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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulinodf:
Just tried Moboplayer... But no changes.

I'm sure that my Arc S is powerful enough to run this kind of video, but it's not working fine. The video/audio are pretty out of sync... The audio runs normal, but the video gets slow and/or laggy. I tried overclocking my processor to almost 2Ghz, but for nothing.

I contacted the developer of DicePlayer and he responded... He provided me with a working version of the app (no crash when starting), but the lag/sync problem continued.

See what he said: "I may need to check with the device, but currently I don't have the device. In my opinion, ICS needs more heap memory than Gingerbread, so the main problem is from lack of memory. Anyway I'll check it and try to resolve the playback issue."

Obviously the Arc S processor is nor guilty for the lag, but possibly the low level. Maybe a memory optimizer will answer my problem?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulinodf:
New response:

Hi,

The single core Qualcomm chipset has some weak point to decode the H.264 MP/HP video frames, so it may depend on the video files. I don't know that is the reason or not. I'll check the issue when I get the device, but I don't know when it is.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafu997:
We can watch mkv videos @720p with hardware acceleration but most of the films and shows are encoded with profile level 4.1 and our phone can play only videos with profile 3.1/4.0. This levels can be changed within 1 second using H264LevelEditor. I always change it to 3.1 and almost every movie is running perfectly. With 4.0 I can't get it to play. But even with this change I couldn't play one video. Don't know why but the only one difference I noticed was "Format settings, ReFrames". Sometimes it is 5 frames and someetime 8 or 9. But dunno if it's the problem:)

I use diceplayer on arconium 7.2 with latest doomkernel.

btw. It was discussed before. Use search next time.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulinodf:
4.1, 4.0 or 3.1 or even 3.0 mkv 720p videos are running exacly the same way... It plays, the audio is OK but the video is laggy and slow, what makes them become out of sync with the audio...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafu997:
Because you are playing videos with app that plays it in software mode, not in hardware mode. It's normal that phone can't decode 720p video with software mode. You need to get videos to play in hardware mode. BSplayer has it's own hardware support but it's still not what it's suppouse to be. The only app that play in hardware mode mkv videos with profile level 3.1 for me is DicePlayer. And it's doing it without any glitches or lags. It's perfectly A/V synced
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulinodf:
I bought DicePlayer yesterday, I'm running my videos on it. All levels are now in 3.1, and I realized that some of them run in SW mode, and some in HW mode. When it runs in hardware mode, everything goes pretty fine... When in software mode, I get the problems. How can I "force" HW mode? Is there a way? Thanks.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafu997:
You can't force hardware mode. I don't know why some videos can't be played. It must be something with encoding videos, some settings. You can compare parameters of videos that are working with those played in software mode. There must be some difference and maybe there is a way to change it fast.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monkeyscratch:
I also use MX Video Player with the additional codec on my LT15i but experience no lagg at all.

I watch mostly The Walking Dead in 720p MKV

I am at 1.5 GHZ on doomkernel so maybe you could consider overclocking.

Greetz
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevilMayCry_:
MX player. No lag at all. I am watching Bleach episode right now;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulinodf:
Alright, some updates.

All my mkv files are level 3.1 level now... But still some of them can't run in HW mode. The video starts to play (diceplayer, of course) in HW mode but 1 second later it gets an error and returns to SW (laggy) mode. Half of my 720p mkv videos can run like a dream in hardware decoding (3.1 level), but some of them just can't, even in 3.1 level.

For example, The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E05.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION can run very smoothly. Hardware deconding. Butt The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E17.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION can't do the same, it goes only in SW.

What's the difference?!?! What else can I change?

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Overdose1986:
Maybe is because your video was compiled in 10bits, nothing to do until somebody releases a player that supports 10bits well

But you can try MOBO, it lags at the start but after 2mins start running normal
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grimmyreapzky:
I think you have to play it with MoboPlayer dude
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
Judging from the filenames, you are clearly dowloading pirated movies.

You could try pirating your movies in SD instead of HD, which is a waste in the first place considering the Arc's screen is not even HD to begin with, plus, it would take less time to download.

Another solution that I think would take a lot less time and effort than throwing unsupported video files at your phone hoping some app would automagically play them perfectly is to convert the movies using a converter on your PC. Encode them at the same resolution as the Arc's screen and in a supported format so they play in the stock video player. Some video converters can also hard code subtitles onto the video track so you'll have subtitles even with players that don't support subtitles.

A converter I used for years is called Xvid4PSP which is freeware and can encode in any format, not only PSP.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firebird112:
MX video player is the best option for me :) if you can try V Player its also good
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vsg24:
Mx is the best.

Hw+ only.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redprince:
try mx player with HW+ option enabled. it plays my all 720P videos. even mkv!
[EVO 4G General] mroneeyedboh:
I was wondering how the EVO is doing on boost? How are the speeds? Any difference in your service signal? Basically is it any worse than sprints speeds and signal? Any guides that are more current then what's out there?
[EVO 4G General] Flowsick:
I'm on Boost, but my internet isn't working. The signal srength is exactly the same though.

I bought it on boost so I couldn't tell you which guide to use, but be prepared because it is a lot of work.
[EVO 4G General] 9h0s7:
Sprint users can roam. Utilizing Verizon towers.

Boost users cannot. They can only use Sprint towers.

Point being signal strength of a Sprint user is not a good indication of what would be expected from a Boost user.

In my area Sprint has a lot of unupgraded towers.
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
Couldn't you just use a Verizon prl when you are in qpst?

Sent From My Evo 4G Amped Up On Verizon Tower Power!
[EVO 4G General] Dean_L:
Nope. At times using various prl's will get you connected to a tower but the dreaded "Your account could not be validated" error kicks ya right in the kisser. :eek:
[EVO 4G General] 9h0s7:
Sprint post paid users could.

Boost prepaid users cannot.
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
Ahh never mind then I was going to flash my phone to boost. But use Verizon towers haha.

Sent From My Evo 4G Amped Up On Verizon Tower Power!
[EVO 4G General] debage39:
Can anybody help me with my evo? Flashed to boost but 3g is spotty and fails 2 send text a lot. Error codes popping up. Error 67?. Pm pls!!!
[EVO 4G General] kc3:
Got my evo succesfully flashed to boost and from what I've seen it's the same exact service as when I had virgin mobile and both have the same coverage as Sprint in my area :)
[EVO 4G General] souleman:
Thats cause boost, virgin, and Sprint are the same company. Just that Sprint customers have access to roaming on Verizon towers, while Boost and Virgin are Sprint towers only.
[EVO 4G General] samsungd700:
i am on revol and thinking about going to boost or virgin...

i know virgin will be throttling its users soon and i would think that boost would follow shortly after that. so i guess sprint really does throttle its users... virgin that is....
[General Questions and Answers] Karam.:
back to android :D

So where are the task killers used to kill every minute !?

Now the choices are how many HOURS !!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
This is because task killers on android are pointless. Android will kill tasks as it needs them.
[General Questions and Answers] Karam.:
If they r useless so why google put one on the stock ics ?!!!!! check development on settings
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Mostly for apps that get frozen. Then you can force it to shut down.
[General Questions and Answers] joselin7410:
I met the same situation

Is it right??I must try it carefully
[Motorola Droid RAZR] h0324879:
Hi guys, I am quite a new learner about my smart phone - razr.

Can anyone answer my two queries?

1. Can my razr be updated to the unofficial ICS which recently published by spryte? [Note, my razr was bought in Hongkong.]

2. If I can update to ICS and I found I would like to "downgrade" back to 2.3.6 system, is it possible?

Thx anyone:D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onslaught86:
Yes, and yes. I recommend you read through the stock ROMs thread in the dev forum before undertaking this, both because you need to be on a 2.3.6 kernel to have everything working in ICS, and im case you want to downgrade again. You'll also need to read up on rooting using the Motofail exploit. Best of luck.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
Hey onslaught, based on what you said above.. do you think the same requirement of being on a 2.3.6 kernal apply to when (if) the "official" ICS gets pushed out by Moto?

If so, then are those UK users who didn't manually flash to move to 651.167.19 - because they're waiting for Moto to push it out, which they may never do - going to be screwed?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onslaught86:
I highly doubt it, ICS normally uses a completely different revision of the linux kernel to GB, our locked bootloader has meant that devs have had to modify ICS to work with the latest kernel we have - 2.3.6. The official ICS build will have a different kernel, and depending on how Moto choose to construct and deploy the OTA, any firmware revision they like could upgrade to it. I assume whatever is the latest in every market at the time will be the revision that market's OTA checks for. :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] h0324879:
Hey guys, after flashing the ICS rom on my razr,

my razr freezes after the dual core logo. To be precise, the screen turns black..

anyone has an idea what's going on with my razr?:confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
Have you reflashed the ROM? Which ROM did you flash? What steps did you do to flash? Bootstrap or Safestrap? Lots more details to fully help you out.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] [TSON]:
That probably means either:

You didn't flash the right ROM (GSM/CDMA)

or

You don't have Safestrap 1.0.8 & flashed it on Safestrap.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] h0324879:
I use bootrap, but my device,after rebooting, it again freezes on the dual core screen..:(

[Note: I have also tried flashing the safetrap on my device, still the result is the same.]
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
Do you have a gsm RAZR or cdma and which ROM are you trying to flash?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pswin09:
Please Try wiping cache in stock recovery or cwm. I always face this problem after flashing ics cm or akop. Solution is hold power button+volume down to make phone to work.As soon as phone is off just press power button + both volume down & volume up to go to fast boot menu. I assume you known what to do next. Just suggest.

Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatal
[Motorola Droid RAZR] h0324879:
I have made it!!!!

Thank you for those who helped me a lot!

The problem that I encounter is that I stupidly turn on the safe mode:p

Anyway, it's time for me to taste my ice cream:D

Thank you once again:D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] romdroid.:
Does anyone still belive (without any jokes now for real) that Motorola may unlock the bootloader with official ICS release? I am talking about unbranded phones, not US and Razrs bought from Verizion. I really hope they do but people seems not to trust Motorola anymore
[Motorola Droid RAZR] flashman2002:
I think it is a better possibility now that they have replaced the former CEO.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Forbidden_404:
But I fear one thing... in the warranty, motorola says that even if THEY unlock, give permission or anything, the phone lost the warranty...

I hope that they unlock the bootloader AND I don't lost my warranty.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] romdroid.:
Yes that is the second problem, well let's see how this all turn out. Untill then I'll just return my phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wwwwww22:
Hi

after ICS update, will be possible to have flash player in browser?

I am asking because sgs2 will loose flash playrt after ICS.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] romdroid.:
According to who? :rolleyes:

Who said that flash will be gone with ICS update? I have ICS on my Motorola Xoom and flash is working fine
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wwwwww22:
thanks, that's great news

gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii_will_get_ics_on_march_10-news-3956.php

apparently samsung site said something about it
[Motorola Droid RAZR] panurgic:
ICS leak update-able?

Hello I have 65.1.40xt910.AsiaRetailen.03 version

and I really want to install the leaked ICS...

I tried the update.zip from recovery but it failed.

The phones is 2.3.6 and its not rooted.

Help!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] romdroid.:
If this makes u feel better the sgs2 wont get ICS this month

http://www.sammobile.com/2012/03/11/galaxy-s-iis-ice-cream-sandwich-is-delayed-says-samsung/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Forbidden_404:
Well, one Tablet HTC, i guess, will receive a bootloaddr unlocker official app, but HTC said that who unlock that will lost the warranty and will not receive any official update ):
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sexywacko:
Just wait for it to come out. Its coming out soon enough. Why are people impatient??? Lol

Damn google for releasing so quickly. The only good thing about apple is that all the phones get an update.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] schillaj:
no service?

I just got my razr verizon version. I've flashed a few roms for is but I don't have any service. I've wiped and followed directions but nothing. Am I missing something with the radios? Any help will be very appreciated.

---------- Post added at 02:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:20 PM ----------

I've flashed gb and ics roms with bootstrap cwm. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Forbidden_404:
soon? In june? one year after the release of ics? ok.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] schillaj:
no signal????

Please help, is it ril issue like other phones? Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Forbidden_404:
What? Can you explain better your question?
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
Anybody know why touch clockwork won't back up? Any fix for this?
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Use Amon Ra.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
I've seen it had problems with restoring back ups lol
[HTC Rezound] snowride20:
Search function works and wrong section.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
No way man? There us a search function??? Is there a website called google too??? Wow never knew that...there is!!! & if you are so smart link me to the answer then please....
[HTC Rezound] bigroof:
Had the same issue. Wish it was fixed because I enjoyed using it accept for that.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
What are you using now?
[HTC Rezound] Meticode:
You would've been better off not wasting your keystrokes.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
Haha I know right. What an idiot and he won't even reply now
[HTC Rezound] Kratz17:
Cwm is not good with the rezound (for now) the best recovery is amon ra

Flash in hboot.

http://db.tt/9oMm44B9

Sent From My Optimized Blasting 4GLTE ReZound :cool:
[HTC Rezound] trud9340:
Just rollback to the non-touch version, or use AmonRa.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
I flashed last night and no problems so far!!
[HTC Rezound] Kratz17:
That's great my friend

Sent From My Optimized Blasting 4GLTE ReZound :cool:
[HTC Rezound] LunaticSerenade:
CWM wouldn't restore or back up for me.

Frankly, having gotten used to Amon Ra, I may never go back. Its not as pretty, but it works like a champ!
[HTC Rezound] hardfallen87:
I used to use cwm on my moto defy, now that i have the rezound i am using amon and love it. It works flawlessly, the last two days i have been flashing, backing up, restoring like a mad man with absolutely no problems.
[HTC Rezound] Ghost401:
Which version are you using? Does it matter?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] evanlocked:
Hey can anyone tell me how to push a2sd into creed rom ???
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] PG101:
Creed rom questions here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1517715
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masters2150:
I'm just wondering what path apps2sd puts files in.

I found online it puts them on mount point /system/sd/ but where on the SD do they actually go?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
Are you talking about using the OS to move them to the sdcard (on the partition where everything else is)? Or are you talking about moving them to the 2nd partition (ext2/ext3/ext4 formatting)? Because those are the only places they'd get put. If it's the first one I mentioned, they go to the .android_secure folder
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masters2150:
I haven't partitioned my SD card. But using the adds2sd it moves a large portion of the data to the SD card to save space. But I could never figure out where.

So .android_secure. Got it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhnjrdan:
I've just flashed the DooMKerneL to use with Arconium ICS v3 (I have the 0% battery issue and it worked just fine) but when the phone reboot, it stuck at bootloop, it does not show the XPERIA logo, it gets back to Sony Ericsson logo and the boot loop starts... can anyone here help me?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaatisu84:
flash the stock ICS kernel first, then load up arconium. once you got it up and running, go to developer options and check force GPU rendering and turn off animations. then you can fastboot doom's ICS kernel. flash it. let the room boot up - check you have the kernel - then go back to recovery and flash the WIFI modules.

then you should be fine. i have both doomkernel ICS and arconium and i have not issues, good battery life, pretty fast and only a few graphic gitches
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfec:
This ROM is laggy for me, not sure why is that.:eek:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmorD:
Same :( Trying Xperia mod now.

Doom's ICS kernel is slow. Try Ics stock kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] harry_fine:
I have a rooted stock Rom, but with UCLA kernel and radio. Thinking of dumping the kernel as battery life isn't great and would like to under-clock. It's a Roger's Rom and also have CWM.

I notice these three kernels, know that the first kernel does oc/uc, so does the second, not sure about the third. The first one is version 10b, doesn't show on the first page of the thread, but people are having good success with it.

1. Skyrocket[2.6.35.14](v009)OC~1.73GHzGPU OCOTGUVSLQBBLN_herc-kernel-010b1

2. [Kernel]_faux_skyrocket-kernel-009m

3. Stock-ish 0.3 BLNUSB-OTGNFSFUSEinit.dadb rootboot animation_kernel-att-bln-0.3

Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] harry_fine:
Bump... Please!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
idle on 10b1 is good, but I know for sure 009m is stable while the other is a beta. I'm undervolting at -100 mV and loving it

Also as a side note, please don't be so impatient, wait at least a day before bumping
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] harry_fine:
What do you mean by Idle is good.

I did find the one you mentioned:

But it says Hercules at the end, and I read one post in the thread that said not to put it on a Skyrocket. So I don't think I can use it for my phone.

Am I right here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
read the thread and look for my post near the end, I put up q direct link to the skyrocket compiled version awhile back. By idle I mean when the phone is sitting and not in use. "Deep sleep," proper term.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] harry_fine:
Found your link to the Skyrocket one. Thank you.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aianas:
First of all let me say that I flashed [ROM] ICS - CWM flashable (option B) (sorry, can't post links yet), coming from Revolver 3.11.1 and I am very happy with the result. Since I am a new member, I can't post my Thanks to the developers section just yet, so thank you @dipje and @MrNago for your work.

Now my issue is that of bloatware in the new ICS release. I have found a relevant thread about the issue, named [INFO/WIP] List of ASUS apps/libs/etc that can be removed 'safely?', but it was "Last edited on 23rd May 2011" so I'm afraid it's a bit outdated and I don't know if the file dependancies are the same in ICS.

So, now with ICS has anything changed? What apps are safe for removal (ASUS or not) in order to get to the absolute minimal installation?

Also, another minor question: when deleting an .apk file, do I need to delete the accompanying .odex file as well? And will the relevant icon from the apps drawer be deleted on its own?

In case needed, my TF101 is rooted (of course) and I have no dock (nor plan to buy one).

TIA
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frederuco:
Rather than uninstall them, without rooting in ICS you can disable any stock apps. I do not use EMail so I disabled it. Go to Settings - Apps - All - (pick your app) - Disable
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aianas:
Thanks, I didn't know that (among others...).

Obviously, if ICS allows such an action, it means that it is safe to do for any app.

Is that correct? Just double-checking...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demod_oz:
Great tip.. thanks for that. I had no idea.

I've now disabled a bunch of bloat!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssciberras:
Will only work on those apps in rom, not downloaded apps. Eg google+ you cannot disable, but email yes
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frederuco:
Funny story:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adude007:
Has anyone noticed that not all stock apps included in the ROM can be disabled?

For example I can not disable MyLibrary. There are other ASUS apps that I can't do this to as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcaulifn:
I disabled the gallery app and it has since disappeared from the app list in settings. I don't really care to bring it back right now, but I'm hesitant to disable any more until I can figure out how to reenable this one. Any one noticed this behavior?

TF201 stock ICS
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e154037:
disable/enable system apps

If your device is rooted, there are number of tools to disable/enable( or freeze/unfreeze) system apps. Some of these tools are:

ROM Toolbox

App Quarantine

Titanium backup
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lakid06:
I was using pathsaver to upgrade my phone to 902 from eclipse 2.0 but it finished it just stays at the Motorola boot up screen any ideas? I would appreciate any help.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tivo7:
You're gonna have to find the .902 FXZ file and flash it with RSDlite with AP Fastboot mode.
[General Questions and Answers] sephirothkadaj:
So I am in the military and ill be going to South Korea and was wanting to know what phone I should get while over there or before I go. right now I have a Samsung Epic 4G.