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[Galaxy Tab Accessories] BoogerPEZ:
Just got a Tab and wanted to tether it wirelessly to my cellphone so I could use it as a large screen GPS, media center, carputer . . .

I just didn't want to buy another suction cup mount for my windshield or spend the money for the sturdy (read: non ebay) mounts from RAM or ProClip.

I thought I might be able to fab something from aluminum bar stock and lots of sawing, grinding and screwing together cause I can't weld. Or even using sheet metal and some duck bill vise grips cause my sheet metal fab skills suck.

Then I was taking a look at some old paint roller trays and thought that the feet on them looked like what I needed and this project was born . . .

This could work for any lightweight tablet style computer. The coating on the mounts along with the stickiness of the case keeps it from sliding in corners and I bent up the front edge of the "tabs" to keep the device from flipping forward on hard acceleration. I also just put it in an Otterbox Defender case so even if it falls it won't be scratched. I have a similar case on my phone and have dropped it from 6ft to granite and asphalt without a single nick or damage to my phone.

(Keep in mind that it's not the prettiest thing in the world cause my skills and materials aren't at that level but it isn't a total blight to my dash when the tablet isn't mounted.)

Paint Tray similar to the one I scavenged for my Tab "Tabs"

"Tabs" after being removed by prying off with a screwdriver and then mildly reshaped with pliers and ground down with my bench grinder.

View of the "tabs" to be used for my Tab with a slip on Belkin Case

Slightly different angle of the "tabs"

I coated the "tabs" by dipping them in Plasti Dip thinned out with a little lacquer thinner. It was just enough to keep it from scratching the device without making them so thick that they popped the dash panel out.

I just loosened the dash panel to gain some space between it and the face of the radio. Then I just dropped the long tab of the "tabs" into the space and popped the panel back in place. Everything stays in place with friction and is a tool-less removal.

Coated "tabs" in place.

Front view of "tabs"

Galaxy Tab mounted in landscape mode. I have the headphone jack routed to my AUX in and the data cable connects to a 2A USB charger from Fry's.

Portrait mounting.

With the tabs moved slightly in I can also fit my Otterbox's screen cover on without removing the device. I did have to modify the bend of the tabs slightly to accomodate the much thicker and robust Otterbox case.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] lictor4:
I've got the same otterbox case...and an xterra! This is getting creepy
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] BoogerPEZ:
WHOA!!!

Are you also sitting in front of your computer right now reading this thread???
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] Ne@004:
Nice try bu it looks little awkward.
[General Questions and Answers] ToaderBoat:
just like the title asks...is there an Espresso based Sense ROM for the Evo?? i cant seem to find one anywhere!! i had one called zen-"something" for my old Hero that was Espresso based but i cant seem to find one for my Evo
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] es0teric:
Hi all,

Whenever I connect my phone to my PC, it keep prompting me to install or locate the driver. What should I do even when I try to use MyphoneExplorer, it doesn't work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] casemandan:
Get windows mobile device center http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/apps/65-downloads.aspx

and htc sync 3.0 http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=982&news_id=757
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] es0teric:
Thanks!! Appreciate your help!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farva0412:
Hi I am wanting to learn how to make ROMS and start developing. I do not know where to start and hope I can be pointed in the right direction.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feedhead:
1. Wrong Forum Police GoGoGo!

2. You didn't even attempt to search did you?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgldrgdlr:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+develop+android+roms
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patdroid1:
not a good start lol...

two great dev threads in a row...figured i might as well throw up a waste of time post
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Farva0412:
My bad no need to start flaming. I am currently in the airport with no pc. My bad
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patdroid1:
lol no worries...hit up the Q&A section...people are pretty good about giving non-sarcastic responses there
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
Do you know anything about programming or the linux operating system? You have a lot of work cut out for you if you dont know how to at least read a C family language a markup language like xml and the basic file system for linux.

I mean if you don't give more than 2 sentences, you can't really expect a reply that's anymore detailed imho.

I guess a better question is, do you know what a rom is, besides something you flash on your phone? Also, do you know what the difference between what a rom and kernel is (and a theme)?

If you don't know the answer to the above two questions. I think you should start reading and googling the vocabulary for things so you can at least understand what people are talking about. Otherwise you won't get very far on reading or understanding anything someone tells you for help.

Please don't take my post as being rude. I am just stating things in a clear, concise manner.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fallingup:
step one: download base rom

step two: buy winzip

step three: unzip base rom

step four: add customizations / kangs

step five: zip that sucka up

step six: sign zip

step seven: upload to XDA and be like the 100 other "devs" and flood the boards ;)

thats the easy way. Hard / right way would be to learn how to build AOSP and configure it to work on your device. Cyanogenmod.com has some write ups (i believe, its been a while since i was looking at those) that will help you get where you wanna go
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] mingkee:
https://beta.swype.com

Make sure you get the activation code from email as you will use it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejavecu:
Long story, short (can be made longer as needed), CM7 snowballs into a bunch of force closes. I have a 16 GB PNY and the write, read speed is fine and quadrant scores are above a Nexus S. I used the verygreen method of rooting and have tried the latest nightly then went back with the latest stable but it makes no difference. It all starts with a force close on android.media.process force close and then I get random force closes on things I am not using and on market and kindle till its nearly unuseable. Perhaps it is how I am wiping the micro sd to start over? I use Minitool partition manager and delete all the partitions then create a fat 32 partition then I use windows 7 to quick format to defaults. Suggestions please. I don't sync it to my phone profile and all the apps.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angomy:
Dammit, hit thanks instead of quote by accident.

Anyway, the read speed is not the critical benchmark for uSD cards if running CM7 off it. There's a thread in general regarding this, but it's the small writes that matter most. The general consensus seems to be that Sandisk class 4 or 2 cards perform the best (on average, quality can vary between cards of the same brand/model) out of those out there.

Try using Easus Partition Manager to repartition and format fat32, 8k clusters (for a 16GB card) -- also if you're using a built-in card reader or connecting an external one to a front port on your PC it can cause some weird issues.

You can also try, if you have a second uSD, creating a bootable CWR card, boot into it, swap uSD out for your system card, run fix permissions and reboot (someone correct me if this won't work, afaik it does).
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejavecu:
I'm still getting a lot of force closes but with some I chose to click wait instead of force close and then it will work. I'm going to.be aggravated if after all this time it s the sd card. Any cm7 tweaks to.make it more stable?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bike2002:
The best bet for you at this point is to get a Sandisk 8GB class 2/4 microSD from Amazon for around $11.00 including shipping.

(Please note that we are not associated with Amazon in any way.)

We can not emphasize how important it is to have a good disk.

A lot of FC can be avoided at least from my point of view.

Good luck.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cama900:
If you dont want to wait for shipping, i think staples is have a fathers day sale for 15 dollars of something for a sandisk 8GB class 4
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejavecu:
What about a 16 gb?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejavecu:
Also it never will boot in recovery mode. it simply installs the gasps then I power it on again
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
With verygreen's size-agnostic thing, I've yet to see any bootloader per se. It's this magical thing that when you say "boot to recovery", all it does is run any ZIP that's named "cm-" something, or "update-" something. (Also gapps).

I don't see any menuing like AMONRA or CWM.

I'm using a 8GB class 6 that performs just fine, without any issues (as a point of reference). I also have a 4GB class 4 that ran well, too - albeit a bit slower.

I think when you get above class 6 is when it gets more flakey on the small read/writes.

I used verygreen's size-agnostic installer, coupled with the Win32 imager. Essentially followed Quinxy's easy-to-understand steps here (ignoring him telling you to grab cm7-0-0.zip, the write-up is old - get either the latest nightly or the latest stable -- the 107 nightly worked great for me, 106 didn't have root, so don't ever get that one).

http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/comple...on-the-nook-color/comment-page-3/#comment-944
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrSarcasmo:
I'm running CM7 nightly 107 with Dalingrin's 6-18 kernel on a 16 GB Sandisk class 4 I got from Radio Shack last weekend for $25 (it was on sale). It is rock solid.

Also was running cm7 7.0.3 stable on a Sandisk class 4 8GB stick and that ran rock solid also. I've been using Sandisk mini and micro SD chips in my phones for years and never had a bad experience yet. If it ain't broke, don't fix it...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] anotherhawkeye:
I posted this in another forum, thought I will re-post it here.

I had Ipad2 for 2 weeks and returned it. Once you use android tablet for a week, you can't go back to Ipad 2.

There are lot of reasons to choose android over ipad. Couple of examples:

=> Google maps kicks ass in android. IPad also has google maps, but its crippled - there are no reviews, no 3D view, no rotating using multi-touch, etc..

=> Widgets make a big difference in the 10" screen. You get the see emails, weather, calendar in the main screen, esp. with re-sizable widgets. Switch on the tablet, look at important stuff, move on with your life. In Ipad, you need to search for the three apps in the sea of icons, open one, close, look for next app and so on. There's a sea of difference in usability.

=> Android task bar has short cuts to change lot of settings like brightness and is available without the need to close the app that you are on. Say, you are reading a webpage that has a link to youtube. For reading you may like low brightness, but video with dark background requires more brightness. Steps to change screen brightness in IPad: you need to close the current app, search for settings icon in the sea of app icons, open settings, look for 'screen' settings, open the settings, look for brightness control, change brightness, double tap the hardware button to see the previous app, click it to open where you were. In honeycomb, you just click the task bar icon, change brightness, done. Now, that's usability.

=> Ipad is 4:3, pretty useless for viewing videos/movies. Watching 16:9 movies in Ipad is painful. Netflix works in Ipad (in the works for android, not out yet), but I honestly couldn't use it in Ipad because of the 4:3 screen. It's like watching movie on the old CRT screen.

=> IPad has no flash.

=> IPad has no back button. Every app implements 'back' functionality in their own way. You need to search for the 'back' button in every app. It gets frustrating very fast. Android has a beautiful back button that's available always and behaves exactly the same way in every app. It's magical. Really.

This is just the tip of iceberg. The list goes on and on.

If you are not big on games, then the several thousand apps in the app store means nothing. Because every useful app has a counterpart in honeycomb.

I know this is a android/gtab 10.1 forum so we'll be obviously biased, but what do you think of ipad?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mightymouse2045:
I agree with everything you have said - not to mention the specs are under that of the 10.1, and if the rumors are true around the place there will be an updated model either at the time of the release of the 4G (unlikely), or within a few months after...

I am crossing my fingers and waiting for the rumors to be confirmed because if an updated model with wqxga (retina display competitor) 300+ dpi, plus microSD (if it's not released with the coming model), and possible quad core cpu (although it might just be the exynos 1.2Ghz), comes out within that sort of time frame then bugger me you are already beating the released 'possible' specs of the 2012/2013 release of iPad3!

lol - I am seriously excited about the 10.1. I have no doubt it is going to rock the crap out of the iPad2 for all the reasons you have stated and many more.

I have no concerns about possible build issues with the device as I have an Omnia 2 which is the same high grade plastics they are using in the 10.1 and i have dropped it many many many times - the phone has no issues, no cracking no warping etc it is just like the day i bought it (with some minor scratches of course).

Also people say customer service is crap for Samsung - well that depends on the country you are in and your expectations but let me tell you here in the philippines where customer service for the majority of companies is unheard of, I have had my screen replaced on the Omnia 2 when i had some white dots appear (probably due to me dropping it down some stairs on to concrete), no questions asked, within 3 to 5 days. and that was with a cooked rom that came up with a naughty boot message.

So yeah I don't blame you for trading in your iPad2 :P
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Ravynmagi:
I started writing out this long response on all the positive points I see with the iPad 2 over the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Not because I think the iPad 2 is better. Just wanted to point out some of the iPad's strengths because I do think the device is pretty good.

But I like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 more, got worried I might come off wrong and get riped apart like a rabbit before a pack of wolves. Haha.

So instead of the long post, I'll just give a brief short list of what I consider some pros for the iPad 2 over the Galaxy Tab 10.1... and I emphasis I still like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 more and am waiting to buy one.

* Over 50,000 tablet optimized apps. Original iPad came out over a year and has been massively successful. Apple has a huge head start. I think the Android optimized apps still count in the low hundreds right now. And I often see lesser quality with the Android versions. It'll improve, but it's going to take time.

* iOS is more stable. 3.1 has helped, Android Market doesn't bug out on me as much. But there are still stability issues with Honeycomb. I'm a little fearful to install too many apps on my Android tablets because I've had some apps have a negative impact on the entire tablet's performance. Even Motorola's CEO commented recently on this being a concern. iOS on the other hand I have no fear installing everything I see (had over 120 apps on my iPad 1) without fear of performance issues.

* iPad has excellent standby battery life. I can leave the iPad asleep for 24 hours and find it the next day still at 99 or 100% battery life. My Android tablets seem to lose about 25% or more battery life a day just sleeping. I wish more review sites would measure this. I'm curious how much it varies between Android tablets and wouldn't mind seeing more light shed on the issue.

There are other things I could bring up. But generally iPad's strength is the maturity and polishness of it's OS, it's 1 year head start and massive number quality apps.

Still. An exciting thing about Android is this is it's first tablet OS, I think things are moving fast for Android, and we get to be along for the ride. It's only going to keep getting better. And we are already blessed with amazing freedom, flexibility, and customization options. This is what I love about Android.

And I had seriously thought about getting an iPad 2. There are some apps I know I like much more on iOS than Android. But I feel like I'm just giving up way too much control for that. And I think the apps will get better here.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sriram_s:
Yeah, this is weird. Samsung has a bigger battery, but 2 1/2 hours less runtime on the Anandtech review.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] anotherhawkeye:
I'm not sure about the "more polishness", but its more stable than honeycomb. I think honeycomb is more polished than ios, but it's less stable right now due to the FCs.

About battery life - honeycomb tablets don't have bad battery life. 8-10 hours battery life is not bad. Apple does have couple of more hours of battery life and better standby battery life, but then we are now in the bragging rights territory. If you charge every day and not going on international trips, the extra hour of battery life is not going to matter to most of the tablet buyers.

Same goes for app store. You said you have 120 apps installed in your ipad, average person has 5 to 20. Honeycomb had every app *I* wanted. The quality of third party apps was similar between Ipad and Honeycomb. But YMMV. If a person needs a specialized app that's not available in HC, then they need to stick with Ipad. OTOH, google apps are vastly superior to the ones in Ipad. That was the deciding factor for me.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ralexand:
Is it true that iPhone apps do not scale on the iPad? I am sure I heard this somewhere, but I cannot imagine it's true.

With that said, while there are not many Honeycomb-specific apps, at least most pre-3.0 apps play nice with HC (upscaling for screen size).

I had a brief time (about 3 hours) where I thought the iPad2 would be a better option for me than the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Luckily, I was talked off the ledge. The only thing that had me leaning towards the Pad is tablet-specific apps, but in the end most of my tablet usage is through the browser.

What sealed the deal in my getting the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was the deep integration of Google services. Until iOS5 comes out, there is definitely nothing on the iPad that holds a candles to Google's Android-account management system (not that I'm aware of, but I an ignorant on this subject).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] smaskell:
umm.. you do realize that apple computer run on intel chips, right? saying that you're "an intel person" doesn't really many any sense..

anyway, you say that the ipad sucks because they use proprietary ports, don't have sd, etc. but... the galaxy tab 10.1 doesn't have those things either
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] anotherhawkeye:
It's true. iPhone apps run on iPad /w the same resolution (occupy a tiny area in the middle of the tablet) or 2x the resolution (occupy most of the tablet screen, but /w blurry text, etc.). Either way, I found it unusable.

OTOH, many, but not all, phone apps run well in HC. They scale nicely and you would hardly know that they are not designed for HC. Case in point, engadget app or many of the news apps.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mightymouse2045:
lol yes i know they changed over to intel hardware - however OSX only supports their combination of hardware, won't install on other hardware etc unless you get the hacked boot image and then the drivers that are in the 'hacked' OSX support some hardware and not others and the hardware that is supported it varies on either partial support to full support. when i played with it last year i could only get a single gpu working on my dual gpu video card, no wifi support, no 3d effects, multi threading and virtual support and some other issues that I just wasn't willing to accept. They have a kickass OS why don't they release it to the masses - because they want you to buy the hardware as well from them to get more money. It's like the Catholic church - the only path to God is through the church.

The intel man statement was more meant to describe the freedom you have when using intel based hardware, windows and linux OS's compared with if you go OSX and in the past risc based Apple - you need apple hardware. I like open standards, compatibility and choices for my computing experience.

Yes I am aware of the 'potentially' missing microSD port, and the proprietary 30 pin port to USB cable it comes with. You didn't read what I said about possible 2nd revamp and release of another version which would include the microSD along with an even better screen and maybe a quad core later this year?

Look through some other posts about what supercurio is saying about the current gtab 10.1 - transformer has a screen - gtab 10.1's screen is art, and other comments comparing ips (apple) to pls (gtab 10.1).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] smaskell:
Yes, of course. I couldn't agree more. Just thought it was a bit of an odd way of putting it haha.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZAIN_1:
I FLashed GB Bootloader from "adyscorpio's thread" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117990

then i flashed bullet kernal from odin

afterthat i installed

[ROM] [2.3.4 JVP] Gingerbread Blitzkrieg by "birgertime"

now i want to go back to my froyo i.e project v ?

can i just flash it with recovery or what??

and please tell me whats rom is best for battery & performance

Thanks a lot fellows:confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] explodingboy70:
The bootloaders are backwards compatible meaning you can flash a froyo rom without issue. Kernels are not though so if you want to use a backup youll need to flash a froyo kernel first.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZAIN_1:
Thank you.. your r awesome :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZAIN_1:
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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystycs:
What are boot loaders for?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shortbus-Driver:
If you dont know......dont play with em.....keep your hands out of the cookie jar.....youve got a lot of reading ahead of you
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osolot:
I didnt have any problems flashing bootloaders.. but yep.. best read a bunch first
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaintfm:
Most important thing to know about bootloaders is they're one of the only things that, if you screw up installing them, may permanently kill your phone. Screwing up ROMs, Kernels, and Modems can almost always be fixed, last case scenario, by going into download mode and using Odin. If you screw up a bootloader install bad enough, you may lose download mode, and thus your phone unless you get outside assistance (A jig or jtag).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Conqueror13:
-Hi all,

I am new to android. I have developed an application and it is ready for release except for animation. Can you suggest some good sites for learning how to include animation ?

Conqueror
[HTC Inspire 4G] indoz:
Found this on the Desire HD forums. It's a the Flyer ROM that can be flashed on the inspire. I wanted to spread the news in hopes that one of our talented devs could get it fully functional for our phones. But as of right now it very usable, just not ready for everyday use. Needs lots of resizing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1120974

Be sure to back u before flashing, you will need it :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Been running it myself. Already attempting it myself
[HTC Inspire 4G] trell959:
Post this in the dev section