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About to purchase a used Galaxy S I9000

Sirs,
How are you all doing? this is my very first post and I decided to ride dirty with the android OS finally (I'm late..) Originally coming from that dead Symbian OS environment.. I love customization and everything related to tinkering the phones hardware and software..
So now I am about to buy a used galaxy S I9000, I just want to know what are the things to look for this used android unit? I can see it's just slightly used so what will I look for aside from the outside appearance? How about in the software itself?
I only know that the phone is on GB 2.3.3 I think and it has like a custom way of killing apps, launching..really it's my first time on android and I need professional advises and this is the best site to ask from, I know.
Jesse

Check usb connection and it powers on and gets signal ..... Duplicate thread
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as expected, so if this is a duplucate thread, could you please give a me a link to this thread sir? I already read the guidelines, rules, and regulations but I just want to ask from a personal standpoint and I expect this forum to be the best and expert in this Android revolution..

Someone else opened the same.thread
Just make sure usb is secure, make sure it boots ok and speaker is ok.
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alright alright gotcha!

How do you want to use your phone?
In my opinion, this device is a disappointment for normal,everyday basic use.
If you really want android ride on SGS, keep yourself ready for be here on xda regularly for help (you tasted it already)and hacks,be ready to root your phone and be ready to reboot your phone n number of times(sometime it does auto ) and be ready to get a mixed feeling,sometime it makes you happy and sometimes you would like to throw it away.
Its my opinion based on use, not intended for anything else.
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GreenSGS said:
How do you want to use your phone?
In my opinion, this device is a disappointment for normal,everyday basic use.
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Unless you're installing the latest beta ROMs or custom ROMs, this phone is actually very stable and reliable for day to day use. And the UI is fast and responsive enough on 2.3.3. In any case, in terms of reliability and speed, the SGS is miles ahead of any Symbian device.

Wtf???
Mate. He said he likes to customize.
I have nothing but good things to say about my phone. Gps is accurate and always has been. I knocked back an sgs2 upgrade to wait for next nexus.
Check pixels and speaker.
Check Gps accuracy in maps.
Usb connects and check for 3 button combo to recovery/download mode.
Good luck and enjoy.
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Guys,
My use of phone dialer,messaging and call logs comes under basic use.
And dialer lags, contacts gives message 'no additional info available' and then shows number.no matter which rom you use.
Even dialer removed from memory.
I have 2 phones in house one running stock 2.3.3 and one 2.3.5 so I am not imagining anything.
Dont reboot phone for a week and see what happens.
If it was all that good, all the ram tweaks,kernel tweaks,optimization tweaks, wouldn't even exists.
If your expr. & opinion differs post it.
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wow thanks! a lot of tips already! my appreciation to you guys,
well i want my phone for calls, sms, internet, productive apps,some graphically good games?, storage for photos(bought a 16GB microSD yesterday for this phone, excited am I?) videos-movies perhaps? some noobie photography (BTW I love that touch to focus feature!)
I guess I'm more into content, really LOL
Again thanks!
PS how to enter to download mode?

I'll try first dealing with the stock roms, is there any 2.3.7 GB for galaxy cause I see it everywhere along with the CM7? is that an official firmware or CM7 based on that OEM firmware? maybe when I want more, that's the time I'll do a CM7 flash..what about skype video calling or google talk? is it good in this phone?

GreenSGS said:
How do you want to use your phone?
In my opinion, this device is a disappointment for normal,everyday basic use.
If you really want android ride on SGS, keep yourself ready for be here on xda regularly for help (you tasted it already)and hacks,be ready to root your phone and be ready to reboot your phone n number of times(sometime it does auto ) and be ready to get a mixed feeling,sometime it makes you happy and sometimes you would like to throw it away.
Its my opinion based on use, not intended for anything else.
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Trollollololol - back under your bridge fellow.

"Do not feed the trolls"- epic quote
I will be using this phone for everyday use, k?

Another important thing to look for: if it enters Download Mode [Vol Down + Home + Power]
If not, it can be fixed, but it involves a little risk. This would be the only risky thing you'll do software wise, after your Download Mode works, it's very hard to brick the phone.

jcagara08 said:
I'll try first dealing with the stock roms, is there any 2.3.7 GB for galaxy cause I see it everywhere along with the CM7? is that an official firmware or CM7 based on that OEM firmware? maybe when I want more, that's the time I'll do a CM7 flash..what about skype video calling or google talk? is it good in this phone?
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2.3.7 was a Nexus upgrade that added things like NFC, which most phones do not have the hardware to support this. CM7 uses Nexus source code. I don't believe anything helpful for you was added/changed.
And try not to believe the crap these people are spewing. My contacts, diallers, and whatever else that guy was rambling about are just fine. And obviously that is not a problem across all ROMs, considering most ROMs use different apps (for example, Samsung apps aren't run on AOSP ROMs—and I haven't seen this problem on either).
Good luck! It's an exciting phone.

wow, thanks to all of your advices dudes! what would be a good protector for this phone aside from the screen guards?

[Rom 4.0.1] NOV 27 GALNET MiUI ice cream sandwich 2.11.26 UPDATED {MOST BUGS FIXED}

This is basicly the same as miui, but based on ics framework, which make it faster and better.
I wanted to bring you this good news XD
From Galnet:
Galnet MIUI ICS is our experimental builds for the Ice Cream Sandwich framework being introduced into MIUI. These builds don’t look any different, however they do come with some of the ICS benefits such as power management and ram management.
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Changelog for 2.11.26 :
Network Modifications:
•Corrected Signal Strength Readings in Status
•Improved network power consumption
Framework Modifications:
•Implemented ICS sensor management
•Improved power consumption whilst sleeping
•Correctly implemented debugging settings via ADB
•Fixed issues with Tethering cutting out mid way through large transfers
•HW Acceleration Included (Browser, Video, Games etc)
•Android Market (Scroll via images leading to FC fixed)
•Improvement in Galnet Video Player playback
UI Improvements
•Implemented Extended Settings
•Implemented 4 Way Reboot
•Added ICS lockscreen to default theme
•Added ICS transaction effects
•Improved Sharpness and Display quality on I9000 and I9100 builds
•Added ICS Keyboard with Vibration Settings
OTHER INFORMATION
•The battery calibration will kick in straight away once flashing this rom, therefore you will find that the battery drains quicker than before. Please allow it to drain to around 5% before recharging fully back to 100% for the perfect calibration.
•Updater may FC on first boot, don’t worry about it, as it will work correctly once this occurs.
•Phone call recording (This is something that we won’t support due to legal issues within the UK, please don’t expect it).
Credit to galnet and all who participated

I flashed this yesterday, pretty stable and everything seems to work. There are a few things people should be aware of.
1. There is no voice control
2. If you synch your FB contacts you need to go into the FB app and tell it to synch
3. The battery life is so so
4. Make sure that you do a factory restset, clear cache partition, and clear dalvik before flashing.
Other than those things, this is a really nice ROM, very slick, very fast, and seems to be stable.

Questions: Which Kernel to use and does external SD mount correctly?
Also does the ICS hardware acceleration work here?

yobbei said:
Questions: Which Kernel to use and does external SD mount correctly?
Also does the ICS hardware acceleration work here?
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Honestly Im not sure what Kernel he's using but this is the info
2.6.35.12-gdf10700
[email protected] #1
Don't know if that helps any, I was wondering myself if there are any other compatible Kernels that may help with battery life

Say I was on (rooted, custom rom Paragon 6) 2.2, I could just stick it on the card and flash over or must I flash a cm7 kernel and then flash rom over that?

Logic has that captivate I sent you came yet
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When I click download on that page nothing ever happens. This is on my captivate.

M3drvr said:
When I click download on that page nothing ever happens. This is on my captivate.
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I too was going to mention that but I forgot

M3drvr said:
When I click download on that page nothing ever happens. This is on my captivate.
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I thought it is because i am in the office.
I guess not.

Guys use a computer to download not your captivate.
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yobbei said:
Questions: Which Kernel to use and does external SD mount correctly?
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I'm using Glitch v13.
I would also mention that the extended power menu is missing (i.e. long pressing the power button will not give the user the option to go into recovery).

LOSTLOGIC89 said:
Guys use a computer to download not your captivate.
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I did use a pc.

LOSTLOGIC89 said:
Guys use a computer to download not your captivate.
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The link isn't working. It redirects me to a mostly blank page saying "welcome to Nginx!" that's it, no download.

M3drvr said:
When I click download on that page nothing ever happens. This is on my captivate.
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Here I had it downloaded to my computer and thought it might help everyone thats having an issue getting it. I also went to Galnet to try to get it but there must be something wrong with his downloads, its funny cause it worked yesterday when I downloaded
http://www.multiupload.com/QYNV8ZGAFH

Xanaki said:
Here I had it downloaded to my computer and thought it might help everyone thats having an issue getting it. I also went to Galnet to try to get it but there must be something wrong with his downloads, its funny cause it worked yesterday when I downloaded
http://www.multiupload.com/QYNV8ZGAFH
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U da man U da man

Xanaki said:
Here I had it downloaded to my computer and thought it might help everyone thats having an issue getting it. I also went to Galnet to try to get it but there must be something wrong with his downloads, its funny cause it worked yesterday when I downloaded
http://www.multiupload.com/QYNV8ZGAFH
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Awesome! you rock solid.

BTW I know someone asked but I believe you need to be on GB bootloaders in order to flash this ROM, so if you have 2.2 or below find the instructions for getting the GB bootloaders before flashing this ROM or you just might brick.

Xanaki said:
BTW I know someone asked but I believe you need to be on GB bootloaders in order to flash this ROM, so if you have 2.2 or below find the instructions for getting the GB bootloaders before flashing this ROM or you just might brick.
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Soft brick. Flashing back to stock works after bricking into Galnet MIUI.
Also, OP, do you have anything to do with the Galnet project, or just providing a link?

I'm pretty shocked how smooth this Rom is. I do really like the look and feel to everything. Will report more later once I get to play with it
EDIT: Flashed from Illuminance 2.1 with no problems so far

Screenshots?
Can I have some screenshots please? I would to see how it is before I flash it. Thanks!

ICS: Tips & Tricks

With the popularity of Passion & OneCosmic posts, I'm sure there are a few Tips & Tricks people have found. Please share!!
Tip: Notification bar is accessible from 'lock screen'. No need to unlock to turn on Wi-Fi, BT, 3G, etc. or to read new SMS.

I think this is a great idea.
Let's make sure this is about Tips and Tricks and not "My GPS isn't working" or "Why can't they hear me on the other end of my call".
My tip:
USE YOUR PHONE. Unlock the potential and use it. When we see pix of CPUspy showing Deep Sleep for 20+ hours, sure you are getting great battery life, but you are not using your phone as it should be. They want to be, nay!!, they need to be used, listened to, downloaded on,...then you will truly know what your battery life is like.

In about my phone, tap 4.0.3 really quickly, hen long press the abdroid
sent from the xda app on my android smartphone.

Here's a tip to save some battery power: Settings\More\Airplane mode.
That should do it.
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folders at the bottom
I use folders in place of the trebuchet dock apps. that way my homescreen is uncluttered.

Settings >developer options >kill app back button
I use this quite often and missed it from miui.
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Woodrube said:
I think this is a great idea.
Let's make sure this is about Tips and Tricks and not "My GPS isn't working" or "Why can't they hear me on the other end of my call".
My tip:
USE YOUR PHONE. Unlock the potential and use it. When we see pix of CPUspy showing Deep Sleep for 20+ hours, sure you are getting great battery life, but you are not using your phone as it should be. They want to be, nay!!, they need to be used, listened to, downloaded on,...then you will truly know what your battery life is like.
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Well said! I used to be obsessed with battery life and realized I was not enjoying my phone's full features! I bought 2 spares and a wall charger from Ebay and now carry them with me in my car and backpack. I am ENJOYING my phone now! Feels great!

Why would people complain that others cant hear them on the other end? Is that a known problem on ics passion?

Galaxy Nexus Manual
Here's a copy of the Galaxy Nexus Manual. It has lots of good info regarding using ICS.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17980900/galaxynexus_manual (1).pdf

when using GPS, make sure to turn wifi on even when you are driving or outdoor or out of wifi range/connection.. just turn it on..
it will make a difference..
probably works on all ROMS.. i used to always skip turning wifi on when i don't get wifi connection.. LOL,

Vibrant03 said:
when using GPS, make sure to turn wifi on even when you are driving or outdoor or out of wifi range/connection.. just turn it on..
it will make a difference..
probably works on all ROMS.. i used to always skip turning wifi on when i don't get wifi connection.. LOL,
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What does this accomplish?

Would be nice to know how to disable roaming, not data cause I already know that, just having the ability to have your phone not roam ever, unless you want it to

phone_noobie said:
Would be nice to know how to disable roaming, not data cause I already know that, just having the ability to have your phone not roam ever, unless you want it to
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Settings>Press menu button> data roaming
Is that what you're talking about
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xriderx66 said:
Settings>Press menu button> data roaming
Is that what you're talking about
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No he is referring to Voice roaming. So that if he leaves state people can't get a hold of him.

xriderx66 said:
Settings>Press menu button> data roaming
Is that what you're talking about
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Raistline said:
No he is referring to Voice roaming. So that if he leaves state people can't get a hold of him.
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Bingo! Like I initially said, I already know how to turn data roaming off, I want the ability for the voice roaming to be turned off. I had this feature in my previous ROM, which was Team Whiskey's Nero

Bluetooth headset - How to enable auto answer
Hi all,
using passion for quite sometime enjoying all its features, please help me in two issues:
1) While using bluetooth headset, how to enable auto answer option in the phone (Suppose I am unable to touch phone or headset to answer the call)
2) While I am talking to one person using the phone, if I want to access the phonebook, the call goes to hold, and it unholds only I resume the call, in this case what happens that I have to memorise the phone no of any contact to tell the person on call
both these features were well present in my prev ROM, bionix 1.3.1
please help

phone_noobie said:
Bingo! Like I initially said, I already know how to turn data roaming off, I want the ability for the voice roaming to be turned off. I had this feature in my previous ROM, which was Team Whiskey's Nero
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Umm freeze telephony in titaniumbackup? Will that work?

drsgon said:
Hi all,
using passion for quite sometime enjoying all its features, please help me in two issues:
1) While using bluetooth headset, how to enable auto answer option in the phone (Suppose I am unable to touch phone or headset to answer the call)
2) While I am talking to one person using the phone, if I want to access the phonebook, the call goes to hold, and it unholds only I resume the call, in this case what happens that I have to memorise the phone no of any contact to tell the person on call
both these features were well present in my prev ROM, bionix 1.3.1
please help
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Are you serious.
Read the title.
Ask passion questions in the passion thread.
This is not a Q&A thread.
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Woodrube said:
I think this is a great idea.
Let's make sure this is about Tips and Tricks and not "My GPS isn't working" or "Why can't they hear me on the other end of my call".
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xriderx66 said:
Are you serious.
Read the title.
Ask passion questions in the passion thread.
This is not a Q&A thread.
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Hmm, took longer than I thought to de-evolve into a Q&A thread.

xriderx66 said:
Are you serious.
Read the title.
Ask passion questions in the passion thread.
This is not a Q&A thread.
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Thank you for your advice Sir, I will follow this in future. Though I have read regarding this in the initial posts of the thread, I had to ask these simple questions to you learned persons as my post count is not more than 10 and so, I am not able to ask in the passion thread. I do not like to make useless posts in the forum as done by many people.
P.S.: Mods, if you think that this post should be removed you are welcome

Kinda offical ICS MIUIv4

Just to let the devs know miuiandroid have released their version of Miui V4
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/miui-v4-for-i9000.15461/#post-109935
edit: I know this is in the wrong section btw

We know it's in the wrong section but still wanted to thank you

Its not official, its made by a user. -?-

They tweeted it out, we also won to get ICS soon.
This might turn out to be very official.
Testing the rom now, will give initial impressions soon

roughavoc said:
They tweeted it out, we also won to get ICS soon.
This might turn out to be very official.
Testing the rom now, will give initial impressions soon
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The rom in the link is a port but if its true that we won to get the official ics then thanks for the heads up.Oh and let us no what you think of the rom...

Not the main common user thought,Andy Thomson is an active Dev on miui,well known for his much appreciated extended settings,etc...thanks to Roughavoc that i'm downloading now.

ROM - doesnt detect external SD card
EDIT: RAM is 180MB in use
browser seems same as others
The music app is to die for
Everything else so far seems same as other MIUIv4 builds

roughavoc said:
ROM - doesnt detect external SD card
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While connected to a PC? Or what?
roughavoc said:
The music app is to die for
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Which means?

Isnt seen at all, not in the phone or whilst connected to the PC
Music app is so clean and slick. Probably best looking music app out there

roughavoc said:
ROM - doesnt detect external SD card
EDIT: RAM is 180MB in use
browser seems same as others
The music app is to die for
Everything else so far seems same as other MIUIv4 builds
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Is RIL fixed? Have you noticed? Thanks.
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Fremen567 said:
Is RIL fixed? Have you noticed? Thanks.
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Excuse me but what do you mean by RIL?

RIL is fixed,edge,3g,H are displayed but i can't turn wifi on...it's stucked on "turning wifi on" and in wifi advanced settings it says MAc adress:unavailable and same for IP adress.In about phone>status it's only MAC adress that is unknown...just me?
Got mil...mean wifi Roughavoc?
EDIT:Good ol' reboot did the trick,got wifi.
EDIT 2:I was pretty sure i've seen the edge E logo but know it stays at 3g with not a move from signal status bars...sorry.

Wifi works fine for me. I also have a wifi MAC address, reflash rom again?
Music app doesnt play any music for me btw? FC's every time with music on the internal SD card

Can't wait to try this ROM but it's still stuck at the good looking orange "MI". I'm impatient as hell atm.

roughavoc said:
Excuse me but what do you mean by RIL?
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Radio interface layer. Previous ports had issues with it. For ex. signal bars were allways full regardless of actual signal strength. It took phone forever to register on network etc.
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frenetico said:
Can't wait to try this ROM but it's still stuck at the good looking orange "MI". I'm impatient as hell atm.
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Took me 3+ mins to first book up, thought it froze but it kicked in. also reboot, first boot will be laggy as hell
thanks for the info about RIL.
Im not going to carry on using this ROM, I need music and external SD card to work so im going to stop giving my feedback on the rom soon. So far I think its very smooth, cant talk about battery as only used it for an hour or so.
Doesnt have voodoo colour im guessing nor OC/UC either which is a shame but it isnt a custom kernel so I guess thats why

roughavoc said:
Im not going to carry on using this ROM, I need music and external SD card to work so im going to stop giving my feedback on the rom soon. So far I think its very smooth, cant talk about battery as only used it for an hour or so.
Doesnt have voodoo colour im guessing nor OC/UC either which is a shame but it isnt a custom kernel so I guess thats why
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I'll have a look where the problem with the external SD actually is. Think, it could be fixed for now with an init.d script.
OC/UC, LiveOC,... provided since it uses Devil Kernel. Use NSTools to tweak it. For VC use Devil Kernel 1.1 with VC...
Edit: After coming from a clean JVT flash it booted, yay! First impression: Problem with incorrect signal strengh still persists. Music app is GODLIKE like roughavoc said. And yeah... Gonna test this tomorrow during school.
Edit2: External SD mounted in /mnt/emmc/ and /emmc/.
Edit3: Problems with root-permissions. Clearly, root is disabled in MIUI ROMs but even disabling and enabling it doesn't help...
Edit4: Reverting to CM9 since a superuser.zip on my SD refuses to get installed. Hey Andy, if you take a look in here: Nice work, if you take care of these bug you are going to release a monumental ROM!

Titanium ask for superuser upgrade from market to work.
Power off option from power menu doesn't seem to respond.
Can't access camera,got fc when swith from apn to cam.

frenetico said:
Edit3: Problems with root-permissions. Clearly, root is disabled in MIUI ROMs but even disabling and enabling it doesn't help...
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Root is enabled in MIUI lol. This is what you have to do, open up the LBESEC/SuperUser app before you open anything that requires app. Enable the option "Allow applications to request ROOT". Then any future app that requires ROOT, will launch that popup and you say "Accept/Deny".

roughavoc said:
They tweeted it out, we also won to get ICS soon.
This might turn out to be very official.
Testing the rom now, will give initial impressions soon
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What do you mean?
Are you saying that Samsung will release ICS for the galaxy S or that the muiuandroid team will realease a ICS Rom for the galaxy S?

Netflix app with jellybean 4.1

I read online / netflix that they already updated the app to support jellybean but yet I'm on Toasted Marshmellow Jellybean rom and it doesn't work =( neither does HULU + work on this rom. anyone have a fix or know why??
when i press on the app icon it looks like it's going to open but screen just goes away =/

Someone's in trouble...
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teknodogg said:
I read online / netflix that they already updated the app to support jellybean but yet I'm on Toasted Marshmellow Jellybean rom and it doesn't work =( neither does HULU + work on this rom. anyone have a fix or know why??
when i press on the app icon it looks like it's going to open but screen just goes away =/
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I spent an hour or two a month ago trying to find out why Netflix doesn't work. What other folks were saying in various non-Glacier threads is that Netflix support depends on a specific type of HD graphics hardware support in the kernel. None of the kernels we have for the Glacier currently provide that support. Hopefully that will change when (if) a 3.0 kernel is successfully ported.
Kernel experts please jump in at anytime...

wrong forum...

Thats NOT what he meant buddy. If you have ever been in this forum, you would note that question threads go in the QUESTION forum. People get pissed if you get messed up so consider this your ONLY warning because others probably won't be so "kind". Next time, ask your question in the right forum and i promise it will be properly answered.

I love this forum. Also, how did the OP think this was developement of any sorts?
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Seriously does anyone read anymore ,or do they just post and pray that somebody helps them.