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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaundiesel:
Interesting. I'm using the big batt too, but my only reboots happen with GPS. As I'm driving (unfortunately) with my Nav on, all of a sudden, I look to see what my next turn is, and I'm on the "HTC Incredible" splash screen! Most annoying thing ever.

I'm still waiting for a fix. I really don't want to unroot, lose everything, and have to exchange for a warranty phone.

By the way, with a fix like this, I feel like my blackberry days again! :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] deluxive:
Hello all, what differences are there between these 2 firmware

I had at first firmware from carrier 3 mobile DK android 2.1

Then changed to firmware from carrier Telia DK also Android 2.1, same phone same android only differ carrier. I know that every carrier have their own apps included. But the generic android apps. Like calender, Calculator, SemcPhone.apk semcbrowser, semcContacts.apk. are there any difference. Since from both carrier they are from same android 2,1 fir x10 mini pro u20i
[Touch Cruise General] ukuro:
yesterday my polaris died (empty battery),once connected to power supply it constantly reboot (once every 2 seconds) i don't know what to do,any advice?
[General Questions and Answers] aWolfy:
I have a Nokia N96 16Gb PDA and I would like to know how could I resoft it by using a MicroSD card because I can't get it started. I heard that on this forum I will find a method to do it but until now the majority of the answers are for THC PDAs.

May someone help me please? :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDwan:
Hi, please be patient with me as this is my first thread here. I looked around here and couldn't seem to find anything related to this.

I was looking around my phone using Astro File Manager to see if I could find the file that makes the phone show the Rogers splashscreen at startup. I found it and I was wondering if it would have any unwanted results if I removed it? I have rooted my phone and want to remove the Rogers boot animation so it only shows the SE ones.

If it won't hurt the phone, is there a way I can backup the file so that I can put it back if I need to send the phone in? I can't seem to find it in Titanium Backup, is there another way to do this? Can I copy it to my laptop?

Thank you for your help!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom0927:
Look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832315

There's some information on how to edit the boot animation and the file/location of the animation.

If all you want is the SE animation and not a custom one, it'll be easier to ask someone with the Nordic or Global 2.1 firmware to copy it from their rom and email it to you then for you to edit the existing one.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDwan:
Thanks! I already looked at that thread before making this one though and it didn't really answer the questions that I had. I might try the Nordic/Generic ROM option though.

It seems like it is fairly easy to just remove the .png with the Rogers screen on it. I'm just worried about not being able to restore it. Thanks for your suggestions!

EDIT: Found this thread and it has helped quite a bit. It's called X10 Boot Screen Collection. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748145&highlight=boot+animation
[Galaxy Tab General] adinis78:
ok so we all know we can have digital copies of movies play in our portable devices so i decided to test some movies on my tab. Two movies in question were Star Trek and Sherock Holmes. I went through the entire process of copying the movies to my pc using itunes (one i could have used media player but didnt work), then transfer the movies to my tab. i tries opening using stock video player and nothing and i even downloaded different video players that i though would support the video format and nothing. what gives? how can we watch DIGITAL COPIES of movies on our tab? AND NO I DO NOT FEEL LIKE RIPPING A DVD OR BLUE RAY (DONT HAVE BD PLAYER ON LAPTOP) JUST IN CASE ANYONE DECIDES TO SUGGEST THAT. i just want to be able to view digital copies.........
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
Can't you remove DRM using some windows xp/vista/7 program?
[Galaxy Tab General] ekinnee:
Just went through this yesterday. It's a DRM issue. If it's like the Toy Story 3 Digital Copy I got with the 4 disc set it's tied to iTunes. Only iTunes or other Apple products will play it. Now, there should be a way to rip the DRM or convert it, I just didn't invest that much time into figuring out how to do so. All I did was rip and re-encode the DVD version.
[Galaxy Tab General] adinis78:
if ripping and re-encoding DVD is the only way then i have no choice, but it sure is a pain.....

EDIT: what program would you suggest i use to format DVD's to play on the TAB? And what is the best file format to use (MP4, AVI)? want to get the best video/audio quality...
[Galaxy Tab General] ekinnee:
I've used this in the past to remove DRM from iTunes music tracks: http://audials.com/en/tunebite/index.html

It seems it is now able to remove DRM from movies too! So, if you LEGALLY purchased the movie via iTunes you can us this to get it to play on the Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] adinis78:
Any other suggestions on converters? i have a huge DVD/BD library and would like to convert to add to TAB to keep me entertained on long trips.....

EDIT: tried to take a look at the link but it does not work..thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] ekinnee:
Copy and paste the link. Not sure what's up with that...

To rip DVDs I always use Handbrake on the "normal" setting. Works perfectly.
[Galaxy Tab General] adinis78:
thank you again.
[Galaxy Tab General] meetpete:
Yeah, have to agree that Audials Tunebite 's pretty good solution.

There's a new version out that can easily remove drm protection from itunes protected movies and videos plus I saw it can also be used to rip dvds and convert dvd movies to whatever format works for pc or whatever devices u need.
[Fascinate General] itzjonjon69:
Well I was running the super dark rom + stupidfast kernal and everything was running great, until i wanted to try stupidfast 1.1.4 and i noticed that it said BLN was disabled by default and followed the link to flash a kernal (had no idea that it was a kernal and that it wasnt meant for our phone) long story short. My phone is stuck at the samsung boot screen i downloaded odin3 and downloaded all the files needed to restore, however everything i do results in the phone still being stuck at the samsung screen then rebooting over and over again

****UPDATE****

FIXED GO TO POST #12 to see how!
[Fascinate General] itzjonjon69:
Well I was running the super dark rom + stupidfast kernal and everything was running great, until i wanted to try stupidfast 1.1.4 and i noticed that it said BLN was disabled by default and followed the link to flash a kernal (had no idea that it was a kernal and that it wasnt meant for our phone) long story short. My phone is stuck at the samsung boot screen i downloaded odin3 and downloaded all the files needed to restore, however everything i do results in the phone still being stuck at the samsung screen then rebooting over and over agai
[Fascinate General] itzjonjon69:
Well I was running the super dark rom + stupidfast kernal and everything was running great, until i wanted to try stupidfast 1.1.4 and i noticed that it said BLN was disabled by default and followed the link to flash a kernal (had no idea that it was a kernal and that it wasnt meant for our phone) long story short. My phone is stuck at the samsung boot screen i downloaded odin3 and downloaded all the files needed to restore, however everything i do results in the phone still being stuck at the samsung screen then rebooting over and over again :(
[Fascinate General] Redwing:
The stupidfast 1.1.4 kernal was meant for our phone.

It sounds like all you need to do is cold start your phone in download mode. Make sure you have the correct (samsung galaxy s) drivers on your computer.

1) Turn off phone

2) Pull battery and USB out

3) Hold volume DOWN while reconnecting USB

4) Continue Holding volume DOWN and press the power button

(you may now put the battery back in)

You should see a big yellow triangle, this is download mode. From here you can use Odin to flash back to stock. Also, make sure you are flashing the correct image via. odin. We had a guy awhile back who accidentally flashed the stock mesmerize image and his phone really was bricked.
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
That last sentence brings a smirk to my face for some reason ;)
[Fascinate General] chrisexv6:
I think someone needs to come up with a theme that makes the phone look like a brick

:)
[Fascinate General] AlgorithmX:
or at least a boot animation of a brick being dropped by a flying android that explodes once it reaches the bottom of the screen. :D

Sent from my StupidFast, SuperDark Fascinate.
[Fascinate General] itzjonjon69:
After i flash the stock-i500-recovery.tar.md5 through odin and go to the recovery menu and hit apply sdcard:update.zip it gives me this error message:

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verifcation failed

Installation aborted

anyone know what this means or if im supposed to be seeing this?
[Fascinate General] nmyeti:
sounds like you still have the update.zip that clockwork creates on your phone but your not rooted (kind of a guess here). I would flash EVERTHING back with odin, remove your SD Card (where the update.zip is) and just boot the phone to see if it gets you to a setup/home screen.
[Fascinate General] itzjonjon69:
tried that and the phone still continues to just hang at the samsung screen and continuously reboots over and over. and when i tried the update.zip it says there's no SD card inserted (obviously since i took it)
[Fascinate General] Sgtmack:
Try flashing the odin recovery file. It's in this thread;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782204

It worked for me when I got that error.
[Fascinate General] itzjonjon69:
GOT IT TO WORK!!!! YES ALL THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS PAID OFF!!! If anyone EVER runs into this issue please read this thread:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/44476-bricked-phone-need-help.html
[HD2 General] Ed20976:
Hey all I'm looking for some help on a quick matter. I just sol my HD2 to someone in Canada. Hes using Rogers telecom but primarily just wants to use it as a Android phone on that network. I flashed it to a Energy Rom and the 2.12 radio. Will I need to do anything else on my end to make sure it works when he opens the box? Any creative suggestions are appreciated and yes I did do a search didn't find out anything outside of 40 pages of what I am not trying to figure out.
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
Is it SIM unlocked? It will not work on Rogers, or any other network for that matter if it hasn't been SIM unlocked. Other then that, he will need to setup the APN settings that Rogers uses, but all in all it should work.
[HD2 General] Ed20976:
Yup

I installed Cotulla HSPL2 to unlock it. I believe that should be sufficient its just a matter of him putting in the correct APN numbers now I think?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
wrong, hspl does not unlock the network.

you need to buy a code online or ask t mo if you have a contract.

also, does your buyer know there will be no 3g?
[HD2 General] Ed20976:
?

Me under contract? Probably, but my account has me listed on a different phone the HD2 isn't on there anymore.

Now you say wrong but no details on how to correct the problem. Can you be a little more forthcoming on where I should go fix this.
[HD2 General] Ed20976:
Nevermind I contacted TMO and they are unrooting the phone for free and will send me the code in the few days.
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
*shiver* unrooting...anyways, yeah you have to SIM unlock it, and HardSPL most definately doesn't do that. And also, the 3G bands that Rogers uses are different from that of T-Mobile, so he will not get 3G data, only EDGE and GPRS.
[HD2 General] Ed20976:
Thats what he wanted I figured he did the research about it working on Rogers.
[HD2 General] Ed20976:
BTW why shiver about unrooting? It seems like it opens it up to more stuff?
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
Because the HD2 isn't "rooted" in the first place. Both Android and the iPhone have dumbed down the masses so that jailbreak and root are commonplace terms that people apply to EVERYTHING in the smartphone sector, and it aggravates me.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
hehe with that and the bastardisation of the word "fail",society is collapsing as we watch!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eviljonny:
So I got my Desire Z on Friday and have been LOVING it over the weekend. I got home from work today pressed the power button and the screen just faded into complete white (took about a second to go from off to faded totally to white). I took the battery out, put it back and turned the phone on. Exactly the same from boot. It seems to boot up the phone just with the screen not working. After a couple of minutes the leds flash as would be expected. Opening the keyboard clearly changes things, its clear the screen is trying to rotate. I phoned carphone warehouse and they told me to go to store with it.

Any ideas before I take it back tomorrow?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burtcom:
Google "white screen of death" -- this can affect different phones from several manufacturers, it seems.

One victim said he took out the battery for 12 hours then got it to boot
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eviljonny:
Thanks, I had a google around, it doesn't quite look like what a lot of people describe, I had a Powerbook G4 on which the logic board died a while back, it looks exactly like that did once it stopped working.

Even so I've removed my battery and I'll leave it until lunch tomorrow before I pop it back in.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eviljonny:
Well I took it into store, they replaced the phone without any issue, hurrah back to a working phone. Lost all my Angry Birds and OpenSudoku progress though, booo.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eviljonny:
2 Weeks later and my display is dead again (this was a totally new unit, it wasn't repaired). I'm sure I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary with it. Going to lose my save games again :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burtcom:
What the... :confused:

Something else to consider -- I once lost a phone due to a bad car charger -- it was a cheap one that didn't have proper circuit protection, apparently.

In my case it just killed the phone -- no white screen or anything. I just plugged it in, then it was dead.

I also killed the screen digitizer on another phone due to static electricity -- went down a slide with my son with the phone in the pocket -- touched a metal pole and ZAP.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamdzah:
arabic support for desire z

my desire z is operating on 2.3.3 . build number 2.42.405.4.

emails i receive in arabic are not connected.

pls advice how to correct for this.

tq.
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
I don't have mine yet but I love the fact that it fits in my pocket and not my iPad.
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
I agree. Ability to have 2 free hands is a god send.
[Galaxy Tab General] calin75:
Movies look awesome man. I've been playing games as well and I love it. On the cons side, I don't like that the browser takes you to the mobile version of the websites.
[Galaxy Tab General] gobslotch:
There is so much to like. Everything feels a lot more natural. Typing, browsing navigation. Yum
[Galaxy Tab General] dukins:
I would have to say portability is the best quality. The biggest con for me is I can do everything on my EVO that the Tab can do. Im going to fully use my 29days to figure out if I want it or not.
[Galaxy Tab General] daniel.weck:
7" is a great form factor for a tablet (sorry Steve). Soon there will be more competition in this field, but the build quality, large battery and full-featureness of the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be hard to match. I can see a few ways to improve the Tab: display with better viewing angles, refersh rate and lower power consumption, dual core Tegra 2 processor (although the software would need to take advantage of it), better camera, built-in software (driver and app) for FM radio chipset, worldwide integrated DMB TV tuner (currently only in some parts of the world), HDMI stand included with tablet (currently an expensive accessory), standard mini USB plug, . . . But otherwise the Tab is a pretty great device as it is now ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] rotohammer:
The phone :)
[Galaxy Tab General] Jyveafk:
Everything really. It really is 'one device does all'

When I'm on support duty, I need to lug around a netboot 'just in case' as well as my phone of course. Now can do it all from one device.

7" IS perfect. For me. (LCD Density app on the market helps get that little extra wiggle room, well recommended).

GF has an iPad that she enjoys, but she's getting frustrated by it's lack of flash more and more. Whilst she just uses it for email/browsing Perez whilst watching telly, it's been great. When she needs to do a bit of research, it's limitations are becoming clear. I've not had that issue. I've been able todo everything I need from it. (vnc'ing back to my linux box to handle work stuff, I have no problems with).

Also been able to setup my Everquest account to be able to be logged in and checked. Using vnc->Flash. It's slow, but it works. When I've tried todo that on the iPad, I've run into that whole 'no, you're not allowed todo that'. With the Tab (well, Android in general really), it's kinda the Unix philosophy, lots of little tools/apps that you can string together to let you work the way YOU want to.

Cons

hmm... Still annoyed that voice isn't as standard on the US models. That's just... well, stupid. Having to flash the euro rom works around it, but it's annoying to lose 3G for that. Unless it gets resolved properly soon (stock rom, and some app/mobile.bin that lets me use the mostly standard rom and get 3G AND get updates easily), I might look into the Skype/Google Voice solution that others have mentioned.

Wouldn't mind an earpiece so those rare moments I don't have the bluetooth headset, I can hold it up, and not mind looking silly. Maybe. Not sure. I'd like to have at least had the option.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
The thing I really I love about my Tab is that it has turned my HTC Desire into just a phone, and my PC into something I just use during the day for work.

The Tab is now my primary method for internet and multimedia consumption when I'm not at my desk working.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
I am going to like my Tab better than the iPad I own.
[Galaxy Tab General] Ice dream angel:
The fact that it's small and I can stop downloading apps on my g1 that dosen't do well with many apps lol. Also I like that its not extremely light and dosen't feel too fragile.
[Galaxy Tab General] TurckBoatTruck:
You sonofabitch!
[Galaxy Tab General] TurckBoatTruck:
Oh, and things I like about it...

What isn't to like? (Obviously trying to ignore US carriers' decisions to remove voice calling capability -- as that is a monster FAIL.)

This is one sweet piece of hardware. Actually, strike that. That doesn't do it justice.

This is... ahem... the coolest piece of gadgetry I have ever owned to-date. (Again, obviously trying to ignore the no-voice-calling horse**** -- and no, I can't leave that caveat off.)
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
Some of my friends working at the Apple Store are dissing the Tab as a failure...
[Galaxy Tab General] Croak:
And that's surprising why?
[Galaxy Tab General] robertsydbrink:
Heh agreed (:

Apple appeals to less intelligent people that thinks its fashion.

Imo the 10" tabs like ipad are to big and heavy to function well in the hands. It tire out my hands and you have to hold it in one hand to reach everything on the screen.

Its to big to have it with you all time and dont fit in the pocket. I can just take with me the laptop instead in the nice little bag.

I have the tab with me all the time. I dont have a phone with me anymore. It has perfect size and isnt to heavy. The screen resulotion does surfing better then on a phone and the 7" makes it easyer to see whats on it.

The sgt works well for chatting, atleast i can type fast as hell on it now. Almost the same as a regular keyboard.

Pretty entertaining games. Getting a little sick of Angry Birds now but there lots of fun game with pretty sweet 3D graphics.

Surfing works good altho the browser that came with the tab is a little stuttery. I use Opera most of the time now wich is super smooth for me and when i need flash to work or something isnt working correct in Opera i use Dolphin HD.

The screen is pretty good and watchin movies, reading books and magazines works great.

It feels realy good and sturdy even with the plastic back.

The battery seems to have no problem keeping up a whole day. I have bluetooth on the whole time, msn up and chatting alot, playing and surfing alot. Sitting next to my machine on my work and passing time with my little cute tab. And mine is going to get better because its still new. On my phone the battery time got a whole lot better after a while.

Hmm... what more, what more... Its just a sweet and imo perfect device.
[Galaxy Tab General] MizGarfield:
The best is the screen of course. I love, love the big screen. At my office there are some hardcore iPad lovers and some Galaxy fans. And I have the biggest Galaxy screen!

I really like the brightness of the colors as well, everything looks so fresh and new. I get a lot of compliments from people around me, everybody wants to hold it. For me the 7inch was the deciding factor, 10inch is way too big for me, with my woman hands (at 1.60 m I don't have large hands). Working with the keyboard at landscape I can type really fast with just two fingers.

Considering I used to own WM devices before, I have to say I really, really like the Android platform. So I am not sure, that is the main reason but everything works really fast and downloads are easy.

I keep telling everybody that the Tab is a woman device, I can hold it in one hand, wonderful.

I think I haven't been this excited about a device for a long, long time.
[Galaxy Tab General] XavAcid:
It's 7" and fits right in one hand, the screen looks great, 2 cameras, I can type pretty fast with 2 fingers now, or swype. I do a lot of my writing on it while watching movie. And I can use it as a phone if I so desire. :D
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
Plus it's the best tablet that I can stick into my pocket and be on the go. Now I got to figure out whether I go for the T-Mobile or Verizon version first.
[Galaxy Tab General] electronicopolis:
@dukins

Same here, I don't have the Tab, & just sold my Evo, but it's like...... 7" isn't that much for something that is just a bigger Evo LOL, would really prefer 10"

But since I'm going to WP7, I may get one eventually, if not an Archos & flash it to get the official market. Who knows, maybe I'll end up with an iPad, I really don't know. 7" just doesn't do it for me since every smartphone with a touch screen I've owned has been 3.7" to 4.3"

& it's like, now they are already talking about their new Galaxy Tab. I think I'll wait for the thinner, faster version then.

Camera zoom would be nice too. I mean I can live without 720p recording.. I guess that's what smartphones are for instead of smarttabs?
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
IMHO, there's a world of difference between those screens at 800*480, and the 7" Tab at 1024*600. The extra resolution in conjunction with the size makes for a completely different experience.

If anything, my Tab has ruined my HTC Desire for me, because it just doesn't feel comfortable to use anymore apart from as a phone!

7" is the optimum size if you want a degree of portability, whereas a larger size may be better for a "coffee table" device, though the weight still worries me.

Regards,

Dave