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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] dscline:
Understood. Though the current flux of the tablet market is much greater than is typical for other technologies. The HDTV market you compared to has been evolving over the past decade. The Viewsonic G tablet just came out about six months ago, and cost $400 up until just a few months ago. Now it's $275. The original question was whether or not the Samsung should be priced less than $500. $500 puts it on par with the Ipad 2, and $100 higher than the (more comparable, IMO) Transformer, which while not as svelte, adds SD and HDMI. And the Samsung is still at least three weeks from becoming available. Tegra 3 is supposed to be ready by fall, with "5x" the performance. Given the timing, the fast pace that this market is moving, and the competition, $500 just doesn't seem very competitive to me.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jvs60:
Agreed^^^^^
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] yhzhrm:
The problem with the early tablets (Galaxy Tab 7" include) they were running an OS that was not designed for a true tablet. Google said that themselves. Without early adopterss for these tablets that bought the first generation there would not be a second generation costing $$$ less.

I agree in a rapidly changing market $500 seems steep for only offering half the "bells and whistles" (no microSD, no HDMI built in) found in other tablets. Is that a fair price? The consumer will let Samsung know on the number of sales. I will be very disappointed if the GT 10.1 does not have an micro SD slot. A slot would a least made it different than the tablet they are attempting to beat in regards to thinness and weight. I dislike any comparisons of an Android tablet being the iPad killer. You cannot compare apples and oranges. The only thing two have in common is a capacitive screen for input.

Tegra2 dual core is not a chip designed for multimedia playback. Remember Boxee? They dropped the Tegra2 chip when they realized it did not support H.264 high profile playback.

Asus set a new bench mark at $399 for pricing. Samsung if they are serious should lower their price (as it has less features than the TF). Until announced by Samsung we have to wait. I am in no rush to make a purchase but I cannot wait and wait until the right table comes along.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] DirgeExtinction:
I knowww. :(
[S740, S743 General] yatchitiem:
Just like the title says I'm trying to tether my htc s740 (unlocked straight from HTC) to my itouch 4th gen. Both devices are untouched, original rom, original iOS updated. The problem is the bluetooth connection cuts out after about 30 seconds. Yes I do have internet during that time on my itouch. Any ideas?
[S740, S743 General] Hakim Rahman:
must better you check at >>> http://www.ehow.com/how_6967057_tether-itouch.html
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Militovle:
I have flashed my fair share of roms from Sense to Sense(less), Foyo to Gingerbread the list goes on. One thing I have noticed is that they all seem to have a similar appearance. I have yet to see a Rom that is unique in appearance. Does anyone know of any Roms that give a truly unique look, something new and different?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrawkcab25:
MIUI is the most unique android rom, it's like a iphone android hybrid.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubleojon:
I agree. I always come back to Miui. They update the rom on every Friday, and as of late it has been incredibly stable. Every so often I'll switch to a Sense rom, but within a week I'm back to Miui.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PGleo86:
Acer Liquid. Definitely.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beard0:
Wrong lol I have to disagree and say the new liquid ui is the most unique Rom..its totally different

Sent from my Dinc
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubleojon:
I found that Rom to be... I don't know, frustrating? Issues with the lockscreen, the multiple music players... I think Miui is much more solid, and the built in features are unmatched.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcklesslydriven:
I would have to say that both MIUI are completly in there own. Both based off AOSP (incase you are wanting to try different kernels) But I preferred LiquidMetal. I am not a fan of the iphone. Although the options in MIUI were a lot better as far as customization. I only used each for a short time and am currently on gingersense remix (b2) (attempting to download b3 as I type. This one is nice but looking more like a sense rom with some of the new sense 3.0 stuff on it.

I say give both MIUI and liquid metal a go and see what you think.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubleojon:
How is that one running for you? I tried both 3.0 roms and got sick of the rosie loops.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Militovle:
I love Miui, I really do but it doesn't like my Incredible. It's starting to get better and more functional with the latest updates but still laggy. I have never tried nor heard of LiquidMetal. I will have to look into that one.

I am curious about the 3.0 Roms that are coming out. I'm timid to try them out right now though, I fear that since they are not "stable", I will grow a resilience to them.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OCJon76:
MIUI gets my vote. The early versions were too much of an iPhone clone for my tastes but have since gone back to it on recent versions.

However, I'm not crazy about the way they did the launcher being iPhone-esque by keeping all apps on the desktop, I prefer having an app drawer. So I run it with the Go Launcher.

MIUI's theming engine is incredibly easy to create themes on your own, and there is a huge collection of themes online, although I like a good sleek dark theme.

It has been incredibly stable for me, and I've really gotten to like their styles of pop up dialogs and menus.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lsdozer:
I have tried all of the 3.0 and 2.1/3.0 ROM's. I can tell you that after a few reboots and soft reboots, they will calm down, and you will enjoy them.

With that said, GingerSense ReMix by wdfowty is the best right out of the box. No loops at all, I assume because it is from a 2.1 base with 3.0 goodies added in.

Try them!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubleojon:
That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Flashing now.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lsdozer:
So, whats the verdict?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rwc3b:
the screen protectors i've seen have cutouts in them that leave the home button and lens exposed. is there a place to find these.

i tried to cut out pieces of a regular screen protector but its so damn annoying trying to get the precise size. i wasted two of these so far. arrrgh!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
I got mine off eBay. About US$3.00 shipped for 5 pieces from Hong Kong.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rwc3b:
can you provide a link or item# ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] RMXO:
go to www.skinomi.com

cost a little more but well worth the price
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Pinkthesink:
Have you received the Skinomi protector yet? I ordered the full body on May 9, and i'm still waiting.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Rolfiboy:
Where can i se what the package includes of protection?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Warrimonk:
Reviving an old tread. Looking for a camera lens protector film. Anyone know of any?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Kepster:
Check martinfields.com they have a lens protector included in their protector pack
[Galaxy S II Accessories] spiros83:
Screen Quality

Hi, besides some issues with the screen sensitivity, does anyone see a difference in the screen quality while using a screen protector?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rocketpaul:
depends on the screen protector, with all of them you likely to get a rainbow effect due to grease etc.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] spiros83:
That kinda sucks... Is it worth it then? I mean can you live with it?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] m0rtiis:
I can, at least. I use SGP Ultra Crystal and it wipes off pretty easily.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Accessories] spiros83:
Thanks a lot for the info, I'll give it a shot if the one I ordered isn't that good.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] m0rtiis:
There's always the SGP Ultra Oleophobic which is more fingerprint resistant. Check it out here: http://www.sgpstore.com/cell-phone/...amsung-galaxy-s2-screen-protector-series.html
[Galaxy S II Accessories] spiros83:
Allright, thanks again! I still haven't got the one I ordered, so no testing with it, but as aforementioned, if there's even the slightest degradation of the display quality, I'll order one of those.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] EarlZ:
I still have the stock home button protector on even if it looks ugly. For the camera I used the ones that came with my SGP screen protector.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rocketpaul:
its not fingerprint resistant for very long though, at least mine were not.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rocketpaul:
When I got one, yes it was, just to have that extra protection. However, ive since had to take it off because i tend to use my phone at night which is when the rainbow effect is most visible.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] RoRo1990:
My galaxy s2 already had a home button film on it thought it was standard? Myabe cause mine is from Bell?
[General Questions and Answers] babyrack:
Okay-this is a slightly noob issue, i'm sure, but I don't mind the ridicule if this gets solved. I've rooted my phone using the wiki guide, and I'm thankful for that, up to now. However, when I try and install the cyanogen rom, and I've downloaded it many different times, and put it on the root, there still seems to be that one file that's missing---the .zip file. It won't find anything on recovery mode with clockworkmod, or rom manager. This is also the case with other roms i've tried installing (ginger, deodex). According to root check, I'm rooted. Busybox said I wasn't, and when I allowed permission through superuser, it said I was. It looked painless from the guide, and I thought it would be less frustrating. I've done a lot of reading, and when I factory reset, I also wipe the cache. Where am I going about this wrong? Thanks in advance!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zskate311:
Question starts with a bit of background.

My NE2 upgrade was available in March, but I bought my Thunderbolt off of craigslist because I want to save my upgrade for a dual/quad core phone (Kal-El anyone?) but wanted to get in on the unlimited 4GLTE for 29.99 before it changes to tiered. So my question is, When I want to use my upgrade and sign a new contract will i be able to keep my unlimited 4G? or will my signing of a contract and getting a new phone nullify my grandfathered 29.99 unlimited 4G?

anyone know this for sure?

Asked customer service..but honestly they don't know what they are talking about half the time.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inzandity:
I'm not sure of anyone is really going to have a definite answer for that one. I would assume they follow suit with att and allow for grandfathered plans, but we will have to wait and see until something official comes down the pipeline
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eraursls1984:
In the past with Verizon they let you keep grandfathered prices after an upgrade but they have also been changing a lot of their policies to f*ck their loyal customers, so who knows
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ERIFNOMI:
Tradition says yes. But, nothing is final until VZW says so.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
My buddy in verizon call center says yes but once u change phones u will be screwed take that as u will

sent from planet snarf
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eraursls1984:
The only reason to sign a new contract is to get a new phone, so that doesn't make sense. Maybe he means if you go from a 3g to 4g phone?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalrym05:
4g is unlimited with an unlimited 3g plan.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
i used to work at VZW several years ago.

This is how it worked then:

you upgraded your phone... features changed (data plans, text packages, etc) but the plan stayed the same. so until you upgrade your phone, you will be grandfathered in until you change phones (even that might not make you change it, but i would say it would).

i used to see people on crazy old text plans when i upgraded them and it kept it the same... data plans however, are different and may not behave the same.
[G1 General] acmilanajax:
build: RA-dream-v1.7.0

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or dev/block/mmblk0)

(No such file or directory)

E:Can't mount SDCARD

Boots RA-dream-v1.7.0 and fastboot just in good work

DREA110 PVT 32B

HBOOT-0.95.0000

CPLD-4

RADIO-2.22.19.26I

So can't flash any new roms...

is the phone bricked?

Really need some help here i'm stuck
[G1 General] connexion2005:
I'd really like to see if this correctable with my JTAG solution. PM sent. Others who see this, I've corrected partition bricks on the Galaxy S phones several times with JTAG.
[G1 General] AndDiSa:
Most likely only the sdcard is broken. Did you try to read it with your PC? As long as you can boot your phone, it's not a brick.
[G1 General] ldrifta:
yeah dood ur phone is fine sounds like ur sd card crashed...
[G1 General] acmilanajax:
At now，I have changed many TF cards，the problem it is！

Below the RA-dream-v1.7.0，link to PC， use USB-MS toggle ；can read or write the TF card.
[G1 General] ldrifta:
so what does that mean? can you transfer files through the usb-ms toggle? or can you at least plug your sd into your comp? and will it read it? try to re partition...
[G1 General] ltaylor23:
Restore 2 default
[G1 General] ltaylor23:
Or go to recovery
[G1 General] acmilanajax:
TF card in G1，not in my computer；in my computer also write and read it， re patition I have tried ，but can‘t flash in G1
[G1 General] ldrifta:
what is a tf card? do you mean sd card? have you tried to re partition your sd card in recovery mode? or maybe try re formatting to FAT32 on your computer..
[G1 General] acmilanajax:
YES, all what you say ，I try it ，but can't flash G1，also.
[G1 General] ezterry:
This is probably a messed up misc partition unless there is permanent damage to the sdcard reader. Either way jtag is overboard (either is not needed or won't help)

Try to get us you kernel's command line in recovery run the following on your computer with your phone attached via USB:

'adb shell cat /proc/cmdline'

delete or '*' out your serial number and post the rest of that string here unmodified.
[G1 General] ThauExodus:
I have the same problem..

this is the command output:

board_trout.disable_uart3=1 board_trout.usb_h2w_sw=1 board_trout.disable_sdcard=
1 smisize=64 androidboot.baseband=2.22.27.08 androidboot.cid=T-MOB101 androidbo
ot.carrier=TMD androidboot.keycaps=qwertz androidboot.mode=recovery_manual andro
idboot.serialno=************ androidboot.bootloader=1.33.0013d no_console_suspen
d=1 console=null mtdparts=msm_nand:256K@0x0000024C0000(misc),5120K@0x0000026C000
0(recovery),2560K@0x000002BC0000(boot),174080k@0x000002E40000(system),2048k@0xD8
40000(cache),38656k@0xDA40000(userdata)

Do I have to downgrade and root my phone again?
[G1 General] ezterry:
Prob not:

The problem is: board_trout.disable_sdcard=

1

This is determined usually by the SPL based on the misc data, so let's fix misc

The below has a misc image for a dream device with CID T-MOB101 (as shown in the cmdline I'm replying to, its best if you have a device with another cid to use a hex editor to update the misc.img to match.

1) download the following and place in a directory on your computer to be used via adb:

misc_tmob101.img

erase_image

2) boot recovery

3) run the following adb commands to push the files to the phones ram

adb push misc_tmob101.img /tmp/misc.new.img
adb push erase_image /tmp/erase_image

4) run 'adb shell' and at the prompt run the following:

chmod 0755 /tmp/erase_image
/tmp/erase_image misc
flash_image misc /tmp/misc.new.img
sync

5) reboot the phone normally and see if the problem remains.
[G1 General] ThauExodus:
YAY! THANK YOU.. now I have to look for a new paper weight..xD
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] svet-am:
I hope that my analogy makes sense. In the Linux world, Fedora produces a lot of rapid releases and these release may (and often do) contain unreliable/unstable features that may or may not work properly. This is why these releases go to great pains to say that they are not production ready.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or even CentOS have a much slower release cycle but the features that they roll out are very solidly tested and ready for production environments.

I watch Android.HD2ROMS.com for information about HD2 Android ROMs and it seems like every ROM produces a new version every other day. Often, these builds are rolling out every new kernel update, .CONF patch, etc. without much testing as to their ramifications.

Many of these ROMs are causing problems like "robot voice", random reboots, lock-ups when using Bluetooth, etc. Some of these issues (right now I'm fighting the issue where the person on the far end can't hear me if I've ever used the voice-to-text functionality) are a sever hindrance in my usability of the device simply as a phone.

I consider my phone a production device and while I don't want to go back to WinMo, I may have to just to have so I have a reliable phone device.

Are there any HD2 ROMs that take the RHEL approach and produce fewer builds but have more solid/reliable builds as a result?

While I _LOATHE_ the MIUI interface, they seem to take this (slow and stable) approach and I may just install MIUI and run LauncherPro or ADW on it instead of their stock Launcher.

I don't think I'm in the minority with this feeling about reliability. Hopefully some folks have some good feedback on ROMs.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sergeroyal:
Pongster's Hyperdroid GBX v12: Stable , Extremely Fast , almost bug-free, its been almost 2 months without an update it could never need 1 , its perfect as it is.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=918899
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] norpan111:
Wow,

1. Wrong section.

2. If you have been looking on that site you would see that there is plenty roms that are stable and haven't been updated for a while. The site is by default sorting roms per date they have been updated. So those you're talking about are probably roms still in DEVELOPMENT, hense the title for this section. They are being constantly developed with fixes and bugtesting.

3. HYPERDROIDGBX.

Why write a book about witch book to read? Just try them out, I'm sure there is some that will suit your needs.
[Android Apps and Games] ySchaub:
Hi,

I wanted to know if theres an app which can display the album cover of the currently played song.

thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arabbitte:
My S2 is due from Expansys next week (hopefully ;))

I'm using all this unwanted time to research what I'm going to do when it arrives. I see lots of posts here talking about battery issues that only seemed to surface after an upgrade to KE1 or KE2.

So, will I leave it alone and wait for KE<some number bigger than 2>? If all the reviews I've read used KE0 (is that the name of the one from the factory?), then it looks like that's the one to stick with for the moment. While I'm on the subject, I don't think I've ever witnessed such positivity for any smartphone ever; hopefully it's not all hype.

All and any advice welcome. But please be gentle - I'm coming from WM6 :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurtish:
Return it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
On topic: upgrade to KE1. it seems ke2 has been pulled.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
I heard about you people but I though you were extinct years ago. :p

Best advice is to forget what you know about smartphones based on your experience with WM. Just explore and figure things out for yourself about the device because once you figure it out you'll never forget it. Explore the market for apps, unlike WM the app market for Android is actually functional and has a wide variety of apps and most are free.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harveydent:
Hey, I'm STILL on WM6! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arabbitte:
Ok, so most people say upgrade to KE1 (KE2 pulled) when take the phone out of the box.

So it was deffo only KE2 that had problems then - KE1 won't start eating my battery?

And don't knock WM6! I'm writing this on a 4-year old TYTN II ;-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rytkonen:
You have my sympathies. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunseaker:
Good question and it has been something I've been thinking about while I wait for more sim free GS2s to come back into stock. Didn't realise KE2 has been pulled - interesting.

I'll see your tytnII and raise you with my HTC Wizard with rom flashed from WM5 to WM6.5 that I still use :eek: :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Run stock for a few weeks to make sure phone is ok .

Get backup of original firmware .

Learn the basic FAQS .

Then root toot hack and crack .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skola:
ke2 has been pulled?

Im on ke2!

how do we know its been pulled? and how to i downgrade? :L

edit: the information is in other threads. never mind. im on orange aswell...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winwiz:
see here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1084887

new firmware is coming in the next couple of days
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mittaa:
Me too ... my old HTC Touch HD have served me well through 4 years, good battery, accurate GPS and several drops to the floor ... haven't been able to kill it yet :)

But I will get my SGS2 tomorrow and know for sure that I will fall in love instantly :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arabbitte:
The plan

Thanks for all the replies - some good advice here.

I think I'll leave the phone as is for a while and familiarise myself with it and Android before I start fiddling.

In a former life a long, long time ago, I used to be able to spell "UNIX". I suppose this means I won't be able to resist messing about with rooting, new firmware, hacks, etc. Maybe I should stick to my TYTN II ? ;)
[Focus General] ultimaxtofu:
So I have been stuck with 7008 for a LONNGGGG time now. I have a Focus. The error preventing me from doing the update was 801812C1. Now.. today Samsung released a patch for this specific error for the Samsung Omnia 7, and so I was wondering if this will work for my Focus.

Going to try it soon, but I'm just asking here if theres anything I should be worried about beforehand. Please answer quickly because now that a possible solution is up, my patience is low for this once again.

I haven't gotten any updates done on it except 7004 to7008

Thanks, Jeff
[Focus General] ultimaxtofu:
Nevermind. Tried it. Still got the error. How unfortunate. I hope there'll be a patch for the Focus too.
[General Questions and Answers] Printerscape:
I was going to buy a Patriot 16GB Class 10 microSDHC card, but one of the reviews, dated 3/31 says that there's an inherent flaw with the Android platform which pretty much ruins the card after a short period of time. Comments also support this with claims of Google acknowledging such issue.

Also, going through bunch of reviews, most of the negative reviews are from people who used this card in a smartphone, and that it died shortly after purchase.

So... should I just stick with a Class 4/6, or is this just a bunch of misinformation?
[General Questions and Answers] Printerscape:
bump . . .?
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
I don't think there's any inherent flaw in Class 10 cards other than that they are probably under utilised in Smartphones. They'll be capable of speeds that the hardware can't match.

Other than that, there are many people using them without complaint. If there was anything in this you would certainly know about it. Rather than having to hunt around for information you would be drowning in it!