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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] flarbear:
This isn't a whine - I'm patiently waiting to get one when they are in stock - but I'm just a bit amazed at how the situation is unfolding with BB.

No store anywhere in Silicon Valley (or in northern California for that matter) has ever received any 32GB versions (they all received a small batch of only one of the 2 16GB colors - the color varies by store), and most of them gave all of their initial stock of those 16GB versions to people who pre-ordered them (but there are a scant few still in stores). And now they are fielding questions right and left about not having any stock. I imagine they'll put up a recorded message before the phone menu any day now just like they do for the iPad availability. This isn't a case of a huge sellout on day one, they are all complaining that they only originally received a handful and they were only of one of the 2 16GB versions. And the SF store has some egg on its face (almost literally) with the huge window on the front of the store sporting an enormous banner that implies that "this is the place to get your Samsung Galaxy Tab!" (or maybe not)... ;-)

And you could walk into any Microcenter or Frys in the area and get the flavor you wanted for at least 2 days (and some within 40 miles still have stock in most of the models even today) and they didn't need a big banner to advertise their stock (or lack thereof). Wasn't BB the launch partner with the special exclusive one week deal for NY - why is that the only store I can't get the right model in? ;)

Between the huge number of (unfilled) preorders here and the number of phone calls they are getting currently and the fact that this is one of the seats of the computer industry in the country, you'd have thought they'd send at least one single 32GB version to some store here somewhere? But, no.

Wow, talk about missing the boat. Who at BB corporate managed to mess up the distribution this badly? At least I believe that the majority of tablet users are clear enough on what they want that they'll wait for it and the bad distribution choices won't really cost them a huge opportunity in the end, but if they didn't have enough to go around and they sent them mainly to places that don't know how to market them rather than one of the few places you know they'd walk off the shelves without any help from the sales staff (or the now tragically ironic huge banners) - that wasn't a complicated decision, no?

I'm waiting it out. I have a Xoom in the meantime whose days are numbered, but I'm waiting to take advantage of some rewardzone certificates at BB when someone eventually wakes up and sends some 32GB versions to the NoCal stores. Giggling a little, but with a frown. :(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] xManMythLegend:
Sales will be lukewarm at best. You need price point and ad money to sell things. Verizon saved android from a slow death in the phone market with its Droid campaign. Unless someone pumps serious money into tablet ads they'll continue to flounder. Outside of BB posters Noone has a clue what a galaxy tab is nor will they unless Samsung pushes hard.

Superior products don't equal better sales we all know that.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Roadk1ng:
I had one on pre-order with BB but it was back ordered. I did a search and my local store had the 32g in stock. I picked it up and everything is working great. All I would like to see is more streaming capability:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] docfreed:
Well, in my Best Buy they are mostly morons, with a few cretins and idiots thrown in for good measure! I went in to buy a 10.1 Tab (already own the 7) and asked if they had any - one BB salesdrone said maybe but none on display. I said "do you know this is Father's Day and your website says their in stock- the drone just shrugged - I asked another if they expected someone to lay down $600 site unseen - same reaction.

Is it any wonder BB sales were down 16% last quarter?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sriram_s:
That, and they charge $20 for one SATA cable. No sympathy from me when they die.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] lqaddict:
It all depends where you located I guess.

Here in NYC it's been selling like cupcakes according to the sales guys and personal observation. When I went to pick mine up a couple asked me if it was an ipad2, after seeing it wasn't they were next in line to get it.

After I discovered a flaw with the screen and went to exchange it in a Brooklyn's best buy there were three other interested costumers.

sent from an android device
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] falconeight:
Mabye it has something to do with this tablet having more lag than a hippo springing in molasses. I can't type on this thing because it lags so hard. I am going to hold on to it because I hate ios but it really sucks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] james_f:
Best buy showed stock but turned out they were sold out. They were willing to pricematch to match no tax on Amazon if I would preorder through them
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] rubi76:
Went to a couple of BB in NY.

One of them (Houston in the Village/ Soho) I asked about the tab and they said ' we have it but we didn't put it out'. I asked why, the guy had no clue.

They have zero accessories.

Went to the one on 6th ave and 23rd st (very big store). First BB employee said 'Yes we have it don't move I will be right back'. She never came back.

Second one said "accessories are there" pointing to the Xoom. I told her that's the Xoom, she said well that's all its left.

To make a long story short, I found the Tab and the accessories myself.

This is just to tell you that if BB employees tell you something it's usually 99% INACCURATE. Ask at least 5 different employees, or even better, do your own research in the store and you will find what you are looking for.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Canadoc:
Fact is the average Joe wanting a tablet will just go ipad. It is easy well made tons of apps. Samsung is offering a nice alternative but without any real differentiation. No built-in expansion. No keyboard dock liked the Asus. Price point is no better than the ipad. Honeycomb is not mature enough yet to steal potential ipad buyers so one needs some extra hardware goodies line USB port or dock or HDMI and importantly better price point.

Sell Samsung at 449 and then people start to consider it. Make it 399-429$ and many will pass on the ipad.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] james_f:
You are very right. Salesmen told me it was instock. Then not, sold me hard on getting a pre-order. Promised to match price to amazon, 500 otd. Another girl rings up preorder, rings at full price. Leave store with promise it will be corrected upon pickup. Pulling up at the house, receive e-mail saying Tab ready to pick up.

Fail. Then had to wait on hold for 30 minutes to verify this was correct before I head back over.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] CYRAXDroid:
Thats crazy to see all this about BB I work at one and I work with tablets still learning about all them some of the post talk about how "bad" I guess..in some stores I know what you mean I have gone to others as a customers and feel the same, thats really weird to see what others think.. we had ours on display with a samsung rep for this tablet first thing in the morning on monday, been selling like crazy 16g,32g white and metallic grey. keyboard we are out of and sold my last 3 of the dock to hook up to the pc. Happy that my team is not like this we are all over it I feel that these tablets are going to take over Netbooks/Laptops.

Ipad2 deff: always running out.. just at times hard to get stock on them on how fast they sell and how fast the ManuF: makes them. To me its deff: personal choice but I love the galaxy tab over the ipad i had the iphone 4 to me it was everything I can do on the phone but on a bigger screen H:9.50 W:7.31 Inch. eh still nice but just love everything about this Tab.

well hope you guys get everything worked out and good luck..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Fyahstarter:
I went to the BB in Noho to switch out my white for grey and I can agree, all the Tabs were in the cage...no display whatsoever. I was wondering myself what the hell was up with that.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] xManMythLegend:
I hope this isnt OT.

With all the BB bashing (rightfully so) thought youd get a kick out of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYk0dQrz3uc

To stay on topic. I would not be surprised to see them not give a crap until accessories were there. Given the drastic markup on them they cant stack anything on a tablet sale, which makes me wonder if those Samsung peripherals are anywhere close to available.BB must have pushed them to have them ready.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] flarbear:
If you want all of the ports and accessories built-in, it's not going to compete in the iPad's weight class, at least not in the near future. There may be super-light pads with all of the ports built-in some day, but if Android is going to have a light-in-the-hand model at all in this critical platform-building stage then the GT hits the sweet spot for that quite well. It bests the iPad, not by having the ports built-in, but by being as lightweight but still providing for that expansion when needed and by teaming it with Android which makes the expansions more useful. The iPad can access SD cards and cameras, but does it give you full USB host like the GT?

And it provides a valuable alternative to devices like the Asus by finding a way to be expandable without being heavy. That is something that will matter to a lot of average Joes and Janes. Also, consider that most of them have a non-standard HDMI port which requires either an adapter (then why did they bother with the port in the first place) or a special cable with different plugs at either end (which is not going to be found most places you need to use HDMI and is harder to carry than an adapter). So, the GT's lack of HDMI on the main unit is a complete non-issue until you find a tab in this weight class that has full-HDMI on the main unit.

I'm not an average Joe, I'm a power user much more likely to use these expansion ports and I will still prefer the GT solution to the other Android tabs. With the power of Android, I haven't ever been stuck due to my Xoom's microSD slot still being non-functional - I've simply used the network to get data onto it or I've started embracing the cloud and I like it. There are probably some times when it might have been useful, but for the 99% case when it is not I'd rather have the USB port in my bag than in my hand. I'm pretty sure most average Joe's would rather not have to know it even exists.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] flarbear:
My local BB's are showing the keyboard dock and the charging dock in store. I haven't actually set foot in one to see what else they might have, but the USB and HDMI dongles aren't showing up on their web site (yet).

I'll probably buy the charging dock when I get the tab and rejoice in the 30% cheaper price compared to my very hard to plug-in Xoom dock. (A dock should be drop-in, not "line the dots up or the protruding plugs will scratch up your tab's finish.)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bobdude5:
Dang that's sad. I just got hired at best buy mobile lol
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mrmad23:
Sorry for the stupid question but I am considering to get rid of my Flyer since I miss Honeycomb and have no real use for the limited stylus pen right now. Will the GT recognize a usb hdd drive with say my media files? Not having an SD card is keeping me away from buying this...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] aimfire72:
Hey, you were lucky to get an email from them, lol. As of now, my pre-order has still not come in! I ended up getting one at Fry's that same day, F the pre-order!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mg3point:
Gtab10 availability and Best Buy Education

I was able to walk into a Microcenter the day of launch and pick up the 32Gb silver variety. They had ten in stock and an unknown amount of the others. However they did not have any of the accessories. I also went to best buy on sunday looking for some accessories and the tablets and accessories for the galaxy tab 10.1 were located in a completely different spot than all the other tablets. I had to ask a salesman where everything was. While i was viewing the accessories a salesman was talking with a family about the tablets and was not being unbiased. He was lying to the customer about the tab saying it only had a 4 hour battery life but that the iPad was god's answer to everything. "But doesn't this tablet run flash?" the family asked..."Yeah, but any site with flash that is important has an ios app, they are really great you can find anything". Way to educate the customer Best Buy.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jvanbrecht:
Not sure why they are telling you that there are no accessories..

My BB's (both Bowie and Annapolis in MD) had stock, only 16G though, apparently from what they told me, most BB's are only carrying the 16G, the 32 is available through BB online only, or so they said.

As for accessories, there was the stand alone dock, and a keyboard dock, both Samsung branded and both identified for the 10.1, not the older Tab. There was also a Belkin Case specifically for the 10.1, but it was $60. The dock was $30 I think, the Keyboard dock was $90 or so, I cannot remember the exact prices, but they were way overpriced and expensive..

The BB's did not have any signs with prices out for the Galaxy or accessories though, I had to have them scan and check them in the system. Also, there were no Tabs on display either, the employee however pulled one out of the box and let me play with it to help me make my decision, I would not have been forced to purchase it had I not liked it (they probably would have just made that one the display model after I left if I had not purchased it).

They employee people, not robots, so different locations will have people of differing levels of knowledge and willingness to help out customers.. I guess I just lucked out with a relatively decent BB selection in my area.. even though in general I hate Big Box stores..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Seihaku:
These seem to be selling pretty well here.

That said, went to Best Buy, there was a Samsung rep there and a few users. A user asked me a couple questions that the rep couldn't answer (kind of odd really) and wound up buying one (which I'm okay with as I actually really dig mine).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jvanbrecht:
I also had a conversation with a few of the BB employees while I was waiting for them to find the cage that had the stock.. One of them asked me about it and noted that a bunch of the reviews panned it.

My response was I prefer android (I have 3 iphones sitting in a drawer and home these days and use my galaxy s), and that many of those reviews are people who have apple devices. If you want to the apple experience, then of course they will prefer the ipad. And that is how many of the reviews are written. And no, the android devices will never match up to an apple device when you are looking for the apple experience. You have to take that into account when you buy something new, there are going to be aspects that are completely different from what your used to. Not neccesarily a bad thing, but there is a learning curve and a time period to get used to doing things differently.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dusty2422:
Does anyone know how to remove the lock screen clock? I've read in a few places where it's mentioned that you can flash a blank font .ttf file but all the blank .ttf's I've found haven't worked. I've got a .zip file that works to flash fonts, but I've tried to rename several blank .ttf files to Clockopia.ttf and flash and haven't got one to work yet. Is it possible to do this either by the method I describe or via another method. Attached is a pic of my lockscreen with the clock I want removed circled in red.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Hunt3r.j2:
Can't you just the "wallpaper" home screen?

Whoops, just kidding, I don't know the answer to that question.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
I would assume that it would take editing the framework in the htclockscreen.apk

though I could be wrong. I am sure Dilli or another dev will drop by and tell you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] trell959:
Well I'm pretty sure that clock info is part of the lockscreens framework. As regards to changing to wallpaper, the clock still stays there I belive
[HTC Inspire 4G] gho5t82:
The clock will stay there after you change wallpapers.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nyamoV2:
I know depending on what rom you are using you can over ride the lock screen with a aosp one. On android revolution there is one since I was not a fan of the new lock screen I flashed the patch and bingo no more stupid circle
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Hey guys,

Just wanted to share a few things I stumbled upon recently. The first thing we usually notice is really crappy battery life when we flash a new rom. I tried using a bunch of stuff like juice defender etc. I recently used the MIUI rom and then came back to dexters 1.3. Anyways this time I used a small app called Battery Calibration. Basically what it does is delete the batterystats.bin which is generated by each ROM. Charge till hundred, use the app and then discharge completely once. Then recharge the second time. I noticed a 200% increase in battery life on dexters. I dont use my phone alot but this was with around 1 hour talk, 2-3 hrs one and off browsing, 30-40 texts, a few photo's etc. It lasted 1 d 14 hrs when usually itd last around 20 hours. So you guys can give it a try.

Another thing, juice defender works by toggling the data connection. Now I use Edge as mobile data and wifi at home. I realized my battery lasts as long as if not more than with juice defender. Ive come up with a theory, that apps which disable the connection takes more juice because with every screen on the radio has to search for the network, wifi signal and then connect to it. Leaving my data on all the time, or wifi on all the time does nothing at all to the battery in the idle state. It only uses juice when there is data transfer. I left my wifi on all day with autosync off and it cost me 2% juice. Anyways give these tips a try. Worked for me well.

Calibrate your batteries after each flash and dont use any third party monitoring apps. And set your wifi to sleep with the screen, tell me how it works out for you!
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
I use both those actually 3rdstring turned me on the to Battery Calibrator, but I purchased the Juice Defender Plus b/c it has the ability to customize its toggle for each individual app. Enable, Enable/screen off (good for online music or something like that b/c your screen eats battery and is chief in temperature hikes), Disable or Do Nothing. Their is a Juice Defender Ultimate, but has a lot of things that XT720 doesn't use or need like 4g toggle and stuff like that.

The makers of Juice Defender have another app called Juice Plotter that shows you battery use. Was useful for a week or so but it is another service that is running in the background all the time so I uninstalled it.

There is a nice monitor app that I have had since day one called Battstats and it is a simple widget that has a low memory footprint when running in the background but it show the charge %, Volts (4.2 +/- is full charge) and temperature (c/f). Small 1x1 widget so it doesn't eat a whole lot of memory and I have found that it is fairly accurate.

One last thing is if you are overclocking, make sure that it is set right or you will eat more battery than it is worth, not too mention stability issues. If you set the vsels too low, the phone will reboot now and then on its own. If you set it too high, then it eats unnecessary battery. I have mine at 1100/ 74 and is totally stable. Volts might be a little high, but it works for me. Depends on what you want though b/c overclocking makes you phone faster but kills battery power. Underclocking slows things down but uses less battery. SetCPU can set up profiles for this.
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
One last thing is if you are overclocking, make sure that it is set right or you will eat more battery than it is worth, not too mention stability issues. If you set the vsels too low, the phone will reboot now and then on its own. If you set it too high, then it eats unnecessary battery. I have mine at 1100/ 74 and is totally stable. Volts might be a little high, but it works for me. Depends on what you want though b/c overclocking makes you phone faster but kills battery power. Underclocking slows things down but uses less battery. SetCPU can set up profiles for this.[/QUOTE]

Hi while i caught you talking about setcpu profiles I was trying to set mine up last night and not really sure of the best way. Can you show a screenshot of your's if you don't mind or give some advice? I'm running Miui overclocked at 1200/80 and its been super stable. Here is what I came up with...
[Milestone XT720 General] 3rdstring:
My setup ...
[Milestone XT720 General] khankuan:
hmm.. i tried battery calibration with your method several times and my battery life can never reach what it has before rooting. It could last 80 hours typically on standby mode. But after installing khals or dexters or 2.1 strike backs or miui, or even restoring my old rom, my standby duration never lasts more than 60 hours. Only thing i look forward to now is Cincinnati bells update or beta5 miui :P
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Thanks bud, looks good. I found this Overclock 101 seems pretty helpful

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/47871-overclocking-101-a.html#post507815
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
You need to discharge it once completely till it turns off itself. Did you do that? First charge till 100, then use the calibration, then discharge completely doing your normal stuff. Then completely recharge Im sure youll notice a change. I did :)
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Hey 3rdstring. I had my setcpu settings like that before I stopped using it. The reason was when you set it low at screen off and you get a call it lags real bad. Like when you are trying to accept the call by swiping the lock to the right its lagging, even the ringer skips abit. I also noticed with the cpu set low to 250 the phone has trouble finding antennae and signals. I've seen no increase in battery life with either set cpu or juice defender. Does this happen to you?
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
What are your cpu settings bud? I just redid mine for now and i will see how it does. I'm running 1200mhz really stable for about 2 weeks now on miui without setcpu. I just noticed also in settings/system/about phone it has my phone model listed as Nexus S, I was wondering if that is what it's supposed to be running MiuiV3. I think it's messing with my setting options in setcpu.

My settings...
[Milestone XT720 General] khankuan:
yea tried but didnt notice any difference. maybe will try again on miui beta5 when its out :S
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Battery calibration brick

Tried the battery calibration on my nieces phone today, Let it drain all the way then oh **** wouldn't turn on or charge. She wasn't too happy with it lmao. I told her to take the battery out for at least an hour and try again and it worked. Luckily for me! lol.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Lol, sorry it isnt working for you guys. One thing though when it completely discharges it takes a lil time for it to have enough juice to turn on. So it not like the battery got screwed on anything. Im still getting a battery life of 1.5 days when before It was extremely bad like 20 hours.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinglock40:
hey guys I need help getting skype video to work on my TB. I got rooted and s-off and every thing. I'm running the MR2.5 radio with gingeritis 1.0.

I keep getting application not installed message and I have unknown sources box checked and I also tried pushing to data app and system app manually to no avail any suggestions????

I got my TB two days ago if it matters
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satseaker:
if you had searched the forum then you would know it only works on froyo

sent from my motorola V60 runnin' bamf gb sense 3 pr 4 for the TB
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
Agreed iv loved the 3 HTC phones iv had