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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nuri58:
What about WBR at the higher? I suppose that it will skip less than the full 320 kbps. Then again some claims that the bitrate has no significance (which I think it has despite the expertcs claims)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] atomera:
tried to use it on my o2 xda. also says "not compatible"....

can someone please check for functionality
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] looby:
If you look on another thread 'Fix for audio issue' there is a CAB file from Captain_Throwback that works a treat for those on Carriers..:D:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] nixgegendenise:
Well, I will try this fix. But I do not have great hope :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] looby:
Hotfix for Diamond..

Your hopes will be realized :D:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] wired69:
IT WORKS!

:eek: HOLY CRAP!! :eek:

This actually seems to work! I honestly gave up hope on getting a fix for this blasted issue and was considering selling my Diamond because of it. So far, 40+ minutes of music and the lag seems to be gone!

To save you searching around, the Captain_Throwback CAB which should work on all ROMs is discussed in this thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505928

I have also attached the CAB below (cheers Captain_Throwback!)

P.S. I am using Shaks.P v4.00 ROM with Pocket Player (various MP3's with bitrates ranging between 128 and 320kbps).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] nixgegendenise:
YES IT WORKS!!!

I'm soooo happy that now, I can replace my Mp3-Player by my Diamond!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] looby:
Diamond Hotfix..

Thanks wired69 for compiling it all together :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shaks1979:
As it's confirmed to work, I'll cook into next build of my rom 4.10 (soon)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ziggyred:
Yep, it really does work.

After months of misery, a simple fix.

Just tested on a half hour walk using PocketPlayer. No glitches at all.

So either not a hardward issue adter all or the file is doing something clever to get around it.

I'd love to know what's in that new DLL...

:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] MasK:
I'm using Dutty's V4 ROM and I don't see any difference with this fix. Still the same pause every 5mins.

Hmmz.. what didn't I do right...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Vince2301:
Seems to work for me! (standard HTC english ROM)

Thanks HTC for fixing it in the end! (after 10 months :D)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tomahak:
Hi,

just wanna confirm, that it really works.

To make sure that it works, I recorded the output of my Diamond on my PC for about 30 Min.

I did that with the output of the tool "brainzapr", which produces a noise sound and also the output with Coreplayer with high quality (320 kbs) MP3s.

On both cases no sound skipping anymore. I couldnt beleaved it, after I saw the results.

At least one problem less with the Diamond.

Btw, I'm using the original O2 XDA Diamond 1.37 ROM,

cu

tomahak
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] thx1200:
Hotfix screwed my CDMA Sprint Touch Pro - careful!

Causes device to freeze during boot. Only resolution is hard reset. See my longer post here. But be careful with the update and make sure you have a backup before you install it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=505928#22
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] rmsa786:
worked for me too. wicked!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tnyynt:
Didn't brick anything, just screwed your OS. There's a slight difference in between the two!!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] morote:
Thank God for small hotfixes.

"It's alive!"

Tested on my Raphael:

Vanilla ROM 1.90.405.1 WWE

Radio: 1.02.25.19

Who is to blame for it?

I could spare a few quids.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ainatar:
It works! At last it can be used as a real music player!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shaks1979:
Confirmed seems to work OK when cooked in as well. Played for over an hour last night, no skipping.

This update is now cooked into my latest release Shaks.P rom - link in my sig
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] MasK:
Yup.. now I can say it works too. Just flashed yr awesome ROM yesterday.

I'm using PocketMusic btw. I believe it works for ALL players.

One more reason not to move on to Topaz :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shaks1979:
Excellent news. I tested it myself and couldn't reproduce the bug either
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jay_zhead:
Finally.

Me Happy Now. :D

On a funnier note though - now that I finally have the freedom to use any 3rd-party player I want, I discovered that I can't really... 'cause my wired remote control only works with TF3D or WMP, so I'm stuck with those two :) But I don't mind, as the TF3D music tab now also stopped skipping and plays everything quite well. ;) Just curious tho, anyone know of a good player that supports the wired remote (without having to turn TF3D off)?..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] RSkillz:
I would love to hear if this hotfix works for all HTC Devices,

The Touch HD and new Diamond 2 and Diamond Pro 2.

Then I might go for another HTC in the near future.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] MasK:
The new devices might be fixed even before release I think...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] cloudedhopes:
EDIT: deleted
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ede77:
Yuhu! It works for me too (PocketPlayer)!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] SuperToy_nc:
Finally, it works!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nuri58:
As I have claimed all along - no HW error and a hotfix will come out. I see HTC today posted the hotfix for the skip + for the alarms repetitions issue on their support site.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Prewien:
the lag is gone.. but i STILL have the problem that the last couple of secods are cut off from a track
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chucky5455:
WOOOOOooooooo

i had VIC's latest ROM and when i DID the HOTFIX(Cab version)YAWHUEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! the lag is gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was about to sell it few days back until i found this solution and now I am not selling it :cool:

It will be nice if it will cooked in the next ROM update if the cookers are aware of this so please moderator Put up a sticky with the link to this topic or announce them,Now i fell that this is much more better phone then any other phone in its level range so Happy listening to music ;) now i don't have to carry my huge ipod along with my HTC:cool: will buy the high capacity Battery like 2400 mAh,can anyone please provide me the information from where to get the genuine battery(of course with the extra cover) in ebay or some places by someone who already had experience ,Thank you:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nuri58:
I guess all cookers are aware as HTC oficially has issued the hotfix :) also for a few other bugs.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] shaks1979:
Audio fix was cooked into my rom on apr19 release
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] phreaq:
oh oh!!!

I applied the fix to my diamond, and when i restarted it, it gets stuck in the 'TOUCH DIAMOND' screen where it shows the radio/rom versions.

P DCBBPZM-615010

R 1.04.05V

D 1.09

any help?

please.....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] phreaq:
fwiw, I had to reinstall my ROM.

consider yourself warned......
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] uccoffee:
The hotfix disappear from HTC support site today (28/04/2009) , is it because of the swine flu?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nuri58:
Have you tried HTCs HOT fix (from their official support site)?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] thx1200:
Are you CDMA? Mine did the same thing (Touch Pro / Raph)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] phreaq:
yes, from their site.

yes, CDMA, diamond
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] thx1200:
Sounds like it's confirmed then that the hotfix doesn't help us CDMA users. :-( I emailed Sprint and they were very responsive, but couldn't help. They actually called me back the next day to ask about details of the problem and any other info I had. I think if enough people contact them, we might see the fix released for us...

Maybe...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] thx1200:
Unofficial CDMA fix here

See my post in the CDMA Raphael forum. I have developed an unofficial fix...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3772832
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KC_1:
Hi!

i am a XDA star user since 1,5 year now and have this terrible problem with the sound lags every 5 minutes too.

I was lucky to find a post now in a german pda community according solution for this problem. I downloaded and installed the linked hotfix (XDA_diamond)...but after reboot no possibility to operate on the device---> hardreset.

I tried two times without success.

Is there any solution available to fix this problem at XDA star too?

Do I have to cody and install the file in a special directory at device ?

Best regards KC
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ArtieQ:
I had this problem aswell, the hotfix from HTC's site fixed it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] thx1200:
There's a good chance your device is simply not compatible with this hotfix or any variations thereof. There's a slim chance if your device is CDMA that the fix at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3772832 will work. Otherwise, you are out of luck. :-(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fwmone:
Did it for me, too. I installed the hotfix onto below given ROM.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KC_1:
Soundlag XDA Star

Thanks thx 1200 for your advise

but I fear my XDA Star is no CDMA (as far as I know what CDMA means). My device is a german edition using GSM and 3G.

Am I right that there is no chance to fix the bug on my phone?

Its very disapointing because listening to music is one of the maintask I use on the XDA. Its a shame that O2 (Suppliyer) does not support the users by

offering a hotfix yet like HTC did.

Ive learned about this... I will buy only original devises in future.

regards KC_1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fwmone:
Did you try another ROM than the original branded one from O²? That might help.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KC_1:
No I didnt cause its still suppliers warranty on the device and im thinking about turning it back to O2.

But if O2 has no update does it make sence to turn it back?

And second reason is I havent done a ROM flash yet and Im afraid

that after flashing nothing worksany more.

At another commuity I read about a "cooked" version of WM6.1 for XDA Star.

Does this version fix the sound bug? If yes I think about trying to flash.

Some more questions about flashing:

Is their a detailed description available how to do?

How can I go back to original ROM after flashing if something is wrong?

regards KC_1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fwmone:
As you're talking about "XDA STAR" - you do have an XDA Diamond (https://www.o2online.de/nw/assets/s...&portalId=4510 070032 00&variantName=Fullsize), do you?

Before O² has to take back the phone, you need to concede three reworks ("bis zu drei Nachbesserungen bei technisch komplizierten Geräten vor Rücknahme"). I don't think O² will repair the phone but rather forward it to HTC. HTC is aware of the problem so there might be a chance. I don't know if newer ROMs already contain this hotfix. "Hot"fixes are sometimes updates of an urgent kind that only temporarily fix a problem which lies deeper and thus needs a more complicated rework.

Independently, the ROM forum contains many ROMs and even more tutorials how to correctly flash them. If you strictly follow the steps of this manual, barely anything can go wrong.

No one can guarantee that the HTC hotfix is going to work on the flashed ROM - but for me it did. Ok, I have the unbranded version type DIAM100 while the O² version is a DIAM300, I think. Instead of returning it and waiting for XX weeks, I would give it a try.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] KC_1:
indeed Im talking about XDA Star. I know this thread is about Diamond but the research about soundlag problems brought me here.

I wonder why i didnt read about similar problems at XDA useres...

Ill first try to sent it back to O2 to give them a chance to fix the bug and if they forward it to HTC shall be OK even if it takes a few weeks.

Anyway many thanks for your advices

Ill give feedback about the story

regards KC_1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] antonyw:
Problem isn't just on HTC devices!

I have had this music playback issue, but no on an HTC device (although the Touch Pro I used to own did have the problem too.) I've recently got a Samsung B7610 - yes, I know this is an HTC forum - and it skips and jumps and sometimes even stops altogether when playing music on any of the music players I have, ie the native Windows Media Player for mobile, the Samsung media player and also Kinoma Play. I saw this thread and was heartened to see the patch Captain_Throwback has released. I just wondered if anyone would know if installing it on a Samsung would a) bugger up my phone, and b) stand a chance of working. I've downloaded it but am reluctant to install it without knowing whether or not it's safe to do so.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] qweac:
Damn indeed. Thanks though...

We need help people! :P
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ziggyred:
I notice no-one had posted on this thread in a week or so.. It doesn't look like there has been any progress, though a few cooked ROMs seem to reduce the problem.

I had actually found myself giving up, and accepting that a £400 media device couldn't play an mp3 without pausing every few minutes...

Then, this weekend, a friend asked whether I could play a track from my phone via the mixer at a disco and I had to admit that the Diamond wasn't really reliable enough and might suffer from lag. They were amazed that I was putting up with this. So they have knocked me out of my lethargy...

As I use my phone daily as an mp3player this, the last unresolved big problem, is still a major issue for me, and I'm sure, many others.

I'll log again with HTC but it might help if others put some pressure on them too if possible?

Thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jupppo:
Strange, but I am not having this problem at all. An I listen up to 6h a week music (mostly in the car with either BT or cable to the cars stereo)

I use the official GER 1.93.407.1 ROM and I use Windows Media Player.

The only difference may be that I am not using TF3D at all and I cleaned my autostart, except for the poutlook for pushmail.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jay_zhead:
It depends on whether your cell is on or not. If you turn off the phone in the diamond it works perfect...

I'm close to selling my diamond and getting something else because of this ridiculous issue. I absolutely CANNOT BELIEVE that HTC did not fix this monster of a bug in the very first ROM update, it's just appalling. I've lost my trust in them. I'm going to log in a complaint (again), but they have done absolutely nothing to fix this in a few good months now, so I suppose they don't care about their customers. :mad:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jupppo:
My cell is on. The only time it lags is when I cross country borders and change net providers. As I said: No issue at all.

I personally assume there is some software bugs, either in TF3D or another app.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] DilbertZG:
Well, I don't have such an issue on my Diamond.

Yesterday was the first time I really used my Diamond as MP3 player.... prepared a dinner for my girlfriend, put the MP3 files on Diamond, attach headset and listening while cooking... no lag. :) I'm happy with that. :)

Read a lot about lag here, and "waiting" for them yesterday... but, as I said, no lag. :)

Used Diamond's default player, 1.93 official WWE ROM, tweaked with schaps app...

I'm feeling lucky. :)

Greetings from Croatia.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nuri58:
I also think it's in the combination of SW and what's running. Maybe it's related to some process which locks the system for that split second. Has anyone facing the issue tried to play back just after hard reset reformating all memory? I just went through two hard resets on Sunday and Monday, but forgot to check, and I'm not up to yet a hard reset!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] thesniffer:
Experiencing the same issue on my Diamond with official 1.93 ITA ROM. I do think we must make pressure on HTC customer service to solicit a complete solution of this disappointing prob.

It is definitely not acceptable that such a device has issues like this considering its multimedial attitudes.

Plz lemme know if someone wanna go for a public complaint with HTC to force them to solve this.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] genesicgaogaiga:
Yes, I noted the same thing.

I switched to plane mode and use BT head sets.

No lag noted after 20+ musics.

Would this be due to interference with background signals?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] PetroOMG:
has anyone tried different formats instead of mp3's ? does sound lag on movies or any other media ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jay_zhead:
jupppo:

Well, you're lucky I suppose. It's not a software bug, mine still lags with TF3D turned off, and after a hard reset. I'm trying to find more common themes here. Tell me, are you on a 3G network or 2G network? Maybe that has something to do with it...

Nuri 58: Yes, as I've said, it still lags after a HR and with TF3D off.

PetroOMG: It has nothing to do with the format whatsoever. It's THE ENTIRE SOUND OUTPUT that lags, not just the music. It happens in everything: during games, during GPS navigation software sound instruction, everything. With any player. It's the sound driver that lags, not the music player - which could have been tied in to a specific format. Then it would have been easy: just switch players. But I've tried Mort's, I've tried PocketMusic, it's all the same. Lag, lag, lag, LAG!

I'll try to flash the new SwiftBL rom today, someone on that thread reported no more lags with it, but I'm not believing it until I hear it for myself...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ftrippie:
Hi Guys,

Could it be that it only happens when you listen to music without the headset? I haven't tested for a long time, but if I listen to music or play a video without something connected (either headset or charger), it lags after a couple of seconds. If I listen via the headset it doesn't seem to lag at all...

Cheers.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] SuperToy_nc:
The music lags when I'm going out from an elevator.

I think it happens when the phone is searching for a cellular network.

But it doesn't happen when I manually turn on/off flight mode.

It also happens when listening on stereo BT headphone.

This problem also happens to P3300, but not worse as Diamond.

I'm using Dutty's ROM 1.7 full beta 2 with iPlay.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] ziggyred:
I've also started testing SwiftBL 6 ROM - will let people know how I get on.

As others have said there is no obvious cause... I also suspect the driver, though the behaviour is symptomatic of a cacheing or conflict/resource issue.

I'd be interested to see if the picture in an avi froze as well as the sound which might help diagnose if it is a resource/conflict issue rather than simply the sound driver.

To answer an earlier request for info, the sound definitely lags if simple headphones or BT are connected (or if not) and also immediately after a HR.

It may play a song or two before it starts skipping.

SwiftBlade states his ROM reduces this so I'll let you know but others who have tried it have reported that the lag still occurrs - as would be predictable if the cause were the sound driver or another system file.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] genesicgaogaiga:
I used head sets all along.

=>>lag stays there as long as I am on the ground.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jupppo:
Well, I am mostly on a 3G network, but even when I was on Holiday with a simple GSM connection and wired headset (also the BT one) no issues.

The only other modifiction besides turned off TF3D I have is, that deleted Autoshortcut and HTCStartup from the autostart folder.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] qweac:
I have 3g disabled 24/7, but I still get the lag.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jay_zhead:
Somewhat of an update.

OK, flashed SwiftBL rom version 6.0. Also, I flashed Radio version 1.00.25.05.

BIG improvement here. Really, for the first time since I've bought the device I can listen to music on it and enjoy it. The lags are very rare now, I listened to an entire album (40 minutes) and it lagged once. I'm gonna keep on bugging HTC about this until they come up with a proper solution; of course, as it is still not acceptable that it lags at all, but now - thanks to the work of a great guy who has nothing to do with HTC, naturally - the situation is much better.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Nuri58:
Same with WMA
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] kultus:
every 5 minutes exactly...finnaly found time to test this...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] SuperToy_nc:
yeah, every about 2 songs
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] jay_zhead:
Another Update.

Ok, my bliss was short lived, as it turned out that using the 1.00.25.05 radio disabled any GPS functionality, so I had to revert back to 1.00.25.03, and now my skipping is back to ~5 minutes apart. I seriously dislike HTC right now...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] THUDUK:
I can't believe this music, sound lag problems hasn't been sorted out.

I use my Device whilst running, use RunGPS and have music in background and also when not running but the sounds/music skip and lag terribly.

This has to be the worst thing about my diamond.

My £2.99 MP3 player makes this device look crap

surely there must be a fix...please tell me they are not ignoring this problem.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Monty Burns:
I wonder if its something to do with processor being spanked? For example, I get lag when accelerating/decelerating on my bike but not whilst cruising on the motorway. I also notice it when cornerning fast. The diference? The accelerometer would be going mad. I doubt that anything will be referencing the data from it but it would still be generating data. As mentioned though, this morning I had a gentle ride in to work down the motorway, at constant speed and had no lag at all.

Now, I would imagine the processor gets spanked again when changing cells/acquiring a signal. Again, this seems to be an issue for people that causes lag.

So, maybe its processor spiking causing this? Are there any apps out there that can record processor usage like event viewer/performance monitor on our pc's?

I'm using Diamond TLR, Windows Media player, WMA and MP3's and Touchflo ain't even installed.