Atrix video recording issue/problem!It's freeze - Atrix 4G General

Hi guys!I bought Motorola Atrix one month ago..and since the first time I record a video,I noticed that sometimes(not always)the video looks like freeze.
Yesterday I take 10 minutes of video(1gb lol),and during recording it's freeze 3 times!
After I stopped the video, I watch it,it made the video 3x faster than it is.
Obviously it lost the audio/video sync..
I have the stock rom with 2.3.4(it is the latest version available in Italy)without Root.
This is very annoying..please help me!
Sorry for my english!

It happened to me with CM7 ba2tf. Not every time. Sometimes. But I can never tell what caused it.
I thought it was CM7 bug with Atrix, but you are on stock.. Anyone else having this problem?

maajstor said:
It happened to me with CM7 ba2tf. Not every time. Sometimes. But I can never tell what caused it.
I thought it was CM7 bug with Atrix, but you are on stock.. Anyone else having this problem?
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I start to think it's a hardware problem..

I'm having exactly the same problem... not really sure why though, but it happened on CM7 and Stock ROM, I also tried to record on the microSD and the internal memory (both options) with the same results... I'm hoping this is not a hardware problem, otherwise I'll have to sell my phone. I use it to record all kind of stuff...
Hope someone can help us here!
Thank you!

Judging by the time (10 minutes) and size (1 GB), I'm guessing the problem lies with the SD card being too slow. Try using a higher class SD card and defragmenting it first. From my experience, fragmentation kills SD card performance and defragmenting it makes a lot of difference for read/write speed.

Did anyone find a solution to this?
cheers,

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Leo cant playback a 2 mintue clip -_-

I did some recording, of nothing in particular, just around the house and after I finished I went to play it, and after about 5 minutes I assume it must of frozen or something as it was still on that loading screen...
Another faiure by htc -_- , has anyone had the same problems and/or found solutions?
Thanks
My HD2 has no problems as you're describing, so your post title is completely misleading.
However, have you tweaked the recording settings? Are you storing the footage on your Micro SD? What speed is it?
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xavierdemon said:
My HD2 has no problems as you're describing, so your post title is completely misleading.
However, have you tweaked the recording settings? Are you storing the footage on your Micro SD? What speed is it?
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Yeah I am saving it to memory card, but Im not sure what speed it is, theres a 2 with a circle round it, does that help?
thanks for the response
That's means it's a class 2 card, which is slow, trying changing where it stores to say like the internal memory and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, then buy yourself a class 4 or 6 micro SD card.
xavierdemon said:
That's means it's a class 2 card, which is slow, trying changing where it stores to say like the internal memory and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, then buy yourself a class 4 or 6 micro SD card.
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ahh ok, well that sucks
Hopefully amazon will do a full return, do they sell them as class 2/4/6 or is it just random?
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I did some recording, of nothing in particular, just around the house and after I finished I went to play it, and after about 5 minutes I assume it must of frozen or something as it was still on that loading screen...
Another faiure by htc -_- , has anyone had the same problems and/or found solutions?
Thanks
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I just made a video of 4:45 and it played back instantly. Took about a second on the loading screen.
Do us a favour - stop finding faults and then posting them and instantly claiming a fail on the part of HTC. You need to investigate issues a little more before start complaining. How about starting with the attitude that there may be something wrong, rather than the attitude that there is something wrong.
I am using a 16GB Class 2 SanDisk card, and saving vid directly to the card, so unless your card is faulty, I can't see it being that.
As johncmolyneux stated it's probably just your sd card is screwed, you could try just reformatting and see if that helps. If you decide to buy a new SD card, they will clearly state their speed, whether it be class 2, 4 or 6. Obviously the faster you go the more you'll pay.
I just made a video of 4:45 and it played back instantly. Took about a second on the loading screen.
Do us a favour - stop finding faults and then posting them and instantly claiming a fail on the part of HTC. You need to investigate issues a little more before start complaining. How about starting with the attitude that there may be something wrong, rather than the attitude that there is something wrong.
I am using a 16GB Class 2 SanDisk card, and saving vid directly to the card, so unless your card is faulty, I can't see it being that.
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Sorry I did kinda jump down their throats :3
As johncmolyneux stated it's probably just your sd card is screwed, you could try just reformatting and see if that helps. If you decide to buy a new SD card, they will clearly state their speed, whether it be class 2, 4 or 6. Obviously the faster you go the more you'll pay.
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Yeah maybe I'll try formatting, if not I guess I'll have to return it
I have tried formatting it, yet t still cant seem to play even 13 seconds worth of video. I switched the save locations to the device, still nothing.
I do however have a hunch, there is 1 video that I recorded that I can play on there, and its one I took the night I got the phone, before switching my settings and installing extra modes from damien123_666, so maybe the settings are too high quality and the phone is strugging with them? Maybe when I update the rom it will be more able to cope with higher quality videos
thoughts?
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I have tried formatting it, yet t still cant seem to play even 13 seconds worth of video. I switched the save locations to the device, still nothing.
I do however have a hunch, there is 1 video that I recorded that I can play on there, and its one I took the night I got the phone, before switching my settings and installing extra modes from damien123_666, so maybe the settings are too high quality and the phone is strugging with them? Maybe when I update the rom it will be more able to cope with higher quality videos
thoughts?
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If you can bear it without too much hassle, do a hard reset and see if the problem persists. It sounds like you could be on the right track, but I'm sure there's a lot of people who have done the camera tweaks. Maybe ask in the thread in question to see if anyone has noticed this problem.
johncmolyneux said:
If you can bear it without too much hassle, do a hard reset and see if the problem persists. It sounds like you could be on the right track, but I'm sure there's a lot of people who have done the camera tweaks. Maybe ask in the thread in question to see if anyone has noticed this problem.
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Well Im gonna flash a custom rom today, so Ill see if that makes a difference
Update: Installed XannyTechs Pandora rom today, camera now running great again, can play back and all is swell
Apart from the now faint pink mark is still there

Really annoyed with the vid capture of phone.

HD is cool, but makes me mad. I know the thread about SD card read/write theory and it has me searching for a Sandisk 16 or 32g SDHC in nothing less than class 6
My 16gb class two rights at class 6 for write speed and i have smooth video.. just not best quality as i thouht with the camera.. i know my 4gb class2 writes at a class 2 and my 8 gb writes at a class 2.. not sure why..
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Yeah, the video bugs me too, causes the audio to get out of sync as well. The WVGA video looks pretty good though. I just wish the sound wasn't such a crappy low bitrate on all the video modes. Looks pretty good but sounds as crappy as my treo 700p.
Back to topic please.............
I know that not all kernels work the same on diff roms. I can't seam to get my current kernel (not currently updated) to flash to my current rom, and i can't get the google.code kernel for wired tether to flash over either. Without trying all the kernels on various roms to try and get a video to record without freezing in middle while still playing sound, and to have sound end while vid is still playing, I'm sure my SD card that is almost used up has some to do with it. I know I need a certain compression ratio for space available on cord, and this phone is sucking up space on card like crazy.
Every single one of you spammers here have been reported and will be warned and or banned shortly. You must understand this isn't 4chan and we don't condone moronic behaviour. If you like to correct people's English on a forum so much, become an English Professor. You'll have much fun with that.
And all others ranting off topic, you've been reported as well.
Can we stay on topic please and help the OP out. Not everyone has English as their first language or is in a position to express themselves eloquently.
Its simple; if you cannot contribute positively to the OP's question then please don't post.
Thanks
WB
please delete thread. i wasn't complaining about 30fps, and if anyone would have clicked the link they would see the 3-5 second constant freezing while sound played, and then sound ends about 8 seconds before video ended. it is only a 45 second video. wasn't sure if it was write/read compression ratio compared to space avail on card. no one here conformed/denied or even had an input about it.
DELETE MY THREAD PLEASE
jpwhre said:
please delete thread. i wasn't complaining about 30fps, and if anyone would have clicked the link they would see the 3-5 second constant freezing while sound played, and then sound ends about 8 seconds before video ended. it is only a 45 second video. wasn't sure if it was write/read compression ratio compared to space avail on card. no one here conformed/denied or even had an input about it.
DELETE MY THREAD PLEASE
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If you have a question, it is your duty to properly express it. We are not mind readers.
Here is how I would have worded it:
Thread Title: Video Capture Freezing and Sound Issues
Thread contents: Hi, I took a video recently and I am having some issues that in searching I have not found anyone to report. The video is freezing and the sound isn't recording the whole way through. Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas as to what could cause this?​
Then I would have talked about if it happened on other videos or just this one. I would have given any details such as stock, rooted, which rom, or which update I'm running. I would have mentioned if I had changed anything recently or if the phone had been behaving like this since I had owned it. I would have mentioned if I had tried rebooting or any other basic troubleshooting.
That's what I would have done. Unless you compose a meaningful message, none of us here can guess what you're trying to communicate. When your post is nonsense, you'll get nonsense in response.
htc ota 2.2 froyo rooted by netarchy. no mods, no custom kernels, no major changes besides adding apps
omj 1.4/1.7/1.8/1.8 deodexed/1.9 saphire/2.0/2.1
stock
stock rooted
every video ever taken on all roms listed above
came with sandisk micro sd 8g
Closed at OP request.
WB

Recording failed

Is anyone else getting a recording failed error while taking HD video. Sometimes it happens after a few seconds or up to a few minutes or not at all. I am stock rooted with the latest update and drm removed. I don't think it has anything to do with this sine on the sprint forums complete stock users expierence the same thing. Does anyone know how t fix this?
Corrupt file system on the SD card? Try backing up all your files and then reformatting the card and try again.
scriz said:
Corrupt file system on the SD card? Try backing up all your files and then reformatting the card and try again.
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Ok, I will try that in a few minutes since it says it has to backup 9.21gb
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Corrupt file system on the SD card? Try backing up all your files and then reformatting the card and try again.
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THANKS. It seems to have done the trick but not 100% sure yet as sometimes before i reformatted, it would work perfectly but it hasn't failed thus far.
lehaman310 said:
THANKS. It seems to have done the trick but not 100% sure yet as sometimes before i reformatted, it would work perfectly but it hasn't failed thus far.
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Still going ok for you? I have this same problem and will try reformatting the card if it's still working for you.
lehaman310 said:
THANKS. It seems to have done the trick but not 100% sure yet as sometimes before i reformatted, it would work perfectly but it hasn't failed thus far.
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Not a prob. Let me know how it works out for ya.
I have not modified my phone in any way, and I have had this happen a few times as well on highest resolution videos.
Starts camera just fine.. then about 15 seconds into recording it says, "Warning, recording failed."
I would say maybe 2-3 times has this happened to me so far, and I have recorded dozens of videos, so it is a once in awhile thing. Still a bit annoying though.
Anyone try video recording at highest res on Froyo DK28 yet?
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Anyone try video recording at highest res on Froyo DK28 yet?
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Actually yes, I filmed a ho-ho-rendous (yes from the sprint ad) christmas light display in my neighbor hood. Worked fine.
I used to have this happen to me only when I was on a custom rom.So I Formated my card which was a pain cause I had to backup 14gb but it has worked for me.No more record failed message.
Pito2k6 said:
I used to have this happen to me only when I was on a custom rom.So I Formated my card which was a pain cause I had to backup 14gb but it has worked for me.No more record failed message.
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Interesting, I may have to give that a try. I just tried four tests on stock Froyo (DK28), which I know isn't final, but I was hoping this issue would be fixed. On two of my tests, I recorded for longer than I ever have on the highest res (7 minutes and 8 minutes), I stopped both those recordings manually. My other two tests failed around 25 seconds and 35 seconds. So it's still hit-or-miss for me. I think backing up and reformatting the SD card is next.
I have this problem as well. I also tried reformatting my sd card in an attempt to cure my Epic of this disease to no avail. Anyone else have any suggestions? Or can it be the rom I'm using (Midnight 2.5)?
I tried reformatting as well. It seemed to work for a while but I'm getting the error again. Don't think it's the ROM, it's happening to me on stock Froyo the same as it happened on stock Eclair
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Happens to me once in a while as well on stock 2.1
The problem is that the sd card isn't fast enough for reliable hd recording. If you lower quality it will work perfectly. If you reformat sd it will work in hd for a while. If you get a faster sdcard, you'll be set as well. Be sure to read speed test reviews and not just go by the speedclass claimed by the manufacturer. A lot are fast until they get some data then slow down significantly.
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Another thing i notice is that with 2.1, the epic records in 3gp and with 2.2.1, it records in mp4, i believe. Can anyone confirm this?
I agree with the card too slow opinion. I did a side by side at the same time and resolution with the evo and epic. The epic always choked and the file wad corrupt. If I did short tests, it worked mostly. During playback and looking at the specifics with videospec, the evo compressed more and it's quality showed it, but it never stopped recording. Changing to a different brand card did not really fix anything.
This is also another reason why I dislike the epic. A second reason, kind of loosely relating to this topic, I don't like the epic with high quality audio recording problems. It studders and skips. The evo was amazing sounding and zero problems.
I'm giving the evo shift some SERIOUS thought right now. I am VERY tempted to go get one tomorrow morning before work.
The 16GB card that comes with the Samsung is only a class 2. It's not capable of keeping up with the recording. Get a class 4 or higher. The video will fail at random times due to varying bit rates of the scene that is being recorded. I bought a class 4, and so far haven't had any issues with the "recording failed". Although, I haven't used it enough since I got the card to be 100% sure.
What is the highest class our epics can use. I saw a class 10 but I read somewhere that the epic can run up to a class 6. Anybody know? Thanks
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I just watched all the video (hd) that I took from my daughters birthday party.... looks better than my wifes evo vid.. BUT EVERY VIDEO IS CRAPPED OUT like I'm a wanna be mix master dj... can anybody confirm the class sd thing? Or are we all doing the ext4 thing bc I don't recall this issue before that..
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Desire HD 720p Lag

I've been getting a lag in my video's filmed at 720p quality from my Desire HD
Youtube video of test footage watch?v=x_OLIbLkUWk
Just as it hits 0:13 there is lag which is native on the phone video aswell.
I've filmed quite a bit since them and do get these laggy intervals when filming at 720p quality.
Am I seriously just going to have to accept defeat and film at 800x480?
Any known fixes?
Xartz said:
Am I seriously just going to have to accept defeat and film at 800x480?
Any known fixes?
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I hope not. I recently got myself a brand new DHD, and can confirm i am experiencing the same issues when recording video -LAG.
I have no idea what the issue could be, I’m thinking maybe the mmc card could be the issue if its only 2x, i'd imagine 720p recoding will require higher speed mmc cards – im using the one which came with the mobile.
lower class of micro sd card perhaps?
With 1.5 GB of RAM, you'd think the DHD would be able to cache a whole lot more than 13 seconds of 720p 3GP video...
I don't remember where, but this has been discussed before, and they didn't think it was the memorycard that was the root of the problem.
To be honest i havent experience lag of any kind when videoing at 720p! Maybe a background task took some resources at the same time! Just a thought.
Have you enabled USB Debugging in the settings?
Yes I have.
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Have you enabled USB Debugging in the settings?
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Have you installed Visionary? I experienced the same thing and when I removed it, the lag was gone. Now I have 'USB debugging' disabled and no lag.
I have a class 10 32gb card which probably isn't causing the problem. My phones not rooted, haven't installed visionary. Plus this occurred when my DHD was vanilla.
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My Desire Z sometimes lag in 720p recording too.
I noticed that refocusing when recording cause the lag, but it still lags sometimes even I didn't touch anything.
are you running a live wallpaper, cause in tests i have done running a live wallpaper in the background have made my desire hd lag a lot.
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are you running a live wallpaper, cause in tests i have done running a live wallpaper in the background have made my desire hd lag a lot.
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I disabled Live Wallpaper but still the same.
it's like 10~20second per lag.
running stock ROM, Asia-HK
will try to flash another ROM this weekend to see if there is any difference
Um.. 1.5GB of internal storage, not RAM. The phone only(!) has 768MB RAM.
Bonzo said:
With 1.5 GB of RAM, you'd think the DHD would be able to cache a whole lot more than 13 seconds of 720p 3GP video...
I don't remember where, but this has been discussed before, and they didn't think it was the memorycard that was the root of the problem.
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Not completely sure this will help, but what about formatting the SD card in 32 kb sectorsize?
It helped me, when my video recording was "stuttering"
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I'm using the one that come with the phone, it's already 32KB
Hi, I experienced the same thing : Yahoo mail was runnning background
I also experience lag. Someone needs to inform HTC imo.
i have a working fix besides the 32k cluster format, which simply improves the sd card performance
i simply go to free advanced and i hit end all tasks (the quick version) before launching the camera
it works everytime and if i dont't apply it my film lags, its clearly a multi tasking issue something running in the background causing it
but try my method it works
i tried your solution hamdir and it actually does work! I'l test it some more tomorrow because right now its too cloudy and dark outside which isnt optimal conditions for recording with this phone.
edit: the sun came out so i took another clip. no lag
i think its a certain app that may be causing this. is there a way we can pinpoint exactly which one?
i doubt its one app, i don't know if maybe its htc sense and its sync settings or any app that runs in the background like messengers, either way i can't be bothered looking for it the solution is working and very easy
hopefully gingerbread will eventually solve it, since it has a feature that cleans applications footprint
i just noticed my solution was added to the compilation of DHD issues thread i will also mention it in the camera guide i'm currently preparing

anyone else having problems with the LA4

Hi guys
Installed the stock german LA4 a couple of weeks ago and it worked just fine for a week, but now the last 5 days it has been freezing daily no buttons working the screen stays on, so the only thing i can do is pull the battery out and restart..
sometimes it seems to work fine but when you try to make a call with full service it just breaks before it starts to ring, and again i have to restart..
yesterday when i was shooting some stupid videos i noticed that the voice is beeing playbacked with a half a second delay and the movie lags all the way trough..
anyone got the same issues? or solutions?
I have noticed that it was mega fast at the start now it can be a bit skuggish im gonna re flash and see if that solves things weird. . I have also bought a class 10 memory card hopjng that speeds my phone up to
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Hi guys
Installed the stock german LA4 a couple of weeks ago and it worked just fine for a week, but now the last 5 days it has been freezing daily no buttons working the screen stays on, so the only thing i can do is pull the battery out and restart..
sometimes it seems to work fine but when you try to make a call with full service it just breaks before it starts to ring, and again i have to restart..
yesterday when i was shooting some stupid videos i noticed that the voice is beeing playbacked with a half a second delay and the movie lags all the way trough..
anyone got the same issues? or solutions?
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Have you rooted?? Recently installed any Apps?? try removing those apps. still problem exists then flash LA4 again.
Will a class 10 speed the phone up? at moment have a class 4
Thanks
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From what I've read class 10 cards are not faster (in fact sometimes even slower) than class 4s. Class 10 cards would allow better writing of large files such as HD videos but for small back and forth read/writes its the class 4 that actually seems to work more efficiently.
There's some very detailed information on this somewhere on XDA but I can't give you the link right now. Do a search on MicroSd cards and see what comes back. Basically though I'd save your money if I were you because you probably wont see any marked improvement in speeds by shelling out for an expensive class 10!
Actually I've found it. Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150369
It explains in detail the difference I've mentioned...
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Have you rooted?? Recently installed any Apps?? try removing those apps. still problem exists then flash LA4 again.
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You would have a 99% chance of fixing the issue right there.
K, no i have not rooted the phone thought i'd keep everything stock untill the ics is out.. Thanks for the help will flash the firmware again and see if it helps
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Ive reflashed la4.and still got some drag on swiping. . I hope ics comes out soon as i dont.wanna void my warranty by rooting plus wouldnt even know where to start or what the benefits are
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From what I've read class 10 cards are not faster (in fact sometimes even slower) than class 4s. Class 10 cards would allow better writing of large files such as HD videos but for small back and forth read/writes its the class 4 that actually seems to work more efficiently.
There's some very detailed information on this somewhere on XDA but I can't give you the link right now. Do a search on MicroSd cards and see what comes back. Basically though I'd save your money if I were you because you probably wont see any marked improvement in speeds by shelling out for an expensive class 10!
Actually I've found it. Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150369
It explains in detail the difference I've mentioned...
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well i am currently using samsung class 10 32 Gb micro sd card and it's more faster than my previous 32 Gb class 4 sandisk sd card. my music won't skip now and scanning after reboot, deleting files and updating folders is much more improved and i bought it half the price of my sandisk.
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j_tag said:
Hi guys
Installed the stock german LA4 a couple of weeks ago and it worked just fine for a week, but now the last 5 days it has been freezing daily no buttons working the screen stays on, so the only thing i can do is pull the battery out and restart..
sometimes it seems to work fine but when you try to make a call with full service it just breaks before it starts to ring, and again i have to restart..
yesterday when i was shooting some stupid videos i noticed that the voice is beeing playbacked with a half a second delay and the movie lags all the way trough..
anyone got the same issues? or solutions?
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i don't have that problem or any other problem for that matter with la4 for about a month now. i am rooted with cf root kernel. perhaps some applications that you have installed caused this problem. since my galaxy s, i have experienced those after installing some application. you have to be observant after installing an application so you can identify which one causes a problem.
I hv no problem with LA4 at all..i hope my note can be good to me until i got the ics haha
Don't know if this is the right thread to post on, but my brand new unlocked Note is acting up at times.
It keeps on giving me a message that my SIM card had been removed n to reboot the phone, for no apparent reason. Works fine when I restart the phone for a little while. Initially I thought it was something too do with my Sim card so had that replaced, but it still happens pretty much on a daily basis and I can't seem to understand why. Any ideas / suggestions guys?
I had usb issues after upgrading to LA4 but i switched over to RocketRom v22 and the problem went away.
Basically when transferring files to my Note the USB would lose the connection or stop and restart ..

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