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MP3 tag reads are all crazy
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yahoowizard
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Droid3Tagger might help? Not sure what the problem is exactly.
I'll look into that tagger pgm. The problem, the players won't recognize genres properly. Most are lies, and a lot of Genres, mostly oldies aren't shown at all. I think maybe it's because I have everything tagged with ID3v2, and apparently I need to re-tag with just ID3v1. Trouble is, a lot of my music has really long titles, which ID3v1 won't display the whole title. Oh well, not that big a deal. Just trying to polish the phone up a bit. I'll look at the pgm you mentioned, when I have some time. Thanks again. 
So I go to try that tagger idea, and all day, the blasted Cap won't hook to 4 different computers. GRRRRRR. I almost straddled it across 2 dominoes, and was ready to give it a karate chop. pos!! My Moto Razr RE was a better phone. Called att, Samsung, and went to store. No help whatsoever. Bunch of dipsticks !!!
100.00+ a month for voice calling, basically. Can't get it to pair and connect with my main pc thru bluetooth, either. What a pos !
BTW, it did work on usb for a few months, and suddenly, it won't connect. Tried all the web ideas. It's bricked, almost.
And, according to the net, there's a jillion folks that are having the same problem. How could they put out such crap? I'm not a happy camper with Samsung.
100.00+ a month for voice calling, basically. Can't get it to pair and connect with my main pc thru bluetooth, either. What a pos !BTW, it did work on usb for a few months, and suddenly, it won't connect. Tried all the web ideas. It's bricked, almost.
And, according to the net, there's a jillion folks that are having the same problem. How could they put out such crap? I'm not a happy camper with Samsung.
I had a problem with my Captivate as well as my Acer Iconia Tab A500 jacking up the tags that my PC read correctly. I use Media Monkey (free) to Auto-Tag from the web. It will correct any bad tags/missing info as well as grab the cover art if it is available. You also have the ability to add your own tags (from an Indie or underground album that you ripped). After doing this and transferring files over to my Captivate/Iconia Tab, they were read correctly. I know this isn't an Android app, but hope this helps.
So I go to try that tagger idea, and all day, the blasted Cap won't hook to 4 different computers. GRRRRRR. I almost straddled it across 2 dominoes, and was ready to give it a karate chop. pos!! My Moto Razr RE was a better phone. Called att, Samsung, and went to store. No help whatsoever. Bunch of dipsticks !!!
BTW, it did work on usb for a few months, and suddenly, it won't connect. Tried all the web ideas. It's bricked, almost.
And, according to the net, there's a jillion folks that are having the same problem. How could they put out such crap? I'm not a happy camper with Samsung.
Are you using the microUSB cable that came with the phone or one you bought? I have fount that any microUSB will charge the phone, but very few connect properly for data.
Also, are you connecting in mass storage mode?
just thinking of reasons why it used to connect but won't any longer.
Done it all. Mass, Kies, notify, etc. 2.2 is different, and with 2.2, it would bring up the dialogue, to give opportunity to hit mass storage, then a little android would come up, and below that hit connect, and up would come the window on pc. Now, all I get is nothing, or the "usb device unrecognized" balloon. I've tried my other 2 cables, which are also data, to no avail. They tried it down at AT&T store, and no luck. And I tried it on 2 other pc's that it used to connect to. Gotta be the phone hardware, or something on phone os that suddenly went wrong. Software? I haven't dloaded anything from market lately. I'll try a cpl. more days, then a call to Samsung. Just hate calling these big corps. Always less than satisfying.
I guess I can't brag anymore to my friends about how much better this CAP is than their IP4. Theirs are still working fine. And, definitely better cameras. GRRRR.+
I guess I can't brag anymore to my friends about how much better this CAP is than their IP4. Theirs are still working fine. And, definitely better cameras. GRRRR.+
Sounds definitely like a cable/hardware issue. Either the cable is goofy (the Captivate is VERY fussy about cables) or the connector on the phone is bad, which means the phone must be replaced. What did the AT&T store suggest?
3 different cables that have always worked, and I eye louped the contacts on phone. Hard to see them clearly, but one looks questionable. But, that happens to be one of the charging contacts. So, that's not the problem. The 2 outside contacts are the charging circuit. The 3 center contacts do have slight groves in them from repeated cable insertion/removal. Not a heavy duty socket, for sure. Tried R. Shack contact cleaner, and a thin toothpick to clean them. They do look better, but, still no joy.
The store gave a me a no to call. No joy there, either. she acted like she new "nothing" Told me to call Samsung. And, it's still in warranty, according to local yokal.
I have an older Asus EEE, with Linux. Just tried that, and still no joy. The usb diagnostics doesn't see the phone at all.
3 different cables that have always worked, and I eye louped the contacts on phone. Hard to see them clearly, but one looks questionable. But, that happens to be one of the charging contacts. So, that's not the problem. The 2 outside contacts are the charging circuit. The 3 center contacts do have slight groves in them from repeated cable insertion/removal. Not a heavy duty socket, for sure. Tried R. Shack contact cleaner, and a thin toothpick to clean them. They do look better, but, still no joy.
The store gave a me a no to call. No joy there, either. she acted like she new "nothing" Told me to call Samsung. And, it's still in warranty, according to local yokal.
I have an older Asus EEE, with Linux. Just tried that, and still no joy. The usb diagnostics doesn't see the phone at all.
Can you get it into download mode? Turn off the phone. Press and hold the vol. up. and vol dn. at the same time and plug in the usb cable... or turn on USB debugging? If the PC still doesn't recognize the phone, then I would have to say it's definitely hardware.
Yessir, done all that, seemingly a hundred times. I'm about ready to do a hard reboot, and see what happens. Gotta do some thinking on how to get my files. Photos, music, contacts. Then, I spose it's a pain to get my paid apps working again.
I am ready to go trail ripping, to get rid of my frustrations and anger. Oh wait, the gub'mnt has most of the woods closed.
Yessir, done all that, seemingly a hundred times. I'm about ready to do a hard reboot, and see what happens. Gotta do some thinking on how to get my files. Photos, music, contacts. Then, I spose it's a pain to get my paid apps working again.
Dropbox will work over WiFi to get your photos and tunes. If your contacts are sync'ed to your gmail account then you don't need to do anything. I'd recommending sync'ing with appbrain.com so if you need to reinstall you don't have to try and remember all your apps. I'd definitely do this BEFORE a hard reset as a hard reset will wipe your phone of personal data.
Frankly, though, I don't think it will help ... it's sounding more and more like a hardware problem.
Just got the entire phone backed to 16 G SD card - Froyo, photos, music, etc. Also, exported contacts to SD. And, then copied all that to pc. Now, all I have to figure out how to save PowerAmp. I don't really care about all the other stuff. This thing, for being so small, sure is a time killer, and cost more than my power, water, landline bills combines. Oh, how I miss the 50's. LOL 
Thanks, lunatic59. It is peculiar how it all of a sudden doesn't link to usb. Never did get Kies to work. Got Kies mini to do the 2.2 update, tho. And, that took way too much time, much more than it should. What a nightmare.
Oh, how I miss the 50's. LOL Thanks, lunatic59. It is peculiar how it all of a sudden doesn't link to usb. Never did get Kies to work. Got Kies mini to do the 2.2 update, tho. And, that took way too much time, much more than it should. What a nightmare.
splatoid
Android Enthusiast
I'll look into that tagger pgm. The problem, the players won't recognize genres properly. Most are lies, and a lot of Genres, mostly oldies aren't shown at all. I think maybe it's because I have everything tagged with ID3v2, and apparently I need to re-tag with just ID3v1. Trouble is, a lot of my music has really long titles, which ID3v1 won't display the whole title. Oh well, not that big a deal. Just trying to polish the phone up a bit. I'll look at the pgm you mentioned, when I have some time. Thanks again.
Try tag & rename out it is the best program for what you need.
For the past cpl weeks, tried usb a time or 2, and nothing. Then, all of a sudden, today, it works. WTHeck? Unplugged it, tried it again, - - - worked. Something is/was blocking it. It's definitely the phone, as it now works on all the aforementioned pc's. Wierd. I'm getting to really hate technology. We get to be slaves to these chipped devices. Even the audio on our Goldwing can test my patience.