You can skip to the TLDR section if you dont want background and "my story".
BACKGROUND INFO:
As many of you faithful note users know, as of right now there is a HUGE bug with CM, the OEM cardock and the Galaxy Note (and iirc the S2/S3 as well). The USB audio redirection just flat out doesnt work with CM. Yes, I do know that the headphone jack works. However, in my case that simply doesnt work for a couple reasons: 1) The factory dock 3.5mm audio plug is a 90 degree angle plug head. When plugging in the back it makes the appearance smooth, however this angle causes a problem with the headphone jack placement. If you reroute this plug to your headphone hole it will bind on the actual OEM dock. If you have a dock, you know what I am talking about. You end up with shotty sound quality, possibly mono output, and its just overall sketchy. Not to mention a PITA to do in the dark. 2) My dock is routed all through my dash so for me to get enough slack, I have to basically rip my dash apart. With me taking a 300 mile road trip this week, wanting to use CM10.1 was pretty much out of the question as this issue is pretty much a deal breaker....or WAS!
My Story:
I personally drive an Infinity G35, 2006 model. This car is equipped with "hands free Bluetooth" but not the streaming radio Bluetooth. Basically it's a glorified ear bud that redirects calls only, through my speakers in my car over BT. I thought to myself, "hey lets find an app that would trick my car in to thinking Media output is a phone call". So I searched, and found a few apps that did this. Overall impressions were pretty much sketchy in functionality on the first few I tried. Also, the sound quality at best is comparable to a tin can speaker as alot of these types of apps do MONO redirected output only. After trying a few apps I said eff it and was about to give up. I decided to give it one more market search and give one more of these "Bluetooth apps" a shot. By chance, I found one called SoundAbout. That is the link to the free version on the market. I noticed it had a bluetooth out feature and purchased the paid version to check it out. After jacking with the settings I eventually got frustrated again with the bluetooth out and was close to saying eff it again. Before quitting I realized that from "stock" settings of the app, it would decide on how to redirect the audio all by itself. I said, "ahh why not?" and gave the default config settings a spin. I loaded pandora, slapped the phone in the dock, not really expecting anything "new" or any changes but OMFG IT WORKED! I thought to myself, "Are my ears deceiving me? Do I hear HIGH quality audio through my speakers using my car dock and CM10.1!?" Yes, yes I did.
TLDR:
1) Download this app: SoundAbout
2) Launch app, take default settings to "let app decide" how to route audio for media.
3) Launch Pandora/PlayMusic/Apollo/wtfever poison you got to listen to musics.
4) Profit and possibly dance a jig in your car while sporting CM10.1 and the OEM dock
5) This is optional of course, but I thought it was much necessary as this a life saver for me: Donate to the author of the app- buy his "full version" here, it's a $2.99 well spent(or was for me).
Now the next question is how in the hell do we get this guy in touch with a CM dev to see what the hell he did to FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!???? If he can do it with an app, there has to be a way to natively do it as well, right? But again, this is why I'm downloading the app and not making one/doing commits to CM myself.
OK, working with the dev on the app to possibly help other users. Bad thing is now my original install doesn't work. I'll try to figure out how I got it going and will reply back....
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Works with my 09 370z w / Nav. Ty!!!
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Thanks so much for replying and confirming it's good for you too.
I thought I was going crazy yesterday morning when it wouldn't work anymore. Turns out my Bluetooth locked up and jacked my entire system- rebooting fixed it.
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Does it work on release 7? Mine stopped. Are you running 4aces kernel?
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Not sure about release 7? I am running whatever version was released the 25th, I think 6? Running Jamie's kernel that it shipped with.
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Not sure about release 7? I am running whatever version was released the 25th, I think 6? Running Jamie's kernel that it shipped with.
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Does it work without being in the dock or do you have the radio set to iPod?
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Working with Jellybam & Flapppjaxx 3.0.9 kernel.
Thanks.
I am pretty sure it would work without the dock. Its been correctly routing my audio even while playing and undocking. It routes my calls and notifications smoothly too. Haven't tried headphones yet.
As far as my car goes I run an aux in through my factory head unit. That aux runs to the back of the OEM car dock from Samsung.
First time i ran the app, for some reason I had to manually toggle through some of the media routing settings, manually selecting a few options then select back on "let app decide". After that the app seemed to understand my phones audio routing. The only happened two out of the five times I installed and uninstalled. I was clearing app data and cache and rebooting between each uninstall/ reinstall...
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I have found what is a deal breaker for me when SoundAbout is installed and my note is in my OEM Navigation dock.
The Mic is disabled, at least as far as Google Search is concerned. Uninstalling SoundAbout & rebooting returned the mic.
pTeronaut said:
I have found what is a deal breaker for me when SoundAbout is installed and my note is in my OEM Navigation dock.
The Mic is disabled, at least as far as Google Search is concerned. Uninstalling SoundAbout & rebooting returned the mic.
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Did you uncheck the "Wired headset microphone" detection button? Only reason I say that is b/c mine was working fine on my road trip back from TX Friday...
I did, but I was on the road at the time, I will give it another go tomorrow.
Just took another trip with a freshly re-installed SoundAbout running on the ROM that must not be named and FJ's 3.0.11 kernel, and Wired Headset Microphone Detection disabled.
Still no joy, sound plays through the audio out of the dock, but Google Now won't hear me.
I cannot say whether the mic will work as a phone, as my Note is primarily a pocketable computer with a phone on the side.
EDIT: Will be driving past Norman in Sept on my road trip from Indiana to Fort Worth.
2nd EDIT: I'm a cheapskate, so will be spending an extra 5 minutes driving 6 miles less to avoid tolls, by driving through Arkansas instead of Oklahoma.
Downloaded. Works like a champ on the OEM Samsung Dock.
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Will be testing this fix on N7000 later today.
Hope it works. :fingers-crossed:
Doesn't work
I've got a Galaxy Note running CM10.1.2 and SoundAbout doesn't fix the audio. If I set media to Wired Headphone, it works perfectly but if I choose Dock or Let app decide audio comes through the phone speaker when it's docked.
Any suggestions>
Unlucky
I'm using samsung galaxy s3 gt-i9300 variant, flashed costum rom pa_i9300-3.65-20130707. Audio was not routing to the dock model EDD-D200BE. I tried dock sound redirector but it's not supported. Soundabout saying redirected to dock but is not routing on the dock. And when I am making a calls, it's muted. I am happy with the rom but it's frustrating because a have a plan on purchasing multimedia dock also. Somebody out there??? Please.. Thnx in advance.
worked well with my galaxy note 2
malfuncion said:
You can skip to the TLDR section if you dont want background and "my story".
BACKGROUND INFO:
As many of you faithful note users know, as of right now there is a HUGE bug with CM, the OEM cardock and the Galaxy Note (and iirc the S2/S3 as well). The USB audio redirection just flat out doesnt work with CM. Yes, I do know that the headphone jack works. However, in my case that simply doesnt work for a couple reasons: 1) The factory dock 3.5mm audio plug is a 90 degree angle plug head. When plugging in the back it makes the appearance smooth, however this angle causes a problem with the headphone jack placement. If you reroute this plug to your headphone hole it will bind on the actual OEM dock. If you have a dock, you know what I am talking about. You end up with shotty sound quality, possibly mono output, and its just overall sketchy. Not to mention a PITA to do in the dark. 2) My dock is routed all through my dash so for me to get enough slack, I have to basically rip my dash apart. With me taking a 300 mile road trip this week, wanting to use CM10.1 was pretty much out of the question as this issue is pretty much a deal breaker....or WAS!
My Story:
I personally drive an Infinity G35, 2006 model. This car is equipped with "hands free Bluetooth" but not the streaming radio Bluetooth. Basically it's a glorified ear bud that redirects calls only, through my speakers in my car over BT. I thought to myself, "hey lets find an app that would trick my car in to thinking Media output is a phone call". So I searched, and found a few apps that did this. Overall impressions were pretty much sketchy in functionality on the first few I tried. Also, the sound quality at best is comparable to a tin can speaker as alot of these types of apps do MONO redirected output only. After trying a few apps I said eff it and was about to give up. I decided to give it one more market search and give one more of these "Bluetooth apps" a shot. By chance, I found one called SoundAbout. That is the link to the free version on the market. I noticed it had a bluetooth out feature and purchased the paid version to check it out. After jacking with the settings I eventually got frustrated again with the bluetooth out and was close to saying eff it again. Before quitting I realized that from "stock" settings of the app, it would decide on how to redirect the audio all by itself. I said, "ahh why not?" and gave the default config settings a spin. I loaded pandora, slapped the phone in the dock, not really expecting anything "new" or any changes but OMFG IT WORKED! I thought to myself, "Are my ears deceiving me? Do I hear HIGH quality audio through my speakers using my car dock and CM10.1!?" Yes, yes I did.
TLDR:
1) Download this app: SoundAbout
2) Launch app, take default settings to "let app decide" how to route audio for media.
3) Launch Pandora/PlayMusic/Apollo/wtfever poison you got to listen to musics.
4) Profit and possibly dance a jig in your car while sporting CM10.1 and the OEM dock
5) This is optional of course, but I thought it was much necessary as this a life saver for me: Donate to the author of the app- buy his "full version" here, it's a $2.99 well spent(or was for me).
Now the next question is how in the hell do we get this guy in touch with a CM dev to see what the hell he did to FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!???? If he can do it with an app, there has to be a way to natively do it as well, right? But again, this is why I'm downloading the app and not making one/doing commits to CM myself.
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I just want to thank you a million times for this post, I purchased the app you recommended and it worked well with my galaxy note 2 with original Samsung dock and smart dock, now all sounds come out of the dock and the phone is not silence when docked, thanks again for adding such a great fix to cyanogenmod. I want to add that I am on cyanogenmod 10.2 nightly running android 4.3 the uodate of 20 sep 2013.
malfuncion said:
You can skip to the TLDR section if you dont want background and "my story".
BACKGROUND INFO:
As many of you faithful note users know, as of right now there is a HUGE bug with CM, the OEM cardock and the Galaxy Note (and iirc the S2/S3 as well). The USB audio redirection just flat out doesnt work with CM. Yes, I do know that the headphone jack works. However, in my case that simply doesnt work for a couple reasons: 1) The factory dock 3.5mm audio plug is a 90 degree angle plug head. When plugging in the back it makes the appearance smooth, however this angle causes a problem with the headphone jack placement. If you reroute this plug to your headphone hole it will bind on the actual OEM dock. If you have a dock, you know what I am talking about. You end up with shotty sound quality, possibly mono output, and its just overall sketchy. Not to mention a PITA to do in the dark. 2) My dock is routed all through my dash so for me to get enough slack, I have to basically rip my dash apart. With me taking a 300 mile road trip this week, wanting to use CM10.1 was pretty much out of the question as this issue is pretty much a deal breaker....or WAS!
My Story:
I personally drive an Infinity G35, 2006 model. This car is equipped with "hands free Bluetooth" but not the streaming radio Bluetooth. Basically it's a glorified ear bud that redirects calls only, through my speakers in my car over BT. I thought to myself, "hey lets find an app that would trick my car in to thinking Media output is a phone call". So I searched, and found a few apps that did this. Overall impressions were pretty much sketchy in functionality on the first few I tried. Also, the sound quality at best is comparable to a tin can speaker as alot of these types of apps do MONO redirected output only. After trying a few apps I said eff it and was about to give up. I decided to give it one more market search and give one more of these "Bluetooth apps" a shot. By chance, I found one called SoundAbout. That is the link to the free version on the market. I noticed it had a bluetooth out feature and purchased the paid version to check it out. After jacking with the settings I eventually got frustrated again with the bluetooth out and was close to saying eff it again. Before quitting I realized that from "stock" settings of the app, it would decide on how to redirect the audio all by itself. I said, "ahh why not?" and gave the default config settings a spin. I loaded pandora, slapped the phone in the dock, not really expecting anything "new" or any changes but OMFG IT WORKED! I thought to myself, "Are my ears deceiving me? Do I hear HIGH quality audio through my speakers using my car dock and CM10.1!?" Yes, yes I did.
TLDR:
1) Download this app: SoundAbout
2) Launch app, take default settings to "let app decide" how to route audio for media.
3) Launch Pandora/PlayMusic/Apollo/wtfever poison you got to listen to musics.
4) Profit and possibly dance a jig in your car while sporting CM10.1 and the OEM dock
5) This is optional of course, but I thought it was much necessary as this a life saver for me: Donate to the author of the app- buy his "full version" here, it's a $2.99 well spent(or was for me).
Now the next question is how in the hell do we get this guy in touch with a CM dev to see what the hell he did to FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!???? If he can do it with an app, there has to be a way to natively do it as well, right? But again, this is why I'm downloading the app and not making one/doing commits to CM myself.
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Is this resolved in CM now? I can't remember if anyone contacted me after this post back in Feb.
-D. Woods
dmwoods said:
Is this resolved in CM now? I can't remember if anyone contacted me after this post back in Feb.
-D. Woods
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No. I wish.
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I know someone was going to beat me putting the nookcolor as a car stereo if I didn't hurry to do it but much respect for the guy that did this first . I worked on my Nookcolor, installing it as a car stereo this weekend on my 2004 Gmc envoy and still modifying my dash to make it blend in. Running Nookie Froyo.Now to work on developing a car stereo app will be great with build in FM radio and visualizer and equalizer. I'm barely learning how to develop apps reading some books on android app development and Java to make my app come to life but I do not have a lot of time, with school and work one tends to get a bit frustrated and tired. I'm hoping some one can help me out with my idea of an app if its not yet on the works. I was inspired byAndroid and everyone here in the XDA community to try and make some great ideas come to life. Android 100% right here
[Videos]
First video preview of set up running Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 sorry i recorded this at night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mHQphUtmYs
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Until an actual interface adapter is made to bypass sound and volume control from the vehicle wiring to just a plain rca cable with 3.5mm Jack, I intend to use my tab as is. I will come up with new ideas tho.
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NOOKCOLOR Indash Stereo
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Test in dash v2.2
Rom: NookieFroyo 0.6.8(reverted to NookieFroyo for livewallpaper and video support since PhiremodCM7 does not have it yet)
Apps:
Pandora Radio
mVideoPlayer(im having issues with this app, sometimes video shows normally then next time video gets slow)
Button Savior(I replaced Softkeys with ButtonSavior)
Media Volume Bar Widget
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
ADWLauncher EX
Beautiful Widgets
Gauge Battery Widget
MortPlayer
PowerAMP
museek
StayAwake
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Test in dash v2.1(overclocked)
Still same as v2 just added a couple more apps to make feel a bit more like indash stereo.
Apps Added:
Stayawake(this works great so far on phiremodCM7 plug in USB cable and screen stays on, very stereo like feeling, better yet it dims out to save battery but still stays awake)
Last FM(working so far)
ADW Ex launcher
Miren browser(Browser of Choice)
Apps removed:
TuneIn radio(The app started giving me trouble and forcing close, worked for a while tho.)
Apps not working so far:
YouTube or flash( Flash and video playback does not work as stated before but I'm pretty sure it will soon. I tried watching transformers 2 to see how it looked and did not work on phiremod CM7 yet.)
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Test in dash v2
Changed Nook Rom to:
Phiremod CM7 (looks great very responsive, hotspot data connectivity way faster with my HTC EVO on 3g not on 4g. Will test on 4g to see how much faster it connects but no youtube)
Apps Using and still testing:
TuneIn Radio for local stations(since no bluetooth)
PowerAmp (using this app because has build in EQ and song can be change with finger swipe)
Pandora(running 100%)
MortPlayer (still sounds good but prefer PowerAmp because of the look and EQ ) "DSP Manger still doesnt work"
I still need to add volume and mute widgets.
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Test in dash v1
Nookie Froyo 6.7 (Did not test 6.8 yet)
Using PowerAmp app as main choice for stereo. It includes EQ settings.
MortPlayer Installed
Pandora Installed, works great if connected to phone hotspot.
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Apps that I'm trying to develop.
IndashStereo App.
With Navigation compatibility.
YouTube video compatibility.
Bluetooth compatibility if tab comes with it. Probably all tabs will for now on.
Facebook and tweeter song share buttons.
Meaby traffic updates.
IndashStereo Remote
This is another app I want to develop which I will need Bluetooth.
Should have Bluetooth compatibility to connect your Android Phone to connect to Indash Stereo app on the tab so you can share music and use the phone as remote control for app.
Suggestions and opinions are welcome.
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I tend to like doubletwist. May want to give that a try. I know it isn't exactly what you are looking for.
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FM radio might be a dead end for you, I'm pretty sure hardware investigations revealed that the FM chip isn't equipped with a antenna or wired to the headphones for use as an antenna. Perhaps once bluetooth is working you could pair it with some sort of bluetooth radio?
Looks nice though, have you thought of applying a black theme to make look even more smooth with your car?
It sucks no FM. I'm hoping someone does get Bluetooth working FM and navigation would work with that, it would be great. A black theme would look nice, I'm still exploring a lot of things with the nook like cm7 and honeycomb see how everything would work with that. I did this as a prototype I say. Later on I might change the nookcolor for something else but same size. I still want to develop an app for car stereo and such for any tab. I know it wount be easy but nothing is impossible specially here in XDA
SuperHTCEvo
Syco54645 said:
I tend to like doubletwist. May want to give that a try. I know it isn't exactly what you are looking for.
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Its not that hard to do you just need time. Took me a whole Saturday to do this and I'm not done yet. Lol but seems to work and sounds great. I'm always open to suggestions and better ideas.
SuperHTCEvo
Apps that I'm trying to develop.
IndashStereo App.
With Navigation compability.
YouTube video compability.
Bluetooth compability if tab comes with it. Probably all tabs will for now on.
Facebook and tweeter song share buttons.
Meaby traffic updates.
IndashStereo Remote
This is another app I want to develop which I will need Bluetooth.
Should have Bluetooth compability to connect your Android Phone to connect to Indash Stereo app on the tab so you can share music and use the phone as remote control for app.
Suggestions and opinions are welcome.
SuperHTCEvo
I'm happy to see this thread, thanks for taking the time to share your work, JCAndroid.
I had a carpc for a few years; after getting fed up with FluxMedia's treatment of the hobbyist community as well as some issues due to outdated hardware, I returned to the stock radio when I got my Droid. The Droid provided most of the functionality of the carpc, however, I do occasionally miss having a carpc though, and I have thought about using the NC in the same manner.
The main drawback for me at this time is lack of navigation. If Bluetooth was usable, then this would obviously be a moot point as the navigation could be achieved using BT GPS.
Anyhow, looking forward to seeing your progress and thanks again the thread.
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I'm happy to see this thread, thanks for taking the time to share your work, JCAndroid.
I had a carpc for a few years; after getting fed up with FluxMedia's treatment of the hobbyist community as well as some issues due to outdated hardware, I returned to the stock radio when I got my Droid. The Droid provided most of the functionality of the carpc, however, I do occasionally miss having a carpc though, and I have thought about using the NC in the same manner.
The main drawback for me at this time is lack of navigation. If Bluetooth was usable, then this would obviously be a moot point as the navigation could be achieved using BT GPS.
Anyhow, looking forward to seeing your progress and thanks again the thread.
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I was looking at carpc's also but found it to complecated to do at least for me but it works. When I saw Android tabs were available I saw the chance to do this. I had wanted to this with a galaxy tab but to pricey, but I found my self with the NookColor and once there was a way to rooted I came up with something ofcourse I know other people have put tabs as indash stereos its much easier to use than carpc but would be better with an actual car stereo app. If Bluetooth would work on the Nook we would have more useable stuff I hope someone gets it to work. I'm just trying to come up with something new. Right now I use my Evo 4G as my navigation device. But thanks for the support motivation helps a lot.
SuperHTCEvo
looks cool, might be funny to watch my subs shake the nook to death lol
any update on this?
as of right now, w/out using phone wifi hotspot - i don't see any purpose to this.
it has no line-in for using a media player with more storage.
once it's installed better, you won't have much access to swap out the microsd for updating your music.
there are no applications that compare to anything that a carpc can do.
i would much rather a standard in dash cd player then leave my nook in the car.
i'm having a hard time understanding the point of this... if you have a phone that can do wifi hotspot, then your phone can run pandora and plug into the line in of a standard stereo... and probably sound a whole lot better...
xtravbx said:
i'm having a hard time understanding the point of this... if you have a phone that can do wifi hotspot, then your phone can run pandora and plug into the line in of a standard stereo... and probably sound a whole lot better...
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Don't over think it, it's just cool. A lot of cars nowadays come with a similar sized touch screen that runs the stereo. This is a great idea to do just because we can. Thumbs up to you sir.
rudygetz said:
Don't over think it, it's just cool. A lot of cars nowadays come with a similar sized touch screen that runs the stereo. This is a great idea to do just because we can. Thumbs up to you sir.
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sorry didn't mean to be a downer. Just a crappy day at work and my bad mood is coming up, instead of being supportive.
Let's see what you can make happen with this!
Update Peeps!
Yea you can use a carpc and it can be better but it is just something new to try. You can use your phone but sound has no difference believe me I did a number of test and if your worried about leaving it in the car at night there is no problem it gets pitch dark you can even see it but the point is that you want something portable and cool, that is why i did this mod.
I updated to to Phiremod CM7 and let me tell you hotspot connectivity is way faster but youtube doesnt work. So far so good. Still testing it.
Since. No! Bluetooth im using TuneIn Radio App and works nice on Phiremod CM7 with my HTC Evo hotspot on 3G Not on 4G so it can be much faster but will try.
xBryan said:
looks cool, might be funny to watch my subs shake the nook to death lol
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Lol my does not shake. I have two 12" Kickers with a 700w pioneer amp. It pounds but the Nook stays intact. Well at least with my dock.
Do you have any power management going on? I couldn't tell but I would imagine if you did some sort of modification to the power cord so it would be as flush as possible to the dash and ran it to a USB car charger, you could theoretically make it so all you had to do was slide the Nook in from right to left, thereby connecting it to the charger as it is secured.
I personally have begun to explore the possibilities of using it as a carpc myself. I'm planning a drive down to Florida from New York in April and I'm hoping to use it as a the Nav/Media hub (I have a GPS, Pioneer BT sound system with an amp, and there will be two Dincs in the car but still, you can't beat a 7" version of any of those). I''l either be mounting it in my Civic or my Altima, depending on which we decide to use. The Civic as much better DIY mounting possibilities, and I've already drawn up some ideas. The only thing I'm waiting for is the BT
EDIT: For comparision, here is the link that shows the inside of my Civic, and if you Google the interior to a 2007 Altima, you'll see how theres little to no possibilities for mounting without cutting into anything.
Xephik said:
Do you have any power management going on? I couldn't tell but I would imagine if you did some sort of modification to the power cord so it would be as flush as possible to the dash and ran it to a USB car charger, you could theoretically make it so all you had to do was slide the Nook in from right to left, thereby connecting it to the charger as it is secured.
I personally have begun to explore the possibilities of using it as a carpc myself. I'm planning a drive down to Florida from New York in April and I'm hoping to use it as a the Nav/Media hub (I have a GPS, Pioneer BT sound system with an amp, and there will be two Dincs in the car but still, you can't beat a 7" version of any of those). I''l either be mounting it in my Civic or my Altima, depending on which we decide to use. The Civic as much better DIY mounting possibilities, and I've already drawn up some ideas. The only thing I'm waiting for is the BT
EDIT: For comparision, here is the link that shows the inside of my Civic, and if you Google the interior to a 2007 Altima, you'll see how theres little to no possibilities for mounting without cutting into anything.
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O that's right I never mentioned what I did for power management. I use to have a Kenwood double din stereo with 6.5" screen but took that off. I had to cut and trim in order to put my dock were the stereo was. I used the nookcolor leather case and cur it, I was going to make a dock myself like the way the HTC Evo car dock is but I just wanted to try this like this first. Then I went and bought me a cheaper stereo. The stereo I put it in the passenger compartment box that's y you don't see it on the pics, it is hidden. I modified my compartment box also, I had to cut and trim the back of it to run cables out and to make space for a small computer fan for the the heat of the stereo to be exhausted out. When I dock my Nook I just plug my 3.5mm headphone Jack and USB charger. I'm still trying to modify the connector of the USB charger, I don't like the cable just hanging there. But works great so far.
SuperHTCEvo
Since DSP manegers EQ does not work I'm going to try and see if the new LifeVibes app works later on.
SuperHTCEvo
what are you using to hold the nook in place around the edges?
i'm thinking of making my own 'case' and just contemplating different types of ways to hold my nook in place.
btw: from one fellow hardware modder to another - very awesome work.
pointless or not somethings are just to cool to not try.
pxldtz said:
what are you using to hold the nook in place around the edges?
i'm thinking of making my own 'case' and just contemplating different types of ways to hold my nook in place.
btw: from one fellow hardware modder to another - very awesome work.
pointless or not somethings are just to cool to not try.
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Thanks for the complement.
Before I did the mod I went looking on eBay for case holders but none of them looked as durable as the original NookColor leather case holder, so I bought the the leather case holder for the NookColor it was pricey but I took a chance and used it to incorporate it to my dash. What I did was cut the holder and just use that as the mount dock. So far it has been working really good throughout bumbs and speedhumps it stays intact in its mount holder. I'm still thinking of changing it tho to a better looking angle or adding angle adjustments.
SuperHTCEvo
I imagine if done well such a mod would be an excellent complement to any dash while garnering many compliments from passengers (even would be thieves).
Tonight I was pulling up songs for my daughter to sing at karaoke (they didn't have a good selection) and every time I approached the table with the amps and sound equipment, the 3vo freaked out. First it started backing out of YouTube. Then in the middle of YouTube it called the first number on my call log: wasn't even touching the phone. Then I tried music from the media player and it was skipping forward/playing fast. Finally I move the phone away from the equipment and set it to the side and it started behaving.
Seems like the 3vo needs better RF shielding. I was still getting a 3G signal yet the phone was losing it's mind anywhere near that audio equipment table. I've done the same thing with my Evo 4G with no problem.
Mike
Shouldn't really bring a phone near audio equipment anyway. Att phones make the equipment go crazy whenever the phone gets a text.
How close were you when it started though?
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Tonight I was pulling up songs for my daughter to sing at karaoke (they didn't have a good selection) and every time I approached the table with the amps and sound equipment, the 3vo freaked out. First it started backing out of YouTube. Then in the middle of YouTube it called the first number on my call log: wasn't even touching the phone. Then I tried music from the media player and it was skipping forward/playing fast. Finally I move the phone away from the equipment and set it to the side and it started behaving.
Seems like the 3vo needs better RF shielding. I was still getting a 3G signal yet the phone was losing it's mind anywhere near that audio equipment table. I've done the same thing with my Evo 4G with no problem.
Mike
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Interesting I am a sound engineer have not had that problem yet I work for a large church and been laying the 3d down on the Midas Desk we have not affected by that or the MediaMatrix NION, TC Electronics EQ Stations, numerious effects processors that are anywhere from 10 to 20 years old. Might be the way they shielded the audio equipment if you could let me know what type of equipment was in that area I might be able to tell ya what is happening a lot of the lower end equipment is not so good on the shielding.
I don't have a problem around my sound system and amps. Maybe the shielding issue is with the audio equipment.
I've noticed that my phone does the same things also. It does it when any head phones are plugged in then moved slightly. It does it every time too. Launches voice command then calls most recent number on my dail list. Quite annoying.
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Sounds like it may be more of a problem with consumer grade equipment, than pro gear or low end pro gear. I will have to test that on a few other sound systems
lexusmike said:
I've noticed that my phone does the same things also. It does it when any head phones are plugged in then moved slightly. It does it every time too. Launches voice command then calls most recent number on my dail list. Quite annoying.
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Yes, YES! That's exactly what it was doing! I sat at the table in the restaurant and had everything queued up on YouTube (that's where all the karaoke song versions are). The song would be queued up and I made sure the whole thing loaded (bar got all the way to the right) so I knew it wouldn't stutter during the song. Then I'd take it up and as soon as I plugged the headphone thing in (which was connected to their amp of course) that's when the phone went crazy. Sometimes it'd back out of YouTube. Once it actually placed a call and I had to hit "end call". And once... it kept bringing up the voice command menu on top of YouTube. Did that over and over until I had to back out and let someone else sing until I could regroup.
So it seems the problem might be the headphone jack and some type of interference coming through that.
Mike
Every HTC phone I have owned has had issues with the headphone jack making the phone go crazy. You're definitely not the only one experiencing this. My 3D is completely useless using the headphone jack even if I leave the phone alone and don't do anything other than press play in the music app. It just skips around, opens different apps and calls people whenever it wants to.
I use headsets with my phone all the time, from cheapy ear buds to Bose noise canceling headsets and my phone works flawlessly. No weird behavior. You may want to exchange your phone before your 30 days are up because that is not normal.
Sounds like the machine your plugging into is sending current or interference back to your phone and messing it up.
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Every HTC phone I have owned has had issues with the headphone jack making the phone go crazy. You're definitely not the only one experiencing this. My 3D is completely useless using the headphone jack even if I leave the phone alone and don't do anything other than press play in the music app. It just skips around, opens different apps and calls people whenever it wants to.
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Look for Headset Blocker in the market. Made a big difference for me!
cruise350 said:
I use headsets with my phone all the time, from cheapy ear buds to Bose noise canceling headsets and my phone works flawlessly. No weird behavior. You may want to exchange your phone before your 30 days are up because that is not normal.
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Any headsets or earbuds work fine. The problem only happens when you hook the phone up via headphone jack to some amp: receiver, guitar amp, etc. I'll try the headset blocker app. Sounds like it might work... but in the year I owned my old Evo 4G I hooked it up to dozens of different amps. Never a problem.
Mike
lexusmike said:
I've noticed that my phone does the same things also. It does it when any head phones are plugged in then moved slightly. It does it every time too. Launches voice command then calls most recent number on my dail list. Quite annoying.
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Then I'd take it up and as soon as I plugged the headphone thing in (which was connected to their amp of course) that's when the phone went crazy. Sometimes it'd back out of YouTube. Once it actually placed a call and I had to hit "end call". And once... it kept bringing up the voice command menu on top of YouTube. Did that over and over until I had to back out and let someone else sing until I could regroup.
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Wow,
I thought i was going crazy, but my phone is displaying the exact same symptoms as you two. It's fine on normal headphones/earbuds, but when i hook it up to a tape adapter (work truck), it keeps launching voice command, mystically fast forwarding through songs, and redialing my last placed call - very annoying!!!
hankbear said:
Look for Headset Blocker in the market. Made a big difference for me!
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will try that and report!
hankbear said:
Look for Headset Blocker in the market. Made a big difference for me!
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Installed it but I guess I have to give up and ask: which way is on? I put the widget on my home screen and it goes on there looking grayed out. If you click it, the icon (lettering) turns white and a green bar appears on the bottom of the widget. Click it again and it grays out. All the time it says "Block Headset".
WTF does that mean? Is it showing the current state... or is it telling you that if you press it, it will "become" that state? I'd rather know before I have to test it only to find out it's the opposite of what I thought. A simple checkbox on the widget with a check mark that appears/disappears would have been a lot better.
Mike
hankbear said:
Look for Headset Blocker in the market. Made a big difference for me!
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This works great! Thanks for the suggestion! During the course of 8 hours yesterday my phone 'freaked out' probably 6 or 7 times. After installing Headset Blocker, no issues what so ever after a 9 hour shift.
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Installed it but I guess I have to give up and ask: which way is on? I put the widget on my home screen and it goes on there looking grayed out. If you click it, the icon (lettering) turns white and a green bar appears on the bottom of the widget. Click it again and it grays out. All the time it says "Block Headset".
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It is on when it is lit up and green.
mikeyxda said:
Any headsets or earbuds work fine. The problem only happens when you hook the phone up via headphone jack to some amp: receiver, guitar amp, etc. I'll try the headset blocker app. Sounds like it might work... but in the year I owned my old Evo 4G I hooked it up to dozens of different amps. Never a problem.
Mike
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Thats because your amp equipment is either: A: Feeding back to the evo, and every other device you are connecting to it... (Aka, Enjoy broken stuff eventually when it sends a good jolt to it)
B: Your equipment does not support the control-talk interface that most modern cellphones have now days not only allowing for audio, But control signals to be passed to the device through a new third contact. (Example: Take any iPhone earbuds, Or other headphones with a mic in them, And examine them next to the plug for your amp, or just standard headphones without a mic... Two Contacts become Three...)
C: Both of the above, Amp lacks third contact, Feedback hits evo through the third contact in the phone which is now connected twice to the same contact on the plug.
Side Note, I have never had issues with low grade equipment and either my Evo 4G, My Evo 3D, My HTC Vogue, Mogul, or Apache because I have tested the plugs for feedback... Grounded Outlets are your friends, Also, Un-Overloaded ones help alot too... Also Sometimes, Crap wiring in a place is just going to f*** with equipment no matter what you do...
Only GSM phones have that issue... I've been an audio engineer for the last 8 years...
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It's little different but,
My phone was plugged to the AC charger, and whenever I moved my USB cable it went absolutely crazy.
I re-plugged micro USB cable and it didn't happen again WTH?
Hey guys, I had the same issue yesterday when I hooked my phone up to my car's Aux port. It gave me problems for about 2 minutes going completely crazy. I than exited the music program and unhooked my phone.
I than hooked my phone back up, went back into the music program and havent had the problem happen again.
Wanted to report that my wife told me her 3vo went bananas when she hooked it to the Aux jack on our GMC Acadia's radio. Songs fast forwarding, making calls, etc. I confirmed it by trying it first (couldn't get even one song to play) and then I downloaded headset blocker from the market and turned it on. Not a problem since! So headset blocker seems to be the solution but the bottom line is that these 3vo's seem to be overly sensitive to getting random commands via the headset jack. And we've been using standard 3 prong cables. I still think it's a problem with the phone, but at least headset blocker is a workaround.
Mike
Hi Everyone
So I'm looking to move out of the stone age and get a receiver unit for my car that has BT and some other bells and whistles if not too costly. My first problem is that when I look on manufacturers' websites, none of them have the MoPho on their compatibility lists. Maybe it's just an oversight, I don't know.
Does anyone out there have a stereo in their car that rocks the Photon? I'm open to suggestions. I see some are out that even have more Android control. Not sure what I'm looking for overall, but I definitely can't stomach becoming an Apple Fanboy. Thanks guys.
Mine is just a basic Sony receiver with BT, USB, and aux port and it works with the photon just fine. On the box it says it was for iphone /iPod and nowhere on the site, manual, or box does it say anything about android or photon. It was on sell at best buy for like 80 bucks from 110.
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I just bought and installed a JVC with built-in Bluetooth, and it works great. Can control Pandora through the receiver, and can skip tracks in Google Play Music through the receiver. It also rings through the speakers and shows the caller's number on the receiver's display. I have yet to find anything it says it can do that turns out not to be compatible with the Photon. It was $139.99 on Crutchfield, and they threw in all the installation materials for free (dash kit, wiring harness, antenna adapter, and instructions). Best Buy wanted to charge me WAY too much for all that and installation, so I told them to screw off and did it myself.
Just as others said, any with BT built in should be ok. I didnt want to spend 160 though. I got a jvc w/ front usb and aux. And ipod controller for 90. Im cool with it.
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Pioneer AVH-P5200BT DVD Player with Cardock (that I dont use most of the time) Works PERFECT with voice dialing, receiving calls. My only initial problem, I got it installed at BestBuy and it's illegal in PA to drive and watch DVD unless Parking Brake is applied. Quick trip to the hood....The rear player works with it too!!!
This is a tough call if you ask me. The screen is up when I use radio, to make calls, ect. How do you know, expecially if I tilt up some, what I'm doing?
Oh, originally $700.00 but I got off e-bay for $310.00.
Has anyone found a good car dock for the 4g? I want to find something so I can position the phone on the lower console and use Google maps/navigate for my GPS, and have it charging as well. The dock needs to allow access to the headphone jack, as I also plan to connect to car stereo aux input. The beats audio sounds better than the car CD player.
Ideally, the dock should be really easy to put in/take out the phone (without risk of damaging the usb port). Also prefer to not need adhesive to mount it if possible
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junkmail9 said:
Has anyone found a good car dock for the 4g? I want to find something so I can position the phone on the lower console and use Google maps/navigate for my GPS, and have it charging as well. The dock needs to allow access to the headphone jack, as I also plan to connect to car stereo aux input. The beats audio sounds better than the car CD player.
Ideally, the dock should be really easy to put in/take out the phone (without risk of damaging the usb port). Also prefer to not need adhesive to mount it if possible
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Verizon sells a car dock. http://www.verizonwireless.com/ibolt-car-mount.shtml $30
It's the only one I have seen available so far. Interestingly enough it is cheaper through Verizon then on any other site ($35).
blazingwolf said:
Verizon sells a car dock. http://www.verizonwireless.com/ibolt-car-mount.shtml $30
It's the only one I have seen available so far. Interestingly enough it is cheaper through Verizon then on any other site ($35).
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Thanks. Since the price was actually less at the VZW store, I went in tonight to look at one to see if my phone would fit in the dock with my TPU case on the phone . The phone fit okay - well enough to dock properly without stressing the connector. Since the sales tax would be less than the $5 shipping on Amazon, I went for it. Much to my surprise, I got a $7 discount, making it $25 out the door. Very happy with the dock so far. Now to figure out best mounting location in car and run the cables.
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Thanks. Since the price was actually less at the VZW store, I went in tonight to look at one to see if my phone would fit in the dock with my TPU case on the phone . The phone fit okay - well enough to dock properly without stressing the connector. Since the sales tax would be less than the $5 shipping on Amazon, I went for it. Much to my surprise, I got a $7 discount, making it $25 out the door. Very happy with the dock so far. Now to figure out best mounting location in car and run the cables.
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Cool. I've been thinking about getting one myself. Please let us know your thoughts after using it for a bit as I'm sure it could help others decide to get one or not. Will probably help me as well.
I've got the iBolt dock on the way, which I think is the same one you're talking about. Used one with my Rezound too and it worked well.
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The dock is the Verizon branded iBolt car dock.
My initial impression is still positive despite not finding the perfect spot for it in the car yet. Yesterday, I simply stuck it to the windshield, but I prefer it lower.
Pros
Made just for the Dinc4g. Fits fine with my TPU case, and it also has an insert for using without a case. Also works with the Seideo Active case.
Appears to be of good quality
Power plug in the back with same micro-usb connector
Phone immediately recognizes it is docked and switches to landscape for everything
Automatically switches to Car mode, All icons are big and driving friendly
Can use Google Navigation (I disabled VZNav app)
Google Navigation plays well with Google Music, automatically lowering the volume when turn directions are given
Car app can be set to automatically turn on and connect bluetooth devices when docked (works well)
Cons
Does not come with charger, you must supply your own
Blue power indicator LED is very bright
Car app display is always on (but if you exit the Car app, the screen will time out normally)
Car mode uses their Music app, which is oddly not GPS voice friendly. I have not found a setting to change which music app it will use
No lead in for the in-dock connector. Must be careful when inserting and removing to not bend it
Questions
The HTC Car app does not have a lot of useful settings, mostly bluetooth related
(I am not currently using any bluetooth devices, and am using a patch cord to stereo aux input)
Edit: I am now using the HTC A100 CarClip for streaming audio to stereo. Works great, but doesn't work for phone calls, which is truly annoying.
Gripes unrelated to dock
Google Maps/Navigate at some point removed the separate Nav volume control. With Google Music, the Nav app will automatically lower the volume while the GPS voice talks. However, listening at a normal volume in gMusic, the GPS voice is way too quiet. Using the HTC Car built-in music app, the music does not lower or pause, but the Nav voice is at about the same level. While testing GPS/Music, I got a call and the in-call volume is super quiet and the nav voice does not pause during the call and it's super loud compared to the in-call volume...
I will update the above lists as I find things
Good morning everyone. In advance I would like to thank everyone for their assistance.
Working with:
Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-G1)
Firmware 2.3.5
Rooted - after the problem started, to allow access to system files.
Stock ROM
All apps up to date. No new apps installed between AM and PM commute (problem started during PM commute from work).
Problem affects built-in speaker and headphone output.
After a lot of testing, the problem is actually isolated to just one of the speakers/earphones (on the player it is the bottom one, in normal portrait mode and the right earphone, so I'm calling the right audio). If I cover the right speaker and turn up the volume the left speaker sounds normal.
So I've decided that the right side audio is over amplified or modulated, even at low volume it sounds like it is turned up to 11.
Here is the long version, if you want all the gory details - I figure more info is better. Right?
I mostly use my GP4 to listen to podcasts during my commute and it has been working great since I've had it (about 4 months), but 2 days ago that all changed. On my way home I fired up Pocket Casts to continue listening to a podcast (EscapePod) and it sounded like crap. By crap I mean very distorted and loud - even at low volume - like a cheap stereo cranked all the way up. At first I thought maybe it was a problem with the podcast, that was not the case, they all had the problem. OK, so is it Pocket Casts... Nope, every audio app (stock music player and ones from the market - installed WinAmp, PowerAmp, others to test) has the same problem. Alarm sounds have the problem. Reboot... Problem persists.
More diagnosing - one app/component does not seem to suffer from the problem, the FM radio. I also seems to have it's own volume - FM Volume.
I found this post in the forums - - but apparently the srs_processing.cfg file is not on this device. I assume it is because Samsung uses their own SoundAlive processor.
I have tried various audio control apps, but none seem to allow control of the balance. I tried PowerAmp media player which does have a balance control, but its balance control has no effect.
Again, thanks in advance for any help.
Arklazak
Sounds to me like an actual hardware issue. The 1/8" headphone jack and the main speakers are hard linked together. This can happen when a bad/physically distorted 1/8 male jack is inserted or a good one is awkwardly removed/inserted or hit while in place. Essentially the impedance value for your affected channel is disrupted from that particular contact inside being bent or contacting another component inside the device. This happens on PA sound boards often.
Assume you're not under warranty still? I'd call samsung and see what they are willing to do for you. More than likely they will fix it regardless of warranty state - they are good like that, or replace it if you are under warranty. You will need to return to stock unrooted though.
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annoyingduck said:
Sounds to me like an actual hardware issue. The 1/8" headphone jack and the main speakers are hard linked together. This can happen when a bad/physically distorted 1/8 male jack is inserted or a good one is awkwardly removed/inserted or hit while in place. Essentially the impedance value for your affected channel is disrupted from that particular contact inside being bent or contacting another component inside the device. This happens on PA sound boards often.
Assume you're not under warranty still? I'd call samsung and see what they are willing to do for you. More than likely they will fix it regardless of warranty state - they are good like that, or replace it if you are under warranty. You will need to return to stock unrooted though.
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annoyingduck, You rock!!
I have had a headphones in and out many times during testing and nothing had ever changed. After reading your comment I plugged in some headphones, gave a gentle yet firm little jiggle of the plug and voila everything is back to normal!
I plug the GP4 into an aux in port in the car, so when it must of gotten a little tweaked when I unplugged it earlier in the day.
My thanks to you again, annoyingduck. Iwas driving me crazy having to listen to commercial radio - LOL
73s, Cheers,
Arklazak
Nice, glad it worked out. Just be careful wiggling that jack, it eventually will losen to an unusable point. Also, try to use true 1/8 connectors, the metric variants which are advertised as being fully compatible are actually slight undersized and can cause a bad connection (Samsung's actual headphones are not true 1/8 jacks!?!).
All quality brand name cables have true 1/8 ends (monster, Dayton, proco, etc)
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annoyingduck said:
Nice, glad it worked out. Just be careful wiggling that jack, it eventually will losen to an unusable point. Also, try to use true 1/8 connectors, the metric variants which are advertised as being fully compatible are actually slight undersized and can cause a bad connection (Samsung's actual headphones are not true 1/8 jacks!?!).
All quality brand name cables have true 1/8 ends (monster, Dayton, proco, etc)
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I will heed your advice. The cable I currently use is a little short, so I am going to buy a good quality and longer one.
Thanks again.
73s, Cheers,
Arklazak
Resolved...
I contacted Samsung support and they had me go thru the normal scripted troubleshooting (reset to Factory Defaults and see if the problem persists - it did of course - thank goodness for root and Titanium Backup :good: ). Any way, it was still under warranty so I was able to send the SGP 4.0 in for repair. The turnaround was quick (about a week, including shipping) and service/shipping was free.
FYI - Parts replaced:
GM59-01038A - Module-Speaker Upper
GM82-01007A - A/S Assy-PBA Main
Thanks for the help.
73s
Arklazak