yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z General] gromky:
I have been looking for the Desire Z everywhere! I have been to at least six mobile phone markets (not shops, entire markets) and nobody has the Desire Z. I live in China so that's probably why.

I don't want to order online because of the warranty issues. I don't want to get from the gray market, because the last phone I got from the gray market broke, and when I went to get it repaired, the shop was closed.

What phone can I use instead? I liked the Desire Z because it has the touch screen and a keyboard. I have to have the keyboard...living in China, I need to write Chinese, and Chinese phones just assume the user will use handwriting input! Not me, I use pinyin. My phone that broke was a Touch Pro 2. Any advice?
[G2 and Desire Z General] oVeRdOsE.:
Those says the DZ cost around 300$ new and 200$ used usd ( sometimes less). Really need warranty for that price?
[G2 and Desire Z General] gromky:
$300 is still a lot to pay for a broken phone. I like to go back to the shop where I bought it and talk to the person who sold it to me.

Any advice on which phone to get instead of the Desire Z? :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] CCpotter:
They say the Motorola Milestone 2 is good too, i think you might wanna go and take a look at it

PS, i just hear people saying about this, not personal idea
[G2 and Desire Z General] Karakoram2:
I got my G2 on ebay for 300 a while back. You could probably get a desire z for less now. They still have the htc warranty for a while if they are under a year old. There is nothing else really. An unlocked mtg4 slide or a double shot or that samsung thing maybe.

I think there is a marketplace here and on cyanogen's website.

Get a desire z with internet and hope there will be a g3 soon like the rest of us. ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
(U P D A T E !!!)Ok the issue of no locationfree player for android is almost solved by xda member Mgschwan please see this thread for future updates and progress.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477821
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekempire:
Can you post a link to the source for the wm6 build. I have a location free device, but the lack of a mobile client forced my move to a hava device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
They actually make a app for wm6 if you need that I bought mine for 25 bucks I will find the source code and post the link the wm6 software worked great. Sorry mod for posting in the wrong area
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Source code can be found here I couldn't find a wm source code

http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Bump anyone interested in making this app
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
The player is not even close to opensource

Hi i have been working on reverse engineering the LocationFree Protocol for quite some time now and i can assure you that the software is not opensource.

They opensourced an excerpt of the LiveDotCom Libraries that they use for their stream transport and even those files are incomplete. That is just to be compliant with the GPL.

The whole proprietary part remains closed source.

However i have been making some progess and have already got a proof-of-concept python implementation that can connect to a LF-B1EU Box and receive a few seconds of the stream.

This stream is encrypted. Thanks to this guy "http_//code_google_com/p/lftv" (sorry i am not allowed to post links in this forum) i even got a hint on how to decrypt it.

Currently i can decrypt the video frames but the whole thing is just a bunch of scripts and loosely coupled code that is far from anything one could call an application.

However i am still working on it and having quite some progress. So i would be interested in who would still like such an app and what boxes do you use?

greeting

michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
I have the 1st one that came out model # LF-B1

That's great that you are working on this project!! I will test anything whenever if needed

Locationfree ran great on Windows mobile 6 with a 3g connection
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
LF-B1 thats good to hear since i have a LF-B1EU which means the commandos to the streaming server should be the same.

What already works is to connect to the LocationFree Box, decrypt and save the frames to disk. Those frames are then decoded with a standalone executable to create the video frames.

i know this is still a very very proof of concept but it is very promising.

I'll keep you posted when a testable program is ready

greetings

michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
That's great progress. I no nothing about makin apps but I am very good messing with my devices I guess I follow directions well so when I say this it might sound stupid but I had a idea maybe it will work

The PSP runs at max 333 MHz all of the android devices are atleast 800mhz I have a inspire running at 1.6 GHz so I think I would be fine. Now is there a way to take the locationfree player prx files that are found in the PSP and edit them to work on the android. I don't know if u have a PSP but I am able to extract those prx files out of the PSP and they also available online

What I am saying is to make some sort of half ass PSP emulator just to run locationfree player. The PSP has a emulator for the PSP called booster wich puts the PSP firmware on the PSP memory card to run old PSP firmware. Locationfree works with this emulator I don't know if any if this will work or help you with your code but I can get you any of these files if needed

I am so glad you are working on this . When I heard Sony was making the xperia I was so happy cause I thought they would implement the lfp but they dropped the ball with lack of support
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Well i guess the prx does not help me much and emulating the PSP on the Device would be a completely different level of complexity.

My biggest problem currently is to decode the MPEG4 Frames on the android device since i don't yet know how to feed the raw mpeg4 frames to the media framework.

If that is not possible i am either going to use the NDK to link with the libavcodec library or i am going to make a repeater on the device that decrypts and resends the rtp stream locally so that it can be played with the media framework as if it were a normal network stream.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMaster666:
Just found this..

Great news.. I'll donate for an app that works..

Although it sounds like you are making this for yourself as well.

Let me know if there is anything I can do..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Great thread is coming up 1st post on google when you search for lfp for android hopefully more people start seeing it cause I know a lot of people have lfp
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonybli:
sweeeeeet

This would be great if it happened. I would love to dust off the old locationfree box.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
I still use mine but with my laptop do to lack of support by $ony it freezes every 30 minutes due to a new windows 7 recent update
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Well it will work on Linux (and maybe MacOS) too since i am trying to keep it as general as possible. Currently it is written in pure python which i am porting to android with the python-for-android package, but it is still incredibly slow (and without audio). If it really is not possible with a python only version then i have to jump over my shadow and do a java version.

I'll keep you posted.

greeting

michael

P.S.: i've been on holiday the last two weeks, that's the reason why i did not send any updates
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Well I just received a thrive for Xmas so now I can test it on that in addition to my rooted inspire. Enjoy your vacation !!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Well, here is some progress in my development of the LocationFree Player

youtu.be/ms2dIw3zadI

Greetings

Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jim_IT:
Michael,

Nice Progress. What ip port are you using? configurable?

Jim
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonybli:
Great work so far! Thanks for your effort.

I was thinking this link would be helpful but after re-reading your earlier post I think this is the same project you already referenced. http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4205
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Great work Michael here is your YouTube link it looks so clear really great work

(click link to see Michael's proof of concept progress with the locationfree player on android phone)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...8eyfCw&usg=AFQjCNF8eOEgxqDifdoVNnbXtc9G8R2zWA

Michael if you install the xda app for android it will let you post links
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Currently i am using the preconfigured ip/port 172.29.71.1/5021. But i am not using the LAN discovery (no udp broadcasts), so in theory you can connect to every ip/port combination you like. In my proof of concept video it's hardcoded into the app but so is the rest of the registration data since there are still so many steps to take that i did not bother to make a nice ui yet ;)

But in the final app it will be completely configurable and not rely on any specific (ip/port). I guess your questions goes in the direction of streaming the content via internet to your device.

From my point of view i don't put in any roadblocks, in theory it should work over any network connection (even 3G). However in reality the client may have it's problems if the bandwidth is to small since i haven't even implemented any frame dropping yet.

---------- Post added at 03:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:16 PM ----------

Yes that was the software I was talking about. However I just had the google code link and not the forum post, thanks for that.

He is trying to implement a LocationFree Server to stream any content to the PSP and he is modifying the binary on the PSP to remove some of the registration mechanisms.

Unfortunately i can't use this tactic since i have no control over the software in the LocationFree Box.

Greetings

Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Well,

since no one answers to my posts i need to edit them to post updates.

I've got a major update on this:

* Registering at the base station: WORKS

* Playing/Stopping: WORKS

* Continuous play (tested 15 Minutes on my HTC Desire): WORKS

* Audio playback: WORKS

Here is a video that shows the whole process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9AIRcruqc

(Sorry for the blurrycam ;) )

I've tested it on my HTC Desire (Android 2.2) and on my Motorola XOOM (Android 3.2).

The XOOM works really smooth, the Desire is rather choppy.

Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Wow that's great , great work !! Is your desire overclocked if not maybe that is why it is choppy on desire
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
No my Desire is not overclocked, and i don't want to since i try to keep it as vanilla as possible.

I still need to implement different stream qualities, maybe the desire will play a lower quality stream.

But time is coming to test the software on other devices/BaseStations. I can not release it publicly since i am still awaiting an answer from Sony (although that might not happen at all :) ) but if someone is willing to test it i'm sure we can find a way ;)

Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
You know I am willing to test !

Email is nycinsane@gmail.com

Lf-B1 (locationfree)

Rooted Inspire running at 1.5 ghz

Stock Toshiba Thrive
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonybli:
I can test as well.

LF-B1

HTC Desire

HP Touchpad (android 2.3)

This is great news. Whatever I can do, just say the word.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
I already mentioned in my youtube video that i can not release it, so if you want to try it pm me your email address.

On the desire it won't work very well (but maybe you have your desire overclocked, it would be interesting if it works better). And i am very interested how it works on the Touchpad.

Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tommyboy_65_98:
Hi,

I've been following this thread with great interest! I was about to purchase a Volkano to stream dish to my phone but this is a much better option because I already have a LF-B1 and useit t o stream at home with my PSP! The video looked great and if you need me to help test, I will.

Droid X 2.2.2 rooted.

Thanks for working on this.

Tommyboy
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonybli:
PM sent. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
It seems that the current version will only work if you are directly connected to the box. If you wanna try it just send me a PM.

@all: if anyone can give me access to their BaseStation, it would be great if i could test it over the internet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Michael has made fantastic progress with this application what a smart guy he is to be able to compile this app. Great work!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Thanks for this praise.

But i did not just compile this app, i reverse engineered the LocationFree Protocol and wrote the player from scratch since the opensource code that was released by sony does not cover their implementation of the protocol.

What they do with the opensource part is like saying: "Hey you wanna build that car we built, here is a picture of some other car and here are a few publicly known blueprints of parts of some other car, now go build it yourself" ;)

Here is the current state of the Player:

* The displaying of the Frames is now done in OpenGL (with a GLSurfaceView), this improves the performance quite a bit and allows easier scaling of the video

* Width/Height can be adjusted to match the performance of the device

* Audio works a bit better than before

Still open issues:

* Remote control

Greetings Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Got another news update:

* Infrared Remote works

* Support for EU and US BaseStations (Selectable via the preferences screen)

However Integrating the various remotes is a pain in the a** , so i will only do those on demand until i find a better solution.

Greetings

Michael

P.S.: Still no feedback from sony
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgschwan:
Attention!

I am moving the development of the LocationFree player from this thread (which is technically still a Q&A thread) to an Android Software Development thread which can be found

here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477821

Michael
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realpatent:
Hi,

This is really great news.

I found this thread by googling, and i saw your youtube video.

Can I test your app? if you need me to help test, I will.

I have a LF-B10 and use it to stream with my psp and PC.

And I have two android phones, HTC Nexus one rooted,

and Samsung galaxy tab unrooted.

I sent PM you.

Thank you for your effort on this.

realpatent
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insanenyc:
Ok the issue of no locationfree player for android is almost solved by xda member Mgschwan please see this thread for future updates and progress.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477821

Please use the above link for updates and discussions and please do not post in this thread as I am trying to get it closed

Thank you !
[XPERIA X8 General] andrej456:
If you want to help to upgrade 8x on android 2.2.

Come to this forum and make a "Liked" in the first post on this site.

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/26454

name of the topic

"We have 100 signatures. We want Froyo 2.2 or Gingerbread 2.3"

This official site Sony Ericsson. They must to hear.

Sorry for my English.
[XPERIA X8 General] Chris95X8:
Isn't it a little to late? It's been aprox. two years since the first petition for 2.2 We will have ICS any time near.
[XPERIA X8 General] Godra:
We just need camera drivers to have official CM7 fully working.
[XPERIA X8 General] andrej456:
Xperiya x8 appeared only in 2010 (Sony Ericsson x8 released to the market Q3 2010)and I have not seen that done on the official site.This is the last chance. If you do not want to you can not do.
[XPERIA X8 General] wc_how:
What for to have an official 2.2 or 2.3?

Our custom's roms are not perfect, but they are already good enough for daily use, even better than the official 2.1.

Maybe official rom has warranty, but i don't care because my phone warranty is going to end next month.
[XPERIA X8 General] LG_fuad92:
Agreed with you, How. Our custom ROMs are near perfect only, guys. And yeah... my warranty is gonna end next year on February. Our custom ROMs is WAY better than what SE gave us, it can go for 5 days of minimum usage ( I mean VERY VERY minimum). How bout SE's 2.1? I think not even a day.:D
[XPERIA X8 General] eastkidz:
I think, custom ROM will be the best choice for us :)

thank you for all devs here..
[XPERIA X8 General] X8invisible:
I really want a 2.2 from se cuz im not very happy about the ideea of unlocking the bootloader:D
[XPERIA X8 General] lotus13:
You dont need to unlock the bootloader to install normal Custom Roms, like GingerCrutz.
[XPERIA X8 General] milenkokg:
because will be fully stable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:mad:

its 2.2,not 2.1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:24 PM ----------

5 days???? that ist normallllllllllllllll....:eek:
[XPERIA X8 General] proadi96:
It can be. If you set your setcpu to 128MHz and very little usage and all kinds of tweaks for battery... Its possible even more ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] dotsen9:
O yes the battery can long for years...:)))) ,it's about the individual usage.
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
I'm sure that if SE delivers a 2.2/2.3 official ROM, it will be slow and not ready for daily use.

Just look the example of the official 2.3 ROM for X10. It's really slow and not handly.

A custom ROM works really fine. Im happy with GingerDX and I'll use it for a long, long time. I dare to say that GingerDX performs much better than stock 2.1 ROM.

Im a SE fan, but I must recognize that the stock ROMs they build are bad, that's big contrast with the physical design of their smartphones, so beautiful pieces.
[XPERIA X8 General] wc_how:
If a minimum usage, i believe the battery can stand over 5days, up to 9days.

I had 4 days before, with almost 90% standby time at the first 3days, with 76% battery left.

I don't believe official rom will better than CM. Just my opinion.
[XPERIA X8 General] LG_fuad92:
Yes, 5 days. But dude, read it properly. It's VERY VERY MINIMUM USAGE. Just a wifi sometimes, and sms. If you wanted to say a normal or daily usage. I'll go to 4 days. ;)

---------- Post added at 12:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 PM ----------

Yes, of course official ROMs can't get better than CM.
[XPERIA X8 General] kust0r:
SE has offered support to CyanogenMod developers, but only for the 2011 Xperia lineup. I think one last update for our great-little phone is quite impossible (how can SE fill an updated x8 with all their useless and heavy applications without making it unusable?).

I think that would be enough to give Cyanogen guys all possible drivers to provide full compatibility for their latest release. It would be more than enough for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] andrewxu:
Hey guys, my battery flunked out on me. It lasts 30 min tops

If you have an anker 1900 mah battery and send it to me, ill send 3 3vo cases to you. My PayPal is having troubles so I can't use ebay and I really want to be able to use my phone :(
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o2sys:
Is this possible on the Galaxy Tab? Can the built-in GPS work w/o the 3G data service? Basically want GPS Service w/o using up my monthly data allowance.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zacksba:
yep. I'm using CoPilot GPS with my verizon GT and I do not even have a data plan set up for it. The maps are stored on my SD card.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirsmedley:
I have my 3G turned off on my vzw GT, I use wifi only and google GPS service, works great.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dnle71:
i calibrated my battery using battery calibration but still it does'nt work..
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jayleekay:
Does it fail or does it just not seem to be working like it's supposed to?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dnle71:
yes! its just like i didn't use it..
[Optimus One, P500, V General] terratrix:
Use root explorer or any root file managers(ES, file expert etc), go to system>data>system and delete batterystats.bin
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jayleekay:
honestly I've never seen a benefit to the calibration either. I still get somewhat poor battery life from my OpV. Maybe I will try deleting battery stats manually as well.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] zzoinks:
I had an unlimited $15/month data plan from back in the pre-smartphone days. I managed to get it when I had an old RAZR, and kept it through my Windows Mobile Tilt and Pure. I went in over the weekend to get the Vivid, and I managed to get it for the $99 price, but the sales rep said I needed a "qualifying data plan". I wasn't prepared for this, and since I had the kids with me I didn't have the time to really argue. I let them switch me to the $25/2GB plan.

Am I SOL now? Anyone know of a strategy for getting the unlimited back? I was never much of a data hog, I think my last month's usage was 400 mb or so. It's more the $10/month price increase that has me bummed.

On a positive note, the upgrade from an old WM 6.5 phone to the Vivid was mind blowing. Everything just WORKS, and it's so fast.

Thanks,

-Brett.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jason.hamilton:
If you had the unlimited data for smartphones before the vivid, then you should have it after. If you dont, dial 611 and speak to the tech support and they can add it back.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] zzoinks:
That's the problem. I just checked my last bill and I had "Data Unlimited for Non-Smartphone". Am I out of luck?

Thanks,

-Brett.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] randrewm97:
i think you are. tbh though, 2gb is a lot for someone and very few break it. with icecream, youll be able to keep a better eye on it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GTTG_Atomik:
2GB is plenty. If you really are worried about it and prior to ICS, you can download 3G Watchdog in the Market. It's free and has a widget for your internet usage. Not exact, but it will give you an idea of what you are using. It will also tell you what you will end the month at if you continue your usage pattern.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] zzoinks:
Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm not worried about going over the 2GB cap (especially since my work offeres WIFI access so I can use that during the day). It's more of being sore at paying another $10/month on top of what already seems like an overly expensive wireless bill.

Thanks,

-Brett.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Noodles5666:
Yes you had UNLIMITED WEB prior to getting your Vivid. So that doesn't qualify for the coversion to UNLIMITED DATA. You could always try the 2G iPhone loophole
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] protwitness:
I did the same thing. Technically you aren't supposed to be able to use the $15 unlimited data package for any Smartphone, but their system didn't catch it on the Fuze (or what I had, an unlocked HD2).

I had to switch to the 2GB plan as well when I upgraded. As long as you had Smartphone Data Unlimited ($30) in the past, you can argue enough to get it added back on over the phone.

I went all the way up the support chain (And I'm an ATT Corporate Business customer) with no luck. Because I never had the Smartphone Data Unlimited in the past on this line, I wasn't grandfathered. (They checked my entire account history, all the way back to 1999).
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dtorrez1883:
Thats what I did. When I bought my Inspire in June I got the 2gb plan but when I read AT&T was going to grandfather customers into unlimited LTE I did the iPhone 2g trick about two weeks ago and now have unlimited LTE on my Vivid.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rquinn19:
iPhone 2g's are like unicorns around here. I can't find one!