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I don't know if it's already been posted or not.
You know that our SD cards (internal and/or external) is FAT32 formatted, so the FileSystem size limit is 4Gb.
This means that if you want to copy on your phone one file .Mkv bigger than 4Gb you can't
Some users have tried to split the Mkvs in several files less than 4Gb using tools like MkvMerge, but the Phone doesn't recognize the files outputted.
But if you split the file on a Linux OS (Ubuntu i.e.) the files generated works perfectly on the phone.
I have tested it on Ubuntu using MKVMerge, starting from a 4,8 Gb Mkv file splitted in 3 files (2Gb-2Gb-800Mb), files copied on the phone and played perfectly with the default Video Player.
There's a much easier way as well, though I've only tried this once:
If you connect the phone in Kies mode (in the usb settings) and it connects properly you will get a "GT-I9000" Device show up in my computer instead of the standard lettered drive under "Devices with removable storage". It seems that you need to have Kies running in the background (with the icon in your system tray) but not fully open for this to work (not entirely sure on this as Kies is finicky). When you double click on the GT-I900 device in my computer you will get options for the internal or external sd card (assuming you have one installed).
If you copy and paste a file onto either of the sd cards using this method, it uses the Kies background service to check the file. If it detects a media file that might not be supported it will give you a warning which you can choose to ignore and copy the file anyways. I've found that if you copy a larger than 4gb mkv it uses the Kies service to split the file and put it on the sd card automatically. This takes a while as it has to split/convert the file and then write a fair amount of data to the sd card over usb.
You may be confused when it finishes as it only shows 1 file, it is smart enough to hid the others. The size of the file seems to be the amount that the original one was over 4gb (ex a 4.7gb movie will show as 700mb), however if you check the space avail on the sd card you will see that it contains the full movie. I transfered a 4.7gb 720p rip of "Tropic Thunder" this way to my phone and it played just fine on the samsung video player.
Let me know if that works out for you, I havn't seen anyone else try this.
how about formatting the SD card as Linux EXT3 or 4
the use smb mount, so when it does the mass storage mount to windows you can simply drag and drop, without having to cut any video into 4 GB chunks due the FAT32 limitation?
Nirvana388 said:
There's a much easier way as well, though I've only tried this once:
If you connect the phone in Kies mode (in the usb settings) and it connects properly you will get a "GT-I9000" Device show up in my computer instead of the standard lettered drive under "Devices with removable storage". It seems that you need to have Kies running in the background (with the icon in your system tray) but not fully open for this to work (not entirely sure on this as Kies is finicky). When you double click on the GT-I900 device in my computer you will get options for the internal or external sd card (assuming you have one installed).
If you copy and paste a file onto either of the sd cards using this method, it uses the Kies background service to check the file. If it detects a media file that might not be supported it will give you a warning which you can choose to ignore and copy the file anyways. I've found that if you copy a larger than 4gb mkv it uses the Kies service to split the file and put it on the sd card automatically. This takes a while as it has to split/convert the file and then write a fair amount of data to the sd card over usb.
You may be confused when it finishes as it only shows 1 file, it is smart enough to hid the others. The size of the file seems to be the amount that the original one was over 4gb (ex a 4.7gb movie will show as 700mb), however if you check the space avail on the sd card you will see that it contains the full movie. I transfered a 4.7gb 720p rip of "Tropic Thunder" this way to my phone and it played just fine on the samsung video player.
Let me know if that works out for you, I havn't seen anyone else try this.
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Wow if this is true it is some pretty slick thinking ahead by Samsung both on the phone and PC side.. I think I will try this just for kicks, have a 6 GB MKV right here.
EDIT: Could not wait any longer... thing was maxing my CPU for 1/2 hour. I am pretty sure this is doing some kind of trans-coding.
AllGamer said:
how about formatting the SD card as Linux EXT3 or 4
the use smb mount, so when it does the mass storage mount to windows you can simply drag and drop, without having to cut any video into 4 GB chunks due the FAT32 limitation?
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This is exactly the test i would like to do, do you have already tested this way?
But, atm, i haven't any SD card to use and (most important) i would like to know if after having formatted in i.e. ext4 i will be able to re-format in Fat32.
And however, do i need a particular Memory Card Reader to read one ext? SD formatted card?
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There's a much easier way as well, though I've only tried this once:
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Good trick!
I will try it asap to give you a Roger on that!
brunes said:
Wow if this is true it is some pretty slick thinking ahead by Samsung both on the phone and PC side.. I think I will try this just for kicks, have a 6 GB MKV right here.
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Yea just make sure that it's 720p and not too high of a quality level.. I know it doesn't do quite all MKVs as the format is not yet entirely standardized. It seems to handle 4~5gb 720p mkvs just fine though, they just take FOREVER to transfer.
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how about formatting the SD card as Linux EXT3 or 4
the use smb mount, so when it does the mass storage mount to windows you can simply drag and drop, without having to cut any video into 4 GB chunks due the FAT32 limitation?
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I don't know that the phone would accept a file system other than fat32? Would be easy to find out though.
i have some videos that are larger than 4G
i'll definitely give it a shot to test the Linux partition theory.
I'm almost positive it'll work, as the "Lag Fixes" solution all uses the EXT3 and EXT4 partitions anyway.
but in our case we want to use it natively for video playback, and be able to mount it when we want to use it with Windows
re: question about formatting back to FAT32 after EXT3
Yes, it's possible and safe to do so.
As soon as i have more time in my hands, i'll give this a go, unless some one beats me to it (some one with more time on their hand)
brunes said:
Wow if this is true it is some pretty slick thinking ahead by Samsung both on the phone and PC side.. I think I will try this just for kicks, have a 6 GB MKV right here.
EDIT: Could not wait any longer... thing was maxing my CPU for 1/2 hour. I am pretty sure this is doing some kind of trans-coding.
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Haha yea it's software encoding, I think having Samsung encode it so it could run on your GPU would be a bit too much to ask lol. A 4.5gb movie took my quad core about 25 minutes to encode and then transfer.
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i have some videos that are larger than 4G
i'll definitely give it a shot to test the Linux partition theory.
I'm almost positive it'll work, as the "Lag Fixes" solution all uses the EXT3 and EXT4 partitions anyway.
but in our case we want to use it natively for video playback, and be able to mount it when we want to use it with Windows
re: question about formatting back to FAT32 after EXT3
Yes, it's possible and safe to do so.
As soon as i have more time in my hands, i'll give this a go, unless some one beats me to it (some one with more time on their hand)
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Looking forward to your experiment!
AllGamer said:
i have some videos that are larger than 4G
i'll definitely give it a shot to test the Linux partition theory.
I'm almost positive it'll work, as the "Lag Fixes" solution all uses the EXT3 and EXT4 partitions anyway.
but in our case we want to use it natively for video playback, and be able to mount it when we want to use it with Windows
re: question about formatting back to FAT32 after EXT3
Yes, it's possible and safe to do so.
As soon as i have more time in my hands, i'll give this a go, unless some one beats me to it (some one with more time on their hand)
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Have you tried this yet? I've googled all over. Cant find solution how to format and use external SD like this. Found this thread and posted in it as well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975803
u can download mkv smaller than 4gb..and graphic will be still great =)
Its not just movies I want to be able to place on sd card. I can't split those files. And I don't want to convert existing mkv files to a lower resolution, spend time on that.... its not a quick process to compress the resolution. I much rather be able to copy what i have now to my phone, instead of having to modify. ...
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http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/
I use http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/
You can set the file size and even remove unwanted subs and/or audios.
I have mkvtoolnix and have used it. Thats not the question, but thank you
Anyone knows?
not losing hope. It will be useful for others, I am sure.
compressing the file would help
as in making DVD sources with less channel or less quality can drastically reduce the file size without too much sacrify to HD quality
say for example choose 720 instead of 1080
2 channels instead of 6 channels
or even if you keep it 6 channels make it 160 instead 320, or maybe drop it lower to even 128 kbps
use 44 instead of 48
use 25 fps instead of 30fps
etc...
bmvik said:
Its not just movies I want to be able to place on sd card. I can't split those files. And I don't want to convert existing mkv files to a lower resolution, spend time on that.... its not a quick process to compress the resolution. I much rather be able to copy what i have now to my phone, instead of having to modify. ...
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so there is no way? We're just stuck having to use a workaround?
That size of file requires card to be formatted as exfat .
Try it see if phone reads exfat .
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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.
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-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.
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-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 ).
Hello xda-members.
Cause I don't have 10 posts in your pleasant forum here, I am not able to post in the dev-part directly concerning the MOD for the camera.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090785
So I'll try here...
I just installed the new 1.1.3.4 Version (128) via Astro-FM. First i deleted the cam app via Titanium-B. The 64 and 96 Version seem to be broken @tm. The method via CWM doesn't work either.
Now if I record a video in 1080p the sound and the video are quite suspended. I Doesn't matter if I choose the internal SD or external. I'm running the Fr17 Modaco (prebake)
720 works fine instead.
So, does anyone else face this problem too? Any suggestions? If it's possible i'd like to post in the dev-thread...
Kind regards
Are you saving your video to external SD card??? if so id try saving it to the internal, as the r/w will be faster than the external.
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Now if I record a video in 1080p the sound and the video are quite suspended. I Doesn't matter if I choose the internal SD or external. I'm running the Fr17 Modaco (prebake)
720 works fine instead.
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As said, doesn't matter.
I just sent the videos to my PC. There's no out of synch. Perfect match of sound and image. Seems to be a player problem on the mobile device...
I'd like to know if others have the same issue...?
TheReino said:
As said, doesn't matter.
I just sent the videos to my PC. There's no out of synch. Perfect match of sound and image. Seems to be a player problem on the mobile device...
I'd like to know if others have the same issue...?
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yes, since the 1.st version !
when playing back on device, sound is not in sync with video ...
i guess it could be the player app, i´m using LG video player ...
by the way, i corrected wrong update zip, now you can flash via CWM ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090785&page=21
You're right. With the first Version I also didn't realize the problem.
For now I tested with rockplayer and the original LG. With both players the sound and image are out of synch on the P990.
I don't even have a clue whats happening with the files or players... May both internal and external SD card are to slow? Who knows. I have a class 4 external SD. But I think even 4 MB writespeed would be enought for the 17Mbit stream...
17Mbit / 8 = 2,125 Megabyte
Even a good class 2 card would be enought...
Is it possible to play big .mkv files of 5-9GB on the Galaxy Note ?
If yes, can we just format SD Card to NTFS and the phone will recogonize it... OR do i have to do sum rooting and sum complex stuff for the phone to identify the card?
Also, can we play big files frm phones internal memory ?
I dont have the device myself, but by using lots of different Android devices, I would think it wont read NTFS drivers. I have used some Honeycomb tablet that had modules and custom apps to mount NTFS drives.
I think the device should support EXT2 formatted card, but if you were using linux with that filesystem already you wouldn't ask this.
I use softwares like AviDemux to split the MKV file. Also is there actually any Android software that provides hardware acceleration for MKV files, otherwise I would think HD MKV files would struggle to play smoothly.
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I dont have the device myself, but by using lots of different Android devices, I would think it wont read NTFS drivers. I have used some Honeycomb tablet that had modules and custom apps to mount NTFS drives.
I think the device should support EXT2 formatted card, but if you were using linux with that filesystem already you wouldn't ask this.
I use softwares like AviDemux to split the MKV file. Also is there actually any Android software that provides hardware acceleration for MKV files, otherwise I would think HD MKV files would struggle to play smoothly.
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Hull 1080p, works fine. Many videos on youtube!
Note can't play files over 4gb. Use an mkv splitter instead.
Using Es file manager network access + dice player worked well watching mkv files > 8GB over a network share.
Of course this approach may not be suitable for everybody.
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Sharpshooterrr said:
Note can't play files over 4gb. Use an mkv splitter instead.
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What software actually just split the files and dont actually recode/encode them, so that the procedure is completed in a minute? please suggest a few...
Also, are you referring to this software?
http://www.mkvsplitter.com/
Sproxy,
Tht seems too complicated to sum1 who never used android before!
Sry Double post
I am sry but i have to bump this, as i am still looking answer to my last post above ^ [#6]
You can use MKVToolNix to easily split without re-encoding the files...
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You can use MKVToolNix to easily split without re-encoding the files...
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Seconded, with mkvtoolnix it's actually very easy to do this, just load up the file, give a new file output name, set the file to split every e.g. 4000M and go.
It will take a while, but you get a serially-named group of files which are (as far as I can tell) exactly the same as the input, but split into 4000MB chunks. Dead easy.
Pity that the siyah kernel does not work on the note yet.
Siyah Kernel supports NTFS mounting of SD and USB-Storage.
What is the best custom rom for galaxy tab p1000 beside milestone 5
I like MIUI-XJ-SGT and Overcome because almost everything that is important to me seems to work. But I think It depends on your criteria.
I've been trying every ROM I can get my hands on for the last two days, as well as multiple versions of each.
I've been looking for a rom that supports NTFS on the external SD. (MIUI and Overcome lack NTFS support)
For me the perfect ROM would have:
NTFS support on external SD
Video and Audio HW support functional in stock and installed video players.
Working YouTube app.
Working Flash support in browser.
So far I have yet to find one that satisfies all criteria.
Boca comes close, but lacks HW video in stock and most installed players except dice.
okay thanks......,..........is cynogenmod 9 still beta
I tried the latest build as of yesterday. When I try a ROM I am usually looking for the criteria I listed above, because I wish to use the tab as an effective media player.
So I found the following:
Suprisingly HW acceleration works in installed video players BUT
Hardware Audio did not.
NTFS access was very spotty, with a few apps able to see files but most unable.
Youtube force closed for me every time.
So, unless a lot has changed since yesterday, I would call that very much a beta.
LOL I just realized I may be mixing up my findings with Milestone 5. Will try CM9 again this afternoon and correct this if I find something different.
LOL I just realized I may be mixing up the findings for Milestone 5 with CM9, will try CM9 again today and update if I find something different. So many ROMs so little time!
LOL hope I am not mixing up the findings for Milestone 5 - going to try CM9 again today and will update this if I find something different
Didn't try flash in browser, because at that time I had already dismissed the ROM for my needs. Will try again on a later build.
Tested slightly newer CM9 today. Here are the findings:
I have the following build of CM9 on my tab now:
cm-9-20120511-NIGHTLY-p1-signed
Installed: gapps-ics-20120429-signed
This is most recent version posted to the CM9 nightly builds as of May 13. This was installed on a Tmobile GSM tab.
1. Wifi - Working fine
2. Market: Working fine
3. Stock Video player DOES see files on NTFS formatted sd card.
4. In Settings under Storage, NTFS formatted card is seen and correct size is stated.
5. Hardware video acceleration works in stock video player. This is using a 720p MKV file.
6. Hardware sound does not work in stock video player - at least I haven't been able to find a way to get it to work.
7. Dice Player can't see files on external SD formatted to NTFS.
8. Dice Player from files on internal storage: has HW acceleration and functioning audio - works very well.
9.. Youtube videos play very well from stock browser.
10. Stand alone Youtube app works well.
11. Observation: Copying files to internal storage via USB is slower than in the GB ROMs such as BOCA.
12. MX Player Pro Plays HW video fine (720p MKV) but has no hardware audio. Can see files on external NTFS formatted SD. Will play with sound only if software sound deconding is used. Then it works reasonably well.
13. Flash video in stock browser works.
All in all a pretty decent ROM. Only big issue is the lack of HW audio in video players, and if you want to use NTFS on your external SD, support is poor.
thank ...man this info is the best
Digital Man said:
Tested slightly newer CM9 today. Here are the findings:
I have the following build of CM9 on my tab now:
cm-9-20120511-NIGHTLY-p1-signed
Installed: gapps-ics-20120429-signed
This is most recent version posted to the CM9 nightly builds as of May 13. This was installed on a Tmobile GSM tab.
1. Wifi - Working fine
2. Market: Working fine
3. Stock Video player DOES see files on NTFS formatted sd card.
4. In Settings under Storage, NTFS formatted card is seen and correct size is stated.
5. Hardware video acceleration works in stock video player. This is using a 720p MKV file.
6. Hardware sound does not work in stock video player - at least I haven't been able to find a way to get it to work.
7. Dice Player can't see files on external SD formatted to NTFS.
8. Dice Player from files on internal storage: has HW acceleration and functioning audio - works very well.
9.. Youtube videos play very well from stock browser.
10. Stand alone Youtube app works well.
11. Observation: Copying files to internal storage via USB is slower than in the GB ROMs such as BOCA.
12. MX Player Pro Plays HW video fine (720p MKV) but has no hardware audio. Can see files on external NTFS formatted SD. Will play with sound only if software sound deconding is used. Then it works reasonably well.
13. Flash video in stock browser works.
All in all a pretty decent ROM. Only big issue is the lack of HW audio in video players, and if you want to use NTFS on your external SD, support is poor.
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can you provide a download link..thanks
Digital Man said:
Tested slightly newer CM9 today. Here are the findings:
I have the following build of CM9 on my tab now:
cm-9-20120511-NIGHTLY-p1-signed
Installed: gapps-ics-20120429-signed
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D.M.
Thanks for your great Info!
Have you tried the latest update-cm-9-20120525-NIGHTLY-p1-signed.zip?
The reason I ask is that a friend of mine has just bought one off eBay but has Froyo.
Knowing it's already rooted, is it worth moving straight to CM9 now? From your description you gave, it appears almost good to go?
Cheers
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I've been using the nightly from the 23rd and now the 25th. Both fantastic roms. I would have no concerns recommending either as a daily usage rom.
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Jm Santos said:
can you provide a download link..thanks
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Simply go to get.cm/?device=p1 and choose the latest build
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pjam said:
I've been using the nightly from the 23rd and now the 25th. Both fantastic roms. I would have no concerns recommending either as a daily usage rom.
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For me everything works great, except the auto backlight level that stopped working since the 25th... same with 26th.
And I can't find a place to report this...
Jm Santos said:
What is the best custom rom for galaxy tab p1000 beside milestone 5
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arnofor said:
For me everything works great, except the auto backlight level that stopped working since the 25th... same with 26th.
And I can't find a place to report this...
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Works for me on 25th. Just had to select the option to allow lights to reduce under auto backlight settings.
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Dude, there isnt such a thing like a best rom, its ****ing rude to compare the great jobs of our devs. All ics 4.0.4 roms r working better as the stock firmware by samsung and we got better support. Just try them by yourself but dont blame others by asking such stupid questions. I tried all ics 4.0.4 roms, ****ing great job, but somehow i prefer aokp. Maybe because of more features but i think switch soon. They all r freakin good. Chheers
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