[Q] Some questions - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
Since I can't post in developer section the only possibility is here. Sorry for being noob
First I must say S2 is very good phone but I have some questions/problems.
I installed Vivaldi 4Seasons 1.1b ROM with siyah GT 2.5.1 kernel.
Must say it is good combination.
Lately I noticed some problems:
- when I long press home button nothing happen (it should open task manager). After power off and on few times this started to work but not after first. Question: is there any setting that I can choose what long press of home button does. Can't find it
- second my video player stopped to work. It is blank when I choose video I made with original camera software. After some time there is picture but if I click play nothing. I installed MX video player and all is ok without problem. What caused vide player to stop working? Also if I restore phone to latest backup which I made 10 days ago video is working? Didn't change Rom and didn't change kernel. I just installed some applications from market(games, some applications...). Any idea what can be wrong?
Thanks for your help and keep up good work with developing great custom roms.
Mitja

Factory reset if that does not fix install stock rom .Or reinstall your current rom .
jje

there is no way to change the long press home button behaviour in android.
Clear the cache and data for the video player . it will be ok

Thx. Tried all this. In fact I wipe every time I have such kind of trouble. I wiped and cleared cache and it solved for some time but then appeared again. Home button now work as it should but dont know what is with video. Dont care so much since using mx player but still. I forgot to mention that once just started to work without anything and then after few hours again didnt. I know I sound like big noob but I know I didnt change anything in that time (my work is IT support so I would know . Thx and if someone would have same issue and solved please share( it might be some app)
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Searched also on forum. Is it possible to get bigger mms pictures?
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[Q] fullscreen videos wont work since ics

Hi, first of all sorry if this post is hidden somewhere but since i upgraded my tf201 to ice cream sandwish igot this problem : I can't play megavideo videos in fullscreen it just lead to a white page, on stock browser video works but after 5-10 mins the browser shutdown im kinda out of ideas. I tried uninstalling flash, dolphin browser hd, reinstalling both and tried iphone,ipad,android and desktop mode everytime with same result video hang then whitescreen gotta restart browser. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Anyone had this problem???
Have you tried with the Flash update that came out today for compatibility with ICS?
Is it a different version than the one from market? I just uninstall/reinstall flash and dolphin hd tonight from market thx for reply
So nobody got this problem since ics??
Try using a 3rd party app such as Mobo or Rockplayer. If that doesn't work try a factory reset. Also ask Jerdog to move this to Q&A as this is a question.
I am also having this problem on my tp running ics dolphin and adobe. everything is up to date and says that it will fix the problem, but it does not. it happens on random videos, some work in full screen and some white screen. I think it has something to do with the flash player because I did not have the problem until i installed adobe (it was needed to play some videos that are now white screening). Videos work fine until they go fullscreen. My stock browser works fine and rarely crashes. I just like dolphins ui the best.
Any fixes found?
I am also having this issue, have tried 10 browsers, it is happening in all of them when you try to play embedded video and full screen videos. Frustrating as hell. I am sure an update is coming that will fix it.
No Problems Here...
My TFP is working flawlessly since ICS, the HD video play pretty well without any lag. I have a bunch of them... try a clearing the data from the app.
You know, you should give us some kind of link or example so we can try some specific thing ourselves instead of just asking whether "videos" work for us or not.
NeoteriX said:
You know, you should give us some kind of link or example so we can try some specific thing ourselves instead of just asking whether "videos" work for us or not.
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Right, for example give use the Hd Video type you are trying to play...
It happens to me. Here's an example: if I'm at a page that has flash video, I will start seeing the video, hit the button for full screen, and the whole screen turns white, the video does not play.
david_ag said:
It happens to me. Here's an example: if I'm at a page that has flash video, I will start seeing the video, hit the button for full screen, and the whole screen turns white, the video does not play.
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just hit back key and the hit the fullscreen button again.
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thanks alot for all you're answers, i tryed a system restore yesterday with no success i already tried to push back and retry fullscreen didnt work as for the 3rd party i'll try that tonight same goes for the link ill post it tonight since im actually at work. Anyway the videos i tried was from animefreak website i tried using a different mirror (different player than megavideo) with same result. Ill keep you updated, thanks
Hitting back does nothing as the prime will freeze on a white screen. App must be rebooted to function properly.
I have seen this problem on pc due to the hardware acceleration option, i wonder if that might have something to do with it. Although it would be weird to have hardware acceleration on a flash player meant for a tablet. I tried to mess with the player settings but found nothing that would help.
Although the stock browsers is not so fun it seems to work so I would just use it until the issue is fixed.
Link to white screen due to hardware acceleration ~forums.adobe.com/message/2887694
Link to video with the issue ~w.animefreak.tv/watch/denpa-onna-seishun-otoko-episode-1-online
Srry can't post links yet
just type in url add the missing links
Hint: htp and w
To avoid the bashing of animefreak here is a link to a YouTube vid with the same issue
Evil vid =ww.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2qmE9XcT4
Did any of you uninstall flash completely and reinstall? That's what worked for me
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ilostmypistons said:
Did any of you uninstall flash completely and reinstall? That's what worked for me
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Yes and i just tried it again with no luck
Also Bl0odymess did a factory restore and installed everything fresh and still has the problem as well
I am just watching streaming on the default browser now
Waiting for adobe or dolphin to fix
im doing the same as susko using the default browser even if it crashes randomly when im watching videos. thanks alot for you replys every1
EDIT : btw, 3rd party softwares were just for local video, couldnt find how to open an url with them. Tryed megaplayer software but havent managed to make it work thanks
I have the same probleme yesterday. But i have an fix that works for me.
1. First deinstall over Apps the Flash Player.
2. Then install the flashplayer 11 over the market!!!
This is important because, if you open the browser without flash it ask you to install flash and with this package it doesn't work. I dont know why, but only the package in the Market work with fullscreen flashvideos!
I hope i can help you
EDIT:
It work for the first time, after it shown the with screen you describe
EDIT2:
It works, but only in the AndroiBrowser! In the other Browser only a white screen is shown.

epinter CM10 questions/bug list

Curious about some of these since most of them don't seem to be documented on the main thread, so I'm not sure if it's something on my end or something not working with the ROM. Any workaround suggestions would be appreciated.
--Built-in video camera app doesn't work (documented).
--Video playback doesn't work correctly. Audio is fine, video lags. Eventually audio stops to resync with laggy video. Happens with video files recorded before installing the ROM, which used to play fine on stock GB, as well as tested with video files dumped from my PC. Tried Gallery's player, MX player, and Rock player.
--Chrome crashes frequently (most notably when hitting the tabs button).
--Twitch.tv app plays audio with a black screen (youtube and other things work fine).
--Hardware buttons don't light up.
--Voice Search doesn't work.
--Google Books crashes immediately (documented). (seems to be fixed as of 8-23B)
--Live wallpapers don't work (black background). (seems this magically fixed itself without any updates or workarounds)
--Battery % seems to act weird above 90%, lately it's been stopping charging at 95% (or so it says), and the battery info on the lock screen says "Charged" rather than "Charging" at 95%. Reboot, battery pull, wipe batt stats, re-flash ROM, etc. didn't fix. This didn't happen for the first few days after initial install. (seems to be an Atrix problem with 4.0+ rather than a ROM specific problem)
Edit: 8-23-12B
Live Wallpapers working just fine here on latest 0815
The only issue I have really found is that I cannot get my chrome to phone to work... but I can use phone to chrome.
Anyone else have this issue and come up with a solution?
morepower71 said:
The only issue I have really found is that I cannot get my chrome to phone to work... but I can use phone to chrome.
Anyone else have this issue and come up with a solution?
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Chrome doesn't works for me too, I've read it needs the hardware acceleration from the driver that Motorola hasn't released yet...
tuxayo said:
Chrome doesn't works for me too, I've read it needs the hardware acceleration from the driver that Motorola hasn't released yet...
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I am not talking about chrome itself I was talking about the chrome to phone app that works with the desktop chrome add on. I should have specified a little more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chrometophone&hl=en
I use this all the time with going between my phone, my work, and my home computers.
So is there a work around to install flash on CM10. Also mkv files do not work even with mx player correct? Anything else that doesn't work? A complete list would be appreciated!
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I've noticed that gallery freezes and twitches, Trebuchet autorotation is always on
Hello everyone. The only problem I have in this wonderful Rom and google street view. When you try to drag the PengMan, the forced close. This bug would be for all Jelly Bean?
* Sorry for my bad English!
Can not connect to any mobile network
Hi ,
Not sure anyone found the same problem as mine , I'd flash epinter's CM10 20120823b over turl1 CM9 without wipe after flash was done my Atrix can not connect to any mobile network but Wifi it's OK ( i use 37p radio ) , any help would be appreciate
Thank you
Artifice_ said:
Curious about some of these since most of them don't seem to be documented on the main thread, so I'm not sure if it's something on my end or something not working with the ROM. Any workaround suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit: 8-23-12B
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Uh... Try searching.
Video camera does work on some apps, hardware buttons light up when you select "auto-brightness," Voice search works when you install the appropriate offline voice file, and battery % can be fixed with ravilov's battery app.
morepower71 said:
The only issue I have really found is that I cannot get my chrome to phone to work... but I can use phone to chrome.
Anyone else have this issue and come up with a solution?
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It works. Like anything else, you need to sign off/sign in to the service for it to recognize it again. Need to do that every time you flash a rom.
alexmadrocker said:
Hello everyone. The only problem I have in this wonderful Rom and google street view. When you try to drag the PengMan, the forced close. This bug would be for all Jelly Bean?
* Sorry for my bad English!
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Noted problem due to lack of hardware acceleration.
tortatee said:
Hi ,
Not sure anyone found the same problem as mine , I'd flash epinter's CM10 20120823b over turl1 CM9 without wipe after flash was done my Atrix can not connect to any mobile network but Wifi it's OK ( i use 37p radio ) , any help would be appreciate
Thank you
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Flash a different radio.
I'd try flash R100 radio also doesn't work and in setting > about phone > baseband version shown Unknown
when select setting > mobile network show FC too
Thank you.
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Have you tried reflashing but clearing caches first?
tortatee said:
I'd try flash R100 radio also doesn't work and in setting > about phone > baseband version shown Unknown
when select setting > mobile network show FC too
Thank you.
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I' found strange thing on this , actually my imie also lost with can't display baseband version too after flash epinter cm10 25aug version
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nh777 said:
It works. Like anything else, you need to sign off/sign in to the service for it to recognize it again. Need to do that every time you flash a rom.
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That doesn't work. I have logged in and out on phone and computer, I have installed fresh, I have tried clearing data, and reistalling with data from titanium. Any other ideas? I tried everything I can think of. And I can use the phone to chrome fine just not the chrome to phone...
Most things are running very well. I've tried about a half a dozen roms over the past week or so. One of the only problems I've found is issues with google now. It wont speak back to me, it's just shows the google results. Even on basic questions that it usually would speak an answer back to you, like scores of a baseball game or something like that. But that's not a big problem for me. Also, there's some issues with Chrome and some other browsers. Some browsers work better than others. To my surprise, I'm having the best luck with Firefox Beta and Boat Browser.
morepower71 said:
That doesn't work. I have logged in and out on phone and computer, I have installed fresh, I have tried clearing data, and reistalling with data from titanium. Any other ideas? I tried everything I can think of. And I can use the phone to chrome fine just not the chrome to phone...
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Nevermind loaded 8/25 and working now.
Audio broken after car dock charge
I am currently using version 8-25 and my audio doesn't work after I charge using the card dock. Only a reboot will fix the audio. Is anyone else having the same problem?
Voice Search Works
Voice Search works if you download the offline language pack (e.g. English) in settings.
Google Voice Crashes
Great ROM. Thanks, epinter.
I'm getting regular messages for Google Voice stopping. I'm running the gapps v3 and the 2012-080-25 ROM but I was also getting the Google Voice crashes in 2012-08-23B.
I upgraded from CM9 without a user wipe (I did wipe cache) and went straight to gapps v3. Other than the Google Voice FCs, everything is running great. I haven't read about anyone else having this problem. Is it just me?
Much appreciated.
Google Voice Crashes
hornsluvr said:
Great ROM. Thanks, epinter.
I'm getting regular messages for Google Voice stopping. I'm running the gapps v3 and the 2012-080-25 ROM but I was also getting the Google Voice crashes in 2012-08-23B.
I upgraded from CM9 without a user wipe (I did wipe cache) and went straight to gapps v3. Other than the Google Voice FCs, everything is running great. I haven't read about anyone else having this problem. Is it just me?
Much appreciated.
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Update: I incorrectly assumed that Google Voice was part of the gapps package. A quick uninstall and reinstall of Google Voice through Play did the trick.
Now this ROM is running like butter!

Galaxy S3 keeps freezing

suddenly my samsung galaxy s3 keeps freezing and I have to make a hard reset every time. I tried to make factory reset, or wipe factory reset, but the same problem.
what should I do?
are you on SDS-safe firmware?
Dude, instead of creating yet another post with this, you could have searched to quite easily find out your phone is halfway dead and should be sent back to samsung for repair as soon as possible. Make it safe to return if you messed with it (flash original stuff, reset counter, etc, read a bit if you don't know what to do, it's all over these forums) and just take it in.
Don't take this the wrong way but you'd think it's common sense to just return any product (not even phone related) that it's malfunctioning instead of asking what to do to random people in a third party forum
karaks5 said:
suddenly my samsung galaxy s3 keeps freezing and I have to make a hard reset every time. I tried to make factory reset, or wipe factory reset, but the same problem.
what should I do?
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use the sds safe précautions to prevent freezing
Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
And what are the sds safe precautions or where can I find it?
just search in the general section
Device:GT-I9300 32gb
I have the same problem, this seems to be firmware related to me, the phone works in safe mode but this is really crappy now. I don't think there should be a return unless it's the only fix.Will try and flash JB and update the post.
Edit: Is that sds the Sudden death thing. I tried searching but no results come up. I am a new comer to Samsung as their devices sucked for ages and they still seem to do. Please can some one advise us(the op and myself and future people with this problem) on what is the main cause of this issue that a hard reset fixes it. But for my device,it doesn't die it stops functioning.
This is how I get this problem, my phone is rooted, but it runs fine only when there is a app crash the phone locks up and thats it.
what i tried: I tried to back up my data so i could save myself from reinstalling all my app. I hard reseted the phone and the phone functioned again
but after restoring my data the phone locks up again. Now my phone works about 5sec from normal boot but then locks up. It works fine in safe mode. So really where is issue? Is an app is making the whole OS to jam there has to be a simple fix for this.
Please don't say return the device, thats the dumbest thing to ever say. We want to over come the problem not ignore it/get rid of it.
Thanks for your time guys
Try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37432509&postcount=63
My S3 started well and then "SUDDEN DEAD" :crying:
Well. I reverted back to 4.1.1 and no more random reboots or freezes. It was definitely ROM issue.
Any one tried new EMA2 rom? If yes, still freezing?
msurg said:
Well. I reverted back to 4.1.1 and no more random reboots or freezes. It was definitely ROM issue.
Any one tried new EMA2 rom? If yes, still freezing?
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Mine was freezing constantly with MA1 and MA2 until I did what I posted above.
Now already 2 days without freezes.
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Same problems here. Not sure about rooting. If I change the csc code and download the latest, say German update. would that change the rom and fix it ?
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markhind said:
Same problems here. Not sure about rooting. If I change the csc code and download the latest, say German update. would that change the rom and fix it ?
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Probably not. Depends on what causes your problem.
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I was getting similar behaviour too. Phone would freeze after making calls, sending msgs, using facebook, searching on google, basically random points anywhere. Went through uninstalling apps, did a factory reset, and through some trial and error finally pinned down where my problem was at least. It was caused by the latest version of MixZing. Was crashing before frequently, and after uninstalling it I've been using my phone fine all day with no crashes at all. Still potentially early days, but if I don't report back then that solved it for me.
A simple solution
ok guys.. this is something i tried and has been working for me for more than two days now:
the problem seems to be in the download manager included in the new android software so what you simply have to do is to disable this application whenever you're not using it.. you can do so in the settings>> applications manager>> view ALL>> select DOWNLOAD MANAGER and DISABLE..
of course this will stop the play store from functionning and will stop any automatic updates but will prevent the phone sudden death...
All you have to do when you want to download any new apps or update existing ones is to enable the download manager and i suggest before doing that to clear the RAM memory and try to be gentle and patient with the phone...
Just keep working like that till ANDROID finds a solution in the next update and your phone will be fine.. in the end its better than killing the machine with every freeze.
Remember to be patient and work slowly when the download manager is enabled
Reply if it worked for you
simple solution worked for me
hady.j said:
ok guys.. this is something i tried and has been working for me for more than two days now:
the problem seems to be in the download manager included in the new android software so what you simply have to do is to disable this application whenever you're not using it.. you can do so in the settings>> applications manager>> view ALL>> select DOWNLOAD MANAGER and DISABLE..
of course this will stop the play store from functionning and will stop any automatic updates but will prevent the phone sudden death...
All you have to do when you want to download any new apps or update existing ones is to enable the download manager and i suggest before doing that to clear the RAM memory and try to be gentle and patient with the phone...
Just keep working like that till ANDROID finds a solution in the next update and your phone will be fine.. in the end its better than killing the machine with every freeze.
Remember to be patient and work slowly when the download manager is enabled
Reply if it worked for you
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My first post here. Thanks for this tip. My phone was freezing every 3 minutes and so I did what you suggested after all other suggestions (except rooting - as I was worried I might brick the phone if it froze while rooting) didn't work. Anyway, just a few seconds after I hit "DISABLE", my phone froze! So I thought it's probably not working, but since the reboot, it hasn't crashed. Thanks!:good:
karaks5 said:
suddenly my samsung galaxy s3 keeps freezing and I have to make a hard reset every time. I tried to make factory reset, or wipe factory reset, but the same problem.
what should I do?
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the same thing is happening to me and i have no clue why its happening it just like 3-4days ago but i have installed only clash of clans and clash royale in my phone. he most interesting thing is that all your phone feature will work but the screen will not for almost 20-30mins then it will recover on its own. all the call features are working well but no response from phone. my conclusion is this phone is totally a mess and i dont even know how i managed t use this device for 4years! it got super laggy after 6-7 months of use. Whatever i went to the service centre and they told that i need to change the motherboard of my s3 costing 130$.

[Q] Regarding the video player in browser on CM11

first off, i apologize if this doesn't belong here, but i cannot post and ask in the main thread for CM11 in development, as i don't post much, working more on the less you talk the more you listen mentality. However i cannot find anything regarding the integrated (i call it integrated as i cannot find any app which obviously related to it which i could get rid of), which is the video player when playing videos from other websites than youtube, it opens the video with this plug-in like video player.
Now in cm10.1 i could choose to open it with any video player i had installed, after updating to CM11 it just opens it up with that plug-in like player, which is really awkward and slow to use... and i want to get rid of it, however i failed to find anything regarding it on forums or google, not exactly sure what to look for, but did search for everything i could think of, there seemed to be a mention of this without an answer in the development thread though.
I checked settings in both default browser and chrome, opera mini just downloads the video file, which i don't want either. tried disabling java, basically dug through all the settings too... reset my app defaults etc.
If anyone has solution, or suggestions to solving this, please let me know as i spent few hours digging on it with no success :silly:
I am on CM11 nightlies, galaxy s3 i9300. And well any suggestions are appreciated... just want the selection for what to open video link with back.
un4tural said:
first off, i apologize if this doesn't belong here, but i cannot post and ask in the main thread for CM11 in development, as i don't post much, working more on the less you talk the more you listen mentality. However i cannot find anything regarding the integrated (i call it integrated as i cannot find any app which obviously related to it which i could get rid of), which is the video player when playing videos from other websites than youtube, it opens the video with this plug-in like video player.
Now in cm10.1 i could choose to open it with any video player i had installed, after updating to CM11 it just opens it up with that plug-in like player, which is really awkward and slow to use... and i want to get rid of it, however i failed to find anything regarding it on forums or google, not exactly sure what to look for, but did search for everything i could think of, there seemed to be a mention of this without an answer in the development thread though.
I checked settings in both default browser and chrome, opera mini just downloads the video file, which i don't want either. tried disabling java, basically dug through all the settings too... reset my app defaults etc.
If anyone has solution, or suggestions to solving this, please let me know as i spent few hours digging on it with no success :silly:
I am on CM11 nightlies, galaxy s3 i9300. And well any suggestions are appreciated... just want the selection for what to open video link with back.
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Go Settings - Apps - Press menu soft key - Reset app preferences
JellyYogurt said:
Go Settings - Apps - Press menu soft key - Reset app preferences
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I've tried that, did reset them, no effect. Was one of the first things i tried... just to be completely clear i want the dialogue to select app when encountering video files online flash or mp4 or whatever to choose what to open them with instead of the attached screenie...
In the same boat... using CM11.. I am trying to set 'Avia' as my default player (to play videos through chromecast)..
however couldn't find a way to set this.. and AOSP/Chrome/Dolphin browser starts to play videos (and flash videos) using internal video player inside the browser itself.. and somehow I couldn't find the default internal video player in the Settings -> Apps section. I even disabled 'Gallery' app.. any idea would be appreciated.
same problem.. no fixes?
Darklife1337 said:
same problem.. no fixes?
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i believe its cm11 'feature',im having the same problem with pure performance X rom :/
we need to solve this problem videos slow
also gif photo disabled at all browsers
had the same problem, rebooted and ready ... Works
Darklife1337 said:
same problem.. no fixes?
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had the same problem, rebooted and ready ... Works
Any fixes so far?
Changing Video-player "default" and still no help ?
I found this thread while searching for answer to same question-- only my device is a Nexus 7 running KitKat.
Go Settings - Apps - Press menu soft key - Reset app preferences
it actually worked for me .

[Q] Mic Problem?

hey guys im new here and i just wanted to see if anyone else is having a weird problem like me, i am using dipesh1502 Rooted,Deodexed,Zipaligned Stock V1.1, and for some reason my my take forever to start recording it even make programs hang like trackid, soundhound, and shazam wont start searching, it keep searching forever or say couldn't record audio, another app might be using the microphone, i even tried using sony xperia diagnostics app but the mic didn't work there either. is there anything i can do? i hope i posted this in the right section, i would have posted in the rom forum but i am too low of post to ask there.
Could you explain what you did to flash rom?
Did it work before? And have you tried to reflash the rom or kernel?
Maybe you have to reflash stock rom with flashtool.
I have another idea but it's just an expirement.
You could try to hard reset. It's like taking out the battery so no harm to your device
You need to open the left slot where the sim is and hold the small red button till it vibrates three times. Be sure to hold it long enough.

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