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[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
Im new to xoom guys. I used to play video files with opening them in astro file manager with smb. Seems smb is not working in astro, tried also on desire hd, but on my hd2 with core droid works fine. The other file managers are preferching the files to my tablet, so takes a long time to watch even a few hundred megs movie... how could i mount my network shares onto my xoom?

Another issue is with mkvs, no sound, onli the movie, moboplayer, factory video player either... any ideas for the above issues? Tks in advance guys.
[Xoom General] LITHALE:
Drop SMB and go with splashtop HD. Well worth the five dollars. Your desktop does the processing and streams the video and sound to the xoom.
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
Unf, i can only have SMB, no other options.......

Tks.
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
Ok, in th meantime i found the best video player, named dice player. 3 bucks, but this worths. No need to convert your hd movies anymore. Matroska + ac3 is working very well. Just tap on any mkv file and will pla it smooth. The video encoding is done by the hw and sound by pure cpu, but with dual core it's working fantastic.

Still no info on any smb program which wud work without prefetching... any ideas?
[Xoom General] Kippui:
you paid for something which moboplayer/Mv player does for free...
[Xoom General] Baka no Kami:
I think he said that he couldn't get mobo to play MKV's over the network without either copying the whole file to the Xoom first, or not getting audio.

You can use cifsmanager to mount network shares. Also, Astro has a module to read SMB shares. It's a separate download in the market.
[Xoom General] burden010:
Cifs is the way to go. It'll treat the shares as local folders and open the files accordingly without buffering.

Do a search around here for the cifs.ko and instructions on how to use it.

Also, I'm going to check out Dice player to see if it'll play high profile mkv.
[Xoom General] drhill:
I tested Dice Player last night with some HP 720 mkvs. Some minor hiccups on a few files but it played great. I play all my media off of twonky server on a linux machine.

I'm definitely thinking of buying the full version. I wanted CorePlayer to come out, but seems like that isn't going to happen. Wasn't impressed with moboplayer or rockplayer, and mx player didn't even register to open mkv's for me.
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
Astro smb is working only on froyo, not on gingerbread or honeycomb.
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
Mobo and others cannot handle ac3.... so now i dont have to convert my regular shows into mp4..
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
I checked these cif managers. I dont want to root my device..... i dont want to wipe my data and restore everything:-)
[Xoom General] burden010:
Well... I think you're out of luck then unfortunately. If you NEED this to be SMB and can't use a media server like Twonky or a streaming option like Splashtop then you'll need to root I think.
[Xoom General] EskimoPie:
ES File Explorer recently added SMB streaming capability. Works fine on my Xoom, I can browse to a WHS network share via ES, and when I tap a video file, it asks me which video program I want to play it back through... Works great for AVI's for me, but I was having trouble getting MKV's to work right. I'll have to try this Dice player.
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
Tried es file explorer both on my xoom and sensation. On the phone es file exp offers the possibility to choose player or set one as default. On my xoom the factory player starts but nothing happens since cannot handle mkvs. I cannot chose dice, not even with open as video or other stuff. How can i delete default video player from my xoom? I cannot even find any factory playback **** in application manage:((((
[Xoom General] burden010:
Maybe clear data for ES on the xoom or failing that uninstall and reinstall?
[Xoom General] AndrewBoy:
uninstalled astro, now working fine:-) finally can watch mkvs from my server:-) tks guys!
[Acer Iconia A500] carasco92:
hi guys, i use dexter room but now i'd like to change. i don't succed in going to recovery mode. my tablet reboots but i'm not allowed to flash the ROM or wipe. thanx to everybody. i'm witing for your answers...
[Acer Iconia A500] d9ny:
try to use CWM 1.3.4 (clockworkmod) to flash that rom,maybe u used the original recovery flash rom so it won't work..coz the dexter is a custom rom so you need CWM..hope this help..
[Acer Iconia A500] carasco92:
thx i'll try it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddison865:
I've downloaded ROM manager and clicked on 'flash clockwork recovery'. this placed a 'update.zip' onto my phone. I downloaded a custom ROM and placed this zip in the same place. in ROM manager i choose install from sd card, locate the custom rom and select it. i reboot into clockwork recovery mode and i get the 'android system recovery mode' The options at the top are in blue. i believe this is wrong?

I'm led to believe i should click on 'apply sdcard:update.zip' but when i do i get

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Install aborted

I'm using a samsung galaxy s with the standard orange rom.

Any ideas? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doomsdaycs:
U need to root your device first... flash a kernel like speedmod and it'll rot ur device after this u can install ur custom rom. remember while flashing via odin repartition should be unchecked
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
You would root and then just need to flash update.zip, dont place rom anywhere near it. I would delete your current update.zip and go through process (minus rom) again.

Alternatively and easier, is what ^^ he said.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddison865:
I've already rooted my phone.

Dont i need to put the downloaded mod on my sdcard to install it? :/

Rom manager puts the update.zip file there but when i try to run it it fails :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
Yep place the rom into sdcard/

Sometimes in stock recovery, you may have to choose flash update.zip twice to install cwm

However

Mate, if you can use odin, just flash a pre rooted kernel with cwm installed. Should take about 5 mins to download and flash. Chainfire would probably be my recommendation.

Make sure you read kernel flashing instructions before you start. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
Meant to edit above.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddison865:
When i hit the flash update zip i get the verification error :/

Ive tried it a few times so..

Okay i have odin and a kernel.

Only thing is i need to get to get my phone to download mode to apply the kernel through odin?

And my phone wont go into this mode :/ or recovery mode :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
How did you root?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddison865:
I used superoneclick.

bad move?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
Not at all, just curious. Can you not force download mode via adb? (havent needed to use it myself, so can't advise further)

i would suggest you apply the 3 button combo fix though before proceeding. If you can get into dl mode, its nigh impossible to brick, if not, then its all too easy.....

Dont rush mate, have a good search and read-up first.

Hope I've helped some. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddison865:
I'll take a look at the 3 button combo fix and the adb method.

Thanks for all your help :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
No worries. Cwm method will only work with 2e recovery - if you have 3e, then you will need dl mode odin and kernel.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] mrbae12:
Anybody know if any of the major launchers are compatible with 3.1? I use Go Launcher on my phone and I don't think its working for 3.1.

I mainly want it because i want to be able to zoom out and see all my home screens without having to hit the + on the top right. Just a simple pinch would be so nice...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Windiddy:
TouchWiz

I think the next official 'launcher' or UI Skin is probably Sammy's TouchWiz UX interface. Launcher Pro doesnt work well on my SGT 10.1
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Berner:
I know for a fact that ADW Ex works fine, and reportedly the developer is working to make it even better for Honeycomb.

I haven't tested any others.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] rodrigos122:
I'm currently using ADW EX and it works perfectly on the tab, it's more responsive than the stock launcher.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] flintdragon:
launcherpro seems to work ok for me. A couple minor bugs but nothing terribly wrong...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] mesasone:
I'm also hoping that Go Launcher will be bringing a tablet optimized version of their launcher out sooner than later. I really like Go Launcher EX on my Captivate.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] mrbae12:
touchWiz

Is there an estimate when this will be released?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] hshah:
ADW is having some weird results for me... when I rotate the tab, it always moves to the right most homescreen :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jraz305:
has any one got the 4G working on boost mobile ... im trying to figure it out .... i got 3g now time to work on 4g i have an active evo with sprint 4g and i have and evo on boost with 3g ... what do i need to get it working

running 2.3.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rico0228:
I would also like to know this as well if anyone can help
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jraz305:
Still waiting on a responce... There are ppl that have done it . I think its a matter of having root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Confused if you know there are people that have done why not just ask them directly... Send them a PM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djurban:
to get wimax/4g working you need an active sprint 4g account then you need to backup the working 4g's wimax partition then copy the mac address from the working 4g phone and put both unto to nonworking 4g phone.

for my understanding not sure but if can test; i hear that you can succesfully use both 4g devices at same time
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jraz305:
I heard the same its all about the mac I'd .. but u need root access
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android.Junkii:
nope! no root needed. check my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBQG0sApS3Q its a simple as signing up online via clear and changin the wimax realm setting in the phone lol :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBQG0sApS3Q
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jraz305:
I've known about changing the realm but I'm trying to.figure.out.how.to.piggy back on another account ....... That I have

...so far running boost pay as u go 35. Unlimited data daily.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominicanodcora:
same here. any luck???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominicanodcora:
where do i go change the mac id?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominicanodcora:
anyone? i tried just flashing the wimax partition from the working sprint 4g phone to my boosted evo and i keep getting errors. and where do i go change the mac id?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_apa_n:
my buddy & i were just talking about this today, his 3d is on sprint & my evo is on boost. if its possible to clone the mac addy im gonna stat looking into it tomorrow.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3b055:
After spending the evening trying to figure this out I got it down.

It works, but only one device can be on wimax at a time. I tried this yesterday with a EVO on Sprint and an EVO on Cricket. Flashed the wimax.img from the Sprint EVo to the Cricket EVO and 4G worked. Maybe changing the MAC address on a phone would allow two devices to use 4G at the same time?

I'm no expert, but the wimax.img created from a Nandroid has the MAC address in it. If you could figure out how to HEX edit the MAC address from the wimax.img file, I'm pretty sure you can change a wimax MAC address.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louforgiveno:
it will work simultaneously on different towers
[HTC EVO 3D] hydrogenman:
Got my evo yesterday, and last night while I slept the phone locked up requiring a battery pull, then did it again someone before I woke up.

Anyone had any issues with this? I was running juice defender on default setting, but not sure how that would affect anything
[HTC EVO 3D] kingakuma:
i didn't have those kind of issues, but my Notification bar wouldn't scroll down when i syped the screen and my home buttons wouldn't respond.

took it to sprint showed them the issue then the issue went away, they ran a diagnostic test on the device nothing came back wrong with it even after wiping the phone it would randomly do it. So they gave me a new device since then no problems.
[HTC EVO 3D] hydrogenman:
The store basically told me it wasn't in their list of issues, so he couldn't do anything
[HTC EVO 3D] Ranger093:
Tell them you'll just return the phone then. You want a new one they need to give you it.
[HTC EVO 3D] tynk:
I've had my phone for a week and I was having wake problems at random times each day. I did a hard reset on the phone with Sprint tech support three days in, and I also did a factory reset with a rep from HTC in online chat a day or two later. When I pulled my phone out of my purse to make a call today, it wouldn't wake up again so I brought it back to the Sprint store and they replaced it since I had already done everything they could have done for me there.

I'd just try to talk to another rep... good luck!
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
Don't listen that that. You just paid for a brand new device, which should work perfectly. It seems as though you have a defect in yours, and you're within the 30 days from purchase date. Under Sprint's 30 day return policy, you are entitled to exchange it for a properly working device, or just return it and tell the guy to go chew on marbles. Then go buy a new one from a different Sprint store.
[HTC EVO 3D] hydrogenman:
So I went ahead and did a complete reset of phone data again, and installed only 2 apps, Google Voice and XDA

didn't lock up last night and has been up about 12 hours now without a boot

so far so good
[HTC EVO 3D] tcmoon:
Numerous problems for mine & I'm now on my 3rd phone. The last phone kept rebooting on It's own.
[HTC EVO 3D] hydrogenman:
finally it kept locking up and a few resets today so the manager at the store replaced it (next time I'm going straight to the manager, sheesh)

I don't mind (and expect) other little bugs, but my phone locking up (which is WORSE than resetting, because alarm clocks won't go off, etc and I was late for work) is a major problem when it happens half a dozen or more times a day

the new one has been doing much better though
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] muzicman0:
Hey everyone...I am looking at trading in my G2x for a SGS4G. I am pretty fed up with my G2x dropping signal, rebooting, etc. This is my 3rd G2x.

Overall, how is this phone? I had a vibrant for a while, and the only thing that really drove me nuts was that it sync'd 'all contacts' instead of 'my contacts' from gmail. Is it still that way?

Anything else I should know? How is the GB leak? The GB leak for the G2x is horrible.

Thanks for any info you can shoot my way!

mm0
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
I love this phone. I have no complaints. for your contact problem, did you set it right in your phone book? because you can choose exactly who shows up in your contact lost.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Great phone. Lots of fun
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] muzicman0:
thanks for the reply's...

and yeah, I had it set up right...Google has 2 versions on the 'all contacts', one holds everything, including the people you send emails to (so, if you respond to a craigslist ad, then that email gets stored)...when I had my vibrant, it would sync to that, instead of to the 'my contacts' option. My friend has a captivate, and on stock, it does the same thing, however, he has a custom ROM on it, and it doesn't, so I will probably go custom as soon as I pick it up tonight.

Can you recommend a good stable custom ROM?

thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
how much do u want for your gx2 :P
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
you have

Teamwhiskey roms

Bionix frost

black ice

Trigger

Trigger port from burgertime

You have stock kd1 roms by

whitehawk

dr honk

hell just go though the bible theres a few lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] muzicman0:
not necessarily interested in selling it...I can still return it to Costco to exchange it.

mm0
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] allthrottle:
I have both currently. Stock for stock, I prefer my sgs4g. My G2x rebooted quite often, which I'd only notice after checking my "up time" in the afternoon. It also has a smaller battery than the sgs4g and much worse battery life. Removing bloatware helps some on the g2x, but helped tremendously on the sgs4g. What ultimately fixed many issues on the g2x was cm7 rc1. Now I'm sort of juggling between the two while I test different settings and setups. The g2x seems to get warm much easier though.

The G2x is overall much quicker and is a better feel, but the SGS is still a solid performer in every aspect. It has a great screen, great processor, and I'm glad they increased the battery size over the vibrant. I had a vibrant for awhile, the only thing the sgs4g doesn't have is the massive storage, but I haven't run low enough to notice so it doesn't seem that important anymore. I hate the new silver battery cover, but I still have the old ones from my vibrant.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
most of your issues with the g2x are software glitches, so over time, you can fix them all. we had to wait a bit for the sgs4g to get support, but once it picked up, this phone became a beast.

for the battery, check out juice defender. we have drhonks kernals, which are pretty awesome, so we get better performance + better battery life.

when roms come out, im sure all bloat will be gone. most of us in this forum are bloat free, or at least we choose which programs we want.

overall, i think that the sgs4g is the better choice because of our current support in these forums.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] phreshjoker:
Sgs4g. Notification ringtone cannot be the same as the incoming ringtone volume which makes me ehhh on it. Screen is gorgeous, but can sratch easily! Hunnmingbird processor is fast but in time will get laggy so prepare setcpu and cannot record video with front facing camera unless on gb leak. Battery life is worse than g2x so use juicedefender or balis kernel. And no led flash!!?!! Wtf man... overall I give a phone 3.5/5. That's the truth sorry guys..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
good insight, but:

notifications can be the same as ringtones. you just need to move it into the right folder, so you should do some research on that.

you can get some great screen protectors, like ghost armor or zagg.

processor is a processor. can't really compete with a properly set up dual core, but it works pretty well, in my opinion. it works great on the sgs4g.

battery life on the g2x is worse because its dual core. more processors = more power required.

i thought you can record through the ffc on qik, but dont hold me to that.

led flash. you're right. they dropped the ball on that one.

i would give it more than a 3.5. more like a 4.5 (at least) with all the mods.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
i wanna know what verson of android u are on cause i have no issues recording video on front faceing camra. hummingbird is fast but u cant compare a single core processer to a duel core processer sorry theres no comparason battery life is worse i have went 41 hours on a single charge and thats flashing roms doing email twitter talking though text phone calles a few games here and there with a uv kernel and 1.2 ghz clock speed yes they did drop the ball on the no flash ill give u that one
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
glad its not just me who thinks this phone is awesome. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] danstheman7:
I've had practically no problems with this phone.

Though if you're willing to sell that G2X I'd gladly do a trade/purchase for your phone...

The GS4G doesn't play well with AT&T :(

Anyways, it has Kernels, Gingerbread, a full Ext4 Filesystem, a 1.5GHZ Overclock, a couple of custom KD1 (Froyo) ROMs for you to play with, CWM, and well...the works :P

Anyways if you do end up selling your G2X please either PM me or post it here. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mackster248:
It's up to you really... If you're into hacking and flashing ROM's and wanting the latest and greatest then the SGS4G probably isn't your phone since development probably won't pick up all that much since newer phone's are coming out. Have you taken a look at the Sensation 4G? Or you could even take a look at the myTouch 4G, it should be dirt cheap at Costco by now and it will definitely get very fast updates as it's supported by CM. Has 768mb's of RAM and GB is lightning fast on it.

But keep in mind that the SGS4G is a wonderful media phone if you're more into that. I think its speaker is the best out of any phone out there. And the fact that it plays divx videos out of the box is awesome, I love Sammy's codecs. And of course the SAMOLED is boss.

So IMHO if you want latest and greatest software and ROM's then I'd go with the Sensation, myTouch 4G or even stick with the G2x if it's problems ever get figured out.

But if you want a wonderful phone with the best hardware then the SGS4G is an awesome choice for you.

Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] wizardslovak:
well I have nothing bad to say about this phone..as my first android it holds well...I remember my first rom flashing ...4 soft bricks huh .. baterry is fairly good with bali kernels ....roms are awesome ...my fav is trigger rom but I am sure others are as best as that is..gb on this phone is leak so yea it will have bugs ...but definitely it has wayy less bugs then g2x ... in matter or fact friend of myne has it but still he likes galaxy more .... its just your choice but I wouldn't trade my galaxy nomore .... for a while i wanted to trade it for nexus s but nah ..itaint that big of the competition ...good luck choosing
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] muzicman0:
thanks everyone. I made the swap at costco last night. so far so good. The contact issue that I had with my Vibrant doesn't seem to affect this phone. So far I have rooted it and gotten rid of those stupid FOTA (is that right) files.

As far as battery, if I can get a day (6:30AM to 10:00 PM), then I will be happy. I could do that on my G2x most of the time, but I was at 30% by 5PM last night, so don't think it would have made it yesterday.

I find the LED flash on the camera worthless for taking pictures, so that isn't a big deal, however, I loved the LED for a flash light...so I will miss that.

LED notifications...I'll just use No LED app in the market.

I like to flash ROM's, but to be honest, right now, I just want something stable, and that doesn't loose signal. It would be nice if CM7 is released for this phone, but I won't be too disappointed if it's not.

Anyways, thanks again for all the info!

mm0
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Real550:
Be sure to install and test all of the modems to get the best signal for your area. I believe Bionix Frost comes with kb5 but my speedtest results were much better using kc1. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] muzicman0:
I've seen some of the modem threads...is there a naming convention for them? IE: a way to find out what the newest vs the oldest is? so far I am having decent signal with the stock modem.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] danstheman7:
CM7 is

definitely coming out

within the next week or two, from a developer named Krylon360.

And I know the battery sucks; you can flash the Bali 3.2UV kernel and it might help. Also, don't forget to calibrate the battery.

The Bali kernel also has an app called BackLightNotification, or BLN, which will flash the bottom four buttons if a message is received/etc.

You can flash either the KD1, KF1 or KF2 Modems. Honestly I haven't noticed that drastic of a difference, but I am in fact on KF2.