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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammer4203:
I say we yell a verizon! Make em get rid of the security on the device. I have a feeling that may be a part of it. This is the first android htc device I've had do something weird. We have had 8 total in our home and none were ever this quirky.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prplppleatr239:
Mine rebooted twice this morning after installing the new Google Maps update. I powered it down for a few minutes, then restarted, and it's been fine since.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammer4203:
Crap! I forgot about that update! That may be it. I did that update just the same day. Gotta ask the wife when I get home and see if she updated her's when she had the issue.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammer4203:
Well now having a look at running apps, I see what the issue is. It loads all this crap that your not using! It's in the background waiting. Why? I watched as it pulled up apps that I never opened. This it why verizon reps keep telling people to use a task killer. The os is not being utilized properly at all on this phone.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXJay_RXx:
i H.A.T.E. when they do this. they did the same thing with my Galaxy Tab when i first bought it
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadgetmom88:
I'm having the same issue - phone either turns itself off or reboots itself randomly. I reboot my phone 3-4 times a day swapping out batteries. I'm running stock. Didn't want to have to root, but if people who are rooted and running a custom ROM aren't having this problem, I may have to go that route.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammer4203:
Get system panel from the market and check out all the crap that's sitting in the background. It's a wonder the phone runs at all.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
So your on your way to the Verizon store to pick up a flashy new Xoom tablet, but before you blow $599 or $799 there are a few thing root and non root users should know.

Before you head out to grab ur self one of these 10in Dual Core beasts you should know:

*You will not have the V-Cast market so if you pay for TV apps like I do one the ThunderBolt 4G you will not be able to use them.

*There is no offical or working Netflix app and if you have a Account with them you will not be able to stream movies using the browser.

*Blockbuster app dose not support our screen size or Android 3.0

So what dose this mean your thinking? You will not be able to watch TV or Movies on Xoom!

I know it hurts but there's more.

So your thinking humm the Samsung Galaxy Tab supports swype so at least that's something good I have to look forward to right.

Oh so wrong Swype dose not support swype Yet. I don't know if they will support xoom later but as of now no swype.

There is no SD Card support yet but an update to 4G LTE is sopose to enable this.

Motorola is not finish with the 4G update yet but when they are your gonna have to mail the Xoom back to Motorola for the software and hardware update. Although Motorola will pay for the shipping and handling your gonna have to go Six days with out you Xoom while they update it. It could be longer depending on shipping. Motorola claims they will not deny the update to root users but if they can not install the software they will send it back with just the hardware update. I myself will be unrooting anyway before I Send it back.

Oh yea and no SD card support means no coustme recovery.img.

That means we will have very limited development for a while and only development that don't require flashing such as kernels will be created as of now. But don't worry guys when HTC release the flyer tab we will have the sense for tablets ported by me.

So lets just hope we have a recovery by then.

Also I wouldent expect Souce code to be released until sometime after the update for obvious reasons.

So if your still making ur way to buy this device know what what your getting and getting into.

Over all it is an amazing device.

-Jaywan
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
All valid points, on the point of Swype, I don't use the "Swype" feature but surely something like this is preferrable:

http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/06/swiftkey-tablet-for-honeycomb/

That looks like more of a Tablet keyboard.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
even that's better then what we have now
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
WHat's the current keyboard like? I'v not seen the HC keyboard yet.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
Standard Google Keyboard...
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
Well the Ginerbread one is pretty nice, I use it on my Galaxy Tab and Desire, never found a keyboard I like as much. Aside from the size of the screen (i'm not sure it it fills or is centered?) what's the problem with it?
[Xoom General] StrifeSoldierVII:
Smart Keyboard Pro is looking pretty good and working alright so far on my Xoom. To get it to work properly you will have to change the key height to the highest setting.

This is how it looks when first installed...

This is how it looks after maxing out the key height...

Plus it has a lot of skin options because it uses better keyboard skins. Still needs to be updated to honeycomb. The keys may still be a tad smaller when compared to stock.
[Xoom General] graffixnyc:
I use smart keyboard pro on my mytouch 4g and love it. But the best keyboard for the xoom is the thumb keyboard. I use it on my streak 7 and zoom. I have tried tablet keyboard, smart keyboard pro, swift key beta and I really like the thumb keyboard best
[Xoom General] keitht:
Agreed. Thumb Keyboard is the best for Xoom in my opinion.
[Xoom General] DroidHam:
thanks for pointing this out, I have a gTab all custom rommed to hell and was considering getting a Xoom but I couldnt imagine not having roms to flash
[Xoom General] graffixnyc:
I was talking with the developerof thumb keyboard. And he said some really cool stuff is coming in the next version

" I'm currently working on a new release, rebuild from scratch upon a whole new core. This will unleash some extra functionality for Honeycomb, Gingerbread and Froyo."

Since I'm running 3 devices one with froyo 2.2.2(streak 7) gingerbread 2.3.3(mt4g) and honeycomb the developer wants me to beta test the next version. I'm looking forward to seeing the next version
[Xoom General] keitht:
Thanks for the info. Didn't know it could be any better :)
[Xoom General] graffixnyc:
I watch tv and movies on my xoom just fine.. maybe not be too legal but I have no problems watching whatever show or movie I want :)
[Xoom General] MvP77:
Same here, you can visit network (tbs, abc, etc) sites that stream episodes or you can use great apps like tv show stream or watch live sports.
[Xoom General] sangreal06:
Loving Thumb Keyboard with the 10" layout other than the fact that it spams my logcat to say the resolutions isnt HVGA. Can't wait to see what the author has in store
[Xoom General] SquareBare:
Amazon video on demand works with the Xoom. Right from the browser.

Who would have thought that Amazon would be Android's biggest supporter?
[Xoom General] leenypost:
I use slingplayer mobile on my Xoom and that works for watching whatever I want.. Just get a slingplayer at home attached to your cable box and you are good to go... COMPLETELY LEGAL I MIGHT ADD!! LOL

The app seems a bit buggy on the tablet and not quite as clear as it is on my Evo but it works pretty damn well as is... I have contacted the Dev to ask about a tablet specific version so we can have as good of quality as possible just like the phone version has.
[Xoom General] stevefxp:
Xoom Feelings

I have been reading all of the previous posts and I felt the need to chime in.

Let's not bash the Xoom. Help us make the Xoom better.

Yes it doesn't do this and yes it doesn't do that. Not every device is perfect out of the gate. I once read that the Xoom is the new Nexus One. Ahead of its time, but maybe not ready for prime time. I think this is a great way of looking at the Xoom, and I for one am ok with that. Google is going to continue to improve Honeycomb, and whatever comes after it. Whats really interesting is that this community will more than likely continue to make available new versions of Android for the Xoom, as long as it can take new versions. I myself like that. This is my end game for getting out in front of the masses.

Is the Xoom perfect...hell no. Is any device perfect...hell no. Lets embrace our Xoom for what it is, and work together to find solutions to what it isn't. This is the power of our community!

Steve
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
I just preordered mine.
[Xoom General] B Dizzle:
Inspiring.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
What app I'm talking with out burning movies or doing illegal things... But how do u do it anyway?
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
I agree I wasn't bashing Xoom I sure I speak for everyone when I say I love this tablet. I'm just helping people know what to expect..
[Xoom General] MvP77:
TV Show Stream, a couple sites that I won't post here that stream movies. Slingbox. Playon app let's you stream netflix, hulu, espn and others. Watch live Sports app. And of course Amazon Video streaming.
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
A few of us already have cwm recovery but since sd card hasn't been enabled yet we are holding off on release till it starts working all in all for the xoom to become better well need the sdcard working and source code to be released
[Xoom General] JOHNGAETANO:
I agree, back off the bashing. If you need a child's toy, get an iPad
[Xoom General] leoncarpenter01:
Maybe its just me but I think the Xoom being upgradebable to 4G is one of its strongest features, yet it is often cited as a drawback. How often in this ridiculously accelerated tech cycle are we enticed to new devices because of missing features? For the first time in a long time we have a company in Motorola who is willing to eat some of that cost by selling us a tablet that we will have little reason to replace in the first 12 months.

I, for one, applaud them.
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
It's a very optimistic view, the more likely excuse is that the hardware wasn't ready (kind of like the OS) but they wanted to get to market as early as possible, so they went for the easy option and make a socket to plug it in later. A whole load of people may never even bother, works out great for them.

I'm in the UK so we'll never get a 4G upgrade, do we just get a lighter XOOM?
[Xoom General] jamaicansolja:
Xoom has more problems than this and it gets me kinda pissed because I want to buy the wifi Xoom....

1.Browser crashes.

2.Can't play high profile video.

3.Certain websites slow I.E xda(shouldn't have to go to "classic")

4.Bad apps...
[Xoom General] jamaicansolja:
Why do you make excuses for this 800$ pile of trash ? Its the best built trash I have ever owned. WHY does everyone defend this tab like they developed it ? God what it can't do and it's problems are all motos/googles fault it's been a month from release how long will we wait for updates ?

Or should I say every tab with a tegra 2 is just trash because I believe so. Ya, let's make more processing power but make video played on a year old Evo unplayable, choppy, no sound, with no fix to even buy.

1.Browser crashing is common.

2.No SD card out gate(until moto is ready)

3.No LTE (until moto is ready)

4.bad flash performance

5.blurry browser experience until 100% loaded.

6.a tab with bad media playback... Lol!

Basically you all have a dvice "hoping" it gets fixed in a reasonable time. Sorry folks you shelved out 6/800 on a hope.
[Xoom General] wase4711:
If you bought one, and hate it so much, then return it

If you didn't, go away, you are annoying

this forum is to help people find solutions, not listen to people like you whining about the product..
[Xoom General] jamaicansolja:
If you don't like what I type then how about you go away fool? I am not bashing something that has these shortcomings. If your epeen is hurt that your tab has problems it shouldn't then go cry somewhere else. I returned my Xoom after 20 days tired of the BS and i'm a very tech savy person to know a bad product rushed to steal your $$.

You won't "find a solution" as I stated these problems are only going to be fixed through Moto and/or Google.
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
I'd like to step in here and point out, as a neutral party, either way, that this community is full of programmers and developers. The only fix we need from Google or Moto is the source code, which will happen soon enough, then we can fix all the problems we want.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
You are in titled to your opinion. But calling someone a fool is not acceptable lets stay on topic here. That's all I ask.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
I agree..
[Xoom General] wase4711:
"Jamacian solja" is obviously a troll without a life..

why people post endless bashes in a thread, when they don't even OWN the product never ceases to amaze me..

You've made your point, you returned your xoom, you hated it, now, save us all the time, and quit wasting bandwidth posting in this forum..
[Xoom General] mgerbasio:
I think the OP was a fair list of what is and isn't working. I use mine daily and it replaced my ipad. I'd say Xoom is a work in progress as is Android in general. In fact all of Google software is generally a work in progress rather than a polished finished product.

Motorola/Google should do a better job of communicating a road map IMHO. With all the hype the Tegra 2 was getting prior to this tablet, I was expecting more, especially in the way of video playback. Not that I need it, but it seems a lot of users are trying to use it.

Adding to the list of features needing work, the Google Talk experience is lacking. The video is poor and the voice cuts out like half-duplex speaker phone. Voice works fine if only one person is using the Xoom and the other a PC.

Does the Xoom offer the same seamless user experience for multi-media that the ipad offers, not even close. But it does offer features we'll never see on the ipad, usb hosting, microsd and a much more open platform.
[Xoom General] digitheatre:
a quick look at his previous posts just show how he like to bash xoom

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=66030890
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
So what do you guys feel google should have included in the new OS?

And what could motorola have done diffrently or better with the hareware?
[Xoom General] alias_neo:
The OS is a very promising one, it has step up from the pre 3.0 OSs and aside f rom the obvious stability tweaks I think they've got it spot on.

As for the hardware, there are always things that can be improved on. In Specs it is a pretty decent device, with the exceptionj of the rear facing camera being pretty poor, this could easily have held an 8MP+ camera or even a 3D camera.

There has not a lot been done about the size, all manufacturers have a lot to learn from Apple in terms of cramming hardware into sleek devices.

The only thing in the specs I dislike is the camera and the lack of an NFC device.

Camera isn't a big deal because I would never use this for serious shots, I see it as more of a bonus, NFC would be nice to play with as a security tool but again, not a big deal.

I think on the whole this thing is a pretty solid specced device and rightly so as the Flagship device for the Honeycomb launch.
[Xoom General] Jaywan:
I couldn't have said it better myself. Well put!
[Xoom General] graffixnyc:
Can post here since its not legal.. but basically find a site that has movie and shows that are hosted on Mega upload and just download what you want and use mobo player to play it. Hell I don't watch a real TV anymore. Some of these sites post a show a few minutes after it airs on tv
[Xoom General] crauzz:
How are you watching live sports?
[Xoom General] LINKSLOVESANDROID:
have you tried the app "streaming tv shows" by "loading home" form thr market? im about to wak out the door to buy a xoom but i wanna confirm this app works
[Xoom General] gthing:
As for media streaming all you ever need is subsonic + sick beard + usenet. If you're too cheap for usenet then you can hook it up to torrents.

As for the sd card, that's a temporary problem that I wouldn't expect to be an issue for more than a month or two. In the mean time the internal memory shows up as an SD card - is there any reason you couldn't use that?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] milin12:
Hi everybody!

I am a branded SGS owner and due to my operator I am forced to use Android 2.2 (not even the 2.2.1 update is available) so I decided to flash the Voodoo ROM to stop the lag and as you may guess - I wasn't able to do it. My problems started with rooting the phone so I could give super permissions to ROM manager and use the CWM recovery to flash the phone. I was unable to do it by flashing it manually because of the "E:signature verification failed" error. Later, I managed to root the phone using the SuperOneClick application. Now, the problem is I cannot boot to CWM recovery - I always get the default Samsung recovery so I am unable to toggle the signature verification. I goggled intensively and if I'm not mistaken, there seems to be no existing solution to this combination of problems, so I'm asking for your help because I was very close to throwing a good phone out of my car's window all due to bad software!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jon2555:
I had smilar problem on my Folio 100.

1. Root SGS with SuperOneClick

2. Download Root Explorer.apk

3. Download recovery. img

4. Copy it to /data directory(if you find another data directory inside copy recovery there)

5. Connect SGS to ADB

6. Type "adb shell"

7. After that type "su"

8. Finally, type "cat /data/recovery.img >/dev/block/mmcblk0p7"

9.Now, go to recavery and install rom you want

DON'T WIPE DATE AND CACHE BEFORE INSTALLING
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] snxxxxx:
I found this launcher from nexus one forum. SPB mobile shell 5.0.

Anyone have tried this? Its looks great with 3d experience. Look at youtube channel.

Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNO7lL7g6pc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Im sorry, my english is bad. Im indonesian. Just want to see people was tried this launcher.

it must buy for about 14$ on the market. But i dont have acces to buy it. :-(

Thank you..
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mikevillarroel:
Google it and buy it from the dev website, IMO it's not worth it anyways!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] snowboardkid503:
I have an apk file if anyones want it
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] edisonalvarez:
Id like to trt it. Is it a demo?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] snxxxxx:
Ya.. i need it.. please share the link.. :-)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] briankurtz79:
I've downloaded the apk and tryed the so called "trick" it just continues to ask you to activate and then fails to. $15 for a launcher is crazy.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] edisonalvarez:
There is a way to block market using droid wall. Google search it. Dont want to get in trouble here on the forum.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rican Bx Bomba:
Smh..

10charmanders
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] edisonalvarez:
I know I know. Ashamed!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] lamboh:
bleah...had it...and its ok...i personally only prefer 3 screens. currently on miui 's latest and also cm7 latest both being almost identical. that being said. i got it in my dropbox, pm me if u want it....
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] davidc23:
I like it
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] the_jon57:
It's very pretty and very responsive. However, it doesn't support scrolling widgets. And its dock is about as basic as it gets (a problem for me since I use SiMi Folders + swipe actions on my dock, regardless of whether it's LP or Go). I can't use it until these things are implemented. However, once/if they are it will probably become my primary launcher.

It also doesn't support live wallpapers, which I don't care about, but you might.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanatize:
OK so i was originally on a Deodexed Stock Rom with no mods or anything like that other than it was Deodexed.

My phone was blazing fast then, and still is IF i flash back to that rom. IM now running the latest Virtuous Sense Rom. Heres my issue. I use advanced task killer which displays the available memory after you kill the apps.

On the stock deodexed Rom after killing apps i had around 375M of available memory. Now that i'm on sense, i get about 81 on average, and after killing some services i can get up to 120 max, but thats it.

Is there any way i can get it back up in the 300 range? I want my phone to be fast (Who doesnt) but i REALLYY dont want to have to revert back to stock in order to do that.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
I assume you have a Desire Z because if you have a G2 then you're comparing apples to oranges.

I know the .odex is sort of a preloaded portion of the app or something along those lines (it's been awhile). So my guess it that instead of part of the app being contained in the .odex file contained in /system it's loaded into the RAM instead on a deodexed ROM. That would be why you have less RAM.

I could just be talking out of my a$$ though since it's been a long time since I've cared to read about odex vs deodex. It was a pretty big argument back in the day over which was faster.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanatize:
I actually have a g2 by tmobile. What do u mean im comparing apples to oranges though?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] setspeed:
Sense sucks your phone's resources into a black hole.

It's pretty and has a number of attractive features over Vanilla Android (nice dialler, consistent copy/paste features, nice browser), and I used to love it. But like you, I got annoyed at the phone constantly reloading apps (and browser pages) when I went back to them because of low RAM. Eventually I grew to love Vanilla (well, CM-based) ROMs. Just wipe that Sense off and see an instant performance improvement!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanatize:
Really i love sense for the dialer/contacts. if i could find a rom with a smart dialer like sense AND the option to text a number thru the dialer unlike vanilla android id go back in a flash. but i havent found that yet =/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
Because the stock G2 is *almost* a vanilla ROM (aosp), not Sense. Look at the size of a Sense ROM download, then compare that to the size of a Cyanogen ROM. Still wonder why Sense ROMs have less available? They are a whole different item. It's like comparing a bike to a car.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortlived:
Overclock it! I always OC sense tons. If you did already and still not happy with the speed then you will need to ditch sense.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bstylz911:
reasons why i love sense

the contact dialer

and the push to focus on video.

i NEED the push to focus on video haha.

if sense had these than i would never look at SENSE roms ever again. haha.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puravida82:
You can give MIUI a try?

I think it's "prettier" than cyanogen, but not as much of a resource-hog as sense.

They've ALMOST got all the kinks out. I'm a fan =)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moSess:
TouchPal Dialer.

I use it with CYM7
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bstylz911:
yes but the most important thing i need is TOUCH TO FOCUS on VIDEO RECORDING. -_____-

and also the video on hd is limited to 10 minutes.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morning thunder:
Is there any App that compatible with Dell streak in call recording for both sides?

Like in evo4g
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdel74:
I use google voice. I forward the google voice number to my cell phone. It only will record incoming calls. Once you recieve a call from someone who is forwarded through google voice, you hit 4 on the keypad and the call starts recording.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benwih:
Needs some call recorder too.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fazziebear:
Can't wait for google voice to come to the uk
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MySeLfPT:
Try Sanity (market app), works for me.