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[Galaxy S I9000 General] miki4242:
Hi all,

I came across this question on androidforums on how to convert video files with audio encodings which the Galaxy S doesn't (yet) support.

The answer: there is a Windows tool out there called VID2EVA (link to website), originally meant for transcoding Blu-ray and DVD rips for Netgear media streamers

This tool will also convert the audio in individual video files without touching the video (e.g. NO video transcoding) whenever possible, so they can be played back on the Galaxy S. (This is needed mainly to convert DTS and multichannel AAC encodings to AC3 encoding.)

The end result will be MKV format.

Original thread (credit where credit is due!): here

Link to latest stable version: here

Any comments are very welcome.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] mmaibl2011:
Basically the question is how to make it so when you turn your droid x to the side (horizontal) the home screen changes with the move?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] zanix:
As far as I know, the only way the home screen shows horizontal is when it's in the car or multimedia dock

You could use LauncherPro to do this
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Yea, most of the alternate launchers do this. I use ADW and it has a setting for it.

I ended up turning it back off though. What looks like a 'normal' layout in portrait, always looks funny to me when compressed vertically and stretched horizontally.

It annoyed me, so I leave mine in portrait unless car-docked.

Just my opinion
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] code_monkey74:
I've searched and found no answer for this and wanted to know before i make the leap. I live in the Memphis,TN area and my HD2 is almost always connected to the newer HSPA+ network. Will i still be able to connect to this or will i be stuck on 3G after loading Android to my phone?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] random_username_:
yes

(10 char)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jelliottz:
You will have similar reception. Maybe not exactly the same, but its constantly improving.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] code_monkey74:
thanks for the quick reply. i'll give it a shot then
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] marixsmith:
I live in KC and am connected to HSPA+ most of the day. Running speed tests shows around 2megs down but only 50kb up. I think it's driver/kernel related as my g1 gets similar down but 500+kb up.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jjfeltham:
I just went into my messages and they are seem to have all been deleted.

Is there any way I can get them back? Or has anyone else experienced the same?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PLESTIUC:
Does anyone have the .apk (or a link to) for the video Streaming application.

I flashed a custom 2.2 ROM (Fresh) and that app has been removed (strangely enough)

much appreciated.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sin2800:
I recently wrote a shell program to turn the front LEDs on and off for a flashlight, without having two scripts (one off, one on, which did work). Although the script seems sound to me, i get an error when I run it:

Stderr [: Not Found

Stderr [: Not Found

The script is as follows:

led_status=$(cat /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness);

if [ 1 ]

then

if [ "$led_status" = "0" ]

then

echo 3 > /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness

fi

fi

if [ "$led_status" = "3" ]

then

echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness

fi
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_flan:
I tried the script stripped down a little:

led_status=$(cat /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness);
if [ "$led_status" = "0" ];
then
echo 3 > /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness
else
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness
fi

But I get permission denied trying to run it with better terminal pro from emmc with su. I'm not going to be much help, but I'm interested to know if you get this working, and how to run it, and from where.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sin2800:
GScript is the app I use to run scripts as su. It works fine.

But for some reason, I still get the error:

stderr: [: Not Found

I don't know what it's trying to find tbh, but that bracket seems to be a problem.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerf:
led_status=$(cat /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness);
if [ "$led_status" = "0" ];
then
echo 3 > /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness
else
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness
fi

I just put that code in to gscript and was able to run it fine. It turned both leds on(Really bright) and then I ran it again and it shut both of them off...

Cool script but y not just use an app like lamppu with widgets to do this? or do you have something else your putting together that this is part of?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sin2800:
Hmm. I wonder why mine isn't working then. And I would, but I'm trying to learn more about android and how it works, and running into an error where a bracket becomes a problem confused me to be honest.
[Vibrant General] proslasher:
I'm not too sure why this has happened, but I have two samsung vibrants... One of them has been rooted, has Clockworkmod's recovery, busybox and the samsung lag fix. It's fast as hell now...

I was repeating the process on the other phone and now I'm stuck... It show's it's rooted, (busy box and also I see the SU in the program list), and the SU program opens, but when I try to run any application that requires root permission, it seems it doesn't prompt to allow root. Ex: If I run the script to fix the lag, it should pop up and say allow/deny... But it's not doing that.

Any clues as to why this would happen, and how to fix it?
[Vibrant General] }{Alienz}{:
People are reporting issues on the Vibrant with the newest root app. Which version are you using?
[Vibrant General] mikey98277:
I had the same issue.try installing the older version of busy box installer from the thread that is referenced in the original post,as soon as I did that it installed with no issue then I re upgraded busy box installer on my phone after patch. Here is the link to the post that has 1.17.1 that made it work for me

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7574130&postcount=229

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using the XDA app
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gospodinwizard:
First, am I doing something wrong or does it just not work? I can't seem to get NAND +ext backup to work.

On the matter, of ext partitions there seem to be some ROMS that use ext2 and some that use ext3. Then there is also ext4. This can be annoying if you want to try another ROM that requires the ext type you don't currently have. I'd really rather not have to wipe the SD card and have to repartition it. Since I know I can use Acronis to format both ext2 and ext3, would it work OK to have FAT32, ext2, ext3, and swap all on the same SD card?

Also, I saw a post that seemed to say Froyo ROMs require just having one big FAT32 partition. That seems rather off to me since I thought Froyo ROMs could use A2SD.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericFuels999:
I'll refer you to the following link for making NAND + ext backups:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6866495&postcount=1038

While I think it may be theoretically possible to have ext2, ext3, and swap, all on the same SD card, I seriously doubt any Android version would be able to recognize that form of partitioning (Froyo definitely wouldn't).

As for Froyo, the implementation of A2SD in Froyo simply stores apps in a folder on the SD card, thus eliminating the need for a partition. The A2SD implementation "hacked" into 2.1 ROMs on this website originated from Cyanogen, I believe. Therefore, there isn't specific Android OS support for the feature like there is from Google in 2.2.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] settlethestorm:
That weird cause I have apps2sd working with almost 300mb of apps on my 512 ext partition, and when I do a regular NAND backup using clockworkmod recovery, and when I restore, it restores all of the apps on the ext. Don't know why this is tho or why your having trouble, just thought I'd let you know.
[Vibrant General] Propheous:
Since the Contact app that comes with the Vibrant is nothing I want to use. Is there a way to get back one similar to the contact app on the G1 that syncs with just my google contacts?
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
Umm what's wrong with the default one? It's pretty awesome. If you just want to view google contacts then go to menu and go to display options
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^^ you clearly have not utilized contacts correctly. Tons of good stuff in Contacts. Did you check the sticky? I tried to point out a lot of the features and how to make things function better. I would start off by hitting menu > Display Options > and have only your google account sync (and check to only show contacts with phone #s).

In Contacts you can slide the pic left or right to call/text

You can press the letters running down the right side for a quick jump (much better than the old slide).

You can click on the pic for multiple ways to communicate with a contact....

so so so much better. Not sure how you could say your G1 was better, and I have a g1.
[Vibrant General] DAKIDD236:
This is by far the best contact app that i've seen on any android phone.
[Vibrant General] ewitkows:
I just got my phone today and when I txt someone it shows up as their phone number instead of their contact name. Any idea on how to change it?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ is the person added as a contact, and is their # stored as a mobile?
[Vibrant General] ewitkows:
Yes to both
[Vibrant General] caldjeff:
I believe OP said the Touchwiz contact app is "nothing I want to use". Why do you all insist on trying to convince this person they are wrong. It's a matter of preference. I happen to agree with OP. In spite of a few nifty enhancements, I much prefer the G1 with it's AUTOMATIC and COMPLETE sync to the web. I don't want to have to go through all the levels of hell to sync Google contacts with phone contacts with SIM contacts just to assign a custom ringtone. So for those of us who prefer the stock Android contacts, either offer some constructive assistance or don't post. If OP had wanted to know why he/she should keep the TW contacts or the benefits of that app, I'm sure the question would have been asked that way.

So...anybody with an answer to the original question?
[Vibrant General] ytj87:
Agreed on the TW contacts. Really nice features, but the quirks are too aggravating to make it a serious contacts app.

It's indeed a personal preference.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ what quirks are there?
[Vibrant General] Propheous:
Zas wa posted above its not a matter of all the fancy pizzazz. I just need a basic contact manager that syncs properly and efficiently. The rest is pretty useless for me personally.
[Vibrant General] ytj87:
The two biggies for me are...

1. Not being able to show groups from Goog contacts. I know about showing only those with phone numbers, but that's a kludge.

2. Not being able to assign custom ring tones unless the contact is stored on phone. On phone storage should be banished from an Android phone IMO.

It's not all bad. I like the linking, the swiping to call or text, and the favorites as grid view. But the 2 quirks are huge for me.
[Vibrant General] Propheous:
As wonderful as some of the options are in the new contact manager, I am absolutely dumbfounded at the lack of integration. Why does it grab everything, and not just my contacts? Why doesn't it automatically allow individual ringtones? Why can I not create groups from my google contacts that are not linked on the phone?

I use a contact manager to manage my contacts, and the fact that I have to manually do so much to make this thing work makes a poor excuse for a contact manager.

The program should:

1. Import and sync all contacts from all areas completely and efficiently.

2. Allow you to specify any additional syncing you require.

3. Bring in *only* your contacts and not your cached addresses.

4. Automatically give them phone level access and group access regardless of the source. *putting them in a group called google and not allowing me an easy method to move them is pointless*.

Bottom line the contact manager is a fail in my opinion. If someone can point me to how to accomplish the above without having to create a phone contact for every contact I have or hiding ones with out numbers (which only partially works). I will enjoy using the product and apologize.

I wonder happens when you factory reset your device, does it lose your phone contacts? If so that is an even bigger fail because it requires you to recreate them all. The fact that I have to go to a forum to figure this crap out, and possibly use third party software to back it up in case god forbid I need to a factory reset is just stupid in my opinion.
[Vibrant General] backslide311:
I couldn't say it better. The not being allowed to use custom ring tones for G-Mail contacts is ridiculous.

PS. is their a batch function to transfer all the G-Mail contacts to the phone, or do I have to manually do it one by one?
[Vibrant General] Propheous:
I have only been able to do it one by one. You make a phone contact with same name and ir autolinks. Bwst I been able to get.
[Vibrant General] down8:
There's an app in the market that does this.

Contacts to SD, or something.

-bZj
[Vibrant General] jamesd86:
Anyone find a way to enable the old "send directly to voicemail" option on the new contacts? that's bugging me not having that.(sometimes you just don't want to hear from someone.)
[Vibrant General] DjMikeWatt:
Totally agreed on the SEND DIRECTLY TO VM and the fact that I can't sync my Google Contacts Groups on my phone. Serious Fail.

My question is, if I flash to the Cyanogen ROM for the Vibrant, will this functionality come back?
[Vibrant General] down8:
It doesn't work ahead of time, but:

from your Call Log, long-press on the number > Add to reject list

This list is manageable somewhere in Settings, I forget where.

-bZj
[Vibrant General] jamesd86:
Does that make it so the person can leave a message? or does the reject make the call not go through, thus no voicemail? i ask because i really only use it to screen calls from work, but they have to be able to leave a message or i'll get in trouble.
[Nexus One Accessories] Vakman:
Today to the first 500 people or something similar to that StealthGuard is giving away their StealthGuards for free.

http://www.stealthguards.com/index.php/google-nexus-one-skin-invisible-guard-protection-html.html

Don't order a ton, who knows how long they will do this for.

Just saw this on AndroidForums, thanks for the tip rubi76.
[Nexus One Accessories] glitzbd:
Just 2.85 USD! I couldn't turn it down... I will let you know how it is... I bought the BSE last time and gave up trying to put it on... although I will be keeping my phone in an otterbox defender I want to try this out!
[Nexus One Accessories] Vakman:
Yeah, I ordered one as well. How can you say no when you just pay for shipping.
[Nexus One Accessories] theguydan:
cheers. ordered one too, hopefuly it wont take too long to ship from the US to england.
[Nexus One Accessories] Wisefire:
Thanks. 4.88 USD, I ordered two. Now my Dad can't say I don't think of him. Haha.
[Nexus One Accessories] pzumk:
Ordered one too, only 2,24€!
[Nexus One Accessories] Christopher3712:
Good looking out. I ordered one too. I wonder if i can put this on inside my Defender case, and if so, how will it change my touch screen performance? Can't be too careful, right?
[Nexus One Accessories] kylez64:
Just got one thanks for the heads up
[Nexus One Accessories] magma9495:
thanks! got mine for $2.84! hopefully its good! :)
[Nexus One Accessories] houzuoguo:
I've been looking for a case for long time :) just ordered one, thanks a lot!
[Nexus One Accessories] MarcP :D:
Nice! Ordered 2 as well. Will let you guys know how long international shipping takes.
[Nexus One Accessories] Wornick:
Thanks for the info, been looking for one and couldn't pass up this deal ;)
[Nexus One Accessories] trojjanhorse:
=D ordered one too. A friend sms'ed me about it
[Nexus One Accessories] uoY_redruM:
I like these a lot actually. I've never used THIS brand, but I ordered invisibleSHIELD by ZAGG when I initially purchased my Nexus One in February. Its been great for me. My only complaint, as you see in the pictures, is it leaves small areas uncovered (along the crease lines). Its such a small area, but of course mine got a small nick right in between on the side crease when my son pulled it off of the dresser.

Other then that, it saved my ass when I was moving a dresser and metal pieces and one hit my pocket and put a thick scratch on my screen protector that's part of this shield but did not go through.

I'd order this for the $2.34 but I LITERALLY don't even have $2 in my account until Tuesday, as sad as that is lol.
[Nexus One Accessories] zok-star:
Awesome! Thanks!
[Nexus One Accessories] dskyers:
just ordered two of them thinks for the tip sir... was going to order like ten but then i said thats not nice lol so only two but thanks
[Nexus One Accessories] futango:
Thanks OP. Got myself one. Even though i havent put on my bestskinsever, couldnt miss out for $2.85.

Wow just noticed its not just for the N1. Its for every phone on their site. First 1000.
[Nexus One Accessories] noiz7:
Amazing, just got myself one, can't beat the $2.85 price!
[Nexus One Accessories] donchele:
I cant place my order, paypal send me and error:

You have written non valid characters in this box...

:confused:

WTF?
[Nexus One Accessories] dskyers:
QUESTION

I um also ordered also ordered one for my coworkers iphone4 and my boss blackberry curve she paid the shipping so it was free all the way good find op... but question how long does shipping take
[Nexus One Accessories] rohandhruva:
Thanks for the tip.. Got myself one too, for $3.85. One question - I already have a scratch guard on the screen (screen only). Do I need to remove that before putting this one on?
[Nexus One Accessories] espeanage:
Thanks! I ordered one for $3.85. Been looking for a screen protector for awhile now.
[Nexus One Accessories] stakka:
awesome, $3.85 USD. thanks for the heads up!!! :D
[Nexus One Accessories] jsapp:
Thank You for this
[Nexus One Accessories] Latentk:
Holy crap awesome deal thanks! I see how they manage it I bet these things cost pennies on the dollar. But hey it's a pretty good deal anyways. Thanks again.
[Nexus One Accessories] jaszek:
Yea just ordered mine for $3.85. Thanks OP. And I'm also wondering about the screen protector, since I have an anti-glare one and I love it.
[Nexus One Accessories] malicious85:
ordered one for my nexus, up till this point i have not used any kind of case or skin

hard to not try one for under 4 bucks

:D
[Nexus One Accessories] mic_888:
Thanks for the tip - the offer still seems to be on, so just ordered one for USD3.85
[Nexus One Accessories] stuff:
Anyone receive one yet? I have not.
[Nexus One Accessories] rohandhruva:
Neither have I. But the site said because of the extreme load they are facing, it might take 3-5 days to ship the order.
[Nexus One Accessories] KAwAtA:
It took like a week but finally I got a shipping confirmation. Since I'm in Canada, it'll probably take about another 6 business days to receiev it. I'll let you guys know how it is!
[Nexus One Accessories] pzumk:
No but after 6 days I got a mail, shipping conformation I guess.

And I guess it will take a bit until it's shippped to germany
[Nexus One Accessories] malicious85:
have not received shipping notification yet, ordered 2 days ago

excited to receive this thing :D
[Nexus One Accessories] martinl1030:
i ordered on the 10th and have yet to receive any shipping confirmation :(
[Nexus One Accessories] magma9495:
Same here, I'm getting kinda worried :(
[Nexus One Accessories] !PANDA:
cheers! got one for the Desire and for my nexus! by the way, it's £2.85 for the delivery to the UK!
[Nexus One Accessories] C64c:
The problem with these skins is there is just too many pieces to it. I bought one from bestskinsever. I applied it and it just felt wrong. Scrapped the skins and left it at that.

I'm a careful user and pretty much always have it in the provided pouch.
[Nexus One Accessories] futango:
woot. just received my shipping confirmations!
[Nexus One Accessories] landwomble:
Good find. Just ordered 2 for me, and one for the missus' Palm Pre.
[Nexus One Accessories] bedwa:
Thanks vakman for the great find! Ordered mine today. ;)
[Nexus One Accessories] bennettm89:
I received mine and it took two sets to perfect. Its a pain to install but when done right the outcome is nice
[Nexus One Accessories] Latentk:
What? I bought two but really do not want to waste either. Any advice for successful application?
[Nexus One Accessories] dskyers:
ship conformation

i have a shipping conformation but how can u track it? and post pics of what you got and how u applied it if you can? how do i track
[Nexus One Accessories] dskyers:
just recived

i just got it and what a mission to put on i just finsed looks super ghetto waiting for it to dr and ill post pics
[Nexus One Accessories] whoisthedrizzle:
damn. I was hoping it wouldn't be too ghetto since the site pics look pretty ghetto to begin with. But I only paid $2.50 for it so I won't complain for once :D
[Nexus One Accessories] noiz7:
I just got mine and haven't applied it yet. For everyone who has, how is the screen protector? Does it mess with any of the coloring or viewing angle? Also, does it have a lot of glare or smudges? Just wondering about these things before I apply this to my phone...
[Nexus One Accessories] mcp2009:
dang 2 weeks and I'm still waiting
[Nexus One Accessories] dskyers:
Okay so now it is dry some what phone feel like plastic now but looks okay I suppose I guess if a pro did it... but u have to let it dry outdoor in the sun or else it takes hours... the screen protection I'm going to change looks weird not clear and I can't see screen in Miami sun lol but the size is perfect I guess its. 2. 50 a peace anit bad I got two so I'm going to let it dry then change anuythimg that looks bad lol but good post op... and it came in an letter so don't expect fed ex it looks Luke a bill lol
[Nexus One Accessories] espeanage:
I still haven't gotten a confirmation yet and it's been a week.

*finally got my shipping confirmation today
[Nexus One Accessories] futango:
I got mine for my N1 yesterday and got the one for my Mytouch today.
[Nexus One Accessories] mcp2009:
ok finally got it. They kinda suck imo but can't complain because they're free. Ill keep the extra one just in case
[Nexus One Accessories] Wisefire:
I just got mine, was it supposed to come with a liquid?
[Nexus One Accessories] bennettm89:
Sorry for the late response. The only advice I have is that you remove the push outs for the little things, such as the headphones jack, charger, etc...

Also, make sure you do not stretch it. Try to apply without bubbles on the first or second try. It is best done with two people. My second application my girlfriend helped me with and it is nearly invisible and super grippy. The first application looked like a gassy leopard (lots of raised spots and bubbles? I dunno). I took off the back to do it seperately to avoid overlaying onto the phone itself.
[Nexus One Accessories] martinl1030:
just got mine and finished putting it on. it makes the phone really metallicy grey which i actually love. Looks like the dark grey color on 2010 camrys EVERYONE has (including myself :P).

Application wasnt too hard instead of water i mixed about a 7-3 ratio of rubbing alcohol to water and it seems to dry in about 20 minutes. Im still going to let it cure for 24 hours before i put it in my pocket to let it adhere completely to the nexus.

Heres some pics!

The screen protector also makes the phone extremely shiny

Wallpaper shot!

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/1229/img0016as.jpg
[Nexus One Accessories] dowmace:
The screen protector changed the way my screen looked, it always looked blurry after I put it on, seemed much lower quality than other protectors I've had.
[Nexus One Accessories] n1_m0ds:
this doesn't protect against drops, why would u get it?