Howdy!
I am wondering if any of the Telus Fascinate owners would be willing to post pictures of the internal components and layout of the phone? I am presuming it is similar to the I9000 and Vibrant more than the Verizon Fascinate/Mesmerize but would like to confirm this.
Thanks!
(btw, for all you Verizon folks out there, I'll post the pics of that phone's tear down once I get my new camera this week if you are interested)
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Hi Folks,
I've Google'd already, but didn't find any evidence of any sort of a "Teardown" article on the Hero. Got lots of hits on G-1 teardowns, but nothing on the Hero. Anyone seen one?
I'm wondering if anyone has made inside of a handset yet and discovered if there is a serial console or JTAG port accessible on these?
All I've seen are ones that say Hero and lead to G1 or fake Hero ones. =/
I'll keep you posted if I find anything. I want to take my Hero apart so I can get the dust out of my screen and then seal it better so dust won't be an issue.
How to take apart Htc Hero (European version "G3")
my screen broke and when I called the authorised service store they said it would cost me 200 dollars to change the screen.. so I took matters into my own hands and decided to open it and document it for all to see
http://xmediahandyman.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-take-apart-htc-hero-european.html
hope it helps!
http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/22036-sprint-htc-hero-disassembly-diy.html
Just needed it myself!
There's a photo series at: pdacenter.ru / razborka / htc_hero
Make sure you take the SD card out before you pry the casing off. It will break it
Interesting at AT&T
But my next problem that may make me want to wait: AT&T locking down apps to market only. So, I would like to know that it can be rooted; and I would like for a load to put it back to stock exists before I root.
Wonder how long all this will take...
Already posted here
From the looks of it, ATT/Samsung will not be including the front facing camera.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/samsung-captivate-is-atandts-version-of-the-galaxy-s-launching/
I want it, but then again I don't. HTC Please make a EVO for AT&T... pretty please.
Also reading the press release at CNN.COM, it says "...Also available to users at no additional charge is access to AT&T's entire national Wi-Fi network " (I wonder if that means a specific data package is required. I currently already have the old 'unlimited', but really 5GB, package).
Also, the picture of the phone on teh AT&T site in my first post is not the same as the International version of Galaxy. It appears to have 4 hard buttons at the bottom. I actually may like that, if I can come up with an app like AE Button Plus that I use heavily on my WinMo phone now.
Again, my main concerns are about only being able to load apps from teh Android Market. I wonder if I am making more out of that than what it is. I've just seen others complain about this, and am jumping on that complaining bandwagon. So far, that is the only concern for me. Taking me back to wondering about root, and moreso, being able to take it back to stock in case I need to warranty it.
Regarding the front camera, on one level I'd like it, but when its all said and done, I feel it would probably not be used much once the new wore off. I can live without that.
I am excited with the anticipation though...
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Also, the picture of the phone on teh AT&T site in my first post is not the same as the International version of Galaxy. It appears to have 4 hard buttons at the bottom. I actually may like that, if I can come up with an app like AE Button Plus that I use heavily on my WinMo phone now.
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Looks to me like they're touch sensitive buttons, not hardware buttons.
Most likely they will block sideloading like they did on the Aria. But hopefully this will get rooted quickly like the recent Android releases on xda.
I'm excited that AT&T decided to release the Galaxy S in the flesh with the original hardware (sans front-facing camera, meh ) but I'm kinda feeling iffy on the AT&T design of the device. I really liked the original design. This version makes it look...cheap. Of course, AT&T wouldn't want another phone looking like the iPhone.
I wonder what it will be like on Verizon, and when.
Alright lets get the record straight. Has anyone tried the kernal patch that puts your mem on a partition on the sd card. Supposidly this boosts performance out of this world. Please post here if you have tried this.
Secondly, we need to attract some developers. I'm willing to donate if anyone wants to code for us. We got a great user base and a really good product. Im conviced the captivate is by far one of the better phones from the galaxy s lineup. If any one knows some developers, introduce them tot his godly beast and let them know there are people out here willing to pay for good quality fixes and roms.
I was thinkin about asking for help from the guys running international s. We could post and ask in the xda area and also modaco and androidforums which have big communities as well.
Any other ideas on how to attract developers? Post here.
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Alright lets get the record straight. Has anyone tried the kernal patch that puts your mem on a partition on the sd card. Supposidly this boosts performance out of this world. Please post here if you have tried this.
Secondly, we need to attract some developers. I'm willing to donate if anyone wants to code for us. We got a great user base and a really good product. Im conviced the captivate is by far one of the better phones from the galaxy s lineup. If any one knows some developers, introduce them tot his godly beast and let them know there are people out here willing to pay for good quality fixes and roms.
I was thinkin about asking for help from the guys running international s. We could post and ask in the xda area and also modaco and androidforums which have big communities as well.
Any other ideas on how to attract developers? Post here.
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I'm down to donate as well and do anything I can to add to the cause. I really hope this phone takes off cause it is great. I think we have a good chance that a lot of the N1 devs might just come over to this phone and if not they should be getting the Vibrant and I doubt that it will be much trouble to port over to Captivate.
Err why is it better lol? all the samsung galaxy S phones are exacly the same internaly...none its better than the other, the only difrence is the lack of flash/camera and keyboard from the other variants.
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Err why is it better lol? all the samsung galaxy S phones are exacly the same internaly...none its better than the other, the only difrence is the lack of flash/camera and keyboard from the other variants.
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Image, Image, Image. If the galaxy lineup were real life siblings, the captivate would be the only one going to the prom. It also sports fewer gps issues than the vibrant and galaxy s. Ive also seen way less people complain about lag in these forums than the ones for the vibrant and galaxy s (and we have more viewers here than on the vibrant page).
When devs see this device they should be seeing potential.
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Image, Image, Image. If the galaxy lineup were real life siblings, the captivate would be the only one going to the prom. It also sports fewer gps issues than the vibrant and galaxy s. Ive also seen way less people complain about lag in these forums than the ones for the vibrant and galaxy s (and we have more viewers here than on the vibrant page).
When devs see this device they should be seeing potential.
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All of these so called "issues' are software based, its samsung ****ty touchwiz UI that lags like ****ing hell, not the device hardware, and yes i do agree that the captivate is the sexiest of them all.
Im pretty sure it would be painless to port over Vibrant or Galaxy S fixes to the Captivate. Internally they are the same except for a few minor differences like rafyvitto said which wouldn't be that hard to fix. I'm brushing up on my Java skills and learning about the internals of Android right now. Ive been a iPhone person for a while. Hopefully soon I can be of some help and get hacking on Captivate. From what I've seen and read we have a good phone to develop for because its easily rooted and has an unlocked bootloader. I've also heard that the drivers for the Galaxy S lineup are encrypted, but I haven't seen any confirmation of that. What we need is a dump of the current ROM and also we need a better recovery system like Amon_RA's recovery. The source for his recovery system is on GitHub so we could try and port it over to the Galaxy S lineup.
shouldnt samsung be releasing source for drivers any day now? I thought the word around town was that they were being open with the community on this jazz.
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shouldnt samsung be releasing source for drivers any day now? I thought the word around town was that they were being open with the community on this jazz.
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They have already released the source code for the Galaxy S here. They don't have to release the source for the drivers because they are proprietary, but from what ive read the binaries for the drivers are in that download so all someone would have to do in link them in. I just don't know if the drivers are encrypted meaning that it has to be an official samsung ROM for them to work. Hopefully not because that would make cooking new ROMs a hell of alot easier.
we should ask the modaco guys for help and info. I dont think we can use the source or drivers from the galaxy s international. I think someone tried doing stuff that way and bricked.
i could be wrong tho
Would also be willing to donate to the cause. The only reason I didn't buy an iPhone 4 is the developers for this phone.
@wesgarner is on the CyanogenMod team / TeamDouche and has ordered a Vibrant.
We might be able to encourage him to port the latest CyanogenMod build once he has the Vibrant's build completed.
He purchased a Vibrant and I think a laptop to do the work. I've already sent him an email about being a beta tester for the Captivate.
Just remember the devs have a life outside of working on phones! Don't ask for timelines - whether you donate or not!
Wes is working on a port for the slide and then he'll be working on the Vibrant.
While the hardware is similar - the software isn't exactly the same. I was messing around with the MMS.apk today and tried to replace my corrupted one with the one from the Vibrant - did NOT work.
Also, the device is capable of having a REAL FMRadio. The Euro versions have an FMradio.apk. I pushed it to the Captivate - but, the Captivate will need the drivers (to build into a kernal) for the FMRadio to work. But, this is entirely possible.
So, yes the hardware is basically the same or similar - it won't necessarily easy. If any of you remember, LOL - this will be akin to porting the N1 build over to the Desire - I think.
The first thing to go should be that awful samsung UI lol. I think the challenge will be porting ROMs for all these different Galaxy S models. I saw this coming when I read the device would make it to all four major carriers in the US plus.
thanks shane, i also heard another dev recently purchased a captivate, do you know anything about this? i'd like to support his endeavors.
Yea I read over in the Vibrant forums that a dev just got a captivate and is working on a recovery. They also have wes working on the Vibrant so hopefully they get cookin on some ROMs. It won't be that much of a hassle to port them over to the captivate. I would advise not fooling around too much with your phone because someone has already messed up his/her phone. They will either have to take it into ATT store and replace it or wait for a dump of the original ROM to come out.
I have tired the MoDaCo rom and it does (kinda - not brick) work with the SGH-I897 (captivate model), I was able to use it to remove the ATT crapware and nearly everything seems to be working. Phone reports its self as Model Number: GT-I9000 in the about phone tab.
One very IMPORTANT problem - I am having difficulty making outgoing phone calls.
Things that I can confirm work:
Bluetooth file transfer
3g data
GSM phone calls (incoming calls work)
Camera
Audible app, pandora ect.
SMS outgoing and incoming messages
Pretty much everything I have tested on the phone except making outgoing phone calls (important as it is a phone after all). So DON'T use this ROM yet, and if you do make a backup.
Hope this helps.
So, I recently got my beautiful beautiful Nexus 4 :victory: but I wanted to ask: is there any way to get some features like Drama Shot from S4, or Video Highlights from HTC One? And I don't necessarily mean the exact apps, since I know most of them are proprietary to the framework of the S4 etc, but similar apps? Sorry if I posted in the wrong section, but my searches didn't offer any solid answers. Thanks!
Hi, Im nor sure where to post this one but I was wondering if anyone was working on or was planning on working on a cyanogenmod lollipop for this phone? I found a website that has a "Lollipop Rom" and three people commented on it saying it was good but I'm not sure if it is real.
It is fake. We do not have root yet.
OK that's what I thought. Does anyone know anything about rooting this phone? Its actually surprisingly great for the 120 price that I played. A lot better than my old galaxy victory! Isn't Sharp required to release the source code? I thought that google made that a 'must' becausif we had this we could essentially see Roms for this phone right?
UPDATE: I'm not sure if this is of any significance; http://www.sharpusa.com/Home/CustomerSupport/SharpCareCenter/MobileSupport/OpenSourceCode.aspx
I hope the information and files at that link can help someone root this phone!