yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
would also like to get this fixed as stated before for warranty standpoint.

also I don't seem to keep a phone for more then a few months to a year I would like to sell this as a stock phone.

With the rumors of Goggle doing another Nexus variant of some sorts I will be moving to it asap.

Don't want to sell the phone to someone with no way to update it. (they may not be a phone guru and not know about XDA amd editing phones)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
I did this and though I copyied my original files to SD then to my HDD but got lost in translation.

I have no signal at all now even with the backed up files

Kies shows the phone corectly now but cant get a signal.........
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
well fixed the issue with no signal but now Kies is back down and windows reg shows all XXXXXXXXXXX for the product code.

and the nv files have nothing related to Xs or the values I was supposed to replace or change it to

But phone seems to be working.

Not a happy camper right now
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
also when coping the files back the efs directory and reboot the phone it seems to delete the .nv_data.bak file and erases the nv_data.bin file. may be due to permissions, I dont know what the original files were.

is there a way to restore these files completely?

my backups may have been over written
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krad:
I have the same issue.

Just deleted the files off my phone and rebooting now. I made backups of these files though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krad:
here is the question...

if you delete these files... and the turn off the phone... then do an odin restore to JF6, should it put the right product code in?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krad:
check this out...

trying it now.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780509&highlight=Product+Code
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krad:
Got it fixedddddd

HOOORAAAYYYYYY

Here are my steps..... that worked for me...

MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD BUSYBOX FROM MARKET AND INSTALL FIRST! BEFORE TRYING THIS.

1. Use root explorer to backup nv_data.bin from efs folder.

2. Save that file to a backup folder on your pc.

3. Delete nv_data.bin and nv_data.bak. as well as corresponding md5 files.

4. Use Hex editor on a copy of nv_data.bin on your computer and search for KOR.

5. Replace the product code ending from KOR to ATT

6. Save

7. Save file to internal sd card

8. Use Root explorer to move file from internal storage to efs folder

9. Fire up adb shell on your pc with phone connected.

10. type in the following....

- adb shell

- su

- busybox chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin

- reboot

After reboot... you should have data working on phone.. and Kies Mini will see the right product code.. which you can check in the registry on your pc.

super thanks to this thread below....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780509&highlight=Product+Code
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
I think mine is going again too. KIES sees it just fine. however other stuff in that file may be wrong as I lost my originals in the mix somehow.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyballoonot:
Will this allow you to get the OTA updates if you use Odin to restore to stock, then use this method?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
Not sure about the OTA updates but it will allow you to get the KIES updates.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyballoonot:
I'll have to try it out later. I'm mostly curious for when they officially release 2.2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jslee1020:
I opened up the file with notepad... where is the part I edit?? I can't find KOR
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
you have to use a HEX editor not notepad.

the info to edit is listed in this thread
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bames:
did this too a T and it looked good until running the last commands and rebooting. After the reboot SGS tools now shows my product code as ACTIVE?

To top it off it also changed my imei? Any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
I take it you didn't make a backup of the files you were editing incase something like this went wrong?

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bames:
i only have backups of the ones with the wrong kor code

i do have backups of imei and ms_data
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bames:
Can anyone help?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bames:
just to clarify and make sure i am not overlooking something

what is my proper product code (on ATT in USA)

It seems many had product codes showing the KZAKOR

mine was Showing KZATMB
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huat123:
Hi!

Start from no 9 i really din understand...

Can brief in info...

I had installed busybox to my phone

Thank You
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave the Knave:
Open the command prompt. Start the adb shell. If you don't know how to do that, read this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502010

If you can't do this, I'd try and stay away from unlocking your phone and have someone else a little more tech-savvy do it cause you can mess up your phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
if you modify nv_data.bin then it sticks around as a modified form after a Odin flash to JF6 + master clear. I suspect that it gets changed when you flash Froyo.

Just saying since I relied on the faulty logic that if I mess up I can always Odin it. (incidentally, what does Odin not target? I thought especially with re-partition it'd get just about everything...)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
I had several issues getting this to work, and I thought I'd comment how I got it working:

Error #1: Kies will just crash. Don't do this on an x64 system.

Error #2: Unregistered device. Change nv_data.bin as indicated above (thanks guys!)

Error #3: Kies mini will never notice your device, and pretend you never plugged it in. I tried uninstalling and re-installing on several different machines which was unsuccessful for me - what did it was to master clear and Odin JF6 a few times. Probably on try #4 it went through (I was doing other stuff).

Error #4: Failed to connect to model information server. Put your SIM card back in.

Error #5: Not connected to internet.

I hate you Kies, I really really hate you.

Solution: close kies and try again
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b.st0ne:
Hi I got an update to j16. I was waiting for the update before i root my phone.

I got done updating it yesterday. It is stock j16. so im hoping if it is possible to root it? I have rooted the older version on my brother's some apps i really wanna have.

So please let me know if its possible to root the stock j16? thanks in advance
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ultraman666:
Yep its possible mine is!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bronk93:
Yes its rootable just like the original firmware. I used the update.zip method to root it, never tried the one click version
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d1zturbe3d:
Yup its possible. I rooted mine using the one click root.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allthrottle:
JI6 is rootable. What's J16?

Sent from my Team Whiskey Powered Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZX3ZX4:
J16 is the OTA update that was sent out over the last couple of weeks to fix a number of problems with the Galaxy S phones...in particular, the problem with the GPS not being able to lock onto satellites or function reliably in general. I have read some threads where a few folks who were rooted and then did the update messed up their phones.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinyBuddha:
Best post of the day...so far =)

S/he was kidding =)

~SB
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbjcooke:
Didn't even attempt to root my phone until after the update. I was too scared which has me lmao at myself. Now to get over my fear of trying a new ROM!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinyBuddha:
Once you do you'll be happy you did and wonder why it took so long to get to that happy place =)

Easiest way is to download the TGA's One click root/unroot, then install ROM Manager, run Clockwork Recovery in ROM manager to download/install it for the 1st time, download a ROM from the Dev section (I like Bionix Fusion & Eugene's Vibrant Hybrid), and follow the instructions in the ROM's OP (select reboot into recovery yadda yadda yadda)....

~SB
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbjcooke:
@shinybuddha - I sent you a PM and thank you for the above response!
[Galaxy Spica General] KCIRTAP42:
Hello everybody

I try to connect my external bluetooth gps (Qstarz 818xt) to my galaxy spica for race lap timing and monitoring.

On the bluetooth menu, the device is paired but not connected...

I have allowed mock locations but when I moove to the lap timing application (chronogps), it always ask for the built-in gps.

When I try app such bluetooth gps, the device is available but the bluetooth connection fail.

What am I doing wrong??

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy Spica General] donnalp:
Connecting device via Bluetooth on Samsung Galaxy

I have a similar problem when trying to connect my Samsung Galaxy to my Nokia Speakerphone. It says the devices are paired but not connected.

The same applies when I try to connect my phone to friends' phones via Bluetooth. I am not sure, once paired, how to connect the devices. Can anyone help please?

Sorry to have tagged this onto the other query but I am new here and not sure where best to post this.

Thanks,

Donna
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srivers33:
Please help, i have had my G1 for 2 yrs, never any damage to it but in the last week its had a problem that has been getting worse and now is terrible.

The screen doenst work when the phone is closed, at all. if u slightly open it. prolly 1/8 inch it gets goin but only for a mili second. when open it may work at times but not others, it will allow me to select one thing maybe then it freezes. i have to turn the screen off and try again. sometimes that works, sometimes it doesnt. I have used fastboot to erase the system, reloaded old ROMS, installed new ones. nothing else i can think to do. Any help is greatly appreciated. Wiped rotate settings as well and still no luck.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obso:
Sounds like the ribbon cable connecting the screen to the phone is bad.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidFreek:
Does the g1 use a flex or ribbon cable
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Preparing to flash "Darky's Raw Steel Edition v3.0" i went back to JM9 and played around for a bit, for nostalgia's sake.

And then something crossed my mind...

"Damn! this is fast!"

Even without a lagfix or overclock, or even anything custom, JM9 is so much faster then the froyo releases we have currently...

The startup animation is actually an animation not a slideshow

Scrolling is no longer jumpy and laggy, it once again, tracks your finger like it should

The internet browser is no longer a useless pile of S*%t, i forgot how damn good the eclair one was, no longer do i need opera mini

The music player no longer lags when scrolling through a large song list, and it no longer freezes up when playing in the background (! wtf??)

Touchwiz scrolling is much improved

Launcher pro no longer lags, especially in the app drawer

We have more ram, without having to resort to gutting potentially vital VGA buffers

Im sure i am going to find some more... after using JPM, JP6 and JPA for a few weeks nearly now and not once being happy with performance, i have flashed so many custom roms, tried every filesystem on universal lagfix, voodoo, alpha overclock and ram mods and still i am not happy one bit.

Sure we may have a higher linpack score, we may have a few new features, but the performance and experience has not improved, and this is what froyo is supposed to be about!

I cant believe how much Samsung has messed up, we have been waiting months for this!

There, i said it...

Anyone else care to share their opinion?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
I would stay on 2.1 JM9 if only there was a kernal with the universal lagfix (jfs with startup tweaks) + OC + Memory Tweaks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xan:
Ugly truth. Only thing better in froyo is newer version number.

Oh. And stereo FM Radio.

And..

Version number?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
You may not have JFS but you have voodoo, there is raspdeeps OC kernel, and to start with we have more ram anyway and (seemingly, well, the broswer doesn't take 120mb now atleast) better memory management

Eclair feels like a polished engine

Froyo feels like a polished turd
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
I was all for froyo simply for the flash.... then i found out how ****ty flash was. The only flash site I go to that was good was Youtube. All my other flash video sites were complete crap :( (i like to watch livestream/ustream starcraft games on teamliquid.net and it was unwatchable with sgs flash.)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Infact the browser is ridiculously better in eclair.

How much ram does it take to load pocketnow full desktop version?

Froyo: 120mb+, followed by a memory dump, allot of lag and a FC

Eclair: 30mb, yeah, 30mb, with smooth pinch to zoom, and no lag
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kevnangel:
I totally agree, JM9, then I've put tayutama super lite 1.2 for eclair ofcourse, along with voodoo lagfix and Bln. Its the best i've found so far, and i've tested all others, but none is so good as the JM9 config i have.

Why are we bothering to go to froyo when we can have a very good eclair rom, which really is super fast, without any lag, extremely stable. All is perfect in here. I've even got setcpu to 1.2ghz. And i got quadrant scores of 2085, at times 1895, it but its between 1800 and 2085. So, its really good.

Now, i don't really think the benchmark is what we should rely on. What we need to see is the everyday use, and i must say its Perfect, the best ive used, and im loving this phone more and more. And now i can even use live wallpapers, its not even slowing my phone, whereas with all froyo rom, it was slowing my phone a bit.

Guys, try Jm9 with tayutama superlite 1.2 with voodoo lagfix and setcpu. Forget the froyo roms, u'll be disappointed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Yeah that is what i was using before 'upgrading' to froyo, i really forgot how good it was...

Unless some dev (cyanogen, desire hd port, not counting samsung as losing faith...) pulls off something amazing with froyo i really see absolutely no reason to go to froyo.

The browser even benches the same in browserbench, ~28,500 no mods

Its really strange because in certain benchmarks froyo is a fair bit faster, but none of it translates to general usage
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mithent:
I've been unwilling to change to Froyo ever since hearing about the huge amount of memory used by the browser, and corresponding FCs. I'd like JIT and Flash etc., but it really does seem like Eclair is better at the moment.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Flash in JPM is terrible, when you scroll the page the flash box isn't even anchored to the page, it jumps about. looks really bad

its almost impossible to scroll the screen once you are over a flash box, it just doesn't register
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rawat:
Whilst I agree that eclair is better at the moment, I have to wonder why this thread is in the Dev forum. i9000 General is that way --->
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
nobody reads that forum!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tb5...:
agreed i installed darky's 3.0 froyo rom and its ok...

like yall are saying its not better by any means... as a matter of fact my data now is giving me problems... and market place too...

my questions is how do i get back to eclair? whats the best 2.1 rom out right now?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] efegue:
JM9 + Voodoo = Blazing Fast! : )
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Tayutama jm9 + oc kernel (with voodoo) + noop scheduler

It makes jpm its *****

Lol
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fane1:
Yeah i have to agree with you all.The performance in froyo is simply disapointing.I dont expect the final release from samsung to be better.Im only staying with froyo because of the great work made by some devs with the universal lagfix.I will try the official when its ready.And probably after that i will return to eclair.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Yeah I definitely appreciate all the work done by the devs here, if only samsung were half decent at software...maybe we should petition google saying samsung is ruining androids name, give us some love too google!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] myprecious27:
But I thought there was no official froyo for galaxy s yet?:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
I don't believe that, Samsung obviously released it on purpose then withdrew it after people complained about phones bricking with the OTA, and how bad it is.

Either that or someone must have got fired for uploading the source and the rom onto the kies server
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xmonkee:
I'll have to respectfully disagree. I was pretty disappointed with Froyo initially, but my current config is a speed monster.

Kalpik's JPA ROM (pre merger with Doc)

ULF No-RFS advanced e4 (selected option to not backup, so wipe after lagfix)

All kernel tweaks

Minfree at "optimal"

The browser specifically is faster than eclaire, I have no doubt about that. Even with full facebook pages open, it consumes something like 10 to 20 MB.

Contacts, dialer, MMS, mail, everything opens instantly and scrolls very smoothly. Before this, (and several disappointing froyo ROMs) I was on JM9 + Tayutama + Voodoo, and I can assure you this feels just as fast, if not faster (browser is definitely MUCH faster)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
please report memory usage on pocketnow.com desktop version

I tried jpa, its browser was the worst out of all of them, it may load pages faster but zooming and scrolling is incredibly slow.

I also tried the setup you are using, yes apps open fast, but scrolling through menu's has a very annoying lag, install a few apps then try launcher pro's dock
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
I am looking forward to CM and Sense roms. I seriously wonder what's going on at Samsung HQ.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] opensourcefan:
No smoke needed. Doc and kalpiks froyo has been the best experience so far on this phone. Whatever releases you guys are using obviously werent that great. Yes this version of froyo is cooked, but who wants a stock rom anyway...

Sent from a Voodoo Doctor Edition I9000M via xda app.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BronzedDroid:
The fact that you had to use lagfix, kernel tweaks and minfree (which I believe are ALL necessary) only strengthens OPs point. Sure enough it's no problem for you, but you got to see things from the average consumer's point of view. Stock JM9 is simply faster than stock JPM. The only thing JPM does better (for me) is power consumption and power control.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] plemen:
Agreed - doc kalpik v6 is the best Rom i've used. Faster than eclair. Mind you i have enabled built-in lagfix. You all do yourself a favour and try it - follow the instructions on the first page.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
It may be faster in benchmarks, but in useable performance eclair wins.

The xda app on froyo lags when switching between favourites and forums after you open it, also on feeds and updates in contacts I can blast through it on eclair with no lag whatsoever. The same fixes on froyo are just that much faster on eclair, and stock v stock, froyo is very slow, somehow they made I/o performance even worse
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
Oh, I did find doc kalpik the best froyo rom out so far also btw
[Galaxy S I9000 General] raspdeep:
be patience, how many eclair firmwares have been released to get it to this point? there were lots of development work to make eclair nice and stable so froyo in time will be better.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] android53:
How hard can it be to get a boot animation to work properly... That's like the first thing and they even got that wrong.

Loosing faith is all...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pcboyy:
i have to agree with OP

i'm currently on Darky 3.0 with voodoo + oclf v1

the speed and snappy are there. but loading pocketnow gives me FC. closing the browser makes my launcherpro reload and i have to wait few seconds for my homescreen to load. i have to use opera mini for foruming and reading articles.. wtf?!

i've made my mind to revert back to jm9 but i'm gonna miss flash website really bad :( especially my little kid who loves to watch videos on facebook full desktop version

i dont really care to loose gmail new apps, marketplace, chrome to phone, youtube app etc

is there any way i can view facebook videos on eclair? as yall know facebook app for android is really a crap
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
did you try "skyfire" browser?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pcboyy:
thanks!! i totally forgot about it.. been using stock browser too long :D

now. lets jm9
[Galaxy S I9000 General] s88:
I guess Sam make the right decision to delay the official rollout of froyo ROM to the rest of the world while they continue to work on speed improvements.

I am using JM9, Tayutama, Voodoo + OC
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lunasea:
+1

on top of that, it's obvious that they rushed froyo out just to comply their own deadlines. It's the end of the month and they haven't released fw for the rest of the world, so I guess froyo its a bit far from finished.

If we had to wait months to get eclair stable and fast, why should we think froyo would be different. Not saying it's right, just acknowledging a fact.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] topshelf95:
I am currently trying out Kalpiks v6 rom on Captivate and I have to say its nice and quick for Froyo, but I have to agree with OP, still not as polished in the speed dept as Eclair Roms. Overall I share the sentiment that Froyo has been a pretty big let down so far. A few nice features but a compromise in overall system performance, especially browsing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vinclar:
Maybe they are working in gingerbread, as latest rumours says that nexus 2 seems a lot to a galaxy S.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cba1986:
+1

Just look how many 2.1 FW passed before reach a JM9.

I think that is a little unfair comparing a refined eclair with a green froyo. When a froyo FW reach the maturity of JM9. We are gonna witness a fly machine.

Peace.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pwhooftman:
I disagree.

I previously owned a HTC Desire. Upgrading from Eclair to Froyo was an experience which totally lived up to expectations.

- they got it right the first time

- Froyo much faster without any additional tweaks necessary (while Eclair wasn't a lag to begin with)

- OTA

- no need to factory reset afterwards

- available many weeks ago

It's a mystery to me why a firm like Samsung fails so much in this upgrade when HTC just performs. Not that it comes as a complete surprise: owning a Samsung Blueray player & a 46" LCD TV, i'm left with a feeling things could have been brilliant if Samsung would have pursued in creating better firmware/software. Thank God for XDA, so we can all bring our Galaxys up to specs (at last my Galaxy is running Froyo in a satisfying way, comparable to my HTC Desire experience). Any plans on modding Samsung media equipment (their TV's run some sort of Linux...)? :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] okpc:
Tried all froyo mod roms of course but still too many freakin FCs. Like most on here, went back to great ol' eclair. Not going to try any f***kin froyo till gingerbread... But i doubt its any better. With eclair every just works and not even one fc and its up for 300+ hours now without reboots... Froyo may have one or two convience features but i can live without...