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[Streak 5 Accessories] jazzdude555:
Having come over from HTC phones I have been reading with horror how easy it seems to be to shatter the screen on a Streak.

My previous phone, the Desire, was probably dropped a dozen times; back comes off, battery flies, but the screen is intact.

Personally, I find these neoprene / plastic cases hideous and really feel that they not only detract from the elegant lines of the Streak but make it look really cumbersome and unpockeable. The leather ones just make it another thing to carry around in your hand as you would not get one of those into your trouser pocket, and lets face it, bits of leather dangling off from your phone during a call can only add to the impracticality.

I really want to keep the phone as small as possible and to feel the quality materials in my hand, not rubber. Otherwise, why was it not made of rubber in the first place? I really cant see how Dells form plastic case protects the screen either?

My main concern is the screen (I am not worried about scratches on the body) and am wondering if a good screen protector could give the screen added resilence to cracking if dropped, because at the end of the day, those cases still leave the screen exposed dont they?

Has anybody a product to recommend or does this phone really need to be wrapped in cotton wool all the time?
[Streak 5 Accessories] decoyeb:
i used mine withouta case for a good few munths drop it lots without any damage to sreen and been lucky i geuss but got a tuff love now
[Streak 5 Accessories] jazzdude555:
Yet you read some accounts of people dropping theirs once as soon as they get them and the screens shattering at relatively low heights.
[Streak 5 Accessories] decoyeb:
tbh ive got inshurance against acidental damage so never realy that carefull with phones and its been flung across a brewers fair floor and survied when it flew out my jacket pocket as i was putting it on .good job it didnt hit anyone idd of been done for gbh
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heep:
Hello,

I'll start with the tech specs.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S i9000

Android 2.2 (Froyo)

Russian language support for the Android OS

I have tried several keyboards with cyrillic / Russian. All of the text appears perfectly in my screen.

However when I want to send a text message in Russian, the system will tell me that the text might be corrupted on the recipient device.

It then offers me a dialog box to change input to automatic formatting, where I can choose 'send' (and it will change the formatting, basically sending only a bunch of '?') or 'cancel' and it won't send.

I have gone through all sorts of settings, but I can't find anything to send a message without the phone complaining.

Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this?

(By the way, I had the same problem with Android 2.1 (Eclair))
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riNNma:
Did you change the settings in the SMS stock app? You should chose "Automatic" there in the first place. Otherwise you'll send a bunch of "?" just you said.

Try another SMS app. t. ex. chompSMS or Handcent SMS.

What keyboard are you using? Try Smart Keyboard, you can find it at 4pda.

I'm using by myself russian Swype for now, but I've been testing both Smart Keyboard and SlideIT. Both have been working just fine. And my mesages came through without any trouble.

Good luck

Удачи!
[Epic 4G General] abro22:
Last night I tried using this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853209, to update my epic's software.. I got the phone in download mode no prob, had it hooked up, had the .pit file supplied in the download in its' spot and the .tar file in the pda spot. I had read that I need to have both reboot and reset time checked (although I had also read to only have reboot checked and NOT reset time, so I sorta need advice on that part..). Anyways, everything was in it's place, the phone showed up in com1, I clicked "start" and nothing happened... I walked away from the computer since it was taking a while thinking that maybe it was just a slow process (even though most posts are talking about how quick and easy it was...). When I came back, it said that it had failed, and that whatever had been done was removed. Now, my epic doesn't boot up... I can still get into the yellow download screen with the digging android that says clearly "downloading..." under it, so I know it's not completely bricked.. and I can get to the android recovery (2e) screen SOMETIMES, but that really doesn't help since there's only the option to "reboot", "install sdcard:update.zip" , and wipe data/factory reset along with wipe cache.. and install sdcard doesn't do anything. It just fails. If I try to boot the phone normally, it goes to the screen with the phone and computer connected by a yield sign. Does that mean connect phone to computer?

That's about all that the phone is able to do... (at least, that's all I can get it to do).

when I plug it into the computer, it picks up that I plug something in, but then comes up with the message "unrecognized device". Some other people have had this problem and were told to reinstall the drivers. I tried and now, because my phone doesn't boot up, it can't reinstall the drivers.. nice. (sidenote, what drivers are usually used? Just the one off Samsung's website? (about 9.5 mb?)

Anyways, that's about all that I can do. I need some advice on what exactly to do with this.. can I do anything? I should be getting a hold of a friend's laptop tonight with the samsung drivers on it from the last time I used it so I'm probably going to see if odin will pick up my phone on that..
[Epic 4G General] arsenik13:
If I were you here's what I would do:

Step 1 ) Return everything to stock epic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773032

Step 2) Consider flashing to the new froyo only if you want to dedicate the time it requires in learning the process.

If step 2 yes then:

* One Click root / cwm

* Put Desired ROM (that includes kernel) onto SD CARD

* Install D17 Modem using ODIN

* Boot into CWM (power, down volume, bottom on bottom right)

* Wipe everything 3 times

* Install ROM using CWM.
[Epic 4G General] abro22:
Already had phone rooted about as soon as I got it.. I tried the whole process again on a different computer and it worked like a charm. Was just the computer I used before was basically crap. Thanks though
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cezlec_06:
Hi Guys,

I got a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S SCH-I909

First I have tried changing it's ROM to a different one. It failed. My SGS won't turn on at all anymore. No phone,!,computer sign at all, BUT CAN still go to the Download mode.

I've tried flashing it again with the ROM for SCH-i909 itself(SCH-i909_DI13). But still it keeps on failing.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Enter CS for MD5..

<ID:0/003> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Enter CS for MD5..

<ID:0/003> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I have tried doing it with repartition pit 512 and without repartition and to no luck. Does this mean that my phone is totally bricked? Hope somebody can help.

Thank yoU!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Aren't they both the same? Both automatically change the brightness what's the difference is t best to have them both turned on?

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waleedaan:
hello

my phone hd2 is working but the touch screen not work i touch anything not work

i do format and restart update rom

same problem please need help

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samsunguy:
Please look at other post that are related to your topic for this question or problem has been found many times and solved many times. Your problem could be that you have the wrong hspl or spl installed according to your build or you build isn't supported with your device(European hd2 or tmobile hd2).

For help look here according to the hd2 you have

Tmobile version: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=653614

European version: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=609477
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Robson:
no scams here. the full details of what happened are below but essentially i'm giving away 1 touch pro 2 cdma 2000mAh battery. if you're based in australia, you're most welcome to it and all i ask is you pay for shipping....which will be less than 5 bucks. we can settle it through paypal or bank deposit. sorry but i can't ship international as mailing systems here are quite strict about sending batteries. so if you're interested, do drop me a pm. i also have the original box and the manuals if needed. i bought the battery from ebay, the brand is andida. i'm quite satisfied with it when it was being used by my unit.

the reason i'm giving it away. last nov 12 was my last day for working for my company. on that very same day my phone was stolen. i reported it to security and lo and behold they said they couldn't help me as i was no longer an employee....just one of the reasons why i moved to greener pastures. anyway, had my sim blocked as well as the imei.

i have property insurance and have now received my replacement phone (hd2). with that, it'll be shame to simply chuck the battery in the bin or in the cupboard. thus, do drop me a line and i'll send it off. if no one's interested, i'll probably give it off in ebay for 99 cents. and if that fails, bin it =)

cheers
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Teej53214:
Do you by chance have a docking cradle that charges the seperate battery? I could REALLY use one of those.. but being out of work at the moment I can not afford any more toys... I could cover shipping though... Thanks in advance for your responce
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imbalance:
Hello all.

I bought a Nexus One in at the beginning of the year. It's not rooted and I've had no problems from it till this month. I can not say the timing is exactly this, but it seems the battery issues started just after the FRG83D upgrade. I am accustomed to using my phone for most of the day before it needs to be charged. 12 hours or more with moderate use. Since around the FRG83D update my battery is about dead in around 4 or 5 hours. I haven't changed any settings or gotten any new apps or anything for quite some time.

For example, Friday night I charged my phone to 100% and then unplugged it (to plug in my girlfriends phone) and went to bed (about midnight). At 5:15am my alarm went off, i glanced at my phone and found the batter was at 10%!! the phone had been sitting there doing nothing all night with the screen off. I checked the battery use screen and it showed cell standby and AKMD taking up all the battery (55% and 35% respectively). I should mention that I have full signal where I am and have never had an issue. I cut off the screen rotate in the settings just in case that was part of it (AKMD being the gsensor i believe).

At next full charge that day i noticed the same problem, after being at 100% my battery was down to 10% after about 5 hours, almost the entire time I didn't use the phone. This time "display" was the largest percent by far (followed by cell standby), but clicking it showed only 15 minutes of use time for the display as I had purposefully not messed with the phone much.

Last night I had to be out and a bout so I decided to test things again. Charged full and cut airplane mode on. about 4 hours later my phone was down to 20ish percent, the only use of the phone being me looking at the charge level a couple times through the night.

I installed "spare parts" app and it shows my battery as being in good health and such but who knows how reliable that is.

Anyone else having similar issues? Any suggested remediation measures? I'm considering flashing the phone and reinstalling apps and such but would rather avoid that having never done that before and not having a desire to deal with setting everything back the way I have it.

Don't know if it matters but I run LauncherPRO and I do use the friends widget but it's never seemed to really cause battery issues before. I also run the news/weather widget, but again, no previous problems.

Any help would be great

Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
In the spare parts app check partial wake usage. See if any apps are not letting your phone sleep.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imbalance:
nothing stands out other than UID 10073 which is handcent. currently my phone is charging but I'll pop it off the charger soon and watch the battery drop time again. I should note that inbetween all the tests so far i've rebooted the device so hanging apps of any kind should be killed off...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboy85712:
What ROM are you using?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
Are you using Extended Controls? There is an issue with that and FRG83D. Uninstall it until the dev sorts it out.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imbalance:
yeah i am using extended controls. i'll take it off and see what happens.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bra1nDeaD:
Me too

I Have exactly the same issue, also have extended controls. Uninstalled and waiting to see if that works.

Cheers for the suggestion.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imbalance:
That did the trick! Loss like extended controls was the problem. A shame as i really like that app. Will hope they update and fix soon. Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00255:
Extended controls updated!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bra1nDeaD:
Yup, uninstalling fixed it for me too. Haven't seen the update though. I remember seeing an update yesterday, but I had this issue with that update so that did not fix it for me. Hope they update it again soon :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
I think it was updated again today. Now v5.03, and it seems to work properly.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaytsus:
So nobody saw Extended Controls showing up in Spare Parts, System Panel or other such programs?
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Can anyone tell me, if it is okay to unlock a rooted vibrant?

I read somewhere on a forum on this site, that it is not recommended.

I just bought a phone but it has come rooted and I need it unlocked to use with a different carrier, so I do not have choice.

Any suggestions? Or should it be okay?
[Vibrant General] willsnews:
Un root it

Constantly drinking
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Are all devices rooted the same?

I bought this phone off ebay, so I am not sure how this person rooted it.

Would this method for unrooting shown on this link work... no matter how this person rooted the phone... h tt p://droiditude.com/?p=6
[Vibrant General] molson24:
What is the best method of unrooting...

Odin 3? Or is there any other methods that are better?
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
I unlocked mine with no problems while already rooted.

you mostly have a problem if your using JI6 firmware or above.

if your still on JFD unlocking is incredibly easy theres actualy an app in the market for it.

but after you update to JI6 then you have to use the slightly more complicated method but it workes rooted or not.

also if you really feel like you must unroot then the galaxys rooter app on the market has an option for unrooting to make it easy.

but do note that if you've updated to JI6 then even unrooted people have trouble unlocking normaly.
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Okay that is good to know.

What is J16? Sorry I am new to this!

This is my first smart phone or whatever you want to call it... My other phone was a peice of **** flip phone i just used for texting. lol.

I'll ask the person on ebay who sold it to me, if he added J16 and find out.

I know the phone is running Froyo 2.2, which is stated when I bought it.

So you would try and unlock it while its rooted? I heard also that if I were to unroot it, I would have to take off the Froyo2.2 which is currently running, then unroot it, and then use the one click unroot program. Or would I just use Odin3 and that would be fine? Sorry for all the questions... I am getting the phone in a few days so that is why.
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
if its rooted with 2.2, then odin would work right off to get you back to 2.1 and would also unroot you.

if its running froyo then thats actually a step beyond JI6 which is 2.1 (eclair)

I unlocked my phone while rooted on JI6, but I cant say for sure weather it would work on a 2.2 rom.

so to be safe you should probably Odin back to 2.1 if you feel safe using Odin, or you can follow a guide to flashing back to 2.1, its more complicated but doesent involve Odin (some people just dont like Odin)

unless anyone else who has unlocked while rooted on 2.2 wants to chime in? :)
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Yes I know forsure its running on Froyo 2.2.
[Vibrant General] molson24:
What is the risk of running Odin? And why are people afraid of using it? lol

I just downloaded both Odin and the one click root and unrooter program.

Odin seems more easier to me...

I just want to be certain I am using the right files and roms with whatever method I choose.

So How would I use Odin to bring it back to 2.1?

I wouldent mind doing either way... W/e way works the best.

I found this video showing how to flash it using Odin... Would this work?

http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
when you get the phone dial *#7465256# and if it all says off then your phones already unlocked so ignore the rest of this.

otherwise heres a step by step as best as I can figure for you:

1. Use Odin to get back to stock JFD or use the flashing method:

make sure there is no lagfix enabled!! (you might ask the guy whos selling it if he had one, or search the sd card for a lagfix folder or something)

1.1 Odin Method

Download these files and follow Justanothercrowd's instructions to install and use Odin by going here (these files will get you back to JFD 2.1 stock unrooted

1.2 Flashing Method (I've never done this myself so I'll let someone else post instructions if you dont want to use Odin)

2. Follow these instructions to unlock (specificaly by helroz, if you need to, read ahead and see what problems other people have had though)

3. dial *#7465256# in the dialer (as soon as you hit the last # it should work)

make sure everything says off (this means your unlocked)

4. Reroot your phone using one of two methods:

4.1 the guide found here

4.2 Or download the galaxy s rooter app or OCLF app from the market and follow the instructions in the app.

5. download the rom of your choice (If you would rather stay with the stock one then ignore the rest)

6. without unzipping or doing anything to the rom file, place it on the root of your internal sd card (the big one. it should be 13 GB or so)

7. download and install rom manager from the market.

8. open rom manager and choose the first option (flash clockworkmod recovery)

choos the samsung vibrant as your phone and wait, it will probably take a few minutes.

9. choose the second option in Rom manager (reboot into clockworkmod recovery)

the first time you do this you'll boot back into stock recovery, just hit reinstall packages and it will reboot into clockworkmod.

10. choos install zip from sd card.

11. choose the rom file you downloaded and wait while it installs

12. choose the option to reboot the device.

13 enjoy your unlocked rooted phone running your choice of roms.

EDIT: Make sure you have ADB (Android Debug Bridge) installed on your computer before running the script.

Also make sure that you have USB debugging checked by hitting (from the home screen) Menu >> Settings >> Applications >> Development >> USB Debugging

You can download and install the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) by following the instructions here

This will also install ADB.

another good idea is to make a backup of your efs file (I beleive this is in the instructions for running the script, but I thought I should say it again)

just in case something goes wrong.

this file is located in: the root of your data partition if I remember correctly, it should be labeled "efs"

you can use a root file manager (I use root explorer but it is a paid app) or you can use ADB to pull it.

you can also try this method by going here

and following the directions. ( I have not tested this method myself)

EDIT 2: you may want to download the drivers for your phone as well, if you haven't already that is.

you can get them here
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
Odin is kinda quirky sometimes.

some people have trouble getting it to recognize their device, or have trouble getting into download mode stuff like that.

its really not that hard to use, its just scary looking if something goes wrong lol

but if you really mess things up, Odin is what you end up using to fix it :)

and theres really not much that you cant fix with Odin aside from hardware failure.

that youtube video should work great :)
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Thanks bro!! I appreciate you helping me out.

I will just use the video as a guide, and refer back to your guide to help install the roms and all that jazz.
[Vibrant General] firefly6240:
sounds good :)

good luck
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Can anyone help?

I tried to unroot the samsung vibrant I have.

I used the method from http ://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734475

Downloaded s1_odin_20100512.pit and loaded it in PITT

Downloaded T959UVJFD.tar and loaded it in PDA

And Started it...

It gave me the following message...

Com6

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> Can't open the serial(COM) port.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Vibrant General] molson24:
Never mind... I had to re start my computer.

It worked okay.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad2x:
Hi everyone. Great site, I'm new here. I got a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant I9000M from bell a couple of weeks ago. I was wondering how to get Froyo on it. I have never mod a phone before, but I have experience modding consoles. My battery on the phone seems to drain very fast even when not using it. I can only get about 1/2 a day on a charge. I'm hoping froyo could fix that.

At this point, should I wait for the official Samsung/Bell release in about 2 weeks? Or should I just go ahead and do it now? I'm worried the bell update will be full of bugs...

I have tried to see if I could get my phone in recovery mode and it worked, by holding Volume up, the home key and Power buttons. Is this the same as the download mode? I don't know where to go from here... witch Rom to use, where to get it and how to get it on my phone.

I also don't know how to backup all my apps/etc. I have kies working but dont see options to backup apps. Should I do a factory reset before starting anything? What is ODIN and is it safe?

Sorry if this as all been asked a million times in the past. I'm just looking at getting the most up to date info to get Froyo on my phone with the less hassle possible. I would appreciate direct help or some links to tutorials. I have looked through the forum, but have a hard time to find what I'm specifically looking for.

Thank you all in advance for your help and time.
[Streak 5 General] khernden69:
HI

Has anyone had their baseband updated for 2.2 GAUSB1A11123-US? If so, can you please get back to me? I appreciate it.
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
Not Android development moved to General
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpanic7:
does anybody have the stock 2.2.1 ROM for the mytouch 4g? or a link to it?

thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slhpss:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832642 <--Stock (stock is 2.2 not 2.2.1)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=812499 <-- ^^

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843428 <-- update.zip is the official 2.2.1 patch

please post in the proper section
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpanic7:
thanks will do!