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Hi, I just got a Sensation a couple of days ago and there have been a few problems I hope you guys could help me with.
Firstly, my Android Market only shows a few of the apps that there should be. Loads of apps such as the launchers or Angry Birds for example aren't showing up. When I open the Market from my desktop it says that these apps cannot be installed in my country (UAE) when i have friends here with other Android phones with the very same apps.
Secondly, whenever I play a video on the phone it plays fine for about a minute and then the audio switches off and it only comes back if I skip scenes. I don't if this is a fault with my phone or maybe a wrong format I'm using, can you guys recommend a converter?
Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated.
lolwut16 said:
Hi, I just got a Sensation a couple of days ago and there have been a few problems I hope you guys could help me with.
Firstly, my Android Market only shows a few of the apps that there should be. Loads of apps such as the launchers or Angry Birds for example aren't showing up. When I open the Market from my desktop it says that these apps cannot be installed in my country (UAE) when i have friends here with other Android phones with the very same apps.
Secondly, whenever I play a video on the phone it plays fine for about a minute and then the audio switches off and it only comes back if I skip scenes. I don't if this is a fault with my phone or maybe a wrong format I'm using, can you guys recommend a converter?
Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated.
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I do not know the answer to your first question, but I would assume that your friends either have a different ROM flashed to their phone that allows them to bypass country restrictions, or they have downloaded the APK's from somewhere else, then 'adb push'ed them to their device... Someone more knowledgeable than me can answer that one...
The second question regarding video converters... I have used an application called Handbrake in the past to re-encode my video files, and it has worked wonders. I highly recommend it. Link: http://handbrake.fr/
Hope this helps.
lolwut16 said:
Hi, I just got a Sensation a couple of days ago and there have been a few problems I hope you guys could help me with.
Firstly, my Android Market only shows a few of the apps that there should be. Loads of apps such as the launchers or Angry Birds for example aren't showing up. When I open the Market from my desktop it says that these apps cannot be installed in my country (UAE) when i have friends here with other Android phones with the very same apps.
Secondly, whenever I play a video on the phone it plays fine for about a minute and then the audio switches off and it only comes back if I skip scenes. I don't if this is a fault with my phone or maybe a wrong format I'm using, can you guys recommend a converter?
Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated.
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You can try to find the apk for the apps you want and install them outside of Market by copying the apk to your SD card then installing from there (be sure to check the allow non-market applications box under the applications settings) this should (I think) bypass any country restrictions. If you look around I'm sure you can find the apks you want. If not you could probably make a request for certain apps and someone can upload the apk for you.
Thanks, I'll let you know how it goes.
Where do I paste the App file in the SD card?
Anywhere . You can, for example create new folder - "Apps" on yours sd and paste applications there.
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Ahh, sorry should've been more specific. After copying the file over, where do I go in the phone to install it?
Nevermind, got it.
You can use the web-market to install apps. No idea why it doesn't appear on the phone's market app, but it should appear on the web market.
market.android.com
For the second problem: what video format are you using? Try *.mp4 or *.avi and see if they work Also, what resolution is the video?
lolwut16 said:
Secondly, whenever I play a video on the phone it plays fine for about a minute and then the audio switches off and it only comes back if I skip scenes. I don't if this is a fault with my phone or maybe a wrong format I'm using, can you guys recommend a converter?
Thanks for any help, it's much appreciated.
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You can try another video player such as MoboPlayer to see if you have converted your video ok.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil&hl=en
I also use HandBrake converter.
There is an app called android market enabler "lets you access paid apps from countries where paid apps are not yet available". But it requires you to root your phone which is not currently possible on our phone. This could be what your friends are using.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/market-enabler-v3-0-8-for-root-users/
I just copied some random avi files I had on my desktop, which gave me the problem above. Haven't tried using converter yet but I'll give it a shot now.
regarding your second problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104685
Try the dice player. It's plays my .MKV 720p files perfect.
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Thanks guys, I tried the qqplayer and its playing perfectly. Though one more thing, how do you set custom (from the SD card) notifications for things like messages or emails? Atm I can only find it for ringtones. Oh and how do I switch off the annoying sound upon unlocking?
Sorry for the trouble, first time user and all. =/
lolwut16,
I am from UAE too and have the same problems with paid apps from Android Market.
I am just waiting a software solution to turn my Sensation S-off and install a "market enabler".
You are not alone........
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Thanks guys, I tried the qqplayer and its playing perfectly. Though one more thing, how do you set custom (from the SD card) notifications for things like messages or emails? Atm I can only find it for ringtones. Oh and how do I switch off the annoying sound upon unlocking?
Sorry for the trouble, first time user and all. =/
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make a folder on the root of your storage card & name it notifications & put the sounds in there.
for the weather sound you can disable that in the weather app or somewhere like that
I've got a ton of pictures that are not showing up in my gallery under the stock JB update.
Someone suggested in a Gal Nex forum that you need to install the scratch OTA, so I formatted everything including /sdcard, and installed stock OTA. Rebooted, copied my pics back, and it STILL doesn't show them.
Anyone know what's going on?
Anybody? I know I'm not the only one, but I haven't seen any posts with a solution.
OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
I had this problem when using Slim ICS. I fixed it by downloading an app like Sony's millionmoments and ran it to find all my pics. Then uninstalled that app, and pics were showing in Gallery as well. Might work here too.
nickmv said:
OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
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Thanks so much!!!!!!!! You rock!!!!:good:
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OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
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Wow I'm using camera 360 too. Both my dcim and camera 360 folder pics are showing correctly in my gallery. I guess I'm lucky lol.
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me too
But I deleted the photo of the camera does not solve the problem
nickmv said:
OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
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Worked for me too!
Thanks!
Thank you, its work for, by deleting file from Camera360 and right now, i can using my galery, music and video.
nickmv said:
OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
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Omg! Dude you are a genius!! I've been stressing over this for the past 24 hours, and I scanned the whole phone not just the SD card though for "360", and deleted the files that had anything to do with Camera 360. I also heard that Rom Manager might be causing a problem too but I haven't had it for months but I went into Titanium Backup and realized I had a backup of it so deleted that too, I then used Rescan Media app and instantly All of my photos and music and videos showed up on all my media apps. Im so happy right now I could cry.:victory:
nickmv said:
OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
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YES!!!! I don't know how you figured out that the C360_ pictures was the culprit, but wow, it worked for me! As soon as I deleted them using ES File Explorer, I went to the gallery and now all my different folders showed up with the pictures in them. I went to open Player Pro, and my music didn't show up still, so I downloaded Rescan Media from the market and ran it. Now my phone is good with all my media items. Thanks man!
nickmv said:
OK, I'm happy to announce that I found the culprit.
Camera360's files apparently do not play well with the Gallery app or media scanner service. I deleted all files in DCIM/Camera that started with C360_ , selected Refresh in Gallery, and lo and behold all my pics started scanning and showing up.
If anyone else is having this problem -- please try this.
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Thanks man! There was one C360 img and because of it gallery wasn't getting update. Now everything is working.
Hi all, this is my first post to XDA forums, I've been a lurker for a while now but I can't seem to find the help I need so I decided to post.
I recently got my Nexus 5 coming from a Nexus S, and I've been trying to migrate all my photos and videos (~700 files) taken on my N2 to my N5 but no matter what methods I've tried I cannot seem to preserve the date that the photos and videos were taken, leading to a jumbled gallery on my N5.
I've tried using copying through USB (both dragging and dropping from the N2 into the N5, and copying onto the computer (preserves date modified/taken) then onto the N5), WiFi transfer apps, Bluetooth and LocalSync. I'm not proficient enough to experiment with adb so I haven't tried that yet.
My N2 is rooted and running CyanogenMod 9.0.0 and my N5 is rooted but running stock KitKat 4.4.2 and I am running Windows 7 64-bit, if any of this helps.
Any help would be appreciated!
adn.t said:
...trying to migrate all my photos and videos...
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How about uploading everything to the cloud and then downloading to the N5? Although, if all your stuff is in the cloud, you don't really need it on the phone.
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didn't work
PhilipTD said:
How about uploading everything to the cloud and then downloading to the N5? Although, if all your stuff is in the cloud, you don't really need it on the phone.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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I just tried using box storage, and it still doesn't preserve the metadata and instead changed the date modified on my N5 to sometime in 1970... :\
I'd prefer it on the phone itself so I can access it offline as I usually have my mobile data turned off (small data allowance) and am not often in range of a wifi signal
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I just tried using box storage, and it still doesn't preserve the metadata and instead changed the date modified on my N5 to sometime in 1970... :\
I'd prefer it on the phone itself so I can access it offline as I usually have my mobile data turned off (small data allowance) and am not often in range of a wifi signal
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Ah, in that case, my idea wouldn't work.
So, if I understand correctly, you're having no trouble transferring the files, it's just that the metadata isn't preserved?
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PhilipTD said:
Ah, in that case, my idea wouldn't work.
So, if I understand correctly, you're having no trouble transferring the files, it's just that the metadata isn't preserved?
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yeah, so my gallery goes completely out of order, usually showing the videos as the 'most recent' :\
adn.t said:
yeah, so my gallery goes completely out of order, usually showing the videos as the 'most recent' :\
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This is a long shot, but maybe you can import them into a PC program that preserves metadata, and then export them to the phone. Maybe Windows Live Photo Gallery, for example.
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PhilipTD said:
This is a long shot, but maybe you can import them into a PC program that preserves metadata, and then export them to the phone. Maybe Windows Live Photo Gallery, for example.
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Windows Live Photo Gallery doesn't seem to have an export to device function, only sharing to facebook and other social networks :\
Any other free PC programs you might know about?
adn.t said:
Windows Live Photo Gallery doesn't seem to have an export to device function, only sharing to facebook and other social networks :\
Any other free PC programs you might know about?
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Sorry, not off-hand. Try C-Net.
I accidentaly deleted some pics a while ago and installed the Undeleter app to try to get them back. I managed to find all the pics and recovered them, but amongst the files that it found as being deleted i got some strange results. I found screencaps of my activities; such as received calls, different apps/games, random camera snaps, etc. And quite a lot of them. Can anyone help me find out where they come from? i just flashed my N5(LTE) with 5.0.1 rooted.
DJxAM said:
I accidentaly deleted some pics a while ago and installed the Undeleter app to try to get them back. I managed to find all the pics and recovered them, but amongst the files that it found as being deleted i got some strange results. I found screencaps of my activities; such as received calls, different apps/games, random camera snaps, etc. And quite a lot of them. Can anyone help me find out where they come from? i just flashed my N5(LTE) with 5.0.1 rooted.
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Possibly overview (recent apps) cache, but I can't be sure about that
Lethargy said:
Possibly overview (recent apps) cache, but I can't be sure about that
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You're right, i even tested your theory. They are screencaps used for overview. At first i thought it was some kind of virus; someone monitoring me
Thank you Lethargy
DJxAM said:
I accidentaly deleted some pics a while ago and installed the Undeleter app to try to get them back. I managed to find all the pics and recovered them, but amongst the files that it found as being deleted i got some strange results. I found screencaps of my activities; such as received calls, different apps/games, random camera snaps, etc. And quite a lot of them. Can anyone help me find out where they come from? i just flashed my N5(LTE) with 5.0.1 rooted.
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Hi mate, im the developer of the app. You can find the apps thread on xda here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-undeleter-t2849045/
Yes, these are various files that are not usually exposed by the media scanner. You can filter them away by using the "Hide extant files" filter.
Thank you for the tip and thank you for the great apps. Keep up the good work.
The stock gallery app has a heart shaped icon you can select to create a folder of your favorite pictures. Recently and seemingly randomly, my entire favorites folder disappears and all selected photos become unselected. So far, it has happened twice this week.
Anyone else try this yet? Does it work for you?
PuffDaddy_d said:
The stock gallery app has a heart shaped icon you can select to create a folder of your favorite pictures. Recently and seemingly randomly, my entire favorites folder disappears and all selected photos become unselected. So far, it has happened twice this week.
Anyone else try this yet? Does it work for you?
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Yes I have had this issue and its very annoying. I lost all my marked photos and have to search them all again in the gallery. Not sure if this is a bug in EMUI 4.1 because I haven't upgraded yet to EMUI5. If it's still there in EMUI5 then Huawei is yet to address it.
bala1701 said:
Yes I have had this issue and its very annoying. I lost all my marked photos and have to search them all again in the gallery. Not sure if this is a bug in EMUI 4.1 because I haven't upgraded yet to EMUI5. If it's still there in EMUI5 then Huawei is yet to address it.
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I have version 5. I have no idea what it's causing this issue though.
So do I, I don't know what's causing it
PuffDaddy_d said:
I have version 5. I have no idea what it's causing this issue though.
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Do you have any other media app?
adriansticoid said:
Do you have any other media app?
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Google photos and Adobe Lightroom for editing. I'll try using various features one at a time to isolate the issue.
PuffDaddy_d said:
Google photos and Adobe Lightroom for editing. I'll try using various features one at a time to isolate the issue.
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Update us man.
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adriansticoid said:
Update us man.
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Well bro , i wonder how he is doing. Even i do need a update from him now:highfive:
This is so frustrating! I tried the following and nothing happened:
- Editing a favorite photo using the stock editor
- Editing a favorite photo issuing Lightroom
- Sharing a favorite photo via sms
- Sharing a favorite photo via Facebook
- Viewing a favorite photo via Google Photos
- Restarting the phone
Since none of that caused the favorites folder to disappear, I moved on with my life and over the next few hours, I did the following:
- Phone calls
- Browsed the web
- Sent text messages
- Played music over Bluetooth
Just as I had nearly forgotten about this issue, I decided to check one more time and now the favorites folder is gone again! I have no idea what caused it but it's now the third time in the past 2 weeks. I only recently started using that feature but it doesn't seem to last for more than a few days for me.
Anyone else have any feedback?
PuffDaddy_d said:
This is so frustrating! I tried the following and nothing happened:
- Editing a favorite photo using the stock editor
- Editing a favorite photo issuing Lightroom
- Sharing a favorite photo via sms
- Sharing a favorite photo via Facebook
- Viewing a favorite photo via Google Photos
- Restarting the phone
Since none of that caused the favorites folder to disappear, I moved on with my life and over the next few hours, I did the following:
- Phone calls
- Browsed the web
- Sent text messages
- Played music over Bluetooth
Just as I had nearly forgotten about this issue, I decided to check one more time and now the favorites folder is gone again! I have no idea what caused it but it's now the third time in the past 2 weeks. I only recently started using that feature but it doesn't seem to last for more than a few days for me.
Anyone else have any feedback?
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How many photos do u have in favourite folder ?
For this experiment, only 5. But I've had as many as 20 before.
PuffDaddy_d said:
For this experiment, only 5. But I've had as many as 20 before.
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U figured out the culprit?
Approximately how much time passes from you marking a photo to when you notice the folder missing and pics unmarked?
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marv_in_lbc said:
Approximately how much time passes from you marking a photo to when you notice the folder missing and pics unmarked?
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2-3 days, I'm on day 2 now... Fingers crossed
After seeing this post earlier, I marked some pics as favorite. I see the Favorite folder, and I'll see if that happens with me.
I'm on an L14
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marv_in_lbc said:
After seeing this post earlier, I marked some pics as favorite. I see the Favorite folder, and I'll see if that happens with me.
I'm on an L14
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Any report?
Mine has suddenly lasted a whole week without deleting itself. Not sure how or why though...
I marked 5 pics back when I first replied a few days ago and the Favorites folder is still in my gallery showing all of the marked pics.
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Mine too .. the photos still exist there . I had a backup before doing this
Honor needs to fix this
Luckily I never used this feature.
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