yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cavenger:
Edit: I am taking removing this post until I have more time to evaluate the device. I would like to delete the post completely.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Funny, my buddy just brought his G2x over to my house and still had his EVO on him. We set them side by side and the screen on the G2x looked better and was brighter indoors and out. Maybe you got a jacked up device?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] niftydl:
I think it might have to do with the fact that the IPS screen on the LG is actually more color accurate. It's less "eyecatching" because overall the colors are all balanced. I am yet to see the screen first hand, but I believe it will be warmer toned, much like the iPhone vs AMOLED/LED screens.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cavenger:
You may be right.... still need to tweak a bit too... again, need some time with it before I make a final decision.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ajftl:
U can't never compare the evo to a G2x.. I had the evo. Had like 4 of thm. So I know what I'm talking. I Don't know what the evo is causing in ur head to think it's a better device. Lol. Hardware talking G2x no doubts better. Camera color way more accurate. Front camera way better. One touch switch no need going to settings to switch... dude I mean really? Lol. Stock rom on G2x and runs amazing. Games play here smooth as ****. U have to do soooooo much tweaking on the evo to make it run decent. So yes. Don't compare evo with G2x Again

Fading screen look? Where? G2x screen much better than evo.. i. Mean seriously. Maybe you have a super duper evo who knows
[T-Mobile LG G2x] xeven305:
Lol

All I got to say is all my friends have evo n since they seen my g2x they all wanna switch im stock but they just cant compare evo lags to much next to g2x

So is therr really much to be said

G2x .........WINNING!
[Fascinate General] nmyeti:
http://support.vzw.com/system_update/samsung_fascinate.html

about time
[Fascinate General] donots06:
Has anyone checked this at all? I'm guessing its probably ed01?
[Fascinate General] miah009:
The pdf states it is in fact froyo with ed01.. at least it's here though, regardless of that fact!
[Fascinate General] superchunkwii:
Yep. According to BGR delivery starts tomorrow.

I'll have to check my wife's phone tonight/tomorrow to see what's up. However, the last update was posted on VZW site a couple of days before it was actual OTA on her phone.
[Fascinate General] bmeek:
anyone care to speculate on the steps required to receive the ota update if you're already running a leaked froyo modem/kernel/rom?

I settled into the stock de-binged ec01 modem & rom with imnuts' 100mv uv kernel... The rom allows me to check for ota updates - and as of now says no updates are available...

It'll be interesting to see if ota will try to update my "ec01" to an official ED01. I doubt it, and I doubt it would be successful if it tried...
[Fascinate General] johnnyv5:
Wondering the same thing. I have EB01 debloated (by urs truly) with EC01 radio. I'm able to run the status check but no update as of yet. gonna be interesting to see if they let me update to ED01. If past holds true I'll have to go back to EA28 then update that way....

jv
[Fascinate General] jselden:
According to the Post on Android central this will be a manual update and not OTA and that it will be ED01, which is the same as the leaked EC01.

http://www.androidcentral.com/andro...mpaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)
[Fascinate General] Syn Ack:
Just keep refreshing this page.

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SCH-I500RKAVZW
[Fascinate General] JoshDB:
I'm just going to be waiting and watching the Developments forum before I make any moves. I'm happy with Black Hole 4.4 and NitroComb as it is. :)
[Fascinate General] jazzyjames:
Makes me wonder as well if we might get a newer radio then the EC01.
[Fascinate General] jselden:
You will see an official ED01 radio but i believe it should be the same as the leaked EC01.
[Fascinate General] bmeek:
The vzw link in the op has instructions pointing to an ota process...
[Fascinate General] tonu42:
I'll be working on de-f*cking it. Namely getting rid of bing which I despise to death.
[Fascinate General] Snakehn:
@tonu42 Sir you just made me laugh real hard lol
[Fascinate General] Kamar234:
I would advise most on here to hold off on the ota update. They are touting a "feature" of bing voice search, meaning deeper bing integration. Probably one of the things that held this update up so long. I'll be waiting for a stripped down rom. It's just a shame that the source is so bad that development on our phones is not going to be as robust as it should for all its power.
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
I would bet that ec01 is the stripped down rom & that the radio is the same ec01 leaked last week. Remember Adrynalyne said the build prop was altered to change the date for leak protection. They got it & already fixed it for us. You can't beat XDA!
[Fascinate General] jselden:
Yeah i noticed that after seeing it on a few other sites. Bah!
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
Downloading OTA in NYC, I guess they released it nationwide.
[Fascinate General] Archon810:
Manual ED01 download links and update instructions for those who don't have the update available or want to download it and play with it first.
[Fascinate General] xyphan:
any ETA as to when a root tool will be available for the VZW 2.2 release?
[Fascinate General] xHoLyx:
FYI... JT's working on CM7. It's not gonna be fully working but partially just like 6.2
[Fascinate General] tonu42:
I think the easiest way will someone to just make a stock rom and root it, shouldn't be too hard its only 2 files.
[Fascinate General] micellis:
Already out somewhere here, I forget the thread. Jcase_ had it done sometime last night. Although you could always odin root
[Galaxy Spica General] Dhia.Mili:
Is there a way to get the Spica to record in VGA mode?
[Galaxy Spica General] acidsven:
i read something labout this somewhere in samdroid forum but i reaaly don't remeber the topic, whatsoever, it was said that they tried to edit build.prop but it did nothing, it was reported as working on samsung moment or ace or galaxy 3 i don't realy remember but on our spicas, it did n't! btw i bricked mine today so i think i should leave this forum lol!
[Galaxy Spica General] Dhia.Mili:
loool, i think i will leave this forum too as i don't own a Spica my freind does, i'm getting a Galaxy S by the end of the week so i'll see you in the Galaxy S forum then and thanks for the replay
[Galaxy Spica General] acidsven:
Galaxy S?? WHAT A WONDERFUL DEVICE! no smartphone can reach its level!
[Galaxy Spica General] Dhia.Mili:
yup! i can't wait for it!
[Galaxy Spica General] andreya108:
no new answers?
[Galaxy Spica General] Dhia.Mili:
it can't do it
[Galaxy Spica General] gen_scheisskopf:
Yes, there is- edit media_profiles.xml file, this one is tested and working good.
[Galaxy Spica General] Rassvet_ekb:
Only on CM7.
[Galaxy Spica General] gen_scheisskopf:
No, you're wrong. This was tested on CM6 and SpicaGen Mod (CM6 based)
[Galaxy Spica General] bruflot:
Im just leaving this here..
[Galaxy Spica General] acidsven:
loool look at the date and time when i wrote this, the galaxy s2 was just a rumor ;)
[Galaxy Spica General] vkmaxx:
Yes, it can record in 640x480 ~15fps, the difference in quality (not the frame rate is huge).

I'm using that mode right now but can't post anything because of link limit.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
I am looking for a holster with a belt clip that doesn't look like a cheap EBAY rip off you get for $3. It doesn't need to be leather. I just want a nice one that will fit the G2x good.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BarryH_GEG:
PDAir (pdair.com) makes a great one, I've used them for all my phones. They're not cheap but they're very high quality. I have one coming and will post pics.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] a1yet:
i don't know why people don't post links

i have not bought any of these from this site

but heres Barry's link to the G2x cases

http://www.pdair.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=10100000_11000039_11001235

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[T-Mobile LG G2x] diablos991:
Anybody else have experience with these cases?

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mightykc:
I've owned 2 of these, 1 for my N1, and one for my Vibrant. These are good cases and are very well made. I highly recommend.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bkrill:
I have no experience with them yet, but went ahead and ordered one last weekend. it shipped out today and i will post as soon as i receive it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phaet2112:
I have two same cases for old Blackjack II from PDair. They were expensive, however they have held up well. The interior portion of the spinning clip came free from its attachment, so when it sits, it can bend at an angle, and isn't stiff. The rest of the clip and the outer part still attaches, its just isn't stiff and if I were to get it again for the G2x, I would get one with a permanent belt clip and not the spinny thing. The rest of the leather is OK and has held its shape- not too nice of a grain.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] c19932:
i have a pdair leather case for my old motorola xt720. It's of good quality but I don't really like the tightness of the case, but I do understand that most people would prefer having a tighter case. My concern is that they are probably selling this universal case for all phone models so it might be a bit too tight for the g2x (since my xt720 is smaller than the g2x and I was already complaining about its tightness)

quality-wise, it definitely live up to its price
[T-Mobile LG G2x] c19932:
I am still looking for a hip-holster leather case for this phone. I don't want to buy pdair's horizontal pouch leather case because I know it will be too tight... any more suggestions?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
My apologies if this has been posted and discussed thousands of times already, but after Googling and searching my head off I decided to just bite the bullet and post.

Basically, I'm due an upgrade and my new choice of phone would depend heavily on which is the best for video playback - mostly HD and MKV.

I've seen that the LG Optimus 2X does not support MKV natively, but that the Samsung Galaxy SII does, and with better framerates (and a nicer screen). My question is this: how well does it play MKVs?

Could I just throw any MKV at it and it'll play it?

Does it need to be a particular resolution (720p/1080p)?

Will it accept ASS/SSA styled subtitles embedded in the MKV?

How about multiple audio tracks?

Essentially, my ultimate goal is for my phone to be able to play my entire video library as-is, without transcoding or remuxing.

Any tidbits or spec sheets would be so so helpful, and thanks in advance for any replies! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Overlord Yuri:
from http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii-review-588p4.php

I also so a vid of it somewhere, can't remember where.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
Many thanks for your reply! :)

That seems fantastic so far - it seems the support is there. Would it be fair to assume that since it supports Full HD and MKV natively, anything else (like styled subtitles or alternate audio tracks) will come with third-party development? Or am I just being naive?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Salvador:
I believe it supports textfile subs (.sub, .srt) as long as you give them the same name as the actual movie.

As for embedded subs support, I don't know. But it's not a big problem if there's no support right? You can easily extract them from the mkv.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Overlord Yuri:
Found the video I mentioned. ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4d-wWCf4CQ&

Video-related preview starts at 6:05, but the rest is awesome as well. ;) As for the other things you're asking about, I've no idea. But I think I heard about other android phones using subtitle phones, so at least that should be possible.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kratos123:
phonearena show some hd 1080p video playback in this video

youtube.com/watch?v=y4d-wWCf4CQ

he mentions the galaxy s2 runs mkv for breakfest :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
The phonearena video shows it playing 1080p MKV flawlessly, it shouldn't be a problem. My SGSI plays 720p MKV perfect. It will have subtitle support for external subs, and the embedded MKV type, since it will use the same video player as the SGSI, which supports these subtitles.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lobaba:
Hi, you have similar needs as mine and I have done imo pretty extensive testing on my Galaxy S regarding the playback of mkv.

The best video player for SGS is mvideoplayer and I suspect for SGS2 as well. The reason? It accepts ass/ssa subtitles embedded. However, it only displays it as text. To be specific, the list is as below:

SubRip(.srt)

Sub Station Alpha(.ssa)

Advanced Sub Station Alpha(.ass)

MPL2(.mpl/.txt)

MicroDVD(.sub/.txt)

SubViewer2.0(.sub)

PowerDivX(.psb/.txt)

TMPlayer(.txt)

SAMI(.smi/.sami)

As for multiple audio tracks, default videoplayer or mvideoplayer doesn't allow for switching but software decoding for rockplayer allows for it, the downside is the video is no longer hardware accelerated and only external srt subtitles are readable on the app rockplayer.

As for what type of codecs within mkv is supported by SGS, well, video encoding is very very complicated, it is like balancing between different parameters, too much of that and it is not playable, reduce the resolution and it works. I can't simply say oh, H264, AVC@ Level 5.0 works at 720p resolution. Yes, some of them do but not all can. Thus, there's no 'spec' list to give because it is too varied.

Bottomline is: drag and try to play it, most of the time it should be playable. Audio codec support is the next headache. Ff I remember correctly, SGS could downsample AC3 6 channels to dual channel but can't do the same for AAC. vorbis aka ogg doesn't work, have not tried flac but I don't think it does.

One last thing, for most 'recent' mkvs using mkvmerge 4.4.0 and above, there is a need to remux it using mkvmerge to set the compression to none for both video and audio stream under extra options because apparently it is set by default to something else by the encoders. I discovered that only after googling online and wondering why in the world would those videos be unplayable when they should be. Mediainfo would give you all the information you need regarding a mkv video.

I am planning on getting a SGS 2 the moment it is released in Singapore and compare it with my current SGS. Hope that answers your questions, anymore?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Wait a minute, the default player also does subs, if your doesn't then its an out of date version of the default player...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lobaba:
only external but not embedded, and limited to srt?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
Thanks again for your answers - this is very reassuring :)

Brilliant! This was a very informative answer :) If you get it before the end of May, would you be able to report how well some video files play if I send them to you? (I'll send small samples - mostly one minute, which is fair use under the DMCA.)

No worries if you can't, but it would be a big help :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lobaba:
i have no problems with that, only problem is whether they will launch during may...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
The video player in the original SGS on 2.2.1 firmwares, or at least all that I have tried, will also play embedded MKV subtitles in the files I've tried it on...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
Can you send me your files also, I will be doing a review for the Clove Blog and this is an important aspect to me also, would be nice to give concrete answers on a variety of codecs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
No worries if you can't, but thanks so much :D Really appreciate it!

No problem - I'll start organising them now :)

UPDATE: Full thread for this here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054962

EDIT: I have put these six tests together in line with what I said above. All are just short samples (one minute in most cases) and as such qualify for free use under the DMCA.

The aim is to have a test for a player's flexibility and capability when it comes to MKV, which is an irritatingly versatile format. As such, I have tried to make this as comprehensive as possible. However, I am no expert (just a guy with a lot of video to play), and so would appreciate any comments :)

The download links supplied for the first three are not my own. For the remaining three tests (IV-VI) please obtain this file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?965488edub8dzgc

Full details on all files used can be obtained here:

http://pastebin.com/GDtMQqkz

TEST I. Extreme (40Mbit/s) video quality in MKV.

Codec: AVC; Res: 1920*1072

"Bird_42_MBit_ABR_(+-1.5 MBit).mkv"

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1D4BX1U9

Test passes if:

video plays without stutter. File has no audio

IMPORTANT NOTE: This video is faster than most memory cards can handle. It may be best to run it off the internal memory, if there's space. In any case, if this test passes, it's outstanding!

TEST II. Very high (20Mbit/s) video quality in MKV.

Codec: VC-1; Res: 1920*1080

"hddvd_demo_1080p.mkv"

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/530/HD-DVD_Demo_1080p_VC-1_DDPlus_5.1.html

Test passes if:

video plays without stutter. (First few seconds in particular!)

TEST III. High (10Mbit/s) video quality in MKV with unstyled subs.

Codec: AVC; Res: 1920*1080

"iguana.monsi.1080p.bd9.sample.mkv"

http://www.mediafire.com/?okmdmnymonz

Test passes if:

video plays with subtitles on the screen. (May have to select subtitles with the menu.)

TEST IV. Medium (3.4Mbit/s) video quality in MKV with styled and unstyled subs.

Codec: AVC; Res: 704*480

"Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Yuuutsu_-_C4_-_Special_Ending_-__Hitsuji__e569a2b7_.mkv"

Test passes if:

video plays with STYLED subtitles on the screen. (Styled means "coloured and positioned on the top and bottom") (May have to select subtitles with the menu.)

TEST V. Unusual combination of Xvid video and styled subtitles, including foreign languages.

Codec: Xvid; Res: 640*346

"Matrix.Reloaded.Trailer-640x346-XviD-1.0beta2-HE_AAC_subtitled.mkv"

Test passes if:

Video plays with styled (just coloured) English subtitles, AND can play with Japanese and Arabic subtitles. (May have to select subtitles with the menu.)

TEST VI. Dual audio in an MKV.

Codec: AVC; Res: 1280*526. Audio codec: English: AAC, Hindi: MP3

"SAMPLE Harry Potter 4[Eng-Hindi]Dual.Audio BRRIP 720p-=[champ_is_here]=-.mkv"

Test passes if:

Video plays with English audio, and can switch to Hindi audio.

I'd really appreciate it if you could run these through the SGSII :)

Many thanks for your replies! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesktopMan:
Shamelessly bumping this thread as the tests above are very good and I'd love to get some results.

Could you also list what profile the h264 videos are?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
Thanks for the kind words :)

The full info is available in the link above the tests (obtained from mediainfo on Linux). But I will list them again here:

Bird_42_MBit_ABR_(+-1.5 MBit).mkv : High@L4.1

iguana.monsi.1080p.bd9.sample.mkv : High@L4.1

Harry Potter 4 [...] .mkv : High@L3.1

Suzumiya_Haruhi [...] .mkv : High@L5.1

hddvd_demo_1080p.mkv : AP@L3 (not H.264)

Matrix.Reloaded.Trailer [...] .mkv : Advanced Simple@L5 (not H.264)

Hmm... I hope it supports "High" profile :p

EDIT: Made a new topic as this is a bit outside the scope of the original title:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13290953#post13290953
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesktopMan:
I mirrored all the samples and put them in a table: http://www.auby.no/files/video_tests/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
Wow, nice! If you have no objection, I'll put that link in my new thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13290953#post13290953

Many thanks, that mirror is amazing :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesktopMan:
Feel free. Usually it's very fast, so either it has a bad day or people are downloading a lot :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersh:
The problem with 720 or 1080 is even if the S2 can reproduce it, you will not be able to copy most of the rips because will be higher than 4gb
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angynagpal:
Yeah true....but then again, you can break down the file into two parts :)! I heard the phone also supports your USB Drive and HDD (need confirmation on this) through the usb port, so if that is true you can play the rips off your HDD incase you are out on a vacation :)!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
This is confirmed by some videos on YouTube, I saw one in French. Just search "usb host galaxy s2" :)

Only thing is it may not support some filesystems, like NTFS, unless they've included the Android version of ntfs-3g.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angynagpal:
Well...if its true....this phone is a MONSTER!!!! Nah....even if that is not true its still a MONSTER!!!!!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kosa911:
Hi,

I've got my HD2 for almost a year and recenlty after WP7 install, my phone vibrated in my pocket with a whitescreen without a HTC logo.

1. I took it for a repair and they told me I cleaned something.

2. It worked for a week and then showed whitesceen again.

3. I put it on my desk for 5 days.

4. Then while using T pro2 I turned on HD2 and it worked properlly.

5. installed Android and used it for 2 days.

6. yesterday it got WSoD again.

Please help me!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
hmm, odd, not sure but perhaps an SD card issue?

those seem to be the root course for most issues perhaps this is another one! get a different SD card and give that aa shot, dont spend money you dont have because there is a chance that card might not work either! so if you have one kicking about give that a shot...just a thought, it might not be it but its worth a shot.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kosa911:
thanks but I think SD isn't a problem. It worked well for almost a month.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] T-Macgnolia:
Not saying you are wrong, bit maybe you should consider the fact that it could be your SD card. WP7Cdoes this weird format called RAID to hour SD cardcthe first time you boot it up. This allows WP7 to use the SD card as the internal memory for the phone. This is the same of a native WP7 device, yes they use SD cards for internal memory all of the current ones do. Anyway this format is bad enough on a SD card, but you add the fact that it is constantly being read from and wrote to. This can kill a already overly used SD card, or a cheap sub are SD card.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
His right, don't rule it out until you can rule it out! SD issues are huge and can attack at any moment, my own experience is that if I delete some music, approx 200mb it allows windows to use a certain portion of the card for system usage, it will crash and restart, didn't get this for months until I filled up the card to the point windows wanted to access that space, filling it past that space corrected the problem oh an my computer can't detect any issues with the card so its nit a case of being faulty, its a case of not meeting the spec needed for wp7 on that portion of my card
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kosa911:
But problem is that it heppened after I installed WP7 even if I changed it for Android.

I'm sorry I forgot to mention that the last time it heppened I was usnig android NAND.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
quite a significant oversight not mentioning Android does it as well!

lol

ok, well i suggest you flash back to a official standard WM6.5 ROM, that will erase the HSPL/SPL and MAGLDR, if its still happening then its going to be a hardware issue with your phone.