yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drawkcaB:
Hey gautam,

i have a defy on vodafone mumbai (not a defy+) and i dont seem to have a problem. I hadvent used CM10 i was on 7.2 and i used central europe as my baseband in the baseband switcher. But actually i had signal straight out of the box with 7.2. I would suggest you try with another sim card. Or try downgrading. It could be because 11.10 is custom kernel one but nogoodusername is also an indian and is using custom kernels. I doubt its a baseband problem because you can see and register on other networks. I think possibly something was corrupted by your install since not even your wifi is not working some radio drivers could be bugged.

If its not your sim a reflash of OS might be required. If you're downgrading to GB you may need to reflash your kernel to get off Quarx's
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bds bamrah:
try this file
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gautam1991:
Will try and find out if this works..

Please keep sharing any other solutions in case this doesn't work..
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Danik-:
If you have IMEI number use Baseband switcher , play with is a little bit.

if not , backup your rom , flash stock SBF. <wipes and all with stock recovery>

boot to stock FW , and now you 2 options :

Case 1:- You don't have signal , and even if you don't have IMEI number in stock , root it and use the baseband switcher on the stock , make sure you reboot every BB switch , and that Signal bar even tries to increase <even a little bit.>

Case 2:- You have signal .
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avi_tandel:
please try these steps to get network

Dear Gautam,

When u flashed any cm rom u will not get any signal at all !!!!!! ( as in general baseband set for Europe )

What u have to do is just change the baseband settings bring it like as under :-

settings >> Advance >> Baseband Sel >> Asia >> South East Asia >> 3.4.3-331 and reboot ...

Enjoy ur cm 10 rom ...:good:

If above steps are not worked for u then let me know ...

Avadhut Tandel:laugh:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajput.upendra:
3.4.3-331 resolved inconsistent network issue

Thanks, It resolved weak network issue which I was facing from last 2-3 weeks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lovethecode:
I am going to check out and read the book in Android rom a and development!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mattix724:
XDA has a book!?

Oh yeah... Wrong section, should be in general.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lovethecode:
The book its on Android hacking and development, and I'd like to post to this thread the interesting topics therein contained.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vedang81:
Can moto s-10hd run with defy plus
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nidhish91:
I dont understand why they shouldnt work. If you get hold of moto s9 then you can use that.I've tried them and worked good!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vedang81:
Okay thanks :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myevilside4u:
Root Galaxy Note GT-N7000 On Android 4.0.3 ICS Without Increasing Flash Counter

MOD Edit: Removed due to possibility of a brick.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
My God dude, how many threads have u made of these
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivg86:
Do you really have an sgn?give it fo me na.i will test this on it for you.and show you how foolish you are.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32780353&postcount=3
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] O_G:
Thread Closed​

OP content removed due to dangerous procedure.​
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
I just bought the samsung dvd writer SE-218 from amazon at the following link.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008AJLPYS/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

It works wonderfully. I've have not found a dvd in my collection I could not play. That said, you have to do the following steps to make it work. Samsung is terrible at giving instructions.

When I first got it and plugged it in, I could not for the life of me get it to work. I tried plugging it into my tf101, prime, sl101, and infinity. None would work. I searched the entire internet to find some kind of info on this and nothing. Can you believe that? Absolutely nada. Not a single soul out there have figured out how to make this baby work. So, after tinkering with it for about 20 minutes, here's how I made it work.

(1) Install mxvideo player on your tablet.

(2) Plug your dvd writer SE-218 into your tablet via usb.

(3) Press the eject button to eject the tray.

(4) While the tray is open, press and hold the eject button until the green light on the tray stays lit. Then release. This brings your dvd drive into av mode.

(5) Close the tray.

(6) Now, eject and open the tray and put in a dvd.

(7) Your tablet will now recognize your dvd as a usb device. Your tablet will appear to be frozen for about 10 seconds. Don't panic! It's just reading the dvd disc. Just leave it alone until it's read it.

(8) Using a file manager, navigate into the usb device and find a vob file that is big, like a couple gigs or so. Play it with your mxplayer.

VOILA! You can now play dvd's on-the-go. Please spread the word. Amazon is only selling this puppy for 34 bucks. Well worth it!

Edit.

I forgot to mention. You will have to eject the tray and long press the button for 3 seconds after every time you plug in the usb. The default mode is pc drive. In order for it to work with android, it will have to be in av mode.

Oh gosh, I can already foresee all the whiners whining about how long pressing the button for 3 seconds after each time they plug the usb cord in is too much trouble. Good god, you people should go get the ipad so that you won't have to worry about playing dvd on your tablet at all.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Nice find! Just ordered one myself!

Any chance that this drive allows the TF700 to read data DVD's as well? I used to be able to do this on ICS, but Jelly Bean doesn't seem to support the "iso9660" filesystem type. I'm hoping that this drive will allow me to read data DVDs as well (but not necessarily expecting it).

Thanks again.
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
Yes, it does. Already tried it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] wpbear:
Interesting, is this self powered, and is this the smallest form factor drive that can work? Good work finding this!
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
It is powered by the usb. It is the smallest, slimmest dvd writer drive right now.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lafester:
Guess I'm missing the point here. Why would you want this? Just to avoid ripping dvd to sd card? I got rid of all my dvds two years ago :)

I do agree it is cool that it works. Maybe there are some uses I am not thinking of.
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
just in case you want to watch a DVD but you don't have access to a laptop or a PC at the moment to rip it out and then transferred to your tablet. In my world, I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Personally, I want it more for the ability to read data DVD's than video DVDs. I just think it would be nice to be able to get files from a data DVD with the TF700... Besides, you could also use it on any of your Windows boxes to actually burn DVDs as well. For $34, it's a very versatile DVD Burner!
[Asus Transformer TF700] Ausmike:
FOR ANY _ READS ......Data/Movies/installs *** GREAT FIND****

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thanks OP for this find !!! Works greatly on my TF700T + Keyboard (normally with 64GB SD+ 32GB micro + 128GB USB)

Instant HIT for playing kids movies(which i dont want to rip and store on my tablets) ...............on my HOME NETWORKed 'Audio/Video' system - for watching/listerning anything anywhere now> (as I NOT A BIG fan of 'windows 7x home-sharing system) ... works wonders in LINUX NETWORKING !!!

ie - now TF700 is/can be uysed as MEDIA STREAMING/PLAYER !!

Thanks again

Cheers
[Asus Transformer TF700] Linuxguy1:
I just ordered one for the same reason. Its going in our car for just that purpose.

Shame about having to hold that button for a few seconds. No big deal for me, but I'll have to train others to get it right when they insert a disk.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lafester:
portable dvd player with screen is around $65. I'd rather let the kids play with that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Don't think that the portable DVD player will allow you to read data DVD's on the TF700 as well though! :)

The point here is convenience - sure you could get a portable DVD player carry it around for DVD viewing, along with bluetooth keyboard, an OTG USB adapter, a portable battery charger of some sort and a bluetooth mouse and some sort of device/case to actually hold the TF700 while trying to connect and use all of this stuff.

But, with a keyboard dock and this portable DVD drive, you can do all of that with one nice package and you'll always have all of that stuff with you with awesome battery life (plus you won't need batteries for the portable DVD player, the bluetooth keyboard, the bluetooth mouse, etc)!

Again, it's all about convenience - that's what the Transformer series is all about - one device to replace many devices - all wrapped up in a nice, portable package with great battery life.
[Asus Transformer TF700] lafester:
Just curious how you are using data dvds in a way that is more convenient then sd?

I really do want to find a reason to get one of these :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Unibrow:
Can you rip audio CDs directly to the transformer with this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Linuxguy1:
The kids aren't going to touch my Infinity or the drive. I'm going to send video and audio to a screen in the back seat. Having the drive and the Infinity in the front seat means I can control their content from the front.

The screens on those cheap, portable players are terrible. If its bright out you can't see the content.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
In my case, I just want the ability to read data from a DVD if needed, not really as a replacement for memory cards.

It's just nice to be able to read a data DVD if/when needed - I basically use the Transformer devices as a laptop (with a removable touch screen!), so I try to find ways where the Transformer can do most functions that a laptop can do. Along with RDP, it pretty much can do that (need to use RDP for some heave-duty tasks)...

I even have an app that can read MS-Project files for work-related project plans. It's really pretty amazing what these devices are capable of.

With this DVD drive, I'll be able to read just about any type of external media directly on my TF700, except for the good old floppy disk - thankfully, you don't run into those anymore! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] ghostyjack:
Has anyone tried any other player that MX Player?

I've been using Dice Player as it has covered all my needs so far and would prefer not to install multiple players.
[Asus Transformer TF700] demandarin:
Hmmm..the next big thing after OP findings. I would think so based on how Op said files are accessed. Its said to be some huge DVD file or whatever you access to play the movie through mx player or some sort of file explorer. So I see no reason why an audio CD can't be inserted. Then access the files from file explorer LR something since its reading the drive as a USB device. Now I'm not sure if whatever format the CD is in needs to be converted, through an app, in order to be played. Might play natively. Especially of its some kind of mix CD(mp3 or FLAC files).

Now Y interest this same method should work on my note 10.1. Since is has USB host capabilities and all that like infinity pad also. Very good find OP. I might bring this up in the Note 10.1 forum. Even if ripping to SD card or whatever is more practical, its the fact that this is possible as to what makes it so cool. Could also possibly work with my nexus 7 and even SG3(lol).
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Actually, I received my drive today and it doesn't seem to be able to read audio CD's for some reason...

Can someone else confirm this?

Thanks.

By the way, it's not very good at reading actual DVD's either. It seems that it "converts" the DVD to FAT32 format, so the "big" .vob file is actually broken down into multiple smaller .vob files that are 1gb in size, the the movie is actually broken into multiple 1gb "parts" - not very practical... It is good at reading data DVD's though, which was my main goal anyway...
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
Dude, are you for real? That's the way dvd's are. They are made of multiple 1gig vob files and are put together by the dvd programming. You should get an ipad.
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
I will try to access audio cd's right now. :Stay tuned.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Yes, I am for real! Are you for real in that you would stop every 20 minutes to find and select the next .vob file to continue watching a movie?!?! My point was that it's not very convenient for watching actual DVD's - because it's not.

And what the hell does an iPad have to do with anything?? In case you didn't realize - the iPad doesn't even *have* a USB port and even if it did, it would have the exact same issue with trying to watch movies with this drive! It has absolutely nothing to do with the type of tablet you are using!

I'm just saying - from your original post, it sounded like you could pop a DVD in, click a file and watch a movie, but that is not the case. I just wanted others to be aware of that. I also had problems with the first DVD I tried, which works fine in my PC. Again, just stating what I experienced- I'm sorry that offends you so much!

Like I said, video DVDs were not my main purpose anyway - so I'm still happy with the drive, just not very convenient for actually watching movies using it's "AV" mode, that's all. No need to get all defensive!
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
Don't let me stop you from getting one of those portable dvd players.

Yes, it does. Since the ipad is incapable of doing anything remotely close to this, this is taken out of the equation completely. I have never seen or heard an ipad user whine about this.

Are you kidding? Did you read the OP or did you just glance over it? I specifically said in the OP that you will have to play the vob files themselves.

I'm not being defensive. I don't care if you like this find or not. What bothers me is I see android users whine about things that ipad users don't ever whine. Touchpad too sensitive. Touchpad not sensitive enough. Battery doesn't last 1000 hours. I've even seen people whine that the infinity doesn't have as much resolution as the ipad3... as if they could really tell the difference. And now this. OMG, it's criminal that we have to play the vob files instead of playing it through one time.

Just be happy with what we have and what we can do. If you like to whine, just get the ipad and there won't be anything for you to whine about.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Well, since you mention it... Actually, yes, I *did* actually read the OP - and that is what caused the confusion - and I quote (from the OP):

"(8) Using a file manager, navigate into the usb device and find a vob file that is big, like *a couple gigs* or so. Play it with your mxplayer."

From that statement, it sounds that there would be a large, multi-gigabyte .vob file that I could click on and play the movie. There is no indication that there are actually many .vob files that are exactly the same size, NONE of which are "a couple gigs". With the DVD that I tested with, there are a total of (14) .vob files, (3) of which are exactly 1GB in size, (2) that are around 500MB in size and (9) smaller .vob files.

The original statement above from the OP is very misleading, which is why I wanted to clarify it - *before* people buy this device based on that statement the *actually* start "whining"!

I understand what you are saying, but I never "whined" about any of that! Relax... Again, my main goal is 100% satisfied with this drive (reading data DVD's)!

Just because someone disagrees with you, does not mean that they are "whining"! I thanked your original post, I replied to your original post thanking you and I still thank you for finding this device and posting about it - it's great device for the money. But, I wanted to make it clear what *really* needs to be done to watch a DVD movie, *before* people buy the device thinking that they simply identify the largest .vob file and click on it to watch a movie - it's just not that simple.

Again, I never "whined" about anything! Just stated that it's not the most convenient way to watching DVD's (and it certainly is not). Geez - it seems that every time someone disagrees with you about anything, you throw that childish "get an iPad" statement in there! Enough already!

Just to be cleat - thank you for finding this device and posting about it. Hopefully, I have added some information to the discussion so that people can decide if the device suits their needs or not *before* buying it. Otherwise, we *will* get folks in here "whining" that it's not as easy to watch a DVD as it sounded from the OP...

:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Linuxguy1:
Does this reader have a slot that the disk slides into or does it open like a book and you put the disk onto the spindle and close it ?

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
Opens up and you put the disk onto the spindle and close it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] OldPCGuy:
Question about mounting Movie DVD's

I recently received a SE-218 from Amazon and I'm having problems with using Movie DVDs. I've used the drive on a Win7 PC for a couple of Movie DVDs and it seems to work just fine. It's amazingly fast and performs without problems. Fine. Plugged it into my TF700 and did the open the tray,hold the eject button till the green led lights up,close tray, wait a while, open the tray and insert Movie DVD (Battleship), close tray and wait. After a lot of seek noise (it actually sounds totally different that it did on the PC), the drive seems to be running, but opening the stock file browser I see no drive. Checking Settings->Storage I see USBDISK1 option that has: "Mount external storage" so I pressed that. I get a brief flicker in the status bar of a USB icon with text "External Storage Inserted" but the USBDISK1 option still has: "Mount external storage" and nothing is visible in the file manager. I'm not rooted nor unlocked. This is a stock JB .18 machine. I have loaded a data disk and that worked just fine (it was the disk that came with the drive so I could get to the online manual - that worked too in dolphin). So, the question: Is there something special I need to do? Some option(s) that has to be enabled/disabled? Or, does this drive just have problems with some Movie DVDs. Or do I just have a flaky drive? Any/all suggestions appreciated.

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
I have the *exact* same problem - of the three video DVDs that I tried, only one worked, and it was a "homemade" copy of a movie! I had the exact same "seek noises" and all, which is why I tried to emphasize that this drive is *not* a good solution for watching video DVD's (but was then told that I need to get an iPad since my opinion was that it wasn't a good solution for video DVD's!) :).

It works great for data DVD's though... Definitely would *not* recommend this drive if you mainly want it to watch video DVD's....
[Asus Transformer TF700] OldPCGuy:
Thanks for the prompt feedback. I remember now that you mentioned having trouble with movies in one of your posts. Sometime between when I originally read that post and when I ordered the drive, that slipped my mind. Sounds like maybe it's just a characteristic of the drive. Being able to read data disks is good for me too, so I'll probably keep the drive. Maybe a firmware update will fix the problem in the future or I'll try copying and see what happens.
[Asus Transformer TF700] n8mack33:
Never mind.
[Asus Transformer TF700] pearl62:
Same experience here...

I'm pretty disappointed that the OP didn't clarify this a little better if this limitation was known.
[Asus Transformer TF700] nerys71:
my guess is the drive itself is decrypting the dvd's and the "failing" dvd's use a newer "hacked up" obfuscation encryption method that is not compatible with whatever the drive does.

for the user speaking of the vob files. THAT IS how "ALL" dvd's are made. a proper "compliant" dvd will never have a single file over 1gig. your dvd player and dvd player "software" seamlessly moves from one vob to the next as instructed by the "control" file (a vts file) which tells the pr ayer what is what (like a table of contents with instructions)

you just never "see" this in normal operations. the op is using a "work around" to play the vob's directly without the assitance of the "control" file that would tell it these 3 vobs are the movie etc..

not sure if this works on android but SOME video programs will have an option to play files sequentially. so when its done the "first" file it will "goto" and "play" the next file sequentially. See if mx player has this option.

also its $41 now on amazon but newegg has it for $30 shipped I just ordered one will try it on my S3 and Note II and TF101

would be killer to build in some support for 9660 so we can rip cd's burn cd's rip and burn dvd's etc.. My Note II and a slim optical drive are a lot smaller and more convenient (not to speak killer cool) than a laptop :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] MartyHulskemper:
Thanks for the research and your post, goodintentions! I'll be thinking this over for its data transfer utility (like jtrosky), since most of the movies I watch are compressed anyway.

I actually read this while on the shift and laughed pretty hard. I hope none of my colleagues have heard, for fear of them having called Acute Psychiatry to send someone over to have a chat. ;) Hahaha!

Amen!
[Asus Transformer TF700] goodintentions:
I'm the OP.

All I gotta say is if you run into an unforeseen problem and disappointed, you should have gotten an ipad.

Since when is any electronic work-around perfect?
[Asus Transformer TF700] nerys71:
goodintentions

have you found a video player that will sequentially play the files? or let you build a "playlist" so you can add all the vobs.

if this takes off we will likely see some developers enable iso9660 and hopefully soon after see some actual dvd playback software and ripping burning software.

the potentially is intriguing !!
[Asus Transformer TF700] OldPCGuy:
FYI re Firmware Update

Just an FYI that there is a Firmware Update on the Samsung Firmware Support site. My drive came with the original TS00 firmware. Now there's a TS01 firmware update. I installed it on the drive with the drive connected to my PC after downloading the firmware update exe. Seemed to work OK. Didn't see any change when using the drive on the PC but it now will mount a Movie DVD when using the drive with the TF700. I can see the directory of the disk using the stock File Manager but I can't copy the VOB files nor will MV play them so there's still some kind of problem. At least it doesn't make all those funny noises when mounting a Movie DVD now. Maybe with the next firmware update it will actually work like it's supposed to.:fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] wollac11:
I'm having the same issue many others have reported when using movie dvd's. Just wondering if the OP could let us know what firmware was on his tf700 when he tried this? I'm wondering if an Asus software update broke it?