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[Eee Pad Transformer General] strikethreeout:
What does it say when you do the system update in the "about tablet" section in settings?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rcjpth:
LOL it said there is no update for the current running device :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] JLHdk:
Just try again in hour or so
[Eee Pad Transformer General] h00ligan:
Yah sorry. My post wasn't meant to say the update took an hour. Rather it showed up after an hour.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] n_maher:
I've had mine on for a few hours and still no sign of the update...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ericc191:
Same here. I guess I just have to be patient. :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lettucegoatee:
Got update on Thursday, as soon as I opened the box. WW version in Australia.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rcjpth:
Yayyy - 2 hours, no update insight yet - no plan to root it because basically nothing special to run or backup - software or purchased apps are stored in market - be prepared for Netflix,,,patient and patient ---- one day Netflix will be played on Asus TF! hhehehe
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rcjpth:
Alright - I activated my Transformer at 2:55pm and now at 8:30pm it said it got the update - proceeded to the update

For my case, it took almost 5.5 hour to get the update delivered to my TF

Thx all

rcjpth
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shawn_230:
My 16GB had the update waiting when I first opened the box and turned it on. I went ahead and updated.

But then I found out you can't root with 3.1 yet, so I had to downgrade to 3.0.1 again so I could flash Primordial 3.1.

So don't even bother waiting for the OTA update since you won't be able to root anyway.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tekkitan:
I got mine a week ago from Asus OTA. I went to check updates in Settings>About and it said none available, then shortly after I received a notification that an update was available.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ericc191:
Got my update earlier. I did a factory reset and after the initial setup, I went to try and check for update and it found it on my second attempt.

So far youtube has been fine. I dunno about battery life, yet. I've been using it pretty much all day so it's draining quickly.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rcjpth:
Honest question/answer, why do we need rooted? I owned Gtablet, the reason made me rooting the Gtablet because I couldn't access Market, and install the apps in the Market.

Now, the manufacturer use system integrity check (maybe an algorithm to declare whether the system rooted or unrooted) so the update will be going on and THUS other well known app such NetFlix will of course be getting the tips from Asus Transformer and other tablet provider to ban those rooted device....why - for example some illegal app on rooted device might violate the DRM (record the streaming movie)..etc..

Uhmm for me, I don't think it's worth for rooting!

good luck and thanks for reading!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shawn_230:
That is a fair question, I think a lot of people get hung up about root and maybe do it just to feel cool or l33t.

Some devices beg to be rooted because they have bad UIs or bloatware or whatnot. The Transformer is mostly okay in this regard, but you can still do many cool things with root.

You can change the kernel and overclock, you can use adb over WiFi which reduces the need to hook up to your computer, you can change a lot of aesthetics stuff like system fonts and bootup animation.

But to me, the best thing about root is Titanium Backup. I don't know how people live without out it. For example I've been working on my Angry Birds for over a year now, and in that time flashed many new ROMs and received many new updates and even changed devices a few times.

Root is great, and practically has no downsides. Chances of bricking your device are ridiculously low if you can follow English instructions, and you can always de-root if needed. :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ericc191:
Why does everyone keep asking this silly question?
[G Tablet Accessories] skyfox99:
Hey guys, if you are interested in a vehicle mount, check this thread out. I have designed a mount and it is pretty solid. Worth a look.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1078812
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obaid_oj:
i have updated my fone to 2.2 , before i had 2.1 and my fone was restarting by itself. i had updated several times to 2.1 but stil was facing the same problem.

now after 2.2 update.. my fone still restarts frequently, and after using it for10-12 hours it start giving error of force close. and now it main screen appears and it restarts :S

what should i do ? any suggestions?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obaid_oj:
any suggestions ?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] samsungcaptivates:
Has anyone else experianced this it has happened to me from day one when i open up speed test app and it says finding closest server the bar that scrolls back and forth jumps around lags stops then it says the closest server is witchita kansas and i live in south florida now sometimes it works flawless finds a server in miami but everytime i run the test it takes 30 to 45 seconds before it even starts it just says testing ping then it comes on ping time is usally around 130 210 ms but most of the time it dosent work at all says network error but if i toggle airplane mode or data on off and try again it works great the first time but any subsequent time requires toggling the data
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tankmorph:
Sounds like you just have a poor network connection. Depending on what part of Clewiston you live in, there are some pretty significant gaps in AT&T coverage.

How does the speedtest app work for you when you are on wifi?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] samsungcaptivates:
wifi seems ok the randomness of the speedtest app is crazy i usually have full bars at my house but even showing fukk bars i get the network error and one it throws me that error i have found that i have no data at all i can place calls but cant log on facebook or connect to the market cant send recieve e-mails or sms i have to toggle my data on off and then it goes back to work then if i run speed test it works ok the first time if i run it again right after that it gives me network error and i have to toggle data i dont know if its the app i have been having these random network issues from the time i got the phone but it seems more prevalent with the speed test app i have unninstalled and reinstalled the speed test app but one i lose my data it never comes back without toggling on and off it majorly blows
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tankmorph:
Absolutley sounds like a data problem in your area. Full bars just indicates a strong radio signal from the tower. There's a lot more that needs to happen to get good data throughput. I suggest giving AT&T tech support a call.

They will be much more helpful than any of us can be on this forum.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
I get the same issues...so i tested using speakeasy with the browser and it runs better with a.lily better speeds. No lock ups like speetest ..My speed test will sit so long that that it will say network error..

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rjan22:
Turn ON the GPS!?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MikeyMike01:
You don't need GPS on.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] samsungcaptivates:
Tried with gps on and off makes no diff
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bella92108:
Maybe it just can't keep up with the blazing speed of the AT&T network? HEHE, sorry I just had to say it... And even I can't keep a straight face while typing that, hahahaha.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] keitht:
Mine has locked up several times on the upload portion of the test. This usually occurs when the data speed is bad, like dial-up bad.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 404glitch:
Anyone know of a good weather widget that only displays the actual weather and not the time? Most of the ones I see on the Market are a combination of the two, and that's just not functionality I want/need.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
Beautiful Widgets is good. You can select to only use weather and not time if you choose.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cybok0:
Weather channel has a widget.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Liquid Smoke:
the weather channel has one, but personally i dont like the design. but the stock weather app does that if im not mistaken? it gives you a lot of variations/sizes with the weather/forecast/time.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
There was one that was text and gave you only the weather. I cant recall the name it was something text

Edit: its called minamlistic text I just searched it up
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Guiso0623:
Does anyone know if their is an app out there that can display social notifications? I am looking for something like the Go or ADW notification icon app, but for Twitter and Facebook. If not we are missing the boat here.
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Just started a thread with the developers over at http://www.bodhilinux.com/forums/ to try and get this awesome little distro of linux running on our tablets. What is Bodhi linux? Its a beautiful, fully functional, low resource hogging version of Ubuntu, basically. It uses the e17 desktop window manager (http://www.enlightenment.org/) which is better suited to tablet use than Gnome or KDE. It will run on machines with virtually no resources (http://www.bodhilinux.com/system.php) and run well. Last but not least, have a look at the software that it can run (http://www.bodhilinux.com/software/doku.php).

One of the developers on the forum thinks that they might try and push an Arm based version of Bodhi up their list of todo's if they could get the support for it So if anyones interested, and even if your not, please visit the links and don't be afraid to join the forums to show support for this. This could be amazing if it bears fruit.

Thanks for reading :)

The guys over at Bodhi need a test machine so if anyone can offer some info as how to attain one it'd be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.
[Gen8 General] Zindy:
It looks like really nice dream. It is just awsome. I am waiting to authorization email from bodhilinux forum so I can post on it too. I am waiting for my Archos 101 to arrive. I wanted to start some work to get some linux distro with e17 on it. But Bodhilinux developed for it... I have no words. Just awsome.
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Wouldn't it be brilliant! Not getting my hopes up yet but I can't help but get a little excited. Bodhi guys seem really supportive too, if they got this working it could really take off for them, every android tab owner would want it from galaxy tab to the nook and we might be the first. :)

edit:

Wow!! @ zindy. This man means buisness. Please anyone who reads this go over to the bodhi forum thread and check out what zindy offered. Dude , you're awesome. :D
[Gen8 General] wartstew:
Hmm, I never thought of using the E17 GUI for a tablet. I think where it shines is that the widgets are resizable! :cool: This means you can get them just right for your tablet's screen.

On the downside, it is amazing how many places on your tablet that you are reminded that a touch screen is NOT a mouse when you try to use a desktop environment that was designed to use a mouse. For a preview of what I am talking about simply use either an RDP or VNC client on your tablet to remote into one of your traditional computer's screen. Yes, this is solvable, but it means even MORE work.:(

All that said, if that guy gets it running on his Nokia N900, then getting it to work on our Archos shouldn't be all that much harder.

I think it would be easier to just do the Debian install on our tablets as found elsewhere on this forum and then E17 would just be an "apt-get" away. Next all you would do is import the wonderful customizations and artwork from Bodhi (not hard) and you are done!:)
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
I understand what your saying but the dev over at Bodhi seems really supportive so i,'d expect long term support for Arm based tablets in general. There maybe a tweaked GUI in the future ,who knows? But either way it'd be a really fun little distro to have on our device. I agree that Debian would probably be easier for us but that's a well established distro. Bodhi on the other hand is still in its infancy and they would really benefit from our support , as much as we could benefit from theirs.

Thanks for reading.
[Gen8 General] Zindy:
I was thinking about installing Debian with E17 too. But then we got in touch with Bodhi developers. Try installing of E17 on any general distribution and then try installing last Bodhi version. I was using Bodhi in version 1.0 for some time, but some bugs in E17 environment forced me to get back to xfce. But now I tried to install 1.1 and I started thinking about installing it again as main OS to my work notebook. Main difference is Bodhi has many customizations and improvements made to E17 and updates are made from SVN sources. In Debian you get few months old version. In Bodhi you are more up to date. E17 is developing really fast. Those bugs are gone and it is only a few months. This is main reason why I am interested in Bodhi on Archos much more than trying to install it on top of Debian. I will send some money to donate dev tablet for Jeff on thursday so we will see what happens in near future. Still waiting for my Archos 101 to arrive. Another reason for me to make donation instead of trying to get it working on my own is that Jeff and his team will make all the hard work for all of us. I was playing with Debian on Eken M001 and it ate a lot of my time. I appreciate Jeff's interest in this so I can spent my time another way. :)
[Gen8 General] stochastix:
I have installed the Debian from this page:

w w w DOT debian-archos DOT c o m

After that an upgrade to KDE with apt-get was easy (I even tried

the netbook version).

I have testet wifi, video hardware acceleration and several applications like

OO.

The only thing I have to complain are the virtual keyboards. Something like

the maemo virtual keyboard would be nice. Currently I use an external usb-

keyboard. Its like a netbook :).

- I read Bodhi-Linux has its own repository. Can I still use debian packages? For example if I like to install software which is not existing in the repository.

- Which virtual keyboard is used by Bodhi-Linux? Can it compete with the Maemo version (Screenshots?).
[Gen8 General] Zindy:
Bodhi has its own repositories, but only for customized contents. The rest is downloaded directly from Ubuntu repositories. I think Bodhi for Archos may be build on Debian, because it has arm packages ready to use. You will be able to install .deb packages surely.

Virtual keyboard looks really usable in Bodhi (E17). May be it is customizable, but I didn't try to change its skin. It has three different layouts (letters, numbers and symbols, customized notebook keyboard layout including cursor keys, home, end, etc.) and it is possible to use different languages. I don't have any screenshots, but you can try it yourself. Download Bodhi iso and run it in virtual machine. After boot choose tablet/netbook profile and you can make an image of how it would look like after successful port to Archos. The best thing is that it is optimized for finger scrolling and touch operation as well. I like its environment.
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
As of when i post this we currently have half of the target donated, a total of 108 dollars while we need 200. Jeff over at bodhi will stump up the last 100 dollars to make full price for the archos and then start testing on it. So anyone interested please help out, even a little would help http://www.bodhilinux.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1509-archos-tablet-fund-request-for-donations/ . Thanks.
[Gen8 General] Greenthy:
If say we got bodhi on our archos, can u then install like say a latex editor (say kyle) and edit latex in proper syntax ? (as in the program helps and not just typing a plain text)
[Gen8 General] JeffHoogland:
Planning on basing Bodhi for ARM on Debian. So once I get it up and rolling you will be able to install any of the 10,000+ packages in the debian repo on your ArchOS :)

~Jeff
[Gen8 General] Zindy:
I have good news. We are done. $200 donated for tablet right now.

Good luck Jeff
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
@ Zindy Good job. Thank you for donating so much and

@ Jeff thank you for taking on this project, I seriously cant wait.
[Gen8 General] JeffHoogland:
My ArchOS device is ordered thanks to all the donations - for those that want to keep up with the progress follow the thread here

~Jeff
[Gen8 General] JeffHoogland:
For those wondering I've gotten my hands on a little ArchOS70 and have started work on this.

Pic related - http://i.imgur.com/GF3vT.jpg

~Jeff
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Seriously, how beautiful is that? Wow.
[Gen8 General] dympy:
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

I can't wait till first releases :D

Dympy.
[Gen8 General] Nufan1121:
Found out about this today, had debian running on my archos but it just didn't feel right. This looks to be amazing and if it's anything like the reviews i have been reading it will replace android on my archos (Despite any beta bugs).

Ready and willing to test and help in any way possible, good going Jeff!
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Hey guys, another quick update. This is a post from the bodhi forum,

.......

The general UI is working. The touch screen, wifi, and CPU manager all work. Been currently working on getting support for E's built in battery module working with the tablet hardware.

Once I get the battery rolling I'll post an image with instructions for installing the "alpha" quality image on your own ArchOS.

Then I need to start building some touch-friendly packages to upload to the repository

~Jeff

.......

So things are looking good for Bodhi on gen 8 devices.
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Alpha release... come and get it !!!

http://downloads.bodhilinux.com/jeff91/rootfses/bodhi4gig.img.tar.gz

Pretty slick. Dont forget to thank Jeff for his work.
[Gen8 General] mdcykkk9:
Great job . This should be move to development forum ... Lots of advance users don't follow the general forum . Archos should open the boot loader with gen 9 and give to few well known dev of xda the new tablet for free ... A good 'hack' community helps sales ... I hope that they take their lesson from Gen8 . A small company like archos should take the risk and give as open hardware ...
[Gen8 General] JeffHoogland:
I'll start a thread in the dev section tomorrow when I am home.

Just wanted to mention though that the linked to release I consider of "pre alpha" state. It really is missing a good deal of functions I want it to have still. Posted what I have so far because I believe in an open dev. model.

~Jeff
[Gen8 General] gbohm:
menue.lst entry for open aos menue

rename img appropriate

bodhi||/openaos-bodhi.img|/sbin/init|1
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
To get wifi to work you'll need to setup your connection using "wicd" , scan for your network and enter your security key ( it may look llike you're not connected because the slider keeps moving but when it says "done connecting" in the corner you should be ready ). Open terminal and type sudo apt-get update, password debian . If it fails then somethings wrong with the network settings you entered. If not then continue. Reboot.

When you're back on the desktop again restart wicd and make sure you're connected again. Open a terminal and enter su, password debianroot. Next type adduser debian sudo and then reboot again.

Back again , make sure your connected again and open terminal and type the following

sudo addgroup --gid 3003 inet

sudo addgroup --gid 3004 net_raw

sudo adduser debian inet

sudo adduser debian net_raw . Reboot.

Install a web browser of your choice from terminal "sudo apt-get install midori" or "chromium-browser"

This method is from the openAOS website for their build of debian on gen8 and worked for me.
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Updated Alpha image now available here http://sourceforge.net/projects/bodhilinux/files/ARM/ALPHA/ , torrent here http://downloads.bodhilinux.com/torrents/bodhialpha1.img.tar.gz.torrent . Youtube video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJNRm3RjTA.

Touchscreen wouldn't work for me with the multi-boot from openAOS installed but works fine under normal sde menu. Please say thanks to Jeff for his work and give some feedback on any issues or questions you might have.

Thanks.
[Gen8 General] JeffHoogland:
Huh thats odd, I've got the multi boot menu setup and it works fine with the touch screen on the ArchOS 70

~Jeff
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
Yeah , I think it may be a problem with my device. I've tried a few different releases of the multi-boot on my 101 and had issues with all of them. Post me the link for the one you have installed and I'll try it. The boot menu doesn't really bother me but i'd like to find out if anyone else had the same problem.

Awesome work btw, so happy with it.
[Gen8 General] msticninja:
Yes, the 101 has big issues with all the current images, including Bodhi. I've had luck on droid images with

echo N >/sys/module/hid_hanvon/parameters/rotate180
echo N >/sys/module/mma7660fc/parameters/rotate180

That rotates the touchscreen and display, but I haven't tried it on debian/linux images yet. On debian/linux images, the touchscreen has an additional issue, that all input sends the pointer to the top left corner of the screen. Evtouch didn't work, and I haven't had time to try to modify an xinput driver.

@k1nk33 Do you have a quick description of how you fixed yours? Using the rotate=UD option in Xorg fixes the display orientation, but I'm a bit tired of all the trial-and-error with the touchscreen...

P.S. @Jeff: The 101 has the LCD installed upside-down, so even the Multiboot Menu is upside down on the A101. I think the touchscreen is a different model as well. The module is hid_hanvon, but I can't remember the Vendor details ATM. IIRC, alot of this stuff is fixed in the stock firmware by using the model ID (A101IT) to activate model-specific if/then statements and scripts.
[Gen8 General] k1nk33:
@msticninja

I just reinstalled the original sde init and kernel and renamed the new image to rootfs.img. As i said earlier , i dont really mind about multi-boot because bodhi is the the only OS that i want on my device but thats not to say that everyone else will feel the same. Kinda glad to hear its not just my tablet that has this issue though.
[Gen8 General] kartkid:
This is exactly what I(and I can bet many others) have been waiting to hear/see. Thanks for the info, with the specs required there should be great things to look forward to later on with this.
[Gen8 General] himdroidSC:
Is it worth it?

Ok, I was hooked immediately as soon as I saw the video of bodhi running on the tablet. I noticed on the Bodhi site that there are some issues with the install though. I was wondering what kind of issues the install is having. What devices seem to be missing?

I would love to try this out, but I can't get past the "install debian" step. How do I go about adding the repo? I am extremely new to this whole linux thing, but I am very intrigued and eager to learn. Any help would be appreciated.
[Gen8 General] FrEcP:
Not sure - but didn't they provide an image u can run directly?

I remember something like that...

Sadly I just read they stoped development for tha gen8 as most needed drivers are closed source :(

Anyway - I think our question is better asked in the bodi forum -as propably nearly noone tested it out here ;)

just head over to:

http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/1673-bodhi-for-gen8-alpha1/
[Gen8 General] fzelle:
The sad thing is that the dev even got a tablet by the community to test everything.

And now he claims that there are some closed source drivers?

What a ... answer as there are none Devices out there that have everything as opensource. Ok the beagle things, but.....

On the other hand is the archos the only tablet that got the offical interface for installing the own kernel ( SDE ), and the drivers to use are there.

@himdroidSC:

If you install the openaos Multiboot, you just have to copy the bodhi img onto the device, put 1 line into the config file and at the next boot you can launch bodhi.