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I can't seem to work this Android/Galaxy world out ?

Perhaps its just me getting old, I dunno...
But I was so used to the windows mobile world, that I just can't seem to get used to this Android and Galaxy S device, here is why, maybe I am doing it all wrong.
1) I can't seem to get my emails to come through instantly, even when I run refresh, even though they have come through on my Laptops outlook it sometimes take over an hour or so later to appear on my device, on my old WM phone I would simply click send and receive and the mail would appear.
2) When I plug in the USB, I get all these options, so I have been trying mass storage, sometimes my USB connects sometimes it takes forever, even though its says usb connected, I then have to pull down the menu thing and hit USB connected and then Mount, then it say s turn off USB and I then get some explorer windows pop up on my laptop...for the life of me this confuses me, I used to simply plug in the USB and it would be connected.
3) Even though I have had these applications running fine, I seem to be getting this big pop up SORRY, The application has stopped unexpectedly, Force close, please try again, what the hell have I done.
4) Now I used to test out and update custom roms on my old Touch HD and all you had to do was run a file on your PC and it would basically flash the device with a new ROM...do a backup restore and your away, for the life of me I haven't got a clue what all these custom things are, you have firmwares, lags, Kernals, samsets, froyos, FJ, FP's...god its confusing.
Perhaps I am just not ready for Android yet, I used to love customising my old Windows mobile device, but I simply can't seem to do it with this one...HELP

Coming from an Touch HD too
Hi, we are in a similar situation. I switched to Galaxy S from a Touch HD last week.
Are you using Exchange e-mail? I receive e-mail fine from a POP account and hotmail. The integrated e-mail app is slow, but there are other clients on the market.
There are 4 USB modes. You first need to install the drivers that come with the Kies software. I've configured the phone so it asks me what mode to use each time. I've tried Kies mode, mass storage mode and Internet Share mode successfully.
I do not see force close pop-ups on mine. It depends on what apps you run, of course. Most apps on the market should run fine on Android 2.1. Also, I'm running ROM JM5 now (erased the one from my carrier loaded with logos and demo apps).
The issue of the lag, I don't know where they see it, mine is ****ing fast. At least for someone coming from Windows Mobile XDD. The GPS works better with this last ROM too, 30 seconds to first fix, 10 metes accurancy while on a bus, 5 meters walking.
Flashing is the same as in the Touch HD world. The flasher program is called Odin now. You need a PIT file, and the firmware you want to load. The firmware has 3 parts. PDA, Phone and CSC.
Do it this way:
- Open Odin, select "repartition", select the PDA, Phone and SCS files
- Power off the phone. Remove SIM and microSD card.
- Press vol down + Home + Power on. This will enter download mode
- Connect the phone to the computer now. It will install new drivers
- Press start on Odin. Flashing takes 5 minutes
There are leaked and cooked ROMS. The lastest Android 2.1 ROM is I9000XWJM5. By default it will boot in russian, go to settings, language and change it
There are some Android 2.2 ROMs now, but they are not worth the trouble, too unfinished... we are waiting for an official 2.2 ROM. (and then will erase everything on the phone and start over with a clean, good, official Froyo ROM).

Thanks for your advise, what made you move from a HD to the Galaxy then ?
Do you prefer Android ?
I have been searching for the JM5 firmware and I am downloading it now, but cant find this pit file, have managed to find Odin.
What is Samset ?
I am on JF1 at the moment is it worth moving to JM5 ?

THUDUK said:
Thanks for your advise, what made you move from a HD to the Galaxy then ?
Do you prefer Android ?
I have been searching for the JM5 firmware and I am downloading it now, but cant find this pit file, have managed to find Odin.
What is Samset ?
I am on JF1 at the moment is it worth moving to JM5 ?
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You will find everything you need here...
SAMSUNG FIRMWARES
Yes JM5 sort of fixes GPS and it's overall faster etc.

Odin, PIT file and ROMs can be found on the site linked on previous post.
I have been testing Android on the Touch HD for 3 months. Of course it's a lot slower and the battery is gone pretty fast. This is a proper Android phone, more CPU, more RAM, better drivers... Moves videos and 3D games very well.
I do not like Apple restrictive policies and censorship, so iphone is ruled out. Motorola Droids, HTC EVO and other recent models are not on sale on this country, so I settled for this heavily carrier-subsidized (80% savings) phone.
I like the bright, capacitive, multitouch screen the most. It's a nice change from the one on the Touch HD. The swipe keyboard works fine too. And the Hummingbird CPU moves pictures, videos and games like a Playstation. The camera has good color and detail, but more noise that the one on the Touch HD. The EXIF data says ISO 50, but they look like ISO800 on my digital camera. HD video recording is fine.

Windows 8 on MacBook Pro

I'd like to start a discussion on how to get Windows 8 running properly on a MacBook Pro (or in general any Mac that supports BootCamp).
Everything runs kind of smoothly, except since Apple doesn't "Officially Support" Windows 8, out of the gate I wasn't able to get a few things working. Unfortunately, the driver disc that Apple provides to you doesn't install officially because I was "not running Windows 7."
I am using a MacBook Pro, early 2010. 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb of RAM and a 1tb HDD. (I can post an iso for these drivers later if needed)
Not working
Volume Buttons
Brightness Buttons
Eject button
2-Finger Scroll
I'll update later once I am out of class, but those are some things I've run into.

can't you get the drivers from the bootcamp program
if you have the exes of the files just run the programs into compatibility mode
alternatively use uniextract to extract the drivers and run the exes that way..

right click the setup file choose properties. Goto compatibility, and choose windows 7. Hit ok and run setup file..

works for me using the compatibility mode to install bootcamp using windows 7 mode

Well thanks guys! As soon as I read that I had a pretty big "DUH" moment. Everything is running much smoother now for obvious reasons.

Anyone had a freeze yet? When I'm doing intensive stuff it hangs and I have to manually shut it down.
I am also still missing a driver: Microsoft Device Association Device Enumerator.
I have an early 2009 MacBook Pro (13 inch), maybe that's why

Hi,
I have the same freezing issue on my 2009 MacBook Pro 13 inch, I have narrowed it down to the Nvidia graphics drivers (feels like Vista all over again with Nvidia giving us crappy unstable drivers again), if you go down to the built in Microsoft driver the laptop is solid albeit a little bit less smooth due to the loss of the Nvidia drivers and your laptops fans will be on quite a bit but it stops it crashing.
I have tried several different Nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and none have stopped the random crashing but other than that Windows 8 is rocking.
Thanks
James

james194zt said:
Hi,
I have the same freezing issue on my 2009 MacBook Pro 13 inch, I have narrowed it down to the Nvidia graphics drivers (feels like Vista all over again with Nvidia giving us crappy unstable drivers again), if you go down to the built in Microsoft driver the laptop is solid albeit a little bit less smooth due to the loss of the Nvidia drivers and your laptops fans will be on quite a bit but it stops it crashing.
I have tried several different Nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and none have stopped the random crashing but other than that Windows 8 is rocking.
Thanks
James
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Thanks for info James. Really helpful!
Sounds like the same issue for me. Did you find the missing driver?
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You might wanna try updating the PC. There's a driver being offered by Microsoft I think and I been running it since and haven't had a freeze yet. We have yet to see, but give it a try and let me know what you get.

NFRCER said:
Thanks for info James. Really helpful!
Sounds like the same issue for me. Did you find the missing driver?
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You might wanna try updating the PC. There's a driver being offered by Microsoft I think and I been running it since and haven't had a freeze yet. We have yet to see, but give it a try and let me know what you get.
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Nope.. That didn't work either. I even tried 32 bits one with the generic driver.. I guess I'll have to wait for a mature build.

NFRCER said:
Thanks for info James. Really helpful!
Sounds like the same issue for me. Did you find the missing driver?
"Microsoft Device Association Device Enumerator"
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You might wanna try updating the PC. There's a driver being offered by Microsoft I think and I been running it since and haven't had a freeze yet. We have yet to see, but give it a try and let me know what you get.
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yes indeed... very helpful !
I have the same issue and I have thinking about the nVidia drivers also...
I hope it will have a better stability in Win8 beta... because win8 is absolutely amazing !

I got most of the things working except:
Screen brightness buttons
Volume buttons
Eject button.
W8 treats them like regular function keys, even with the option turned off in the bootcamp meny.
**EDIT**
I got them to work!
I installed bootcamp driver 3.3 for windows 8 and installed .net framework 3.5.1 from windows update, now the buttons work but it's not showing the symbols (for example: lowering the volume) on the screen.
Windows 8 have not (yet...) crashed on me.

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all of this works. you probably did something wrong.

Does multitouch on the trackpad work for sliding the screen rapidly side to side?

jasongw said:
Does multitouch on the trackpad work for sliding the screen rapidly side to side?
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I haven't tested that feature yet, I am also unsure on how bootcamp drivers handles multitouch (with more than 2 fingers)

koala996 said:
yes indeed... very helpful !
I have the same issue and I have thinking about the nVidia drivers also...
I hope it will have a better stability in Win8 beta... because win8 is absolutely amazing !
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Well I have a mid 2009 13 inch MacBook Pro too and had the freezing on DP, have the CP installed now and all was going well........... until it froze again!! Odd thing is it only ever happens for me when chrome is running.

Installed on my 2011 Mac mini, upgraded from Windows 7 and not a single driver issue at all. Running smooth and calm like it should be.
Massive win =D
Funny that it actually runs better on the Mac mini than Lion.. Only tidbit is that HDMI audio is still not working! D:

Perfect on my Air 11'' (2011) too. I've seen only one driver that doesnt seem to work alright : the automatic brightness sensor makes the screen turn black randomly when there isn't much light around. I disabled it and manage everything manually...

Rickythemaniac said:
I got most of the things working except:
Screen brightness buttons
Volume buttons
Eject button.
W8 treats them like regular function keys, even with the option turned off in the bootcamp meny.
**EDIT**
I got them to work!
I installed bootcamp driver 3.3 for windows 8 and installed .net framework 3.5.1 from windows update, now the buttons work but it's not showing the symbols (for example: lowering the volume) on the screen.
Windows 8 have not (yet...) crashed on me.
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bootcamp driver 3.3 for windows 8? like just the normal one or a special one? I can't seem to get it to work..

the only issues i got is with my lightsensor.
the driver are installed correct and it shows me that all is fine. but i can´t turn on the automatic mode so i have du set it manuel

[Q] Windows 8 overheating my ultrabook

Strange little problem I’ve got here. I’m using the brilliant Asus UX31E ultrabook which is a 1.8ghz i7.
Didn’t have any problems running windows 7, but just installed a fresh windows 8 last week.
I’ve installed all the updates I could find from the ASUS website but here’s the problem, with windows 7 the fans would only ever come on if you were really pushing it playing a game. Using windows 8 the fans will regularly come on just browsing in chrome.
when you open task manager the computer details recognise that it’s only a 1.8 processer yet it often is being utilized as high as 2.8ghz! This is making the machine overheat, turn on the fans and sometimes have to turn itself off.
I’ve been into power settings and reduced the maximum power usage to 70% and that usually does the job, but then it quickly forgets this setting and restores it to 100% (2.7GHZ!). In task manager the highest task utilisation wise is ‘system’ but no idea exactly what it’s doing..
Is there anything I can do to have greater control over the processor speed or investigate what might be causing the problem?
Asus had some power control software for windows 7 but don’t seem to offer it for windows 8.
Cheers guys

andypa1 said:
Strange little problem I’ve got here. I’m using the brilliant Asus UX31E ultrabook which is a 1.8ghz i7.
Didn’t have any problems running windows 7, but just installed a fresh windows 8 last week.
I’ve installed all the updates I could find from the ASUS website but here’s the problem, with windows 7 the fans would only ever come on if you were really pushing it playing a game. Using windows 8 the fans will regularly come on just browsing in chrome.
when you open task manager the computer details recognise that it’s only a 1.8 processer yet it often is being utilized as high as 2.8ghz! This is making the machine overheat, turn on the fans and sometimes have to turn itself off.
I’ve been into power settings and reduced the maximum power usage to 70% and that usually does the job, but then it quickly forgets this setting and restores it to 100% (2.7GHZ!). In task manager the highest task utilisation wise is ‘system’ but no idea exactly what it’s doing..
Is there anything I can do to have greater control over the processor speed or investigate what might be causing the problem?
Asus had some power control software for windows 7 but don’t seem to offer it for windows 8.
Cheers guys
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Have you done a upgrade or clean installation from windows 8
if you had done a upgrade please do a clean installation of windows 8
if not then go to the advance power settings in the control panel and set processor cooling state to active

shreshth89 said:
Have you done a upgrade or clean installation from windows 8
if you had done a upgrade please do a clean installation of windows 8
if not then go to the advance power settings in the control panel and set processor cooling state to active
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I was wondering if it was a true clean install or upgrade. I read he installed a fresh copy nut wasn't sure if that was meaning clean (wiped the drive) or what. I didn't really notice.alot of heat issues with my last laptop I upgraded; I chose to keep personal files and settings. I do have about 180gb of pictures and movies which were scattered in multiple locations on win7. Now my media is very orderly, as well as my 20gb of music.
Saying all that, I believe when I installed the media center that it cleaned up my files, or it may have just been windows 8, but either way it took some work on wimdows8 to organize my hard drive much better than before. I have scanned my hd for the need to defrag it, but it shows to be dang near perfect. If you have alot of media on your machine I wonder if its doing file management, which is making it run hot, etc. I know phones are different but when I load a new ROM it takes it several hours to slow down the media system usage.
How many days have you been running the system with wimdows8 ? Do you have a lot of Files/media on your machine ?
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The majority of the time, the issue isn't with the Operating System as much as it is with a single application. Check task manager while your computer is running and see what applications are causing the processor to go nuts. If it is indeed a system application, then I would suggest doing a complete wipe and fresh install of Windows 8. You can back up your authentication key by saving a specific folder in the File Browser. Do a search on MyDigitalLife for that information.
Doing a quick search on your Processor, it runs standard at 1.8 ghz, and the 2.9 jump is completely normal. It's a feature called "Turbo Speed". With Windows 8 came upgraded drivers, which probably enabled this feature that you've never noticed.

jlangleyrn said:
I was wondering if it was a true clean install or upgrade. I read he installed a fresh copy nut wasn't sure if that was meaning clean (wiped the drive) or what. I didn't really notice.alot of heat issues with my last laptop I upgraded; I chose to keep personal files and settings. I do have about 180gb of pictures and movies which were scattered in multiple locations on win7. Now my media is very orderly, as well as my 20gb of music.
Saying all that, I believe when I installed the media center that it cleaned up my files, or it may have just been windows 8, but either way it took some work on wimdows8 to organize my hard drive much better than before. I have scanned my hd for the need to defrag it, but it shows to be dang near perfect. If you have alot of media on your machine I wonder if its doing file management, which is making it run hot, etc. I know phones are different but when I load a new ROM it takes it several hours to slow down the media system usage.
How many days have you been running the system with wimdows8 ? Do you have a lot of Files/media on your machine ?
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yes it is true
whoever each and every application running sometimes FC itself or crashes while operation which leaves a unmarked thread or loos end of the application (which also termed as viruses when they start further spreading the system)
in system which were already troubling you creates a problem due to upgrade

[Q] Freezes, Metro Crashing

so a month after upgrading to windows 8 50% of the time when I try to open an app from the start screen it will open, not load, crash and kick me back to the regular desktop and the taskbar will be a solid color and then all of the items will come back. I think all of explorer is crashing and its getting on my nerves.
Also, my computer has started to lock up forcing a forced shutdown, but what's extra weird about this is when I boot back up it boots up faster than normal and everything is still loaded on my computer.
So I've decided the only thing I can do now is to clean refresh so I guess my question is which option of refreshing should I choose? I know the full one creates a windows.old file to recover the stuff I need but I was wondering if it'd be safe to use the keep my files option or if I shouldn't even risk it? Or if anyone knows of a fix (probably not going to happen)?

It sounds like your so-called "forced shutdowns" are actually putting the computer in sleep mode.
Make sure your system is fully up to date. There have been some performance, stability, and reliability updates for Win8 already. You don't need Metro to run Windows Update.
It's fine to try Refresh first, and if that doesn't fix things, go for a Reset. Generally, Refresh would work fine.

p2kmafia said:
so a month after upgrading to windows 8 50% of the time when I try to open an app from the start screen it will open, not load, crash and kick me back to the regular desktop and the taskbar will be a solid color and then all of the items will come back. I think all of explorer is crashing and its getting on my nerves.
Also, my computer has started to lock up forcing a forced shutdown, but what's extra weird about this is when I boot back up it boots up faster than normal and everything is still loaded on my computer.
So I've decided the only thing I can do now is to clean refresh so I guess my question is which option of refreshing should I choose? I know the full one creates a windows.old file to recover the stuff I need but I was wondering if it'd be safe to use the keep my files option or if I shouldn't even risk it? Or if anyone knows of a fix (probably not going to happen)?
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I had something like this, and a refresh didn't do it. I had to reset the laptop. I haven't put much on the laptop, so I deleted all files.
I attempted refresh, but after afterwards I couldn't access the internet from within the metro apps. It seemed to start with the most recent auto update, but after the reset I did the updates and everything is fine. What happened was that I was unable to run any metro apps at all. I could get to the desktop, but the metro side would be unavailable until I saw the taskbar flash a solid color. Then I could briefly go to the metro side, for about 10 seconds.
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I'm getting this on one of my computers, interestingly it also has hdcp issues, im writing this up as a potential graphics issue, there are reports to back this up but nothing confirmed, if it is todo with graphics its not related to a single driver version, its almost completely random, this might suggest there is some conflict with driver, gpu, and whatever windows has built in for copy protection
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thanks for the replies guys. it's definitely a weird problem as its only gotten progressively worse (stopped these last two days, no problems...don't know what happened haha) but I've got all my updated drivers from the sony website minus the BIOS cuz that slowed the hell out of my computer running windows 7 so I'm just avoiding sony drivers as much as possible

so turns out problem not gone. jinxed it, updated some things that weren't updated but something wont update correctly and idk why but I've got a final tomorrow so I'll figure it out another time

[8.1 Preview][Q] HW changes -> Unhappy Face

By the way, love the fact they changed the BSOD to an unhappy face. Like that's going to make me feel better.
Anyhow, I threw 8.1 preview on the build box and one thing I noticed - even if I change RAM it seems to throw it in a fit.
Most times so far it seems I've had to reinstall. Anyone else with similar experiences?

garwynn said:
By the way, love the fact they changed the BSOD to an unhappy face. Like that's going to make me feel better.
Anyhow, I threw 8.1 preview on the build box and one thing I noticed - even if I change RAM it seems to throw it in a fit.
Most times so far it seems I've had to reinstall. Anyone else with similar experiences?
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Be aware that if you do a normal shutdown it hibernates the kernel instead of a shutdown (fast boot, saves RAM image to disk) so that will cause a BSOD so remember to do a cold boot or restart and pull the plug in the BIOS screen.

jessenic said:
Be aware that if you do a normal shutdown it hibernates the kernel instead of a shutdown (fast boot, saves RAM image to disk) so that will cause a BSOD so remember to do a cold boot or restart and pull the plug in the BIOS screen.
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Now it makes sense! Wasn't aware of this, thanks!
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