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the avatar movie

i am not asking for someone to post it I just want to know what file extension it is on the other galaxy s phones i wanna get it for my phone :-(

.mkv and its in 720p... File size around 1g

I have divx videos running from my media drive running fine (I ripped avatar from my dvd using divx/ac3 and it displays just fine)
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In what directory is avatar located on the vibrant? I'm going to pull that and the sims game and put it on my epic.
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I thought the movie came with the epic? I can't find it maybe it was another phone I read about

rjmjr69 said:
I thought the movie came with the epic? I can't find it maybe it was another phone I read about
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He just said it. Vibrant.

The vibrant system dumps i have found do not include the avatar movie or the sims game. Can someone point me to the correct download with necessary files? If it cant be posted please PM me.

Psosmith82 said:
The vibrant system dumps i have found do not include the avatar movie or the sims game. Can someone point me to the correct download with necessary files? If it cant be posted please PM me.
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Have you checked out this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754216
It might be better to just make your own version for your Epic.

Psosmith82 said:
The vibrant system dumps i have found do not include the avatar movie or the sims game. Can someone point me to the correct download with necessary files? If it cant be posted please PM me.
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I tried getting the avatar.apk and .odex files and put them on my phone but all they did was give me a nice samsung paper weight lol. Had to revert back to stock using odin to fix it
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ImSoHungry said:
In what directory is avatar located on the vibrant? I'm going to pull that and the sims game and put it on my epic.
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I hbeard it was on the 2gb microsd card that comes with it.
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drizek said:
I hbeard it was on the 2gb microsd card that comes with it.
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Its an actual .apk file you can find it on the vibrant system dump
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The APK just starts the movie. The actual movie is stored on the SD card. It cant be on internal memory, because it would use all of it up.

Psosmith82 said:
The APK just starts the movie. The actual movie is stored on the SD card. It cant be on internal memory, because it would use all of it up.
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the Vibrant has a 16gb internal card ... 2 gb for system files and 13 gb for everything else .. plus an additional 2gb card that came preinstalled with Sims and Avatar. The APK does look for it on the SDcard from what i have gathered. the file itself is useless b/c it needs the apk to start it.

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the Vibrant has a 16gb internal card ... 2 gb for system files and 13 gb for everything else .. plus an additional 2gb card that came preinstalled with Sims and Avatar. The APK does look for it on the SDcard from what i have gathered. the file itself is useless b/c it needs the apk to start it.
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Gotcha. I didn't know the apk just stars the movie. Thanks for the info
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Still no right answer??
the avatar movie is a dcf file (DisCriptor File) which is a type of copy-protected media file mostly used on cellphones
your better off using a different movie format thats not copy protected like mp4, avi or even mkv

so nobody still has the movie or the game? i want it so bad lol

no way to convert it to non-dcf (like non-drm)?

I just put avatar, 2012, kickass, and super troopers on my sd. I ripped them, then converted to MP4s. About 1-3 GB each
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speed up media scanning?

does any one know of a way to speed up media scanning of external_sd and usb storage upon reboots?
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in ROM toolbox app they have a tweak for that but ive never tried it to be honest but its located in the peformance tab when you open up the app and of course you must be rooted running a custom ROM
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Try sd booster or sd speed increase in the market. Raise value to 2048 and set on boot . It made a slight difference on mine when booting up.
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most the custom roms already increased the size of the cache for the sd cards...i might be wrong but from what ive read its the cache size that determines the speed ...but as someone posted earlier speed increase worked great when i had my evo...especially if ur on a stock rom

sergioperalta81 said:
most the custom roms already increased the size of the cache for the sd cards...i might be wrong but from what ive read its the cache size that determines the speed ...but as someone posted earlier speed increase worked great when i had my evo...especially if ur on a stock rom
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thats because the evo's was defaulted to like, 4. it helped SO much lol. i used the sd booster in rom toolbox on both my evo and e4gt and set it to 2048. worked GREAT on evo. but imho, the speed increase is only slightly noticeable on my e4gt. not so much that i swear by it like on my evo. but, i still run it lol

i'm not really speaking on speeding up the process itself, im more or less wondering if we can get it to trigger faster. upon a fresh flash its always fast, but as time goes by and more and more apps get installed it starts to initiate 20-40 seconds after phone is up and running and lock screen hss already been opened
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Add a .nomedia file to folders of any files that you dont need scanned on boot up. I do this to my folders with all my Roms and kernels and anything else that I dont want scanned on boot. This will save a good bit of time if you have alot that it scans. Sorry just read your last comment and i am not sure on how to make it start sooner. I dont know if that is possible.

Scubaasteve said:
Try sd booster or sd speed increase in the market. Raise value to 2048 and set on boot . It made a slight difference on mine when booting up.
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Weird thing I noticed after playing with that setting is SD card bench marking apps, the read and write speeds slowed down after raising the value.

musclehead84 said:
Add a .nomedia file to folders of any files that you dont need scanned on boot up. I do this to my folders with all my Roms and kernels and anything else that I dont want scanned on boot. This will save a good bit of time if you have alot that it scans. Sorry just read your last comment and i am not sure on how to make it start sooner. I dont know if that is possible.
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Could you go into more detail on how to make this no media file and how to use it correctly? Thanks
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Mynaga said:
Could you go into more detail on how to make this no media file and how to use it correctly? Thanks
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i second this, quite a good idea, please share your wisdom?

stretchwookie said:
i second this, quite a good idea, please share your wisdom?
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Sure. Use a file explorer app like astro or es file explorer. Pick the folder u want to do it for. Open it up and create a new file. Name it
.nomedia so for instance if u did this on the root of your SD card nothing would get scanned (btw I don't advise that) hope that helps guys.
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musclehead84 said:
Sure. Use a file explorer app like astro or es file explorer. Pick the folder u want to do it for. Open it up and create a new file. Name it
.nomedia so for instance if u did this on the root of your SD card nothing would get scanned (btw I don't advise that) hope that helps guys.
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Oh man, that easy? I'm sorry then, I thought it was more complicated. You get a thanks!

If you are rooted, "Rescan media root" will fix your issue.
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Edit...delete lol

[Q] sd card space

how do i delete stuff from my sd card to make space i reached my cap and now it wont let me open my music can anyone help me?

tjrsorto said:
how do i delete stuff from my sd card to make space i reached my cap and now it wont let me open my music can anyone help me?
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Use a file manager like Astro or hook it up to your computer and work from other.
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The ol file manager works good
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tjrsorto said:
how do i delete stuff from my sd card to make space i reached my cap and now it wont let me open my music can anyone help me?
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Best apps I found to use is Disk Usage or Dual Folder from the Play store. Disk usage to see what's eating up space and deleting thumbnail data. Dual folder for individual files
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The point of having a micro sd card slot

is? If I cant see it in some apps or file explorer?

Root explorer and astro can see external. So does my apps
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As does es file explorer
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rambo8987 said:
Root explorer and astro can see external. So does my apps
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Thanks, I now see astro can see my micro sdcard and I can install apps that way but why does samsung make their file structure so limiting?

corythug said:
As does es file explorer
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es file explorer didnt see my card. Or at least I couldnt navigate up a parent directory.

The stock my files app can.
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xshaftx said:
The stock my files app can.
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Youre running stock? I'm wondering if stock doesnt have this problem. Didnt bother checking.

Some apps such as Root Explorer you will find it located at mnt/extSdCard. Also for some app settings you can point to that. It works for me anyway.
EDIT: Ok just downloaded ES File explorer and figured it out. If you're rooted check 'root explorer' on and check 'Up to root'. Once you do that you can go up to parent folder and select mnt. There you will find /extSdCard. :thumbup:
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Issue is your apps can't use external sd card which sucks and no current rom from what I read fixes this because it is a Google screw up on purpose in Ics and jelly bean. You can only use internal memory to install apps now and I am pretty sure Google is doing this on purpose so you store more in their cloud and they can harvest your data more easily for targeted ads. If you install a lot of games from game loft forget it your 16gb internal memory is shot quick and your large sd card is sitting there empty.
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Create a folder called external_sd on your internal sd card and download the app ics sd binder and it will mount it to there
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SysAdmNj said:
es file explorer didnt see my card. Or at least I couldnt navigate up a parent directory.
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In ES Explorer you have to go to settings to allow "Root" in order to see your micro sd card in /mnt/extsdcard.

I'm certainly no expert here, but I don't think Google/Samsung have a conspiracy going. Coming from the Linux world, it's a common thing to mount storage under /mnt. The location of the external sd was also a bit weird on my last phone, the Moto Atrix. When it came out it took a while for app developers to adjust their programs to accommodate it (i.e., Titanium Backup). Hopefully the same will happen soon with the S III. As for the ability to move apps to the external sd, I'm not so sure that's a good idea anyway. For me doing that on any Android phone has always been somewhat problematic. I pretty much just use the sd for media storage now.
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SysAdmNj said:
is? If I cant see it in some apps or file explorer?
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All my mp3 are on the the SD card, same for pictures and video clips.

Yup 100% stock. I didnt root it yet.
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hunmin said:
In ES Explorer you have to go to settings to allow "Root" in order to see your micro sd card in /mnt/extsdcard.
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I dont need root (I dont even have root access on this phone) and I can see my SD card with any apps and I never needed to mount the card either.
I dont know what you are all doing wrong.

rickwood said:
I'm certainly no expert here, but I don't think Google/Samsung have a conspiracy going. Coming from the Linux world, it's a common thing to mount storage under /mnt. The location of the external sd was also a bit weird on my last phone, the Moto Atrix. When it came out it took a while for app developers to adjust their programs to accommodate it (i.e., Titanium Backup). Hopefully the same will happen soon with the S III. As for the ability to move apps to the external sd, I'm not so sure that's a good idea anyway. For me doing that on any Android phone has always been somewhat problematic. I pretty much just use the sd for media storage now.
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Exactly what I was trying to say. Why cant we navigate to /mnt and pick our storage ourselves.

drakeymcmb said:
Create a folder called external_sd on your internal sd card and download the app ics sd binder and it will mount it to there
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Thanks appreciate the help.
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sabre31 said:
Issue is your apps can't use external sd card which sucks and no current rom from what I read fixes this because it is a Google screw up on purpose in Ics and jelly bean. You can only use internal memory to install apps now and I am pretty sure Google is doing this on purpose so you store more in their cloud and they can harvest your data more easily for targeted ads. If you install a lot of games from game loft forget it your 16gb internal memory is shot quick and your large sd card is sitting there empty.
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Or maybe they just don't want to make average users go through a file explorer if possible?
It's not a conspiracy, even if you think it is.

drakeymcmb said:
Create a folder called external_sd on your internal sd card and download the app ics sd binder and it will mount it to there
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How did i miss this reply, thanks that seems to help. Is there an original thread on this app or this issue by any chance?

SysAdmNj said:
How did i miss this reply, thanks that seems to help. Is there an original thread on this app or this issue by any chance?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652079

mediahub downloads to sd card?

Is it possible to move movies purchased thru media hub to the sd card? I've got that free download of the avengers taking up over 2gb of my internal storage right now and can't find an option to do it. I'd imagine I could do it manually somehow, but how and will it affect anything with playback?
Thanks!

Yea, it's been said on the other Avengers threads
You need to change the settings to show hidden files, go your file manager under settings, and you will see that option
Next you need to find. SamsungMediahub open it, and find the " Sd" or Hd" file and move it to the extSdcard
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thanks. i did do a search but found people kinda going back and forth on whether or not it actually worked once moved so i figured i'd just ask.
thanks though. worked great.

polarbearmc said:
thanks. i did do a search but found people kinda going back and forth on whether or not it actually worked once moved so i figured i'd just ask.
thanks though. worked great.
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NP,
It worked the same on my internal memory as it does on my extSdcard, little laggy but I turn on my Wifi like some one mention on the other thread and it worked better
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