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[Galaxy Tab General] neuropass:
Hey guys,

I was wondering if there is some kind of trick or way to know when a newer firmware is out.
[Galaxy Tab General] GiggleGut:
That's a good question. Besides finding out here in the forums, if there is a new official firmware will it download automagically?
[Galaxy Tab General] Adapt0r:
One known source is www.samfirmware.com

It is not official and should be taken carefully but very useful.
[Galaxy Tab General] bdl1969:
There is a guy called Quattrofromagi who (we think) is a Samsung insider who posts details of new ROMs on Twitter, but if you're not experienced with flashing it's probably better to wait until one of the guys who know what they're looking at have a look and then post about it on here. A great many people got caught out with the signed bootloaders when JM6 came out because of rushing to flash from downloads from FUS or Samfirmware.
[Galaxy Tab General] bpt888:
Well, if you are looking for stock ROMs or firmwares from Samsung, you can always connect via Samsung Kies to see if you have an update. But trust me its very very late/old and Kies is not really updated that often. Samsung thinks its too much work.

Samfirmware.com is more upto date with the latest official release of firmwares for each continent. However, because they are official releases they also contain the 'bootloader protection' gimmick that Samsung is pushing out. This was a headache at the start of 2011 but thanks to Chainfire and Rotohammer there is a solution to remove the bootloader lock now. Basically, they are locking down the bootloader so people can't install their own ROM unless they are from signed by Samsung and you get it from Kies. Obviously, this is due to carriers complaining (north american carriers) that people are activating the phone features of the tablet by updating their firmware to another continents' firmware, like Europe or Asia where they allow customers to make calls on their tablet.

Your best bet is to follow the forum here and look at what others are putting on. The best part is obviously, there are going to be a lot of posts about people testing the latest firmware, their experiences and how they worked out the kinks. I know it's daunting going through the posts but it can be quite informative in case you meet the same problems as others.

For your info, the best ROM right now that is stable and well tested is JMEv4 by Rotohammer.

The next ROM people are working on now is MoDaCo's kernel and ROM running ext4 filesystem because of its speed. And the overclocked 1.2Ghz kernel is also available for EURO tabs made by richardtrip to mix with any other ROM of your choice. These are currently still not stable but are working and will be ready very soon.

Hope that helps.

Hope that helps.
[Galaxy Tab General] GiggleGut:
Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Arranmc182:
For any one who has a HTC Hero on the 3 (UK) network here is the Link to get the latest Windows Live Messenger & Skype services on 3.

Skype on 3 (UK)

Direct link from your handset: http://mobile9.three.co.uk/pc/Live/pcreator/live/100001/skype/skype

WLM on 3 (UK)

Direct link from your handset: http://mobile9.three.co.uk/pc/Live/p...100001/msn/msn

The best way to open the links on your phone is to use the XDA/Tapatalk Pro app or Chrome to Phone :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] ExMM:
No matter how many times I've tried, but I keep getting the same message over and over again...

"We would like to give you free phone calls but Skype is not compatible with your phone...bla bla bla" :mad:
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] wrsg:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=676101
[G Tablet General] kmclaren:
Hi All, I am a Noob to the G-Tablet and I have a few questions that I thought that someone might answer that also has a G-Tablet. I am running 3389 with the TnT Enhancement pack. (3.1.4) I am thinking about rooting the device, but want to be sure that everything works correctly before I do.

Here goes...

1. My screen needs to be viewed from slightly above the unit (landscape) in order to make it look even. If you turn to portrait, it needs to be viewed slightly to the camera side. It looks like the backlight is on the camera side and is thus brighter there. Is this normal? or might there be a problem.

2. The Camera seems to be very poor especially under indoor lighting. Poor enough that I don't know that I can video conference with it indoors. again, is this normal?

3. I have installed the Enhancement Pack and have the Marketplace. However, I only see a small number of apps in the Marketplace. Is this because of the Stock TnT? Apps that are missing are as simple as the Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger client. Trying to figure out what makes the marketplace decide what apps to show and if rooting the device will resolve this.

Thanks in advance for any answers to these questions!
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
1.) Yes, unfortunately this is normal. It doesn't bother me too much though.

2.) Yes, I also find it to be pretty poor however it works for me for most things (such as reading QR codes off of a PC screen for apps).

3.) For me, it seems different apps show when I change the properties file on my gTab to mimic other devices. I guess there is a filter on the Market that only displays what it thinks your device can handle?

I am running VEGAn rom beta 5.1. I absolutely LOVE this rom and can't wait for the next version of it based on Gingerbread source.
[G Tablet General] jmurphy04:
Have You tried the Quick Market Fix Found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=885940

I am running the stock TNT and have all the Yahoo apps on my market.
[G Tablet General] kmclaren:
Thanks...

Thanks to those who replied. The Market fix did in fact resolve my problem. It's an easy enough fix, but I guess you just need to know where to look.

Thanks also for confirming that these items are shortcomings in the G-Tab. The camera is understandable in a unit that is priced this low. It is a bit unexpected that the screen has limitations though, since Viewsonic is pretty much known for making flat screen monitors.

Thanks Again to everyone for their help.
[G Tablet General] wnbowman:
Glad to hear you're enjoying your g tablet. I think everyone is in agreement that the screen quality is unusually subpar for Viewsonic, however, they OEMed this device and stuck their name on it. It is not manufactured by Viewsonic, as I understand it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
Is it possible to have a dual boot on my SGS?

it has now darky's rom v9.1 extreme and i would like to try IOS on it. Is this possible?

If the IOS doesn't work then I would like to have another custom rom if that works?

thx

Grtz, Bjorn
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengsuan:
No single non-apple mobile can run iOS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
is it then possible to dual boot two custom roms?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Not unless you are clever enoughto design write a complete new OS and multiple boot loader .

Dual boot Darkys only one end result even if you could BRICK BRICK

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
thanks i'll just leave it with this one then;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Samdroid_G_S:
I was just curious if I purchased a used Milestone unlocked poped my bell active Bell sim card into it and it works fine does that mean the phone IMEI is fine and not black listed or is this something you can not tell intill you get the phone it's own Sim ? Just looking to buy a used Milestone [A853] for the wife so just want to make sure it's not black listed before purchasing.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Caz666:
I am not sure what you mean by blacklisted. Most operators allow you to run an unlocked phone on your sim without issues. We swap phones all the time at work and Rogers doesn't say anything. There only time i have seen a blacklist implemented was for a specific reason: the rogers htc dream/magic e911 patch. They would blacklist an IMEI until you patched and call customer service.

I have been with fido, rogers and bell and have not hear of blacklisting unlocked phones.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Samdroid_G_S:
I have this sorted out now, thanks.
[HD2 General] davidez2:
Hi,

As there is some difference between HD2 and T-Mobile HD2 i wanted to ask if there are also different roms or I can use all HD2 roms for either of them?

What is the benefit of bigger rom memory?

Is there a difference in roms sizes?

Thanks.
[HD2 General] kurt-willems:
No sir like there are two different versions there are also two different ROM versions.

If you have a T-Mous device be sure that the Rom builder mention on his Rom-Thread that it is T-Mous compatible.

Also be aware to never install a x.xx.51.x Radio on T-Mous device; this will brakes your device. ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdamo305:
So I had nero 4.1

Went to flash ginger clone 2

Installed. But phone is stuck on bootloop

So I uzed odin to flash bak to stock

Everything went fine.

Bu not when I go to install the update.zip.... It doesnt seem to install it all the way.

Progression bar moves like a half an inch. Then says it installed.

I do have superuser w.e that **** is installed.

But when I go to flash a rom. It takes me to the "reinstall package screen" which tells me the update.zip did not install.

What can be wrong?

Ive gone bak to stock before. A d rooted again. No problem.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insomaniac10:
it SOUNDS like you are trying to flash the ROM useing the stock recovery.....this is a no-no. heres what you do:

1. ODIN back to stock, just to start fresh

2. Root your device, i like to use OCLF app from the market

3. download/install "ROM Manager" from the market

4. Select "Flash Clockwork recovery" (select vibrant as your device)

5. You now have Clockwork setup to be your recovery menu. to access it, just boot into recovery like you usually do, select "reinstall packages"....this will boot you into clockwork everytime.

6. Clockwork is pretty user friendly, to flash your ROM just select "choose zip to install", find your ROM, and flash away! (DO NOT rename your ROM to "update.zip", this name must be reserved exclusively for clockwork recovery...so never rename anything to update.zip, and never delete your existing update.zip)

Now, if you are using Clockwork, it sounds like it may be a corrupt .zip. Redownload the ROM and try again (I would suggest downloading from a PC).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdamo305:
Ty for the quick reply.

Im on the road now so ill try it when I get home
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insomaniac10:
ok......were you using clockwork, or no?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdamo305:
Yes I was.

Im pretty savy w this phone stuff.

I was on iphone an jailbroke like 15 of them.

So i dont get whats going wrong
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdamo305:
So u said oclf to root??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insomaniac10:
thats what i use. download/install OCLF....select root device, when the script finishes, reboot into recovery. select reinstall packages. you are now rooted.....continue on with clockwork installation
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdamo305:
Alright ima get on that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murdamo305:
Oclf doesnt have a root option?

The one from the market right?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insomaniac10:
do you mean it has it, but you arent able to use it? it should be the first or second option

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if its there, but its not available to you, these means you are already rooted.....which is not possible if you ODINed back to stock...........if you need, i can give you the root update.zip to flash through recovery....basically all OCLF does is install the update.zip to your sdcard for you to flash through the stock recovery. then you flash it and it installs busybox and superuser, and youre rooted.

now once you download ROM manager and select "flash clockwork" it will install the clockwork update.zip to your sdcard (which obviously replaces the previous root update.zip, but you dont lose root).

so do you see how this works now?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] 5inchfloppy:
So i plugged in my Milestone to my PC and ran the Motorola Software Update, in hopes that 2.2 will get flashed.

Everything went smoothly until the update stopped and my phone was stuck with "SW Update In progress... " on the screen. The Motorola program on my PC had disappeared.

I waited for a bit but nothing happened to my phone, so I took out the battery and rebooted it. Then it booted into the bootloader and said shows "Err:A5,69,4E,00,3D".

Tried to boot into Recovery (i rooted my phone with openrecovery a few months back) but same, won't load recovery, won't boot Android either. Same error message.

Then I tried to flash the vulnerable SBF again, RSDLite shows all ok but I still can't enter into Recovery mode. Then I tried to flash the whole SBF instead of just the vulnerable recovery, and RSDlite stopped at 19% with this error:

Did Google search on this, found nothing useful, I don't know what is the problem. Have tried UK, HK and SG firmware but nothing works. Did my phone just become a brick? Now the IMEI and other details doesn't even show up on RSDLite anymore...

My system is Windows 7 32-bit, using RSDLite 4.9, latest drivers (4.8.0). Here is the full RSDLite log:
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Caz666:
What about the bootloader mode (aka fastboot mode)?

Does that work? Does a "fastboot devices" work at that point?

If fastboot sees your devices, you could flash from there.

Fastboot gives you the option to flash an update.zip, a specific partition or all partitions...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] speedy2782:
A855 Boot Loop

Rooted - Rom Manager Clockwork Mod install

Liquid Frozen Yogurt 1.95

Phone boots to animation screen and reboots

Can not reboot into recovery

Will boot into bootloader

ADB recognizes phone when it is at animation screen in windows - "adb reboot recovery" reboots phone but not into recovery - same for "adb reboot bootloader"

Suggestions?

Love,

Guy with a pretty paperweight
[XPERIA X10 General] sagacious1:
seeing as how im new to the forums and i dont have 10 posts yet so i cant post in the developers forum, i'd like to extend my thanks here. i HAD a locked ATT x10 with 1.6. i was concerned about backing up my phone since ATT locked the ericsson backup & restore application. so i found the APK and downloaded it on my laptop, i then sideloaded it with android sdk via adb install and was able to back everything up before hand. i then continued with the flashtool 0.2.5 version and bundled the decrypted 2.1 ROM. i continued with the flash as instructed (including wipe userdata) and i got a flashtool log of:

24/036/2011 10:36:51 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

24/036/2011 10:36:51 - INFO - Starting adb service

24/037/2011 10:37:21 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

24/037/2011 10:37:56 - INFO - Searching for Xperia....

24/037/2011 10:37:57 - INFO - Found at USB\VID_0FCE&PID_ADDE\5&CDE1754&0&1

24/037/2011 10:37:57 - INFO - Start Flashing

24/037/2011 10:37:57 - INFO - Sending loader

24/037/2011 10:37:57 - INFO - ### read failed : checksum err! FFFFFFFF!=CBEF977B

24/037/2011 10:37:59 - INFO - Loader sent

24/037/2011 10:37:59 - INFO - Flashing kernel.sin

24/038/2011 10:38:03 - INFO - Flashing amss_fs.sin

24/038/2011 10:38:03 - INFO - Flashing system.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:15 - INFO - Flashing dsp1.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:20 - INFO - Flashing fota1.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:24 - INFO - Flashing fota0.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:25 - INFO - Flashing amss.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:33 - INFO - Flashing userdata.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:37 - INFO - Flashing cache.sin

24/041/2011 10:41:40 - INFO - Flashing finished.

24/041/2011 10:41:40 - INFO - Now unplug the device and power it on

24/041/2011 10:41:40 - INFO - Then go to application settings

24/041/2011 10:41:40 - INFO - turn on Unknown Sources and Debugging

i tried flashing the first time and noticed the 24/037/2011 10:37:57 - INFO - ### read failed : checksum err!

i turned the phone back on and it restarted with the old 1.6 still intact with no changes. i then proceeded to try the process and second time and I got the same error except this time the flash process took much longer. i thought i bricked my phone as it tried to boot and showed me a picture of a camera and then the SE logo for a long time... i proceeded to wait and VOILA! even with the checksum error 2.1 is loaded and i was able to restore my settings with 2.1 installed. i havent found any errors yet and wifi seems to turn on just fine.. havent found a single problem yet. does anyone know what this checksum error equates to?

but like i said everything seems to work as of now, i have to extend many thanks! i look forward to hopefully a stable 2.3 gingerbread in the future, thank you!
[XPERIA X10 General] sagacious1:
i have however noticed that instead of a "3G" connection i now see an "H", i went into "about phone" and "status" it says its using HSPA... is this bad? i know it stands for high spee packet access but im unsure of the transfers rate between it and 3g...but more importantly...why has it changed after upgrading to 2.1?
[XPERIA X10 General] tigermrk:
i believe "H" is faster then 3g and was just an added feature in 2.1
[XPERIA X10 General] sagacious1:
sure hope so...i wonder if theres a way to switch back if i want to...save battery life.
[XPERIA X10 General] 770G:
You can switch to gsm in wireless conections, mobile nets, net mode, and select only gsm (2g), so you can save battery but it is also slower. Sorry if the menu names doesn't match exactly, are translated form spanish version.
[XPERIA X10 General] Byrana:
"H"

I gotta thank the devs for this tool also. Flashing, rooting, cleaning, optimising everything went fine on mine. What else can you wish for?

The H is totally normal and it is really faster than 3G...there's nothing to worry about :)
[XPERIA X10 General] JaredP:
H is for HSPA, as you've figured out. It is what AT&T was installing in 2010 while the other carriers were installing fake 4G. H is for 3.5G.

HSPA+ will be AT&T's first go with 4g, ultimately moving on to LTE. HSPA+ will be a high-speed fallback network for when AT&T fails to provide adequate data coverage. Neither of those will likely run on the X10, so the H is our last upgrade of that nature.
[XPERIA X10 General] sagacious1:
i know theres gotta be some high level gee wiz bang developer from either Sony or AT&T that can tell us whether or not the X10's transceiver will be able to run HSPA+ or LTE; whether it requires a software upgrade or not.
[Galaxy 3 General] Sushil79:
how un-root samsung galaxy apollo using terminal emulator.....?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MILcityBoi:
I just recently got rid of my Epic for the EVO and was wondering about some things with ROM manager. I never really used it that much because all ROM's on the Epic were basically all suppose to be done by going straight to CW. I understand everything in general but my question is basically can I have a ROM like MikFroyo 4.4 installed on the phone and use ROM manager to download and install something like MYN's Rom without having to "return to stock"? Or is it best to return to stock before adding a different ROM/Kernel? I backed up my original stock ROM but was just curious since I want to try a bunch of ROM's. I know I really like the MikFroyo ROM but I usually can only last about 1 or 2 weeks with the same ROM before I need to flash something, LOL. Which is why I got rid of the Epic because the DEV community was very slim compared to the EVO's. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiicytuna:
I've used ROM manager but I prefer to make sure I have a 100% clean slate before flashing. I download the rom, put it on my sdcard. Then I use "format all" by Calkin, then flash the downloaded ROM thru clockwork/annonRA. This way I am 100% sure everything was wiped as clean as possible before going into a new rom. ROM's like MIUI seem to have issues if you don't do it this method....

*shrug* for what its worth.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MILcityBoi:
Sounds good to me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CCallahan:
A good wipe always works well but many have also flashed tons via Rom Manager with no issues. I have used it many times also with no issues. I'd say use it and if for some reason you end up getting a few f/c issues then reflash manually after wiping directly from recovery.

If good devs like Myn are going to take the time to have it listed in RM then might as well take advantage. ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiicytuna:
While I do agree, I know for 100% sure if you don't format_all on MIUI you'll end up with random reboots; yes some still do no matter what but 99% of people the format_all cure 'em. That's enough proof for me to always follow this method -- better to be 100% safe and eliminate as many potential problems as possible. OP - either way will work... do what works best for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
This is that "because it's there, it works" mentality. Yes, ROM Manager is safe, however it is not the best method for installing ROMs. I agree with the above statement of Calkulin's format all. I won't flash a new ROM now without it, and I have noticed a performance increase :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ou814us2:
After the update I rerooted using superoneclick and reinstalled adfree but it will not block ads. It keeps telling me that I'm up to date and I keep restarting my phone but still is not working. What gives? Thanks in advance!

Sent from my Vibrant
[Droid X General] jpcdeux:
I have Fusion rom installed, used to have Liberty. Either way... every time I restart or turn it on, it starts in recovery. I select" reboot system now" and then it'll start fine. Any ideas?
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
Did you install Koush Bootstrapper? That will fix your issue.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
I love seeing this question asked =)

this is a blessing man. It may be slightly annoying sometimea, but the first time you have a problem with your phone and it starts into recovery, you will be thankful for it. This is just a safeguard that the devs are building into their roms since so many of us mess with our phones so much and constantly need to recover backups. I think from liberty you can disable this feature. I personally love it and have been very thankful for it
[Galaxy Tab General] gusbeto37:
Hey there everyone, I just got an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard and I was wandering if there is some kind of list that tells the possible keyboard shortcuts available.

so far, I´ve found that cmd+f4 puts it to sleep or wakes it up, but I cannot "unlock" it. That is the main thing I want to find out how to do, but as much as I try, I cannot find the shortcut.
[Galaxy Tab General] ylixir:
This might not be the same for you since I have a nook, not a tab, but...

For me the cmd key doesn't seem functional. Cmd-f4 and f4 both toggle the screen on/off and lock it (but not unlock)

The menu button seems to be mapped to to f1. Hitting escape seems to behave like the back button (gg vi from the terminal emulator).

The thing seems to very much map to the soft-keyboard. For example, alt-a makes a # (pound sign). Even more like the soft keyboard, you don't have to hold the alt. Push alt, release. Push a release, and you have #.

Also sometimes when I am just typing away it pops up randomly with a little window with options for random accented characters. I haven't found a pattern with that yet, but it is extremely annoying.

Hitting shift twice turns on caps lock, but the real caps lock doesn't work.

This line up with the Tab's behaviour? Anyone else find any useful shortcuts, or know a good reference? I'm betting a lot of these behaviours are shared between android devices and random bluetooth keyboards.