow it's unbearable. Any suggestions?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stevedebi:
NRG needs to be customized to work faster. I find it very fast. But I don't use all of the tabs, and I overclock my CPU to 710.

Did you install the newest version, listed in my signature?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] erwinpiero:
Also if You interest on trying stock like and self customizable ROM, try kwbr ROM : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811121

fast, stable and good battery life..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Frankie3521:
How do I customize it to make it faster? Where is this overclocking app at, and how do I remove some of the tabs?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] erwinpiero:
About tabs, you can disable some, just swipe to settings tab on HTC Sense, choose "personalize" then "Home screen tabs", uncheck tabs you want to remove.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] BioTecK:
I just flashed my custom ROM to the NRG ROM of 14th October and I don't have any issues with slowness...

My phone is faster than every before.

Did you flashed the latest version of NRG rom?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
I'm suprised you're having issues with NRG's ROM, I find it very fast.

If you want to try overclocking, check out the utilities in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=698374
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Lennyz1988:
If you want a fast rom, use a valkyre or jackoss :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stevedebi:
Where to start? The following is a subset of my phone settings. I've been tweaking them for months, and I would be hard pressed to provide a full list.

The OC app is at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=698374

As to customizing, the setting tab will allow you to remove the tabs you don't use. I found that I actually only use 4 of them. The rest just take up memory.

I also use BsB Tweaks (in the Tools folder) to set a high glyph and IP cache.

The other thing to do is to go into the Settings and change the start menu to be the Sense version. This will give you and extra 30 Mb or so of memory, and this will make the device faster. Do this step last, because it will be difficult to get to the NRG Tools menu unless you revert back to the default WM start menus.

EDIT: But you should be aware that NRG is not customized for speed. There are faster ROMs available. But NRG has lots of nice stuff, and the latest operating systems and programs.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] marduk79:
jackos rom without a doubt. --->http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=632617
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] redpoint73:
Keep in mind that it usually takes some time for a newly flashed ROM to "settle in". The performance you see right away is not indicitive of how the ROM will perform long term. Maybe files are still being setup? Not really sure why this is so. But don't freak out until you've used the ROM for a couple hours. Plus the battery meter will not be accurate. It needs to be calibrated by charging the phone to 100%, then down to 30%, and repeat a couple times.

If you've been using the ROM for a while, and done a few of the tweaks to streamline performance as other have suggested, its possible it was a bad flash. Task29 and start over.

But its also possible that a more lightweight ROM is for you. Energy is a nice balance of performance, aesthetics, and features. But some like to sacrifice some eye candy for a more lightweight ROM, like Jackos that someone else suggested.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Maverick2091:
I've used the EnergyROMs on my TP2, as well as Simplicity and Jackos, all are great roms. EnergyROMs have many cooked in useful apps and awesome features, Simplicity is lighter and well.. simpler than Energy and Jackos has amazing memory management and the best ROM if you're going for WM6.5.0.

I am a sucker for speed, and the fastest you can go is stock WM6.5 with no HTC Sense. I'm currently using Jackos SleekBasic with TouchFlo3D, just flashed yesterday, IMO its faster than all ROMs I tried except stock WM, its not really pretty and not many features, but I can live with it. Good batt life too...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] iamterence:
OndraSter's WM 6.5 TF3D ROM is the fastest ROM I have ever used. Check it out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=642956&highlight=OndraSter
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jcxtreme30:
Jacko's is by far the cleanist Ive seen its actually functional and has 110mb free after 2nd reboot... Great rom's.. Not a nrg fan anymore either.. especially cause he doesnt bother to actually test them on the devices he makes them for.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Caio:
I used a lot of ROMs from this forum, and I can confirm that the Jackos is the fastest and stablest that I tried (I'm actually using the smartmove flavour).

Ondraster's also is quite fast and stable, but I find that jackos looks better :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] joebobjoe:
HSPA+ upgrades, yo!
[G2 and Desire Z General] papeshfoo:
Where is this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChazzMichaelMichaels:
OP's location: Orlando :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tatdude806:
Well...

It sure as hell ain't Lubbock, Texas... HSPA+ won't roll out here until almost the end of the deployment... Oh well, enjoy your "4G" Speeds :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] joebobjoe:
Didn't delete the EXIF data did I? Lol.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinichi21:
Hi Guyz I found an app that changes your android ID just want to ask if anyone has tried this before I havent rooted my phone and if this work i will gladly root and flash my stock captivate heres the link of the apps http://adaptiveeng.blogspot.com/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
Nice thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinichi21:
If it works please tell me ty
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
It looks as if it will, I have reset mine with adb already but this will work great for future flashes, it will save me time from having to reset it manually.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demitri834:
Noob Question. What does changing the ID do exactly?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klloyd:
There is a I'd changer in the market place that will change it.

The I'd changer does what it says. The new 2.2 has a bug where everyone has the same I'd. If u get ur I'd before u flash to 2.2, then use changer to use ur own I'd.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sqdnguns:
Allows you to download from the Market without any issues. If there are a ton of users on the Market with the same ID, you're screwed.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dbharr:
Alright, I have looked around and haven't found anything. It's a silly little feature but I like it.

When I was running WM before they got Android working my calendar events & some of the other notices would speak the text. I'm guessing that's what the text to speech is on android but I can't seem to figure it out. I know I can have it speak my incoming texts fairly easy but I'd like to have it speak my events & other stuff like WM did, if that's possible. It's the ONLY thing I miss about WM.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] momashi:
Greetings, I am a newb that is switching from iOS to Android (good riddens to bad-Apples). I just bought a Galaxy S Vibrant SGH-T959 (T-Mobile) that has been unlocked already. It probably still has Android 2.1 and I would like to install the CyanogenMod when it becomes available for the Vibrant. As I will not be with T-Mobile, I would like to know if I will loose my unlock when I flash the ROM?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegod2012:
anyone know whats a good prepaid service for the so cal area for the hero
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TpyoKnig:
.

If verizon has good coverage there. I'd flash it to PagePlus
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirRipo:
MetroPCS? I don't know if that's just a southern thing.
[Streak 5 General] topshelf95:
Hi everyone!! I'm a curious Samsung Captivate owner, thinking of switching to the Streak. I know all the great things about it that would make me consider getting it, but I want to know about the things people have run into that annoy them so they aren't a suprise to me when I decide to make the switch. :)

Are there any known issues with the phone that are as of yet unresolved, and what are the little things as well that irritate you? Whatever comes to your mind........what do you think of the size of the phone? The software? How is the Froyo that people are updating to? etc. Any help greatly appreciated!! Thank you!

One thing I would like to hear about specifically is, how is the browsing speed? Do pages open quickly and after they are open, is there any lag in scrolling? Particularly in content heavy pages like huffingtonpost and engadget.

Thanks again!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegreatcity:
I just got Tasker and Ive been messing around with it a lot. I used a pre-made profile I found online. This profile will open a menu of different modes when USB is connected (Car Mode, Home Mode, Night Mode).

I have edited the car and home modes to my liking, but I wanted to change the Night Mode into a USB Mode, where, when selected, would mount the SD card. Unfortunately I cant seem to find the Action associated with this.

Is this Action even available yet, or is it something they are working on?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philippe734:
The Tasker script to auto enable USB mass storage is available on wikidot Tasker in Profiles. I can't show the url because i'm still new user.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Rob_Wing:
I was looking for something in the app market and happened to run across this. Looks like a new update for Youtube. Seems like a little smoother interface and bit more finger friendly. Just figured I'd share!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] david717:
The native YouTube app? Or are you talking about a 3rd party one?

I ask because I'm not getting an update notification. Since its one of my most used apps I'm definitely interested in any new improvements;)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Rob_Wing:
The native app. I didnt get a notification for it either but it's def a different verision then what I had before. Try searching for it in the market.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] tysj:
I think it may be for 2.2 only.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-youtube-app-updated-market
[Captivate Themes and Apps] david717:
I'm running Cog Beta 5.5. Which is 2.2.

But, it looks like it is completely separate than the YouTube app which comes pre installed on the captivate. Just downloaded, and so far I like it.

Here's the Appbrain

EDIT: It also allows you to edit the SafeSearch controls. Which I had heard previously Samsung (or ATT) disabled.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dave the Knave:
Can anyone else confirm this? I never got a backup so I don't want to upgrade unless this is true.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mcord11758:
Searched YouTube and found it. Installed appears fine.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mcord11758:
Initial impression is huge improvement over older. App
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Rob_Wing:
It definitely does let you edit the safe-search controls. First thing I did was turn them off:)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ranova:
still cant watch a lot of music videos (thanks to VEVO) and a bunch of popular videos (worst dj ever) are still not viewable or searchable.

Have to use the regular Youtube site and use flash for those videos.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] himmelhauk:
It clearly states on the AppBrain page that it is for 2.2 and up, so no dice for us Eclair users.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] droid330:
new and improved....

yeah,i downloaded this yesterday and i really like this version- the interface looks much better dark and i like that i have access to my channel when away from my computer...found out about the new youtube app through android central-no notification was sent to me since the captivate doesn't officially have 2.2?(i have the leaked 2.2 :D )
[Captivate Themes and Apps] richierich1212:
thanks for the headsup!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] avgjoegeek:
New app looks awesome :) Thanks for the find.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] sold1erjjt:
Can someone please go to the new YouTube app (if you have it) go to settings and see what the application version is, please?