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[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
The mic is, hardware-wise, the sole lemon for me on the Transformer. It's close to useless, because it is so insensitive.

Using Skype on the Transformer, I literally have to have the tablet within about a foot of me, and turned sideways so the mic points directly at me (and I can't see the screen). And it's not the specific tab -- I've got both 16GB and 32GB units, and the mic performance is equally terrible on both.

I'm hoping it turns out to be a firmware issue and the gain can be adjusted, either by Asus or a third party, because as-is it's simply not useful, and I can't really take advantage of basic OS features like voice search because of that. (And yes, Tubular, I've tried it. With my clearest possible voice, I have so far only been able to manage one successful search in total. 99% of the time it searches for completely the wrong thing, or nothing at all.)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quarky42:
Sounds like a defect: the mic is bad, but not that bad. Can you RMA it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frosty5689:
Or just up the gain in Skype. Anyhow, people have been telling me I sound like I'm in a vaccum when I talk on Ventrilo, but it is to be expected of a mic on a tablet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dorino1:
You have a defective unit. The microphone in the Transformer is similar to that on low-end netbooks, etc. It's made to work for voice chatting and for voice search. It will not record high end audio... However, plug in mics work, iirc.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] coachclass:
I'm getting my Asus Transformer today. Given some of the manufacturing defect concerns, I've been starting a list of things to checkout when I get mine. I guess it's worth while to check to see that the mic works, at least OK enough for voice commands.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] psycho2097:
Yep, it shines where my cappy fails! Nice voice recognition.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
Thanks for the replies, but note that I have *two* Transformers (one early-production 16GB, one almost brand new 32GB) and both are identical in terms of recording levels.

With no case or anything to block the mic, Skype is usable so long as the microphone faces towards me and is within 1-2 feet, but if I turn the tablet so the screen faces towards me, the person I'm Skyping can no longer hear me properly.

Voice search is probably further complicated by my accent (somewhere between British, American, and Australian, and I use pronunciations from all three accents near-interchangeably). It is, in a word, useless. Well, perhaps worse than useless. But that's likely half down to the weak mic, and half down to my accent.

But I really don't think the mic in both of my units is faulty, tbh -- the audio is too similar in both, and they're not from the same production run.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dorino1:
Alright. I'm confused, though. Is it harder to hear in portrait (long end on top/bottom) or landscape? (short end on top/bottom)

Anyway, if you want better quality, attach a headset.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] minhgi:
agree..the mic on the TF is ****...til I root, install chems kernel mod, install voodoo control, and volumn plus...now it just ok.. not good.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
It's not portrait versus landscape, but rather, screen facing me, or screen facing to my left.

Imagine the TF sitting in front of you on a small table with dock attached, in netbook mode. Now imagine you've turned the whole thing 90 degrees so that the person sitting on the side of the table to your left can use it. That's the position I have to place the netbook in so that the mic can pick me up reasonably...

If I sit in front of the screen, the person I'm calling can barely hear me just two feet from my tablet (and as my long-suffering wife will tell you, I'm not a quiet speaker!) ;-) It's not specific to the person I'm calling -- I've tried doing a loopback test in Skype and even with the volume turned up all the way, I can hardly hear myself when sitting in front of the tab's screen.

Unfortunately I don't have the correct type of headset to test the mic jack. All my headsets either have separate mic / headphone cables, or a smaller size of jack.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dorino1:
Okay, I'm really pretty positive you have a bad unit, then. My mic at least works with the screen facing me!

Anyway, a coupler for dual 3.5mm headsets costs like 2 dollars
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
Thanks, guess I'll add it to my list of things to do -- call Asus and see if I need to get both tabs serviced...

That's immediately after I get my Creative speakers serviced. (Crackle on left channel.) And my Logitech mouse. (Left button double-clicks with a single click). And my Corsair power supply (started making a continuous ticking noise like a bearing's going).

*sigh* ;-)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuart.tavener:
has anyone tried using a bluetooth headset ? ive got a Nokia BH-109 paired with my TF, but no ones on skype for me to test it :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hesynergy:
Why then would you include the ability to record hi-def video,with absolutely horrendously bad audio recording...I can't believe this Mic is not defective...RMAing back to Amazon for a new unit.

Chas
[Eee Pad Transformer General] majj311:
knoxploration is right. my tf mic is terrible. there's nothing wrong with it...just really hard to hear for people on the other end. I do the same thing and turn the tab to the side so i'm facing the mic. person on the other end hears me better but then they can't see me. i guess it's time to use one of those usb ports for a 3rd party mic. anyone tested any?
[Xoom General] hons9424:
I rooted my xoom and installed the Rom Manager.

How can I access the SD card?? I just couldn't find any place to access it!!!

Please Help!!!!:confused::confused::confused:
[Xoom General] tagacapiz:
flash tiamat kernel, or brd's ROM which has it. go to xoom dev forum.
[Xoom General] hons9424:
I tried the following but the DL link doesn't work!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978013
[Xoom General] hons9424:
Update!!

I DL another one from here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122902

It's working but what apps I need to read the SD card?? I put some PDF files in the SD and want to read. Also some .rmvb files.

Thanks.
[Xoom General] tagacapiz:
get a file manager app like, well, file manager. sd appears as a folder - external.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
Are you looking for apps in general that you can use your sdcard contents with?

Like Adobe Reader, or Mobo player for watching video files? File expert is a good file manager which can help you navigate and see your file structure and the contents of your sdcard.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gueszman:
exist some way to use goggles with custom kernel? when i opened goggles its show me an error and 2 options : Exit goggles and More info:mad:

"Goggles wont worki in your non-standard system configuration (kernel is missing IPv6 support"
[Optimus One, P500, V General] newklear85:
It's really weak compared to other phones I've owned in the past. Is there a way to boost the power?

Thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gkarthik16:
AFAIK, increasing the Vibration levels reduces battery life. Correct me if I'm wrong :)

Edit: You can use "CallVibrate" from the market. I've not tried it but it seems it will work out for you.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jan.petras:
LOL this reminds me of my.... I forgot the name, it was an old Alcatel with monochrome screen that used to vibrated louder than it's speaker if it was on a table while vibrating :))
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mvgadagi:
In mik os rom in cyanogen setting u can very the vibration level ..

Mahesh
[G2 and Desire Z General] itm:
When I open the HTC gallery app and select "Camera shots" it often only displays the first 15 photos and videos from the folder on the SD card (\SDCARD\DCIM\100Media). It does occasionally show more, but not always. Has anyone else noticed this behaviour? I'm sure of the content of this folder because when I use Astro file manager to open the folder I see all of the photos.

???
[G2 and Desire Z General] regius:
Doesn't happen on my desire z
[G2 and Desire Z General] itm:
Have just discovered that it's a common problem. I've now downloaded QuickPic and all is well....
[G2 and Desire Z General] speculatrix:
Yes, I have that.

I have been moving the photos I take into a separate directory under DCIM, so as to separate them from the HTC example images, and this seems to force the gallery to rebuild its list of photos.

hopefully it'll be fixed in gingerbread update
[G2 and Desire Z General] cartman09:
I use Rescan Media which forces to rebuild the media db.

This problem is not related just to pictures, but to mp3's as well although not that common because usually you are not adding/removing music as much as pictures.
[G2 and Desire Z General] whpsnp:
I have that same problem. Now using QuickPic as well and it works perfectly. That said, it shouldn't be necessary to install a 3rd party gallery just to make sure you see all photos.

One minor glitch with QP, though, is it will not allow me to upload videos to YouTube. For that I have to use the HTC gallery app.

I really hope the issue gets fixed with the Gingerbread update.
[G2 and Desire Z General] trundlenut:
I was starting to think I was going mad and hadn't actually taken some pictures. Just installed rescan media and the missing pictures have reappeared.

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pennyge:
Go to the directory and delete the .thumbnails directory, that will rebuild the cache. It works for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mikeinashed:
Yeah but rescan media is quicker.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ThunderOKC:
Can you direct me to it? Its not showing up in the Market.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ThunderOKC:
Something is very wrong.

To refresh for those that do not know...

Yesterday, I took about 100+ important pix. None of them saved. Only two videos were saved.

When I brought everything from the Gallery to the comp, there are 340 files totalling 2.31gb.

The past hour, I was instructed to try to duplicate the situation, so I took a bunch of pix and videos. Reached over 340 files. After doing a long video, I checked the Gallery to discover all the pix disappeared leaving only the videos.

So I hooked it up to the comp and browse through...they are all gone.

Something is very wrong here and this needs to be pinpointed and fixed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tvdang7:
i a having this same problem on a fresh wipe and install of rc1. but before i had rc1 this did not happen so i do not know what i did different this time around.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Shambolicuk:
I found this problem last night, im on stock rom. Turned my phone off last night and this morning all files were visible. So, try rebooting phone and see mate.

Sent from my Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] cartman09:
Its easier to use the Rescan Media app than restarting the phone. But thunderokc says that his pics are actually physically missing from the sd card, now that is a huge problem. In the usual case only the cache is corrupted, so its enough to rebuild it. But even after that, after some time they can disappear again for no reason..
[G2 and Desire Z General] GamerGun:
Great tip, thx!

My phone kept losing it's ringtones all the time... hope this works.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tvdang7:
ive rebooted, change permisions reinstalled gallery 3d, used rescan any other tips nothing is working.
[G2 and Desire Z General] polygon21:
2nd this.. Rescan media solves my exact same problem
[G2 and Desire Z General] cartman09:
how about the standard gallery? Also check your SD card, see if those pics are really there (check it on a pc). I am not sure, but a wipe doesn't remove also all stuff from the sd card?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Sim0ne:
i have the same problem... Gallery and mp3 appear and disappear randomly.. Quickpic solves the gallery problem , but for me is impossible set a mp3 file as ringtone.

If i use rescan media the phone sees the mp3 and i can use it , but after a while the files disappear from sd (they are still in sd but the phone doesn't see them) and is set the default ringtones.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cartman09:
Try copying some more mp3 files. Usually "just" some of the latest media disappears. Yes this very stupid&annoying and as far as I know its still not fixed in the latest update...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Sim0ne:
I tried to add more files but nothing changed...

The problem is when i unplug the phone from the battery charger or from the usb cable connected to pc..
[G2 and Desire Z General] gpw11:
This problem really is a shame. The HTC Gallery App is pretty much otherwise perfect. Quickpic works great, but doesn't have the Facebook/Media Server integration needed. I also can't find a way to get Messaging to default to Quickpic for MMS selection.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kennington:
I've had this problem on my g2 a while back. If you look through the folder with the pictures, and find some files that aren't photos or photos that you know you didn't take, delette them. My gallery worked fine after that.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z General] potjernik:
Rescan Media works

Had the same problem with my DesireZ on Gingerbread. Two things work:

1) deleting .thumbnails directory

2) Rescan Media (by Aditya Talpade)
[G2 and Desire Z General] primerow:
gallery missing pictures

look for a .nomedia file on sd card-delete it, photos should reappear!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reefy:
Hi

I've been using my Galaxy S as usual but today the phone/computer wont recognize it's connected as mass storage or kies.

There is no option on the phone to mount as it did before , all that pops up on windows 7 is usb drive not recognized

I searched on google and tried various things such as :

-USB debugging on and off

-Removing battery

-Trying different cable

-Trying different computer

-Factory data reset

-Formatting internal SD card

-Switching Laptop on + off/restarting

-Uninstalling/reinstalling drivers + Kies

I use the standard launcher and havent changed anything up to the point when it was working.

Does anybody have any suggestions. Im pretty sure its still in warranty however i purchased new on ebay last year so im not sure how all this warranty stuff works.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hofinho:
Do you use an external sd card? If so try this: put it out, turn phone off and on and try once more to connect
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reefy:
You are a star !!

It works thank you so much BUT when i disconnect and reconnect i have the same problem so it's definetly a workaround but not a fix :((
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hofinho:
Yeah i think your external sd is ether corrupt or broken. i bet if you leave it out completly the phone gets recognized as it should.

Save your external sd data on pc (if you havent already) wipe your external sd and see if it works

If not you unfortunately have to buy a new one, at best from a different brand.

Some sd cards cause problems on sgs
[Galaxy S I9000 General] n00dles:
Friend had similar issue with a 32gb ex-sdcard
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reefy:
appreciate your response thankyou.

I will try another SD card tomorrow and see if that is the cause.

thanks again :)

Appreciate your input thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reefy:
Just an update on this:

Tried it without an SD card still the same problem

Tried it with formatting the SD and a another SD card - still the same

and now kies fails to connect sometimes too. Im beginning to think its more the phone. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chebon.:
did you try another usb port?

you can also try to remove all usb devices from the computer and plug in the sgs only
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reefy:
Hi

yes i've tried all 3 usb ports on my laptop and tried it without any other usb devices conencted. It just comes up with the usb device not recognized and sometimes it doesn't come up with anything.

I've tried it also on my vista desktop machine and im getting the same thing.

Not sure what else to try
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sleeco:
Hi, try reinstalling the samsung driver on your pc.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chebon.:
can odin detect your phone? Maybe you should flash a new rom

sorry cant help much :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] holgalee:
Did you update your firmware recently? I updated from 2.2 to 2.3.3 and it has a few issues, including not being able to connect as mass storage yesterday (though I had no such issue for the past few weeks).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] reefy:
did this a few times still same

Thats cool , appreciate the input

Firmware was updated to 2.3.3 in may but haven't had any such problem with it until now

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

After trawling google some post said that they switched on their bluetooth connection and then connected to mass storage and hey presto i did this and all seems to be working again. Seems very strange but for those of you who stumble across this thread.

Switch on your bluetooth and then connect the usb cable.

In my case it connected without issue.

Switched off the bluetooth and tried and it connected without issue...so it could possibly something to do with bluetooth who knows?

Appreciate everyones input thankyou :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] telegdyd:
Hi!

I have the same problem. Windows can't recognize my phone, even in download mode.

I have tried the bluetooth on-off trick, without success. :( I have no micro-sd card in the phone. I tried on 3 pc, and in my Macbook Pro.

Can someone help me?

Thanks,

David

p.s.: Sorry about my english.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] goranbm:
Have you tried with other USB cabel ???? I had problem with my USB and recognizing phone on pc, even with instaling drivers :-( (sorry for bad english)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgsshedden:
Also been in this situation. Couple of things I learnt:

1. make sure you have a well charged battery

2. fiddle with the usb connection on the sgs: it gets loose and is not always good, press the cable up and see if the pc gives the usb connnect sound

3. uninstall the existing Samsung drivers and then re-boot, then re-connect the usb and let windows find its own drivers or install the latest Samsung drivers posted here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956) -- but that guide also says, reboot the computer after installing the drivers prior to trying to connect the usb again. Its a windows thing: you must reboot after either install or uninstall the drivers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] abhishek.vij:
Most probably it should be the USB cable, there is something wrong with your cable/port.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BioHazard2000:
I had the exact same problem. I took my phone back to the dealer where the manager messed with it for half an hour. In the end he got it working by removing the sd card and power cycling the phone 3 times removing the battery each time. Presto, I haven't had the same problem since.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] slaphead20:
Sometimes a very careful tweak of the pins in the port can help, and it is not unknown for the soldering to be cracked, so both worth checking also a clean with a suitable cleaner can help :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] goranbm:
Is your cable a original one ??? or ??
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawres:
I tried to flash Rodriguez MIUI rom, doing all wipe stuffs. My N1 froze at the colourfull X screen. My power button doesn't work, so I cannot enter the recovery screen.

What should I do?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
If your bootloader is unlocked you can boot to recovery via fastboot.

If your bootloader isn't unlocked, do the passimg trick...
[HTC Sensation] eyan15:
These two issues are bugging the hell out of me.

1. I have launch Pro, ADW and of course Sense. Then i noticed the home default was reset randomly.

I then narrowed it down to the notification drop down. Everything works fine until I pull the notification down. After this if I press the Home button, I'm presented with the choice of three.

2. In Locale app, the wallpaper setting doesn't work with the HTC gallery.

At least for this I found a workaround. Installed a free 3d gallery app and set the wallpaper that way.

But the first issues is driving me bad. But I', no way using the Sense launcher.

I was just wondering if any of you guys found a workaround or no one but me cares.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottybones:
Some how I got a message the other day "your trial version of swype is out of date" or whatever. So I dled the beta but I can't install it unless I remove the current. Here is what I've done and trust me IV searched xda and have done everything ppl have said.

I have a rooted done obviously

Dled astro explorer as well as root explorer to try and removed the files located in /system/app as well as the libswype file. It WONT let me delete them because its a system file. I've also tried to delete swype in titianium back up! And still doesn't remove of after the rebooted. I honestly don't know wtf to do at this point. I don't even know y swype all of a sudden told me my trial period is over. Its. Crazy. If someone could give me some sort of work around I'd appreciate it. Thanks alot
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Try this:

Change your input method to something other than swype.

Reboot into CWM, make sure your system partition is mounted.

Fire up adb, and use these commands:

adb root

adb shell

rm -i /system/app/swype.apk (or whatever the swype installer's name is - use the "ls" command to find it if you need to)

rm -i (location of libswype files, repeating as necessary - sorry, I don't have my phone on me to tell you where they are)

exit

adb reboot

With any luck, that should get rid of it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
you see that little button in the top right corner of root explorer that says mount r/w? press that and then delete it...:rolleyes:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Man, studacris.... you with your simple solutions. :) Making the rest of us look bad.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottybones:
Wow, thanks studacris! Can't believe I didn't think of that! :-o got it uninstalled np and the new beta version 3 installed. thank you kind sir!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patmac531:
thank you

I just switched to FF and was having this same problem. THANK YOU.
[Xoom Accessories] Vdubtx:
I ordered this when I had my Xoom, but ended up returning it. Fits perfect just like all other TPU cases I have on my electronics.

LINK

Would only ask for couple bucks to mail it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hog Milanese:
Is there a maximum "safe" overclock speed?

I've been running mine undervolted and at 1.2 GHz without issue for several weeks now.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borky_16:
no ! cause when you star OC its more than then samsung has planned for your CPU so no!

, but when youf Phone is stable with 1,2ghz than you could use it without any harm! :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nowens0520:
Some phones handle handle overclocking better than others, even within a particular line. I was running mine at 1.4 ghz without any issues.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
You can keep increasing it by one notch until it reaches to a point of instability. It'll freeze and reboot
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maximilian Mary:
I'm running stock myself, but I've heard a few people running stable @ 1.4, with overvolt.
[HTC Desire S] OmarRaul:
Hi, i've got a HTC Desire S and i want to know how to get sense 3.0 up and running..

I want to know how to be able to flash new roms onto it..

Also my phone is on orange and it has been unlocked.

Thanks :D
[HTC Desire S] Tik_Tak:
you got the answers in the dev's section
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Start reading the posts in this forum
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
What do you mean by unlocked? Is It S-OFF??

Here's a flashing guide. Do this to flash ROMs after you ROOT via GingerBreak (REMEMBER, THIS WILL ONLY WORK IF YOUR PHONE IS S-OFF)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...d-phone-with-rom-manager-full-backup-restore/