Upgrading to Android 2.3...how does it work?!?

Jessica Fu

Ok, so i've got TONS of questions, but here it goes:

1.) If, for example, I buy the LG Revolution, will you be able to upgrade it straight from the phone you already have, or do you have to buy the newer version that comes with the 2.3 ?

2.) What are the differences?

3.) Will it cost anything to upgrade? If so, how much?

Answer
The LG Revolutions is sold with Froyo 2.2, and is immediately upgradeable to Gingerbread 2.3.

Differences between Gingerbread and Froyo are:

System: Updated user interface design for simplicity and speed
Display: Support for extra-large screen sizes and resolutions (WXGA and higher)
Internet calling: Native support for SIP VoIP telephony
Virtual Keyboard: Faster, more intuitive text input, improved accuracy, better suggested text. Voice input mode
Copy/Paste: Enhanced. Select a word by press-hold, copy, and paste.
Near Field Communication lets the user read an NFC tag embedded in a poster, sticker, or advertisement.
New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost
System: Improved power management with a more active role in managing apps that are keeping the device awake for too long.
Download Manager gives the user easy access to any file downloaded from the browser, email, or another application.
Camera: Access multiple cameras on the device, including a front-facing camera, if available.
Media: Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding
System: Enhanced support for native code development
Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers
Concurrent garbage collection for increased performance
Native support for more sensors (such as gyroscopes and barometers)
Switched from YAFFS to the ext4 filesystem

The update is free. You just need an internet connection. Try asking for help in updating the phone immediately after buying ir for assurance.

Is there a way to 'split audio' from my headphones and HDMI outputs?

soein777

For example, have a video playing on a tv via HDMI and have the audio come out of the tv, and play a video game on my laptop and have the audio come out my laptop's headphones/speakers?
Another way of putting it would be assign programs to different audio outputs.

Is that possible or is there a program that allows this?

Answer
No, you can't have multiple audio outs on the same device without extra hardware - it's not designed for that. Well, except possibly for virtualization, and even then I expect the process to be finicky at best.

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Would it improve my sound when watching movies, and listening to music if i turned on enhancements.?

Brock

My enhancements that i have are Environment, Voice Cancellation, Pitch Shift, Equalizer, headphone Virtualization, And Loudness Equalizer, And My Speaker System Is a Logitech Speaker System Z623

Answer
not typically. most of those are for special occasions.

try playing a music file and playing with the settings (remember to hit Default when done!).

check your manual to see what each does.

Is it possible to simulate 5.1 surround sound with just RCA cables on PC?

Amayo10054

I have a 3.5mm jack plugged into my Line-Out input on the back of my PC, and the RCA cables (naturally, just the audio) are hooked into my stereo receiver. I'm only able to get sound out of my left front speaker (and, with some fiddling, I've found out that the wires are good... if I plug them into my headphone jack and enable headphone virtualization, they both work. Tone testing on the receiver itself plays all six speakers, as does the PS3) What I'd like to know, is, why only my left speaker is working, and if there's any way to fix that... and of course, whether or not there's a way that I can fill all of the speakers with sound. (I've tried the "fill speaker" enhancement, but, I still only hear out of my front left speaker.)

Thanks!

Answer
Plug some computer speakers or headphones into your line-out jack and check if only the left plays. If so, there's either something wrong with your sound settings or the sound card itself. Check the sound mixer settings that the balance isn't set all the way left. I would try the speaker/phones output if there's a separate port (first turn the volume down in the sound mixer settings and gradually increase it to line volume). It sounds like you already tried that and it worked? Make sure you're hearing two different channels and not one doubled. Here's a test clip if you don't already have one: http://www.wikiupload.com/VFSTR71S67C5BEN

I don't think this applies to you but for completeness, I'll add: If the speakers or headphones on the line-out play normally it's your 3.5mm-RCA cable or the receiver's input.

Once you get the stereo working (on the line-out or using the headphone jack), you can get some simulated surround sound effects using the receiver's Pro Logic (or Pro Logic II) feature. It'll work better if your software player supports "Dolby Surround" out. Of course, if you just want all the speakers to play (back speakers mirroring the front), all you need is a headphone splitter.
Another option, if the receiver has 6 separate analog audio input ports, is to get a surround sound card for about $10, a couple more 3.5mm-RCA cables, and have true surround.

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Is there a way to 'split audio' from my headphones and HDMI outputs?

best headphone virtualization image

soein777

For example, have a video playing on a tv via HDMI and have the audio come out of the tv, and play a video game on my laptop and have the audio come out my laptop's headphones/speakers?
Another way of putting it would be assign programs to different audio outputs.

Is that possible or is there a program that allows this?

Answer
No, you can't have multiple audio outs on the same device without extra hardware - it's not designed for that. Well, except possibly for virtualization, and even then I expect the process to be finicky at best.

What is "gingerbread" on adroid phones?

lalala

Whats the difference between gingerbread and froyo? What does it all offer? Im new to android phones and im trying to understand what all of this stuff means

Answer
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) supports the following features in addition to existing 2.2(froyo) features:
New user interface design with new themes (Black themes save power)
Extra Large Screen Size supported
SIP Communication Supported (SIP Video and Audio Calling, In an operator point of view, this is feature will decrease their voice calling revenue where as user can call each other for lower rates or even free if they have good data connection)
Supports for NFC (High Frequency High Speech Data Transfer in short range)
Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding
New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost
Improved Copy and Paste functionality
Redesigned Multi Touch Software Keyboard
Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers
New sensors support (i.e gyroscope)
Download manager for long running HTTP downloads
Enhanced support for native code
Improved power management and application control
Support for multiple cameras

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What is "gingerbread" on adroid phones?

best headphone virtualization image

lalala

Whats the difference between gingerbread and froyo? What does it all offer? Im new to android phones and im trying to understand what all of this stuff means

Answer
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) supports the following features in addition to existing 2.2(froyo) features:
New user interface design with new themes (Black themes save power)
Extra Large Screen Size supported
SIP Communication Supported (SIP Video and Audio Calling, In an operator point of view, this is feature will decrease their voice calling revenue where as user can call each other for lower rates or even free if they have good data connection)
Supports for NFC (High Frequency High Speech Data Transfer in short range)
Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding
New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost
Improved Copy and Paste functionality
Redesigned Multi Touch Software Keyboard
Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers
New sensors support (i.e gyroscope)
Download manager for long running HTTP downloads
Enhanced support for native code
Improved power management and application control
Support for multiple cameras

Why can't I hear low bass sounds on my laptop?

JamesAther

My laptop doesn't seem to be able to play low bass notes in music making software, is there a way to fix this? I'm using an Acer Aspire 5532

Thanks

Answer
As "mediocre" as acers are, (cough cough), this is NOT thier fault.
Your laptop has speakers the size of a quarter and it is driven by an amp that runs in the miliwatt range. Do you know why guys with boom cars brag about having 18 inch woofers and even better, quad mounted 10's? Your acer only has INTEGRATED audio, not a real sound card. You can NEVER get high fidelity out of integrated audio, but it will be good enough to do very ROUGH mixes on. You only have a single core processor. Having dual core would help alot. You only have 3G of ramm which is not enough to mix on, PLUS you computer is running in "single channel" memory mode. You should get 4G and preferably get a 64 bit OS. With 32 bit your computer still uses the memory, behind the scenes, but it does not "report" it while in the OS because of hardware virtualization.

There is NO way to get true bass, or even true high fidelity out of a laptop. ANY laptop. If you are doing mixing for personal mix tapes, you should go ahead and use your computer for doing the graphical user interface to the mixing console, but you should output to a preamp/amp then to a set of monitors. At the VERY least, you should be outputting to a decent (bose, akg, sennheiser, grado) set of headphones or to a set of "computer speakers". Logitech and klipsch make halfway decent computer speakers, but they are NOTHING compared to an amp/preamp/monitor set up. You can get inexpensive consumer/semi pro equipment at any musician store.

BTW, you'd be much better off mixing with a desktop unless you have really carpy software.

While you're at it, max out your ramm and consider getting a halfway decent HD. Stock OEM HD's are horrible and slow, and acer uses particularly "cheap" components. While it is good to be frugal, it is NOT good to be cheap.

EDIT: @ starPC11, You had a great idea with the accessory sound card, BUT he does not have pcmcia OR the "current generation" express card slot. He's got an acer 5532. He can not add an accessory sound card on that unit. Even if he did, laptop sound cards are not sufficient to do mixing with, but it would be worlds better than what he has now.

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