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[Vibrant General] themirthfulswami:
I've been hitting the Samsung US Facebook page a bit. This morning I posted the computerworld blog about which smartphone manufacturers you can trust to give you updates. I got one response to it so far.

I've also sent out a few tweets this morning with links including the #NeverAgain hash. (my twitter handle is @j_benj if anyone wants to say hi).
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Nice guys...

I am going to start emailing blogs and sites today to see if people will write articles. It is not a stretch to think a tech site would like to write an article about (android, samsung, fragmentation, open source, consumers... ) this topic really hits on everything.

PLEASE send emails to your fav editors and hit up facebook/twitter.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
thats a good idea. thanks for all your work in getting this going
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
THIS COULD BE WORKING!!

EDIT: Link Confirming

I do not want to jump to conclusions.... but I heard samsung has released their source for the Fascinate today!! It would not be hard to modify that for the Vibrant.

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS. (sorry for the HUGE red, I was excited).
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Umm.. I heard they updated the OS not firmware, they made it better with a bunch of things but its still not froyo.

I don't know much about the source though
[Vibrant General] eltormo:
People should have done this since they spotted the Nexus S,which is the same damn phone with the same damn specs,but running 2.3 on a different shelf.

I got in my hand this phone that has all this power and is a waist,as if it wasn't enough the fact than the damn Iphone has better looking games than my Vibrant,when my phone has a GPU 3 times stronger,now we get to know that samsung is just letting os in the dust,because they want to sell a Vibrant remix with a damn FFC and again the same specs.

This Phone specs wise is hardly surpass by any other phone,and we are getting the finger,if there is a damn phone that can make 2.3 shine is this phone,to hell with 2.2,give me 2.3 already is out for the damn Nexus which is the same damn phone.

If Samsung play me with this,i will stop buying their phones,i would stop buying anything samsung,after all to what would it serve me to have all this power if support never comes.

Once again thank god for this site and all the coders who are making for os without need what samsung is suppose to do in the first place.
[Vibrant General] Five0nIt:
Ill make a twitter today.
[Vibrant General] RobBull69:
I work as a commodity analyst and talk to reporters from Dow Jones, Reuters, Bloomberg, etc. fairly frequently. I asked people to move the Samsung/T-Mo story to their tech reporters. Maybe with the iPhone/Verizon news garnering so much interest, these outlets may be interested. So far, I haven't heard anything back. The fact that the story about Sammy holding back the update has not been confirmed as true hurts the chances of it going mainstream. No one wants to publish a story then publish a retraction because the "source" winds up being a 16 year old kid with too much time on his hands.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
I hope it remains open too, I opened a similar thread before you did and they quickly closed it.

I've tweeted to Samsung already, and I am never buying ANY of their products.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
The last bit is a very valid point. It seems the android sites have picked up on the Class Action Lawsuit.... Big thanks for sending that to the outlets!

Something is going to come from all of this.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
I think this is great, the peoples voice is getting louder. I'll RT and and tweet the hell out of this. Thank You!
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
Did somebody make a groubal for this yet? :D

http://www.groubal.com/
[Vibrant General] Tynen:
+over9000 it's good to see organized effort on twitter. I'll make sure to tell everyone that has a vibrant about this.
[Vibrant General] swehes:
I will make one if noone else does.
[Vibrant General] aaronhiep:
wait are we suppose to follow samsung on twiiter?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Okay, I need to learn what a groubal is, checking that site now.

^ no, you can just send the tweet, not need to follow if you do not want to.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
No, I don't think you have to follow them. Just make a tweet, go to twitter and just tweet, but in the tweet you have to put

@SamsungMobileUS and @SamsungTweets and #NeverAgain

Look at the example the OP gave on the first page.

By putting the @ symbol, samsung will get it, also include #NeverAgain.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Exactly, and if you start your tweet with @SamsungMobileUS it is ONLY SENT TO THEM... that is why in the OP you will notice mine start with a PERIOD. That sends the tweet to Samsung AND everyone following you.

#NeverAgain is key to have in there also...
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Lets both make one;)
[Vibrant General] saradela:
The lack of a verifiable source is a big problem, just as you say. However, some mainstream publications are at least referencing the T-Mo/Vibrant thing in their tech blogs, which does give it more exposure than the Android-centric niche blogs.

We have this on the Houston Chronicle tech blog (blogs.chron.com/techblog). The Chron gets several million unique visitors a week, so that's something

Has anybody seen any others?

My Twitter: @saradela
[Vibrant General] aaronhiep:
Maybe we should vote this to the front page?
[Vibrant General] swehes:
Sign my GROUPAL! :)

http://www.groubal.com/samsung-has-...ant-even-when-they-promised-end-of-year/#sign
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
You got my sig, come on folks keep it moving along
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Signed it, will forward to twitter
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Hey guys, you all rock for doing this...

OP nice Fing Idea...

P.S. I tweeted
[Vibrant General] Col.Kernel:
Signed.

/10char
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Also signed... As temperbad
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I have added sweshes groubal to the OP, thanks man. I dont tend to do those, but I suppose at this moment all action is better than no action.
[Vibrant General] StefanB86:
Hey man, just a heads up... sweshe's link in the OP isn't working.
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
The good thing about Groubal is that you can sign it with a tweet.

So if you guys tweet:

You sign the petition, tweet a message to Samsung, & you use the #NeverAgain tag. Three birds with one stone.

You can edit the tweet, you just need to keep the link and the #signed tag for it to sign the Groubal.

Also, the Groubal should be edited to reflect the GPS issues & the other US Galaxy S phones, since I'm sure those people also want a piece of this. :cool:
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Awesome. Just updated it, thank you~
[Vibrant General] swehes:
Changed Grupal to include all Samsung Galaxy S phones per request by signatures.
[Vibrant General] swehes:
PCMagazine wrote an article. I like it. :) read and like

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375769,00.asp
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Ya, that was a good read
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Here's another http://www.pcworld.com/article/216763/is_samsung_gaming_android_upgrades.html
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
I signed the groubal or whatever you call it, but I have no idea what that is, how is samsung going to see it?

http://www.groubal.com/samsung-has-...en-when-they-promised-end-of-year/#signatures
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Absolutely Love these articles on such large sites.

Be sure and make comments and include a link to this thread if so inclined.

I'm telling you guys... This IS working!
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
Groubal takes the most popular petitions and goes straight to those companies to demand answers.

Here's an article all about it:

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-enga...ur-customer-experience-accountable-009637.php
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Come on people we need more signatures then 33, you going to sit on your hands until your due for a new upgrade or try to get a update before then http://www.groubal.com/samsung-has-...en-when-they-promised-end-of-year/#signatures
[Vibrant General] Indigo779:
Signed.
[Vibrant General] eminembdg:
Signed and retweeted!
[Vibrant General] eminembdg:
Wow, this story about the hashtag and the holding back of the update is seriously all over the web on all the most popular AND not so popular websites !

This can work... awesome job guys
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Keep pumping twitter, facebook and emailing websites... There is a lot for the media to chew on!
[Vibrant General] Exel:
Signed. ._.
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Man I still cant bealive how this is coming out, it might actually work, just might (a smirk on my face)
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
I think Samsung is going to regret their unfair business practices. I love seeing consumers coming together for consumer rights.

We just need a big outlet to pick up on this, get all the tech sites like tomshardware.com, androidandme, and engadget to pick up on whats going on with this hashtag and class action. Sometimes the local news does consumer rights investigation segments, that would be cool too.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
signed and tweeted again.
[Vibrant General] allthrottle:
Signed. If a manufacturer can't provide timely updates to its "high-end" devices so that they stay competitive without other manufacturers devices, it should bow out of the mobile device market. This market is getting extremely competitive and the technology is growing almost daily...as a manufacturer, the devices you release HAVE to stay updated in order for your business to stay competitive.

If I start seeing improvements in software updates, I'd definitely consider buying another samsung device. If the hardware in my Vibrant is obsolete or "mid-range" before receiving an official update to froyo or beyond, this will be my last Samsung device. I've spent nearly $1000 on two of these for me and my wife. My $500 high-end device shouldn't be outdated and forgotten after 3 months.

Sent from my <tw> powered vibrant.
[Vibrant General] aaronhiep:
If anyone has a way to contact engadget maybe you guys can get the word to them if not already?
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
you can go to engadget.com then click the "tip us" link near the right of the page and tip them.
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Ya you would think they would know whats going on already, they must be living under a rock or better yet a vibrant lol someone said that earlier.

EDIT: I tipped them, will see what happens....
[Vibrant General] MicBeast:
Thank You VERY much for joining the cause, and especially for doing it in your own way. Thank you for raising Awareness #NeverAgain will I buy another Samsung Product. God Bless
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Should we all tip them to this or would one tip make it go? I think we should all tip them and push it out there =]
[Vibrant General] SuperJMN:
I signed the petition and I'm twitting every now and then. And in Facebook, writing to Samsung Mobile Global's wall.

COME ON, PEOPLE! We must be heard!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Awesome job guys... Here is hoping that we can get more large sites to post articles. If you find any, please post/pm me.

I plan to add ask the articles to the op later.
[Vibrant General] SuperJMN:
Tipped to Engadget.com

I have tipped them encouragingly to publish an article about our civic movement. Please, push up the pressure to the media to achieve the best spread of the word.

Thanks for your efforts.
[Vibrant General] demize!:
Good work OP.I'm on it!

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
How do you write on their wall? Sorry I'm not a facebook expert.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
You have to "Like" their page then you can comment.
[Vibrant General] hazard99:
They are getting railed by everyone! its awesome!!!!
[Vibrant General] SuperJMN:
You must "like" the Facebook Site first (for Samsung). If you don't click that button, you won't be able to write anything onto the wall.
[Vibrant General] sooevo:
Engadget is having a podcast at 2:30 p.m. est, maybe we can swarm the ustrream and ask them to talk about this issue on the podcast.
[Vibrant General] aleph23:
+1,000,000,000 !!!
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Shouldn't we be tweeting everyday?

Hey, shouldn't we be tweeting them everyday? I don't think tweeting once and then forgetting about it will do anything.

We should probably send them a tweet everyday right?

Maybe the OP can say that in the first post, it is more effective to keep tweeting, not give up, until they listen to us!
[Vibrant General] presence06:
I've tweeted them 2-3 times today and posted on their FB pages
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I too have tweeted and posted on the facebook wall... We must stop this crap..
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
I think we should be doing the same to T-Mobile. T-Mobile needs to know we are angry and I'm sure they have some part in this entire mess. Also if T-Mobile feels the heat, they will in turn increase the heat on Samsung.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/TMobile

Go get'em lol.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
I did thanks :)
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
Bump keep tweeting people!
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Tweeting everyday, flood their facebook too!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
You all NEED to read this article... More fuel for your fire!

please read this!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...royo-updates-being-held-back-because-of-cost/

Keep slamming facebook, twitter and emailing popular sites. I would send the url to this thread and others so everyone stays with the same universal message:

#NeverAgain
[Vibrant General] kobesabi:
Thanks for the bit about Samsung not holding up to openalliance. Just another reason for me to get upset at them. Ggggrrr!!!
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
Nice. So it's both the carriers and Samsung that are at fault.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
These "inside people" are coming out and telling what's up because of efforts like what we are doing... Keep it up.
[Vibrant General] swehes:
I would say yes and No. The bigger fault is with Samsung that is trying to charge for something they should provide. They are in the OHA for crying out loud.

This is my new tweet:

.@SamsungMobileUS & @Samsungservice Are Samsung Galaxy S Froyo Updates Being Held Back Because Of Cost? - http://bit.ly/gfWQl7 #NeverAgain
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
The other carriers in the world found the fee reasonable. So you could also say it is the U.S. carriers that are being the greedy ones.

They know that if they give into Samsung, that HTC and Motorola will increase their fee too.
[Vibrant General] swehes:
Maybe we should add another demand in our tweets and facebook posts, which is for Samsung to release the sourcecode (to emphasize it that is). This is their legal obligation in accordance to the license agreement they have made with Google to use Android.

Maybe something like:

.@SamsungMobileUS & @Samsungservice release the Froyo sourcecode for US Galaxy S phones in accordance to the License agreement for Android
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snedwardq:
Hi all,

I got a swanky new HTC Desire HD on Monday - previously had an HTC Legend. OMG, the Desire is soooo fast :)

Anyway, I found this add-on in the HTC Hub called LinkedIn for HTC Sense. Seeing as I have an LI account, I thought I would have a play and see what it does.

I keyed in my user details and waited for it to sync. When it does, it finds 1 user to link in my Contacts. When I open up the window to link my phone contact with the LinkedIn contact, the window disappears and then nothing else happens for about 60 seconds. At that point, the LinkedIn for HTC Sense app Force Closes.

There's no update from HTC for the app, so I'm kinda stuck.

Suggestions? I'd love to bring in my 800 odd LI contacts into my phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holmestm:
I've got the same problem. Did you ever resolve this issue?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] techartgt3:
I was just wondering, does windows mobile run in the background while your in android or does windows shutdown after you boot android. I would imagine that windows is no longer needed to run android once you boot it. correct me if I'm wrong or explain how it all works.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
No winmo doesn't run in the background. What happen i think, is that winmo is first needed to implement the drivers into android, so after linux/android is booted, winmo is off completely.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] techartgt3:
yeah that's what I thought cause to both winmo and android running at the same time would eat a lot of ram and we don't have all that much to begin with.
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
If they end up replacing your whole back end of your Evo like they did mines make sure you test out the flash. I got mines fixed a week ago and just realized my flash isn't working. I tried 2 different ROM's but never paid it no mind.

I place my Evo on my desk and like to keep my phone face down. I had purchased Flashlight Alerts and was wondering why the alerts weren't flashing.

I originally had a cracked camera lens and they replaced the whole back end but I wondered if they installed the new camera from an 004 version.

I'm going back this week so they can have a look at it.
[EVO 4G General] jprice13:
Check your speaker also, listen to some music or put a call on speakerphone. I'm a tech for sprint and we replace the whole back if the lens is cracked. They're supposed to put the speaker and flash from your old back into the new one because they don't come with those parts attached. Sounds like they either forgot or didn't know to do that.
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
My speakerphone works when I'm on a phone call but my flash doesn't work in the camera, flashlight app, flashlight alerts, etc. Could it be that they forgot to install the flash mechanism? If I do go back to the Sprint store does that mean that they will have to get me another Evo since I would imagine my old Evo parts are long gone?
[EVO 4G General] exploited789:
yeah it sucks, that you have to double check everything. I took mine in to the Rancho store in So Cal and they forgot to put my earphone back in, the speaker phone worked but when they replaced everything they didnt even put an earpiece back in it o_O
[EVO 4G General] jprice13:
They might have the little flash board from another phone, otherwise they'll probably just replace the whole phone if you can't wait until they do get one.
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
It's not a big deal because they are pretty good in the store I go to. I was literally in and out in 5 minutes (guess that's where it went wrong) so I'd imagine it won't take too long.
[G1 Apps and Games] draexo:
Is SetCPU still being supported? The link for support is dead.
[Android Software Development] NicholasQ:
I have been wondering for quite some time about why nobody has created any video editing apps. And not something that just clips videos but has other editing options as well. I would love to see something like this.
[Android Software Development] mithusingh32:
I think they might be a possibility on 3.0.

But i was was wondering the same. I wish someone ported VirtualDub to android.
[Android Software Development] NicholasQ:
I just wish there was at least something. Add some background music, edit certain clips, change colors maybe. Just all sorts of cool stuff.
[Android Software Development] mithusingh32:
Yeah i know what you mean. I just think that if Adobe works on it, it would be bloated lol. But its a great project for someone.

If apple was smart they would port ImoVie and charge for it, i would def buy it....even know i think apple is just a money whore.
[Android Software Development] chuckhriczko:
What about VidTrim? It's only for trimming videos I think but it gets the job done.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/vidtrim-video-trimmer/com.goseet.VidTrim
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] Grantf44:
Anyone bought this bluetooth keyboard/case combo from Brando and if so does the keyboard work with the Verizon Tab?

Grant
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShredNasty:
Alright. I have a Captivate on AT&T. It's bricked. It was one click rooted and had Perception 9.5 installed. I did the clockwork mod automatically when I rooted. I didn't use Odin. I dragged the Perception zip onto the SD. Restore mode via 3 button, install. I ran it first time no prob. I kept it for about 7 days, and I decided I wanted to try 10.1, and then if that didn't work, ROMkitchen custom.

So, I needed to go back to stock, right? I saw the Odin3 version, but on Designgear's thread, the Odin3 link was broken. So, I dl'ed the JH7_OTA.zip file, dragged to my SD, 3 button restore mode, install. WRONG! I now have a perma-AT&T screen. I don't wanna mess anything up, as I know just enough to get in trouble.

Please excuse me, as I'm sure it's been answered somewhere. I'm new from iPhone, and I know forum manners. I'm on my way out to my job, where I'll remain for the next 5 days. I only have access to an XP machine.

Please help if you can, and thanks in advance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverslotcar:
Find a link for a reupload of the Odin One Click, its in the thread. And then put your phone into download mode then flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
No you really didn't need to go back to stock, but that's water under the bridge now. I don't know which firmware you need for your particular phone. For a batch 1009 and earlier this should be fine. For others you may need this. Personally, I'd stay away from the one-click which disables button combos on all newer builds.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShredNasty:
K, well I feel dumb. I dl'ed Odin3, discovered "restore mode" and "download mode" aren't the same thing, put my phone in dl mode, clicked start on Odin, and was finished. Super simple back to stock.

Thaks for the help though guys. I appreciate it....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShredNasty:
So, going back to stock isn't needed when changing ROMs? Under what circumstance do I need to flash stock?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GGXtreme:
If you manage to mess things up to the point you can't flash a custom ROM through recovery/CWM. Or if you need to exchange/return the phone for some reason.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opcow:
In my opinion, only if nothing else works. I went a couple of months flashing mine dozens of times without using odin. I only flashed to stock prior to sending my phone back to Samsung to see if I could get the GPS fixed/improved.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShredNasty:
Right on man. I appreciate it. I'm learning fast. Next time I flash, I'll just flash right over P10.1....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G-Man.:
From what I've read since joining this community is that people tend to have mixed results/opinions about flashing to stock before changing ROMS. Personally, I always do... Each Captivate out there seems to have different quirks that do odd things from time to time, and are sometimes completely random. If you have no problem simply flashing a new ROM over what your using currently... by all means. If you have problems or Force Close issues.. try going back to stock first... All depends on what you are comfortable with..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasba:
My phone can't find any songs/videos i add to internal or external card. All tough i can find all my music in poweramp cuz there you can choose music folders. But this means i can't use galaxys default players or miui player.

I'm on darkys 8.0 with lagfix enabled and using launcher.

Thanks!