Recent content by gotmarko

I've been offered the EC05 update twice now (once last week, and then again today) and neither time has been successful. Both times I've hit the 'Reboot and Install' button and the phone has rebooted to the Samsung boot screen and stayed there for over 15 minutes without doing anything. Had to...

Well, the whole micro usb thing was a fiasco last evening. I took a knife to one of the cheap micro usb cables and tried to free the connector. Cut through the black outer covering and found that the inside was also covered in more plastic (clear this time) that completely encased the soldered...

I did some more searching (expanding from Epic to all Galaxy S phones) and found the answer in the XDA Forums. Connect a resistor between pins 4 and 5 of the micro-usb: Desk Dock: 365K (also works with 1K) Car Dock: 619K The full thread is here: Fun with resistors (home/car dock mode + more)...

I too would like to know how car mode is triggered. I've been over the back and sides of my Epic with a magnet trying to find a trigger spot since I understood that's how the Droid car and desktop cradles work. Can you tell if car mode is only triggered when you plug in the USB from the dock...