Samsung Galaxy S

lifehijack

The latest is JVT though. It offers a lag free browser, other than that, I dont see any major change.

G1032

lifehijack wrote: »

The latest is JVT though. It offers a lag free browser, other than that, I dont see any major change.

They're not talking about ROMS.:)
They're trying out modems to see can they get better battery life/GPS signal/Data signal etc.

Lads
Still can't beat ZSJV5. There is a ZSJV5 radio for CM7 too.

FWIW I ditched CM7 2 weeks ago just to see what a Sammy JVT was like.
So flashed stock JVT, flashed Semaphore Kernel, applied the latest Supercharger script and a theme from some dude on XDA and its as fast and smooth as CM7. Sammy stock has come a long way in the last year. I really can't get over how fast and smooth it is.
Even go to Settings>Applications>Manage applications and they all load instantly, just like CM7.

Ghandee

Yeah I found jv5 excellent when I was on it.
Are you referring to the one on the insanity page though? If so, I could never manage to Getty any life out of it.

If you have a link for another one though, please share!

Ta

G1032

Ghandee wrote: »

Yeah I found jv5 excellent when I was on it.
Are you referring to the one on the insanity page though? If so, I could never manage to Getty any life out of it.

If you have a link for another one though, please share!

Ta

No, not the one on Insanity page. IIRC that one is JHJV5.

I think that the JV5 in post #2 here is ZSJV5.

You can also try this link and you'll find ZSJV5 at post #459.

Try them 2 links anyway. If you can't get ZSJV5 I will upload it here for you when I get home from work

nicebutdim

Evening Gents and ladies!

Just flashing JVT with Odin and the installation seems to have stalled...Odin is bringing up the below after starting.....now stalled on the last line below for about 10 mins. Don't want unplug but getting nervous.... followed the instructions to the word...any advice welcome....thanks


<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CODE_I9000XXJVT_CL617736_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> MODEM_I9000XXJVT_REV_00_CL1064602.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVT.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..


Fix to get back into Download mode here!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Bricked_Screen

G1032

nicebutdim wrote: »

Evening Gents and ladies!

Just flashing JVT with Odin and the installation seems to have stalled...Odin is bringing up the below after starting.....now stalled on the last line below for about 10 mins. Don't want unplug but getting nervous.... followed the instructions to the word...any advice welcome....thanks


<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CODE_I9000XXJVT_CL617736_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> MODEM_I9000XXJVT_REV_00_CL1064602.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVT.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..


Fix to get back into Download mode here!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Bricked_Screen

Did you get sorted?

lewis

The whole process should take no longer than 20 minutes, the actual Odin flash should be around the 3-4 minutes, it's the reboot that usually takes a while.

It's tricky to know what to do what your in this situation.

Ghandee

lewis wrote: »

The whole process should take no longer than 20 minutes, the actual Odin flash should be around the 3-4 minutes, it's the reboot that usually takes a while.

It's tricky to know what to do what your in this situation.

What modem are you on these days Lewis?

lewis

Ghandee wrote: »

What modem are you on these days Lewis?

UGJK3, it's fairly good, I've I think 2 more left then that's it, I'll pick the best one and go with that.

Ghandee

lewis wrote: »

UGJK3, it's fairly good, I've I think 2 more left then that's it, I'll pick the best one and go with that.

Am back on jv5 thanks to G1032, have just done a gps test and had 8 satellites in view with 24ft accuracy, now, I did this test from inside my office (well a portakabin ) am headed off to see a customer soon on northwall quay , Dublin. Gonna see how the satnave gets me there.....

Be sure and post your results man!

BTW, are ye back to work yet, or still doing the midnight feeding lol?

Ah, how I miss the midnight bottles.........

(of beer ^^^^)

Now its bed at 10pm these days, 14 month old up at six most mornings lol......

lewis

Ghandee wrote: »

Am back on jv5 thanks to G1032, have just done a gps test and had 8 satellites in view with 24ft accuracy, now, I did this test from inside my office (well a portakabin ) am headed off to see a customer soon on northwall quay , Dublin. Gonna see how the satnave gets me there.....

Be sure and post your results man!

BTW, are ye back to work yet, or still doing the midnight feeding lol?

Ah, how I miss the midnight bottles.........

(of beer ^^^^)

Now its bed at 10pm these days, 14 month old up at six most mornings lol......

I'll post up all my results.

I'll be a stay at home daddy for a while man, midnight bottles not to bad, it's the 3am ones that are the killer.
Also got a chest infection, so it's bed at 9, lol.

It's hell here, a 1 year old and a month old, always on the go, Christ I have a create of bud there and it hasn't been touched, just a dust collector.
The easiest get away is on me phone, lol, sad ain't it.

nicebutdim

G1032 wrote: »

Did you get sorted?

Yes thanks....did require a change of underwear when I saw the dreaded black screen of death !

I pulled out the battery and got the black screen of death ( phone--!--PC ). I did a bit of hunting around the net ( googling words like bricked, expensive and panic ) and found the link I posted above. It gives a couple of suggested solutions and the one that worked for me was the second one to open Odin and get back into the download mode. ( Open odin. Then connect your usb cable to your phone and computer. While the USB is plugged in and Odin running press and hold volume down + Home + Power. Once the black screen comes (flashes) release the Power Button. It should get into download mode ). I reflashed the XXJVR I had on my PC and all was well again thankfully. I probably did something wrong ( maybe used the wrong CODE file...there were 2 CODE files on the download I took from XDA. )

Anyway, I got a new Zip of stock XXJVT from Androidadvices and had another go. Worked fine this time, although I'm not convinced that JVT is any better than JVR. Battery life seems better and phone slicker but not basing this on anything scientific. I can't get into the Market but I believe that this a problem for loads of people. Will research it and fix !

lewis

I posted up a link to a handy app, you can choose between the old and the new market, very handy.

G1032

nicebutdim wrote: »

Yes thanks....did require a change of underwear when I saw the dreaded black screen of death !

I pulled out the battery and got the black screen of death ( phone--!--PC ). I did a bit of hunting around the net ( googling words like bricked, expensive and panic ) and found the link I posted above. It gives a couple of suggested solutions and the one that worked for me was the second one to open Odin and get back into the download mode. ( Open odin. Then connect your usb cable to your phone and computer. While the USB is plugged in and Odin running press and hold volume down + Home + Power. Once the black screen comes (flashes) release the Power Button. It should get into download mode ). I reflashed the XXJVR I had on my PC and all was well again thankfully. I probably did something wrong ( maybe used the wrong CODE file...there were 2 CODE files on the download I took from XDA. )

Anyway, I got a new Zip of stock XXJVT from Androidadvices and had another go. Worked fine this time, although I'm not convinced that JVT is any better than JVR. Battery life seems better and phone slicker but not basing this on anything scientific. I can't get into the Market but I believe that this a problem for loads of people. Will research it and fix !

It's just a guess here at what might have happened you but had you Odin open before or after you connected your phone to the PC?
You must have Odin opened before you connect your phone to the PC.
Connecting your phone to PC and then opening Odin will cause problems.........happened me before and got a soft brick and like yourself I nearly had a heart attack!! Phone was only a few weeks old IIRC.

For the Market issue: I just let the Market update to the new version then froze the marrket updater.apk with Titanium Backup. Then went to settings>applications>manage applications and uninstalled updates for the market. Rebooted phone and bingo, back to the old market again.

JVT is better than JVR. Better battery life and it's noticably faster too. Stock JVT with Semaphore Kernel is as fast and smooth as CM7. In fact I don't get any mini lags playing games like Angry Birds and racing games like I used to with CM7. Thought I'd never ditch CM7 cos of the speed but on stock JVT for a couple+ weeks now and have no intention of going back to CM7

AE86JAY

Can somebody please post up there exact MMS and Internet settings for Meteor please, I lost my settings somehow and the ones on there website dosnt work for me, I'm on Darky if anyone reckons that might be causing probs?

crazygeryy

AE86JAY wrote: »

Can somebody please post up there exact MMS and Internet settings for Meteor please, I lost my settings somehow and the ones on there website dosnt work for me, I'm on Darky if anyone reckons that might be causing probs?

if u get them let us know.mine haven't worked for ages.

lewis

When I was using Darkys ages ago I always had major problems with my MMS, I was even talking with O2 themelves and it worked twice and that's it.

I did a quick search and of course the main settings that came up where from Meteor.

Stupid question you sure you have them in correctly?

The minute I moved to Insanity and I tried my MMS they worked and have worked ever since...

AE86JAY

lewis wrote: »

When I was using Darkys ages ago I always had major problems with my MMS, I was even talking with O2 themelves and it worked twice and that's it.

I did a quick search and of course the main settings that came up where from Meteor.

Stupid question you sure you have them in correctly?

The minute I moved to Insanity and I tried my MMS they worked and have worked ever since...

Yep, I have them in properly, I was on hols few months back and my settings got messed up and remember finding "unofficial" Meteor settings that some guy used and it worked for me and cant find it now,Do you guys reckon this is Darky related?

lewis

Hard to say, everyones phones act almost act differently with ROMS.
Have you tried talking to one of the mods on the meteor forum?

Dravokivich

Used to have Darkys installed, on Vodafone meself. Rarely used MMS but when I did, never really had problems with it meself.

Maybe if I used it more frequently I might have.

AE86JAY

Ok found the problem, biggest facepalm alert coming up , In the "Mobile network settings" "Use packet data" wasnt ticked, I ticked it and used the settings off the Meteor site, The net seems to work but MMS is still a bit weird.

Owryan

Has anyone else had issues with the touch screen on their galaxy s ?

This is my second phone and some times the screen does its own thing, randomly typing away of it's own accord or flickering away from bright to dull and back again. Often if im typing and for example press "m" another letter will pop up even one nowhere near the one I pressed so its not fat finger syndrome.

Its more annoying than anything and as I ve experienced it on two phones am wondering if its a software issue and is there a fix for it ?

srsly78

Even a tiny bit of moisture will cause that, ie sweaty finger or raindrop.

G1032

AE86JAY wrote: »

Can somebody please post up there exact MMS and Internet settings for Meteor please, I lost my settings somehow and the ones on there website dosnt work for me, I'm on Darky if anyone reckons that might be causing probs?

I know you got it sorted but in case you need them again, the Meteor Internet settings are attached:

crazygeryy

lewis wrote: »

Hard to say, everyones phones act almost act differently with ROMS.
Have you tried talking to one of the mods on the meteor forum?

ive installed insanity and i think it works very well nice and snappy and i was wondering if you would answer a few questions please.

1 there are still traces of darkys rom on the phone.how do i get rid of them completely?
2 the camera is awful compared to darkys.where would i get darkys one or where would i get a simillar one?the market?

cheers i appreciate the help if you answer lol

Zonda999

Lads, slight issue with my galaxy s. A couple of weeks ago i installed an apn switch app, However in the days after it i noticed my phone was getting very slow, so i uninstalled it. I also noticed that the app in question had been removed from the market, so it was obviously causing problems for a few people.

However after the uninstallation, i noticed that i could no longer access data over the network, meaning the only way i can now get on the internet is with wifi. I can only guess that the whatever block the app buts on the apn is still in effect, blocking me from accessing the internet. A pretty annoying problem as you can imagine. Any idea what could solve this?

Regards
Michael

Zonda999

Never mind, managed to sort that out by simply resetting the apn's to default, silly me.. :rolleyes:..

crazygeryy

G1032 wrote: »

I know you got it sorted but in case you need them again, the Meteor Internet settings are attached:

thanks a million these worked and are working for me.

subscriber

Hi all,

have the samsung s plus for a about a week now and i know android phones are heavy on battery but this is taking the pi** altogether. I had it fully charged yesterday over night, and after using the internet for about 20 mins and a phone call that lasted about half an hour, the battery was almost completely depleted and i had to recharge it again. that was two full charges in the space of about 15 or so hours, also bearing in mind that i turned the data network off after i finished using the net.

Is this normal battery life for the galaxy s, if so its a disgrace!!! Sure how could anyone get a days use out of it even with normal non abusive level of use??

I looked into currently running applications and found settings(11mb), DRM content(1.5mb), android system(1.6mb) task manager (1.8mb) google services(11mb) email (4.5mb) samsung keypad (22mb).

Out of the ones listed there, they seem to be the bare essentials that make the phone run so I cant see anything excessive there....

Anything i am missing or any useful tips on how to optimize the battery life cause Im not going to be able to charge the damm thing twice every day...???

Zonda999

That does sound awful tbh, did you do a software update or anything since you got it?

subscriber

no unless it did it automatically without me knowing, nut i certinly never approved any update, nor did it ask any permission

Zonda999

No, it would have had to have been connected to the Kies PC software so that isn't the cause.. Have you tried simply turning it off and on, the battery depletion seems to vary quite a lot on my galaxy s, when i seems to be going down unusually fast, i simply need to turn it off and on, although seeing as your is brand new, thats less likely the problem..

lewis

subscriber wrote: »

Hi all,

have the samsung s plus for a about a week now and i know android phones are heavy on battery but this is taking the pi** altogether. I had it fully charged yesterday over night, and after using the internet for about 20 mins and a phone call that lasted about half an hour, the battery was almost completely depleted and i had to recharge it again. that was two full charges in the space of about 15 or so hours, also bearing in mind that i turned the data network off after i finished using the net.

Is this normal battery life for the galaxy s, if so its a disgrace!!! Sure how could anyone get a days use out of it even with normal non abusive level of use??

I looked into currently running applications and found settings(11mb), DRM content(1.5mb), android system(1.6mb) task manager (1.8mb) google services(11mb) email (4.5mb) samsung keypad (22mb).

Out of the ones listed there, they seem to be the bare essentials that make the phone run so I cant see anything excessive there....

Anything i am missing or any useful tips on how to optimize the battery life cause Im not going to be able to charge the damm thing twice every day...???

To solve it, flash a custom ROM, end of problem.

bullpost

If you want to stick with the officially supported software, my battery life dramatically improved after upgrading to latest version of software via Kies.

subscriber wrote: »

Hi all,

have the samsung s plus for a about a week now and i know android phones are heavy on battery but this is taking the pi** altogether. I had it fully charged yesterday over night, and after using the internet for about 20 mins and a phone call that lasted about half an hour, the battery was almost completely depleted and i had to recharge it again. that was two full charges in the space of about 15 or so hours, also bearing in mind that i turned the data network off after i finished using the net.

Is this normal battery life for the galaxy s, if so its a disgrace!!! Sure how could anyone get a days use out of it even with normal non abusive level of use??

I looked into currently running applications and found settings(11mb), DRM content(1.5mb), android system(1.6mb) task manager (1.8mb) google services(11mb) email (4.5mb) samsung keypad (22mb).

Out of the ones listed there, they seem to be the bare essentials that make the phone run so I cant see anything excessive there....

Anything i am missing or any useful tips on how to optimize the battery life cause Im not going to be able to charge the damm thing twice every day...???

subscriber

lewis wrote: »

To solve it, flash a custom ROM, end of problem.

no idea what flash a custom rom means, could u elaborate ?

lewis

subscriber wrote: »

no idea what flash a custom rom means, could u elaborate ?

Its firmware that's trimmed down, so it increases battery life, performance, looks, speed.
Go to xda.com, put in you're phone model and get a cup of tea, cause your in for a lot of reading.

nicebutdim

Evening all!

Is there any reason why 4.0 wouldn't work on the Galaxy S, and any word on when it will be released please ?s

Thanks

* 5 days without a post on this thread must be near a record

lewis

nicebutdim wrote: »

Evening all!

Is there any reason why 4.0 wouldn't work on the Galaxy S, and any word on when it will be released please ?s

Thanks

* 5 days without a post on this thread must be near a record

Google is your friend..

nicebutdim

lewis wrote: »

Google is your friend..

Thanks Lewis... I was just watching the vid near the bottom of that page when i came back here. It looks awesome, the only concern for me is the issue with the bluetooth...need it for my car. I m sure it ll be fixed soon

nicebutdim

Has anyone tried ICS yet? I'd love to hear what you think

Heroditas

nicebutdim wrote: »

Has anyone tried ICS yet? I'd love to hear what you think

Upgraded from the Galaxy S to the new Nexus - absolutely love it.
I'd never flashed my Galaxy so even not having the Samsung bloatware on the Nexus makes such a huge difference.

Zonda999

On the question of an official ICS release for this phone, i reckon it will have to come. Look at the Galaxy s Plus, despite the fact that its a 2010 phone, technically, if someone buys it , they are still buying a €300 smartphone well capable of running ICS. In that scenario, i'd be wanting the phone to be supported for a while. At minimum, that would be an ICS upgrade...

subscriber

is and body else aware of this problem with the galaxy s where wen trying to set up your google account to sync with your phone it says "connecting to network, this make take up to several minutes" and then "couldnt establish a reliable network connection, if problem still persists please contact your network operator"

I have the S for 3 weeks now and still have not been able to sync my google account to to my phone. I have repeatedly gotten the same error message.

This is pretty bad form considering u need to be able to sync ur google account in order to access the android market and a lot of the phones other basic features. So essentially i have a large screen phone that might as well be a nokia 3210 with no access to the basic features of the phone. I have read others have also encountered this problem, but yet to see a solution to the issue. Cannot figure out what to do about this, the acc should theoretically sync with no problems as there is a network connection and i am able to use the data support so not sure where the problem exsists.

anybody else experience this problem and have any solution?

lewis

What have you done with the phone?

Raoul

What you guys think about flashing ICS?

http://http://www.totallydubbed.net/2011/11/27/how-to-flash-ics-beta-port-for-i9000/

lewis

Raoul wrote: »

What you guys think about flashing ICS?

http://http://www.totallydubbed.net/2011/11/27/how-to-flash-ics-beta-port-for-i9000/

To early man, still in beta stage and its mentioned that its not for daily use, so I'd imagine there's a few things still not working.

Raoul

lewis wrote: »

To early man, still in beta stage and its mentioned that its not for daily use, so I'd imagine there's a few things still not working.

Hmm...its tempting though!

lewis

Raoul wrote: »

Hmm...its tempting though!

Sure as long a you have a backup you'll be fine, give it a go and let us know what not working.

Raoul

lewis wrote: »

Sure as long a you have a backup you'll be fine, give it a go and let us know what not working.

I don't have time at the moment. Maybe at the weekend. Hopefully it will be much better by then. I actually read reports that already it is better than JVT.

nicebutdim

subscriber wrote: »

is and body else aware of this problem with the galaxy s where wen trying to set up your google account to sync with your phone it says "connecting to network, this make take up to several minutes" and then "couldnt establish a reliable network connection, if problem still persists please contact your network operator"

I have the S for 3 weeks now and still have not been able to sync my google account to to my phone. I have repeatedly gotten the same error message.

This is pretty bad form considering u need to be able to sync ur google account in order to access the android market and a lot of the phones other basic features. So essentially i have a large screen phone that might as well be a nokia 3210 with no access to the basic features of the phone. I have read others have also encountered this problem, but yet to see a solution to the issue. Cannot figure out what to do about this, the acc should theoretically sync with no problems as there is a network connection and i am able to use the data support so not sure where the problem exsists.

anybody else experience this problem and have any solution?

I know that this is a simple fix. I had this problem too. Did you buy from CPW ? Check your apn s for data and mms are correct. I.m fecked if i can remember the answer but I reckon that its in this thread somewhere. It.s probably something like a factory reset. Sorry... Not much help