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[General Questions and Answers] Oldblackcrow:
After talking to numerous people about how to improve the sound quality on their particular device, it seems this is an appropriate venue.

Maybe this can save some time for current and new developers. I wonder how many new developers attempt to "fix" an audio problem without knowing that a fix is either not necessary or futile. In particular, with Beats Audio being the new fad. This post is for everyone... newbies, moderate and advanced users/developers.

First, file format is the number one factor in sound quality. MP3s basically suck... and Apple's file format is not much better. So much audio information is lost due to compression that no matter how good the amp or headphones one uses, they do nothing to improve the inherent quality.

2. Always use .FLAC or .WAV for lossless and best sound possible.

3. Beats Audio is not much more than a gimmick. To hear the intention of the artist, one should listen to the music 'flat ' with no equalization at all. Otherwise, if you really like to enhance the bass, then just use the basic bass tone control on your favorite audio player.

4. I recommend the Sennhieser Headphones with the best frequency response you can afford. This is just a recommendation, so use what ever company you favor. Just look for frequency response to ensure you are hearing all the music is outputting. If you love bass, then the low end of frequency should be around 25 or 30 Hz. High end should not be below 15kHz. Optimally, your cans should reproduce 20Hz to 20kHz.

5. I use Power Amp app on my X2 because it plays all audio files... I don't know all the apps available that play WAV and FLAC, but ensure it does.

6. The headphone jack is the best quality save the HDMI port... unless someone finds a way to export audio from the USB port. This can be a legitimate goal for developers!

Bluetooth or any over-the-air method degrades the audio to at least some degree (Bluetooth is probably the worse).

7. For super audio files, get your music at www.hdtracks.com. This is the only place I've found that sells super audio files online.

Otherwise, rip directly from CD or DVD to WAV or FLAC. NEVER move from an MP3 (or other compressed format) to WAV or FLAC. Just remember, quality in = quality out.

I hope this helps those who care about music quality and inspires developers to improve upon the technology available. Thank you for your time!

Droid X2 CM7
[General Questions and Answers] pshadoww:
Thanks for sharing. useful information!
[General Questions and Answers] XepA:
These are some interesting ideas for the audiophiles, but many people can't notice a difference between a FLAC or an 320k MP3 file. Still i think all devices should come with FLAC codecs and other types that are becoming popular.

Using the USB to export audio it can eat a lot of battery imo. Supposing that you will connect a DAC to the device... But i agree with you on the Sennhieser headphones, if you want good sound go for it :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
I received a phone for repair that was not getting any signal. I assumed it was an issue with the hardware until I checked the 'about' section - the phone has no IMEI! ..in my ten years in wireless (five of repair) I have never seen this issue.

(See pictures)

The owner of the phone says he never rooted it or even unlocked the bootloader - I believe he's telling the truth, he would have no reason to lie since I'm covering the warranty for him.

I reflashed the stock image with Fastboot - nothing. Reflashed the radio - nothing. Fastboot is showing the phone has the correct radio, the phone itself is not registering that one is even installed.

I checked the factory/nv_data.bin&md5 and data/radio/nv_data.bin&md5 files - they are intact.

I even tried to run the f*ckdocomo.apk and see if I could load a generic IMEI on there, that still didn't work.

Last step would be JTAG but I'm trying to avoid that. Does anyone have any sort of idea what could have caused this or how to fix it? Any sort of input would be appreciated, thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
*crickets*

Yeah, that was pretty much my response when I looked at it too. Slightly dumbfounded.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
You'll be a hero if you figure out how to repair it. I have a b/u just in case.

Helroz has an app to repair a borked IMEI (EFS) on the Galaxy SII (in the absence of a b/u), but no such thing for the GN.

I believe his app essentially did this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021

I'm not sure how much, if any, applies to the GN.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Juggernaut79:
I'm just throwing this out there as I have no clue. Similar issue?

Network / IMEI Problem
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
That is EXACTLY it. I didn't see that thread in all my desperate searching. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
Radio fixed it?

I guess at this point I'll go ahead and stop assuming it's a borked folder since a radio flash seems to work much of the time. Still many cases where it doesn't however.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Juggernaut79:
You are welcome :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
Nope. No fix yet. That's exactly the issue I'm experiencing, I meant to say.

I've tried reflashing the radio several times (several different radios as well).

It's bizarre, fastboot shows the radio, but under 'About' it shows unknown.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chaosin1983:
I'm having this exact issue as well, but it happens randomly for me... I have a GSM GNexus, rooted, running AOKP Milestone 5...

Everything was working fine until one day I just lost signal, I assumed it was some problem with my carrier, after a while my signal came back. The next day I lost signal again, for 6 hours... after fiddling with my phone I saw that the Baseband and IMEI in the about screen stated "Unknown"...but was showing in the Bootloader.

I had never messed with radios, but reflashing the radio was the solution that worked for some, I flashed several different radios and no luck...still no signal, no IMEI, no Baseband...then out of the blue, I had signal again for about a day...

Next day, once again I had no signal, no IMEI, no baseband, flashed radios again, nothing, and then eventually everything came back, and now it has been working for a couple of days with random lost signal for a few minutes every now and then..

I have no idea what do to...or what may have caused it, I don't know if it is fixed...and now I am afraid to make any changes to my phone because I don't know if this could make the problem worse.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
It's starting to sound like a hardware issue to me. What could be causing it, I don't know.. but it's time to pop this phone open again and poke around.

I'll report any findings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
Quick question. Which version of the Galaxy Nexus is this? Sprint, GSM, VZW?

The reason I ask is people who have flashed a GSM Rom on a VZW phone the lose their radio.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
It's GSM, appears to be originating from Hong Kong.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
Hardware is visually okay. Attempted to swap the antenna/housing to see if that would make any difference. It didn't. Hit the radio with a heat gun to see if any cold solder points needed to be resoldered (couldn't visually inspect the actual radio per the heat shield). No change.

OMAP Flashed it and reloaded the software through Fastboot. Nada.

OMAP Flashed again and reloaded the software through Odin. Nope.

*headdesk*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
My guess would be a corrupted efs. I'm not sure how restore that unless a copy was made.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
Would I be able to restore an EFS (/factory) from another GNex, then run the f*ckdocomo.apk to convert the IMEI to generic to protect the host GNex's EFS?

I'm not in the business of cloning IMEIs..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
I don't know the answer to that. Sorry. :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] al_madd:
Try 9 step recovery imei from sgs2 general section..work nicely on my nexus s..hopefully can help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thiagodark:
yep, that's my problem too... try to remove the battery for 5 minutes and see it works! for me it works like 1/3 of the times, but i can't use 3g network, because it makes signal drops...

---------- Post added at 03:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:07 AM ----------

mine is from hong kong too, can be a clue?! =o)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
Thanks, I'll try that. I'm not sure if it's going to work though, the directory names are different EFS is /factory on the Gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Naezor:
I've tried pulling the battery and leaving it overnight - nada.

Possibly..? Some sort of build quality issue? I don't know. It seems the Korean made ones are a bit more quality than the Chinese ones, IMO.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] jonahs:
Is it at all possible to extract the included Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 virtual keyboard in order for me to install and use this when I develop android applications?

At the moment I'm having issues with EditText-fields set up for certain input types, and the only test platform I have got is the emulator, which behaviour doesn't match the keyboard that ships with the tab.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Development] aeacus:
First of all you should be rooted.

Once rooted the easiest way is by backing up Samsung keyboard using titanium backup pro.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Daruina:
Hi guys! I recently bought a Galaxy S so I want to sell my precious Ace. I need a stock rom with all the samsung's apps but without the carrier apps.. I mean a stock rom (is it possible DDKQ8) for an unlocked ace. I hope you can help me and thank you in advice.

PD: Sorry for my bad english.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] K.A.:
Flash one through ODIN?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jumbobombo:
Flash a stock rom through Odin and you are good to go

Be kind everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] richieroo:
Hello,

Wondering if any Raider users out there have previously used the Sensation 4g and can comment on any improvement in reception you have noticed since changing?

I have a sensation now (bell mobility) and am thinking of switching to the Raider in hopes of getting around the known antenna/reception issues i currently have with the sensation.

Thanks in advance to whoever responds...your answers will determine if I get the device or not.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] newter55:
I had a bell sensation and now have a raider. WiFi reception is dramatically better with the raider.....no signal drop regardless of how I hold the phone. GPS reception is also much better. Cell signal is not an issue for me so I can't really comment on that.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ideaLduK:
I would say to you that everything about signal connection (cell, hspa, wifo, gps, data, bt...) Is better than the sensation. Of course the most noticeaboe is the wifi deathgrip from the sensation, that dissapears with the raider.

Also, my family have a private camping in a rural, mid-remote area. With my sensation, it was a pain trying to make a call or push a text from there. Egen with my girlfroends desire z. With the raider i do not have the issue anymore, or at least its far far better!

Sent from my HTC Raider 4G LTE running ICS.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] richieroo:
Thank you both!

I'm going to go grab one today then. Maybe I'll post back my findings in case this helps anyone else.

Really appreciate it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] richieroo:
Finally got my new Raider (Rogers), have it all rooted/unlocked etc and running Virtuous Inquisition back on the Bell network.

Different radio's mind you, but I tried to get the Raider as close to the same as the sensation was.

Now in my basement I get absolutely full bars, and no reception issues and dropped calls like I did with my sensation. (the sensation barely gave me 1 bar if I was lucky down here and there was pretty much no chance of getting a call to go through).

Wifi reception seems to be better as well on the Raider.

I know this doesnt prove anything as there is room for so many variables that could affect my particular situation, however I am personally convinced there is something wrong with the sensation antenna design and the transition was extremely worthwhile for me.

Hope this helps someone.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jimmy.the.kayaker:
I picked up a Raider last week after giving up on the signal issues in rural areas with my Sensation. Right now mine is upgraded to Bell ICS, s-off, and sim unlocked. What I've noticed however is that while the signal is good, it's not consistently good. I find that signal fluctuates a fair bit (ranging from 85 - 99 dbm in the same location over a period of minutes). Doing something that engages the antenna seems like it makes things better (especially things like switching on an off airplane mode). All told I'm happy with the phone and reception is definitely better than it was, still, I'm curious to know if anyone else has noticed this / has come up with a solution.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvnaina:
Hi!!

can every body help me please!!

I have an galaxy sII with antenna and tuner card(i' sure)

so if i watch tv with this without internet connection!!!

because in my country, the connection is verry bad!!

so i need help!!!

i see that it can work but i don't know how to do this!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hazzamon:
DMB transmissions are only available in the following countries.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvnaina:
I saw a boy watching TV with its galaxy sII

no internet connection!

and in our region!

if we do not use this DMB, it might work??:confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Ask the boy it may be streamed internet tv .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvnaina:
not possible that it's streaming!!

because i'm in same contrie that the boy!!

i've trying to ask for him what is her trick!!!

but he's not a friend!! he don't asking for me!!:(:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atilla88:
Lame...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvnaina:
i don't understand friend!!!;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
OK. Two things are clear here. One, DMB obviously isn't available in your country, so that person you saw 'watching TV on their phone' clearly wasn't doing it with that. Two, it sounds likely that person was 'watching TV on their phone' using streaming via their carrier. Many (most ?) carriers in many countries offer streaming of TV shows (they do in Australia at least) in one form or another.

So the logical thing for you to do would be to contact your carrier and ask them if they offer streaming of TV shows to your device via their network. Obviously there are costs to you for doing same; normally a monthly or 'per program/view' charge and possibly even data charges on top of that depending on the carrier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvnaina:
here there is no offer for streaming

so it's non her trick

i'm in MADAGASCAR

so no another app do this!! without internet

:confused::confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gammaxgoblin:
I'm on eternity and want to extract the rosie dockbar background image. Any ideas on where to look m
[Desire General] tr3pplea:
Please i need someone to assist me on how to repair my HTC desire via memory card? i have tried to update it with "RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade" but its always stop at some different percentage. I even download some ROMs still could not complete the restoration. now i felt using memory card would be better.
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
This guide should help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10509780&postcount=102
[Desire General] tr3pplea:
ROM

please help me with a correct ROM for HTC desire. the rom i have normally give error that " The Rom update utility cannot update your Android phone- pls get the correct rom and try again"

pls help me with any correct ROM to use>

THANKS.
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Do you have a GoldCard? From which carrier did you bought your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigknowz:
I see the last thread on this topic is 2 months old. Has anyone heard if 4.0.4 is official or not? I'm stock and unrooted and have a feeling that if I open Pandora's box, the official update will come out soon after.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
There are two VZW 4.0.4s, both are "leaked". The most recent one is believed to be the official release candidate, it has been found running on some store display units.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
There was another 4.0.4 leak that never went out widespread. You're gonna have to still wait for it if you want it OTA.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danielombasa612:
okay so for the past weeks, i have been running the latest cyanogen rom nightly and i read about the script by puremotive that improves you battery life so i flashed it, everything was working wonderfully, noticed increased battery life but yesterday when i woke up my phone was off some how, so i turned it on and before i could even open an application it turns off. i mean like just turns off no bootloops whatsoever. When it turns off, if i have like full battery charge its drops down to 15% :(

so i was wondering is it my battery thats the problem or the phone?

and yes ive tried wiping everything and even flashed a different rom.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Probably the battery if wiping battery stats and flashing new roms dosent help.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danielombasa612:
Ehhh it seems like its the battery, cause my phone only works when plugged into a charger
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tyshemi:
Check my thread in marketplace guys have a couple things I'm selling 32 gig sd and navi OEM mount
[General Topics] rockingondrums:
I've read some people don't like the new notification icon for keyboard switching. I don't have a way to get rid of that icon, but I just discovered you don't need to use it. Long hold on the space bar and you will get a pop up for quick changing the keyboard!

I'm running the latest (IIRC) version of Clean Rom Developer Edition. Sorry if this doesn't work on other ICS ROMs.
[General Topics] orb3000:
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Closed, read the rules and please post in proper section
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tomasitoc:
Hello,

Not sure what happened. This morning I didn't have 4G and 3G signal. I had still had bar signals and was able to call other phones.

Does anybody know how to fix this.

I am using warfare 2.6

thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] VoiD_Dweller:
You can check your toggles and see if you might have clicked DATA off, also check your mobile networks and make sure it's enabled. You can also check your APN and make sure it didn't get deleted or changed.. Good luck
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
I'm brand new to this phone and the rezound section on xda. I bought two of these phones yesterday and have both of them S=OFF at the moment. (Last night's fun)

In hboot they say "locked" even though S=OFF on both devices. I'd like to install an ICS ROM, but I'm not really sure what I need to install first before installing the ROM so it doesn't get all messed up.

I remember installing/flashing something on my Sensation to get ICS running on that device, but I'm just a little confused with the steps in the Development section because I'm new here.

Help?
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
you need to flash a modified Hboot for whichever firmware u are on
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1641670
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
Software Number: 2.01.605.11

Does it matter which one?
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
I spent last night reading that.
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
yes if you are on GB you need the eng Hboot if you are on ICS firmware you need the jhboot from the s-off method
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
HBOOT 2.11.0000

I flashed the hboot after jhboot and I'm not sure if this is the right one for ICS?

android Version: 2.3.4
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
I would suggest running the latest RUU and then installing whichever ICS ROM you want.
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
woah wait what

what are you guys saying?

I was stock,GB,rooted, SOFF.

my hboot said 's-off' and '***LOCKED***'.

you don't need to do anything special, you are s-off!

just get the 600mb ph98img.zip from the latest leak and drop it on your SD card.

it'll have to flash twice (first reboot after boot/recovery is flashed, then it does the rest the second time through)

that's how i went to the leak, still locked and s-off. and it runs great!
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
Which one is the latest leak? I'm really not trying to be a moron.
[HTC Rezound] jdmba:
So its just that simple for those of us SOFF and GB?

1) Put the PHxxxx.zip image on the SD

2) Boot it into HBoot twice (not flashing via recovery)

3) Flash over our favorite ICS Rom

No patches, no nothing? Is this right?
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
There are like 10 files in this link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1365654

I have S=OFF, I'm running GB, with the stock ROM and all the specs I told you. I'm not exactly clear on which one I need to install before installing a ICS ROM.

Do I install an ENG hboot... Do I install a ICS RUU file or a GB one? I'm assuming the bigger the number the newer RUU?
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
I'm not sure when you say about rom... i'm flashing the 600mb leak file from yesterday (5/7/2012) : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1641249

it has the radios, boot, recovery, kernel, rom, everything. I just did it all, like an OTA upgrade.
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
I want to Install the RUU file then a modded ROM (Clean ROM ICS)

If I install the ROM before flashing the RUU won't it bootloop?
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
Is this all that all I have to do?
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
I'm not sure... I didn't have any trouble going straight to the leaked RUU from yesterday. I have not flashed any custom roms.
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
Is there something wrong with the Custom ROMs? (Please Developers don't stone me)

I just came from a device with tons of custom ROMs that were way better than anything stock and would install a kernel and everything through recovery when you were installing the ROM...

I'm just not used to the process yet with this device.
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
I don't think there's anything wrong with them.

I just haven't taken the plunge yet, still researching.... regardless, Once you're fully up to date on the latest RUU, going to a custom rom based on it will be a piece of cake. But i'm not sure the developers have updated their roms to all the latest leaks, in which case, check with the rom you're trying to upgrade to - I'm not certain they all include new kernels/radios...etc. like the leaked ICS does.
[HTC Rezound] 2Noob4U:
Okay. Can I wifi tether with the new RUU link you gave me?
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
Great question, let me test that right now.

Edit: seems to not work straight up with the one from the market. i'll check a different .apk that I have here, i know the custom roms use their own .apk's usually.

as i recall from doing this on GB, you gotta configure it right, and then it'll work. But you DO need root, so after you RUU, install AmonRA 3.15, and run the su/superuser install from the recovery menu.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkyleReese:
I'm using gingerxperiaray (V0005b) with [2.6.29.6-naa-11] kernal.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393520

Everything is working except the radio. Has anyone been able to make it work. Thanks in advance.:)

P.S. - I really need a fix for this. Please help.:confused:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deedii:
Hi Skyle,

Welcome to the community.

Please take some time to Introduce Yourself and read FORUM RULES.

Hope you enjoy your stay here, and help others in the future.

Please contact the developer and you might want to report in that thread so people who are using the kernal can assist you :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCraig:
Well I'm going on holiday soon and I wanted to know some Must have's to entertain me on the FOur and half hour flight, Any suggestions?