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[Defy Themes and Apps] .:ExCeSSiVe:.:
my wifi connection Link always is on 54Mbps however on the stock froyo 2.2.2 it used to be on 65 or 150Mbps....

what should i do...????
[Defy Themes and Apps] zyxwvut:
Post this in a relevant category. This is for Themes and apps
[Acer Iconia A500] niko123456:
I have been searching high and low for a really good video player for Honeycomb. Annoyingly, Google wasn't helping much, with people generally parroting advice like 'install MoboPlayer' (its awful, and its a stretchy app - not even optimised for Honeycomb.)

In short I needed to be able to do the following:

1. Smooth video when played over DLNA (I use Rygel on Ubuntu as my DLNA server, and the excellent Skifta as my client). IMO, the only way to watch torrented videos on a tab is via DLNA - forget CIFS or copying the file locally. What a drag..

2. Optimised for Honeycomb - the "turn the lights out" status bar dots feature was really important.

--

I tried...

RockPlayer Lite - It has an annoying R logo in the corner and doesn't do lights out.

MX Video Player - I found it would go all slow and jerky. At first I thought it was the ads (very obnoxious ad version btw), so I purchased the full version. It did it again so I quickly got a refund.

Daroon Player - I couldn't get it to work very well using DLNA

MoboPlayer - awful stretchy. Comes highly recommended on the web, but I hated it. Doesn't do turn the lights out either.

and the winner is..

DicePlayer

This loads videos quicker than any other via DLNA, and it does lights out. It also has the excellent 'lock screen' feature and gesture control. Its paid, unfortunately, but it does come with an ad free trial.

ANYWAY, here endeth the lesson on what is the best Honeycomb video player. DicePlayer.
[Acer Iconia A500] ray1234:
mxplayer works ok for me... did you install the armv7 plugin for it? if it is using hw to decode, it should be smooth

I tried the dice player trial version, when playing mkv files with subtitles, it seems to require extracting the subtitles file first, which takes a whole minute's time, that is annoying.... do you have similar issues?
[Acer Iconia A500] niko123456:
mx player - yes, codecs as suggested. i can't remember if I had the lights out feature working on that.

not sure about the subs - i haven't got any to test. actually I wonder if a subs file over DLNA is even possible?
[Acer Iconia A500] Morpheus384:
I concur with your assessment of Dice Player. Decent codec recognition, fast loading, swipe controls for brightness/volume/ffw/rwnd, on the fly adjustment of aspect ratios for screen fit, and the programmer got around the AC3 bottleneck by running the decoding of AC3 on the second core. Something that meant alot to me, as alot of my archived rips have AC3 audio, and it was the only one I found that could decode AC3.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
According to the reviews, you have to have an internet connection to use it as it checks the license key when you start the APP every time? What about watching a movie on a plane, in your car, etc?

Seems ludicrous to me ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Morpheus384:
I just disabled wifi and launched Diceplayer. I'm using the licensed edition. I'm using it right now with wifi turned off. Not sure about the reviews you saw, but I can confirm an Internet connection is not required with the full version. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Do me a favor please? Turn of wifi, reboot, then launch the app with wifi still off?

Ty ;)

---------- Post added at 07:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

First review on the page:

Fantastic - but shame about the licensing issue. by W99 – November 9, 2011

Amazing app, plays every 720p mkv file that I've thrown at it. HOWEVER: I couldn't play my movies on a 7-hour flight because the app tried to go online to verify the license. Had to resort to reading a book instead!
[Acer Iconia A500] Morpheus384:
Disabled wifi, rebooted, and double checked that wifi was still turned off. Status bar confirmed "No Internet Connection". Launched Diceplayer. Smooth sailing with no wifi. I'm unsure, since I purchased the app when I found that it fulfilled all my requirements, but perhaps the reviewers were alluding to the trial app checking the licence as a form of copy protection? That would be my first guess. When I saw your post I knew I'd used it in the absence of wifi, but decided to double check before posting. :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Thanks bro, I appreciate it. Not sure why someone would be commenting on a trial for a plane ride, but there's no accounting for that :eek:

Now I just have to decide if paying $5+ for a video player is worth it lol

ty again for checking for me ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Morpheus384:
I consider it the best money I've spent since getting my tablet. Its played everything I've thrown at it up to 720p MKV, Divx, Xvid, MP4 etc. Its feature rich as hell, with a splendidly simple user interface. I really like the swipe gestures in play. Swipe across center to the right fast forwards 30 seconds, swipe left rewinds the same. Swipe up or down on the right controls brightness, swipe up or down on left controls volume. The "toggle box" just above sequence slider toggles stretch/4:3/16:9 and many others for full screen/TV out compatibility. My research showed when I bought it that it was the only player that could use Hardware Decoding to save on battery life as well. Plus as of this writing its the only one I know of that can decode AC3. I wouldn't use it on an Android phone as the system requirements are higher, but On Honeycomb it's awesome. Just my 2 cents :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] BatPenguin:
Another vote in favor of Diceplayer. I use it exclusvely now, both local files and DLNA streaming. It has played just about everything. I tried the others before this, clearly the best.
[Acer Iconia A500] brewmaster:
Does anyone know if i can switch folders in dice player? i only see my internal and external sd card and i would like to play movies off of my external hdd.
[Acer Iconia A500] elsuirad:
I'll stick to my current player and I'm happy with it.

It can play almost most of media format including MKV files (Matroska) and most importantly, it's FREE.
[Acer Iconia A500] ninormalen:
MXVideo player is the best player. Most importent function for me is hand add subtitles. Very useful if you don't wish to rename subtitles.
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Ok, I'll bite... Got a link? Maybe the name of the player?

Please.

:/
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
+1 for Dice Player. Tried all the usual suspects and came to the same conclusion. Top notch app, however the $5 price tag did seem a bit steep. $2-3 would be more fair, but hey, can't always win.

As far as Mobo Player being highly recommended, I must say it does wonders for me on my phone, however it was less than satisfactory on the A500. Thought I'd point that out. Since buying Dice Player though, I now use it on my phone as well. Might as well get the most out of my $5 right?

Just use any file manager to open your videos from anywhere. Problem solved. I have tons of movies on my external HDD and just do it this way and it works great. Infact, I never use the internal file manager :rolleyes:

+1

It's nice to hear that you have a good player, but it does no good without saying what it is...
[Acer Iconia A500] ninek:
I have noticed that no one tried BSplayer.

It's free, plays 720p MKV with subtitles, hides buttons and DLNA works great over my PS3 Media server.

I found it plays MKV much better than Diceplayer.
[Acer Iconia A500] chr0m:
I purchased MX Player and it plays all of my 720P MKVs with AC3 sound well.

I use HW decoding for the video and software for the audio.

It won't play my 1080P MKVs though.

Are you guys saying Dice Player is better?
[Acer Iconia A500] thafrogggg:
I have tried the stock Acer Media Player, Rock Player, Mobo Player, Doubletwist, and Act 1 Video Player. Until recently, Act 1 was my player of choice, but I bought Dice Player and I have to say that to me, it is hands down the best one of them all. The purchase price was money well spent.

As for using an external SD card, I know that in the app settings, you can designate two different media folders. One can be the movies folder on your internal memory, and the other can be a folder on your external SD card. The only thing is that you have to know the folder path as you can only type in the path and not file browse to it when making this setting.
[Acer Iconia A500] San Pedro:
This works pretty well. I like its performance compared to Mx, but I think Mx has the better interface.
[Acer Iconia A500] Metaphysical:
I'm looking for a player that can play 1080p vids captured from my SGS2, am I expecting too much? Is the SGS2 just that much more powerfull than my ASUS Transformer?
[Acer Iconia A500] civato:
I'm using mobo (software decoding) with codec pack and it plays my movies smooth without lagg , while the stock player was really laggy.

Don't know if that is the best free player but I'm happy with it.
[Acer Iconia A500] whatsitsnamenow:
It should play it right out of the box. The SGS2 records in 1080p Baseline profile which is playable on Tegra 2 devices. I no longer have my Acer but I still have my Tegra 2 smartphone. It plays video recorded with my SGS2 just fine.
[Acer Iconia A500] ftgg99:
OP - thanks for your suggestion, DicePlayer is superior indeed. I have written a supportove review for a quality dev.

By the way. If you are a fan of dlna, I suggest you skip the client side all together and just use a good file manager (I prefer HD file manager) to connect directly to the server, its much more efficient. Skifta and stuff is just a waste of time.

In any case, dice is good.
[Acer Iconia A500] ronkoni:
probobly is. infact, even my 1ghz single core captivate plays 1080 better then the dualcore tegra2 overclocked to 1.6ghz. :(
[General Questions and Answers] jkdf341hnb:
hi everyone, this is my first time on this site so sorry for any mess ups in advance.

i have a htc desire unlock and from t-mobile, it is updated to offical 2.3.3 from the net and rooted with revolutionary which was all working as it should.

last saturday the camera on the phone stopped working so i decided to send back to htc for repair because the phone is only 6 mouths old, i was told to restore the rom back to stock so not to upset htc and cost me alot of money, I did the reserach and i flashed the rom back useing the offical RUU files from the web site but things went very wrong, know the phone will not start up the vibe function works when you push the power button then the screen goes black and there is a red arrow in a circle shape in the middle of the phone.

PLEASE ANYONE HELP
[Defy General] pestrit:
Hi all,

i bought my Defy in Slovakia from moto reseller and never created Blur account - as far as i know, it's not supported in this region (CEE, central europe) and my moto never forced me to create one.

Now, my friend was having fun with the phone and tried to unlock it by guessing pattern. after few unsuccessful attempts following screen appeared on the phone:

'Too many unlock attempts! To unlock, sign in with your Blur account:'

As i've never created Blur account (and Blur is not supported here) i'm unable to unlock it. Is there any way how to unlock the phone?

I'm really furious and angry about Motorola, how can they produce such a ****ty software? How can i unlock the phone with an account something i'm unable to create..? it's unbelievable...

thanks for any help,

S.
[Defy General] LeonardoJegigzem:
Wipe factory reset

Motorola Defy CM7 RC 1.5 OC 1GHz
[Defy General] LeonardoJegigzem:
Press POWER + VOL - until you see an exclamation sign and then press VOL - + VOL +, doing that you access to the stock recovery , select wipe data/factory reset

NOTE : YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR DATA

But i dont see another option

Motorola Defy CM7 RC 1.5 OC 1GHz
[Defy General] hackergnome:
Try to put yr gmail account username and password...
[Defy General] pestrit:
thanks for the instructions, if there isn't any other option i'll try to wipe it..

i just still can't understand how Motorola could create such a stupid unlocking procedure - unlocking the phone with something you aren't able to create, unbelievable... :mad:

i've tried to use my gmail credentials but that doesn't work..:(

thanks again for all the replies ;)
[Defy General] scrannel:
FWIW it doesn't sound stupid, really, if you're trying to protect your phone data from getting stolen. In fact, the whole MotoBlur thing offers owners a second chance to get into their phone w/o doing a wipe. I know there are markets where Motor sells the Defy w/o Blur and not sure how security issues are handled in those markets. I back up phone to SD once a week, then SD to PC once a week. Good luck, man.
[Defy General] grannyrogers:
As mentioned earlier, factory reset it. Turn your phone off and turn it back on while holding volume down button. Once little android man shows up press and hold volume up and volume down button at the same time to enter stock recovery. Then choose the option to wipe system data or factory reset.
[Defy General] d210:
The whole Blur thingy is completely useless security-wise and unbelievably cumbersome for normal usage and impossible to tweak in any meaningful way.

After you wipe it I recommend you flash it with one of the great ROMs from xda so it'll better behave next time (and ask for gmail password).
[Defy General] Adityaak:
I had same problem but it worked With my gmail very well.
[Defy General] pestrit:
thank you all for your effort,

finally, I've done factory reset and wipe all the data and started from 0 and what's more, i've found most probable cause of the problem - 2-step Google authentication.

After wiping the phone i had to sign in using my google account, inserted credentials. Login failed! and then 'blink' - i've setup 2step google authentication to login to my google account! That was the problem, OMG! I disabled it and i signed successfully to my completely new & clean phone Well, sh** happens...I should have tried to disable it before, i wouldn't had lost my data.

So fault was at my site, i was too paranoid and not so clever to realize that problem could be connected to this google security feature..
[Defy General] grannyrogers:
Glad it worked out ok
[Motorola Droid RAZR] infamousjax:
Because of all the mixed reviews regarding the Razr's screen quality, is it possible that there are two (or more) different screen manufacturers? This would explain why some reviewers have quoted poor screen quality while others have reported excellent.

Isn't Samsung (and affiliates) the only company that produces SAMOLED screens? I'm switching from the HTC Sensation and it has been proven that there are two different screens, each having its own advantages and disadvantages. One is a sharp, the other a sony.

Granted, I've never owned a Motorola Android device before so I'm not sure if they outsource different companies to make these screens.

If anybody is thinking about returning their device or comes in contact with another Razr, take a picture of the screen and compare/contrast. Any input is helpful!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
I don't think they would have two different manufacturers for their screens. I really think it is just user to user preference, or some being more critical. I mean this phone and all of Moto's phones have been getting a lot of flak lately for the pentile matrix. I don't know it could be possible though, we'll just have to see.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Semseddin:
This is not the case with Motorola. They don't put different screens in the same model. Some reviewers love to puke at motorola(wonder why) cause of pentile but they highly welcomed samsung galaxy s's pentile. I don't believe them but only my own eyes. Razr samoled can show whites as white and other colors are produced very naturally at high brightness. Just my 2 cents !
[Motorola Droid RAZR] infamousjax:
Thanks for clarifying. The last SAMOLED screen I had was a Galaxy S (1) phone and it looked beautiful. If the Razr is anywhere near that quality, then I'll be happier than a pig in ****.

I think some people (especially us phone nerds) do over-scrutinize our devices to the point of being ultra-anal (lol). Looking at the videos, it seems to me that it looks fantastic, and much better than the Bionic's LCD.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aethelbert:
Its better than the Atrix 1 by a long shot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] maretus:
I exchanged a razrtoday for a new unit. The old one had a very bad display. It looked great on high brightness but with the brightness all the way down, there was a very noticeable green tint to white and light colored screens. The new unit is way way better. My screen on the old unit looked like the pics from the screen review at the verge. The new unit looks amazing even with the brightness on minimum. I really think they might be using two different suppliers for the screen from the varied reviews and my experience. Many companies utilize several companies to supply the same components, so it is possible that motorola is for the samoled screen.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] infamousjax:
Thank you! This is the information I was looking for. Does the serial number differences correlate with your experience of the two different screen possibility?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] maretus:
I honestly didn't even look at the first phones serial number but I hot the second unit at a completely different vzw, one that was over 60 miles from the store where I bought the first unit. This new unit is amazing and I'm very very happy with it. But its very concerning to me the wildly different reviews people have of their experience with the screen and the phone in general. Hopefully, it's just a problem with an early production run or I think Motorola will be getting a lot of returns/exchanges. The phone is amazing and the screen is beautiful though. I'm very happy with the new unit. So if you get one with a green tint on low brightness, return it or exchange it until you get one with a nice display. This display is comparable if not better than the one on my old nexus s which had a killer screen.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] infamousjax:
Thanks for the info again. I think I got the second batch from Amazon and it should be here monday or tuesday. Thank God they are really good with returns! I have my fingers crossed I get "one of the good ones".
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bond32:
The first razr I got had a defective screen. Blacks showed up as purple. It was terrible.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] infamousjax:
Yikes! That's terrible. Did you have any problems getting it swapped out? That's one thing I don't like about buying from online retailers -- but the price was too good to say no! Just hope I don't have to switch it out... at least it's Amazon :)

Hope your new one fits the bill.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gergenhime:
To those of you saying that Motorola doesn't use multiple screen manufacturers for the same model devices...I know for a fact they did with the Xoom...there was an entire thread dedicated to discussing it early after release and they were all the Verizon Xooms so again was the same model since only one model existed at that time.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
So,is there a way to determine this? Unfortunately, here in India, the shopkeepers are all smiles when U enter, but once U have made a purchase, they treat U like ****...

So it is very wise to make sure of what you are buying, in stead of then going back later...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Semseddin:
Well, i still don't give a chance of different screen manufacturers. Maybe the samoled tech isn't as stable as lcd's. Some of displays just don't cook well at the factory ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
The scariest of them all is the YouTube video of two jerks displaying s complete green screen..its horrible and I pray to god mine doesn't turn out to be like that...this is a very good topic...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gordongartrell:
I'm also thinking that more than one manufacturer made the camera for the RAZR. I've never seen a mobile device get so much mixed reviews in terms of the screen and camera. I posted this post on another board.

So I went to my local Best Buy to test RAZR's video and picture quality out. They had two demos on hand. One demo was on a booth with the security tag on it. The other one being held by a Bestbuy employee. First, I tested the RAZR at the booth. The video and picture quality were pretty bad. It wasn't as crisp or high quality as I was expecting in a high-end mobile device. It was a little foggy and very grainy. I thought that maybe the lens was dirty, so i cleaned it off. Second try and I got the same results... Bad.

To be 100% sure that this phones photo and video quality weren't garbage, I tried out the other demo phone that the BestBuy employee was holding. The results were much different. The image quality was more crisp and sharp. I didn't see any foggyness that I saw in the previous phone. It still wasn't on par with the iPhone 4s or some phones in the Samsung line, but i'm happy with its quality, especially with such a beautiful piece of hardware.

So, I'm wondering. With all the mixed reviews of this phones photo/video quality (some positive, some negative), do you think that Motorola shipped the RAZR out with a tonne of defective cameras? Were the cameras manufactured by more than one company? Did the demo and review units have slightly older hardware inside? Can some of these issues be fixed by software update?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
my only fear - no amount of software updates turn a bad hardware into a good one. If your screen(the physical screen)is defective, Android update will do a whimper..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] bond32:
I was really nervous they would give me problems, but honestly I just walked in and didn't even say anything. Showed them my home screen and the guy saw it immediately. He said wow, that is all jacked up. Got a replacement, no problems.
[Android Apps and Games] hexskrew:
This app is the first one I have been able to actually make myself and make it do something. I did this through App Inventor.

It's a terrible app really, but I just figured maybe the community might think it as a funny one :)

I call it a TrollApp, but there's nothing NSFW or bad about it.

I am just really happy to actually have made my own app :) (mo-betta appz to come!)

Pet Ze' Keety!

Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndxpchh9duzndja

Oh, and since this app is so simple, if anyone would like I would be more than happy to post the source code. The whole thing consists of 3 mp3 files, and 3 pictures. Two timers (clocks in app inventor) are used and.... That's about it. But I am definitely going to be doing more with this!
[Android Apps and Games] buzzboy:
Good luck to you. And at least you can say, you have made an App!

Everyone starts by learning the Basics first.

Regards and well done.
[Android Apps and Games] hexskrew:
Thank you for the kind words. TBH can't say I haven't tried before..

I have been wanting to program for Android for quite some time now. I cant even really count how many times I have successfully set up Eclipse and ADK and even ran through the demos quite a bit as well, but I have never actually been able to successfully go it on my own.

Some people would say I copped out with using app inventor (it is actually MUCH easier to work with) however as a negative side note, that's also why this simple app is 2.5mb instead of what it should be for what it is (about 900k). Could be the media involved though.

I have made roms, scripts, and everything else but finally I have made a program :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tone503773:
I know there are other threads about Google's choice of name of their new Nexus device, but I wanted to get a poll started to see who refuse to call it Galaxy Nexus and will still call it the Nexus Prime (as previously thought).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] winwiz:
its called the GALAXY NEXUS

why would we call it anything else? lol

Unless you give your phones a nickname! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tone503773:
This is just to see how many people disagrees with its given name and well not call it galaxy nexus, there are some.