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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] PIRATA!:
I'm sorry, I've updated the Voodoo Control Plus App, and now in the Kernel Module options I see in red that I need to load the Module because I have Build.in.Kernel v7 and App Module is v8.

Yesterday I've ticked the Load sound driver check box option, and everything got green..... but just now I've checked again those options and I've realized that the check box was unticked and I had the red lines as yesterday!!!

Must I delete the pref folder dbdata\databases\org.projectvoodoo.controlappdonate as people have to do for example with some apps that does not save settings?? (like PowerAMP)

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] The Undertakerr:
I had exactly the same problem and asked about it a few pages back.

The solution is simple:

Supercurio:

I opened Titanium Backup, looked for the voodoo control app, first wiped the data of the app and after that deleted the app.

Then I restored the app through the market.

Problem solved!:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] supercurio:
It must be gingerbread-specific as my tweaks don't affect this audio path and are specifically disabled during CALL events ATM ;)

Thanks for the report!

Filling up my TODO list ^
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] supercurio:
Yes it's a shame of a bug. I don't know for sure if its Samsung /dbdata mod alone of the intervention of third party root app like Titanium.

Uninstalling-installing or removing manually the directory as root will definitely do the trick.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MPKO:
In case of settings issues with poweramp:Directory what needs to be deleted is "com.maxmpz.aubioplayer" and you can find it from "/dbdata/databases"

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] XlAfbk:
for apps failing due to the /dbdata/ bug try this .sh script, fixed all issues for me so far:

requires to be run as root and busybox installed (I'll assume you have those if you want to mess with /dbdata/)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
can anyone answer this yet please?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] supercurio:
Everything ticked except "Mono".

If you have battery life issues when playing music, disables "128x Oversampling"

Thats all :)

For the recording presets, it will depend on your environment, but Balanced work very well in most cases.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
for people who have got insanely loud call volume, try to Max then min the volume while in a call. please report if this works.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] PIRATA!:
I have deleted the dbdata\databases\org.projectvoodoo.controlappdonate folder and everything seams to be smooth! ;)

As I wrote....

;)

Really interesting!!!

I'll make an SGSTools script of it. Is the following the correct code?

for x in /dbdata/databases/*
do
if test -d "/data/data/`basename $x`"; then
y=`basename $x`
busybox chown -R `busybox ls -ld "/data/data/$y" | busybox awk '{print $3":"$4}'` "$x"
fi
done

What about the code it self? does it delete ALL the folders under /dbdata/databases/ ???
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ego42:
Could you perhaps elaborate on that? I thought your tweaks were not supposed to have any significant impact on battery life. Is increased battery usage when on 128x Oversampling a potential problem under some conditions only or is it expected behaviour?

Thanks for an explanation.

Petr
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
Thanks mate!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gonsa:
Alright, I will report back here as soon as I do that test.

Thanks for the suggestion.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] adl:
Just a short bump
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gonsa:
Well I just received one call and I did that trick and APPARENTLY it worked. The voice call was not very loud.

Will report back after more calls.

Thanks for this help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Shanakin:
That option tells the device to take samples more frequently than it does by default (makes it sound better). More samples =more work=more power = more battery usage.

In my experience its effect should be minimal and unlikely to be noticed at all. However if for some odd reason it does make a noticeable difference to you, then you can easily disable it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] XlAfbk:
It doesn't delete anything. It loops through all folders in /dbdata/databases/ and sets their owner (chown) to the one of the /data/data/ folder.

My original script contained another clause to delete folders in /dbdata/ that don't have a counterpart in /data/, but I think Samsung fixed the bug that caused those to appear. Here's the code if you want to give it a try:

for x in /dbdata/databases/*
do
if test -d "/data/data/`basename $x`"; then
y=`basename $x`
echo owning $x
busybox chown -R `busybox ls -ld "/data/data/$y" | busybox awk '{print $3":"$4}'` "$x"
else
if test "/dbdata/databases/android" != $x; then
if test "/dbdata/databases/appwidgets.xml" != $x; then
echo deleting $x
busybox rm -r $x
fi
fi
fi
done
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] PIRATA!:
Is this the code of your original script that deletes folders that don't have a counterpart in /data/?? I see an if-else... Is it possible to set correct permissions and also delete folders that don't have a counterpart in /data/??
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] XlAfbk:
That's what the script does, should be easy to understand for anyone who ever touched a linux commmandline. If you don't understand it you probably shouldn't use it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gonsa:
3 calls and no more loud voice calls.

It worked!!

Supercurio, take this as a fix. Increasing the volume and decreasing it again while in call fixes the loud sound.

Thanks goes to dennishylau!

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
Don't mention it. However, be warned. This bug may return randomly and blow your ears (haven't discovered a pattern; if it happens again try to logcat it). This bug is also observed in nexus s without special modifications so this is probably not related to voodoo sound.

In the mean time, before anyone permanently fixes it, be careful with your hearing. Other choices for you are to revert back to froyo or go for cm7, both do not have this bug. But then... I dunno, maybe Supercurio will once again come up with a solution in no time. :)

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] PIRATA!:
What ever Samsung fixed or not, here in attach there's the script for SGSTools based on XlAfbk code for fixing correct owners and remove dead subfolders in the /dbdata/databases/ directory.

Just copy it in the /sgstools/ folder in your internal sdcard, then run SGSTools and execute it from the Apply script section.

I'll add this to my next release of my alternative /sgstools/ folder (look in my signature)

All thanks goes to XlAfbk, so first of all thank him! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] agha123:
Supercurio any chance of incorporating the colour settings for gingerbread as in cyanogenmod 7 for galaxy S?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] supercurio:
Yes, but after several months of work only.

Drivers are entirely different and today the Nexus S color IMO just sucks ^^

And, probably not as modules.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Furry Atom:
So I bought the app and it's great. Really innovative to make it so installing a whole new kernel isn't necessary.

One thing that bugs me is the page says

"Pirated software using superuser are extremely dangerous and can potentially brick or destroy your phone:"

Cmon man. That's like a scare tactic from apple about using cydia. Let the pirates break their phones :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] movrshakr:
Wow. I have had Voodoo Control Plus on my Captivate for a week or so. But I just tonight copied my music onto the phone from the PC. Holy cow! Man, with this app, the phone is making sound my mp3 player would never think of being able to do.

This thing is absolutely great. I am blown away. Clarity, range, everything. Speechless.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] supercurio:
Enjoy :)

The next step is to resist temptation to buy new expensive headphones because of the addiction :D .. or not!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] supercurio:
Lol I must admit I was really pissed of at day+2 when pirate site was appearing first everywhere on Google, like.. really angry.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
I have already fallen into this trap and passed the point of no return... You know, men are not too good at resisting temptations :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
Put women in front of a shoe/clothes shop, decorated in chocolate and look how well we fair...:P

What earphones do you have, and supercurio which ones do you own :D?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] movrshakr:
supercurio, apart from better headphones (that I also was tempted to go get), what media player do you think is good?

The standard one in Captivate (in Cognition anyway) is OK, and seemingly sounds good, but is missing some features I would like in user interface. The default screens that come up don't have the controls I want, and the "other" screens are not obvious as to how to get to them, and they don't have the right controls either. The "Disk view" is useless. Can't delete current song, and when go to delete list, it is not 'at' the current song, but at the top.

There are symbols on screens providing no clue what they do, and no popups to tell you. They change when to click them, but nothing seems to happen.

No doubt, this stuff is just a personal preference kind of thing, but I am constantly wanting to do something that isn't there quickly. Maybe another one is friendlier.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Furry Atom:
TBH the AOSP media player is really nice. But my absolute favorite is doubletwist. Plays audio and video and has a really nice interface.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Furry Atom:
Yah. What's really awful about it is you've made this great app that doesn't even require flashing your phone and provides audio quality leaps and bounds ahead of a stock phone. Plus it's priced very low and supports your improvement project, and people still have the nerve to pirate it.

If there's one app worth buying it's this one, and people still prefer to get it illegally.

Oh my god. I double posted. Durrr.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] halfsoul:
I like MortPlayer. It's the only one I've found that lets me choose songs by folder structure instead of a library organized by tags.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] movrshakr:
What is 'TBH?' and Can't seem to find 'aosp media player'

Link or clue?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
sometimes men and women are all the same :P

for now my main eaphone gear is the westone 4. everything is absolutely fantastic (definitely one of the best universal iem out there) except... the price point. :(

it worths every penny though. I made my choice between shure se535, senn ie8 and w4, compared them head to head and turns out w4 is the winner (at least for me).

planning to buy earphones? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
aosp means the stock android things that delivers the pure Google experience. aosp media = stock android media player found in nexus 1/s or cyanogenmod 7. Google for the apk and copy it to /system/app then reboot to get it work.

besides all the apps suggested another choice is poweramp which has a huge userbase. check it out :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] adl:
TBH = "To Be Honest"

Internet slang ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] king.mark:
I got my Westone 4 two month ago and they totally rule the competion.

If anyone is looking for mind blowing audio, just skip the jurney and go staight to the Westone 4.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
spot on :p in my opinion w4 blows its competitors out of the water in terms of overall sound quality. its right behind custom earphones which are much more expensive.

To those who are looking for earphones: if you can you shall always try out earphones before you buy them coz at the end of the day sound quality is just a matter of taste. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] movrshakr:
Whatever jobs you guys have to afford Westone 4's, I want the same job!

$435 for headphones is, well, not beyond my reach, but it is a price point I would surely not go to for headsets. I guess if I was an audiophile rather than a casual listener--or a music reviewer or something--I could see doing it.

I am not putting it down by any means; it sounds like (pun intended) it is a fantastic piece of gear, just not for me.

I may want to go to a store and try them just to see what y'all are raving about.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgsshedden:
Just did my first ever install of voodoo control plus and want to say thank you for the great app the sound is tremendous even with the stock headphones
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
Well the W3's were nice when I demoed them, but having £350 is ridiculous.

The W4's no doubt, have to be better with 4 drivers, but priced at around £400 - it's just WAY too much for in-earphones. The only sensible option I would see in buying them, is if those are your PRIMARY source of music IN and OUT doors.

For me, I have the Logitech Z-5500, which blows any earphones in terms of bass lol. That sound system cost me £230.

For on-the-go use, I would never (after my experiences) go for anything over £100, unless I have money to "waste".

Thus, yes the W4's are good, but they should last you at least 5years + be your primary source of listening, ie. no sound systems at home + you should have enough money to afford it.

I do have money in my account, but don't see the necessity to buy £400 earphones, when I use them for a maximum of 2-4hrs per day.

In other words, it isn't value for money in my eyes.

FYI: The difference I heard between the W2's and 3's was not as significant as the price tag suggested. Ie. £180 vs. £300 - almost double the price for 1 extra driver.

Of course I heard a difference in sound, especially in the bass department, but couldn't explain paying an extra £120 for it.

That's why I sold my W2's, and returned the IE8's.

-The W2's lacked bass due to their BA drivers

-The IE8's were the most overrated piece of equipment I've ever heard! Too much hype on Head-fi on them.

-The Denon AH-C751's were cheap @ £50 had 2x the amount of bass than the W2's but didn't have the beautiful crystal quality of the W2's

-The Denon AH-C710's are beautifully priced @ £90, have the same bass quantity and punch as the 751's, have the clarity of W2's and have an affordable price for the quality. Only thing which lets them down, is that they are very sibilant, and should preferably be used with a resistor adaptor. Also the cabling of the Denon's hasn't ever been great, although the carrying case it comes with is EXCELLENT :D!

Summary:

-If you have money, and like listening to "good" music, then dish out the money, be warned, you will be spending a lot of money, especially when it comes to audio equipment.

-If you don't have the money, or don't see the value for money, do some research before you buy earphones/headphones. Don't just walk into HMV and buy the Shure's that are priced at £150, which can be found for £50 elsewhere, or buy the Dr. Dre beats, because you saw your friend wearing them. Buy the Sony XB700's, laugh at your friend, blow his head off with your bass, and laugh at the extra "change" over £250 you have in your pocket.

:D!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
WARNING: if you don't intent to buy it, DON'T TRY 'EM! Men are bad at resisting temptations!

BTW if you come to my place (Hong Kong -- you know, a geek's heaven as mentioned by engadget) you might see some 29xxHKD (375USD) westone 4 floating around :p

note: those are priced at 375USD because they do not have warranty in Hong Kong. They probably have US warranty though.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
lol, although i understand this: "WARNING: if you don't intent to buy it, DON'T TRY 'EM! Men are bad at resisting temptations!"

I actually encourage anyone buying earphones to TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.

Simply because everyone's ears are different.

You might LOVE the earphones I HATE. Simple as that :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
yeah that's what I have said a few posts earlier and I always say the same to my friends. many people buy earphones solely based on reviews (or their 'stylishness')and eventually regret for purchasing them.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] movrshakr:
The thing you can't really test in the store is how they FEEL after two hours. I have a set that has good-enough sound, but my ears physically start to hurt after they are in for a while.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
And may I add one point to @totallydubbed's mini review:o

Besides earphones, you have many other choices. At the same price point you will find headphones that sound MUCH better than earphones. However, you may want to consider a few factors, such as sound isolation, the power of your player (well in this case your Galaxy S) etc.

If you are talking about in-ears, you may be able to solve this problem with a better pair of tips (e.g. foam tips). Grab a pair of comply and see if you feel better.

BTW Supercurio hope you won't mind if we use a few posts to talk about headphones, they are closely relevant to the aim of voodoo sound and I really hope that these posts can help some bros decide what equipments to use and enjoy your work ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
agreed :)

Saying that, if you want to go portable, i suggest earphones generally. Headphones...never been fond of. lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
in fact I myself am a big fan of in-ears mainly because of their sound-isolation capabilities (very useful when taking a train or when trying to read a book when my parents/sister are shouting at each other for whatever stupid reasons)

btw your youtube channel is pretty cool indeed, especially those videos featuring pretty women among piles of reviews and guides :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lopez.am:
Do you want a good pair of headphones for your SGS????

Try the Sennheiser M series ( from M100 to M550) of bluetooth stereo headphones.

Incredible quality of sound and material from only 100$.

I own a pair of M100 and other of M450... sound is INCREDIBLE.

The better ratio quality/prive that you can find in stereo bt headphones...

Enviado desde mi GT-I9000 usando XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dennishylau:
These wireless headphones shall be quite handy at times.

However I think bluetooth has many limitations when dealing with music due to its data transfer rate, not sure though. Somebody drop some technical info about bluetooth?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
agreed about the bluetooth...recommended for "business" users, that's about it :/

Battery issues, transmission issues...

And thanks about the channel...and yeah Alina Vacariu, 2 years ago, featured me on her MySpace channel :P!

I have so many honours on youtube, so many views, a BEEP load of videos, yet only 1,300 subscribers.

Compare me to people that have made 10 videos with over 50,000 subscribers and are youtube partners, thus getting paid - how is life fair, I have no idea.

I really should just start my own site - and make money from ads....anyway...gaytube, that is governed by Google, that made android, which ultimately owns me...FML lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] parhelion69:
I know may people like good headphones but don't have an audiophile's budget :D

So I can recommend these budget earphones:

MEElectronics M6

NuForce NE-6

Brainwavz ProAlpha

These are cheap earphones (below $40) with good sound quality AKA best bang for your buck.

If you want good info about headphones in general, browse to this audiophiles' forum: www.head-fi.org

There are pletora of reviews and discussion on audio!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] deathst:
Posting this here for supercurio :) Voodoo does not work on my White SGS 16GB (S.AMOLED)

Sorry it took awhile...Here is the MBR file "White SGS 16GB":) http://filebeam.com/51d9bbede682706486ee37e70051bc81

# cat /sys/devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0/size 31678464
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mike.sw:
i wonder if this wonderful project has any plans for implanting non music related features like call recording option?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] henriquesb:
Better yet, how much of the Voodoo project or others would be implementable by modules as currently doable with the Voodoo Control Plus? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Yo_oY:
Hi i've noticed the music skiped sometime while playing with booth winamp and power amp, althoo the original player does it well.

Any lead?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] eeyunopper:
Hi Yo-oY, i had this prob for a while. What firmware and kernel are you running?

sent via potential brick...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Yo_oY:
Well it happens with jvk and jvb rom and cf-root kernel
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] eeyunopper:
Mine happened on froyo and more recently cm7. On froyo, flashing a different kernel solved my issues. And sometimes reflashing the same kernel would help, as it seemed to be an issue with the flashing of the kernel. There was nothing in the logs that suggested otherwise. Try SC's kernel. Or return to froyo, as everything works... I did:-)

Ps. I'm assuming these are small pops/skips that do not repeat if rewound. Big gaps in audio, that repeat when replayed occured for me when flashing with odin with sd card inserted. File was permenently broken.

sent via potential brick...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Yo_oY:
Thanks for the info. For sure If won't back to froyo, gb rocks. So I'll try hardcore's kernel when it'll embeb a ext4 lagfix. For the moment I leave winamp for the original player wich does the job.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nkotin44:
Hi supercurio,

I bring u once again the paypal confirmation number as i haven't received confirmation from paypal i think u've missed it in the thread i wrote for u as i could'nt post in dev's thread at this time : here's for u : 46N118579K0334011
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pamarakos:
Control Plus!

Hi all!!

Having two questions lying:)

Is it normal that the App runs in the background all the time? It's ok it's not draining my battery that much, it is just that it didn't in the past just lately that I've started using and adjusting it!I understand that it should be running when playing mp3s through a player, but when I don't?

Just for a comment I had a playback with the app completely uninstalled and the reinstalled and the difference was HUGE!! Thanks for this supercurio:)

Also do we have any progress on the bad sound issue during calls fix?

Thanks!

C'ya
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] leamoor:
HI! Supercurio

I've voodoo control plus and it's very good on my galaxy s,shure se535

for your know,sgs sound chip woifson wm8994,

headphone amplifier this part,it have/not enough power to carry jh 16pro(earphone)

thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] movrshakr:
I observe that a lot of apps that I use frequently appear in the list of LOADED (into memory) apps when I view that in Advanced Task Killer. I think the android OS keeps track of what you use a lot and pre-loads them into available memory for faster access. That just means they are there and available instantly.

WHAT 'bad sound issue during calls' are you referring to? The sound only in one ear during calls HAS been fixed. Have you updated to the latest app? And support him; buy the inexpensive Plus app.