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[Galaxy S I9000 General] momyc:
Hi guys ,

Another SGS got dead after Froyo update.

It started with "cannot mount internal SD card" on Eclair.

After I perform a factory reset and SD format , it came back to life.

Wiping the data , I said to myself . let's update to Froyo if I did reset it.

I did it and I right away after install reboot I was getting black screen after Samsung screen splash.

I was able to go on recovery mode and do again a factory reset.

Froyo started it right after that . I started to re-install my applications . I got to Copilot maps where I think was the fatal error by downloading the NA maps (1.7 GB) .

After all that when I go on recovery mode and try to format the sd card it says that cannot be mounted.

I think that is .. direction Bell store for repair. Lucky I still have the previous Omnia II , which makes the waiting not so hard.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fast1fred:
Very disheartening. This almost proves that Samsung is simply 'fixing' broken phones with the same hardware that's bound to break again. Where is the common sense?

As per Einstein, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
yeah, well it does archive a different results when they keep doing the same thing over and over again.... the result people will leave, and never buy their product or service again, if that's what Bell + Samsung are trying to do, they are doing an excellent job at losing customers to competitions
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
8th ?

5th?

replacement phone? WOW

It's either Galaxy S quality control really suck or you are extremely good at pick at soon to be dead phone.

I figure after maybe 2 or 3 phone,,, people would go for entirely new phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
How is YOUR repaired phone so far ?

So far so good ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it has been less than a week (3 days), it's probably still sitting in the Bell store collecting dust

chances of getting it back before Xmas day... slim to none :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] scouzer:
My first 4 were OTC exchanges so I wasn't too horrified by it all. My fourth just went away on warranty repair so I'll see how that goes.

The only thing that really made me LIVID was all the people here slamming me for "user error" before these problems become well known. A big **** you to those of you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Keep in mind, the problem is ONLY on the Bell model

the International version and the other sub versions are not as cheezy as the I9000M

seems like Bell got the worse lot of the production, or Bell asked to make it with cheap components

the I9000T is also 850 band 3G, but it doesn't have this problem

however it's 8 GB internal instead of 16 GB
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Have you thought of getting the phone back now and send it to Montreal location yourself?

I assume you will move on from Galaxy S too once you do get it back?

I think by the time we all get our Galaxy S phones back.... new and greater android phones with dualcore with better graphics chip will be out. hahaha... funny but sad.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] krw50:
took my phone to the bell store today...as soon as i showed the guy my phone he asked did you do the 2.2 upgrade? told me i was the 15th person to bring the phone in today..including two of his colleagues. said that they contacted samsung to find out if there is something that they should be telling customers as this seems to be a common occurance with the hardware.

looks like bell is starting to see a trend now...hopefully they do something about this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 7210:
I just checked the work order from the bell warranty link and this is the current status I have.

The current status of your repair is:

Phone is being inspected/repaired.

Thank you for visiting bell.ca.

Did anyone get this?
[Streak 5 Android Development] huoyjii:
I love my Dell Streak and I was wondering if it is possible to set a different LCD density setting for Google Map/Navigation alone (on demand)? The current density setting on our Streak make the Google Navigation font/text too small for a 5" LCD. My wife's EVO running Google Nav with the default EVO Density of 240 makes it perfect for using it as a GPS Nav unit while driving.

I noticed that the our Dell Streak's Google Gallery app used a diff "density" settings compared to the other apps that run on our Streak. It looks like the Gallery app used a density of ~240 (guestimate).

I tried app like LCD Density Changer or changing build.prop but those are global density settings. I think a tool/app/program like this will be extremely helpful for us, Streak users, for when we need certain app/program to display larger font/text size (GNav in this case). I guess I am looking for a sort of on demand LCD Density app based on what program/app we are running.

If someone point me to the right direction, may be I can look into it if no such program is available.

Thanks
[Streak 5 Android Development] delawaredrew:
You may be able to write a task to do this with the Tasker App, but don't quote me on that. I can barely get a basic Tasker task going myself so far.
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
does ubrevoked work for rooting DHD because the root method is abit complicated I heard unrevoked roots any 2.2 device which run 2.2 out of the box.
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Have a look for visionary+

Not sure if Unrevoked is only for the original Desire but the above will do the job nicely.
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
Is it an easy root? That's all I want a a few clicks and walla a rooted DHD

;)
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Doesn't come much easier, run the app and hit root! If that's all you want then you're done!

If you want to start flashing custom roms though you will need to s-off your phone though. A little more in depth but still not too bad.
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
That's the what is s off also I might as well root after the official gingerbread release or should I just root now?

Which would be best.
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Depends what you want to do with the DHD ... I forgot to mention also that you will need a custom recovery image if you want to start flashing roms. Again, all pretty straight forward if you follow the instrucitons to the letter.

Have a read here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841076
[Desire HD General] fkofilee:
unrevoked DOESN'T Work for DHD, ive already tried, and bricked my device!!!!!

hope thats big enough for you lol :)
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
If I use visionary will I be able to get OTA updates from my provider/HTC?
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
Ok mate got it.
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
I suspect that afte rooting you'll not be too bothered about ota updates from your carrier as the stock unbranded rom is likely to get updates sooner and the custom roms will always incorporate the latest releases anyway.

In answer to the question though I'm not sure in all honesty.
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
thanks for all your help.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faugusztin:
Hi,

i'm having a issue with Media Scanner and thanks to that with nearly all media players on Android.

Let me explain :).

I don't have my music on Galaxy Tab, i have a share on network, mounted via CIFS to /mnt/sdcard/music. With apps like MortPlayer or via explorer utils i can see the contents of this folder.

Unfortunately this folder is not indexed by Media Scanner, as even if i use a SD rescan util (which forces the Media Scanner to start scanning), none of the files show up in the standard music player. On other side, if i manually copy the files to internal memory via USB, then after USB disconnect the Media Scanner runs and finds all new files - except those from those from the share.

Now, the question is if this is some sort of Media Scanner limitation (like if it ignores any mounts) or do i have some configuration issue ?

Of course i could use MortPlayer, but i don't really like using this kind of player if could have a library instead.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randur:
Have you find solution? I'm having same problem. Tried to google, but no luck.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faugusztin:
No solution unfortunately. It looks like a limitation of the Android media scanner.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpenZerX:
Hi,

iam using the standard Player called "musik" on my galaxy tab.

I have mounted a CIFS on /mnt/sdcard/media/subfolders

There are 3 folders which contain mp3 files. Others Videos...

One week ago i have noticed that the Media Scanner has detected the content from only one folder full of mp3s. I thougt that it is impossible that the standard player detects files from cifs. But it has detected the media. I dont now why. The other two folders with mp3-mixes are not detected.

SpenZerX
[Windows Phone 7 General] confrontation:
Is there away to Restore the firmware on the HD7 via the Zune software? or anyother way?
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
you tried hacking up your phone aye?

try a hard reset via holding the volume up+down together and booting the phone up. see if it will reflash it.

if not... i think you're on your own. maybe go back to the store and play dumb and say your phone is dead and you don't know what happened.
[Windows Phone 7 General] confrontation:
Nah I didnt try hack it , just want to have a fresh install.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
hard reset is the same as the hd2, volume up and down while powering on phone. To get apps back, any that you downloaded via the desktop zune software will auto reinstall, but any through the phone zune software will have to be redownloaded, though you won't have to pay again for any of them.

I'm hoping that this will be fixed with the first update. Currently I keep a list of installed apps on one note so I can keep track.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
also from within the phone you can just goto settings > about > reset phone
[Windows Phone 7 General] confrontation:
The reason I want a fresh install is that for some reason I lost sound , It started this morning when my alarm didnt go off and when I played music there was no sound , a simple reboot of the phone fixed it , but who knows if it will happen again.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julesy:
Hi,

I just picked up my tablet yesterday, but am unable to install the clockwork mod. I followed the instructions in the guide thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

It is not loading the clockwork mod. I see the "Detect a recovery key pressed", see a black screen with nothing but the word "android" and then I see a large warning triangle before the system boots into the normal interface.

Could this be due to a recent change in their firmware that is shipped? Could I be missing something here? I create the folder in my removable compact sd card and copy the recovery.zip file there.

Please help, I do not want this tablet if it is to stay in the stock state....
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julesy:
Found out why!

I didn't extract the zip file. I simply renamed it. Stupid stupid stupid....

I hope that if anyone else here had that issue they will see this.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
:)

I started making .rar files now, just to try to make that more clear. Don't worry, I've done the same thing and I created the zip file! :O

My files are usually like this because I need to put the recovery folder in there, for non-clockworkmod users.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodlust22:
I'm having the same problem, However I did extract the files correctly like stated and didn't rename anything. However, I still getting the screens like you described in your post. Any ideas?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reddn1:
What is it doing
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reddn1:
update.zip should be in the root of the card...then in a folder called recovery should b a file called command
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjsockett:
I am having the same issues. Running the TNT 3316 build. When trying to install the Google apps pr clockwork mod it says recovery key pressed then loading recovery kernel. then it loads a screen with a status bar and quickly reboots without changing any files. I rooted with z4 root and a sideloaded root explorer works and mounts system. any ideas?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rensky:
I had the same problem and spent hours on it. Originally I used a 16gb microscope card and didn't work...then I switched to an 8gb and it worked...probably has to do with the micro SD card size. Also, press vol. Up fret followed by power and release power when viewsonic start screen comes on. Then release volume button when upper left sentence comes on
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarvatt:
When I had the same problem it was due to recovery/command in the cwmod_v08.zip looking for update.zip at /sdcard2/ and I had copied the files over USB so they ended up at /sdcard/.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikeg1969:
Another thing to try (I have had to do this occasionally when CW won't install), in the settings menu under the security tab, do a factory reset. It doesn't lose my settings but clears up whatever is keeping CW from installing. Once I do a factory reset then the install works flawlessly. Hope this helps someone.:D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeLLnSHerMSMoKE:
Thanks

I ran into this problem today and was boggled for a half hour, your post helped me figure out my problem, thanks!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magicpwr:
I'm having the same exact issue. 16GB SD card getting same results; can't get into clockwork mod, get recovery kernel instead. I don't know why it should have anything to do with size of SD card, but I'll try it since you had success. Thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
I'm using a 16gb sdcard and it works fine. Make sure when you unzip the clockwork 0.8 file that you place it on the root of the sdcard and make sure the command file in the recovery folder is pointing to the sdcard you want to use.....if the line in the command file is "SDCARD2" then either change it to "SDCARD" and use the internal sdcard card or use the external sdcard.

SDCARD

/sdcard/update.zip

/sdcard/recovery/command

SDCARD2

/sdcard2/update.zip

/sdcard2/recovery/command

Make sure the command file is there. It deletes the first time you try to install
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aperumbeti:
Thanks. That was totally the problem. Need to factory reset, because the settings that the gtablet is shipped with are not the default.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frogbone:
I am having a similar problem with not being able to install CWM on my gTablet.

I upgraded from bootloader 1.1 to 1.2 and I am currently running this (from About Tablet):

Model Number UPC300-2.2

Android OS version 2.2

Tap UI version 1.2-4349

Kernel version 206.32.9-00001-g0e0c333-dirtyhudson@tapntapsvn #1

Build Number FRF91

I would like to flash the Flashback 10.1 ROM but for some reason I can't get ClockworkMod back.

After I do a nvflash I attempt to go into recovery. There I will see the stock recovery with only limited options.

I copied the CWM 0.8 recovery folder and upgrade.zip to the root of the sd card.

Then when I reboot into recovery I get " Recovery key detected" and "Booting recovery kernel image" It will just sit there like that.

So I tried to just flash the rom file as update.zip and I get back into the stock Android system recovery <e3>

Options:

System Reboot

Apply Internal update.zip

Apply external update.zip

Wipe Data/Factory reset

Wipe cahce partition

Calibrate Touch panel

below that I am now getting this:

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk2

(No such file or directory)

E:Can't mount SDCARD2:recovery/command

I am getting very confused :-(
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikouka71:
i'm having a similar issue with trying to install cwm, bc1.3.1 update, flashback, etc, without nvflashing back to stock viewsonic rom....

just get the "booting recovery kernal image" line ad infinitum

i even just used nvflash to install cwm (which appeared to go properly) and when trying to get into recovery it still just does the same thing, sits at that second line...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frogbone:
I think I might have figured it out. I flashed the nvflash with this from here: http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/nvflash.htm

nvflash with clockworkmod 1.2 branch.

Then I booted into that stock ROM

went to USB and deleted everything off the sdcard.

copied calkulin's format all and the flashback 10 ROM to sdcard

turned off device

booted into recovery, now CWM :-)

flash calkulin's format all

flash ROM

Reboot

voila :-)

hope this helps
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikouka71:
went to usb? do you mean you plugged in and activated usb transfer? and did you really delete everything from the /sdcard/ directory???

what caulkins did you use? looking for link now
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frogbone:
yes, I copied everything to my PC first of course but then deleted everything except for the recovery folder and my download folder where I had some ROM files etc.

Here is the link to the Calkulin's file : http://www.mediafire.com/?sxgwdof1s6oa7hc
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hikouka71:
i had found a calkulins but for some reason it wouldn't flash, but followed your directions and am into flashback honeycomb now, thanks!

now if only i can get it to connect to my canon camera so i can use dslrcontroller!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basicbri:
hi guys'

this problem is realy getting on my nerves, i have had help from advanced and d 2 and airo which i thank all those guys' without much luck.

my xdall himalaya has got a mind of its own and i cant seem to update this dam thing on windows 7.

so i would like to hear from anyone who has upgraded a xdall himalaya from windows 2003 to maybe 6.5 that has done this on windows 7, id like to know how you done this because ive been trying now for 2 weeks off and on without any luck.

or can some one explain to me about update from sd card ie step by step' exp you know something like.

first you do this and put your sd card into your phone, press this button and you will see this on your screen,, ect ect. im not stupid but im:confused: just not having any luck with windows 7.:mad:

there must be someone out there who has done this on windows 7.

anyway thanks for your time members for reading this.

rgds basicbri:confused:
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
Thanks to jt1134 for some info he gave me, I've found how to enable custom DNS servers for the mobile connection. Since I figured others may want this as well, I'm posting Clockwork zips here for OpenDNS, Google, and the default settings. If people would like other DNS server options and don't feel like doing this themselves, I could easily make other zips as well.

See here for a reference on what needs to be changed if you want to do it yourself. With the OpenDNS option, you can go to www.internetbadguys.com after the change and it should display as a potential phishing site. Another option that can test any of the changes is http://myresolver.info/ and it will tell you what DNS server your device is using.

This should work for both DI01 and DJ05. If you wish to do modify the DNS info yourself, see here. Also, here is a snapshot to show that OpenDNS is working. Still working on a way to test out to verify Google's DNS servers.

UPDATES:

12/18 - Updated zips to resolve MMS issues

12/12 - Added Level3 DNS Servers, updated Google and OpenDNS packages to replace only "ip-up"
[Fascinate Android Development] msnuser111:
How would I do this on the Vibrant? I looked at the files that this pushes,and it has multiple references to CDMA,and from looking at vibrant roms,we don't have these files at all,all we have is ip-up vpn.
[Fascinate Android Development] ryanf:
What exactly does this do and why would I need it? Not being rude, please tell a little more, I am courious
[Fascinate Android Development] msnuser111:
its helpful when the dns servers in your area are laggy. you would notice this when you go to load a site,it will sit there for a few seconds then start loading pretty fast,this will switch over to using google's dns servers or opendns's server,both of which are faster than verizon's,which will reduce that time before the page starts loading. the dns server is what changes a site like www.google.com into their ip address,it needs to do this for any application to connect to the server. I want it on the vibrant because the tmobile dns server in my area goes down multiple times a week,it wont resolve any site names,but if I type in the ip address it starts loading instantly,same if tethered,it wont load anything,set windows to use google dns and it starts working perfectly.
[Fascinate Android Development] yutsoku:
Fantastic, I'm going to love this... flashing now!
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
There are only two files that it's sending to the device, ip-up and ip-down. From what I read when trying to accomplish this initially, ip-up is run when your phone connects to the data network and ip-down runs when the connection is ended. I wanted to have the same DNS servers regardless, so I set it up to have it always set the DNS servers. Possibly a little more than is needed, and it may cause issues, but none that I've experienced yet.

If you (or anyone else) wants to accomplish this, look for the following lines in ip-up and change $DNS1 and $DNS2 to the servers you would like to use.

/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns1" "$DNS1"
/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns2" "$DNS2"

OpenDNS:

/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns1" "208.67.222.222"
/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns2" "$DNS1"

Google:

/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns1" "8.8.8.8"
/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns2" "$DNS1"

Level3:

/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns1" "4.2.2.1"
/system/bin/setprop "net.$NAME.dns2" "$DNS1"

Glad someone else likes this as well. I'm guessing with the latency associated with 2g/3g networks, that DNS lookup probably isn't the bottleneck. I wanted it more for reliability, url correction, and phishing/security protection than speed.
[Fascinate Android Development] lilmoney30:
The speed since I changed to the google dns is amazing! Tether as well!

Simply Fascinating
[Fascinate Android Development] msnuser111:
yeah,for me dns definitely is the bottleneck,tmobiles dns server (or the tower by me) is broken and goes down about once a week,sometimes more than that. I can still connect to stuff by ip address,but dns resolution is useless,it times out after a few seconds.tethering is the same,but if I change my dns address in windows that makes it work,so I was looking for a way to do it in android too,I tried these files as is and they have no effect on the vibrant.
[Fascinate Android Development] stevonyc35:
do we flash all three zips?
[Fascinate Android Development] shorto85:
No, just the one that corresponds to which dns servers you want to use.
[Fascinate Android Development] devlp1213:
no just one of them.
[Fascinate Android Development] geeknik:
Is OpenDNS actually working on VZW's 3G? I remember reading something somewhere that VZW was blocking OpenDNS for some reason.

Here it is:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/OpenDNS-Were-Being-Blocked-By-Verizon-Wireless-111530
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
It seems to be working for me. When I put the OpenDNS settings on and went to internetbadguys.com, I got OpenDNS's phishing page. I also found a list of suspected/known phishing sites and went to a couple of those and also got OpenDNS's phishing site.
[Fascinate Android Development] ryanf:
will this work on dj05 or does it matter?
[Fascinate Android Development] yutsoku:
It shouldn't matter works fine for me
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
I've updated the first post. There is now a screenshot of OpenDNS at work. I've also updated the packages to replace just /system/etc/ppp/ip-up rather than both /system/etc/ppp/ip-up and /system/etc/ppp/ip-down. I found one more public dns server from Level3 that I've also created a package for if people want it.