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Three issues / questions : AVRCP, Panoramic Shots, Sense Crashes

I've got three questions for this terrific community, hopefully somebody has either noticed them and fixed them as well or might be able to help otherwise. Not rooted. Thanks in advance for your assistance!
1. AVRCP : After initially testing out great, my stereo bluetooth headset's controls no longer seem to control my music. Using a Southwing SA505 headset and the basic Sense music application. Music still plays through the headset fine, I just can't control it using the buttons on it. Has anybody had similar experiences?
2. Panoramic Camera Shots : Not technically a problem, but coming from a Touch Pro, I was just wondering if anybody knew of a way to get this functionality working on the otherwise superior camera app on the EVO. As I recall, it wasn't enabled by default on Winmo either and had to be reg hacked in.
3. Sense Crashes : No huge deal, but worth asking. My presumption is that perhaps I'm using ATK and being too aggressive, I usually get crashes when manually killing processes, but since ATK remembers what I've excluded I don't understand why it just happens sometimes and not others. Any suggestions on processes I should avoid killing in order to avoid this?
Thanks again all!

I'm going to be that guy and tell you to get rid of ATK. It does more bad than good.

Let's kill the ATK deal before it gets started. It works for some, not for others...let him decide. When you have basically no 3rd party apps installed and still see a nice smoothness change when running atk, it's hard to argue against it. But like I said, some people are not seeing any difference, so just let it be.

1. AVRCP: I an using a Motorola T505 with no problems. I can use the controls on the unit to Pause, NextSong, PrevSong, etc.
3. ATK: Sounds like it is killing more than it should. I run ATK several times a day with no crashes ever. I have had my Evo since June 4th.
May want to try to hold off on using ATK for a few days to ensure that something else is not crashing HTC Sense.
Good luck!

I use AVRCP on my Jabra BT3030 and so far it works great. Only really used it with Last.fm but it pauses, and skips fine

Thanks to all for their responses so far!
Re: ATK, yeah...I may be a little too quick with it, I've got it set on 'Safe' auto-kill on screen-off and it rarely if ever crashes Sense there, it seems to be when I do it on my own. I do it out of a desire to save battery life, surprise surprise, but I think I will back off.
Re: the AVRCP, what makes it extra odd is that it worked for me on the first day and not since! I was pumped when it worked, it made that 'out of box experience' extra nice when 'things just worked' lol, now...not so much.
Nobody else notice the missing Panoramic shot ability or care? No deal breaker, but it was kind of cool on the TP and I had hoped with the increased capabilities of the hardware and of Android that it might be even cooler now on the EVO, perhaps HTC just completely did away with it?

I absolutely loved the panoramic mode on my former HTC Diamond. I've been looking for an app that does it as well and have found nothing.... let me know if you do - thanks!

The Andropan app says it can take panoramic pictures.
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@iKimodragon : Thanks for the info! I'm downloading this now, though one of the comments within Market said that it crashed on EVO. I'll give it a try and report back. Re: my question about AVRCP, does anybody have any suggestions on how I might fix this issue even if they aren't having it themselves? Perhaps some kind of cache to clear, drain my headset comepletely, so on and so forth? Thanks again.

Update on Andropan : Unfortunately it appears as if the comment on the market that I read was right on target, the program ran but after taking the first picture froze and I received a 'force-close' message soon thereafter. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Hey, did you get anywhere as far as getting the AVRCP profile to work on your EVO again? Seems like there are a few others (as well as myself) suffering from this on the Beyond Pod forum as well. No answers yet.

One of the things that nagged at me as a plus for the Droid X was panoramic shots. They looked pretty good. My little 3.2 on the Raphael (fuze) could do panoramics and I really liked it. (Ironically my $400 Luminex doesn't do panoramics...ticks me off.) So my phone was the only way.
I'd love to see panoramic pics...not sure if it could ever be pulled out of the droid and set up for the evo. They both have same size cams...no idea if hardware is same.

BmoreBadBoy said:
Hey, did you get anywhere as far as getting the AVRCP profile to work on your EVO again? Seems like there are a few others (as well as myself) suffering from this on the Beyond Pod forum as well. No answers yet.
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Unfortunately I never did figure anything out, and as you can see within this thread, that quickly died, that nobody else ever offered any suggestions on that issue. Perhaps some renewed interest will drum up something, here's to hoping!

kkryter said:
3. Sense Crashes : No huge deal, but worth asking. My presumption is that perhaps I'm using ATK and being too aggressive, I usually get crashes when manually killing processes, but since ATK remembers what I've excluded I don't understand why it just happens sometimes and not others. Any suggestions on processes I should avoid killing in order to avoid this?
Thanks again all!
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(If you're still using ATK)
When I was still using sense, and ATK, I had the HTC calendar widget running on a home screen, and I found that if I scrolled over and it loaded into memory, then I locked my screen (and ATK would auto kill apps) when I came back to the home screen it would have to reload everything.
So if you're using the HTC calendar widget, that's why sense is crashing, it's something with that. If you're not using it then I don't know what the problem is.
A good alternative to the calendar widget is Android Agenda Widget. Very customizable and I found it as a great replacement.

photostitch free works for panoramic pics hun

Rhyter,
Did you ever make progress on this?
I have same issue with 2 different headsets.
Apparently it has to do with the bluetooth controls being intercepted by a different program.
what is strange is that winamp did not have this problem. Winamp apparently set itself as the primary controller of AVRCP.
I have searched for a program that will let me control AVRCP without rooting the phone, but I haven't found any.
Anyone please help!!!
Thanks.
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hotboy8628 said:
photostitch free works for panoramic pics hun
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Another that I have found is called photaf. Im impressed by it
~ I'm a fungi

Only solution that fixed it was to completely reset the device....
Then i installed what I wanted to work correctly first.... This has held and solved the issues.
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[Q] Music apps

I am regretting that I updated to Froyo from sprint because now when I open up an App that involves music a few things happen. First if I open slacker and close it when I'm done then later in the day use the mp3 player app (stock/or from market) slacker will start while the mp3 playing and vice versa. Another thing that really grinds my gears, is that when using the mp3 player (stock or after market) The song will speed up really fast and go through 4 songs in like 15 seconds. This is really flustering me because I want to sell my Itouch because I have this phone but know I am not sure if i really wanna do that. Any suggestions or should I just do a little searching and root 2.2 so I can flash a different version a 2.2 that you guys have provided?
Thanks in advance,
jiggajoe
P.s. If someone already reported this issue sorry I tried searching before posting but did not find it.

jiggajoe506 said:
I am regretting that I updated to Froyo from sprint because now when I open up an App that involves music a few things happen. First if I open slacker and close it when I'm done then later in the day use the mp3 player app (stock/or from market) slacker will start while the mp3 playing and vice versa. Another thing that really grinds my gears, is that when using the mp3 player (stock or after market) The song will speed up really fast and go through 4 songs in like 15 seconds. This is really flustering me because I want to sell my Itouch because I have this phone but know I am not sure if i really wanna do that. Any suggestions or should I just do a little searching and root 2.2 so I can flash a different version a 2.2 that you guys have provided?
Thanks in advance,
jiggajoe
P.s. If someone already reported this issue sorry I tried searching before posting but did not find it.
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firstly - check the sticky at the top of this section. There is no way to root 2.2 yet.
Having said that, I don't think what your describing is normal, even for stock froyo. If you're still within your 30 days, you might want to think about trying to exchange it.

DSP Manager on Sense

So, in the end I like Virtuous, but one thing I *really* miss about cm6 is DSP manager. My Bluetooth is dull sounding, my earbuds are bright, and it was nice to be able to balance out the sound separately.
I tried yoinking the apk out of the cm6 update zip, but I guess it's missing something from another part of the ROM.
Anyway, this is a bit out of my territory. I feel like the answer to this would also give me a bit more insight on how it all fits together.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Your sound quality is worse because of the bitrate cap on the bluetooth stack which is set by HTC. Nothing devs can do about it.
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That's true, but I'm talking tonality rather than the audio resolution.
Apparently I've already used DSP manager to successfully compensate for the crummy speaker in my Bluetooth earpiece.
The question is about whether i can get DSP manager to function on the Virtuous ROM.
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Well, I tried copying libaudio.so and libaudioflinger.so from cm6.1.1 to my system/lib (as per a post about doing this on a desire hd) and my phone wouldn't boot :/
I guess it's not that simple lol
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Somebody posted a link to the flashable .zip for DSP Manager over in the EVO forum. There seemed to be mixed results on various phones, with some people having pretty serious issues, like not being able to play media files, or having bootloops, after flashing. So I've been gunshy to try it on the DZ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795233
I completely agree that an equalizer is needed on the phone to tweak the sound in various situations, and to personal taste. I'm surprised that 3rd party apps have not been made that do this (and I mean for sound in all apps/situation, not just a music player with an equalizer), or that HTC hasn't created a Sound Booster like they did for Sense on Windows Mobile.

redpoint73 said:
Somebody posted a link to the flashable .zip for DSP Manager over in the EVO forum. There seemed to be mixed results on various phones, with some people having pretty serious issues, like not being able to play media files, or having bootloops, after flashing. So I've been gunshy to try it on the DZ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795233
I completely agree that an equalizer is needed on the phone to tweak the sound in various situations, and to personal taste. I'm surprised that 3rd party apps have not been made that do this (and I mean for sound in all apps/situation, not just a music player with an equalizer), or that HTC hasn't created a Sound Booster like they did for Sense on Windows Mobile.
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Loving the Totoro
I saw this post, tried to do the fundamental thing using vision ROMS, but got stuck at the boot screen.
I'm apprehensive too, but I think what I already did is probably worst case scenario, so maybe right now I'll do another nandroid and give that update a try...I'll let you know how it goes
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So I tried the update.zip from that epic 4g thread.
My phone worked, but songs would play 20 seconds per real second with no audio.
I opened the zip and put the libaudioflinger.so from CM6.1.1 in instead of the other one.
This time everything worked, but DSP manager didn't actually affect the audio.
Then I tried moving the libaudio.so from the cm Rom as well, but then system force closed when all booted up, leaving me with a black screen lol.
I'm all restored, but no luck with DSP manager yet.
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Are you implying that my photo looks like some kind of cartoon? ;-)
Thanks for being the guinea pig and trying it out, and for letting me now how it went! Too bad it didn't work. I'd really like an equalizer on the phone, as well.

I have sort of good news.
I checked out the Virtuous change log for the Incredible version of the ROM which is much more developed. Rmk incorporated DSP Manager into that ROM. I can only guess (and hope) that he will do the same with the Vision version. Seems likely enough.
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Nice2hear...looking foreward to this implementation! Keep us informed pls!
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Confirmed-Working!
redpoint73 said:
Somebody posted a link to the flashable .zip for DSP Manager over in the EVO forum. There seemed to be mixed results on various phones, with some people having pretty serious issues, like not being able to play media files, or having bootloops, after flashing. So I've been gunshy to try it on the DZ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795233
I completely agree that an equalizer is needed on the phone to tweak the sound in various situations, and to personal taste. I'm surprised that 3rd party apps have not been made that do this (and I mean for sound in all apps/situation, not just a music player with an equalizer), or that HTC hasn't created a Sound Booster like they did for Sense on Windows Mobile.
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Yes it's working on my Htc Desire Z. I just downloaded and installed the apk. I'm using rom based on Virtuous Sense (DualSense Rom). I'm very happy beacuse of powerful bass enhancement.

HTC YouTube app pulled from Marketplace

The HTC YouTube app is no longer in the Marketplace, that I can find. It's not in HTC's section, and it's not in the regular section. The direct link below works in zune, but the app page says "unavailable".
I get why MetroTube was pulled, but I would expect HTC to have more pull or whatever with Google, and not be subject to that same issue.
zune://navigate/?appID=ee0d24ce-fe04-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
Am I missing something?

I use m.YouTube.com and the full site. They work great.

prohibido_por_la_ley said:
I use m.YouTube.com and the full site. They work great.
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yes, this is what we needed to know about the situation.

I sideloaded it onto my Omnia W, just because i can but honestly YouTube Pro is much better imho.

sitembul said:
yes, this is what we needed to know about the situation.
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AFAIK its been gone for awhile now.maybe since about December or so, those are good alternatives that I suggested tho.

Unfortunate
its unfortunate when device manufacturers pull their own apps, such as samsungs allshare here in the uk, but now that google has updated its m.youtube.com website, and mango's inherent ability to play youtube videos straight off the bat, perhaps HTC felt that their app was no longer necessary.
There are a few others on the marketplace, although ive never used any of them so unfortunately i wouldnt like to try and recommend any of them.

I hope they will reupload their sound enhancer app. It has gone since september/october. That really pisses me off...

morpheuszg said:
I hope they will reupload their sound enhancer app. It has gone since september/october. That really pisses me off...
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I don't really miss it as much now that I got me some skullcandy headphones. I discovered that once u have a good audio system or some headphones with a good DSP its not even as needed.

[Q] DISABLE audio controls on lockscreen

I'm running Vanilla Rootbox 4.0 ROM, but this has bugged me with other ROMs for quite some time. I guess when 4.1 or 4.2 came out, Android started making audio controls on lockscreen available. That's wonderful for people that want them, but I HATE them. I've searched off and on for months to find out how to turn them off and all I ever find is people saying how glad they are to have them. No one seems to want to disable them completely, as I do. Can anyone please help me? I want the lock screen to look exactly the same no matter what apps are running on my phone.

What music player are you using (I'm assuming stock?) I honestly haven't seen a way on how to remove the stock controls except by using another music player. I use PowerAmp and I never get the lockscreen controls.
Hope it helps
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jayRokk said:
What music player are you using (I'm assuming stock?) I honestly haven't seen a way on how to remove the stock controls except by using another music player. I use PowerAmp and I never get the lockscreen controls.
Hope it helps
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ANYTHING that plays sound does it. The stock music player, Pandora, Slacker Radio. Heck, even Mort Player (audiobooks) shows the controls when it's running.

KadenP said:
ANYTHING that plays sound does it. The stock music player, Pandora, Slacker Radio. Heck, even Mort Player (audiobooks) shows the controls when it's running.
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Hmmm that's odd.
And you've looked thru all the settings in both apps and ROM settings right?
It might be hidden in there somewhere.
I'm on AoCP and I never get the controls
Give it a shot
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jayRokk said:
Hmmm that's odd.
And you've looked thru all the settings in both apps and ROM settings right?
It might be hidden in there somewhere.
I'm on AoCP and I never get the controls
Give it a shot
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Boy I sure would be happy if it were that simple and I was just blind, but I'm not seeing it anywhere. Closest thing I can see is in the AOKP settings (Rootbox is an AOKP and CM hybrid) for the lockscreen where it lists an option to control music volume with the volume keys from the lockscreen. This setting doesn't affect the widget though.
Thanks for the suggestions though!

I've been reading a bit about AoCP and I may just have to give it a run. I hate wiping my device and spending a whole day setting everything back up, but this issue is really irritating me and it seems like lots of people are very happy with AoCP.

KadenP said:
I've been reading a bit about AoCP and I may just have to give it a run. I hate wiping my device and spending a whole day setting everything back up, but this issue is really irritating me and it seems like lots of people are very happy with AoCP.
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Just use Tinanium Backup to make a flash able zip of all your apps or use the app alone to back up apps and data so that next time you flash it just takes you 3 minutes to set up everything

jayRokk said:
Just use Tinanium Backup to make a flash able zip of all your apps or use the app alone to back up apps and data so that next time you flash it just takes you 3 minutes to set up everything
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I've tried that and had it fail horribly on me in the past. The only time I've been able to restore backups made with TB has been when restoring to the same version ROM. A couple times I made a backup, flashed a completely different ROM, went to restore and was unable to. So I just don't even trust it anymore when it comes to flashing ROMs.
Question though since you're obviously knowledgeable about AoCP and I'm too much of a n00b to post in the AoCP thread. The thread says:
AoCP_I747_CP5.6 -dev host link
This is 3.4 kernel base and it is very stable
AoCP_I747_5.6-kernel -dev host link
Just so I'm clear here, do I need to install the top link AND THEN install the kernel link as well? I haven't messed with any ROMs where a separate kernel download was given, so I just want to be sure I don't cause more issues for myself.

Just download the ROM and gapps (which you should have if you've ran any 4.2.2 ROMs )
No extra steps or anything
5.6 should be the release right now.
There is more goodies coming really soon
But the dev.host link should be it
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Thanks jayRokk. I got AoCP installed without issue. Not a bad ROM, though I prefer Rootbox better. Too many extras I've gotten used to, I guess. The bigger issue, however, is that I had the same issue with AoCP. The stock music app did not show any controls on the lock screen, but everything else did. I did a complete wipe before flashing and cleared davlik both before and after flashing, so I'm positive it's not some weird setting I have somewhere that's managed to carry over from ROM to ROM.

I am 100% with you on this. I hate the lock screen controls and can not find a single thread about deleting them. I'll watch this thread and let you know if I find anything.
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mreadshaw said:
I am 100% with you on this. I hate the lock screen controls and can not find a single thread about deleting them. I'll watch this thread and let you know if I find anything.
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Widget locker disables the notification bar when locked.... you do have to buy it though... I tried it and does work.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&hl=en

I don't want to disable the notification bar thou. I don't even want to disable all lock screen widgets just the music controls. I love dashclock. That's what I want of my default lock screen. If the music controls could even be moved to a second lock screen like the camera that would be awesome. I guess I should say I'm on CM. I have no idea how touchwiz handles these things.
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mreadshaw said:
I don't want to disable the notification bar thou. I don't even want to disable all lock screen widgets just the music controls. I love dashclock. That's what I want of my default lock screen. If the music controls could even be moved to a second lock screen like the camera that would be awesome. I guess I should say I'm on CM. I have no idea how touchwiz handles these things.
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Exactly this. While I certainly appreciate the responses from everyone trying to help, the idea of spending $3.00 on a 3rd party app just to fix what, IMO, is a pretty major oversight (just give me a setting in a menu to enable/disable it) is a very hard pill to swallow. I currently use Lockscreen Policy to disable the camera and all secondary widget screens. I've emailed the developer to see if they could add the ability to disable the music controls as well, but haven't heard anything back. ALL I want on my lock screen is time, date, battery and next alarm, which the stock locker and dashclock give me. If only I could disable the $%^#@ audio controls!