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[Q] Samsung touch wiz rom

Hey guys, just wanted to know, when the samsung touch wiz rom is ported to the desire, does it also port the dolby sound enhancements. sound is very important to me.
if anyone has done this and noticed any difference, would be appreciated.
Also, if there is no change, is there anyway to the dolby to the desire from the samsung. the gallery is also different as it has that 5.1 button on the bottom left when in landscape mode. it would be amazing

So far only the actual touchwiz launcher has been ported to the Desire. Most other things probably never will be.

are the dolby stuff not compatible

I'm not sure if the hardware supports it or if the support would need to be enabled somehow.

[Q] Car dock audio out with Gingerbread roms?

Does anyone know if there is a Gingerbread rom for the Epic that supports audio out with the official car dock? I have tried the CM rom with and without the SGS Dock Audio Fix, but it did not work. This is the single issue that is keeping me on Froyo roms right now! Hahaha.

[Q] [Xperia S] New User, what ROM?

Hi all,
I have purchased an xperia s and intend to install custom ROM tomorrow. I have done a good bit of reading but theres alot of info.
I believe roms based on lastest JB eg cm10? dont have a functioning camera
I believe 1 or more roms based on cm9? does not have a functioning hdmi?
The camera (and hdmi) is important to me. I would prefer to have a modded "hardware" rather than an app such as the cybershot one (I assume an app means the improvements are only seen when in that app).
The only camera hardware mod i can find is "[MOD][CAM]GBXperia S|Video 1080p >20mb Bitrate|720p >15mb Bitrate|>100% Image quality".
This requires 2.3.7.
I would be grateful if someone could point out (via link or name) a 2.3.7 based rom, and kernel, as simple and clean as possible (no bloatware) that has a better performance than stock and would allow me to use this mod. Of course, if i have missed a later/better ROM with optimised camera let me know
Thanks for reading and hope someone can advise, I realise im more of a lurker

CM10 has a functioning camera, however I prefer the stock camera (SONY).
About HDMI, i'm not sure about it, I have no HDMI TV for me to play on, however user reported that it worked (in CM10 thread)
About the camera hardware mod you mentioned, it already included (implemented) in the ICS update if I'm not mistaken, therefore if using stock ICS ROM, the MOD is included.
I do not try other MOD ROM, I just tried AOKP JB and FXP CM10, for me, I like CM10, has the latest function on Jelly Bean.
Wish SONY can release the update asap. haha

If you want CM10 based ROM, install Nova Xperia RC1 and update its kernel to 007. That ROM is great, I didn't find any bugs, except that the camera doesn't record in 1080p.
If you want a stock based ROM install XTXperience v7 and Advanced Stock Kernel... It's based in the latest official Sony firmware and it has the look of Xperia T or GX, all depends of your taste

I'd recommend you try PAC ROM.

HDMI isn't as well supported in AOSP than the Stock ROM. In CM9 and CM10, it works and puts out a 1080p 30 Hz signal, but is noticeably laggy. Watching movies works ok-ish, Vsync problems are noticeable though and some frames are dropped because of this - way more fluid on a stock ROM, which lets you select different output modes as well via the service menu (I choose 720p60). AOSP also only has the option of sending out the video layer of Hardware-decoded video directly, meaning true 1080p, but no overlays including soft subtitles. Stock offers both, 1080p output or mirroring of the 720p screen, which makes soft-subs on HW-decoded video possible.
As for the camera, Panorama is broken in CM10, and video recording is 720p max, otherwise it works fine.
If these are no issues for you, go for a CM10 based ROM - more customizable. Otherwise pick a stock-based ROM.
I have the Acro S by the way, but that phone has the same camera. The HDMI issues are universal in AOSP ROMs and almost all Stock ROMs for most phones - Sony are as far as I have seen the only ones to bother optimizing the HDMI output and offering some options for it on their phones.

Thread closed. Unfortunately "what ROM", "best ROM" type threads aren't encouraged on the forums as everyone's opinion differs and what one person may tell you another will disagree with so the only way to find out what's best and meets your requirements is to try some for yourself. Most, if not all ROM threads should have a changelog with what's working/not working so you'll be able to rule out any that don't have what you need and those that don't state issues may just not have had anyone report them.
Thanks
AvRS

[Q] Video Mic audio recording quality?

HI all - it seems as if every time I'm at a live music performance and want to record a video, the audio is absolutely atrocious. I saw that there may have been some sort of bitrate mod for the Epic Touch to address this, is there anything for the Epic?
Running CM 10.0, FWIW. Generally using Camera ICS+. No custom kernels.

Pyperkub said:
HI all - it seems as if every time I'm at a live music performance and want to record a video, the audio is absolutely atrocious. I saw that there may have been some sort of bitrate mod for the Epic Touch to address this, is there anything for the Epic?
Running CM 10.0, FWIW. Generally using Camera ICS+. No custom kernels.
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Run a custom kernel Anything with Voodoo Sound will provide vastly superior audio playback and recording! I unfortunately have no suggestions for which to run though, since you're still rocking CM 10.0, but there are a few if you check the Developers section. I run the AOKP ROM with Nitest Kernel and have zero issues, but you have to run some other kernel then what comes packaged with the ROM because AOKP doesn't include Voodoo Sound code (plus, Nitest makes things much more responsive). One small additional caveat though, the thread for Nitest is Didhy's version and it doesn't natively include BigMem code for 720p video and requires you to flash an additional package, but Effsi's version comes with it included. This is Effsi's version of Nitest if you're interested. It's from March 8 but I had been running it up until two days ago, so don't let it's age deter you, but he's working on an update

Let me rephrase that, no custom kernels yet
I don't want to go to 4.2.2 due to the Bluetooth issues...
tapatalkin'

Pyperkub said:
Let me rephrase that, no custom kernels yet
I don't want to go to 4.2.2 due to the Bluetooth issues...
tapatalkin'
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What issues? I don't use my Epic as a phone, not that I'd use a BT headset anyways, but BT has worked just fine for me to do a device-to-device file transfer. So either it isn't affecting that portion of BT's abilities, or AOKP have resolved whatever it is...
At any rate. I'm not sure what Radio you use (Epic or Nexus), but here is Effsi's last Nitest for JB v4.1 (Epic Radio).

[Q] CM and CM based rom bluetooth sound quality

All CM based roms from around 4.1.2 to 4.4.2 all seem to have the same folly. On certain bluetooth devices the playback of audio is slowed down sounding lower pitched, and it is choppy with skips.
Going from a clean CM, to trying a more rounded Liquid Smooth there is no difference.
Flashing to a stock ROM clears this issue.
Now, the problem is that 4.4.2 is much much much much much more pleasant to utilize from the eye candy, to it's features (most importantly the dialer), and customizable settings. Let's face it, 4.3 is crap in comparison.
Is there hope that the CM source that the other roms use will be fixed to eliminate this bug? Can the old blueZ stack be baked into the roms? There is thought that the old stack offered better sound quality.