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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
Good morning everyone.

I have been surfing this site for quite some time, but have just received my Vibrant S and am now in a position to post a question.

I am coming from the WinMo 5.0 world and android is very new to me, but I am enjoying the new phone.

I do not yet have the phone rooted and am hesitating ... mainly because I don't know all the features it has yet but also because I don't want to get into anything I don't know yet how to get out of. Having spent enough on this phone, I don't want to break anything just yet. This forum seems to have some very helpful people though, so I hope I can trust you all when you finally talk me into rooting. I barely got on the Market yesterday and found a tool 'SGS Tools' which has some info in the description which I think I can really use, but I need to root. So go ahead and start talking me into rooting. :)

Anyway, to my question:

The movie 'Avatar' comes on a 2Gig micro SD card and I have an 8Gig HCSD card. So I copied the directory 'Movie' and its contents to my C: drive, unmounted the 2Gig, removed it, and put in the 8Gig. The phone recognized it and everything went fine when I turned the phone on. So I moved the directory 'Movie' and its contents to the 8Gig card and after all was said and done, when I try to open the movie file 'Avatar.dcf' using either the shortcut or the media player, I get the error: This video can not be played.

Is there a hidden file I may have missed? Can you not create a copy? Would the DRM get involved at this point?

I am concerned if I move the file from the 2Gig card to the 8Gig card, and I get the same error, then I've also lost the movie.

Your suggestions would be most helpful. Thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
Here's another take on it.

I powered my phone on this morning just before posting, and found the phone was not recognizing the SDHC card. It was in effect, unmounted. I pulled it out and back in and it then asked if I wanted to format the disk, so I did. I need to pull the original dcf file off the 2gig disk and try this move again, but in the mean time I've found this among a lot of complaints regarding android recognizing SDHC cards.

[edit] Seems I can't post outside links yet. Here's an address you'll have to manually put in your address bar if you wish to read this article.

< ... ://humanslate.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=14 >

In there it mentions, "SDHC cards will not work in devices designed to the older SD 1.x specification".

So, another question at the moment is this:

Has android (I'm running JI6, eclair 2.1) been developed for the original 1.x cards? Has anyone bought a new android phone and had an SDHC card in it? My 2gig card is of the old 1.x specification.

Perhaps I need to repost on the developer page? I figured the movie was part of an app, so it would only seem reasonable to post here.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flak_Munky:
That should be all you have to do to get the movie to play. I would only recommend that you double check to make sure you copied the Movie folder to your external SD card and not the internal card.

The Vibrant can use SDHC cards (use 8gb class 6 here) and I know many others use 16 and 32 gb ones.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.orange303:
Convert the file to simple mp3 universal coding that any video app including the stock can read. Should be 720p. Create a video folder if one does not exist. You know all this sounds like. Should play fine. Too bad you can't use the lame short cut this way. Then again I never used it anyway.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.orange303:
I replaced avatar this way. Since have now for the extended version instead.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
Thank you for the quick reply.

What do you mean by 'That'? Do you mean to move or does a copy suffice?

A little earlier after posting here, I put the 2gig back in and copied the DCF file to the C: drive again. Then after replacing the 2gig with the 8gig in the phone, I moved the 'Movie' directory and files into it. Now the media player doesn't even recognize the file. Although when I went to the SD card and looked at the details of the DCF file, it said the rights were expired. Can I assume it is because I copied it?

What program did you use to make the conversion? I have two converters on my laptop I really like, but I don't know that they will even recognize a DCF file.

Thank you for your assistance.

And thank you Mr Moderator for moving this to its correct forum location.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flak_Munky:
I was referring to either a move or copy. Both should work without a problem. I've done both and it played each time.

Never seen the rights were expired before. Not sure atm.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
Thanks Flak for the clarification.

I am thinking I have larger issues here now (hence the edit to the title).

Over the New year, I have been working on word documents and PDFs and saving them to the external SD card on the phone. I have Windows 7_64. I was synced in with my phone using 'media' to transfer files as Kies doesn't work. After disconnecting the phone and verifying I can read both the word docs and the PDF's, I turned the phone off for the night. The next morning when I turned the phone on, I recieved a message that the external SD card was corrupted. I had to do a format to get the card back. After copying the docs and PDF's to the SDHC again, making a few phone calls, and installing a couple apps from the market to the internal memory, I rebooted the phone (turned off then back on), I received an error message saying the external SD card had been damaged. I had to do a format on the card again to get it back.

All I can say at the moment is I'm glad I didn't move the Avatar.dcf file to the SDHC card, but I don't understand what is happening with the SD functionality. This is becoming completely untrustworthy as I can't use the SD card for anything in fear of it getting corrupted or damaged. Which means I can't backup anything to the SD card either.

[Q] I have read mention of drivers for Windows 7_64, but have not yet searched them out. Could the default connection drivers that Windows 7 loads when you first connect your phone be an issue?

[Q] I have also read in several places now that the USB debugging should be checked. Now most all of these posts are for rooting and reinstalling ROM's and such, but my question is this; Should I have the USB debugging on when I am simply connecting to the PC to transfer files? It seems I am losing my SDHC card only after I have connected to the PC using the USB cable.

Do you have any thoughts or suggestions I can try? I'm too new to android to think of possible solutions to these little quirks, or where to look or what to ask.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
One reason I am hesitant to put any Windows 7_64 bit drivers is because of the following comments:

"cant get my cpu to recognize my phone after installing drivers... im on windows 7 64 bit any ideas??"

"have the same problem. i'm on 7, 32bit"

"did you enable USB debugging?"

"yes of course. first thing I did after I rooted"

These are from <http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728929>

Now again, my phone is not yet rooted. For the purpose at hand, I can't see the need to root. If my SDHC card is getting corrupted during connection, then rooting the phone is not going to solve the problem.

So my question above still stands; should the USB debugging be on (checked) when I simply connect to the PC to transfer files?

But I don't know where to look now or what to do. I have spent an entire day looking over the posts and have found virtually nothing to assist me with this little quirk.

Any suggestion would be helpful at this point.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
So, I've learned something new today and would like your confirmation if I am correct in my assessment or not.

When you plug the phone into the Windows desktop machine, you get a prompt on the phone asking if you want to connect to Kies, Media Player, or Mass Storage.

When I select Media player, I have immediate access to the phone and SD card. There is nothing more to do with either the phone or the PC is this correct ?

The reason I ask is that if I connect to Mass Storage, I then have to go to the pulldown whatchamacallit on the phone and select USB connect. It then prompts me to "Mount" the phone (SD card) so I can access it.

I think this is why my SD card became corrupted and damaged. I didn't know I had to go and "Mount" the thing before I could use it.

BUT, why doesn't it ask me to "Mount" it when I select Media Player for my connection?

Thank you for your assistance and expertise.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hangman_:
Still waiting for confirmation

I'm still waiting for some definitive answer(s) and confirmations to these questions of mine if anyone has the knowledge.

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] wizardPC:
What it comes down to is that I would like to view a stream similar to this one, using my stock Nexus One.

I watch my state legislature's committee meetings when they are in session. Last year, I had an HTC Kaiser with WM6.1 that I used to view the streams (my employer blocks video streams, so I must use my phone). I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to find a method to do this on my Nexus One.

I tried to to an Orb redirect/transcode--where my Orb server at home grabs the stream and converts it to something else--last June but it didnt work well/at all. ArcMedia doesnt appear to have the ability to do Windows Media streams, nor does VLC.

I am hesitant to buy a program for this purpose now that Google has narrowed the "get your money back" window to 15 minutes.

What have you used to view Windows Video streams on your 2.2 device?
[Defy General] deprecated:
I live in an area where there is spotty 3G coverage (T-mobile US), so most of the time I'm relying on either wifi or EDGE/GPRS. I wikipedia'ed the US bands for T-Mobile, looks like 850/1700/2100. None of the UK firmwares (even the older 2.21's on 850/1700/2100MHz) allow my EDGE/GPRS connection to connect. JBoogie's ROM works on EDGE/GPRS, but I cannot find a reason why this 850/1700/2100 UK firmware won't work. Any ideas?

Edit: nevermind, I added internet2.voicestream.com to my apn list, saved and everything is working fine.

Thanks anyway!
[Nook Color General] deolarte:
Nook color acts up when hooked up to charger. The keyboard doesnt work it constantly jumbles letter, but once i unplug it works. Weird. I used the auto nooter from 12 days ago from gabriel. It works fine, just that when plugged in it acts up
[Nook Color General] starkruzr:
Same here. Wanted to see if anyone else saw this problem before rooting, though it really seems like a hardware issue.
[Nook Color General] naezwood:
Definitely a hardware issue. I saw a long thread on a B&N forum (at least that's what it looked like) where people were all having the same problem.
[Nook Color General] deolarte:
oh I looked didnt find, any news on a fix by anychance, I mean its not such a big problem, but it freaked me out the first time. lol
[Nook Color General] deezldub:
its the charger, atleast that is the part that is replacable and corrects the issue.

I replaced my charger with a scosche revive II charger that is intended as an ipad charger with 2 usb ports, 1 at 2.1A and 1 at 1A so I can charge the nC and an iphone too.

Either the NC is susceptible to noise from the cahrger or the charger is really badly designed or both, but after the swap there has been no further issues.

Charger sells for 17-25 in the us, and is a quality built product.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] LesterListon:
I will be upgrading to a new phone in the near future. (February) and I wanted to ask the community on which phone to purchase. I'd like to stay with T-Mobile, and have pretty much decided that the G2 is the best phone available... Any suggestions are more than welcome! TIA!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
I added the subject to your thread so it will get more responses. A blank subject usually gets you nowhere because people automatically assume that it's not important enough to waste their time with. However I think that this might be a decent thread to share the views and opinions of others. Unfortuantely everybody has different taste in technology.

Let's start off like this...

Do you want SenseUI or plain Android?

Do you want a physical keyboard?

How about a front facing camera?

etc, etc, etc.

Also keep in mind that there might even be newer devices that get released by the time your upgrade comes around.

If you want to add a poll to your thread I can do that, just let me know which devices to add to it.

If you want my vote, it would be Nexus S or MyTouch 4G.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] LesterListon:
Thanks, I do like a physical keyboard but don't mind a software keyboard either as I have the myTouch 3G now. I don't like that the Nexus S doesn't have a LED or support for T-Mobiles version of 4G. I forgot about the myTouch 4G. Thanks I didn't add the poll because I'm open to other carriers and just wanted everyones opinion and what they think (reasoning behind the phone they think is best). I don't need a front facing camera, I do like the idea though but the only things I'm concerned about are processor, RAM, screen size. Just the things that make the phone really usable and available for future updates...
[Nexus S General] kjy112:
Battery heats up when charging. Very hot
[Nexus S General] nxt:
What charger are you using?

Go to your dialer and dial *#*#INFO#*#* then select Battery Information.

What temperature is it showing when it's charging?
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Its normal for the batt to heat up when its charging..but to an extent
[Nexus S General] kjy112:
I got the rockfish from best buy. It only heats up some times
[Nexus S General] nxt:
Yes that's normal, but you said it gets very hot, and again, read my first reply to your post and tell me what you see, then we can tell you if your heating is normal or not.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
make sure you turn off WiFi when you are charging the battery on your SNS

else it heats up really really fast and hot

that was the same on the SGS
[Nexus S General] jwr2d2:
Dude at bestbuy told me that chargers other than stock were frying the batteries

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
i wouldnt even listen to someone at best buy even if it what he told you seemed favorable
[Nexus S General] BlackOtaku:
It seems common behavior on the Nexus. My NS got up to 105° F last night (to be fair, it was under my pillow). I've simply taken to turning it off when I charge at night, but seeing as my NS is a glorified PMP (and therefore I don't have to worry about texts or other notifications on it), you might feel differently about simply turning it off.
[Nexus S General] unremarked:
It's interesting to note that the adapter for the Nexus S actually charges at(and I'm sure I'm getting my terminology wrong, sorry electricity guys!) .7AMP vs the 1AMP that other smart phones charges at such as the Nexus One.

This might account for the seemingly longer charge times we've had reported, and why you might be seeing increased heating from using a third-party more generalized charger. Whether or not there's any truth to the idea that it may cause permanent damage to your device, I don't know. I would greatly appreciate it if someone more knowledgable about this kind of thing would post, as I'm considering buying a second charger/car charger. In any which case, I personally take what Best Buy/T-Mobile/anyone's first level support tell me with a great big grain of salt.
[Nexus S General] Ceres66:
google maps heating phone up

I just had a similar experience with my Nexus S getting really warm while using Google Maps this morning. I usually use Google Maps in Car Mode with traffic overlayed as I drive to and from work (~30-40 min. drive). This morning I noticed the phone got really warm by the end of my commute, which did not happen the previous 3 or 4 times I have used Maps in this same fashion. I will take nxt's advice and check the temperature on the phone next time it heats up again. Does anyone know what is a "safe" upper temperature limit for the phone or battery? I've read that higher temperatures are detrimental to the life of a lithium battery.

Other than this one time, I have not experienced any other high temperature issues with my Nexus S in the ~1 week that I've had it.

Thanks ahead of time for any help/advice. This is my very first smartphone and I am eagerly trying to absorb as much information as I can about it so I can determine what is normal/abnormal behavior. I am loving my Nexus S so far! :)
[Nexus S General] Corvidd:
I don't think third party chargers are to blame. In fact, I'd go as far as to say the opposite is true. I read that the shorter data pins on the official charger cause the device to enter a faster charging state, as compared to the usb cable or third party chargers.
[Nexus S General] Luxferro:
I've yet to feel my nexus s get warm at all... during charging w/ wifi on. Using samsung wall charger, using LG wall charger, using computers w/usb cable.
[Nexus S General] mmas0n:
My NS gets hotter to the touch than my Vibrant ever did, but when I check the battery temperature it is never as high as my Vibrant used to get.

When charging in the car and running Navigation + streaming music the Vibrant would hit almost 125F whereas my NS tops out at 110F.
[Nexus S General] mr mystery:
Well that kind of sucks if you're using it to Wifi tether and want to charge you SNS while you're doing it.
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
Bump.

Today was the first time I've felt my Nexus S get super heated when charging. Never happened before. I've been charging the same exact way since owning the phone back in December.

Odd.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
it depends on the usage

when i download TONS of stuff via 3G or WiFi it heats up a lot, only if i have it plugged in to the charger, else it does not heat up

However! if you check carefully, or better yet, if you take out the back cover

you will notice it is not the battery that is hot, but the area beneath the SIM card that is hot, which points to be the CPU
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
I see, thanks. Will keep in mind.
[Nexus S General] Arcarsenal:
FWIW, I have been charging my Nexus S with the Nexus One charger (1 amp) since day 1 - I can't stand how short the stock charging cable and wall adapter were. I haven't had any unusual temperature spikes when charging at all. I don't even really notice it getting warm under heavy load - unlike the Nexus One with the aluminum casing that conducted heat very well. Edit: I also leave WiFi on with a No Sleep policy when I am at home and I've not encountered any warming issues either.
[Nexus S General] edismx:
I would be careful if I ware you.. high heat is dangerous for the battery, it might swallow and even a leak if you will keep using your device constantly at high temperatures.

I Have never had any problems with heat and I have been using it a lot.

btw, I use stock rom..
[Nexus S General] rajveer_ss:
Hello nxt,

I checked using the cmd u provided. The temp was 39C (went uptil 40C for a few minutes) after 40 mins on skype call over 3G network and charging simultaneously thru USB cable. Is this normal ? Or am I elligible for a replacement ?

Thanks and Regards,

RSS
[Nexus S General] nxt:
When I had a Nexus ONE, My phone would reboot when it was 43-45C and constantly reboot until it cooled down. HTC replaced my phone. Don't know about Samsung and the Nexus S.
[Nexus S General] n1ggyn1ce:
had my phone for 4 months and never had any issues w/overheating. This morning my nexus was uncharacteristically super hot from being charged overnight. Had to unplug the charger and wait a while for the phone to cool down.

Left the phone mostly untouched on my bed, in less than 2.5hrs, the battery drained to 28%! Fyi, I've been using a replacement charger for 4 months since the oem one died on me in the 1st week. Never had any trouble, it's a samsung charger given to me by Best Buy. Charging the phone again, hopefully there's no issues this time around.
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
Check to make sure you don't have some process consuming 100% cpu.
[Desire General] dimeotane:
I have a few questions about upgrading my ROM:

I have Leedroid 1.9 on my HTC Desire and I'm considering upgrading to a newer ROM.

1) Will I lose my settings and data if I do? Or does upgrading my ROM (lets say to Leedroid 2.3) leave my settings, data, apps intact?

2) Is it worth upgrading to a newer ROM or is there little difference between 1.9 and the latest ones?

Thanks in advance for clarification!
[Desire General] eden2812:
1) What kind of data and settings are we talking about here? Apps? In any case, you can probably use Titanium Backup. Just be sure to read what is safe to backup and be reapplied, and what is not.

2) Your best bet would be to check of the changelog posted by the dev. Plenty of things would have changed over time (from 1.9 to 2.3, especially considering all the mini versions - 2.1a, b , c , etc), including more updated system apps, kernels and the sort. You can also check on the main LeeDroid thread to see what the users have been saying about the latest version, and see if it is fine and dandy for stable use.
[Desire General] wilbur-force:
The newer ROMS will have all the latest updates/fixes - the LeeDroid 2.3 ROM is looking good (but hold fire as allegedly there is a 2.3c due soon).

Might be best to install with a full wipe - you can always use Titanium to backup apps and many of your settings .....

Either that or do a Nandroid backup first and then try an install with no wipe .....
[General Questions and Answers] vetea:
Hello

A I travel a lot, and live in several countries in Europe, North America and Central America, I am desperatly looking for a smartphone with the following :

-Android at least 2.1

- All the basic : camera, GPS, Wifi, bluetooth

- GSM Quad Band

- and G3/3G+ with UMTS-WCDMA

850 AND 2100 MHz

: thus last point is, for me the most difficult to find.

- unlocked

I have been searching for weeks know, I found the Acer Liquid Metal, but finally it seem it is only UMTS 900/2100 on expansy.com

I know that many Nokia like the X6 comply with all my requierments but are runing under Symbian 3. I do want Android for the Marked and all the free apps.

Does someone know that "perfect" phone for me ?

Thx for your help

Regards

-
[General Questions and Answers] dongni filth:
Another option for you (no more head-ache): Using 2 phones!
[Defy General] heglen:
Ok, as I've finally got a phone with at least a decent camera, I'd like to use Picasa. However, when I try to share from the gallery I find myself right back at the very beginning of using this phone; beeing asked to set up my Google account. Did that, got to the next screen ''Your phone has been set up'' and syncing, but no picasa upload. Tried again, same thing. So, is there a setting I'm missing, or is this a bug? I'm on 2.34.1.
[Defy General] richiehd:
Possibly a bug. I dont have a defy in front of me, but i will check in an hour or so.
[Defy General] gavinta:
You should add a Motoblur account for Picasa.

Settings -> Accounts -> add Accounts

Then you'll see the "Picasa" under the list of "Motoblur Accounts"

Good luck.
[Defy General] heglen:
Ah, as I suspected...

See, I´m on the de-blurred ROM, 2.34.1, and there is no such option under Add accounts.

So, the option to share to Picasa from the gallery must be sort of a remnant of MotoBlur.

I solved it in another way though, installing two apps; Picasa Tool and Picasa Uploader from Market. Not as smooth, but it works.
[Defy General] gavinta:
Great! I'll try Picasa Tool and Picasa Uploader. Have you considered Flickr?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] akashbaj001:
i have an i mate k jam windows 5 and i want to upgrade the software...

can anyone help me pls...

thanks in advance.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Hakim Rahman:
you can get WM6.5 on http://www.mediafire.com/?3tmtt4izann :)