Has anyone tried this on the Epic that is having problems with GPS?
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-releases-gps-restore-app-vibrant-captivate-does-it-work
trying atm.
EDIT: market link is invalid.
its only for Captivate and Vibrant at this point of time.
The market cant find it. Its probably not out yet for epic
Reading the post on the other boadsit looks like the app doesn't work.
If you read the links you will learn the app is only for the Vibrant and Captivate, which have different GPS hardware and firmware than the Epic does.
All the app does anyway is restore certain settings to their factory defaults.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Those kidders over 'dere at Sammy... Gotta love those guys!
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I was trying to MOD my captivate according to the procedures posted on the "Real fix for the "stalling/lagging" problem" thread. I downloaded the files needed and followed the procedures. However, I can't seem to get the phone to go to the download mode. By pressing vol down and power button does do anything on this phone. So i tried vol up and power and got UPLOAD MODE.
Have any of you tried this MOD? I post it on Vibrant thread but I am sure they will kick me off. There is a moderator who keeps posting to leave their thread and go to Captivate thread. Annoying. Maybe I am ahead of myself but this MOD is done on the Vibrant, I am not sure why it wouldn't work on the Captivate. This is the only MOD i want to have done until a new rom is available. I hear it increase the phone very drastically.
You can do it form adb: adb reboot download
That will get you into download mode.
WARNING: i have tried this mode and it totally messed up my Captivate. the gsensor was totally messed up and my recovery was no longer working.
factory resent did NOT help as it did not override the kernel changes.
I had to get the phone replaced.
Do at you own risk.
oooohh. no... not so good news. i was trying to get it done.
However, someone posted that it worked for them. I look again and find out.
I don't know about all that lagging nonsence but the second I got rid of the Samsung ui for LauncherPro all the lagging I had experienced was gone. Just loose the Samsung ui trust me you'll be glad you did.
Launcherpro IS sweet! I'll second that recomendation. HIGHLY customizable.
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_Opiate_ said:
I don't know about all that lagging nonsence but the second I got rid of the Samsung ui for LauncherPro all the lagging I had experienced was gone. Just loose the Samsung ui trust me you'll be glad you did.
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I agree.
I had the i9000 model and it was very laggy with or without Touchwiz.
The Captivate performs much better without Touchwiz, but still not as fast as other Android phones i had.
For those suffering with lag in Touchdown, simply set the DB to be on the sdcard and it will be much faster.
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I agree.
I had the i9000 model and it was very laggy with or without Touchwiz.
The Captivate performs much better without Touchwiz, but still not as fast as other Android phones i had.
For those suffering with lag in Touchdown, simply set the DB to be on the sdcard and it will be much faster.
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How did you MOD your phone to run from sd instead database? did you do mimocan mod to run on microsd or modoco mod?
Yeah I'm very interested in a mod for this... it's supposed to double boost your quadrant scores. From like 850 to 1750.
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How did you MOD your phone to run from sd instead database? did you do mimocan mod to run on microsd or modoco mod?
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The Touchdown email client has an option to move the database to run on the sdcard of the phone. Once moved to the sdcard Touchdown does not use the 2GB partition intended for app data and thus does not lag.
This feature is specific to the app itself. this is not a mod.
When i tried the mod posted on the i9000 (which essentially uses EXT3 parition on the external sdcard) my gsensor went completely crazy.
All my apps would show up in landscape even when the phone was in portrait.
Maybe something to do with the inclusion of a gyroscope on the captivate but not the i9000
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i tried this hack on my captivate but my laptop died in the midle of the flsah. my phone is stuck on a screen with an exclamation point between a phone and a computer. i cant get back to download mode because my computer does not recognize my phone
Chit me too. So i went returned my Captivate and got a new one. I accidentally pulled off the the usb cord. I am not sure if there is a fix to this. Or maybe i just don't know it yet. Sorry I can't be any help.
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Chit me too. So i went returned my Captivate and got a new one. I accidentally pulled off the the usb cord. I am not sure if there is a fix to this. Or maybe i just don't know it yet. Sorry I can't be any help.
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what did you say when you went to return it? and they just replaced the device for you?
Well they ask me why I am returning and told him it just went blank. But told him I brick it and they just gave me a new one. The dude also let me keep the head phones and cable for the phone. So now I have one for home and work. He mentioned since android is open sourced this happens. I just nodded and said sure. Lol. Any ways gotta rooted now. Hope I don't mess this one up.lol
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FYI, a full write up how to fix lagging issues with external sd card.
Some guy in Modoco Android forum made an article on how to. Very detailed.
http://hemorrdroids.net/?p=637
Since I manually updated to DI18 protected apps are missing from the market. Is there anyway to fix this besides waiting?
I'm running stock.
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Which protected apps are you looking for?
Specifically nightringer and pocket blu.
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nothin for me either..know of any other protected apps?
I posted about this on the Help section of the Market. They should have it fixed today or tomorrow.
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Since I manually updated to DI18 protected apps are missing from the market. Is there anyway to fix this besides waiting?
I'm running stock.
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I'm missing Blackmoon AttachSave, and someone else posted in a different thread they were missing Legends Arcana
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I posted about this on the Help section of the Market. They should have it fixed today or tomorrow.
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Here is the thread on the Google Help forum. They monitor it pretty well. If everyone comments on the thread it will keep it towards the top of their list and they might fix it faster.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=5beec9bb642f0e10&hl=en
Thanks. I commented on the thread, hopefully it gets fixed soon.
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yea I noticed that there are about 3 apps that I can no longer access, although my buddy's captivate has no problem finding them.
This is still a HUGE ****ing problem. What the hell is going on? I've counted 6 apps I've tried to find in the market now but can't...
One of the people in the Google thread was saying they could now reach their desired protected app. Still no joy for me though (trying to download the ESPN Radio app and an app for my bank.) Very frustrating.
The whole marketplace access model seems kind of odd even though I kind of understand why it's there. But it seems there should be a better way to handle it, especially for larger partners/OEMs with a higher volume of updates. I haven't followed it closely enough, but I wonder if WP7's market will handle the process the same way. They've certainly thought through the overall OS update process much better (i.e., putting carrier/OEM software additions into a walled off silo.)
So what must be it...
I've been trying to figure out why I haven't been able to find Paypal or Blackboard Mobile Learn on the market for the last couple of days. I guess those fall under protected apps as well then?
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I've been trying to figure out why I haven't been able to find Paypal or Blackboard Mobile Learn on the market for the last couple of days. I guess those fall under protected apps as well then?
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No go for me either, no paypal, fandango, nothing.
This happened with the DI07 update.
Give it few days and you should see those protected app appear.
errrrrr.....this is really annoying...i just want one app and is the only one i can't find...
pure calendar
Seems to be working now (at least, I was able to find the ESPN radio app that wasn't available earlier.)
Yep fixed, I see my missing paid apps now
Working for me too. I hope they coordinate better next time.
Agreed. It's finally fixed.
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I just read this thread at Android Forums and confirmed it with my wife's Captivate. Usually in TouchWiz, the homescreen defaults to the far right until you get to 4 screen, then it's always #4. The captivate now has a little home icon so you can set the center screen regardless of how many screens it has.
Did I miss something or did we just not get that option? If not, can it be ported to the Vibrant?
If anyone knows how to do that and needs a file or package to look at, let me know which one and I'll upload it.
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I just read this thread at Android Forums and confirmed it with my wife's Captivate. Usually in TouchWiz, the homescreen defaults to the far right until you get to 4 screen, then it's always #4. The captivate now has a little home icon so you can set the center screen regardless of how many screens it has.
Did I miss something or did we just not get that option? If not, can it be ported to the Vibrant?
If anyone knows how to do that and needs a file or package to look at, let me know which one and I'll upload it.
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This is touchwiz30launcher.apk from captivate. It is modified by GTG in the captivate forum.
modified twlauncher
I have tested this on my girlfriend's vibrant, and it is working, and eugene has also incorporated it into his jpo froyo rom. Since this works, theoretically any captivate TouchWiz30Launcher.apk should work on vibrant.
Cool, thank you for that.
I still think it's lame that Samsung didn't provide the same features to every Galaxy S device. I wrote them an email. That'll show 'em!
Dur. This doesn't work on 2.1 I guess. Force closes all around. Good thing I'm obsessive about making backups.
I just rooted my vzw tab and i was wondering what i have to do to put a recovery or such to install custom roms, and what is the fastest rom for the vzw tab.
Look for verizon tab bootstrapper in the market (paid), it worked for me. As far as roms in my tab I flashed the only kernel available for vrz tab. Got 1711 result in quadrant.
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and this does what? sorry for the noob question but i have searched the threads and the dev section is way too out of whack to find ANYTHING useful. and I don't have money I'm poor. I saw the manual way to do what the market app does but the links provided are dead.
The kernel only makes the tab be more responsive, faster. Download quadrant from market and compare your results with mine. As far as recovery I paid for the app because it did not involved any instructions typing. The bootstrapper converts your system to ext4 and you need this to put new rom or kernel in the tab.
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and this does what? sorry for the noob question but i have searched the threads and the dev section is way too out of whack to find ANYTHING useful. and I don't have money I'm poor. I saw the manual way to do what the market app does but the links provided are dead.
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Poor!!! and you own a SGT? lol
Looks like Boushh may have just made it a lot easier for us VZW tab users...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11602133&postcount=124
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Looks like Boushh may have just made it a lot easier for us VZW tab users...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11602133&postcount=124
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I'm still confused. I don't want to use the bootstrapper because a lot of people said that it bricked their tabs. what do I do to put on a recovery,flash roms, and create backups
Brick is a relative term. If the tab gets turned off and I don't know where the power button is and I can't get it back on, then relatively speaking it is a brick to me...sadly a lot of times there is a very simple way to get past a "brick" state, but then the person does something rash like flashing a random rom with repartition and now have made it much more difficult for themselves to dig out of the hole they are in.
There are a lot of people getting stuck at the samsung logo on reboot...there is good information out there to get past this, and by now it is an expected result, but that doesn't stop someone from freaking out and doing something they shouldn't.
Look for cruiserbax instruction post in the CwM thread...its right around page 49.
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thanks for pointing me to that post. now I have CWM 3.0.0.0 installed. Now does anyone know of a great starter ROM that i can flash right from recovery that is real speedy? my quadrant scores are crap(1030) even on ext4.
I've been up late tonight, and just so happened to stumble across this article over at AndroidPolice. Figured it might interest some people here since it includes our phone.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...e-numbers-gps-sms-emails-addresses-much-more/
Here's the thing, though. They recommend uninstalling the offending apk immediately, which I tried.....Unfortunately that gives me repeated force closes over and over and over while the system tries to run it, to the point where I had to restore to a backup. So what do we do about this?
UPDATE: You can remove HTCloggers.apk...all you have to do is restart afterwards.
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I've been up late tonight, and just so happened to stumble across this article over at AndroidPolice. Figured it might interest some people here since it includes our phone.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...e-numbers-gps-sms-emails-addresses-much-more/
Here's the thing, though. They recommend uninstalling the offending apk immediately, which I tried.....Unfortunately that gives me repeated force closes over and over and over while the system tries to run it, to the point where I had to restore to a backup. So what do we do about this?
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Yes and no.
Yes because so many users run Sense.
No because I run AOSP.
Frankly, I wonder how many other serious flaws there are.
I can name several apps that want their hands on permissions they have no business in [Facebook for one]
Its like 1984 for sure. There's an article in the new section here at xda that talks about some of the other vulnerabilities as well.
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Thanks for sharing. Another reason why we root our phones
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Many devs remove these programs and such to remove ciq. I can't find the thread right now, but it reads just about everything. It's so deeply imbedded into the framework.
It reads every button you press on your keyboard.
Every text you send and receive.
Every app you use and download.
The pages you browse on using the internet browser.
It even goes as far to read any spot on your screen that you touch.
This is spyware to the extreme. Sprint and HTC will say its not "spyware" and say its used only for marketing to determine how phones are being used to further develop for the current trends in smartphones. It's very possible they could steal personal info with this. Is it currently happening? Uhh...probably not, but there will still be a lot of paranoia about it.
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Sounds like a really good reason to stay with AOSP to me...
very True Haha
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Some of us haven't forgotten the XCP rootkit that was on some Sony BMG titles in 2005... hope HTC doesnt suffer a similar demise like Sony eventually has of late.
This has been removed from MikG.
This is exactly why I'm AOSP. (that and sub-100MB ROM files)
I read the article too- (I have an Androidpolice/Android Central) feed in my Pulse reader....
I already knew CIQ and such were slimy embedded spyware...but the Treve app- spotted stuff I hadnt deleted already... Sprint sent me a "letter" about bandwidth usage and We-KNOW-what-Your-Doing" ----
I'm not amused by HTC/Sprint's collusion... leaving our bottoms out there in the cold for anyone to do whatever with.....
I bet even money my phones been cloned... sometimes I can't use it for calls .. recently -and I'd not had a single missed call or problem in a year.
I'm not a happy camper.. worried about my credit card #'s and really really am annoyed by HTC sliming us this way...
to the tune- that it'll be an icey cold day in hell before I'd consider buying another HTC phone for anyone in my family- (my family has 3 Evo 4g)...
We are not amused.....
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Sounds like a really good reason to stay with AOSP to me...
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AMEN
it appears to me that this file has already been removed from MikFroyo. At least, I can't find it...
BTW, you can just remove it using TIbackup, but you'll have to restart to get rid of the repeated force closes. Simple fix, and I've done the same for CarrierIQ as well.
It was removed from sprint lovers rom as well... I couldnt find it at least
I removed HtcLoggers.apk from mine and after rebooting (force close loop) it seems to be working fine. However, is there an old log file still on the phone that can be read by some Spyware app that needs to be removed or does all this data need to come from the logger app itself? If there still is a log, I'm sure it has enough info to still steal my ESN and other stuff.
Wow! Glad I run custom ROMS