yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] FJosep:
Yeah, did you read this?:

http://www.wayerless.com/2011/03/chile-movistar-lanza-lg-optimus-7-con-windows-phone-7/

Wayerless: ¿Porqué se lanza este equipo hoy, sabiendo que Market Place no ha llegado a Chile aún?

Javier Valenzuela: A nuestro parecer Microsoft está en una versión más soft para Latinoamérica, porque efectivamente no ha liberado Marketplace para países fuera de Europa, México y Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, nosotros estamos enfocando este lanzamiento para Negocios, para el público corporativo. Este segmento sí podrá acceder a las aplicaciones básicas de Marketplace...

Come oooon, we pay a premium price and we recieve "access to basic apps"?
[Windows Phone 7 General] lucasryan:
So i been reading up some on these certificates but am still a little puzzled on the way they work. If someone were to have a dev account, would they be able to create a root certificate to work as we would need or would one have to be purchased? Here is the link i been reading on: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidhardin/archive/2011/01/19/wp7certinstaller-1-0-0-0-explained.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidhardin/archive/2011/01/12/wp7certinstaller-1-0-0-0-prerequisites.aspx
[Windows Phone 7 General] Marvin_S:
I have a student dev account. Its not that hard to get if you are attending a school or university of some kind. I can try once i get my device back if i can relock my phone with samsungtools installed and than modify the registry. I should now have 3 slote for unlocking phones again.

If one would buy a dev account you have ten slots i believe, so you can unlock run samtools, relock, change the pw of the dev account, sell it to the next person on xda, sell the password trough paypal, the next person does the exact same steps. And you will constantly Pass on a dev account with 10 open slots. You can even all submit apps on it with your own advertisement before passing it on (updating will be a little impossible than though :D )
[Windows Phone 7 General] FJosep:
Already tried that. My college is listed but the email (which is .edu and all) is rejected. Then I used my mom's email, because she works in a another college, that worked but the code that she recieved didn't work in the verification page.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Marvin_S:
mm oke thats a bummer, i had no problems with the process, I believe it went to some crappy dutch service who also sells office etc. discounted to students and then trough dreamspark then trough global something to verify my id. Kind of a sidetrack but it worked out in the end.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FJosep:
Finally got an .edu that worked :D, sadly I failed the geotrust verifications survey, so I now have to email a signed document and all. Finger crossed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] wcaceres:
No coding experience here so bear with me if this is a stupid question. Can you access the registry from TouchStudio app already in the marketplace?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laurenh:
I have a Targus "Premium Laptop Charger" with interchangeable tips. The tips for my Toshiba laptop and iPhone work great, but I have nothing that is a physical fit for the gTab.

I can order new tips, but Targus attempts to idiot-proof the process by giving tips an arbitrary model number and listing the devices that work with each tip. (Okay, I think it's the other way around - you look up your device and are told what tip to buy. But, moving onward.)

They do not provide polarity or physical dimensions for the tips, so unless one happens to know of another device whose charging socket dimensions and electrical needs are exactly the same as the device one is shopping for - say, the gTablet - one is SOL.

Does anyone happen to know which Targus tip works?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TdiDave:
I could use this info as well. I know they have a tip to fit as a few weeks back I was on a out of town businees trip and forgot my charger. A fellow in the meeting with me had a Targus charger and a bag full of tips. I found one that worked fine. So I just went out and picked up one and none of the tips I got fit.

I have the same issue with the web page. It dosent list gtab.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TdiDave:
bump up...
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
Reposted from Q&A

Recently, my urge to own a tablet as an alternative to using a laptop has grown large. I don't video edit or anything extreme anymore, just wanting something bigger for on the go, So I've looked into recently the craze of the rooted Nook Colors

Leaves me a simple question.

Is it worth buying? For $250-ish, I can't seem to go wrong.

I just don't want to waste money however.

But just a few side questions.

1. When rooted, is it good performance wise, or is it sluggish and laggy, that's a big thing for me. I've watched some videos of it online and at 1.1gHz, it seems to run smoothly but I rather make sure.

2. The difficulty of rooting it? Compared to a phone.

2b. If I were to get it, what's the easiest process?

3. Can I tether internet from my phone to it?

4. Is the web browsing choppy or smooth and does pinch to zoom work correctly

5. Do apps scale well?

5b. Is the market able to be installed and functioning properly?

6. I heard there's wifi problems, if so, does it just vary from user to user?

7. Overall, is it worth it?

So any input would be greatly appreciated.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
1) Yes, it is very smooth,especially at 1.1. Really,like any android device, you risk lag if you download a stupid amount of apps, but that has nothing to do with this device.

2) Yes it is easy to root; just format the SD card with the directions, and you are set. Then you can install different roms, etc.

3) yes you can tether (do it daily with my incredible).

4)Opera mobile is amazing, since it can use the graphics card on the nook to render the web pages, making it VERY smooth.

5) I have no problems with app scaling. Market works fine on all ROMS (BTW, you may want some research, since you have a number of OS choices for the nook).

6) No wifi problems here

7) Amazingly worth it.... best $250 i have spent in a LONG time..
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
There are so many threads with the same questions... But to answer your questions...

1. When rooted, is it good performance wise, or is it sluggish and laggy, that's a big thing for me. I've watched some videos of it online and at 1.1gHz, it seems to run smoothly but I rather make sure.

Depends on the rom, Honeycomb is incomplete and because of it; it doesn't run every program perfectly.

CM7 is pretty good at a stable build right now, has bluetooth, but some few are unlucky and find that it doesn't always play nice with their nook. Very small amount of people though.

Stock or Eclair (Android 2.1) runs fine and can be overclocked, just doesn't have bluetooth and won't run newer programs such as FPSE (Psx emulator)

2. The difficulty of rooting it? Compared to a phone.

2b. If I were to get it, what's the easiest process?

As easy as following a couple of instructions (burning an image to an sd card and starting the nook... done)

3. Can I tether internet from my phone to it?

Yes, so long as you have an android phone. Some phones may not work though, so let us know which one just in case.

4. Is the web browsing choppy or smooth and does pinch to zoom work correctly

Opera Mobile takes full advantage of GPU acceleration and web browsing is silky smooth. Pinch to zoom works well on even stock browser or dolphin hd.

5. Do apps scale well?

Some do not depending on the rom. But it's rare and not a problem I run into often on CM7.

5b. Is the market able to be installed and functioning properly?

Yes and yes.

6. I heard there's wifi problems, if so, does it just vary from user to user?

Varies completely by user, most don't have problems, myself included. But, some do.

7. Overall, is it worth it?

Depends... If you like android and want something for light browsing, video watching, games, reading and word processing. Then yes. If you want anything more intensive, then wait for better hardware or get a laptop.

Overall I love my nook color though, it makes a great little tv when me and my wife want to be around eachother, but don't want to watch the same thing. It has a lot of good emulators for video games. Some of the programs are very handy, and it has some pretty addictive games that get me through the day. Size factor, 7" is perfect, and really easy to carry around and whip out when I want or need too. Screen is beautiful! And Chisleu has encoded some pretty awesome videos that demonstrate the Gpu card's best points.

Buy it. Unless you like ipod better than android, then just go buy a Ipad. =\

Did I mention it also doubles as an ebook reader *hint hint* *wink wink* =D, ezpdf reader makes reading pdf's a breeze on this, and even has a page flipping graphic to draw people in around you. Adobe Reader takes advantage of the GPU though and can easily open the most graphic intensive pdfs. =D
[Nook Color General] tjsooley:
On cm7 all works fine.

I usemine as scull tablet
[Nook Color General] LongbowFoSho:
1. It depends on what you're doing with it. For basic video viewing and light browsing, its smooth enough on 2.1. Froyo and CM7 (no experience with HC) are smoother than their older sibling, but can't really be considered as truly "smooth" right out of the box. NONE of them are smooth at viewing large PDF files (especially when trying to pinch and zoom), so overclocking is a must if you plan on doing any of that. Honestly, overclocking is a must no matter what you want to do. It simply makes the experience so much more enjoyable. I'm running CM7 overclocked to 1.1 Ghz and I smile every time I pinch and zoom on a website or a PDF. Its that good.

2. A basic root of 2.1 is pretty easy. It will probably take some trial and error, but overall I'd say it requires a moderate level of skill.

2b. If you plan on doing anything other than basic stuff (watching videos and the occasional web surfing), I'd say go CM7 on the internal memory from the get-go. The actual install takes maybe 10 minutes and you're going to get the best functionality and performance without the hassle. CM7 stable lives up to its name.

3. The stock ROM requires an Android phone to tether, but I broadcast from my iPhone 4 with zero issues on Froyo and CM7.

4. See my above gushing about pinching and zooming after overclocking. I use Dolphin HD for my browsing, but Opera Mobile is a nice browser, too.

5. I honestly don't know what this means. If you're asking about how they look on a bigger screen, I have no complaints.

5b. Yes. I've had zero problems with the market on CM7. They even update automatically.

6. WiFi will give you problems sometimes, but refreshing the connection (I have a widget for that) or a quick reboot almost always remedies the problem.

7. Duh. Including the cost of my 32GB SD card, I paid $290 total for mine. It was a little frustrating with the initial struggle of setting it up (WinImage was my problem), but its all good in the hood now, LOL.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
So I have to put the image on the SDcard or can I install it somehow to the internal memory?

And for use, it's going to be mostly browsing, app use, moderate use overall, minor video watching, etc.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[Nook Color General] LongbowFoSho:
Follow this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030227

EDIT: A partition program will probably come in handy at some point. I use this: http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html?tag=mncol;1

Its free and it works.
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
Yes the "Auto-Nooter" program unlocks the stock Android software. There are also bootable sd card images with CM7 and honeycomb, should you not want to erase the stock software or mess with it at all.

You don't have to nooter the stock nook though if you just want CM7, with 2 sd cards you can load one up with CWM (Clockword Recovery) and then have the other one containing the CM7 stable or nightly release; along with overclock update.

Which is what I did on my second nook.

No real point in staying on stock android unless you like the Barnes and Nobles features.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I have no plan to stay stock if I end up following through, I'll jump into CM7, anything else I need to know or any other input?
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
If it doesn't work out of box, return it... It's just not worth it, a lot of nooks right now are in store and defective. Some are little tiny bugs that are okay, others are massive. I decided to try to live with a bug in my old one, and it ended up costing me a huge hassle with india to get them to give me another one.

Normally I really don't mind overseas technical support, but I had a woman run me through troubleshooting and my nook turned off mid "fixing" it and she deemed it fixed and tried to hang up. I then told her it wasn't and she said... oh... let me put you on hold... and then she hung up.

Another thing, some nooks got OEM chargers, and because of it, they don't work well with the nook. If you put your nook on to charge and find the touch screen acting erratic or not letting you type, return it immediately or demand another wire.

Make sure you get a couple of MicroSD cards, as it's always good to have a CWM bootable laying around, I actually hide it in my phone in case I break something on cm7 while i'm out. I can then easily reflash it and get back to it.

If you've never used android before, get titanium backup (the full version) that way you can easily backup your programs.

Bluetooth works, but not from a far distance. So if you're going for it gaming wise, get a wiimote and a classic controller (with wire) so you can give yourself some distance.

The last thing... CM7 is always in development and because of it, it's very easy to spend your whole day flashing new and newer stuff.

As of right now, CM7 uses the kernel .29 which has some issues with deep sleeping and because of it, when your nook is in standby it's usually going to lose about a percentage or two an hour. Stock gets it down to like .2-.5 an hour, but keep in mind these are resting numbers, not actual use numbers.

At this point Dalingrin (who hence forth will be called the Kernel Master) is testing and continually fixing video on CM7. With MoboPlayer (Software decoding mode) I am currently capable of watching a 720p mkv with subtitles.

And others such as Razir, Medline and Chilseu have been making videos to play and push with hardware accelerated videos.

That's it I think.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I'm well aware how to use Android and rooting and flashing ROMs is nothing new to me anymore.

So before I do anything, I should turn it on normally stock and try to charge it just to make sure nothing is funky with it?

As for kernel, I plan to use Dalingrin's so I can OC.
[Nook Color General] poofyhairguy:
Yep. And go ahead and create a sign in in case you need to get a RMA one day.

Once you know everything is good, then switch to CM7.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
Noted. Thanks.

Still looking for any input.
[Nook Color General] poofyhairguy:
Then I will answer one question more completely.

Better than you would imagine. Since Android phones cover an array of resolutions, most programs scale amazing well on the Nook's screen. There are a few that don't work well- a few games that depend on a static image background, or busy programs like ESPN's Scoreboard that are filled in every inch on a phone so the blank spots on the Nook are obvious.

But most games, and other apps scale well.

The best thing you can do is go after tablet specific stuff. For example, Opera mobile is a tablet specific browser. Sign up for the free Swiftkey beta for a tablet keyboard:

http://www.androidcentral.com/swiftkey-tablet-beta-now-available-vip-forum-members

Use all these cool tablet apps ripped off a Notion Ink:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=934916&highlight=ink

I never want for official tablet apps Honeycomb has, which is good because most are designed to just run on Tegra machines.

If you want videos, Handbrake is the way. Here is a good preset:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12774132&postcount=4

One other thing I will say- think about a screen protector. I think the anti-reflective ones are downright excellent, and they seem to increase touchscreen responsiveness.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I must say, after watching many youtube videos, how capable this tablet is, it's impressive.
[Nook Color General] shamo75:
I have NC 3 weeks now..

To see if everathing is ok, I personally made a SD card with CM7 stable+Dalingrin OC (see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) and boot it from there.

It was my first time rooting anything and all went smoothly first time.

I'm satisfied with this config (quadrant 2000+) and have stock B&N internally, browsing works fine, video&tethering I don't do. Didn't have a problem scaling apps or any wi-fi problem.

I only wish, sleep mode would be improved, as i don't use NC everyday and after 3 days of non-use it drains out.

Other than that - perfect buy to do easy browsing, news&book reading, mail checking, game playing..

Hope this piece of info helps you.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I think I'll look into installing it to memory as I have no use for the stock anything.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[Nook Color General] pmilford:
"@I Am Marino"

One use you didn't mention much was as an eBook reader - I am surprised how much

I am enjoying the NC as my first eBook reader. ePub fromat works well, PDF so-so.

I use FBreader for ePub and Repligo mainly for PDF.

On PC/MAC/Linux end, Calibre an open source eBook library management tool is great.

http://calibre-ebook.com/

Nook is a fun device, because it boots 'first' from a bootable uSD card, you don't have

to worry about bricking device, so less worry about trying new versions of Android

on it too.

Good luck,

Peter
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I don't think I'll have any use for it as an e reader as the only reading I do is non books.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[Nook Color General] frobthebuilder:
I definitely recommend this device, it is serving me well.
[Nook Color General] hockeyfamily737:
Outside of rooting the damn thing..... Flashing roms is as easy as it is on your phone. Reboot into recovery, flash, reboot. Mine Nook is overclocked to 1.2 GHz, running Cyanogen CM7 Stable (on internal mem) and I tether it to my phone daily, so much so, that I even use GTalkSms to send / receive text messages on the nook. My phone has become nothing more then a mobile hotspot.
[Nook Color General] reaper12:
Well, I think you might rethink that if you do get a nook. :) I have started using the nook to read all my work documents and also PDF's for my course work from college. I used to print all that stuff out rather than read it on my computer monitor, but not anymore, now I just copy it over to the nook and read away.
[Nook Color General] reaper12:
LOL, me too, I just started using this sort of setup too. It seems every day I learn another use for the nook.
[Nook Color General] lanzagas:
I just got the NC and I want to keep it stock until the new update comes at the end of this month. Someone commented in this thread that NC could boot CM7 from the uSD without rooting nor modifying the original ROM.

Would anyone be so kind to direct me to those instructions.
[Nook Color General] photoassign:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
[Nook Color General] nickjo86:
im running phiremod v6, its cm7 based and includes OC kernel, gapps and a couple of mods. as for the whole flashing and rooting part its different than the usual. you have to use CMR on a sd card. its really easy once you read in between the lines, like extracting the sd card file as much as possible to get from tar.gz - iso. that took a little while to get. but its wise to have an extra 2gb sd card or whatever you have available for CMR since you will be flashing and updating frequently.
[Nook Color General] nickjo86:
oh and for the downsides, if i can call them that, no usb host which is in the works. then no mic which is limited to hardware, but no mic in bluetooth head set. but for $250.00 you cant go wrong
[Nook Color General] lanzagas:
Thank you this really helped me.

On the downside I have win7 and I cannot install GAPPS. But I'm getting closer. Thanks!.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I read something about you can't tether a Droid 2 to the NC to get internet without some addon, is the Incredible the same way?
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
What does Win 7 have to do with installing GAPPS?
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I meant to ask this too.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
I ask, because i am using Win 7 x64, and have never had an adb issue, and have installed gapps on both a froyo SD and CM7 internal. There is nothing wrong with Win 7.
[Nook Color General] lanzagas:
Once cm7 was installed by the NC the next step is to copy gaap into the uSD. Using a 8gb card win7 is not able to see the card partition and only offers to format it. So I need to find a way to do it.

EDITED: I don't want to install adb and USB drivers.
[Nook Color General] karnovaran:
It seems like everyone has addressed your questions pretty well, but just thought I'd pop in and say I haven't regretted buying my NC for a moment and would probably pay more than $250 for the amount of use I've been getting out of it. There can be sliiight lagginess on occasion, but I'm not overclocked and it's so minor compared to all the positives that it doesn't bother me at all.

Last night I discovered VLC Stream and Convert.. no more copying videos over to the Nook - I just have full access to my library at all times. Love it.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Well no offense, but that is silly and your loss. If you want to "hack" devices like this, you need to be prepared to get your hands dirty. adb is nothing, and avoiding it is plain silly.
[Nook Color General] lanzagas:
I understand that many have the eagerness of getting into the nitty gritty details of fine tuning this gizmo forever. I used to love that but not any more I really want to use the NC as a tablet without having to spend countless hours setting it up or maintaining it.

Once I accomplish my goal I have no problem documenting it so others could do it with the least amount of effort. I think that is the best way to let other with lesser technical know how reap the benefits of the NC.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
OK, and again, what does that have to do with ADB? You install it once, push GAPPS, and you are done. It took me 10 min 3 months ago; for all the griping about it, you would have been done right now. The time you took to tell me why you wont do it would have covered the install and adb push... think about it.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I've always avoided ADB, and it looks like I will need to know what it is to root the NC and have full functionality. Someone explain please.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[Nook Color General] hockeyfamily737:
Try this..... Put that original recovery sd card away for safe keeping somewhere. Flash Clockwork Recovery to the sd card you use everyday. Backup your Phiremod rom to it. Then you can flash whatever you like, without having to change cards constantly, and you have a good backup put away.
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
Guys... You install adb. Then most threads that teach you how to use it, include the exact command you input.

So for pushing gapps, it would be something like.

Adb push "File" "directory"

so... Adb push vending.apk /system/apps

If you want to install a file

adb install "file"

I usually put the ADB function, and then drag the file into the command line, so that it has the directory and the file written out for me.

Really simple stuff...
[Nook Color General] lanzagas:
Thanks for the advice. I had to install ADB.

For the casual user ADB installation and use is far from simple and for using it one every so many months is a real pain.

I hope BN upcoming NC update will make all this unnecessary.