[Fascinate Android Development] sonofskywalker3:
Well guys, thanks for your patience, after a long week of android I decided to take the weekend off, so here's a long list of my answers to questions that have mostly already been answered.

A great laugh and a great post, I'm always happy to help, and to share my work with everyone, regardless of whether they donate or not, but I can't say it's not nice to see those paypal emails :D. The android community is amazingly generous, and I'm glad to be a part of it, even if I never got a donation.

This is because you're running an incompatible radio. if you check settings > about phone i'm betting you'd see DI01 as your radio. For SMS to work with this rom you need at least the DJ05 radio, but DL09 is prefered. Check out Adrynalyn's DL09 release topic to get the modem.tar file and flash it through odin.

Yes, this is because the dl30 rom released with a newer camerafirmware.apk file, which contains new firmware for the camera. this is a mandatory update, and you just need to choose the phone firmware > camera firmware option to update what's stored in the camera's ROM. Then you'll be good to go.

Yes, this is a known issue with this build, along with several other things that don't work quite right or weren't included, these are bugs in the leak, and would be tough to fix, but i have a few possible ideas. don't get your hopes up tho...

As someone else stated (sorry i can't remember who) you may be using an older mms apk from a previous version. these are not compatible, please install the mms.apk from the dl30 leak or reinstall the rom. If that's not the case, then no, i haven't had any issues. could be theme related, which theme are you using?

As a couple people stated, the included kernel for dl30 appears to include some code that could be used to track when the phone is used for tethering, either wired or wireless. We don't know yet if anything is being tracked, or even if it is, whether verizon has any legal recourse or plans to crack down or charge extra. That being said I leave this decision up to you with this disclaimer:

The 3d mobile hotspot is included in all versions of the Blackhole 4.x Series Custom Rom to facilitate Wireless Tethering in accordance with your Customer Agreement with Verizon Wireless. Any third-party tethering apps are not endorsed or supported by Blackhole, and any charges/service interuptions you suffer as a result of using such tools are not the responsibility of the Blackhole Custom Rom, It's creator, Hosts, or any affiliated party. Sounds pretty legal right?

All that being said, any who is using the thethering, please let me or another developer know if you recieve any calls/emails/charges from verizon about it so we can share the news with the masses.

The program used for this is indeed appwidgetpicker, which will be included in Blackhole 4.1 when it drops, hopefully later this week.

I haven't experienced anything like this other than when using the BLN during a call, but since this kernel isn't compatible yet I'd say that's not the issue. The DJ05 radio is compatible but DL09 is recommended, I'd suggest you upgrade and see if that takes care of it.

My battery life has been better since switching to froyo, but i've also noticed it's not very accurate. I turned my phone off when it said 28%, plugged it in a few hours later, and turned it on after 5 minutes and it said 68%, so i know one of those numbers was wrong... Supplysidejesus has a good discussion and possible fix topic, basically try charging it to full, wiping battery stats, charging to full again, then draining completly before charing again and see if that helps.

The customization in Rom Manager will always be freely available to all, and any options added to Rom Manager will be available with no delays, added themes, mods, kernels etc. will not be vip early releases. VIP's get early access to the newest version of the standalone rom and rom upgrade 48 hours before that standalone rom, the base rom for total customization, and the upgrade version to bump you to the latest version without having to reflash everything, are released to the public in rom manager. I will never offer exclusive features only to VIPs, the benefit is simply early access. I hope this relieves any concerns you have. you have been a well respected part of the fascinate community since the beginning and i'd hate to end up on your S-List.

JT posted it in IRC and someone shared the link on a bootanimation request topic in the themes/apps board.

Love the banner Horus. Just love it.

First, thank you for your kind words. It's always nice to know that people are enjoying my work.

1. The settings > usb settings option is used to choose between Media Player (MTP) mode and usb mass storage, and is only usable when usb debugging is off and the usb cord is not connected. applications > development > usb debugging needs to be enabled to allow the usb mass storage to work correctly, not sure why yet, but it works fine with it on in my experience. Some people have noted eclipse debugging doesn't work so well, but that's normal for any samsung release on this phone, and doesn't affect most users.

2. I haven't had any issues with the gps but here's a few tips that might help.

a. go to settings > location and security and make sure VZW location services, Standalone GPS services, and Google location services are all checked.

b. try turning on your wifi, this seems to increase gps accuracy like with older builds.

There is currently no fix for those of you with this issue, but a newer version is out there, and if we can get a leak of it, this might be one of the things it fixes.