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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxydroids:
so, i've been using xda for a while now and i would like to start thanking all the contributors and the nice android community there is.

today i'm posting my 1st post and it's not for good reasons...

i got my sgs [i9000 international] on september and i have to say it has been nothing but problems.

it was working ok but then came along the 1st issue - unable to receive text messages. it would just stop to receive them and i would have to place the sim card on another phone receive the 50 sms or so i was supposed to have been receiving and then place the sim card back on the sgs and it would be fine for 5 days or so and the problem would begin again and i must say walking around with 2 mobile phones is just stupid when i only need 1...

in order to solve this and some other lags the phone had i decided to update to 2.2. in portugal there's no official update in kies (at least for me...) so i decided to go custom rom. i went with doc's rom BUJP8 V9.0.1 non-wipe and then voodoo's lag fix and i finally had the mobile phone i always wanted. then came along another issue - unable to receive phone calls (it doesn't receive sms and phone calls, what kind of a mobile phone is this?!). when someone is calling me, the phone lights up, it says there's no network available, it regains the signal and i don't even know who called!

now, i don't know what to do, i have a sgs that just doesn't work and i don't know what i'm supposed to do. this thing cost me a lot of money and i just don't want to waste it, all i really want is a proper mobile phone, i want the sgs!

i would appreciate any help, tell me if i've done something wrong, what i can do to have this working.

thanks in advance

~galaxydroids

ps: sorry for the english, as i've said i'm from lisbon, portugal

the attachment shows the sgs info after the custom rom flash
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dogans:
Sounds really weird indeed.

Have you tried hard-reseting your phone?

Does it still do the same after a hard-reset?

Maybe there is something wrong with the phones hardware it you keep loosing signal, where other phones works perfectly.

I would say, try putting in stock ROM (2.1 for Portugal?) and see it the problems still occur. If they do, maybe you should send it in for repair.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxydroids:
so i was kind of avoiding the hard reset but went for it.

now the phone is...well... isn't. it did everything, rebooted and now the two led buttons are lighted up and the phone randomly vibrates. that's it. it's been like this for quite some time now. is this supposed to happen?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyanide1973:
Mine started to do that after a reboot also I just reinstalled the rom and its working for now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxydroids:
how did you reinstall the rom? i can't even connect it to the computer...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ticiano:
Using download mode, I guess...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxydroids:
yeah well i can't get into download or recovery mode, neither one of them, i've tried all the combos with the keys...

if i'm unable to get into download mode how can i use odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtluis:
my guess is that your problem might be due to your carrier... I don't know over there in portugal, but I've always heard vodafone isn't very good....

I have same phone, international version, bought on sept. mine came from handtec.co.uk...

if your phone is like mine, you should be able to enter download mode, just hold down the volume down key + home key + power key.. in that order, you should see your phone boot to download mode.

Hope it helps
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RickoT:
So I did the permaroot per the directions in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858996 and it seemed to give me about 60MB more ram available?? Is that right? Has anyone else experienced this?

BTW Thanks to the poster for, this it worked like a charm and the directions were super easy to follow. and thanks to the great linking I was able to do the whole thing on my phone without even hooking it up to my PC!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypysmoker:
Depends on the rom you are using..
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RickoT:
Stock with the OTA update... how would the rom I am using make a difference in how much memory would be available before/after?

just curious
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2rz_taco_sr5:
i would think ram should stay the same no matter which rom you have. now rom may change depending on how much memory the rom you go with takes up.... doesnt answer your original question just pointing out what ive normally seen. do you meen total ram or unused ram? just to clarify....

o and this is going to get moved to q&a pretty fast lol
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RickoT:
I meant the amount of available memory. I wonder why it changed, either way im happy so im not sure I really care what the reason is lol

@mod sorry for putting this in the wrong section :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Your RAM is constantly changing depending on the processes and services running at any given time. As far as available usable memory, that too will vary depending on what apps you have loaded/running. If you're like me and rooted, I run an app called Move2SD which allows me to move almost any app to SD; freeing up some available memory.

But every device will vary depending on apps installed and processes/services running.

I have 72 apps installed.

You can see my avail memory below
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
Can I just ask you why would you move apps to external sd card? Is there any benefit to it? Because I fail to see any. Apps2SD was useful on G1 with it's 90MB(or less) memory available to end-user but why in the world would you do it on the phone with 1GB of available memory?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Just simply a personal preference. No other reason. But I will add that when moving apps to my SD card (16GB class 6), it does free up some space. When all apps are installed on phone, memory available is around 900MB. With them on the card I have around 988MB free.

Might be a small amount overall but for me I like to keep things on my card.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RickoT:
My fault, what I mean to say was RAM, not storage space. I understand what you are saying as far as available storage on the device based on whatever changes are made by rooting, but what I meant was I have roughly 60 - 80 additional RAM since rooting... that I dont get lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
On Saturday, I was at a buddy's house and one of his friends has an Epic. SO we're comparing phones and whatever, and we do a speed test on 4G. My phone hit 2.5 Mbps (which is what it always hits no matter when I am connected to 4G) and his phone hit almost 7 Mbps!

We used Speedtest, and I know it isn't 100% accurate, and we could have ran the test from different servers........but we are talking a huge difference here, and he said he always get speeds faster than 2.5 Mbps.

I called Clear, they said they can't help me because I am not directly their customer. I called Sprint, and well, we all know how well Sprint trains their reps on 4G. I spoke to a guy at Sprint who was very helpful, and he did something from his side and had me do a ##3282# data profile reset, and he is going to call me in an hour when I can try out my 4G connection again (I do not get 4G at home).

All my info is in my sig. Does anyone have any ideas as to why? I inclined to flash the older Wimax radios onto my phone to see what happens, but I'm scared of messing up my RSA keys and losing 4G altogether.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aph:
The WiMAX radio hasn't been updated since June/July so in all likelyhood you are both using the same version.

You mentioned that you might have been on different servers. I'd say that's the #1 most likely cause.

Another possible cause is that you were connected to another pod than he was if there was overlapping coverage. You could try disconnecting/reconnecting both phones and run the test again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
Well, I checked the radio version on his phone and it was numbered completely different from mine, but then again, it was a different phone from a different manufacturer.

Not to mention, I never hit over 2.5 Mbps no matter what time of day it is or where I am geographically. Also, my upload speed is capped at 1 Mbps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aph:
Missed the Epic part. Yeah in that case the versions will not match.

Sprint caps everyone's 4G upload to 1MBps.
[Fascinate General] idheitmann:
As the Nexus S hits media outlets and everyone gets excited about having a stock Gingerbread ROM, I wonder if the hardware is similar enough to the Fascinate to provide clever devs with what they need (or at least help) to produce a 2.3 ROM for the Fascinate?

I'm savvy to some of the differences between the devices, but I'm curious if there's any development parallel at all.

Being stuck in 2.1 is getting oh so old.

~i
[Fascinate General] adrynalyne:
While it may afford some interesting insights, the fact that is gsm makes it mostly useless.
[Fascinate General] BigBonkers:
Probably wont, consider the fact that the other Galaxy s phones have a leaked 2.2 rom and that didnt help the fascinate out at all.
[Fascinate General] devlp1213:
I hope a cdma one becomes available id like one lol but hopes ain't high
[Fascinate General] sonofskywalker3:
Like adrynalyn said there's almost no chance it'll help real development, but there's a decent chance that we'll be able to adapt some of the gingerbread apps to work on the fascinate, thought without touchwiz on the nexus s we may not get the good ones like calendar or contacts.
[Fascinate General] soba49:
I'll be an optimist and speculate that it will help indirectly. As much as I want to, I don't have time to dredge up the "why it is so difficult" thread with my latest metaphors.

Although the gsm base of the phone translates to the binaries being largely useless to the dev community here, the silver lining is at least Samsung is working directly with Google on the nexus(more the opposite, but semantics), who may (ideally they should at least) strongarm Samsung into doing the right thing. What is the right thing? Making their code base (drivers, ril elements) fit the android framework instead of the other way around.

All the more likeliehood that when we finally get 2.2 sources out of Samsung, they'll be more compatible with vanilla. I know that is asking a lot given past experience, but one can hope.
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
Techbuzz just reported google released the nexus s kernel source today. Is there anything in it to benefit the fascinate, maybe?
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
The devs may be able to backport some fixes, but that's probably all that we'll get out of it for now.

Sent from my Super Clean Voodoo Fascinate
[Fascinate General] TheSonicEmerald:
I wonder if the curved display on the nexus S changes anything in development?

Rockin' DJ05, Minimal Icognito, being just plain Stupidfast
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
It is possible that the panel is still flat with a piece of curved glass over top of it.
[Fascinate General] Falcyn:
I've been wondering that too. There's been some seemingly-conflicting information as far as that goes in early reviews, but unless they're taking artistic liberties with their marketing materials Google seems to suggest the panel itself is also curved:

EDIT: Engadget's review supports that: "You've probably heard the fuss over this, but yes, the screen and front glass of the device have a minor, concave curve which sits nicely when nuzzled against your face."

Either way, though, I can't see any way whatsoever that would affect software development.
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
It's hard to tell exactly how curved it is without physically looking at it, but if it isn't anything to major, it shouldn't be that hard to get the display curved slightly without to many problems. I can see why it would be done for ergonomic reasons as I hate how candybar phones are either at my ear or face, not both.
[Fascinate General] Falcyn:
Eh, how disappointing. Turns out the panel itself is just a regular Galaxy S-style Super AMOLED under a piece of curved glass.
[Fascinate General] RacerXFD:
Don't you think that's pretty slick engineering? I think that's ingenious.
[Fascinate General] Neuman.Tim:
I know this isnt it but check it out. Samsung has started to develop these ridiculously awesome amoled screens that can be folded completely in half and still display and unfold and be perfectly fine. Amazing stuff.

Ignore the info just watch the vid lol

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/20/samsung.to.bring.amoled.panels.to.market.in.2012/

For the record this is not the original video I saw this on..the original was of the displays at a convention putting them through much more rigorous tests

SCH-I500 - DJ05/SuperClean .9/Nemesis OTB 1200lv/Voodoo5/Darkstar
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaiyoti:
So I had a restore point on my TMo Stock rom created using the Clockworkmod recovery. I tried to update to Axura 2.1 from 2.0.5 today and the update messed up halfway. I'm going to take a wild guess it's my horrible mac book pro's wrong doing, faulty download (I'm a mac hater, it's a company issue device). Anyway, my phone is basically stuck at recovery and I have to wait till I head home to use the USB Cable and redownload the rom.

So my questions:

1. Is there no way to access the external SD Card? So I thought of copying a new download of the rom to the external SD, but all I can access is the internal SD card contents when installing zip from sd card. I tried to mount ext-sd (or sd-ext?) and it fails.

2. I tried restoring to the restore I created when I had my stock rom. It seems to go through it but then it just goes back to the recovery after reboot?

3. When I go home, how do I copy the files to the internal SD Card? For some reason, I don't think it's as easy as pluggin the usb cable to the phone while in Recovery mode?

Help would be appreciated.
[Nook Color Android Development] clockworx:
This is one of those things that I've always assumed would work, but I don't think I've seen anyone actually confirm it or talk about it yet. Before doing any of this I did a clean wipe of everything, just to avoid confusion on my part.

Step 1) I DD'ed the entire filesystem to an 8GB microSD that I have.

Step 2) Mounted p1 from SD (which is a copy of P1 from internal)

Step 3a) Pulled ramdisk

Step 3b) Extracted ramdisk

Step 3c) Changed all mmcblk0 refs to mmcblk1 in init.rc

Step 3d) Recompiled ramdisk

Step 3e) Pushed ramdisk back to p1 on SD

Step 4) Shut down Nook, reboot, confirm via mount command that all mounted volumes are mmcblk1

As I said, this is nothing revolutionary, but I figured it could be good for testing, especially if anyone wants to take a shot at a potentially dangerous mod like recovery or installing a fresh /system. Also, if I ever seriously messed up my internal memory, I would hope to be able to somehow recover by booting via the SD and being able to DD to the internal memory that way.
[Nook Color Android Development] edison:
Very interesting. Thanks for the effort. Might be worth saving the image in case someone actually DOES brick their nook.

I'm curious as to the specifics. Aren't there several filesystems on the device? What did you do to pull/extract/recompile the ramdisk?
[Nook Color Android Development] nook'r:
APKs

Are you able to install apk files to the emulated rom/nand on SD card...

also are you able to mount an extra partion on the card....

Thanks

"I would hope to be able to somehow recover by booting via the SD and being able to DD to the internal memory that way"

That will be great if we can push those files back to NAND

FYI, Holding just power + Nook buttons for about 15-20 sec will bring up the factury reset screen.
[Nook Color Android Development] clockworx:
I haven't yet, but I don't see why not. Nothing especially different about it as opposed to the internal filesystem.

Right now I left vold alone, so it rather stupidly mounts p1, which contains all the critical stuff. I don't see any reason why vold couldn't be made to point to another seperate partition. (which is what I did with some other trials when using the internal ramdisk to boot to /system on the SD - left p1 as a "sdcard" partition)

I've backed up my own partitions individually. I suppose if I zero'd empty space and gzipped I could probably find some way to write the entire partition table to somewhere.
[Nook Color Android Development] discourse:
Would this be useful to someone who would want to dual boot with Ubuntu or MeeGo?
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
Could this be used to "dual boot" the fully stock Nook in store and then from card when you want to be free?

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] axe2:
This can be used for whatever you want to use it for. I've been running this way for quite a while, and everything works just as it would if you're running from the internal. It's just like dual booting on your PC.

The first (that I saw) and best documentation for setting this up can be found at:

http://blog.fsck.com/
[Nook Color Android Development] moovius:
This is intriguing.

I would love to run everything off a micro sd and then pop it out to put it back to stock.

Would a 1GB micro sd work ok for this?

Someone needs to come up with an automated way to do this. That would be awesome.
[Nook Color Android Development] axe2:
1GB is going to be too small to hold the whole system, but 4GB should work.

It should be something that would be scriptable assuming that the required tools exist on the standard rom, but I don't know if the tools are on there.
[Nook Color Android Development] clockworx:
You could probably get to 1 GB if you dumped all the recovery junk and made media and data tiny. I'm trying to think if there's anything earing up tons of space besides /system.

Of course, just because you can doesn't mean you should.
[Nook Color Android Development] bobdude5:
how about multiple partitions on a 16gb :)
[Nook Color Android Development] NykoNako:
Think someone could put together a noob guide for this? I'd like to try running a rooted version of Nook Color from SDCARD (partitioned?) on my stock Nook Color.

If possible? Please & Thanks...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
hello,

I got an X10 one week ago, and today I had to reset the phone to factory settings after it would no longer receive incoming sms. Anyone ever have this issue? I hope it doesnt occur often.

Question I have is this:

I'm using Handcent SMS, and I also use advanced task killer to close applications running in the background that I dont need.

Whenever I close 'Messaging' app, which I assume is the program used for sms from factory, it just starts itself back up.. is it supposed to keep running?

I also use startup auditor to keep certain programs like face recognition from starting on boot, but currently dont have 'Messaging' disabled.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Takyon:
I think messaging needs to be there fire notifications to work properly. My messaging app runs everyone I get a message, things got weird when I froze it with tb.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loneLEE:
Hmmm... I used to use Handcent SMS when the old Xperia sms application was full of bugs (couldn't compose multi-line messages, sms auto convert to mms after 300 words, the way it displayed message was like a weblog's shout-out box, making it hard to read).

When I was using that, I did not ignore the Xperia messaging app from task killer, and I fully disabled it from Startup Auditor.

That didn't affect my Handcent SMS at all.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kloud_:
I dont think killing it or blocking it would make a difference as neither the phone speeds up nor there is any effect on the battery usage by killing the messaging service.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loneLEE:
Ummm... I think his main concern is worrying that his phone's sms sending/receiving capabilities would be screwed if he attempts to block it or something, not about affecting the battery life (._.")
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
Yes, correct... thus far, since the reset, it has been fine. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thx for the input, guys.
[Android Apps and Games] Juliet8453:
I know we're all excited with getting the whole tethering thing to work, and some are happy they can just use it for their lap tops. I want to push this to the limit. Partly because I'm grandfathered into the lifetime plan on Sirius and would like to listen to my Stiletto 2 at work, heh. So, I would like to be the guinea pig of anyone who can connect a device that doesn't need usb support to us the wifi. Obviously won't work using my Stiletto 2.

I own a MyTouch 3G Slide, and can acheive 3 out of 4 bars where I sit at work, which should be enough to send out some internet. I have used Wunderradio to stream my Sirius, but it cuts out frequently and there's "nothing they can do about it."
[Android Apps and Games] jelleroll:
Are you trying to do wifi tether? Are you rooted?

If so you should check out an app called "wifi tether"
[Android Apps and Games] Juliet8453:
I am not rooted, I cannot figure that out and am afraid of turning my new-ish phone into a paper weight. I did try wifi tether, but if I remember correctly, it prompted me to connect via usb for the wifi to be used. My stiletto 2 has to connect wirelessly to a wifi source for it to pick up signal, or be in clear view of the sky. Sadly, I do not sit near windows at work.
[Android Apps and Games] Izkata:
WiFi Tether uses your data plan for the internet connection, then you connect your computer to your phone through wifi. No USB involved.
[Android Apps and Games] Juliet8453:
I'm sorry, the one I tried was called "easy tether." Where can I find "wifi tether"? I couldn't find that program in the android market place.
[Android Apps and Games] Izkata:
I know AT&T censors the market, removing all tether apps they can find (since they charge $20 extra per month for it). Others may do the same.

I get around it by turning on Airplane Mode (which temporarily disables the SIM card), then turning WiFi back on and entering the market. Turning Airplane Mode off restores it to normal.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billydroid:
Is there any way to use sense Widgets with other launchers?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esincho:
No.........
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jriv:
Get launcher pro plus it comes with widgets that look like sense

Sent from my icey cold glacier 4g freezing every phone in its path.
[Streak 5 General] GuestD2719:
While the rest of you guys have been tinkering and hacking your Dell Streaks for quite a few months now, those of us in Canada have only just started getting our Dell Streaks through the Rogers network.

Unfortunately Dell is shipping these Streaks with the Baseband numbered as 7921 - and very little, and in some cases, zero tutorials or information is available on doing anything with this Baseband.

Having come from an HTC Desire that has been ridiculously easy to root and modify, I am pleading, almost begging for the Dell Streak community here on XDA to help out with any solid clues and/or tips to working with 7921.

Even the Superboot method doesn't have any files available for 7921. As of now, I can't root this thing unless I just take a blind chance with some other Baseband's superboot method.

Having read some other forum posts, both here and on MoDaCo ( and believe me, I have used the search feature to go through every related post possible ) - I know that there are a few people out there who have managed to root 7921 and even upgrade, but nobody has posted a single solid tutorial.

Please?

A few tips, some guidance, maybe a tutorial?

Pretty please?

Anyone?