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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mills00013:
There is no explicit documention on the hardware inside the R800x, and there is no willingness on SE's part to release the source code for it, however, there is a difference in the CPU that runs the phone.

The r800i uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 while the r800x uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655.

The MSM8255 does not support CDMA. The MSM8655 does not support GSM. At all. End of discussion.

Let me try one last time to clear up your confusion since our conversations over mail about this same subject have somehow not been clear enough for you: THE R800X DOES NOT HAVE A GSM RADIO IN IT. YOU CAN NOT USE A SIM CARD WITH IT.

And I would like to see who your "many people says it has GSM/CDMA Network radio" people are. When the device was first released, there was some speculation that it might be firmware locked for one reason or another, but it is all but confirmed now knowing what the processor is that there is no GSM radio whatsoever, and that Sony was simply reusing the plastic from the r800i.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
Why would sony release source for a device that in theory should never be unlocked? If push came to shove you could try to force them to release source under the GPL
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
GPL that they're complying with by releasing the kernel source code which is probably the same for both devices. The rest of the source, including the modifications necessary to adapt the different chip set, is not bound to the GPL.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
They havent even released kernel source for R800x.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NahuXtrme:
View this thread Completely:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263183&page=1

Also this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098131&page=1
[Galaxy 3 General] FlemX:
Hello Fellow G3 Users!:D

First of all, I'd like to say a big Thanks to all the developers who helped making this phone much more powerful throughout the months. I've been using Kyrillos' ROM since v3.0 and I'm very happy with it, but I still got one not so little problem.

Whenever I play videos, I always experience some delay in the sound playback (about 0,5 sec late to the video). I've tried many video players (by default I use mVideo), but it never got fixed. It also happens with Youtube videos, but more importantly it appears in games too! So far I ignored it, but nowadays I travel much more and I want to watch videos, so the delay became very annoying.

I experimented with many things and found out the followings:

-it's not the SD card's problem as it's class 10 (cannot be any faster), tried many settings with the SD speed fix without any success and like I said, it's the same with Youtube which is internal.

-it's not the ROM; tried with multiple stock ROMs and Custom ones too

-it's not the kernel; tried stock, and different fugumod and g3mod versions

-played around the settings in Voodoo sound but same result

-it's not the video player, because it happens in games too.

So my guess is, that it's either hardware problem with my own phone or simply the general sound driver/decoder is faulty (probably sound buffer, but I'm no expert in this)

I didn't find any discussion on these subject (except this old thread), so I'm corious if this happens to your phones too. You should notice this much delay in videos. If you know if there's a solution for this, please let me know as it's quite a shame now that my smartphone fails to deliver such a basic feature as watching videos... :mad:

Thanks in advance!

FlemX
[Galaxy 3 General] dhirend_6d:
Yeah, well I do to expierence delays sometimes but not always.
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
Sound is perfect on every ROM I've used. I mainly used Kyrillos' v7.0 which was perfect when it came to sound playback and now I'm using stock XXJPU which is fine since I've played a few videos on it. Not much but I'll try later (my bros playing games on it :p) and see if there's any problems.
[Galaxy 3 General] FlemX:
Ok, I should explain a bit more.

It's not always the same delay, it seems that in the video player (mVideo) it's the shortest, bit still noticable (~0,3 sec), and it may vary if I seek in the video. It's not unwatchable, just annoying (yeah, I'm sensitive to this :))

What I really want to know that what driver/decoder setting may cause the delay in sound and if there's a way I can change it. I'm not afraid to modify system files if it's needed.

Can a developer or anyone familiar with this here help me please?
[Galaxy 3 General] hasjee:
i sometimes have the same thing using kyorarom 0.4.0b2, but also on other roms i tried. i always thought it was network related.
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
Same problem here. I use MX video player coz I have smallest lag in it.

And lagging is changing, sometime is just 0,1 sometime 0,3 sec but never without it.

I had playback without lag on stock Froyo video player but even than not always.

Now I'm on Kyrillos 8.1

Tried everything, programs, codecs, overclock, tried class 2,4,10 sdcard, no luck.

Please find some solution.

EDIT: Come on, does only few of us here have this problem?; I can't believe that, coz I had this problem from day 1, so it couldn't be that I messed something up coz I got phone that way from the shop!
[Galaxy 3 General] FlemX:
Can anyone help, please?:confused:

It seems more of us have this problem after all.
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
Maybe people don't look movies on g3 so they do not bother with this problem.
[Galaxy 3 General] pengipete:
Same "problem" here. I've tried recoding various video clips - different formats, bit-rates etc - but there's always that slight lack of synch. It's most obvious with plosive sounds - a brief clip from Iron Man 2 where Stark bangs his fists onto a desktop has a very noticable delay between the action and the sound.

I'm on

PDA: I5800XXJPU

PHONE: I5800XXJP4

CSC: I5800XXKPO

...but I tried with Kyrillo's O/C and there was no difference. Tried with basic video app and a couple of third party players - exactly the same "delay".

I can't see it making any difference but I'll be getting a new, faster SDHC card this week - if that makes any difference, I'll let you know.

I suspect it's a codec problem as the amount of delay varies - increasing in "busy" scenes. There are a few more things to try such as encoding with variable bit-rates. If I do find an optimum encoding, I'll post back. Meanwhile, perhaps people could post full details of the videos they've tried - video format and resolution, bit-rates for vid and audio etc - or better still, suggest a specific clip (provide a link for download) to make sure we are all talking about the same problem and cause and reducing the possible variables.

Pete

(PS - my first post and just want to pass on my respects to the regulars here. I've only been reading for the last week or so and it's a steep learning curve for an Android "noob" but I'm already impressed by the depth of knowledge here.)
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
Yes, give us a feedback after using new sdhc card, but be careful with choosing coz I bought class 10 and speeds on pc are 17/20 and on G3 are only 4/4. Maybe class 6 from quality manufacturer would be better choice.

I also notice this about busy scenes.

I would like to avoid encoding but if that is the only solution would use it but not on a daily base.

Awaiting your replay as everyone else here.
[Galaxy 3 General] vb_maniac:
kyrillos might have tried to fix this..

Hey guys i noticed this problem right on day 1 when i got the phone and this was a huge disappointment..i mean how can a mid-budget android phone have this sort of a problem(even the chepest nokia multimedia phone doesnt have this bug:mad:)

..

I think kyrillos might have tried to fix this in his Rom..here is the change log:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957123

Kyrillos' rom v5.1 (Based on XXJPM) [19/05/11]

Completely reworked/remade the whole rom.

Fixed bug with sync

Fugumod 2.4 beta2 standard kernel.

Keyboard bug fixed

Voodoo Sound v8

Added Voodoo Control [1.0.6.1]

Removed Battery Calibration [Install from market]

1% battery mod

Updated CWM Recovery [v0.30, partition sdcard to ext4 directly from recovery]

data=ext4, cache/system=ext2

Updated Honeycomb Icons

Fixed video player lags

v5.1 is non oc by default so if you want overclock flash fugumod v2.4 alpha5

I think he might be referring to the same bug by "video player lags"...well i dont have the time to try out the rom and see if its fixed(exams!!:eek:)...so can anyone try this and let us know how it works please??

If this doesnt work, i think we should let our devs know about this ASAP
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
You gave change log from v5.1; I didn't tried that one but I tried 8.0-9.0

And if he fixed it in earlier version it is probably also included in later versions.

But I can confirm that in 8-9 the problem still exist, so once again dead end.
[Galaxy 3 General] FlemX:
I used Kyrillos v5.1 and yes, I also thought that it meant the sound problem, but found out it refers to the occasional lagging of the video/image, not the sound. And no, the delay problem was there in it, and exists still, like JanerNevis said. I haven't updated to v9.0 yet and probably won't till friday evening as I have a busy week.
[Galaxy 3 General] kesc:
You may try another rom for egsample Vivek's or DutchMods.
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
Do you have information that this problem is fixed in that ROMs?

Or did you tried them and saw by yourself?
[Galaxy 3 General] bscraze:
I dont have this problem :o mayb its ur hardware? :p
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
Are you kesc? To whom are you replaying?

Yes. maybe it's a hardware problem, but then why doesn't all the users experiencing the same?
[Galaxy 3 General] lostHandy:
is the problem still with a newer version of ROM or another more stable ROM.

do you use voodoo?
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
In my case the problem was on stock Eclair and Froyo and on Kyrillos 8-9, Kyorarom 0.3-04

Yes I use voodoo.
[Galaxy 3 General] pengipete:
Had a dig around and perceived wisdom says it's a hardware problem. Experience says that whenever you see a "definitive" answer on any IT related topic - take it with a pinch of salt. It's in the nature of the internet that one "I know..." post or bog can easily become gospel and it doesn't take long before everyone "knows" it's true - but they never actually check or verify. In truth, they're all quoting something that someone else wrote.

Anyway - spent a couple of hours mucking about with a few different video converters and there does seem to be a partial solution. Obviously, re-encoding is not ideal but it may help for people transferring their own films and DVDs etc.

The basics - encode the video as MP4 - the resolution doesn't appear to matter (as long as it's not too large - which would be a waste anyway on the i5800's screen). I've tried from 15 to 30 fps and it made no difference - 24 or 25 gives a perfectly smooth picture. The main thing is to encode the audio as mp3 - not AAC. In the standard video player app, set the screen to show the full vid at the correct aspect ratio (the small square gadget at the top-right of the screen should look like it has a diagonal line through it rather than a dot in the middle). I haven't tried any other video players with these settings yet - when I do, I'll see if the various "zoom" settings makes a difference.

Funny thing is, this works - but not every time even with the same video. Start the vid - if it is out of sync, rewind the vid by dragging the progress bar. Bizarrely, that seems to "fix" the problem - or at least reduce the "lag" to a minimal amount.

New SD card should be here tomorrow but I'm doubting it will do anything to help - I'd have thought that the system would have a buffer rather than literally trying to decode on the fly. I'm also not convinced that the relatively slow CPU is the problem - in practice, it should be plenty capable of handling this plus decoding audio is a doddle - if it was down to processor speeds, I'd expect the video to lurch as it tries to keep up with the audio rather than the soundtrack being delayed on an otherwise smoothly running video.

I don't know how this operating system works but if this was a PC or Amiga, I'd be looking at the relative prorities of the audio and video processes to see if the video was hogging the CPU. Maybe one of the techies here can advise on that.

Off topic but - my sim card went kapput today :( O2 are sending me a replacement so I should be fine in a couple of days. Annoying cos I fancied trying Kyrillo's ROM V9 but I don't want to do that until I know for sure that it's the sim rather than a problem with the phone.
[Galaxy 3 General] JanerNevis:
So, guys, there's no solution for us, isn't it?
[Galaxy 3 General] pengipete:
Unfortunately, my Apollo was faulty and the shop had no replacements so I've had to buy a different phone.

I was able to get some videos working correctly but not consistently. The best results came from re-encoding WMV3 with a variable bitrate and WMA8 (also with variable bit rate) for the audio. Sizes - upto 720x480 worked well.

There is still a delay - sometimes. The "cure" is to start the vid and let it run a couple of seconds then rewind it by dragging the progress bar. That worked - mostly.

I tried every MP4 variant and never got a decent result.

For what it's worth - I've tried the same videos in my new phone - an SE Xperia Mini Pro ()2 just slashed the price on those) - which is rather more powerful - and they play fine. I have, however, been able to reproduce the same problem by making the video size and/or bit-rate very large - and the same run-then-rewind trick seems to work on those - which suggests that the it's related to buffering as much as CPU power.

Incidentally - I used a number of different players. The best results came from MX Video Player (free on Android market) using the SW-Fast option. With that, I was able to remove the delay even whilst zoomed into a video by around 120-130%.

It may also be worth mentioning that my Samsung was relatively "light" on apps but when I installed a few more "free" ones - with their lovely advertising - the phone slowed down a few times. Might be worth checking to see what is actually running in the background as there were other signs that audio suffered when ads were being processed/displayed - such as the sound stuttering and cracking-up in Angry Birds when the pop-up ads appeared.

Sadly - I can't do anything else now that the phone has gone. If someone wants to persue this angle - can I suggest someone record a vid with the on-board camera and check the bit-rates and format. If those self-recorded videos have no delay - that would be a good starting place for encoding your own vids. Meanwhile - cross your fingers and hope that Samsung issue a proper fix at some point.

Pete.

PS - I tried with a Class 10 SD card (tested and giving awesome results in benchmarks) - made no difference. Also tried with stock ROM and Kyrillos 9 - no difference. Overall - I'd say it's a problem with the phone and most likely the way the operating system accesses memory. My guess is that Samsung know they are pushing that CPU to its limits and gave smooth video additional priority because that has more immediate "WOW" factor for promoting the product.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Karting06:
Hello !

How can I build Android from the Source Code ?

So, make an Android Open Source Project?

Thanks,

If I am in the wrong section, say it ;)

Karting06
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mdfzhi:
use the search button, or google for it. if u need to ask like this u already fail from the beginning and i doubt u had the capability to do so.

btw heres a good reading
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Karting06:
I have much search for this. Actually, I have found anything for Hero, I will modify somethings for Buzz.

Sorry that you think I am noob but I have search on XDA and Google for posting. Later, you will see that I wasn't a noob.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Cruonit:
Android 4.0 on HTC Desire (after Nexus One)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vi...annotation_id=annotation_429262&v=ACWCgBPjfpU
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RollerCoasting:
Cool story bro

I'm sure our wonderful devs will have it up and running asap.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtriFe:
Hi All,

I have a weird issue. My phone seems to be permantently stuck at "H" (HDSPA), it never switches back to 3G. Does anyone know what the problem could be?

It's sucking up my battery real fast.

I'm currently using a Generic Northamerican R3 rom. My phone is the X1a model.

Help would be much appreciated, thanks.

EDIT: I should also add that "Bands" option is set to Auto (both of them). If i play around i can get it to use Edge only, but thats not what i want. Id like it to work as it should, 3G when data is not being used, otherwise H.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vannanta:
download WMlonglife.cab n setting it..i forget the link..u can googling...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caliban2:
to the OP:

here's some info to let you figure out if you actually have a problem at all or not:

H(SDPA) is a data-extension of UMTS = 3G, E(DGE) is an extension of GSM/GPRS (always data, voice is either GSM or 3G). with band-setting, you just choose between gsm or 3g, if you get edge or hdspa for data depends on what your provider is delivering in that area.

standard behaviour with hdspa is to show the icon only if there's actually data transfered, if not it should show the 3g-icon. but some providers break that standard and will always let the phone show H.

so either you have one of those providers and are just complaining about the higher power-consumption of 3G compared to GSM. then normal power-saving measures come into play, search for them, there's a thread for it.

OR you don't have one of those providers, the symbol should fall back to 3G. this would mean you have constant data-transfer going on, causing higher power-consumption. if that's the case, remember what you installed and set to autostart (skype, irc-client, webradio... - web-stuff running in background)
[Motorola Photon 4G] agonzalez1010:
It is with great sadness and anger that our "investment" of my much beloved Photon 4G will not be getting Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). I found out today when I decided to engage Motorola to find out if the Photon 4G will get the update. (See Screenshot of the Chat). So unless CyanogenMod gives us a custom ROM, we just got shafted by Motorola.

UPDATE:

It now appears to be a definite "maybe". Attached is a another screenshot from Moto's Forums. I know I'm getting slack for posting this, but common someone had to look into this. Don't shoot the messenger!

Side Note:

Regardless of where these "reps" are located, these people are suppose to represent Motorola. If they can't get their answers straight then its a bad reflection on the company.
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
I'm sure someone will port it over.
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
this assumes the csr in chat actually knows something beyond what was publically announced. history says they dont know.

i will be extremely surprised if ics isn't made available.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
i talked with a sprint employee today and they said the galaxy nexus WILL NOT be coming to sprint. so being rather upset about it i asked about the iphone 5 and they told me there is no such thing and there are no plans for it.

so not only did i learn that the packing slip showing the galaxy nexus for sprint was wrong, but apple is no longer going to be making iphones.

just figured id post that info in here rather than starting my own thread.

but on a serious note moto reps are told nothing that they dont need to know, just the same as everyone else :P
[Motorola Photon 4G] agonzalez1010:
Haha. Funny man :-) . Well since no information was out there regarding the update, I went the route of inquiring with them. I really hope that they were wrong, but right now (unless someone can get a different answer from them) this will be fact and I'll wait for a port over.
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
you won't get a different answer until it's announced.
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
i knew quantum entanglement was powerful but didn't realize it could take a product out of your hands ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] MinceMan:
I think that once the photon gets it's fully unlocked bootloader development will really take off as right now not a lot of people are willing to unlock their phone. Also we got two different guys working on CM7.1 so I would be shocked if we don't having people jumping on CM8 when the source is dropped. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about it, we'll get it and hopefully without motoblur(CM8).
[Motorola Photon 4G] Pete720:
This is very disappointing news if it turns out to be true. I have wanted this phone since it was announced, I have loved it since I bought it. I have been able to get over the locked bootloader but it would be very frustrating if ICS is denied to this phone and especially since I have to wait 20 some months before my next equipment discount.
[Motorola Photon 4G] theelite:
This really means nothing, those are the first supported devices that they are planning for. Motorola already tweeted saying that other devices will get ICS within 6 weeks of Google's push.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/10/24/motorola-speaks-up-about-ice-cream-sandwich-updates-razr-bionic-and-xoom-to-be-the-first-will-confirm-more-later/
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Those reps work in a damn call center. I find no merit in this thread or the rep you spoke to. As a previous poster stated, they are only given information they need to do their job...which is answer phones or messages and they rarely do that right! Besides, motorola would make this type of information official on their own, not through some jerk off answering IMs

Need I mention the MoPho has all the specs required under the hood to run ICS...time will tell
[Motorola Photon 4G] agonzalez1010:
@ORam78

Hey buddy you don't have to be all hostile. I only relayed what they said. They represent Motorola and at this time this is the only fact they've given out regarding the fate of the Phone. If you find "No Merit" on this thread they why bother chiming in?

I'm on a FACT finding mission here because we owners want the latest OS. Yes this phone has the specs to do it I agree with you there, but someone in Motorola needs to take this Phone serious and come out with a timeline or something to let us know what is going on. Unfortunetaly this has close to official that I was able to get.
[Motorola Photon 4G] fnztakedown:
Lol all I have to say is your 100% correct the agents at moto do not know when software updates. The only way ill believe anything is if a Dev from Moto says so. This is from The knowledge of actually working in a call center. They wont know **** lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] fester30:
Nearly every phone I have researched on Android has gotten one upgrade from where it started, and some have gotten two. This phone started GB, it'll eventually get ICS. There simply has not been an official announcement yet, and I have a feeling the call center won't know anything until we do. Also, there isn't an iphone 5 YET. There's no way Apple will give up on such a popular gold mine. I just have a feeling call centers deal in official, announced information, not rumors. ICS for photon and iphone 5 release and Sprint Nexus Prime are all rumors at this point. A call center saying no doesn't mean anything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Lol! Hostile? Bud, I wasn't being hostile toward you...all I'm saying is those morons don't know jack. We will have our ICS....Don't fret my little 'MoPho'ers!

:-p
[Motorola Photon 4G] foxsdaddy67:
i have to agree that if you think that little peon answering the phone knows anything but how to connect you to support in India you are sadly mistaken