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[Galaxy S I9000 General] FlorianO:
Hello all,

I'm currently on (superslim) XXJPK, as posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=769374

Also installed is OCLF2.0

Since I'm having some nagging issues, I would like to move to JP6/JPM but I'm a bit lost in the plethora of cooked ROMs flying around (seems everyone and his dog is posting a ROM...).

My questions are:

- What ROM to use from all floating around: The most important thing for me is _stability_ and no "freezes" (like I experience with OCLF). Another annoying thing with XXJPK is that modem is really awful (when roaming -- which I do very often -- I need to restart the phone and manually select networks, even when returning to my home network).

One recommendation I was given was "Darky's Dark Steel ROM" at xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=814091

I was also considering the "Super Optimized JPM-JP6 Kernel" at xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811660 but it's not very clear to me if it's "production ready"

Any suggestions ?

- Upgrading from XXJPK with OCLF 2.0 -- I think I read somewhere that it cannot be done in a single step (requires uninstalling OCLF) ? Is this true ? any guidelines,

recommendations ?

- Last but not least -- I kinda like the minimalist theme in XXJPK. Any idea if there are any issues with using the theme in XXJPK in JP6/JPM straight on ?

TIA for any hint / help
[Fascinate General] suppliesidejesus:
So, I was wondering if anyone has yet tried pulling the GPS fix that Samsung sent out for the Captivate and trying it with the Fascinate. Shouldn't be too difficult, as the GPS hardware for the different Galaxy S variants SHOULD be almost 100% the same.

Might be worth a look, just a thought.
[Fascinate General] namebrandon:
Yeah, never even thought about it. Definitely try it out. You know how to do that right? Shouldn't be too difficult.
[Fascinate General] suppliesidejesus:
Someone would need to take a look at the OTA for the Captivate to see what we need, but yeah, pushing the needed files would be the next step. Seems simple enough.

Sent from my Kaotic Eris using the XDA app
[Fascinate General] sonofskywalker3:
http://m.reference.com/d/search.html?q=Sarcasm
[Fascinate General] namebrandon:
Sorry, my sarcasm didn't come through very well. :)

No, it won't work.
[Fascinate General] suppliesidejesus:
I am willing to take your word for it, but why?

Sent from my Fascinate using the XDA app
[Fascinate General] pinecone:
I made a similar mistake trying to bring the google stock launcher over from the captivate. Had to do a restore. It won't work.
[Fascinate General] suppliesidejesus:
Getting Google's home and fixing a gps are two very different things, but I get where you are coming from.

Does the Captivate gps fix involve a tweak to their radio as well? If so, I can definitely understand why that wouldn't work for us.

Sent from my Fascinate using the XDA app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AnttiV:
Hi. I rooted with unrevoked, installed rom manager. Then tried to make a backup of current rom (stock htc 2.2). Wouldn't make a backup without clockworkmod installed, so did that within rom manager. Then did backup. It rebooted and kept doing that. It buzzes, then displays the white screen with green htc text, then after a moment it blanks and restarts again, ad infinitum.

Is factory wipe and/or flashing the only way to continue?

EDIT: Err.. weird. I noticed that it had managed to at least make backup folder and on a whim tried to restore that... and it worked! So it did make a functional backup, and then didn't manage to boot again? I don't get it but meh, it works.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] blackg1000:
Hi, my mate has just bought himself a T-Mobile Hero and it still has 1.5 on it. The ROM version is 2.73.110.26.

The problem he is having is that the OTA update comes through and tries to install but when the phone reboots, begins to install, the installation bar only goes halfway and then stops with the exclamation mark. It's driving us nuts because I had one on the same network and it worked perfectly.

I'm not sure where to go next with this so could anyone help us out?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] DuoM:
You didn't say what country your mate was in but since you called it a T-Mobile Hero, I'm going to go with UK.

Has he tried installing the ROM upgrade from HTC's UK support website first (http://www.htc.com/uk/support.aspx)?

It may need the ROM upgrade from last year to be installed first before it can do the OTA upgrade to 2.1. I know mine did.
[Epic 4G General] d94:
Not sure how many people are aware, but as of tomorrow sprint is changing its service and repair program thus stopping in-store warranty work, your phone will only get repaired/replaced at a service center if you have TEP, otherwise you will have to go directly through Samsung which has a 17 business day turn-around time. If you do have TEP physical damage will be covered (cracked screens ext.), batteries will be covered..everything short of water damage and damaged beyond repair (aka the main board is broken) with no deductable

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[Epic 4G General] tanimn:
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Been gettting that message all morning trying to download it.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
You have it wrong. The main change is $35 charge. the average person will still used this less than once every two years. The insurance still doesn't make much more sense than it made int he past.

Sprint will treat non tep repairs for warrant issues exactly the same except for a $35 charge.

Sprint will replace phones for the same no deductible reasons as it did before with the exception of a $35 charge.

Paying the insurance still means all the odds have been figured and you are paying extra for insurance company profit, insurance company overhead, people who take inordinate risks with their phones, and people who game the system.

Insurance is always like playing against the house, insurance for losses that are not catastrophic rarely make sense
[Epic 4G General] cognitivel0gic:
The huge benefit to the change now is that physical damage is now covered in store with no deductable. (Cracked screens, ex) which saves you 100 big ones.
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
x2, now all the people that brick their phones can chuck their phone on the ground and get it replaced for free.

/fail
[Epic 4G General] Bigjim1488:
This is all well and good but I would like to see a few people go into the repair center with some cracked screens to see if they get fixed. The phrase that scares me is "not repairable damage". The leaves things very loose, I would hate to take the insurance off my phone, accidentally drop is and then have the person at the repair center tell me that this is not repairable. I don't take paying 7 a month extra as a bet against the house, its more like piece of mind that I would never have to pay $450+ dollars out of pocket for my phone if something were to happen.
[Epic 4G General] Unknown Zone:
"a $50/$100 Claim via Asurion (Insurance Provider) for Damaged beyond repair devices such as ones with a damaged circuit board, liquid damage/corrosion, or a smashed device in 3 or more pieces. And anyone with a lost or stolen device will also get the same above $50/$100 Claim via Asurion."

"For those who are not under TEP and have such issues as a damaged circuit board, liquid damage/corrosion, a smashed device in 3+ parts, or a stolen/lost device they will either have to Upgrade or purchase a new device at MSRP."
[Epic 4G General] fastmikey1969:
So do you guys think the TEP is still worth it?

I had it for a year on my TP2 and never used it.
[Epic 4G General] Geekybiker:
The cost to service is less for a non Tep customer than the deductible. Unless you are prone to lose or water damage your phone the choice seems clear.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
For me it's been worth it. Over the last year, my wife has had her Moment stolen twice, and my son ran into the ocean with his Blackberry. Without TEP, I would have had to buy 3 phones at full price.
[Epic 4G General] Zardos66:
I'll never get rid of TEP. I've saved so much money from replacing phones. I seem to be cursed with bad screens, hinges, screens going white, etc... Alot of it happens out of warrenty.

I love TEP!

Sent from my bathroom, with toilet paper.
[Epic 4G General] AmnChode:
To me, it's just like a concealed handgun license. Better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it.:D
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
That is an extraordinarily irrational attitude toward spending. Why not then buy a second phone to: "have it and not need it"?

The fact is the insurance companies have already figured out whether you will "need it." They have the data and statistics. They figured out the odds, built them against you, added profit, overhead, fraud etc

And again this entire post relative to non TEP holders is for phones bought after Oct 25, sprint can't retroactively change existing purchases and charge for what they specifically advertised for as free when n those purchases were made. Sprint specifically said warranty work would be zero cost without TEP to people buying before last week.
[Epic 4G General] scriz:
No its not irrational. Would you rather walk in the store and walk out knowing your free replacement will be here the next day, or would you rather walk in the store, spend $35 and have it delivered?

Your attitude towards it would be like not having car insurance. I've had full coverage insurance on both of my vehicles since I've owned them, yet have not had any accidents or had to file any insurance claims..should I just not have insurance just because I haven't "needed" it?
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
I'll save the couple hundred dollars I'd spend total with TEP, pay the $35 and wait a few days.

I'm a single dad with two kids...the money's more important than the phone.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
No it isn't. Car liability insurance protects you from loses in the millions, loses that do NOT decrease over the lifetime of your ownership.

Your phone goes from $600 to ~$200 in a year. The $600 phone I bought 18 months ago sells for $50 ebay.

You are confused about Sprints coverage in order to rationalize an irrational purchase. Last time I walked into a sprint store with a non functional phone -- and I have NO TEP or insurance with them, I walked out with a new in box 20 minutes later and paid no fee whatsoever.

You can't argue against the math. That it is not worth it and costs the average user more than benefit is an objective fact. If it weren't, it would cost more.

Please don't call the math irrational, when it is purely rational and the basis for profit of insurance companies, who employ better mathematicians and statisticians than NASA.

Al;so you are incorrect about the $35, that fee only applies to customers who purchased after Oct 25. (and even so it is worth it.)
[Epic 4G General] ramsestut:
Just to put it out there, I am a technician at a Sprint corporate store and we definitely charge the $35 even for those phones purchased before the date.
[Epic 4G General] notoriouspyro:
Thank you. I was about to post the same thing.

People, it doesn't matter when you purchased your phone. If you do not have TEP you will be assessed a $35 charge. And now, at least at my store, if a person comes in wanting to have their phone looked at under the manufacturers(sp) warranty, we provide them with the phone number to the specific manufacturer, andvise them of the 1-3 week wait period and inform them once again about the benefit of TEP. The only bright side is that after the initial $35 charge you now have 30 days in the event you do want to add the TEP to prevent any future hassels.
[Epic 4G General] imwillzillla:
alls I know is after dropping my phone in a bowl of cereal, I walked into the Sprint store and walked out with a new Epic. Insurance is the only reason i'm not on Craigslist trying to find a cheap used Epic for sale.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
So wait, are you saying that I can bring a broken Samsung Epic to a Sprint store without TEP and they will fix/replace it for 35 dollars? What exclusions are there to this? Obviously lost phones wont be replaced, but cracked screen and non functional will?

So it works out basically to TEP costing 2 replacements worth a year, and also giving you a safety buffer in case of a lost or stolen phone?
[Epic 4G General] notoriouspyro:
Broken screen is covered under the $35 charge. Depending on why exactly the phone is non-functional will determin if the replacement will be covered under the charge. If under closer inspection it comes out that there is physical damage to the motherboards, any liquid damage or any true damage as a result of personal negligence it will not be covered. For the most part if the damage is something that can be repaired, it will be repaired in store, however replacements without TEP that cannot be repaired in store will not be covered and at that point you will have to purchase a device either via upgrade or full MSRP.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Ok, but hasn't sprint always had this policy, but just charged 50 dollars for it in the past? I don't see how that is anything new. They have been replacing screens since I had the Mogul.

TEP is def worth it then, since it covers everything.
[Epic 4G General] imwillzillla:
Warranty and insurance are two different things though. I was under the impression that the warranty is what was being done with and that's why we should opt for insurance.

I do believe the post about the 35 bucks because I dropped my phone in the bowl of cereal but caught it soon enough where as to the top of the phone "charger port" was the only part that really got wet. The phone for the most part continued to work but whenever I would try to charge it would go into debugging mode and sometimes not even recognize it was chargint. Then when I would unplug it it would still act as if it were connected to PC and I couldn't use the SD card.

I'm assuming the Tech didn't check around the camera port as the liquid damage sticker thingy is on the battery. either way that and a Samsung Moment that the Charger port just wouldn't work on both got replaced for nothing. But I did see other people there being charged 35 dollars for stuff they said they "didn't cover" but I wasn't being nosey....
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
It doesn't cost you $35 if you bought before Oct 25. that fee only applies to purchases after.

So if you bring it in for a warranted damage (something covered by warranty) sprint will repair or replace it for no fee even if you have no TEP or extended warranty .

Lost phones and self damaged phones are not included if you have no TEP.

As far as the cereal issue, the question is do you want to underwrite other people who do drop their phones into cereal, because that is what you are doing by paying TEP.

On your last question, no it doesn't work out to two replacement per year, as you are forgetting the deductible.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
And anyone can get credit instantly by calling #2. because the charge is illegal in every state.

You are not allowed to change terms of warranty for items already sold. You can change it for sales after the point of public announcement, but you cannot apply it retroactive.

Anyone activating a phone before Oct 25 was promised by Sprint, in writing and advertisement, that phones within warranty, which sprint defines as one year of first activation, would have no charge applied for warrantty service.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
100% Bull. The date Oct 25 controls whether that fee can be applied.

It is 100% illegal in every state to retroactively change terms of warranty Sprint offered.

If you buy a car with a 50,000 mile warranty, and the next month the company starts applying a 20,000 warranty, or a deductible, or fee on warranty service, they cannot apply it to purchases before they announced the change.

Sprint revised its site on Oct 25, before that they were adverting that no tep service of warranted problems specifically was FREE. It wasn't simply a policy, it was advertised.
[Epic 4G General] klbjr:
Ok so I'm really confused. I've have always had TEP or whatever Sprint called it since they took over Nextel & I switched over. I have walked into a service repair center & had my Mogul replaced about 5 times & never paid a dime. Same with my Palm Pre (4 times to date). They have either replaced it on the spot or ordered me a new one. Now a few months ago I dropped my Evo & cracked the screen and was told it was too new to be repaired so had to go through insurance & pay $100 & wait 3 weeks for new phone (back order). So was I robbed out of $100 because under contract it should have been fixed or replaced for free or does cracked screen fall under user negligence?

Sent from my new BFF...Evo 4G that is!
[Epic 4G General] Geekybiker:
That only can apply to items covered by warranty. Pretty sure they are free to change repairwa service cost.
[Epic 4G General] ramsestut:
I'm not trying to be argumentative at all, but if you have any of the advertised material I could share, that would be fantastic.

Also as to it being illegal, the only thing that changed is where you take it to for repair under warranty. Before you could go to a sprint store at no charge, but now if you still want the free service that is available, you go to the manufacturer. So, in essence, the "free" under warranty service still exists, just not at a Sprint S&R center.

I hear a lot of complaining about this at work, so I'm kind of interested in this other side of the argument.
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
Thanks for the wealth of information - please keep it mirrored! If ever need be, I'll refer back here for some direct quotes that can shut any fool who tries to charge me $35 (madness! [Madness? THIS -- IS -- SPRINT!!!]) up.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
yeah, I do not want to sound too strident and certainly find the sprint workers here on these forums to be good guys.

It is simply a stone cold legal fact that Sprint itself has promoted itself as the warrantor. So any statement that pre Oct 25 2010 customers need to go the manufacturer for free warranty service is false.

They printed material for their salespeople (the first links I posted) so that salespeople would assure buyers: WE will take care of any maker defect for FRee, no charge, in the first year. Indeed as written by Srpint it applies to phones bought from anyone, Radio Shack, Best Buyy, or even Joe Blow on ebay, but activated by Sprint for the first time within one year of defect.

I don't blame them for changing their policy, all's fair in capitalism -- but they cannot change printed conditions of sale retroactively.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
Either way, my question is when you go in and make your case and the give you a warranty replacement in store, does the new replacement have a nwe warranty with new terms?

Can you only swap it once before your new handset is considered has to either be sent to the factory or pay the 35 bucks?
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
Non TEP? Remainder of original items warranty or 30 days (90 days in some states), whichever is longer.

IE

your very first Epic was activated Sept 1, 2010. you have warranted problems and receive a replacement Oct 20101. You are warranted though August 31 2011

or

you have warranted problems and receive a replacement August 15. you are warranted through Sept 15 or Nov 15 depending.
[Droid Eris General] suppliesidejesus:
Hey Everyone,

I'm happy to say that I was able to get a Samsung Fascinate yesterday (all thanks go the Best Buy for having them FO' FREE). I'm not so much going to miss my Eris as I'm going to miss all of our great devs' ridiculous development cycles and our little community.

You should all get Fascinates so I can have that experience all over again.

Have fun, Eris kiddos!!!!

PS - I'll have an Eris for sale as soon as I find a dumbphone to replace my Eris on the new line I had to open.
[Droid Eris General] strongergravity:
Tell me you had a legitimate use for your second phoneline...otherwise I'd worry about your supplyside economics! "Keynesian Jesus" doesn't have the same ring to it!

Enjoy the new hardware!
[Droid Eris General] suppliesidejesus:
Oh, God no. I'm actually going to put a dumbphone on the line so I don't have to pay for the smartphone data plan. Apparently, Best Buy does that for people all the time, haha.

Lovin the new hardware.

Sent from my Fascinate using the XDA app
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gingerbread Man:
Self explanitory title, I tried searching. All I found was some talking about drivers back in march and over google I can't find a clear answer.

I want to use one cos I have used the wiimote app and controlled games with that but would prefer the joystick that the js1 offers.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmaximax:
its already out there search for Zeemote JS Ctrl Input Method :)

there are a few games already set for use with it too such as DOOM on the market :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gingerbread Man:
Oh cool, hopefully that will work with my emus to.

Thanks for the reply.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brbbX:
Hi

I type a lot of SMS in Portuguese, and every time I use a special character, like ç, the max length of the message drops down to 70.

I read in the forums this is because it changes the encoding to Unicode.

Is it possible to disable it using handcent sms, or maybe Rom wise? Or maybe chompsms has that option?

thank you!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sibere:
hi.

Same issue with texts in French. We've got loads of é à â and so on...
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] art010606:
anyone know if this has been ported? searched and bumped a thread the other day to no answer. it had a link but the link was broken. does anyone know if its already out there or if its possible to port? and not just the r2 part, but the whole thing. if you dont feel like replying you can pm me also.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] theguy386:
I have the full boot animation that I found
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] frauhottelmann:
I have pulled some Google apps from the latest Cyanogen Mod and tried them on my SGS running Froyo (JP6). They are running fine, so I thought, I should share them with you!

Instructions:

- you can install them like normal apps (just open the apks)

- for car home you'll need to install both apks

- for the desk clock you'll probably also need the genie widget (for weather)

Bugs:

- the music tab in desk clock doesn't do anything (check the 2nd post)

Some pictures:

(BTW: I modified the first shortcut, as well as the 5th one ;) you can choose whatever you want there)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] frauhottelmann:
OK, the stock music app is working, but you'll have to replace the galaxy s music app.

Instructions (with Root Explorer):

- Go to system/app and move Musicplayer.apk and MusicPlayer.odex to a backup folder (somewhere on you SD)(if it doesn't work, click the "Mount R/W" button at the top)

- copy Music.apk to system/app

- click and hold until the menu opens up, click permissions and change them to the following:

And that's it! Works now with the desk clock app (but you might want to reboot)!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mobilx:
It's working:) Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] krs360:
All working great - excellent work!

Presumably to get the normal media player back youj ust do the opposite?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] frauhottelmann:
Yeah, just reverse the process.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ktux:
loving the genie widget!

just a quick question, how did you get the background transparent?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] miketwn:
here's a tutorial on how to make widget transparent http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8450650&postcount=25
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] frauhottelmann:
I didn't make any widgets transparent :D What you see is what you get :D The first pic is car mode the second desk clock ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Hero Yu:
Thanks buddy.