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Be Honest- Serious Question !
we are all like a one global family participatig in various topics from basic to an advanced level and we should be very happy and accept the fact that atleast on this matter we all try and thrieve to help one another as well as nicely rebuke anyone not doing the groung work before asking any question.
Its all well an good.
Now the more serious matter and please be honest. I will make a start by admitting that ever since I bought Android phone, I ended up spending more time flashing roms after rom and radios and what nowt! My life partner also noticed that I am spendig more time hooking that phone to bloody computer than actually putting up to me ear. She thought phone was more dear to me!
What does your partner think? We might have to srart councelling services for the worse ones!

I'm single, so no problem. : D
But, I don't think I'll be flashing my Hero often. I'm starting to appreciate actually using the phone rather than updating it all the time.

no problem here ...
I flashed my Hero twice, the new Stock ROM and last week the new radio ... and I'm very happy with how it works.
Flashing on a daîly or weekle basis is something for freaks, who like to play. I've different playgrounds
Next time I flash will be Android 2.0 from HTC, until then I use it as a phone and enjoy all the nice apps
P.S. My favorite: OruxMaps, now with Geocaching features

My girl simply loves my hero, first of all she loves playing with it lol
No but with my previous phone (htc diamond) I changed roms more often because it simply didn't work as good as my hero. Als I had a lot more problems
with programs making a hard reset the only way out.
The only update I did was the oficial rom update, don't see the needfor a custom rom (not saying those are wrong or something, kudos to the people who cook them!)
So to be honest; I had my diamond connected to my pc far more often then my hero does. And when bluetooth is fully supported I don't see any need to connect it to
the pc.

I bought the Wife a Hero as well.
I do the experimenting and she gets to share the positives.
To be honest, I only did a couple of ROM updates and was happy with it. Once I found out that HTC are going to be shipping a 2.0 sooner or later, I just can't be bothered...
Zuber

Using my Hero out of the box and the only update I did was the official 2.73 update. It's nice having something that "Just works" after spending a difficult year with the Diamond.

To be honest.... I came from a diamond too. With that said I flash a lot at first with it, but then I found a good Rom that worked. After that I got involved in the Android diamond port. And since I was a cdma user. Let's just say I spent more time in emulators, compiling and telnet then using the phone. Now I got a hero and everything works. I spent the first week on irc tryin to get it root. Now its root and I couldn't ask for more then 2.0.
Back to the subject though. My wife I believe likes my hero. I only fiddle with apps mostly now. She knows I love my phone and I know she's jealous of my phone. But only cuz she's stuck with an LG dare on Verizon.

My Wife thinks I am addicted to mobiles????? ................ ok I think I am too.
I have been happish on the official HTC ROM until a few days ago when I finally broke and rooted and flashed a cooked ROM to solve the Bluetooth issues I had.
Now its a dream and I wont flash it again until the official HTC 2.0.
Before I had a Diamond and an X1 and yes my wife was getting very frustrated that once a week a least I would lose an entire night or day of a weekend flashing and the setting up the phone again.
iPhone sorted that out but I got bored of the lack of customisation so off I went again to Android.
At least now I only rebuild once every few months so she is happer!
Russ

In my experience, I had my last phone hooked up to the computer a lot more (HTC Touch/Vogue.) I imagine this has to do with the closed nature of Windows vs the open nature of Android. Android is a lot easier for a ROM cook to work with, I would imagine. Also, the flashing process itself is far easier on the Hero, once it's rooted. At least IMO.
More topic specific, my gf has no problem with my phone addictedness as I mostly geek around with it while I'm at work.

hardly surprising responses from everyone! only a phone-o-phile would regularily visit a discussion forum about phones...
and yes my missus is constantly referring to my phone as my mistress. it almost always shares the bed with us and is the last thing I look at before I fall asleep...

All my previous WM units took a LOT of time.
But my Hero just works - all standard (rooted though), and upgraded of course.
No need to flash anything here

Not got my Hero yet, but my gf has been complaining that im 'obsessing' over it... but it should now be at home waiting for me when i get in today YEAY!

when i first got it, i spent loads of time flashing it, but now ive found a decent rom and radio that gives good batt life and reception, im happy
the next time ill flas it will be with the 2.0 hero rom.
you just need to find a rom that youre happy with

Man i got my Hero around 1 week ago and i have not stopped playing with it since, i flashed the Modaco rom, but after a couple of days flashed back to the most recent stock rom, due to problems with the gsensor. I have rooted he phone and i now spend most of my time installing apps!
I just cant put the Hero down!

Samsung i637 CLEAN rom.

I was looking over the internet yesterday and I found CLEAN english rom wm6.5 for Jack...At least that's what one chinese guy told me on a forum (chinese):
So maybe thing will move forward a lil' bit for us, Jack users.
Download:
IN TXT (since I'm a newbie-url lock)

I bet lots of you is still waiting for this.
I have it running...It's nice...although it has few glitches....lil chinese here and there...but beside that it really handy and CLEAN

I'm not an expert on this sort of thing, nor do I pretend to be one (although not from a lack of understanding, simply a lack of knowledge.) I gave it a shot. It seemed like it lags a little bit more than the standard Samsung/AT&T ROM. There were several things I liked about it including the new interfaces and much improved task manager and file explorer. There's a little bit too much Chinese in it for me (I tried to do a few tweeks but many of the registry/system files are in Chinese)
Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge/experience can help to make this a more user friendly ROM.

Yeah. I figured to compare this chinese rom with the original (treat chinese as a base model) and figure out which stuff to throw away from original...
And maybe do the other way around and figure out which stuff can be added to original.
But taht's just be...newbie talk.
cheers

Here is my 2 cents...
Maybe I shouldn't have bought these phones... I got 2 for a penny each. I ugraded to a Tilt 2 instantly.... My wife is still on the Jack.
It is God awful of a ROM loadaout for what it is... it's got alot under the hood for it's form factor and can perform nicely with the right tweaks and interface.
Sadly, The interest in this project is not at all dissimilar to Samsungs interest in Winmo as a whole. This is undoubtedly why we do not see the released ROMs from Sammy like we do with HTC.
HTC seems to know that if the public can enhance the device... They will buy the device. Samsungs lock and subsequent turnabout away from Microsoft will leave many users of this device in the dust and looking to ditch it quick. I did.

@ mykail or anyone who can help...:
Were you able to find a clean ROM for this phone?
I would love to upgrade to WM 6.5, but my device is unlocked, so the ATT option is not the best option for me (though it exists).
I have spent several days looking for it, but you've been longer than me, i just got the phone a week ago.
I appreciate any help in this issue.

I changed phones. I'm running HTC now on Android.
About the Jack. Haven't been searching for clean rom since November. Just few seconds ago popped in to our chinese friends and they are still developing. From what I saw it appears they are running Jack @ Win7.
Links if you want to try it: Credits go to [email protected]
WIN7 :
SGH-I637_WM6.5(23137)_CHS&ENG_WIN7AC3_ĐÂěű°ć.7z
md5:80D6C95A46109F92DCCD11F5A5998090
WIN7
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ŃĹşÚ6.0°ć:
SGH-I637_WM6.5(23137)_CHS&ENG_MSYH6.0_ĐÂěű°ć.7z
md5:FB742ECFFD98D3AEE749A53A11397663
MSYH6.0
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Different Devs:
2010.12.12 build23137 WinMo6.5_CN_EN by [email protected]
SGH-I637 WM6.5 Mix ROM (cn and en) V1.2 by [email protected]

evya1.2 I637
about more than 50% chinese guys use evya1.2 rom for jack2
its good

Help with ROM issues
Hi Guys,
At first i must say sorry for re-open this post. there is a lot of months since the last response.
I bought a samsung sgh-i637 in LatinAmerica, playing on the internet i used the AT&T ROM for upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.5 but as you know that rom has a lot of programas of AT&T and also they change the major of keys (keypad) functionability... and at the end the phone still stay locked for AT&T.
I want to know if is possible get a ROM without the AT&T programs and also that it unlock my phone for use with any phone operator.
Thanks a lot!

ZTE V9 (Light) updates

I just bought this cheap promising tablet and im just wondering is there any custom roms avaible or updates to 2.2 or 2.3 andoid?
This device comes with 2.1-update1 android default, baseband version is V9B01 and kernel version is 2.6.29 zte-kernel(at)Zdroid-SMT. Build number is Light_V9V1.0.0B06
i hope this device gets something newer soon because this feels like it's from stone age after using 2.2

I am thinking of buying this also so I am interested for root/froyo also

i just rooted, it was very easy, i used universal androot.

Nice. You guys have any suggestions for a 3g tablet? Something that is on the market at the moment...
Except for an ipad...

Jefox said:
i just rooted, it was very easy, i used universal androot.
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Just rooted I guess.. No froyo yet?
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

no froyo yet, i hope it comes soon!

Battery life and screen readability and responsiveness.
hi all,
I'm really considering buying this pad.
How is the battery life?
What about the screen in terms of readability and responsiveness?
Thanks.

i have been using it two days and now it needs to be recharged, specs says 500hrs at idle and 10hrs at full use...
Screen is good and clear, some colour makes weird lines but it doesent bother me. (it is cheap afterall)
Touch response is very good, touchscreen type is resistive and it works perfect in cold conditions.. -30celcius here in finland and it works very good in outdoor use
when in extreme cold conditions, like here in finland at -30celcius, battery behaves very weird, suddenly device reboots and says that battery is dead and when you reboot it says it has same amout of power when it rebooted first time.. i noticed same thing with galaxy s, maby it is just feature to protect device.
my device was left in cold for 5hrs and then i used it*

Just gave one to my wife. Great device for the price. Only problem is Android 2.1, no apps to card, bugged wifi and all known problems for this Rom. Anxiously waiting for 2.2.
My advise for anyone wanting to buy a tablet is... go for it. It's cheap, well build, good looking, fast (for a 700 speed processor) and the screen is very responsive.

Ok so i got one of these 3 days ago. took it back yesterday.
works fine. nice device but it doesnt seem to want to charge when im using it. (draws more current than is charging with)
i returned it for that issue.
basically the optus guy left it on a charger for a couple hours, saw that the charge had went up and called me to come collect it.
no refund/replacement.
is is just mine. do others have this problem?
also MODS can we get a forum for this device. it is VERY popular over here (sold out everywhere) as our telco optus has just released its "mytab" branded zte v9
ALSO:
i can play standard avi files 90% and i would love to be able to overclock. the extra 100mhz would really help. Unfortunately i'm a beginner dev.
I know how to compile and flash a kernel. can someone take me throught he steps for modifying cpu scaling?

I just bought the same ZTE Light yesterday, I really love this tablet, but.... there is a problem charging the battery.. The red charge light is just blinking, but nothing happens. I will take it back to shop and request new one for replacement, because I really liked this device.

So does this mean that you were able to patch 2.1 to 2.2 version ? Any help howto do it ?

theres no patch released yet but zte manufacturer said that it will be released near end of this year

sami nieminen said:
I just bought the same ZTE Light yesterday, I really love this tablet, but.... there is a problem charging the battery.. The red charge light is just blinking, but nothing happens. I will take it back to shop and request new one for replacement, because I really liked this device.
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Might be a silly question but did you install the battery? I have one of the Optus Branded ZTE V9's and the battery was not installed in the tablet - it is in the box. The tablet blinks and flashes the Android Bot logo if you dont have the battery in the tablet.

sami nieminen said:
I just bought the same ZTE Light yesterday, I really love this tablet, but.... there is a problem charging the battery.. The red charge light is just blinking, but nothing happens. I will take it back to shop and request new one for replacement, because I really liked this device.
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Mine was doing that, there is a status bar on the top which you can slide down, once all the items needing attention are cleared it will stop blinking. For example mine was telling me to update time zone and that the SD card has been mounted. So I believe this is a status light.

Hi all!
I contacted ZTE about V9 (Light) updates and had very frustrating news.
Here's the message:
Dear Sir / Madam,
I am sorry to inform you that android 2.2 software is now unavailable.
Until now we have no plan to upgrade for Android 2.2.
Best Regards
Sincerely yours
ZTE MOBILE DEPARTMENT
So here's the deal. We have to dev the update ourself. I thinking about bringing the device away cause the seller said that the 2.2 update will be out end of this year... quess it won't.

but zte management said that they will release update, what the f*ck?! i hope someone develops 2.2 for this.
maby i just have to sell this and buy galaxy tab...

I quickly realised we have no support. We need a forum for this device.

Jefox said:
but zte management said that they will release update, what the f*ck?! i hope someone develops 2.2 for this.
maby i just have to sell this and buy galaxy tab...
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Where did you get that info? When i bought this device from Sonera they said that 2.2 update will be available end of this year. I have searched info about 2.2 update to this device and there is none. So i decided to ask directly from ZTE and the answer is above.
I hate this situation. This device need Android 2.2 so badly.

ZTE seem to be happy releasing new devices with android 2.1!
They recently attempted to release the eclaire source for this device, but it looks like the upload failed. They have stated that the tablet uses the same kernel/chipset as the ZTE Blade phone, .29 is available for that phone but I suspect it's not upto date enough for the tablet. There are 2.2 ports for the blade phone which may port to the v9.
If you follow the instructions here http://android.podtwo.com/romdump/ to dump your ROM and upload somewhere, we might be able to see just how similar they are. Also if you can grab /proc/config.gz and upload that somewhere too.

Samsung Captivate user trying to help my friend's Nexus S

Hi guys,
So i'm running with the samsung captivate and as we know the development for that phone is completely outstanding and i'd say is probably the best for the Galaxy S lines in terms of quality of roms, and the variety you can choose from.
My buddy got a nexus S and he likes android but he's not happy with his nexus S as it stands now. His problems are mostly around slow browser, he says he has reception issues with vodaphone UK whereas before he had none, and the phone often hangs and can get slow, battery life is bad.
Now i wanted to ask you guys in the development forum if its worth it for me to root/unlock his nexus S (i've read up on unlocking the bootloader etc so I think I can pull it off) and load one of these custom roms. However, I dont think any of these roms are very well developed.
Do most of you experience good performance on the Nexus S with stock google updates? Do you think my friend has a dud phone, or should I go ahead and put Bionix on his phone? I dont want to be his tech support going forward, so I fear the rom is still very beta and I dont want to be stuck always helping him, but if one flash will set him for at least a few months i dont mind helping him.
Any thoughts? thanks.
edit: my face is red.. can a mod move this to general please ?

Um wow, well i got my nexus s couple of weeks ago, and i did run it with the stock for for almost a week, and i cant say the same things as your friend. The phone is really fast, battery is ok ( it dies as all the smartphones within a day if you play a lot with it ) and no hangings what so ever.
Maybe tell him to make a hard reset, or if he installed a lot of things, then try to install less things after the hard reset.
You can make it blazingly fast if you use a custom kernel, i was using modaco r10 as rom and 1.3ghz bionix kernel, and trust me it was fast fast fast. Only minor thing was the restarts here and there.
Other than that the phone is really fast and stable, with no problems whatsoever.

Wrong section, please avoid!

nickbarbs said:
My buddy got a nexus S and he likes android but he's not happy with his nexus S as it stands now. His problems are mostly around slow browser, he says he has reception issues with vodaphone UK whereas before he had none, and the phone often hangs and can get slow, battery life is bad.
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make sure your friend is using 3G and not stuck on EDGE
not sure which frecuency Vodaphone UK runs on, but last i recal they are on the same bands as Orange UK
Nexus S 3G runs on 900/1700/2100

About to buy a flashed X5 - can I trust this ROM?

Hi guys
I'm about to buy a flashed X5 for about 150€.
I have to say that im a complete noob (like the registration video told me ) in all these things and the x5 would be my first Android Phone ever, but nvertheless Im really excited about all this modding and flashing and whatever you people do with the phones. I just want to make sure the bought phone wont die within one week because of some mistakes the seller made while having fun eventually flashing it wrong.
Its said to be flashed with the MUI 2.3.7 and overclocked to 1,2GHz (is that secure for the processor?)
Also the description says it has "7 Launcher" installed - this actually doesnt tell me a single thing, could someone kindly explain what it is and what it does?
Thats all the information I got about the current state of the phone. Would you say that its a well-done combination, or is there some potential of the whole thing being nothing but a mess?
Many thanks to you!

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Hi guys
I'm about to buy a flashed X5 for about 150€.
I have to say that im a complete noob (like the registration video told me ) in all these things and the x5 would be my first Android Phone ever, but nvertheless Im really excited about all this modding and flashing and whatever you people do with the phones. I just want to make sure the bought phone wont die within one week because of some mistakes the seller made while having fun eventually flashing it wrong.
Its said to be flashed with the MUI 2.3.7 and overclocked to 1,2GHz (is that secure for the processor?)
Also the description says it has "7 Launcher" installed - this actually doesnt tell me a single thing, could someone kindly explain what it is and what it does?
Thats all the information I got about the current state of the phone. Would you say that its a well-done combination, or is there some potential of the whole thing being nothing but a mess?
Many thanks to you!
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That's a second hand phone? In Portugal, a new one costs 149€ :S

Well the seller says the phone has not been used at all, he just flashed it and put everything back
Anyways - could anyone help me out - should I buy the phone or does it all sounds too messed up already, what do you think

I would just check the price and spec of new phones in the same price bracket. This is an older phone now and I would not be surprised if you could pick it up for a similar price new with some looking.
That said, as long as it is all working, it should be ok. Price is similar to what I just paid for mine on a new years special. Launcher 7 will be gone when he wipes the phone data to sell it to you so you can choose to install it later if you want the windows phone 7 look.
I would just ask if it is still 2.6.32 kernel based (froyo rom) or if it has been upgraded to a 2.6.35 kernel base (official gingerbread). Either is fine, but it will just help you when it comes to installing roms later.

150€ is a normal price for a second handed phone here in Slovenia aswell. I might suggest, if you can get Samsung Galaxy S for that price, do it. I had Ideos X5 for 7 months, tried all ROMs I could find, but when I got my hands on Galaxy S, well...I switched to Galaxy S. The only major thing between them is that Ideos X5 has LED emitter. The battery seems to last longer on Galaxy S with stock ROM or custom in comparison with Ideos X5 stock and custom ROMs. Galaxy S has AMOLED display, which has a bit less DPI (it is 2mm longer, wider), but way better contrast with pictures/videos. In general it is smoother.
To answer your question, if the phone appears not to be damaged to you physically, you have nothing to worry about.