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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] mohdnurr:
Still trying for dark tremor

:p modified rom only work for extream a2sd hihihihi... still find the answer how to port dt on gingerbread
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] hypergamer1231:
Hey budddy thanks a ton I used darktremors script and then used the APP2SD GUI now the question I have is in settings i can see 168 MB internal storage free, and when i look at titanium backup i can see the following

System ROM : 218 MB (43.3 MB Free)

Internal 189 MB (176 MB free)

SD Card 13.9 GB (10.4 GB Free)

SD card (a2sd) 1.91 GB (1.82 GB free)

my dalvik cache is on sd card so is settings displaying improper info or titanium backup please advice
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] imranaryan:
DO NOT INSTALL THIS ROM I ENDED UP CURRUPTING UP MY 16GB SDCH CARD .. I HAVE GIVEN IT FOR REPLACEMENT.. I HOPE THEY REPLACE IT...

sorry for caps...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] hypergamer1231:
Was not working for me as well tried for 3 days finally i created a 2 GB EXT2 partition and then rooted the phone and used this and works like a charm

the script never worked for me

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12069632#post12069632
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] dur09:
so do you have a2sd by Darktremor?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] jiji.james:
Whenever i try to create an ext2 partition in my sdcard, it is not being mount and i get a warning saying that the card should be formatted. if i give yes, it gets formatted as one single partition of FAT32.. Please help

I used MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition in windows for partitioning
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] dur09:
for partitioning use gparted
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] keijames:
Before upgraded to gingerbread ROM, it was 2.2.1 where there is a app name "link2sd" free from market, which it mount ext2 partition of sdcard and move per apps apk file to sdcard, of ext2 partition, this is more flexible then Darktremor.

Where with Darktremor, the external sdcard will never able to hot remove from phone and plug it back. Which make external sdcard pointless. remove sdcard card will kill / reboot the phone, given without sdcard, phone can not start up. Also slow performance issues.

Where link2sd allow you select large apk only link to external sdcard, when unplug sdcard the phone still works without reboot / halt.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/move-selected-apps-to-sd-with-link2sd-app/

cheers

James
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] mastrone:
Sadly it doesn't work on Gingerbread. It's a pity, this app is a must to whom owns an ACE.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] arronov:
i agreed, always succeed with gparted

me too, i didn't try darktremor a2sd yet... hope it works for gingerbread sgace 2.3.4
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] mastrone:
I tried on KPH ROM (2.3.4) and it doesn't work either...:(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] yoyigo07:
I tried too, and didn't work
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] stagnantwater:
Anyone got this to work already on 2.3.4 KPH?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] pico.marco:
Great job!

It is possible to do the same thing with 2.3.4 KPH? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] shotgun32:
I found so many noobs here in ace forum and so little developers and I want to help you. I come from optimus one forum and i like to help.

You need a custom recovery to create an ext partition and to make darktremor a2sd to worked. Amonra or clockworkmod recovery is the best. Then create an ext partition whether ext2, 3 or 4 then flash dta2sd from the darktremor a2sd thread here in xda(search it). The latest ver is 2753 beta 04.

Remember, without ext partition the dta2sd will not worked.

To check if your a2sd is working, download terminal emulator, press su then enter then type a2sd check.

Or download titanium backup agd check if it says a2sd space=???

Or the best way to check is by a2sdgui app, it is a official app from the dta2sd itself. If it says apps are on sd, then your a2sd worked. And if you guys still reducing memory even after moving apps to sd via a2sd gui app, its time to put the dalvik cache to your sdcard.

Fuh, thats a lot of writing on my phone. I love to help because i will buy galaxy gio soon.

Or maybe you guys should take a look at optimus one forum and learn how to make a custom kernel and rom there. Theres a very good thread on guiding how to build a custom rom and kerne. Im pretty surprise so many noobs here. Like i said i really like to help to improve this community
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] consegregate:
That's kind of you shotgun.. but gio and ace are two different phones isn't it?

This phone has serious potential but being listed as a legacy device it's getting unnoticed...

Could you help pull some developers in to help us out? By a year or so we would have learnt quite a lot..

XDA ♥
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] r4wky:
does this works in stock rom

???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] Lijop:
Yup stock rooted and a different kernel
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] -iNCEPTiON-:
I think Amarullz Script is the best script :) Just give it a try :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] elmusafir:
Would you be kind enough to point out to the download link of such a wondrous script and explain its benefits? Thnx
[Android Apps and Games] jbdavies:
So, I was wondering if there was an app that would allow me to take pictures with my phone camera at a specific intervals. And if not... If anyone would like to make one?

It would have to give me full options, full resolution, ISO, and any effects, etc.

So, thoughts?

Thanks,

Jeremy
[Android Apps and Games] sonikamd:
I use an app called Camera Magic for this.. pretty basic as far as options go though.
[Android Apps and Games] jbdavies:
Hmmmm.... that could actually work. Thanks!! :D
[Android Apps and Games] sgsI9003:
Just found this

http://forum.timescapes.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2686&start=0

Here is that app but it controls another Dslr not the phone camera as yet.

http://www.thegadgetworks.com/TL-Plus.html
[Android Apps and Games] jbdavies:
Interesting. Thanks for that. :)
[Droid X General] joshdaniels:
I have been reading up on droid x roms and was wondering if i were to start iut on a gb build and wanted to use a froyo rom do i have to sbf to 2.2 and the other way around also

sorry if this is a dumb question im coming from droid 1 which is almost too easy to change roms
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
Yes you would have to SBF back. Send me a pm if you need instructions
[Acer Iconia A500] andy135:
Recently, I found Acer Iconia A500 is hot on the Internet, so I want to buy one. Because I often travel, I would like to use it to watch movies to kill those boring time on the plane. I have many Mkv movies, which copy from my Blu-ray disc. i want to know wether the Acer Iconia A500 can play my films.
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
USE MOBOplayer, it can play all my films, but i dont know for 1080p films, cause i dont have any, satisfied with the 720p :D
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
1080p H264 High Profile MKVs? No, it won't and it is doubtful that Tegra-2 has the horsepower to ever play them.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] Elizabeth05:
I am also concerned about this point， but from its user manual, i found it only supports 3gp and MP4 video format.
[Acer Iconia A500] Rhyr:
Acer will add 1080P support on 3.1 update, so we must only wait...
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
Not 1080P *High Profile*.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] Rhyr:
Sorry, thats True, but better than nothing :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
It is, unless your video collection is all in 1080P H264 High Profile, because then you need to re-encode to get it to play on your tablet. ;)

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
That's not totally true ... it's the fault of the default movie player...etc

if you wereto installed RockPlayer or MoboPlayer ... you would get more format supports ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Rhyr:
Yes, with rockplayer mkv and mp4 @ 1080P works but really laggy atto this time :-(
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
Yeah... towards the bottom of this page..it said:

http://www.acer.ca/ac/en/CA/content/series/iconia-tab-a

can't complain until end of June ( Honeycomb 3.1 )

:)
[Acer Iconia A500] andy135:
according to all mentioned, iconia a500 can't play 1080p mkv high profile movies. but i really want to play these video on the tablet with high quality.

from the user manual, i found it similar with xoom. but it is cheaper. i want to buy. any guy can give me a way to enjoy these high profile 1080p movies, thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] Elizabeth05:
perhaps u can try handbrake, it is free.
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
My post above yours have the link straight from Acer and they have indicated that currently it is NOT possible with 1080p... only 720 .... follow the link and read it ;)

you just have to wait for the update to make it possible... that's all.
[Acer Iconia A500] techpal:
What written on Acer site means 1080P support will b available thru HDMI via software upgrade.
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
ah ... I see ;)

also, earlier post have indicated that Tegra 2 is not 1080p capable (playing medias ) ... how true/untrue is that ? :confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] foxmeister:
No, earlier posts have indicated that Tegra-2 is not capable of *high profile* H264 1080P playback! It is capable of 1080P H264 in baseline profile, and I believe main profile too.

Regards,

Dave
[Acer Iconia A500] DJ_Jedi:
Nope, 720p main profile and 1080p baseline, it's a pity.

Anyway i'm very pleased of 720p main converted in a couple of hours with Handbrack.
[Acer Iconia A500] andy135:
thanks everyone, my new Acer Iconia tab A500 is here, and i transfer my 108p, h.264, high profile movies into the tablet, it does not work!

according to your recommendations, i download handbrake, but i encountered a boring problem. it takes me lots of time to load my video into the tool, and i don't know how to use.

so i google "convert 1080p high profile to Acer Iconia tab A500" and found a tool called Fox Real video converter. hooray, it is easy to use. now i have converted 1080p h.264 high profile to my Acer Iconia tab A500 for enjoying successfully.

thanks everyone again!
[Acer Iconia A500] edgie168:
sigh.

placebo effect, placebo effect, placebo effect.

:rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] eztoril:
Hi,

Since other pads, such as Asus EEE Pad Transformer, is capable of playing "high profile" h.264 movies smoothly, having the same processor/GPU spec as A500, I believe the playback problems can be fixed through software upgrade, if Acer wants to.

My hopes goes to Honeycomb 3.1 update. Anyone here running Honeycomb 3.1 that could try playback of "high profile" h.264 movies and see whether the update has fixed the choopy/stuttering movie playback?

Thanks!

BR Martin
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
No, they can't. They can play 720p high-profile just as the A500 does, none of them can play 1080p high-profile.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
I rip my blueray to mkv format(thank you MakeMKV best program) I just use handbrake to shrink them down for my iconia. Often its better that way cause films would fill my 32 gb card with one file.

The screen is 1280 x 800 so most of the pixels are lost anyways on the iconia when watching blueray rips.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
3.1 or newer does play 720p high-profile videos without stuttering, upgrade to newer ROM. 3.0.1 simply doesn't support playing such in H/W :/
[Acer Iconia A500] eztoril:
You mean that my files mentioned above will be playable smoothly after the HC 3.1 upgrade coming soon? If that is the case, I'm very pleased! :-)

Thanks!

BR Martin
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Nope. One probably will, the other probably won't. Look at the following line in each:

Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1

The 4.1 is the level - 4.1 probably won't play, 3.1 probably will.
[Acer Iconia A500] Lontro:
The Iconia with HC3.1 plays videos with the following profile settings only smoothly:

High Profile 3:

Reference Frame: 3

B-Frames: 1

Base Profile 4:

Reference Frame: 4

B-Frames: 0

Nasty recodes with reference frames of 3 and 5 B-frames do not follow any standard profile which are important for hardware based decoding.

Players like VLC or mplayer still play non-standard recodes.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Actually it does play 720p high-profile with B-Frames = 3 just fine. I haven't tried with higher values but I use 3 all the time.
[Acer Iconia A500] dbeaty79:
Use diceplayer.

/thread
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Hardly. Your comment adds nothing to the thread.

For example, does that Diceplayer somehow magically enable one to play high-profile H.264 content on 3.0 ROM? Or does it magically enable one to play 1080p high-profile content on 3.1 or newer without choppiness? How does Diceplayer differ from all the other video players so much that it's somehow worth ending the thread over? Do you even know what high-profile is?

No, don't act like you've just owned the whole thread if you didn't even add anything worth discussing to it.
[Acer Iconia A500] mur466:
Is there a player that can smoothly play AVIs containing Motion Jpeg (mjpeg 640x480)? Canon powershot cameras use this format when recording video.
[Acer Iconia A500] eztoril:
Hi again,

Last week, I got HC 3.1 finally. I tried to play my files with the following players:

* Rock player Lite - Smooth playback, no sound

* Vitalplayer - Smooth playback, no sound

* Moboplayer - Smooth playback, no sound

* MX Videoplayer - Smooth playback, no sound

* mVideoplayer - Smooth playback, no sound

However, when trying Dice player trial, both smooth playback AND sound worked fine! :-) The only problem is that trial ends after 3 days, alternatively, you buy the full version for about $4,6.

I wonder why all the other players failes to play sound? Am I doing anything wrong? Does anyone know?

Thanks!

BR Martin
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
It's not you, they just try to play AC3 audio in hardware and that doesn't work, Dice Player is the only one that does AC3 in software and passes only the video to hardware.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
There are several threads explaining why, so if you searched, you'd know the answer already.

Basically, $$$. AC3 is not free, and neither the tablet nor most movieplayer makers want to pay the license fee's.
[Acer Iconia A500] fxandrei:
So what u are saying is that the people behind DicePlayer paid to be able to decode AC3 ?

From what ive seen other player can decode ac3.

The only thing that seems to set appart DicePlayer from the other is the fact that its able to play video in hw mode and audio in sw mode.

Am i right ?
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
I actually doubt they did pay the license fees.

Yes, they can, but only if they're playing both audio and video in software. Only Dice Player is smart enough to do them separately.
[Acer Iconia A500] KennyNair:
let's face it. no one would drag a small player into a lawsuit. but big players(enough money to be ripped off) will get it. I.e your manufactures n google of course.
[Acer Iconia A500] sassafras_:
Just to clear this up-

DicePlayer uses ffmpeg's libavcodec for AC3 decoding. This is a reverse engineered codec, and as such is legal (in most countries) and covered by the LGPL license that ffmpeg is released under. No license fees are due, nor would they be paid anyway.

sassafras
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
Correct, it depends on the jurisdidtion's recognising of software patents. My country, for example, it is perfectly legal to not pay licensing as long as you don't use their code.
[Acer Iconia A500] sassafras_:
Yes. Since libavcodec is reverse engineered to work with Dolby Digital AC3, it is legal in most countries due to laws that allow reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability.

sassafras
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Actually reverse-engineering is legal, yes, but there may STILL apply software patents. Thus libavcodec will still be illegal in any country which honors software patents.
[Acer Iconia A500] sassafras_:
Libavcodec is 100% covered by the LPGL license and as such is "free software," and patented thusly. It consists of entirely original code, much of which is reverse engineered, for the handling of various software codecs. Software patents cover the original implementation of a specification, but there is no patented code in libavcodec.

The only instance in which libavcodec is illegal is in the countries that do not recognize the legality of reverse engineering for the sake of interoperability.

Edit: But to be clear, you're right that in many countries (The US for one) the software patent covers all implementations of the scheme even if reverse engineered. So boo for software patents.

sassafras
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Libavcodec isn't patented.

Incorrect. There's hundreds of thousands of software patents that cover even as miniscule things as a method for drawing a window, ie. not just a specific implementation but the whole idea of doing such. There's for example very recent article about how these things go nowadays in the EU on OSNews at http://www.osnews.com/story/25056/The_Community_Design_and_you_Thought_the_USPTO_Was_Bad

Being reverse-engineered only means you're not infringing on copyright, you may still infringe on patents.
[Acer Iconia A500] sassafras_:
See my edit. I wasn't clear (and entirely correct). I hope I've cleared that up now.

sassafras
[Acer Iconia A500] emerson julien:
movies with no sound on acer iconia a500

I had tried playing various movies I downloaded from torrents and only a few worked on my acer. I noticed after installing Vplayer from the market and using ubuntu one to sync all my movies onto my device, they now play with no problem. At first the size of the movie is small after tweaking and a restart everything is just right.:)
[Acer Iconia A500] gen2thomas:
Hello, have anyone tried to play the dolby sound with a sourround system?

I have tested that to play with a HDMI-Audio splitter (optical output), but with no luck at the moment. The splitter works great on my PC with the same files. But on HDMI-Output of the A500 only stereo sound seems to be available.

That can caused in my opinion from that:

* the decoder-hardware of tablet pc

* the HDMI output

* the player (I have tried only the "mx player")

Any suggestions?
[Acer Iconia A500] tyco5150:
Yea same here..
[Acer Iconia A500] timmyDean:
Patents should not be allowed for software. Copyright it yes, but patent it no. If the first maker of a spreadsheet or word processor would have been able to patent it then we'd have a totally different IT world today. Originally, the patent office did NOT issue patents on software.

I was working for a banking company once writing transactional records to a database for online transactions. One day we got a letter, from our competitor, saying we would be sued if we did not stop selling our software because they claimed they patented writing banking records to a database. I was shocked to find out that indeed they did have such a patent. They also held a patent for a modem dialing another modem and send transactions (it just make you puke). If you really want to make yourself sick, Google software patents, and you'll find that there are patents even on the basic common sense IT issues. Someone even patented converting dates to the year 2000 when the y2k scare was going on (eventually enough company's sued over it and the patent was revoked).

I'm not sure what the answer is but, my experience has been that patenting software isn't good for IT.

TD
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Copyrights haven't been too friendly to software world either, not to mention all the other fields like novels, music, video and other art forms. I personally believe that copyrights should last a maximum of 10 years and cannot be reinstantated after they've expired.

About patents; well, I've been thinking... it would actually be pretty good if patents were allowed but they lasted a maximum of 5 years. Why? Because that would give companies the incentive to bring out their invention to market as soon as possible to get the most head-start compared to the competitors who will come after them in a few years time, and when the patent expires they would start competing on actual merits of the product. It would still be worth the effort to patent something, but they'd be forced to act on the patent instead of just sitting on it.

This however would also require much, MUCH stricter rules for what could be patented in the first case and would render probably closer to 90% of all existing patents void. And well, since companies and especially lawyers love suing eachother over patents this'll never happen, unfortunately. "Screw end-users, my pockets arn't full enough with dough yet!"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoolzo:
Can someone tell me what all the fuss is about with NFC?, if the only difference between our current model and the new one is going to be NFC the who really gives a shoot?. I probably wont bother using it and and most of the places I shop problem wont have it for ages anyway.

Strap it to the next version SGS3 and I still wont care, for me this is a total none issue. I certainly aint going to feel I have been stuck with an inferior phone for 18 months.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
There is no way i am going to carry out money transactions with a mobile phone .

Neither will i use chip and pin as thats easy enough to hack .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
I think it's the potential it has to be something more than just a close-range payment method. I've been reading some other uses of the tech, like unlocking new levels in Angry Birds when you put two phones near each other, and also file transfers.

Honestly tho, nearly everything I want to do with my phone stops almost entirely at Bluetooth and WiFi. NFC would be nice, but I think most of the fuss about the early versions not having it surrounds the press releases and such saying it will have NFC. I didn't buy the phone knowing it would have it (didn't even know it was supposed to have it till I came to the forums here), so it doesn't bother me too much that I'm doing without.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoolzo:
same here, specially with increased malware now appearing on the market, I'm actually glad mine doesn't have it :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] 3tybagig:
Does anyone have the 3.0 contacts app?

I tried pulling it from a 3.0 rom but the rom is just a BLOB. I can't extract from BLOB.

I tried pulling it from the installed rom but it is odexed.

Looking for a complete contact.apk from 3.0 or 3.1

I want to try to install it on GB.

It's an awesome app. Would love to have it on my desire.

Ty
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] SilentMobius:
The Honeycomb contacts app uses the new action bar/fragments/animation api's that aren't present in Gingerbread, it will never run.
[HTC Inspire 4G] randyhutton:
Hello all,

I was curious on what it was like to root my inspire 4G and so i went for it and everything went swimmingly, i achieved S-OFF and everything but then i realized i wanted to go back to stock for one reason or another (mainly because im squeamish) and so i flashed the phone with a stock ROM, but i accidently hit the SIMLOCK option in the bootloader and although it said that it was unsuccessful, when i turned on the phone i had no service, i took the SIM out and put it back in, no luck, i tried pressing SIMLOCK again in the bootloader, no luck, I am stuck now. i would also like to know how S-OFF is beneficial, and does it matter if it is off if I have a contract with AT&T. please help me get my sim card working again :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] ranklepup:
Well, I did something similar to a friends phone before, he had a lock on his DON so every time he turned on his phone it would appear. And so after 10 unsuccessful tries at getting in the phone locked/burned put the SIM, he had to goto ATT and get a new one...
[Touch2 General] naveenbhatia:
Hi,

Whenever i connect my Mega with PC it syncs the time and date. I don't want this to happen. There is some setting which disables this process but i am not able to find it. Can someone please guide???

Regards,

naveen