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[Galaxy S II General] chargen2:
The test files I'm working with are files purchased from the iTunes music store. I certainly don't want to rewrite the ID tags for any files, or convert the files from one format to another. I think this would classify as a bug that Samsung should fix, in my opinion.

I have a workaround, namely browsing folders via Poweramp. It's certainly not ideal, but will get me by for the time being.

What is the proper method of inquiring with Samsung about this? Call Samsung via the Support number on their pages? Is their phone support any good?

Since I bought this UK model and shipped it to Canada, would I need to call Samsung UK? (Samsung Canada doesn't list the GT-I9100 as a supported model on their site)
[Galaxy S II General] Zaphod_b_1:
I can understand this, maybe you crash more than repair it. Yes, a different Music app with its own - well, let's call it "engine" - could also solve the problem. This could be worth a try.

On the other hand there are also users who do not want to have that much apps and want to use the stuff which is coming with the little green bot originally - they definetely will suffer from that issue, because it's Android - dependent and not Manufacturer - dependent. So I think you will not reach anything by talking to Samsung.

Just have a look here. Lots of defects regarding The bot and MP3. Just search "yours" (the one that fits best) ;-). Hopefully the big G will fix them some time.

Cheers

Zap
[Galaxy S II General] stoicism:
This drives me nuts too.

They display properly in double twist, but not in the stock player. I like double twist to sync wirelessly, but like stock as a player.
[Galaxy S II General] VJKotts:
Found out the AAC music files are the ones that are not getting tagged properly. I'm thinking of converting them to MP3 which will be a long process.

Is their an easier way to tag the songs so that they get recognized?
[Galaxy S II General] daviejam:
did anyone further forward with this? I've got m4a files. I transcoded all of them to mp3 and still the artist showed as unknown.

Is it an ID tag version issue as the earlier poster said?
[Galaxy S II General] urbanomad:
I updated my tags (option 2 above, maybe I'll have more time to try option 1 tomorrow) like you recommended but the default player and Songbird both do not recognise the Artist... :-(
[Galaxy S II General] Danwms:
Whats the point in having the external card?? Surly media files is exactly the sort of thing you would want to put on an external SD.
[Galaxy S II General] urbanomad:
I have my music files on my external sdcard. I synced with iTunemywalkman, the key is to code them (Playlists tab) NOT in UTF-8 but Western European (ISO Latin-1).

I created a Samsung/music/ folder on my external sdcard and the built-in player as well as Songbird player are working fine.
[Galaxy S II General] rummyr:
Might be worth trying mediafix by gorgonloop

Its on the market, it's free and it worked for me (Itunes .mpa files not showing artist and using folder name as album name, etc.)
[Galaxy S II General] alphaola:
Try MediaFix from the market.It fix almost 90% of the m4a issues(unknown artiste).
[Galaxy S II General] TheMathMan:
Hi

Just thought I'd ask to see what people have successfully frozen without a hitch from the stock apps.

I've frozen all of Social Hub (SNS items) and the other hubs successfully.

Just wondering about some of the more obscurely named items!
[Galaxy S II General] beppez82:
+1 here I like to know what we can freeze and what can improve battery
[Galaxy S II General] bilen:
How can i freeze apps?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
Use Titanium Backup to freeze apps. It's a great way to see what apps you can remove, without actually removing them. If anything goes wrong, you just unfreeze :)

Personally, I went into the app list in Titanium and filtered by the word "sams" and froze all those apps. I then also froze "Wifi Sharing", since that's been one of the most heavily reported battery draining apps.

Doing this virtually doubled my battery life. I'm not saying it will for everyone, as we all have different configurations, but it made a drastic difference for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Sboulema:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069924
[Galaxy S II General] Isadora:
There's a thread about it in the apps & themes section: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069924 somewhere in it there's a link to a spreadsheet which lists all the stock apks, their name as displayed by Titanium Backup, what they do and even a download link should you remove something you shouldn't have...

@ Bilen: you need root and titanium backup (the free version can only remove apps, the paid version has the added freeze option)
[Galaxy S II General] tjtj4444:
Here's the spreadsheet:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14373795&postcount=126
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xnatex21:
Hi,

I've started to download all the listed tools from AOSP and from Chulri's XDA post but wanted to start the discussion on what steps would be needed to create a gingerbread rom for our Gen8 devices.

My initial questions:

1- Would the driver's source from Archos that are currently written for 2.2 be compatible with 2.3? Can they reasonably be updated?

2- Aren't there two approaches we could use? Update the kernel to be compatible with 2.3 or back port 2.3 to be compatible with our existing kernels?

I apologize for probably sounding ignorant but this is all learning for me and any help is greatly appreciated. If nothing else, this thread would be a great place to discus the steps it would take to develop a Gingerbread rom from a high level stand point.

Mr. Clown - I'd appreciate leaving this in the devel forum since it is specific to devel for 2.3 and gen8 and not just an "is it possible" thread.

Thanks!!

-Nate
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
double post

sry
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
do you have kernel dev experience for linux/unix?

if yes concentrate on cm a lot of development has been done.

there are phones who have almost identical components ( well the usb attached screen is a problem)

the recovery will be hell of a problem too..

if you never worked with that stuff (at least i hope you are a c crack otherwise look for other stuff to learn c .kernel development is one of the hardest stuff you can pick in softwaredev.) look for another project where somebody could guide you and teach you stuff the first project will be learning the second could be a very specific project like this where you have to work on your own
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xnatex21:
Hi, thanks for the reply. I've been reading just about all of Chulri's posts in his thread and I know $aur0n would answer specific questions if I asked. Other than that, I took a few C++ classes a few years ago but never took the OS/Hardware level classes. I stopped at advanced/e intermediate algorithms and data structures. Either way, I was hoping to start a discussion with this thread about steps that would be needed to happen to build a gingerbread ROM.

But if anyone wants to read along with me about kernel devel then you can start here with me - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11261995

Archos's git - http://gitorious.org/archos/

Chulri's How to - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=891056

Chulri's tool and fantastic following discussion (still trying to comprehend all of it) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10033305#post10033305
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenn:
Really Thank you for start this thread!;):)

And when you've developed a gingerbread rom, i think the best would be if you work together with $aur0n;) Do think like i do?

And:

If you need a tester or somebody to do some little things, i'll do it:D

(At the moment i report some bugs at solune/sauron and test the bootscreens:))

I want to help you with that cool project;)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
i am sorry but you will not be able to develop a kernel with some classes you took i am a dev so i am quite avit with it i come from a completly different backgroud (windows software) but i have a unbelievable hard time to find a starting point with cm7 for sgs although there other developers around
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xnatex21:
That's understandable. If development is going to be tough or near impossible, I'd hope to try before I give up. Right now I'm learning about kernel development but would love it if someone could help me focus.

Is the touch display driver the hardest part to upgrade? What changed in 2.3 that makes updating the driver so difficult? Or would it be better to "back port" 2.3 to be compatible with archos's driver?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenn:
1) I would say one of the hardest parts;)

2) I think the archos drivers aren't compatible, so ...

3) ... this would be better because then you've better drivers support (for each hardware)

Again:

I think this project is assome:)I'd love to be a helper/tester.
[Click General] em0hawk:
I have just got my hands on an ASUS transformer tablet :D. Now I thought ok it's wifi only thats fine I can tether it to my little tattoo and use 3g that way.

Problem is I didn't realise that Android doesn't see adhoc networks to connect to them. So I want my wireless tether to work in infrastrusture mode instead of adhoc.

I've been searching and seen this done for other phones but can't seem find a way to do it on the tattoo/click.

Has anyone found a way to do this?
[Click General] kejd:
Well there is a wifi tether app on market wich does the job...with that app your tattoo works like AP for 3G network. Also i think that your tattoo must be rooted.
[Click General] em0hawk:
I'm already using it. Version 2.0.7. but it broadcasts in adhoc mode so the tablet won't even see it.
[Click General] kejd:
Well i dont know what to say, my laptop work just fine with wifi tether app on my tattoo.
[Click General] em0hawk:
It will do. Mine to because laptops can see adhoc networks.

Or is there a way to enable android native tether instead of using an app. I've read somewhere that works in infrastructure mode.
[Click General] Ieracos:
I have a similar problem too! It seems that nothing but computers can see ad-hoc networks. So, my Kindle, my Xoom, and other smartphones can't access the network through tethering. Is there a way to make wifi work in infrastructure mode?

Nobody else have had such a problem?
[Click General] thacen:
Have you tried this setting?

Wireless Tether:

- Install Wireles Tether from market

- Run app

- Press on init "tethering"

- go to "menu" -> "settings"

- Enable "Wifi-Encryption" For safety...

- Change "Passphrase" (13 chars)

- Change SSID if you want
[Click General] Ieracos:
Yes, I tried: that creates a wep-protected ad-hoc network... :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mikereidis:
I want to support my app on as many devices as possible, including those with stock ROMs.

The problem I face is that there is no easy way to access the Bluetooth HCI API as should be found in the Bluez libbluetooth. IE such APIs as hci_get_route(), hci_open_dev(), hci_send_req(), etc.

I CAN do the above from my app on phones that have the "hcitool" binary (such as CM). I can also access the APIs directly from a daemon that my app communicates with.

But my app can't use the HCI apis directly.

But the much BIGGER problem is that most devices with TI or Broadcom BT chips have stock ROMs that do not contain hcitool, and that can't use a copied hcitool, and that don't support the HCI apis anyway.

AFAICT these devices use proprietary BT stacks. Instead of hciattach, Broadcom BT devices use btld and TI devices use btipsd.

Perhaps those proprietary daemons allow direct HCI access through their APIs. I don't know, but even if they do, I don't like using such undocumented APIs. They may be different and broken in different ways on different devices.

One thought I have is some sort of shim/adapter that goes between the daemon and the HCI UART and can inject packets using whatever SLIP or PPP or whatever the protocol is. Yes this is nasty and requires root.

Does anyone know if D-BUS support raw HCI access ?

Any other ideas ?

Thanks !
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.dj26:
hi guys

today i had the guts to change the radio on my DHD

it was working fine.

i flashed some new roms, android revolution and leedroid after boot when it restored my app some were installed and some unsuccessful. I have tried to download some apps but it says "Download was unseccessful.please try again"

things i tried

-i used full wipe 1.3

-flashed android revoultion and RC kingdom

-changed my gmail account

-change the quntry

i really need ur help please it would be really appriciated and sorry for my poor english
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LarryLars:
Same issue

I am having the same issue, only I didnt change my radio but did go from CM7 to Android Revolution. I have fallen back to many past roms but am seeing the same unfortunate outcome. Please help.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.dj26:
i got it working:D,I signed up for a new gmail theres some thing wrong with the old one:(
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfmont:
1. Is there a way to tether the Fascinate to another android device (specifically a rooted Viewsonic GTab)? Everything that I see so far requires a client on the device connected to the phone, and none of those have clients that work on an Android tablet.

2. Pursuant to that question, is this method going to work for a non-rooted Fascinate? I ask because it is easy to root/unroot a Viewsonic GTab, but because I have ONLY Macs available, I haven't found the same sort of easy methods for the Fascinate that work with a Mac, and I don't want to take the chance of not being able to unroot in case I need to return the phone for warranty work or something.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlim4:
1. Yes, I use Barnacel Wifi Tether app to connect my Nook Color to my phone. but, YMMV

2. Tethering is possible without rooting, but you have to sign up and pay for it. I know with a mac it's supposed to be more annoying from what i've heard, but I'm sure you can get access to a PC for an hour if you REALLY needed to go back to stock.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace5198:
so on Comm 1.2/1.3 i can no longer check multiple threads to delete have to do them all.. or one by one.. and also.. is there a way to make my phone send multiple sms messages on large texts rather than converting to mms??
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExNight:
I know there was a mod to fix the longer mms awhile back but I'm not sure if it is compatible with community rom.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace5198:
be sweet if it did still work. i know on superclean it just did it on its own.. but im more concerened with deleting multiple threads.. i get a bunch of stupid FB messages to my phones.. and it blows deleting them one by one..
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] euklid:
I haven been kept up with the latest roms since the official froyo came out. I'm using voodooo superclean 2.9. 2 and I know the superclean roms are retired? Which of the new roms is closest to the one I'm using?? It has to be voodoo and no bloatware and stable those are at least my requirements.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitsuj17:
adrynalyne made superclean then moved to community rom...all his mods carry over plus newer ones
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace5198:
COMMUNITY IS AMAZING!!! smokes superclean in every way.. there is no compairison!!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garywojdan81:
I agree that comm.rom is terrific. I ran all of adrynalyne's previous superclean iterations and they were a steady improvement over each other and comm.rom continues the trend.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] euklid:
I will try community rom then..thanks guys!!
[Xoom Accessories] lornova:
The Motorola Bluetooth Keyboard is available with non-US layouts? Or it has some button to add accents to letters? I need to write in Italian, and without accents (or a handy way to input them) the keyboard would be useless...
[Xoom Accessories] lornova:
Any update on this?
[Xoom Accessories] Lothaen:
I'm looking for a cheap UK keyboard for my xoom.

All the ones I can see either:

look awful (iPad keyboard),

Small return key (I find annoying)

US layout (@ on 2 key, and no £ sign)

Too expensive

Not too fussed about the official one as the shortcut keys don't seem to bother me that much - I just want it for any heavy typing I may do...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabag123:
have Rom version of MIUI his last best

I press the lock key on the screen turns off and then I press the home key is returning to the menu instead of locking screen display

What should I do?

I have the kernel of GITCH
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabag123:
up...............
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasrulBond:
everything's working fine here with me. no probs at all with the lockscreen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydraz:
I actually left MIUI to give CM7 a go, but I'm back, and I found the same problem. The latest MIUI is pretty awesome by the way. Anywho, I played around and the Pattern lock seems to work, but the PIN and Password locks do not load. As sabag123 said you drag the clock bar and it goes straight back into the phone. I'm on MCGv6.13.1.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewbieJ:
The file in HTC was deleted accidentally, would anyone so kind that upload it for help??

There should be three file in HTC,

HTC sync, internet pass through( another spelling) and HTC driver,

I loss internet and driver ....What should I do?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vickyclewis:
Uninstall all HTC sync files, restart pc. Reinstall. You will get it back. If you don't pm me.
[HTC Incredible S] KROMO50:
I called HTC to see if my phone will be coverd if anything happens to it and I was told that they do not cover this phone. Gave them my IEMI # and SN #. This is bad news if somthing happens might return the phone bc of this.
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
and why would that be?
[HTC Incredible S] KROMO50:
They said that the serial # and IEMI # are not supported by them. I let them know that is was bought in the US and it works on T-mobile services. I am pissed bc the guys at popular electronics said it would be covered here in the US. Also the phone is a world phone so it should be covered here.
[HTC Incredible S] NardVa:
That's strange....its a HTC phone...HTC repair in the USA probably want replace the phone unless its the Verizon version....maybe the HTC overseas will cover it since that's the real market the phone was meant to be sold in.
[HTC Incredible S] thedosbox:
Is your model a S710E? If so, it's a European model, so it's no surprise it's not supported in the US.
[HTC Incredible S] Cardiiiii:
I don't think that's the case, I have an S710E which I bought in India and it runs the Asian ROM.
[HTC Incredible S] thedosbox:
The North American model # is S710A. Don't India/Asia use the same 3G frequencies as Europe?
[HTC Incredible S] Enes_81:
Have you already contacted popular electronics ??
[HTC Incredible S] KROMO50:
I have the S710E model and yes i did call popular electronics. They first told me it would be covered even before i bought the phone i called HTC and asked if it would be covered and they said yes so did popular electronics. But when i called htc back with my IEMI # they said it is not supported in there system . Then popular electronics change there story by saying it might be covered and they don't really know anymore bunch of bull****. I guess i will have to call HTC Europe if i have problems. What number would i call if i have the S710E model.
[HTC Incredible S] Tjee:
They shouldn't have sold you a European device in the first place.

Tell them you wish to have it replaced by an American one.

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to sell a European device in America, so if they refuse your offer, warn them that you will take legal steps if necessary.

It's a high end smartphone for crying out loud, after-sales should be the least bit of your worries.
[HTC Incredible S] NardVa:
If you're using the phone on Tmobile US the only phone you can use is the international version which is model number s710e. You will not find a US version of the phone. The US sellers are selling phones they imported from overseas.
[HTC Incredible S] thedosbox:
This.

Lesson learned - don't trust the sales B.S. from a grey market importer.
[HTC Incredible S] will.m:
This has been the case for well over a decade. To my knowledge, only Nokia and SE have given warranty support for their grey-market phones and only to certain ones. If a buyer was Really interested in a warranty for their grey-market phones, then they should've purchased one through squaretrade.
[HTC Incredible S] KROMO50:
Ok great news for U.S. Incr. S owners. Just got an email from HTC and the phone is coverd by HTC USA for 24 months haha till June 2013. This is great news. Here is the email. Just call HTC and give them your IEMI # and Ser. #

Dear Kassem Khromachou,

Thank you for contacting HTC!

We do support your device for repair at our Service Center in Texas, USA. Warranty coverage will depend on a diagnosis by one of our certified technicians. Please have your Incredible's serial number ready, and contact Customer Care at 1.888.617.1113 for service options.

Thanks for choosing HTC! We look forward to your call.

HTC Customer Care

1.888.617.1113

Sun – Sat 8AM to 8PM EST

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW20ENA001446.

Sincerely,

Chris

HTC
[HTC Incredible S] NardVa:
That's good news. I thought the warranty would be 12 months but 24 months is even better.
[HTC Incredible S] Jerry Lan:
HTC phones are always sold in wrong place.I got an S710E in the north of China.The dealer told me that it shoud be sold in HongKong.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
thought I'd already seen this discussed on here somewhere but can't find it now when searching.. I've been having problems today with my phone getting quite hot around the top of the screen.. I took the battery cover off and it was noticably hotter just to left of the second mic (as viewed from the back)..

anyone else have this, and do you know what components are in that part of the phone?

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
I have this issue when i play games etc :) Don't know the reason though
[Xperia Arc General] superutp:
I had mentioned this before...but most people replied here saying that it was normal....mine goes upto 38-40C while playing games...
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
It's probally the cpu that is there. All the phones are heating and that the arc is slim you feel it really quick. Nexus is heating when using GPS navigation.

But i agree the arc is heating really quick.
[Xperia Arc General] stevencxr:
smart phone are ****ing laptops these days, does your laptop feel hot when you play game?
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
my phone was fine until today.. and it's only hot in that specific area.. not playing games though.. just surfing, facebook, xda..

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] fig_jam_uk:
Mine does the same, happened since day one, it wont be anything to worry about (I dont think)

If your worried about it overheating you could return it to where you got it from or even install setcpu and underclock it a tad.
[Xperia Arc General] Rycon33:
same here, especially when surfing net

in my workplace where signal is not that good, that particular back area of the phone is hotter than when i'm at home. i'm guessing the 3g chip is in that area of the phone, not really sure though
[Xperia Arc General] festa20:
This happened to me it is extremely hot when playing games and abit hot when charging I rang my network and they said they have never heard that it overheats so they replacing my new phone in the morning hopefully they come