Can I use an old i9000 as a media player? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
I have an old i9000 that is fully functioning, and has been replaced by a i9100. I'd like to re-purpose the i9000, and use it as a mp3/mkv/media player. I haven't been on these threads for over 18months, and would like to know what ROM you would suggest I should start with.
There would not be any SIM card involved, and the only data would be WiFi. I am looking for something very light, flexible (i.e. will play as large a range of media as possible), has great battery (even though I would be playing music through it!!), and it doesn't have to be anything new (so Gingerbread based ROMs would be fine).
I am hoping that there is a ROM that is made to look like a media player, and has great media cataloging, and a great media player and sounds great via headphones. Any ideas or threads where such a ROM exists?
If not, then I may have to install an old, but reliable ROM, and skin the launcher so it looks like a media player....

flash the test cm7 available for galaxy s and after that flash any music mod like acid audio engine etc.

Thanks
If anyone else wanted the link to cm7, here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061946

Just to update this thread:
I have finally settled on nitr8's old GB ROM - insanity CM 057 [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843019]
It currently lasts me five days with all radios off (no WiFi, no Bluetooth, and no SIM card - basically, it stays in airplane mode), and is just used as an mp3 player, listening to music for about 3 hours a day & an alarm every morning.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks again for looking and suggesting anything.

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getting Mortplayer to output to bluetooth

I have the ATT tilt version of the kaiser
the rom is dutty's dual touch v1
that rom or possibly the iphone theme had given me an issue with the camera and some other glitchy issues like speakephone speaker not working so i installed a differrent radio which pretty much fixed those but i cant get mortplayer to play the music out of my headphones and if i use windows mp or htc audio manager it playes great through the heaphones (insignia ns-bthdp) but i want to use mortplayer because it has the equalizer built in solving the whole no equalizer for kaiser issue...
also the audio only outputted through the speakerphone (in mortplayer) for a couple of songs after re-pairing the headset and such it would no longer play throught the speakerphoner anymore ieither
so im still really new to al this stuff and am pretty much winging in in most places. i just wanted to know if anyone can make sense of these things but primarily i just want to use mortplayer + BT headphones
so far i have tried :
all forms of resetting headphones/re-pairing
every menu and settings i could find within mortplayer
lol i was used to modding my ipod with linux but this stuff.. is a new ballgame
and im not a programmer of any sorts
ps. so sorry if this has been answered a million times but i swear i looked for a good while but im at the point where my brain is fryed
have you tried btaudio?

music skipping: S2P player + M2D ROM

Hi-
I've been trying to debug this issue for about 2-3 months now.
I'm using this ROM on my Kaiser:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496555
As you'll see I posted a lot of activity on that thread regarding music skipping. To avoid continuing to clobber that thread, I'm opening this new one.
Currently I'm using Shifu's V10 ROM on that page and the recommended Radio that he is using.
Here's the jist of my problem: I've probably tried 10 or so different M2D ROMs from various cooks in the last couple of months. I don't know if my problem is M2D related, but with all of these, whether I'm using HTC Audio Manager or S2P, music doesn't skip with Motorola HT820 headphones which is good. However, when I'm in my car and connected to *two* devices at once via bluetooth (built in car kit for phone calls, audio gateway for music), I get the intermittent music skip.
I've tried *everything*:
- different ROMs
- Messed with advanced config bitpool settings, OBEX, etc
- FAT32 format of my SD card
- soft reset, killing all running apps before playing music
- turning off all power management of the screen and the device
- trying to let the music play in the car by itself without changing songs
I never used to have this skip issue with an old Dutty ROM I used. That ROM was Dutty's Hybrid V2 that had radio 1.65.14.06. This ROM wasn't a M2D ROM though as it's older.
I guess it could be coincidental that rather than being a new radio/ROM issue, that maybe I'm experiencing hardware issues with the audio gateway or something (it's been out in the sun and has gotten hot a couple times). I guess I can maybe try going back to Dutty's Radio, but I don't know what affects that may have on this current, newer ROM.
If anyone can help please let me know! This is the *only* issue I've been having with this new ROM (which I don't even know if it's ROM-specific or just radio related or HW combination).
Thanks a lot,
David
I think it's solved
power lines are doing it....
davidisflash said:
Hi-
I've been trying to debug this issue for about 2-3 months now.
I'm using this ROM on my Kaiser:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496555
As you'll see I posted a lot of activity on that thread regarding music skipping. To avoid continuing to clobber that thread, I'm opening this new one.
Currently I'm using Shifu's V10 ROM on that page and the recommended Radio that he is using.
Here's the jist of my problem: I've probably tried 10 or so different M2D ROMs from various cooks in the last couple of months. I don't know if my problem is M2D related, but with all of these, whether I'm using HTC Audio Manager or S2P, music doesn't skip with Motorola HT820 headphones which is good. However, when I'm in my car and connected to *two* devices at once via bluetooth (built in car kit for phone calls, audio gateway for music), I get the intermittent music skip.
I've tried *everything*:
- different ROMs
- Messed with advanced config bitpool settings, OBEX, etc
- FAT32 format of my SD card
- soft reset, killing all running apps before playing music
- turning off all power management of the screen and the device
- trying to let the music play in the car by itself without changing songs
I never used to have this skip issue with an old Dutty ROM I used. That ROM was Dutty's Hybrid V2 that had radio 1.65.14.06. This ROM wasn't a M2D ROM though as it's older.
I guess it could be coincidental that rather than being a new radio/ROM issue, that maybe I'm experiencing hardware issues with the audio gateway or something (it's been out in the sun and has gotten hot a couple times). I guess I can maybe try going back to Dutty's Radio, but I don't know what affects that may have on this current, newer ROM.
If anyone can help please let me know! This is the *only* issue I've been having with this new ROM (which I don't even know if it's ROM-specific or just radio related or HW combination).
Thanks a lot,
David
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Try another RADIO, when you flash a ROM, the wrong radio could cause music to skip, the camera not to work and just overall silly perfomance. You can search XDA for the Ultimate Radio page which has AlLLLLLLLLL of them. Good Luck....

[Q] JH2 Lost bluetooth audio controls (A2DP)

I just used kies to update my firmware. I have a Bell (Canada) gt-i9000m (vibrant). The update left all my settings from the old FW and in no time at all my phone was force closing apps. Did a full reset and it runs nicely had to put back all my apn settings and stuff. The only thing that's changed with the new FW is that I cant change songs from my bluetooth car deck and I cant even play or pause anymore For me its kinda a huge deal cuz I put all my music on the phone to play in my car and it was all working so nicely i could even fast forward in the track that was a one up on my old iphone (with the old FW). Now none of my bluetooth deck controls are working I do see the 2 touch buttons light up on the phone when i push buttons on my car deck so the phone is getting the command its just not responding. Any Ideas would be most helpful.
The only thing that's different is that I haven't re-rooted the phone yet or applied the lag fix because I was having a lot of force close problems and did 4 resets so far (i assume due to the lag fix). I was hoping the new FW would fix more problems that it made... I didn't take note of the stock FW on my bell i9000m at the very least I would flash that back on to get my bluethooth controls back if anyone knows the stock firmware or how to make it work with the JH2 FW?
do a factory reset/format
then start with new settings, it will work after you pair the devices again
I did a factory reset when i upgraded the FW because of the force close error's but I didn't format. So I did another factory reset followed by a format of both internal and external. Took over 3h's to get all my stuff back on the phone and the bluetooth controls are still not working in the car.
From all the trouble shooting I've done its one of two things;
1. The firmware JH2 changed something with the A2DP profiles.
OR
2. I haven't rooted or done the lag fix.
Those are the only things that are different from before.
If anyone knows the stock FW for the i9000m (bell vibrant) and/or a link to download it. It would be most helpful.
I will try re-rooting and applying the lag fix but i have a hunch that's not going to make my car deck start working with the phone any better.
The car deck i have is a KD-BT1 (made by JVC). Just to be clear I was able to control my phone via the controls on the deck & its remote with the old firmware. I have deleted my paired phone and re-paired before and after factory reset & format.
that's very strange.
i've had that problem before, but that was expect of every new flash i made.
i always had to make the Car Deck (Clario CZ509) forget the old Galaxy S, then pair it again with the flashed Galaxy S, then it works all good.
else i get really weird behaviour on both phones and Car Deck
I can stream excellent audio quality to the car, with nice sub (no loss) and be able to control remote both phone and/or car from either the Car Deck, the SGS Phone, or the Remote control that came with the Deck
it automatically switch between phone calls and music
Sounds like i should reflash my fw. Do you have a link to where you got yours cuz kies is no longer seeing my phone... just hangs trying to connect. Its happened many times i know the uninstall drill to make it work but i've invested so much time into my sgs i rather use odin this time over kies.
I've un-paired and re-paired them agian and agian the pair up no problem and i make sure to check off the box that pops up to always allow my bt device to access contacts, ect. It all sync's up flawlessly just dont have control. The music streams very clearly for me also (2x10s subs).
Btw thanks for your very helpful responses!
I'm still thinking it might be cuz yours is rooted and mine still isnt. trying that before i jump the gun on another re-flash.
are you using the stock "Music Player" (w/ ugly pink icon)??
Update...
I rooted and did the one click lag fix. A2DP controls still don't work. I was able to use the car deck to answer, hang up, dail a number it got from my contact list! I'm not sure if those were or weren't working before... I was only really conserned with the music controls and they still dont work.
I also tried calling Samsung to see if they could help me out with why I always get the force close errors. No luck they told me to call my carrier i told them I bought the phone from a differnt carrier... I'm on Fido with Bell phone. Samsung said Bell has to get the RMA if i need one.
I've herd the lag fix helps bring to light any memory problems and creates those force close errors. This is one of my big underlying issues with my i9000m it crash's all the time. I've factory reset at least 5 times and once it crashed from google maps looking for an address and it got stuck on the boot logo. I had to wipe from the recovery menu just to call my friend when i was out side of his building for like 30mins (didn't know the buzzer #) I thought the instability was due to the root and lag fix but the phone runs a lot worse with out them...
(never dropped banged or any kind of water/wetness)
sorry if i got a lil' off topic but the phone is running worse over time...
The stock music player app (called "Music Player") doesn't respond to the standard AVRCP controls (A2DP is phone-audio-to-bluetooth, AVRCP is remote-control-to-phone). Most other music player apps will. Are you sure you were using the standard music player previously? Anyway the solution is to use a different music player app.
Yes i was using the stock player before it worked fine.
I will try another one. I have been thinking that maybe something was changed with the stock music player with the FW update or maybe i need to go settings->apps->Musicplayer and clear the data... Going to try both and post my results tomorrow morning. Getting to late to go out to the car... LOL
I had a look at forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7980935 and thing maybe something did change with my AVRCP version.
I cant "1.0—Basic remote control commands (play/pause/stop, etc.)"
My stereo also has a phone mode that is working that lets me make calls and answer calls using the car stereo. I dont know if that is also AVRCP or just like a reg bluetooth ear piece controls.
Well I couldn't sleep till i tried it. I installed MixZing mp3 player and some of the mp3 controls work now. Play and pause and rewind track but It wont skip to next track. So it looks like you hit the nail on the head and something changed with the Music Player when I updated the firmware.
Does anyone have a rip of the stock Music Player apk from the old firmware?
4u2nvinmtl said:
My stereo also has a phone mode that is working that lets me make calls and answer calls using the car stereo. I dont know if that is also AVRCP or just like a reg bluetooth ear piece controls.
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That will be handsfree profile (HFP).
So its safe to assume something changed from my stock firmware to the one kies put on JH2 with the MusicPlayer app with regards to the AVRCP controls. I have yet to find a link of the stock firmware that was on my phone when I bought it, on the lunch date in Montreal.
Anyone got a link to the stock i9000m firmware from bell?
Thanks for all the help getting to the bottom of the problem.
Went to Bell store today to see if they could flash the old FW like Samsung told me they would. Guess what... they said they couldn't help because I "hacked" the phone even tho its Samsung's firmware. Apparently the use of Kies has voided my warranty.
4u2nvinmtl said:
are you using the stock "Music Player" (w/ ugly pink icon)??
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I was until i changed it to "Player" that is the name of the app.
the Stock MP3 player that came with JH2 was really good, it had 5.1 sound, which other players app does not support yet.
the only reason i ditched it was due the annoying way how to add music to the play list, the new app is just Point to the folder you want, and click on select all/play all, done
when you are in the car driving, you have no fricking enough time to go select which album or artist or genre.
but playing off the Folder structure, you know where you put which songs, so you can quickly skip folders, fast forward, or reverse to reach the songs you want
all that aside the stock music player works well with the Bluetooth remote control options
i was using the stock music player for about a week in my car via bluetooth until i got annoyed of not being able to quickly pick from the SD card the songs i wanted to play
4u2nvinmtl said:
Anyone got a link to the stock i9000m firmware from bell?
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I flashed mine via Kies JH2
4u2nvinmtl said:
Went to Bell store today to see if they could flash the old FW like Samsung told me they would. Guess what... they said they couldn't help because I "hacked" the phone even tho its Samsung's firmware. Apparently the use of Kies has voided my warranty.
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i think they meant the SIMs unlocked or the phone Rooted
since you are already on JH2 which is legit
Moving on to something more Vibrant
Update...
I got my phone back from repairs 2 weeks ago. They flat out replaced the phone for a new one. This was a huge headache for me because the new one wasn't unlocked. Took Bell 2 hours to get the new one unlocked wile my wife waited out side double parked downtown! (I thought it would be a quick pick up and I would be out) The blue-tooth works flawlessly again!!
Much to my dismay the replacement phone has started acting up much like my first one did. It gets several force close errors a day and has gotten to the point where it no longer can send or receive text messages (using Handcent). The stock Music Player app also force closes at random with more frequently. It looks like I got another Lemon. This time around I did NOT root, lag-fix, or flash firmware. I will be sending it for repairs as soon as I can afford to buy another phone to use wile this one is off at repairs. My back up phone is a 3~ year old Iphone3g that my son has made his... (cracked screen, vol rockers dont work, power button is jammed in, the LCD screen it self is bleeding on the top edge)
The Vibrant never let me down other than as a phone. As a divx player or using all-share it rocks! I use these features A LOT to play my 720p divx movies on any TV or the projector in the bedroom .
with that being said I might keep the phone just as a portable movie player to bring from place to place and put my sim in something more stable.

[BUG] RoDrIgUeZsTyLe™ WiFi + Bluetooth + streaming music failure...

Hello, I'm posting a new thread because I can't find where anyone else has mentioned this specifically.
I've been using RoDrIgUeZsTyLe™ MIUIMOD ROMs since 1.6x or sooner, this used to work in the older ones, but ever since 1.1 and above, I've had issues with this. Here is the setup...
I have the nexus desktop dock, with the media audio redirected to the dock and speakers plugged into the dock. When I use Pandora, Last.fm, or Slacker, the same thing happens. I connect to my wireless AP, launch the streaming radio service of my choice, and it plays through the speakers as it should. After a few minutes of being in the dock, the WiFi drops, pausing the music, the 3G picks up, the music starts, then the WiFi picks up, pausing the music, and the cycle continues. When using Last.fm, after a couple of times doing this, I get an error in the app about a streaming error. Pandora will just skip songs, and slacker just stops playing and I have to start it again.
While in the dock, if I stream over 3G, it works for a while but then the station just stops, or the phone just reboots a few times then I have to start over.
I have adjusted all options in the WiFi settings to not put it to sleep ever, or while plugged in, and neither option stops the WiFi from dropping/disabling while it is in the dock. I tested this with WiFi and using Bluetooth, connected to my dock without actually putting it in the cradle, and the same thing happened. I tested this with having the headphone port populated with the speakers, and I have no issues streaming over WiFi that way. So I'm wondering if this is some kind of conflict with the Bluetooth and WiFi working side by side...
I don't know how to gather logs for this kind of thing, or where to look for those logs, but I'd be happy to provide anything needed to help get this issue resolved. It has happened with the following versions so far...
v1.7.3
v1.8.1
v2.2FIX
v2.3.1
This seemed to be fully functional without any issues in v1.6.3, v1.5 finalfix, v1.3.
Thank you for the outstanding ROM, I hope this can get fixed cuz I like these ROMs enough to give up streaming over WiFi, but it'd be nice to have it back.
This belongs in the official thread or the q&a section.
did u try stock miui? some of rods mods (lol) could be the problem
I haven't tried the stock MIUI. I looked at the screenies, and it's too much like an iPhone. The Rod mod (AWESOME!! lol) has the laucher that I like. So I'd rather stick with these ROMs if at all possible.
prettyboy85712 said:
This belongs in the official thread or the q&a section.
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the official thread is too long, I fear the bug will get missed... If there is a better forum, please move it, it isn't specific to a particular version of the ROM... Sorry for my n00bness.
duuuude....install launcher pro or adw or some other launcher from the market thats all rod has done for that, the rest icons etc. can be changed within miui....
sometimes i wonder around here these days...

What the most basic ROM for just media use?

My M8 has gone to the beyond, sort of. First it started with the top speaker failing, so I had to use speaker phone for calls (using the bottom speaker) and then, in the last week, the mic failed. My last phone prior to the M8 was the Fascinate (verizon); yes Galaxy S1. With that there was a ROM that I really enjoyed, actually still do as I have the phones as spares around the house and workplace, that made it a media device only; GeeWiz Media 4.5. In essence it had only wifi and was unable to make calls or use 3g. Is there something relatively close that in the HTC One world? Even though the speakers and mic have failed, I can still use it as a universal remote, splashtop RDP, clock, media player, etc.. In essence, it may have failed me as a phone, but it can still function as a media device. If there is nothing like GeeWiz's ROM, what is the least bloated ROM, and then I can try tweaking it and taking out other features as I see the need? I had my eye on the BareBack ROM as a possible contender.

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