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[Droid X General] swarmofbees:
I usually leave my location setting on "Use Wireless Networks" and don't bother with GPS other than for maps and navigation. Works fine for all of my other apps that need a location (e.g., weather).

There are apps out there that can turn GPS on and off automatically when you run a particular app, such as Tasker (which can do a whole host of things, but that is one one of them). Tasker is a paid app, but there might be something free out there that does something similar.

Also, I agree with the previous poster re: Launcher Pro. It's really a fantastic home launcher and well worth a few bucks to support the developer. The LP Plus widgets are also a lot better than any of the Blur widgets.
[Droid X General] EtherBoo:
In the end, I probably will buy it, but I'm going to play around with some of the free ones first.

Tasker sounds like it might be worth it for that feature alone (being able to turn the GPS on and off at will). I'm just surprised a feature like this wasn't built in to begin with, considering WinMo has had it for years.

On an unrelated note, can anyone recommend a good media player? I'm going to be flying soon and want to test the battery out on Airplane mode while watching a movie from the SD card. I need something that can decode a variety of formats, mostly XviD for stuff like digital movie copies and TV shows.
[Droid X General] MrDanger:
You might want to look into RockPlayer. That's the only one I found so far that decodes ALMOST anything on the spot.
[Droid X General] Ubermicro13:
The "Ninja Applications" are running because Android is a true multi tasking OS.
[Droid X General] EtherBoo:
I hope necromancy isn't frowned upon on this board, so my apologies if it is.

I found a new problem because I had the nerve to attempt to update a contact photo after Facebook had saved it's picture to it.

This is especially frustrating because I'm going to want to override a lot of these photos very soon.

Apparently, updating the photo updates the Google Contact photo, but the phone only displays the Facebook photo. This is a bug confirmed by Moto that will be fixed in a future update.

This leaves me with 2 options.

De-Sync FB, which I'm not thrilled about only because I like getting the most recent status update prior to receiving a call, and There is a lot of info that FB fills in for me.

Copy down all the FB info, and fill it in manually. With Google Contacts not being the best contact manager (I'm very OCD about uniformity in the way things are formatted), I really don't want to do this.

So I figure I need a new contact manager. I tried AContacts, and it crashed every time I tried to edit a contact.

I would love something like the HTC one that comes with WinMo, or maybe even the iPhone one.

I would be willing to pay for this.

P.S.

I'm now rooted and running a custom ROM (zapX I think it's called). I'm loving my phone much more now. My battery life has skyrocketed, and my performance is amazing now. Very iPhone smooth (one thing I was always jealous of, and I hate the iPhone).
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t061509j:
hey guys. there might be a thread out there like this 1. im here to request for a window mobile chinese rom for my SE X1. if any1 have it can you post it here and give me full instruction on how to put it on my X1. thanks guys.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devalian:
http://bbs.imobile.com.cn/thread-tid-8558126.html
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badwolve1:
Thread removed to Q&A as not Rom Dev, please post in the correct section

Thank you

Badwolve1
[Vibrant General] DynamicXL:
Hey guys, I wanted to see if any fellow vibrant uses have been getting this.

This is the second time this has happened to me. Just out of no where I will launch my sms application (handcent) and the all of my texts are gone, like magic....

I have done alot of looking and found out that this is an old problem that is general for any android user. Wanted to see if anyone know the solution to what is causing this.
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
This just happened to me recently. I also use handcent. I dont know if this is the case for you, but I am a packrat, so I had a lot of messages.

I think the limit of SMS messages that can be stored on the phone is 5,000. The only thing that didnt make any sense is that not ALL of my messages were gone, I had 8 left from a recent conversation. I cant explain why they werent deleted...

We can start narrowing things down though. If you dont think you reached the phones limit, then maybe it is a Handcent bug, or a bug with TouchWiz.
[Vibrant General] minogue:
it use to happen to me before when i had i believe was the mytouch slide at that time but i cant recall. and yes it happened when i had over 3000+ for my GF and like around 200 for other people! Now i usually just get to 600 or less and delete it and start over. I use the stock sms app btw and have no problems at all.
[Vibrant General] gaalaagaa:
It happened to me too, not the first or second time it have always happened from the start. I don't use handcent, everything is untouched with no root.
[Vibrant General] DynamicXL:
Hmmm...a few people claim that this stopped after they uninstalled the antivirus app. However, I never used this app so it can't mean that. On top of that, many claim that this was due to 3rd party app. That wouldn't make any sence because if uninstalling different apps will fix it.

A few also mentioned that installing the sms back up also stopped the problem. It was also mentioned that handcent has an update coming that said they would fix it but that was almost a year ago. I couldn't find anything on the handcent website that fixed the issue. A lot of android users have the same issue as us on their forum. There are at least 10+ posts on this topic, non with a solution....
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
Have you removed the settings to delete old messages when limits are reached?

or have u edited those settings in the messaging app?

;)
[Vibrant General] DynamicXL:
That's the first thing I checked :P

it's unchecked, no limits and no deleting if old text messages. Here's the thing, even if that was enabled, it would only delete after reaching the limit and keep it at that. What happened was that all the text messages just disappeared...
[Vibrant General] CappyQ:
This used to happen to me on the G1 on occasion. I got around the issue by using the CyanogenMod Messaging application and setting the auto-delete limit to 200 messages per person, and using the free SMS Backup application to export all SMS messages to a label Gmail as they're received. I'm still using the same solution on the Vibrant, and I've had no problems since.
[Vibrant General] DynamicXL:
I didn't think that cyanogenmod is available for the samsung vibrant yet...or am i missing something?
[Vibrant General] CappyQ:
The CyanogenMod 5 (Android 2.1) Messaging app can be installed over the Vibrant's Messaging app just fine. Download a CM5.0.8 ROM for the Nexus One and install the Messaging.APK found in \system\data. :]
[Vibrant General] DynamicXL:
I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrCeddy:
Currently 2.1 "All Share" will not play mkv's via lan.

Can a froyo user test the following methods.

Using a network file manager app like Astro, are you able to play a MKV from lan?

Via Allshare can you play a MKV from lan?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] _JKay_:
My Synology 107+ contains 3 small test files : one avi(Xvid), one mpg(MPEG2) and og one mkv(x264)

My I9000 JPK with OCLF could not play any of them!!!

I think they all worked on JM8!!!

Regards,

JKay
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Trinitronik:
I tried avi format with my Philipf 46PFL9704, and it works fine!

But Mkv and default video it doesen't open 'cos it hasn't good codecs..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ibanez33:
No luck with mkv or xvid (avi) through allshare on jpk.

Also its worth mentioning that the same files I tested play perfectly directly on the phone..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] brunes:
It has nothing to do with codecs. Copy the same file to your device and it will play fine. It is a problem with AllShare, and it seems like it is still broken in the Froyo update. Which doesn't surprise me since AllShare is not part of Android.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prankey:
Guys, as I understand, Allshare is only used to transfer files to a player. Playing mkv or anything has to do with the player's capability. Firmware won't change the experience!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] StNickZA:
I rename my .mkv files to .avi.

Media Player 11 then picks them up as shareable, and I can stream them without problems via AllShare to my i9000.

Only problem is, you cannot seek, so you have to watch from the beginning.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mstrandbo:
I've streamed MKVs from my phone to my Western Digital TV box, with JF3 and JM2...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dapoktan:
my allshare cannot find my laptop after I upgraded to 2.2 JPM.. anyone else have this issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dapoktan:
I have reflashed and it still has this problem..

I also have a problem where the phone will connect to one of my routers at home, but will not connect to the repeater bridge router in my room which has identical settings as my main router..

Along with Allshare not working, these two features were working fine before, and now after I flashed froyo JPM, it stopped working..

When I tried going back to stock firmware, it still didnt work..

Any ideas guys? Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] landy42000:
I'm having same problems.

Upgraded my Samsung Galaxy to Froyo and now can't play .mkv files via allshare anymore. This is so frustrating, I thought Froyo was all singing and going to make the Android device the ultimate weapon. I have tried other andriod .mkv players and all have the same problem <media not recognised> :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andreas1979:
Hi,

actually, after the update, AllShare is more or less completely broken. First of all, a firmware upgrade will most likely not help, because AllShare is not part of android at all.

Regarding another post: A media server does not only offer the video to a network source, it obeys to a certain standard (DLNA), which is why you will always find your MKVs being transcoded to some sort of MPEG stream before playing. The Media SERVER has all the work providing ready-to-go video, most likely with as little compression as possible. DLNA ist not just a samba share. It is way more than that.

Can anyone confirm the MP3 behavior I am experiencing? MP3s play fine for the first 30 seconds, somewhere around that they start skipping around and finally stop when played through my PS3 media client.

Samsung Galaxy S i9000, lagfixed, JPO.

Cheers.

Andreas
[Galaxy S I9000 General] landy42000:
This is a real pain in the bum.. there must be a way to get the mkv files to stream from my server to my phone. It worked perfectly on the Android 2.1 version : (

I wonder who makes Allshare and if they are aware of the problem? Alternatively does anyone know any other program that can stream .mkv files to the Galaxy? I really don't want to start having to load an 8gb file on to the card to play it : /
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thequinox:
There's another thread on this in the Vibrant forum. No news there either.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10387971#post10387971
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
Hmm never tried Allshare but regarding Astro I've never gotten it to play anything from a network share, always had to copy to the SD card first. That does take an annoyingly long time so I'll watch for progress on this as well (for whenever I actually get a working SGS back in my hands :().
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thegadgetman:
Try using ES File Explorer as it seems better than Astro and has its own video player which streams from FTP and file shares OK for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thequinox:
Yes, but it lacks tracking (skipping in a file) and also doesn't support MKV.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sonci:
Is there a way stream my Nas media in allshare, I can only play pc files?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thequinox:
AllShare is a DLNA program. It is capable of functioning both as a client and as a server. It sounds like you want to play back PC files on your phone. For this you would need something acting as a DLNA server. If your NAS doesn't support this then you could install a server program on something else and point it to your NAS for content. This could be a spare computer, a device specifically made for this, or even some routers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LordSoth:
Try to use another media server like PS3 Media server or tvirsity. DNLA will not support MKV files.

Using PS3 Media server I can stream mkv to my ps3 and my Samsung LCD tv that supports DNLA.
[Vibrant General] vtmike:
I was using ji6 and was having some problems with maps showing my location wrong. I read where some people said that upgrading to ji6 from the stock firmware helped with this issue. So, I searched for the stock firmware to flash.

I was stupid and ended up flashing a je8 version instead of original firmware. To make matters worse it had 3 separate tar files and I didn't pay attention and only flashed the pda file.

This subsequently locked my phone up and I couldn't access download mode by pressing both volume buttons and plugging in the usb cord. I finally was able to get in download mode by holding the volume down button and pressing the power button. I was able to flash ji2 with oden.

My issue now is I can still no longer access download mode by holding down both volume buttons. Also, when I do access download mode now, there is a message in red at the top that reads "KeyPressed, 164"

Anybody have any ideas how to get this message to go away, and to get the method of pressing both volume buttons and plugging in the usb cord to work again? I haven’t tried flashing back to the stock firmware but I wasn’t having this problem when using ji2 originally. My phone has not been rooted either.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] yu2uf:
Hi im a bit confused i rooted my Htc magic with recovery ra hero 1.6.2.img

i tried a few roms but the phone jus stays on the brand logo

Sapphire pvt 32A

HBoot-1.76.0009

Radio 6.35.08.29
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iosub:
HI

I have check the SDcard Root and I have a lot of DiskCacheIndexxxxx.tmp

Does anyone know what are this files?

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxb5683:
good question

Good question I have about 50 of them!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkid2010:
Most likely app-created index files to hold the location of cached contents. Did a quick google search and you can find other refs to these files, mainly in other android and even other xda threads (G1 for instance) where in one someone said he went ahead and deleted them with no ill effects. YMMV :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714909
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iosub:
I found that already and delete the files..

but it has start creating new ones..

Thank you
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rick@uswirelessla.com:
believe they are caused by Quandrent Advanced. I only get them when I have that app installed. I just delete it and use Quadrent Standard and the files go away
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstrk242:
I had this exact problem. It was caused by installing 3d froyo gallery from the market. After removing this app, rebooting (and deleting all the files in the root), the problem was resolved. Not sure if this applies to you guys, but figured I'd chime in.

Also, they are not caused by quadrant advanced, i've been using that for quite some time, and it never dumped files to the root of the card.)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psykick5:
Sounds pornographic to me :P

Just kidding. Anyway yeah it's Quadrant.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serikm:
Instead of using 3D gallery from market you can use standalone *.apk from Nexus it works without creating any temp files on sdcard root.

Catch it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=712553
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jablonk:
the cognition rom is awesome but my bluetooth is not connecting to my car. it connects and then won't make a call and won't download the address book. go into bluetooth settings and says connected to my car system. when i go further into options for that device it the check boxes are unchecked for conect (connect to bluetooth device) and phone (use for phone audio) when i attempt to connect it fails. when i connect through my car it says unsuccessful. again, initially it does pair with the pin but it doesn't last for calls etc.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp4rky:
Is there a way to record video in a codec other than 3gp? Or is there an app that anyone knows of that will allow you to record video in different formats like .avi .mp4
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tdino:
I was pleased to find that the camera for the froyo 2.2 build that eugene made shoots in the same HD aspect ratio as the 2.1 build but formats to MP4
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tdino:
also there are many encoding programs that work well. I am presently using Oxelon Media Converter to convert to AVI for editing in Premier and posting video on youtube in 720HD
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp4rky:
Yeah I can convert them but I'd like to avoid having to add the extra step. I might have to check out that Rom if I no one else has any other solutions.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] conuk:
have got the latest Kies finally installed and working...

click to update firmware and get this :

h tt p img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/conuk/firmware.jpg

whats that all about ?

do I have to use Odin or something else ?

not rooted phone - just stock firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nailerr:
Mine was saying that too, despite being unlocked it was rather unfortunately sent from Portugal and not the UK. For one thing I do not get voice input on this phone by default (got to get from Market) and it "could not be updated" which some people speculate may just be bad translation from Korean.

But the point is that each region has different firmware defaults, and your SGS's "product code" (where the phone is "from") dictates what Kies will try to do. For now it seems your product code is from a region that has not had any incremental updates to 2.1.

I forced an update to JM1 which my previous SGS from the UK updated to, I had to use Test Mode to do that and since then the message has changed to "Latest version is installed" or something similar, I don't use windows unless I have to use some crud like Kies, cant quite remember.

2.2 though should be available to every SGS worldwide though, at the same time. So either hang on for the update like many of us are doing ot do a search on Kies Test Mode.
[General Questions and Answers] azz_kickin67:
Hi all, I have been experiencing problems with my WMDC. After flashing a new ROM i get an error that says "connection error please disconnect and reconnect your device" but i do ant it doesnt fix the problem. I use Energy ROMS all the time and i usually sync right before I flash. The only way i have found to fix the problem is to format my computer and that is a pain in the yo know what! I have tried repairing, re-installing WMDC with no luck. I try re-flashing my phhone and still no luck. I tried my gf's phone which is the same as mine and no luck. My phone by the way is the htc pure from att. Any help would be great. I am running WMDC on Vista 64. Thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwrshft99:
Im still learning this stuff and the original psfreedom and backup manager have taken good care of me. Now I need to back up nba2k11. Tried with both backup manager and open manager. Backup manager copied the game but the controller didn't work. Open manager gave me an eboot error.

Seems I need a new version of psfreedom to work with open manager ?? It has been ported to other devices but not the incredible as far as I know. Would I be better off with one of the usb devices ??
[Touch GSM General] merdjiosse:
hi evry body

i get htc elf0100 breaked i dont know any information about it

all what iknow is

whit htc wich come from orange france

how can i recover this one
[Touch GSM General] tito12:
A little bit of details would help, in what way is it dead???
[Touch GSM General] captainstu72:
Have you read the stickies at the top of this thread? Chances are someone has already had the same problem as you, both for hardware and software.

Please read the stickies, and provide as much information as possible if you feel yours is a new issue that has not yet been covered.

Please provide as much information as possible when you are requesting help. This will stop all the back and forth and needing to try and mine information out of people.

Sorry to moan, but there seems to have been a massive influx of people just requesting help without putting any information into the thread.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dgaa1991:
hey i really want a new rom on my htc tp2 but its all in english and i really would like one in danish is it possible to download a rom in egnlish and then make it to danish laungage?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
Pretty sure the ROM needs to be made/cooked in Danish, it can't be translated after the fact (all the Windows Mobile files are different).
[Vibrant General] benwhite:
Here is a quick easy way to get to the TV Out toggle settings page.

I'm using LauncherPro to do this, but AnyCut or any programs like that should work too...

Long press on homescreen

Select Sortcuts

Select Activities

Expand Settings

Select TV out settings

Now you have a shortcut on your homescreen that takes you directly to the TV out settings page.

Obviously I would prefer a widget or something to accomplish this, but you have to work with what you got...
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Nice one, props to you
[Vibrant General] thegreatcity:
Ive been using this exact same solution since I got the phone.

I agree it would be nice to have a toggle widget, but this really is the next best thing.
[Vibrant General] Allen K:
Awesome trick... thanks!
[Vibrant General] ejamin73:
Doing the same with ADW
[Vibrant General] theking52:
Is using tv out better than using allshare? quality wise i mean. I know there's an option to enable 5.1 but i wonder if it gets enabled when using allshare or not. haven't tried it yet though. any one know?
[Vibrant General] Lieu10ant:
what are you guys "tv-out"ing with? what kind of wire? and what is the resolution that you get?
[Vibrant General] benwhite:
Cable only $3.50 and that includes shipping...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000GGQ2ZU/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

I don't know what the output resolution is.

As it's composite out, I assume the vertical resolution is limited to 525i(NTSC) or 576i(PAL).

When the phone orientation is landscape, the phone only really supports 480i as the screen resolution is only 800x480.
[Vibrant General] benwhite:
You can use TV out with allshare...

Basically stream your videos over the air, and play them on your TV.

Just what the doctor ordered ;)
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
reserved for future use
[Desire Android Development] ganjbass:
Ooooo THANKKKKK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :)))))))))))))

I will flash now :)

"Flashed on AuraxTSense v7.8.1 work great i set to 1113Mhz

and really sense is faster i will report battery tomorrow"
[Desire Android Development] hensk:
richard

this kernel is only for your ROm or can be update to other ROM`s
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Its is only for sense roms (not for my rom).
[Desire Android Development] elmalote:
Richard how can we revert to stock (just in case) :D

Thanks!!
[Desire Android Development] richardtrip:
Reflash your current rom (no wipe of course).
[Desire Android Development] Yoyoa:
Hey great, sounds good for, just a question, is it possible to have the setting named "interactived" in set Cpu or it's not possible yet?

(sorry for my english I'm french lol)