HTC Flyer and Beats Audio Add-on Development - HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G

I made a thread about this question in the apps & themes section but I seriously think this is a Development question:
It's possible to add the "beats audio" function to our flyer's as did with almost all of other HTC phones?
I,as a little experienced user, think it would not be so hard for the ability of the devs in this community....and you devs what do you think??
This is a link to the beats audio package from the EVO 3D forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287836

I'd like this too.
However I think they generally like these sorts of questeions in the Q&A subforum, not the Android development subforum.

tangcla said:
I'd like this too.
However I think they generally like these sorts of questeions in the Q&A subforum, not the Android development subforum.
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You are right but I want the Devs attention so what better place than this??
No Dev interested in this add-on???

VamosErik88 said:
You are right but I want the Devs attention so what better place than this??
No Dev interested in this add-on???
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Unless you're developing it, then it doesn't belong in the dev section.

if i remember correctly the HTC Flyer recovery sources already have Beats Audio support inbuilt

DooMLoRD said:
if i remember correctly the HTC Flyer recovery sources already have Beats Audio support inbuilt
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Amazing!!! Thanks for your reply and your attention....could you have a look on how to implement this function to our phones...I'll be very graceful to you

DooMLoRD said:
if i remember correctly the HTC Flyer recovery sources already have Beats Audio support inbuilt
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But I thought the Flyer was made before the Beats buy-out? So how could it have it.

VamosErik88 said:
I made a thread about this question in the apps & themes section but I seriously think this is a Development question:
It's possible to add the "beats audio" function to our flyer's as did with almost all of other HTC phones?
I,as a little experienced user, think it would not be so hard for the ability of the devs in this community....and you devs what do you think??
This is a link to the beats audio package from the EVO 3D forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287836
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You have posted this in several areas and already been given answers by the best developers here, but you persist and appear to be obsessed with this.
It's not built-in to the Flyer or View and not easy to add without a lot of custom work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21647314&postcount=893
In my opinion Beats Audio is a overblown marketing ploy that accomplishes little on the audio side and serves no purpose other than to put lots of $$ in the pocket if Dre and HTC. (HTC actually got burned to the tune of $300 million on this, and is now holding a bag of smelly stuff since Monster walked away).
Obviously Monster realized this and divorced themselves from the product line.
There is only so much enhancement you can add to audio and free apps like DPS Manager give you 98% of what you might be able to do with Beats with a simple download.

DigitalMD said:
You have posted this in several areas and already been given answers by the best developers here, but you persist and appear to be obsessed with this.
It's not built-in to the Flyer or View and not easy to add without a lot of custom work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21647314&postcount=893
In my opinion Beats Audio is a overblown marketing ploy that accomplishes little on the audio side and serves no purpose other than to put lots of $$ in the pocket if Dre and HTC. (HTC actually got burned to the tune of $300 million on this, and is now holding a bag of smelly stuff since Monster walked away).
Obviously Monster realized this and divorced themselves from the product line.
There is only so much enhancement you can add to audio and free apps like DPS Manager give you 98% of what you might be able to do with Beats with a simple download.
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tl;dr overpriced

DigitalMD said:
You have posted this in several areas and already been given answers by the best developers here, but you persist and appear to be obsessed with this.
It's not built-in to the Flyer or View and not easy to add without a lot of custom work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21647314&postcount=893
In my opinion Beats Audio is a overblown marketing ploy that accomplishes little on the audio side and serves no purpose other than to put lots of $$ in the pocket if Dre and HTC. (HTC actually got burned to the tune of $300 million on this, and is now holding a bag of smelly stuff since Monster walked away).
Obviously Monster realized this and divorced themselves from the product line.
There is only so much enhancement you can add to audio and free apps like DPS Manager give you 98% of what you might be able to do with Beats with a simple download.
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I don't understand what's your problem with me.......What's wrong with me asking for an add-on avaiable for most of the Htc phones, also for the ones that didn't have this function built-in(like the Desire HD that i sold).....tell me was the phone function built-in in the Flyer?? I serously wih that the amazing developers in this forum, like LeeDroid that is working on the add-on; finally will find the solution.......and I'm not obsessed: I'm only asking......
However I'll try this DSP Manager you suggested me...and see if it makes the difference....

If it can be done.. I will do it.. otherwise...
Sent from my LeeDrOiD loaded s-off HTC EVO 3D

LeeDroid said:
If it can be done.. I will do it.. otherwise...
Sent from my LeeDrOiD loaded s-off HTC EVO 3D
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Otherwise it cannot be done

I have no problem with you at all, but it useless to keep asking the same question which has already been well answered. I'm sure if Lee has the time , he will do his best, He and a couple of the other developers here have tons of experience with the HTC software. If he says its going to take lots of work, then you should believe him.
Other than that, questions go in the Q&A section as stated in the rules. That's all. There's no reason to post in multiple sections and ignore the rules.

DigitalMD said:
I have no problem with you at all, but it useless to keep asking the same question which has already been well answered. I'm sure if Lee has the time , he will do his best, He and a couple of the other developers here have tons of experience with the HTC software. If he says its going to take lots of work, then you should believe him.
Other than that, questions go in the Q&A section as stated in the rules. That's all. There's no reason to post in multiple sections and ignore the rules.
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And because it relates to development does not mean it goes in development; neither does adding development to the end of the thread.
DigitalMD, well said.

DigitalMD said:
In my opinion Beats Audio is a overblown marketing ploy that accomplishes little on the audio side and serves no purpose other than to put lots of $$ in the pocket if Dre and HTC. (HTC actually got burned to the tune of $300 million on this, and is now holding a bag of smelly stuff since Monster walked away).
Obviously Monster realized this and divorced themselves from the product line.
There is only so much enhancement you can add to audio and free apps like DPS Manager give you 98% of what you might be able to do with Beats with a simple download.
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+1 to this.
Beats is just bass boost with a bit of compression. We had this on Walkmen and boomboxes back in the 80s, remember? The real insult to anyone with actual listening taste, is to imply that all music automatically sounds "better" regardless of genre of music, output equipment (speakers or headphones), or personal taste, simply by applying a "one-size-fits-all" equalizer setting. You get much better results from DSP Manager or Volume+, and being able to tailor the EQ settings to your individual liking.
I have the Beats feature on my Desire Z, and it sounds awful (muddled with too much bass).
I know this is a bit of a departure from the original discussion of HOW to get Beats on the Flyer. So my apologies there. It just makes my eyes roll whenever I read or hear the term "Beats".

redpoint73 said:
+1 to this.
Beats is just bass boost with a bit of compression. We had this on Walkmen and boomboxes back in the 80s, remember? The real insult to anyone with actual listening taste, is to imply that all music automatically sounds "better" regardless of genre of music, output equipment (speakers or headphones), or personal taste, simply by applying a "one-size-fits-all" equalizer setting. You get much better results from DSP Manager or Volume+, and being able to tailor the EQ settings to your individual liking.
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You will not get the Beats app to run on the flyer because HTC has not and most likely will not release the driver source code ... They do like to sell new phones
Here is a quote from their Development site.
“Why hasn’t HTC released the source code for some drivers?
HTC will release source code in accordance with any applicable open source license terms, i.e. GPL v2.0. Other source codes, which are not required to be disclosed by the open source license terms, unfortunately cannot be disclosed by HTC as they may be proprietary to HTC or its licensor.”
There is a kernel floating around for a certain phone (I have it on mine) that implements the Beats audio.
However, because of the code used to build that kernel … it cannot be discussed in this forum as it is against XDA rules.
It would be best if developers did not use protected code and discuss it here.
With that being said I have found I can get a much better result using any of available audio players with built in equalizers.

redpoint73 said:
...Walkmen ...
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Thanks to all for your tips.....I tried the DSP Manager and it seems very complete with a lot of settings....but I still can't find the best ones that will fit to the sound of my SoloHD.........it seems that the SRS equalizer from HTC does better.....any suggestion on what are the best settings to have a sound near to the beats one??

VamosErik88 said:
Thanks to all for your tips.....I tried the DSP Manager and it seems very complete with a lot of settings....but I still can't find the best ones that will fit to the sound of my SoloHD.........it seems that the SRS equalizer from HTC does better.....any suggestion on what are the best settings to have a sound near to the beats one??
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There are no "best settings". It depends on whether you are talking about the internal speakers (which really aren't going to sound great no matter what), headphones or external speakers, what headphones or speakers you are using, what type of music, and most importantly your personal listening preference.
For instance, I tend to like turning up the higher frequencies more than most people. I like to highlight the twang of the acoustic guitar strings and the sparkle of the singer's voice. Many people like to boost the bass. While I like a "solid" bass sound, my belief is that boosting it too much just muddies up the overall sound. A lot of it is just personal taste.
In general, dropping the mid range, while keeping the high and low frequencies at zero or boosting sounds good to most people in many situations. So you can try by starting with that, and vary the amount of boost or cut to your liking. SRS can provide better sound in some situations (especially cheaper headphones). But like Beats, its heavy on bass, and it can be too much sometimes. For instance, my car stereo is already heavy on bass, so adding SRS sounds bad.

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[Q] Plausibility of hearing mic input + music through headphone output

I hope the title mostly explains my question: I would like to know devs opinions about how "do-able" it would be to create a sound driver/app that would allow a user to hear the microphone input mixed with other audio when earbuds or headphones are connected to the device. I'm guessing that this would not be difficult. I am an electrical engineer with programming experience (only written one android program via tutorial, though), and I am thinking about trying this. I thought I'd start by bouncing this idea off you experienced devs.
Need for app (further explanation): My girlfriend is partially deaf-- she wears hearing aids to help her hear the outside world. When she listens to music or makes phone calls with her phone, she likes to use her earbuds -- lots of us do -- and like lots of us, she can't hear the outside world with earbuds in her ears -- in her case, she can't hear the outside world at all. I was thinking that if the android device could just forward an audio stream from the mic input to the headphone output, controlled by an on-off/sensitivity option, this would not only become a very sophisticated hearing aid replacement to devices that the deaf community has to pay thousands of dollars for, but it would also be useful to all of us who need to better hear the outside world at times when listening to music or talking on the phone with our earbuds in.
Like I said, it seems like a simple app or sound driver extension that could work with any audio output stream. I would get into the android api and start working on this unless there were specific reasons why this is not plausible. So here I am, bouncing the idea off you experienced devs.
What do ya think? Top-level approach, how could this be done? Does android limit this type of functionality?
gruuvin said:
I hope the title mostly explains my question: I would like to know devs opinions about how "do-able" it would be to create a sound driver/app that would allow a user to hear the microphone input mixed with other audio when earbuds or headphones are connected to the device. I'm guessing that this would not be difficult. I am an electrical engineer with programming experience (only written one android program via tutorial, though), and I am thinking about trying this. I thought I'd start by bouncing this idea off you experienced devs.
Need for app (further explanation): My girlfriend is partially deaf-- she wears hearing aids to help her hear the outside world. When she listens to music or makes phone calls with her phone, she likes to use her earbuds -- lots of us do -- and like lots of us, she can't hear the outside world with earbuds in her ears -- in her case, she can't hear the outside world at all. I was thinking that if the android device could just forward an audio stream from the mic input to the headphone output, controlled by an on-off/sensitivity option, this would not only become a very sophisticated hearing aid replacement to devices that the deaf community has to pay thousands of dollars for, but it would also be useful to all of us who need to better hear the outside world at times when listening to music or talking on the phone with our earbuds in.
Like I said, it seems like a simple app or sound driver extension that could work with any audio output stream. I would get into the android api and start working on this unless there were specific reasons why this is not plausible. So here I am, bouncing the idea off you experienced devs.
What do ya think? Top-level approach, how could this be done? Does android limit this type of functionality?
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I'm not a professional dev.
But I heard android can't process the mic input at realtime.
I think this is similar case with noise canceling.
Noise canceling needs real time mic input processing but android's API doesn't support it.
I don't want to say this...but iOS is way forward than android about this area.
(It actually supports sound processing at almost real time.
If you want to find example, search for amplitube or imic for iOS.)
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AndroidON said:
I'm not a professional dev.
But I heard android can't process the mic input at realtime.
I think this is similar case with noise canceling.
Noise canceling needs real time mic input processing but android's API doesn't support it.
I don't want to say this...but iOS is way forward than android about this area.
(It actually supports sound processing at almost real time.
If you want to find example, search for amplitube or imic for iOS.)
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Thanks AndroidON for your reply. My girlfriend currently uses an iPhone, and already I have found http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/09/22/reviewing-awareness-for-the-iphone/ which is exactly what I hoped to find/develop in the android platform. So while this is awesome for her, I may never get her on to android now!!! heh heh Seriously though thanks for sending me on the iphone search, because that's just what she needed.
(Boooooo Android!)
Can anybody else confirm or deny that this is not possible on the android platform? I don't need processing, just signal forwarding with attenuation ...which may mean processing if converting from A/D then convert from D/A again... I was hoping hardware would allow the signal to stay in analog, to avoid the need for realtime digital processing. This is somewhat technical and I hope to hear from developers, and I would like to begin developing it if it's possible, which is why I originally posted in the dev section.
bumping this thread
Thanks for considering my question!!
Anybody know if this is possible with the android api?
Interesting question and a good idea for an app!
Well, it is definitely possible with java but there would be some delay due to a minimum buffer.
Look here (sorry, can't post links): stackoverflow.com/questions/5379063/audiorecord-and-audiotrack-latency
They say that probably it is possible to work around this problem with some C code
Hmmmm.... interesting! Thanks for that!
Yeah a little bit of delay would not be a bad thing in this case. The iPhone equivalent of this idea is Awareness! and it has delays of 1 to 2 tenths of a second.
No problem!
Well, maybe delay is ok for this
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Hi,
Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I really am interested in an app like this.
Has anyone done anything about this ?
Thanks,
Vic

[Q] Music Mixing on Android

Hi All,
I joined XDA because I needed to ask this question, then watched the noob video and wondered if I should ask this. However i've spent hours researching both this forum and others and there are no answers I can find.
I have an HTC Evo 3D and I love it. I've done some relatively professional live sound mixing in the past (32 channel in recording plus live sound), however would love to have something mobile.
My HTC is much more powerful then the first computer i started recording on so it only makes sense (in my little brain) that it should be able to record better.
What I would like is 4-8 channels USB into my phone, that can record simultaneous. or even one decent USB mic, I know i have hosting capabilities, just no software to tell me what these thing are.
i Havn't rooted yet but am willing to root, and go the whole nine yards (except sell out to apple, they're dead to me) are there any roms that do this sort of thing, any apps? anything in development?
Thanks so much for the help

What sound mod are you using?

what sound mod are you guys using? and is there a difference i'm wondering if i should flash ac1d or beats and if there is a difference speakers wise , ihave a very low end headphones so my concern is on speakers
I've deleted your duplicate thread. Please do not post duplicates as this is in direct violation of the forum rules.
Edit: Actually looking at your thread history you have a habit of creating lots of duplicates... I suggest you stop otherwise it'll be welcome to bansville for you.
Well sorry but it's weird how none seems to answer anything here while on other phone forums people actually care
Andraxo said:
Well sorry but it's weird how none seems to answer anything here while on other phone forums people actually care
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To be honest with you the answer is obvious once you apply a little logic and use a few brain cells.
Sound, or the human ability to hear sound, differs greatly from human to human. Whilst person A night prefer their music to be bass heavy, person B might find that lots of bass induces headaches and so would prefer more of the mids and highs to be heard.
Also some ears can perceive tiny differences in sound that another person could not, for example, a trained musician or an audio producer due to the very nature of what they do will develop this ability to perceive what another person cannot.
That was the knowledge/brain cell part, here comes the logic.
Because people's ears are more or less sensitive to sound than others and because people enjoy hearing different things in music, it is completely useless for another to tell you how good or bad a certain sound mod is compared to another.
Secondly because some people can perceive differences that others cannot, it is also useless to ask others if there are differences in sound mods, they might say yes because they can here the tiny differences but you might not.
This is therefore a very subjective matter that only you can solve for what sounds best to you.
To which end I suggest you stop whining about nobody responding to your questions, flash the mods and see for yourself which is better and what the differences are.
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Recording Video

Dummy question.
I just recorded some video on my DNA.
Nice video! No audio!
Does that mean that I had accidentally turned down the volume rocker before recording and therefore no sound was recorded.
Or is the audio really there but I don't know how to access it?
I know.....but hey!
There are no dumb questions, right?
Dan:crying:
There is something I have been curious about relative to this site.
When a simple question is asked by a non expert like myself: the chance that it will be answered is slim at best.
1. The question is so basic and asinine that 99% of the members here dismiss it as to not want to be associated with it.
2. Those who read one of these basic queries really don't know the answer and don't want to offer a suggestion so as not to be thought "foolish" to the forum.
3. I am leaning toward number one.
To update:
The volume on my DNA is not muted and was instead ticked to full on.
The setting in the video recoring software is set to "record at stereo". It was not set to off.
I reshot another video today and for some very simple basic reason when I play the video back there is no audio.
If someone knows (and is not afraid to publicly admit) what I am doing wrong.....I would be very grateful.
It is true that the answer to this will be very embarrassing to me ....but so what.
Anyone care to help a total newbie?
Dan
I have't seen this issue before, so probably others are the same.
Usually if I don't know the answer to an issue, I don't reply. Which I think most do.
Otherwise the thread would be nothing more than a bunch of "I don't know" replies.
I would suggest to try an audio recording app to see if your mic works there. If it does, then it has something to do with your camera/rom.
If it doesn't work, then it could be your rom or a hardware issue.
nunyazz said:
I have't seen this issue before, so probably others are the same.
Usually if I don't know the answer to an issue, I don't reply. Which I think most do.
Otherwise the thread would be nothing more than a bunch of "I don't know" replies.
I would suggest to try an audio recording app to see if your mic works there. If it does, then it has something to do with your camera/rom.
If it doesn't work, then it could be your rom or a hardware issue.
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I very much appreciate your quick response.
However, it did take a rather sarcastic and unfriendly reply from myself before someone (you) stepped up and offered some much needed advice.
I will say (as above) that this site for any new smartphone users who accidentally stumble upon it: this is basically a developer web site and is not meant to be inviting to those of us who are not at a very senior level of smartphone design and software development.
I was trying to sneak in here under the cloak of darkness ( the Devs might even smile on that turn of a phrase).
However that never works.
That is like knowing a little French and then going to a French restaurant and pretending that you really speak French.
In two minutes they will make you look like the fool you are. And you will be out in the street.
There are other web sites for inexperienced users of smartphone technology to search out where their newness will be more welcomed.
xdadevelopers (a wonderful place for the experts)........is not one of them for the uninitiated.
Dan
It isn't about people not wanting to help, or that your question was too basic for the "experts" to respond. You asked your question on a weekday night and expected it to be answered before the end of business day the next day.
You only had 85 views of this thread (as told by tapatalk) I bet dollars to donuts that 90% of those views were from people like me. And the remaining 10% is possibly from search engines from their daily bot to log for searches.
I just got off work, but check unread threads while at work when I have a quick minute. I can't go through all that troubleshooting while at work.
Now to the subject of OP:
What ROM are you running? Is it stock? Is it stock rooted or a custom ROM? All these are steps to find out why this happened. It could have been a bad flash, it could be a rogue app hogging the mic driver and camcorder couldn't access it. There is quite a few things it could be and you gave us nothing to work with.
Sent from my Rezound
ScreenSpace said:
I very much appreciate your quick response.
However, it did take a rather sarcastic and unfriendly reply from myself before someone (you) stepped up and offered some much needed advice.
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Well. You won't be getting my two cents as I didn't see this thread until now due to being busy at the studio.
Go **** yourself.
The DNA's mic sucks for recording audio. In the past when i've recorded videos the audio is almost not even there it's so quiet. It's a shame that this phone (some, not all) have mad mics.
Faulty hardware. Replace device.
Also, being a **** after not getting your question answered fast enough isn't going to get your question answered usually.

[Q] X-reality Engine not THAT good?

Hi everyone! I'm new here so please don't eat me alive!
I recently got a ZU and it has come to my attention that X-reality Engine isn't that great after all the hype I've seen all over the internet. Perhaps it's just me, but coming from a person that deals with images on a computer screen on a daily basis (graphic designer) the processing by this so called "engine" really doesn't do video any justice. For me, even with the brightness low at 60% there is so much grain from the over sharpening and contrast increase that it's unbearable and in effect find the default "off" engine so much more superior. Is the Bravia 2 engine any better? I was under the impression that X-reality was an update from Bravia 2's shortcomings? Does anyone else agree with me on this stance that X-reality engine is a pointless ploy for sony to combat Samsung's over-saturation of screen graphics?
To me X-Reality really shines with high-resolution contents (i.e., at least 720p, preferrably 1080p). If you try viewing 1080p videos on YouTube there is a good chance that you will like having it enabled. For lower-res contents the over-sharpening does make it much much worse compared to simple bilinear filtering though.
Yup, I'll have to agree. It looks good on HD stuff (like the Smurfs trailer), but it looks absolutely dreadful if you decide to watch some SD Seinfeld episodes with it enabled.
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bellabee said:
Hi everyone! I'm new here so please don't eat me alive!
I recently got a ZU and it has come to my attention that X-reality Engine isn't that great after all the hype I've seen all over the internet. Perhaps it's just me, but coming from a person that deals with images on a computer screen on a daily basis (graphic designer) the processing by this so called "engine" really doesn't do video any justice. For me, even with the brightness low at 60% there is so much grain from the over sharpening and contrast increase that it's unbearable and in effect find the default "off" engine so much more superior. Is the Bravia 2 engine any better? I was under the impression that X-reality was an update from Bravia 2's shortcomings? Does anyone else agree with me on this stance that X-reality engine is a pointless ploy for sony to combat Samsung's over-saturation of screen graphics?
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do a backup.. and try one of these three mods.
LordManhattan said:
Yup, I'll have to agree. It looks good on HD stuff (like the Smurfs trailer), but it looks absolutely dreadful if you decide to watch some SD Seinfeld episodes with it enabled.
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I think Kramer looks like that in real life
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hamdogg said:
do a backup.. and try one of these three mods.
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I've never rooted before, but pretty scared that I'lll brick it or something! Plus I have a Mac, and from some minor research I've done it seems that all the rooting programs are made for windoze.
And by the way, which mods are you talking about?
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I think Kramer looks like that in real life
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Haha! I actually tried watching a 4K video on the phone with X-reality on, was decent and definitely sharper but perhaps it's just me but I don't like too high of a contrast let alone high sharpening on videos I'm viewing.
bellabee said:
I've never rooted before, but pretty scared that I'lll brick it or something! Plus I have a Mac, and from some minor research I've done it seems that all the rooting programs are made for windoze.
And by the way, which mods are you talking about?
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It's pretty hard to hard brick a Sony phone, so don't be scared. I can't really see why you should go through with rooting though. You're willing to do it so you can try some other video/photo "enhancements", that might actually make you "regret" it all? (not that rooting is bad or anything, but you may end up in situations that you don't want to be in). I wouldn't root unless there are some other stuff you'd like to do with your Ultra.
Questions.
- Have you rooted anything before?
- Do you know what rooting is?
- Are there any software stuff you'd like to change?
I'm sorry if these questions seem a little silly, but i have no idea what level you're at with only 3 posts. You might know a lot, and you've been lurking around here for years, or you came straight in here last week knowing nothing. I don't know The reason i ask is, i and a lot of people around here don't want to be tech support in case anything goes to hell, or you have no idea what you're doing next week and you delete some system files I don't want to be here when that happens
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Questions.
- Have you rooted anything before?
- Do you know what rooting is?
- Are there any software stuff you'd like to change?
I'm sorry if these questions seem a little silly, but i have no idea what level you're at with only 3 posts. You might know a lot, and you've been lurking around here for years, or you came straight in here last week knowing nothing. I don't know The reason i ask is, i and a lot of people around here don't want to be tech support in case anything goes to hell, or you have no idea what you're doing next week and you delete some system files I don't want to be here when that happens
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In all honesty, I have never rooted anything before. I came from a samsung mega which I wanted to root because I found out that I could not get rid of the bloatware unless rooted, and moreover I wanted to install Cyanogenmod- as I hate the samsung UI. On my ZU I would like to have the power to install apps/ move apps to SD, and also I have Limpus Battery (I think it's called) which needs to have root access to enable some power optimisation when battery is low or something.
I have a fair idea what rooting is and forgive me but isn't it like jailbreaking because you're accessing parts of your phone that isn't ready accessible to the general consumer? Pardon my crass differentiation but to me it's similar- could be totally wrong though! Haha! I've jailbroken my iPhones before so I'm pretty sure I'm capable of doing it.
I think I will leave it be. I've just set the setting for X-reality off when watching low/standard def videos and usually turn it on when watching HD, but weirdly enough I always find myself switching over to default off- perhaps it's just my preference? :angel:
bellabee said:
In all honesty, I have never rooted anything before. I came from a samsung mega which I wanted to root because I found out that I could not get rid of the bloatware unless rooted, and moreover I wanted to install Cyanogenmod- as I hate the samsung UI. On my ZU I would like to have the power to install apps/ move apps to SD, and also I have Limpus Battery (I think it's called) which needs to have root access to enable some power optimisation when battery is low or something.
I have a fair idea what rooting is and forgive me but isn't it like jailbreaking because you're accessing parts of your phone that isn't ready accessible to the general consumer? Pardon my crass differentiation but to me it's similar- could be totally wrong though! Haha! I've jailbroken my iPhones before so I'm pretty sure I'm capable of doing it.
I think I will leave it be. I've just set the setting for X-reality off when watching low/standard def videos and usually turn it on when watching HD, but weirdly enough I always find myself switching over to default off- perhaps it's just my preference? :angel:
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Rooting is the same as jailbreaking, both achieve administrator access the the system portion of the os. If you do want to root, it's straightforward but make sure you read all the stickies before doing anything.
There's an app called tasker in which you can automate pretty much anything based on location, time and various other criteria, so for instance you could automate X-reality being turned on at a certain time or wifi to turn on when at home. I believe it will work for most things without root, and worth a look.
There isn't all that much you really need root for on a Z ultra so perhaps list your needs, you may find you don't even need root.
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I haven't touched Windows since the 90's and I manage to root OK! FlashTool and the SDK are all you need and are available for Mac. "Linux" commands also usually work unaltered.
PS - get a Samba app for your Xperia and it will show up on your home network like any other computer. Great way of syncing over folders on your Mac.
In my opinion X-reality should be shut off at all times. It's only extra processing that should have been taken care of on the original source anyway. Why add extra processing that destroys the authors vision when creating it. Granted some amateur stuff could probably benefit some from it at times. But still it's only a software gimmick. You won't see the true source as intended. It's like heavily equalizing the sound on music. And no I don't use any of the sound "enhancements" either.
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In my opinion X-reality should be shut off at all times. It's only extra processing that should have been taken care of on the original source anyway. Why add extra processing that destroys the authors vision when creating it. Granted some amateur stuff could probably benefit some from it at times. But still it's only a software gimmick. You won't see the true source as intended. It's like heavily equalizing the sound on music. And no I don't use any of the sound "enhancements" either.
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I completely agree! I think it's a gimmick.

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