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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purplecrayons:
Mine is working perfectly so far. No dead pixels, sound problems, or cheap plastic parts. Its only been a few days since I purchased it so anything can happen, though I doubt it.

Still, I'll be purchasing warranty from square trade to be safe. They have amazing service from what I've seen. My friend's 1st gen kindle finally broke so he sent it in via square trade and received a check for the original value of the product within the week. Dude then bought the newest kindle and still had money left over. That's just nuts.

Getting full value for the nook color when it inevitably dies 2 years from now (probably battery since I use it so much) and buying whatever wonderful little android machine is out then would be fantastic.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddog4DROID:
Bought mine off of Craigslist.

They allowed me to return it when I called 1800THEBOOK w/o a receipt.

Had a dead pixel and a wobbly USB port.

The new one cured the pixel issue, but has an equally bad USB port.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldweasel:
Nook was fine, but the charging cable isn't worth crap, keeps bending out of place due to the excessively long length (presumably to accomodate the "n" LED). Fortunately the charger from my Droid works fine.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkman2:
Mine creaked because the bezel was loose and there were were tiny gaps in the sides of the Nook where you could see the white backlight. If I pressed on the bezel close to the gap, the gap would disappear. I was afraid it could get worse over time and also dust could get into the Nook through the gaps. The creaking was pretty annoying too. No matter where I held it, it would creak. Why should people accept manufacturing defects?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donballz:
Bezel creaking where you hold it <> bezel being so shoddily assembled that light shows through. You obviously had good cause to return yours. Someone else posted that the returned it for the bezel noise alone. That's who I was speaking to.

A plastic bezel is going to creak when gripped firmly. There is no way around it. Mine creaks a bit, but I just deal wtih it. As long as I am not conitnuously changing my grip, I forget all about it. Further, I have observed that the creakiness declines over time as the devices settles or whatever.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celticchrys:
Yes, had a dead pixel in center of the screen. Also, the first one, the front bezel felt loose, was creaky, and wiggled a tiny bit when holding it. The new one, the front bezel does not wiggle or creak, and no dead pixels.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cfeltych:
I exchanged mine at the B&N store where I bought it after less than a month. It had come with a tiny chip in the screen, but I took it back because the front bezel and rear cover started creaking was getting worse. As the outside got looser, the USB connector started getting loose as well.

Now the replacement has the light-leak problem, but it's only noticeable in certain light. If any more problems occur, though, I'll exchange it again.

The sales clerk in the store did comment that they were seeing a lot of returns on defective units. She gave me a new, sealed unit off the shelf on the spot.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swaaye:
I exchanged my first one because of a dead pixel. That one also had a difficult USB connector that the replacement doesn't have.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Exchanged. Touch screen was horrible on 1st unit. 2nd works perfectly.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
I'm surprised how steady the data provided.

There was virtually no change from day one (approx 30/70)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LittleAcorn:
After three weeks the micro usb/charging port seems to be less reliable at making a good connection. Everything else is working great.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LittleAcorn:
It would be interesting to break it down by what the problem was.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aberrantphoto:
Yes, I believe I have this issue as well. I went into my local B&N with some ear buds and tried a few different NC's and can definitely say that some sounded louder/clearer than others including the one I own. After reading this thread though, I doubt I will exchange mine now because my screen is perfect from what I can tell. I just don't want to get a unit that has more problems.

I did have to exchange my charger though as it got very hot and made a loud buzzing noise. They exchanged it no problem. I also have some bezel creaking near the charm loop, but that is really the only area. I also have the headphone issue where you have to plug it in a few times in order to get the correct sound, but despite these issues, I'll probably just keep mine.

I'm actually considering the otterbox case so I don't have to hear or worry about the bezel creaking. Looks like an indestructible case too!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yellowhammer:
Mine's been rock-solid thus far, no issues. Running CM7 now and couldn't be happier with the purchase.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slack3r:
I'm about to send mine back, does anyone know if they expect you to send the original cable/charger with the nook?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ringbolo:
Dead Pixel & White spots

had to return mine because of a dead pixel and bright white spots.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] candyeve:
Does anyone have a problem with their volume button. Mine seems slightly recessed in and wiggles a whole lot. Is this normal?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spider355:
Five months w/o a single problem.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RivakDebbie:
Mine also.... not sure this is normal but it does not bother me.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sym1:
My husband has had his since February, without a problem, and I bought a refurb unit 3 weeks ago, seems perfect. :D and :D
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aegrotatio:
My wife's Nook Color has been perfect since we bought it new when they came out.

However, mine isn't so lucky. I recently obtained a refurbished Nook Color from Barnes & Noble and the charging port does not work unless I leave it completely still. Barnes & Noble is sending me a replacement for no charge.

Another thing I've noticed is that the adhesive back panel is separating itself from the case.

The poorly-designed MicroSD card slot has been discussed before. What is really not good is that the serial number for the Nook Color is on the rubber-banded MicroSD card slot cover which, after a few uses, the rubber bands fall out easily.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refreblast:
Had to replace it first due to the spring mechanism on my uSD card slot broke, then I got the new and had to replace it because it didnt boot :P They sent me one that booted to A N D R O I D _
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aegrotatio:
Actually they did want the broken one back, my mistake.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imbroglio:
I had to return mine after owning it for only about 3 days due to a bad micro usb socket. While charging, the N light would go from green to orange if plug was lifted upwards. I took it back to B&N and they tried a new cord but same problem could be duplicated. Got a new replacement on the spot.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
I have no problems with either of mine. One was brand new and one was a refurb. No difference between the two and they are both perfect.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allen099:
I want to start this thread by saying that I respect the mods in this forum, but I've got this question. There are a few sections for each phone at XDA; one of them is a General section, the other is Q&A.

More than half of initial threads start with a question, so why aren't the all moved to Q&A? And if this is the case, why bother having a General section anyway? This is a place to ask questions and receive answers and because most people spend their time between the General and Development sections, Q&A is overlooked many times.

I'm unhappy about having a legitimate question moved to the Q&A section, and that is my reason for starting this thread. I'd appreciate a mod replying and making the difference between the two threads clear. Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the Q&A section is the place to ask question.

that's is what it is designed for

all high volume sections have the Q&A section to keep Discussions/News and other important matters in General from Questions

You can still post to General as long as the Subject is not a question and the content is not a question, but rather some sort of statement with supporting facts, or leads, or an issue, and screen captures helps a lot in the discussion.

and for the record the Q&A section does work, else this would have not been seen
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] andrews1mmo:
Hey all,

Froyo/gingerbread NAND builds are working really well. But I cannot flash any kind of sense rom, for example the desire HD or cotullas rom. Anything froyo can be flashed fine for example CM 6.1

I've tried 4 different sense NAND roms and they all fail at around 90%:

""Error happen

Read below for more information

Error Description: send partition data failed

Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (802)

Error Description: flash write failed.

Info: .\RSPL\RSPL.cpp (586)

""

I've tried 3 different froyo roms and they work. I've seen various posts with other people having the same issue and I havent seen a answer yet :(
[Droid X Themes and Apps] sunder74:
This is something I am working on for an up coming ROM release...I just wanted to put up a test screen shot and get some feedback on it. If there is enough interest I will continue as this version is very tedious and time consuming.

UPDATE

Ok so here's what I've decided...I am going to release the updated NexTheme (Thanks to Manup for his amazing theme)Mod with the status bar as it has been outside of normal refinements...For those who like the NexTheme Refections I will release a separate Metamorph for the entire theme to include all the applications that have notifications. I will take requests for facebook, twitter ect. I will also release an OG Nextheme metamorph status bar theme for all you purists out there one with and without battery percentages. So I think that will pretty much cover everyone who is a fan of the NexTheme. I have update the screen shots to reflect some of the coming changes again the screens dont do it justice. The dialer changes are the actual images from the Droid Inc just inverted. I also added custom images to the tabs and the incall dial pad is themed to match. This release will also fix the android calendar widget text so its not black on black. I also added HTC images to the Music player including the widgets and notification.(the blurry cd was driving me mad.) Also there will be loads of image changes in the framework from the latest Sense...I kanged a bunch from a favorite rom on my DINC. So it will be very much the same Sense like NexTheme just updated. The theme is ready just waiting for the rom to be released.

So please leave feed back thanks...

Attached is a Metamorph theme for the framework-res. This will Change all the standard Status Bar Icons to the reflective ones in the screen shot (The screen shot doesn't do it justice. Looks really nice on the phone, if anyone knows a really good screen capture app or software leave a comment.) The complete theme when released will include themed notifications for Mail, Gmail, MMS, GoogleVoice. I will make installable Facebook, twitter and others apps upon request. But this will give you a good idea of the direction I'm going with this one.

Instructions:

1. Install Metamorph from Market if you don't have it already (there's a free version.)

2. Download the attached files and place it in the file AndroidThemes on your sd card.

3. Start Metamorph and select Unzip/Extract new theme and choose the zip you downloaded.

4. Apply the theme and wait for a reboot.

Remember to make a nandroid and that I am in no way responsible for any damage to your phone.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] sunder74:
reserved for me

Reserved for further add ons etc...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Namolas:
Beautiful work man. Can this be applied to Gummy 2.5?

GMB
[Droid X Themes and Apps] sunder74:
Yeah should work fine. The full theme is coming mid week. Well the updated NexTheme and a full Metamorph NexTheme-Reflections...lots of changes coming up. :-)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] sunder74:
update

Just posted some screen shots of the coming changes that some people asked for... also some info on the customization of the base theme...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] tmose04:
Not workking for me metamorph wont let me install it.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] sunder74:
Metamorph issue...

When you select unzip new/extract it will sometimes give you an error and close the application. When this happens just reopen metamorph and select pick existing theme. I've had no issues with any other members reported. Hope that helps you out.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] arandjelo:
In this thread we are only interested if there is/ or on its way a NEW root for 2.1 update-1 (December)V: 2.0.2.A.0.24.. Like z4root?..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vini.r.c:
more people have same problem and me too. i dont know with we resolve it.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
Hi.

I've played short with amss.bin and changed 1 Byte somewhere in "useless" Text.

Multiloader seems to check this manipulation... :confused:

Any idea where in file is CRC, Hash or something like that?

Also any idea if RSA 2048 is activated for Bootloader or AMSS?

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] t0nil0:
i have heard that in bada 1.2 roms its activated but the old ones...
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
Some packages include more then 2 files:

dbl.mbn

boot_loader.mbn

In T-Mobile Firmware I found also few ELF files...

decrypted_boot_loader.bin is decrypted with PSAS.

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
I think there are 3 Boot Loader.

We know only 2 files:

dbl.mbn----------------> human readable (find Text like Qualcomm)

boot_loader.mbn--------> encrypted (decrypt with PSAS for instance)

DBL------> Device Boot Loader

FSBL-----> Fail Safe Boot Loader

OSBL-----> OS Boot Loader :)

Check out Qualcomm manual in QPST... see Screenshots.

Check out above post from me... there are ELFs included...

Maybe start with:

BL3_univ_s.elf

If you wish Android porting.

If I'm wrong, please correct me.

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] ShadowAS1:
And if wwe would dual-boot android then wich loader would we need to edit. and how would we disassemble it?
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
As I saw on S8000 project it seems they "only" change boot_loader.mbn.

But it seems it was not encrypted.

This time on S8500 it is encrypted...

As we can not encrypt them, decrypt is not problem... also enough ELF files are floating around.

First Question is. How write not encrypted boot_loader.mbn to S8500 without killing the handset. :confused:

This is the very, very basic Question. Long time before """IDA"""...

So again.

RIFF Box JTAG could help to understand, if Security is low enough to write modified Bootloader back to handset.

All other things are dreams.

Best Regards

Edit 1.

But it could be, that dbl.mbn prevent modification of boot_loader.mbn.

Or other Checks are integrated to prevent easy Bootloader change.

For JTAG user... Is it possible to erase NAND from 0 to 20000 (first 2 MB).

Attention! Not best idea as much harder to write then... also with JTAG.

But is this area protected by something? RSA Keys?

Nand write protection?

Edit 2.

S8500 is 5 x bigger then S8000 boot_loader.mbn

300 KB against 1600 KB

So I'm pretty sure Samsung integrated more Security...
[Bada Software and Hacking General] oleg_k:
Hi All.

Now i playing with porting android to my s8500.

I see that the Korean m130k very similar to our S8500(shw-m120s),

see pics files from FCC site.

and now I'm looking for bootloader files for m130k.

Also, I have Riff box;)
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
@ oleg_k

Thank you very much for these interessting infos.

:cool:

I will contact you later via PM as I have several Questions... :o

I found this:

http://www.gadgetfolder.com/samsung-galaxy-k-shw-m130k-android-smartphone.html

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] oleg_k:
Adfree,

will be interesting to talk with you.

Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
I've investigated JTAG dump...

First 4 MB in 2 GByte moviNAND looks like that:

000000-16BB0E	Boot	boot_loader.mbn (not encrypted)
16BB10-1BFF7F	337 KB 0000 (empty) part of Boot
1BFF80-1BFFFF	???	128 Bytes (RSA ???)
1C0000-1FFFFF	256 KB FFFF (empty)
200000-244B27	DBL	dbl.mbn
244B28-3FFFFF	1,7 MB FFFF (empty)
400000	AMSS	amss.bin

Now I spent some time to find used boot_loader.mbn and dbl.mbn to be sure that not additional Data is written... this takes some time...

Edit:

In this Dump Version S8500+XX+JD9 is used. I hope I will find Firmware with Bootfiles for compare...

Edit 2.

S8500XXJD2.zip no Bootfiles

S8500XXJD3.zip no Bootfiles

S8500XXJD4.zip no Bootfiles

S8500XXJDA.zip no Bootfiles

S8500XXJDB.zip no Bootfiles

I found 4-5 packages with XXJDx in name... now I will download them all. Hopefully I find Bootfiles that matches S8500+XX+JD9

Edit 3.

Found only XXJDx without Bootfiles... :(

Last try for today is S8500XXJDZ.zip, but I have download problems... need more then 2 hours...
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Otacon_ahs:
Good work adfree. You are great.

This seems more interesting than anothers ports.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
Okay, I found in S8500XXJDZ.rar

S8500+XX+JD9

:cool:

dbl from JTAG Dump is 100 % identical.

Last 1024 Bytes are not written into memory...

dumped DBL = dbl.mbn :cool:

But dumped boot_loader(.mbn) is with Changes... later more.

0-1FFFF identical

20000-??? long, long empty... FFFFFF

More infos will come later.

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
It seems much easier as I thought.

No private Data like IMEI... if not removed from JTAG Dump (first 4 MB before AMSS).

In Bootloader part is only once written Block with FF (empty). So

128 KB Block is empty.

boot_loader.mbn is split into 2 parts...

I will make JTAG template for XXJL2 as example. :D

This I can upload.

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] badelemental:
keep it up buddy.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
Okay. Based on my knowledge and JTAG dump...

I have prepared template for JTAG based on XXJL BOOTFILES.

Last 1024 Bytes of decrypted files are NOT written into moviNAND, I cut them:

boot_loader.mbn_part2.bin

dbl.mbn_part2.bin

boot_loader.mbn_PART1 is filled with 1 Block FF (128 KB) at 0x20000

Result is 4 MB file... 0 - 0x400000... Bootarea before AMSS.

:o

Position 1BFF80-1BFFFF looks really like RSA 1024...

Check first 16 Bytes of boot_loader.mbn_part2.bin

Maybe this is the MD5 Hash which should be in the Signature? :confused:

Maybe someone knows the Cert or public Key to decrypt the Signature...

XXJB6 has no Sigs... ;)

Anyway.

Without Test if 0 - 0x400000 can replaced via JTAG, we have no progress.

Best Regards

ATTENTION! Please NOT use these files to flash with Multiloader!

You will brick your handset.

Edit.

Added S8500 XXJB6...

Added S8530 XXJK2
[Bada Software and Hacking General] lasentenza:
Hi adfree good work here!!

Sorry I can't help you, it's over my knowledge :o

Keep going dude :D
[Bada Software and Hacking General] mijoma:
Just a correction here - the last 1024 are not encrypted in the same way as the rest of the file and they are in fact written, but to a different location

I stand corrected if I'm looking at the wrong place, but it doesn't look much like a RSA key to me - it's not odd, so it's not a private exponent and MSB is not set, so it's not a modulus.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] mylove90:
is there any easy task in this

i want to help but i am not a programmer

so what can i do????
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
Yes, interesting. Like an Log file/Flash history... if I search for tktoolver...

This is far after 500 MB...

I hope this is not relevant for Boot.

I think this is the Signature... maybe. So boot_loader.mbn is signed by RSA 1024.

Only an idea, but I could be wrong. XXJB6 has not such 128 Byte Block.

There are also more different boot_loader.mbn possible.

Ehm, JE7 has different... called XX+JEE

I will compare few, but between JL2 and JDZ whole 128 Bytes differs...

I know this only from RSA 2048, where 256 Byte Signature for BenQ Qualcomm handsets... :o

Best Regards
[Bada Software and Hacking General] adfree:
At the moment I try to find matching Bootloader from S8530... for S8500+XX+JL2

Or other matching combination. :D

S8530XEJL2

S8530+XX+JK9

S8530XEJL4

S8530+XX+JK9

Maybe with S8530+XX+JL1 more luck...

I hope I will find combo, in same month. Maybe minor differences...

Best Regards

Edit.

Hmmmm, strange S8530 Bootloader most older then S8500...

S8530+XX+JK2

S8530+DD+JK3

S8530+XX+JK9

S8530+XX+JL1
[Nook Color General] bunsonh:
After walking through the rooting procedure, setting up ADB, disabling the phone.apk and telephonyprovider.apk processes, and installing some Market apps, I finally got around to playing with some of the stock applications. I noticed, however, that rotation does not work for any of the stock apps (including reading mode), except for the Browser.

Thoughts?
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
The stock reader does not rotate. The web browser does, but many apps don't. Home screen doesn't either.

Cheers,

kev
[Nook Color General] bunsonh:
Wow, rotation functionality is pretty standard for all the other readers and/or reader software (eg. Nook/Kindle for iPad). I really thought I broke something.

Thanks!
[Nook Color General] wvcachi:
... All the more reason to use the Kindle app in my opinion :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungCaptivateUser:
Im trying to flash my phone to 2.2 *captivate*, but everytime I put my phone off, take out batter and sim card, then put battery in, hold the two volume buttons on the left and plug the usb cable in, odin does not recognize it. It is only recognized when I put my phone on. (drivers installed) Pleae answer, Ive spend so long on this. Also, when I try to go into download mode, the yellow guy doesnt show up, it just goes to a battery charging state
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghicks:
Ensure that phone USB has debug enabled in the development menu under applications in settings... And hold the buttons, insert USB cable until the phone goes into download mode. Yellow triangle... Odin should then see the port...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Are you using original factory cord?

Have you tried all usb ports?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungCaptivateUser:
Yes Im using the original factory chord. Ive tried all of the usb ports except one. Trying it right now. It is still only recognized when the phone is on though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Do you have odin open
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungCaptivateUser:
yeah its open
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Where did you get the drivers from?

Try the drivers from samsung

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-I897ZKAATT

If the same message pops up click on it. It should give you the option to choose drivers. Navigate to these drivers, I believe they get saved to c drive, program files, samsung.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungCaptivateUser:
how do you get into recovery mode?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Recovery our download mode?

Recovery

volume up and down and power. Wait till at&t screen comes on let go

download mode, needed for odin

Remove bat, sim, and external sd. Put bat back in, put cover on. Hold volume up and down hold, put usb in . Should be in download mode in a second or two