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[G Tablet General] spamhead:
We can now pause to reflect on the humorous image of goodintentions wandering around the lumber aisle, looking for where they keep the tablets.

My take on this is anyone who buys anything from Woot (myself included here) needs to understand that they're a clearinghouse for overstock and near-obsolete stuff. I definitely bought it with the hopes that I was investing in what would become a discount Honeycomb tablet, but that's all it was - a hope. My concrete expectations were that I'd be getting a machine that with a little work would perform like an iPad for half the price. I got that, and I'm damn happy.
[G Tablet General] roblandon:
Speaking of looking ahead.

I have a friend that purchased a g-tablet from woot, on my recommendation, and when I offered to flash it to VeganTab for him he declined. I told him he would get full access to the android market that way, and would be in app heaven. He said, "but I've already downloaded a ton of apps from Amazon". The Amazon app store works great...Amazon owns woot... Amazon has a very nice captive audience in those g-tablet users that won't flash to a different rom. A small audience. Anyway, if this has been posted somewhere else, I apologize.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
HAha, I don't know why I keep thinking home instead of office depot.

Edit.

True story.

So, when the augen gentouch78 first came out in k-mart, I was curious about it so I decided to get it. Living about 20-30 minutes from the nearest k-mart, I decided to call them first to see if they had any in store so I wouldn't waste gas driving there. Here's a brief phone convo with k-mart.

Ring...

K-mart: This is k-mart may I help you?

Me: Yes, could you please put me through to electronics?

K-mart: Ok, one moment.

Ring...

K-mart: K-mart electronics.

Me: Yes I need to find out if you have the following item in stock.

K-mart: Ok, what is the item?

Me: It's the augen tablet.

K-mart: Ok, sir, let me switch you to pharmacy.

Me: No, wait, I'm talking about the augen tablet pc.

K-mart: Ok, let me switch you to pharmacy.

Me: Wait, you don't understand. I'm talking about the augen gentouch78 tablet.

K-mart: I'm pretty sure you want pharmacy. We don't have pills or tablets in this department.

It went on for a little bit. May be my asian Engrish had something to do with it?
[G Tablet General] edirector:
You must have gotten a refurbished one. My battery life is incredible. The stock rom with gapps works ok. For these tabs and all electronic devices the expectation level is too high and not realistic.

Technology perfection, whatever the product or manufacturer, there is no such animal.
[G Tablet General] smapdi:
I am a bit confused here. NVIDIA is not supporting the Harmony board but aren't the drivers we need for the Tegra 2 250 which is a component shared by both the XOOM and the GTablet?

I can see some esoteric board functionality not being supported but any chipset functionality should still be OK using XOOM drivers.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Nope, doesn't work. If it did, you've have seen HC ported to the GTAB, the Adam, the VEGA and the Folio by now. There's an underlying difference with Nvidia's GB (and we assume HC) setup that is different than Froyo. Froyo uses a file called "nvrm_daemon" for the frame buffer, but that doesn't exist in their dev kit GB ROM. And it doesn't exist on the Xoom.

Basically, they made some changes. Also, GB dev kit uses EXTx for the system.img, whereas Froyo uses yaffs. There's probably some more interesting differences, but my dev skills are limited in the kernel.
[G Tablet General] smapdi:
Thanks for the explanation. Looking at it from a PC-ish point of view it seemed weird that the same chipset would require different drivers.

Did anyone read the update from yesterday? NVIDIA seems to be saying that they only won't support DEV boards but still will provide kernel source. Not sure if that helps anything.....
[G Tablet General] smapdi:
Looks like ViewSonic is responding to all the criticism: http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/ViewSonic/~jCtP3
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
Translated: Sorry, it's over gTabbers ... no, no, don't cry! It's not you, it's me!

Whole lot of words to say your upgrade path has ended.
[G Tablet General] life02:
UPDATE 13 APRIL 2011

A lot has been read into a very short post about a Tegra development kit. I'd like to clear up a few points.

First, nothing changes in what we’re delivering to the open source community or customers. NVIDIA will continue to post the Tegra kernel to kernel.org and publish our Android code to our public git servers. Additionally, we will continue to make our BSP (codecs, GPU driver etc) available to all our hardware partners. We will continue to do this and nothing about these processes has changed.

For our partners' Android devices, NVIDIA provides support until the hardware partner chooses to no longer support the device. So, for instance, NVIDIA will support the Xoom on all versions of Android Motorola requests until Motorola ceases to support the Xoom. The same goes for ViewSonic with the G-Tablet, Notion Ink with the Adam, Acer with the Iconia, LG with the Optimus 2X and so on.

In relation to my original reply, that was a response to a specific question about a Tegra 250 Development Kit. Given the confusion, we will work with owners of Tegra 250 Development Kits individually to determine their needs. The term "Harmony" is an internal codename for the Tegra 250 Development Kit. It is not a tablet reference design. Each shipping tablet is a custom design with varying hardware components and requires a custom OS image from the OEM who made the tablet.

Finally, while we cannot support or give out third party peripheral drivers or provide the Android 3.0 source before Google does, we do want to explore whether we can assist the open source ROM makers. We will be reaching out to them today.

Andrew Edelsten

Tegra Developer Relations

NVIDIA Corporation
[G Tablet General] roblandon:
WOW! That's really cool news.
[G Tablet General] edirector:
I don't know where you are looking for apps but between Amazon, android market, getjar, freeware apps, slide Sam 4.0 I have over 60 apps.

Doc to go

Photoshop mobile

adobe reader

kindle

Nook

angry birds 3 versions

speed 3d

Swift key

Tubes

YouTube

video player

winamp

App lock pro

launcher pro plus

8 live wall paper selections

The weather channel

eBay

It goes on and on some I just warehouse on a flash drive or sdcard. Guess what you can't do that with cr-apple.
[G Tablet General] edirector:
Get a dock, people act like this is the first time they have used technology. Didn't you have to customize your laptop? Or are you using it with the same factory configuration and software?

Mostly people sound silly. Technology perfection there is no such animal.
[G Tablet General] edirector:
Typing on gtab with auto not so correct. Lol
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
Look, I'm as big an Android fan as anyone, but have you ever played with an iPad and its iPad-specific apps? There is no comparison, and it will always be a few steps ahead of what Honeycomb is doing.

That said, the iPad is more like a toy and I think I'd feel very constricted. But I can't deny that it is a cool piece of tech with a lot of killer apps.
[G Tablet General] edirector:
nice try

It's one dimensional you can't compare giant played out icons ganged up on a screen and four way sliding motions, with 3d. That's like trying to compare analog to digital.

The proprietary input and no ability to get stuff on there except being directed down one road leading to bloatware iTunes, when I have the ability, now, to get large files on gtab 5 different ways and apps from five different sources, incredible apps, too many to list here. Garage band is not cool, just sad and tired. There is no comparison when I can plug a flash drive directly into a port without having to purchase an add-on. Nice try, wrong forum go plug cr-appple on cr-apple fanboy forums.

You are selling but I'm not buying. And I prefer my screen without bleed and a yellow tinge.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
I never quite understood people getting upset over the criticism of a piece of electronics, but OK ...

I see you haven't played with any iPad-specific apps, because you've totally missed my point, instead concentrating on the fact that the gTab has a USB port. I like what I've seen of Honeycomb, and I am grabbing a Transformer the moment it's available (I don't need a USB port), but if you're denying that the iPad has HC beat on tablet apps, both quantity and quality, then you're being a fanboy. HC apps will come soon, but the installed base of iPads will always mean developers will flock to it and spend more time and money creating apps for it. It's just something you're going to have to accept if you're ever going to be truly happy with Honeycomb instead of getting red in the face trying to defend it.

Me, I can accept that the iPad has superior tablet apps, yet I'm jonesing for a Transformer.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
Standing O......nice explanation
[G Tablet General] edirector:
You forgot in your opinion. Again you are selling but l'm not buying. Why are you on this thread? We don't even have honeycomb on our tabs. Lol You are lost go back to cr-apple.

What hairbrain buys a hardware device for apps? Lol Software you can always change but hardware, particularly, closed architecture cr-apple you can't. Go look at your jaundice screen with the bleed and limited I/o ports and lack of storage.

My gtab I use for business and getting things on and off easily and not having my proprietary docs bouncing off servers or falling under someone else's copyright is mission critical. And being able to access my cpanel and moderate comments essential. You can get file encryption on android now Google bumped up their business service offerings. What I need a tablet for this one has covered.
[G Tablet General] therealkired:
Quite simply, the GTablet is a serviceable, low cost way to enter the tablet market without buying into the Apple ethos or selling your soul to a wireless carrier. It can survive mistakes and helps build wrist strength. It's the (not so) little tablet that could.
[G Tablet General] dfin13:
I don't own an iPad with its jaundice screen and bleed, I own a gTablet, with its terrible viewing angles and dead-end upgrade path.

It's wonderful that the gTab is perfect for you. I applaud your ingenuity in getting it to do what you want it to. But 99% of people in the market for a tablet aren't doing what you're doing with yours, so apps matter to them. I mention Honeycomb because the HC tabs, not the Froyo tabs, are the true competitors to the iPad. Google tabs will go nowhere if Honeycomb frustrates more than it pleases.

If you'd bother to read the original post you responded to, you'll see that I was saying that I wish there was an Android tablet that satisfied my need for device freedom and my desire that things just worked as they are supposed to. It hasn't turned me away from Android tablets, it's just something I'd like to see.

But by all means, ramble on more and throw in random lol's if it makes you feel better about the reality of the tab market.
[G Tablet General] edirector:
For what you are getting with all manufacturers, they really should all be priced at this point. There are limitations with them all.
[G Tablet General] therealkired:
"All" is right. Even the mighty iThingy has issues. The big difference with a device like this, there are a whole bunch of brilliant devs pecking away at them. Viva la opensource!
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Well, I have no problem with legit complaints. To each his own. My problem is with the complaints that are unfounded. These complaints are there simply for the sake of complaining. For instance, there was a member who complained that he couldn't find a custom rom he liked. Speaking of reality check... There was a review I read that compared the gtab to the ipad to criticize the gtab and then complained about the black area around the screen. I wondered if he even realized that the ipad had an even bigger black area around the screen.

Honest, I embrace people's complaints when they are legit. They help push manufacturers to redesign the next generations of tablets better. But complaints that are unfounded make no sense and have absolutely no value.

On the woot thread, there was a person who complained that you couldn't take pictures with the camera. There's also been a lot of complaints about the weight of the gtab, which is again .2 lb more than the ipad. The most ridiculous complaint I read while searching for reviews months ago before I decided to get the gtab was someone complaining it's made of black plastic.

Seems to me like a lot of people just want to get onto the bandwagon of complainers. When they run out of real complaints, they start complaining about non-issues.

But again, if the gtab isn't right for you, no need to justify. We're not living in North Korea where you have to like certain things or you will disappear overnight.
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
All,

I think the thing that bothers me about "exit" messages is that they simply

don't matter!!??

It is a free country and I respect everyone's right to choose what they want

to do. If you want to sell and move on by all means do so.

But don't write me a note trying to either justify for yourself it was the right

thing to do -- or to try to convince me I should do the same.

Respect my right to do what I want to do in peace.

As the original post in this thread said, I am interested in what we have and

what we can do -- not the past.

IMHO.

Rev

EDIT: Not to be unfriendly, I don't mean you shouldn't say "I sold my G-Tablet

and I'm moving on. See You. Best Wishes." It's all the other stuff I am

saying you should leave out.
[G Tablet General] pantherhare:
Any results on this yet? My battery life is pretty dismal.
[G Tablet General] snapz54:
couldn't have said it better.

those posts really are to justify to the person that they didn't make the wrong move and jump ship before things got really great. they want reassurance that this thing is dead in the water but as long as we fight we have a chance as demonstrated by the last week or so and the new update/ fixed OTA server
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
pantherhare,

This thread is not about battery life -- although I know someone

else brought it up -- but I have one suggestion.

I get pretty good battery life and the one main thing I have done

is go into the Settings/Display tab and reduced the screen brightness by

about half or two-thirds.

I find that that reduction leaves me with a good, visible screen in a reasonable

setting and prolongs my battery.

Rev
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anonymous1:
Hello,

As the USB link on my Diamond is defunct, the only way I can connect to ActiveSync is via bluetooth.

Is there a method of flashing a new rom onto my diamond from the inbuilt memory, as the Diamond has no SD card slot?

Looking forward to your thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Sallo2006:
sure u can do this

firs but ur rom on the root of internal storage as "diamimg.nbh" without quotes

then softreset ur device by the littel red button under the stylus

at the same time press volume down+back button togther and release reset button

it will open boot loader mod

then will tell u to press power button to flashing ur rom or press any key to abort

just press power button .....

u must unlock ur Device with hard spl before doing any thing <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

another device u can connect ur device whith USB mini Cable i tried it it works good
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anonymous1:
Thanks for the reply - the usb cable charges my Diamond, but fails to connect/is not recognised by ActiveSync, hence sync'ing via bluetooth

How do I hard SPL without a 'hard connection' via USB cable - is there a file I can put into internal memory and run on the phone?

Thanks for your help :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] Sallo2006:
emmmmm i'm not sure if u can hard spl without connection but u can check if ur device unlocked by hard spl before by

power off ur device

then press voldown at the same time press power on

u will see red green and blue colores on the screen

if text on the screen is

diam100 mfg 64m

spl-1.40.olinex

that's mean ur device is unlocked before

if not this text plz do nothing after people here reply coz i don't know what will be happened if u flashed ur device without hard spl but u maybe break ur device

don't say thanx to me Egyptians like helping people :D

did u tried the usb mini cable before ????

u can find it with mp3 players and sony erricson mobiles

usb connection is very important to recover ur device if flashing stopped
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
Please do search for your answer!

I'm afraid you can not update your hspl without a connection!

The mis-recognition problem can be a setting you didn't change if you're running on win xp. Please uncheck 'Allow USB Connections' under connection settings in activesync and try again :D

You'll then follow what Sallo2006 has said if you need to flash via Internal Storage.

Lastly, please go for tutorials before spending any time flashing roms!! :D You will find your way to success! Thanks.

EDIT: I recommend using mtty before flashing and hard resetting after flashing.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
flashing on a stock spl will fail at 1% and you'll need to use mtty before flashing an unsigned hspl and a rom!!

Nice English!! :p

EDIT: Sure he does have it!! But he said that it's faulty!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nyco:
do you tried to connect hte diamond with the "usb mode" like an external HDD ?

There is 2 mode : activ sync or usb.

(sorry for my englsih)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
he said that the cable is faulty!! :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] anonymous1:
Thanks for all your suggestions.

USB cable is not faulty, but the actual USB 'port' on the phone.

It charges OK, but doesn't connect the phone to the PC/ActiveSync/WMDC - I connect to WMDC/ActiveSync via Bluetooth, hence wondering how I can hardSPL and flash if I can't get a 'hard' connection to PC.

Tried flashing via BluetoothActiveSync link, but doesn't work.

I don't think its possible and will have to stick to my stock ROM :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] kimo_ig:
i reckon you send your phone to repair and get that port repaired. Flash an hspl via usb, use mtty via usb and flash via internal storage!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mysterioustko:
After finding the volume of my Nexus S insufficient I did a bit of digging and stumbled across an app called volume+. After running across several methods to increase the volume that didn't work I was quite skeptical of this one. Much to surprise it works and works well. I now have a much louder speaker on my NS! :D

I take no credit for this app, as it is something I just happened across.

Source: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12599609#post12599609
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
I need something that can increase the headset volume on my phone.

It's turned all the way up and if I'm somewhere with just a little noise I can barely hear the person. My Nexus One was clear and loud. My Nexus S is clear, but very low.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] supamas:
Awesome. It works decent
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] barmanham:
Nice I needed this if only this can work on incall volume as well would be crazy good
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jerrycycle:
In call volume would be nice but for be the alert tones being increased is a good improvement for me.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] GeNeTiiCs:
Thanks ive been looking for something like this
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bunilla:
Cool app, but wont it damage the speaker?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] GeNeTiiCs:
No I set my to +7 and it sounds great loud enough to hear in a noisy room and its really clear not distorted at all.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bringonblink:
If you set it too loud constantly this WILL damage the speaker.

Anyhow though, great app, confused as to why you posted an old 1.4apk, 1.6.2 is out xD
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] GeNeTiiCs:
Ok my ringtones are louder when I listen to them in settings but when I receive a call they dont sound ne louder then they were before volume app was added
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Black Coffee:
Awesome !! :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jonnythan:
This is a great app. I use it. It's only about $1.50 in the Market, so I went ahead and bought it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] vertigosrs:
I think voodoo might increase headset volume.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] DirtyShroomz:
This is a life saver! My speaker sucked but now it's great
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sinik420:
agreed, in call would be nice as well
[Atrix 4G General] speeman2049:
Hey everyone, i decided to create a thread for all Atrix owners for all Hardware/Software issues.

The goal is to hopefully document all known problems so that owners can be aware of issues and possible solutions.

I don't have a Atrix myself, but 2 friends of mine do and i will post there issues and the problems we have had so far!

So please post all problems so that we can easily find issues here.
[Atrix 4G General] speeman2049:
So 2 of my friends have the Atrix and man it's been ridiculous so far!

Friend M. the "mooseman", is on his 3rd Atrix!!!

-First issue he had on Atrix #1, the charge/battery low LED on the top right did not turn on ever! When charging or full battery or low battery, led never came on!

-Second issue on Atrix #1, the phone wouldn't want to charge past the 40% charge mark either using the wall charger or from usb power from a pc. Factory reset, removing battery and cycling battery no good.

Solution: Atrix was exchanged for a new unit.

Atrix #2 from the "mooseman"

-First issue was again a charging issue that got stuck at a percentage, i think it was at 80%, even after being left on wall charger for a hour, Again no good.

-Second issue was that the screen was "Flickering" mainly very noticeable on any black displayed on the screen. We first saw it on the home screen background on a black part of the background, tried resetting rebooting, no good!

Solution: Atrix was exchanged for a new unit. At the bell store the tech wasn't even able to access the sim card over usb on the Atrix with a special device they had to copy sim contacts and info.

"Mooseman" is on his 3rd Atrix and so far so good, for now. All his Atrix's were from Bell and running 2.2