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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bartour:
WMP stinks for PodCasts, it never remembers where you left off when you previously listened. It is great however for A2DP.

I had bought the Logitech iPod wireless headset for my old iPod, and once I put A2DP on my MDA I paired the Logitech with it and presto, I had a great headset that worked in stereo with the MDA.

I use WMP when I need to be able to control the selections (next, previous, pause, play) with the headset. Otherwise I use TCPMP for listening in my car, since it will remember where I left off the last time I listened. I have a cable that plugs directly from my phone to the AUX input on my car stereo, and the sound is fabulous.

I would like to see someone (Microsoft, take a hint!) make a media player that puts bookmarks in songs so whenever you come back to that song/podcast you can have the choice to pickup where you left off, or start over from the beginning. With podcasts and audio books, I always want to pick up were I left off. This is where iPod kicks butt over everything else! And I miss that part of it. (my son needed my iPod more than I did to "fit in" with all the kids at school, so he has it now)

I highly recommend if you don't have A2DP yet to get it, either by downloading the A2DP cab file or upgrading your MDA to the AKU2 ROM that will have it. Then get yourself some A2DP capable headphones like the Motorola HT820 (I've heard good things about these) or the iCombi AH10 headset. Both will act as headphones as well as have the mic to talk when someone calls.

I tried Mort Player and was unimpressed with it, but give it a go, you can always uninstall it. Same with GSPlayer Beta for WM5.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] porterx:
Taking into consideration what I have below, which cab file should I use. I have a HT820 and am just chomping at the bit to get a2dp. Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Nooner:
A2DP and a bluetooth stereo headset is definitely the way forward! It's made my MP3 listening much more pleasurable than before when I used a 2.5 - 3.5mm jack and had to have my Wizard in cable length of my ears.

More expensive, but definitely the way to go.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Andy@Contacta:
MortPlayer + Car Screen Skin = Awesomeness.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Webreaper:
I use PocketMusic, works a treat. The free version's okay, I tried the bundle and whilst some of the bits are good (the today-screen plugin) it wasn't enough to warrant paying for it. Main thing I like about it is that it looks good, and also can browse for choons directly from a network drive (which WMP, Mort and others didn't seem to be able to do).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Michael_514:
Thanks for all the interesting info, guys.

I am excited to go look for a 2.5" -> 3.5" adapter that will work.

I actually had a dream last night (this morning) that I found an adapter and was impressed with the sound, having plugged it into a portable player.

(yeah, pretty sad that this is what I dream about.......!)

M
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Webreaper:
You need to get out more. ;)

I got my adapter from eBay. Cost £2 IIRC.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] aron7awol:
Check out manyui on eBay. He sells adapters for tons of phones. I ordered one for my MDA from him and it works great.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] tony_man:
2.5-3.5 adaptor + Sony MDR-EX71SL Fontopia Headphones

Mort player (fantastic)

2.5-3.5 adaptor with built in mic (ebay £5 inc del)

2Gb mini-SD (£34 ebay)

Sony MDR-EX71SL Fontopia Headphones (ebay £19.95)

Sound is great! headphones took a little getting used to, but for less than £60 ..... :wink:

The train to work has never been so much fun!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] iclick:
First, be aware that there are a number of conventions on 2.5" mini connectors, and the Wizard variant is only one. I tried several and finally found one on Ebay (e.g., http://tinyurl.com/nfrek) that worked. Also, the adapter on PocketPCTechs.com should work since it specifies the Wizard, but it costs ~$20 with shipping.

No, it has no bass boost or equalizer and sounds tinny, even with my Shure E3c earbuds that cost more than my Wizard. PocketMusic works well and has many more features, although I've had trouble getting it to remember the last song played and won't start playing automatically when the program is launched. I'm talking with tech support about this now, as well as the quirky Today Screen plug-in, which works only some of the time. The downside to PocketMusic, other than these quirks, is that is costs $20. They have a freeware variant that doesn't have all the bells and whistles, like bass boost and cross-fading, but does retain the equalizer. I used this with my old Ipaq that had bass boost in the Ipaq Audio settings, but I didn't find this enough on the Wizard and paid the $20 for the full version.

Do you mean while playing music? Mine doesn't, and hasn't required a soft-reset of any sort since installing the new 2.26 ROM. It rarely needed resetting with the old 1.08 ROM.

No need to unless the bulk of the Wizard bothers you, or if you want to put more than 2gb of music files on board. I don't have any trouble at the gym where I do cardio and lift weights. It helps to have a case that keeps the device secure without falling out. With PocketMusic and my Shure earbuds it also sounds better than an Ipod, to my surprise. I compared it with a friend's Ipod and we both agreed it had a fuller sound, using the same earphones, especially in the treble and bass ranges. I didn't expect this, frankly, since the Ipod is such a portable-music icon. Overrated?

PocketMusic will do cross-fading, gap elimination, and more.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] iclick:
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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] xenos:
I've completely stopped using my mp3 player and use only my wizard. WMP is crap, I think TCPMP (free) is the best.

The best thing I've found is a free service, orb.com. It installs an app on your home pc that keeps track of all of your media files (music, video, and pics). From anywhere on any machine (like the wizard) you log into orb.com (I've got it set to auto login) and you can stream anything to your Wizard from your home PC! This has made my Wizard into a 400 gig mp3 player. Makes iPods seem archaic.

I also listen to lots of internet radio stations. There are tens of thousands of stations and it makes XM completely pointless (and not free).

TCPMP supports streaming radio. WMP sucks at it.

I bought an adapter at Radio Shack for $3 and it works great.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kwues:
To everyone in this thread, thank you for your great advice/opinions/thoughts on the type of hardware/software you use to successfully utilize the Wizard's MP3/Media player capabilities to its fullest, greatly appreciated....also curious to know if anyone would kindly share the steps on how to successfully stream radio stations on a Wizard either using TCPMP or GSPlayer(when connected via wifi)? Appreciate any help, thanks.

Regards,
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bdcol:
Retractable Stereo headset for Wizard

Since we're on the topic of using your Wizard as a music player, does anyone know of any retractable stereo headsets that would work well with a Wizard? The bundled stereo headset that came with the phone sounds pretty decent, but with such a long cord, it often becomes a tangled mess. I would like to find something that's more convenient to use and stores easily.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Scottland:
I use pocketmusic as I've found it the most competant player, feature wise and also sounds better than TCPMP.

But, does anyone know of any other native skins for it (i.e. not WA 2.x ones), as the default one is a bit :?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] xenos:
To stream a radio station you first need to download their .pls or .m3u file. Go to any station o your PC and right click the link to listen and "Save As". Transfer this file to your device and open it with your player. I do this for stations that I regularly listen to and keep them in a folder called "radio".

You can also navigate to a station's web site on your Wizard with your browser (don't use IE, Opera is way better) and simply click on the link to listen. This will bring up your default player which is WMP. To change it to TCPMP, start TCPMP, go to Options, Select Page, File Associations, and select all audio related file types.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Nemolacuna:
Pocket Player and bluetooth Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970

PocketMusic was just too resource heavy for my HTC Wizard. Even though my Wizard is overclocked at 264mhz, I still would get skipping, white screens and having to constantly reboot because of application freezes. PocketMusic doesn't work reliably with my Wizard.

I did however find another, lighter and arguably better player. PocketPlayer by Conduits.

First install version Pocket Player 2.8. AVRCP will not work until you install WMP plugin adapter 1.1. Everything works and the program has everything you need.

As for the headset I use the bluetooth Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp...der&php=php1_10394&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394

You need to install the A2DP hack or upgrade to the latest firmware (ver 2.3 I believe).

Pros:

All functions work using Pocket Player.

Bluetooth wireless.

The sound has great bass and is rich.

Voice mic works well. Not perfect, but good enough.

The construction is solid and both feels and looks great.

The design requires that you wear it around your neck. IMO it's a bit geeky, but not as bad as wearing the bluetooth princess lea cans. I now find the design to be practical, because you can just drop the ear buds from your ears when you need to talk to someone and they will just hang around your neck. No fuss.

Cons:

The DS970 has buttons that are difficult to navigate by touch only. The volume buttons are small and the forward/back are even smaller requiring a flick of the fingernail. Also, by touch only it's hard to tell which side is the front and back, so you have to feel around more to orient yourself for the volume and forward/back buttons.

The charger sucks. It's proprietary Sony Ericsson rather then mini-usb and it's another charger I have to pack.

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Pocket Player version 2.8

WMP plugin adapter 1.1

HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125)

Qtek OS 2.17.7.2

Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 Stereo headset
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Krinkiespijer:
...i use winamp a lot because it's easy in use and has also amp/eq...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kwues:
@ xenos

I appreciate the instuctions for streaming, can't wait to try it out, thank you again.

Best Regards,
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Nooner:
Re: Retractable Stereo headset for Wizard

Here you go, a retractable 2.5mm to 3.5mm thingy. I bought a similar one for my old SPV c500. Thought with my Wizard I now use the Sony HBH-DS970 Bluetooth headphones, which have reinvented listening to music on my wizard (for me).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] porterx:
I'm having a little trouble with a2dp and avrcp. I'm using the HT820 headset.

I've got wireless stereo showing up in my partnership. How do I know if it's working? It's not grayed out, it's bold but I would think that, when I selected it, it would put a check mark by my selection. Should it?

With avrcp, none of the headset buttons work. How do I get that working or where do I get the info to do it myself.

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] MrJoshua:
I think I must be missing something here, but I can't turn the screen off when I'm listening to music using WMP on my Wizard... If I press the power button, the music stops.

I'd like to be able to turn the screen off when listening to music so the battery lasts longer...

Any ideas?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] porterx:
My wizard's screen can be turned off after I installed the a2dp hack cab. Before it stopped the music like yours is doing. Try it. It might be what you need. You can always uninstall it if it doesn't work.

Porter
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Krinkiespijer:
@MrJoshua

...did you uncheck within wmp following box:

»menu options play«

pause program in case of use another program
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] MrJoshua:
I've tried it checked and unchecked... No change.

Thanks for the download too, but this unfortunately hasn't helped either.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kiru:
By default in WMP, you cannot turn off the screen. To turn off the screen

goto menu ---> Options ---> buttons : then assign a button to toggle screen......and then Voila! 8)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] MrJoshua:
You, my friend, are a star!!! :D

Thank you very much!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dangerous_dom:
I have tried tham all and i honestly think that Conduits Pocket Player is the best audio player by miles. Great format support, gapless playback, nice and tweakable, remembers where you where in a podcast, great for streaming files over a wireless network.

It's well worth the fee, give it a go. I really dont understand why more people dont use it, other than the fact it costs money. It's the business chaps.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] parbrook:
WMP is OK with me

Been using my phone (XDA Mini S) for quite some time to listen to 18 hours of CDs that I've transferred via my PC using WMP.

Player is fine, no hangups and reasonably good quality on trains & planes.

I use a jack adapter that I originally bought for my Sony Ericsson P900.

Oh, recently acquired a set of Shure E2 earphones and they sound good, although a little more bass would be nice.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Cutefox:
Re: Pocket Player and bluetooth Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970

actually after much dwelling into the music part of wizard, i found that yes pocket player is the best as it recognise all key on the wizard.

but its resource hungrier than pocket music. with pocket player it skips at the 1st 20 sec when it is set to thread normal or lower, it need highest thread. pocket music on the other hand dont do that when i set it to normal thread.

i also cant find ipod type skin for pocket player. so at the moment im using pocket music and withdo without the extra button assignments for it that pocket player can do. especially when im on the bus, when a message comes in i dont need to close down pocket music to check it out. with pocket player i have to since im using the highest thread and it lags the cpu down so much it would normally crash when i try to read sms while listening to music.

with bluetooth i got so sick of the bad quality and certain lags i stop using it. no matter what headset i use (moto ht820 or itech blueband) both have this high pitch sound frequency whenever some one sings. very annoying when one can notice these things. im not sure if changing the bluetooth headset would help but i might give those itech r38 neck type bluetooth a go when im goin overseas soon, since i can plug in my own sony headfones. hell i got 2, one white and one is black so i might get 2 colours of those if they improve the quality.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ken1645:
If you're looking for an iPod skin, check this out.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/ipod/the-ipod-phone-mda--ppod-187596.php
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] MicmiC901:
Don't Buy Any iTech or Moto for Exec & Wizard

to Cutefox:

please don't waste ur cash 2 buy the R35 because it will b the same, this is because blueband, R35 series (I owned), HT820 (i owned) are all using cambridge sillcon chipset, which I tested will have high pitch noise as u mention. but after I try the new sony ericsson HBH-790, all the noise is gone & no more skipping, then I found out that it is using Taxes Instrument chipset which work friendly with the device, so you should but the 1 that using this chip.

by the way, can anyone upload the WMp plugin for pocket player 2.8 please?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] skovaleski:
Thanks

This thread, and the ones linked from here, have been extremely helpful. Pocket Player and the conduits are working well. I found that by tweaking settings for the Audio Buffer to 2500msec and File Caching to Auto, I'm now walking around wirelessly listening to my tunes...with no system interuptions Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dangerous_dom:
Re: Thanks

Yep, Pocket Player is great, a real gem. Once it's setup how you like it, nothing beats for music playback on WM5. It's really worth the money.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] lampie:
GSplayer rules them all. I use it for shoutcast streams and to stream mp3's using wifi over my home network. So i don't have to put them on my wizard. I have the whole 300GB collection under my thumb :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] hd1911:
Bookmarks with Windows Media Player?

Does anyone know of any tweaks/ hacks/ xda-developers working on adding an auto-resume or a bookmarking option on top of Windows Media Player? Is this really hard to do? I'm surprised no one has worked on something like that yet.

Also, are there any free/ low resource-intensive media player applications that can play DRM-protected WMA files? My problem is a basic one: Conduits Pocket Player and some of the other "robust" media players are too much for me. They have more features than I ever use, and are way too resource-intensive for my little Wizard. I'm just trying to listen to audiobooks on my Wizard while working out, and hate having to locate my spot every time.

Thanks much for any help/ guidance/ suggestions.
[LG Optimus G (International)] JaymzBond:
Hey guys, lately i got fed up with the unneeded wakeups from that service and looked it up on the internet. Do you have any detailed indi about this particular app?

The results on the forums are really weird, most say that it is a spying app that uses memory for no reason. I will post detailed links after i get home but a simple search with "LG MLT" will give you the results

LG-E975 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[LG Optimus G (International)] alluebin:
I got rid of those wakelocks by using greenify donate, all system apps greenified (lg apps and google apps)

No fcs whatsoever, great battery life :D

Sent from my LG-E975
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] is.fekry:
Hey everyone,

I've been looking for a way to unlock my asus memo pad 10 for a while now, but no luck. I can't even find a section for the device on this forum. Is it the same as the TF300 rooting and unlcoking wise ?? can I use the same instructions to unlock and root my device ??

Please help me to unlock my device and root it, I don't have much experience with rooting so simple instructions would be much appreciated

my OS is 4.2.2 JB

model number: K00F

Thanks a lot
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] das chaos:
Broke your google?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUeLp6hkvs0
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] evilmode:
Hey,

I'm looking for a good costume rom 4.1.2 at least.

The most important feature is the battery, good battery life.

Designed theme not like the stock rom, and not laggy rom.

Oh and by the way - how do I install recovery or a rooted device locked bootloader. (4.1.2 .96)

Thanks !!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben Ling:
try eXistenZ Ultra ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2476341

for recovery try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2172060
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] evilmode:
Thanks alot! (installing it right now)

Is it the best rom out there?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben Ling:
i got Xperia Z and also suing eXistenZ rom...so far is the best rom,Z2 UI...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mirhawk:
The user is looking for locked boot loader recovery. I don't think that recovery will work on his device.

Try this recovery, which I have mentioned in Your other thread too.

Recovery for Locked Bootloader
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] evilmode:
Oh ok thanks im trying now
[General Questions and Answers] wisdomabioye:
Recently I flash a custom ROM 4.3 on Samsung infuse, I followed the steps carefully and the ROM was installed successfully. Although, I forgot to make a backup of the initial stock ROM.

When I rebooted, it boot back to recovery. I wipe cache, do factory reset, flash stock ROM with Odin and still the phone always boot into stock recovery.

I don't know what to do to bring the phone back to life.

Help pls!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Trozzul:
what recovery did you had and what version was it?
[General Questions and Answers] wisdomabioye:
It was CWM 6 before going back to stock ROM
[General Questions and Answers] wisdomabioye:
Found the solution

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharpe:
I cracked the screen on my N5 and planning replace the LCD and digitizer together. The LCD is fine but I've read separating the two is very difficult so I'm just going to suck it up and buy the whole fused unit. My question being is their a noticeable difference in quality in the replacement units? I have found the from $88 up to $150. If they are all the same I just go with the best price.

Example: this one on ebay says its OEM for $88 http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-LCD-Dis...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a899bddcf

Amazon has an OEM for $145

http://www.amazon.com/ePartSolution...16&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+5+screen+replacement

Just looking for anyone with experience buying a replacement screen and how the quality was.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXghostXx313:
I would buy the one from the bottom because it comes with the frame and i think it's legit because read the reviews. It is also the white screen version of the nexus they have. Read the reviews
[Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q] Adil Rishi:
I just install project doge rom on my mobile. After installing when i open SuperSu it is showing that there is no Su binary installed and SuperSu can't installed it. I root my mobile again with project Doge rom but it is showing same problem. I root my mobile from pc. plzz tell me what should i do.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horrorangel:
My Note 3 youtube app connection speeds are better than my other droids & PC; reason?

I have NEVER been able to stream HQ content from youtube consistently without running into constant buffering. Last time I checked even all computers I used buffer so bad its a waste of time to even try; so I placed the issue solely on YouTube shaping traffic. When i got my Note 3 I had noticed how high quality the youTube vids looked and I wa slike 'oh crap, I need to turn off the HD cause this is gonna just be 24/7 buffering', then I thought 'give it a second because you have already been watching a few vids with no buffering'. Needless to say I have not turn off the HD and I have not had any buffering issues.

My question is: what happened? Did YouTube magically upgrade their servers since I bought my Note 3 the other week/since I tried to use YouTube HD last? Is my Note three somehow better at managing internet traffic and has a better wifi? Is Google/youtube starting to give priority to android devices? Whats going on that I can now get streaming HD with no interruptions from youtube?

Thanks for the help!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lildoggs:
If your using your data on your note 3 when you go on YouTube that's probably why. The speed on these phones is amazingly fast. I know cause I have issues on my computer watching YouTube videos. I have fios at home 50mb download and 50mb upload and I still get rebuffering issues. who would have ever thought my phone's data was going to be faster than my home isp.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horrorangel:
Nope. Thanks though. Now I wonder if it could be the modem I had them repalce that didnt seem to have any issues? That or Youtube upgraded cause I can get it on all devices now. Hell im streaming 2 1080p signals from youtube at a time. thats a huge improvement over one not doing it without buffering.

Sorry to post here on this when its not android related.