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[Vibrant General] SquareBare:
This is a pretty frustrating question but I just can't seem to find the answer anywhere else.

When using the default music player, I like to listen to music in categories. Naturally this would be a great application of the Genre View. The problem here is that even though I manually tag the files with either winamp, windows or any other program, the application just ignores them and decides to group them into whatever genre it feels like.

I subsequently tried Mixzing but it seems to do the exact same thing.

I can't help but wonder if they share the same sort of media engine, samsung designed and somehow failing me at this point.

Anyone have any input?
[Vibrant General] SquareBare:
Bumping myself after 3 days, sorry this is just too annoying to let go so easily.
[Vibrant General] SquareBare:
So nobody else's vibrant ignores MP3 tags data at will? It's just me?

I heard this was a fix in Froyo, but this is pretty annoying. It essentially makes the payer useless for large volumes of music.
[Vibrant General] Picasosz:
Same S D D

Albums show up as Genre's on My Vibrant
[Vibrant General] floepie:
Yes, the stock music player and most other players on the market including Mixzing use the underlying Android music database. This is why the tags will be identical between players. The use of the Genre tag in the database sucks. It should be Genre -> Artists -> Albums -> Titles like all ipods do.

As for tags, always use ID3 v2.3 tags if at all possible. 2.4 has less compatibility. MP3Tag is very good.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] All Day On XDA:
So I have been having trouble with apps not reading my sd card properly and resulting in errors. Eg ireader.

The problem wasn't the app but I think the sd card or my computer os.

When I copy the files to the card using windows 7. Frequently they don't appear when viewing the file system from the phone. Sometimes they appear for a while then disappear later.

Strangely, when I copy the files using a linux operating system, the files both appear normally and function as they should in apps.

The card is a 16gb class 4 sandisk.

Any ideas what could be the issue?

Seems its an os issue. So is there a setting in windows 7 that makes it copy files in the manner linux does?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bezil:
I have the same problem with my sd card. I'm also using win 7.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wastegate13:
So I'll admit that I'm a newb and only have a basic grasp of all these shenannigans that go around here however thanks to all the fantastic instructions I have managed to root my Nexus One without unlocking the bootloader, flash Amon RA's recovery and made it stick and even flashed MCR21 which kicks ass BTW. Now the only thing missing for me trackball wake which for some odd reason was not included in my prebake. I have the new android.policy file but when I try to use the command adb remount it returns adb: not found. I also tried using Root Explorer to copy and paste the file from my SD card and it said the file could not be moved. Does anyone have any ideas on what my problem may be? Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostchild:
do you have the android SDK installed and are you in the android directory (e.g android-sdk-windows>Tools)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wastegate13:
Yes I do and yes I am.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostchild:
what sdk are you using windows or linux? or MAC?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wastegate13:
Windows. I grew a little impatient so I signed up for a Modaco plus account and baked a new ROM with trackball wake already in it. Thanks so much for your help though!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] flupo2000:
I have the stock ROM on my Leo, and I need a way to notify me for missed calls other than this small red sign in the task bar. Can somebody help me
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Banditas:
Try BsB_Tweaks app.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeroxy:
I am a T-mobile user in America. If I want to flash a rom from this site, do I need to flash my radio first? Thank you!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma1nz:
No, you don't.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeroxy:
Okay, thank you! Is Hard SPL the only thing I need to flash? Which version is suggested?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] experiax1:
hi friend....

hi... i am also new here... i did flash several roms.....hard spl first and choose best roms as you like...... test its performance and speed ...lots of cool stuffs here......;) i am using laurenti's 23673 v2 rom... which is fast... lot of things u should do yourself to it........ raininmind at gmail.com:cool:.... see ya...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeroxy:
Hi, I meant the version of Hard SPL. Is there only one version? If not, which one do you use?

Thanks for reply.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazvanG:
When I set a custom ringtone, the first 1-2 seconds of the song fade in.

If your ringtone has a bit of silence as it starts then you won't notice it.

The fading is not present in the settings menu, but only when a call comes in.

Please test and let me know.

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emama:
I have the same question too
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahagon Coral:
Still got the "problem", to my luck though... used in ears with too high ringer volume and took the call fast enough ^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
You cannot technically call this a problem. It is done intentionally by samsung. What I am wondering is why it isn't configurable like it was in previous samsung phones i owned (like the TouchWiz F480)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
For those who do not know, the fading is added so that the ringtone doesn't blast your ears deaf if a call comes in right after you finished your last one (unless if you are using a headset, the phone will be right next to your ear at that moment).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoXTC:
well the feature is crap. It should have option whether we want this feature or not instead of forcing us on it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samjuan:
Thank you

:D:D:D

Thank you Samsung for avoiding staining my shirt with brain fragments... my dog is also very thankful!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianmak:
samsung should provide setting to turn on/off this ascending ringtone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oswade:
Perhaps they should provide the option.. but I personally think this "feature" is good. Especially since I got tinnitus, and hence take all precautions to protect my hearing from future damage.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karouf87:
any solutions ?

i have the same issue on my galaxy s
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YG007:
While some people think its a good "feature", others do not. I'd rather have this feature disabled like most people out there, so we can have those extra 2 seconds to hear the phone ringing from our pockets.

... Its not like you're holding the phone to your ear ALL the time!! Even when you're not doing anything. Cause if you are, then you have a problem!! :D
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
I'm going to buy a new phone very soon, and have some difficulties in choosing the perfect phone..

After a lot of thinking and reading I've come to a conclusion that it will either be the Samsung Galaxy S or the HTC Desire.

Samsung Galaxy S has overall exceedingly better hardware (GPU,CPU,Camera) than the HTC Desire, but the software, TouchWiz 3.0 looks like **** (iOS copy). Therefore I'm also thinking of buying HTC Desire since HTC Sense looks brilliant.

I want Galaxy S because of the amazing screen and the FLAC support which is quite important to me as I have the Monster Turbine Gold Pro headphones, and I don't want to waste them on bad audio quality. The HTC Desire as I said earlier has HTC Sense which is an extremely attractive UI, but then again it lacks the ability to play FLAC files and the screen is supposedly useless in direct sunlight.

Galaxy also lacks flash, but I could live without it as Galaxy's camera is better than Desire's.

Is the audio quality on the Galaxy S a lot better than the Desire, or is the FLAC support just there for advertisement, does it actually play FLAC in the quality it should be played?

HTC Desire from my understanding has already gotten Froyo while Galaxy has to wait till the end of September, is this true?

Is there any possibility that Galaxy S will get ROM for HTC Sense?

Which Phone is the better one and why?

Thanks in advance

Please do not come with recommendations of phones using another OS than Andriod and that doesn't sell in Europe.
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Welcome to forums

Have a look here for a detailed comparative.

I would choose Desire as it´s HTC build and has Sense:cool:

Better design as well!
[General Questions and Answers] GbrilliantQ:
The Galaxy S has a 4" screen with a the faster hummingbird processor. Front facing camera.

I'd choose the Galaxy S.
[General Questions and Answers] kempas:
Major hardware specs are probably agreed to be better for the Galaxy S over the Desire (i.e. cpu, gpu functionality, ram, screen) - that's something you can't change.

Externally, the Desire hardware design is nicer (subjective) - but that's something that a skin or case can change.

If you need a flash then that may be an important factor to you. The Samsung has had issues with gps (although that may be fixed now) and some lag (although all potentially suffer from that - may also be something that'll be fixed in firmware updates) - these are also mostly subjective though.

Desire has 2.2 already, Samsung has committed to bringing it to the Galaxy so that's hopefully a moot issue.

HTC do turn out phones rather quick so their current top may not be there for long - Samsung don't push that many out so their current champ *may* be so for longer and *may* get longer support...

Both are ultimately great. Software is software so you shouldn't really go on that - interfaces can be changed. Go with what you feel and what you can get the best overall deal on - I doubt neither would leave you wishing you had got the other.
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
Music quality

I'm leaning towards the Galaxy S.

Still not sure, only remaining factor would be whether the music quality on the Galaxy S is actually better than on the Desire.

Anybody tried to play music on both with good headphones?
[General Questions and Answers] Mithent:
I'm also about to get a new phone and my choices were basically between those two. I'm not enthralled by the fact that both have PenTile screens (which makes text less sharp, as they don't have the full complement of subpixels) but there's not really anything else in the UK at their level, and the Galaxy S' screen is both bigger and unambiguously better, particularly in sunlight. The Galaxy S also has a much better multi-touch digitiser - the Desire has the same one as the Nexus One, which only supports two points of contact and gets easily confused.

The Galaxy S also has a slightly better CPU and a much better GPU, and more built-in storage (though that's not very important), while the Desire has more RAM and a camera flash but is otherwise outclassed hardware-wise. But the Desire is more polished software-wise, with HTC Sense and without the lag and GPS issues of the Galaxy S - but it's early days and Samsung are clearly working hard on firmware so hopefully these will be fixed, and there's workarounds for the lag. The Desire also has the advantage that developers around here are more familiar with HTC devices, but there's work on porting CyanogenMod to the Galaxy S which suggests that developers are taking it seriously.

I'm going to go with the Galaxy S because of its hardware advantages - software can be changed but hardware can't etc. TouchWiz 3 gets mixed reviews, but it's always possible to just use something like Launcher Pro instead, that being the advantage of having an open OS!

Afraid I can't comment on the audio performance of the phones though.
[General Questions and Answers] junkdruggler:
audio and video are both excellent in the galaxy s (vibrant here)... I got one force close on touchwiz... it was day one and I was putting my phone under as much stress as I could... its the only one so far...

My quadrant score is between 1400 and 1500, linpack is between 8.3 and 8.5

--this blows all htc devices with the same software away...--

My phone gets 55+ fps on neocore and finishes the benchmark ten seconds quicker than a desire..

with all the different versions coming out and the developer support I see growing galaxy s hands down

(I have also owned or tested nearly every htc gsm android device... minus the aria, and desire.. )
[General Questions and Answers] rexrbgh:
As a current Vibrant owner I was unsure whether to wait it out for the rumored HTC handsets coming to TMO. I'm glad I didn't, the screen is unbelievable, the processor is lightning fast, and the dedicated gpu makes gaming an experience. In other words pick up the phone use a home replacement app, and you'll be good to go.
[General Questions and Answers] MacaronyMax:
Galaxy S has froyo now :D leaked but all working :D
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
I think I'll go for the Samsung Galaxy S.

As a lot of you have said already the software can always be changed, hardware on the other hand, cannot.

I still want to know, just out of curiosity, if the Galaxy S' sound quality is actually better than Desire's?

If the sound quality is noticeably better on the Galaxy S' I'll 100% go for it, if not, I'll most likely go for it anyway.

Seems like almost nobody actually tried the music on both. :P
[General Questions and Answers] gTen:
From the reviews I read people said sound was definitely better then the Desire...
[General Questions and Answers] Mithent:
All I can offer on audio quality is this:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478p6.php

According to that GSMArena review it has a flatter frequency response curve than the Desire, lower noise levels and higher dynamic range.

I don't have personal experience of it though, so I can't vouch for how it sounds myself.

Edit: It does do some odd filtering on headphones, though, which can apparently be turned off:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=735918
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
I'm going to buy the Samsung Galaxy S.

Thank you to everyone that replied to my posts.
[General Questions and Answers] gdallas:
Just to stir things up!!!

My partner received her galaxy last week, within 3 days she had returned it for the Desire. and is completely satisfied, as am I, that she made the correct choice.

Don’t get me wrong, the Galaxy was a nice phone. but it was very light and plasticy which was a major turn off for us. Plus the audio quality was no where near as good as the Desire.

on paper the Galaxy may have better hardware performance, but let me tell, actually using both devices you don’t notice anything different, other than the Desire feels like its built properly.

That’s just our opinion, but hope it helps you
[General Questions and Answers] Spl4tt:
dont know, the galaxy S should be faster and better than the desire... but i tried it at the store, hell, it has loading times wtf Oo some friends got desires.. they never really need to load long..

i think thats cause the touchwiz **** from samsung.. if there would be a possibility to flash a stock froyo rom (probably there is already one), that phone would be awsome, but ONLY THEN.

but i have to say.. i love the screen. its smaller then the one from my hd2.. but still big. for me its the almost perfect size of screen. probably 4.1" would be better, but 4" is enough, i lile it. + the super amoled screen is really fantastic

the only thing why the galaxy s is crappy is the software.. if someone gets that fixes, its the best android for my opinion^.^

EDIT: btw, for me the desire screen is just too small :P i could NEVER enjoy surfing with that...
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
That does sound kinda weird, as GSMarena did say that the audio quality was amazing. There is a fix for getting the phone to sound good through headphones, and BTW, what kind of headphones did you use?
[General Questions and Answers] gdallas:
Sony bud earphhones. the sound isss both better in ear and via speaker
[General Questions and Answers] nightswim:
Short comment from me as i do have both of them in my hand for a while already.

What Desire have in advance:

- flash light

- much better mail client, support for meeting requests (create, accept, etc..)

- much easier switch of USB mode

- much better phone dial pad with really working search

- more widgets

- search in exchange global address list from peoples list (everywhere), displays even phone numbers not just email

- really good sw keyboard

What Galaxy S have in advance:

- better camera, picture is actually more crisper and more real colors

- much better display, with more precise multi-touch

- better battery live (lifetime was about 135% of Desire in my case, same usage)

- better sound from build is speaker (good for in-car instructions or as "radio")

- can play almost every audio/video format without noticeable lacking

- 3d accelerator, much higher FPS for 3d games

- 2 gigs ROM = more applications can be installed, good especially for games as games can be big

(i now froyo allows you to move it to SD card, but no app supports it so far)

- and have more sexy design! :)

My conclusion:

If you are sort of corporate user, with high usage of email and especially Exchange, go for Desire.

If you are multimedia freak or gamer, go for Samsung.

Howk!
[General Questions and Answers] SpeeDemon:
I find some of the software comparisons in this thread a little hard to swallow. There are over 63,000 (over 100,000 including paid) FREE apps/widgets/keyboards/games/FLAC that can be downloaded and installed without needing any form of root or warranty voiding modification.

The sound comparison may be the only issue. However, most of the sound problem is resolved by using lossless compression: FLAC, WMA, or otherwise (an app supporting various formats can be downloading for either device!). I have yet to notice a different between a qualcomm cpu's audio processing or a samsung cpu's audio processing - when using the same headphones, and same audio file. I mean... really???
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
I'm getting quite confused.

Some say that the Desire's sound quality is better, some Galaxy S' is better.

Which one of these two statements are actually true? Some even say that the sound quality is the same...

Looking at the poll it looks like most people think that the Galaxy S is better, so if to just go by the poll the Galaxy S would win, but well, democracy isn't always correct.

BTW nightswim, nice post, very detailed and nice to hear from someone who owns both. Would you say that the sound quality on both phones are the same? Since you said, and I'm quoting "better sound from build is speaker" (I assume that u meant "built in"), would that mean that the sound quality is only better on the Galaxy S when listening through the built in speakers?

Bottom line: Galaxy S is overall definitely the hardware king and Desire the software king , but still extremely confused about the sound quality.
[General Questions and Answers] gdallas:
Mageer,

ask your self, how many people who passed comment on the Audio, have actually had both handsets in their hands, and personally audiablly compared them....Like i said, i have, an IMHO, i prefered the acuastics of the Desire, both in ear and speaker.

Also, and i know this goes against the grain, while the galaxy's screen was very saturated, it appeared more pixely, than that of the desire, kind of like its was at a smalller rez. i know this cant be true though, as i understand they are both 480x800? but then again, are all pixels the same size? to me, it looked far smoother on the Desiere. and the colours a very saturated in the desire too!

that said, the Galaxy aint a bad phone!!

only you can decide... why not go into a shop and try both of them for your self?
[General Questions and Answers] Mageer:
Thanks for your reply gdallas.

I've actually gone to a store to try the phones out, but they don't actually allow you to put any music on it, so its kinda hard to test.

My brother owns a HTC Desire, I've tried it and its a nice phone, but the sound quality does miss something. Its just that GSMarena says the sound quality is amazing on the Galaxy S, and it kinda holds me back since I don't think they would lie.

Have you tried the Galaxy S with headphones with the headphone fix? The sound quality is supposed to be very bad without the fix.

It may sound as if music is the only thing I care about, its not, I know by now all the other good features of each phone, but I do care a lot about music and its kinda the only feature left that is unknown to me.

btw gdallas, obviously the pixels on the Galaxy S are bigger.. if the screen is bigger and it has the same amount of pixels its really a no brainer. How else would the screen be bigger?
[General Questions and Answers] Mithent:
The Galaxy S and Desire both have AMOLED screens which use a PenTile matrix, which means that rather than every pixel having three RGB subpixels, they actually have two, in an RG BG pattern. Interpolation is used to display images, and does mean that the text quality isn't as great as it would be on an LCD. The trade-off is better contrast.

However, due to AMOLED shortages, HTC are just starting to use S-LCD panels on Desires, which would not have this "feature". Perhaps the Desire you're comparing to is S-LCD? Personally I would rather have S-LCD, but I think I'm in the minority with that opinion. I stop noticing the text quality on the Galaxy S when I stop looking though.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/htc-desire-with-s-lcd-screen-meets-one-with-amoled-they-go-head-to-head/
[General Questions and Answers] nightswim:
If you compare build-in speaker, that Galaxy S is absolute winner.

Output into headphones is comparable, but Galaxy S have equalizer.

My personal opinion is that Galaxy S have slightly better sound, but that's just my opinion and can be caused by head-set i used.
[General Questions and Answers] TudorEm:
Hello there! I am in the same dillema as you are. Cannot decide between Desire and SGS, though I lean towards the latter, because I am a multimedia-addict: I listen to music, play games, watch movies and surf the internet, so the Super AM-OLED display and the 0,3" make the experience much better for me. I have less than three weeks' time to take a decision (as I will buy a phone at the end of August) but I think I won't change my mind so easy. There's one more thing that needs to be done: I MUST go at a showroom and try both of them, as I want a very good and responsive touchscreen (I like the one of iPhone's).
[General Questions and Answers] Meatballs:
Im in the same position.

My HTC HD broke and now im stuck with my girlfriends old LG chocolate while she has an Iphone4.

My friend has an Desire and i really love it, but i have not had the chance to try out SGS yet. People say that it feels cheap with its plastic but on the other hand the hardware is superior to the Desire. I love HTCs Sence but if i got the SGS i could just flash it with a Sense rom.

Im probably gonna buy a new phone in the end of august, beginning of september.

Guys i need more Pros and Cons on these phones so just keep em coming! :D