Hi Guys.
Some time ago I did a ROM upgrade using one of the ROMS from this site. But for the life of me can't remember who's it was. I'm afraid I'm just not in the same league as you guys on this site who seem to be absolute wizards.
On boot up I am running vs 2.26. I do recall it was one of the first versions that looked like Mobile 6.
Anyway, the ROM has been absolutely fantastic with never a hiccup and has made my phone perfect for me such that I wouldn't consider changing it.
I just have one small problem that I am sure is just a simple registry fix away.
Since upgrading I no longer have the screenlock function available to me and as a result I keep dialling people by mistake.
I have checked the Wiki before posting this to see if anyone else had the problem but can't find anything.
Can anyone please advise me of a fix.
Thanks a stack guys. You all provide an awesome service
Hi, i am a relative noob to android phones, but my gf went and got herself a LG Optimus(swift) and i have decided i would quite like an android device aswell. However as much as i like her touchscreen, i cant use it as a typing device due to a little medical problem, so i thought the hard keyboard would be great, but the G1 does not have alot of features and is limited. I recently found out that you can "root" a device and install newer versions of Android, would this give the phone more features than it initially had?
thanks for any help you might be able to offer, i have tried to find out on google but i have not been able to find anything out, its rather infuriating LOL
thanks again,
Bullitmagnet
Look in wiki on this forum. If you want me to throw you a link let me know
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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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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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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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AlpineM3 said:
Anybody follow this and have success? Are there any worthy ROMs out for our tab?
Sent from my SPH-P100 using XDA App
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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.
Hello to all who know much more about Android ROMs than I.
I bought myself a second hand HTC One (Telstra, Australia) and believed that the best thing to do was to get a clean version of Android onto it ASAP. In that endeavor, I downloaded the CyanogenMod 1 click installer and successfully installed CyanogenMod on the device.
Unfortunately it's now a slow, buggy, battery draining mess. After dealing with it for a while and realising I was getting more and more issues more frequently (WiFi access is buggy at best and often blocks all data, camera is incredibly slow, random reboots, battery life is despicable, among other issues), I spent several days trawling XDA trying to return my device to some version of Android released by HTC themselves, without success. This was at least 2 months ago, and I ended up giving up and dealing with it.
I can't deal with it anymore, and need help. As stated I've trawled the forums and tried numerous means of returning the device to some version of stock but nothing worked as described in the threads. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to either purchase the device for cheap, or return it to stock for a price? I looked at the Marketplace option but it directs me to swappa.com which doesn't have an Australian section.
I have certainly learned my lesson that this kind of modding is not for me, and I won't be going there in future. Hoping someone can help.
Thanks in advance, Jamieson.
jamiesondean said:
Hello to all who know much more about Android ROMs than I.
I bought myself a second hand HTC One (Telstra, Australia) and believed that the best thing to do was to get a clean version of Android onto it ASAP. In that endeavor, I downloaded the CyanogenMod 1 click installer and successfully installed CyanogenMod on the device.
Unfortunately it's now a slow, buggy, battery draining mess. After dealing with it for a while and realising I was getting more and more issues more frequently (WiFi access is buggy at best and often blocks all data, camera is incredibly slow, random reboots, battery life is despicable, among other issues), I spent several days trawling XDA trying to return my device to some version of Android released by HTC themselves, without success. This was at least 2 months ago, and I ended up giving up and dealing with it.
I can't deal with it anymore, and need help. As stated I've trawled the forums and tried numerous means of returning the device to some version of stock but nothing worked as described in the threads. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to either purchase the device for cheap, or return it to stock for a price? I looked at the Marketplace option but it directs me to swappa.com which doesn't have an Australian section.
I have certainly learned my lesson that this kind of modding is not for me, and I won't be going there in future. Hoping someone can help.
Thanks in advance, Jamieson.
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Well if you have read many threads on here you would have noticed the first question ask is can you post the results from fastboot getvar all.
without that their is no way anyone here can help you. When you post the information please remove the Serial no and IMEI from the results .. we don't need those.
Greetings!
I hunted around and tried to find recent information on this to no avail, but I apologize if I overlooked it.
I will be picking up a Nexus 6 from Verizon in the near future and I was wondering if it is still advisable to boot the phone/do the initial setup without a SIM card in the phone to avoid the installation of bloatware? I remember reading about this when the phone first came out, but I have no idea if it is still (or ever was) a necessary step. With unlocked bootloader, etc. surely all that stuff can be removed?
Appreciate any guidance!
Edit: Wow my signature--I haven't been on XDA in a long time. I'm actually currently on the LG Revolution because my other phones have all died. It's not the greatest, but the damn thing does still work. Can't wait to upgrade.
jamRwoo said:
Greetings!
I hunted around and tried to find recent information on this to no avail, but I apologize if I overlooked it.
I will be picking up a Nexus 6 from Verizon in the near future and I was wondering if it is still advisable to boot the phone/do the initial setup without a SIM card in the phone to avoid the installation of bloatware? I remember reading about this when the phone first came out, but I have no idea if it is still (or ever was) a necessary step. With unlocked bootloader, etc. surely all that stuff can be removed?
Appreciate any guidance!
Edit: Wow my signature--I haven't been on XDA in a long time. I'm actually currently on the LG Revolution because my other phones have all died. It's not the greatest, but the damn thing does still work. Can't wait to upgrade.
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Having the sim in it or not wouldnt matter. It still would have i think 2 apks installed. I think that was set up in the coding itself.