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[Android Apps and Games] uries62:
I have a request for an Android developer. I use Zotero for references, and would like to read my journals on my nook color.

Zotero uses an sqlite database to store all the information within zotero. Additionally it attaches pdf's and other documents to the citations in individual directories defined by a unique hashtag for each entry.

I am thinking about copying the entire reference directory, including all the pdf's and sqlite database from my computer to sdcard. Once there we could parse through the database, find articles with search based on the author name, publication year, and journal title. The file path location can be parsed directly from the database information and if integrated properly, should allow you to open the pdf with quick office or any other app just by clicking on it.

I would be able to willing to pay $10-20 for this kind of functionality depending on how difficult it would be to set up. Currently, I am setting up syncs with Evernote and Dropbox, but it just isn't the same.

Someone has already made clients for linux and windows which does basically what I mentioned previously, however it is designed in python. I know python, and would be able to integrate that with android if android-scripting had more advanced functionality, but I don't know java at all.

The linux / windows python based client : http://www.cogsci.nl/gnotero
[Android Apps and Games] naught101:
Am also pretty interested in this. Seems odd to do it in python though, considering that zotero itself is written in java. But you can run python on android, you know. Check out http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
[Droid X General] brandon2x:
I currently have a 16gb card in my phone. it is loaded to the bone right now. i'm going to a concert tonight and will probably record some stuff in HD. that takes alot of space. rather than delete my 12 gigs of music off to make room, i was going to use another card i have that is empty. i'm thinking it'll work just fine but is there anything on the sd card in my phone that would need to be copied over, for the system mainly, to work ok? all my apps are on the phone, but i'm wondering about some of the other files/folders that get loaded by the phone. any info would be great. thanks! (running liberty 1.5 btw)
[Droid X General] sfreemanoh:
I would love to know more about this as well...I recently "upgraded" to a class 6 16GB card (and by upgraded, I mean I grabbed the card out of my old HTC TouchPro 2, formatted it, and put it in my DX). I just copied everything from the old card to the new one.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
There is a liberty folder on the sdcard that im guessing the toolbox uses that you will want to copy. I would also look for any folders that resemble app names and copy them as well, as they may contain app data. Any other folders you need should be recreated by the OS or apps.
[Droid X General] brandon2x:
Thanks adminx.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kidhudi:
i am trying to run CM7 and everytime i reboot the phone never starts and i get this error. i can fix this by formatting the cache and all but still it is a pain.

any help out there?

( i reflashed the rom and nstead of using titanuim to restore my apps i did them manually through the market and also downloaded the google apps from the market individually and so far i am doing great. i rebooted the phone 5 times straight and all is working well. i am going to go out on a limb and say that my problem is solved. i hope i helped someone with the same problem)

also if a mod wants to remove this post you aren't hurting my feelings. thanks guys your all the best !!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
A new approach!

Spoof the firmware version on the device, to trick Kies2.0.

But as you might understand, messing with system files is always dangerous and the possibility for a brick is always present. Hopefully this will not occur :) I'm doing my best to avoid that.

You should not use this app if you cannot get into Recovery and/or Download mode! (3 button combo) As always when you modifies system files!

Remember to disable any lagfix before updating!

For everyones safety I would recommend doing a manual backup of /system/build.prop and the complete /efs folder including nv_data.bin

The app does this automatically to the internal SDCARD, but just to be on the safe side I would recommend a manual backup to the computer aswell.

There is three steps where a reboot is required after step 2. The app will tell you what to do.

Step1.

Backup everything. If this fails, step2 is not available.

Step2.

Set the new ProductCode and PDA. Reboot!

Step3.

Set CSC and Phone. Do NOT reboot. Connect to Kies2.0 and update!

This setting is not permanent and will go back to previous setting after reboot.

Remember to disable any lagfix before updating!

Done!

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How to Restore

Press restore in the menu. Reboot required.

If something fails, please send me your logcat.

So here it is: SpoofFw - requires ROOT and BusyBox

Online Market link

If you get problems to connect to Kies after you used this program, try remove the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Samsung\Kies\DeviceDB"

Please let me now if it works out for you.

If you like my work, please consider a small donation.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] steph-one:
Thanks a lot for your patch :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] m4nolator:
Hi,

I'm new to the forum and am very interested in your work, at the moment the file to "fool " Kies 2.0 has not worked for me. I have the version 2.2 of Android 9000XWJPB/I9000FOPJP3/I9000XXJPP/I9000XWJPB and product code FOP. Sorry for my english, i'm from Spain.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dadyal:
what is new in this ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] seaman5705:
It does'nt entirely work. Tried and it shows me update available.

But when it supposed to start downloading new rom, it say that latest software is already installed in my phone.Then Kies resets and start over offering update again.

So, I guess it detects the real rom in the phone.

Nice patch, though. Maybe you can see what is the problem.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] upiwaly:
Same here - I just posted in the "original" theme about kies registry patcher.

Kies finds update, and when i start upgrading, the phone disconnects, and then after 1s reconects back. I cannot upgrade.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
oh crap. didnt try to actually download it. thought it would work. I'll have a look at it. sorry guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] upiwaly:
No panic:-)

Obviously some can upgrade, some cannot. We are the first with this problem.

I have jpx. Could this cause problems?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Those of you who have tried the patch, can you please post your info from the registry and tell me if it worked or not. Include both product code, hidswver, softwarerevision and modelname.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] seaman5705:
For me, in the registry is still JPY everywhere, after apply patch.

PRODUCT code : GT-I9000HKDXEU

HIDSWVER: I9000XXJPY/I9000OXAJPY/I9000XXJPY/I9000XXJPY

Model Name:GT-I9000

Software Revision: I9000XXJPY/I9000OXAJPY/I9000XXJPY/I9000XXJPY
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] newsgroupmonkey:
HTH....

Running Kies 2.0.0.11014_49

HIDSWVER I9000XXJPO/I9000OXAJPO/I9000XXJPP/I9000XXJPO

Product Code GT-I9000HKDTMU

Model Name GT-I9000

Doesn't work unfortunately - it offers me an upgrade, appears to download the file then gives the Disconnected error.

I've also tried manually editing the registry as per kies 1.5 but no more luck.

I've tried on 2 PCs too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] javanoyak:
HIDSWVER: I9000BUJP7/I9000GVD2JP5/I9000BUJP5/I9000BUJP7 (SofwareRev is same)

FW: I9000BUJP7/I9000GVD2JP5(CSC)/I9000BUJP5(modem)

PCode: GT-I9000HKDVD2 (VD2)

Kies: v2.0.0.11014_49

OS: Win7 Ultimate 64bit

I checked my registry but to no avail. Also tried deleting DeviceDB key to force kies into reconstructing it. It doesn't offer the fw upgrade option at all.

At least it's good to know someone is trying to develop a way to spoof kies 2.0. Did the patch work with any previous versions of kies 2.0?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Zajec5:
I just got some another idea: could we try to hack ProductCode on device instead of on Kies side?

AFAIU ProductCode == CSC. I've googled we can change CSC in following ways:

1) *#272*HHMM# on Android 2.1 and older

2) *#272*IMEI# on Android 2.2 and newer

3) Opening preconfing with ADB

4) Editing /efs/nv_data.bin

Would it make Kies detecting different ProductCode?

There is still one more thing we have to consider: what if Kies detects our changed ProductCode but also firmware versions that were never released for given ProductCode?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
I have thought about it too. But we still need to change the PDA and PHONE aswell. But I have not yet located where they are stored. My guess is it's hard coded somewhere. Still the drivers need to take it from somewhere, the question is where.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Zajec5:
There is something like

getBasebandVersion, but I can't track RILRequest, how is is reading RIL_REQUEST_BASEBAND_VERSION... That could show us some file with baseband version maybe.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
I have had some progress.

I have managed to change all necessary codes in the phone to be able to spoof Kies. This time I passed the step that the patch didnt!

Unfortunately it's not that simple, it requires root and changes system properties. But it's all reversible. I think I'll try to make an app of it during next week. First is a final exam on Monday. :(

watch this space. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
well, it's much more fun to develop android application then study for an exam :P

I have successfully switched from XEN to XEE and to DBT.

I'm almost done, just some more bug testing. I'll probably release it tonight :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] duongla:
Good news, wait for your release tonight.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dragnan:
great news!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
I have to push the release until tomorrow, I still have some fine tuning to do! Overall is works very well :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
That's a nasty bug.

Sorry, have been in school. I'll take a look ASAP.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
New version!

v. 0.7.1

Fixes "no root message" when doing backup.

Now saves the current settings in separate folder, "/sdcard/SpoofFw_Backup/<ProductCode>_<PDA>" and last made backup whick can be restored to "/sdcard/SpoofFw_Backup/Last_used"
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] joemoule:
Dear LuffarJoh, now I have other bug : something went wrong when backing up. Err: 1

Best regards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] joemoule:
Ok I just create /sdcard/SpoofFw_Backup/ folder and then it works.

Regards.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Ok, thanks for feedback. I'll release a quick bugfix soon.

edit: Uploaded a new version where the above is fixed!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Peace84:
Get i back my original IMEI and Producktcode ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
The IMEI is not touched, but the product code can be changed to what you choose.

I have uploaded a donate version on the market, this is for you who want to show you appriciation of my work. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] katana695:
I will donate but first, you have to solve why i cant update the pressets...

On a new phone i installed spoof fw and the presset TPH apears..

But in my phone, i have the last version and even if i make a presset update it does not update....

And of course i have internet connection.. Thanks for your good work..

Hope that you made a version for the comming galaxy s 2...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
I'll take a look at that, but meanwhile you can try reinstall the application.

Expect a new version soon and many thanks for the report!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
Is it necessary to change the PDA/CSC/PHONE? I'm running JP6 on a UK O2 Galaxy S and am looking to upgrade to the JVK firmware so will changing the product code to GT-I9000HKDXEU do the trick?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
JVK firmware is not official, so changing product code will do no differ, you have to flash trough Odin anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Der dicke Baer:
Hello!

I only want to de-brand my phone and update from official 2.2 to official 2.2.1. Most people (till now) have have said I should use ODIN. Now I found this SPOOFFW Thread. In which case, I should use SPOOFFW and in which case ODIN? I heard about Kies often making bad Firmware-Updates, so an update with ODIN is advisable. what's your opinion?

Important:

I don't want to make a Wipe after the de-branding and the Update 2.2 to 2.2.1.

And I don't want to make root the phone, if I dont't have to.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaBoomer:
Worked once a month ago. Now kies is able to identify phone: regardless of spoof. It will begin to say it will upgrade, then stops and says version cannot be upgraded, and actual version is recognized
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaBoomer:
Okay either I got lucky or I found a solution for the phones it doesnt work on.

I tried repeatedly using spooffw. I even ued a combination of spooffw and kies registry patch. It constantly would tell me upgrade to jP9 was available, then when I clicked upgrade it would take me to the Agreement where i had to check the box then click the button to proceed with the download and upgrade. Everytime I agreed and clicked the button it would think for a second then tell me my version could not be upgraded. What finally worked...

I used Spooffw as instructed

I used Kies registry patch, insuring i changed i9000tubjg4 to have the tuubjg4

plugged in phone

kies connected said upgrade available

click upgrade

screen with checkbox to accept agreement opened up. I checked the box but did not click the button to proceed. (leave this window open)

at this point, on the phone i clicked the home button, went back into spooffw and put the preset back in - noticing it had reverted

returned phone to home screen

i again ran the kies registry patcher.

unplugged and replugged the phone

as soon as kies said it was connected, i clicked the button on the screen I left open from the 1st time i connected and started upgrade.

This time it downloaded and installed
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
To be able to use SpoofFw you need root. I you do not wish to root, use Odin without re-partition and I think your data will be left untouched. Can someone else confirm or deny this, because I'm not 100% sure.

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You should not combine reg patcher and SpoofFw, use only SpoofFw. Reg patcher adds test_version in registry which overrides the info that's fetched from the phone at first check. If this info do not matcj what's fetched from phone the upgrade will stop.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaBoomer:
I used Z4 Root to Root the phone permanantly. Spooffw, busybox and rom manager have had no complaints about root. It seems after clicking upgrade in Kies, The phone: i9000tubjg7 reverts back. Could the upgrade routine in Kies cause the phone to reread the data or simulate a reboot of the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaBoomer:
I tried quite a few times without registry patcher. When the upgrade finally worked it might very well have had nothing to do with registry patcher. I only said it because it was part of the course of action I took when it worked. I kinda suspect when you click upgrade in kies it causes the phone to go back to the actual versions... like a reset. But I'm not a programmer, just a flunky with a little time on my hands!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Hard to tell what was causing it. If you get in trouble again you can send me your logcat and I'll have a look. I'm glad it worked out for you eventually.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
Thanks for that, what is the latest "official" firmware available through Kies and will changing the product code to XEU do the trick or do I have to enter CSC/PDA/Phone as well?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
Another thing, when I start the app an error pops up saying the Product Code could not be retrieved, make sure busybox is installed properly. It already is but I installed Busybox installer from the market and updated to 1.19 and still have the same issue, have sent the log. Is there any reason why this is happening?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] shaozhihua:
Thanks!I will try it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] pharaohdk:
anyone have the infos for the 2.3.3 XEE ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
Can anyone help with this? The phone is rooted by z4root

and could the OP add this to the presets

UK O2

Product Code: GT-I9000HKDO2U

PDA:	I9000ADJP6

PHONE:	I9000ADJP3

CSC:	I9000O2UJP3
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] vladimir.reber:
hi

i want to update vie kies to the offical 2.3.3

to what do i need to change in order it to work

my firmware

product code: GT-I9000HKDKOR

PDA:I9000XXJPC

PHONE:I9000XXJPC

CSC:I9000OXAJPC

tnx
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
can you make sure this file exists: /efs/nv_data.bin

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To get 2.3.3 you have to spoof the following

pda: I9000XWJS7

csc: I9000XEEJS1

phone: I9000XXJPY
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] pharaohdk:
does not work for me, say I have the newest version even when I put these in.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] alfredgoncalo:
step 2

does not the spooffw in step2 let to click on the ok because? only of in step3!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] alfredgoncalo:
I do not know a lot of ingles

in the spooffw does not it work step2, because? only of in step3!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Looks like Samsung have pulled the update from the servers. I wonder why?

Model: GT-I9000
PDA: I9000XWJS7
CSC: I9000XEEJS1
PHONE: I9000XXJPY
PCODE: XEE
LATEST_FW_VERSION: I9000XWJS7/I9000XEEJS1/I9000XXJPY/I9000XWJS7
BINARY_NAME: GT-I9000_XEE_1_20110223180131.zip.enc2
LAST_MODIFIED: 20110223175559
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] pharaohdk:
that is strange :S

oh well decided to flash with odin for now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] alfredgoncalo:
:( some explanation for it step2 not to let to put ok?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
Hi, yeah that file exists, any other possible reasons? Is there a particular version of busybox I should be using?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MKashiff:
my /efs directory is empty.. what should I do?

Additionally can please tell me which values I should to get the gingerbread through kies? My exisiting values are the following

PDA: JPK

PHONE: JPK

CSC: JPK (KOR)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
OK, I cant really say why you get problems. If you download and install Terminal Emulator and write "busybox strings". Do you get any output? It can also be done via adb.

Are you able to send me you nv_data.bin, in case something is different with yours.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
If your /efs is empty it means something went wrong in the last stage when you did your last flash. It's when the CSC is set in Recovery Mode just before the first start.

My recommendation is to flash a complete ROM with Odin and you will hopefully get your product code back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MKashiff:
Thanks very much for your prompt response and I really wish you the good grades in your final exams :)

Man I hate it when it comes to odin because I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and odin is not available on Ubuntu.. Any how I will look into it or I will stick to froyo as I don't want to loose my beloved phone :D

In case if I go with odin can you please recommend me the best ROM download link available (which will then upgradble to gingerbread using KIES)

Great efforts.. cheers!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Thank you :)

I would suggest using Check Fus Downloader to download the latest stock rom, if you were running Windows... In other case you should look in the Stock ROM thread in General where you can fins links to the latest stocks. The nordic countries were fast to get Gingerbread, so you should go with either XEE or NEE.

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Remember to give a good rating if you successfully used SpoofFw. There is also a Donate version available :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MKashiff:
My phone is already rooted but I was using Astro to view the /efs directory. After using the root explorer (app available in market) now Im able to view the content in /efs
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
I saw you mailed me the logcat. Are you also able to mail me your nv_data.bin and try if "busybox strings" gives any output in Terminal Emulator?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MKashiff:
That logcat was before installing the busybox.. after installing the busybox it got all resolved and app started working (which means u can ignore that logcat). But you let me know if you still require any content of my /efs directory

additionally can you please guide that which values I should use to get the gingerbread update in the following format (or may be a screen shot of values in spooffw app)

Product Code:

PDA:

Phone:

CSC:

(I know you have provided the values in the above comments but its missing the "product code" value)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MKashiff:
or do I need to keep just the defualt value of "product code" and use the rest of ur given values?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
you should use GT-I9000HKDXEE as product code along with the settings above.

Or use the preset called Sweden (2.2.1)

This will get you gingerbread when the update is available again. They pulled it yesterday.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lrybak:
That's why. They found extraordinary unspecified issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
Hi, nothing happens when i type busybox strings in terminal emulator, tried typing it with and without su, i've attached a zipped version of nv_data.bin, any help would be appreciated
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Sorry, it should be busybox strings -h

thanks, I'll take a look in the file.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] FadeFx:
LuffarJoh, do u think this app would work on the Samsung SG3 as well? i think this would help a lot if that was the possibility... if you need some info on the sg3 feel free to ask me through pm...

btw, it has efs partition with all the files like sgs...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] viva.fidel:
busybox strings -h is an invalid option, although it does report back on the busybox ver which is v1.18.3
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LuffarJoh:
Thank you for testing. A lot of people are having the same issue as you and I am trying to find out why this only occurs to some of you.

I am still working on this application and will release a new version as soon as I finds a solution.

To all of you who have sent me your logcat, THANK YOU! I'm sorry for not replying every mail, but all your feedback is saved and is much needed and appriciated. Thank you again.

A extra BIG THANK YOU to those whou have bought the Donate version or donated to my paypal! This keeps me motivated and keeps me with a cold beer when coding ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cirkuzant:
Problem after using SpoofFw

Hi,

I'm having problem with my phone, since I've used SpoofFw to change region. My phone is TSR and since there is no update for TSR, even for Froyo, I've tried to change region with SpoofFw to XEN and to update it to Gingerbread. Now, my phone is acting really strange: it wont connect to Kies, can't connect to any mobile operator (no service), when i try to connect it to PC, Kies tries to connect and just keep trying with no end, after what phone starts lagging terribly until reboot.

I tried to restore settings and region is changed back, but everything else stays the same. I've tried to reset it from recovery console, but that doesn't help either.

Is there any solution for this. Just bought phone and this is driving me nutys.

Thanks in advance,

Goran