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Anyone sorted the jerky videos over WiFi problem?

Thought I had it a few times, but it depends very much on the bit rate of the videos. And probably other encoding issues.
Tried XCPUScalar, and performance got much worse. PHM eventually died on me.
Is the bottleneck the cpu or the network?
Using TCPMP btw mostly.

Thought I had it a few times, but it depends very much on the bit rate of the videos. And probably other encoding issues.
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Feedback your settings please.
BTW, what is the bandwidth of WiFi?
Will not be processor limitation in my mind. Best player out there is TCPMP...
Andy

underwurlde said:
Thought I had it a few times, but it depends very much on the bit rate of the videos. And probably other encoding issues.
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BTW, what is the bandwidth of WiFi?
Will not be processor limitation in my mind. Best player out there is TCPMP...
Andy
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Tried a variety of settings, none satisfactory. Does anyone have it working well so far?
Bandwidth of WiFi is theoretically 11Mbps, so that should be OK.... I've even ot best performance ticked in the wifi settings on the exec.

OK,
For video content on my Xda I convert DVD (or whatever) to use a frame size of 256x192 (i.e. maximums based on the AR of the orginating film) - this results in a staggeringly low 16x12=192 macroblocks for the encoding process to deal with, hence results in very small file sizes & therefore very small bandwidth usage.
Note: further reductions in file size & bandwidth can be achieved by reducing the frame rate but I'd choose 15fps as an absolute minimum - I don't bother doing this because of the resulting loss in quality.
I can only recommend video settings - I have not streamed over WiFi yet.
Andy

Yeah, I've got loads of re-encoding progs, and they all work but....
...the whole point of this is simply to play the files I've downloaded to my PC via Wifi, without further mucking around.

OK sorry - you can kind of go around in circles with this kind of stuff. The video settings above I have found to hugely reduce the video bandwidth whilst still maintaining the quality of the original - just thought if you were to use those settings then things may not be so jittery, but it looks like you've already gone down that path.
I'll shut up now. :wink:

underwurlde said:
OK sorry - you can kind of go around in circles with this kind of stuff. The video settings above I have found to hugely reduce the video bandwidth whilst still maintaining the quality of the original - just thought if you were to use those settings then things may not be so jittery, but it looks like you've already gone down that path.
I'll shut up now. :wink:
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Just downloaded the new version of TCPMP too - no joy there.
Pain in the ass.

Playing files
Same issue here...see my thread about UPNP Transcoding on what we really need.

can any UK users report on the youtube app

Hi guys,
Got a HD2 at the moment, and the youtube app doesn't run too smooth, and video playback suffers from audio lag. Anyone tried the video playback on the N1 yet, and able to comment on quality..
Cheers
Darrin

I have HD2 and N1, i've not notice any audio lag on my HD2. I haven't tested N1 youtube app but i think it has more option then the one on HD2 like i can login to my youtube account and pull all the bookmarked videos.

thanks for that, strange how i seem to be having audio lag, tried 3 hd2's, and all the same, using wifi.
how do you rate the N1 against the hd2?
cheers

hmm i can't really tell much about N1 yet, as i didn't get much time to play around. I only had it yeasterday.
Any way try chosing high quality settings from youtube app on HD2.

pastypacker said:
thanks for that, strange how i seem to be having audio lag, tried 3 hd2's, and all the same, using wifi.
how do you rate the N1 against the hd2?
cheers
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Can you give me the link of the you video?

Any video really, have the issue with them all, the audio lags around 1/2 second behind the video, even when the video is copied to sd and played....
Would be interested to see if the N1 youtube app is better then the hd2, i expect it will be.....

hey guys,
got my n1 today...youtube playback is laggy - over wifi aswell.
audio is fine but video lags.
Might just be a one off, im currently charging the phone, gna reboot and see if theres any improvements...

adam18488 said:
hey guys,
got my n1 today...youtube playback is laggy - over wifi aswell.
audio is fine but video lags.
Might just be a one off, im currently charging the phone, gna reboot and see if theres any improvements...
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will you keep me posted....cheers....Darrin

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will you keep me posted....cheers....Darrin
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Been on charge since my last post - youtube is now working perfectly on wifi and 3g in low quality - dont have enough patience to check vids in high quality as signal is too weak where i am.
Great quality no lag etc etc.
Also, if anyone's interested: Had a few signal problems (Vodafone) - re-inserted sim, rebooted and all is well in nexus world.

Worked like a champ on 2G where I am at! Best youtube app on any device I have ever tried, IMHO. Quick to load, even on 2G, great buffering, and so forth.

[Q] What is the biggest advantage of WP7?

Hi,
I'm WinMo 6,5 daily user, I'm thinking about upgrade to WP7, but I'm not sure it would be better for me, because I won't be able to
- scan by photos (due to auto focus problem)
- transfer my data by card adapter
But, why should I turn into WP7? What is the biggest advantage?

Definitely speed. It's probably fastest mobile OS available.

only speed. there is no other advantages about WP7

720p vid recording, internet browser speed, and the overall os is just soooo fast and i know that u didnt ask for the disadvantages, but i just thought i'd let u know that there's no multitasking :/

720p recording..
ok i don't do much camcorder myself...but some may find it big +ve

720p was the only reason I bought HD2 5 months ago. LOL. I knew it had to have happpened someday. Now Im relieved........Lol. Also like the registry hacks for wifi N, better gaming performance, like TWO FINGER TOUCH IN FRUIT NINJA WORKS PERFECTLAAAYYYY(in android HD2 has fake multitouch, it lags basically). But no multitouch in Assassin, or any other GAME> WHYYYYYY.

I know what your saying about multitasking but as long as i can listen to some
music and do other stuff what does it matter.

WP7 has the best farting app, bar none. Yes, you can include the whole iOS App Store and Android Market in this comparison.

friend'scatdied said:
WP7 has the best farting app, bar none. Yes, you can include the whole iOS App Store and Android Market in this comparison.
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Which fart app is this?

Rexfelis said:
Which fart app is this?
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Yeah, any of the ones I found are no where near as good as the ones on the iphone?

you better stay with 6.5 ...

HD2 WP7 over everything else????
The best thing about WP7 is it's on your HD2. What more could you ask for.
If you want you can still keep 6.5 for the more business like stuff (on your SD), but that will all soon be WP7 aswell.
WP7 is better than all other OS for quality of Apps (XBoxLive for instance) theres just not as many.
Plus when you show people how great your phone is and how good it looks compared with their i-Phones you can be all smug on the inside while pretending you're not really that bothered.
Just don't let them take any pictures with it!!!!

Picture quality and aurofocus is not a problem with the alternative camera app found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942605
It's really funny how ppl start bashing before even looking at the solutions already available to them

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Yeah, any of the ones I found are no where near as good as the ones on the iphone?
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Fart Nukes Pro is good.

[Q] picture rendering time problem?

I didn't notice any problem like this in any of my other devices.
but whenever i take a picture with G2, and try to have a look at it in gallary,
the picture would first look really blurry at first.
and after 0.5~1 second, the the blur image would get cleaned up from top to bottom of the screen in multiple section, from right to left.
is this normal? or do i have a defect phone?
sorry for the multiple threads, my computer froze up for a second :/

It's normal. These are HUGE images and it is just essentially needing time to "load" it up and process it.
You can also try using a third-party app like Quick Pic which I think does a little better job of caching things.
But no, you don't have a defective phone just because of that.

burningembers said:
It's normal. These are HUGE images and it is just essentially needing time to "load" it up and process it.
You can also try using a third-party app like Quick Pic which I think does a little better job of caching things.
But no, you don't have a defective phone just because of that.
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okay, thanks for the info.
can i ask you few more question? i don't feel like starting another thread.
first question is about the camera. whenever i try to record something while moving the camera, the camera would try to focus itself very often. it feels like it's doing it too much. is this normal?
second, i don't know if you would know this, but would outdated router prevent G2 from getting connect to the home network?
thx XD

ILLHYHL said:
okay, thanks for the info.
can i ask you few more question? i don't feel like starting another thread.
first question is about the camera. whenever i try to record something while moving the camera, the camera would try to focus itself very often. it feels like it's doing it too much. is this normal?
second, i don't know if you would know this, but would outdated router prevent G2 from getting connect to the home network?
thx XD
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1) Yea, its normal for the G2, but its hardly ideal. It is something that has been mentioned in reviews and hopefully a future patch fixes it and makes it more stable.
2) Yes, it would. I've owned routers flat out incompatible for whatever reason with some devices I own. You may have luck forcing the router into a particular channel and/or G-mode -- or upgrading its firmware.

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1) Yea, its normal for the G2, but its hardly ideal. It is something that has been mentioned in reviews and hopefully a future patch fixes it and makes it more stable.
2) Yes, it would. I've owned routers flat out incompatible for whatever reason with some devices I own. You may have luck forcing the router into a particular channel and/or G-mode -- or upgrading its firmware.
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sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?

ILLHYHL said:
sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
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Yeah, video sucks right now. It's really unfortunate as this is mostly an excellent phone. I'm sure DEV support or a official patch will fix it.

ILLHYHL said:
sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
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Yeah, video sucks right now. It's really unfortunate as this is mostly an excellent phone. I'm sure DEV support or a official patch will fix it.
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Hmm, my 1080p 60fps video is fine on playback...
I usually opt for 720p though just to conserve space and because the video usually ends up on facebook or youtube anyway so it isn't like 1080/60 is necessary.

burningembers said:
Hmm, my 1080p 60fps video is fine on playback...
I usually opt for 720p though just to conserve space and because the video usually ends up on facebook or youtube anyway so it isn't like 1080/60 is necessary.
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really? hm... i should go back to the tmo store and compare mine with the display ones...

YouTube now supports 1440P resolution for our gorgeous G3 screen

Just installed this apk from android police and type a search for 1440P videos. Go in the to settings for the video and switch the resolution and you'll now see an option for 1440P. Watched a video on it and it looked very detailed and crisp. Crystal clear. Enjoy!
Article below
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...roid-delivers-number-playlist-related-tweaks/
Download the apk below:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=...731847fd95a6f5463e9fa2bfd8e492e0ec58d86d98799
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Free mobile app

Also here is a beautiful video playing in 1440P. The detail is incredible. I appreciate this screen more and more. Just compared the video on my wife's iPhone screen compared to the g3 and it really blows it away.
4K Demo UHD 1440p:
http://youtu.be/11zf7Y5tUbM
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Free mobile app

bustinstugots24 said:
Also here is a beautiful video playing in 1440P. The detail is incredible. I appreciate this screen more and more. Just compared the video on my wife's iPhone screen compared to the g3 and it really blows it away.
4K Demo UHD 1440p:
http://youtu.be/11zf7Y5tUbM
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Free mobile app
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Not sure why but I can't get the 1440p option to show up on my G3

shook187 said:
Not sure why but I can't get the 1440p option to show up on my G3
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You need to make sure that the youtube app version is on 5.9 if it is. On a video that supports 1440p/2k you need to click on the 3 dots top right of the video and then click on the cog. Should allow you to change it to 1440p

With the display and the sound on the G3 I could actually imagine watching a movie on it - which I've never bothered to do on any mobile before. It's absolutely GREAT!

no need to double post ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/themes-apps/youtube-app-support-2k-video-t2841657

thank you, this basically confirmed my suspicions there is zero different between 1440 and 1080 on this screen size at least between the G2 and G3 as I played both next to each other today and out of the 5 people in my house I asked, none of them could tell a different including me. I think im going back to 1080p with 540dpi as I didn't notice any difference between that or the 1440p w/ default DPI. Battery life was just improved enough that I liked it. Thanks for posting the new apk!

Koroz said:
thank you, this basically confirmed my suspicions there is zero different between 1440 and 1080 on this screen size at least between the G2 and G3 as I played both next to each other today and out of the 5 people in my house I asked, none of them could tell a different including me. I think im going back to 1080p with 540dpi as I didn't notice any difference between that or the 1440p w/ default DPI. Battery life was just improved enough that I liked it. Thanks for posting the new apk!
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For changing the dpi i use texdroider_dpi, what do u use for changing the resolution?l

qum said:
For changing the dpi i use texdroider_dpi, what do u use for changing the resolution?l
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NOMone

Koroz said:
NOMone
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Well i tried and seems I'm doing something wrong. Can u pls tell me each setting u set?

qum said:
Well i tried and seems I'm doing something wrong. Can u pls tell me each setting u set?
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Width = 1080
Height = 1920
DPI = 530+ (anything under has been reported to cause problems. I like 540)
It's 4:45 am here so I am heading to bed after spending a night drinking so if you need more help and I don't respond its because I passed out and ill respond tomorrow when I come back to reality.

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Koroz said:
thank you, this basically confirmed my suspicions there is zero different between 1440 and 1080 on this screen size at least between the G2 and G3 as I played both next to each other today and out of the 5 people in my house I asked, none of them could tell a different including me. I think im going back to 1080p with 540dpi as I didn't notice any difference between that or the 1440p w/ default DPI. Battery life was just improved enough that I liked it. Thanks for posting the new apk!
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qum said:
For changing the dpi i use texdroider_dpi, what do u use for changing the resolution?l
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I was tempted to try the dpi modification but was a bit hesitant to. I was under the assumption most apps don't work properly and widgets on the home screen get cut off and just don't appear to look right. Maybe I'll try it. What do you guys recommend? Does it really make THAT much of a battery difference? How much more SOT do you get by making this modification?
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I was tempted to try the dpi modification but was a bit hesitant to. I was under the assumption most apps don't work properly and widgets on the home screen get cut off and just don't appear to look right. Maybe I'll try it. What do you guys recommend? Does it really make THAT much of a battery difference? How much more SOT do you get by making this modification?
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Sorry for the late response was in a bourbon coma.
So as long as you don't go down below 530, you *SHOULD* have zero problems. I ran mine at 540, but I left it at 530 first to see as that was what most say is the "breaking" point for most apps while keeping them on screen. ALL "LG" themed apps I tried worked fine, contacts, phone, messaging etc. I run Buzz Launcher w/ Zooper, and the only issue I had was with Naxos Flat "Circle Clock w/ Weather and batt stats showing the circle background wrong. I am sure if I had removed this widget, then reconfigured it most likely would have worked.
As for the battery test, I dunno I "felt" the difference but since I didn't really use any formal testing before I sent back my sprint version I don't want to tell you it does or doesn't. It "appears" to me it makes a big difference as I am usually recharging after a single movie streaming over LAN w/ ES File Manager played with Archos Video Player. Now I can watch a couple of movies. That doesn't really satisfy my "scientific" mind and it shouldn't yours either. ;^)
I think though what I will do is just run a test tonight when I get home, then tomorrow put the phone back to 2k and default dpi and re-run those same exact tests. I'll take advice as I have never "tested" battery consumption on a smartphone before. I figured I would just do a few different tests of playing movies. I don't "game" on my phone but if you have an opinion on a good one to test with I could run that too. Any experience with battery tester from Antutu, I am going to check that out also.

Koroz said:
Sorry for the late response was in a bourbon coma.
So as long as you don't go down below 530, you *SHOULD* have zero problems. I ran mine at 540, but I left it at 530 first to see as that was what most say is the "breaking" point for most apps while keeping them on screen. ALL "LG" themed apps I tried worked fine, contacts, phone, messaging etc. I run Buzz Launcher w/ Zooper, and the only issue I had was with Naxos Flat "Circle Clock w/ Weather and batt stats showing the circle background wrong. I am sure if I had removed this widget, then reconfigured it most likely would have worked.
As for the battery test, I dunno I "felt" the difference but since I didn't really use any formal testing before I sent back my sprint version I don't want to tell you it does or doesn't. It "appears" to me it makes a big difference as I am usually recharging after a single movie streaming over LAN w/ ES File Manager played with Archos Video Player. Now I can watch a couple of movies. That doesn't really satisfy my "scientific" mind and it shouldn't yours either. ;^)
I think though what I will do is just run a test tonight when I get home, then tomorrow put the phone back to 2k and default dpi and re-run those same exact tests. I'll take advice as I have never "tested" battery consumption on a smartphone before. I figured I would just do a few different tests of playing movies. I don't "game" on my phone but if you have an opinion on a good one to test with I could run that too. Any experience with battery tester from Antutu, I am going to check that out also.
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You won't too much of a battery difference because the display is still pushing that many pixels no matter what resolution you set. You'll likely see some performance improvements but that's probably it.
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I just tried watching a few gaming vids on 1440p and its absolutely gorgeous!

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You won't too much of a battery difference because the display is still pushing that many pixels no matter what resolution you set. You'll likely see some performance improvements but that's probably it.
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I just tried watching a few gaming vids on 1440p and its absolutely gorgeous!
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Can you cite a source please I want to read it and see how they explain that, because this statement makes zero sense to me. Regardless if the panel is still pushing the native amount of pixels the amount of energy(power) needed to power the panel lowers. You can view this by the heat generated on your CPU/GPU using different resolutions as the device may still use the default panel the smaller "image" size even with required scaling will still use less power then a full size image at native. Same goes with CPU.

Koroz said:
Can you cite a source please I want to read it and see how they explain that, because this statement makes zero sense to me. Regardless if the panel is still pushing the native amount of pixels the amount of energy(power) needed to power the panel lowers. You can view this by the heat generated on your CPU/GPU using different resolutions as the device may still use the default panel the smaller "image" size even with required scaling will still use less power then a full size image at native. Same goes with CPU.
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I'm not too sure either. I've been viewing threads on this for quite a while now and that's the general consensus. You can find quite a few threads here on XDA with ppl discussing this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/amazing-battery-life-tweaks-t2806078

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I'm not too sure either. I've been viewing threads on this for quite a while now and that's the general consensus. You can find quite a few threads here on XDA with ppl discussing this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/amazing-battery-life-tweaks-t2806078
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I've read them none of them cite sources either, its all people talking conjecture. I'll do some actual testing and post results here. For example a lot of people are saying "From my past experience", that usually equals "I haven't tested it, but take my word for it". Maybe the results will surprise me and show there is minimal battery life change, but I doubt it
EDIT: So I played around with the AnTuTu test suite's battery tester. Seems legit enough that it should give us a good baseline set of results to compare. I put my phone back to default right now and I am charging it to 100%, then Ill run the test. Should take a couple hours at least. Then I'll switch back to 1080/540dpi and do the same battery test with a full charge again and see what the results are. Probably won't be done until tomorrow morning my time but if they get done sooner (Pacific timezone) ill post them up here.
I'm half tempted to restore factory to do this testing to make it even more a set of baseline results that most VZW users can guess they will have. Right now though im running Greenify Paid w/ Xposed plugins and other things etc. Really wish we had unlocked bootloader so I could just back my stuff up but alas, I find QA/Testing fun so I dunno, I might, might not reset.

Koroz said:
I've read them none of them cite sources either, its all people talking conjecture. I'll do some actual testing and post results here. For example a lot of people are saying "From my past experience", that usually equals "I haven't tested it, but take my word for it". Maybe the results will surprise me and show there is minimal battery life change, but I doubt it
EDIT: So I played around with the AnTuTu test suite's battery tester. Seems legit enough that it should give us a good baseline set of results to compare. I put my phone back to default right now and I am charging it to 100%, then Ill run the test. Should take a couple hours at least. Then I'll switch back to 1080/540dpi and do the same battery test with a full charge again and see what the results are. Probably won't be done until tomorrow morning my time but if they get done sooner (Pacific timezone) ill post them up here.
I'm half tempted to restore factory to do this testing to make it even more a set of baseline results that most VZW users can guess they will have. Right now though im running Greenify Paid w/ Xposed plugins and other things etc. Really wish we had unlocked bootloader so I could just back my stuff up but alas, I find QA/Testing fun so I dunno, I might, might not reset.
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Ok, I await your results. It'd be interesting to see.

ran the update. showing youtube 5.9.0.10. searched for 1440p videos and still only showing 720 option. Anyone know whats up?

rollerpig said:
ran the update. showing youtube 5.9.0.10. searched for 1440p videos and still only showing 720 option. Anyone know whats up?
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try clearing data and cache on youtube app, then re-installing. mine works fine.