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My first smart phone was the eris. I hated iphones and and pretty much everything else seemed overpriced. So i decided to step into the world of smartphones. I was persuaded by my research of the phones that were out at the time to go with a droid eris as i didnt find any other phones that were strictly touch screen. This was around November. I was shocked by how insane the possibilitys with this phone. I hadnt rooted as it was not possible that the time. Few months later i choose to look back and see what the news was. I came across this place to see that root had been found and how excited i was to have discovered this place. I looked into rooting and how to install things like the recovery img and what a rom was! The people seemed to be very kind and helpful to bringing this phone out of the dark age that was the restraints on this phone. after about months and months of fooling around i learned to own my phone like a 7 year old owning his father at halo. But issues were brought to light sadly and the eris community seemed to slow down with the excitement as is expected of an EOL phone. my sadness slowly over came me but i never left this place hoping to see what the left over momentum would bring out. New roms and small tweaks seemed slow at first then a sudden rise started. Unsure of what it caused brought a rush of new content to this site. The devs seemed almost overjoyed with the small titan that is the Eris. The wave slowly picked up and almost topped off till one thing came to view.
FROYO
This is the start of a beast of a update to the eris. It has givin this phone a burst of reason to buy and even use the phone once more. I hope i can speak for the entire eris community. THANK YOU!! thank you for making this phone the one toy/tool worth showing off to everyone i meet. You devs keep it up and if any help is needed from the community dont hesitate to ask. I will strive to do all i can to make this phone a power house in the android community!!
I echo your sentiments almost exactly! Except I didn't get my phone till a couple of months ago, and I don't play Halo because I don't want to get embarrassed by those same 7 year olds online and then talked smack to lol. Other than that, I am hoping this Froyo concept gets some more members interested in working with this phone a bit more before it passes away. I believe that they have stopped selling it, but geez, there are quite a few of us that can't afford to spend $100s on the latest and greatest phone without a new contract, so let's make the most of it while we can!
dont be so fast to give it an insane rating...Although we might have:
Overclock (to 806mhz)
Apps2SD (save internal memory by installing apps to SD card)
Live Wallpapers
Root
Navi
and now Froyo
We still can't watch video files on our phones..
vash8806 said:
We still can't watch video files on our phones..
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*cough*rockplayerbase*Cough*
Lemcott said:
*cough*rockplayerbase*Cough*
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Thisssssssssssssss
What kind of videos are we talking about here? Flash or downloaded formats like AVI and MP4? I use Meridian and haven't had any issues with downloaded movies, although I've really only tried a couple since I don't care to use my phone to watch anything longer than a youtube video or something along those lines.
Rockplayer basically plays everything, avi and mkv are supported I believe. Of course mp4's are.
Hungry Man said:
Rockplayer basically plays everything, avi and mkv are supported I believe. Of course mp4's are.
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hm...I'm running damageRom 4.6 r2.....I used the rock player apk from the xda home page from last night...and I got nothin man..it doesnt play a 350mb avi file..
I'm running Sense-able 3.1, and I can install Rockplayer, but when I try to open a video file the screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds, and then goes back to the directory listing. I've never been able to get it to play a video.
To counter this, I've just been encoding my videos using mp4 h.264, and playing them using the gallery. It's been working fantastically so far.
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I'm running Sense-able 3.1, and I can install Rockplayer, but when I try to open a video file the screen goes blank for 1-2 seconds, and then goes back to the directory listing. I've never been able to get it to play a video.
To counter this, I've just been encoding my videos using mp4 h.264, and playing them using the gallery. It's been working fantastically so far.
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Hmmm...when you "encode" your own files, I'm guessing youre converting any file onto either h264 or mp4 without making any changes to the resst of the file...like size, bitrate, etc....
Could someone please post the avatar movie file and the other exclusive apps, such as sim 3, mobi tv, and gogo, and whatever other useful apks i can use on my evo.
Download the vibrant dump from the developer section. It does not come with the avatar movie though, nor will the avatar movie even work on your evo its got DRM. It also does not have the sims 3 and we cant post it... that would be illegal lol....
u americans are soooo lucky in the uk we dont get any cool features like these i might move to america now lol
sareen said:
u americans are soooo lucky in the uk we dont get any cool features like these i might move to america now lol
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Cool features? I rather get stock Android applications, a lot of these things that hes requesting for are bloatware and a lot of us uninstall it. The things like The Sims and Avatar are neat but they are DRM protected. Also the applications like Mobitv, Kindle, etc that come preloaded with the phone aren't the actual app.. they are generally 30-day trials.
How bout you get rid of that evo and get a vibrant, or epic if your on sprint.
sareen said:
u americans are soooo lucky in the uk we dont get any cool features like these i might move to america now lol
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yeah but you guys get the galaxy s with the front cam
Gogo is justs a web short url make it yourself!
mobitv link http://db.tt/s83QDj
I rather have I9000, but it won't make it for t-mobile 3g here.
Technically we could post the Avater movie file cause it won't play with out the apk that only works on this device. (thinking out loud sorry) could someone post the avater files from the sdcard for those who erased there memory card ? Thanks
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blackerwater said:
Technically we could post the Avater movie file cause it won't play with out the apk that only works on this device. (thinking out loud sorry) could someone post the avater files from the sdcard for those who erased there memory card ? Thanks
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It WILL play without the apk file, it WILL play if moved to another Vibrant, it WON'T play on any other device, and it IS illegal to upload it because it's copyright Fox or whomever.
On a side note, how the HELL do people keep deleting this thing?
Oh, and because it was bothering me: "Avatar", "without", "Could", "Avatar", "their".
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It WILL play without the apk file, it WILL play if moved to another Vibrant, it WON'T play on any other device, and it IS illegal to upload it because it's copyright Fox or whomever.
On a side note, how the HELL do people keep deleting this thing?
Oh, and because it was bothering me: "Avatar", "without", "Could", "Avatar", "their".
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He is right. I rooted my Vibrant and swapped out the SD Card. After that,
I deleted the apk and such, then moved the movie files to my new SD Card.
No apk, file plays flawlessly.
Strange cause when you move it over to a mytouch slide it won't play.
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Strange cause when you move it over to a mytouch slide it won't play.
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It's only licensed to play on the Vibrant.
Possibly only on Samsung's customized rom, too (IOW, you won't be able to play it on CM6).
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Strange cause when you move it over to a mytouch slide it won't play.
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DRM is preventing that.
This is why posting this for vibrant users should be ok.
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it is protected... I wanted to change my SD from the stock 2gb to a 16gb, so I copy the movie to my laptop, the from the laptop to the 16gb and when I put the 16gb in the phone, the movie won't play, it says format not supported. I had to copy the movie to the phone, and from the phone to the new 16gb SD
raduque said:
Oh, and because it was bothering me: "Avatar", "without", "Could", "Avatar", "their".
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That's funny. Couple of beers buddy
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dq13 said:
it is protected... I wanted to change my SD from the stock 2gb to a 16gb, so I copy the movie to my laptop, the from the laptop to the 16gb and when I put the 16gb in the phone, the movie won't play, it says format not supported. I had to copy the movie to the phone, and from the phone to the new 16gb SD
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Or if you got a old phone with a SD card hook both up to the USB and just copy it over to the new SD card. Or you could probably even get away with copying it to your Samsung 14GB internal then switching the old SD to the new and then cutting it into the new SD card
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Or if you got a old phone with a SD card hook both up to the USB and just copy it over to the new SD card. Or you could probably even get away with copying it to your Samsung 14GB internal then switching the old SD to the new and then cutting it into the new SD card
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that's what I did. copy to the phone internal memmory and from there to the new SD...
Hello to y'all.
I got my new S2 yesterday replacing my tired iphone 3.
I am very impressed.
I am downloading ripped DVDs to it and have a question.
I am using rip it for me, DVD decrypter and DVD shrink to rip DVD
Then using any video converter to convert to MP4.
So far so good (not bad for an old bloke)
when I have finished the above there are 5 seperate files in the completed folder.
Try as I might I can not change that
I transfer them over to the phone using kies air and then there are 5 seperate parts to the movie.
It plays ok but is there any way I can get them all into one file/folder for ease of use.
Oh and while I think about it, is there an easier way to do it?
Bearing in mind I am a tight fisted northerner and like free programmes.
Thanks awfully
Or you could just move the entire 720p/divx/xvid movie to the phone and play it without converting it since the SGS2 supports pretty much every format
Wow, so many programs for ripping a dvd and converting. There should be enough on video-help.com that can do it all in one.
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luckingfast said:
Hello to y'all.
I got my new S2 yesterday replacing my tired iphone 3.
I am very impressed.
I am downloading ripped DVDs to it and have a question.
I am using rip it for me, DVD decrypter and DVD shrink to rip DVD
Then using any video converter to convert to MP4.
So far so good (not bad for an old bloke)
when I have finished the above there are 5 seperate files in the completed folder.
Try as I might I can not change that
I transfer them over to the phone using kies air and then there are 5 seperate parts to the movie.
It plays ok but is there any way I can get them all into one file/folder for ease of use.
Oh and while I think about it, is there an easier way to do it?
Bearing in mind I am a tight fisted northerner and like free programmes.
Thanks awfully
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rip and convert can finish with one tool, basd on your situation, i recommend you fox real DVD ripper, with its "merge into one file" function, you can join the seperate files together, but it's shareware, you can try the free version, but there is an icon in the centre of the result video.
i once used handbrake, it a free dvd tool, but it can't merge all files in one and i can't smoothly to use, finally, i take some money to buy the foxreal's, everything is gone well
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Or you could just move the entire 720p/divx/xvid movie to the phone and play it without converting it since the SGS2 supports pretty much every format
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Thats what I do. 32gig micro SD card stores pretty much everything and if the built in video player doesn't support the file type then the free MoboPlayer does
thank you all.
I tried to put the original file in but when I clicked upload from kies and went to the file there was nothiong in it.
Any suggestions?
the vidoes are saved as .VOB?
does that mean anthing to you?
Guessing all the parts of the video are the same size and resolution, a simple video joiner (or merger) should do the trick.
Here is a free one that seems to work:
http://download.cnet.com/Join-VOB-Files-Tool/3000-13631_4-10718007.html
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Thanks am downloading the joiner programme now.
After some research on the old tinternet i realise that VOB is just another video format nut SG2 doesnt play it.
I have tried a few programmes that will rip the dvd to MP4 so avoiding the palava, but most of them wont rip protected DVD's.
I do find DVD dycrypter working alongside ripitforme the best at bypassing protection.
I have tried handbrake, it is indeed very good but oh so slow.
Does anyone else have any other suggestion for ripping tool that is quick and good at getting past protection all in one.
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luckingfast said:
Thanks am downloading the joiner programme now.
After some research on the old tinternet i realise that VOB is just another video format nut SG2 doesnt play it.
I have tried a few programmes that will rip the dvd to MP4 so avoiding the palava, but most of them wont rip protected DVD's.
I do find DVD dycrypter working alongside ripitforme the best at bypassing protection.
I have tried handbrake, it is indeed very good but oh so slow.
Does anyone else have any other suggestion for ripping tool that is quick and good at getting past protection all in one.
Mucosgrassyarse
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It can be annoying when you want to rip your own purchased DVDs and watch them on-the-go on a phone or tablet, but the DVD is protected. For that very reason I would suggest AnyDVD...
http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html
It bypasses the "protection" that stops you copying your own property. They describe it as "fixing" it.
I obviously in no way condone or take part in any form of media piracy. We're talking about using something that we have bought and paid for
luckingfast said:
Thanks am downloading the joiner programme now.
After some research on the old tinternet i realise that VOB is just another video format nut SG2 doesnt play it.
I have tried a few programmes that will rip the dvd to MP4 so avoiding the palava, but most of them wont rip protected DVD's.
I do find DVD dycrypter working alongside ripitforme the best at bypassing protection.
I have tried handbrake, it is indeed very good but oh so slow.
Does anyone else have any other suggestion for ripping tool that is quick and good at getting past protection all in one.
Mucosgrassyarse
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Have you tried MoboPlayer, it's free on the market and is the best video player for android.
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My biggest concern about unlocking is the ability to watch movies on my TFP from google's market.
On my EVO 3d Even though it is unlocked they still work fine but the rumor was that it would not with our new TFP.
There are currently 25c and 99c options available to rent off the market, can someone who has an unlocked and custom rom please verify that after doing so you can still not only purchase but download to make available offline and watch a movie from the market?
This is a feature I cannot due without with the traveling I do and work. I know you can always purchase/bootleg but the sheer convenience of simply clicking a button and being done with it is huge to me.
Thanks!
I dont know as I dont care that much BUT for just rooters I wonder if something like Voodoo Root Keeper could be used to unroot, trick system to watch, reroot. I doubt it, but might be worth 25 cents to find out.
Just rented a 25cents movie on a rooted/unlocked device.
You can rent it, but when trying to view it says video playback is not supported on a rooted device. So unfortunately it is true.
There was a hacked Google Video.apk file floating around XDA that allowed you to watch rented videos on a rooted device...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211743
I can watch it on a rooted device, I am rooted right now on my TFP and watch plenty of movies without having to unroot.
The question was the bootloader unlock, apparently that is the flag that stops it. That is why I have not yet taken that step.
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Just rented a 25cents movie on a rooted/unlocked device.
You can rent it, but when trying to view it says video playback is not supported on a rooted device. So unfortunately it is true.
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It should work if you use rootkeeper and temporarily unroot
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can anyone confirm that temporarily unrooting allows you to watch a movie while the boot loader is still unlocked???
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Here are some links where it tells you on the kindle fire if you temp unroot you can stream videos again. I'm pretty sure same applies to other android devices.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWQP8rtI7Xw
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487957
http://www.kindlefirewire.com/2011/11/21/how-to-temporarily-unroot-kindle-fire/
http://androidcowboy.com/2012/02/ota-rootkeeper-watch-amazon-video-on-rooted-kindle-fire/
I can confirm that temp unrooting does still not allow you to watch movies. I wish there was a fix, but as far as I know, were out of luck :-(
I guess Google just wants people to start pirating movies...
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LordZED79 said:
I guess Google just wants people to start pirating movies...
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You can thank drm and the mpaa for that. Google just does what they HAVE to do to provide the service, it's unfortunate that the recording /movie industry was so resistant to the Internet and blind to the opportunity that it had to come to this.
I want to try this. is there a refund window for movies?
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aznmode said:
I want to try this. is there a refund window for movies?
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dude. there are 25 cent movies... can you spare a quarter to find out
watching law abiding citizen on my tf right now.I'm streaming though but of course I'm rooted. And just to make you happy I'm downloading it as well to see if i can still watch it .
Edit: works fine.
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For the record... I am rooted ONLY, no unlocked bootloader. I know it is not the precise asked question, but I thought valuable nevertheless.
I just rented American Psycho.. it streams/plays perfect
I just downloaded it (Make Available Offline).... it played perfect
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For the record... I am rooted ONLY, no unlocked bootloader. I know it is not the precise asked question, but I thought valuable nevertheless.
I just rented American Psycho.. it streams/plays perfect
I just downloaded it (Make Available Offline).... it played perfect
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Yeah it worked fine for me (rooted) until i unlocked the bootloader.Ended up watching the movie on my unlocked/rooted Sensation.
It`s a pain but i unlocked knowing this would happen.....hoping some dev can find a work-around.
Correct, as originally stated:
Rooted Only - Works with no problem, streaming or download.
Bootloader Unlocked - No longer works.
I found a hacked google videos apk, that is supposed to work on the xoom. I tried it and it just forced closes. Heres the link if anyone wants to try it.
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/index.php?topic=16930.0
Hey, just a question. Already searched around for threads that were in any sense relevant to my question, so.
My friend ( a girl ) had a Galaxy Player 5.0 before she got a kickass Nexus 4. She used the 5.0 as a regular smart phone, I think without the data though; so text and calling. She told me to unscrew all the little screws and to stick my at&t sim in there. So, I was wondering.. is this real? She showed me it and I played around with it and it had the 2.3.6 apk's for the stock dialer and mms. which i'm sure she download off the web.
Does this actually work, or have I been convinced of something that is way too far fetched.
she has t mobile though, which is also GSM though I think.
EDIT: Also, if this is true, could I use a Galaxy Player 4.0 instead of the 5.0?
take from the web pictures of desassembly gplayer and show me where to stick it
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T Greezy said:
Hey, just a question. Already searched around for threads that were in any sense relevant to my question, so.
My friend ( a girl ) had a Galaxy Player 5.0 before she got a kickass Nexus 4. She used the 5.0 as a regular smart phone, I think without the data though; so text and calling. She told me to unscrew all the little screws and to stick my at&t sim in there. So, I was wondering.. is this real? She showed me it and I played around with it and it had the 2.3.6 apk's for the stock dialer and mms. which i'm sure she download off the web.
Does this actually work, or have I been convinced of something that is way too far fetched.
she has t mobile though, which is also GSM though I think.
EDIT: Also, if this is true, could I use a Galaxy Player 4.0 instead of the 5.0?
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I did not think the galaxy player 5.0 had phone hardware in it.
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Nope.
T Greezy said:
Hey, just a question. Already searched around for threads that were in any sense relevant to my question, so.
My friend ( a girl ) had a Galaxy Player 5.0 before she got a kickass Nexus 4. She used the 5.0 as a regular smart phone, I think without the data though; so text and calling. She told me to unscrew all the little screws and to stick my at&t sim in there. So, I was wondering.. is this real? She showed me it and I played around with it and it had the 2.3.6 apk's for the stock dialer and mms. which i'm sure she download off the web.
Does this actually work, or have I been convinced of something that is way too far fetched.
she has t mobile though, which is also GSM though I think.
EDIT: Also, if this is true, could I use a Galaxy Player 4.0 instead of the 5.0?
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either your friend is a noob who thinks that the microsd card slot is for sim cards or she is trolling you. The Galaxy players have no cell capability
Never.
Coz' players none enought GSM chipset
Nope the galaxy players dont even have a celluar(gsm) antenna.
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