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[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
Hmmm...I've never noticed that till now...the only way to "open" the file is by using the music player. The music player automatically detects any and all music on ur SD card and adds them. So basically, instead of looking for the song on Astro or Adao, try looking for it in the music app via manual artist/track title or do a search. As for a fix for this...I'm as puzzled as u are 0__o
[Epic 4G Android Development] JeffATL:
Yes I was able to find it in music player. That can be dangerous because a lot of times I like to connect my phone to a stereo and play music off of it - and I'll be with a date or something and all of a sudden instead of hearing Lifehouse my date is listening to a voicemail from some other woman :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] The Root:
If you're listening to Lifehouse your date is your hand and you turned on the voicemail. J/p, but probably only kind of.
[Epic 4G Android Development] cheapfx:
Not sure if i am correct but i think i remember seeing a post that said if the myfiles.apk is removed from system/app you would get that exact problem opening mp3's using any other file manager.
[Epic 4G Android Development] cheapfx:
See above
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
now that you mention it, i do recall that. So in order to fix it, the MyFiles.apk need to be pushed back into the system/app folder...sounds about right.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JeffATL:
Yes. I tried about 5 different file managers - the only one that lets me set music player as default was I think Androzip but it still wouldnt play the mp3, it played the last mp3 that music player was on beforehand.

Where I can I get the myfiles.apk ?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
I tried extracting it from an old ROM zip folder i had, but cant seem to locate it. I'll continue to search for it but hopefully someone beats me to it
[Epic 4G Android Development] JeffATL:
I have it.

Took it from the EC05 zip here. But I did not use there method. Can I just copy the file using Terminal Emulator?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
Cool! You just beat me to it...just found it myself. Now just use root explorer from the market (or something similar) and push it to the system/app folder n you should be good to go
[Epic 4G Android Development] JeffATL:
I adb'd the file but it did not solve the problem. If I try to launch mp3 file in Astro or Myfiles.apk (which I launched through Astro) I still get same error.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
Hmmm strange...I pushed it using root explorer and it continues to persist as well for me...we might have to pm one of our Devs for some help/answers on this
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheNickromancer:
Lately I've been getting some weird bugs such as:

1.) The phone randomly rebooting itself, and getting stuck in a bootloop on a rare occasion.

2.) Incredibly fast battery drain, not sure how it happens as my battery is usually dead before I get a chance to investigate.

Any ideas why this may be happening?

To clarify, I'm running SRF 1.2 and Genocide Kernel 1.1 with Journaling on.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hahansen3:
I have noticed that some of the latest Gingerbread modems are causing random reboots. Looks like a possible memory leak. What modem are you using?
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheNickromancer:
Sorry, forgot to mention that - I'm still on EC05 Modem
[Epic 4G Android Development] ccpotato:
i get this battery drain too... real whack, even after resetting battery stats
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
Do you possibly have a rogue app that is constantly running even when you aren't using it? You an also try wiping Cache and Dalvik and rebooting.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mouseglider:
Hmmmm, I just tried to open an mp3 from Adao File manager by clicking on it, and it went directly to my music player (simple thrid party one called Music Player that I made as my default) and started playing.

I am only rooted and stock - see my sig.
[Epic 4G Android Development] skandranon314:
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere.

I am experiencing a issue where my ringtones and notifications are randomly much quieter than they should be, at full volume. I have uninstalled or froze everything that is even remotely linked to audio or sound files. A reboot almost always make the problem go away for awhile at least. Hard to duplicate, just kinda happens sometimes.

Not sure if it is related, but sometimes my notifications are all garbled sounding. Only fix for this is also a reboot.

Not sure that this is a rom issue per say, but not sure where else to look.

Any help or ideas would be great.
[Epic 4G Android Development] amwworks:
OK. Since fixing permissions didn't work I reformatted my sd card (after doing a nandroid). After copying my sd to the computer is odined a fresh copy of ECO5. Flashed the EC05 plus kernel and clockwork. I moved almost everything back to my sd then I restored my backup. Well that didn't work. So I reinstalled 1.2 and restored all my apps and data with my backup pro and everything seems good now. No memory issues or random reboots.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
Glad you got it worked out! I have had issues restoring data especially if it was from a different ROM. At least you are good to go now. Make sure you flash the journal on zip for stability
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
I had this problem on SFR also. Can't remember where I found these files, but they helped me. One is to install a sound fix and the other to uninstall a sound fix
[Epic 4G Android Development] Grommish:
I read somewhere about voodoo10 causeing audio issues unless the db is at its defaults.. if you've changed it, try setting it back.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
really? I don't use Voodoo that much but I am using Genocide 2.0 with Voodoo 10. Should I revert back to the one with Voodoo 9? Did that version have reported issues as well?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Grommish:
I may have been the geno thread I read it in.. something about the db on the headphone value screwin with audio level if it wasn't where it was by default..
[Epic 4G Android Development] mouseglider:
I had voodoo v10 from the market months before I installed Genocide v2 - after I installed Genocide with voodoo v9 - the v10 always stayed in memory and overrode Genocide's v9 - so I simply upgraded to the latest Genocide v2 with voodoo v10. Everything works fine!

I never had any problem with sound - but I have heard that all custom roms for some reason made the speaker crackle and was only cured by a reboot for a short fix. Thats why I have stayed on my stock froyo rom - it also may be dependent on the phone as it seems all epics are not alike :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] skandranon314:
Cwm flashable?

Thank for these!

Thanks for the other replys. I actually had uninstalled vodoo once, and I think that fixed my problem before. I noticed yesterday after I posted that when I reflashed the rom a week or so ago it that it came back. Axed it again, and have not had a problem since then. No way to test it, except wait, but I think that might have been the cause. Never changed any of its settings, so not sure what's up with that.

~ Sent from my android via TapATalk

EDIT -

I have had 3 epics, 4 if you count my girls. Rooted since day one, and this has never happened until now. Never heard before this was a problem with any custom rom. Based on my experience flashing many different roms, on different epics, I do not think it is true either. Could be wrong.. eh.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
No problem. Yes flashable. Worked for me. Hope they help you.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Shoulon:
Did anyone every solve the static noise issue when playing music? It's not only a issue with headphone's. even when playing off the loud speaker it consist. I'll try a fresh install w/ ODIN today..

It's not a kernel issue since I've tried flashing different kernels (genocide 2.0, Vision 1.3)

Also tried different music player's.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mouseglider:
From what I have read, it seems to always been the custom rom's that cause the problem - but that just what I have read.

I can not verify if that is true because I am on a stock rom with a Genocide Kernel - try a stock EC05 rom and see if you get the static - then you will know for sure.

BTW this is not a stab at the Devs and all their great work in roms and kernels - but simply sharing the info that I have read - and I read and re-read alot of the forums simply because I can not seem to pull it all in on the first read. :o :confused: :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] mjben:
It seems you may be confused about voodoo sound, as I once was.

Voodoo v10 is something that is built into the kernel. You don't get voodoo v10 off the market- you get the control app off the market. The current market app is different than what you get right after flashing, yes, but it's just the app.

If you have the latest genocide then you have voodoo v10 regardless of what app version you are using to control it.

Although, its possible that I still don't know what I'm talking about.

Sent from a secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Android Development] mouseglider:
As I understand it, voodoo sound is the driver and it is packaged in Genocide v2 and you need the market app voodoo sound plus to control it, i.e., to get you to a UI front end - otherwise you can't access the controls of the other settings.

Also for those that don't have a kernel with the driver in it and if you are not rooted and if you want voodoo sound, then you DO need the voodoo sound plus to get you the driver and the controller.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Grommish:
From what I understand, you only need voodoo plus if your kernel doesn't support voodoosound natively. Plus is for those without built in support.. geno kernel supports it, and most roms have it baked in.. of course, donations in the form of plus to supercurio is always good
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
That's correct, it is system of modifications to the sound driver in the kernel source, the Voodoo Control app only controls those modifications. Having the app doesn't give you Voodoo Sound, and it can't be applied to ROMs as it is an actual driver modification (thus being kernel only).
[Epic 4G Android Development] jazzneel:
My gps works on this, but sometimes it takes a REALLY long time (like 10 minutes when im sitting in the car with 100% view of the sky) to lock on...is there a gps fix I can apply via clockwork or something? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] mjben:
OK, I didn't realize there was a plus app that allows for voodoo sound with root only on supported devices, but I just checked it out on the market after reading several of the responses here.

Sent from a secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Android Development] ss4luis2000:
is there anyway to get the wired tethering to work? i just flashed it on my wifes phone and she tried to tether it wired but it wasnt picking anything up. any suggestions ?
[Epic 4G Android Development] dohturdima:
Install the wireless hotspot app (find a thread on this in the dev section). It apparently allows wired tether to work. I haven't tested it myself but in the thread it was claimed to work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Shoulon:
Well then, question bump. Also Fresh install seems to have it still occurring.
[Epic 4G Android Development] corythug:
I've been using it for a couple of weeks with no hiccups, work better then wireless/wired teather IMO.
[Epic 4G Android Development] traumajeff:
This may have been covered somewhere, but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. Is there a way to temporarily enable ads with this rom? If so... can I then re-enable the ad blocker?
[Epic 4G Android Development] JohnCorleone:
Still one of the most stable,fastest, and smoothest scrolling ROMs available. This ROM stands up to the test of time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
If you download AdFree from the market, open it and click the 'revert' button, you'll bring ads back. Re-enable them when you're done.

I'm not sure if it has the exact same effect as what's done with a fresh ROM, but I believe it's pretty close.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JimL243:
+1 John - I agree - Thank You ACS!

I have tried most other ROMs for the Epic as my daily driver and this is always my fallback. Until the next major release from ACS, I am staying put.
[Epic 4G Android Development] traumajeff:
Good looking out!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jockovonred:
This: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1172576 ?

edit: post 100! :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] andrewwd:
1st: sorry if this is already addressed but I don't have time to search thread via the xda app. Lo siento tambien!

2nd: my wired tether is not working. Any suggestions?
[Epic 4G Android Development] corythug:
If you really want to fix it you can make time to search for the sprint hotspot hack. Has instructions and mod on OP of thread.
[Epic 4G Android Development] _-Jay-_:
Installed this rom on my wife's epic and I'm getting bad keyboard lag when I type using better keyboard. Also, when its charging, the battery indicator on top of the screen wont move from 50, even though it does go up on the lock screen. Any ideas to fix both issues?
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
Can't say for sure regarding the keyboard, but as far as the charging icon...it goes up in increments of 10. So while it's charging, if it's anywhere between 40-49, it will read '40'. Once you unplug it, it will show the 'real' percentage.

Once it hits 50%, the percentage (while charging) will read '50' until it gets all the way up to 60.
[Epic 4G Android Development] _-Jay-_:
Thanks for the response. Another question I have is regarding the Kernel. I upgraded her from SRF 1.1.0 with the Twilight Zone Kernel and had it OC'ed to 1.3GHz with SetCPU. Once I installed this Rom, the "About Phone" screen no longer showed the Twilight Zone Kernel, just Syndicate Rom Frozen 1.2. Do I need to reflash the Kernel? Or is it okay as is? I OC'ed it again after the Rom install and I want to make sure I don't screw up her phone. Sorry for the dumb questions, but I'm still a noob when it comes to Flashing Roms and Kernels and stuff.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
SRF 1.2 has no kernel included so basically its just a ROM flash so u should still have Twilight 1.1 as ur kernel. The "about phone" settings were kind of changed in these newer builds so you will most likely only see the original kernel build and not the kernel's "code name". I for one am using Rodderik's Genocide kernel, and what he's done to make it easy to make sure ur running his kernel is he added a little boot logo screen before the phones actual bootanimation on start up and it displays the kernel version and all. I dnt think twilight has that feature, although it would be nice. SRF 1.3 will be out soon as qbking pointed out, and will include a nice new kernel :) so look out for that!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jsmcmahon89:
Ok I tried my best to read through this whole thread to find this issue, but can't seem to(There's ALOT to read through). My battery NEVER shows up at 100%, is there a fix to this? I'm just using SRF 1.2 Final with Twilight kernel, nothing additional installed at this point.
[Epic 4G Android Development] NoPh33rRaCiNg:
I tryed out Randomrom and ERA scrambled eggs gingerbread rom and I keep coming back to SRF 1.2. Nothing touches this! Thanks again ACS!
[Epic 4G Android Development] omair2005:
Charge ur phone when its on until the blue light comes on. Unplug and wait one minute and then turn off the phone. Then once compltley off, then plug and charge until full. Unplug, and turn the phone on. Once ur phone has fully booted, then plug in and charge again. Soon as the light turn blue, unplug. If u don't see 100%, its probably reated to the theme so flash another theme
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
omair is pretty much on point, but he's telling you to almost calibrate your battery. The way our batteries charge is like this: Once it gets to 100%, it almost immediately stops taking a charge, and will drop until it gets to 97%. Once that happens, it starts taking a charge again, back up to 100% and repeats the process. For this reason, you RARELY see it at 100% when you take it off the charger, as you basically have to get it at the right time, and as far as I know, there isn't a way to know when it's really at 100%. However, if you take it off right when the LED first turns blue, you'll probably see it at 100% for a period of time.

I've verified this by using a battery monitor and while it's charging, you can see the spikes and drops while it was charging overnight.

The fact that it really isn't at 100% shouldn't bother you, that's the way they're designed. I sometimes wish I didn't have the actual percentage on there, so I wouldn't get so hung up on it most of the time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ceelos09:
I believe this is Samsungs own doing. Although it may seem like a bad thing, its actually not. This restricts the battery from overcharging and actually extends the batteries overall lifespan.
[Epic 4G Android Development] _-Jay-_:
Just got bad news from my wife. Her Epic was fully charged at 7am before I left for work and she called me at 2pm to tell me it was at 6%. That's terrible. Especially since mine was at 75% when she called and we disconnected at the same time. I am running SRF1.1.1 vs her SRF1.2. Now I gotta figure out what's causing it. :'(
[Epic 4G Android Development] The Root:
Make sure syncing options didn't turn themselves on. Especially facebook.

Sent from the American Dream.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jsmcmahon89:
Thanks all who actually responded. I seem to like this answer best(even though this only happens on this particular rom) because I've tried all the tricks of charging my battery and removing the plug immediately after the light goes blue. This morning it flashed to blue light and immediately was at 97. I did not have a theme installed. I've tried basically everything including calibrating the battery. No real worries here because the battery life is absolutely great anyway.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
Eh, to have it drain that much, I have a feeling it's got to be something else besides sync. Unless it was set to about every 5 seconds. Jay, I'm guessing something is preventing her phone from going to deep sleep, so I would have her download 'Spare Parts' and see what's keeping that bad boy awake. I use my phone pretty heavily (even at work) and I never would get battery life that bad. SRF 1.2 is solid, so something odd is happening, no question.

When in Spare Parts (you'll have to let the phone run for a while before decent stats are accrued), make sure you check both 'Sensor usage' and 'Partial wake usage'. The Gallery might be using the Sensor all the time, which has been a known, random problem before. If something is hogging up the partial wake, that's what's keeping your phone from getting to deep sleep which will absolutely demolish battery life.

Keep us posted, throw some screen shots up of Spare Parts if you get the chance. I would let the phone do it's normal thing (whatever she was doing at work) for an hour or two, then check the stats.
[Epic 4G Android Development] _-Jay-_:
Thanks guys. I'll check it out and report back tonight.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jockovonred:
The reason you are seeing it on the ROM is because it's the true value of the charge. You will *never* see it at 100% unless you are looking at the battery indicator during one of it's bumps. Seeing it at 97% is a full battery. Two trains of thought here: have the battery indicator lie to you and say it's 100% when it's really not (it's 97%) which is what stock does OR have the battery indicator tell you the truth and say it's 97% and really mean 97%.

Took some time for me to re-find but this ones a great explanation: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871051 (reposted on Your Battery Gauge Is Lying To You: Everything You Need To Know About Bump Charging And Inconsistent Battery Drain and on his blog: http://byrong.com/PowerTesting/)

More here and here

I'd be more concerned if you charged your battery, took it off and it said <89%. As a test though, watch your battery charge and the indicator. Or grab an app which will let you monitor the battery history during the charge. You will see it hit 100 and then drop down again, so this is normal activity.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jsmcmahon89:
Now that is some great info for a noob right there. Thanks !
[Epic 4G Android Development] mouseglider:
To me that is normal - almost all phones work that way - as soon as you pull the charger cord from your phone, it will drop 2 to 3%.

If you really want it to be at 100% with a fresh battery, the only way to do it and it will work everytime, is to simply charge your battery on an external charger. When you put a fresh battery in your phone direct from an external charger, not only will it read 100%, but it will stay that way from 5 to 20min or longer under light use.

It seems that the electronics in the battery (little circuit board near the contacts behind the plastic) talks to the phone to let it know when to stop charging - if you charge on an external charger, it is not talking to the phone, so the charge is more full.

You can buy cheap chargers on ebay even the cheap batteries that come with charger will stay at 100%, although they will only last half as long or maybe a little more, but it will not last as long as a true OEM battery.

Forget about all this calibration stuff to gain that last 2 or 3% - one charger and battery will cost about $8.00 which includes shipping.

All of my Palm OS Treos, and my Android phones had the same problem - an external charger cured them all.
[Epic 4G Android Development] FrankyFiggz27:
THEMED NEW SWYPE BETA - Goes perfect with MattedReds Theme

Just in case anyone is using this ROM with the MattedReds theme....Check out this link where I posted the themed Swype Beta I found somewhere. It's a noticeable improvement over the old Swype, and with a good theme it's hard to beat.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16581881#post16581881
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbartels:
I am having an audio issue that may be related to this ROM. Can you guys test to see if you have the issue?

Sorry to post something so stupid but I'm frustrated I can't play audio files from the file directories or internet, only from the Music Player.

I am on Frozen 1.2 and if I load the Music Player I can see my songs and play them. If I navigate to the song files in the directory, however, I get the following message: "This file cannot be viewed from here." I got advice to try another file explorer but ES Explorer gave the same error message.

I am guessing I have to associate the Music Player with Mp3 files but I see no where to do that. Under applications the "defaults" tab if greyed out.

I am going to web sites with audio stories for my kids and it's frustrating to click on the audio link only to have it error out.

Can somebody try to open an audio file on the internet and tell me if it works? If it does, what software does it use?
[Epic 4G Android Development] jeffro18:
Try a reboot, it should temporarily fix it. Seems to be an intermittent problem some have. I haven't seen anyone post a permanent fix. It has only happened to me a few times in the last month or so.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbartels:
Jeffro - are you referring to my audio problems? I tried a reboot but that didn't help. I went right to the file explorer after the reboot and clicked on a song and got the same error message. Can others test this and see if they can click a song in explorer?
[Epic 4G Android Development] JeffATL:
i think i posted the audio issue a page or two back.... anyway the issue has to do with launching files direct from a file mgr.. dont think its just audio...tried in 4 different file mgrs plus i put the original myfiles.apk back to the sys apps directory.....problem still persists and phone has been rebooted many times
[Epic 4G Android Development] mbartels:
Sure enough - I see that now. Not sure why I didn't notice that earlier. Frustrating! I wish I knew how to fix that issue, that's for sure.