yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
I think we need a Tegra 3 for that. :( All these T2 devices are going to have this same problem, I think.

Hi-Def video is not high on my list of needs, so it doesn't bother me too much. If XVid AVI's work, then I'm fairly happy. But I would like to see it work, regardless. WMV's, for example, are broken - I believe the Xoom is the same. And I bet WMA's are broken too, just like the Xoom.

I think the Xoom's is better, but I have to test it more. I'm in my "man cave" and the Xoom GPS actually worked there. Not so on the Transformer. It also likes to eat battery life so I actually turned it off, for now.

EDIT: I went upstairs and it STILL doesn't work. I have this same issue with the Adam, but the Xoom is definitely better. The compass works, though.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brachiopod:
Keep in mind that it may take 10-20 minutes for a new GPS to get it's initial fix and download the satellite ephemeris data, assuming a good signal. Once it has that, subsequent fixes will be a whole lot faster, unless it has been months since you turned it on and the data is too out of date.

I'm finding the GPS on the TF to be good, it works in my basement for example, where my LG Optimus will not lock on. I can't compare to the Xoom though.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
I haven't been able to get my hands on this device yet. From what I can tell Asus sent out 60 total to retailers in Canada, so the odds were not good.

I am glad to see that Roebeet's on board. He's the reason I bought and enjoyed my Gtab. I'm also a big comic reader and have about 11,000 digital comics just waiting to be read on my TF, when and if I can get one.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
Reading cbr's/cbz's on this thing versus the GTAB is like night and day. The GTAB used to give me a headache. :eek: I really am an IPS convert - I want to see the yellowing of the pages. Of course, I expect that when there's a 10 inch OLED or color eInk device in two years, I'll port over to that. But right now IPS is king.

Now just get me an Android device that has "smell-o-vision" so I can get that new comic smell, and I'll be all set.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chssoccerplayer:
Download Twonky. It is completely free, and with a strong wifi signal, streams content to Apple TV without problem.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bobcatuk:
This is what i got on eBay for £3.49 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200582349334&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
HDMI works --
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
I noticed, I played earthbound with SNESoid and a wiimote on my 23" screen :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bullet2300:
Love Earthbound! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rndll:
Awww what a shame. I was really rooting [!] for the Transformer to have the same gps capability of the Xoom. The Xoom's gps is really impressive, even locks near instant inside a plane and a fast moving vehicle on a mountain side road. I also wanted the Transformers screen because I can't stand looking at the washed up screen of the Xoom after using my Nexus S. I do landscape photography and the Xoom's screen really sucks when I look at my work on it.

Anyway, thanks for the test.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jyan_osu:
Don't have the Xoom but I have an Evo and the Transformer and the Evo 4g locks with GPS pretty well in my house and the Transformer does so as well. It takes about 10 seconds or so before it looks like it starts to try to look for a lock but after the initial lock yesterday that took a minute or two, now it's pretty much right after the 10 second mark. and it seems to do the same when you go away from maps.. 10 seconds of nothing when you come back to the app and then boom, the GPS icon gets that solid circle in the center
[Eee Pad Transformer General] logichoops:
Quick question regarding mkv playback. Before my transformer I owned an Archos 70 which out of the box could play mkv movies using what I believe was Archos own media player, since this was not a T2 based system (ARM Cortex A8 at 1 GHz with DSP and Graphic accelerator: 3D OpenGL ES 2.0) how come this was able to play mkv flawlessly? I even tried the same file on each device before I sold my Archos and it wouldn’t play on the transformer no matter what player I used (have several installed in the attempt to find a working solution)

I am hoping that this is just a case of software needed to harness the potential of the device. One of the other things my Archos could do was stream a mkv from my NAS and playback on the device without a glitch, I can live without that functionality so long as I can eventually play mkv's without the need to re-encode.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
Two reasons!

Firstly, Archos added additional codec support into the version of Android they supplied.

Secondly, the processor in the Archos (TI OMAP 3630) supports the NEON instruction set, and the Tegra-2 does not. Many of the 3rd party video players are optimised for processors with NEON.

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
Archos media playback was / is top notch - I have to give them credit for that. There are some issues with the TF101, as well as the Xoom. I'm guessing it's Google / Nvidia, since the problems are similar. ie. no WMV playback at all.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rndll:
Unfortunately I don't have an evo so I can compare with the xoom. I have the nexus s which pretty much has a weak gps even with a-gps. By the way, I have the xoom wifi and it locks near instant inside my room even with wifi off.

I might try getting the transformer and check it out myself and just sell the one that doesn't pass the test.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jerrykur:
When people are comparing the GPS with the GPS on the Xoom are the Xoom Wifi only models? A phone equipped model would be getting data from the mobile network.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bplewis24:
Roebeet, you mentioned the video playback problems. Were you referring to the stuttering issues? Did the most recent update fix those? Did you get that update?

Brandon
[Eee Pad Transformer General] logichoops:
I guess the question is can firmware and software updates fix this?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] donatom3:
According to Nvidia's site Tegra 2 handles a wide range of video codecs

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-2.html

Decode

H.264 VC-1 AP MPEG2 MPEG-4 DivX 4/5 XviD HT H.263 Theora VP8 WMV Sorenson Spark Real Video VP6
[Eee Pad Transformer General] donatom3:
The build quality on this thing is fantastic. I like it better than the ipad I had.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Mine just arrived -- I went to get something out of my car, and a strange voice said, "Hey I've got something for you ..." and it was the UPS man handing me the NewEgg box. I've only played with it for a few minutes, gonna charge it up and let it update, but one thing ... THE SCREEN OMG THE SCREEN!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
Yes, I got that update. Some stuff doesn't play at all (like wmv's) and my GTAB test high-def MP4's either don't play or are a bit choppy. I kwow these SHOULD work as they play fine on my GTAB. So something is still a little buggy.

I haven't tested standard def videos, yet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dotpro:
Do you plan on Rooting it?

How is the email app? Multiple exchange accounts allowed? :o
[Eee Pad Transformer General] thorpe24:
Roebeet glad to see you. i was on the xda forums just for g-tab and just wanted to say thanks for being awesome and that haters gonna hate.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
Except that Asus/Google don't support most of them natively in Honeycomb!

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Radon_22:
Nice stand. :)

I still use my Pandigital stand too.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] NMCBR600:
I like the tab but I wish that when you plug it into a Mac or Linux box that you could see the storage. The Asus Sync appears to be causing the problem. Called the Asus tech support and the kid told me to reload the OS and I asked if they were going to push out Nvflash so that we could do that. He then told me to talk to 'Android' about the problem.

Maybe the next update will fix the connect only to windows boxs, or we'll get rooted and be able to fix this on are on.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13254728&postcount=2 . I haven't had a chance to try it, but he says it works for OS X.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] buri73:
Check this thread out. MAC file transfer for HC.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] buri73:
lol, beat me to it!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] NMCBR600:
That may fix the Mac issue, but it does not fix the Linux one. Dmesg shows that the system sees the tab and adb cannot connect. Being a Linux user, this is important to me and others.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
I've actually been using a Windows 7 VM to get around this - I had the same problem with the Xoom, last month.

There is a libMTP solution for Ubuntu, but it's not 100% effective and I could not get it to work (I'm still on Lucid, which might be part of my problem).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
This may help for some flavours of Linux: http://www.adebenham.com/mtpfs/

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
A few impressions after a day, good and bad:

Good:

* The screen. It is beautiful. I had a gTab, so it's like the first time you got glasses/contacts and finally saw things clearly. Or something like that. Point is, the screen is the Transformer's killer feature for me, not the dock (YMMV).

* It's thinner than it looks in the photos

* It's lighter than some reviewers would have you believe

* When it's humming, it's very fast. When it's not ... (see below)

* Battery life is above average. I don't use mine for 9 hours straight, so maybe that's why.

* Included apps are very handy

* I know some say the GPS isn't strong, but mine locked the first time in about 20 seconds from inside my home.

* Although it is not good in direct sunlight, turning up the brightness all the way makes it readable. I can't think of many times I'll be using it in direct sunlight, but it's good to know the screen doesn't just go away completely.

* Google Voice works (with a special apk, but it works). I like to text on this rather than my phone, so this is a plus for me.

* The tablet-specific apps are generally very good. I am very impressed by the USA Today app especially. Great use of screen real-estate.

* Speakers are nice and loud.

* The damn thing is just f'n neat.

Bad (some are more HC than Transformer):

* Maybe it's just mine, but there is sort of a lip along the back edges, and it's sharp. Not knife sharp, but sharper than the edges of something you're holding should be. Not a big deal, but it sort of surprised me the first time I felt it.

* Charging cable is ridiculously short. Really Asus? If you're going to make it a proprietary connector, at least give the cable some length.

* Honeycomb can be race car fast (good!), or turtle slow (bad!), and you never know which you'll get.

* I'm spoiled by LauncherPro, so the widgets not being re-sizable is annoying to me.

* Some apps act funny, and I use the generic term "funny" because it's different for each app. This was expected, but it still makes HC a rough experience. The worst is when something just exits for no reason -- doesn't crash, just dumps you back to home.

* I don't like not getting to use the last columns on the left and right of the screen. I know it's there for the outline effect when swiping, but I cram so much on my screens that it feels wasted :(

Probably more will crop as I use it, but I didn't want to recycle what other people have already said (though I probably did). If Google can work out the kinks in HC, it'll be near perfect, since most of the bad things have nothing to do with the hardware.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ghostfaceg35:
Since you came from Gtab you are probably familiar with gojimi's VTLauncher. Have you tried it on the transformer? I'm wondering if it works. I noticed he fixed HC issues on it a couple of updates ago.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] roebeet:
Not yet, but I will. That might be a good alternative to something like LP.

Wasn't sure if anyone would see that - but yes, it's a PDN stand and it works great!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] madsquabbles:
you can download launcherpro's apk from their website. works for the xoom fine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
I was trying to avoid that, but ultimately the Google launcher just isn't there yet, and I miss my LP widgets. I suppose it's Honeycomb Blasphemy to use an Android 2.x launcher, but what can I say, I'm used to it and seems to work just fine. Is there something I'm missing out on if I do decide to stay with LP?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ghostfaceg35:
Try colorize widgets.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
That's a good question, do the HC widgets (YouTube, Books, GMail) work properly on LP? I assume they would, but I haven't got my damn unit yet so I can't try.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wynand32:
Question for the TF owners: I read in one of the reviews, I think, that Asus had configured the stock browser to default to the desktop as opposed to mobile. Is this true? On the Xoom, defaulting to mobile sites is one of my pet peeves...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] logichoops:
It defaults to desktop which is good
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kgdg:
Actually, I will be quite happy if this is the case and it's NOT a hardware issue (like I have heard on other forums something about NVidia not supporting NEON instructions).

So long as it is a s/w fix, I have hope that Google/Asus updates will fix it eventually....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kgdg:
LOL talk to 'android'
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wynand32:
Awesome, thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Yeah, all the widgets work as they do on the stock launcher. The dock on the right is a bit disconcerting though, even with a dock background. You can make the icons blank, but it will still leave an empty strip there on the right. You also lose the Apps and + icons in the upper right as well as the Google search icons in the upper left.

The LP Gmail app doesn't seem to work though -- but it didn't work in Gingerbread either, something must've changed between Froyo and 2.3/3.0 as far as fetching from the Gmail app is concerned.

I'll have to flip back and forth to see what I'm more comfortable with. I may go back to the stock launcher to keep the spirit of change alive :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Prof-KOS:
Hmm. I could live with the blank dock, maybe a future option to turn off the dock altogether, but losing the icons in the Apps and Google Search icons is bad.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Yeah. You can still long-press to add widgets, and access the app drawer from the dock, but ... it's too ... phone-like haha. There is also a permanent menu icon down at the bottom next to the other 3 static action icons, which can be good or bad, depending on whether or not you miss having that from 2.x.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ghostfaceg35:
You guys should try out this launcher made by a Gtab dev: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046302

That launcher + colorize widgets was a fantastic launcherpro+ replacement for my on my Gtab.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] madsquabbles:
i found lp gmail widget not working either, but hc gmail widget is a nice replacement and with lp i can resize it nicely... along with all the other widgets. it's sweet have the option to resize those widgets. imo it's even better than on the phone where space was limited.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ice0901:
Her is a Comparison of the Transformer and Ipad 1,2 display http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMPq0UG-CSg
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Here's what it looks like with LP.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Seihaku:
I always seem to prefer Cold to Warm but I do wonder if there's a setting nestled away somewhere for that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ice0901:
Yeah, I would make some changes
[Android Apps and Games] HawkStream:
Seems like brilliant marketing with their daily “normally pay for app for free for 24 hours”. My friends and I almost always download the daily free app and check it out. And most of the time is something I would never download even if it was free. But because its “free for just 1 day” it makes you think you have to check it out.

Pretty awesome marketing. Beyond that I don’t think I have downloaded a single thing from Amazon’s market. I get all my free apps from the Android market! Lol
[Android Apps and Games] simplon:
Only for US Market! :mad:
[Android Apps and Games] pigeonaras:
+1

Android Market preffered...♫ ♪
[Android Apps and Games] Neville.Holland:
Someone's already thought of that
[Android Apps and Games] 3rdstring:
While I agree that most of the daily apps are something that I have no interest in, there have been a few really nice apps too.
[Android Apps and Games] cwill0303:
I like the free app a day, other than that, I dont care much for it. Android Market and Appbrain works well together, I like those!
[Android Apps and Games] Sry0fcr:
Free apps are the tits but I find that the amazon app does a better job of restoring my apps after ROM hopping than the android market and I don't like restoring everything from backups.
[Android Apps and Games] Madala_ZA:
US market only :( gotten pretty used to that here in SA. But it's definitely good marketing. It also helps that it's a major brand like Amazon, it probably wouldn't be as attractive if it was a smaller, less-known brand..

I use Titanium for all my backups and restores when it comes to rom-hopping - and it's never let me down. I mean, when I restore after a rom-hop, all my apps are seamlessly synced with the market.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
When I install apps, after long press on homescreen and selecting widgets- there is no app I've just installed.

What should I do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostchild:
what launcher are you using?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Is the app on sd card or not?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awsrasool:
is that happening with all widgets???? or just new ones your installing? which apps have you been trying to do this with???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
Stock cyanogen launcher( adw if not mistaken).

All my apps on sd and it's impossible to put ANY widgets.

The only thing- setCPU widget appeared somehow and it is possible to use it.

Apps: weather, balance, tapatalk.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awsrasool:
am no expert but what about apps that are installed directly on the phone (not on SD) is that the same issue??? am wondering if this is a problem caused by moving your apps to the SD...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkknight49:
I had an issue like this when I moved my apps to sd. Move some that you know have widgets back to phone memory and try again.

Sent from my HTC Vision running CM 7.0.2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jecustoms:
Thanks everybody, movig apps to add widgets from sd to phone was the solution!)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidfish81:
Hello,

i have comparable issue with 7.1 and my Vision. When i do a long touch on my homescreen to open the menu for adding a widget, nothing is happen. Same when i am touch a widget to delete it.

Where is the problem?

Thanks

Peter
[Atrix 4G General] Andrew149:
So i was looking at droid life and i notice they showed a app the worked for the xoom for screens shots so i was like the atrix is the same thing as the xoom just smaller so i went to the app market and bamn it says it works for Atrix woah

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/2...includes-full-xoom-support-and-shot-previews/

SCREENSHOT ER

look it up in the market
[Atrix 4G General] Andrew149:
Also the original post from the guy who made it on XDA

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995443
[Atrix 4G General] jjwatmyself:
Very cool. Nice find!!
[Atrix 4G General] creativedevil:
Finally something which can be used with android which doesn't require adb installation or anything such to do with your computer to take a screenshot... Go devs Go...
[Atrix 4G General] jason.hamilton:
Works awesome. All the other screenshot apps were giving me errors about fb0 and not having root level access to lower level graphics. This one works right out of the store. Good job dev.
[Atrix 4G General] JohnnyDanger:
Screenshot It also works without root. I use it and I'm rooted but my wife uses it also and I have not rooted her Atrix.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] failsaf3:
Anyone else in San Diego or Socal having major data issues. Started around 9pm 4G icon but no data. I've rebooted several times including removing the SIM card. I'm now getting now data icon with occasional 1x. Just wondering if it's the network or my phone.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frodsteamin2:
I am in the same boat, everything you are going through is exact on my end as well and I have rebooted, changed kernels. No luck.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] failsaf3:
What are are you in if you don't mind me asking? I was up in Rancho Bernardo earlier this evening and everything seemed fine. Started noticing issues when I got near Kearny Mesa/Tierrasanta.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcocb8:
I have the same problem here in LA, just shows 1X.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frodsteamin2:
Oh forgot to include location, I am in lakeside which always holds really good 4g and like you said between 9-10pm I looked down and see 1x but it keeps going in and out as I type this.

Note: looking at perfect storm thread in development others are having issues across the US of A. So looks as if it's widespread enough that must be VZW issue, at least for some of us.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGraphix:
mobile network type cdma 1xrtt

I'm so happy I'm not alone. I just finished flashing the stock PGIMG05.ZIP file found in this forum and when it booted up it said, "mobile network type cdma 1xrtt." Now, I'm on 1x. What gives?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alcoholic Dali:
I'm in Santa Monica, CA, and am stuck on 1xRTT. Definite inconvenice, but not the end of the world. At least I can still make calls and do SMS.

Is this just SoCal, or the whole state/country?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] failsaf3:
Thanks guys. Looks like there are a few reports from various regions of the country in the CM7 thread as well.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGraphix:
Do you think trying a different radio would help? That's a whole reason why I flashed over to stock, because the previous radio leaks were giving me problems. :confused:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] failsaf3:
Looks like it's probably a Verizon network issue. I'm on stock radio FWIW.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] what25:
I am in the same boat in my location. The 4g icon went off for a while, and all of a sudden its just a 1x icon. I restarted my phone, to no avail.

So far I can receive and place calls, so that's good.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidGraphix:
Here's what I'm running. Does anyone see that the error could be on my part?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droopie28:
Im in Northern California, San Bruno to be exact, and Im not even getting 3g right now, usually 4/5 4g...