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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] flooberz:
how about something with the awesome opening theme? :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dased14:
words or the ships
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fekish:
Hello,

Could you please help me for a couple of questions?

- do i need an sd card to root my NC?

- is there a way to install .apk without rooting my NC?

- what is a basic and stable rom to start with? I am using CM7 on my Motorola Milestone
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
And here I was thinking the Nook Q&A section was pretty obvious...

Please post there. Or better yet, use the SEARCH function.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gin1212:
He has almost 400 post... He doesn't need to use the right sections =\.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DomSim:
1. Yes, you need a 64gb card to root

2. yes, but you will need a 64gb card for this too.

3. At this time all roms have to be imaged to a 64gb card to run.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fekish:
Sorry i was using my phone to post and i thought that i was in Q&A already... and beleive me i went through a lot of pages through Tapatalk but didn't find anything! :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fekish:
Ok thanks. But why 64gb and not smaller?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racks11479:
He's joking. :)

All you need is a 2gb micro sdcard or larger and you should be fine.

Their flaming you because you posted a general question in the dev forum. :p. Lol.

Don't take it personal, happens to the best of us. :)

-Racks
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindolanda:
I have no idea what he's talking about. You can use any SD card 2gb or bigger. The ROMs currently available are CM7, honeycomb (based off the SDK), and stock 1.2 rooted. For honeycomb and CM7, you can install it on the eMMC or run it off the SD card.

Here are a few links:

1.2 rooted

SD Card installs (ROMs)

Dual Boot ROMs (eMMC)

NookDevs Wiki - Tutorials and other info.

Between those and this forum, you should be set. Extra bits are Netflix on the Nook, and running Tegra 2 Apps. I'd recommend overclocking if you do any of those though - once you overclock to 1.1ghz then everything is fast as can be.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fekish:
Honestly guys sorry!

I used Tapatalk and wasnt able to understand where exactly i should have posted! :mad:

OK thanks i'll check it out. I was reading last week that you can have a ROM on th SD Card and just reboot through that, and if you dont want that, just take out the sd card and you have the stock ROM. Is that true, or not so much?

Because i live in Europe, i dont want to mess so much with NC, as if anything goes wrong i wont have a store near me to go and get some help! :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindolanda:
The Nook will automatically boot from the SD card, so I would just pick up a spare sd card to try out one of the ROMs. If you like it, you could install it on the internal memory, eMMC, or dual boot.

The great thing with the Nook Color is it's almost impossible to brick, and everything I posted is completely reversible. Worst case is you take the SD card and run clockwork recovery to restore it.

Just to get the full experience, I would root stock 1.2 with Manual Nooter (look at the link I posted before), so you get the full Android experience with B&N's mods -- best for reading btw. Also, most of the apps on B&N are paid apps, but, on the market they're free. That's an incentive to root right there.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fekish:
ok thanks for your time!

Great to be also in the Nook family of users now! :)

Will try it with my 2gb card first and then will buy a bigger one. Would the class of the card have any material differences on the Nook performance?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akaCat:
Check out this thread for the best cards to run from. tl;dr version: any SanDisk class 4, 8GB or 16GB seems to be the best bet.
[Epic 4G General] vita10gy:
Just wondering if anyone knows details on how market listings work. I know there are some apps that show or not to certain phones, but is that just a version issue, a special exception google makes?

At any rate, it's moot, because if google has a solution, they aren't making it very clear to lots of people.

Anyway, the problem:

As android ages, the phones age, and the apps mature. There are lots of apps that won't adequately run on older phones, but as far as I can tell, the only recourse devs have is to put a note in the description, which stops no one from actually downloading it, then clogging the reviews with 1 star "does not work on the ___" reviews.

While this was always a problem, now that we've reached the point in time where this is starting to happen to Droid 1 users, it's less an annoyance, and more a serious issue. Ratings almost mean nothing on those apps, and it's hard to use the reviews to see if there are actually any real issues.

(There are 10 billion droid users, and because it was true for quite a while they seem particularly locked in to the "I have one of the better phones out there" mentality :))

Ok, rant over. Not sure anyone else even notices this. :p
[Epic 4G General] vita10gy:
Also, I'm not sure the solution is to restrict access, but an official way to list the phones that work or don't work needs to be in place, and then maybe another dev option to still allow access*

Then, if your phone isn't compatible, but the dev okays downloading anyway, you are given an extra screen to dismiss, explaining the app probably wont work for you, and you aren't allowed to leave reviews.

*Not all phones are equal, a stock phone, and a tricked out custom kerneled OC'd version, are very different, so a user might opt to give it a whirl anyway.
[Epic 4G General] edonnelly:
I have several apps on the market. In the manifest for the app you declare the minimum version of Android required for the app, and it's my understanding that phones that do not have at least that version of Android will not see the app.

Now, just because an app doesn't work on one person's phone, and they write a nasty review saying "doesn't work on the Epic!" doesn't actually mean that it doesn't work on the Epic, it just means that one person couldn't get it to work. Also, the developer may have made some hardcoding choices (like directories, etc.) that are not universal, and that may lead to incompatibilities that were un-anticipated. But, other than version of Android, I'm not sure what else is available to a developer to restrict access.
[Epic 4G General] vita10gy:
Yeah, I figured you could set the version. It's too bad there's no way to control it a bit finer.

I also realize that it's entirely possible someone is just being an idiot, but the fact remains we're past the days where you could necessarily infer anything about the phones from the version, or NEED the latest API version to do something useful/cool.

There are apps that legitimately don't run on some phones, and I feel like google needs to offer an official solution, rather than rely on dev comments that no one reads.

Obviously there are lots of ways to fake what your phone is, and whatnot, so nothing is going to be perfect, but there needs to be some way to officially denote "This app only requires 2.2, but your phone can't be one that shipped with Cupcake"

Edit: perhaps an easier approach is to have a market setting that only factors ratings/reviews of people that have the same phone.

I also don't mean to sound like I install every 5 star app, and wont even think about installing a 3 star app, no matter what I've heard. I've just noticed this in apps I was installing for one reason or another, and felt bad for the devs. It also gives a little less incentive to provide new/cool things for those of us with better phones.

I also suppose there's no "official" guidelines on what these stars are supposed to mean, but to me 1 starring an ap that says "this won't work for you" when it doesn't work for you is like telling people your dentist sucks because he wouldn't change your oil or make you a burger.
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
Hey guys, remember when the carriers blocked wireless tethering apps from the market for 'their phones'? I don't believe they ever REMOVED the apps from the market, just tagged them in such a way that they are not visible to any of the phones they provide service for. Just a thought, maybe devs could do the same kind of 'blacklisting' based on model number...

Sent from my pocket rocket
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] natehoch96:
Hello,

I am creating a skin and I just need a few people to confirm that it works on their device. You do not have to be rooted, but if you are, please be sure you are running a stock ROM before requesting the theme and reporting back. The theme is not completely finished yet, I am just trying to create a list of confirmed devices it works on. Thanks, PM me if you are interested.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaitan02:
Hi, I was trying to make a backup of the ROM on my SGT, but got the following message; "failed to verify whole-file signature", so I tried "recovery 3e modified to work like recovery 2e" but when i restarted my device, it tries to go into recovery-mode, something flashes across the screen, and it stops.. have tried several re-boots, with the same result..

Is there any way to save it, or is it lost?

- Please help :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] connexion2005:
I can fix this with JTAG PM sent...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaitan02:
I got it into download mode, so it was saved by flashing a new ROM :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] UKseagull:
Spotted on Reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/hpopn/google_moving_away_from_using_sd_cards_i_hope/

This is quite interesting re the SD slot (or lack of) question.

http://www.examiner.com/web-2-0-in-tampa-bay/google-pushes-cloud-over-sd-cards-samsung-complies
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Doxy17:
Interesting articles. I agree though- I definitely won't be spending the extra money on the 32gb version of the 10.1 because I don't think I'll need it! All my music will be on the cloud, and I will probably stream most of my video watching... I think 16 gb is totally sufficient for my needs. It doesn't bother me in the least that it doesn't come with an SD-card.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sriram_s:
The "cloud" is probably nice for the Google engineers with a terabit network, and unlimited data usage, but for me, I'd rather not have a middle-man between me and my data.

This goes especially for stingy middle-men like all the Cell phone carriers and their low bandwidth caps and expensive data plans. Even landline isps are instituting bandwidth caps, so there really isn't a better alternative to a 32gb sd card.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] dscline:
Agreed. Unless Google want's to become an ISP and give bandwidth away for for free, what they think is cool is irrelevent to my reality. I'm already juggling downloads to stay within my 250GB monthly cap by comcast (not to mention what AT&T would do if I started downloading that much content on my mobile plan, assuming their network could even provide it at a reliable, consistent speed). Why would I want to push content through that already constrained and costly pipe, when I can copy it to memory almost instantly from my home network? The answer is: I don't, but THEY want me to. They want us all ot get hooked on cloud storage, because that's just yet one more revenue stream they can create to channel money from our pockets into theirs. That's what business is all about: creating new and better ways to acquire revenue.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Katavic:
I am curious, for what are you planning to use your tab so that 16gb is not enough? I have galaxy tab 7, with 16gb and microSD card, and I am not using totaly more than 5gb, and I have it for 6 months.

Only thing that cross my mind is watching movies while on the trip
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] dscline:
There's a good one right there. ;) Of course, with Tegra 2 not being that great for high profile movies, that limits it somewhat. An SD card also makes it easy to quickly move a decent amount of media from one device to another (phone, tablet, etc.) to be able to continue using it on whichever device is most appropriate for where you are.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] markp99:
Primary usage for me would be music files held LOCALLY on the device. Very little in way of movies and photos for me.

The cloud option might work well for me for the more obscure music I don not currently sync over to my phone and do not get a lot of plays. I do want core of my library locally stored for air travel and non-wifi situations.

I have 32GB on my pone today (pretty much same content I would also want on my tablet). I think I could live with a 32GB constraint for a long time.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] tissotti:
My use is to make the tablet as my media hub so 32GB is a must.

I would love to use spotify, but when i have cabinets full of CD's and 50GB of music as i use very high bitrate or lossless tracks, streaming seems kind of wasting my money for service like spotify(i would personally actually have something like pandora that's free to a point to find new music over here at Europe).

I wont be streaming anything to my device, but i will be streaming from my device to TV and speaker system.

That is if i can find something as good as airplay from Android side.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Bukem75:
32GB is nothing when you want to use the tab as a media player... Even at 720p encodes, thats about 4GB per movie... 64GB or more is needed for any selection
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bbeelzebub:
That's all good and dandy when I'm in my house with Verizon FIOS, but when I'm out, it isn't practicle. Not to mention, when I'm home... I'll be using my tv, the desktop or one of my laptops with bigger monitors.

Oh Google... stop being so Apple.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] MrSewerPickle:
I wonder if that's why native SD card support in Honeycomb 3.* has yet to surface but "we are working on it, until you tweaky tech ppl forget about it and then we can push media control (aka cloud storage aka new hype for just storing media remotely)"
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] kponti:
For eventual control in the long run, that way they can be more compliant in the future with record companies for better license control....aka apple! Then those artist can also promote android like they have been doing apple
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] natehoch96:
Hello,

I am creating a skin and I just need a few people to confirm that it works on their device. You do not have to be rooted, but if you are, please be sure you are running a stock ROM before requesting the theme and reporting back. The theme is not completely finished yet, I am just trying to create a list of confirmed devices it works on. Thanks, PM me if you are interested.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] spence341:
The only way a skin will work on an original Inc is rooted running a custom Z rom or sense 2.0+. Sense 1.0 does not support skins.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] natehoch96:
Hello,

I am creating a skin and I just need a few people to confirm that it works on their device. You do not have to be rooted, but if you are, please be sure you are running a stock ROM before requesting the theme and reporting back. The theme is not completely finished yet, I am just trying to create a list of confirmed devices it works on. Thanks, PM me if you are interested.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] dashrink:
Do u have screenshots m8?
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] natehoch96:
Hello,

I am creating a skin and I just need a few people to confirm that it works on their device. You do not have to be rooted, but if you are, please be sure you are running a stock ROM before requesting the theme and reporting back. The theme is not completely finished yet, I am just trying to create a list of confirmed devices it works on. Thanks, PM me if you are interested.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] prboy1969:
For Gingerbread or Froyo?
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] southernstyle:
I will try it if its for Gingerbread, couldn't hurt
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] Caiaphas:
If it'll work on Kingdom port 1.0 (Android 2.3.3 & Sense 3.0), I'm down!
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] mcarrion78:
im running the nfx gb leak. just let me know
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] natehoch96:
Ah sorry, it's for Froyo. After I finish the theme though I plan on porting to Gingerbread.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] prboy1969:
Let me know when it's GB time.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] strapped365:
I'm running mikshift ill give it a go
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] natehoch96:
Send me a PM and I'll respond with a link.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] mulhiny:
I'm also on MikShift Froyo. I can flash it and test tonight and give results tomorrow if you'd like. I'm headed out for the day shortly.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] strapped365:
Mikshift runs Sense 1.0 this skin is meant for Sense 2.0 I'm using it now on the Desire Z port and its awesome! I was on mikshift but had to flash another ROM
[Eee Pad Transformer General] newtybar:
With the introduction of Windows 8 yesterday and announcement of a Tegra 3 device by the end of the year, are the TF's days numbered?

I had to return my TF thanks to a touch screen failure, still want to get another one but now am having doubts.

Technology is constantly upgrading and if I keep looking over the horizon, I'll never get anything, but it seriously sounds like Tegra 3 is close to coming out. Tegra 2 is actually two year old architecture afterall. I've done this before though, waiting a year for the Adam (which ended up not being too great) then another five months for the Transformer...which is actually pretty awesome.

The biggest issue I have with the TF is its weak video capabilities.

I think the Tegra 3 will solve this (this thing looks beastly, Lost Planet 2?!) with it's quad core muscle.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eallan:
The end of the year is still six months away. You'll have plenty of time to enjoy your TF. It's not like it's $1000 bucks either.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] newtybar:
$700 for a 32gb, keyboard dock combo isn't cheap either.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sanjeezy91:
See the thing is, when tegra 3 comes along, there will be another processor that obliterates it. so you just gotta take the plunge and enjoy what u have for now. or wait forever, lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] :
Windows 8 won't be released until next year, at the earliest.

Tegra 3 is sampling this month, meaning production runs and first consumer units probably wont hit the market until december, if that.

Obselete is a very strong word that's being bastardized.

My dual Pentium 2 setup is obsolete. My Core 2 Duo chip is not.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] turbulent28:
its hard to keep up with the newest and baddest, but i say as long you pick something that will fill YOUR needs, and gives you a good usage, then your fine.

Then , when your ready to upgrade, you look into what fits your needs at that time.

so yes, the tegra can easily be obselete soon, but is honeycomb? ASus? what about XDA development? 3.1 may not be the end for the TF..
[Eee Pad Transformer General] echomatics:
You will never win this war...

If you wait and get a Tegra 3 device, 4-5 months later you will be reading about the Tegra 4 devices coming Fall of 2012. If you like the TF and it meets your current needs then stay with it ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Ravynmagi:
You could just spend $400 on a 16GB version and $20 for a 16GB SD card and even skip the keyboard dock if you like.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] newtybar:
That's not how we do things, have get the biggest and the baddest!

JK...that is definitely an option.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] turbulent28:
This.

Personally i bought the TF for the tablet form.

I have a laptop, a netbook, and desktop at home.

for 700 you could easily find a netbook with more power ..

plus for me:

When the next tablet comes out, you can sell your TF (which is why you want to skin it, cover it, etc) and put that money towards the newest tab out there.

recycling!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sandinipower:
true tht

buyin electronics is a war you can't win...maybe if u have tons of cash to throw then knock urself out lol

dont worry be happy...with ur transformer :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] newtybar:
You guys are all right, I'm taking the plunge again.

FYI - I do have a netbook/ultraportable with a lot more power. HP Dv2z that had a dual core AMD Neo X2 and Radeon with 512mb (NOT integrated). Bought it two years ago, one of the best hardware purchases I've made. The thing runs CODMW2 and SC2 no sweat. Pretty beastly for something so small.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] newtybar:
Sorry I posted this....I was wrong.

Group hug everyone.

Now off for the hunt to find a TF.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] el_brio:
It doesn't really matter. Right now there are only a handful of apps that make use of Tegra 2. By the time Tegra 4 comes out, there will probably be a healthy amount of Tegra 2 apps and 4 or 5 Tegra 4 apps. You are pretty much paying a big premium to play a couple of crappy games.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] funnycreature:
ASUS promised the dock would be compatible with future tablets and that alone is a smart move. I love the TF and it does what I need it to do, hardware-wise. The software is still suffering from a lot of issues but they will disappear soon. If you buy a tech device you have to be aware that the moment you turn it on it's not the newest on the market anymore.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
Welcome to the world of Technology....where things are obsolete before you even take it out of the box pretty much.

Newer are not always better. Just get what you need to meet your needs and go from there. If it fulfills them keep it.

Simple as that really.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Kilmar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZAAZ7iXN-o
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Q.Entity:
I got mine just to play with Android programming (I am a .Net guy). For 400 bucks is worth it.

Everything is always obsolete when it gets released. Otherwise, everybody would have the same stuff fro 30 years and no company would stay in business.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] andyzarins:
weak video capabilities? I was worried about the limitations of the tegra 2 processor, however got used to transcoding my videos and it makes no sense to put a 6 or 7 gb video on a portable device. After transcoding my films they are a Max of 2 gb and normally closer to 1 gb and the quality is excellent.

Would I wait for a tegra 3 device? Nope firstly because they will probably end up being delayed so you will end up waiting months longer than you like. Plus the core capabilities will always work on the transformer - web browsing, playing music, video playback (I would always transcode my videos now to save on space), gaming, reading books and now mags with zinio. Plus you can always pop it on ebay.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nook-color:
4D TV ??

You bought the Wrong TV sillyhead
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SoCalTiger:
Best commercial ever because it is true.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Evostance:
Obselete?

Perhaps you should take a look at the original Desire. You might realise then that its one of HTC most popular phones, and thanks to XDA Devs it will be updated for a long time coming.

You could stick 2 i7's, 16gb RAM and and a dedicated GPU chip into an Android tablet but whats the point. The OS doesn't need it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
Yeah you could also add Samsung 10.1 and the xoom. Why dont you wait next yr this time when Tegra 4 is announce so the Tegra 3 will be obsolete. Better then that why dont you wait till 2013 and get the Tegra 5. cause Tegra 4 will be old news.....:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyazzie110:
Hi all.......my girlfriend jus got an evo and wants me to root it.....wats the best Cyanogen mod rom out there?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidc23:
The latest cyanogen mod is the best..flash cm7 and you should be good to go buddy. (:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
is it possible that when you say 'best CM7 rom out there' you really mean 'best gingerbread AOSP rom'?

CM7 would probably be the best gingerbread AOSP rom....