New owner, video & music questions - Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, I've bought 2x Nook HD+ for my young sons for Xmas and need to get them up and running before the big day. Apologies if my questions seem a bit basic, my knowledge is limited and I'm reading all I can to learn but don't have much time! I've decided not to root the Nooks in case I get it wrong and mess up Xmas, but i will probably have a go at some point. Does the Nook play videos & music on the stock rom? avi, mkv, mp4, plus mp3 sound files? or is there an app that will play them from a micro SD card? I'm planning on filling up a micro SD with loads of films for them to watch. Also, my lads currently use my ipad for games like angry birds etc, I presume these will play fine on the nook from the playstore? thanks

One that seems to get mentioned in forums and has high rating is Mx Player, I use it and is one of the first app I install when testing roms. Also for the software decoder, the Neon version is the one to get from play store, it's recommended by the developer (under settings). Use it to play ripped files of all kinds, including downloaded ones. Yes you can use this on the stock rom.

Yes I suggest you mx player, it plays any video up to 1080p fluently. Also Nook HD+ can run most of the games, even asphalt 8 on medium settings, so angry birds won't be problem at all.
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Nook's for younsters
First off, I also like the MX Player for videos. Seems to play 'em all by default with no additional config by me.
On to my question though, which I think may be appropriate here. I recycled a couple Nook HD's for young grandchildren. Loaded them with games, vids, pics, etc. In the process of recycling I discovered that the one that was originally mine, still had a lot of old browsing history type stuff on it even after I reinstalled CM10.1 to emmc. Things like online bank sites, ebay, amazon, etc. in the form of apk files. I found the info in a folder called "cm data", NOT just "data". I opened the tar.a & tar.b folders in a rom backup that I was going to use, to inspect them. That's how I discovered it. Needless to say I didn't use that backup.
I had assumed when I re-rooted, so to speak, and reinstalled 10.1, it would erase all the previous stuff. I guess it doesn't. I know pics & vids are not backed up during a ROM backup and are left intact on the device. Does anyone have a list of directories, folders & sub-folders that are NOT touched via a Rom backup, a root and/or a CM install?
This would be handy to know when recycling or simply getting rid of devices. Or perhaps there is a better reset method before recycling that does a good clean sweep? Thanks.

jck_p said:
First off, I also like the MX Player for videos. Seems to play 'em all by default with no additional config by me.
On to my question though, which I think may be appropriate here. I recycled a couple Nook HD's for young grandchildren. Loaded them with games, vids, pics, etc. In the process of recycling I discovered that the one that was originally mine, still had a lot of old browsing history type stuff on it even after I reinstalled CM10.1 to emmc. Things like online bank sites, ebay, amazon, etc. in the form of apk files. I found the info in a folder called "cm data", NOT just "data". I opened the tar.a & tar.b folders to inspect them. That's how I discovered it.
I had assumed when I re-rooted, so to speak, and reinstalled 10.1, it would erase all the previous stuff. I guess it doesn't. I know pics & vids are not backed up during a ROM backup and are left intact on the device. Does anyone have a list of directories, folders & sub-folders that are NOT touched via a Rom backup, a root and/or a CM install?
This would be handy to know when recycling or simply getting rid of devices. Or perhaps there is a better reset method before recycling that does a good clean sweep? Thanks.
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The factory reset command in CWM has been modified to not wipe the cm_data folder which is installed if you ran my or bokbokan's hybrid install. To wipe it fully including any media files and the old cm_data folder, do a format 'data and datamedia' in the mounts and storage menu in CWM. That clears everything.
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leapinlar said:
The factory reset command in CWM has been modified to not wipe the cm_data folder which is installed if you ran my or bokbokan's hybrid install. To wipe it fully including any media files and the old cm_data folder, do a format 'data and datamedia' in the mounts and storage menu in CWM. That clears everything.
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Cool! Thanks!

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JP6 Issues

The first thing I noticed was the need to download and install a new version of Task Manager through the Market.
Reinstalled all applications through AppBrain as the Market did not retain the record of my downloads.
Added Apps to my Home screens with no worries.
Today after Power Off the phone took ages to restart. Holding down the power on button solicited a vibration from the phone and then some time later the phone started.
After Power Off some of the applications on my Home screen disappeared:
Angry Birds
Cestos 2
Find Differences
Meteorlite WVGA
Slugs
After adding them back to the home screen I switched off again and back on. Same issue.
Same applications disappeared from the home screen and another App called Open Sudoku.
Anyone experiencing these issues on their i9000.?
Thinking of doing a factory reset of the phone, clearing the cache, format internal memory. Complete clean.
Start again.
Thought?
Starting fresh would be best and only option imho. On a sidenote have you noticed if you moved App 2 SD , the SD card doesn't get mounted when in external mode? I have as yet looked into it but I noticed I've lost external SD but it works fine inside the phone
Ancient_One said:
Reinstalled all applications through AppBrain as the Market did not retain the record of my downloads.
Thought?
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Go to the Appbrain store on your computer and copy your your old into your new one..
ickyboo said:
Starting fresh would be best and only option imho. On a sidenote have you noticed if you moved App 2 SD , the SD card doesn't get mounted when in external mode? I have as yet looked into it but I noticed I've lost external SD but it works fine inside the phone
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Don't even know how to get into external mode. All the applications were installed at the same time so I assume they were all install to the same location. Your idea could be a valid one though. I have noticed Froyo is scanning for media each time the device is turned on. It's posible the icons are lost as a result of not retaining this information until the scan picks up on it.
andrewluecke said:
Go to the Appbrain store on your computer and copy your your old into your new one..
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Yep found out the Market/AppBrain had created a new profile as a result of the phones identification changing from phone to Samsung Galaxy S. Moving the applications across solved the problem.
ickyboo said:
Starting fresh would be best and only option imho.
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I did a complete clean of the device and left the external memory card out of it while installing. All issues appear to be resolved for now but will continue to monitor it.
Found a new problem. Movie playback. Sound and video is out of sync by as much as 10 sec.
The movie plays perfectly on my laptop. Its a divx which I was led to believe can be played on this device. 25frames per sec video, sound is 112kbps, 2 channel, 48khz.
Any thoughts on this issue.
Problem solved.
Looks like Samsung lost the plote on this issue as well.
Running the movie in the built in player results in a sync problem between sound and video, 5 to 10sec.
Play the movie in Rockplayer Universal and the movie plays perfectly.
Is their an alternative player I can use which is free?
Mvideoplayer is be your cup of tea
ickyboo said:
Mvideoplayer is be your cup of tea
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Mvideoplayer it is then.
Noticed when I add an external SD, Froyo creates two folders on the SD. Namely .android_secure and LOST.DIR
Any ideas on what creates these and for what or why?
Mvideoplayer has the same issues as the internal Samsung player. Out of sync sound and video. I get the feeling Samsung buggered something up with the coding for xvid and divx.
Two players with the same issues.
When I tested Rockplayer Universal it asked me if I should use the SystemMode or NormalMode. SystemMode I think uses Samsung System Files in some way and the result was a problem with alignment sound and video. Tested Rockplayer Universal in NormalMode I think used it's own internal files and it ran perfectly.
I guess JP6 is not as release worthy as we think it is.
When i first installed JP6 via kies had problems with apps not appearing on the android widget screen, the market icon didn't appear needed to do a facotry reset for that one, was slow and lagged. When i'm browsing for apps in the market place, using the 3g network, there was a constant error message popping up and couldn't download.
OCLF didn't work at first! needed to do a factory reset and then run the oclf, after which most of these problems seem to have been resolved, don't know how but now runs smoothly. Big thanks to ryan!!!!! samsung should employ you for their android software development team.
God help the sgs newbies who don't know about android, i jumped ship from the iphone 3g.

Captivate features questions

I have had my windows phone for a couple of weeks, the HTC Surround. I went to the AT&T store and was looking at the Captivate. Did some quick browsing and to my surprise everything worked. I loved the icon format, the animated background, the ease of navigation, the multitasking, the sound was ok, it looked like flash was supported. I did not get to view any movies but the screen looked good. So I am thinking about exchanging my Surround. But I need a few questions answered.
1. Are there many available (free) apps
2. Does the software convert movies, and is the movie player included
3. Is there a FM radio built in
4. what is the available storage
thanks for any help
panflute
panflute said:
I have had my windows phone for a couple of weeks, the HTC Surround. I went to the AT&T store and was looking at the Captivate. Did some quick browsing and to my surprise everything worked. I loved the icon format, the animated background, the ease of navigation, the multitasking, the sound was ok, it looked like flash was supported. I did not get to view any movies but the screen looked good. So I am thinking about exchanging my Surround. But I need a few questions answered.
1. Are there many available (free) apps
2. Does the software convert movies, and is the movie player included
3. Is there a FM radio built in
4. what is the available storage
thanks for any help
panflute
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The phone running 2.1 does not support flash 10.1 but there are froyo roms in the development section that do.
The android market has many free apps.
The stock video player supports many formats but if you need to convert I'd suggest handbrake.
Currently there is no FM radio support and I'm not sure if there ever will be.
16GB internal and an external micro sd card slot.
Sent from my Captivate
3rd party apps?
Is the phone open for 3rd party apps or just the apps thru AT&T?
Is there an IRC chat client or a police scanner?
What about video news and AM/FM talk radio apps?
Any GPS apps?
thanks
You can sidelad apps if you read a "how to" here in XDA there are also more than 100,000 apps in the android market and I would say that at least 40,000 are free, switch to android, wp7 will die soon, plus the captivate will have true expandable storage. Seeing as how you can't even get official WP7 SD cards and u can use any SD with android.
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got it
AT&T exchanged my Surround for the Captivate (Galaxy S) today. So far very happy. Better everything except the Surround had more sound, but its an OK tradeoff. I liked this phone the moment I saw it. Plenty of free apps, there's even an IRC client. Thanks for the advice. I'll be hanging around here learning the phone
-panflute
rooting phone
OK I got handbrake...not sure what is the right extension and resolution is best or what it will allow.
Does rooting your phone reset the phone back to default or do your settings and programs remain intact?
I enabled USB debugging mode, and now when i go back to the USB menu I now see 4 options (kies,media player, mass storage, and ask on connection)...is that right?
When i connect and choose media player the phone appears on my PC...if i choose mass storage, a new drive letter appears but i cannot access the phone...maybe it is becasue I dont have an SD card installed?
After rooting, should i delete the update.zip file on my phone?
thanks
Rooting gives you access to system files and folders. Nothing is lost unless you do a factory reset or master clear.

[Q] Yet another n00b thread; new Nook owner, very lost. tl:dr it for me?

I know there's a lot of threads like these, but everything I could pull up seemed really out of date, or didn't have the information I need. The Wiki was good, but just gave a list of all the builds out there, and I can't sort out which one is currently best for what. I'm hoping someone can give me some quick answers:
tl:dr: Have a brand new Nook Color. Video will be 95% of what it's used for, little to no web browsing or games. Would like to use it to watch movies/TV shows streamed from my NAS or off the SD card. 5% of use will be viewing photos directly off my digital camera's SD cards (using converters in the cameras).
Tell me what OS/Software to use. Most files are .mkv format, usually 720p.
Currently, I've got Nookie Froyo installed on the SD card, and after a lot of frustration of how the heck to actually get files onto the SD card while also having the OS on there, I found that bootloader NookColorUMS thing, which even though it seems like more steps than should be needed, has allowed me to copy files to the SD card with the nook connected via USB cable.
I'd like to have the OS installed internally, so I'm free to swap SD cards around to quickly move data around. Also so I can pull the SD cards out of my cameras, stick them in the nook, and browse the photos.
Currently I'm using Rockplayer Lite, which plays the 480p files fine, but craps out trying to play 720p. It also is very annoying in that it it has no back button in the UI that I can figure out, so you have to use that tweek to force the status bar to always be on top, which is annoying. If there's any way to get the stock player to play the files, that would be best. I know it should be possible, my Samsung Moment plays all these files naively with the build-in movie player. But the Gallery player won't play them on this version of Froyo that I've got on here.
My questions boil down to:
-What OS should I use if I'm going to go through the trouble of figuring out how to install in on the internal memory?
-What's the best video player/codec pack?
-How do I browse/play files off my shared drives on my computers and NAS unit?
Thank you for any answers you can give, or any directions you can point me in!
Hope this helps.
-What OS should I use if I'm going to go through the trouble of figuring out how to install in on the internal memory?
CM7 - try phiremod nook
-What's the best video player/codec pack?
I've been using handbrake to convert all my video to MP4 using these settings.
-How do I browse/play files off my shared drives on my computers and NAS unit?
PlayOn works pretty good. Depending on the source video type i get some sync issues.
Easiest install method
#1 Install Clockwork Recovery Mod to internal memory from your bootable SD card.
#2 Drop your desired rom on the root of a non-bootable SD card
#3 Restart into Clockwork Recovery Mod by powering on with n button held down
#4 Backup!
#5 Flash zip from sdcard
Now as far as video... I think you might be disappointed. You are going to need to reencode each video for the nook to get best results.
I recommend Phiremod Nook 6.2
Thanks for the reply's everyone. I'll get CM7 installed tonight.
I'm REALLY hoping to not have to convert videos to be able to play them on the Nook. That was basically the reason I DIDN'T get an iPad, I don't want to have to convert videos into a specific format to play them. All of these files played fine on my Moment, I guess I made the mistake of assuming they'd work fine on any Android device.
Is there no way to just be able to browse a network, and view/play videos and pictures on them? It seems like it should be such a basic feature.
What other good video players are available besides Rockplayer? Or, how would I install additional codecs to get the build-in video player to work?
I think Vitalplayer Neon and Mobo player are pretty good for the nook.
TL;DR; ?? Reaally?!?
Not reading (repeatedly the same instructions over), being impatient and rushing headlong into things is the easiest way to muck things up. We're just lucky NCs are impossible to be permanently bricked.
Tsaven said:
-What OS should I use if I'm going to go through the trouble of figuring out how to install in on the internal memory?
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CM7 latest nightly (n86 onwards) has the newest fix for audio and video, while being on the .32 kernel and have support for an Overclock kernel. Smoothest vid playback I've ever seen, without any mucking about in re-encoding in Handbrake, etc.
Tsaven said:
-What's the best video player/codec pack?
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I use moboplayer. 720p vids are a touch-n-go, some are OK, some are not. But if the HW acceleration (of the .32 kernel) doesn't cut it, moboplayer has the soft-decoding option.
Tsaven said:
-How do I browse/play files off my shared drives on my computers and NAS unit?
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Cifsmanager.
Just install, no other tweaking necessary. All extra files (mentioned in older thread abt this) have been in the CM7 ROM since n30s or n40s (or n50s, I can't remember really ).

ics rom duplicate music entries

i am now using latest doc ics rom.. my problem is in music player there is duplicate song entries. how to get rid of this problem..
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
duplicated music
adsdf said:
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
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I have the same problem too, but none of above worked for me.
Try DoubleTwist player it does not show me the duplicates.
btw I am using AOKP rom
Duplicate songs
Good morning....the problem is not with the device (android) it is with the file details.
1. The problem I think you are having is that albums appear twice, with songs being split between the dual enties?:
2. On your PC right click on the music file (song) and click on properties.
3. Go to details and make sure all of the songs in the album have all of the details exactly the same...contributing artist, album etc. if not change it.
4.Delete the album form your device and copy the newly modifed files to your sdcard.
I do quite a bit of music recording and editing...this occurs alot.
I hope this helps.
Edit: <wrong>
The problem appears to be with ICS mounting internal and external SD cards twice.
Every ICS ROM I've tried has them mounted:
/sdcard
/emmc
/mnt/sdcard
/mnt/emmc
</wrong>
<irrelevant>
I don't know why both are mounted twice.
</irrelevant>
It seems that this will never be fixed, the best solution I've found is to use different applications for music/pictures.
For music I use Poweramp.
For pictures I use Quickpic.
Both of them scan your media separately to the android media scanner and they're smart enough to not scan both mounts of each SD card.
Edit:
Can't be my original reason as you only get one copy of the media first time round, then after each reboot or mount as USB drive you get another and another and another.
I guess the media scanner doesn't compare newly discovered files against its existing database, it just adds new entries every time it runs which is why the list keeps growing.
Anyhow, Poweramp and Quickpic are the way to go. Poweramp is worth the money it costs, but if you can't/don't want to pay for it then you'll have to go through the abundance of other music players to see if they avoid the duplicate file problem.
The solution is to use power amp for music...in its settings you can select which folders to scan and hence over come the problem
I have this same problem. every music track (not albums) is duplicated three times. file explorers show a single file but its three files in a music player. but sometimes it goes away, by itself (or I don't know what I did). its not a big deal for me since it won't treat these three duplicates as three different tracks, instead it treats all three as a single file so there is no repeating when playing an album.
slaphead20 said:
The solution is to use power amp for music...in its settings you can select which folders to scan and hence over come the problem
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Trial version:/
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app
Imho it depends on the rom.
I used ICSSGS 4.2 quite a while where this bug was present.
When I switched to CM9 nightly the bug vanished - until today it is definitely due to multiple scanning of the external SD.
Hopefully it just because of switching to the latest version.
If so I would recommend to use CM9 nightly where this bug should not be present anymore.
Best regards,
ww
...on my galnote
Go into Applications -> Media Storage (near music).
Force Stop Media Storage.
Clear Data Media Storage.
Go back to Applications -> Music
Force Stop Music
Clear Data Music
Unmount SD Card
Mount SD Card
Start Music App. Worked like a charm (rescanning in progress with 0 music files in Music App)
adsdf said:
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
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This worked perfect for me after updating my ROM.
Cleared Data, rebooted, waited for a big, and double entries were gone and music was playing
biliskner said:
Go into Applications -> Media Storage (near music).
Force Stop Media Storage.
Clear Data Media Storage.
Go back to Applications -> Music
Force Stop Music
Clear Data Music
Unmount SD Card
Mount SD Card
Start Music App. Worked like a charm (rescanning in progress with 0 music files in Music App)
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Thanks alot, worked a treat fo me !! :good:
I had this problem with Winamp. Now on JetAudio no problems
wogooo said:
I had this problem with Winamp. Now on JetAudio no problems
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I use jet audio too and this problem keeps reoccurring. Using Padawan ics rom on galaxy note. I clear data on both media storage and google frameworks and then use sd rescan. That solves the problem but it always returns.
Hmmm ...
So this whole scenario has happened to my Samsung "twice" this month (Nov 2012) and the other Samsung on my account, 3 times this month. I have to admit though since my Samsung's are only 2+ months old, the one thing I did when I got both phone(s) was alter ever single album detail! I'm starting to wonder if this is the culprit but the thought of having to revert all of the album details to their original state, then delete/then re-load music back on BOTH phones (4-6 hours of work) .. I'm sooooooooooooooooo dreading this.:crying:
greatdaneduke: Did your suggestion fix your phone (permanently) and did this eliminate your problem entirely over the last 7 months too?
greatdaneduke said:
Good morning....the problem is not with the device (android) it is with the file details.
1. The problem I think you are having is that albums appear twice, with songs being split between the dual enties?:
2. On your PC right click on the music file (song) and click on properties.
3. Go to details and make sure all of the songs in the album have all of the details exactly the same...contributing artist, album etc. if not change it.
4.Delete the album form your device and copy the newly modifed files to your sdcard.
I do quite a bit of music recording and editing...this occurs alot.
I hope this helps.
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Hi SSHollywood.
greatdaneduke was wrong about what causes the problem.
The assumption made in step 1 (if you can call it a step, it's not really a step, but it is next to the number 1) wasn't the case for me or anyone else I've spoken to with the issue.
I know what greatdaneduke is talking about and I have seen this before, but it's not the case here. What greatdaneduke was saying is that when you write the tags for mp3s, sometimes it's written to the file slightly differently, then this causes the program you're using (Android in this case) to see some of the files from 1 album and some of the files from another album, even though when you look at it, it looks as though they all say Insert Album Name Here. The only cure to this is to delete the mp3 tags and rewrite them from scratch, and hopefully this time they are all written the same way.
The actual problem is this...
It's a developer based ROM which has bugs.
One of these bugs is the way the media scanner updates the media library.
The media scanner will run every time the phone boots up/reboots or when the phone is disconnected from a computer.
Each time this happens you get another listing of your music in your library.
There are 3 ways of fixing this, listed from least expensive/most infuriating to most expensive.
1. Wipe your media data before every reboot and before every time you connect to a computer, this way when your phone boots up or is disconnected from a computer it will have a blank media library to update. This will get annoying and you'll probably forget to wipe the data each time.
To do this you need to:
a. Go into Applications -> Media Storage.
b. Force Stop Media Storage.
c. Clear Data Media Storage.
2. Use Poweramp for music (there's a trial version but it only gives full features for 14 days) and use Quickpic for photos. Both these apps use their own media scanners so they don't have the duplicates problem.
3. Buy a new phone. Samsung Galaxy S original is now 2 and a half years old, it's very dated and developer support is dropping fast.
legiong said:
3. Buy a new phone. Samsung Galaxy S original is now 2 and a half years old, it's very dated and developer support is dropping fast.
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You suggest buying the first gen Galaxy? Ive got the skyrocket and I think that ICS is dog doo.
I never had this problem when I had gingerbread. I sent my phone in for warranty replacement and it came with ICS already installed. Getting multiple music entries all the time except only one entry will play all duplicates don't play, rendering my shuffle function useless as I get the silent tracks the majority of the time.
Guess its time to finally root. I was on the fence but with ICS it seems obvious that rooting is the only way I'll get an enjoyable phone experience.
NeoMishMoo said:
You suggest buying the first gen Galaxy? Ive got the skyrocket and I think that ICS is dog doo.
I never had this problem when I had gingerbread. I sent my phone in for warranty replacement and it came with ICS already installed. Getting multiple music entries all the time except only one entry will play all duplicates don't play, rendering my shuffle function useless as I get the silent tracks the majority of the time.
Guess its time to finally root. I was on the fence but with ICS it seems obvious that rooting is the only way I'll get an enjoyable phone experience.
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No, what I meant was it's time upgrade to a new phone because I assume they currently have a Galaxy S 1 which is an old phone.
As this question is posted in the Galaxy S 1 forums I'm guessing anyone commenting on the thread currently has a Galaxy S 1.
Personally I've moved on to the Galaxy S 3.
Worked
adsdf said:
try:
- Go to settings, Google Play Music, Force Stop, Clear Data
- Same for Media Storage
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
seems to help some people. didnt for me, so if you have an ext SD:
- Go to settings, Storage
- Unmount External SD
- Reboot into recovery and clear delvik cache
- Reboot and wait a couple of minutes
the second one solved that media bug permanently for me, although i am not quite sure why
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Please edit - Google Play Music = Music.
sdcard/media
I had this problem with some tracks too - I used ES File Explorer (although the stock 'Files' app may work too) to search the whole phone for one of the duplicated track names. It found one in my 'music' folder on my SD card (where I'd copied the track to) and another in "/sdcard/media". I don't know what that directory is for - it doesn't have all my music in it, and it seems to have some I can't remember listening to, so it doesn't look like a cache. Either way, I deleted the files in it, and the problem is solved.
I'm guessing the music player could solve this by only scanning certain areas of your system (which avoids getting ringtones and app sounds into the music lists), but AFAIK, Rocket Player (my music player of choice) doesn't seem to be able to do this
Either way - if your music player is showing duplicate tracks, check to make sure you have actually only got one copy of it on your phone! Hope that helps someone out

[Q] Video playback issues with CM 11 (SD Card). Please help.

I recently upgraded to the latest SDCard version of CM 11 (available in the android development thread). I used to have CM 10.1, but the SD card got corrupted, so I decided to upgrade with a new sandisk class4 8GB card.
Most of the apps work fine (though at times there is a bit of a lag). Youtube works great.
However, I noticed that I am unable to play any video files - whether video is stored in sdcard or in the internal storage emmc - using any of the available video players like MX player, MOBO, VLC, Android, ESFile as well as the stock player. Most of them give the same error message "unfortunately mx player stopped". I tried MKV, AVI and MP4 formats. I tried changing between H/W decode and S/W decoding and downloaded the codecs also.
But, the same video could be played using the stock ROM using the same apps (MX Player, VLC etc.) flawlessly.
I tried wiping data/cache, reinstalling the app/codec etc. multiple times, still has the same issue.
Please help. According to the play store, MX player is compatible with android 4.4.3.
Is anyone else having similar issues with CM11? Do I need to downgrade to CM 10.2 or 10.1?
Also I noticed that a number of applications like banking, paypal, hulu+ etc. are unavailable for CM11 (and some even for the stock ROM). Any idea why? I know hulu+ used to work on 10.1 earlier.
Thanks in advance.
nookfan74 said:
Also I noticed that a number of applications like banking, paypal, hulu+ etc. are unavailable for CM11 (and some even for the stock ROM). Any idea why? I know hulu+ used to work on 10.1 earlier.
Thanks in advance.
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Hulu plus is available with cm11 on my phone but yes its shows that its not available on the nook hd+. There could be a way or two around that. One is to change the device name so google store thinks its something else and the other is to try sideloading - but the apps could be incompatiable with the tablet layout perhaps - its hard to say.
Videos run fine from cm11 emmc so don't know what's happening there. Videos can not be used with some things due to a size limit of say 2GB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714021) or other things. mkv, avi, mp4 are just containers and so perhaps they are compatible or perhaps they are not.
There could be another problem too perhaps with how the sdcard is formatted.
Some odd things sometimes.
I reinstalled everything from scratch using the latest version of sdcard kitkat rom from this forum and the video started working, but now chrome keeps crashing. After I removed chrome, when I try to reinstall it, I keep getting insufficient storage error, even after clearing using various cache cleaners. Earlier I could remove stuff from app-lib folder to get around this issue, now I am not even finding app-lib folder under /data.
Following are my observations from the last 3-4 days
- Interface is really laggy
- apps keep getting foce closed
- too many random reboots
- Suddenly one of my home screens (out of 3) vanished after one of those random reboots
I have a 3 year old touchpad with cm 10 which appears to be a lot more stable than the one running on nook (even cm 10.1 wasn't very stable on nook when I used it from sd card, I thought it was due to bad sd card, so I tried a new sdcard -sandisk class 4 as recommended here).
Really frustrated with cm 11 so far. May be I will go with an ipad instead.
nookfan74 said:
I reinstalled everything from scratch using the latest version of sdcard kitkat rom from this forum and the video started working, but now chrome keeps crashing. After I removed chrome, when I try to reinstall it, I keep getting insufficient storage error, even after clearing using various cache cleaners. Earlier I could remove stuff from app-lib folder to get around this issue, now I am not even finding app-lib folder under /data.
Following are my observations from the last 3-4 days
- Interface is really laggy
- apps keep getting foce closed
- too many random reboots
- Suddenly one of my home screens (out of 3) vanished after one of those random reboots
I have a 3 year old touchpad with cm 10 which appears to be a lot more stable than the one running on nook (even cm 10.1 wasn't very stable on nook when I used it from sd card, I thought it was due to bad sd card, so I tried a new sdcard -sandisk class 4 as recommended here).
Really frustrated with cm 11 so far. May be I will go with an ipad instead.
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Have you tried an internal (emmc) install yet? In my mind, there's no practical reason not to. Stock nook OS is awful.
Or just get an ipad. Those are great.
jamus28 said:
Have you tried an internal (emmc) install yet? In my mind, there's no practical reason not to. Stock nook OS is awful.
Or just get an ipad. Those are great.
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I have heard sdcard sometimes works better. I wiped everything clean and did a reinstall with minimal number of apps and everything seems to be fine now including chrome and MX player. Thanks to everyone for providing helpful suggestions.
I have one more question,
Can I configure an SD card with cm11 and send it to someone elsewhere with an HD+? This person may not be able to do his own install of cm11, so I was thinking of sending the working copy of cm to him, so that he can just insert the card in the slot and reboot without having to worry about doing their own install.
Will it work? Or do they need to do anything special so that they can see the contents of emmc?
nookfan74 said:
I have one more question,
Can I configure an SD card with cm11 and send it to someone elsewhere with an HD+? This person may not be able to do his own install of cm11, so I was thinking of sending the working copy of cm to him, so that he can just insert the card in the slot and reboot without having to worry about doing their own install.
Will it work? Or do they need to do anything special so that they can see the contents of emmc?
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It will work. The only issue with doing that is they will have the same MACAddress as you. That is not really a problem unless you both try to connect to the same wifi network at the same time. Also don't register with Google with your account. Make a fresh install and either register with their credentials or don't register.
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