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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalpeshblue:
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This msg for only for end users

Not for developers and Mobile sellers

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Really speaking buy a phone which dont have option of customization.

Because you will save lots of your quality time.

Buy iphone 4 or any windows phone 7.

Because this is my experience with sgs I was an end user

I wanted to buy Omnia 7 but its was not available in my country or any other wp7 and Iphone 4 was too costly.

And still omnia 7 is not available in my country you (sad samsung)

So in the end I bought SGS. And was hopping that it will get wp7. I thought this because news are comming like this that HD2 will get wp7 and I saw some vidoes of HD2 with wp7 on youtube

When I got sgs I have only adhoc wifi connection in my house with my pc. Adhoc mode which is the basic wifi feature dose not supported by sgs or android. which wasted my 2 days for fixing that basic feature. because for that I have to learn how to root what is download mode what is superuser and bla bla bla.(You really suck! SGS or Android I dont know whos fault SGS or Android).

Then I started search for "wp7 for SGS" and I came to XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM

I wish I would never came here. but I came.

And I found lagfix, custom roms, rooting and etc... for sgs (More scary things and time wasting) not thats all

SGS dose not support wpa2-enterprise wifi security feature. Because of this I cant use internet of my isp on my SGS, no dedicated cam button (At buying time I thought it will be ok but I was wrong dedicated cam button must req and not having flash is still ok) etc.

My experience with SGS and Android is it still incomplete not stable but it is inovative. But inovation will copied here and there(android copied base of Iphone and windows phone inovation, now iphone and wp7 will copy android inovation)

So if you are an end user buy Iphone or any WP7.

I like Omnia 7.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scorpeeon:
yepp, i think currently it is really one of the best android phones. though you should know new (dual core) models will be coming within months so if it's not urgent, strong hardware is important and you and you have money, maybe you should wait a bit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
If your looking for a high end android device you will most certainly come across galaxy s devices. The super amoled screen isn't a gimmick, its amazing. Aside from the I4, I don't think you can beat the display. Who looks at a black screen now and again? If your referring to the phone being in sleep mode before turning it on, then yes, there is a brief moment where the screen is black but I wouldn't say people are actually looking at that screen. (What's to look at? )

..just sayin;-)

Sent from my Cappy

ROM: Paragon.RC4

Kernel: espyel@paragon4 #3

Modem: I9000UGJK4

OC to 1.2Ghz!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vikas776:
Well

its quite simple coz its acc to what u want

if u want the thing to just work then never ever go to near any andriod device coz u have to spend time with it . buy iphone or wp7.

or if u love to play with things then sgs is good to go still i recommend to w8 for dual core phones

either way its ur way what u expect from a phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crysis21:
I am a 5 month galaxy user and I can tell you: i doesn't worth to buy one. Buy a HTC or motorola. I started to hate samsung. Mine has a graphics problem that I can't figure out wht's it's source.... I will try to sell it. Hopefully I will be able to sell it at a reasonable price.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofthebraves:
If you are going to root and flash a custom rom YES

If you don't wanna do that NO

That simple :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laconic5:
If you enjoy modding and want TV-out buy SGS.

If you enjoy modding but don't want TV-Out buy HTC.

If you want games, buy IPhone.

If you want large tiles on your home screen buy WP7 (or mod your android using Desktop Visualizer)

If you want to take quality pics and vids buy Nokia N8.

Do we really need Dual Cores on our phones?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gallya:
I think it's worth the buy. It does break your warranty to have lag fix, but who doesn't know how to get around that. Just do recovery mode (i swear it's super easy to do) and reformat everything. The phone is super fast, the bugs are a problem but it's fixed after rooting and lagfix. Although right now it's better to buy the galaxy 2 that's coming out soon, that'll probably be better for your price as the dual cores galaxy s will probably be the same price. Try and go to places and see if they have a display of the product and try it out for yourself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rashar:
The Motorola Atrix looks decent...should be out by March or so.

SGS is a decent phone in my opinion. If you can get one for a good price and one with the latest firmware / hardware upgrades so you don't have to deal with all this lag and bricking issues, I would.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunjar:
If you want decent GPS - no (design flaw/constraint)

If you want decent audio - no (samsh!t fcked up the audio)

If you want decent mic for recording sound even in videos and phone conversations - no (overly sensitive, single mic)

If you want decent fluid like display - no (can see individual pixels on sgs horrible)

If you want decent material case - no (sgs mostly, if not all plastic)

Wait for different handset, perhaps the newer models with nvidia tegra 2, once you see what the battery life is like for dual core phones.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astralmaze05:
i think u should wait for samsung infuse 4g :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keulieminogue:
Hi there

- a lot of you guys saying that the sgs is one of the best phones - yes it is one of the best android phones - the screen is brilliant and android is cool.

i bought it on the 24th of june 2010 - it was the second day they sold it in germany ^^ without custom firmware and lagfixes it wouldnt be useful for me... if you use it only for making phone calls and having a few internet apps installed everything is fine - but more than 30 apps... you need a lagfix or android 2.2.1...

If i would like to have a new phone - i would wait until march when the LG Speed is announced. this is the next top-phone i think.

if it doesnt matter what system you wanna use... iphone... its reliable - really. but i dont like apple :|

Android is great!

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohit.sadhwani:
With Black screen I meant the lag which phone faces.. The black screen appears on numerous occasions going from one random option to the other.. Its the lag..

We know that there are fixes for most of the sgs issues.. But it feels terrible to fix a new phone we bought, when there are phones in the market which do not require such fixes..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bluephantom3:
I have the galaxy S and my wife has the wave.... the wave is terrible compared to the Galaxy S..... so in Short Yes buy one you won't be disappointed. Sell your wave or try and find a way to install Android on it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ila420:
It still is kinda confusing, for sure i will change my Wave to some other device, may be i should wait for Galaxy S 2 i think they are announcing it on 13th Feb or LG Optimus X2 it looks cool too but they forgot the put Radio on it.

I usually play games, watch videos and play with the camera taking picutres making videos, not a fan of programming and stuff, Galaxy S 2 and Optimus 2X both look cool, lets see how dual core thing effects the industry.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohit.sadhwani:
Good decision.. Wait for dual core machinery to hit the shelves.. Not only it will give u more options but it will also bring down the price of current devices..

I am seriously recommending u to not to buy a samsung phone.. Be it whatever android.. The entire galaxy s line suffered the delay in upgrade to froyo.. Some have still not received.. N on the other hand samsung released other new devices with 2.2 out of the box..

They just want to sell new phones.. Older phones they just sell and forget..

Htc released a froyo update for legend which is one of the initial droids.. This shows how dedicated are these companies for their customers..

I m a samsung user and hate it.. I was a htc user and I miss it..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilbluemirage:
Is it possibly to get vibrate to work only for voice calling? my vibrate options in setting Always, Never, Only in silent mode, and only when not in silent mode.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcghee1973:
Yep ..go to your settings>call settings>all calls>alerts on call
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilbluemirage:
Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work for me...

I'm running Bionix V w/ JL5 radio. Could it be the radio?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalai lama:
I have a Samsung Captivate and just flashed the Seredipity ROM v5.0. Everything is working great except I cannot receive incoming calls. The phone will ring once and then go straight to voicemail or will do half a ring and go straight to voicemail. Anyone experience the same issue or have a fix?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastorized:
Dropped Calls

I had the same problem the day after I flashed to 5.0. I'll be watching for a pattern. Hopefully note a major issue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crossover37:
I had the same problem, it was frustrating. The problem was that when I restored my apps through titanium backup, I backed up some call settings that screwed it up. I reflashed and only restored my apps with data, not apps and system data.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbc663:
Same problem I had. When I reflashed 5.0 and used titanium I deselected the phone app on my batch restore list and haven't had any FCs on my incoming calls. It would ring for a split second then FC. Hope this helps. Love this rom!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyverV:
you saved me. thanks
[Nook Color General] Irish Cream:
Pardon me if this has been explained before, couldnt find the info....but is there any option to run 2.2 without using the Nookie Froyo SD card option?
[Nook Color General] firehazard:
Look for the thread(s) that mention "eMMC" in the title.
[General Questions and Answers] jonahs:
Ok, so I'm not all that new to this rooting thing, I've rooted several HTC Magics, a Nexus One, helped out on a Legend, rooted a Hero and managed to install Android on an HTC Tytn II.

I'm getting used to the different terms about rooting and I'll recite them for you so you know where I'm at.

My Question/Request for you all is to help me figuring out what all these words mean and how they correspond/correlate/work together.

=== Things I have understood almost completely ===

Root

As in Linux, gives a user or script the permission to write to otherwise protected partitions and file systems of the handset.

Recovery

A partition(?) that manages some tasks involved with the basic building blocks of the system, such as installing/flashing different partitions/parts of the handset. Also has the ability to wipe the data-partition as well as Dalvik-cache.

Bootloader/HBOOT/SPL

A partition(?) that fires up the basic buildingblocks on the handset. Such as recovery, OS, and whatnot. With Fastboot-commands it's possible to flash partitions, as long as the bootloader allows remote writing through command-line.

=== Things I've almost completely understood ===

CID

CarrierID. This is when a mobile phone network carrier "locks" the phone to a specific network. But this also means that the carrier hands out updates to the Android-system installed on the handset? And the only way of updating a factory-state handset is by getting hold of updates from the carrier?

RUU

ROM Update Utility. Used by HTC to update their manufactured handsets. There might be other manufacturers who use this abbreviation, but I've seen it used almost exclusively in regards to HTC. There are checks being made when trying to install a RUU-package on the handset. These are/could be(?)

* Current RUU version already installed (if the RUU-package that is being installed is older, the installation quits)

* Current CID (If the CID in the RUU doesn't match the CID on the handset, the installation quits)

=== Things that confuse me ===

Goldcard

This is a modified SD card that supposedly bypasses the CID/RUU-check. Now, this to me sounds like I can install any RUU no matter what version I currently have installed on my handset and no matter what CID my handset came with.

This also sounds to me that I can potentially install a Desire RUU on my HTC Magic, if it is true that the RUU/CID-check is bypassed by the goldcard.

This also sounds to me that the requirement for a newer RUU-version of the package I'm installing is bypassed. For instance, I will, if I use a goldcard, be able to install a RUU-package with the version 1.28 on a handset that currently have version 1.31 installed?

Reverting a root

Is it as easy as grabbing the latest official RUU-update from HTC:s website and install that? Does it contain all the partitions and system-files necessary to restore the handset to a factory-state? Or will there be complications because of the root and different custom-ROM:s and custom-recoveries that are on the handset?
[General Questions and Answers] jonahs:
Shameless bump. SOMEONE has to know this. Or this is such common knowledge that there is a wikipedia article and I missed it?

If I only get an answer to my Goldcard questions I'd be real thankful.
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
Sounds to me like you have a very good grasp of all these things. It's nice, but rare, to see people doing their own research and learning this much before posting questions!

There's nothing i can add really but to confirm that ,yes...flashing a stock ROM will revert changes although some devices can be picky with which stock ROM is best.

As an aside, have you considered doing development work yourself, perhaps ROM building? You're obviously capable, interested and 'have the right stuff'!
[General Questions and Answers] jonahs:
Well, thank you. I'm slowly beginning to get used to doing as much research as I can get by with and provide what I know, or at least think I've been able to conclude, and then ask a question about it.

When you say flashing a stock ROM, would this also apply for RUU-packages? As an example; If I have an HTC Hero and I manage to downgrade it through som root-method, will I be able to run an official HTC-provided RUU to get it back to a factory state?

The only way I have been able to return my Nexus One to a factory state is by the use of a PASSIMG.zip-file, but then I would have to make sure that I am using the stock recovery. One reason for my question is that I'd also like to know if it's possible to run an RUU-package on a rooted, and/or custom recovery-flashed and/or engineering SPL-flashed handset and have it returned to a factory state.

Well, sure, the thought has struck me once or twice. I'm currently in my last months of my education in becoming a Master in Software Engineering, but at the moment I'm into getting to know more about how Android works on different handsets and how the different parts are connected to each other. I will very soon dive into Android development as it's the only really interesting area for handsets/mobile communication, that doesn't have the price of a whole Apple Macintosh to even be able to begin programming for it.

I'm sure I will get an Apple suite later on, I like the diversities of different manufacturers but for the time being I'm price conscious.
[General Questions and Answers] jonahs:
Is there anyone who knows a thing or two about Goldcards?

One of my questions in the first post was about the CID/RUU-relation to the Goldcard.

I have read from one or maybe two people on random forums, stating that the Goldcard is _only_ needed when the handset is carrier-locked. I'm very interested in getting to know more about the Goldcard and when it is supposed to be used and/or required.

Because a lot of the times when dealing with rooting HTC handset it boils down to having a Goldcard or not. But at times I hear about methods where Goldcards aren't needed. But the statements differ from "You need a goldcard" to "You only need a Goldcard when your handset is CID-locked" to "You need a Goldcard to be able to flash an RUU that is older than the one you currently have on your handset." to "You need a Goldcard if you want to flash an RUU with a different CID" to "You don't need a Goldcard at all".

Somehow I think there are some kind of specific combinations, for instance something like this;

CID-locked handset => Needs a Goldcard to be able to root

RUU-version on the handset is new => Needs a Goldcard to be able to flash older RUU-version

RUU/CID-combination is X and Y => Needs a Goldcard to be able to flash an RUU that has the RUU/CID-combination A and B

...

...

There are times when some rooting methods do not require a Goldcard at all, but it seems to me they are pretty rare when compared to those who require a Goldcard.

Someone out there should have the whole story about this and I'm very interested to know how these things work and I'm also grateful for sharing this with me.
[XPERIA X8 General] alil:
hello, im using x8 with android 2.1, xrecovery, app2sd, jit.

first im installing app2sd with ext2, and now im thinking to convert it to ext3.

could someone help guide me step by step to do it? because im noob in this.

sorry for my bad english, and thanks in advance.
[XPERIA X8 General] zvorkapic.os:
don't fix what's not broken.
[XPERIA X8 General] cruizz:
1. uninstall the applications to avoid applications crash

2. after uninstalled..then uninstall the app2sd using the app2sd script.

3. use mini tool partition manager to create the ext3

4. use your ap22sd(ext3 app2sd) installation script

hope it will help you lil' bit

best regards,:)
[XPERIA X8 General] alil:
yes it works.. thanks
[XPERIA X8 General] artoseven:
how to copy/backup partision ext3 using mini partision wizard on PC????
[XPERIA X8 General] alil:
before to do backup ur partition, please make sure u have some unallocated spaces on your hard disk, external or some kind of memory type like usb.

1. click on ext3 partition that u want to backup,

2. click copy

3. choose the unallocated spaces to copy the partitions.

4. click next

5. move the slider, where the exact location on the unallocated spaces u want to put. leave this step if you dont know.

6. then finish.

7. on mini tools windows, click apply if you are done making changes.

hope helps, refer attachment for better understanding.. thanks

** do the same things back if u want to restore or copy back to your memory card
[XPERIA X8 General] crazy_ender:
just have a look :p
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 9761217:
I've got a pro2 (gsm ,non-customized version)recently,and tried to flash the "hard-spl" for it .

first,I used "Rhodium-HardSPL_V1_20R2" for unlocking .but when I executed it,my phone got nothing changed(thoerically,the screen should be changed into black)

so, I used "sspl-manu" for unlocking,but the screen stuck and had no respone.

eventually, I tried using Rhodium-HardSPL_V2_00R3, an error shown up that "Hard-SPL is for non-commercial purposes only, we have detected that you appear to already have unlocked a device, if you wish to unlock commercially , please e-mail olipro@gmail .com to discuss solutions"

here are my qustion

1,what' wrong with my phone and how to solve ?

2, does the error mean :I never be able to have my phone unlock for free?

3,can I flash the energy rom by sd card ,if the phone have not hard-spl?

P.S I've got net framework 3.5 and activesync4.5 on my pc
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] christopherwoods:
If you go into bootloader mode, what text is shown onscreen over the coloured bars?

(to go into the bootloader mode, hold down the Power and Volume Down buttons whilst soft resetting)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cmonex:
if you can't/don't want to donate and this is for personal use, you can request a free license at http://support.htc-unlocks.com/
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kiwi_zt:
hi guys, i wouldn't post this if it wasn't absolutely necessary.

i've tried requesting the activation key using the microsoft chat service without success. i think i must have gone through 6 representatives who have all either asked me to contact microsoft singapore or require an imei number from me before they are willing to entertain me. i have also tried contacting microsoft singapore, and they requested that i scan a receipt as proof of purchase.

it's been pretty frustrating that i haven't been able to get one for about 4 days and so i humbly request help from you kind forumers out there. if anybody could help me get a key i would be eternally grateful! :)

thank you in advance :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Cenobite_:
Did you try the email route?

Btw 4 days is nothing. Some have been hunting an activation code for much longer.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] CrAzYiaN:
My question is why don't you just try and give them your imei number? worse comes to worse they'll just tell you that your phone is a hd7... i mean just try don't be scare.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] arienvijn:
Try the UK

I called microsoft UK (From the Netherlands) Spoke to Linda, (Nice voice)

Just gaved my imei from my hd2, and she made a activation-number.

Arielex
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] spbeeking:
Seriously, I still dont get why people have problems with getting an activation code. I got my first one on the first try. Then when my sd card got messed up and I did a hard reset, I realised I didnt save the activation key. So I called them again and got another one, just like that. (Being in the US mighta helped though)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
They're starting to catch on and ask for valid wp7 imei's or proof of purchases most of the time now, even for us in the US. I just got a second code yesterday and I had to give a HD7 imei to get it. When I called for my first code the day the port was released, I had no problem and it was easy... didn't need imei.