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[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
Both points, have hit the marks!

I started to search for the newbie's and just post them as answers to people that are new to this.

But if i don't have the time of my life (I have a family too, and i'm damn old for this, lol), then I would just answer but with a courteous and politely tell them to search next time.

;)
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
LOL, yeah, G1 days was...umm... let's just say, it was 'busy'. Shoot, the Symbian forums in the olden days was the same. People pester me with updates and crap, and making this change, and do that.... Oy.

I agree with All~G1, sometimes there are 'certain users' who can't take a joke, or too serious, or just plain jerk. So those I do report to Mods and it does work wonders...
[Vibrant General] pvspencer22:
The problem is that people expect everyone else to take time to help them but don't take anytime to help themselves (ie, searching for a solution before asking for one)
[Vibrant General] lazie0402:
Ill admit I'm a noob to the android bit but to the tech or fourm world but iv learned in my years the google and forum search are your best friends when learnong something new that's how I found this site. However I have noticed that some threads on here may have 1000+ replys and the forum search here as with most boards don't always put you close to the answer you need so and I can see how other noobs who really arnt familuar with forums like this could find it overwhelimg trying to go through that amount of posts

Sent from my hero running froyo with the XDA APP
[Vibrant General] da_dragon2k3:
Like any forum, search is your friend. You have a problem? First search and check stickies before asking. Them are the laws of the internets plain and simple. I'm not the most educated when it comes to android, but I try and answer questions the best I can to help out. When I see pages 1,2 and three of general chat all asking for help about kies update to 2.2, I get pissed too.

I think vibrant members are on the nicer side of the spectrum.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
I understand using search isn't that hard, but new users may not be familiar to vbulletin forums and search feautures, but yes most of them don't even bother.
[Vibrant General] engineer14:
i went from stock 2.1 to rooted 2.2 flagship v4 just by using the search button. getting pissed might be going a bit far, but they do deserve a good jerkin!
[Vibrant General] whatever5:
I highly doubt a newbie or n00b who expects everything handed to him and his phone to be automagically rooted and flashed with roms will be the next greatest developer and i haven't even heard anyone be called a newbie ever in any forum but i get where your coming from
[Vibrant General] treyvaporizer:
Lol automagically... i'm writing that one down

Sent from Bionix powered vibrant! If I helped, hit the thanks button!
[Vibrant General] oka1:
A little bit but you are right, I don't know why but the Vibrant crowd get REALLY rough and terse...... people need to show some compassion.........we were all newbies at one time........ good post
[Vibrant General] joe98200:
Search really isn't that hard. I've been flashing roms on here since Bionix 4 for 2.1 and I never did so until I read the stickies and did research. It's sad that they're not used as much as they should be and it's even sadder that in this day and age, searching key phrases for specific information is still comparable to college level calculus for many internet users.

Sent from my Bionix-V powered Samsung Vibrant that I customized by actually using search intelligently and never cluttering threads. Imagine that!
[Vibrant General] jaetm83:
i haven't been around here for so long but i already know how devs and the experienced get so easily pissed at noob questions. i refrain myself from asking questions AT LEAST in dev threads unless it's absolutely necessary and my googling and searching forums wouldn't give me any clues.

i think devs must have been pretty passionate and must have offered to help, but with growing number of noobs-not all noobs- throwing dumb questions, making threads run hundreds of pages, i understand being passionate no longer is possible
[Vibrant General] Dattack:
Is there a newbie or beginner section? I think I looked at the xda forum a year ago and it just overwhelmed me at one point where I just didn't care about rooting. Then I met the samsung vibrant and it frustrated me to no end where I had to start reading up a little bit.
[Vibrant General] Stevenjcarney:
I remember my first trips to XDA. Back when I got the myTouch. Scary **** in those forums man. It's so incredibly busy.

The best rule in a forum (Something I learned from 4chan ironically) is to LURK. LURK LURK LURK! Once you've learned enough to become someone who can help the noobs THAN you can post.
[Vibrant General] Oniyuri:
lol, I'm generally like that when I first visit forums. I'd lurk for months before saying anything. At the same time, lurking is so much less stressful than trying to ask questions especially with some of the jackassery I've seen pulled in general and in Q&A by some of the "regs".

I mean if you think it's a stupid question, why answer it?

Sent from my Bionix-V 1.2 powered Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
No, I think it's that some people take the time to ***** out newbies when they should rather (a) respond with help, along with advice to use search next time, or (b) just ignore it and get on with life.

*****ing out newbies not only makes life unpleasant for everyone, but it counterproductively pollutes the very thread it's trying to save with yet another useless post. Then people get defensive or argumentative and the next thing you know it's a full on *****fest and the mods step in lock the thread.

There's no point to it. Newbies doing newbie things is just a simple fact of the universe. Here is how it works: Newbie has problem with phone; newbie Googles "phone is borked, how do I fix?"; newbie lands in XDA and thinks "awesome, a whole site full of experts! let me ask the developers!" And it goes on and on. What are you going to do? It's like pushing back the sea.

So do what works best for you: Offer polite advice or just ignore it.
[Android Apps and Games] Bazaa:
I was wondering which music player app would be the best for battery life! Winamp, from my experience, is an avid power eater, and I'm not sure about PowerAmp :/

So, any feedback/experience from other players that you might want to share?
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
8 to 10% per hour on mp3 is typical, more for aac.
[Android Apps and Games] ukanth:
Use stock player. As khaytsus said, 8-10% in a hour is pretty normal!
[Android Apps and Games] michael.ahdett:
any battery usage trade off i make with poweramp is 100% worth it to me. that app (pro version) led me to sell my ipod, and just buy a bigger sd card for my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] soulofkorea:
Mixzing Media Player is the best!
[Android Apps and Games] BryanChung:
Woah that is serious ah! =)
[Android Apps and Games] mr.r9:
Download Osmonitor from the market & check how much % of the cpu is being used.

For the desire HD, the stock music app actually uses less than 5%, while songbird was using 20-30%.
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
@Soulofkorea: It's the ugliest! :P

But yeah, PowerAmp = Nice polished UI, EQ and overall awesome!

Sent from the future.

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The quality of my life would be greatly reduced if I did not have nostrils.
[Android Apps and Games] marvin02:
Music apps that require network access (to DL album art, lyrics, etc.) will use more battery and data. So either turn these features off or use a player without those.

I routinely use poweramp and have not noticed it being a battery hog with wired headphones or bluetooth.
[Android Apps and Games] randolph2000:
hmm.. winamp? drains less power 1 hour = 5%
[Android Apps and Games] BryanChung:
If only Winamp has EQ.
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Minimalistic players use the same codecs everyone else uses, with very few exceptions, and in general it's the codec decoding which uses CPU and therefore battery.

Otherwise, as mentioned, downloading album art or scrobbling will use more as well, but generally can be disabled.
[Android Apps and Games] Bazaa:
So basically, in your experience, most players consume the same power, as long as their network options are disabled?

Thanks for the quick replies :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] packattack12:
Ok guys, so I saw somewhere around here, a while back I think that Sprint changed some of it's fine print in the contract...Soooo, no one flame me or anything, but does anyone have any info on this? Thinking of jumping ship to verizon. I have 4 lines right now and pay around $176 a month and all the lines are still under contract for a while. I'm not set on going to verizon, but would just like to get some ideas....Thanks for any input....yes...I'm thinking about getting the iphone

edit: I think I found something...This was just on my latest bill, I did some research and any change to the previous contract is a breach and you have 30 days to get out of your contract. Now, you can get out of your contract and still keep your service, just not be tied down to a fricken contract! Here is what was on my last bill:

Directory Assistance 411 Increase

Effective 3/1/11, the domestic Directory Assistance 411 base charge will increase to $1.99 per call.

Please let me know if I am wrong, but when I worked for Verizon this is the way it was for them too.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DonRSD:
good thread, im interested in switching away from sprint too.

my service is horrible.

i dont get calls and my texts dont always come thru
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] packattack12:
Thanks, I'm sure a few people are interested in getting out...Have you called Sprint about it yet? Sometimes they're really helpful to me and sometimes they straight up lie to my face and say they gave me a $50 credit and I'll call back a few days later to see where it is and they have "no idea" and then wont give it to me...I guess I was a little let down after this ****ty ass "announcement" they made tonight...I've been with 'em for 8 years and really don't want to switch, but it's starting to look like that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datajosh:
Nothing will get you out of the ETF right now, Sprint has been really careful with their changes lately. The Premium Data fee, Sprint Premier, 411 charges - none of those are a change to your current contract. The only way out is if you roam too much and they kick you off the network.

Same here, some days I can't reach my wife if she's at home because the phone won't ring and my texts won't go through for a while. I tried to talk to Sprint about an Airave but they argued with me and said I'm in an "excellent coverage area" and told me no, even after contacting Executive Services. That was the last straw for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachPA:
Change your PRL to a VZW PRL and start hitting them HARD for data. According to the terms of service, they can give you the boot for anything over 300 megs per month or more than 50% of all data as roaming data. If you're rooted on all the phones, do them all at the same time and then Sprint will want you all dead.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigjim1488:
LOL sprint will put a hit out on you

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raul602:
I was doing some reading on and i read that if sprint can't cover you in a place they don't offer service you can complain and they will waive the ETF, for example tell them you are being relocated to somewhere overseas where they don't offer any type of service, if they can't accomadte you they will let you out, i haven't tried this soooo i can't confirm
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritzbrie:
I called and got an Airave for free. What you have to do is set up a consistent series of calls with them. It took me three calls but I got it. Then again, I had a legitimate issue.

Essentially, call every time there is an issue. Write down the time it happens, what happened, and where you were. Call sprint and tell them what the issue is. They may transfer to you an "advanced" tech department. Or, they may tell you to come in to the store to have your phone checked out.

As we all know, it most likely isn't your phone because it is happening on multiple lines. Decline going to a store. Insist on speaking to the advanced tech department. Tell them your problem and they will do something on their end. Wait until that "resolves" (which usually it doesn't because the coverage is strong in that area). Then call back again and complain. Try to get transferred to retentions and see if you can get one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petrafan007:
yep

They would not let me out of the ETF but I was able to get a free airave myself. w00t! But I would still like to cancel and switch to BOOST mobile.
[Vibrant General] xaviero17:
Samsung Vibrant HD Movies

I open this thread because I love my Samsung Vibrant screen but I couldn't find to much movies for the phone. I hope you guys can upload your favorite HD Videos too.

I convert this episode from an HD video 720p to 800x480

Spartacus Gods of The Arena Ep.1

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Edited by moderation (by mmelo76) not agree with the Forum Rules.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
The mods might close this because of warez.

Movies are copyrighted.

Just saying.

Not 100% sure.

If this thread stays open ill post like 50 movies I converted for my vibrant.
[Vibrant General] nomadrider123:
They will as well as they should
[Vibrant General] Terrier Hockey:
I was hoping this thread was going to showcase cool HD videos taken with the Vibrant.

Maybe it still can? I don't have any. :(
[Vibrant General] ferhanmm:
lol

10char
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] ansar.ath.gr:
Post #2 reserved for future use.
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] ansar.ath.gr:
Post #3 reserved for future use.
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] ansar.ath.gr:
Post #4 reserved for future use.
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] DominikZ:
So my Operator is Austrian - A1.

As there apparently is no branded Rom yet - is it possible to flash any unbranded - if I do not care going back to the official?

If so - which one should I take, and are there any differences (f.e. will I get the February Update sooner - as my operator is apparently still holding it back)?

Sorry if my questions might sound stupid, but this is my first HTC device, so I don't know much about htc ROMs ;)

EDIT: Sorry just saw that there is another Thread with unbranded Roms. But just to be sure - which one should I take, and what is the difference between the Radio Unbranded ROMs and the Unbranded ROMs.
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] ansar.ath.gr:
Hi,

Radio branded or unbranded ROMs will flash only the radio of the device.

Branded or unbranded ROMs will flash all parts i.e. bootloader, radio, xip(s), oem , sys etc.

If you try to flash a ROM or a radio ROM it will be flashed ok or it will return an Invalid Vender ID Error.

When you have an Invalid Vender ID Error it means that the ROM is not for your operator.

Regards, ansar.
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] ansar.ath.gr:
Hi,

A Radio ROM for the New Vodafone DE operator added, see post#1.

Regards, ansar.
[Trophy Windows Phone 7 Development] crawler009:
sorry,

wrong post for this forum.
[G Tablet General] goog64:
Google searching hasn't helped me find anything.

I don't even know how to put my songs on my G tab.....is it just trial and error or is there a basic Vegan 5.1 "how to" somewhere?
[G Tablet General] fletch33:
Vegan is basically Android 2.2 so any forum or guide to Android is going to be relevant to Vegan. if you have specific questions like how to put music on your tablet i recommend using Google to search for " adding music to android "

hope that helps
[G Tablet General] goog64:
Thanks idroidnow. That gives me a direction in which to aim my searches.
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
Vega Manual, Software Link -- for G-Tab Users

I haven't been back in a while, but here is the link I used a while back.

http://www.myadventvega.co.uk/

Rev
[G Tablet General] goog64:
Thanks Rev, that's brilliant. I managed to put songs and videos on, but I have so many more questions that I look forward to reading that manual.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] otto68:
I need help on changing rom from german to spanish on htc kais130 vodafone v1615. I am havng lots of trouble doing this phone thx
[General Questions and Answers] JLarabee:
i followed these instructions to root my htc magic

on theunlocker .com - How to:Root your android phone (superoneclick method)

then i tried to load a custom rom using this method

theunlocker .com - Howto: Load a Custom ROM on your android phone (after any one click root method)

when i tried to reboot my phone in recovery mode using rom manager the phone restarted and keeps looping the rogers logo

it wont stop unless i take out the battery

it wont let me reboot the phone in any mode by:

1.) holding the down volume + power

2.) holding the home button + power

3.) holding the back button +power

though it will let me hold the trackball + power button... but the screen remains black the only thing t change is the colour light at the top goes blue

if anyone has any ideas how to help please feel free to suggest
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
For example, 3d homerun battle. Everytime I close the app, it loses settings and progress. Scores and everything are lost. Any way to get rid of that problem?
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
I have the same problem with groceryiq myself, but hadn't noticed it in any other apps. 1.0.1 Stock rooted.
[Nook Color General] buffnutz1:
Really? Nobody but us two have this problem?
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
I think it's not a lot of apps.. And I suspect it's missing "stuff"... Either standard Android apps, or kernel...

I suspect Grocery IQ might be kernel related, as it seems to fail to create some stuff for a crypto key, I suspect to encrypt the password on the device.
[Nook Color General] MissKristine:
Farm Story does this too. Fun game if you like farmville
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] PJcastaldo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942969&page=2

Havn't seen this posted in our thread yet.. I am using it now with bionix and it seems to be working fine..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] eunkipark92:
Works great thx
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] TJD319:
It works well and only issues I noticed:

The notification bar doesnt display the song name, has a strange path instead

Also, mine scrolls A, B, Z, C, D, ... odd
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] cashyftw:
Same here, it will be A B F then go to C

-speed demon
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] orells:
Download link seems broken, any mirrors?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] blizzard1017:
This is just a copied link from the site but it works.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fqb967jfdx8njt5

btw i had to uninstall, I was playing with the setting and when I hit the stream music button I couldn't find any of my local music on my card. Stock app did just fine.

I know, we can't use that option but it was a "don't touch that button" scenario and we all know it had to be touched.

I personally don't care for it until we get full functionality for it. I see some great options in it but I couldn't find the equalizer presets like the stock one has. (normal, pop, ext...)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dvno:
This works really really great, thanks :)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jkniepkamp:
Not for me...

I get force closes when I try to push this down on Bionix 1.2.

Could be doing something wrong - I renamed my MusicPlayer.apk to MusicPlayer.ap1 and put the new app in /system/app using ADB. I'm not new to the process, but this one is throwing me for a loop.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] xriderx66:
I just clicked it and installed it and have 2 music players now.

My stock and this.

I have flagship.

Its because the stock music for flagship is not stock but a miui music player
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] blizzard1017:
Jst install it. No need to push ect... click on the apk and install
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jkniepkamp:
Correction

Interestingly, it wants to replace my system media player. May be time for a full wipe of the Bionix -v 1.2 ROM. I've had this one installed for a couple days (not quite a week) anyway. I usually can't go 2 weeks without flashing.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Settai:
Its supposed to replace the stock music player, you're supposed to delete the stock player before you install this one
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dalethefarmer:
I have Bionix V and when I installed this music player I have both the stock mp and this...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dalethefarmer:
Only issue I have with this is that shuffle all does not work, and the song title thing on the notification bar...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] eunkipark92:
Playlist does not work and when ur in a album in landscape and try to go back by clicking music icons on top left it gives me force close
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Cito11:
You could freeze the stock music player via titanium backup(paid) if you don't want to completely nix it.

I'm having all the same issues you guys are having and also a force close when I went into sd and deleted some mp3 files. Other than that it works well, thanks.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] PJcastaldo:
Well i had to go back to the stock music player.. for some reason when i would do other tasks or when my phone screen would turn off or on the music would get choppy and skip for a second or two.. Im sure there will be a better port soon...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Cito11:
Same thing happened to me. I think it takes a bit to adjust, after the initial hiccups it played the music with the same fluidity as stock mp.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ewidtfeldt:
I always get installation failed. I've tried with and without the original installed. Any help?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] tomasitoc:
I don't see an equalizer function.

Is there one?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] PJcastaldo:
Well, thats great its working for you.. but it hasn't fixed itself from before i posted this in this thread to today when i posted i changed back..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Cito11:
What's that jumper test app that came along with the music player? Anyone know?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jpelagio11:
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ctia...0&copyid=87D8D16F-2B32-49D3-9FC8-6B45B9731CF9

According to this its supposed to stream music but obviously this is in beta

Bionix V 1.2 w/ Purple Overkill
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Kwaii49:
Yep. Same music app, still don't like it.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Master&Slave™:
Works great except for the file path when pulling down the notification bar