yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dackjaniels:
Hi,

I don't have first hand experience of this so you should wait for confirmation from someone with experience but I'm sure I read recently that a goldcard image is specific to an sdcard but not tied to a particular phone.

If this is correct you should be able to create a new goldcard image for your current sdcard and use that.

Steve
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhonybravo4u:
Yes You are correct.. Goldcard has nothing to do with the phone.. but it is a sd card.... so goto this link and create a goldcard anytime..http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/

If you have any problem with adb thing.. then .. search for an app in market called goldcard helper... its free.. and it will give you reverse CID of ur sd card.. which you can use to create .img file.. hope you got it.. reply if its not clear.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmonster:
Thanks guys, appreciate your help.

New goldcard successfully created. ;-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angusc:
TIP: I always make my current in use sdcard in to a gold card.never had any issues with this approach and you always know where it is!

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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
The only issue while using a partitioned card as gold card is that the pb99img on it might not be recognized by the update process. The partitions would usually have to be deleted to leave a single fat 32 partition
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angusc:
I have not experienced that issue. I have now a32GB card with 28gb fast 32 followed by 1gb Ext4 partition.

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[General Questions and Answers] iReviewDroid:
Screen record xperia x10.

Hi guys, I know this has been asked before in this forum but all the other ones seem to be dead and out dated.

I need to record apps running on my xperia x10. I realize I can use the emulator an install apps on it and then record it that way, but i need the. Smoothness of my phone. The emulator is slower that my great great grandfather.

Any advice would be appreciated. By the way I don't want to aim my dslr at the phone and record., it needs to be more interactive.

Cheers,

Sam.
[General Questions and Answers] iReviewDroid:
Thanks for that. It would be great.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raskolnikov:
Hi

Is it possible to watch stream videos (not flash, by http stream) by default player?

(it uses HW acceleration)

For now when I click on link I have option by which program I want to open link (default video player, vplayer)

If I open link with VPlayer it starts to play, but didn't use HW acceleration (so no 720p+ videos)

If I choose default player it opens player and return to browser

Maybe some player in Market with Galaxy Tab support or any posibility to watch http-streams by default player?

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatman15:
besides The home key and search key not working, the lock screen did not work as well (fingerprint, pin etc...), can anyone help me please, i have flash it several time and it still do not work, is it normal?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semseddin:
It is cause of skipping motoblur setup at first start up. You should apply GingerBlur again and fill in the blanks for motoblur.
[Epic 4G Accessories] darkierawr:
I have looked everywhere for a replacement pair of the stock headphones that shipped with the phone. Instead I get a ton of headphones with D700 on it and a bunch of negative reviews.

So I ask you the community, a way for me to accuire a pair of said headphones. Or a good replacement pair that won't break the bank.

So Samsung Epic community....Help a brother out?
[Epic 4G Accessories] djnigeldarren:
here ya go buddy there the EXACT ones amazon has em they are called "Samsung Galaxy Tab Hands Free 3.5mm Stereo Headset - Black " $2.36
[Epic 4G Accessories] darkierawr:
Egad! Thank you my good sir!
[Epic 4G Accessories] chrisl95111:
thank you as well, this I had the same question. just ordered one for 5.44
[Epic 4G Accessories] steviee7:
glad i saw this lol i was about to order these http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-PREMIUM...598751?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c1b8226df
[Epic 4G Accessories] lcovel:
Surprisingly, I use a full size sony headphone with ear cushion and notice no decline in battery charge compared to the out of box ear buds. The sound is much better and not too cumbersome. Price? ,,,about $40 but usable on the home stereo also. :)
[Epic 4G Accessories] Salent:
i use a pair of meelectronics m11+ that has an inline mic control, these can be picked up for around 30-40
[Epic 4G Accessories] bdbc:
I got a pair similar to the oem headphones, off of Monoprice for a few bucks. They have a half dozen to choose from.
[Epic 4G Accessories] hot0m:
I found the OEM headphones quite terrible sounding. Now I an using UE TripleFi 10vi. It's very natural sounding and it takes advantage of the wolfson WM8994 DAC with voodoo 6 control & audio kernel by supercurio.
[Epic 4G Accessories] juliocmorales93:
Yeah amazon has the best deals for headphones. As long as the title says OEM your good to go. I was about to buy a pair but I'll just wait till my current ones die out on me from sweat or the plug in messing up like all my other headphones. They've lasted quite a while though.
[Epic 4G Accessories] epic_me:
I use the black berry premium that have the music controls on them. However the music controls only bring up your calls list and dial your last number called. Sound is great.
[Epic 4G Accessories] RobZilla10001:
mods please delete
[Epic 4G Accessories] steviee7:
Why would this be deleted? Hmmm
[Epic 4G Accessories] darkierawr:
So you don't want this closed?
[Epic 4G Accessories] TheInfinaire:
Yeah, the stock Epic 4G headphones are pretty dope on their on... With Voodoo Control. Funny that I ignored them for the first month and a half thinking they were crappy. Wasn't until I checked on forums like this did I see people post positive feedback on them. :D
[Epic 4G Accessories] wizky911:
I use the headphones from an my touch 4G
[Epic 4G Accessories] Masterface7:
What price is braking the bank for you. I could offer up a recommendation for your price range.
[Epic 4G Accessories] joejunior253:
Believe it or not I got a pair of skull candies from fred meyer on sale for only $8 and they re great. The stock headphones have a mic though for answering calls. If you just want to jam though, get some skull candies on sale. They are awesome
[Epic 4G Accessories] sRs DoLLaR mEnU:
I use skullcandy titans and those are awesome they're around 30-40 bucks though
[Epic 4G Accessories] SladeNoctis:
Uhh

I use UE Triplefi 10s with a custom cable...there around all together $200-400 :p
[Epic 4G Accessories] chunkxzor:
Waste of money for in ear buds in my opinion...
[Epic 4G Accessories] SladeNoctis:
I love my music and cheap earbuds don't do it justice. Its like taking a Audi and replacing all the internals with a used 1980s toyota. It make look good(there some nice looking earbuds) but the quality is horrible. I specifically use this earphones because im a sound manager. :cool:
[Epic 4G Accessories] Salent:
Agreed I use a pair of denon 1001 or sennheiser 595.
[Epic 4G Accessories] WinterAyars:
Yeah, i just use normal headphones in it. The sound quality on this phone is actually really good, so you may as well. Seriously, are all android sound chips this good? I was blown away the first time i heard mine through my good headphones--it sounded better than my $100 sound card and small amp!
[Epic 4G Accessories] SladeNoctis:
The galaxy s line use a certain sound chip i believe its called the wolfstan chip...something wolf basically. This sound chip with voodoo control surpass the ipod sound and can come close to cowon music player sound quality. There really impressive.
[Epic 4G Accessories] CapsLockKey:
I use Klipsch S4. They retail for 80 bucks but you can usually find deals on them if you are patient. Got mine from Best Buy.com when they were on sale for 60. The stock headphones aren't bad though, but I love these S4's. Sound is great and they are way more comfortable in my ear. I could never get a good seal with the stock ones and they got uncomfortable after a while.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lost_:
If you're gonna pay that much, go for NuForce NE-700x ($70 at Amazon).

But if you want to save some $, get SoundMagic PL21 ($20 at eBay - it's a Chinese brand, so sold from HK only), or MP21 to get the microphone for about $13 more.
[Epic 4G Accessories] darkierawr:
You guys know I made this thread in August right? Haha I've already bought more of the stock headphones(which have since broken)

However I thank you good sir for the suggestion of the PL21's. I've heard nothing but great things about them. And they are on the way. :D:D:D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
I can't belive how overpriced this keyboard is! I want to sell my laptop now that I have this, but the keyboard is super overpriced! $150... for what? A keyboard, Synaptics touchpad, a USB port, power connector and a battery.

K so here's a keyboard...

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-Pavilion-DV6...86?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item414b083df2

$14

The batteries would be about $30 total(3.7v * 2, $15 each)

Touchpad - http://cgi.ebay.com/Gateway-MX6000-...840?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bb7aa9f8

And let's say the main interface PCB is an extra $15(connects everything together inside)

$25 for the chassis(that is a gigantic overestimate)

$84 total... not including R&D, etc.

So I think $110 is a fair price, no?

36% profit margin :mad:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
I suspect you will find that, in the US at least, the cost of the keyboard effectively subsidises the tablet.

$399 for the tablet, vs £379 in the UK, but in the UK you can get the keyboard bundled with the tablet for £429.

When you take the UK VAT of 20% out of the equation, the total cost for the tablet+keyboard is broadly similar between the US and the UK, but only if you buy the bundle in the UK (or got the keyboard via the ilovekeyboards offer).

I can only imagine that the marketing guys assume that US purchasers are likely to buy the keyboard so price the tablet very competitively, making up any "shortfall" via the keyboard.

You should also remember in your calculations that you've not considered distribution costs, or the retailers profit margin which is quite separate from Asus's.

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] FrayAdjacent:
If you think that it's as simple as finding a USB keyboard, a touchpad and a battery, you really don't understand what it takes to design the unit as a whole - the chassis, the cover, the internal components, how they all fit together, the different materials, and then assembling the whole thing.

It is NOT as simple as buying a USB keyboard and touchpad at Fry's and a battery at a hobby store.

I could go into economies of scale... basically that a generic USB keyboard can work with many THOUSANDS of different types of computers out there, so many get sold offsetting the cost of development and production.

Put it like this - a company designs a USB keyboard and spends $100k doing so (design, styling, getting molds made for the plastic parts, etc, etc, etc,) and then sells them for $50 each, they'd need to sell 2000 of them just to break even with what they have already spent. This is easier with a universal device, because as mentioned above, it will work with THOUSANDS of different computers.

Now imagine the same thing, but the keyboard can only work with ONE type of computer, and there simply aren't thousands out there. You have to price the unit so that it can cover it's cost of development, at least. Why should a company take a loss just to get you something you want? It shouldn't.

This is really simple economics and production. What are they teaching kids in school these days?!?!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
It isn't helped by companies like iSuppli calculating the component cost of a product (e.g. iPhone 4 here), which is then erroneously posted as the cost to make the product when in reality it is just the cost of the bill of materials, and fails to take into consideration all the other "intangible" costs which are likely to be more than the total BoM cost in the first place.

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leonpr:
Oh look I can buy hops, yeast, malt & water and make a keg of beer for £5 or I can go to the pub in London and pay that for a pint… Since when does adding up the ingredients = the price of the finished product?

HP charge upto £70 for a laptop battery – you don’t ***** that a pair of AA batteries only cost £4!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jonitfcfan:
+1, adding only £50 to the overall price if you get the tablet/keyboard bundle instead of the tablet only is a very good deal in my book - and I should know, because I just bought into that deal this week from eBuyer :D.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rpavich:
Funny :)....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ondoy1943:
Considering the tablet has no usb port, it stands to reason that one could be enticed (or forced?) to get the dock. Of course, this will change once the usb adapter becomes available. But looks like asus is dilly-dallying in order to sell more docks? Who knows.....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
lol I bought a replacement laptop battery off amazon for $22 - HP dv6700z

The price I stated is very reasonable. It includes R&D and distribution cost. It costs a lot more to get a single part as a consumer than it does when you order 20,000 parts from a manufacturer. I used consumer pricing with a large buffer for chassis cost + R&D.

Anyone who posted actually work in manufacturing? I agree with the 2nd post, the keyboard is probably offsetting the cost of the tablet. The tablet is very competitively priced.

It really is that simple. You obviously haven't designed anything. You start with the chassis, then look at what components are available from different vendors. In large orders you can have the parts customized(touchpad, keyboard). You send the specifications off to the engineers who use a generally available board and write firmware that will interface with each component. Once the electronics are working, it is redesigned to fit in the chassis.

You obviously don't have a rapid prototyping machine. Mine can spit out a usable 3D model in ABS plastic in 2 hours.

And I think you missed the part where Asus is shipping 300,000 of these tablets in June alone. That's 10% of Asus' revenue for the month.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Aryantes:
The keyboard is an awesome price for the integration with native android buttons, battery, usb host mode, touchpad which is not a standard android feature (afaik) etc.

It also functions as a dock, that pivots.

The original post has ridiculous logic by the way.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] glgehman:
FTW!!! Cheers, mate.

glg
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dm36415:
Reminds me of a story from long ago when I was in the jewelry industry. A man brought in his watch for repair, the repairman said it needed cleaning, and would cost $10. The customer went into a frenzy over the cost, stating "you couldn't use more than a nickel's worth of cleaning solution to clean something so small." The repairman calmly walked to the back of the store where the cleaning machines were, and returned with a small bottle filled with liquid. "What is that?" asked the customer. "This is a nickel's worth of cleaning solution, which I will happily give to you at no charge," replied the repairman. "I don't know how to clean a watch," was the customer's angry reply. "That is what the other $9.95 is for," replied the repairman. True story, the customer stormed out of the store.

Feel free to build yourself a keyboard/dock, and save yourself a few bucks.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gottahavit:
+1 - acer is selling a keyboard dock for the iconia, 100 bucks, cant be docked as netbook and no battery. Its all about R&D costs. You want ridiculous markup, look at all these tabs charging 100 bucks extra to add an extra 16g to them.

To the OP if you can design and build and deliver these for 100 please do so i'm sure we'll all buy one.;-)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] viking099:
The cost of many things (especially luxury items, which this is) has almost exactly nothing to do with what they cost to make.

Asus put the price point where they did because it's what their marketing department calculated to be the best place for it. That's pretty much it.

Think about it. A pair of Gucci blue jeans doesn't have $100+ worth of material in them over a $20 pair of Levi jeans.

Asus charges ~$150 for the dock because it's a niche item, and they can set the price at whatever they want to.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] magicpork:
Oh yeah.. I can probably dig for some iron/copper ores make everything out from it...

Another ridiculou post...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1133706

lololololol

Totally worth $150... I'll stick with my mechanical keyboards
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leonpr:
Thats up to you of course but you do realise that thread is basically 1 person who dislikes the keyboard and is asking why he can't find any other posts on the internet saying the same thing right? Prob like the lack of threads complaining about its cost either - some people are never pleased ;) heh
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AlexTheStampede:
iPad or Galaxy tab keyboard: 70 euro. Those are keyboards with a dock connector. Now a keyboard, trackpad, USB hub, sd reader, extra battery. Considering the TF + dock bundle it's 100 euro.

Sounds kinda good to me.

Not to mention that those are extra stuff to carry, while in the TF case it's more practical as it ends up being a single gadget.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] yokem55:
I'm with the thinking that Asus is using Dock sales to increase the overall profit margin on the whole product. None of Asus's tablet only competitors are coming close to where they are on the $399 price for the tablet only, and Asus has a nice ips display, microsd & hdmi. This isn't to say that Asus is selling the tablet only at a loss -- just at a much tighter margin, and making up the difference selling the dock a heftier markup.

I'm not complaining because the dock is a compelling product that integrates VERY well with the tablet, so the overall price ($550) seems pretty reasonable to me and those that want just a tablet are getting a pretty good deal indeed...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ryan stewart:
Its onboard nand flash, likely Samsung chips. Not some cheap ass Class 2 card. Id like to see a performance comparision between r/w on internal memory vs the best 16 gig micro SDHC card.

Mine works fine and, as the link shows in my post, it seems that everyone else is having trouble putting the ASUS functionality in the cheaper dock. The closest thing the ipad gets still has to use bluetooth, doesnt have any expanded storage connectivity options and is touchpadless:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/clamcase-ipad-keyboard-case-review/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jonsingh12:
I agree the keyboard is a good price i'm planning on buying another just to keep at my office where it will be plugged in always and have the one i have for just casual purposes. Bought mine for regular price $120 and can easily get it for 120 again thats how much regular price the place locally is selling them and they need to make a profit off of it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] life64x:
I once asked my father a long time ago when I was about to buy a car " dad, why are cars so expensive".. he replied back with words of wisdom...."they are not expensive...it is just you cannot afford it. " For some people the price is to low, others it is fair, others say to much. Not everybody will agree with you...me...I think it is fair market value.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Tubular:
I agree with some posters, there are unseen factors here. Paying the people who manufacture these things is one thing, another is the design and R&D that went into this.

It's not good enough to simply list the parts and price them accordingly. If that were true we wouldn't have Intellectual Property and everyone can simply buy a CD for how much it cost to purchase the raw materials that make up a CD. Some plastic for $ .50.

The only way I can see them cutting down on the price is to remove the battery and effectively make it an official version of the keyboard only bluetooth docks. This WILL sell if the price cut is substantial (<$100.00).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ryan stewart:
Wont happen for one big reason, the keyboard's battery weight helps keep the TF from falling back. I didnt think much about this until seeing an Ipad in a dock that mimics the asus. Once the thing went past 90% it fell back because there wasnt enough weight in the base. Sure they could remove the battery to save cost and add weight but then some idiot would whine about it being heavy for not having a battery.

The OP is clueless. For starters Id like him to find me an active charging pack that lasts 6 hours on a tablet with pass through charging for $30. Then have him attach it to a keyboard, two USB ports and an SD card reader. Then make all of that fit into a 1/2" thick thing that is only 1" diagonal for less than $150. I would bet parts alone making that happen would be well above $200. This is all ignoring making it work with the form factor of the asus.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] californiarailroader:
Guys, not everybody is good at economics or math, I know I'm not, and never have been, my strengths lie in English, History and the Liberal Arts. Oh, and the grammar in here is in serious need of help, didn't you guys learn that in school? ;) :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] szaim:
In the UK, the tablet+keyboard bundle costs £430 while tablet only is £380, hence the price difference for the keyboard is just £50. It is more than reasonable, and that's why the tablet+keyboard bundles is sold out everywhere! Now, if you want to buy the keyboard alone, ebuyer.com sells it for £100 and this is where I start whining and complaining, because I wanted to buy the bundle in the first place, but could not because it was out of stock! Asus UK promised to sell the keyboard to early tablet only buyers for £50 but I don't know if they are still continuing that promotion...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] fader01:
I would like to know where this place is as while I will not pay $150 for the dock I would probably pay $120 for it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
I got my keyboard today for $118.12. Much more reasonable.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EP2008:
I paid $115 for my keyboard. Considering that a replacement netbook battery runs upwards of $90, I'm quite happy with the price. It's custom for Honeycomb,which isn't something you can say about any other USB or Bluetooth keyboards.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] FrayAdjacent:
So your rapid prototyping machine can spit out a design in a couple hours.

But how long did it take you, or some other engineer to complete the design? Did you do that work for free?

What about the cost of the rapid prototyping machine? The cost of making a prototype, then tweaking it if it's not perfect? Do you again do all the engineering for free?

Again, you've oversimplified it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
Interesting quote in this article: http://bit.ly/j1c6NZ

Subject put to bed? ;)

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ryan stewart:
No, anyone can state "sources." Sources say you eat raw goat meat while dancing the Charleston on top of a 5 story office building.

If the dock is so expensive then I propose a challenge. I would love to see someone get a 6 hour battery, 2 port USB hub, SD card reader, keyboard and touchpad into that form factor for less. This is forgiving it actually working with the ASUS tablet, just to see if its really that easy to undercut ASUS. If someone did it for $50 (would allow you to use used components but they would have to be proven to be working) then I would believe it.