yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ncho2233:
I bought directly from that link in my post. However, there are different seller choices, and I did not choose chichitec. Perhaps fake sellers are piggy backing onto the legitimate sellers item?

I noticed the batteries are of the "fake" variety as per the outside label, and peeling away the label confirms it.

I have asked for a refund from the seller.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ericc191:
This is pretty annoying.. nearly impossible to find a good battery in a sea of fake crap batteries. :(

Can someone link me to a true authentic Evo Shift battery by HTC? I think 1500Mah would be perfect.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Athrun88:
The motto "you get what you pay for" applys everywhere. What can you expect in terms of quality when you pay $5 for 3 batteries on ebay?? Those are surely hit and miss. Using another type of battery in our phones? Thats like sticking 22" tires on a car that can only take 16s.

Save yourselves the headache and buy from known companies directly. I got my mugen power battery directly from them and it's working as advertised. Just follow their easy setup guide for conditioning the battery and you will have a phone that has the potential to last 30hrs on a charge.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] codebot:
Man you guys are quite trusting to run this stuff in your phone. I have never had good luck with cheap crap from China. It has all been fake and/or not as advertised.

The thing with lithium batteries is that you're not just risking getting a low capacity battery, you're also risking your phone. Proper quality lithium batteries are designed with protection features that help prevent them from exploding or burning. Who knows if you're getting that with these. Google "lithium battery explode" some time.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eunkipark92:
Chichi are not knock off batteries like ebay ones. Most of the people here had good results from chichis.

And mugen ones are hit or miss and way overpriced.

I got my chichi the realones and charged it for 12 hours and using it now. Will report. Back
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ncho2233:
As mentioned previously, Mugen are definitely not guaranteed. If they sent two fake batteries to the guys at batteryboss.org when they *knew* they were going to be tested, what do you think they are sending out for regular orders??
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eunkipark92:
Chichi batteries are amazing. I charged my battery at 40% last night. Woke up this morning started using it.

Wifi was on all day.

Been up got 9hrs

Display on 3hrs.

Watched lots of videos from youtube, and xda. And some texting.

I'm still sitting at 54%...and I'm on second cycle...well worth the money.

I'm not using metal backcover. I'm just using my 3dollar plastic case from amazon.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] cam123:
Yeah, I bought these batteries from lnwill2010 too. Finally got them the other day. Battery #1... wow, this thing drains fast, much faster than stock. I'll try the other two but I think I got a bum deal.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dunes20:
I got the 1250. Works good two plus xtra hrs of life.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Gertdus:
Been using a Mugen 1800 for about 6 cycles now. It consistently gives me about 20-30 % more battery time. I will also be posting some stats on the CyanogenMod forum for this battery.

(like I did with the different Radios on the cyanogenmod forum (not allowed to link) but have the same user name there. )

basically it just lasts longer imho.. (best day was from 06.00 to 03.00 (21 hrs ) and still > 25 % remaining. Have actually never gotten under 45 % with normal daily use (06.00 - 23.00) where the stock would be on the charger by 21.00....)

Unfortunately I can also not show you the plots and screenshot as I am not allowed to link, again, please see the CyanogenMod forum.. nfortunately I can also not show you the plots and screenshot as I am not allowed to link, again, please see the CyanogenMod forum..

(apologies for the typo, but I was also not allowed to edit the post... :( seriously guys, these restrictions are pretty harsh... )
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] quierotacobell:
Just received my shipment today. Gonna calibrate all and see how it goes.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ericc191:
The problem with Mugen batteries is that sometimes you get a get one.. most of the time you get a mediocre one.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Redmed427:
Just ordered a mugen. I'll post up my results this weekend
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eviLutions:
I might take my chances with a Mugen battery this weekend. I just hate that you can only get it from Hong Kong or whatever place it ships from.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Nospin:
If some of you guys are just looking for a couple hours more I recommend the Droid Incredible 2 battery. And if somebody knows Verizon's return policy, it may be easier to return them if you don't like it. (Not sure of their policy on accessories)

Just finished my review and posted it if you want to take a look.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eviLutions:
I found a website that sells mugen batteries and it ships from colorado I think. :D

www.mugenbattery.com
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ericc191:
I just found a pretty good bit of info for when you all get your new batteries. Testing now with my Evo Shift 1500mah.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/inc...s/20259-calibrating-your-battery-android.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] quierotacobell:
Those evo shift 4g ones aren't that great, seems a little worse than the stock one. I've ran the phone the same way on both of those batteries and the stock one lasted longer, but good to have 3 spare batteries nonetheless.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ericc191:
Ill run a few tests to see which performs better on my end.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipCat:
Are there any tools like jkoljo's SIMUnlock tool? This:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857537
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipCat:
Anyone?:confused:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipCat:
Once more...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbeavers:
I think the regular unlocking for the G1 would be easier.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjwarren4dcivics:
sim unlocking

and how do you go about unlocking the sim card
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] clarkmilark:
Getting rid of the old ball & chains, the iPhone 3GS (psh!), my sister passed her old phone on to me, a Stock HTC HD2.

So I was wondering what the gurus suggest to do first. I was thinking Android software should be a good start. But I'd like to figure out how to unlock the Leo first. Where do I start? Newbish, I know...but I hope to be a big contributor to the community one day.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rogerG27:
Sticky threads, worth it!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Digital Outcast:
Please read this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893948.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] orangekid:
I'd also check out this thread :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944288
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dubie76:
Dump winmo, flash magldr, then flash cwm. After that have a field day picking from evo roms, my touch roms, etc. heck you could swap and have a new one every day
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dung8604:
Hadn't realized there were any evo roms, only desire and desire hd. Although I would love some evo roms, those always worked best for me on the sd card
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dubie76:
They work even better on NAND! :D:D:D
[Captivate General] oldskooldawgz:
So was samsungjohns big announcement not the support/questions thread. Just a question no flame intended. I think the vast majority of us that were all over that thread figured that support thread was the big news. So please inform us if it was not the news

Edit: Please keep this flame free this was just meant as a simple question
[Captivate General] zelendel:
No the thread was not the big news. To be honest I dont really have much info yet about this. To be honest I dont trust it to prove to be anything at all really. I will give more info as I get it.

As for Them starting a Support thread here....I dought it....Think about what we do here, and come to your own thoughts
[Captivate General] SkitchBeatz:
Well, that is good news.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
SamsungJohn should have just said what he had to say when he could. If he can't say today, then don't start a thread today. No need to hype it ahead of time. His first post should have been whatever big news he had. That would have avoided this debacle.
[Captivate General] oldskooldawgz:
Thank you very much for your responce
[Captivate General] boborone:
Thanks, please keep us informed. Cause unlike john, you're not part of samsung and have nothing to hype. Just shoot us straight.
[Captivate General] boborone:
I really think svetius needs to teach him a little pr. Maybe even have orb write his posts. I don't think he knows what he is doing.
[Captivate General] zelendel:
No prob guys I would not leave you in the dark about this. I want to beleive the guy is here for good things but I just dont. If you stop and think for a min I think you will agree he is about as out of place here as as a fruit logo on anything other then a kids toy lmao.

On a side note lets not open anymore threads about this. I will leave this one open but others will be closed on site
[Captivate General] bames:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INb5FM_1lE
[Captivate General] timmytim:
Double True that!
[Captivate General] rpicaso:
I've seen mention of the Samsungjohn announcement a couple of times, but have no idea what it was in reference to, can someone please catch me up on it? Searching that user name yields no results..
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
No one knows, all that has happened so far was several q&a threads that were opened and closed quickly because for good reason we are all pissed.

My head hurts
[Captivate General] xtremekilla09:
LOL, I have always said this to my friends who have the phone with the i in front of it (I will not directly mention that dumb phone)
[Captivate General] Shammyh:
Yea, and everyone around here on XDA were total D-bags and flammed the poor guy.

He's a marketing rep for Samsung, and I think was honestly trying to find a way to reach out to the XDA community. And in return, everyone ripped his thread to pieces.

I guess the old, "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar" doesn't work so well around here. Pitty too. Cause unless all the idiots around here plan on rushing the Samsung corporate headquarters and holding the CEO ransom, burning the one bridge set forth isn't going to get anyone anywhere.
[Captivate General] rpicaso:
I did finally find the thread, catching up now. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a trade in offer of some kind involved. Just speculation on my part tho. of course, after the reception he received here we probably won't hear anything now..
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
I respectfully disagree with your position, but if we want this discussion to remain open lets avoid name calling and flaming
[Captivate General] wonner:
I agree. The way I see it, we have nothing to lose. They already have our money. Why not let the guy say his piece? Is there anything he can possibly say that will sway our opinion without doing something about the problems? Is he going to hypnotize us into buying more Samsung products?
[Captivate General] rahlquist:
With all due respect. Samsung has brought the hatred and anger on themselves. They choose to enter into agreements where they cant comment on the updates they provide. They choose to enter into agreements where they cant update their own hardware without the carriers blessing. They choose to allow their PR reps make comments about updates that never come dangling a carrot in front of those hopeful for the advanced features others on identical hardware in other countries enjoy.

Sorry they burned their bridges, they doused their customers with gasoline, you cant blame us for wanting to embrace them with our last fiery breaths.
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Ok guys if this turns into a flame fest or name calling i will close this one as well. I am not sure what will happen if anything other then empty promises as like stated above "they already have our money." To be honest This will be my last Samsung device I ever own. No matter What Samsung has to say, I will never again promote a Samsung device, as I had big hopes for the Captivate. I should have known better after all the work I have had to do on their other smartphones, that this one would be just as much a POS as all the others, BJ, BJ II, Epic, Jack.
[Captivate General] Shammyh:
I agree.

But when fortune turns in your favor, what's the best thing to do?

Continue the outrage and anger (justifiable as it may be) or turn the other cheek and see if something constructive can't be done?
[Captivate General] javi80:
I want to thank xda for allowing that guy to post the way he did, the resulting mayhem gets a much clearer point accross than any polite pandering. If you keep insulting your customers, do not expect a warm reception whe you present yourself as an authority but can't answer any questions...
[Captivate General] rahlquist:
Should xda provide them a platform to voice more lies? Should xda be responsible for one single customer seeing a 'official' samsung post on their site and thinking, "Wow samsung is even down with the Dev community at Xda, I should get a samsung product!"

All of Samsungs efforts to save face are in my opinion worthless until they begin to act like a responsible entity. In the meanwhile they will continue the spin, continue supporting charities and kissing babies.
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/02...ns-samsung-opens-dialogue-with-xda-dev-forum/

Meaningless but you can see that articles like this are why John appeared
[Captivate General] alex4lex:
No flame intended here... but I think for someone in his position, he should be at least able to differentiate your and you're. His "internet voice" I feel lacks professional eloquence. I thought he was a troll for sure when his first post popped up. In any case,Thanks @op and zelendel for clearing this bit up. All we can do is wait and see where this goes.
[Captivate General] javi80:
Thanks, everyone should use the comments section to encourage the writer to update the article with an acurate description of what happened here
[Captivate General] ingrown:
I dunno, I have some pretty good underwear with fruit on the logo :p
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
done +10chars
[Captivate General] boborone:
Ya, he is very unprofessional and says things like soon, working on it, ect. Not a way to talk to people who have had to deal with those lies from day two.

I was ok before, he just pissed me off.
[Captivate General] opcow:
Mob mentality. I understand that people are pissed, and if he has anything substantial to offer he should have waited until it was ready and just sprung it on us, but people should calm down and wait to hear what xda's official word is on it since they are supposedly in communication.
[Captivate General] cnu4u:
Let us think positive in John's business with XDA. Let us hear what he says (anyway the script is already given by Samsung) and give him a good send-off. We are all here with patience for long, just forget Samsung as one of the mobile manufacturer. Lets not forgive for all pain we had.
[Captivate General] DrCruelty:
If Samsung wanted to mend some relationships, they should have started of with "Hi. Sorry for the wait, but here's a fix for XXXX problem you've had since release." To ignore all the major issues or say the same things we've been hearing for months will simply enrage people.
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
Nothing to see here.......
[Captivate General] wonner:
Oh snap! Maybe he lost his job over this debacle.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
twitter.com/samsungjohn

Looks like he is still there to me.
[Captivate General] shishir95:
http://twitter.com/SamsungJohn

he exists for me o_o

I think he's legit. I also don't think he's retarded enough to make a big deal out of something stupid like opening a Q/A thread. They're probably releasing source or something for 2.2.
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
Sory guys I clicked on the link to his twitter on the Mobile Crunch Article then did a twitter search. I'll delete my post saying he's no longer there.

Of course Mobile Crunch screwed up the link to his acct. *SHOCKED*
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I agree that its very unlikely he was making that big a deal over just a Q/A thread. But, if its something like source code, just release it? What takes so long? lol is there anything that this company does that doesn't take an inordinate ammount of time?
[Captivate General] oldskooldawgz:
I knew samsung would use this to try and help their image look at their twitter acct
[Captivate General] boborone:
crap, i just opened one, but it's a lil different, can you check it out before you close it
[Captivate General] javi80:
Does this mean that XDA allowed themselves to be used as a pawn?

Can anyone think of a better anology?
[Captivate General] SkitchBeatz:
I don't understand why there's a need for the hype. most people here feel scorned already and all thats doing is making us feel like toys. Whatever news he/they are holding back why not just release it? Its not like theres a need to build hype for monetary gain.. in fact doing so is probably worse. I'm really just confused by how this situation has been handled.
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
It appears so to me
[Captivate General] bames:
yours should be left open

excellent post

edit: too late =)
[Captivate General] boborone:
I thought so too:cool:
[Captivate General] silent.bob:
I say repost here.
[Captivate General] Epsilion:
I'm curious as to how clever Samsung may be going about this. I wonder if they anticipated the response, I mean questions about Froyo release, and plan to do the release now.

Basically they provided a nice collected thread showing how angry their most upset consumers were and now they can come back to us with "Your prayers are answered!" and release Froyo upgrades for all the US Galaxy S phones and probably direct devs to the source.

A PR move like this sounds risky but if they can really make themselves look great by appeasing the most disgruntled consumers it could really recover their credibility.
[Captivate General] bames:
you did an excellent job of chronicling the events and putting everything in a nutshell clearly and constructively.
[Captivate General] boborone:
lots of url tags, took me awhile to make it, hence why didn't read zelendel's close all other's post

so I'll just post the thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11384393#post11384393
[Captivate General] eelall:
Very risky, considering the amount of (justifiable) anger there is on these boards. Not the way I would want to do business. I'm sure most companies would not be using Samsungs business model.......
[Captivate General] timmytim:
I have an awesome idea. Why doesn't everyone stop speculating, flaming, and finger pointing and just trust in the fact that the forum owners and devs are sorting out details before they actually make whatever the announcement may be.

Look at it this way, Samsung actually took the time to acknowledge our frustration, AND they did it here on XDA! They could have taken this "announcement" anywhere else on the web, but they didn't. They came here. Why? Because our community kicks ass!

Just be patient guys. Believe me, I'm excited, curious, worried, mad, and frustrated all at the same time just like you guys are. My point is, theres no point to continue the bickering and flaming.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate General] zizzerboy:
+1!!!

First time poster, long time lurker. I signed up just to thank timbrenalez for that idea :)

I have been following this drama from day one, and I thought I'd finally break out of my shell. I think we need to give this guy the benefit of the doubt.
[Captivate General] timmytim:
Thanks!

10CHAR

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate General] reinbeau:
+1,000,000 Speculations do nothing but up post counts. I am hopeful that something positive will come from all this SamsungJohn stuff. We'll all see.....
[Captivate General] rahlquist:
As I aid before with add due respect hogwash. Samsung has billions invested in the Galaxy line and name and the group they continue to piss off is getting more vocal, this is just another attempt by Samsung to pacify the situation without really fixing anything. They aren't trying to make you happy, they aren't trying to fix it (or they would shift their development teams to fixing the issues and getting updates release) they are trying to shut folks up. They are trying to make it look like they are making an effort without making one.

There isn't one d@mn question SamsungJohn can answer that I cant find there about this phone. If he and his keepers want to do something then sit down shut the heck up and release the updates. I've been saying for months one of the reasons they have withheld updates for the captivate so long is the GPS is hopelessly weak and unfixable. This was acknowledged by the design changes made for the Nexus S (see image below for side by side signal strength comparison). So releasing Froyo for the the captivate is only going to incense some users even more, the 'fix' they waited for wont be fixing squat. The best thing Samsung can do in that case is hope for attrition through frustration, the longer they wait, the more people who leave the platform out of anger and frustration, the smaller and less volume the group has.

They aren't here for you, they are here to maximize their profits. They are here to prevent you from telling that guy looking at a Galaxy Tab in best buy all about how their online reps promised updates in September, and November and the updates never came, then those reps disappeared. Funny how that works.

Never mistake Samsung for a company looking to help you, they are only looking at their bottom line.
[Captivate General] newter55:
Meh... to think that Samsung is out for anyone but themselves is naive
[Captivate General] ryboto:
And? Aside from the GPS issue, and the lag, what was really wrong with the phones when we purchased them? In fact, my GPS worked, might have taken a min or two sometimes to lock, but it worked. Now, when I bought the phone there was no sticker or label that said "we guarantee free updates!".

I don't mean to defend them, but seriously, why all the hate? because you expect them to give you something for free? We have a lot of developers here that have given us some awesome custom content. Even if we had a final 2.2 build to work off of, I'm sure there'd be a lot of users using more up-to-date i9000 roms.

Sure, Samsung is about the bottom line, any company is, it isn't even necessary to say so, it's universally understood. BUT, the bottom line depends on customers, which is why they're reaching out. Maybe a mini revolution occurred at Samsung, maybe they're going to be more interactive from here on out? Who knows, either way, we barrage the guy with more questions than any of us would realistically expect a single person to answer, and then crap on his face when he doesn't immediately respond. Nice!

This is the first time a Samsung rep has come to the boards, there's going to be kinks to iron out. If we can be more welcoming maybe this will become a permanent fixture, Samsung having a rep at XDA, for now and for the future. But if we continue to piss and moan and insult, why the hell would they want to talk to us? We just end up looking like greedy children.

Now, enjoy your modded rom, your OC kernel, your HSUPA and hacked GPS and be friggin patient!