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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christine2187:
I'm running 2.2 currently and would like to remove all the AT&T crapware, so I'm trying to root the phone using the one-click program. I am able to download it and extract it but when I try to run the application I get the "failed to initialize" message and that's it. Is there something I'm missing somewhere? I am seriously new to all this phone rooting stuff so please be gentle with me as I am not familiar with a lot of the terminology.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurami23:
I had the same issue at first, but I realized that my memory card was still in. I unmounted it, removed it, tried it again and it worked like a charm. If your memory card is it, try the same thing and it might work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Unmounting and removing the external SD card is a good tip.

Also play around with the USB Debugging setting...try it both with and without.

Remember not to tell it to mount your phone (that is do not choose Connect to USB Storage), when you plug into the USB.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Chad_Petree:
Since i installed cm7 for my milestone my internet speed is HORRIBLE , a friend told me this might have to do with androidni recovery auto installing and ad blocker than ends up effing up my internet connection, is this true? he told me that i should use root explorer search for a file called "hosts" and erase, what do you guys think? :confused:
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
Here is a fix that I made up.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=941346&page=34

I also posted proper hosts file on the next page.

Now you can use AOR to

fix

it this time... ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Chad_Petree:
was your fix implemented on the rom that was made available yesterday ? RC2 0.07-11.02.23
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
Probably.

As far as I know, it's never failed to work.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Chad_Petree:
im still confused whose fault is this _ cm7 or androidni recovery? :confused:
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
Well, it only happens when you apply the adblock with the weird hosts file and probably effects every mod that you can use.

It used to work, but the IP used for blocking ads is no longer in effect.

I don't know why another IP would be used though because a host files always use local host 127.0.0.1 so that the OS/browser won't even look for anything outside of the phone or computer.
[Xoom General] Old MuckenMire:
almost every time I click on a gmail notification in the bar at the bottom Gmail force closes...anyone else?? If I check the email using the app it works fine...just if I try and click the notification it FC. also works fine via the widget
[Xoom General] checkbox111:
Yeah latest update included the ability to 'cut copy and paste', this has been renamed to 'cut copy then close' :D
[Xoom General] Old MuckenMire:
Pretty much :D

I also just had the Gmail widget refuse to clear a read gmail, fixed it by removing the widget and then putting it back again
[Xoom General] polakowt:
Noo problems here
[XPERIA X8 General] SL-1210:
Hi iv flashed my xperia x8 with 2.2.1 CM HACKDROID v0.12 by racht all working very well apart from some apps are failing to install ,also the apps that will install can not be moved to SD card as get a errer. my sd is partitiond with ext2 .can anyone please shed sum light on this matter as im fairly new to this just want to know a fix or if it somthing wrong my end please HELP thanks
[XPERIA X8 General] a-k-t-w:
I'm fairly certain that the market is a bit broken in that ROM. Native apps to SD doesn't work either. Try the MiniCM ROM, it is supposed to fix both of this problems.
[XPERIA X8 General] Draken Korin:
research and/or address ROM specifics in the respective ROM thread

there is no need to open a new thread for this

closed
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/62961?tstart=0
[Epic 4G General] nemt:
I like how it has "baw" right in the URL. :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
Haven't they updated almost everyone's phone ota? What are they gonna do to the people.they updated?

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
My wifes epic didn't get the OTA yet.

Not sure, they are working on another release though.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Can't wait for new phones. I'm jumping off the Samsung train at the nearest stop.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
At least we got the source code. I wonder if it will still be eb13 or something else. Damn I hate this. It will take another 6months to.get a fully working version.

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
We've already seen evidence that Sammy was working on builds later than EB13.
[Epic 4G General] paulkenosha:
I didn't get the ota either. This is unreal, all that wait fro froyo to get a ota that's stopped due to issues??? Well that was the nail in the coffin for me. 0 chance of me owning another Samsung phone now.
[Epic 4G General] Jhiciano:
sad buit its the truth, I came from the evo to this phone, I love it especiallly with custom roms but its obvious that htc is brand of choice for sprint :(
[Epic 4G General] crawrj:
At least this means that they are working on an update. The only problem I have is with taking videos in low light. But I hardly ever do that so it isn't a deal breaker for me. Everything else is 100 times better than DI18 for what I use.
[Epic 4G General] buggerritt:
It says that a hard reset fixes the issues. People that have been running DK28 for a few months are already used to this sort of behavior. You cannot rely on these OTA upgrades. It's like upgrading Windows versions. Wipe and and clean install is always the best policy.
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
I agree except for one point , I dont like the new messaging lol
[Epic 4G General] budderocks:
If you install gosms from the market, there is an option to make it look similar to the Eclair messenger without the bubbles
[Epic 4G General] edonnelly:
I'm not sure the pull means that. It sounds like the problem is with the updating mechanism, not with EB13 itself. It could easily be just the updating scripts themselves that they are working on.

I do think they are always working on new builds, but I have no idea how seriously they are considering actually making one of those publicly-available nor what sort of time course they might have in mind.
[Epic 4G General] bjhill2112:
I have heard the issues that Sprint was having (relative is an employee). It's nothing that I would have pulled the OTA over TBH. Stuff like calendar syncing not working (clear data clears that right up). From what I heard it sounds like it's all stuff that is related to user data and cache issues. There was nothing on the list that we didn't already know about.
[Epic 4G General] quickstang:
I knew the data issue on the EB13 modem getting 18kbps & 30kbps was not related to anything else but the modem. Odin back to DK28, & while not real fast, nothing compared to EB13. Epic fail!
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
wow, this section is about to be blown apart.
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
I believe that the OTA was pushed out sensing the increasing noise about the update. It was certainly not ready, and they knew it, I think. They must also have known they might need to pull it back.

One wonders just what happened last year between Samsung and Sprint that caused this mess. It's surprising that even after so many months, they failed to provide a decent update! Can one of the mods, who was in talks with SamsungJohn, throw some much needed light on all this, if SamsungJohn provided some important info., and also if the time frame around the yet-another-update is known.
[Epic 4G General] brownmetal:
I may or not not work for sprint and as far as I can tell, these issues only effect the OTA update, not the over the wire update, FWIW...
[Epic 4G General] Robman62:
I think so sprint/samsung should just give us 2.3/.4 and call it a day, I'm upset about the wait but at least toss us some sort of bone for our troubles.
[Epic 4G General] crawrj:
Just tried it at work and got 814/148. Not sure what the going rate is in Louisville Kentucky but that sounds pretty good to me for 3G.
[Epic 4G General] Orbiting234:
I agree!! The modem in EB13 is absolute JUNK for 3G. I can't break much over 100kbps on 3G download no matter what. Thank god for good 4G coverage or else this would have made me jump back to DI18 or DK28 right away.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
It's not just the update mechanism. They pulled the links from the Samsung site also.
[Epic 4G General] edonnelly:
They pulled the links, but that doesn't mean that they are going to change anything about EB13. Maybe they will, maybe they won't, but I think they just want to stop all updates until they better understand what's going on.
[Epic 4G General] blackdragon79:
6 months sounds about right. Maybe this time they will do more than just rename dk28 to eb13 and actually push out a real update.
[Epic 4G General] schnowdapowda:
I love how the thread below this is "eb13 doesn't have any bugs!"

cd's or tapes?
[Epic 4G General] OregonLAN:
Correct! EB13 has TONS of issues. I was really optimistic about this release at first, but the more I use it, the more I have problems with it. Some are minor, some are pretty major. I think it's irrelevant whether you cleaned the cache, flashed it with Odin or did the OTA. Most people don't run into the issues simply because they don't use the capabilities of the phone to its fullest.
[Epic 4G General] dirtbagg:
Yea update was a mess..work at sprint csr and had many calls into care about the update screwin phones up.....from not being able to hear anyone talking to power cycles lol good one sammy
[Epic 4G General] tokyomonster:
FWIW, I did the over the wire update and am not seeing any speed issues on 3G ( last test was 1113 down, 642 up), though I did notice that my wifi would refuse to connect again this morning (which was an issue I had with DK28)
[Epic 4G General] DangerZone1223:
My GOD!

My goodness, people! What's with all the doom and gloom around here? I downloaded EB13 off of Samsung's site and UPGRADED from DI18 from my SD card. Very easy to do and it wasn't a full flash. I'm VERY happy with the update! It SCREAMS! Sure, there's some issues:

1. 3G speeds are slower. Sad, but I'm sure they're working on it. Just get on wifi from just about anywhere in the meantime...

2. The camera app will force close if you switch to sports photography mode.

3. Some people are having trouble with the camcorder mode.

4. The notification sound is about 85% quieter than what it was on DI18.

5. Some people are having syncing issues (might be a fix by clearing your cache)

6. Some people are having compass issues (there's a fix... calibrate it upside down)

My God, though, people! The new update is a great update. Has some bugs, but they'll be fixed soon. But, the doom and gloom is getting out of hand here!
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Sports mode in the camera?

You mean action shot? I don't have a sports option :( but the game I recorded indoors came out really smooth with default 720p settings

What's sports mode do?
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
It's the sports mode in the STILL camera mode. It's in one of the options, such as portrait, low light, etc. All the other options work, but if you select sports mode, it FCs the camera.

Also the smoothness in VIDEO recording mode comes into play at low light. On DI18, even in low light, the video shot as smooth as butter. Now in low light, there is a significant lag, especially noticeable when there is a lot of movement in your subject or when you pan your camera/phone around. Even turning on the flash doesn't help too much as well.
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
well ill be, it sure does!! wtf thats more of an issue to me then the low light crap
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Sports mode? I don't have that as a camera option. Action is the closest and that doesn't FC. I don't see a sports mode.
[Epic 4G General] xxmastermindxx:
Sports mode is under Settings > Scene Mode. I confirm FC too, lame.
[Epic 4G General] badasscat:
Well, that's pretty optimistic. On what are you basing this opinion?

If you base it on actual evidence, we'll get a half-assed "fix" for one or two of these bugs in a month or so, a "leaked" new full ROM in about six months that fixes a few more bugs while introducing some new ones and bricking a major feature or two in the process, then a new "official" release in about a year (still of Froyo, mind you) that ends up being pulled because of further unforeseen problems in the update process.

I'm just saying this based on what's happened so far.

I love my Epic and except for the camcorder bug, I don't have many *major* problems with EB13 (though I do have some minor ones), but jesus, it is seriously about time they release a stable build of a months-old OS on what's supposed to be a flagship phone. And it's still not happening.
[Epic 4G General] BWFBezerk:
so..................................what were the benefits of this update?

It's faster? So I can open my broken camera or browser faster?

No thanks, back to Eclair for me.

Having this Froyo on this phone is like having a sports car inside a garage..........wtf are you gonna do with the blazing speed.......
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
I don't really care whether Samsung/Sprint are pulling the update. The improvements definitely outweigh the negatives (low sound with speaker playback and the usual bugs) and I will never go back to Eclair or any other existing build. EB13 works well enough for me, especially after switching from POS TouchWiz launcher to Launcher Pro. Launcher Pro had many issues on my phone with stock Eclair but seems buttery smooth on Froyo.
[Epic 4G General] badasscat:
Froyo on the Epic isn't just about speed. The main reason I upgraded to DK28 was the fixed GPS. I use Google Navigation on my phone constantly for traffic updates (I drive to and from work in NYC every day), so being able to switch on GPS and have it lock instantly is pretty important to me. DK28 fixed that; that was the first leaked Froyo build.

Froyo also added the ability to move apps to SD card (pretty important on a phone with such a small amount of internal storage), and it made a bunch of Google's own apps updateable via the market. It also improved copy and paste.

All of that was in DK28. EB13 doesn't do much that wasn't in DK28 - it makes me wonder what they've been working on all this time. The main problem with DK28 was that it crashed all the time when using GPS and it also sucked battery HARD when using GPS. Every other day, my phone would soft-reset itself in the middle of my commute. And it'd use half the battery on my 40 minute commute, even with the screen off. EB13 seems to fix those issues, which are a big deal to me. Of course, it also broke other things that are also important to me, so I'm still pretty annoyed. But no way am I going back to Eclair, which has a totally broken GPS implementation.

(I originally said DI18 instead of DK28, I have a hard time keeping all these numbers straight.)
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
This is absolutely delicious irony. Just when I was finally working up the gumption to flash (clean wipe etc) tonight, this happens. Oh well. I guess I can wait, further research, and back up some more if I ever do decide to take the EB13 leap. How the hell after all this time they do a release that still causes this much havoc...I dunno. I like the phone well enough with rooted Eclair, but I guess I'm in a still further waiting game with Sprint and Samesong.
[Epic 4G General] shiftr182:
I must applaud sprint. I have never known another company that lacks in customer service as much as sprint. Who do they have working on these updates? I dont get how it takes half a year to get this operating system working(and not even correctly) on this phone.

This is the second time? that they have screwed up an overdue update for this phone.

Clap, clap.
[Epic 4G General] jtw78:
Is there just one dude in a closet/office working on this update during his lunch breaks? How can it take so damn long to put out a working product (that doesn't work)?
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
They just need to employ devs like mammon, Randy_T, Dameon and noobnl. Then we would be just fine. Let the XDA community be the testers and release to the general public.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I don't know about having xda testers. Some of these folks think this was release quality.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
It isn't bad. I'm also keen to the fact though different people have different setups and file systems and whatever else. It is indeed possible two phones with the same update can yield different results as we have no idea how the update was done, condition of the phone prior to the update and also the troll/bs/newbie/plant of a competing company factor.
[Epic 4G General] xTmDarren:
I agree with this guy.. !

and is it just me or did more people just sign up to ***** at sprint and samsung again?
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
The release is quality. Its like 90% perfect. Thats an A isn't it. The other 10% is annoying but isn't THAT big of a deal. They will fix probably 90% of the bugs making the rom 99% perfect.
[Epic 4G General] zetterwing:
90% as an A isn't too bad...unless you're getting paid to deliver a quality product. We all accept some level of bugs but the fact remains that Sammy and Sprint are getting paid and doing subpar work. I would have still updated if they stated that there were several bugs affecting camera etc and they will be hashed out in the future. Instead they bend to pressure from subscribers and release something that isn't completely safe and free of issues. Now...say you only go to work 90% of the time...for the average person that's one day off extra every 2 weeks...26 days a year. Should you get paid the same as others who are there every day? If you were the employer I think you would be happy to find a more reliable employee.
[Epic 4G General] vbetts:
Isn't this the second update pulled?

Well, this is another one pulled because of Samsung. Samsung had to pull the froyo intercept update because it was bricking phones. And had to take down the 2.1 update for the Moment for a bit because that was having problems before. It's Samsung doing this, not Sprint.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
My first clue that something was up was when I awoke on 2-21-11 to find that EB13 was being delayed till 2100 PST. I could just hear engineering calling on Sunday saying to corporate that there was some unresolved problems. Corporate says to Engineering you got an extra 21 hours so make it happen.

I don't know what everyone is *****ing about. DK28 was buggy too and so was the Palm Treo's (some of which never got fixed). All pieces of electronic hardware that have software have bugs. Get over it and move on...
[Epic 4G General] dito33:
Where the Hell is SamsungJohn now when we need him I bet U wont hear from him anymore.
[Epic 4G General] abduljaffar:
Possibly got kicked in the nuts by angry bricked epic owners.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
Pretty happy with eb13 so far, I do seem to have most of the bugs everyone is finding but I can wait til their fixed.
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
That's the only way to go. Though I odined mine straight to eb13
[Epic 4G General] yogi2010:
yes, how are people doing with EB13 when doing a full wipe? does that indeed fix/prevent some of the bugs? are there still some bugs leftover?
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
This is the best thing that could happen for the Epic. Sprint now has people who don't even know what version of Android they are running calling in and *****ing at them about problems. That is what we needed for Sprint to finally get off its ass. I am glad that this update went horribly, its literally the best thing that could have happened for us.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
What is hilarious is when it first went live I installed it and it showed EB01 as the version. 15hrs later grabbed it again and it had EB13.

I think all manufactures are finding out the hard way these are not throw away and replace **** phones anymore.

We use them as super mini PC's, we want updates, patches and fixes. Google and the manufactures better find a way to slipstream and unify updates. This **** of specific builds for each phone is a retarded way to run.
[Epic 4G General] jnadke:
Agreed.

/10char
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Either contribute or just stay away. I'm so tired of this crap on here. It's comments like this that got the thread closed in the first place. Instead of complaining learn to do something. The issues with the update have nothing to do with bricking the phones. The SD cards doesn't read correctly (sometimes) and the data connect bug is still present. All you have to do is odin the EB13 modem just like DK28. Why would samsungjohn want to come on here just to get flamed. This isn't his fault. He's trying to help and this sh@t needs to stop. I'm frustrated with this as well.

Just show some respect.....Please..

I spent the past few days digging through this and came up with something that works really well. Check out the ROMS we are beginning to push out for you guys..
[Epic 4G General] socos25:
It would be nice if everyone that will never buy a Samsung Phone again would just do it already so I don't have to ready six pages of crap to read a thread.

It would be so much nicer around here... I am betting within a few months you will find something to ***** about with your new phone... And then at least it will be in another forum I don't read.

Thanks... Move along, nothing to see here.
[Epic 4G General] hardrock121:
in that post linked in op i dnt see anywhere where the admin himself said its pulled??? so i m failing to understand where did this news come from?
[Epic 4G General] Orbiting234:
That's because that post has been edited again. :P
[Epic 4G General] spitefulrain:
+1 The message about it being pulled seems to have disappeared. All that remains of it is a fix for some data issues. I swear i saw it earlier, but i can't see it anymore. I guess they edited it out?
[Epic 4G General] lbe:
flash the complete file with samsung flash tool fixed most of the issue i had from update.zip way. Dictionary link for the stock android keyboard is broken either method. Samsung please fix that gdi keyboard, people actually use that. Didnt like the 2.3 keyboard from market or i wouldnt complain.
[Epic 4G General] bjhill2112:
A couple of hours ago they said it was pulled - has been edited again now though to just tell people to hard reset. Also saw reports here that the Samsung site didn't have it up either. That appears not to be the case - as of now it is up.

As a developer that has to deal with monthly releases, I have little patience for the "ZOMG!!!11!1!!1 the sky is falling!" reactions people tend to have with updates like this (I have to reserve that for my own customers :D). The update from Eclair to Froyo was significant. There WILL be issues. Also sounds like a lot of the problems they have run into are all related to the update process and Android itself (such as not finding the SD card and bad cache data).
[Epic 4G General] bjhill2112:
Out of curiosity - why would anyone want to use anything but Swype?
[Epic 4G General] diego1985:
Because the physical keyboard is more comfortable to use.

I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"
[Epic 4G General] burgerpimp07:
I downloaded EB13 from the samsung site and it seems to be working fine besides the blur from the camera.
[Epic 4G General] bjhill2112:
Guess I should have said "why would anyone want to use anything but Swype for their soft keyboard"? :D
[Epic 4G General] lbe:
Its didnt have auto correction or i dont know where to toggle it, i like the stock keyboard because when you mistype and it will still show up the word you wanted