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[HD2 General] bates_1974:
If you're trying to flash again using a NAND android build you need to hold the power button when turning on to enter the MAGLDR menu, then select usb flash. Connect your usb then run the daf.exe, that will reinstall for you if I understand this is what you're trying to achieve.
[HD2 General] fastenhard:
Yes that is what im trying to do. The android flasher mode reads the usb but the DFT dose not. It gives me,

Error USB init failed

INFO: \RSPL\RSPL.cpp (723)

Thats what it gives me in any mode I put the Phone in.
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
Check the following thread, should solve your problem and have you back on your way to more happy flashing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895655
[Fascinate General] zyklonbee:
I am an Exchange 2003 admin at a company with over 500 devices using ActiveSync across multiple platforms and revisions.

We enabled ActiveSync policies this week, forcing a 4 character password down to the device, with the setting "wipe after x failed password attempts" disabled.

Within 48 hours, 3 users have reported their Samsung Fascinates (and one US Cellular Samsung Mesmerize - which appears to be the same CDMA Galaxy S variant) have randomly reverted to stock. The user was not doing anything in particular at the time, nor did they enter their PIN incorrectly.

Does anyone know if Verizon has acknowledged this issue, or plans to provide a fix? It feels wrong having to ask these users to go buy Touchdown, when every other Android phone works out of the box.
[Fascinate General] Xanius:
My guess would be that it's an issue with 2.1 not really the fact that it's a galaxy s.

2.2 has better support for exchange AS. Depending on the trust you can place on the user I'd suggest creating a new policy for them that doesn't require the pin but request that they use the pin, until the Galaxy S gets froyo.

I'll do a nandroid backup on my phone and enable the policy for my phone and see if it happens to me, I'm not running the stock kernel though so it could be different for me.
[Fascinate General] zyklonbee:
Unfortunately we can't do per-device polices with exchange 2003 without some trickery on a users extended AD attributes. And, since there's no way to identify Fascinate users, they report their AS user agent as 'android', so it's difficult to be proactive until they call in with the problem.

I don't think it's related to all galaxy s variants, plenty of Epic and TMobile Galaxy users are fine, but the US Cellular variant appears to be a direct copy of the Fascinate, also on 2.1update1, and exhibits the same symptoms.
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
Users are lying. They fat fingered the password or the screen came on in their pocket. I work IT in a company that has about 5k android devices and about 20k of iphone bb and windows phones. The exchange admin is a android enthusiast and we talk often, when they started enforcing wipe policy they were swamped by calls about devices wiping themselves but after users got used to entering the passcode the calls pretty much stopped.
[Fascinate General] zyklonbee:
Except we don't set that as part of the policy, as stated in the OP. I can mess up my PIN an unlimited amount of times with no ill effect.

There are threads about this on androidforums as well as the vzw forum, but I can't link with my low post count. I just wanted to come to the place where I knew there was the most knowledge with this issue.
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Hmm, I have not specifically tested this, so I don't know if Samsung added this functionality or not, but the stock mail client for Android 2.1, to the best of my knowledge, does not support PIN code passwords. That functionality was added into Froyo by Google. I suppose it's entirely possible that the mail client on the Fascinate is buggy and causing this issue.

I know what you mean about having to tell them to pay for a mail app, but I think they'll be happy about it after the fact, after seeing how much better Touchdown really is. The stock mail client is so bare-bones, it's honestly quite ridiculous. Google really needs to get their act in gear and code a decent, full-featured mail client, because right now the iPhone beats Android at Exchange syncing, even though it also can't hold a candle to Touchdown.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Swatto86:
Hey all,

Im using the Mobile AP function of the SGS and I think it's awesome - was playing on the PS3 which was connected to my phone for hours last night - it's suprisingly very quick on H. However I think one thing it is lacking is the ability to see what clients are connected to the phone - or manage the clients individually.

Does anybody know of an app that can do this? or if it's even possible?
[XPERIA X8 General] refract:
Sick and tired of this.

50% of time it's acting normally, other 50% it turns itself off and on continously, basically giving me a limited time span to copy files onto the SD card.

Also, another question - is it possible to turn off the automatic widget/program rearrange thing ? When you're on the homescreen or on programs listing screen, and when you hold your finger a bit longer, the phone automatically opens a "mode" which lets you rearrange your icons/widgets/etc, is there a possibility to turn that off ? Getting tired of sometimes holding my finger on the phone for a brief second more to have that rearrangement crap activated.
[XPERIA X8 General] LuisDias:
The problem is not your phone, but the cable or the computer.. Try to unistall your drivers and then reinstall or use another cable.. ;)

About disable screen widget option, i don't if it's possible, but try to use another launcher.. i recommend launcherpro..
[XPERIA X8 General] refract:
tried with a different cable, didn't work, same **** as always ( the moment PC recognizes the phone and pops autoplay message for the SD card to browse it or w/e, phone freezes, then restarts, then works for like 20 seconds after first reboot, then shuts down entirely and starts rebooting slower and slower after each reboot, and when I take the cable out, the phone suddenly starts acting normal )

will try on a different PC, doubt it it's going to make a difference

|edit|

yep, same **** on different PC - so far 3 PCs and 2 different cables causing this problem, so yeah, I think it's safe to say that it's a problem with my mobile phone, or the SD card at least, cause when the Autoplay option pops up on my PC screen, the phone blocks
[XPERIA X8 General] refract:
aye, it's the SD card, just tested with another one and I have no problems whatsoever

so.. does anyone have the original content of the Sony Ericsson shipped SD card that I could use to restore my SD card to it's original state ?
[XPERIA X8 General] LuisDias:
I can post mines.. ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] zvorkapic.os:
Send me a mail

zvorkapic.osATgmail.com

I'll send it to you. Who knows what they ship on SD card in other countries.

edit:

it's little less then 200mb so it'll take some time to upload it. I'll send you the link by private message once it does.

Please inform me once you've downloaded it, so I can remove it from my server.

Xperia Bonbon je u pitanju! /i've deleted all mi personal **** from it, but if you find anything I missed such as my nude pictures and sex videos plase don't put it on youtube or flickr. :D :D

Kidding :)
[XPERIA X8 General] hemaraj:
i experinenced the same problem when i root the phone.then connected via usb to pc companion and repaired and reinstall the phone os.
[XPERIA X8 General] screeny2:
i had the problem after updating to official 2.1. found out that it didnt occur when i pressed "charge phone" on the display after plugging in and activating the usb drive afterwards.

maybe you'll find different drivers in this board, i installed something at some time and its gone now :confused:
[XPERIA X8 General] macanudo:
Try this, it worked for me: (I wanted to give the link to SE forum where they talked about this, but I'm not allowed, not enough posts, they say)

This seems to be quite a common problem in X's, there has been some bug in notification tone in the device in regard to the PC companion, some sort of confrontation which makes the phone to reboot all the time. So, I went to the settings, "sound and display", "notification ringtone", change to "thinkerbell":)

Also, uncheck the "SD card notification"!

My phone does not reboot now, hope it will stay that way!
[XPERIA X8 General] refract:
cheers, doesn't reboot anymore !
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dgameros:
Is there any place to get the "memo" app that originally comes with the vibrant?I use it alot but there aren't many roms that have it and its not in the market.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayprime:
Grab it while its hot. Just push system/app ;).

http://db.tt/KQylXmU

Fear the beard...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dgameros:
thanks ive been looking for that for ages :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starkiller86:
I know this is a noobish question but I was wondering if the stock version of 2.2 froyo ka6 can utilize these boot up animations I see floating around.. I know there was an issue with 2.1 using qmg files that wouldn't allow the bootup screen animations to be changed. Does anyone know if 2.2 changed this? or do we need to run a custom rom to get this done?

I was hoping people had been able to get the R2D2 boot animation working also :p

http

://forum.xda-developers

.com/showthread

.php?t=778088
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VincentKyle:
First off, I'm not a developer; more of a power user who unfortunately doesn't have the time to contribute the way I'd like. That being said, of course I'm something of a clueless newb, so forgiveness please. Moving on...

I've been having a recurring problem with my EVO for the last few months now. Every once in a while it'll decide it's no longer on speaking terms with one of my wireless networks (either at home or at the office) and absolutely refuses to connect to it and no amount of flowers, chocolates or promises it doesn't intend to keep will convince it otherwise. Most of the time it doesn't even see the network in question; if it does and I actually try to connect I'll be stuck in a neverending connect/disconnect cycle. This has now happened with several 2.2 Sense ROMs including Warm, MikFroYo and the stock HTC as well as several kernels; the only thing that fixes it for a few weeks is wiping the phone and installing a new ROM (or reinstalling the old one, but that's not important right now) (UPDATE: this no longer works). The wireless networks I want it to connect to are 802.11n (Linksys WRT610n) or 802.11g (ClearSpot 4G), both secured with WPA2 (the Linksys is MAC-restricted). All my radios, etc. are up to date and have always been. I'm lost here and really don't relish the prospect of wiping my beloved otherwise-perfect EVO every other week (I have two kids and if I had the time for this I'd probably be using it for more important things like...oh I don't know, sex). Thus any assistance would be graciously appreciated and rewarded with my thanks, likes, etc.

UPDATE: After re-ROMing my phone didn't work this time, I decided to take another step back and look at the rest of my network. I saw that other computers were also having trouble communicating with the 2.4GHz signal (I use a dual-band router and most devices in the house are connected to the 5GHz signal). After watching inSSIDer for a few minutes I realized that signal was mostly being swallowed up entirely, only to pop up for a few seconds every few minutes (interference?). After tweaking the signal settings to automatically choose a channel width, the EVO's wifi finally lit up and all is well. Thanks for reading.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nefariouss:
Have you tried going back stock unrooted? If it still does it then I'd try and get a replacement. Also when I go to troubleshoot I wipe my sd card and put no apps on. Just a thought you might want to try even though it sucks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Product F(RED):
I've had similar issues with my original Evo where wifi was weak and as such would sometimes disconnect. Supposedly it's a common issue according to some Sprint employees. They say it's a software issue but I don't believe them because all of my replacement Evos came with the latest radios and OTA and all had the same issue. That includes the brand new 0004 they gave me yesterday.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VincentKyle:
"Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter".

I've installed/uninstalled so many apps over these past months; if I flash a ROM (as I just did) how much functionality damage do I risk here?

PS: Flashing from Mik 4.4 > total wipe (AR recovery) > Warm RLS5 had no effect.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
have you try a different Kernel. The kernel is what controls just about everything or everything that has to do with the phones power and even the wireless connections.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VincentKyle:
Thanks for replying. Unfortunately I've tried several kernels including (most recently) netarchy 4.32 beta; it was a few days after flashing that kernel that the issue again resurfaced. I just now reverted to Warm RLS5 with the stock HTC #15 kernel, unfortunately to no effect.
[Captivate General] Rikusaki:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-ne...of-the-android-update-process/664?tag=nl.e550

I completely agree. Manufacturers can provide the hardware drivers and Android has them built-in to the OS. That way, EVERYONE (as long as the hardware is compatible) gets the latest version of Android on release day. You know, like Microsoft Windows?
[Captivate General] zelendel:
I totally agree with this but as long as each carrier insists on adding their own bloatware this will never happen.
[Captivate General] Rikusaki:
They can put the bloatware on all they want and every release of Android can be nice and clean (AOSP). Like how HP and Sony laptops have bloatware to begin with, but you can install a clean version of Windows on top of that. :cool:
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Could work but here is where you will run into trouble. Once you load an AOSP rom onto the phone AT&T or carrier of choice will not have to support it. Could you imagine getting bounced between Samsung and Google to get support. Dont get me wrong, I would love to see this myself but I just dont see it happening unless A. Google offers support for every device running android, Not to likely, B. Carriers agree to support non branded software, even less likely.
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Ya not going to happen sorry. Each company would have to have the source code to make the phones compatible then the service providers would have to have that info. Then it would all have to be sent back to google. So it is essentially adding another later of delays
[Captivate General] DucatiGuy:
The service carriers owning so much control over the OS and devices kind of reminds me of the days when you'd purchase internet service via AOL. You had to install all their crap just to get to the internet...and you lived within their little AOL content-land...

Eventually, perhaps, cell service providers could become more like ISP's today. You pay more for the internet access and less for all the useless desktop icons and name branded chat rooms LOL.

It would take a shift in the industry, and it's not a shift the carriers would benefit from, IMO, so don't hold your breath.
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
I completely agree with that hopefully that is the future but it seems so unlikely. Most people honestly don't care that all that extra junk is added
[Captivate General] born_fisherman:
Umm if iphones are potentially going to more than verizon and Att, then isn't apple still going to release version X.X for everyone as they have been doing? Why would Google have it any other way?

They (Google) absolutely does need to get the bull by the horns on this.. my 69 cents.
[Captivate General] Rikusaki:
Yeah, if Apple can do it, why can't Google?
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Most likely not as the verizon version will have diff hardware, they will most likely have a version for cdma and a version for gsm models. Not to mention Google has more hardware configs to worry about. The iphone except for the diff between cdma and gsm are all the same.
[Captivate General] born_fisherman:
I still think Apple is going to have updates for the masses at one time - and they do it as promised..

Yes Google has more devices, but just like apple, the new software is available for previous versions, just that ur specific device may not be able to support it.

Wishful thinking? :-)
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
If someone has answered this I apologize but...

NOO the iphones are completely locked down as almost all of their products are (I bought a mac pro for school and will never waste my money again). Apple is the only people who can provide updates. Like every apple product only their hardware will work. Exactly the opposite of both pcs and androids where tons of hardware will work with the os
[Captivate General] Ebvad:
I agree Google has a lot bigger challenge due to so many hardware configs. Apple has control of all the hardware in their phones where as Google doesn't.
[Captivate General] morfy50:
I would love to see Google go the Apple route and manufacture their own phone and tablet hardware. Control the entire process.

Doesn't mean they have to take Android away from manufacturers, just provide us with a phone(s) that's TOTALLY theirs.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
Nexus 1 and Nexus S??? :confused:
[Captivate General] cchant:
They need to make those phones available on more carriers.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
If you don't know the history, you are deemed to repeat it. Unfortunately, Google learnt nothing from the past desasters of mobile OS update, a.k.a. Windows Mobile. Android today is in the exact same mess as WM in the past with the exception of more frequent OS updates than MS ever did. If Google can't forsee this type of release model aren't going to cut it, Android will follow WM to the grave.

Phone manufacturers are primary hardware makers. You can't trust them to produce quality softwares. That's why there are separate software companies out there.

Even Microsoft now knows it has to control the OS upgrade all by itself, bypass Phone makers altogether, in WP7.
[Captivate General] morfy50:
Google doesn't make the hardware for those phones
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Nexus One is a complete failure from business stand point of view. Nexus S isn't going too well either.
[Captivate General] insaneturbo13:
just a thought,

even though samsung manufactures the nexus s, i think even if google manufactured it they would still be using 3rd party components. ie they arent going to make the screen for it, they arent going to make the wireless chip.

they will have to get there parts from somewhere else, so why would they make it in the first place. im sure the way they have it now they have a huge say-so in what goes into the nexus.

so for them its a win-win situation.
[Captivate General] sarcasmo:
I agree that MSFT is a better comparison choice than Apple. I also think MSFT has set up a decent model for WP7. I think there is one key difference between MSFT and Google in this case. MSFT gets paid a per-license fee for their phone OS. That makes it easier to afford the official support of all that different hardware. Google, on the other hand does not. Taking on that burden would be costly.
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
Windows packs all of their brand specific bloatware in an easy to access OEM package anyway, that has to be installed after base Windows is installed, if my memory serves.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Burden or not, Google still has to fix bugs in core Android OS and make OS advancements. I can't see how that can be any different.

They chosed a wrong release model (probably from someone used to work on WM :) ). Now they suffer from it. If they can't change course, it will end up just like WM.
[Captivate General] Volvogga:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when it comes to all the hardware that has to be supported, that is all in the kernels, right? No hardware issues are dealt with in the dalvik vm-land, if I understand it right... it's still Linux deep down.

If that is the case, I'd be perfectly happy if Google just kept a repository of kernels with device-specific binary blob drivers in them for each handset. Require the hardware manufactures to give Google the driver source for the hardware and between Google and the manufacture (with confidentiality agreement), they keep a kernel with proper drivers for every handset, for every major release, for a period of 3 to 4 years. I don't think they can enforce that, though (unless they do the Firefox thing and only allow the name Android to be used if the hardware manufacturer agrees to the terms).

Looking at this list, for example:

[ok I can't post links... website it differencebetween(dot)com and the article is difference between android 2.2 and 2.3]

part of the upgrades sound to be in the kernel, and then most in the Dalvik VM and it's user-land apps. If the kernel is running on the handset, then the VM and standard apps should just be pretty standard to build, with very few hooks enabled or disabled based on the hardware (I would think that the kernel would handle most of that, but there are things like 'front facing camera - yes/no' for camera apps).

If that is the case, I think it would give the hardware manufactures/telcos a real kickstart. "We help, so get in gear or have your handsets saturated with perfect running custom roms."

That would make sense to me, knowing how Linux has been operating. I may be completely wrong, and Google has completely changed how things are done with Android... but from this image, I think I'm pretty close.

[Ugg... linux-magazine(dot)com under the article "how much linux is in android"]
[Captivate General] kegobeer:
Apple is closed source and there is a single phone owned by Apple. Google is open source and there are many different types of phones owned by many different carriers. Those are two completely different business models and I think it's pretty obvious why what works for Apple doesn't work for Google.
[Captivate General] nkrick:
I agree with the concept of a repo of kernels with device-specific binary blob drivers. The kernel sources should be able to work with any handset hardware as long as the device drivers can be added. Look at Linux OSes for x86 computers. You can take the latest linux kernel and add support for your hardware (in most cases), and in some cases (notably most video cards and wifi cards) you need to add closed source binary drivers.

Google should push for Android to work the same way. Whether they host a "kernel repo" or just the kernel sources and all the binary drivers doesn't really matter much. It would be better if Google had NDA's and the driver sources so they could recompile if needed for new kernels, but even without the driver sources a lot can be done with the binary driver and a kernel source with working support for the driver.

If the kernel source and all binary drivers were available, anyone with skill at compiling kernels should be able to create an AOSP ROM for their handset.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Why is that so hard? HP delivers desktops and laptops with all kinds of bloatware on them, but the same version of the underlying OS. The problem is that some carriers think it is OK to inhibit or restrict parts of the Android OS (like AT$T) whereas others don't. This should be the thing Google puts its foot down on. M$ has strict rules regarding software distribution partners. Google needs to flex the same muscles. Apple would never let a carrier dictate to it what parts of its OS would be enabled and which wouldn't. And they would never let anyone modify their OS to the degree that AT$T and others do with things like launchers and home screen enhancements.