yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Interesting theory. But I read elsewhere that amazon claims the output of the HDMI socket of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 would be FULL HD.

I think that the output is in fact 1920x1200 (equaling the native resolution of the kindle display) and thus even MORE than full HD, which is only 1920x1080. And my TV is trying to sequeeze the full 16:10 information into the 16:9 screen and as a result has to display two vertical black bars left and right. So I am looking for a way to actually REDUCE the output of the HDMI socket to the lower (HD standard) 1080 instead of 1200 pixels.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Well I seriously have doubts about this working on amazon's stock os, but supposedly the full version has experimental support for HDMI resolution changing. Give it a shot, though if it doesn't work on Amazon's os I'm more so convinced it will on cm. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nexter.miniscalerfree
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enopola:
Same Issues

I actually have had very similar problems using my Sony television. I'm curious if you ever found a solution.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
My Kindle is rooted, so maybe it works. Thank you very much for the great tip.

I asked the question in the ROM-AOSP CM10.2 forum, since they even have a line under features saying

"HDMI video out is now correct and work across several resolutions. YMMV"

but so far nobody in that forum cared to answer... :(

I will try out your tip asap and report the results here.

Still I am wondering why I only found so few hits for this issue including in the amazon.com kindle discussion forum.

If nobody uses their kindle to connect it to their TV, why is amazon selling their own branded version of MicroHDMI-HDMI cables?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Ah, I wish I had known you were using vlc I would have suggested a few things. It didn't occur to me you might be using it because I got my from the play store, but it said it wasn't available in the USA, so I had to proxy through another country to get it. Anyways, I know in vlc's options there's a few different output methods, though I don't think that will affect it. Another thing I was thinking of is in vlc, u can change the aspect ratio, I believe the button is on the bottom left above the playback bar while playing a video, when u tap it it switches they various modes, don't know if this will affect the HDMI at all though, as I don't have a minihdmi cable because most of my TV's are CRT, only 2 of them have HDMI plugs, and of those 2 only one has 1080 capabilities, and its a PC monitor so it has no sound output.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smeitmeister:
Hashcode's CM10.1 and HDMI 1920x1980

Hi Tronar,

Saw your post (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45044803&postcount=579) but I'm not allowed to answer in that thread.

I have Hashcode's CM10.1 (20130812) running on my Kindle Fire HD 8.9. I connected the Micro HDMI port to my Samsung Full HD TV, and also saw the 2 vertical black bars (about 2 cm). Using apps like Resolution Changer doesn't help, as I get some weird screen flipping, turning landscape into portrait.

Cheers, S
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Well, plenty of stuff to respond to. :)

First of all VLC was available in the regular Kindle Store. So I didn't even have to root my phone and install the Google Playstore to be able to install it.

In addition VLC is still beta. The configuration options are quite minimal compared to the PC version.

And of course I tried the various screen size and ratio options in VLC. But they only affect the way the Kindle display of 1920x1200 is used, i.e. how the available pixels are filled with the video. So you can achieve all kinds of effects using only part of the Kindle display. But whatever option I chose, the black bars left and right always remained on my TV. To make it simple all I could do was further add more black bars by shrinking the image or distort the image by changing the ratio. None of it seems to have any influence on the HDMI output. I think it is a very special option or feature, the regular Kindle Video Player is using there and would have to implemented explicitly in the VLC player.

Nonetheless this gives me the idea to send some feedback to the VLC developers to add this feature to their wish list. :good:

Anyhow, I really appreciate your help. Please keep the good ideas flowing.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Well, it seems like nobody is allowed to answer in that read, because so far I haven't received any answer. :(

Neither in the CM10.2 nor in the CM10.1 thread, where there seems to be at least some kind of life.

Thanks for confirming that the Resolution Changer doesn't help on the CM10.1 ROM. That saves me hours of work of trying out that app on this ROM.

But my question was actually a little more specific. The first page of the thread states under Features:

"HDMI video out is now correct and work across several resolutions. YMMV"

I was wondering if that means that there is some way in this CustomROM to change the resolution of the HDMI video out signal.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Update:

I tried the App "MX Player" to see, if that app would behave more like VLC or more like the native Video Player.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry, but this is what happened:

I started a movie using the freshly installed MX Player and was happy to see, that the subtitles were showing on the Kindle Display. I connected my Kindle with the Micro-HDMI-Cable to my TV and was also happy to see that the vertical black bar were NOT showing, but instead it was using the full resolution of my TV. I was totally excited. And then it hit me:

While the subtitles were showing on the Kindle screen, they were NOT showing on my TV!!! Otherwise both screens showed an identical picture, but the subs were missing.

So I tried out all kinds of options in the subtitles settings. To no avail.

Then I tried switching from using the Hardware accelleration to Software accelleration. The app offers three modes called SW, HW and HW+

And here comes the funny part:

When I switched from any of the two HW modes to the SW modes, suddenly my TV was showing the subtitles. And for a moment I was like "Yeah, I finally found the solution". And then it hit me: now my TV was showing the vertical bars again.

My conclusion from this test:

When you switch to software acceleration, MX Player behaves like VLC. You get the subtitles on your TV, but you have to live with the vertical black bars effectively reducing the resolution.

When you switch to any of the two hardware acceleration options, MX Player behaves like the native Video Player and gives you the correct 16:9 1920x1080p output on the HDMI-out. But for whatever reason the subtitles are only displayed on the Kindle screen and not on the TV any more.

My guess: by using the HW acceleration, the app automatically triggers the built-in feature of reducing the resolution from 1920x1200 to the standard 1920x1080 on the HDMI-out. Apparently amazon has built in that feature into the Hardware acceleration of the Kindle.

I don't know why this kills the subtitles. Either it is a bug in the app or for some reason the Hardware acceleration does not allow the blend-in of the subtitles over the video.

And when you switch to SW acceleration, the Kindle apparently thinks of the app like any other standard app and sends the full 1920x1200 resolution not only to its own screen but also to the HDMI-out.

It would be great to know, if superimposing subtitles is technically impossible when using the HW acceleration because the Kindle chips do not support that at all or if it could be achieved with the right algorithm.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
I am unsure if it is the exact same thing offhand but vlc has an option to enable hardware decoding, if it is the same thing try it and see if vlc works . also I don't know much bout HDMI, but if its a digital stream and subtitles aren't showing up, try enabling captions on your TV and see if anything happens, I would think that they would be part of the digital stream in one way or another.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Thank you for the tip with Hardware Decoding option in VLC, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to make any difference. The picture remains shrinked with vertical bars left and right, no matter if you enable that setting or not. The subtitles also remain visible in both settings.

So my guess is that the current VLC beta isn't really enabling the Hardware Decoding on the Kindle. At least not the way, MX Player and the native Kindle Video Player seem to do it.

About the subtitles still being part of the digital stream in the HDMI output: sounds like a great idea as well.

So I tried it out by activating the subtitle setting on my TV. Unfortunately to no avail. It MIGHT be, that the way US-TVs receive and display subtitles from TV broadcasts is different than the one used in Europe (here subtitles are sent through a quite old system called Teletext oder Videotext (depending on the country)).

Or it might be, that the HDMI protocol just does not support this way of transfering subtitles to the TV.

In any case, unfortunately I am not any closer to solving the issue.

But thanks for the good ideas and tips, please keep them coming as I will keep attacking that problem.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] obarnes:
Top Tip: Use headphones as ear warmers!

...place headphones into ears and plug into Virgin Atlantic 2.5mm headphone socket - you will notice almost immediately that your left ear will become very warm!

As nice as it was to have my ear warmed it fried my left earbud! I guess the mic / headphone wiring is somewhat different?

So, any suggestions on where to buy replacement earbuds (with mic) for my JAM would be very much appreciated :oops:

OB.

----

Found these so far - anyone used them?

http://www.wirelessgalaxy.com/ac/Imate_Jam.html

http://www.seidio-europe.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=411
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] obarnes:
Update: DO NOT buy from www.wirelessgalaxy.com if you are in the UK. It has been 3 weeks since I placed my order and no delivery yet and also no response to emails requesting status. Unfortunately very poor service.

OB :evil:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] RAGOv:
Just a suggestion bro....why don't u make ur own headphones... :wink:

Read this http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=24138&highlight=&sid=51a75aa9dcbcef73cd92534ad93c9943

RAGO :lol:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
I installed 4.3 OTA a week or so ago and I just got another notification to install 4.3 yesterday. Not sure what that is all about (Maybe problems with the original 4.3 update?). In any event I installed it, but I had to reinstall TWRP and root the device again. At least everything is still working fine.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
What's the build number?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
build number: Jwr66y
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Well, same build number. It's either an app update, or your Android got a bit confused. Anyways, don't worry.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
The OTA message that came up definitely said 4.3 update, so yes, I guess the phone was not reporting correctly that 4.3 was already installed. Anyway, the re-install caused no issues. Is there some kind of cache or something that I should have cleared after the 4.3 update? Maybe that is the issue?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoolApps:
Guys, JWR66Y IS the new update so there are kernel fixes for performance, graphics and GPU.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjc123:
Ah.....Thanks.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hastalafiesta:
Hello guys today with es file explorer i found a folder named TRIGGERS in internal sdcard amd it is about 300 mb. Inside this folder there are many many archives named rpt_modem.

Can i delete this folder safely?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9070 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
I do not have that folder. So probably it is safe to delete it. Maybe some app use it...

You can try to move it to some other folder and reboot phone. To see if it makes some problem. If not then remove it.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hastalafiesta:
Thanks for answering. I have deleted it, rebooted, no probs;)

Inviato dal mio GT-I9070 con Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] matt8107t:
Any way to change the font of the s view clock?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extreme78:
Anyone knows how to root my GSmart Maya M1 v2 with Android 4.2 installed?

I'd really like to restore my titanium backups on it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kruno25:
Hi, here you go.... sorry for bad english

First Turn on the 'Unknown sources'. Settings-Security-Unknown sources

2nd Turn on "USB Debugging". Now since the Google Android 4.2 OS Developer Options removed from the setting, you have to go back to the settings, do it like this: You walk in settings-about phone. 7 and quickly click on the 'Build number' or 'Build number' (depending on the language). Then you can 'Developer Settings' in the options. Now enter in the settings option for developers and turn 'Remedy USB' or so-called 'USB Debugging'

3rd Connect the phone to the comp USB

4th Download the drivers and install via Device Manager) ( http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/445247/MT65xx-USB-Driver-zip.html ) . Download the Root Package.( http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/445248/Root-Package-zip.html )

5th Run run.bat, located in the root-Package

6 follow the instructions
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extreme78:
Thanks, that worked for me! :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elej:
I cant update drivers, it says: windows couldnt find drivers for your phone(i have different language os i hope you get the point), when i chose to instal from map i downloaded from here.
[Micromax A116] chiragrocks2:
Backup and restore app which used in jellyxperia 4 and Sam hd v3
[Micromax A116] foucaultian:
Here is the link to the apk file - http://db.tt/JRTtvvgO . Do not install the apk normally. Copy the file and paste it in the system/app folder, and set permissions rw-r--r--. Reboot. Enjoy. :thumbup:

Disclaimer: I haven't tried installing this apk in stock ROM. I am running Samflare V1 ROM. It works on this ROM. It should definitely work on the stock ROM.

Please press 'Thanks' if you find any of my posts useful!
[Micromax A116] chiragrocks2:
I m using jelly xperia v5 this link is not working can u give Me direct link of apk
[Micromax A116] foucaultian:
Try this link https://www.dropbox.com/s/c22xl1w7snqewfq/DataTransfer.apk . Copy and paste the link in your browser if the link doesn't open directly. :)

Please press 'Thanks' if you find any of my posts useful!
[Micromax A116] chiragrocks2:
Thanx do I need to install apk or just paste fix permission and reboot
[Micromax A116] foucaultian:
Don't install it. Use Root Explorer and as you said, paste it in system/app and fix permissions. Reboot. :)

Please press 'Thanks' if you find any of my posts useful!
[Micromax A116] chiragrocks2:
Thanx you saved my backup....
[Micromax A116] gopal904:
thank you.. it works.. :) :good:
[Micromax A116] foucaultian:
Don't say it, press the 'Thanks' button! :D :beer:

:thumbup:

Please press 'Thanks' if you find any of my posts useful!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkawaywizard:
Hi,

I unlocked my phone on the very 3rd day I bought it and now its over a year old phone which has seen many custom rom installations.

Recently, I tried to install jb 4.3 and everything worked well for 2-3 days then the problem started, suddenly there was no sound from external speakers, tried few other roms..same problem. Then downgraded to 4.1.2 sound started coming back in patches. Sometimes I get to hear the ringtone but sometime no sound. I also realized that as soon as I install Apex launcher the sound dies and uninstalling it doesn't help.

I really don't know the exact problem if nAa 3.4.55 and above versions are culprit or Apex launcher or hardware problem.

Some useful insight is welcome on the issue.

Regards
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pren22:
Have you tried to flash stoc arc fw,like ics or gb than see if it's working.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkawaywizard:
no headaway

Yes tried everything to my best of knowledge. But its not helping. The external speakers have developed a mind of their own...they start and stop on their own wish.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sahaab:
Prob some hardware problem

Sent from my LT18i
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryo Hazuki:
Hi,

I have a problem with my htc desire, i flash the official cyanogemod 7.2.0.1 but the phone don't start (i see the cyanogenmod logo ), i have the volume key broken.

Anyone know other way to go in fastboot mode?

Thk
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Try Power+ Back. It should get you directly in fastboot mode.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryo Hazuki:
Perfect work :D
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
Hello, I have a bug when I move the app to sd it works well then I put my icons folder on the desktop and after a reboot it disappeard

Never have this probs ?, i'm tested on insercoint, arhd and viper is the same.

http://youtu.be/R2YiIlUCv8k

Help needed, thx
[HTC One X] tajammul1996:
Enable media scan.if it is enabled then after reboot don't do anything just wait 5min it will appear.
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
hi, thank you for your answer ... stupid question, how do I activate the media scan? thank you for your help
[HTC One X] tajammul1996:
Is your sd card encrypted?
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
No
[HTC One X] tajammul1996:
Your sd card has a problem. Backup all data and format your sd card using ntfs file format and then check it will work.
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
Hi, after reset i'm have The same problems, restaured my backup arhd 18.4 and this working perfect... very strange ?

Hboot 1.36
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
Up,

Nobody have this problems ?
[HTC One X] Dark_Avenger:
Same problem here - official stock 4.18.401.2 Rom. This is a HTC bug.
[HTC One X] JonasL1:
I have this problem too, I hope that HTC would fix this thing fast, because it's really anoying.
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
UP
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
still no news of a fix ???
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
Links : http://www.forum-generationmobiles.net/t71236-info-bug-icones-sdcard-apres-reboot-sense-5#1232987
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
Video for the BUG

http://youtu.be/R2YiIlUCv8k
[HTC One X] JonasL1:
Private Video, we can't watch it.
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
Oups, sorry... Vidéo is ok now
[HTC One X] Patrics83:
Guys give [SCRIPT] Home Screen Saver v1.4 | No More Missing Widgets After Reboot! a try.

Updated it just minutes ago....
[HTC One X] Qzar51:
I'm have tried 2times, not work...snifff
[HTC One X] ammaboy:
I got the same problem! Really annoying.. Haven't tried the script yet. Will give it a shot!
[HTC One X] rhcpu2:
Guys I had the same problem and I solved by reinstalling those specific applicatons. Update the app doesn't solve the problem. You have to uninstall and install again.

Cheers
[HTC One X] eassplus:
I have the same problem with ARHD 31.3 I will try installing the applications first and after that the scrip because I have that problem with a lot of apps...

Will report later
[HTC One X] mattspew:
Same ROM same problem... I don't see how reinstalling the app will make any difference since you have to move the app to sd straight after installing it creating the original problem.

---------- Post added 11th November 2013 at 12:05 AM ---------- Previous post was 10th November 2013 at 11:53 PM ----------

Just proved myself right by testing the above 'solution'. As soon as you move the app to SD the icons vanish from the folder after a restart.

The problem is the Android or Sense is building the desktop before mounting the SD.

No idea if it's the custom ROM, Sense or Android to blame.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidgeek123:
I turned off the phone (with ~70% battery) and left for charging for some time.. Now it is not turning on, I've tried all the hard reset keys combos but its not even booting into recovery mode..

Please Help!!!! :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tajammul1996:
Is your device rooted???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidgeek123:
No, its not rooted
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidgeek123:
Talked to Samsung executive, will give to service center tomorrow.

Hoped to get some solution here :( :thumbdown:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tajammul1996:
I think you have warranty then y fearing?
[Galaxy S III General] faatehhamad:
Hey guys, I'm new to rooting (recently switched from iOS) and sort of the whole community. I want to root my i9300 but I want to be as cautious as possible. My question is does my baseband version matter when rooting my factory unlocked S3? I don't think it should but just as a precaution, I want to know everything there is to it. Btw, I have also attached a screen shot of the device info menu, and I was wondering if anybody could confirm that the rooting process go flawlessly without any worries on my device. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Baseband is modem relative to local networks.

It is not firmware version and has no bearing on root.

Please read the faqs and guides first.

[READ THlS FlRST] POST QUESTIONS IN THE Q&A SECTION AND NOT HERE!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
As above, you really need to read and understand before you take another step -otherwise you are likely to destroy your phone.

A good tip is to use CF Auto Root to obtain root, which has very little chance of breaking the phone if you follow the instructions exactly. Then backup your efs folder before you do ANYTHING else.
[Galaxy S III General] faatehhamad:
Im sorry for posting blindly. As a side question, would I need to back up the EFS folder if I dont want to flash any custom roms? I just want the cool root apps :D Thanks again
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
always backup efs
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] trickyd:
Like a pratt, i dropped my MDA Compact while getting out of the car. It diudn't damage the phone (thank god) but did scratch the case to bits.

Does anyone konw where you can order a replacement?

I've tried HTC Europe, and yes they do a replacement service, but not just parts, and they want about £60 to replace and fit.

So any ideas? I'm sure i'm not the only one looking to replace their case!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] PeterW:
Hi tricky,

I saw another post on this topic a while back. Just searched and found it here: http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=16288.

- Peter
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] trickyd:
looked there... as I said in the original post, I tried HTC Europe and they want about £60 to replace the case. I would need to send them the phone and be without it for probably 2 weeks!!

I'm after somewhere that just sells the front cover, so I can fix it myself
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] double_ofour:
If you done replacing your case buy a silicon case or clear case or hard case for your device for it wont happen again.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] trickyd:
Cheers, need to find a replacement case first!!!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] gravity101:
Hi TrickyD

Yeah for some insane reason the cases are real expensive, i tried in Asia and they wanted equiv 65 pounds also.

Armed with the correct tools, one of those star shaped screwdrivers (techie speak) available anywhere, i took mine apart, which is quite easy. Followed by wet and dry sandpaper, primer and some mighty fine metalic black car paint and laquer. Its been like this now for about 2 months and not a scratch (yes ive dropped it to, but they are slippery little buggers)

If your that way inclined, do it, best decision i ever made.. Warranty void of course...

Regards

Gravity