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Samsung Media Hub & Froyo

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gary1949

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Now that we have froyo, the Media Hub is supposed to be available. Every time I attempt to launch it I get a "Network Timeout" box asking me to retry or OK. I've attempted to open the program several times over the last three days - won't do it. :( I'm on wi-fi.

Anybody know what's going on?

Thanks.
 
It works fine for me.

Though I am not going to spend $3 on a movie to watch on my phone.

Edit: And that was on my wifi...
 
It would be cool if the Captivate had HDMI out, my 50 something eyes couldn't deal with watching a movie on a 4" or so screen size
 
After the Froyo update I ended up with two Media Hub icons. One works and the other gives the coming soon. Anyone else have two icons? Maybe I should just uninstall both.
 
lordfly911 said:
After the Froyo update I ended up with two Media Hub icons. One works and the other gives the coming soon. Anyone else have two icons? Maybe I should just uninstall both.
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You can probably uninstall only one and the other is automatic.

I had installed the "Car Home" app from the market before. Now it's part of the rom, so I had two copies. uninstalled the one in the app list and it's just one now.
 
lordfly911 said:
After the Froyo update I ended up with two Media Hub icons. One works and the other gives the coming soon. Anyone else have two icons? Maybe I should just uninstall both.
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I'd like to uninstall and then reinstall the Media Hub app, but I don't think that is possible . . . the OEM apps can't be removed without a custom ROM and the Media Hub app isn't available in the Market for reinstallation.

If anyone has a work-around, I'd love to hear it. In attempting to get Media Hub to launch I've gone into Settings:Applications, cleared data and force closed, but I still get the failure to connect indication. :(

I don't know if Media Hub is worth the effort, but I'd like to be able to look at it to check it out.
 
gary1949 said:
I'd like to uninstall and then reinstall the Media Hub app, but I don't think that is possible . . . the OEM apps can't be removed without a custom ROM and the Media Hub app isn't available in the Market for reinstallation.

If anyone has a work-around, I'd love to hear it. In attempting to get Media Hub to launch I've gone into Settings:Applications, cleared data and force closed, but I still get the failure to connect indication. :(

I don't know if Media Hub is worth the effort, but I'd like to be able to look at it to check it out.
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I ended up using Titanium to freeze the app. At least then it will not launch and no longer shows up in the app drawer. Problem solved.
 
gary1949 said:
I'd like to uninstall and then reinstall the Media Hub app, but I don't think that is possible . . . the OEM apps can't be removed without a custom ROM and the Media Hub app isn't available in the Market for reinstallation.

If anyone has a work-around, I'd love to hear it. In attempting to get Media Hub to launch I've gone into Settings:Applications, cleared data and force closed, but I still get the failure to connect indication. :(

I don't know if Media Hub is worth the effort, but I'd like to be able to look at it to check it out.
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Hate to ask the obvious, but you do youhave a Samsung Tv or blu-ray connected on wifi, yeah?

Edit: Checked my settings. Nothing earth shattering. Phone name. Wireless router (ssid) name. Nothing else that needs adjusting.

It may not really be worth a lot of extra effort. It allows you to show pictures, videos or music from your phone through you tv or blu-ray. You can't (that I've seen) view apps as they're running.
 
Buddha64 said:
Hate to ask the obvious, but you do youhave a Samsung Tv or blu-ray connected on wifi, yeah?

Edit: Checked my settings. Nothing earth shattering. Phone name. Wireless router (ssid) name. Nothing else that needs adjusting.

It may not really be worth a lot of extra effort. It allows you to show pictures, videos or music from your phone through you tv or blu-ray. You can't (that I've seen) view apps as they're running.
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No, I don't have a Samsung TV or blue-ray on wi-fi, but what has that got to do with using Samsung Media Hub which is a movie or tv show renting/purchasing application. The Samsung website doesn't say anything about needing those other products.

Are we talking about the same application?
 
Buddha64 said:
Hate to ask the obvious, but you do youhave a Samsung Tv or blu-ray connected on wifi, yeah?

Edit: Checked my settings. Nothing earth shattering. Phone name. Wireless router (ssid) name. Nothing else that needs adjusting.

It may not really be worth a lot of extra effort. It allows you to show pictures, videos or music from your phone through you tv or blu-ray. You can't (that I've seen) view apps as they're running.
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That is AllShare not Media Hub. The big problem is that Media Hub loads initially and just sits there.
 
gary1949 said:
No, I don't have a Samsung TV or blue-ray on wi-fi, but what has that got to do with using Samsung Media Hub which is a movie or tv show renting/purchasing application. The Samsung website doesn't say anything about needing those other products.

Are we talking about the same application?
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Oops... My bad. Too many tacos.
 
gary1949 said:
Now that we have froyo, the Media Hub is supposed to be available. Every time I attempt to launch it I get a "Network Timeout" box asking me to retry or OK. I've attempted to open the program several times over the last three days - won't do it. :( I'm on wi-fi.

Anybody know what's going on?

Thanks.
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Mystery solved.

A bit of background. I live in a rural area where I only get Edge service. 3G is available 5 miles away in town. At home I'm always using wi-fi through my satellite internet system.

Apparently the Samsung Media Hub only works on 3G. When I went into town today and tried it on 3G it instantly came up and worked with no problem. I guess this is so the data used during download goes into AT&T's system, so if you're on the 200mb plan over limits could easily happen (I'm on the 2gb plan). So it appears to be set up so that both Samsung and AT&T profit from Media Hub use. :eek:

BTW - there really isn't anything there worth having. :rolleyes:
 
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