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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kbone213:
I'm having an issue with avi video files not having a default player anymore. I know that the actual default player cannot play them, and I do have other programs for it. Unfortunately though, I cannot seem to figure out how to change the default program used for a specific file type.

Searching the internet keeps coming up with going into Manage Applications then clearing defaults of something that currently is the default, but that option is always ALWAYS greyed out (I went one by one for everything in there). Regardless, I did find a program on the Market called "ClearDefault" that basically clears all defaults for programs, but it did not help.

Also, the problem is not that something else already is the default. The problem is that NOTHING is the default for it right now (something happened to change this but I can't figure out what).

There must be a file somewhere inside the phone that decides this. If it isn't accessible inside the phone, then I'm looking for how to do it manually via my PC, terminal, or adb.

This is something I want to learn for future reference as well as the current problem at hand.

Hopefully we can come together and figure this out.

EDIT:

I forgot to mention that attempting to open the file via Astro or the browser's downloader just comes up with an error. I can obviously open the file/s via the player's file selection browser, but I cannot figure out how to make it open said player upon download or clicking.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mdneilson:
Long press in astro

select open as

select video

select default ceckbox

select program desired

finished
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kbone213:
Thanks a lot for the response. I'm glad someone finally came to the rescue. Unfortunately, I tried that already (and forgot to mention it). It just opens the default HTC player which cannot play avi files. Although, I did try it again just to be safe.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mdneilson:
Damn. I'd try installing again. Or you could dive off the deep and and convert all of them to h264 :eek: lol
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Hevroth:
Oh come on, no one on xda-developers (hackers united) can figure this out? I'm having the exact same problem! Except I have the issue with both music and videos.

Tapping an .mp3 in astro opens up the default Music player, and if I go into astro settings and remove 'audio' from the MIME type for .mp3s and long-press the file > open as > audio it still plays with the default Music app. Going into home > settings > applications > manage applications > music does no good because there are no defaults set, the button is grayed out!

And I have the problem with videos too, except in settings > applications > manage applications, there is no option for 'Dell Video Player' (I have a Dell Streak) or even 'Video Player', it's not even in the list!

If any android genius out there can figure this out I'd really appreciate it.
[G1 General] Shrivel:
I've tried a few Eclair ROMs since Cyan got into the game and most have been great performers and very stable, but the battery life is just across the board abysmal. Some (SuperE) are better than others. I went on vacation this past week and went back to SuperD 1.9.3 in order to not have to worry about battery and man, what a difference! I was actually able to to USE my phone all day (often pretty heavily) without having to worry about charging it and still go to bed with 50% or more life left.

As much as I really like Eclair, the poor battery life kills it. Donut still seems to be the sweet spot for our G1s and I really think we should think twice before recommending any Eclair or Froyo ROMs as daily drivers to new users, especially without informing them of the huge downsides.
[G1 General] raven_raven:
Equalivent exchange as Alchemist says ;) (it's from Fullmetal Alchemist). You give something and receive something in exchange. New lock screen, far more apps you can use and many more possibilities with your phone etc.

I tried, really tried to have a Donut ROM. But when I saw how many apps I like simply don't work i was disappointed. Yes, it's a pity, but for me it's better when my phone can do more things rather than can live on battery longer.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
From my observations, CM5.0.8 has better battery life than any 1.6 that I've seen. It goes for days.
[G1 General] AndDiSa:
I agree, but sometimes CM 5.0.7/5.0.8 is draining battery very much. Only solution I found in that cases: reboot the phone :confused: then battery usage is quite well again.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
You realize that by default, they crank the CPU frequency up to 528 MHz? Drop it back down to normal.
[G1 General] AndDiSa:
Probably I did not explain very well ... ;)

What I wanted to say: There are periods, where my phone uses 3-4% of battery within 12 hours and sometimes 15% per hour! When I then reboot my phone it goes back immediately to low consumption. I am afraid, there are some processes actively waiting, but I did not find out what process it might be. Analyzing log didn't give any hint, but I suspect, that GeniusWidget is one of the processes which might cause such behaviour ...
[G1 General] theartar:
On the frequency note, I just noticed that the free app "Android System Info" by ElectricSheep gives you a cool breakdown of your CPU usage. For example mine:

245.76 MHz 82.41%

352.0 MHz 0.99%

480.0 MHz 1.49%

528.0 MHz 15.11%

I assume 245.76 is the sleep CPU frequency and 528 is the uptime/screen-on frequency.

Maybe give that app a whirl and check your CPU usage.

Also, check this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=678617

That may also be the culprit with your Eclair ROMs. Personally I have not noticed any battery difference between Donut and Eclair.
[G1 General] sffan15:
Hi all,

I've been trying to install an OS on a G1 for about 2 hours now. I have gone through about 20 posts and followed instructions to the T. I own a pc repair company and I post regularly to some windows and general computer repair forums, so I'm pretty technical. Since I'm 100% stuck, I'm hoping one of you can help.

I don't know anything about the history of the phone, but it currently boots to the rainbow bootloader screen:

DREA100 PVT 32B

HBOOT-0.95.0000

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.19.261

Serial0

I can drop the NBH file from DREAIMG-RC29.zip off of google's android file list into the root of the SD card and get the radio back to 1.22 no problem. I have actually tried 4 different versions of RC29 and all seem to work the same.

I have downloaded about 5 different versions of Android 1.5 (as well as 2 versions of 1.1, and a few of 1.6), changed them to update.zip, and attempted to load the OS and every single one of them fails*(see below for error) in the step "Verifying update package..." EXCEPT signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip. This one actually goes through all of the installation steps without erroring, tells me to hit home+back to reboot, says its updating the radio, goes to a screen with an image of a box pushing an arrow into a phone.... but then it reboots to the rainbow bootloader screen again!

*Error from above: E:Failure at line2: assert file_contains("SYSTEM:build.prop".... MORE ... Installation aborted.

When I reboot the phone now, it immediately tries to reload dreaimg.nbh. If I delete dreaimg.nbh off the SD card, the rainbow screen flashes (very quickly) to a gray screen that says "Loading.... No Image File!"

I know the phone isn't technically "bricked" because I'm able to interact with it, it reboots when I hold green+red+menu, but it sure seems like I'm in an infinite loop at this point.

My only goal is to get an OS loaded on this phone. ANY OS at this point.

Any suggestions on steps I can take? Need any other information?

Thanks alot for taking the time to read my post. I appreciate your time.
[G1 General] udK:
Thread moved inside G1 General.
[G1 General] goldenarmZ:
I don't fully understand the issue.. You can get to the stock SPL, you can get to recovery to flash an update.zip, but you can't get it to boot the main system?
[G1 General] sffan15:
Yes, I guess that is the issue.

It seems to load the 1.5 OS I mentioned in my original post just fine, but the phone wont boot into anything but the SPL.

It acts as if there isn't a main system to boot to.

I'm also wondering if there is anything else that should be on the SD card other than update.zip and DREAIMG.spl?

Thanks for your help golden
[G1 General] SiL3nTKiLL:
thats weird, fist time ive seen a problem like this...
[G1 General] goldenarmZ:
I've never seen this either.. usually when dreams get stuck in an spl loop a broken button is the culprit, but since you can get into recovery normally that seems unlikely. This is going to be really hard to diagnose and fix from a stock spl and recovery as well..

Did this phone ever work or did it come to you in this state?
[G1 General] sffan15:
Right? I have really done alot of work previous to posting here, and I only found one other person with the exact same issue. Unfortunately no one had an answer for him either. I never like to bug forums if I don't absolutly have to :/

According to the eBay post, the phone worked fine but broke when the previous owner tried to root it himself.

My dad purchased the phone assuming I would be able to fix it (laughs).
[G1 General] sffan15:
I would be willing to try just about anything at this point, if anyone has any crazy suggestions on how to get the phone to boot to an OS.

Is there any way to 100% wipe everything on the phone, like EVERYTHING, and start fresh? Or is that essentially what you're doing when you boot to recovery mode, tell it to reset to factory, and then reinstall the DREAIMG file?
[HD2 General] VisualOddity:
Hello all, first post here *as a WM* user... :)

I got my HD2 last week, and I have installed some tweeks already, including running Android from the SD, but one thing is really bothering me; the Calendar on the home screen.

I'd really like to kill it, but from what I have found (yes, I searched lol), it looks like I will have to theme to do so. Honestly, I really like the Sense 2.5 look as it is stock, so I am not looking to completely redo it. I just want to remove the Calendar from the home screen, and if I could completely remove the top 3 quick links, that would be a bonus.

I did find this thread, which looks promising, but the files are not avail for DL anymore, and I am slightly confused about how to implement it anyway lol...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=552153

Anyone know of a way to remove this? Maybe a simple .cab to run that will do it?

Any help is appreciated... :)
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
In terms of the quicklinks, try Cookies home tab, I think you can remove them (you can change the number of them, so guessing you might be able to)
[HD2 General] smeddy:
Defitinely definitely install Cookie, it adds next to no baggage to your phone but offers so much flexibility and customisation it's unreal....
[HD2 General] VisualOddity:
I'll add it then. Will it adjust the stock theme? I do NOT want to get rid of the stock home clock/weather. I love it's animation lol...
[HD2 General] smeddy:
No it shouldn't (altho it offers more choice for clocks) and it's easily uninstallable with no damage caused if you dislike it
[HD2 General] VisualOddity:
Wow, CHT is awesome!

Thanks Guys!
[HD2 General] smeddy:
:) :) :) Enjoy it! Fantastic mod for Sense!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kourier:
hi,

I've got a problem with a brand new updated (by phone update menu) to 1.12.405.2 htc desire. The problem appears after waking up and unblocking the screen. After that the screens start to scroll without touching them in both directions (maybe more to the left, doesn't matter). The issue appears not always, but after some long time without using the phone (today after almost whole day) and stops after covering the optical trackpad (almost always).

I've tried to:

- clean the trackpad

- clean the screen

- reboot

- taking the battery and sim/microSD cards out

- deleting microSD card

- many times HR (both from phone menu and using the buttons)

Now I plan to flash it with RUU_BRAVO_HTC_WWE_1.12.405.2....signed.exe

You think it's hardware or software related? Did you encounter such an issue?

Thanks in advance! Cheers!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kourier:
flashing with the exe file didn't help

EDIT------

i did:

- r6 riskfree root

- roll back to ROM 1.15...

- downgrade HBOOT to 0.75

- once again new ROM 1.21... both through RUU_...exe and PB99IMG.zip / unroot

nothing has changed - goes to service
[EVO 4G General] Renegadez:
Does the GPS require internet (Sprint Data Usage) or is there an app that can use the gps chip so I can use the evo when im in mexico without charging me a billion dollars Thanks Renz
[EVO 4G General] Pops_G:
I do not know the answer to your question, but I do know how to get it.

Turn on Airplane mode, or simply turn off the phone radios. Then turn on GPS and test it.

FYI: Google maps requires data, so you would need a 3rd party app that loads the maps to your phone.
[EVO 4G General] Renegadez:
Right im definately thinking I need a 3rd party app i did some searching for a garmin app but no luck I found mapDroyd for offline map viewing but theres no place for routes or directions I really hate to be lost in mexico city lol Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Clipp:
i think copilot live keeps maps on device, meaning works offline. not sure if it has mexico maps though.
[EVO 4G General] Renegadez:
I sent them an email i saw on another site someone said Mexico was included with north America but waiting for official verification. On another note I see TomTom has an app for Iphone and soon to have on for Android but not yet and I am going on the 18th. Thanks Wade
[EVO 4G General] Freelancerx:
Copilot has Mexico maps. It works pretty well if you can stand copilots slow ass interface. My dad bought Copilot frankly I don't know why anyone would want to waste money on a separate navigation program aside from Google maps...even in Mexico dude I suggest just getting a gia roji...
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Google is advertising bing mobile as a navigation tool. I think you can connect to the bing website you should be able to get navigation. Not sure how it works but look it up, you should find some stuff.
[EVO 4G General] Renegadez:
The problem is no internet or I would jjust use the navigation but Thanks for the idea Renegadez
[EVO 4G General] kthejoker20:
If your going to cancun, you can use your sprint phone there.

I was there last November, and my phone worked fine. (even though the sprint rep said it wouldnt work there)

You just have to dial 01 then the area code to the us.

It about $1 a minute though on my sprint bill, so be careful.

WHen you arrive, sprint will send you a a text message "welcome to mexico" then you know your in business.
[EVO 4G General] aaron130:
Expect good things soon I think!! Add him to the list of ALREADY AWESOME devs here, this phone is gonna ROCK!!!

Source: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/2057-htc-evo-donor-phone-for-cm/
[EVO 4G General] ourprisonplanet:
And HTC released the Kernal today... I expect good things to follow within the next few days ;)
[EVO 4G General] 1wingangel:
HELLLL YESSSSSSS!

Cyan is the man. I remember his work the dream, and on sapphire.

I'm so pumped about this. I was read the first half of the post and had my finger on the donate button, then read more to find he just got one!

Can't wait.
[EVO 4G General] chamelieon:
a lot of good news going around today... this is great news! huge cyanogen fan here! :D
[EVO 4G General] Albaholic:
things just keep getting better and better
[EVO 4G General] Dreddge:
Cyanogen makes the fastest most stable roms I have ever dealt with. Im so excited about this!!!!

Seriously, i can hardly contain myself over here. Im SO ready.
[EVO 4G General] 1wingangel:
BILLLLLL BRAAASSSSKYYY!!!!:D

anyone?:D
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
I peed myself earlier when I read this...but I was drinking, so maybe that was part of it.
[EVO 4G General] fallentimm:
Id like to see cyaogen rom with toast kernl and damagecontrol dconfig/customization. That's make me cum buckets
[EVO 4G General] Dreddge:
Its funny you should say this. I was just telling my wife that the dconfig would be the thing I was would miss most about damagecontrol. It would be nice if cyanogen did something similar.
[EVO 4G General] GHOST99K:
was wondering when cyanogen(heard so much about) was coming to the EVO.havent flashed any custom rom on my first rooted android device(supersonic) yet but ill def wait for this one to released.....hopefully with god mode kernel included.:D
[EVO 4G General] driguez:
Cool, another quality dev for the evo.

Sent telepathically via my Evo.

-_-
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ansar.ath.gr:
Dear forum members,

This is an official rom in MSFLSH50 format i.e. WinCE image for flashing.

You can download it here : http://rapidshare.com/files/405170930/Mio_A201_WWE_WM5_OS_5.1_Build_14406.1.1.0.1_by_ansar.zip.html

and keep it to rescue in case of emergency or to return the device for service.

Unzip the downloaded Mio_A201_WWE_WM5_OS_5.1_Build_14406.1.1.0.1_by_ansar.zip file and you will have the following:

- The readme.txt file and

- The winceimg.bin file

In order to flash this CE rom image perform the following:

1. Format a small (128/256 MB) Storage Card in fat-16 format.

2. Place winceimg.bin file in the root of your Storage Card i.e. Storage Card\winceimg.bin.

3. Power off your device and insert the above mentioned Storage Card.

4. Hold down the navi key of your device and switch the power on to enter Oscar150A UT menu.

5. With navi key select 0=FlashROM Upgrade and press navi key in to enter FlashROM Upgrade menu.

6. With navi key select 0= CE by SDMMC to start flashing.

Till next version enjoy!!!

Regards, ansar

_________________

Device A201 / MD 96700 tnx to beta testers

CE image WWE WM5 OS 5.1 Build 14406.1.1.0.1
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Vasi872005:
i made like it says here but my mio A201 it stucks at "loading".wath to do from here?pls help!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Vasi872005:
no one know....???
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] j.villegas:
Problem with my a201

Hello,

Mi name is John, I have a problem whith my pda a201, and I need the ROOM, could you upload it again please?

Sorry for my english, I'm spanish speaker :)

thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] useresu:
link to file pls
[EVO 4G General] jgarozzo:
Looking at for a rom I can flash and not have to putz around with fixes.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] luminiz:
Im trying to head over to Cynanogen but im kinda worried about the requirements and how to install
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] VolcanicSkunk:
I don't have any troubles running CM5.0.8 on my MT3G. I'm using a 256mb Swap & no ext partition. I did a full wipe beforehand. Make sure you flash Gapps too.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] johnson8cyl:
Same as Iriscience. Haven't had any problems. Have the same radio Iris does though. Seems to have given better reception and battery life. Might try it out but it does work well with stock. Most of what you have to do is go through all the options and set it up the way you want it. There are a lot of them :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] luminiz:
So how do I change the Radio?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] johnson8cyl:
U just flash it like a rom through recovery
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harsaphes:
Hello all....I did do a serch but nothing came up with my search term.

I have an unlocked Nexus One. When I download the update, I rename, copy to SD and follow the instructions per the thread here. I do not get the triangle/exclamation mark...I get my X with the unlock icon under that then to a screen which lets me choose to "flash zip from sd card",,,I can choose this but it fails over and over.

Ideas about what I am doing wrong?

thankyou.

Im currently on build ERE79

Kernael version 2.629gad36b87

baseband 32190016u4020214
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harsaphes:
Well i did a wipe restore and then received the OTA and all is good.

thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxt:
You're welcome, next time though post in the Q&A forum.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harsaphes:
ok you can lock this. I spoke to soon and update fails. Moved question to Q and A section.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] petititi:
Sense SDK win32 C++

For informations about SDK (installation, use compile...), see here: http://charlie-soft.com/Software/Manila_SDK/html/
[Windows Mobile Software Development] imfloflo:
Good work ! thanks for sharing hope devs will use it.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Nixeus:
Hello my friend !

Great work !

( C'était exactement ce que je cherchais en c++ pour mes MFC smart device !!! )
[Windows Mobile Software Development] LORDShadowMan:
Great Work, Thx for the source!!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] francarl:
Really great work!

but I have two questions:

- is QVGA resolution supported?

- have you planned to extend MessageBox types to Abort/Retry?

thank you

regards
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Mr_stickz:
NIce work:D

Altough i don't really know what todo with it... i instalt the example.cab and it was really smooth!

Only one thing if i go to other controls and i want to change the value then the onscreen keyboard should show up right? But it doesn't.... So i slide my qwerty keyboard open, and in landscape i get an error message: DDERR_SURFACELOST(back buffer)

I dont know what it means... is this landscape compatible?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Zepiii:
Good job man ;) !
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Willits:
Nice works !

I just have a feedback, I find too slow the animation when you click on the "back" button, is there is a way to speed it up ? (or disable simply the animation)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] petititi:
SDK Manila

Hello all !

I will try to answer all your questions. So :

- is QVGA resolution supported?

No but easy to implement... Just resize resources to correct resolution. I will post resources shortly.

- have you planned to extend MessageBox types to Abort/Retry?

If it's something wanted, I will do it.

- is this landscape compatible?

No, not yet. But will be in next release!

-Back button too slow.

I will add a method to set the speed of animation... in the next release :rolleyes:

-Bug with hardware keyboard

The onscreen keyboard don't show up and I don't know why... I will look around for a fix.

If a developer wants to translate .NET applications into C++, feel free to post I will try to help you!

There is still lot of work, but I will try to do this quickly!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] francarl:
thank you for quick reply. I need this extension for my app "htc menu loader" (link in signature) to migrate from .net to c++ :D

again, really great work. You are making something that HTC should have done months ago.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] petititi:
Great project !

I don't know if you notice but I disabled the bottom taskbar... Do you think that I should add the possibility to enabled it? I saw that your application needed one...

I hope you will find my SDK easy to use !
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Hatefly:
Hey, this looks awesome.

Question though: I'm just shy of clueless when it comes to making an actual working app. Is there any place I can go to read/learn the coding I will need to actually use this?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] petititi:
Application win32 c++

You can use the example application included into the SDK to learn basic stuff or you can download this application: WakeOnWan. It’s based on my SDK (here are the sources).

You need some basic knowledge about Object-oriented programming and C language. I try to explain how to use the SDK in the example using comments or on my webpage.

I will also post a short tuto in second post...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] warrawarra:
Very, very nice! The demo runs very smoothly on my stock Touch Pro 2.