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[Nexus One General] RamGuy:
Hi,

I've just ordered myself a Nexus One to replace my iPhone 3G 16GB!

And as my mobile phone is also my number one portable music player, I will be playing a few songs on this thing!

My music library is mostly Apple Lossless (at least all the songs I've ripped myself is, and all others are 128kbps+ MP3) as my Sennheiser IE6 ear-buds are often limited by the source.. So MP3's tend to lack some quality in many scenarios, making me go lossless with all my CD's and as iPhone only support Apple Lossless and WAV(E) for lossless audio, I went for ALAC because WAV(E) is simply a no go for me..

Now I'm starting to prepare for my Nexus One, so I have my SanDisk Ultra Mobile 16GB MicroSD already and was thinking about arranging some music on it.. But then I figure Android 2.1 doesn't actually support any lossless codecs, besides WAV(E)?

There is no ALAC (Apple Lossless), nor any FLAC support?

This is rather disappointing, as I would expect it to support something besides WAV(E) as most mobile phones and portable players do, and no FLAC support on a open source operating system just seems odd to me?

Is there anyway to get lossless formats to work on the Nexus One, besides using WAV(E)? Or would I have to convert all my ALAC songs into WAV(E), taking up more space and supporting less features?
[Nexus One General] trovatrice:
Haven't tried any lossless formats yet, but you might consider converting to hi-res .ogg (vorbis)... My CD collection is all .ogg, and I was delighted to discover that unlike iTunes/iPods, the Nexus/Android FULLY SUPPORTS them and DISPLAYS the .ogg ID3 tags. (The sound is great with my studio cans.) Like you, I am about to install a 16gb mini SD card and plan to use the Nexus as my player.
[Nexus One General] JanetPanic:
A custom ROM is the only way you are going to get support for the foreseeable future. Patches for FLAC have been submitted but not reviewed much less accepted into the release schedule. A shame really, there should be an easier way to add a codec.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e.japonica:
Hi all, i just brought a A-DATA Micro SDHC 16GB Class6. After i flash in Modaco 3.1 rom i wanted to enable apps2sd. But its say a2sd permission denied & a2sd success.

Thou it say a2sd success, but my apps still install on my hero.

Can someone help me out? what should i do to make it able to install on my micro sdhc.

And now i currently with Amon Ra recovery 1.3.2, how to upgrade to 1.5.2? Any simplfied way?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelnes:
Modaco 3.1 got auto-a2sd. All you have to do is partition your SD-card correctly. You need to have your SD card partitioned properly.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e.japonica:
Hi Shelnes, thanks for you reply =) as my qns already solved by kendong2 already. thanks again =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelnes:
No problem! Good thing that you solved your problem. For me it's not important who gave you the answer. The most important thing is that we're helping eachother here at XDA :D
[Windows Mobile Software Development] spastik:
Hi !

I'm trying to create an application based on location aware concept.

And I'm trying to do a simple query to update some records in my database but it isn't working..

I'm trying to do a simple query like "UPDATE markers set status = 0 WHERE id = 10"

This is giving me an error like this "[1,8,markers]". BUT WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS MEAN ? :(:(:(

If I try to run que query manually it does work ! So what i'm I doing wrong ? How can I activate a (MUCH) more verbose error information ?

This is my function :

Public Sub turnMarker(ByVal id As String, ByVal status As String)
cOpen()
Dim query As SqlCeCommand = myCon.CreateCommand
query.CommandText = "UPTADE markers set status = " + status + " WHERE id = " + id + ""
Try
'MsgBox(query.CommandText)
query.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Error updating markers !" + query.CommandText + ex.Message)
End Try
cClose()

End Sub

thanks !

EDIT: Nevermind ... found out the problem.

Nevertheless, does anyone know how to make errors more verbose ?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] petevick:
Use SqlCeException as opposed to Exception, and then run through the errors collection....

strX = strX & ex.NativeError

For I = 0 To ex.Errors.Count - 1

strX = strX & "Index #" & I & vbCrLf & "Error:" & ex.Errors(I).ToString() & vbCrLf

Next
[Windows Mobile Software Development] 50chickens:
do a search for sr.dll. you need to deploy this as part of your app to be able to see exception data when debugging .net ce apps.

or go here -> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4862355&postcount=87 .That sample project has got a copy. you'll need to add it as part of whatever project you're making.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
I have a g1 and it is rooted. I had everything going great then my wife took it over and now it will not show the battery. Its shows 0% even though the battery is charged. I have tried several batteries. I have since went from danger spl to regular. I have changed to several different roms I was going to try to unroot but it will not let me flash DREAIMG due to it says the power sources not sufficient. I also wiped the battery stats from the recovery and nothing. I can get it to stay on when plugged up but as soon as I take it off the charge it dies. I am out of ideas. If anyone has any idea I can try I am willing. So feel free to send ideas.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
It sounds like your battery is bad, call HTC and ask them to send you a new one.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
Both batteries are good. Both have been tested in other G1s and work great.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
Then something is bad on your phones hardawre side, have you ever dropped it, gotten it wet, etc.?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
Does you lady/you take it in the bathroom with you when you take a shower? When you wiped the battery stats, was it a full battery or empty battery in the phone?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
Not that I am aware of. I know that I never dropped it. She says that she didn't do anything just went dead on her like this.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
The first time I did it it was full charge. but to no avail. I tried that then leaving it on with the charger in thinking it would eventually reset itself but that didn't work either.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
Do other batteries work in your phone?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
Does the phone get taken into the bathroom when a shower or bath is being taken? Was it left in the car for an extended period, ie longer than an hour?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloverdale:
Check the battery connections, they have been known to go bad.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
Anymore info on this? if it went bad would it cause it to work plugged in but not on battery?

Thanks for the ideas everyone!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
No... They do not.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
Then it is your phones battery connectors. As to answer your question, when plugged in the phone switches to ac power instead of battery, this can be seen when you take out the battery, plug your phone in, and turn it on.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrewh:
do you know where I can find a diagram or anything on what I am looking for?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] AndyCr15:
I was backing up and restoring SMS with SMS Backup & Restore and I've managed to dupliacte all my text messages.

Of the incoming messages, 1 has a little SD card looking icon next to it. Does that mean it's stored on the SIM or something? All outgoing show no icons, but are there twice.

I've been through the smaller threads and just remove the second copy, but I have three thread with over 100 text's, does anyone know of an app that will look for duplicated text's and remove one for me?

If the duplicate is on the SIM, can I wipe just SIM SMS's?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hardkikker:
You can run a backup again, then delete all messages from the phone and then restore with the duplicate check ON, that should sort it out.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] AndyCr15:
Okay, it's removed duplicates, but it's left the ones with the little icon, what does the icon mean?
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Since there have been numerous questions about this, I thought I'd create a new thread detailing the warranty and DOA processes of HTC. Perhaps a mod will sticky this for a few days so everyone can see it.

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I just spent about half an hour talking to the CS Rep at HTC about my ticket. We had a good back and forth discussion, and he explained how the warranty (repair) and DOA processes work, so I'd like to pass that info on to you guys.

*DOA: If a phone is DOA, i.e. it is defective or otherwise non-functioning out of the box, then they replace that phone with a brand new one. They send the customer a return shipping label. The customer is then to ship the defective phone, accessories, etc. in the original packaging back to HTC at their Houston address. The techs inspect and confirm the defect in Houston. Then a BRAND NEW replacement is sent out to the customer (not sure if it's sent from Houston or Indianapolis though). All said and done, this takes about 7-10 business days from the time the customer ships their phone to HTC. Also, no credit card number is required, because there's no risk to HTC losing inventory with this method.

*Repair (i.e. Warranty claim): A phone is categorized as a Repair if the defect has shown up after some time (i.e. not right out of the box). In contrast to the DOA scenario, here the customer provides their credit card number to HTC. Then HTC ships you a REFURBISHED replacement handset only, along with a return shipping label. Once you receive your replacement phone, THEN you send back your defective unit. The turn around time is usually short for the customer here... it takes 2-3 days for you to get your handset via Fedex.

Now, I've talked to a couple people who were skeptical that they'd receive a refurb because the phone just came out. So was I... then I asked the CS Rep that as well. He told me that they have plenty of refurbished units because this phone has actually been in production for several months. Whenever a phone was found defective at the end of the assembly line, it was sent back to be refurbished, and added to HTC's inventory of refurbs. Also, any presale units that were handed out, by Google to its employees for example, that had issues, were sent to HTC and refurbed as well.

So there you have it. If your phone was entered into the system as a Repair, you're getting a refurb. If your phone was entered as DOA, you'll have to wait 12 days longer, but will get a new phone. Now bear in mind that even if you're getting a refurb, you can expect the phone to look brand new, since it was likely just plucked off the end of the assembly line and never left the factory. The only difference between it and a "brand new" phone is that its case was opened by a technician after assembly...so if you're fine with that, then you're in luck.
[Nexus One General] spr33:
*Edit* I didn't see 'warranty claim' first time around. Please ignore.
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
The information I got was different:

I just called up HTC and asked them If the phone you get in the process where they ship you a phone, and then you ship yours back was going to be a brand new or refurbished phone. He left for about 15 mins to check with some other staff there because he wasn't sure, and came back and swore to me up and down that the phone I would receive will be brand new and NOT refurbished. I don't know if he's right, or if the Rep uansari talked to is correct. However the rep I talked to went away for a while because he told me he wants to be sure I get the correct answer and so he went to check with supervisor/other staff/etc.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Yes, I saw your post in the other thread. So essentially, everyone is getting different information, and even HTC's own reps don't know the score...? Either way, I think to be safe it's best to ask for DOA if you want to make sure you get a new handset. Either way you'll be fine though.
[Nexus One General] Cuda1337:
I'm really curious if what the OP says is true. I have an issue where my phone randomly turns off. It has probably happened to me about 5 or 6 times now. Nothing huge, but a bit disheartening considering the price tag. I was considering calling HTC, but if I'm going to get a Refurb I'd rather not. I work for T-Mobile and I can not tell you how much more often refurb phones come back with issues compared with their new counterparts.
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
ok called again. this rep also said swaps are brand new. I told him I heard that they are refurbs, then he went to check with 2 supervisors who also said that at this point in time (they said it may change in a month or two) all swaps sent out are brand new phones reserved for this purpose.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
I have no reason not to tell you the truth of what I was told. That being said, if you call HTC and tell them your phone has had this issue since you first got it, and ask them to DOA the device, you know that you'll definitely get a brand new phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.aalai:
Hi all!

Another quick question:

I use the HTC mail app to check my hotmail account.

However according to the number of days you set it to sync, it will only show the email from those number of days, which is reasonable enough!

However, what can I do if i need to SAVE an email for future reference, eg a flight reservation email, or things like that; which I need to keep for a longer while.

Currently I have to do a forward and save as draft, to keep it within reach.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Set up a Gmail account, and forward the emails you want to save to it.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.aalai:
Thanks Dave for your answer!

Seems there is no easy way to do this without jumping throught hoops! I think its easier just to save it on the phone as a draft, since if I am roaming etc and dont have internet connection, its there on the phone already...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] 4l3XuS:
Hi everyone,

i was wondering if there's any well working media player for the HTC HD2 which is able to read "Prerendered Subtitles" (the ones used on DVDs -> u can switch between them) and which is capable to switch between them or completely turn subtitles off.

Thx in advance!

Regards
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] JohnGames:
I searched and found many topics about changing the soft keyboard language and layout, but I still have not found a way to change TP2 input method to anything but touch input! It's aggravating to me that it does not save my settings for keyboard, and my preference for the original keyboard.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] seanvree:
Yeah, i was wondering how to make the default input meathod as xT9?
[General Topics] allensh:
Hi Everyone,

I'm having trouble finding a way to disable the certificate verification, in order to launch an old .exe file that worked perfectly on WM 2002. I've searched everywhere but no solutions worked for me.

What I've tried (and don't work):

* DisableCertChk.EXE (Only works on PPC 2002/2003 and smartphones 2002)

* Hacking theWindows Mobile 5.0 Registry

* Sign the file with signcode, and install the corresponding certificate

Any idea to make WM6.5 accept to launch my file?

Thanks in advance!
[General Topics] ramdroid77:
do you get an error while trying to install the CAB file? maybe the problem is not the certificate verification but windows mobile version verification.
[General Topics] allensh:
Hi, thanks for the answer. I'm not trying to install a CAB, but to execute a .exe, manually copied on the phone.

What do you mean by "windows mobile version verification"?
[General Topics] nikwal:
serious answer please.. I did try thoose things too and a "few" other things..
[HD2 General] cturbos:
what is recycled in My Device? what will happen if i delete it all?

thanks
[HD2 General] Archer:
Do you mean like a recycle bin on a PC? There isn't one of them. If that's not what you mean, could you explain a little more?
[HD2 General] pat12:
Unless he activated using Resco Explorer...If that's the case, yes, it's exactly like the recycle bin on a PC. So, it's up to you to decide if you want to permanently delete the content or not!
[HD2 General] Archer:
Ah, okay. I don't use Resco - I'm a Total Commander ;)

I take it that only works for files deleted in Resco then?
[HD2 General] pat12:
Good question! Actually, I've not tried it. First of all, as I use only Resco for deleting files, they would show up in the recycle bin! But, I disabled the feature altogether :-)

I'm the kind of person who mainly does shift+delete on his PC, so I don't need this feature on my phone, but I can understand that some people would find it useful.
[HD2 General] pat12:
Ah well, I had to test it! So, good guess John. File deleted with Resco -> goes to the recycle bin and you can restore it to its original location.

File deleted with Windows File Explorer -> file is gone for ever.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] bu995:
How can you export your bookmarks in Firefox to Leo?

Someone plz help....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] karaern:
ok i need this solution too...i am using some fox sync in desctop!?!:confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] the1stpredator:
i just made a backup of firefox bookmarks and copied that html on my leo, from there i just open it with opera and open links in new tab or whatever...as a 1st solution.
[General Questions and Answers] psguardian:
Help setting up userinit.sh & user.conf for "Backing Swap" on CyanogenMod

I am trying to set up Backing swap, which combines Compcache and traditional swap, on the phone/rom in my sig. I have been unable to do so for two main reasons.

1. I used Amon RAs recovery to make the partitions so I'm not sure what order they are in (need to know so I can put the right partition # in the useritit.sh file).

2. I am unsure how to create these files once I have all the proper info to plug into them, or where to acquire a base-line version of these files to edit.

I have been looking for hours but only seem to find posts of people suggesting I use these files. Even the Q&A wiki doesn't contain anything on the subject either (unless I was entering the wrong search critiria). I only have the terminal on my phone to work with or my pc which is win XP 64bit, so if I need any 3rd software please provide the windows flavor.

TIA everyone, :o

~psguardian
[General Questions and Answers] Ace42:
You can have one or the other one not both.

Swap always slows down the phone after a couple of hours and compache is compressed into the ram.If you want a fast rom use Super-D or Wesgarner.
[General Questions and Answers] psguardian:
According to the Cyanogenmod wiki it does work with both (atleast you can back a shrunk compcache with the swap partition), I just don't want to try putting the file together until I can cipher out which part. # my swap partition is, as this may turn my ext3 partition into a 512mb swap partition & I don't want that.

~psguardian
[General Questions and Answers] Ace42:
Think i was thinking about backswap..thats not important though.

Swap partition is Block3

EXT is block 2
[General Questions and Answers] psguardian:
I can see how backswap & standard swap wouldn't work together because they will try to use the same space. Is the linuxswap partition always mounted as Block3 ? when going through the format process in Amon RA recovery fat 32 is the last partition defined, which is why I hesitated to use the example given on the wiki (since back when that was put together partitioning was all manually handled).

~psguardian
[General Questions and Answers] psguardian:
still not smooth

I managed to get user.conf maker app on the market but it doesn't work properly in 4.2.13 (it sets the files up with its own defaults, but never accepts user input for value changes).

Had to

cp /system/sd/userinit.sh /sdcard/userinitsh.txt &

cp /system/sd/user.conf /sdcard/userconf.txt

so that I could use a 'notepad' type app to edit them propperly & then push them back to /system/sd now my phone is lagging worse then before so I'm not sure what I've done wrong... for backingswap am I suppose to enable compcache AND backingswap or just backingswap? I think its option A because that is the only time my swap partition shows active under 'free' command.

So now a new set of questions.

How much RAM is good to allocate to compcache

How large a swap partition should be used

What swappiness level is good for my setup

I know these answer are subject to the situation on my phone so let me give some stats, I am running a theme w/advanced launcher (5 screens) 10 widgets & 3 background apps that update every 15-30min (1 of them is a craigslist scanner that pulls search data from 10-15 regions so it probly should count as 3 by itself) so lets say 15ish self-updating apps.

Please any constructive input is very very welcome

Thanks In Advance Q&A guys-n-gals

~psguardian
[HD2 General] Akademist101:
i applied pocketshield whichr eplaces it and then decided to uninstall it however now i dont have any lockscreen. how do i recofigure for it to act again?

i tried reinstalling then uninstalling and soft resetting but still the same thing.
[HD2 General] Archer:
It may have just got messed up - it can do that from time to time.

Go to start and lock from there. It should turn it back on after that.
[HD2 General] nvandenbosch:
Yes indeed, you won't be able to open e-mails from the sense screen as well until you do a manual lock....

Seems like a bug to me.
[HD2 General] Akademist101:
ahhh thanks guys i will try. i was wondering why my emails started doing that for no reason :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] paulking:
can anyone be kind enough to tell me how i change the background when you click on the tabs (eg the background of the text message/calendar etc screens)

i want this sort of image (although in an ideal world would look less paint edited)

View attachment 269025

cheers...have searched but to no avail.

edit:i tried making a theme off of the winmo website but it didnt load up when i installed the cab
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Archer:
There currently isn't a solution for different backgrounds on different tabs. You can either have one for the home tab, or one for all of them.

Since touchflo has been around for quite some time and no-one's ever had different backgrounds on each tab, I don't expect to see it any time soon.

If you'd be interested at a background on all tabs, have a look at HDWall. Just be aware that you'll need to install the high quality cab (in the first post) in order to use cabs created with HDWall correctly.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=503511

Hope this helps :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] paulking:
i want the cannon for all the tabs and a different pic for my home screen, will take a look at the links and update if i need more help, cheers.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darrien13:
where can I find it thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Right here

http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
[Nexus One General] johnboywilson:
Hi i know this an odd request but ive partitioned my sd card for apps2sd and lost all the content i had on there.

Someone had said the songs on there were pretty good and i never even got to hear any of them!

So i was wondering if anyone could upload a copy of the card for me.

:)
[Nexus One General] bofslime:
Interesting, I didn't know they put anything on it. I swapped mine out for my 16GB card prior to even turning my phone on. If I get a chance I'll see about swapping back to see.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
There was another thread y'day asking for the same thing, so you could have searched. I uploaded the files as a 7z file to my mediafire. Here you go.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ziymmm2lji3