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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cralis:
Hi guys,

I am new t Android, and got a Tab a few days back. Sold my wifes Nook, which had a few books on it. I saved the ePub files (the books) from the Nook... and copied them to the Tab... However... they won't load. I think it's a DRM issue?

Is there anyway I can load the Nook Books on my Tab? I have paid for them... But they seem locked to my (sold) Nook... There is a Nook for Android app on the web market, but when I go to the Market on my Tab, the app isn't available... I think because Barnes and Noble only sell in the US.

So.. is there maybe a reader that doesn't worry about DRM, or else another plan?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galexandr:
i use 'Aldiko' works with ePub books for me,

also try 'LaPuta' (weird name!) both are on the market, i used both for a while, but deleted 'LaPuta' and only left 'Aldiko'
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cralis:
Thanks.

Tried the 'Aldiko' one, but it asks for a username/password on the DRM file, and I have no idea what u/p that would be. The books were bought from Barnes and Noble, so I tried with my b&n u/p, but no joy - incorrect username/password. :(
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cralis:
I'd like to try the B&N reader for Android. Problem is, I'm in Australia, and it's blocked from me as it's a US app only. Someone said I can download it somewhere and then 'side load' it? Is this possible? Can it be downloaded somewhere?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aibo:
Google it, try for exemple "nook apk". Or you can install market enabler and set your phone to access the us android market.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cralis:
Too much to learn for me! :)

Located it. Copied the file, using my USB cable, to my 'Downloads' file, and managed to install it (My first install!), and hey presto, my wife is now reading books!

Thanks!

Gonna look at this 'market enabler' thing though! Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aibo:
Nice. You don't need to download the file on the pc first, you can download directly on your galaxy tab with the internet browser and install.

I forgot for market enabler you need to be root if I remember correctly.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cralis:
Thanks again, aibo - I have so much to learn. :) Coming from an iPhone background... Download and save a file onto my phone?? Crazy!! :)
[Desire HD General] mikeinessex:
hey if anyone has a htc desire hd and would prefer a samsung galaxy s, then please inbox me. im in the uk, essex
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxisma:
Hey guys,

I've coded a tiny app to reboot your Optimus 2x or G2x into recovery mode without holding any buttons. Best thing is... it's free ;-) It doesn't install Clockworkmod, so if you want an app for that, check out Paul's paid app for that (Which does it on the O2x only) :-)

I'd be really happy if you'd tap the ad displayed in the application, but you don't need to.

Yes, the app is ugly, fugly, disturbing, etc. but hey, it works :-D

It's to be found in the Android Market here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.m...sma.lgo2xreboot, on AndroidPIT.com http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/marke...recovery-reboot and in the attachment of course!

Update: Implented a check if the app is runnning on an LG Optimus 2x or G2x.

Update #2: Made the app less fugly, thanks to fitsnugly.

Update #3: SU660 compatibility

I also attached the source code, if you're interested.

APK: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=575213&stc=1&d=1303472096

Source: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=575214&stc=1&d=1303472096
[T-Mobile LG G2x] joackie27:
I think you need to update the description coz right now it includes the message below.

!!! WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS ON YOUR T-MOBILE G2x !!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxisma:
You can ignore the warning about the G2x, the guy I asked to upload the app to his Market account needs to remove that warning :-)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] fitsnugly:
Thanks for the app...

I can make u a better icon :p
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxisma:
Nah, it's fine, couldn't find an image of a BOOT so I just used a shoe.. lol :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Docavelli:
How do you select once into recovery. I'm in but I can't get anything to select "reboot now".
[T-Mobile LG G2x] fitsnugly:
too late, already made something simple

it's attached if you want it
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxisma:
Thanks! I'll update the APK in a few hours :-)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nonmindo:
Great App...I actually don't mind its simplicity and the shoe icon, kinda humorous
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
Nice job dude
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gaww:
Works great with respect to its purpose. I had trouble with manually going into recovery. After opening it (no problem), if I let the keys go - it turned off - period.

I had to keep holding the power button and take one action with either power up or down button, and then I can let go. With this app - go straight to recovery.

Sorry - did not see an add to click on - maybe because I have ad blocker - lol.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Rod3:
Would the quick boot app not do the same thing?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EDemerzel:
Just curious - what is the quick boot app?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxisma:
No, the usual command to reboot into recovery doesn't work on the (G)2x.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Docavelli:
Aaaah! Ok thanks for the tip.

XDA Mobile
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Waldano:
Simply amazing, thanks. and for some reason using it is the only way i can reboot into recovery, i stuck with upgrade screen trying get there by buttons combination :P
[T-Mobile LG G2x] carlsbad0331:
Does what it needs to!

Thanks man!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Amd4life:
nice app, I couldnt get the button arrangement for the life of me lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] krylon360:
this app only works if using the nvflash CWM.

If you only have CWM by flashing it through RM, this app will boot you into 3e recovery, where you can only go up and down, power will not select anything, thus having to battery pull.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ggrant3876:
Rom Manager has the option to reboot to recovery on CWN that was flashed from Rom Manager, tried it this morning and it works fine. Can navigate the recovery and do what you need to do.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] krylon360:
I know that. I was just informing those who use this app to not use it if they only flashed cwm through rm. If you nvflashed as well it will still work fine however.

Sent from space
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ggrant3876:
Okay, I hope they can get quick boot fixed for the G2x.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] S1mSyo:
Who cares if it is ugly... IT WORKS!!!

nice app. I couldn't even reboot from nvFlash. Now i can. So i am thrilled.. Thanks!!!!!

Y is it that i cant reboot from CWM? I have CWM installed throught nvFlash. Only thing that bothers me about this cell. just wondering if anybody knows?

So at the top of CWM says reboot. I press that. Just turns the cell off. I use ur app it reboots.. trips me out lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] CB620:
works great.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greyspacealien:
Using the leak GB ROM. Doesn't work tells me that my phone isn't one of the supported phones and to contact my ROM dev for a fix.

Back to PWR+VOLDN

Thanks anyways
[T-Mobile LG G2x] aintchu:
thanks..been using this and it works great !!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maxisma:
Mind sending me the output of "getprop" in a terminal?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] chillwill11:
I confirm app is not working with any gingerbread rom
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greyspacealien:
I'm back on eagles blood with same results, ill restore back when I get a chance.

Ill try to get you a getprop soon.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] j2eubank:
This was working fine for me up to like build 11 on CM.. now it just seems to power off my phone...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] vn00914361:
Can we get this to work on new stock update GB 2.3.3 ?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] eViL D::
You can grab the version I modifed in my ROM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] overground:
Or just change your build prop where it reads:

ro.product.name=lge_lge_star

to:

ro.product.name=lge_star
[T-Mobile LG G2x] eViL D::
Sure, but changing the build.prop like that breaks swype.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tweezit:
Unless you update Swype from the stock crap they gave us. ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] eViL D::
By whatever means necessary. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] hshah:
Do you think custom ROMs will allow us to have HTC's Sense UI 3.0 on this phone?
[Galaxy S II General] epsix:
Oh... boy... here we go.. i admire you for having the balls to ask about Sense UI in Samsung thread. Hehe. Short answer is NO!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Guitarfreak26:
You never know.. The original SGS has turned out a terrific developers phone so if the SGS2 has unlocked bootloaders i cant see why not

If htc sense is that important though just wait from the sensation
[Galaxy S II General] Guitarfreak26:
Its already on the SGS to a fashion... no working data or wifi though yet lol
[Galaxy S II General] epsix:
Yeah, half baked.
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
I'd love to have it, with the recent reports showing the horsepower that it have coupled with Sense 3.0 that would be the perfect phone to have
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
If people want the HTC Sense experience then they should look at a HTC Phone. Although a Port is possible, its very time consuming and by the time someone actually port's it over with all the drivers working, your device will be close to the yearly refresh and you will want the next best thing. This will leave the developer in a limbo where his efforts didnt truly pay off.
[Galaxy S II General] epsix:
It's not possible, Galaxy S is half baked, Nexus S also try, half baked. Samsung uses totally different structure on android Nexus S can't even port TouchWiz and its the same manufacturer. I would love to get S II spec wise it blows the Sensation out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1041405
[Galaxy S II General] onbacardi:
Get a HTC and you will have sense and you don't have to worry or stress about being ported or not.
[Galaxy S II General] epsix:
Yes sir, sorry sir
[Galaxy S II General] rjayflo:
Why would u want Sense on Samsung?

Motola Atrix

Samsung Captivate - CM7 1.2 ghz

Motorola Backflip - CM6
[Galaxy S II General] onbacardi:
Your dismissed :)
[Galaxy S II General] cristianomc:
I see you have a Motorola Atrix 4G. What do you think about it? I'm in doubt between Atrix, S II and Sensation.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
Probably because of the animations. I do HATE the sense dock :/
[Galaxy S II General] sharkonland:
Id say its all about taste. Personally I think motorola's UI is the worst, followed closely by the apple wannabe touchwiz. Funny, I actually hated sense as well at first, but now that im using it for a while, I LOVE IT.

Also, its because htc has added soooo much functionality, like finding/wiping/ringing from anywhere(laptop) incase its lost, or stolen, etc. Plus auto-backup of messages, apprx 100 very useful widgets, plus may apps wich save you a lot of time if you had to download one by one. Basically, its a complete package that looks good and offers functionality that no other manufacturer can even come close to, especially being built in from start. no headaches. I myself wish it could be ported but I doubt, especially with how "involved" its gotten lately
[Galaxy S II General] Sebring5:
I had a Galaxy S, then Atrix and now Inspire. Next I'm buying Galaxy S II because the bootlogger is unlocked and I want the light weight, dual core processor power and video enhancements.

The Inspire is amazing. I like it far better than the Atrix because I can put custom roms on it. I was able to root the Atrix and do a few modifications but it was very limited. I strongly recommend the Inspire.

The Sensation is locked down as is the Atrix. If you want a good out of the box phone Atrix is as good as you get until the Galaxy S II arrives. Sensation will be great but probably about the same as the Galaxy S II.

It is hard to recommend a phone without knowing what you do with your phone. For me the unlocked boot logger is the difference between buying and not buying.
[Galaxy S II General] ragingredbull:
Personally I prefer Sense.I think that Samsung have basically copied the iPhone in design and UI. If someone could remove the native Samsung bloat and add sense, all would be good in the world(for me at least;))
[Galaxy S II General] coolfire:
Couldn't have put it better, dude. :) trouble is, can we have the best of both worlds? :p
[Galaxy S II General] ragingredbull:
I think we can. If enough people that have bought a SGS2 ask for sense then I am sure someone(developer) will be willing to design it for SGS2. From what I have seen of custom roms so far, I think that there are some more than capable developers out there that could do it. If I could write code I definitely would(perhaps I should start learning. The only question is can an old dog(me) learn new tricks?????)
[Galaxy S II General] faddys123:
i want sense too but am only getting this phone because of spec wise
[Galaxy S II General] :
This is actually the first phone i might not want sense on, TW4 looks fantastic!

JD;)
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
I couldn't disagree more with all of you, touchwiz is amazing and it adds more functionality than sense. I owned an Inspire 4G for a short period of time and it was such a pain in the ass. You couldn't view any videos because it doesn't have the codecs for it, whereas touchwiz will play ANY video. The browser on sense is worse than touchwiz (hardware gpu acceleration).

It's way more than personal preference, it comes down to actual functionality.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Although I like sense it does have a few niggles, sure does look nice but after testing CM7 you realise how much faster stock android is but stock android lacks the goodies sense has although alternatives are available sense is pretty good like the dialer, friendstream and such.

Hoping touchwiz is as good, otherwise hoping CM7 gets support on this!
[Galaxy S II General] ragingredbull:
I like the widgets that sense offer for mail, messages, news, calendar, friend stream, etc the list goes on. I have the RCMixHD rom on my desire at the moment so also have the HTC Likes and HTC Hub which is great.Everything I need really. I did not like the SGS1 when looking for a new phone for my wife. If I wanted an iphone like UI perhaps I would have suggested it to her. As it is she preferred the Nexus S but she also liked the Sense. Oh well, everyone to their own.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I never got the fascination with Sense, I tried it trying to like it on the X1 and even tried to like it on the Desire but I never did. The less request we see for sense on the SGS II the happier I'd be since more development time could be spent on something productive.
[Galaxy S II General] Chivalryyyy:
i feel the same tbh... my last 4 phones were HTC and i love the senseUI... and thats not just my opinion as loads of reviews i see for the upcomming dual core phones i have waded through pretty much states that the senseUI is easily the best android UI out there..

So like others have said... i want the SGS2 for the stunning hardware but i would love the new sense 3 on it... that just looks fantastic,,, :D

That being said.... ever since i moved to android i have only ever known the senseUI.. and i must admit to a small curiosity growing to see what other UI`s look and feel like to use... but i would love the safety net of being able to load a sense rom in if i wasnt impressed with TW4 or even the standard android UI.... :)
[Galaxy S II General] coolfire:
It'll be awesome to have Sense.. cos I believe (other than 3rd party apps), only Sense has Grouping for Contacts. Having never owner a Samsung device before, I believe TouchWiz does not have grouping of contacts, no? :p
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Uh... it's even on my Bada device samsung Wave
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
I can even group people in my contacts on stock android.
[Galaxy S II General] phusebox:
I would be happy if I could only have the Sense dialer on SGSII. The Samsung dialer must be the worst I have ever seen.

Only 1 contact listed when dialing? Takes all the use out of T9 dialing?
[Galaxy S II General] shivaranjan:
It would be nice to have a Sense option for the SGSII but won't it be illegal to port HTC Sense which is proprietary software?
[Galaxy S II General] faddys123:
i am a desire user and had sense for a while but then i found miui which i think beats them all but there are a few things from touchwiz and sense you would want from them like the new voice recongonition on touchwize 4 and the zooming feature n the way to use your face to unlock the phone. many things like that on miui you be awesome it maybe possible to integrate them things into it never know what developers can do these days.
[Galaxy S II General] zoro25:
Yep I'm also another one who would welcome sense.

I've been using HTC phones for a while now, before sense was even around, in fact before manilla was around. (so about 8 or 9 years).

I am thinking of now changing to Samsung just because of the screen really.

that's the only real noticeable difference between the HTC and the Sammy.

So I'll put up with the inferior build quality of the Sammy to get a nicer screen - however it would be great if it also had sense.

And yes there is the Sensation, however like everything HTC does it only gives what it believes is enough (they could have made a phone to whoop the S2 but they think about the other 10 phones to be released in the next year and the will trickle out upgrades in tiny steps), however this time they seem have got it wrong and have been totally out specc'd by Samsung. HTC has taken a step and Samsung has taken a leap forwards.

So I think it's the Sammy however Sense would for me at least make the transition a little more easier.

I'm also guessing there are many others out there who will move from HTC to Samsung so sense would be very popular.

My final choice will be dependant on where the dev's go. If the sensation gets more support and the chefs can't work with the Sammy then my switch most likely won't happen.

I'm on XDA-Dev because I like may others love to tinker with my device and not run it as stock.
[Galaxy S II General] Jonas.M:
well i guess that will depend on the bootloader of the sensation...

i had an sgs 1 and stoped using tw after a few days but for now i guess i can stick to tw till there is an asop rom available
[Galaxy S II General] hshah:
I personally think the Sense looks nicer than TouchWiz, and the HTC Sensation is nicer looking than the Galaxy S II. But the Galaxy S II has a nicer screen, is thinner and lighter, has more RAM/storage and is generally better in terms of hardware.

I know I can't change the looks of the Samsung Galaxy S II, but hopefully a developer out there can change the horrible looks of TouchWiz to Sense UI and I can almost have the best of both worlds.
[Galaxy S II General] golf2vr6:
It's called taste. And SGS2 + TW4 are my taste. Sensation...brrrrr...the back. Sense is good but looks like disney.

Just my taste ;)
[Galaxy S II General] hshah:
It is a good thing Android can be modified, unlike iOS.

Still I started this thread for Sense on SGSII, so shoo :p

(posted entirely in jest... sometimes not very clear on forums, so thought I would explain it before you got the wrong end of the stick)
[Galaxy S II General] ragingredbull:
I have been following the guys who have been working on this thread for Sense from the Sensation, looks like it is going to be superb when ready. Hopefully it will be available for my Desire. That Lockscreen is brilliant, so is the 3D like homescreens.From my original Sense on my Desire, this is/will be a huge jump

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035350&page=141
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Some brilliant info, latest sense available (on the Android 2.3.3 Desire S already) has been successfully ported to the original Galaxy S and is already butter smooth, so chances to have Sense 3.0 on our GSII's seems pretty high. This phone will be just perfect really

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzhtziHD7IY
[Galaxy S II General] arujali:
sense on sgs2 is the dream :) it would be nice to have an option of tw n sense it would make the gs2 the most desired android phone imo :D
[Galaxy S II General] :
Sense on the SGSII would be incredible, but that's not to say I don't like Touchwiz. I'd wait for the HTC Sensation but I just have a feeling that Samsung will be the better phone, y'know?
[Galaxy S II General] cristianomc:
I´ll wait for Sensation reviews... SGSII poor construction quality makes me wonder. Also its Touch****. I love Sense, but the sensations hardware compared to SGSII isn´t good. I don´t care about the bootloader. SGSII with Sense would be a killer! But, LouchPro or ADW Loucher EX can solve the problem! About Atrix, it could be thinner and lighter, but it´s insanelly fast!
[Galaxy S II General] NIK516:
Im just gonna install beautiful widgets to get the sense home screen animations? wouldn't this be the easiest thing to do ?
[Galaxy S II General] viva.fidel:
You sense-fiends are odd, I have a HTC Desire but I'm running CM7.. sense has very few good aspects, namely unlock weather animations, the contacts/dialer app and htcsense.com that lets you remote find/lock/wipe phone, besides that its nonsense

oh and i've replicated these features in CM7 through fancy widget pro, go contacts and lookout mobile
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcrat:
Ok im still new with Android. I rooted my att aria. this is my rom version below. Ive been reading up a bit on how to use an SD card to install apps to instead of internal memory. I dont want to use it all up i hear that your phone can crash etc.

But not sure if my rom supports Using an external SD instead of internal memory. I have the app: "Rom Manager" which has those options to do with the external.

Just wondering what Roms for the aria support this . Ive seen alot of tutorials and not one of them are the same as the other. so wondering where the best spot for a tutorial would be for the "Aria"

Thanks

Rom Version: Liberated Aria Fr008 (FRF91)
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpbklake:
That ROM has DT A2SD support, so all that you need to do is create an EXT partition on the SD card using ROM Manager and you should be good to do.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcrat:
Great thanks. I hear talk that ext 2 is better than 3, an others say it the otherway around... so does it REALLY matter?
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpbklake:
I used whatever the default in ROM Manager is.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeAria:
ext2 is supposed to be easier on your SD card. ext3 uses journaling, which is said to wear down your sd card faster than normal. Not sure how much faster, or if it even has any affect on todays SD cards.

What the journaling does is it writes to the sd card on the fly so if the phone has an unexpected crash/shutdown, you have a better chance of everything on the ext being saved and less chance of any data loss/corruption. Ext2 doesnt have this protection. When I was running ext2 i never once had any problem with data loss/corruption. Rom Manager now does ext3 by default so I upgraded to ext3. If i could get ext4 support on cm7 I would upgrade to ext4.

Performance wise, there is no difference between ext2 and ext3. Ext4 however supposedly offers a performance increase. Ive not used ext4 on an sd card so I cant speak to that.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drowningchild:
cm7 has ext4 support in even the stock kernel

or are you talking about s2e?
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeAria:
maybe its s2e then. I know s2e can mount my ext3 as ext4, but if I actually format to ext4 it wont mount. I thought the problem was with cm7, but I guess it must be s2e just doesnt support it.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drowningchild:
s2e says it has support for ext4 without journaling in the latest update

havent tried but i used DT with ext4 and it worked fine but i didnt like DT, as it caused random issues too much :P