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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desireMofo:
battery mod

working great on my desire cam works , current weather im not to happy about its not accurate to the real time weather ( i do refresh alot ),, i tried to install one of the battery mod's ( Circle Battery Mod by proxuser to be exact ) but after i flashed it it went in a boot loop , i dont know or im missing something im a noob at this lol thanks if anyone can tell me how to install it properly :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kpbotbot:
[HOWTO]"Uncompressed JPEGS" from stock camera app. (For theoretically better images)

UPDATE: Shorter way at the bottom of this post

Okay, for some absurd reason I can't pull stuff from the system with ADB, so I'll just make a general thingy that can be done in a multitude of ways.

I did a little poking on the build.prop file 2 days ago while I was creating the Light v2 ROM, and I found this:

ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=90,80,70

then I remembered I was looking for something like that to stop the Camera from compressing pictures.

Stories aside! Here's how I edited the file (you can do it with adb push and pulls, a root text editor, a shell script you made, etc.)

Copy the build.prop file from /system to the sdcard:

cd /system
cp build.prop /sdcard/build.prop

Then edit the build.prop file now found in the root dir of the SD card with a text editor on your phone, or from your computer. Change 90 from "ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=90,80,70" to 100, so the "Super Fine" setting from the Cam app doesn't compress snapped pics.

Start up your terminal, or adb if you prefer. This will grant the terminal su, mount the system as read and write, and copy the new build.prop to /system from the sdcard.

su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /sdcard
cp build.prop /system/build.prop

Then reboot. Pictures taken should be much larger than before :) Mine ranges from 900kB to 1.3MB.

EASIER WAY:

Become super user and mount /system as read and write:

su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Then use this stream edit command (ruigui uses sed in his script. if you know how to edit bash scripts, please add this)

sed -i.bak 's/ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=90/ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100/g' /system/build.prop

I only tested this simple method on a build.prop file located on my desktop, but should acheive the same results when run on your phone. Post when it works for you :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] yanuk:
Fantastic! Is it possible to be added into this script?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868008
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kpbotbot:
Of course. Problem is, I don't know shell scripting. I'll inspect his script and make my own instead :)

EDIT: There's an easier way.

sed -i.bak 's/ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=90/ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100/g' build.prop

Will update first post.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] morx:
Is it safe to do it on stock 2.2 rom?

I'd like to know if it works, tested.

Any way we can make it into a .zip for flashing from custom recovery. ;)

P.S. 100% Quality on a jpeg image, makes it still compressed but, with the highest quality achieved. All jpegs are compressed, even at 100 quality. Otherwise, check a same resolution raw file or .bmp :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kpbotbot:
It should be safe to do this on a stock ROM. All I did was change a value in build.prop. If I create a flashable zip, it will overwrite your own preferences in build.prop, including HW-ACC, JIT, heapsize, and other settings :)

And yeah, I know. That's why I put the title in double quotation marks. What I meant was less compression, but didn't since it would complicate the title and stuff xD
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kewlsid05:
I did this while i was trying to make the video recording a bit smoother. While this worked and the JPEG's got bigger ie less compressed (but not better. its a crappy camera anyway. Not much you can do with compression) the video remained bad. I changed the frame rate values, the frame rate range, etc but the camera app just disregards em. Even the LGcamera from rubberbigpepper makes jerky videos.

Any ideas why is that?

Also can i edit the file to increase the Heap Size for Dalvik? I've heard that increasing it is better.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kpbotbot:
The hardware just can't handle it, IMO.

Anyway, the reason I did this is just to squeeze every bit of quality that can be....you know...saved :D

LGCamera from the market takes VGA videos just fine at an acceptable framerate. I'll check again (:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kewlsid05:
The frame rate is better than from the stock camera?

In my experience the stock camera has a slightly higher frame rate but dismal sound quality.

But in both it keeps increasing and decreasing. If only i could get a stable framerate of 24 if not 30.

By the way, am pretty sure the phone can handle a higher resolution video recording.

But bah. Just fix the framerate, LG. VGA will do fine.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kpbotbot:
Yeah, VGA is fine for me too. I'll check LGCamera again. Take a look at the xperia x10 mini. that little b**** takes clear vga videos at a very acceptable frame rate. I think that it's just the hardware.
[Droid X General] venumstrike:
When my droid x was soft bricked my whole world came to a screaming halt. The first thing came through my mind was i didn't have a hard copy of any of my phone numbers how in the hockey stick am i gonna remember all these numbers? I had a very important call to make the next day, i felt like a rabid dog with eyes glued to the xda forums. I stayed up all that night till 3 a.m. in the morning and finally a ray of light, i had found the answer but to make a long story short i un-bricked my phone and felt the weight of the world lifted. So what was your near death soft brick experience?
[Droid X General] friguy3:
Driving to work at around 7am for some reason I reset my phone (running apex). Now I NEED my phone for texts (im a doctor and its how i talk to the office while at the office and how nurses can call me so without it, Im screwed). So I reset it and...boom, stuck at the M logo. This has never happened so I didnt know what to do. Nothing was working and I couldnt get onto the internet to search for ways to reset it bc my phone didnt work. I got to work and in between procedures I finally found a way to get into my bootloader and could reset my phone without having to sbf. After resyncing....finally I was back, but I had this horror that I wouldnt be able to use my phone all day and would have to call the office every 30minutes.
[Droid X General] mattmartin77:
oh wow friguy thats extremely good u fixed it. all that scared me was that i would have to work to buy a new one (and since im 16 it would take a while)
[Droid X General] luigi90210:
well my near death experience was when i loaded liberty rom on my phone

all i can say is im never using liberty again
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoUknoGREG:
I am trying to get the Clockwork 3.0.0.6 update so that i can flash RoyalGinger, but it doesn't seem to be working. I follow each and every step on true_blue's guide, but it stays on Clockwork 3.0.0.5. Can anyone walk me through how to get clockwork 3.0.0.6 please? I really want to try out the Royal ROMs. I am currently on iced glacier 1.1.6.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
it will say that it is 3.0.0.5 in rom manager, but as soon as you boot into recovery it should say 3.0.0.6
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheNarrowGate:
Are you looking at the list of recoveries at the bottom of Rom Manager? It will still say 3.0.0.5. Check that option then reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery. Does it say v3.0.0.5 or .6?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoUknoGREG:
I boot into recovery and it still says 3.0.0.5 :(
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Not trying to hijack, but with 3.0.0.6 you can flash back and forth between froyo and ginger right from the recovery screen correct?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoUknoGREG:
With the new one made by opinion, yes u can. But i cant get it to work =(
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
ye sir, that is correct
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Alright, I'm a noob, but I will try to help. After you installed the zip you opened rom manager, scrolled all the way down to All Clockwork Mod recoveries, and reflashed 3.0.0.5 correct? I actually just flashed this about an hour ago and it worked fine.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
try selecting one of the other recoveries and then go back to the 3.0.0.5 and then boot into recovery... idk why it isnt working for you as this is tried and true
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
or you can try one of the methods in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919834
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darinmc:
and you downloaded the new flashable file from the thread right? I had one in my downloads on my pc that I tried to flash today but it didn't work because CWM was updated, so I had to download true's latest. it was just updated two days ago.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoUknoGREG:
thank you very much! the 3rd guide did the trick! =)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
np bro! feel free to hit the thanks button on me and the other thread...

and fav this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=866175

the resource bible is the best info on the mt4g
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
tomorrow ...

I'm loving my samsung rooted galaxy's i9000've played it up the following ROM: "Ultibread-V1.3"

and my problem you see in the photo, I hope you can help quickly ...

http://img862.imageshack.us/i/img20110312031518.jpg/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racerboy3801:
thats just gingerbread!

it should boot normally
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revantk:
Did you flash i9000XWJV1 using odin?

Ultibread works perfect for me ,flash it via odin with the proper instructions and stuff,then flash a "froyo" kernel with odin again with auto reboot off,when finished remove battery and go into recovery and select ultibread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
I've done with this pattern.

Many thanks to the hardworking developers and "Original Poster" Envy and dreamox rider, as well as redbull320 for the note!

Edit by Spine 11/29/2010

This root is u.g. "Old" versions Eclair (Android 2.1) to August 2010.

Please do not make this if your Froyo (Android 2.2) did!

EVERYTHING AT YOUR OWN RISK! I POCKETPC.CH AND ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY, IF THERE SOMETHING WRONG SHOULD GO!

NOTE: This description is pretty old and the attached FILES OBSOLETE! QUOTE: "Tested with the firmwares XXJF5 (JFB) and XXJG5"! WHO IS WITH OTHER / NEWER VERSIONS TRY TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN RISK AND OWN FAULT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG!

Tested with the firmwares XXJF5 (JFB) and XXJG5.

The AUJF2 or XXLF3 should run, firmware upgrade with at least ODIN JF5/JFB is strongly recommended!

Let's go with the simpler version:

1. update.zip copy from the notes on the internal SD card (/ sdcard) of the Galaxy S (connect as mass storage via USB to the PC and copy the root directory without subfolders)

2. the Galaxy S off completely

3. Press the "Volume Up" (NOT down) and Home-/OK-Tasten and hold press Einschalteknopf; volume button and let go home only if the debug menu appears on the screen

4. Select update.zip (volume down), then confirm Home Button: S on the Galaxy apply.

No matter how you do it: after the reboot of the Galaxy S is the Rooting ready!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
http://img593.imageshack.us/i/19495519984291003396410.jpg/ ????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oggy059:
it's normal to get those fuzzy screen when you boot up your SGS while using ultibread ROM...and you need to be patient until the SGS boot animation appear on your screen...the v1.4 is weirder, you get some robot voice when switching on your SGS...just flash other firmware if you got any problem with any ROM....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
I have been waiting about 30 minutes and it's still the same picture as ..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racerboy3801:
The robot voice is voodoo lagfix ,isnt problem. Dont interupt the procedure or youll corrupt your data
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
What can I do now?

I can not even more into the recovery mode ... : /
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saphirrot:
man u should really read some more topics before you start flashing and ****ing up your phone : /

but here some help :

Download this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=985565

And follow the guide from BogdanSNB !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
I've extracted the data now move to mobile?

and i can not copy on sdcard...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinzo37:
thx for help -.-

i can not copy zip on my sdc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racerboy3801:
Adb push?
[Nexus S General] djmr420:
If anyone bought their Nexus S within the last 30 days before seeing this deal.. bring your reciept and rewards zone coupon and best buy will give you back $100.00. They did for me =)
[Nexus S General] avetny:
any rewards zone coupon? lol
[Nexus S General] djmr420:
when i bought my phone it added the points in my rewards zone. but the coupon just came out. They just honored it because best buy has a 30 day price guarentee =)
[Nexus S General] avetny:
:D thank you
[Nexus S General] newspeak:
I am fighting with them now on this ...I tried to use the coupon yesterday and it didn't work but hopefully I will get it sorted it helps to know others were successful
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
<.< 50 days for me lol LAME! That would put $200 back in my pocket (bought a NS for my wife and I on the same day)
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
I wish the discount was effective for off-contract phones, too. :(
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
Should have put coupon on the title or something similar. I thought the Nexus S was being sold at $99.99 for a second there.
[Nexus S General] Zardos66:
Best Buy sold me mine for $50 back in January, on contract. Don't ask me how that price worked, but I didn't complain.
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
Really, I could go snag a benny from them right now. Given a choice I'll just keep the phone. :)
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
A... "benny"? 0.o
[Nexus S General] baolongn:
Benjamin. 100$
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
I do admit that was retarded...
[Nexus S General] lorijuan1024:
wheres the coupon at i will do it i am still in the 30 days
[Nexus S General] Five0nIt:
If your a member of there reward zone log in on there site and you can print it out.
[Nexus S General] djmr420:
Log on to your rewards and click the tab rewards and promotions.. print the coupon out.. if it doesnt work at a the particular best buy just go to another one. Its a steal =)
[Nexus S General] CB620:
bout flat out so this is irrelevant for me.
[Nexus S General] thanox2:
Just printed coupon and heading out to BB later to see if they'll refund me 200 bucks heh :)
[Nexus S General] cyberdentist:
Crazy! I bought it on 3/7 on bestbuy.com and now I have to return and rebuy it cos this coupon doesn't work on bestbuy.com ..
[Nexus S General] Alkaloid:
Dude this is awesome. I'm gonna go see if I can get a hundred bucks back from best buy.
[Nexus S General] lorijuan1024:
I am going to try tomorrow. Hopefully they aren't asses
[Nexus S General] thanox2:
success! went to the store an they adjusted the price. :) 200 bucks back :)
[Nexus S General] zirra:
Is anyone having trouble accessing their rewardzone account to print the coupon like I am?
[Nexus S General] Five0nIt:
I just logged back in... no problems getting back to the coupon.
[Nexus S General] kirdroid:
Got mine back as well.. :-)
[Nexus S General] djmr420:
awesome! im glad its working for all you ... thanks
[Nexus S General] hicube:
does anyone know what happens if I "start" or "add" a new line with this promo then cancel service right after(like say.. one day after), what kind of penalty will I have to fork out and will I have to return the phone?

activation fee refunded on new lines?

any activation fee for adding a line?

Would appreciate any answer to my questions.

:)
[Nexus S General] jowabi:
+1 to this question. I'm thinking it'll cost $200 for the ETF, $70 for the first month of service, and $35 for the activation fee. That makes this a steal of a deal ($405 total for the best phone on the market).

I may pick one up tonight.
[Nexus S General] hkt03:
Stopped by the Best Buy I bought mine at yesterday with the coupon and they refunded $100 for the price match.. no hassles either!
[Nexus S General] lorijuan1024:
got refunded 214 from bb mobile no hassle
[Nexus S General] hicube:
Please keep us posted on how that goes. Thanks

Originally Posted by hicube

does anyone know what happens if I "start" or "add" a new line with this promo then cancel service right after(like say.. one day after), what kind of penalty will I have to fork out and will I have to return the phone?

activation fee refunded on new lines?

any activation fee for adding a line?

Would appreciate any answer to my questions.

Anyone got answers to my questions?
[Nexus S General] merfsiu:
Does anyone know if this can be used toward 2 phones if i sign up for a t-mobile family plan with 2 lines?
[Nexus S General] lorijuan1024:
It worked for me on plamily plan with wife
[Nexus S General] thanox2:
Yes it should work fine. Bring two coupons just in case :).

Also how long did ya'll refund take to appear back on the account? mine is taking forever!
[Nexus S General] newspeak:
Well I got the refund but the manager I was talking to had to "trick " the system to get it to work ....I hope he didn't get in trouble for that ...the system wasn't taking anything off for the coupon
[Nexus S General] hicube:
Anyone have any suggestions?
[Nexus S General] merfsiu:
Called the best buy mobile customer service and they told me it can only be used for 1 phone.

*Update*

Went to best buy mobile store and they honored the discount for 2 phones.
[Nexus S General] hicube:
**REFRESH**

does anyone know what happens if I "start" or "add" a new line with this promo then cancel service right after(like say.. one day after), what kind of penalty will I have to fork out and will I have to return the phone?

activation fee refunded on new lines?

any activation fee for adding a line?

Would appreciate any answer to my questions.
[Nexus S General] Five0nIt:
You'd have to pay the etf. That's like 200+. Not 100% if you have to return the phone.
[Nexus S General] djmr420:
sweet...... its nice to hear so many of you are getting cash back ... =P
[Nexus S General] Babydollll:
Didn't work for me :( However, since the Best Buy Mobile rep was so nasty (at the second store I went too) that when I mentioned how I was treated to customer relations, I got a $30 gift card. :)

Edit: went to one last BB as my thirty days are up Wednesday and,.... It worked! I got a refund of $107. :)

Sent from either my N1, Nexus S or telepathically using two tin cans and some string (I still can't decide I really love string)
[Nexus S General] xyrcncp:
Let me ask you a quick question guys. I currently have a G2, but I'm gonna get this Nexus S for my wife's phone line. Even though it's a "T-Mobile" Nexus S on a 2-year contract, is the phone still SIM unlocked or not?
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
fully unlocked regardless of 2 year contract or off contract
[Nexus S General] xyrcncp:
Awesome. Thanks, that's all I needed to know. Off to Best Buy I go :) Actually I went last night with 10 minutes before they closed to ask a couple of questions, but the guy at BB Mobile said it was a long process and if I could wait, also said that the "contract" phones have to be shipped to the customer (paid for at the store first) and that the "off-contract" phones are the only ones in stock.

Was he BS'ing because it was so late or is this for real? That I can't go to the store, sign a 2-year contract and walk out with a Nexus S?

My other concern would be my calling plan, mine is an old plan, so I wonder if I could just add the data plan to it and not have to change my plan.
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
Sounds like bs.

When I bought mine at best buy (nyc) they asked if I needed service before I told them I was buying it for my existing service full price. I think they probably would have hooked me up. There is also a thread somewhere were people were going back to the store to get $100 because the phone went from $199 to $99 w/contract and they had just bought it within the week or so.

So I call bs and that dude is a douche. If you made it through the door before closing they should have just helped you.
[Nexus S General] xyrcncp:
I figured it was BS, because if the phone is already SIM unlocked regardless of contract or not, what makes the phone bought under contract any different? Is not like the Nexus S is branded when it's bought with a 2-year TMO contract.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Definitely BS. Bought both my wife and my phone on contract in the store in WA. Some asshole just didn't want to help you.
[Nexus S General] Five0nIt:
When I got mine they told me I would have to have it shipped to me because it has to be activated first.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
O.o thats complete crap. As I said, I bought two NSs from BB Mobile on contract and there was no shipping, walked out of the store with two working phones.
[Nexus S General] jowabi:
I went to best buy to pick an NS up for $99 (with the intention to cancel service and pay the ETF), but the salesman offered to sell me his for $200. He didn't have it on him so we're meeting in the AM. Hopefully it's not stolen or I don't get robbed...wish me luck;-)
[Nexus S General] xyrcncp:
Actually it might not be BS. Idiotic, yes. BS, maybe not.

I went to a different Best Buy today with plenty of time before they closed. They weren't too busy and they told me the same thing, even spoke to the manager as he was walking by. They told me that it varies by region. They said that in this area (DC Metro) Best Buy has an agreement with Verizon, AT&T and Sprint to provide phones ready to go at the store, however not with T-Mobile. They can only do the contract, but have to ship the devices to the customer.

I went to another Best Buy and noticed that they also only showed the Verizon, AT&T and Sprint branding shown on their displays, so there might be some truth to it. Even the manager agreed that it was a stupid policy because if I wanted to buy the phone off-contract it would be the same exact unit as I will be getting shipped.
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
Well that sucks. Just get it shipped then, still worth it. :)
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
Btw.. Phone is no different, just subsidized to rope you into 2yrs of service.
[Nexus S General] hicube:
Thanks for the reply. I was thinking of doing the same thing but if I am not lucky as you to get a deal from the BB seller would you recommend doing it? (pay etf that is)

Have you asked the guy what the cost will be in total if I just cancel the line in a day or two and if it will work for additional phone line?

Would appreciate your response. It'll really help me a lot.

Thanks in advance.

By the way, is he selling a new phone or his current used phone?

Good luck with the deal. :)
[Nexus S General] jowabi:
,

After talking to best buy and t-mobile, I concluded that you will have to pay a $200 ETF, plus the first full month of service and the activation fee. All these fees will be charged even if you cancel the next day, so you might as well keep service for a few weeks (just be sure to cancel before the first bill closes or you will be charged for another full month of service).

BTW, BB does not charge any fees if you cancel...only t-mobile does. And these charges are not "penalties" they are fees, so they won't hurt your credit score if you cancel early (at least that's what I've been told).

The BB employee is selling me his 2 week old NS. He went back to his iPhone 4...he didn't even know what rooting or a custom ROM was, so he's probably better off with the overly simple iOS.