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[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
No CDMA love. Bummer.:(
[Epic 4G General] tmuka:
Maybe to some people that's a bad thing, but to me it's exciting since it means our Epic4G's are still running on the same processor as the Nexus S, which leads me to believe we'll see some progress on Gingerbread 2.3 ports to Galaxy S!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
Hi,

as the title said.

I´m searching for a FW for the X8 which is working with Bin4ry's Flash-Tool.

Greetings

UserX10
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SaintyUK:
If you have an X8 update it through SEUS and then use the tool here by Bin4ry to decrypt the firmware :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
Update over SEUS not possible, that´s why I need a FW for the FlashTool :-)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
No 1 n idea?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Findee:
Well as this is an x10 forum, the vast majority of people here will have x10's and wouldn't have used an x8.

I hope someone here can help you but it seems unlikely.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] pulpoff:
Here you go, files uploaded to :

X8-1.68.zip

This is unbranded latest .68 international version (Android 1.6) ..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
@pulpoff

Thank you very much.

But can you tell me how I have to rename the files that they can be flashed?

system_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION-WITH-SPARE.sin -> system.sin (177MB)

amss_fs_robyn_BC18_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION.sin -> amss.sin (19 MB)

userdata_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION-WITH-SPARE.sin -> userdata.sin (13 MB)

kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION.sin -> ? (5 MB)

fota0_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION.sin > ? (450 kb)

fota1_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION.sin -> ? (450 kb)

amss_fs_robyn_BC18_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION.sin -> ? (400 kb)

cache_S1-SW-LIVE-3EDC-0001-S1-PARTITION-WITH-SPARE.sin -> ? (1 kb)

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] delbuenno:
kernel.sin -> (5 MB)

fota0.sin > (450 kb)

fota1.sin -> (450 kb)

amss_fs.sin -> (400 kb)

cache.sin -> (1 kb)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
In all the other (X10)-Firmware there is no kernel.sin, so is this correct?

EDIT:

Tried it, but it doesn´t work. After some commands the Flash stops.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] thermoska:
paste output.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Bin4ry:
It stops because you need the loader.sin from x8. This is the smallest file_xxxxxxx ans has to be decrypted. Stay to the decrypting tutorial here in the forums to get it :-)

Regards
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
There is a loader.sin in the package...

So I used it...

This is the output:
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Bin4ry:
Short answer.

You cannot flash all devphones. Many devphones (or testphones) have locked bootloader too, this phones can not be runned with retail firmware.

Regards
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
Hm. Could be possible, but until this unit all my phones could be flashed (if they are ok or death after flashing is an other part, but flashing worked everytime).

Can someone test the uploaded flash-files with a retail X8?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Bin4ry:
This is true. Are you really sure that the loader.sin is correct? Maybe you can try another one. Try getting the SEUSFiles from X8 and decrypt it yourself!

This is the best method avoiding errors. I have no X8 so i cannot try. But as it has same Protocol like X10, E10 & U20 it shoukd work out of the box with flashtool & correct files!

Regards

Bin4ry
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
Thanks for your help Bin4ry.

No, I´m not sure. I only assume that the loader.sin in the package is the correct one.

I have some doubt with the files. In all the other flash firmware is no kernel.sin, so that´s why I was asking how to rename them.

And a 13 MB userdata.sin seems also very strange to me...

Can anyone provide the SEUS files or check if the loader.sin is correct?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Lef.teris:
Please try this files and tell me your results
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Bin4ry:
Try Lef.Teris Files.

With kernel.sin all is correct! No need to worry!

So try his files and give us some feedback!

Regards

Bin4ry
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] UserX10:
OK, with the new files flashing worked, but phone is dead :)
[General Topics] OdeeanRDeathshead:
All mobile browsers that I have (opera wm, opera android, android and iphone) seem to lack a proper implementation of frames. This is normally not much of a problem because who needs them? Well one really terrific piece of software that uses them to display its controls is the famous webcamXP.

There are some apps on the boards here that try to implement a viewer for webcamXP to allow the user to see their homes live ip cam feed but an app is not necessary. Download the attached file, rename it to a html extension and replace the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx inside with your actual ip address. Place the file in the webroot directory that webcamXP created and use it when viewing remotely . Now when you access your webcam remotely on a phone the pan and up down buttons will work as expected.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
hello, i have a question.

How can I change the kernel or panel type without flashing?

I can't turn PDA in bootloader mode and flash :/

or i need a program, that turn in android BL mode np SSPL-KAIS.exe in Windows Mobile

Please help mi :( i have bad colors :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
You can change it using this command:

echo NUMBER > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type

but you need to do it every time you boot (or create a script to do it).

Why you can't flash? Your camera button is broken?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
Please tell me how to do it. :(

Problem with buttons is very strange.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
i don't like double post...

press camera button (and keep it), take the pen, reset device, release when you see 4 color screen.

You can now flash from windows.

Did you flash hard-spl correctly?

Please before posting read the nand guide in atools.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
You understand? I can'tturn bootloader. I press and hold camera button and reset device pen ( soft reset) and pda turn on text SMART MOBILITY and 10 seconds ago kernel is loading, no BL.

Yes i have HARDSPL 100% correctly.

How i can make this script? I must flash my device?

please help :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
Thanks , you are god :) i write script with example in a tools file and i copi this file in a andboot folder on SD card :) I have a beautiful colors :)

but i will flashmy device :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
the install-seq will be renamed on next boot so you need to add it to the init-scripts, write to the release thread to ask the release which file start on boot.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
what? i dont understand your answer:(

Please tell me how can I add this script to boot (autostart)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] aceoyame:
Another way to get into the boot loader (if its your reset button like mine) is to unplug USB and battery, hold the camera button and power button. Put the battery back in and it will go in.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
i try this combination :( thats not work :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
Try with this:

adb shell
echo "echo NUMBER > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type" > /system/init
echo "exec /init.android" >> /system/init
chmod a+x /system/init

change NUMBER with correct screen number
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
this script no working :(

in boot linux in reading script is error init: blablabla adb ....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
corrected, try now
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
same.

This error:

/init: /install-seq.sh: line 1: adb: not found

sh: 0: unknown operand
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] aceoyame:
Your phone for whatever reason does not have adb installed on it...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
how I can install it?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
adb is few lines further
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
l1q1d, help me please :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
Did you use exactly the command that i posted?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
yes, this command also not working :(

/init: /install-seq.sh: line 1: adb: not found

line

ENABLING adb

(is after loading kernel?)

after A N D R O I D text
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
but why is looking for install-seq.sh?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
this file:

adb shell

echo "echo 1 > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type" > /system/init

echo "exec /init.android" >> /system/init

chmod a+x /system/init

and is this error in bootlog and lines:

/init: /install-seq.sh: line 1: adb: not found
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
no!

i want you to open adb shell and then write:

echo "echo 1 > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type" > /system/init
echo "exec /init.android" >> /system/init
chmod a+x /system/init

if you want to use install-seq.sh

write only

echo "echo 1 > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type" > /system/init
echo "exec /init.android" >> /system/init
chmod a+x /system/init
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
not working means nothing. What's append?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
in bootlog file is line:

sh: 0: unknown operand

and in system haven't effects
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
Please help me :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
I run android sdk on the ubuntu and this works.

but i must flash new rom and i can't now make this operation.

If i write in adb shell

echo "echo 1 > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type" > /system/init

is this error:

cannot create /system/init: read-only file system

please help me :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] l1q1d:
mount -o remount,rw /system
echo "echo 1 > /sys/module/board_htckaiser/parameters/panel_type" > /system/init
echo "exec /init.android" >> /system/init
chmod a+x /system/init
mount -o remount,ro /system
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] arekmelerski:
Thanks. This works fine :)
[HD2 Accessories] zoftdev:
Dear HD2 Lover

I check old posts but can't find this.

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No problems.

Don't bother waste your time/money with unknown 3rd party batteries. 99% are no good.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
Update (21 Nov):

Unfortunately, we could not even establish consensus whether there was a problem or not. Some argued that the GPS problems only reflect normal manufacturing quality variance and others thought that the problem is a result of bad design or bad quality control (way above acceptable levels).

One member, ehe12, started a facebook page: Here is the original post by ehe12:

"Dear All, I have created a facebook group called Samsung Galaxy S GPS Issue, if you can all join and talk? Thanks. Also is there a way on facebook to vote? I will raise a vote for good/bad gps as well."

----------------------

original post:

Hi, like many of you I am very disappointed about the GPS performance. I am moving to the US next year from Europe and bought what I thought was the best android phone. I wanted to have on the go internet, email, camera and navigation. The last point is very important both for driving (I bought copilot US) and walking around in US cities or towns.

I tried every GPS "fix" recommendation and have maximized my SGS's GPS performance. However, the best I can get is still way below usefulness/expectations. Two service requests to Samsung for comments remained unanswered.

I am a strategy Prof at a business school and I hate the thought of consumers not having any power over companies. I am afraid Samsung may get away with ignoring old problems and releasing new phones instead thus driving the consumption spiral rather than focusing on optimizing existing platforms. Their strategy might be that we all (or new customers) will not be able to resist the temptation to just buy the new SGS version and throw away our "old" SGSi9000 next year. I think we could do something more proactive to let them feel that this might have costs, e.g. reputation effects, unwillingness to buy Samsung again and potential negative spillover to other Samsung product lines etc.

I know this is not a development thread. But we are all users not just developers. Perhaps some useful idea about how to engage Samsung powerfully, yet constructively comes out of this discussion?

Thanks, Chris
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Flash mob of phone calls to their tech support centers?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
that might just annoy their poor service center employees - I think we need something that gets senior management attention.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reefy:
Totally agree with you.

I hate the fact that some users are just saying all phones have their faults and to deal with it. Yes is true all phones have thier fault but they should be supporting their users.

This is what samsung wants to hear, with enough pressure am sure samsung will act. How is the question
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkoroje:
The best thing would be to get some of the big sites like Engadget or ArsTechnica report on this issue. That would get Samsung's attention.

I have tried calling their customer service centres a few times and it was a painful experience.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
great idea! mobile phones are "experience goods", i.e. you need to buy it to find out how good it is. so some main drivers for purchase decisions are general reputation ("Samsung is known to produce good stuff..."); test and reviews in general and specialized media; recommendations from friends and virtual communities etc. this may be the weak point of Samsung.

However, our prime objective should be to get Samsung to produce better technology and give us better phones NOT to ruin their reputation etc. so we need a powerful - yet constructive - approach. maybe we could strategize and think through our options with someone form Engadget et al.? anyone has contacts to these guys?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
Isn't that done already?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pau1200:
Samsung need to know how many people the poor gps problem affects. If someone could go to endgadget/gsm arena and say that there is still X amount of people with poor gps performance and point the finger showing the not every hansdset suffers so its some sort of manufacturing issue surely samsung would have to respond. (maby create a facebook group/online petition or something similar)

This is worse than the iphone4 problem as at least apple new it affected every handset, where this doesnt. Just highlights to me a pooor manufacturing process.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valeo:
One suspects that Samsung already knows how many people are affected and perhaps they just do not want to admit publicly that their QA processes are completely f'ed up.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
My opinion about Engadget - it appears they created the perception that Samsung is aware of the issues and has solved them by now. Otherwise it is hard to explain why millions of SGSs are still sold around the world.

This implies that a) people don't know, b) people think this is a minor issue, c) people think the problem has been solved etc

I think a public story or update about what really happened in the last 4 months is due - this would also include the Kies disaster, serious lags due to an innapropriate file system, and the lack of proactive communication with their global customer base.

In a way they really get it wrong - people here at XDA love to play with the software. Thus, having some minor flaws in a phone is great b/c it builds and legitimizes a community of super creative and smart people. Why not work closely with them as a company and co-create new firmware, apps etc....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkinBobUk:
How about everybody flooding twitter with "Samsung Galaxy Gps Faulty" or summits along them lines. It only takes five thousand tweets to make the top ten. I think if we all manage to get all our contacts to re tweet it we can get in the top ten. That might be a better way of getting the problem noticed and maybe get some media attention.

Plus Samsung seem quite vocal on twitter, maybe they will take note.

Sent From My GT-Iphone-killer almost.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
A lot can talk the talk, but how many can walk the walk?

It takes about 5 seconds to click on the "Tip Us" link on engaget... If your GPS is flawed, why don't you do it? You might get more of Engadget / samsung's attention if you start by TIPING THEM ON THE ISSUE!

You really have to be taken by the hand and shown the way aren't y'all?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pau1200:
Good point and I have just filled in the tip us form. Now if more people do the same we may get a story
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
just did the same:):)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkinBobUk:
I've just done the tip us thing too, if we get enough people to do this maybe we can get some attention to the problem and a definitive answer from samsung!

Everybody get everyone to fill it in!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reefy:
have also tipped them

maybe it'll be a good idea to change the post title or create a separate one entirely so that the users of this forum can also tip them if they have the problem too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
Tip us counter?

deleted - makes no sense
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
one concern - are we alienating engadget with this?

I think the "tip us" function is meant to provide news not complaints.

I suggest the following:

Lets start a new thread entitled "Join us to get Samsung's attention" or something like that. We start a list of user names - anyone can add his/her name to extend the list - once the list has more than 100 names we send it to Engadget and start a new list - every 100 names creates a new email to Engagdet and I suggest that we send it to Josh, the editor in chief directly.

what do you think?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iqbalbaskara:
Petition Online?

what about using http://petitiononline.com/ ? you guys think it'd worth a shot?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ~gtw:
I will also do anything the community is involved in. I have tipped.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idandush:
Hi ,

I cant believe i just bought a phone with such a BIG issue.

i saw all the big sites reviews , and this is bad . the company keep selling this faulty device ( which is great except for the GPS problem ).

i cant get a lock at all , and its like i have no GPS at all , we need to address this problem , and get a fix , and if not , than no more samsung for me , and for a lot of others i guess .
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehe12:
how about a legal sue? I'll be a part of it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
:-)....scary!! hard to establish a case and legal battles - this is what these big companies do really well (given the financial resources available).

I think we need to target Heads/VPs of R&D, marketing and sales. But when I compare the dynamics in the discussion threads where community members complain and tell each other their war stories to the dynamics in this forum - then I get a bit disheartened about our willingness and ability for collective action....how can we get more people involved?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehe12:
Dear All, I have created a facebook group called Samsung Galaxy S GPS Issue, if you can all join and talk? Thanks. Also is there a way on facebook to vote? I will raise a vote for good/bad gps as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
Great!! as to the poll - lets do some thinking, we could use that to generate some good messages, e.g. with questions such as:

do you think the SGS performs worse than phones from other competitors/companies?

will the SGS experience make it unlikely that you will consider buying a Samsung phone again?

etc. could be great!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Seems that someone do something instead of whining all the time.

You should also get test site to test the phone. But you have a problem. You need to make them test a broken phone. Still alot of phones do work.

Also this is android and all is open source and it ment to let 3e party to develop software, but also fix/ tweak things to work better.

I hope this will bring some good, but so far i never seen anyone with bad gps can work for a fix for them. But they can whining more now and thats the only thing they good at.

Sent from GT-I9000 jpo. My own kernel for z4mod and with 342MB Ram
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGSChris:
Really sad that we can't get a critical mass of people together to force Samsung to deal with the issue in three ways that I deem critical:

1. communicate and work with the community here about how to make the best out of the existing phones

2. clarify and acknowledge the real technical limits to optimizing GPS (and other perfomance hurdles of the phone) given the current design and manufacturing process to stop wasting our time with false assumptions/hopes/pseudosolutions

3. have a serious and open communcation about the ways in which next phone versions really will be better/smarter, i.e. acknowledge mistakes and provide evidence for learning/improvement

I was hoping that this really was a "smart phone" solving some real-life problems/needs that serious people have - not just a technical toy for flash-addicted users.

The consequences: we will waste more time complaining (maybe that is emotionally rewarding for some) and spend more money on the next big carrot that Samsung will offer soon (the next phone versions) - and Samsung will maximize their profits by selling often and at high prices and by minimizing costs due to limited R&D/QC and customer support.

It is called hypercapitalism and we the consumers are to blame for any bad outcomes of this process if we don't live up to our responsibility to fight back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t1mman:
Your talking like this issue is impacting ALL SGS, while it seems to affect SOME users. This is a big difference.

And while the squeaky wheels seems to get a lot of oil in XDA, the lack of actions (in masses, nonetheless) seems to show that the issue might not impact as many users as we are lead to beleive (from the numerous compains in here, at least)

I haven't looked at the FaceBook page and I don't know how many people "tiped" engaget on the issue, but it seems only that the number of action being taken is realy low compared to the massive complaints we are experiencing here.