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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ybyb:
I'm on the stock DDKB2 firmware and haven't rooted it yet.

I guess xxkb3 is not for i9003, please confirm
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
If you are on STOCK kb2 then you need to find if you are having any bugs reported in earlier version, if yes only then you should try kb3, this kb3 is a European FW & indeed its for i9003.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ceekhay012:
my headset is working fine. i tried in my laptop and desktop and it works fine...either the speaker in my galaxy s is working fine too... i am not sure if after a weeks it is still fine :-) just bought mine fews days ago....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ceekhay012:
my gps was not working before i rooted my fone and i was suprised that after i rooted my phone it works.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yerfdes:
guys need help... do you have already tun.ko for our phone? i cant use openvpn... my kernel is 2.6.32.9root@sep-35 #1... help me guys...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kkrraazzyy:
@ ceekhay

how the gps is relAted with rooting
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
No tun.ko as yet for our phones.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ceekhay012:
honestly i dont know...somebody explain here that rooting is not related in GPS i was just saying that unexpectedly my gps works after rooting i also dont know why because its been a days since im trying to lock my gps and nothing is showing. :-) i am not saying that it is related im just sharing what i had experience. maybe you can also explain.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ceekhay012:
WIFI problem

Hi guys.... please can anybody help me fix my wifi problem. it is my problem for a week now. i just connected to a secured wifi here in my office and just connected it for 1 day. the next day it's not connecting anymore. once, while charging it was connected but suddenly disconnected again. Please please help me :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Hey guys I'm really considering this phone and one of my main uses for it would be as a portable media player (ipod replacement) and camera, from what I have read its media capabilities are unmatched and commendable so that's good, camera wise I used to have an x10 so how does this compare? My biggest question is that in the GSMarena review they mentioned that their unit did not have continuous autofocus for video (something i loved on my x10), I wanted to know if this has been fixed in the production units.

@rex4u I'm from india too so would like to know if its enabled in the Indian firmware also.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yerfdes:
@rex4u pls update us if there is already a tun.ko for our phone... thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crackerjack1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1020384

Please help! :(

Does rooting and applying lagfix corrupt your IMEI?

BTW phone gets pretty hot when used in wifi mode. and speakerphone quality is strictly ok.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
@mzone

Here you go bro'

1 a) Audio through Headset is loud and clear and bass is enough deep. So good.

b) Audio through loud speaker is very low and there is almost no bass. Bad.

2. Camera wise it will not stand much in compare to Sony especially x10. No

continous autofocus in Video here. MP count is lower too.

@yerfdes

tun.ko needs to be compiled with kernel and Samsung has not released I9003 kernel sources as yet. Will take time.

Hope it helps !
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
Guys plz check This important thread (by me) and contribute your results.

Thanks !
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Thanks for the reply buddy, so the SL does not have continuous autofocus? Didn't the original Galaxy S have it or it came to it later through a firmware update? This is quite important for me as I like to take lots of videos.

Btw how are the bundled headphones? are the earphones removable at the mic onwards? so you can use any 3.5mm earphones with the same mic?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
I just tested the video camera DOES have auto focus & works from min 4 inch approx to infinity, it auto focus in daylight much faster than in low light.

It works still well in a normal room lighting.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
Which FW version bro' or I am missing something here :(

@mzone

Yes the Audio quality is far better through Headphones. Yes you can any speakers with 3.5mm jack :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
I am on DDKB1

& I remember you are using KB3 the European version but I doubt that other version would remove this important functionality.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Thanks guys! I'm going to buy this phone in the next 2 days... Just hope I aint makin a mistake going for this now. Just hope samsung doesn't release the galaxy s plus atleast in the next 3 months!

Oh n guys any problems you have noticed as of yet and any major change/difference between i9003 and i9000?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
SGS 2 is already announced & will be launched soon so if you love the waiting game you can indeed wait :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rex4u:
DDKB2 here :(

WTH !

Could you plz post some screenshot or video so that I can investigate.

Thanks !
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
What is tun.ko, what does it do?

@rex4u

did you solve your autofocus issue with video recording?

For testing shoot video in daylight some distant building then pan the camera to some close object 10 feet approx the focus should auto adjust, then pan the camera to some close by object something line 1 feet the camera should again auto focus at this distance.

This is how its working on my i9003 KB1.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Hey guys guess I am the newest member to the i9003 club! Just got it an hour ago. Kept it for charging now.

One thing I wanted to know was, my battery was half charged right out of the box! is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
@mzone,

Welcome to i9003 users club :). Ya its normal, make sure that you charge it completely before you unplug it for the first time
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yerfdes:
tun.ko is used to be able to make openvpn work.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Yes also discharge it completely few times before plugging the charger as this will increase the battery charge retaining capacity.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] braveBuddy:
Guys does any one knows the recovery structure for galaxy s and our phone.

where do they differ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] trip007in:
No one has answer for your question as of now:(. Hope someone will bring recovery to our device soon;).
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] braveBuddy:
I tried to extract files from the KB3 firmware and one of the .md5 files actually contains a recovery.img file sized at about 2.5 mb, this made me think that our devices does not follows the same recovery structure as SGS. Cause SGS has recovery embedded in kernel itself.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Hey guys so my stock formware I received on my phone was kb1, any major changes in kb2/3 ? Will I lose all my apps and data if I update my firmware, if so i'll rather wait for the gingerbread update!

Also I seem to be having GPS issues, earlier my x10 used to lock instantly within 5-10 secs to 10/10 satellites in gps status app, now at the same place the i9003 can see 10 at imes 5 but takes ages to lock to them and keeps losing the signal! Why is this so? I have'nt tried GPS properly yet but does it have anything to do with first time gps lock or whatever? Will updating firmware help?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
See this thread regarding gps problem though the user have updated to kb2 but some user are fine with gps & other few are having problem in locking.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1024215

Follow my suggestion in that post & report back weather gps works or not.

We know very little about kb2/kb3 as samsung does not post any log details about fw, they just expect you to blindly update, quite stupid of them to do so, but that's the way things are until users demand it in writing mails to them, flooding request to facebook & twitter pages.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Well I tried my gps out properly standing in the open under a tree for shade and using gps status,i managed to get a fix in 128seconds! My x10 used to do it in 5 seconds!

Anyways what else I wanted to know is, since all features are identical to the galaxy s, do we get tv out too? Anyone tested this yet? And also does the screen use dnie technology? Can it be switched off to see the difference? so far I'm finding the screen to be really amazing! Even better then the super amoled!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
My Gps locks in 10-20 sec.

No tv out possible as yet, if the hardware supports then someone may mod it.

Screen is indeed good & consumes less battery than super amoled.

I don't understand what you mean.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] method_overload:
I bought Galaxy S I9000 in Bangalore for 24k. Its from the Feb 2011 manufacturing batch with 2.2 Froyo. Super Amoled is killer! GPS works fine for me; I use Lattitude, Maps extensively whole day and no issue so far. Camera is decent too and I like it. Seems like the latest firmware upgrade solved few issues.

I saw Galaxy SL I9003 and its screen was Ok compared to Galaxy S. GPS was also same. Battery life is the only differentiator. I9003 is better.

Go for Galaxy S. Its the best choice!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ap_android:
how to add device administrator

under settings>>Location & Security>>Device administrator tab available but it's not working does anybody can add administrator
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
You need to install apps for admin control such as "lookout" then it will be visible there & you can choose it giving certain rights.

Why do you need it?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
Point the camera in video mode to a white car or white wall or anything bright light color (fill the camera frame with white), the camera exposure will go dark now in setting make exposure +2, does it brighten now the same scene & record it as brighter or not?

With XXKB3 firmware, i dont have this problem. Followed exactly the above procedure. WHen focusing a bright location it automatically goes dark, here i can change the exposure to +2 and that brightens the screen
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Thanks Bala,

so its time to update to xxkb3 European version. I wonder why Indian version kb2 in spite update has the same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mzone1510:
Guys, I'm quite disappointed by the video playback capabilities of my new i9003. It just can't play any 720p mp4 files or even mkv for that matter. Funny considering that it records in 720p. My earlier x10 used to play it with no problems at all! Even tried rockplayer but to no avail, 'software decoding' mode plays it but at a unusable framerate (5fps) whereas 'hardware decoding' mode say it cannot be played with system player, and like you might have guessed by now, the default video player says unsupported file type for MKV and cannot play for other mp4 files. However it does play hd videos recorded earlier on my x10 perfectly fine...

Why can't it play other 720p files?
[EVO 4G General] herbthehammer:
I have a mp4 movie file that is 420.03 MB on both phones. The evo is running 2.2 sprint lovers (I don't know if it's tweaked or not) and the shift is running 2.2 stock rooted. The evo has a class 2 card and the shift has a class 6. I don't think in this test that it would be a factor. I know that I should be running stock rooted with the same class speed card as the shift on the evo. Anyways, I used root explorer to zip the movie file and timed it with ultrachron stopwatch.

The results are :

Evo 6'15"42

Shift 6'11"36

The evo is at 1ghz and shift is 800. Its not scientific and both aren't completely equal in environment but the results are interesting to me regardless. Anyone want to try this with another set of phones? I'd do it on my epic but I gave it to the gf to use.

I am guessing that this kind of test isn't favoring one chipset over another like the other benchmarking programs do.

I know 4 seconds isn't significant but it is interesting that the 800 beat the 1000.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
It's a second generation processor, for the 50th time, it's faster and more efficient than the Evo's.
[EVO 4G General] sultan.of.swing:
Once again since no one seems to understand. Clock speed is irrelevant. How much the processor can do in x amount of cycles is the deciding factor.

The newer Gen processors are more efficient and run a slightly better architecture.

So why compare old Gen against new Gen?

Sometimes people are just so blind because companies have brainwashed them. Its like buying a amplifier because it says OMG 2000 Watt printed in big bold letters on the top, when it can't even produce 400. But people still argue with you about it.
[EVO 4G General] hercules rockefeller:
That's funny... the amplifier test is a good comparison. I used to sell electronics, and you'd be surprised how hung up a customer can get on statistics like that. Watts can be important, but are far from the whole story. I used to run 6 speakers in my car off of a Rockford Fosgate Punch 45.2, 3 per channel, wired in series, not parralel. That's a 12 ohm load, so each speaker was getting something line 7 watts if you go by the numbers. But it was loud as hell with little to no distortion. meanwhile this guy I worked with was running a "Rockwood Metalgate" Amp, rattling the whole damn neighborhood with something like 1,000 watts of pure distortion, and he was absolutely convinced he had the best car stereo around...
[EVO 4G General] iitreatedii:
It's like this you have 2 guys same size and weight, one guys 80 and ones guys 20, the guy who's twenty is lifting 100 pounds and the guy who's 80 is lifting 80, why because the younger guy is newer, more advanced......and with the amplifier analogy, I have a really good stereo in my car, watts mean nothing when using the numbers you used, its RMS that matters the max watts mean absolutely nothing...my car rattles like crazy...inside the car is a whole different story, clean and clear, until you actually hear a system on the inside, what it sounds like on outside is no comparison, anyways I digress
[EVO 4G General] jgalan14:
Yup newer processor here are some benckmarks of my Evo rooted and my sis stock nothing special I just ran then (I knew the result tho )

Evo

Shift

If you can see I run the test at the same time
[EVO 4G General] hercules rockefeller:
Yeah, that's a big misconception. My example of about 7 watts per channel was RMS, but I was probably getting a lot more than that. Since I was running it into such a high impedance, I felt comfortable cranking the gain as far as it would go, and I had a crossover that boosted the pre-outs to 10 volts, so I'm sure I was pushing it pretty hard. Never had any problems though, I bought that Amp back in '97 and only replaced it a couple of months ago, not because it wasn't working well or anything, but because in my current car I've got a different setup wanted to replace it with a dedicated mono subwoofer amp.
[Desire General] mylobe:
i've just got a g7 and root it to s-off successfully. and try to reflash android version from 2.2 to 2.1

and i try twice:

1. use a official rom(binary file), but after rebooting , i can't boot into the start screen and got no information with a black screen.

2. use a unofficial rom(archieved file), and it gives the complete information, but after rebooting it also becomes a black screen

i have to reflash back to version 2.2. sigh...

so what's wrong with this, and did i miss something? how should i do.

my g7 hboot version is HBOOT-0.93.0001 & SLCD screen.

any one can help me ?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Why are you trying to roll your Desire back?
[Desire General] mylobe:
Cause I want to do some experiment on version 2.1. Why I choose g7 is that the information about g7 posted by seller said the android version is 2.1. Actually it's 2.2 and the experiment depends on 2.1 version badly, so i must roll it back.

is it possible?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
If you have a gold card, yes:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768256

EDIT: Gold card not needed if you're currently on an x.xx.405.x ROM
[Desire General] mylobe:
aha! downgrade successfully

thanks eddyOS
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FridgeGremlin:
I recently downloaded Darkstone's most recent SD build of Android which is working fantastically, except for that when I reboot the phone, it boots back into Windows Mobile, not Android. Is this an intended result? Or am I just failing all over the place? I searched for answer and couldn't find one, unless I worded it wrong somehow.

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shhbz:
never heard of this issue though you may try some other builts which at this time are going great in nand built

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=908528

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=918899

and see if you are facing any probs and which hd 2 are using euro or t mobile1024
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] boomboomer:
You missed the 'SD' part of his post. Gremlin - rebooting into WinMo is to be expected with SD or RAM builds, you have to then start Android again each time.

If you want to be really brave you can flash the 'permanent' memory of your phone with a NAND build so it will boot into Android each time.
[Defy General] darule_2011:
So I was trying to backup a nandroid of the beta official tmous 2.2. I have two phones, one has the beta official 2.2 and the other stock 2.1. I rooted both, did a titanium backup of both, installed system recovery and ran backup of both. Then I went and loaded the 2.2 backup sd card onto the 2.1 phone and ran system backup and restored the backup. You are probably cringing by now...so it installed the backup and rebooted, and , is now in bootloop on the M logo. Can I somehow restore using the backups, or do I have to flash using rsdlite and use one of the roms on here?

Thanks in advance to any that can help!!! My wife just said she will not buy another phone for me, on my 4th phone within the last year...bricking it is a first though :o
[Defy General] Beach_Head:
So that's what you did...

To fix the 2.1 phone you bricked, try restoring the 2.1 nandroid you made.

If I'm correct, Moto's locked bootloader saved you and stopped Recovery from loading the new kernel that's used by FroYo. Which is why you're bootlooping...

If I'm wrong, you'll have to flash the leaked FroYo SBF and restore the FroYo Nandroid you made onto it...
[Defy General] darule_2011:
yea, as you know I was trying to make a 2.2 tmous nandroid backup to post on here, but since I'm a noob at this I didn't want to post a possible corrupt nandroid, so I wanted to make sure it was good by trying it out. I couldn't restore the 2.1 nandroid, so I went ahead and flashed the UK 2.34. Thank goodness it worked.

So, now how can I flash the 2.2 nandroid backup onto this UK 2.34 to verify that I made a correct nandroid backup? Is it possible? I am thinking that it would have worked if I wiped data and cashe, wich I forgot to do that the first time...
[Defy General] darule_2011:
well, just figured out that wiping didn't have anything to do with it...as I'm back to bootloop. Flashing the 2.34 again :)
[Defy General] runeblade:
The way you can test your nandroid backup is by booting into recovery, make a backup, wiping the phone, making another backup, and then booting the phone. This will allow you to see what is actually on the backup. Yes you will have to reboot and play around a bit to check, but it should be free and clear of things, at that point reboot into recovery, and restore your rom. That will mean that the second backup you made will be exactly what you just experienced. Hope that helps.
[Defy General] darule_2011:
thanks. On a side note, last night when I was researching how to recover, I could have sworn I came across nandroid backups of the tmous 2.2 in the development section...Beach Head...have you looked in there (I think I saw it posted in the thread about the tmous 2.2 OTA update, thought I saw several people post a nandroid backup in the thread). Anyway, I still plan on getting this uploaded as soon as possible, but thought you might want to check in that thread...
[Defy General] dr4k0:
You can restore nandroid backup of 2.2 when you are on 2.1. But you will have bootloop. It's beacause you have new kernel (from 2.2) that is not compatibile with bootloader. After restoring nandroid you should try flashing a 2.2tmo_boot only .sbf http://www.mediafire.com/?pkjkk75emk6x83f . Maybe that help. But i really not tested this with tmobile roms. With jboogie mods its working fine. Also remember about gsm fix if you use phone not in US. All 3g fixeS are in this topic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258 . You should use the file with the frequencies of your country. If somethings go wrong you should flash 2.1 rom sbf (version that you are using now).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satanduck:
I'm using Oxygen 2.0.1, and I noticed that I have been canceling calls when the phone rings by accidentally pressing the "back" button.

Does anyone know how I can disable this? I am comfortable with editing files in /system or anywhere else for the matter.
[Nook Color General] fliparsenal:
hey guys im looking towards the purchase of a nook color from someone on craigslist. I'm just wondering what to look for before i purchase it and hopefully not get ripped off. lol thanks
[Nook Color General] woot1524:
I would try and get the guy to send you some pictures of the thing working first. I'd be concerned about getting one that's already busted.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Wicked1ab:
I'm thinking of switching to sprint, which means a new phone (yay) and as I browse my phone options I hear a lot of good things about the Evo. My question for you guys is, is the evo shift pretty much the same as the evo just with the slide out keyboard? is one somehow "better" in some aspects then the other? I would love to have the keyboard but to be honest I usually use the on screen one anyways on my current phone (Tmobile G2).

My second question is, which other phones would you say are worth considering as well?

Lastly, I'm also thinking of switching to Verizon when the Thunderbolt comes out. The main reason I'm switching is because I'm pissed off that Tmobile is cutting my internet speed after I reach 5 GB bandwidth and I know that Sprint and Verizon are the two providers that don't do that. However It appears that Verizon will charge you a higher fee once you go over 10gb bandwidth, which would be ok if the Thunderbolt is really cool :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] riggsandroid:
Might want to hold off until CTIA and Sprints announcements there to see if you want one of those phones.

http://goo.gl/xwHrG
[EVO Shift 4G General] ttown:
I agree with the post above, you may want to wait as Sprint will be announcing 2 new phones. The EVO 3D does sound interesting.

If you can't wait, I looked at both the EVO and EVO Shift and decided on the EVO Shift. The extra battery life alone is what sells me on this device. I also prefer the size of the Shift. As as added bonus the Shift has benchmarked higher than the EVO, and the keyboard has come in handy on many occasion.

There are many selling points to the EVO as well, primarily the larger screen, but pound for pound the Shift was and still is the better choice IMHO.