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[Streak 5 General] epods_one:
UPDATE:

Just got a callback from Dell Mobility, they have confirmed that the ability to use the 5MP rear facing camera as anything other than a VGA camera was lost in the 2.2 upgrade! :mad:

Or put another way, its a

feature

of Dell's Froyo build(s)!!!!

The customer suport rep. commented that if more people call and complain about not being able to actually use ther 5MP camera, perhaps Dell may then consider fixing it!!!!!!!:eek: Completely ignoring the fact that this is not an isolated "bug", but a major design, implementation and verification flaw - how this got through testing, I/we will never know!!!!:(

Hopefully someone here in XDA land can figure out a quicker fix?

Thanks.
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
what a bunch of goofballs.

morons.
[Streak 5 General] shababak:
I dont think this is a bug.it works just fine on 318.

Once your in the camera app click on the settings icon and scroll to the resolution and change it to 5M.
[Streak 5 General] borijess:
It is there once you find the ev setttings icon scroll up and there is and option for 5m. The settings icon looks like a timer. I could not find it at first.
[Streak 5 General] epods_one:
You are correct!

I (nor Dell's Mobility staff - :confused:) ever noticed that the top settings dialog menu is actually scrollable! :o

It is not documented anywhere in Dell's Streak product guides or manuals!

Thanks Again!

I just noticed that if I had ever had the Streak in Portrait orientation and went to the settings menu, I would have noticed more stuff on the menu - in comparision to my oft used Landscape mode!

They should have text "Scroll for More..." on the menu... Or some other obvious indication that there is more stuff in the menu...

Regards.

.
[Streak 5 General] untrueparadox:
actually, the camera resets itself to vga once you switch to front cam and then switch back. its like this in steve's froyo build too because the camera framework isnt designed to work with two cameras.
[Streak 5 General] EZ44:
+1

Works fine here on Android 2.2 (318_12821_00). You just have to select the settings icon at the top then flick your finger 'UP' to scroll down to resolution settings.
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
Dell doesnt seem to have a clue about anything.
[Streak 5 General] jeffrey2000:
missing zoom in camera (video) menu

Another feature which is msising in this 2.2 is the zoom in videomode 2.1 upd 1 had this option! Can't seem to find it here in the menu... Any of u guys found a way?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny202:
When trying to install fonts i pushed font and lib files. Them preformed a reboot the phone is stuck in the Samsung logo. ADB won't find it because Windows doesn't feel that something is connected.

The 3 Button Recovery was ans still not working. Can't access the phone for any kind of repair anyone can help please???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android.francis:
download mode (vol down+home+power) is not working too? if it is, flash your phone to a stock firmware (samfirmware.com).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Okay I rooted my EVO about a week or so ago and Im running the Frost ROM... I like it but I would like to check out some other ROMs and what kind of addons or MODs that are available... I keep running across the term "dodexed" and "odexed"(?) i think is what it was...Can some one please explain to me what that means...

Also what is the differance in Sense and non sense ROMs... What is aosp??

Any clairification would be helpful...

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caguirr4:
Dude you have over one hundred posts. And they're all questions about this and that. Are you aware of the fact that there is a search bar for these forums. I have seen this question asked a lot of times. Hell I even wondered but I searched before starting a thread about it.

Dude, put in the effort and do the work. Only good things will come from doing a little research.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
this link explains it all...

http://tinyurl.com/27q5ml8
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
haha deathsled beat me to it. seriously though... i believe (not sure) that this is correct.

dont quote me on it. correct me if i'm wrong.

so each apk has a matching .odex file that contains stuff for it. if you flash a theme a theme (altering framework-res.apk or other app) then the odex and apk dont match and you get system failiure. so odexed roms are unthemeable. i think thats about right. google it (thanks deathsled)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
ahhh got it. google is friend. posted by berzerker

Originally Posted by Berzerker

De-odex: Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes), but the main point was to deodex services.jar so that you can change all text to different colors (such as the clock color to white) and to deodex services.jar, you need to deodex everything.

so baisically odex is compressed more and deodexed allows for themeing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Wow, I was on my phone while at work...sorry if I thought some of the community would be nice enough to help me out instead of spending more time searching for the answers myself on the the XDA app, which I did didnt have anything come up...

The whole purpose of these forums is "Community support"...stop trying to be the forum police and try helping... besides I wasnt even talking to you...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cy_n_ic:
No one wants to help someone who cant help themselves.

Try harder before posting next time please.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caguirr4:
You were talking to me. You posted a question in a public forum for the community to see. I answered because it is ridiculous to start a new thread for a question asked several times. But oh well you got your answer.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AviationAtom:
I hate to be the guy to join in on the ragging, but as you can see, I do not have many posts, yet a few days back I was able to find the answer to the very same question you just asked, by searching for it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
And as I stated I would have searched it if I was at a computer... I was not so it was easier for me to just post a question... Sorry to inconvience y'all.... :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you were on your Evo right? There's a search button on the bottom right.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivanstein:
Seems like this kind of thing is all to common in the open source scene. Same type response was given on email lists when someone asked for help back in the 90s when trying to stuff linux on an old 386 box for the s&gs. Open source is teh 1337z!!!1! But you can get help for windows sans the ass chewing. I have never understood that.

Sent from my uber1337 search skillz.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
i wouldn't sweat it, but you could probably have found that on your phone browser while not optimal. Also, you have to contend with folks that were born with all the knowledge in the world and go out of their ways to be douche bags instead of helping, welcome to XDA!!

Another stellar post from a macbot, wouldn't expect anything less. I guess all the folks at starbucks got a great laugh on that:rolleyes::rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
All the flaming doesn't bother me, I can play this game all day long! I have done more than enough searching to be immune to this kind of treatment... I had a million questions in the begining and I only posted a few specific questions... and even though one can search the forums for an answer to a specific problem, more than some ppl here on XDA can't explain things clearly enough to be of any help to any one - skipping steps and being vague doesn't really help any one but yourself to raise your post count. Needless to say, most threads are useless... they 'cause more confusion than solutions. I'll keep doing what I want and you can keep flaming me 'cause you are better than me & I need a laugh every now and then...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
try asking on the irc. very helpful and knowledgable people there.
[HTC Excalibur] somecuitears:
is it possible to make device sycn time from Internet??
[HTC Excalibur] Hakim Rahman:
why not

why is not possible ..! try this application , possible with it your questions can be answered
[HTC Excalibur] somecuitears:
not stable with my device.. if i install it i cannot view any options that i get when i press left softkey n right softkey
[HTC Excalibur] veveve:
can you show me the way to do it
[HTC Excalibur] Hakim Rahman:
hey.....this to overcome your difficulties ;)
[HTC Excalibur] somecuitears:
it displays error messange when i try to open the program....
[HTC Excalibur] Hakim Rahman:
then you just use SPBTIME :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Tinalv:
I just see this News, really shot me. As for the coming of Christmas, maybe this is a busy season for app developer, they trying every effort to do promotion, but this one is really interesting: BUY 1 GET 1. But they have contest rules. Check the original news and get more information :)
[Android Apps and Games] Zepiii:
Thread closed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsistt:
I am in a pickle here. I want to try this as my first custom ROM made especially for bell users.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=846237

However I am on froyo with JK3 which has a 3e recovery console. Several threads on the board point me to this kernel to enable 2e recovery console which is required for this custom ROM install.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108

However it doesnt appear to me that this can be used by jk3 users. I am really new to this and have spent several hours reading. Am I wrong or am i missing something ?

My phone reads as follows:

PDA: I9000UGJK3

PHONE: I9000UGJK3

CSC: I90000BMCJK3

FIRMWARE VERSION 2.2

KERNAL VERSION 2.6.32.9 SHOUT.LEE@SEP-09 #1

Any help would be much appreciated. I have read over 200 pages on the forum tonight alone and I am stuck

Thx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
A lot of people have been there :) You have 2 options:

1) Flash an older firmware known to use 2e. The easiest thing to do is probably flash JH2 using Odin. JH2 was the last 2.1 official firmware for Bell. Get it from samfirmware.com

2) Flash a kernel that allows you to run clockwork. Check this post of mine where I installed SpeedMod on JK3.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9777680&postcount=53

I don't know what others would say but it might be better for your app data to stay with Froyo 2.2. In that case, go with option 2. Be sure to backup your data just in case :)

Good luck with that ROM. On my phone, I'm running his Doc RomMOD v2 (JPU) and it's great!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsistt:
what am I missing ? I thought that if you have jk3 on your phone you could only apply jk3 roms and kernels? is that incorrect ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
Some, kernels and root solutions are not compatible with all firmwares. If you're not concerned with data loss, I believe you can flash any firmware you want (ignoring device specific requirements).

The options I described above are ones that worked for me.
[Surround General] ngphucok:
Hi everyone,

Just got the phone today, but there's thing that is so annoying, Idk how to disable it. When I turn off the screen, a while later, the screen automatically turn on and said "Touch here to see different kind of phone & choose ur phone st ..." It's so anooying. Can you help me out with this ?

Thank you so much,
[Surround General] ngphucok:
Any one? please help ... !
[Surround General] azn6929:
you're phone is in DEMO MODE.
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
Archos ships these things with the entire cinema plugin pack installed.

Then they push the 2.2 update that not only cuts CPU speed, but also removes the plugin pack.

Now they want $15 to restore the A/V functionality with which the unit shipped.

Yeah, we can use z4root to take back the processor speed, but I haven't seen anything we can do to take back the A/V functionality.

The way I see it, this can't be viewed as piracy. The units shipped with these codecs. If someone can liberate them from the original ROM, we're simply reinstalling software that was licensed to us from the beginning.
[Gen8 Android Development] uniquenameevo:
I was just hitting the update on my second 70. What would work to extract? Like an astro app backup?
[Gen8 Android Development] laptopfreek0:
Terminal

I typically use the terminal emulator. All you have to do is run z4root, then open terminal emulator.

type

su

(enter)

yes to root access

then copy the apk to either the internal memory or your sd card.

you can find your apps located in /data/app or /system/app or /system

so do something like this:

cd /data/app
ls *media*
(once you find the name remember it, lets say that it is com.mediacodecs)
cp ./com.mediacodecs.apk /mnt/sdcard (or /mnt/data for internal)

then use either dropbox to copy the apk to dropbox or hook it up to a computer to copy the apk off
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
Unfortunately, I don't think it's an APK.

I'm pretty sure it comes in Archos' proprietary AOS format, but I've got no idea what happens with it after it gets installed.
[Gen8 Android Development] uniquenameevo:
The only aos I can see is my froyo update.

The apk itself is 584K and from 9/14.
[Gen8 Android Development] dirttrasher:
I think its not a apk, the media pack update pack is very small, it only unlocks some features in the player, the codecs are still installed.
[Gen8 Android Development] DeadpoolSA:
I've played all kinds of Xvid and x264 MKV files in both 2.1 and 2.2. And the only thing it ever prompted me to buy the plugin for was for AC3 audio. And it did that in 2.1 too.
[Gen8 Android Development] paulus3476:
I think theres a lot of misconceptions about the AC3 playback problem - my A70 is still able to playback video with AC3 and I'm on 2.2. Everything it would play on 2.1 still plays on 2.2, however some mkv files are requesting the AC3 plugin - but as I didn't try to play these prior to upgrading and don't know if the same would have happened under 2.1. All in all its a bonus that it still plays any AC3 as it was always stated that a plugin was required, and in fact has always been req'd on archos devices . Vplayer seems to cope with mpeg2 and AC3 anyway.
[Gen8 Android Development] Cthugha:
I bought the plugin for 2.2 since none of my h.264 AC3 mkv's would play after the update. The same files worked on the OOB 2.1 firmware. Also, I really prefer the Archos Video app since it's performance is far better than anything else I've tried (probably because it's made to take full advantage of their hardware).

It's correct that the "plugin" that you download is only a small file (840B) that unlocks the feature already present on the device. And the unlock file is hardcoded to your serial# so it won't work on another...
[Gen8 Android Development] madsquabbles:
so how about pulling the music and video apks and have them work on my evo?:D

i really do love their video player.
[Gen8 Android Development] bbop:
does the evo have the same CPU and DSP? Archos' forte is in their hardware video optimisations - would a 3rd party manage to be as successful as archos?

... Besides, Archos' software is integrated into the ROM and is probably encrypted (i'm guessing) and so i'm sure that it would not be as simple as pulling a few APK's.

I say YES to enabling AC3 or the plugins but NO to ripping off archos by stealing their USP and distributing it across the shop...
[Gen8 Android Development] laptopfreek0:
I tried it. When I get to the installation part it fails, but if you want to try it here is the apk: http://db.tt/ZW91bMI

Here is the apk for the file manager too: http://db.tt/aimR68r
[Gen8 Android Development] DeadpoolSA:
Unless it's the same architecture as the Gen8 it's useless to try. The reason the player works so well is because it's optimized to take advantage of the Gen8's hardware. Putting on a different architecture would basically take away all it's advantages even if it did install and run.
[Gen8 Android Development] bbop:
that's interesting... does the filemanager apk work though?
[Gen8 Android Development] laptopfreek0:
Not so far. Keep getting an Application not installed error. I haven't tried pushing it to /data/app yet.
[Gen8 Android Development] madsquabbles:
if that's considered warez then forget that i asked. it'd be nice to buy it aftermarket though.
[Gen8 Android Development] bbop:
I think that both are illegal... I was just expressing my own dubious moral limits - I wouldn't mind stealing an AC3 codec (which should be included anyway grrr) but Archos' media software is their bread and butter - taking that would be damaging a company that's still small enough to be considered an underdog. Archos seem to be genuinely trying in my book and that is pretty rare so I would prefer that they had the best chances to see it through.

If archos were to sell their media software seperately i think they would lose a lot of their competitive advantage. Their software would be more easily copied for instance and their own players devalued. An example of a potential decline in this aspect could be sega's loss of their hard ware business.

sorry for the OT
[Gen8 Android Development] druelf:
Hi there, i own an Archos 70IT for two weeks and kept it still running on version 1.0.73. I'm planning to upgrade the device witin the next few days, but if i can do any favour to the community according to the 2.1 software-release, please let me know.
[Gen8 Android Development] nam265:
just buy the cinema pack. it's worth it

The cinema pack is only $15

Now i can play RMVB/RM files as promised by Archos.
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
It's not worth it to succumb to a bait and switch, sorry.
[Gen8 Android Development] bufflehead:
It was not bait and switch. Archos made it very clear before they released the device that the Cinema Pack was an add-on.

And it is only $15.
[Gen8 Android Development] czesiu:
so clear that no one who did not own an archos device previously had a chance to know that... :)

(no info on webpage that something will be paid, AC3 included in 2.1...)
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
Except that it was included, for free, out of the box. Archos was as clear as mud regarding the cost of the cinema pack. You can't even get to the purchase page without a product key.

That is a bait (free add-on included) and switch (removed add-on through firmware update, now requiring $15 payment to restore functionality).
[Gen8 Android Development] blazingwolf:
I disagree. I knew it wasn't included and I didn't even look that hard.

If your so convinced sue them. I'm willing to bet you don't get far.
[Gen8 Android Development] nam265:
it was on their page from the very begginging Cinema Plug-in is OPTIONAL

they may have mistakenly enabled AC3 in 2.1

if you have another android device running 2.1, check if that device support AC3 out of the box

If YES, Archos is guilty. If no, they have their VALID reason to put the AC3 codec back to the cinema pack

NOTE. I paid for the Cinema Pack because I want support for rmvb/rm files

these files could't be open in 2.1 with any players i tried (rockplayer, stock player, etc.)

can someone without cinema pack to verify if playback for RMVB/RM file is possible? thanks.
[Gen8 Android Development] druelf:
I did the update from Eclair 1.0.73 to Froyo 2.0.71 last night. Can confirm that rmvb works without cinema pack on the latest firmware. Tested some files of different runtime and all played fine.
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
There's no disagreement to be had. What I posted was strictly factual.

While Archos' site always listed the plugin pack as optional, it has never made mention of cost. In fact, the cost is intentionally hidden until one purchases a device and has a product key.

So, when Archos included the plugin-pack-of-unknown-cost out of the box, it became a bait and switch.

There's no logical reason for them to single out the codecs they did as requiring payment. They've paid licensing fees on every codec included, not just the ones they're now trying to jam their customers for.
[Gen8 Android Development] blazingwolf:
Like I said. Sue them. You won't get anywhere with it.
[Gen8 Android Development] nam265:
ohh that's nice to know.

oh well, i did pay for the Cinema pack. It's just $15 and i feel like i'll support Archos for their hard work to push out Froyo and fix issues as qucikly as possible.

besides, i got a 10% discount when i order my archos 70.

This is the first time I'm actually happy to be an EARLY ADOPTER.

(Apple screws with early adopter like no tomorrow, iphone 2g costs freaking $650 even on contract, ipod touch 1st gen doesn't even have speaker and their damn earphone plug is recessed wtf)
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
I shouldn't have to. As a small company, Archos shouldn't be nickel, diming, and defrauding their customers in the first place.
[Gen8 Android Development] blazingwolf:
Sigh. What ever. Time to get over it and move on.
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
I'll move on when Archos has made right with the early adopters they've tried to and/or have defrauded.
[Gen8 Android Development] elmerohueso:
I guess Jason got sick of being shut down by everyone for whining about this on ArchosFans, so now he's come to continue his ranting on the XDA boards.

Is there a way to disable whiners with empty threats on these boards?
[Gen8 Android Development] Tsusai:
Hey while you're QQ'ing about, can you get my OtherOS back on my PS3? They took it away too with a firmware update, makes me a sad panda.
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
There's a class action suit against Sony going on right now.

And honestly, QQing? Could you be any more of a pre-teen?
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
If you mean I got sick of being silenced by the mods there that would rather fellate Archos employees than deal with real issues, sure.

But make no mistake, there's absolutely nothing empty about my contact with the Colorado AG's office.
[Gen8 Android Development] Harfainx:
I didn't silence you, I told you to take up your legal concerns with Archos and not whine on a public forum.

Instead of taking my advice, you decided to come here and continue.

Deal with Archos legal department, not a bunch of people around the internet that can't help you.
[Gen8 Android Development] Manthis:
Back to the original subject of this post, is there anyone who would know how to have the AC3 codec without buying from Archos?

I mean I'm looking for an alternative way to have AC3 support (not to steal Archos) since I refuse to pay for software on an open source OS.

Maybe VLC will support it after all... Wait & see
[Gen8 Android Development] DeadpoolSA:
Again, VLC is not going to help. It won't be coded to take advantage of the hardware like the Archos software. So if it did play it would be probably be choppy and unwatchable. If you want AC3 you can either buy the plugin or... well that's your only option really. Either that or you can whine on an internet forum about your entitlements and throw down weak threats that will never come to fruition. Although we've seen how effective that is in the last 3 pages.
[Gen8 Android Development] chrulri:
Hello

I have a question: Could someone who has installed the Cinema Plugin test this video? http://www.mediafire.com/?1artz78aarly34g

It's recorded by my A101IT with a DVB-T tuner (more about this: click)
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
RockPlayer and vPlayer will both play AC3 just fine.

Unfortunately, their video decoder is just a software decoder so anything above 480p starts to get choppy.
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
Wrong, but thanks for playing.
[Gen8 Android Development] godashram:
it plays back fine on a 101 with cinema plugin.
[Gen8 Android Development] mchipser:
According to Google translator it means

"have your cake, eat it and the ass of the dairy"