First off, I feel bad that with how much I have learned from the wonderful users of XDA my first post will not contribute back in that same manner.
I work at a certain wireless retailer and was excited to know that the Galaxy S II was going to be in stock which coincided nicely with an available upgrade. On Tuesday I purchased one and did the normal new Android phone process. Unbox, heed AT&T's warning to not text and drive, insert battery, etc. When it reached the home screen everything looked like an Android phone on first boot except the wallpaper. It was an Android on a skateboard encircled by an arrow made to appear to be painted on a brick wall. The same wallpaper I used on my backflip running a ROM posted by J-Rod. I will point out we have nothad any returns.
I showed it to the rep that was ringing me out and my GF who was with, then removed the wallpaper and set a default background. When I went to change it back the CM based wallpaper was not an option and no where to be found using (limited?) default file explorer.
I have not had time to look further due to school but was wondering if anyone had this happen to them (Nothing turned up with Google and XDA's search). Or know if that logo/wallpaper is not related to CM and I should just ignore the fact that it was on my phone? I started watching unboxing videos and only ever saw a SGS2 with a blue background.
I just do not like thinking that someone messed with the phone before it was even sold. Though I do like the phone and will be a nice change from the iPhone 4 that was my daily driver for the past year.
Your wallpaper was saved to your google account, and when you signed in with it in the initial setup it loaded your wallpaper.
benk016 said:
Your wallpaper was saved to your google account, and when you signed in with it in the initial setup it loaded your wallpaper.
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Lol.
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lol, I never even thought of that. Thanks for clearing it up!
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I have black screen showing with words vibrant and Samsung displayed on it.
I see quite a few posts about it and I am hopeful it can get fixed. What's worrying me about it is the way I got this problem.
Two days ago I bought two phones - one for a Christmas present and one for myself. I had one phone unlocked, rooted and upgraded to Froyo 2.2 by the seller.
Last night I gave it as a present to my wife but I wanted to associate her gmail account with it. So I added new account through settings. Then I wanted to remove my account from it but it told me that it's being used by other applications. It said that I should delete personal data through Privacy settings - and I did.
When I rebooted I've got the black screen. I wasn't flashing or doing anything crazy. Why would it happen?
I see Android is quite sensitive about gmail account associations! On my second phone I cannot associate any gmail account, can't access Market etc. I found the workaround to login first to YouTube app but that doesn't get me access to Android Market! Why is gmail account linking to Android phones so finicky? Is it only with Galaxy T-Mobile phones or is it present accross the board?
Btw, great forums - lots of info here. I am glad I came accross this awesome site!
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I have black screen showing with words vibrant and Samsung displayed on it.
I see quite a few posts about it and I am hopeful it can get fixed. What's worrying me about it is the way I got this problem.
Two days ago I bought two phones - one for a Christmas present and one for myself. I had one phone unlocked, rooted and upgraded to Froyo 2.2 by the seller.
Last night I gave it as a present to my wife but I wanted to associate her gmail account with it. So I added new account through settings. Then I wanted to remove my account from it but it told me that it's being used by other applications. It said that I should delete personal data through Privacy settings - and I did.
When I rebooted I've got the black screen. I wasn't flashing or doing anything crazy. Why would it happen?
I see Android is quite sensitive about gmail account associations! On my second phone I cannot associate any gmail account, can't access Market etc. I found the workaround to login first to YouTube app but that doesn't get me access to Android Market! Why is gmail account linking to Android phones so finicky? Is it only with Galaxy T-Mobile phones or is it present accross the board?
Btw, great forums - lots of info here. I am glad I came accross this awesome site!
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Your problem of how you got it is...
Confusing me,but gmail IS sensitive to android , if you lose your lockscreen password your gmail gets it back you can say that gmail is the core of android.
How to fix
On the android development section for vibrants theres a sticky known as the bible
Read through it
Download necessary things ull be provided
In the end you'll use a program called odin to set your phone back to normal
Then you can root again and flash a better froyo
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Thanks xriderx66!
I read a lot and finally fixed one of my phones but I am still learning a lot from you guys.
Now my biggest task ahead is fixing Android market as I cannot log into it. For me everything is complicated by the fact that I have my phones unlocked from T-mobile. I read that when you flash with ODIN you might relock it permanently. But hopefully there is workarounds for that too!
Thanks for words of encouragement!
I have one of the WOOT tablets. I had problems with the apps which needed log in information loaded before accessing the internet so I used the factory reset. This seems to help with that problem but the background now has a beach. I tied the ClockworkMod back up restore found in another thread but I couldn't get it to load on mine. I looked at the properties and it shows that this is still the same "version" that I had originally (3588). It seems to be working now but I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the water and leaves background image back? I can reload all of the apps.
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I have one of the WOOT tablets. I had problems with the apps which needed log in information loaded before accessing the internet so I used the factory reset. This seems to help with that problem but the background now has a beach. I tied the ClockworkMod back up restore found in another thread but I couldn't get it to load on mine. I looked at the properties and it shows that this is still the same "version" that I had originally (3588). It seems to be working now but I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the water and leaves background image back? I can reload all of the apps.
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If you are talking about the Live Wallpaper (which i think you are), if you long press on the home screen, choose wallpaper, then Live Wallpaper, it should be in there.
My favorite is the Blades of Grass live wallpaper, but the Autumn Leaves are nice also.
Thank you. I didn't think it was stock.
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Thought this one had been overwritten with the OTA update. Thanks!
Here's another question along similar lines-
is there a way to get these stock live wallpapers, AFTER one has flashed a new ROM such as VegaN?
I like some of the ones from VegaN, but that pond effect was kind of cool, it would be nice to put that one back.
Thanks.
Hey everyone, thought I'd post up a couple problems I've had since I got the tablet. Totally new to the whole android thing so bear with me if I am clueless.
I've read through every posting and haven't seen anyone describing the symptoms I'm experiencing. I'll describe symptoms, then steps that I've taken in hopes of answering all questions ahead of time.
First off, I saw the various wallpapers that were posted and followed the directions to use Wallpaper Wizardrii in order to make them work correctly. Initially the pictures take well and work however, after some time the image cuts off on the right 1/3ish of the screen. I also set the image to "exact" to see what would happen and after a bit of time the complete image moved all the way to the left of the screen - obviously in this case nothing got cutoff but it still moved.
*I've not been able to replicate this by doing anything in particular.
*I uninstalled and reinstalled Wallpaper Wizardrii thinking maybe something got f'd with the install. This had no effect.
*I've messed with locking the tablet in both horizontal and vertical orientation and this has had no effect either.
*If the wallpaper is at the point where it is "cut," (for lack of a better word) then switching to any other wallpapers (including the ones that came with the tablet) are also cut.
*If I open wallpaper wizardrii again and reset the image, the cut goes away and everything is back to normal.
*I've currently reset everything to an image that came with the tablet and uninstalled wizardrii. I'm not sure if that will resolve the issue but as yet it hasn't gotten screwed up. My friend who showed me his tablet and ultimately was responsible for my buying one has not had any of these problems using the same settings. Wizardrii settings were 100% compression and full screen image.
The other MAJOR problem that I just discovered relates to using Adobe Acrobat as a PDF reader. My primary reason for getting this tablet is for work. I plan on creating electronic records of all the journal articles I recieve. I've run out of physical real estate to keep these articles at home and I don't know where else to put them. The same for books. I was able to transfer some files to the tablet just today using windows explorer (couldn't get Kies to work) and several PDF's work fine and look great, but this particular one locked up the system and somehow restarted it. Can someone try it on their tablet and see if you have problems? Actually the file is too large to upload to the forum for me to post although it's less than 900k. Would anyone be willing to let me email it to them? It is called the Discordant Eardrum and is written by Fay and Puria through Stanford's depart of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Mechanical Engineering.
My tablet has been rooted - don't even know what that means in reality. My friend did it for me to get rid of advertisements. That is the only thing that has been done.
I appreciate any help in resolving these issues.
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Hi
I had exactly the same problem with the wallpapers. To fix this I've removed the Wizardrii and found the wallpaper i wanted in a higher resolution.
For PDF viewing try using ezPDF Reader - the best software ever -) i'm using it to view big PDF files like 1000-1500 pages. Size wise i was able to view 100-120MB files with no problems.
Use Aldiko premium book reader to view DRM PDF files. works really good.
cheers.
Im experiencing the same wallpaper problem with my tablet, and not sure how to fix it. I'm running stock 3.1 and sometimes the homescreen gets so laggy I have to restart it, and some of that lagging is because of honeycomb horrible wallpaper options.
On August 5, 2011 Samsung put out the update for the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 for the TouchWiz update. I really thought it would make the tablet better but instead I absolutely hate it. It made the very clean black interface into a grey child looking operating system. Although the system seems to run a little better now I just really hate the grey look to it. I loved how the bar at the bottom would go away when I wanted to watch a movie on it. Now I am stuck with it up all the time. Not to mention all the extra apps it loaded on that I don't want. Plus all of the weird bold fonts that are used on it now.
I have called Samsung support but they insist I am now stuck with it. I asked them if a factory reset would work and they said no......really? But I HATE it!
I have read some forums saying I could root my tablet back to the stock Honeycomb but if I do that can I reverse the root and get updates from samsung again? If and when they ever clean up this stupid TouchWiz. Granted some people might like it but I am really hating it.
Please I am begging the Experts out there for answers.
im looking for the same thing, it did make the system feel a bit smoother and fater, but I hate how the UI looks now
root, install CWM, download and install the 3.1 OTA update from here.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
I have another complaint against the TouchWiz update. Now ES File Explorer will not show a usb drive when I plug it into my tablet. I have to use the stupid My Files app that comes with the TouchWiz update
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root, install CWM, download and install the 3.1 OTA update from here.
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Is there a forum will some detailed instructions on how to load stock honeycomb 3.1 back on to the Tablet
My bottom bar fades off when i watch a video. I then see lil white dots for the points you can access the notifications, quick apps, and navigation buttons.
I hardly notice it. But then I am able to watch what I am watching and ignore whatever else.
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My bottom bar fades off when i watch a video. I then see lil white dots for the points you can access the notifications, quick apps, and navigation buttons.
I hardly notice it. But then I am able to watch what I am watching and ignore whatever else.
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Yes, after you said that I have noticed if I use the android media player it will fade out. But if I use an app like rock player it no longer fades out like it used to =(
(the android media player still won't play most files so I have to use rock player or spend the time reformatting them.)
Totally agree. Some functional improvements, but the UI looks dumbed down and ugly.
I like the task manager, but probably won't use the other quick launch apps, and they can't be changed. Also, the screenshot button doesn't belong on the screen at all times.
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Totally agree. Some functional improvements, but the UI looks dumbed down and ugly.
I like the task manager, but probably won't use the other quick launch apps, and they can't be changed. Also, the screenshot button doesn't belong on the screen at all times.
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Couldn't have said it better myself
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Yes, after you said that I have noticed if I use the android media player it will fade out. But if I use an app like rock player it no longer fades out like it used to =(
(the android media player still won't play most files so I have to use rock player or spend the time reformatting them.)
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I'm don't use rock player, but I do use diceplayer, and it plays almost all the formats flawlessly. Also, with the current update the dev have fixed the fade out issue while playing the video.
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why do you HAVE to use it?
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I have another complaint against the TouchWiz update. Now ES File Explorer will not show a usb drive when I plug it into my tablet. I have to use the stupid My Files app that comes with the TouchWiz update
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Althought it pops up, why do you have to use it?
I am using rootexplorere just fine on my usb drive.
Agh! Kill it! Kill it with fire!
Hated the Touchwiz update.... calendar didn't sync properly anymore and I found the ui to now feel like a toy, big text and all... I hated it enough that i fully reverted to 3.1 stock... unless a decent community supported rom comes out, I'll probably sell the tablet and switch to a different one.
Thanks everyone on this thread for pointing me in the right direction to revert.
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Hated the Touchwiz update.... calendar didn't sync properly anymore and I found the ui to now feel like a toy, big text and all... I hated it enough that i fully reverted to 3.1 stock... unless a decent community supported rom comes out, I'll probably sell the tablet and switch to a different one.
Thanks everyone on this thread for pointing me in the right direction to revert.
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I feel exactly the same way, and am a bit concerned to see all the custom ROMs adopting the TW update.
The TW Email app looks like Pagasus mail did in the late 90's.
I ended up reverting back to 3.1 but kind of miss the Videos application, nothing else.
Can you point me to the post that showed you how to remove the update?
Not impressed with the update at all. When the source is released for hc and\or ics this tablet will rock.
I'm going to be removing the update as well today and am going back to 3.1 stock. I can't stand the childish look of the system now and mine is dog slow. Typing is extremely painful as well due to the horrible lag.
I don't know. My Tab seems much slower after the update. I am going revert to stock and see what that feels like again.
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Is there a forum will some detailed instructions on how to load stock honeycomb 3.1 back on to the Tablet
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You have a link on post no. 4, I don't think there is a more clearer tutorial on this planet.
To begin... make a backup 1st.... not responsible for damages while left in the parking garage.. enjoy the game!
This theme was made with permission of "thebowers". It's his creation. I brought it into GB land for the X2. I don't know if I did everything he did but I can tell you that I have made image edits galore for resizing purposes and to get all the new GB images not yet themed. I have also edited the crap out of a lot of xml's so things should work 100% smoothly out of the box. I have also incorporated some inverted apps which, I had nothing to do with. Credit there goes to thebowers, ecsnead and B-Boy. I also made a few apps myself because once I got going on 0.2.2, I got carried away. Three of those apps incorporate to make the X2's first (that I know of anyway) Fully Functional and fully inverted Dialer. 0.4 had issues so, I started over at 0 and made the entire thing myself this time to make sure it all worked.
Also, I changed the boot animation. It matches the theme oh so well. Credit there goes to Versatile1 because he made it (on droidforums.net).
Before we begin, I will list all the apps I have included. For ease of use, I highly recommend getting rid of any app on the list from your phones data folder first. For example, if you downloaded Facebook from the market, remove it from your data folder. Not saying you HAVE TO, just putting it out there if you run into issues, you know how to fix them.
Also for the market... this one you do HAVE to do... First, verify that you DO NOT have a vending app in \data\app!!!!! If you do this will not install!!! You will need to uninstall updates before flashing... Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>"ALL" tab>Market>Uninstall Updates
Will it break your phone if you don't do that? No, it just won't install a market... at all!
Lastly, I have taken the time to guide every .9.png file in the framework and in every app I touched. What this means to you.... If you want to make other changes, everything will decompile and recompile without error. Of course you need to add the dependencies if your editing systemui or settings but thats a blur thing. Not something I did.
Now.. onto the part anyone actually cares about..
The theme is located at the bottom of the deepest cave, surrounded by guardian flying pigs who crave bacon and eggs.
Ive also included a BNB style Icon Pack because, if you are crafty enough to figure out how to install them, I'm crafy enough to share them It's not a huge list, it just covers the basic ones most people stick on the main homescreen.
You can get that here.. but you have to go through the cave first.
If you see any issues please let me know.
Heres the cool list that got into the party....
Framework
SystemUI
Calculator (everyones favorite)
Contacts (Inverted)
Dialer (Inverted)
Phone (Inverted)
Facebook (Inverted)
Gallery 3D
Gmail (Inverted)
Google Quick Search (Inverted)
Keyboard (Black) .. whichever one is in 0.5.. hard to keep up...lol
Gtalk (Inverted)
Market (Inverted)
Google Voice (Inverted)
Music (Black) ##This is NOT the music app that came with Eclipse and it will erase that one##
Notes:
Music app worked on my phone without skips or pops when multitasking.. hope yours does the same.
Battery icons are stock Eclipse.. 200 images to make from scratch takes time.
Settings (Manage Applications is white BG with Black text).. will fix that when I figure it out.
This theme is basically a complete inversion of stock (with different images too). It is dark. On the D1, it was a bit hard to see but with this glare resistant screen or the display quality or something, its quite easy. Plus is doesnt burn your eyeballs when using the phone in the dark.
The screens are from 0.4.... the unselected tabs in the screens now have black text
SCREENSHOTS
Lastly... if you like what I do.. hit the thanks button please. If you have issues, questions, trouble installing, suggestions for a new app to invert.. POST UP!!
I like it cannibal pigs lmao ;-)
Great update btw hahaha
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My phone is stuck on installing update with this zip. I will have to do a battery pull in order to recover. I tried again and same thing this isn't installing properly or even coming close.
I will need some confirmation from someone else to see if they can or cannot instal it. In the meantime, I will reinstall Eclipse 0.5, download the file from the internet like everyone else has to, and, try installing it on my phone. Give me a few for the results.
Yeah I don't know man. Worked fine for me.
Tell me exactly how you are going about installing it. I will troubleshoot it with you.
I have .5 eclipse installed i reboot into recovery and flash zip from sd card it hangs on installing. Everytime I have tried it gives me the same thing. I haven't had any problems with any other themes either.
I installed fine had to dl twice the first was a "bad" zip but the second dl was fine
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Ok I can't purchase anything from market replaced the black one with a regular version from xda and still no go not sure if its theme or rom
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My understanding on that issue is the stock one is jacked up in that way as well. I have heard (but not tried) that there is a .dex file you can install and all will be well. It has something to do with the signature of the app and it not agreeing with Google purchasing market thing whatever it it is.
wdenker.. maybe try downloading the file again like xheavy did. You could have just gotten a bad d/l. I have this on XDA and DF and no ones having the issue. Also, did you try using this theme on 0.4 or 2.2?
Currently updating this theme some more. Nothing has been posted by me yet but.. I have settings now fully inverted no matter what you click on.. i.e. "Manage Applications". I am about 50% done theming Go Launcher, I have the power widget on status away from green and, lastly, (for now anyway), I will be making new battery images.
Also, I plan on pulling all of my apps and redoing their icons to match. If you have request for app shortcut icons, please let me know.
Thanks for the info bro but after searching I haven't been able to find anything. Would you be able to point me in the direction of that .dex file or thread that contains it? Lol I hate the search function on the xda app lol I miss my poor dr pepper soaked laptop lmfao
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I asked about it... heres the info I got from a buddy,,, (the user names mentioned, except for the obvious are on DF)
there's no real fix... the certs files are an issue I think.. even the stock version is giving that error on some roms.. and my market works on most but some roms have the error.. bgill and BIGxie are both trying to figure it out also.. there's a user on XDA rujelus (I think) that has an inverted market also and his zip file worked on one of my roms that hadn't previously but then when I tried his again during testing, it wouldn't work anymore...
Ive themed every market since probably October of 2010. Best I can do is go backwards till one works, if any.. if you want.
Damn didn't even know there was this kind of problem lol its all good man it'll just force me to save money lmao
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Don't feel bad. I didn't either til I started working on an orange theme and went to the market to buy a theme to see what orange would look like. FC and WTF! Checked around, apparently its hit or miss and no one can figure it out. Works on some ROMs, doesnt on others.
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Was just going to update to v0.5 but I'll wait for your next release since i read your doing alot to it. I hope its not like first one was on my bad phone just kidding my old phone was just messed up read about a guy sending 7 DX2s back
I thought my 4 was bad