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[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Those weren't smartphones, and they generally worked correctly and got the job done efficiently.

You didn't have to worry about them lagging, cause the only thing that mattered on them was the keypad and the Java apps were known to have terrible performance regardless of what you ran them on (Desktop, Notebook, Phone, whatever. People used phones completely different back then. Netbooks weren't even prolific, much less smartphones and most people either used PDAs or Notebook computers to perform much of the tasks we perform on smartphones.

Google barely existed back then, half of the country didn't even have 3G coverage. The iPhone didn't exist. YouTube wasn't even well-known, and Facebook was just barely a conception. That whole comparison you're trying to make is stupid.

The manufacturers are working to give free firmware updates because these devices expose us much more than dumbphones or feature phones did, people use phones differently, and for more than they did in the pastl and the manufacturers are the ones who designed the devices and promised functionality that is often broken or incomplete when the device is released.

It's not our fault Samsung told us we would all get FroYo 6 months ago, and we are impatiently awaiting it. If they had kept their mouth shut, you'd have a better point. On the flip side, we all know how much Galaxy S phones they would have sold if they hadn't promised FroYo. Why do you think they saw fit to promise it so early, even though it took them almost half a year to deliver it to i9k users, much less us?

There are always unreasonable people/posters, but trying to equate them to everyone who posts asking for an update, or about an update, is asinine.

FroYo brings functionality that is important to both consumers and business users. The only raeson why lots of people brought these phone was because it was said to be releasing a FroYo update. If they hadn't said as much, I'm sure many of us would have waited it out for another phone (cause the manufacturers were/are on a frenzy this year), or changed carriers (or chose another carrier) with decent HTC/Motorola handsets (or iOS, for that matter).

Again, remember, the Vibrant was the only high end Android device on T-Mobile when it was released, and basically the only high end smartphone worthy of serious consideration (only other was the HD2, and we know that story) - unless you wanted to change/choose another carrier. It is not like many of us had a choice. We aren't psychic. We cannot see the future, and T-Mobile is very good about holding out on Release Dates and in many cases even specs/details about the device in an attempt to upsell the current phones weeks/months before a better device is released (which any carrier would do, not much really wrong with that).
[Vibrant General] joe.kerwin:
It's not stupid, your attitude about it is stupid. Samsung has only given estimates, never a date. Many manufacturers have had to push off release dates. You complain that Samsung released their phone in a buggy state, but now complain on no update fast enough for your liking. If it's not ready it's not ready, obviously if it was an issue that involved a few guys working a long night, it'd have happened already and be released. It's just ridiculous how ENTITLED you guys who sit around and don't do **** expect this stuff. And when that day comes of android 4.0 or whatever future build will arise, and SGS users are told they wont receive it, everyone will have a hissy fit in how their 2 year old device isn't being kept up to date. Just CRY about it dude. I'm running a 2.2 ROM and its working just fine for me, faster than I'd even expect. If you're on these forums you'll most likely end up flashing a modded version of the official 2.2 once it arrives, so don't act like you want the feeling of running OFFICIAL froyo. I mean WHAT are you complaining about? You have options, find a solution because I promise you no matter what you type here, a Samsung employee is not going to reply with a link to official froyo for the vibrant.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
The phone was released in a buggy state. Yes, consumers are entitled to a fix. That's like saying you you got a Camry with a gas pedal problem you should keep driving it until Toyota decided they wanted to push out the repair instructions to dealerships. That's plainly stupid.

I don't run third party rom on my devices. Like I said, they usually contain as many, if not more, bugs than they fix. Also, I don't like having to revert my phone back to stock state and lose a bunch of data, cookies, etc. in the process to get an OTA update.

I'm not typing here for a Samsung employee to get it. I can post on their Twitter/Facebook or simply email or call them for that reason. I dunno where you got that asinine assumption from. I wasn't born yesterday.

Please learn to use the Enter Key, and try not to abuse CAPS lock. Your posts are hard as hell to get through because they look like Alphabet Soup.

What's ridiculous is how far some of your people to go make excuses for Samsung. So you're saying since I'm not installing Unsupported Software on my phone, or hacking up ROMs, I have no grounds to complain about Samsung's ****ty support? That's stupid.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
You really don't understand a LOT of things. With that said, if you are not wanting to root, flash custom roms or learn about developing for this phone WHY ARE YOU AT XDA??
[Vibrant General] r0man:
You really don't understand Java/DalvikVM, do you?
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
I understand how VMs work. Did you understand my post, however?
[Vibrant General] darkside79:
Ok ok guys please stop the bashing and rude post and replys.other wise you will be reported.this is my last warning.now back to the topic please!
[Vibrant General] ekoandrew:
All I care from a phone is call and watch movies on the go plus some time web with flash movies at coffee shops. All other stuff about camera and flash I can use my Nikon d3 take snappy fotos. GPS I can use my in dash GPS with out any problem.

I only used my camera and GPS twice so far.

More stuff u want of gadgets the more craps you guna get as outcome.
[General Questions and Answers] brancuff:
could someone please give me a step by step list on how to download a rom, put it on my phone, and flash it with ROM manager? plz i messed up once bricked my phone and had to buy a new phone (samsung vibrant) really dont wanna do it again please someone help me?
[General Questions and Answers] blizzard1017:
If you visit the Vibrant section there are tons of tutorials on how to install and such. There isn't a set "how to" as each rom is slightly different and reacts differently.

I am also working with a Vibrant, well two, one bricked one working gloriously in 2.2 . Do some reading in that section THEN post questions after you decide your own route. I may have a low post count but I have been a lurking member for quite some time. Read up and good luck!
[HD7 General] ericc191:
Is it possible to remove an email address that you've added? I can't find it under any settings, but maybe I'm missing something?:confused: Thanks in advance
[HD7 General] ericc191:
Yup, I'm an idiot. Found it under settings.

Mods can close.
[EVO 4G General] thurst0530:
Hey guys my data/wireless tethering has became as slow as a turtle. Its no longer showing the 3g icon but shows 1x. I don't know if its something I've accidentally changed or what but its almost too slow to use. Someone please help! Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
Perhaps if you, I'unno, give us some information, perhaps we can help. Stuff like, what ROM are you running? What kernel? What's your signal like (in -dB, not bars)? Are you getting 3G elsewhere? Do you have another Sprint phone to compare with, and what is it getting?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badhobz:
Im looking to mount my X10 on the top of my dash but i cant seem to find any unit that specifically does dash mounting. Any ideas?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordonx10i:
Why not use window mount but remove sucker and fasten it to dash
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sillysquid:
I have my x10 in one of those rubber cases and I'm using a Dash Genie which has been very good up to now (I was very sceptical but went for it anyway!)

Sticks to the top of the dash without any drilling etc and the phone just 'sticks' to a pad ... Holds the phone very well even on rough roads and speedbumps. Suits me as I can move it between different cars.

(it can also be window mounted using the same system)

Dash Genie
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badhobz:
Yeah that dash genie looks great. The only problem is the cost and the fact that they don't ship to canada. Kinda pissing me off cuz this is the only thing that seems to work for the dash.

Any other cheap alternative that ship s to canada.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sillysquid:
I was using a brodit system before so this was cheap in comparison! :)

Did you try emailing them ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
Factory direct has a unit similiar to one i got in Germany from Media Markt a quick search will show you the link. I have used it and its been excellent suction cop or vent mount ... excellent unit. AND the ship no less.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8020010#post8020010
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiddenKnight:
Hello fellow xda members. I need some input.....

What things would you mostly likely want in a rom. Needs ideas to base off of. May start on the development of a rom.

Please state apps, tweaks, commands, builds, kernels, themes; etc.

Give me your top

TEN

of you would include!!

Somewhat in this format:

1) Vaulty Free- Hides my pictures :p

2) Hot Reboot, reboot to bootloader/recovery- faster way to get into recovery

3) Firmware 3.30.651.3- updated firmware

4) Transparency theme- Clean looking and smooth.....

Just a random or very anal list like this, I would absolutely appreciate all the devs, flash-a-holics, and every testers opinion. Thanks to everyone who will help in this advancement to possibly providing another ROM to XDA.

(if i need to edit something i miss worded, let me know!)

After accumulating info towards a week or two, i will edit this post with a poll, and we will see how it goes from there.

AGAIN...... thanks
[Vibrant General] schwiz:
I have the latest clockwork recovery installed on my vibrant. I tried to flash this rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=831906

coming from this rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832532

I selected to install from sd card from the clockwork app, but when I boot into recovery I get this message

E:Missing bitmap indeterminate1
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate2
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate3
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate4
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate5
(Code -7)
E:Missing bitmap indeterminate6
(Code -7)

--Install from package...
Finding update package...

I've tried getting using adb to get into recovery as well, but it takes me to the old recovery and when I do the reinstall packages to get to clockwork I get the same message. Can anyone help?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juanshop:
So when I rooted my phone my superuser application had a ninja as an icon and it will work perfectly. It will ask for permitions once. Well now I noticed that that app is no more and is replaced by a superuser app that has a pirate Droid as icon and asks me for SU permitions all The time even when I check remember...

Is it because I installed Bacon bits? If is that, can anyone, please tell me how I get rid of Bacon bits? ( I only installed it because it was an easier process than the other )
[General Topics] LaMesa:
I have a alarm company and product called "HeartBeat" connect to your security system unsing your DX or Iphone. I contract thru alarm.com aand there app I want to change the logo and icon on the app to reflect my company. can anyone help me find a company or person to assist me?

Thanks
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannnn:
I was wondering if someone can tell me if I bring my eris to metroPCS to flash what do they flash? a custom rom? are the changes permanent?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
They use a software called houdini to change your eris' internal software to run on the metro pcs network. The only way to ruin those settings is to select the "factory reset" option in the phone. I have my eris on metro and I love it! You can also get the web on the phone too...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
If you root the phone then you can put a custom rom as well as put the web on the phone. If you need help I can get you started because it is so easy a caveman can do it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannnn:
I already have my phone rooted. Do I need to remove my custom Rom before they flash? Also just bring it in any metropcs store?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomorefear:
Just have them flash it then make sure for good effort to check if you have superuser access. If not then root and put the rom back on
[Focus General] serialtoon:
This has had me scratching my head. On the HTC Surround (which i owned for a few days) there is haptic feedback on the keyboard as you type. Yet on the Samsung Focus there isnt and to top it off there isnt a setting to change that as well. Anyone notice this? Its very annoying because i like the touch feedback i get from the keyboard. Anyone?
[Focus General] serialtoon:
Can you guide me to the setting? I seriously have not been able to see it.
[Focus General] Seed 2.0:
It has it. My settings for key press sounds is active. When typing words it vibrates, when dialing it makes key stroke sounds.
[Focus General] lungothrin:
Yeah i dont get any haptic feedback on the keyboard, only the capacitive buttons have haptic feedback, i wish there was a way to turn it on for the keyboard.
[Focus General] serialtoon:
There has to be. Has anyone seen it in the diag menu?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] akeedthe:
Hi guys,

i rooted my SGS and now im hoping to flash it to froyo.

can anyone suggest a ROM to flash to and instructions on how to pls?

thnx :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kalpik:
Please, your thread is not at all related to android development. Each ROM has a dedicated thread, with specific instructions. Please take out the time to read them. No one is here to spoon feed you!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] akeedthe:
sry. i shall post this elsewhere!
[Focus General] songokussm:
i used an adata 8gb class 6 sdcard in my focus.

when i take it out. nothing can recognize it. when i put it into my memory reader and use disk part to clear it and repartition it, the computer says no media is inserted, when it is.

i can take it out and put it back in the focus, and it works just fine. I can put in another focus and it says its the wrong sdcard for this phone.

so the sdcard works, i just need to change its format back to normal. how is that possible when windows and 3 different card readers can not detect it?

Edit: i also tried doing a windows 7 format and when the phone reset i pulled out the sdcard while the phone was off. no go.
[Focus General] serialtoon:
Cant you just mount it on your card reader, then hit the Start Orb on Windows 7 then right click on Computer, choose "Manage" then choose the card and delete the partition, then you should be able to format it correctly under windows 7.
[Focus General] songokussm:
I can't. the card is not detected, as stated above. windows 7 says, no media. the sdcard is 'locked'.

according to this you use the phone to unlock the card. ive tried it and it does nothing.
[Focus General] serialtoon:
Even using the method i told you it doesnt show up at all? Wow, thats really hardcore then.
[Focus General] songokussm:
according to this website. the phone locks the sdcard and encrypts them, so nothing else but a windows phone 7 can understand it.

however, i am currently unable to unlock it.
[Focus General] V DidDy 210:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but the sd card is now a part of the phone...there's some threads going around about this. WP7, for speed and security will assimilate the SD card into the filesystem so instead of two partitions you have one continuous unit. much like raid 0 (data stripping)

Sorry bud, there isn't a way to undo this yet...eventually there will be.
[Focus General] songokussm:
seems to be true. even using the suggested methods in the linked websites i posted, do not work.
[Focus General] RotoRooter:
Symbian is your answer

So I was in the same boat you are in. Nothing could read the card except for my Nokia n97 mini. It recognized the card as "locked" and prompted for a password. I bypassed the prompt and went to the file manager. From there it let me format the card and it is back to normal. See, Symbian is good for something after all!

PS: I tried the same process with an E71 and had the same successful results. All recent Symbian phones should work as it appears they can handle the encryption and password. The card is now happily back in my HTC EVO.
[Focus General] ceesheim:
WOW , good find :D

I just spread the word and post it on the wp7 general .
[Focus General] Seed 2.0:
Another user reported being able to reformat these post WP7 Micro SD cards in his Windows Mobile 6.5 handset.

Can anyone try this and confirm?
[Focus General] songokussm:
my hd2 can not.
[Focus General] naplesbill:
I used a friends t-mobile Nokia 5230, running S60 5th Edition, to recover my 8GB microSD. It was a pain finding the format option (no familiarity with S60) but I now have a working SD card again.
[Focus General] rexian:
This is really a great find. Now that we have a password prompt, how long before someone recovers the password? 3 ... 2 ...
[Focus General] RotoRooter:
Whatever it is, it isn't simple. Just for fun I tried all zero's, 1234, 1111, etc. That's when I just gave up and formatted.
[Focus General] alvinswim:
That's interesting cause even with Linux the sd card wasn't recognized by the kernel.. You'd think Linux would ignore that stuff. I guess it. Prob has something to do with the way computers mount the sd card.. And the nokias can just bypass that...
[Focus General] songokussm:
theres 2 different issues we are seeing here. in my case and alvinswim case the sdcard DID NOT prompt a password. Nothing showed up. Its like it was never inserted.

in naplesbill and a few others, they are getting prompts for passwords which allows for partition editing.
[Focus General] naplesbill:
I tried it in an older Nokia phone I have (Symbian) and the same thing happened. It turned out that device does not support MicroSDHC. I was able to do it using a new Nokia (Symbian) device.
[Focus General] hyperzulu:
Same here, using a Nokia 5800xm. In File Browser, the card shows up with a red line through it 0/0 bytes. But the utility can reformat the card, no problem. Perhaps Windows and Linux look for a mbr of some sort and there isn't one, which would make the OS think there is no mountable device, where the Symbian OS ignores higher level disk structures and mounts the device using its own methods.

I'm guessing the password is probably even randomized for each individual phone, but that's based on my own fantasy. I did read up a bit on SD card password protection and the way Nokia phones store this password, the unlock code is a variation of your cell phone number. Some say last four digits, others say phone number, minus area code. I guess it's possible.
[Focus General] AllTheWay:
I am going to test this out on a Sony Ericson Vivaz tomorrow to see if it works on other non Nokia symbian phones.

Update:

Sony Ericsson Vivaz worked just fine ;)
[Focus General] aaaaa0:
Guys, what's happening is that the phone is locking the card with a random 128-bit key. It's futile to try to guess it.

However, you *can* send an force erase command to the card to delete all the data on it, and reset the key. That's what Symbian is doing, and why it works to reformat the card.

Unfortunately, Windows, OSX and Linux don't know anything about SD cards, so they're not going to be able to help you erase the card, since they don't know how to send the command.

All of this is described in section 4.3.7 of this spec:

sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdcard/pls/Simplified_Physical_Layer_Spec.pdf
[Focus General] Nautme:
I tried on my Tilt 2 with no luck (said something like "unable to complete format- card was removed").
[Focus General] LordLugard:
Engadget found the solution. Find a symbian phone (preferably Nokia) and reformat it in one and you'll be fine.

Apparently WP7 adds a secure Id to the sd card wherein it will only be recognized by the phone only and nothing else. Hence the name "secure digital" card.
[Focus General] Seed 2.0:
MicroSD were intended for exactly what Microsoft is using them for lol..

Also, SanDisk removed the Focus from their MicroSD card compatibility list late last night. More speculation to how much longer we will have to wait for a working solution.
[Focus General] andyrham:
Excellent job RotoRooter, I have posted a photo article of how to do this on the Nokia E71 here:

http://lifeinthefastlaneok.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/microsd-card-use-with-windows-phone-7-device/
[Focus General] andyrham:
Originally Posted by Seed 2.0

Another user reported being able to reformat these post WP7 Micro SD cards in his Windows Mobile 6.5 handset.

Can anyone try this and confirm?

No luck with WM 6.5 on my old TYtn11 either, does not even see the card when it is present. I have tried the symbian route and it works, but just lucky I had one lying around.

Cheers

Andy
[Focus General] viniturb0:
Put the micro sd in a nokia phone and reformat it on the nokia, nokia is the only phone that will recognize the card after its screwed up by a W7 phone.
[Focus General] Nautme:
What if I don't thave a Nokia? I mean, it's not the '90s anymore. I thought about going to a phone store and asking them to do it for me. Which models would work best (and who sells them)?

Or, what's the cheapest model that will do it that I could by off eBay?
[Focus General] hyperzulu:
Try the E71x at AT&T or the Nuron at T-Mobile.
[Focus General] Ddriver:
Also goes with the SonyEricsson "VIVAZ" to formating a WP7 StorageCard -> FAT32. :-)
[Focus General] Nautme:
AT&T store by me didn't have any Nokias.

Yup. They had a Sony Ericsson Vivaz and it worked for me.

Thanks!
[Focus General] mikestrider:
Un-locking microsd cards locked by Samsung Focus

I have been reading that the Nokia N8 will unlock the memory cards that get attached to Windows Phone devices. I just tried unlocking on with a Nokia E71 and it read the card, let me format it, and then the card was usable in my computer and my Samsung Captivate. If you carry your chip back to the AT&T store you purchased the Focus from, there is a very good chance they have the E71 in stock, or the black version, since they still sell that model.

Hope this helps someone.

.. Mike
[Focus General] FishFaceMcGee:
Sadly, my AT&T no longer carries any Symbian phones at this time. Anyone else really shocked that Linux can't read a Secure microSD card?
[Focus General] alvinswim:
E71 is out of stock everywhere, was wondering if the newer replacements like the C3 or E5 can also do it.. if the C3 can do it I can prob just bust out $100 for it directly from nokia, but I think it'll be dumb just to buy a phone to unlock a SD card.. so far I have 3 sd cards locked by the windows phone lock. cause I was testing stuff out.. and I didn't realize it would be un-usable afterwards.. dumb

I guess I could just chuck em or use them for other windows devices. or just wait for someone to develop a prog that can read the locked part of the phone..
[Focus General] AllTheWay:
All corporate AT&T stores should have a Sony Ericsson Vivaz in stock. I was able to use this phone to unlock my SD card with no problem. It's a Symbian based phone and it works just great. It worked on my card and 2 customers cards.