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[LG Optimus 3D] mrbandwidth:
Ok, guys, I've investigated this issue for a long time as I listen music 2 hours every day (I work out of my city and I use public transport to go to job) and this crap annoyed me as hell.

First, some facts, second solutions and workarounds:

FACTS:

1. This problem IS NOT EXCLUSIVE of Optimus 3d. Google search "music skips android" and you'll see other Android devices having the same issue.

2. The music micro-skips happen *specially* from externalSD. Music played from internalSD also has skipping but much, much less often.

3. Swapping has nothing to do about it. Tested.

4. Formatting the SDCard has nothing to do about it. Tested.

I have two SD card, one Samsung class 10 and other Sandisk class 4 (which in fact is faster than Samsung even being of *theorical* inferior class!!!), different manufacturers, I formatted both extensively in PC and in Optimus, the problem persisted in both.

5. SDCard speed has *ABSOLUTELY* nothing to do about this. Let's see (credits to Beriaru for this explanation):

-a MP3 with ridiculous high quality is encoded at 320Kbps, kiloBITS!!!!

-a SD Card of only class 2 means it writes data at 2MBps MegaBYTES!!! = 16Mbps = 16.384Kbps so it should play music with *ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM AT ALL* (and as I said, this is the writing speed, reading is even faster!!!!).

And finally as I said, I have two SD card, one class 10 (10MBps) and the problem HAPPENED THE SAME IN BOTH... CLEAR ENOUGH?

6. In my case, glitches happened ~4-5 times for each song, not continuous, but very noticeable and very annoying.

SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS:

a. Put the music at internalSD (yeah, if you are like me and u have gigas of mp3 this is a crappy solution, I know),

b. Use PowerAMP as player with these settings (credits to Disruptor for this tip):

menu/More/settings/Audio Engine/Advanced Tweaks ->

-Thread Priority to +1 (or higher),

-Audio Buffer Size to 750 ms

c. THIS IS MY SOLUTION: Change SD Cache Size parameter to 128Kb *AND REBOOT* (you can use System Tuner, ROM Toolbox, or SD Speed Increase programs to change the value). If that value don't work for you, TRY OTHER VALUES *AND REBOOT* -and post here which one works for you to benefit the community. For me, 128kb WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

NONE OF THESE SOLUTIONS ARE PERFECT, YOU WILL NOTICE STILL SOME GLITCH HERE AND THERE, BUT THE IMPROVEMENT IS EVIDENT AND THEY BECOME EXCEPTIONS, INSTEAD OF BEING THE RULE.

Hope this helps...
[LG Optimus 3D] jacksonfod:
awesome, thanks for help.

Ill try these steps and see what i come up with.

But first thing first, my PC wont even recognize my phone anymore. I am getting pretty pissed off now.
[LG Optimus 3D] sgnao:
Thank you very much! Can I leave mp3 in the external sdcard with your method?

Sgnao
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
Ive never had this problem. Ive also never used the stock music player in android. Coincidence?

Try usibg the music player built into ES File Explorer. Works a treat for me.
[LG Optimus 3D] mrbandwidth:
Absolutely.
[LG Optimus 3D] jacksonfod:
i have been searching for a thread on how to unroot or atleast make sure that the pc can find my device. I have tried almost everything and wonder if anyone of you guys can tell me how to?
[LG Optimus 3D] mrbandwidth:
Please, better create a new thread for that problem: you'll have the benefit of more visibility about that concrete issue; let this one just for music problems (an organized forum is better for everybody). Thanx!
[LG Optimus 3D] jacksonfod:
you are right! thank you.
[LG Optimus 3D] kylereid:
thanks mrbandwidth. greatly appreciated!
[LG Optimus 3D] sgnao:
Ok, the problem is partially solved, but as you said there are still some short rattles.

My question is: is there any possibilty that with an update this problem can be adjusted?

Thank you.

Sgnao
[LG Optimus 3D] mrbandwidth:
Well, as I said this problem seems to happen in other Android devices too, so I suspect we have to blame Android 2.x and its stock music player for this. Maybe it will be solved in Android 4.0 ICS but who knows... And if LG hasn't been capable till now of solving the ghost calls problem I don't think they even care about this.

Anyway the improvement factor with the fixes for me is:

-before: 4-5 glitches on each 5min song -> 60 glitches / hour -> unacceptable!

-now: 2-3 glitches / hour -> acceptable

so, it's a x20 improvement factor. Nice!
[LG Optimus 3D] mrbandwidth:
SOLUTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS: (UPDATE)

d. GoneMad music player also allows change thread priority and buffer size as PowerAmp,

e. Rom v2.7.1 by ThiaiZ sets SD Cache Size to 128KB by default which can be helpful (thanks!),

f. Titan kernel v0.4.x by Samno has some tweaks to eliminate music stuttering, (thanks!)

(Please, share your experience with these workarounds or others).
[HTC Sensation] pauleley:
Can i DE-BRAND OR REINSTALL STOCK ROM

now my phone has the

Firmware from 3.24.401.1 & 3.25.401.101 RUU

and the ELEGANCIA™ Rom Series ?????

As i need to get it back to the shop for them to look at the dust under the screen.

:confused::confused:
[HTC Sensation] status_six:
Yes, you just need to running the ruu corresponding to your original setup. e.g. what country, carrier, model (xe=le), baseband & software version.

Sent from my Pyramid-T
[HTC Sensation] macfan74318:
See, I tried something similar, I ran a super wipe, and then I installed the boot loader recommended for the Virtuous Sensation v2.2.3, which installed correctly, then I installed Virtuous Sensation v2.2.3 ROM and it still is boot looping. Am I missing something? :confused:

Thanks,

macfan74318
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Asovse1:
Hi,

I purchased an unlock code for my P500 exactly one month ago, but I could never seem to unlock it on CM7. It just won't work, it does not recognize foreign SIMs while sim-locked, nor does it allow for the SIM-lock command to open via dialer.

So then I tried to download OpenOptimus 2.2. Problem is, it won't work with the newer CWM versions.

I really dread having to go back to stock or flashing via the advanced utility. Doing so is a circumstance I only have access to on occasion.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Paulenski:
You need to get the funny Sim fix for new BB. Cm7 has issues with 128k Sim cards. I was having no data service, it all works now. adfad posted it in like the 180~ page area of general section thread on cm7 nightlies. to annoying grabbing links on phone.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Paulenski:
Found it lol

http://www.mediafire.com/?xu5wou6smy2qii3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sheon849:
So I find quite a few apps that can read and save nfc tags

Could it be used to save nfc tags that don't belong to u?

Such as if someone where to get my key card they can store the card in there phone and then use there phone to unlock doors etc?

Kinda scary...
[Galaxy S II General] tonybhoy:
i have noticed that when people ask a question you get complete morons answering like B3311,all people want is an answer to a question as we(they)are not quite clued up on the subject,so for people like the above mentioned you where once new to this too give it a rest and grow up we are not highly ntelligent as yourself,thankfully
[Galaxy S II General] Entropy512:
Someone who can't read the rules (such as rule #1) is just digging themselves deeper into a hole...
[Galaxy S II General] tonybhoy:
at this moment in time i really dont care,if i ask a question and it maybe in the wrong place then all i ask is someone points me in the right place,is it really so hard
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Keep in mind that if every time someone pointed a newbie in the right direction, we'd do this as a full time job. Searching *IS* easy and alot of things are already documented on the forums. If you're frustrated at not being taken by the hand to find information you require, well we're frustrated at having to repeat the same thing 60 times per day to people who do not bother searching a bit for themselves.
[Galaxy S II General] tonybhoy:
i just read today that ICS was coming to my s2 so was was just wondering when and if i could get it,there was no need for anyone to be a pain in the arse,SO FROM NOW ON I'LL JUST BE AN OBEDIENT WEE PUPPY
[Galaxy S II General] drelite08:
Good boy, does doggy want a bone?
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Understandable, but keep in mind you're probably the 10 billionth person to ask this in the forum either by starting a thread, hijacking another thread or by spamming it in different threads/across forums. People are getting irritable at reading these questions as noone knows when. You can just take a look at Sammobile's twitter to see if they release the ROM... There are also threads already discussing this and all signs point towards this month, no clue when.
[Galaxy S II General] Entropy512:
There is never an excuse for creating a new thread when one on the same topic exists on the first page of a forum - in this case there are almost always 2-3 ICS threads on the first page of General.
[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
That refers to this post?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1527394

Well. Another useless thread.:thumbup:

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9100 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
Come on guys. Singling out a member and belittling them is not good. How about everyone just leaves this thread alone until it gets closed.

If anyone has a real issue with another member they should either report the posts in question or take it private.
[Galaxy S II General] Deleted member 4038153:
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[Galaxy S II General] Mr. Clown:
This,

Thread closed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ship It City:
no matter what notification ringtone I set it for it only uses the one that came on the Note when I first got it, I am not rooted yet but cant get the notification ringtone to change!! anyone have the same problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] stuartr:
I presume you've placed the custom ringtone in the /sdcard/media/audio/notifications folder?

Also, once that's done, you have to wait for the system media scanner to run and find it (you can also just reboot to get it to run). I don't know if there's any way to force it to run on demand other than a reboot.

regards,

Stu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesd86:
UnMount and mount storage. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ship It City:
It is in the correct folder and still cant get it to work, I used Zedge to get the tone. Its driving me crazy with this standard tone !!!

thanks for the suggestions though !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ship It City:
Bump !!!

any ideas ?

even when i change to a stock notification tone it still plays the one that came out when we first started up our phones !!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ship It City:
GOT IT !!!

here it is incase anyone runs into this

I was trying to change the notification tone from Settings>sound.....

need to be right in messaging app

Messaging > Menu button > Settings > Scroll down > Select ringtone (you can put your custom ringtones here by doing the below)

Applications > My files > Media folder > Audio folder > Create a notifications folder if it doesn't exist (Menu button > Create folder) > Put desired ringtone here for notifications
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sheist!:
The problem I am having is it reads /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/Notifications fine with "Android system" when I go to Sounds and choose a new notif. These are NOT in internal memory and are NOT on /mnt/sdcard; they are in external_sd.

HOWEVER, it refuses to find/read ringtones on external_sd. I see the media scanner runs fine when I make any changes. I even manually launched it with Dev Tools, and rebooted. It will read ringtones fine IF I put them on sdcard, but for some reason it won't find them if they are under external_sd, yet it finds notifications fine on external_sd!

Strange... anyone know of a solution to this? I want to keep my rings and notifs on the external_sd. Have tried all the various folders, i.e. Ringtones, Phone Ringtones, Media/audio/ringtones... nothing works yet on external_sd for ringtones.

UPDATE: I realized I had a .nomedia file in my dir on the SD. That allows the media scanner to ignore that dir, if you have a reason to do so. (which I did and had totally forgotten about!) I removed the file and the media scanner properly sees my ringers in any dir I put them on external_sd now.

D'Oh! :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] text1:
Hi

I can't running Windows Phone Device Manager on windows 8 .

What do you think about this problem?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffalosolja42:
yeah when I ran the upgrade checker

all of my wp7 items said to go to the developers website
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budniu:
Good news, from today already exist 1.10 version for beta test:
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] text1:
Hi

Thanks Man... Good news for me...

I uesed WMDevice manager, but now useing this perogram.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
I dont know how it happened, but my recovery isnt working any more..

It keeps saying error mounting system..

Tried px v2 cwm, cwm ext4 only and cwm ext+rfs, all the same...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] zoelkece:
What ROM do you use? I think the system file system is error. Try to format system and try to mount system.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Darkshado:
Does the phone boot normally still?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] UtCollector@gmail.com:
Can you still make a nandroid backup? Ore use the dd and sow on command to backup the system par.?

Maybe check the pernission with root explorer? Do you still have root? I could change root with one of the ext4 roms.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
Maclaw helped me, I formatted system and indtalled cm9
[HTC Amaze 4G] ed116:
Hey guys when i go to the HTCDEV site to unlock my Telus Amaze 4G bootloader, it doesnt list telus on that list. It shows me T-Mobile, WIND, and Mobilicity, no Telus ...

the phone is unlocked and running on WIND MObile Network, Originally purchased from Telus.

How would i go about unlocking this? Clicking on Wind would work aswell?

Sorry for the noob question.
[HTC Amaze 4G] tombeach22:
I unlocked 2 weeks ago, at htcdev scroll down and pick other supported devices. Worked for my telus amaze
[HTC Amaze 4G] ed116:
figured, just wasn't sure :) thanks!
[HTC Amaze 4G] el_papi_chulo2004:
If you run amaze (WIND) for HTC 4 G TELUS, proven AMAZE what you have by my
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnw230873:
Hi I'm running a Roggers rom for the LG P925 and I'm trying to use a custom apns-conf.xml file but I can't seem to get the rom to read these values.

By default the APNs that are displayed are the Roggers APN.

These APN values are not in the default apns-conf.xml but seem to be set via a apk called Flexprovider.apk. If I replace the default apns-conf.xml with a custom apns-conf.xml and select “reset to default” it always reloads the Roggers APN list.

If I remove the Flexprovider.apk and reset to default then the APN list is blank. Putting the apk back gives the APN list again.

I have also replaced the Flexprovider and apns-conf.xml with ones from a similar rom that gives me the APNs I’m after but still the APN stay blank.

I don’t know much about this (only want I have research on the web) but it look almost to me that there is a switch that is telling this rom not to read the apns-conf.xml file and use the Flexprovider files instead.

Has anyone else seen this before?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnw230873:
After a bit more digging and playing I found the answer, I needed to copy another directory over.

so to get this to work I needed to

Replace the flexprovider in \system\apps

Replace Flex folder in \system\etc

Replace apns-conf.xml in \system\etc

attached in the replacement app, folder and config if anyone else needs it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiltepin:
A little bit late here....

how did you find out that the apns were set from the flexprovider.apk?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IcemanSR:
he is wrong

u do not need any apk's and ****

just copy/replace the apns-conf.xml and then go to APN and from menu choose : "restore to default"

it will force load your new xml.reboot the phone
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
Hello Guys!

I just bought an Acer A500 in the US, and im having some troubles with the upadtes! I updated once, and everything was ok, and, after a while, a new update was available and I tried to update it again. I downloaded this 14Mb update, and when the sistem was loading it, it sudenly turned off! Now when I turn my tablet on, it shows the acer logo, the android looks to be loading, and then, it goes to the initial screen, but the touch screen doesn't work, and, after a while it turns off.

I'm not very sure, because I don't know very much about this kinds of things, but I think I should flash the Acer_A500_1.104.02_COM_GEN1 full rom! But I can't find it anywhere, since the link in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878 isn't working! I'm not intending to root it, but, if it's the only choice, I will do it!

Can someone help me?? Sorry for the not very good english =p
[Acer Iconia A500] j0h4n:
Flash HoneyComb 3.2

Try to flash some of the HoneyComb 3.2 full packages instead.

You can probually pick any of the HoneyComb 3.2 links from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878.
[Acer Iconia A500] tgtoys:
Do you already have recovery installed or was it totally stock?

Not sure which file you tried downloading that the link was broken, try a newer version maybe?

Try following these directions:

Try this:

- download acer stock Rom for the device found here : http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1113878

- unzip file and copy update.zip to external sd, root folder

- Boot Iconia tab in recovery Mode (press and hold volume down + power button)

- wait and pray...

- tab should reboot

Credit to MadMax5, that was his post found in another topic.
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
Thank you very much, guys! But it didn't worked ;/

I downloaded the SD_Acer_A500_7.006.03_COM_GEN1_full_user, Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2 and Acer_A500_4.010.38_COM_GEN1! Tried them all, but none has worked...

I press the volume down + power button, the recovery starts, but when it's almost ending the tablet stops working! The android logo with three "gears" inside stops moving...

I've never tried to recover my tablet before, and never rooted it also... What could be going on?? What else can I do? Thank you very much!!
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
I bought it from a small store in the US when I was there, and I'm afraid it was refurbished... and maybe it was rooted already. Is it possible? How can I check if it is rooted without turning it on?

Please, help me someone! Here in Brazil it's dificult to contact Acer... Thank you
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
Also, my mother has another iconia a500 that is working, so I think I could use it somehow...
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
Nobody??? :/
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
....... :////
[Acer Iconia A500] Edd_SRT10:
Try using the second method of this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227 later install the Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2 rom with the Recovery
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
Thank you very much, Edd!! I'm going to try it. I only have one question: I don't want to root my tablet, so, I only have to flash the unstable downgrade, and then flash the Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN2, right?? Or do I have to flash the unstable downgrade and root it to use the acer recovery installer?

Thank you very much man, I was almost hopeless! hehe
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
It didn' worked... ;/ I can't even install the unstable HC... the "downgrade" starts, but whent it is almost ending, the tablet stops working. The same that happens with every other update.zip file...
[Acer Iconia A500] yypp:
sorry to hear this.

i think maybe you can contact with acer us to see whether the manufactor can provide some help as well.
[Acer Iconia A500] kikiflavio:
Yeah, I'm going to do it... Thank you anyway!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] midnightmach:
I really would love to see a "gingerbread green" theme for ICS. Basically replace all the blue/cyan colours in the status bar/settings to green. I think it would look lovely lol. Anyone else want to see a similar theme?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] tehgeekguy:
+1. I would also love to see this. ICS blue isn't bad, but I really got used to the GB colors and miss it at times.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bdubs4200:
YES YES YES PLEASE.... for AOKP perhaps? ;)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] KeeperOfThePizza:
+1

I love the cyan, but I like the green more.. seems more fitting.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bnitty:
my themer will be releasing 9 themes soon including a GB green one. he has released 3 already "HCS" "SCS" & "GCS" to get a feel for his theme

courtesy of my dy-NASTY "Hot Cream Sandwich" theme'd Codename Android 1.4.0 Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] continuum51:
+1 please make an orange one :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bearsblack:
THIS PLEASE!! :D

I <3 Ice Cream Kangwichez!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] strukef:
YESSSS

+1 yes please,gingerbread greenish one :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] im.nick.hello:
This is exactly what ICS needs. Right now the only available themes are basic ICS Blue or a simple black theme. I would love to see what people can do with other colors and show the real creativity of XDA.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] midnightmach:
Come on themers! Please?
[Windows 8 General] pwnnoobies:
How stupid is it to upgrade to Windows 8 on your main laptop? I use it for photoshop and microsoft office.

I don't have enough space to partition the drive, but I really want windows 8. I just am worried about regretting it.
[Windows 8 General] jimkraz:
I have installed it on my main machine, no problems, runs everything I install, I have Photoshop Element 9 and it runs well. Download the Consumer Preview Setup Program, run it first to see if you'll run into problems, you can either continue to install from Setup Program, this will download and install in a accordance with how you wish to install, or you can download .iso, burn to DVD, just cancer Setup Program and install from DVD, I did it that way. Jim
[Windows 8 General] prohibido_por_la_ley:
its always best to install a beta OS on either a different partition or second drive. to make it so you can get another partition you have to shrink the space of the current one.
[Windows 8 General] anocweb:
I can say that Photoshop works fine, i don't use MS Office so can't help you there. A second partition or a virtual machine would be your best bet if your unsure though.
[Windows 8 General] armored:
I agree. I set up a partition to test all the programs I currently run. They all passed with flying colors (sorry, no PS or MSOffice :( ).

Once I was satisfied, I deleted the partition, installed 8 on my primary, and now I'm 100% windows 8 on my PC. Loving it!
[Windows 8 General] mtmerrick:
guys, c'mon, its a beta! Betas expire!

There may be a way to upgrade to purchased W8 without losing everything, then again there may not, we'll have to wait and see. There's definitely not going to be a way to easily "step back down" to windows 7 or older.

Obviously you can backup files and reinstall some programs, but you have to think about this realistically
[Windows 8 General] deamoniac7:
Im not sure but is the consumer preview out yet?

Bcoz ive been using the developer's pre on my laptop dual booting alongside win 7 ofc...Since its really buggy.....(I.E: While gaming or using a program accidentally clicking on the bottom left side of your screen(clicking the startup button)will bring u back to desktop.:eek:

Might aswell wait for the betas coz it feels like it more in an alpha mode right now!