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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
There are a number of good threads in this and the Q&A forums that are much more eloquent than I could ever be, but yeah, I have barely (and then, only reluctantly) put my Xoom down in the month and a half since I got it. It's so easy to unlock and root and there's a lot of development happening for this tab. Plus, it's built like a tank.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turkawa:
Thats it..There was something at this gadget that i love but cant put my finger on it.

But you said it for me. Its like a tank!! Like they built it for the army or something. And its a fast one :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JonShar:
I know I'll probably get stick for this but these threads really bother me. There are probably 50 of them going right now. Just take the time to look at the ones that are already open, my guess is you'll learn more about the Xoom than just starting another "Why should I buy the Xoom" thread.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slack04:
because it's rad and you're a geek.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralph9994:
ok ok. Still have 1 week to decide.

yes I'm a geek And i really like tanks.:P

it was this one or the Galaxy tab 10.1.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MARPATdroid:
I think as long as you stick with one of the android tabs you can't go wrong. In my opinion it blows other tablets out of the water, so far as user community, and potential for development.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrokenPixel:
Galaxy tab 10.1 is like a plastic toy soldier, well all plastic really, and the ONE magic do-all propietary port. hurray!! Xoom has micro-HDMI, micro-USB with host mode, and the charging port wich is the same as nokia's but on a different voltage...

And yes there are plenty of threads like yours around you should read them or you might get the gods, trolls, orks, rats and critters upset.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bibsta:
Because ipads and OVERATED! Simple.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metwally:
you should buy a xoom because i bought one...Nah :)

Because android is freedom.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] autozones411:
Please assist? ??? I am running tiamat 1.4.3-1.6oc with an oc gpu

And I upgraded to 3.1 with the bigrushdog method on my wifi only zoom and I just realized my GPS does not work!! Very frustrating ....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
Has anyone experienced video lagging causing audio to fall out of sync? I've been playing a small variety of .mkv files and some lag and others don't. What's most odd is that the largest file I've tried (24 minute 1.15GB, with subs) works fine, while a smaller file (24 minutes, 274MB, with subs) falls out of sync within a minute and doesn't re-sync until I move the playback head.

I've seen that other Android handsets seem to have similar issues, though the solution was usually to re-encode the file at a lower bitrate, but I don't get why a larger file would work fine while a smaller one would have sync problems?

Both video files I'm mentioning here are MPEG4 (h264), but the larger file's audio is Dolby AC3 48000Hz audio while the smaller one is AAC 44100Hz audio. I'm playing the video with mVideoPlayer and the videos are stored on the internal memory.

Edit: I've played the same file side-by-side on my laptop and phone, and it's definitely the video that's lagging.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
Sorry for the bump, but I'd really like to know if anyone else is having this problem, or if there's a solution for it. No one else experiencing this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
I went back and tested multiple players mentioned here on the boards. I tested every player using the same file, one that lagged in the stock player and in mVideoPlayer. Here's a rundown of my results:

VPlayer: no lag, no matter what combination of settings used

RockPlayer: lags in hardware decoding mode, no lag in software decoding mode but terrible video quality (artifacting everywhere)

MoboPlayer: lags (in hardware decoding mode?), no lag in "default software decoding"

mVideoPlayer: lags

stock player: lags

I don't know what's causing the lag, but it almost seems like the players relying on hardware decoding are mainly the ones that lag. Not all files lag, just certain ones, as mentioned earlier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckyAlyssa:
usually, the reason why video & audio out of sync is the bitrate and framerate are inconsistent, in this case, i suggest u using a video tool, with the video tool, there are two solutions for you:

1. you can convert mkv to the format that compatibled well by galaxys 2

2. just import the mkv video into the tool, then adjust bitrate and framerate.

i prefer the first way, the second way you need trying many times.

for myself, i use fox real video converter, it has video audio sync technology
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
Thanks for the suggestions. Part of my decision to buy the GS2 was the fact that it could play large video files without conversion since I don't have the time to constantly re-encode video files. Will probably drop the $4.99 on VPlayer since it's been playing my files well. Still prefer mVideoPlayer tho.

Is there some way to check if a file has inconsistencies between bitrate and framerate as you've mentioned?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
I convert MKV files to play on my PS3 with a great tool called mkv2vob. It can convert a 1.5GB movie in about 2 minutes, so I imagine it's not actually encoding at all. I'm just curious as to whether it would solve your problem, especially with it being such a quick and easy app to use.

http://www.mkv2vob.com/showthread.php?tid=1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
Giving mkv2vob a shot, but it's taking far longer to convert than 2 minutes. My ~250MB file is about 25% through video transcoding, and I'm already 5 minutes in. Will report back whether it worked or not, but I don't think I'll be doing this for every video that lags. :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Tj-:
Okey-dokey, here's what happened with the video file I converted with mkv2vob:

It output an mpg file that was unplayable or problematic in mVideoPlayer, MoboPlayer, Rock Player Lite, and lagged in VPlayer. Encoding/transcoding took about 30 minutes, and the resulting file was 337MB, up from the original's 273MB.

I guess you could say it didn't work out well. :p I found it interesting hat the file lagged in VPlayer where before the same file played fine before the conversion.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckyAlyssa:
i don't know how to check the file, when i met this problem, i just import the file into the video tool, by viewing the preview to adjust some parameters
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toejamy:
i have the same problem with my neverlocked and unrooted sgs2 running firmware "pda:kf3/phone:kf7": mp4 videos with x264 video codec and AAC VBR audio codec loose audio-video sync. i.e. the video lags behind and you hear people talking before they open their mouth. using xvid4psp 5.0 i experimented with the used audio codec. when recoding the videos to mp4 with x264 video codec and AAC ABR av sync is o.k.. using MP3 as audio codec also works but since AAC is the mp4 standard audio codec i'll stick to that.

and by the way: using another video player like vplayer also works with the problematic AAC VBR videos. since vplayer does software-decoding i suspect a problem with the hardware-decoding layer in combination with certain video/audio codec combinations (like x264 und AAC VBR). the benefits of hardware-accelerated-decoding are better performance and lower battery drain. therefore i want to stick with the stock-video-player (because i asume it is strictly using hardware-accelerated-decoding).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lukass2000:
Hi Experts :)

Has everybody the original branded firmware from DREI Austria for a Samsung Galaxy S for me?

THANKS!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jps1974:
I think I have it somewhere, will have a look this weekend when I get a chance. You could also try loading it from Samsung's servers using CheckFusDownloader.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lukass2000:
Hi!

CheckFusDownloader great tool, but had only A1 from austria.

THANKS!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jps1974:
Hi,

seems I don't have it anymore, but try these in CheckFusDownloader:

Product Code: GT-I9000DREDRE

PDA: I9000NEJG3

CSC: I9000DREDRE

PHONE: I9000NEJG1

I don't have easy access to a Windows machine right now so can't try, but these values gives me a response in http://fus.nanzen.se :)

By the way, I hope you need this version only to return the phone, because it sucks big time ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lukass2000:
Hi!

GREAT, works PERFEKT :)

THANKS!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jps1974:
No problem :-)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] iynfynity:
can someone would be kind enough to make a vanilla theme for the project V?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] krazie1:
Yeah that would be fantastic. One for 2.2 froyo since the rom is based on froyo. A Vanilla AOSP Theme.
[General Questions and Answers] tudy23:
Hi everyone, I was wondering why there is no section for Optimus Black?I know that there is a thread with 128 posts in about xda section and one with 6 pagees in optimus 3d and probably outthere are more of these topics but still, still no section for this phone. I just can't understand why are you so against it?you even opened an LG Revolution forum and there are probably 10 times less Revolution users compared to black. I also send a PM to one of the admins. I hope my question wouldn't mind you and that I'll get a quick explanation/awnser for my proble from a moderator. Thanks a lot
[HTC Sensation] Shaquiel Harris:
Just got off the phone and walmart will be selling it for 148.88 with the two year.

I called multiple ones. thing is, one of the walmarts said it would be 199.99 with the new two year.

Will the prices of this sensation vary? and Will EVERY walmart be selling this device? Some of them didnt even know what i was talking about and said they wouldnt even be selling a device with that name. Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] digiholic:
We've known this the last two days. Please search first.

tons of locations listed here where people bought
[HTC Sensation] WorldWide60:
If you look at the thread talking about where people are buying their Sensations, you'll see that a bunch of people have already bought their Sensations. I got mine this morning, for 159.30. Not every Wal-Mart sells T-Mobile phones.
[HTC Sensation] Shaquiel Harris:
I Know this. i POSTED IN THAT THREAD. It doesn't answer my question as to will EVERY walmart location be selling this device with the same price. since one of the walmarts said it would be sold for 199.99 with a new two year.
[HTC Sensation] Shaquiel Harris:
That's all i needed to know. Thanks so much. Ive been in that thread and already asked questions there. but since it seemed that everywhere in so cal NO walmart was selling them early, but everywhere else people are already buying it.
[HTC Sensation] digiholic:
My bad. It's a long post to read I know. It's just that everyone that did an upgrade and not retail spent $148 before tax or any other fee.
[Desire General] nickislauw:
hi all,

seems like some people would like to see a clean sense 2.1 rom without all the 3.0 **** that makes it kinda slower, wel here it is!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1018843

Hope you enjoy!
[Desire General] Lothaen:
So is that the Desire S port people asked for?
[Desire General] jokk3:
no its the AceS-DesireHD port... the SagaS-DesireS port doesnt seem to be there for download... the AceS-DesireHD has the same small fonts as the old DesireHD ports...
[Desire General] Monk3y:
i love sense 3.0
[Desire General] jokk3:
yes sense 3.0 is very nice on a Sensation or flyer...
[Desire General] Lothaen:
When I looked at Sense version on a Flyer it said 2.1

I was expecting 3.0
[Desire General] jokk3:
looked like sense 3.0 to me... could be some sort of sense 2.1 tablet edition to...
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I agree. 3 lock screen, 3 style 3D rotation, 3 style carousel... Must be features ripped from 3.0 sense. Like he devs have here. :)
[Desire General] gery2123:
This is my favourite sense!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ovigt71:
I have a prepaid SIM card with number from Etisalat UAE with 3G data package 1GB per month, and I'm using in my Flyer. today, by mistake I was calling from my company mobile to my Flayer number and it sounds as "line busy". and after few seconds, on my Flyer display it shows a miss call notification. not bad....
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Rabia:
nice I guess it will be like HTC shift very expensive pager. I don't mind receiving miss call on my du but I wish for phone calls

regards mate
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kwangkung:
My LG Optimus One Upgrade OFFICIAL TEST FIRMWARE

but Can't Connect VPN

How?

Thank you.
[HTC Incredible S] Tarpit_Carnivore:
I asked this in the DINC2 forum but I'll ask here since the phones are practically the same.

Has anyone tried pushing boot animations yet to data/local? I know at one point this didn't require root but I don't know if that still holds true for newer Sense based phones.
[HTC Incredible S] f0xrolder:
yes works on rooted and custom rommed Inc S. Check out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088498 post 2, quote 2.

Believe that on stock roms bootanimation.zip is /system/customize/
[HTC Incredible S] John Anderton:
I've done so quite a few times.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14924283&postcount=83

Step 7 is for boot animations and Step 8 is for the splash screen. I've added some sources as well where you can get some bootanimations and even splash screens to start off with (though I created my own custom splash screen :))
[HTC Incredible S] f0xrolder:
would be awesome if some created a thread just on boot animations and splashscreen images. I'd like to remove the htc splashscreen at startup and shut down and replace it with something customized.
[HTC Incredible S] jkolner:
You can download 47 different bootanimations from UOT Kitchen.

After download just extract the bootanimation.zip and copy it to your rooted phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Azuske:
Can someone pull the original stock recovery files from their phone and upload it so I can remove the CWM recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Why would u want to do that? Also you didn't make a copy and tuck it away on your sdcard or PC?

**edit**

Just saw your other post. Odin back to stock kb5(link can be found in sgs4g bible post)and use superoneclick to unroot. It will be just like out of the box. :)

sent from MT. OLYMPUS using my kickass sgs4g.

THE GODS ENVY US!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Azuske:
can you link me to the stock kb5 cuz all these roms look the same to me
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978836

Be sure to hit krylons thanks button. :)

sent from MT. OLYMPUS using my kickass sgs4g.

THE GODS ENVY US!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
I see a soft brick in the future... Lawl. Hope im wrong!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Azuske:
I already soft bricked it twice lol
[HTC Sensation] sergiof:
Ill be honest i am still deciding whether to get the samsung galaxy S2 or the htc.

I have tested both devices and like them both.

I like the build quality, the screen resolution and the more mature nature of the interface of the htc, but i like the saturation of colours of the samsung, the better battery life and the fact it consistenly ourshines the htc in all benchmarks ( ok not linpack)..

I currently have the hero with cm 7 but from the days of 1.5 the custom roms have always been considerably quicker than stock ui.

Touchwiz is such a terrible interface and my feeling tells me its less intrusive than sense ui. So the question:

Despite the fact hardware is similar ( ok htc has less ram) are the benchmark figures due to the fact the sense ui is more intensive?

Will a custom rom make a huge improvement on benchmark result?

I must admit that although for daily use i honestly would not notice the lack of speed, it would always play in the back of my mind were i to choose the htc.

Thanks for any clarification

Sergio
[HTC Sensation] Lightning N1:
Due to the currently locked bootloader, and that no one has loaded custom roms or really developed for the S4G yet the answer is not fully known yet or not proven.

My guess is that the Sense UI has quite a bit to do with low benchmarks, but that the Quarter hd resolution (35% more pixels) also has a lot effect on benchmark scores. I still think these together will only improve the benchmarks to some degree. After the roms chefs get started building ASOP for the S4G and the kernel chefs get creative with the ext4 kernels then we may start seeing more comparable benchmarks.

Disclamer Benchmarks only tell part of the story, pick the phone you like to best and you will be happier:)

Edit: I am getting quadrant scores of 4500-5080 with my G2X @ 1.5 GHZ, but I still would rather have the HTC Sensation, eventually with ASOP Vanilla Android!!!
[HTC Sensation] sergiof:
I agree its a grey area at present cause it has not been tested.

But i see you have the same feeling.. Impressive results with the lg..

I guess i will need to go with my gut feeling on this one..

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] jaws5656:
I am thinking buy sensation or sgs2, and sensation got terrible benchmarks compare with sgs2. Also sensation's web browser running like 15 fps while sgs2 running even smoother than iPhone( I am iPhone user now, and speed so much important for me ). This power difference really important for me cause I'm thinking use my next phone at least 3 years. So, I'm waiting unlocked sensation's bootloader. Because I want to see pure performance down on the hood.
[HTC Sensation] Maedhros:
NO I highly doubt its Sense.

Previous Benchmarks and Comparisons between Sense on older phones and Touch Wiz on Older Galaxy S will reveal that it can NOT be sense.

Sense will run better Stock then Touch Wiz Stock simply because HTCs stock Rom will be better then Samsungs Stock Rom.

Sense 3.0 on the Desire HD runs almost similar to older sense versions so one would assume that hardware which is two times as powerful would run it better (despite the pixel increase).

This said... Humming Bird vs Orion: Orion has a better CPU and better Better GPU... However.... The Jump from Humming birds CPU to Orions CPU is a larger incrimental jump then from humming birds GPU to Mali.

That Said... Mali is still superior to Andreno 220, Orion is still superior to Snapdragon (time will tell what an eqalization in OC will do tho (ie. OC sensation to 1.3 vs SGS2 1.2 ghz to compensate for increased pixels.)).

TL DR; HTC Sense runs better then Touch Wiz. So NO, it ISNT HTC Sense its Snapdragon.
[HTC Sensation] jrwingate6:
Personally, I think it's HTC's ****ty drivers holding it back. This is always the case when it comes to performance.
[HTC Sensation] everyday48:
Those scores will not make any difference when you use them.

SGS2's battery isn't any better. From SGS2's owner reports it only last a day.
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
Benchmarks in Android really don't mean anything.
[HTC Sensation] Jerzeeloon:
I ran quadrant on the sensation running adw and only scored 1800
[HTC Sensation] ceoesquad:
u will need the ext4 the sensation doesnt have that when a rom and a kernal suports that then u can see them benchmark numbers go up. and benchmarks do tell alot about the phone if u get 2000 and up your phone will run really smooth with no lag at all i have a vibrant and i get 2500 and its really fast all the time and thats because of ext4
[HTC Sensation] robart76:
It lasts a day if you're lucky. I sold mine. My battery did last 8 hours with moderate usage. There's a known problem with battery drain while the phone is idle
[HTC Sensation] CyberStorm98:
I've noticed the Sensation doesn't drain at all (or VERY little) when the phone is idle. My MyTouch 4G had a big battery drain while it was idle and this isn't the first time I've heard that about the SGS2. I've been impressed with how the Sensation manages power when it's idle.
[HTC Sensation] pinhead:
The Sensation certainly feels more than fast enough. I just had T-Mobile replace my G2x with the Sensation and it feels as fast in general. In normal use I am not experiencing the difference that the slower benchmark scoring would indicate. I didn't even realize just what a difference the battery life on the Sensation would be. If it is a slower phone I would be more than happy to trade the G2x's speed for the Sensation's battery life!

I know that Sense requires much of the phone's resources, and certainly has a performance impact, but the added features and improved ease of use make up for that. However, maybe HTC should consider offering a way to turn it off for those who prefer stock Android.
[HTC Sensation] Sdobron:
The benchmarks mean nothing. The reason why the sensation are low is because quadrant does not account for the fact it has to render 30% more pixels. If it were in lower resolution I'm sure it would outshine the sgs2.
[HTC Sensation] Tirinoarim:
I still havent got a decent answer to the Quadrant question - if the sensation is so much slower than the SGS2, why does it complete the quadrant test first?

Given the very basic Linpack test is quicker on the sensation (but only just), I would guess the raw CPU power is about the same as the SGSII and that there is some issue with Quadrant itself (for starters, it was never written with dual cores in mind).
[HTC Sensation] viper619:
hello there

its because the snapdragon uses only one core to process the benchmark and the other core is idle. i heard before from one technisian that the snapdragon processor has something called A symetrical something, nvm the name i forgot it but what he told me is that one core will do the benchmark while the other core does something else like kepping all the other functions of the rom working.

this is the only logical solution i can get to u guys, hope it helped.

and pls pray for me, i've been trying to get the sensation for almost a week and till now its out of stock or didn't reach yet :@

cheers

viper
[HTC Sensation] MxFadzil92:
some interesting facts about dual core phones !!! :D cool i didnt know that what i had thought earlier was that dual core processor runs at the same time ? so i learn something new today !!! :D:D:D
[HTC Sensation] brusko1972:
actually, adreno 220 is superior to mali 400. Search for it in this forum
[HTC Sensation] Tirinoarim:
But that still makes no sense (pardon the pun). If the sensation is only using 1 core and the SGS2 using 2, then surely the SGS2 would finish first?

Anyway, I guess the point is that even if the SGS2 is truly quicker (according to Quadrant at least), the fact it is quicker in actual use (because it finishes the test first, despite having to process 30% more pixels in the GFX tests, etc, etc), just shows the Quadrant is pretty much nonsense (so to speak!).
[HTC Sensation] viper619:
actually from all the vidz i've seen in quadrant between the sensation speeds up in the non graphical tests than the sgs2. maybe the snapdragon and the adreno far superior than the mali 400 and samsungs processor but the quadrant was not written to test symetric cores, something like that.

and if u want to compare both roms and phones then use the same screen resolutions and in my opinion the sensation will kick the sgs2's ass :D

viper