Hello everyone!! My name is Dimitris and I am 15 years old. I'm new to this forum and also new to the android world. I spend a lot of time on mobile phones. I had a Nokia N82 and I learnt almost everything about symbian os. But now it's old and I decided to go for a new phone. After long research i decided to buy the samsung galaxy s. i'm pretty happy with it so far. but i need some help to learn more about the android os. and by that i mean the hacks and mods that exist. 1st of all i want to put froyo on it. can someone help me root my phone and then flash it with the best froyo rom so far? I know that this must have been already asked. but couldn't find anything... also i'm gonna make more questions in this thread. any answer will be appreciated
i suggest u look further in the rom section because there are enough tutorials on how to root your phone and how to flash a custom rom on it
search and u will find.
My two cents: wait for the official froyo update. The froyo versions out there are still quite raw.
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android.francis said:
My two cents: wait for the official froyo update. The froyo versions out there are still quite raw.
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yup it is so raw, that will make the phone work like a piece of junk, you are better off with the stable ROMs that are currently avaialble
A lot of froyo stuff seems to have been backported by Samsung anyway (such as Highmem support it seems). You need to ask yourself why you need froyo specifically. It's due so soon though, it probably isn't worth the effort
Thank you for your replies. First of all I want to improve my phones batery life because I currently sucks. Also I want the voice to text thing that other phones that you say something and it turns it to text. Also I want a button at the samsungs keyboard to change between english and greek language fast like on the iphone. Finally I would like to know if there are any cool apps or widgets that I should install mostly for social networking.
yes, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM FROYO BETAS!!! It will most likely break your phone!. Wait for OFFICIAL release next week
FROYO BETA's won't break your phone. PM me if you need further help.
AdamDowning said:
FROYO BETA's won't break your phone. PM me if you need further help.
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It's trashed some people's IMEI's. So if your phone is more than a toy, you are still best off only using the official firmware
Meh, I don't see why it could trash your IMEI if you follow instructions carefully. And backup your nv_data.bin as I do. And ofc, your phone is unlocked!
The problem is, if you don't, your phone will be permanently messed up. It isn't worth it, unless you are using your phone as a toy.
You certainly can't say it wont break your phone, unlike normal flashing, there is risk involved...
Just wait for the official froyo release. Are you so much in a rush for froyo to put your phone to some risk? A week or two and froyo will be out. Migh as well wait.
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Hi all,
I have a Telstra i9000T (I'm in Australia, so I need the 850MHz band) and I'm pretty disappointed in the experience after coming from a Nexus One. Does anyone have any suggestions or can anyone confirm any working custom ROMs which can be used on the i9000T safely?
All the reading I've done has seen little mention of the Telstra model, save for the rooting methods and a bit of general stuff. I would ideally like a stock-standard ROM, as I'm not a big fan of TouchWiz (and definitely not the typical Telstra bloat) and had a paid version of LauncherPro on my Nexus, which I loved. I've had no trouble rooting, but haven't tried a lagfix yet as noone seems to know about the i9000T.
I see that CyanogenMod seems to be booting on the Vibrant now, and Bionix was another one I was looking at. Does anyone with an i9000T have any experience (or any luck) with flashing custom software?
Edit: Also, has anyone had any luck with a lagfix on this model? I just tried OCLF and got a 'Permission Denial' error, something to do with sending the 'Flight Mode' command. Is it worth giving Voodoo a crack?
Thanks in advance!
You can try Voodoo for the lagfix, looks like it's the best one so far
http://project-voodoo.org/download
Also, Galaxy S is missing a great deal of update / optimisation as of now :| Kind of tricky but I assume waiting for the Froyo update from samsung would give a great boost (and overall better srability). As for the release of thoses updates, speculations says mid october
Many thanks t1, appreciate the tip. I think I'll have a go at Voodoo, it sounds like it does what I'm after.
I am really disappointed in the software of this phone. I've generally always had HTC devices, but decided it may be time to branch out a bit (and I don't mind the design). Kinda makes me wish I hadn't. Haha.
Roll on the middle of October then!
Cheers,
Justin
Hi All
Its good to be on here and I hope that this thread is in the right place. I wanted to thank everyone for all that I gained from reading the forums so far.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S with 8gb on board and a 16gb media card I put in on T-Mobile UK running Eclair 2.1.+samsung software
Here are my questions:
I gather from the forums, that the GPS on the Galaxy either works for people or is doesnt? I want to check whether I have a 'lucky' handset or not, as if i dont I will send it back (had it 3 days) and get a new one that does. How do I do this?
GPS being well, what I want to do, is to optimise the speed, general performance and aesthetic of my phone. Also, I want to newtwok unlock the phone from T-mobile to potentially all carriers.
I want to install a Froyo. Eiether a custom Froyo as the OS (which one is most stable? Or what are the best ones out there at the moment?) or is it worth waiting for over the air or Kies 'official' Samunsg Froyo update from T-mobile?
If I go for the custom ROM, what order should I do this? What about 3 button recovery?
Do I need to root first?
Another couple of questions:
Once this is on board I want to add some UI enhancement and or theme, any recommendations?
Thanking you in advance for your input
Abso
I have several smart phones and I have been able to root and flash roms now so far it seems like working on the tab is not as easy.... Is this true? im afraid of bricking it.... But is it worth rooting it?
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from what I can gather on these boards thus far is that we went with the wrong carrier (sprint) for the tab, since tmobile seems to have more development going for it, AND at this point I am not seeing much advantage to rooting anyways. Let me know if you digested the boards differently as this is the only thing that is stopping me from rooting as well
well its because sprint is cdma and tmobile is gms which is found everywhere in the world... i am still within 30 days so i could return it, and I am thinking about switching to tmo anyway maybe going with the streak 7 as it has the tegra 2 processor
Thanks for replying buddy.
Hey guys, this might help you. Did a quick video on it and tested it myself on a Sprint tab, worked fine
How To Root -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Flash a Custom Recovery Image -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Good luck guys!
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Hey guys, this might help you. Did a quick video on it and tested it myself on a Sprint tab, worked fine
How To Root -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Flash a Custom Recovery Image -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Good luck guys!
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Those How To's are AWESOME! Thanks! NO ONE has broken it down for we (the sad and lonely) CDMA SGT owners...
The question remains, however: Is it worth it?
So far, my answer is hell to thuh naw... With so many reports of brickage, and so little dev work being done, keeping the CDMA SGT stock seems to be the only way to go. I received my Tab for Christmas from a gorgeous santa (who also recently gave me another gift, my daughter (haven't rooted that device yet, either)) against my suggestions to wait (to get me a Tab, not to have my daughter). A few short months later, here we are:
XOOM dominates, SGT 2 and 10.1 (along with TONS of other Tabs) are announced and with Samsung's reputation for damn near NEVER updating their device's OS' (KIES SUCKS!), I'm thinking the SGT will never see the light of Honeycomb, which really is the only worthwhile upgrade for the device. As other tabs gain popularity, the dev work for the SGT decreases, with more and more messages like "This is the last update to this ROM, as I just got a XOOM".
So here I sit, with an oversized phone that can't make calls, watching Tron Legacy over and over while flashin' anything and everything on my EVO, longing for a XOOM...
That being said, anyone HATE the XOOM, and wanna' trade for an SGT? The SGT RULES!
For god's sake STOP POSTING QUESTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT FORUM. And search beofre posting. Thread reported.
dcogen said:
Hey guys, this might help you. Did a quick video on it and tested it myself on a Sprint tab, worked fine
How To Root -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Flash a Custom Recovery Image -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Good luck guys!
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thanks for the links, this makes a lot of sense to me, its just like flash an android phone. Thanks a bunch
so general question, when doing the custom recovery on the sprint tab, if samsung/sprint releases the upgrade to 2.4 / 3.0 (god willing), will that upgrade have any impact on the custom recovery, or are the mutually exclusive?
So far, this has been a bust for me since I've been completely incapable of syncing with Kies. I've searched and tried every possible solution I could find to no avail.
dcogen said:
Hey guys, this might help you. Did a quick video on it and tested it myself on a Sprint tab, worked fine
How To Root -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Flash a Custom Recovery Image -
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/29/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-samsung-galaxy-tab/
Good luck guys!
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Dear dcogen,
I was able to verify that I have an adb connection, now when I downloaded the sprint kernel the file says flash_image_VZW_zImage.zip is this the correct one?
Also your guide says to install CWM for your tab version but I didnt find one for sprint, there are version for Verizon, ATT and TMO thats it.
I just dont want to end up with a brick
Thanks for your help
jcaf77 said:
well its because sprint is cdma and tmobile is gms which is found everywhere in the world... i am still within 30 days so i could return it, and I am thinking about switching to tmo anyway maybe going with the streak 7 as it has the tegra 2 processor
Thanks for replying buddy.
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lolwut
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Anybody follow this and have success? Are there any worthy ROMs out for our tab?
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Anybody follow this and have success? Are there any worthy ROMs out for our tab?
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can we use roms from other models if we find a way to not flash the wrong modem as part of the process?
+ 1 for working roms for sprint?
Help wanted!
Ice cream/beer money on me!!
+2 i want a sprint tab rom to use it on cricket and enable the phone portion.
It's the phone portion I need to figure out.
I rooted but not sure why no real reason to on a sprint tab to root cant find any wireless tether apps that will work
i rooted to get rid of some sprint crap bloatware
On the Sprint SGT you need to use New PC Studio instead of Kies. Follow the instruction exactly, but replace with NPC. Worked like a charm!
Pardon me for coming late to the party. Have been trying to root my Sprint (CDMA) tab for months. All fail for one reason or another (Z4Root doesn't work, Kies doesn't work on my Win 7 PC, SuperOneClick comes up as a virus and requires the use of Kies, PCStudio can be downloaded from a site that Firefox says is untrustworthy). I've spent endless hours reading msg boards and how-tos. i'm a resonably savy computer user. Is there a set of intnructions to root a Sprint-branded Tab anywhere???
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For god's sake STOP POSTING QUESTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT FORUM. And search beofre posting. Thread reported.
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This isnt the DEV Forum... It is Q&A. Retard.
Im buying a new NC of craigslist today. I want to make it into an andriod tablet. I just want to know if i should watch the youtube videos for it, or maybe go through a forum on here.
Not sure what the best is right now. Any help is appreciated!!!
Thanksss
Congrats!
this was the way i rooted my NC and it was way easy.
http://www.youtube.com/user/huskermania#p/a/87190C927F09F6EE/1/MUoHALWvPts
btw im running cm7 and loving it
Video might be good to get a visual idea of what to do, but I suggest reading up as well. It's been a while since I rooted and there seem to be slightly different methods to get what you want on there. I started off just updating and rooting stock, that's pretty painless and simple if you've never done any sort of flashing. Then you can try out dual booting or CM7 or whatever you feel. Just my 2 cents. Good luck!