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Do you still own a Mp3 player

Those of you who have a Nexus, it does EVERYTHING right? Play movies, videos ..ect. Well my question is I was going to buy an HD2 today on my work line, but didn't justify spending that much on something I'm afraid I won't use often since I'm pretty sure I'll go right back to my Nexus.
Since my Ipod broke a year ago, I am debating now if I should get an Ipod Touch. But don't know how often I would use it since my Nexus does everything. So my question is do you guys still use your Ipod Touches, Zune Hds'..ect?
I want to make sure I get my money's worth. I was also debating wether or not to get the Archos 5 since it has Android on it, or wait for another tablet. I'm not sure ... all I know is I need second piece of hardware for my Nexus.

Yep I am using a Samsung P3 8GB.
I can pair it with N1 over BT so when I receive a call the music is muted and I can take the call directly thanks to the P3's mic
Yes the Samsung P3 has a superior quality sound

I still use my ipod classic on a daily basis. I like to have my entire music collection at my disposal whenever I want and a 16gb microsd doesn't even come close for that.

Imo i would say buy one, because i know i have my ipod touch playing music when i throw a party and that would be difficult if my phone was my ipod

i use my n1 for music at the gym

Gave my old sansa view to my pops after I got the phone.
I keep a about 4 gigs of music on the nexus, and use pandora mostly.

I've got a gb 32 zunehd. Primarily bought it to hook up to my car stereo, but also use it at work.

..until N1 has no FM....I still use my Sansa8GB for mp3&FM Radio.

It's a pain in the ass to unlock the phone every time I want to change tracks or pause, so yeah, I still use my iPod. My iPod also has superior sound quality.

bradsh1 said:
It's a pain in the ass to unlock the phone every time I want to change tracks or pause, so yeah, I still use my iPod. My iPod also has superior sound quality.
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Using CM with FLAC support my N1 sounds better than my ipod ever did. As far as the unlocking goes? When paired up with my Moto S9HD bluetooth headphones i can skip tracks on the headset whenever i'm running.
I still have an ipod, it's basically fused into my car stereo but if i get a new car with an AUX in i can't imagine i'll ever see the ipod again.

bradsh1 said:
It's a pain in the ass to unlock the phone every time I want to change tracks or pause, so yeah, I still use my iPod. My iPod also has superior sound quality.
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I use btunes on my nexus. It adds controls to the lock screen.

I use my Nokia BH-503 BT headphones with Btunes and Tune Wiki. I get almost 12 hours of play back time before they need recharging. I also stream my 50+ gb music collection through Subsonic so I don't need to carry around a lot of songs on my phone.

yep 16GB Zune HD, everybody thinks im from the future with my high tech gadgets. Couple weeks ago my cousin asked me if I'm sure I'm human when he saw my phone and zune.

Kutthoat5150 said:
yep 16GB Zune HD, everybody thinks im from the future with my high tech gadgets. Couple weeks ago my cousin asked me if I'm sure I'm human when he saw my phone and zune.
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Haha I pulled out my nexus one at a party:
"what is that?"
"what?"
"that"
"A nexus one"
"A nexus what?"
me - "googles phone?"
everyone else - "google has a phone?!"
I really am disappointed with what google has going for it's music/video player though. Btunes is okay and nemoplayer is as well. I'd love a great music app.

I have a Cowon S9 32GB. Nothing beats that. Period.
I bought it a while before I got the Nexus One. The N1 can't replace it though, and I doubt any phones will for a while. The sound quality in the S9 is godlike. The GUI sucks ass, but I don't care as long as the sound is good.

I never use an mp3 player per say just walking around, but when I'm running I use the built in music player with ***Cardio Trainer*** one of the best excercising apps in my opinion. it self integrates the music player..
Anyways in the car I also use Pandora with bluetooth or I could plug it in via aux input as well and let the auto EQ take action to where it always sounds amazing!
Usefull info here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=660617
-Charlie

For jogging:
Sportypal on Nexus One
Paired with Samsung P3 over BT
Superior music quality through P3
Results: 800 calories burned after 2 hours
I recommend sportypal GPS tracker for live calories burned report

I have a Zune HD, that Zune pass is a good deal, IMO
vegetaleb said:
For jogging:
Sportypal on Nexus One
Paired with Samsung P3 over BT
Superior music quality through P3
Results: 800 calories burned after 2 hours
I recommend sportypal GPS tracker for live calories burned report
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what are you using to hold your Nexus One while you jog?

In my pocket

Never had a separate MP3 Player. First phone I used a lot of music on was a Motorola KRZR K1m, which unlike the GSM version (which used a java app), had a pretty nice built-in MP3 player.

Evo 4G as iPod Touch replacement?

I am about to get the Evo 4G. I heard that the battery life of the Evo is bad, but i've seen a few people post tips and tricks on how to get a longer battery life.
Since I found this out, I was wondering if it would be wise to use the phone as an Mp3 player also?
Has anyone used the music player on their phone, with medium usage of talk/text & have it last the entire day?
Please share your thoughts and opinions with me. Thank you.

It will but I found its not da loud as an ipod touch

Waleezy said:
I am about to get the Evo 4G. I heard that the battery life of the Evo is bad, but i've seen a few people post tips and tricks on how to get a longer battery life.
Since I found this out, I was wondering if it would be wise to use the phone as an Mp3 player also?
Has anyone used the music player on their phone, with medium usage of talk/text & have it last the entire day?
Please share your thoughts and opinions with me. Thank you.
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The battery really isn't that bad. If you plan on using it as an MP3 player with some texting, you could turn off all mobile networks except 3G, turn the brightness down, and set it to never roam.
Besides, you can buy two 1500 mAh batteries for the Evo with an additional charger for ten dollars shipped. Can't beat that deal.

Mecha2142 said:
The battery really isn't that bad. If you plan on using it as an MP3 player with some texting, you could turn off all mobile networks except 3G, turn the brightness down, and set it to never roam.
Besides, you can buy two 1500 mAh batteries for the Evo with an additional charger for ten dollars shipped. Can't beat that deal.
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Where do you order that from?

Waleezy said:
I am about to get the Evo 4G. I heard that the battery life of the Evo is bad, but i've seen a few people post tips and tricks on how to get a longer battery life.
Since I found this out, I was wondering if it would be wise to use the phone as an Mp3 player also?
Has anyone used the music player on their phone, with medium usage of talk/text & have it last the entire day?
Please share your thoughts and opinions with me. Thank you.
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This has replaced my ipod touch. I can't speak on whether or not it will go to "11" however, I don't have any trouble. I do have awesome headphones though!

drbadass said:
Where do you order that from?
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Just do a search on ebay for evo battery and you'll see them; 2 standard (after market) batteries with a desktop charger. Seller has hundreds of them.

http://bit.ly/bYuB9m
This is where I purchased it from. I actually ordered two quantities, so I'll be getting four batteries .

Waleezy said:
I am about to get the Evo 4G. I heard that the battery life of the Evo is bad, but i've seen a few people post tips and tricks on how to get a longer battery life.
Since I found this out, I was wondering if it would be wise to use the phone as an Mp3 player also?
Has anyone used the music player on their phone, with medium usage of talk/text & have it last the entire day?
Please share your thoughts and opinions with me. Thank you.
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I can honestly say I sold my IPOD when I bought my Nexus One and used that as my preferred music player. I can say the same for my EVO!! I work out for about 1.25hrs everyother day so during my work out it may go down about 15 percentage 20 at the most! Try it! For some odd reason Player music on this things doesn't drain the battery as much as one would think! Good Luck

i can't imagine this replacing an ipod touch. they're just two totally different devices. apple really has its act together when it comes to simplicity and user interfaces for appliance-like applications. i also can't imagine any non-apple device handling my ~60GB music collection in any fluid, timely manner. my hero choked on just a few GB.
it also doesn't gracefully sync with itunes. whether people like it or not, itunes is the industry standard for digital music distribution, and it's nice to be able to seamlessly buy music sometimes.

Slightly off topic, but has anyone looked at there iPod touch and gone, "Wow when did this thing get so small?" As for replacing my iPod Touch with my phone? Not going to happen anytime soon. I use my phone heavily when im out and about and would rather not waste phone battery for playing music. Especially since my headphones are bluetooth. With 'MY' normal use I have to charge my phone nightly, the iPod at least every other day, and the headphones every few days.
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Waleezy said:
I am about to get the Evo 4G. I heard that the battery life of the Evo is bad, but i've seen a few people post tips and tricks on how to get a longer battery life.
Since I found this out, I was wondering if it would be wise to use the phone as an Mp3 player also?
Has anyone used the music player on their phone, with medium usage of talk/text & have it last the entire day?
Please share your thoughts and opinions with me. Thank you.
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I use it as an player while I mow the lawn on Sundays. Usually takes me about 1.5-2 hours and the battery doesn't go down much. Still lasts me the rest of the day.

I don't know what I've been doing different lately but ever since I flashed Fresh 0.2 and set my preferred network to CDMA and turn ON my wifi when I have that in range (especially if I have low 3g signal)...or sometimes I program my PRL to prefer verizon towers--all of this has resulted in my battery never dipping below 50% by time I leave work. That is with moderate usage which includes 5-20 txts, 5-15 minutes of voice calls, 10-30 min of web surfing on 3g (I am at work after all), full screen brightness. I work a 10 hour day in building that nearly blocks all 3g signals so I get 1-2 bars tops. I have used it to play mp3's for an entire day (with volume low, it's hooked to a stereo), or through headphones on max for a few hours here and there. never went below 50%.
My battery life has actually been fantastic lately. (I also have an Autokiller running...though I doubt that thing actually does anything useful, the jury is still out on that.)
Now, is it a slick an interface as an ipod? No. Itunes can be hacked to work with it, but it just isn't the same. Though, I ****ing hate itunes with a passion. What's wrong with drag-n-drop? I find the sense music player to be acceptable, though a bit lame. There are plenty of other media players in the market though.
The battery life is not even close to that of an ipod, but it will certainly make it through a day, especially if you put it in airplane mode. I've never tried but I bet I'd barely get down to 75% of a full day of mp3 playing with no radios on....maybe more.
Personally I think carrying around a phone like this AND an ipod to be simply ridiculous and mostly redundant. It does not replace all functionality of an ipod without a little effort. Drag-n-drop music instead of syncing is a pain to some, but far easier to me. you'll have to re-encode video to a mpeg4 or h.263 if you want video...and video will likely hurt the battery a bit with that gigantic screen....and the interface is a bit clunkier than an ipod....but, I'd feel like a tool carrying both around with me.
...but I wouldn't have a need for a dedicated media player, your needs may be different.

daneurysm said:
I don't know what I've been doing different lately but ever since I flashed Fresh 0.2 and set my preferred network to CDMA and turn ON my wifi when I have that in range (especially if I have low 3g signal)...or sometimes I program my PRL to prefer verizon towers--all of this has resulted in my battery never dipping below 50% by time I leave work. That is with moderate usage which includes 5-20 txts, 5-15 minutes of voice calls, 10-30 min of web surfing on 3g (I am at work after all), full screen brightness. I work a 10 hour day in building that nearly blocks all 3g signals so I get 1-2 bars tops. I have used it to play mp3's for an entire day (with volume low, it's hooked to a stereo), or through headphones on max for a few hours here and there. never went below 50%.
My battery life has actually been fantastic lately. (I also have an Autokiller running...though I doubt that thing actually does anything useful, the jury is still out on that.)
Now, is it a slick an interface as an ipod? No. Itunes can be hacked to work with it, but it just isn't the same. Though, I ****ing hate itunes with a passion. What's wrong with drag-n-drop? I find the sense music player to be acceptable, though a bit lame. There are plenty of other media players in the market though.
The battery life is not even close to that of an ipod, but it will certainly make it through a day, especially if you put it in airplane mode. I've never tried but I bet I'd barely get down to 75% of a full day of mp3 playing with no radios on....maybe more.
Personally I think carrying around a phone like this AND an ipod to be simply ridiculous and mostly redundant. It does not replace all functionality of an ipod without a little effort. Drag-n-drop music instead of syncing is a pain to some, but far easier to me. you'll have to re-encode video to a mpeg4 or h.263 if you want video...and video will likely hurt the battery a bit with that gigantic screen....and the interface is a bit clunkier than an ipod....but, I'd feel like a tool carrying both around with me.
...but I wouldn't have a need for a dedicated media player, your needs may be different.
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Wow, thanks for giving me some great detailed feedback on that. And thanks to the rest of the people who responded. I wasn't expecting that much of a response.
But yea I loved my 64GB iPod touch. I sold it to get the new Evo, but then I will sell my Nexus One on ebay. And I was either going to use those funds to re-buy my iPod touch or just buy a 32GB SD card and use the music player on my phone. I'm still on the fence about that.
I love the interface of the iPod Touch, if there is any app out there in the Android Market that can match the iPod Touch's interface, someone please let me know. (I use TuneWiki on my N1, if theres a better one, let me know please). I do like the simplicity of dragging and dropping my mp3s onto the SD card w/o syncing & having it show the artwork. Less hassle than syncing to itunes.
The only thing that I do not like is that the volume on the phone (with headphones plugged in) is not as loud as the iPod Touch's volume. If there were a volume hack, thats would be a DEFINATE PLUS. Also, like I said, I use TuneWiki and there aren't any EQs that I could set it to, maybe there might be a program that is better that allows you to set the EQs to your liking?
Overall, I was concerned with battery life. I hope they make a good extended battery that does not make you purchase a big ass backdoor. I wish there was an SD card bigger than 32GB, but unfortunately there isnt (If there is, point me in that direction). Once I get my phone, I am planning on rooting it and using Bugless Pete's ROM. Hopefully I get some good battery life on it though...

Well, I came from using an LG Lotus as a mp3 player and that had pitiful volume level...this is on par with my samsung moment, which compared to my Lotus is WAY louder. It's loud enough to overload my car stereo, home stereo and work stereo, so I keep it 2/3rd turned down so it doesn't sound like crap.
...it gets far louder in my headphones than I could ever need it, and I've been playing in a punk band for almost 15 years now, my hearing is shot. If it isn't loud enough for you I would recommend some better headphones...or a hearing aid, lol.
and so far as interface is concerned that's up in the air, it's only as good as the app you use and thankfully the android community is growing by the day, so there are tons of media player apps and will likely be tons more, growing in complexity and/or polish with each day.
32gb of music is still a mammoth amount of music, and when 64gb micro-sd cards come out I'm sure we can support it, if not out of the box then a simple update will likely change that.
I'm sure the EQ thing will be addressed shortly...and if batterly life is that much of a concern you can turn the screen brightness all the way down, disable background data and syncing, put it in airplane mode if you have no concern for communcations (this will likely make it last for days, however it's unpractical for most).
Though I think most of the credit for my recent battery life boost goes to the Fresh rom. In the thread I found it in people complained of worse battery life, but I think that might have been the battery memory just leveling out or something like that...I ignored it as the battery life is always less than thrilling, so I just kept it charging when I had time to do so...and now I only charge it right before bed (around midnight) and it goes from when I wake up (4:15am ish) till bedtime again (midnight ish) and has yet to dip into the yellow...regardless of how much I use it with the screen brightness maxed out (though I keep GPS off unless I need, well, GPS...wifi is on if I have availability...or forget to turn it off...hasn't been an issue).
YMMV, as always, but, I'd say you'd probably be pretty happy after adjusting to the "mere" 32gb of storage, different interface and need to buy some decent (or maybe less power hungry) headphones.
Just have a charger wherever you go in case of emergency. Now you've only got one device in your pocket.

daneurysm said:
Well, I came from using an LG Lotus as a mp3 player and that had pitiful volume level...this is on par with my samsung moment, which compared to my Lotus is WAY louder. It's loud enough to overload my car stereo, home stereo and work stereo, so I keep it 2/3rd turned down so it doesn't sound like crap.
...it gets far louder in my headphones than I could ever need it, and I've been playing in a punk band for almost 15 years now, my hearing is shot. If it isn't loud enough for you I would recommend some better headphones...or a hearing aid, lol.
and so far as interface is concerned that's up in the air, it's only as good as the app you use and thankfully the android community is growing by the day, so there are tons of media player apps and will likely be tons more, growing in complexity and/or polish with each day.
32gb of music is still a mammoth amount of music, and when 64gb micro-sd cards come out I'm sure we can support it, if not out of the box then a simple update will likely change that.
I'm sure the EQ thing will be addressed shortly...and if batterly life is that much of a concern you can turn the screen brightness all the way down, disable background data and syncing, put it in airplane mode if you have no concern for communcations (this will likely make it last for days, however it's unpractical for most).
Though I think most of the credit for my recent battery life boost goes to the Fresh rom. In the thread I found it in people complained of worse battery life, but I think that might have been the battery memory just leveling out or something like that...I ignored it as the battery life is always less than thrilling, so I just kept it charging when I had time to do so...and now I only charge it right before bed (around midnight) and it goes from when I wake up (4:15am ish) till bedtime again (midnight ish) and has yet to dip into the yellow...regardless of how much I use it with the screen brightness maxed out (though I keep GPS off unless I need, well, GPS...wifi is on if I have availability...or forget to turn it off...hasn't been an issue).
YMMV, as always, but, I'd say you'd probably be pretty happy after adjusting to the "mere" 32gb of storage, different interface and need to buy some decent (or maybe less power hungry) headphones.
Just have a charger wherever you go in case of emergency. Now you've only got one device in your pocket.
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Thank you for your input.
When I had my 64GB iPod Touch. It was only half way full, like about 31GB, but many of the albums I put on there, I did not like. I just put them on there because I use my iPod in my car alot, so my friends can choose what they would like to listen to, even if I didn't like it. That might change now lol.
I've been searching around and found an app called bTunes. It looks almost exactly like an iPod Touch's interface. I'm quite impressed, but they still need to polish it out a little more to get it to look as good as the Touch.
As far as the volume goes, im a huge music lover. I am a rapper/producer, love listening to my music loud and listening on my N1, the volume is up to par like on the iPod Touch. Like I said, if they release a voume hack for the EVO, I might be sold!
And also, I never had a car charger for my phone, so I guess that would be something that I should look into once I receive my Evo. Thanks again!

I strictly used my ipod to play music so the interface, games and apps were secondary. Carrying both around for me seemed silly but I understand the battery life concerns for others. I work at a desk and power is always near by. Doubletwist is a free app that syncs your itunes with your android. It also converts video to work on your android. It takes some time but it does do the job. My mogul had a special port that was used for headphones and was a pain to use a dongle to connect headphones. I see that they have done away with that and made it alot easier.
You CAN drag and drop your music to the phone. As Itunes will convert your aac music to mp3. Battery life is what it is. Prepare for it or carry two devices. I have a zune 30gb and an ipod touch 8gb. There were some conveniences you won't have like buying things from the Store, ultimately you would still want to sync with your home machine. I only buy when I'm at home though.

I also can't imagine any non-apple device handling my ~60GB music collection in any fluid, timely manner. my hero choked on just a few GB.
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Zune 120GB
Whether people like it or not, itunes is the industry standard for digital music distribution, and it's nice to be able to seamlessly buy music sometimes.
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Discography torrents :3

Headphone VOLUME SUCKS!!!

ok.. please someone tell me there is a hack or something..
I bought this phone to replace all my gadgets I use for my bike. MP3 player, Cycle computer,heart monitor.
I had knee surgery and just now being able to do some small bike riding again..
I loaded up my songs and played them through my S9 headset (blue tooth)
WTF, at max volume its not going to work with a 20mph head wind.. Let alone, just relaxing outside with no wind, max volume seems to be decent, but far from loud.
Then I tried my dads Jabra bluetooth headphones. .Same thing.
Then I tried Skull candy plug in headphones, no change.
I finally plugged it into my friends Iphone, and holy #@#$ at 3/4 volume it plenty loud let alone full blast.
I read on another forum that there might be a hackfor this.. I know there are a couple audio hacks but I think it might only be for the external speaker, and I don't really want to do that..
So tell, please there is a way, other wise well.... it would suck marjory

Could be your files are too soft.
All I can tell you is that plugged in using my Skullcandy FMJ's or Koss insulating buds, I can't go above 3/4 volume without getting ringing in my ears. Full volume on my RF-MAB2's is fairly loud, though admittedly they don't insulate against ambient sound well (nor do they focus audio down the ear canal properly...).
I'm guessing you're using a Stock ROM, right? Try out CyanogenMod 6.1.2. It's got a better Bluetooth stack (for your BT headphones), better music player, and even a DSP manager.

drmacinyasha said:
Could be your files are too soft.
All I can tell you is that plugged in using my Skullcandy FMJ's or Koss insulating buds, I can't go above 3/4 volume without getting ringing in my ears. Full volume on my RF-MAB2's is fairly loud, though admittedly they don't insulate against ambient sound well (nor do they focus audio down the ear canal properly...).
I'm guessing you're using a Stock ROM, right? Try out CyanogenMod 6.1.2. It's got a better Bluetooth stack (for your BT headphones), better music player, and even a DSP manager.
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same my bose make my ears ring if i go to high

Im using Fresh 3.5 rom.
Not stock..
its pretty obvious when I compare it to an Iphone that the EVO is extremely weak in this department.. I love this phone, I would even call it an Iphone killer. but I would get rid of it, if it can't do something simple like play music through headphones.. (at level beyond decent)

Mixzing paid app has a 10 band EQ that you can crank up.

fastfed said:
Im using Fresh 3.5 rom.
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Fresh is a stock-based ROM. Therefore it has all of the Stock ROM's disadvantages; crappy software, bad bluetooth stack, poor audio drivers, etc.
fastfed said:
its pretty obvious when I compare it to an Iphone that the EVO is extremely weak in this department.. I love this phone, I would even call it an Iphone killer. but I would get rid of it, if it can't do something simple like play music through headphones.. (at level beyond decent)
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The iPhone also has iTunes automatically adjust the volume of files to be normalized, and rather than edit the files directly, transfers that adjustment as part of the meta-data which the iPhone in turn reads and uses. The EVO does not have this advantage. Again, try CM 6.1.2 and play with the DSP Manager. You'll be surprised.

drmacinyasha said:
Fresh is a stock-based ROM. Therefore it has all of the Stock ROM's disadvantages; crappy software, bad bluetooth stack, poor audio drivers, etc.
The iPhone also has iTunes automatically adjust the volume of files to be normalized, and rather than edit the files directly, transfers that adjustment as part of the meta-data which the iPhone in turn reads and uses. The EVO does not have this advantage. Again, try CM 6.1.2 and play with the DSP Manager. You'll be surprised.
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Cm, has no 4g right? has no sense right?
I mean come on, is this what it has to come down to?
I mean I will do what I have to do..
Can someone give me a quick instruction on how to mess with my music files to make them louder again.. I remember doing this way back in the day, I can adjust things with the actual file themselves..

PowerAMP
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Must be your phone. I'm running a stock rom with a cheap set of ear buds and 3/4 is all I want.
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fastfed said:
ok.. please someone tell me there is a hack or something..
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the "hack" is CM with dsp manager.
p.s. are you plugging the wired headphones all the way in? i ask because i do a little bit of cycling and use cheapo wal-mart ear buds and still run about 75% volume.
p.p.s. maybe you're going deaf?

Some Sense ROMs include DSP manager.
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fastfed said:
Cm, has no 4g right? has no sense right?
I mean come on, is this what it has to come down to?
I mean I will do what I have to do..
Can someone give me a quick instruction on how to mess with my music files to make them louder again.. I remember doing this way back in the day, I can adjust things with the actual file themselves..
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CyanogenMod does have WiMax (kinda, it's in an alpha build, which also boosts the speed on your 3G). And as for Sense, hell no. Sense is a bloated POS smacked on Android.
As for the music file audio, look up dBpoweramp. It has the ability to do so in batch. But like the other posters in this thread, I think that either you're going deaf, you're not connected all the way, or there's some sort of hardware/wetware issue going on.

seems like you might have an issue with your phone or you have an issue with your rom, i'd try flashing a different rom before anything else.
I have the s9-hd's and don't turn them all the way up and they sound great . I also have various headphones and never turn them all the way up either.

You guys obviously don't ride..its a very common issue..I'm not going deaf..its called 20 mph head wind or more average..search on this forum for volume as the topic, you will see pages of the same issue..a real shame is all I gotta say.. That's 2for the iphone
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Hey I cycle too and never really found a cure to the head wind trying all kinds of styles of headphones (even the big over the ear dj headphones), don't blame the phone, cause its obviously a headphones issue. And I too agree you may be going deaf cause I never have to turn my headphones all the way up, I find myself constantly turning them down. Power Amp has a pre amp feature that can really crank up the volume if its ever needed. Also try looking for some insulated ear buds like these: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDREX36V...1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295127403&sr=8-1-fkmr0
Due to the weather I haven't tried them outside yet but im sure these will be better than the S9's, which I also own and are not to fond of them, ( crappy sound and fit) esp when on the bike.

fastfed said:
You guys obviously don't ride..its a very common issue..I'm not going deaf..its called 20 mph head wind or more average..search on this forum for volume as the topic, you will see pages of the same issue..a real shame is all I gotta say.. That's 2for the iphone
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Mmmkay, y'know, we're trying to help, but you just wanna bash on the EVO, so go ahead. Return it to Sprint, and go get an iPhone if it's so wonderful. Really.

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Mmmkay, y'know, we're trying to help, but you just wanna bash on the EVO, so go ahead. Return it to Sprint, and go get an iPhone if it's so wonderful. Really.
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Wow he wasn't bashing the Evo. I did a comparison too and the Iphone does have louder sounds. It was already stated that's because Itunes does some magical **** to your music for you. Other than migrating to CM (Believe it or not but some people dont mind Sense @ all especially when using mikofroyo) you can use poweramp which does have an equalizer and it will boost the sound. Just make sure you got good headphones to handle the boost because it blew my walmart pair.Or you can find a prog that will do some magical **** to your music files like Itunes.

Yep power amp has a pre amp and eq...i use fresh rom, and power amp is loud
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Hey I cycle too and never really found a cure to the head wind trying all kinds of styles of headphones (even the big over the ear dj headphones), don't blame the phone, cause its obviously a headphones issue. And I too agree you may be going deaf cause I never have to turn my headphones all the way up, I find myself constantly turning them down. Power Amp has a pre amp feature that can really crank up the volume if its ever needed. Also try looking for some insulated ear buds like these: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDREX36V...1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295127403&sr=8-1-fkmr0
Due to the weather I haven't tried them outside yet but im sure these will be better than the S9's, which I also own and are not to fond of them, ( crappy sound and fit) esp when on the bike.
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FAR from deaf.. Actually had a huge ear test during my interview with being a 911, dispatcher.. And you need to have perfect hearing.. WHICH IS DO..
I figured it out..
And the fact still remains, for the person saying "Im bashing your precious EVO, WHICH I LOVE AND OWN TOO"
THE IPHONE IS MUCH MUCH LOUDER, HANDS DOWN FACT!! Don't like it? Maybe you should return your phone then..
I took all my music files and used a program called mp3gain (Free) and brought all files to 100DB's
Which doens't distort the sound. I also wanted to tell you phatmanxxl, those headphones you linked are wired.. My EVo is mounted on my bike, so I need bluetooth headphones..
in anycase I use A pair of Jabra BT620 head phones.. They are a bigger style but finally PLENTY LOUD.. Actually only keep it at about 70% volume or so..
http://www.amazon.com/Jabra-BT620s-Bluetooth®-headset-Bluetooth/dp/B000E7YSWK

fastfed said:
FAR from deaf.. Actually had a huge ear test during my interview with being a 911, dispatcher.. And you need to have perfect hearing.. WHICH IS DO..
I figured it out..
And the fact still remains, for the person saying "Im bashing your precious EVO, WHICH I LOVE AND OWN TOO"
THE IPHONE IS MUCH MUCH LOUDER, HANDS DOWN FACT!! Don't like it? Maybe you should return your phone then..
I took all my music files and used a program called mp3gain (Free) and brought all files to 100DB's
Which doens't distort the sound. I also wanted to tell you phatmanxxl, those headphones you linked are wired.. My EVo is mounted on my bike, so I need bluetooth headphones..
in anycase I use A pair of Jabra BT620 head phones.. They are a bigger style but finally PLENTY LOUD.. Actually only keep it at about 70% volume or so..
http://www.amazon.com/Jabra-BT620s-Bluetooth®-headset-Bluetooth/dp/B000E7YSWK
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Lol you can't say the iphone is louder. You would have to test that with the SAME music files, and have the volume normalization off as you import the files into itunes. Also for a rom that has the audio built in thats sense, look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883026
It also has the dsp manager, and 4g and everything.

Headphone question - for those already with an SGSII

Can someone who already has an SGS II, test and comment on whether headphones with a mic *and* music controls (eg play/pause/ff/rw) work?
I have a pair of Moda's that don't work with my Atrix...it's the main annoyance I have with it...

yes it has mic but no music conrol.

awesome-member said:
yes it has mic but no music conrol.
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I'm not asking about the standard headphones that ship with the SGS II. I'm asking someone with an SGS II to test aftermarket headphones that have the controls.

I think it same as original galaxy s, the media button for aftermarket earphone will not work with this phone, samsung 3.5mm jack really special...

Question...
Hey, for those already with SG2, can I use my iPod headphones w/ mic with this handset?
Please let me know, thank you.,

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Can someone who already has an SGS II, test and comment on whether headphones with a mic *and* music controls (eg play/pause/ff/rw) work?
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If possible also specify the exact make and model. There's at least two different pin-out for headsets (iPhone style and Nokia style) and at most one of those will work properly with any given Android phone.

I am wondering this as well. I'm hoping its the Iphone style so I can use my Etymotic HF-2's, or any other decent head set with this phone. I am thinking there is a good chance it is the Iphone style, seeing as that what the Nexus S had, but it would be nice for someone to confirm and not just speculate.

Thats shyttt... No audio controls with the Headphone? I gotta pull the phone out every time to switch the track?

WTF? this costs as much as an iphone and the headphones doesnt have music controls? that sucks bigtime!

oh stop whining! Samsung is just giving you an extra reason to admire that beautiful screen.

armanisafarai said:
WTF? this costs as much as an iphone and the headphones doesnt have music controls? that sucks bigtime!
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yup it sucks
don't buy this phone and get yourself an iphone

Don't matter to me as I don't use cheap phones. Custom shelled iem. Please don't tell me you folks use Dre BEATS, what a ripoff. I see alot of iPhone users using them and I just laugh. Got ripped off by apple and then by Dre. People are like sheep being led to the slaughter house.
Music controls, just what I don't need, another component in the way of my Galaxy pushing that Vodoo.
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wendellc said:
Don't matter to me as I don't use cheap phones. Custom shelled iem. Please don't tell me you folks use Dre BEATS, what a ripoff. I see alot of iPhone users using them and I just laugh. Got ripped off by apple and then by Dre. People are like sheep being led to the slaughter house.
Music controls, just what I don't need, another component in the way of my Galaxy pushing that Vodoo.
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Lol I laugh more at the people who get Bose headphones. What a joke.

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Hey, for those already with SG2, can I use my iPod headphones w/ mic with this handset?
Please let me know, thank you.,
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no, samsung uses 3 layer audio, while apple only uses 2, the headphones wont even sound right, youll need to ducttape the apple call button down permanently to have good sounding audio

soraxd said:
no, samsung uses 3 layer audio, while apple only uses 2, the headphones wont even sound right, youll need to ducttape the apple call button down permanently to have good sounding audio
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when you say "samsung uses..." is that in reference to this device in particular, or Samsung in general? Have you tested the SGSII headphone jack yourself? Thanks for the info btw.

Oh you guys are silly!
I haven't tried headphones with music controls yet (gonna have to fish around for my old HTC's) but try double clicked and triple clicking the button on the one's Sammy give you. For me it skips tracks (at least in Spotify) and has done on all versions of Gingerbread I've tried.
I'm using the Griffin iTalk so I can answer calls and skip tracks with a decent set of 'phones.

htc desire's headphone works perfectly.

i use the bose MIE2 mobile phone headset with inline mic and single button, costs 140 bucks and the quality is superb on these things. its designed for generic mobile phones, and works just fine on the nexus one and most other phones that support the standard.
are we saying teh galaxys s2 will not support this? it just uses a single button, double tap to FF, triple tap to RW, etc. and then single tap to answer a call, pause music, etc. best headset ever to get for your phone. i'd imagine this would have to work with samsung, how could they leave this out when all other phones support this?

Tested with Ultimate Ears 5vi which are iPhone compatible.
With default music player only play/pause (single press) and next track (double press) works, this was tge same as the Nexus S.
PowerAmp has a setting to enable triple press which skips to previous track. This app is worth the cost as it has settings to customise the player anyway you could want. Best feature is auto resume on A2DP connect, when getting in the car no need to remove phone from pocket or bag or touch cars music controls, plays from where it left off

soraxd said:
no, samsung uses 3 layer audio, while apple only uses 2, the headphones wont even sound right, youll need to ducttape the apple call button down permanently to have good sounding audio
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How very odd, I got my old headphones that I used with my SGS 1 and on my SGS2 I now need to hold down the call answer button to get good audio !

[Q] Use fascinate w/o service as iPod Touch or sell? Case, ROMs, etc.?

I just upgraded to the Trophy and switched to WP7. Love it and not looking back. I miss the slightly bigger screen, a few free apps and google maps/directions, but other than that, WP7 is a winner for me.
Now, what should I do with my fascinate? Is it worth keeping as something like an iPod Touch? Or should I sell it off and just buy a dedicated camera plus mp3 player for that purpose? I'm assuming I could get at least $200 for this, which would get me a nice Rockbox player. I would get an iPod touch, but I'm very allergic to iTunes.
I'd like to use the fascinate (or something else) as an MP3 player and exercise tracker for the gym, offline map use with google maps and HTPC remote control. However, I'm worried because the battery life is utter crap. Is it still that way w/ the cellular radio turned off?
Now assuming I keep it and don't sell it there are some other questions. Which ROM would be best for my purposes? Assume all I need to do is underclock and Voodoo. Still Comm ROM?
Also, having trouble finding accessories. Is there a gym-appropriate case that works well for the gym? Something like a silicone bumper with armband, legband or beltclip/holster? Double duty for around the house would help.
Appreciate your opinions.

the Fascinate is a great music player if you install Voodoo Sound.

Id sell it and get an ipod touch
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I'm keeping mine and using it like an iPod when the GS2 comes to VZ. With voodoo sound, the audio output of the Fascinate is incredible to say the least. The GS2 apparently isn't near as good with audio, and I know sound quality is pretty crappy from iPods.

Why use it as an ipod if your windows phone is also a great mp3 player? why carrying two devices when one can do all?
sell it, make some money out of it and take your girlfriend out for dinner Lol

Primary phone + gym = don't wanna go there. I love that WP7 has an FM radio and great music, but I view most things I take to the gym as likely to die/disappear/destruct (for historical reasons). Also using phone as a music player for an hour workout guarantees battery failure at a needed point - been there / done that. I like to keep it separate for many reasons. That said, if I get a good enough case, maybe I'll try it.
Additionally WP7 doesn't scobble or support replaygain. I like both. Crossing my fingers that someday the APIs will allow Foobar2000 (or an equivalent) to run on WP7.
I don't like iTunes. Will never get an iPod touch for that reason. If they cut the cord, fine, but if I have to use iTunes that's a dealbreaker. I evaluate a lot of tech and it pains me whenever I have to check something on an iPad because that means installing iTunes.
Dinner for girlfriend is fine, but I'm single at the moment. I don't take a girl on a date and tell her I sold a phone to buy her a Chalupa
Ok, so apparently I need to Voodoo my phone twice now. All I thought I needed was to get rid of that damned Samsung filesystem. Is there a ROM that has this pre-loaded?

Com rom would be great...i get over a day and a half with split time on 3g and wifi, listening to music with power amp for about 4 hours at work, and texting on and . voodoo sound is in kernels, but both that are included withCom rom have it
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You can use Winamp and various other apps to manage music on iDevices. Personally, my old iPod Touch easily gets 20 hours of continous music playback (that's likely on the conservative side! I frequently forget to pause my ipod at night, so it'll end up playing ~10 hours, and do that several nights in a row without charging!), while my Fascinate would probably get no where near that amount... Music playback seems to use a shockingly large amount of battery for some odd reason. Either should be more than fine for a couple days worth of work outs without charging, though. There's also definitely going to be every accessory under the sun for the iPod, while the Fascinate will have a tiny handful of accessories (most of which will probably be some generic 'universal' one that doesn't fit quite right and is of questionable build quality).
Also, people keep saying how "great" the sound is from the Fascinate... I doubt with headphones you'll be using at the gym that the claimed difference would matter. When using any reasonably priced headphones, you won't be telling the difference! That's also assuming the audio files you have are of high enough quality to tell as well...
If you're sticking with the Fascinate, I'd recommend sticking with whatever ROM you currently are on until CM7 supports all the hardware you want to use. I'm personally waiting for a fully funcional CM7 before upgrading from SC 2.9.2.
Edit: If your phone is running any ComRom/UKB, you already have Voodoo Sound. Voodoo Sound has been supported in Froyo almost since we started using the kernel source for the Mesmerize back on some version of Super Clean.

KitsuneKnight said:
You can use Winamp and various other apps to manage music on iDevices. Personally, my old iPod Touch easily gets 20 hours of continous music playback (that's likely on the conservative side! I frequently forget to pause my ipod at night, so it'll end up playing ~10 hours, and do that several nights in a row without charging!), while my Fascinate would probably get no where near that amount... Music playback seems to use a shockingly large amount of battery for some odd reason. Either should be more than fine for a couple days worth of work outs without charging, though. There's also definitely going to be every accessory under the sun for the iPod, while the Fascinate will have a tiny handful of accessories (most of which will probably be some generic 'universal' one that doesn't fit quite right and is of questionable build quality).
Also, people keep saying how "great" the sound is from the Fascinate... I doubt with headphones you'll be using at the gym that the claimed difference would matter. When using any reasonably priced headphones, you won't be telling the difference! That's also assuming the audio files you have are of high enough quality to tell as well...
If you're sticking with the Fascinate, I'd recommend sticking with whatever ROM you currently are on until CM7 supports all the hardware you want to use. I'm personally waiting for a fully funcional CM7 before upgrading from SC 2.9.2.
Edit: If your phone is running any ComRom/UKB, you already have Voodoo Sound. Voodoo Sound has been supported in Froyo almost since we started using the kernel source for the Mesmerize back on some version of Super Clean.
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+1. For messing with my iPod Touch files, I use CopyTrans Manager, which is free, it is decent and very reliable.

Heh, without the celluar radios on, android devices have a crazy amount of battery life. Using my hero as an mp3 player it would go 2 days before needing a charge with lite use. No reason the fascinate would be much different especially being used as a mp3 player seeing one of the biggest power draws is the screen it's self. I'd just keep it and continue use, you pretty much have a Galaxy S player.

Depending on how much you use the screen you could probably get around 2-4 days use out of it. Cm7 has a feature where you can hold the volume key up or down to skip a song or play the previous one while the screen is off so theres some potential battery savings there if you make good playlists. If audio quality is important to you, this phone + voodoo sound + a decent pair of headphones will provide a top notch experience.
Sent from my kang banged fascinate, bro.

Just for a better reference point for an older iPod Touch's battery life (the newer ones are better), I last charged mine 3 days ago, and have used it the last two nights for somewhere on the order of 10-12 hours each night, totally somewhere from 20-24 hours... and I currently have more than half my battery left. I'll get at least another 2 nights of similar usage before it gets into the red, so I'd figure somewhere around 40-50 hours of playtime.

are you guys using a dock out something or the internal speaker? I know with my daughters nano (5thgen) a long as its not powering it own speaker it last forever lol but its a lot smaller battery too
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devlp1213 said:
are you guys using a dock out something or the internal speaker? I know with my daughters nano (5thgen) a long as its not powering it own speaker it last forever lol but its a lot smaller battery too
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I've never owned an ipod myself but I would assume most people use them with headphones...
Sent from my kang banged fascinate, bro.

well there are talking about night time use so headphones don't seen logical especially if sleeping... atleast I don't sleep with them anyway haha
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If you have one of the custom kernels (PBJ, OTB), just download Voodoo Control (free) from the Market.

Regarding battery life, I went out of the country last year, and had to keep my phone in airplane mode to avoid roaming fees. I basically just used it as an alarm clock (no music, etc). After seven days, I still had about 70% battery left. I really wish I had taken a screen shot so people won't say I'm lying. This was on bloated stock rom, btw.
And I agree with your hate of iTunes. The iPod Touch is an amazing piece of hardware, but being tied to iTunes is also a deal breaker for me. Maybe you could jail break it and not have to rely on iTunes?
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devlp1213 said:
well there are talking about night time use so headphones don't seen logical especially if sleeping... atleast I don't sleep with them anyway haha
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I use earbud-style headphones. Those present absolutely no difficulties with sleeping I prefer earbuds since they're far more portable than any other style (just shove them in my pocket and go!).
beenz said:
Regarding battery life, I went out of the country last year, and had to keep my phone in airplane mode to avoid roaming fees. I basically just used it as an alarm clock (no music, etc). After seven days, I still had about 70% battery left. I really wish I had taken a screen shot so people won't say I'm lying. This was on bloated stock rom, btw.
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That's not really surprising, the phone should be using virtually zero power in that case. Nothing should be waking it up until the internal timer wakes the kernel, that'll then trigger the alarm, pretty much.
beenz said:
And I agree with your hate of iTunes. The iPod Touch is an amazing piece of hardware, but being tied to iTunes is also a deal breaker for me. Maybe you could jail break it and not have to rely on iTunes?
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You don't need to jailbreak it to use something else. I mentioned Winamp earlier in the thread, and someone else mentioned another program. There's quite a few that can be used to sync your music, including multiple programs on Linux/OS X as well. Hating iTunes isn't really a good enough reason

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You don't need to jailbreak it to use something else. I mentioned Winamp earlier in the thread, and someone else mentioned another program. There's quite a few that can be used to sync your music, including multiple programs on Linux/OS X as well. Hating iTunes isn't really a good enough reason
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I should have said that the requirement to use any program to sync my device is a deal breaker for me. I thought maybe jail breaking would allow a drag and drop (like our phones)
But if it isn't for the OP, I think Media Monkey will also sync an iPod

I personally kinda like iTunes as a music player and the syncing isn't that horrible... but anyway enough about that.
If I was against getting an iPod then I'd keep the Fascinate as an MP3 player. You get to use it not only to play music but you get the added benefit of Google syncing (personally I can't live without calendar, Gmail) and the entire Android Market. Using Voodoo will get you a faster filesystem and awesome sound, and with the appropriate kernel you can configure it for battery life. Without the radio and using wi-fi sparingly you can get some amazing battery life. And don't forget it's got that awesome screen.
If you don't need a camcorder and don't mind limited BT, then CM6 is pretty stable and will be the cleanest and smoothest ROM (MMS is broken too but that won't matter since you don't have service on it). There should be some voodoo kernels for it floating around somewhere in the Development forum.