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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduard3040:
I work at best buy. They will not stick another sim card into the phone. Is it within the 30 day return policy? If its within 30 days go return it and show them the phone dont work and they will exchange it for you.. If its not within the 30 days they will most likely have to send the phone out to Samsung.

What i would do :

1. Take the phone back to the store.

2. Tell them the thing dont work...they wont know if its unlocked or rooted.

3. Ask them to exchange it under the manufactures warranty (if its not within the 30 days) and hopefully they will exchange it and not have to send it out to samsung.

WIN.

PM me if anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zink6:
Asked the rep at best buy (by the way this is best buy Canada), and he said warranty is void if unlocked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aridoasis:
like eduard said, just take it do them. don't even ask or mention unlocking coz that will make them think that you have unlocked it.

take it there, say it doesn't work. done. don't ask, don't tell. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduard3040:
lol thats why you dont tell him you unlocked it! wow man.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zink6:
its not about you telling them that u unlocked it, their procedure is to insert a different sim into the phone before sending it out for repair and/or exchange. And that is when I will be caught. So aside from giving best buy the phone, does any one else have any other ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnie86:
Did you try this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=813580

I also have a Bell SGS. I got it from Wireless Wave and fortunately I have 3b recovery. You've tried both (up+home+power) as well as (down+home+power) right? You let go as soon as you see the boot screen that says i9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorxd:
Drop it in the water?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnie86:
Water damage is not covered by warranty.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyjansen:
From what i read, i can't imagine this is a hardware problem (though i could be wrong), so probably the worst that can be is that your phone needs a reflash. How much would that cost in CA if you can't talk it into a warrantee case?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zink6:
Ya its not a hardware issue, its a software one. Let me give u more information. The phone boots and goes to the lock screen. Shows the correct time and date and shows on the top that it was connected to my phone service but the moment I swipe the screen to unlock, I get repeating messages, one of them reads "The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. please try again." and the other reads "The application TwLauncher (process com.sec.android.app.twlauncher) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again". Both messages have a "force close" button on the bottom that takes the message away just for it to reappear a second later.

Also from what I have been reading in the forums, if I can only get my phone into usb debugging mode in any other way then the typical MENU > Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging, it would solve all my problems. If any one knows how to do that, please share your knowledge.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wstevew:
There is a post on here for making a USB dongle that powers the phone straight into download mode.

You need a USB plug and a resistor.

You can then re flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierreken:
Here's what you can do:

When you've started the phone (and the error messages come up) you connect your device to your PC with the USB cable.

At that point you'll see a new menu on the background (behind the error messages) for the selection of your connection (Samsung Kies, Mass Storage, etc...)

Click away the error messages very quickly and press the button Samsung Kies (you may have to try several times before you can do this but it's possible)

Then you open Samsung Kies and you use the procedure that is mentioned in the post below to reflash your device with a test firmware:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766589

Make sure to read through that tread to know what codes you have to use in the registry. You should be able to flash your device in Kies with a (test/official) firmware this way.

In the end you my not even have to return it at all...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zink6:
Can you send me the link to that post??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
Get a usb cable and cut off the big end, strip back the ends and stick it in a plug socket and fry the f****r.

No don't i was only joking. lol

I suggest you take it back and see what they say. The worst is they wont fix it, but im sure that they cant void the warranty just because you unlocked it. The unit was faulty to start with by having no download mode or recovery mode. The software is open source so these modes need to be enabled.

EDIT: Post you requested: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackDino:
I had a similar problem,

all you need to do is a factory wipe.

Do the usb resistor cable, restore your phone using odin 1.3 and use your original fw bootloader.

There is two outcomes from this,

1. your phone will boot directly into recovery, from there wipe your data.

2. your phone will brick.

either or it will be a win win.

EDIT:

Apparently you can use ABD while in download mode,

if you can build the usb resistor cord, you could do a force factory wipe right through ABD.

Not too sure if this is true though, worth a try though
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wstevew:
Search homemade factory jig
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sci05:
I actually just spoke to a CSR at Bell and asked if unlocking the phone would void the warranty and he assured me it won't cause you're "not hacking the phone, you're unlocking features with a phone code"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zink6:
Ok guys, so I first want to say thanks to everyone that replied and tried to help. Thanks guys. Now I want to say a very special thanks to wstevew, n1kon and brendonsled since their suggestion lead to me getting back my phone in working order. The usb-resistor hack really works and allowed me to re-flash my 3 button blocked, unresponsive phone. I now have a samsung galaxy running Froyo 2.2! Thanks once again to every one.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john306:
Ha ha. Nearly spat my drink all over the keyboard after reading that
[TG01 General] mordockcs:
hey guys!

is it possible to port a rom from one laguage to other?

or get a rom from some other device and port it to the TG01?

regards
[TG01 General] leeston2379:
yes and yes.

please search before posting.

please read the rules.
[TG01 General] mordockcs:
Thank you,

I have already searched thats why im asking, i did however found a few topics about it, but nothing relevant, if someone could point me in the right direction i would be very appreciated.

Thank you
[TG01 General] TheRomMistress:
You may want to check out Chef Central, from there you should get a better idea of what to do and where to start.
[TG01 General] leeston2379:
Its a bit much to explain in one post but you need to replace the 0409 section of the rom packages with the required language for lang change. To port a rom from another device you change the oem section of the rom for the TG01 version.

This is a very simplistic way of putting it and is easier said than done.
[TG01 General] kevinpwhite:
I'd recommend reading some of the early threads around the TG01 in this section of the forum as most relevant. It took a lot of taming in the early stages and only with the advent of Cedesmith's TGTool was it possible to do anything with the ROM. TG01 remains quite a specialised branch of the evolutionery tree !

It is in fact possible to make extensive changes to the ROM after simply unpacking. But that does require extensive Registry editing and rearranging of Packages within the Dump files. The very first de-branded ROMs were created by mix and matching with the Italian Radio and then stripping out all the unwanted content; later ones with interchanged languages and subsequently imports of later OS editions melded with the original in parts.

Pere has produced a Thread and Table showing the available editions inclding WM6.1, 6.5, 6.5.3, 6.5.5 and various additions such as Sense or alternate languages where applicable. You could do worse than open up a few examples and have a look at what you might be able to do to extend the process... :)
[TG01 General] mordockcs:
thank you for all the info!

ill look into it, who knows, in a few weeks i may be able to upload a rom of my own...

regards and again thank you all :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] billardson:
Hello all Developers. My name is billardson. I have an EVO. I would like help gettin a rom to use ntelos data settings have tried multiple programs from market to get apn to work.. even copied apn from a friends phone but still no luck.. i will attach the settings pulled from a motorola milestone running 2.1... Help me please:o
[EVO 4G Android Development] toastcfh:
i add [proj] to the title. i hope you guys get something going. i know on the Sprint Hero they some guys did the same thing. might be useful to do some searching in that forum also.

again good luck :)
[Vibrant General] Babyface1249:
Anyone else having this problem? I have it set to delete messages when a conversation goes above 3000, but it's happened twice today that I go into messaging only to find all conversations deleted.
[Vibrant General] dmolition:
You should probably keep it in 200, I dont see the reason why you would want to keep 3000 messages.
[Vibrant General] Babyface1249:
Ok, but what does that have to do with all of my text messages being randomly deleted?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Anderdroid:
Hey just thought I'd let anyone here know I released Mario Combat for free on the market just now. It uses flash so make sure you have Flash 10.1 installed. I set up on screen controls so it can be playable for people that don't have keyboards.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Explodee:
Haha no offense but I had my doubts about this. But it's actually pretty fun :)

Sent from my DROIDX
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Anderdroid:
I released an update for this that fixed some bugs.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] drewlamo1:
Awesome idea, i like Mario doing some basic kung fu on turtles lol, game gets buggy at bowser for me though, happened on my Droid X and the wifes inc.

not bad overall though!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raikalo:
Where should I go from here? I'm not finding anything that I'm enjoying about the Eris anymore. It's naturally slow and outdated, and my favorite ROM has been discontinued.

I've researched a few phones on the market (Incredible, Droid 2, etc) but I know there are others out there. Are there any that are just completely phenomenal?

My contract isn't up for quite a while, so I won't be getting an upgrade anytime soon unless someone knows of a contract loophole. Any advice for a (relatively cheap/free) upgrade?

Also, any good way to breathe some new life into my Eris? I've tried every major ROM, not totally enjoying any other than Evil Eris (again, discontinued..). Throw out any ideas short of bricking it :D
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
There is a Verizon buyback program thread somewhere here. Do that and see if you can get a little cash for it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raikalo:
Thanks, I'll look for that.

Any other ideas?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stonent:
KaosFroyo put new life in my Eris.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
There are also the Samsung galaxy s series of phones. I'm not sure of Verizon has one right now though, but from what I hear they are good phones.

Sent from my rooted HTC Droid Eris with Cyanogen Tazz 14
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiggaman508:
My girlfriend had an eris, I too flashed every rom I could to speed it up, no luck, so i called customer service and bugged the hell outta them telling then how horrible it was until they agreed to give me an early upgrade. Just bought her an incredible last week for 300 minus 100 mail in rebate. I went onto vzw/trade_in website and they appraised her eris for 132. So it really is only costing me 70 outta pocket for her upgrade. :) And ps, she says the incredible is everything she always wished her eris could be lol
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erisdenile:
I have a question about this too, I bought my eris around the time it just came out, (not quite sure anywhere from Nov-Jan) Is their a way where I can get an early upgrade for 20$ or something? I heard their was an early upgrade you could get.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hungry Man:
I'd suggest one of the froyo roms. Evil Eris was my first and favorite ROM for a long time and I wasn't satisfied with any other until Tazz Froyo.

The fact is... our phone is pretty weak. Software tweaks at this point will not really help us all that much unless they're absolutely major. Basically, until Android 3.0 comes out we really won't be seeing much change.

That being said, I don't suggest you upgrade. Smart phones are still in their early stages, especially android phones. In a year they'll have been taken to a whole new level. It'll be like comparing a modern PC to one 5 years ago (like an i7 to a P4) the way that things are going.

I suggest you wait it out because the longer you wait the more incredible your phone will be when you get it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raikalo:
Wow, I appreciate all of the feedback.

I didn't even consider Hungry Man's idea of toughing it out for a better phone in the long run, that's a good one. High on the priority list.

@jiggaman508 -- I was wondering if complaining would actually do any good. haha.

@Stonent, Hungry man -- I grabbed KaosFroyo and have to say that it is WAY better than any other ROM I've tried. Gonna try Tazz out later tonight probably.

Thanks for the feedback! Keep the ideas rolling :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v_lestat:
There is no update what r u talking about?

And the one from sept or wgenever was rooted tge day after it was released.

Just go flash it. There are a million roms based off the latest update
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
Yeah if you install a rom based off the latest ota then you won't get that notification.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] potna:
Update then root again. The update would nt work for me anyways since I was rooted or so I thought, not sure why really. I had to download updAte to root of SD card, boot to recovery then update from there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyz2897:
Ok, so what if you don't want to install an update for some reason and don't want it nagging you?

I think I found a solution in another thread. They were using adb, but it should work through root explorer also.

Disclaimer: Try this at your own risk. I just did and have no problems but I'm already running the latest update so I won't know if it's working until the next ota is released.

In root explorer, navigate to /system/etc/security, mount R/W, and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak then reboot. That should stop the update notification.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drfosters:
If you have done a full root, the update will not work! So you do not have to worry,
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
go into settings -> system update -> software update, and uncheck the "scheduled check" checkbox.
[G2 and Desire Z General] o>c:
Some users found that their replacement G2 has hinges tighter than their previous ones, so what causes hinges to become tight or loose?

AFAIK the current troubled ones are not loaded with magnets nor springs, I really wonder if the hinge is tunable/fixable without replacing parts if we want to fix it

A dude cracked open his G2 before but the focus was on the NAND, not much care was put on the hinge part.
[G2 and Desire Z General] briginiaea:
No idea, mine was great from the get go. And I preordered and everything.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nighthawk626:
Only God knows but I do know I'm about to get on my fourth g2 and they best not say ****
[G2 and Desire Z General] xdviper:
When I ordered my G2, I ordered 3 all together for others on the same family plan, and mines is just a tad looser than 1 and the other one is the same... I'm thinking its a quality check problem in the factory
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
See, I don't think you should have to go through 4 phones to get one you like. At that point, it's most probable that you will continue to be dissatisfied and should pick a different phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] hawaiian.monzta:
My guess would be because when the phone first came out. Hinges were loose. Htc might have not known that. Then customers started complaining about it and htc addressed the issue by making better hinges. Again these arte just my opinion. My first g2 had the bad hinge problem but I didn't care. I replaced it less than 2 weeks layer and this hinge is perfect. So I'm guessing they have an early bad batch. But made a better quality batch. Jes my opinion
[G2 and Desire Z General] o>c:
For a large manufacturer like HTC, they should have the G2 went through a series of tough stress tests before it is on sale

But this time the consumers might not get used to their intended design

some fearful ones(they don 't have one nor tested one yet:mad:) keep yelling that one day the loose hinge will leave a huge gap and let foreign objects to break the cable(as a current owner, I doubt if this will happen that easily)

It is a real shame if people got scared off this great device just by hearing that without testing it on their own
[G2 and Desire Z General] o>c:
In fact we need a comparison between the hinges of the tight and loose ones, to see if they use different parts or is due to faulty components, could ifixit help?
[G2 and Desire Z General] MassimoM2:
I bought one today. really loose. totally loose. except that, the phone is solid, sturdy.

this looseness is difficult to accept.

if all phones are loose, maybe i could give up. but some people can get tight one...
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
That's what makes it even worse.. knowing someone else prob has a G2 with a really solid, tight hinge.
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkeee:
Mine started as tight as a double fisted gilf from the ho show, and now its more like throwing a hot dog down a hallway. My hinge, that is. Its getting looser.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokyogtr:
I don't use facebook or twitter. Is it ok to delete the SNS stuff from the i9000 using titanium backup?
[G2 and Desire Z General] rewen:
Just a random thought..

Does anything think that maybe the reason that only 1.5gb out of 4 is available on the Desire Z could be due to the TomTom maps that are preloaded?

And if it were that, I wonder if you can delete'em..
[G2 and Desire Z General] skulk3r:
If you mean the pre-cached maps from HTC Locations, then you could probably remove everything through a loading a custom ROM.

But it is highly unlikely that this is the reason why the Desire Z has 1.5Gb instead of the G-2's 4Gb. What is probably the case is that since T-Mobile is the launch partner of the Vision, HTC has given T-Mobile an exclusive increase in storage space.
[G2 and Desire Z General] faugusztin:
skulk3r, G2 has 1.5GB too. It is simply a difference in describing the same thing. Both Desire Z and G2 has a 4GB flash memory chip, user accessible area is 1.5GB in both cases. There is no 4GB or 1.5GB variant of HTC Vision, there is just one type with different radios.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rewen:
I didn't realize that the g2 only had 1.5 usable as well.. for some reason I was thinking it had 2.5
[G2 and Desire Z General] hobs0n:
It would be nice to see if the future roms can let all 4gb free for us :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] sdlopez83:
Im sure you can nix the tomtom maps with a hard reset and new rom as someone just said. There prob will need some development to unlock that memory
[G2 and Desire Z General] skulk3r:
oh wow. i totally missed that. thanks for the correction
[G2 and Desire Z General] faugusztin:
There is a huge thread in G2 forum about this and the consensus is that there is only the 1.5GB model. Of course few funny guys voted for 4GB, but a very, very huge majority voted for 1.5GB model, which means there is no 4GB model in reality.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rewen:
I think you may have been misunderstanding..

It seems that both the G2 and DZ are 4gb but 2.5gb is used or reserved from the factory, leaving only 1.5gb available for the user.

I was just thinking that since so much is taken and it's the first phone with HTC Locations (aka TomTom), it would make sense if 1-1.5gb of the lost space was due to preloaded maps. However I don't think the G2 has these maps so that rules out this theory.
[G2 and Desire Z General] faugusztin:
No, i didn't misunderstood that :). Both Desire Z and G2 has a 4GB chip, but only 1.5GB is available to users => everyone has the same model, there is no 4GB or 1.5GB version, all are the same.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slughappy1:
Does the Skype app recently released for Android use your mobile minutes like it did on the Verizon Skype app?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OuncE718:
Skype to Skype is free, but Skype to cell phone or land line calls aren't free. Skype warns you that if you do not do Skype to Skype calling/instant messaging then you will be charged so there shouldn't be any hidden fees. Hope I cleared it up for you.

Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom

www.GoTeamFriday.com
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slughappy1:
Thanks, I just wanted to make sure it didn't still have the weird Verizon thing going on still.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OuncE718:
Oh, no it doesn't have the Verizon thing going. You're very welcome though.

Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom

www.GoTeamFriday.com
[EVO 4G General] ryedunn:
I see my system notifications are stored in /system/media/notifications but even with root Im not able to drop a new file withing this directory. I would like to do this because Handcent doesnt give me the option to select a different directory.

Any suggestions on either dropping a new sound file in the /system/media dir or using a custom sound file for Handcent?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
You should be able to put something in /sdcard/media/notifications
[EVO 4G General] dglowe343:
You have to mount system with root explorer, ADB, etc. It's read only by default.

Sent from my HTC SUPERSONIC
[EVO 4G General] ryedunn:
I've tried a root file manager without success. Is it possible to change the directory permissions using ADB?
[EVO 4G General] chas123:
If you use root explorer, there is a little button in the upper right that toggles read write permissions.
[EVO 4G General] ryedunn:
Sweet

For the next person, I can confirm this does work, you just need to make sure the permissions are correctly set on each file and the phone (or SMS) app needs to be restarted to take effect.

Thanks everyone.

P.S. I hope you guys get a commission!
[Fascinate General] pmjr0987:
So i got this phone about a month ago and it came with no software what so ever.

Is there anything we can download to at least back this phone up?

It seems extremely cheap to provide no software with a phone designed to be plugged into a computer
[Fascinate General] Mylt1:
drivers are avaliable on samsungs site. other than that have to searched the market for back up programs? i know some have been talked about on here so a search might net you some info.
[Fascinate General] Daswolven:
Exactly what do you want to back up? Contacts and calendar back up to gmail automatically, as do any photos you upload to picasa. Files on the sd card are not lost in a wipe. If you root, apps will back up via titanium. When froyo hits they will back up automatically and restore if you wipe or replace your device.

I might not be understanding the question.