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[Gen8 General] earlster:
The codec pack is $15 and is working nice together with the really nice archos player. IMHO it's worth it.
[Gen8 General] lbhocky19:
oh thats it? hell might as well then actually
[Gen8 General] lbhocky19:
well i bought the damn thing but it wont download...

says my activation code and serial number are wrong even though serial is same what i just registered and activation was copy and pasted from them...
[Gen8 General] oic0:
Close out the page they gave you in checkout and do it from the one linked in the email receipt. When I bought mine a while back the web page after checkout directed me to one for the older generation devices. Would think they would have fixed that by now, I imagine it probable gets them a LOT of customer service calls as the page for the older devices chokes on our serial numbers, confirmation numbers, etc...
[Captivate General] posthumusp:
Hi everyone - long time lurker, first time poster here. Anyway, I've been wracking my brain over this for some time and haven't been able to find an answer at all, so I apologize if my search skills aren't up to par.

Anyway, I've got a samsung captivate and I've successfully rooted and installed a few Froyo ROMs without issue (Cognition, Axura, etc). The problem Im encountering is that whenever I try to connect to my PC (4 different PC's actually - all some variant of windows 7 32 or 64 bit) in MTP mode, the Captivate shows up in the device manager as SAMSUNG_ANDROID with an exclamation point saying that the device could not be started.

My ultimate goal here is to sync the items with Windows Media center, because I create and update a lot of playlists and such on my HTPC, of which I'd like to keep up to date on my phone.

When I use the stock ROM, it works flawlessly - no issues at all

I've tried the following:

1. Search for files with extensions over 16 digits - nada

2. Tried using Kies, no luck at all there.

3. Various driver updates from various sources

4. Removing / unmounting my external SD card

Copying the files over manually works, but that doesn't give me playlists

Doubletwist really isnt an option, because it will only sync with the internal card, not the 32 gb external.

If anyone has ever gotten this to work, I'd be forever grateful.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
You have a few different issues listed:

1. Playlist sync support doesn't work with the native player. Period. It stores all playlists in a database - Even Kies doesn't sync playlists.

2. Internal vs. External storage sync is dependent on software - some apps have no idea that there are 2 storage locations and pick the first.

As for getting MPT to work - I have had driver issues, and the solution was to uninstall everything - drivers and Kies, reboot and only install one driver. Since Froyo is not official - you have a 50/50 chance - either Captivate, or generic Samsung for all phones. I would try the captivate driver.

One other thing to look at - media monkey - it will sync to any SD card - you can pick the one - so you don't need MPT mode.
[Captivate General] posthumusp:
Yeah, I use the doubletwist App as my player - that reads WMP's playlists perfectly. As for the syncing, it's pretty much gotta be windows media center or nothing. I just love plugging it in and letting it auto-sync. Like I said, the stock firmware works perfectly for this (But sucks otherwise - hence why I root & update).
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
OK, I misunderstood - I was thinking Doublestwist desktop. I can't remember if MediaMonkey supports autosync - I think it does, but like I said it can do MTP or direct to SD - so very flexible. I bet it uses the same playlists (m3u i think).
[Captivate General] posthumusp:
Actually, I just tried your advice and uninstalled samsungs drivers completely and rebooted. It worked flawlessly, Im syncing now. Who'da thunk samsung's drivers would turn out to be the issue? Thanks so much dude, you rock.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Glad to help... I ran into wierd issues with Kies, Kies mini, and 3 sets of drivers installed... that fixed it for me, so it couldnt hurt you. :)
[Captivate General] bhulku123:
IS there any good app ( i do have Titanium Backup paid App) to backup and Restore Home Screens on Captivate when installing different roms?

It seems too much work to setup home screens the way i like them when i switch roms and seems Titanium back do not do this when apps+data are restored.

Help please.
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
What launcher do you use?

I use launcher pro and when I restore the app with titanium it restores my saved homescreen. Widgets can not be restored
[Captivate General] bhulku123:
I user Percrption 8 default launcher & when I installed 8 from 7 which had two launcher installed I had to setup all screens of my liking again.
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Sprite Backup for Android includes the list below as 'system settings' that it backs up:

HTC Home Screens (Scenes)

HTC Stocks widget settings

Wallpaper

Home screen icons and widgets locations

Ringer Volume

Ringtone sound selection

Ringer Mode

Notification Volume

Notification sound selection

Notification to use ring volume setting

Music Volume

Call Volume

User Dictionaries

Airplane Mode

Alarms (HTC Magic and greater only)

Time Format

Use network to set time

Date Format

Bluetooth Discoverability

Lock Pattern (enabled, tactile feedback, pattern visible)

Use accelerometer rotation for screen changing orientation

Screen Timeout

Screen Brightness

Stay on while plugged in

Static IP settings for Wifi

APN settings​

I own it but have not tested yet. Given that it lists Home Screen Icons and Widget locations, I'm hopeful it will do widgets. Butas noted by other poster, nothing else does widgets that I know of.
[Captivate General] themaster33:
a good document for restoring home screens and shortcuts after full wipe:

http://www.nexyazilim.com/blog/lookme.php?No=28
[Captivate General] OKAstro:
TB restores my Go Launcher home screens fine, except for widgets. I have to put them back in after a new rom

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...and wallpaper needs to be put back in too
[Streak 5 General] manegaspar:
size of streak icons.... is there any way to make them bigger?
[Streak 5 General] rockky:
Totally agree... why aren't they proportionate to the screen
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
They're smaller cuz of the lower dpi (160)

if it were set higher (which you can do buy editing the build.prop) it would just be like any other device stretched out.

By having the lower dpi the space on the screen is used better and more icons/lists/etc can be displayed

also if you want you can download adw launcher from market and adjust how many icons you want on the homescreen thus making them bigger or smaller to your liking.

head over to the android developer page to find out more at http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
[Streak 5 General] carhigh:
Where is the settting in the build.prop file. I dont see it
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
ro.sf.lcd_density=160

change it to 240, thats what the EVO and most other devices with 4.x screens are set to.

Be careful when editing the file, as everything goes, i/we/us are not responsible if you brick your device.
[Streak 5 General] carhigh:
My build.prop doesnt have it, weird. I even pulled a copy to the pc and searched it. root/system/build.prop, right?
[Streak 5 General] carhigh:
So thats probably why lcd density changer didnt/doesnt work either. The icon sizes are fine for me with the stock launcher, but i installed launcher pro and the icons get even smaller. i just reset my phone cause ive done so much crap to it the last couple days. I still havent found out what way to use it that i can live with
[Streak 5 General] mellojoe:
Anybody have a solution to this, yet?

The official 2.2 build does not have this line in the build.prop
[Streak 5 General] ronj1986:
I also don't have that option in my build.prop

I'm on the 12821 Build, if that helps anyone.
[Streak 5 General] 00roberto00:
try desktop visualizer, up to 4 x 4

or buy new glasses? :D
[Streak 5 General] carhigh:
You can add it in your build prop file. I did mine today and worked. It was suggested in another thread. Let me see if I can find it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=874610
[Streak 5 General] ryan562:
If u are rooted, try the LCD density app on the market
[Streak 5 General] mellojoe:
PS: Yes, you can just add it.

It works fine and will make the adjustment. I'm having no issues with a dpi of 200 except for it cutting off names a bit short on the bottom with an incoming phone call. Rotating to portrait solves the issue just fine. It doesn't hinder performance, but somtimes can make it a bit tough to read who is calling you.
[Streak 5 General] streak4m3:
ADW.Launcher EX was just recently released ($3.28) which allows you to increase the size of the icons. It does a ton of new, really cool features. Here's a quick video explaining few of the app's features:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...eleased-transitions-to-a-whole-new-dimension/

Hope this helps.
[Streak 5 General] tonime:
This is the form that is the best way for increase the lcd dendity a 200
[Nexus S General] Lootes:
Is anyone having difficulty downloading the weather animations update that Beautiful Widgets asks you to download when you are first setting up the widget? Mine just stalls at download and nothing happens. Could this be an issue with 2.3?
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
Possibly, if the app isn't ready for 2.3.... it's most likely just a server issue they're having though
[Nexus S General] bblanski:
Worked for me before and now it isn't.
[Nexus S General] nxt:
Earlier today, it was fine for me too, and then I redid my phone and it won't download anything. I think it's their own servers that's screwy.
[Nexus S General] jonnydopemsr:
I was having this issue to. But I had a backup of those files and I restored them on my NS and issue resolved. Ill upload if needed tomorrow after 330pm central time.
[Nexus S General] bblanski:
It's up and running again

Nexus S!!!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikithme:
I'm running a custom ROM (MIUI) which does not have epst built in and I don't think putting the epst.apk on the phone will make the dialer support it so I was wondering if there is a way to program the phone (NAM and DUN settings for tethering) without needing EPST or will I have to flash a sense rom then flash back to miui after I program the phone?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gahh Its Lee:
Just download wireless tether
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikithme:
Anyone else have anything to say on this matter?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gahh Its Lee:
Wow this posted in the entirely wrong place sorry about that.
[Nexus S General] marc91988:
Can someone post the stock recovery img so those of us who would like to revert to stock for defective devices
[Nexus S General] k0mpresd:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875184
[Nexus S General] Anderdroid:
Is there a system.img I can fastboot flash? I effed up my Gmail and can't get it back to normal. I'm confused about whether this flashes the recovery or if it flashes the system >.<
[Droid X General] snowboarderxd1:
Ok i just want to be Safe because last time i bricked my phone i was very new to flashing roms and had to wait a whole month before my Droid X came back from the factory (warranty)

iv since then learned about SBFing and such but i dont know about installing a new rom on my Droid X. I know theres a System SBF but if i want to install a completly different rom

For Examle:

Apex > Fission

Fission > GummyJAR

etc..

do i just Flash the System Sbf then factory reset then flash new rom? or can i not do roms yet sinces theres no Full sbf for 2.3.40

Sorry if this is posted again i just dont want to break my phone...Again.

Currently Running Apex 1.3

On 2.3.40 (2.2.1) like i said up there ^^^

With the GingerBread theme
[Droid X General] NotATreoFan:
You will want to get your phone up to .340 before flashing any ROMs based on that version. If you haven't gotten the OTA update yet, then you can follow the process I did:

Flash the .320 Full SBF

Flash the .340 System-Only SBF

Factory Reset

Root using z4root

Install Droid X Bootstrapper (I recommend the donate version on the Market because the app is just so damn useful)

Nandroid backup so you can easily go back to "stock + root" without another SBF

Start flashing ROMs using Clockwork Recovery (be sure to follow the steps outlined by each Chef). I recommend DarkSlide 4.1, it's awesomesauce on a phone, available Blurred or Blurless.

If you flash a ROM that you don't like, all you have to do is restore the Nandoid backup, and start over.
[Droid X General] snowboarderxd1:
What if i didnt make a Nandroid before flashing a rom should i just SBF the System that TBH did then then back up then flash?
[Droid X General] NotATreoFan:
You do not have to Nandroid the original config + root. I did it only to speed up the process of changing ROMs since you will occasionally run into issues going from Chef A's ROM to Chef B's.

If you haven't gone too far, I would suggest starting over.
[Droid X General] snowboarderxd1:
So im on apex now if I want to example switch to simply stunning I can just place it over apex?
[Droid X General] NotATreoFan:
Generally speaking, yes. But you will need to read each ROM thread and follow their install instructions to make sure you can safely go to a different custom ROM.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] madrascafe:
Ok.. got vnc server written by XDA user onaips to work on the NC

Make sure you install Busybox before you run it. IT WILL NOT WORK without it.

If you haven't installed Android Market, go and look the threads and install that.

Search for busybox, download and RUN it to install busybox.

Now in the Market search for "droid vnc server"

download and install onaips app. onaips app checks for busybox & will prompt you if you havent installed it.

I recommend to do a quick reset and run droidVNCserver app. works like a charm

The only drawback is that it shows nook portrait mode in landscape. if you turn it around it works ok... hmmmm.. what gives..

see the thumbnail
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Pinesal:
Does this let you see the Nook on your desktop? Or your Desktop on your Nook?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] madrascafe:
To clarify,, this is VNC server for the nook, so that you can access/see your nook from the desktop.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
I was able to connect to my nook from Ubuntu but, it acted like it was a view-only VNC session. I was unable to actuate any button-presses, etc.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] qingz:
Same problem here, but I am connecting from a Windows XP.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] qwho:
So rather than install this on my nook, I installed it on my phone, and installed wyse pocket cloud on my nook to log into my phone's screen. This let me connect to my phone so I can manage access control in tethering, as well as send texts and such. This will be really handy.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
Good idea! =)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] JLCollier2005:
I haven't been able to get wyse pocketcloud to work on my NC! I'm not sure what the issue is. What method were you using? I was trying to use the google log-in method, which worked for my phone to computer. Being able to access my phone would be interesting for said reasons.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henriquef:
So last 5 minutos I have been freaking out over here, my Captivate just stoped recognizing my SIM card, everything was okay and my phone right here at my side until Astrid come bother me to do my homework, when I closed Astrid this notification pops upo saying that I have no SIM card on the phone and asking me to reboot it, so I rebooted and over and over again removed my card and still no results, anyone have ever had a similar problem? (it's not just for messages, its for everything)

If there is no solution how can I make my phone back to default options? so that I can return it to AT&T( right now I have Cognition 2.3b4), sorry for all the stupid questions
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Did u try using a different SIM to see if that works?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henriquef:
I don't really have another one just my brazilian one that have no signal so makes no difference
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Trying to see if ur SIM card is toast.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boborone:
Take your sim to a store and get a new one. I did it twice with my phone. The second time I showed the sales guy I had 2.2 with a custom rom after he *****ed about no 2.2 update for his captivate. They don't care. They are sales, not returns. And to answer your question, odin. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't know how to fix it.

From a phone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henriquef:
I got a new SIM card it's working now Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
So sometimes the 3G/Signal icons switch back and fourth between being green and grey. Whats the difference?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
The same as they did on non-Gingerbread phones when the arrows would flash from grey to white: the arrows light when the connection is active for both uploading and downloading.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintingkc:
Green indicates signal and grey is no signal. Same thing with wifi.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
heh ya i had a brain fart
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graemegb:
Green means that there is an active connection to Google's sync servers. (for syncing contacts, email, etc.)
[Nexus One General] NZtoUK:
Hi all.

I am traveling to the UK and Europe for 8 weeks with my Telecom XT (New Zealand) Nexus One (From AT&T 850/1900mhz).

Does anyone know what the best network to go on would be? I will be using the phone mostly for data connections for maps, email, booking accommodation etc and also as a wi-fi hot spot for my laptop. I will send no more then 5 txts per day and maybe 1 call a day tops.

I had a look around the forums but couldn't find any info since around 2008. I figure its going to be a bit of a pain because I will be roaming.

If anyone from the UK or who has knowledge of their networks could help it would be much appreciated.

My apologies for putting this in General rather then Q&A. I cannot figure out how to delete or move this either...
[Nexus One General] miketlo:
Do you absolutely need your NZ number? Or else you should just buy a pay as you go sim in the few countries where you will stay for a while. You can roam for a few days between longer stops and buy another once you get somewhere else. Only takes a few minutes in the uk.

With data you can call out on skype. So you can use that also.
[Nexus One General] NZtoUK:
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have no need to use my New Zealand Number.

I was hoping I would be able to buy a sim on a network over there that would allow me to use data in the UK and several countries around Europe (EU). For the Europe part of the Journey we are only spending up to 4 days in each country so I don't particularly want to but 7 sim cards. Is there a network that offers a sim that will work in all of Europe without charging roaming rates? That way I could I just have another on for in the UK?

I think you could be right about having one Sim for the Uk and then buying another one in every few countries in the Europe.

I was hoping a UK carrier might have a data that allowed roaming but it doesn't look like that.

Is there a prepaid sim that would work in EU countries without charging roaming in between them?
[Nexus One General] miketlo:
Almost all the carriers have agreements with each other. A uk sim will roam in most if not all of europe. The problem with having a sim from one country is that you might not be able to top it up in another country. I have a tmo uk sim but ive never tried adding money from somewhere else. You might be able to do it with a credit card online but im not sure if that will work 100%.

Roaming with data is a complete ripoff! For 5 pounds a month in the uk i get 1gb. If you pay 30 pounds you only get 50mb abroad so I would definitely try stopping quickly at a phone store if youre data hungry. I dont know any where you can use anywhere :(

On the other hand there are some euro travel plans on tmo/orange/o2 that give you 200/300 minutes abroad per month at a discounted rate and recieve for free.

plans from uk:

http://www.o2international.co.uk/callingfromoverseas/myeurope_extra.aspx

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/boosters/

http://www2.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?c=OUKPage&cid=1044131837837&pagename=PersonalIR#ET

FYI you recieve txts for FREE in europe
[Nexus One General] NZtoUK:
Yeah. Looks like I should just get A prepaid sim for the UK while I'm there and get another pre paid sim in a couple of European countries.

It looks like I can get 50 Mb £40 that will last for 30 days in Europe with Orange. I doubt 50mb will be enough.

Vodafone Uk looks the best with Vodafone Data Traveller that gives you 25MB in selected European countries for 2pounds per day. It doesn't say if its 25MB per day or per month but I assume it is per day.

Still a complete rip off like you said.

I was hoping there was going to be a network that would cover all UK and Europe so that's a shame.

Ill just have to hope I don't lose all my sim cards I will be carrying.

Cheers for your help.

Ill post back here if I find a particularly cheap way to use data on my phone while in multiple countries in Europe.
[Nexus One General] laslow:
I bought a pre-paid Orange SIM when I was in the UK a few months ago. Came with 100MB which I managed to make last the whole two weeks (ran out on my last day). However, that was being very careful with mobile data and using Wifi as much as possible.
[Nexus One General] draugaz:
Here is a quite useful overview:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/roaming/tariffs/in_ms/index_en.htm

Just select the country where you bought your prepaid SIM, then select "data pre-paid" and you will see the costs in your destination country.

The prices are very similar because they are limited by european regulations recently introduced.
[Nexus One General] cpm:
"3" prepaid sim is dirt cheap for data. Buy in the UK and you can use your data allocation in UK, Ireland, Italy and Sweden without any roaming charges at all.

I've used my "3 Ireland" sim over in Italy and it worked a threat.

€4.99 for 500MB/month so it won't cost an arm and a leg. You can buy as many data addons as you need and when one expires then it automatically starts using the next one. So if 1Gb required just buy 2 data addons for €9.98

3 UK will have different pricing and offers, but data roaming will still work for the above mentioned countries.

See here for more info http://www.three.co.uk/

Just drop into one of their stores when you're in the UK and get it all sorted there.

HTH.
[Nexus One General] slonn:
I can confirm what cpm says. I'm on 3 Ireland with a free add-on of 500MB data per month that I can use in Denmark while roaming on the Danish 3 network. The same applies when I'm in Sweden, UK, and Italy.
[Nexus One General] evcz:
+1 for three

they even give you free skype (over gsm... not crappy data connection)
[Nexus One General] rj3005:
Europe uses 900/2100mhz
[Nexus One General] rowntreerob:
i have t-mobile N1 from USA.

i was in london 2 months ago and at heathrow, i got a t-mobile sim chip out of a vending machine ( 10 to 15 pounds ) and had seamless experience as local customer on the new number. The only hard part was figuring out that i needed to 'top-off' the pay-go account and finally went to a t-mobile store in order to pay 15 or 20 pounds at a time to get necessary credit on the pay-go account.
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
I have a US tmo nexus, and used orange in the UK for a few weeks earlier this year. Loved the fact that you can top up by going into virtually any store and buying a top up voucher, then just enter the voucher PIN into your phone...