yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dishe:
My tablet is never turned off, unless the battery dies.

Part of the whole point of the tablet paradigm is the instant-on/instant-off concept. Remember, putting it to sleep uses very minimal amounts of power. Most functions go into standby, its a lot more than just "screen off". If I don't use the tablet much during the day, it can easily last until the next before having to charge again. Putting it into airplane mode and leaving it on all night will probably not consume that much more power than booting it up again in the morning (remember, when the CPU is being used it consumes more energy. Booting up is intense, sleeping is not).

Heck, I heard HP was considering leaving out the ability to power off their WebOS tablet (coming from the world of Palm, where many devices did not have the ability to shut down completely).

Stop comparing it to a computer- they aren't exactly phones, think of them as something more like a giant PDA. The same way you didn't have to shut down your old Palm Pilot throughout the day- imagine waiting for it to boot up each time you wanted to quickly check your calendar! The idea was to quickly turn on, do something and turn off. That's what a tablet is supposed to be.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
Seems most here are bringing personal preference/philosophy into this. The question is what was best for the tablet. So, I looked it up...

The biggest factor is the battery, of course. gTabs have Li-ion polymer batteries. Here's a decent synopsis:

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7590_102-115543.html
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dishe:
Yes, I remember 5-6 years ago, there was a whole movement about li-on and polymer batteries (which are VERY different, btw) being charged as often as possible.

My theory is that this was started by battery manufacturers, as every person I know who followed this philosophy needed to replace their batteries during the useful life of the product (be it cell phone, laptop, etc).

The general theory (and the one I have had success with), is to NOT plug it in unless you are ready to charge it 100%. How often you charge doesn't matter, however do not disconnect a battery if it is in the middle of being charged.

But aside from all this, I thought the question was how is the G-Tablet supposed to be used.

The answer is, like a tablet. Not like a computer. If the G-tablet can't be used the way a tablet is supposed to be used, its not a very good tablet then, is it?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJEvans:
I thought the biggest question was the effect of powering off on the tablet's battery and internal memory/performance.

Charging aside, what effect does turning it off regularly have on the device?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dishe:
Powering off? Should really have no effect on battery life in the long run. The cons are that you have to wait for it to boot back up again which takes substantial power and time.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buchaneer.nl:
When I don't have enough time to wait for my Gtab to boot up, I'll get into a new line of work - oh that's right I'm retired:D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
And you're modding an android device? Wow...

Sorry, I'm just too used to people from your generation not being able to find the 'any' key. No offense intended. My elderly dad belongs to your generation. And so is my g/f's mom.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dishe:
...!!

Good grief, even I'm offended!

On behalf of the rest of the forum, I would like to apologize for goodintentions.

Meanwhile, buchaneer.nl, part of the philosophy of the tablet concept is that it is supposed to be always on. Otherwise, if you intend to use it like a computer a netbook is an infinitely more functional tool for the same money. No hacking about to enable Skype, Netflix, Hulu, you get full office and a keyboard, etc. They are just different paradigms and designed for different uses.

A tablet is supposed to be casual use. Turn it on, turn off. Hold it. charge it when it beeps. Repeat.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
Why is that offensive? I'm sure when I get past the BIG 30 I will find it hard to operate the new neural interface devices and the star trek transporter-like technology.

When I was in college, one of my engineering professors was 90 years old and could write programs in like 50 languages. So, I'm well aware that not everyone from that generation is tech illiterate. That said, a very large number are. It's a fact.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
The question was, is it better to turn it off, or does it do harm to leave it on all the time. The answer is it doesn't matter, so long as you perform proper charging of the battery.

As has been said, this is not like a computer, which has hard disks drives which wear out from spinning (and thus, reboots take a toll on the device). So rebooting does no harm, other than impatience for waiting.

And I guess as part of the over 30 crowd, I remember when booting a computer took FOREVER. So to me, booting the gTablet is nothing. I leave it on if I know I'll be using it in the near future, but otherwise, I turn it off.
[Thunderbolt General] yareally:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opera.browser&feature=search_result

They fixed the LTE bug we were having were it was capped at like 120KB/s.

Other things added/fixed:

Added support for Google AutoComplete

Added support for Google voice search

Added ability to search directly from the address bar

Added intelligent domain suggest

Added support for country domain auto-complete such as .ru or .id

Added user agent setting

Added exit button option

Improved CSS, HTML5 standards support

Improved text selection

Added experimental support for Flash in Honeycomb

Fix for LTE network speed limit

Permissions: see "bit.ly/opera_permissions"
[Thunderbolt General] StephenMilone:
i used opera all the time since i got my thunderbolt..never noticed it was capped while on 4g hahaha, thanks.
[Desire General] t-pip:
What do people prefer to use as their Email client? I only have GMail accounts but find the App a bit pants.

The HTC app looks OK, as does K9, but not sure about battery use.

Anyone have any preferences?
[Desire General] KrewCial:
I wouldn't recommend the HTC email application, as it keeps taking up internal memory, untill you're stuck staring at a memory low message 24/7. You can resolve it by deleting everything and configuring all accounts again though, but I guess most people cba to do that every once in a while. I know I can't.

K9 mail has a large number of users, who swear by it. I on the other hand could not deal with all the settings and ugly interface, which is why in the end I let gmail fetch emails from all of my accounts and label them accordingly. Have had no problems with the android Gmail app whatsoever, I think it works flawlessly.

So, in conclusion, it depends on what you prefer.
[Desire General] erklat:
IMAP idle doesn't work right with default app and it wreaks havoc on battery syncing every 15 minutes for me. Pity as default mail app has a potential to be really powerful tool.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I use Enhanced Email

love it, only really go it because Improved Email went down the pan and also the Froyo stock email app wouldnt work with hotmail eas.

but enjoy it more than the stock one now
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
I use the stock mail app (came with redux/and miui, so i guess it's the stock one).
[Desire General] Lothaen:
probably the stock android one, rather than the stock htc one :)
[Desire General] t-pip:
Think I'll stick with GMail for now.
[Desire General] Approximat:
i had use the Sense Email Application, but atm i don't use my googlemail account.
[Desire General] flavio.moringa:
K9 and stock

I usually use stock sense mail app, but k9 also seems quite good
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Yeah. :)

Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
I did not like k9 mail. Too many settings for me...

Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App
[Desire General] chrismast:
I am doing exactly the same. At the beginning I was using the Sense mail app but always needed to run the gmail app for my googlemail account. Now gmail fetches all my mails and labels them. Had also no issue whatsoever with the gmail app.

But as said before, at the end it depends what you prefer.
[Nexus S General] mikeruoc:
So I installed the new update today but dont see any video option. Voice works great but that is it. Anyone else? My phone is rooted.
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
I see the video icon next to video capable contacts.
[Nexus S General] mikeruoc:
Are you rooted?
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
Unlocked and rooted yes. Stock rom though. If you're running a custom rom it may be doing a check on build.prop for enabling features.
[Nexus S General] mikeruoc:
Stock ROM. I just changed the radio to remove the upload cap for ATT. Otherwise completely stock.
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
Stock ROM. Not working for me.
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
Are you guys both on AT&T/i9020a?
[Nexus S General] sagech:
Works for me on the i9020t, stock rom, netatchy kernel
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
Nope Sprint Nexus S4G
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
We are not supported

http://community.skype.com/t5/Andro...sung-Nexus-S-4G/m-p/2506/highlight/false#M107
[Nexus S General] asb123:
Works for me on infinity rom.

What gives better quality google talk video chat or skype
[Nexus S General] bluezio:
Works for me with NSCollab 1.0.34 with no problems. Of course, the other side has to be able to participate in a video call.
[Nexus S General] treUse:
So I take it one-way video calling isn't possible? If so, that's a shame...
[Nexus S General] |l|i|l|:
Video doesn't seem to work on my i9020A. (Not rooted, build GRJ22)

:(
[Nexus S General] mikeruoc:
I figured the A was the issue. We are the red headed step child of the Nexus clan.
[Nexus S General] chris6278:
Works great for me running latest cm nightly with netarchys kernel. This is alot better than gtalks video chat
[Nexus S General] supercluver:
http://www.techpetals.com/skype-2-o...ndroid-devices-skype_2_0_0_45-signed.apk-3645

This works on my NS4G!!
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
Someone posted a working Skype apk in the 4g dev section
[Nexus S General] Amadeus13:
Anyone got it working on MIUI ROM? I currently don't see any trace of video controls...
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
Still doesn't appear to work.
[Nexus S General] supercluver:
Updated in market and now it works on the NS4G. No hackery needed!
[Nexus S General] TadMorose:
Still doesn't work on stock I9020A in Canada. WTF? :mad:
[Nexus S General] Buellrunner:
I updated and it still doesn't allow video calls on my nexus s 3g 2.3.4 Fido.

Anyone else having issues with theirs?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] TadMorose:
Here is what Skype representative wrote today:

Claudius (Community Manager) Jul 1

Skype is working hard on getting the video fixed for all Nexus users. There's no date and time for the fix yet but we hope to get it out very soon.
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
They are dumbasses. Nothing worse than getting half baked software out the door.

Latest update STILL does not work for me. NS4G on Sprint.
[Nexus S General] Roland27:
I tried as well with a Rogers Nexus S. i9020F no video on skype :(
[Nexus S General] Roland27:
I've seen a few video's compairing the 2, and skype seems to be superior from what I have seen.
[Nexus S General] 1902:
works great for me, tested it with my wife's Galaxy S (modified Skype 2.0).
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
Has anyone managed to get this f**king thing to work on a rooted ROM ? I've tried Soju, Deck, nothing....

Anyone got it working on CM7 ?
[Thunderbolt General] dbisch:
I've used both the MR2 and 2.5 radios and both have the same issue. Whenever it's loading something 4G drops in and out constantly. The icon disappears and then reappears. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm in the Chicago area so getting a 4G signal.isn't an issue.
[Thunderbolt General] turdbogls:
well, i had consistant 3G signal in a known 4G area. started out all good, with solid 4G, then slowly started to loose 4G all together. drop data completely ect. then i could just not pick up 4G unless i had full bars, and even then, it was slow (around 5mbps downloads)

tried a new SIM card, nothing

got a new phone yesterday and everything is perfect now. we'll see how it is after a couple weeks though.
[Thunderbolt General] dbisch:
Is it possible that it could be the antenna on the extended battery cover?
[Thunderbolt General] Dnakaman:
Could be. I know that without a battery cover on my phone, I can only get 1x. So you may be on to something. Check the contacts on the cover to make sure they are not bent and getting good contact inside.
[Thunderbolt General] 00negative:
I am not in 4g area but I am having same issues on 3g, it will just cut out randomly, it will stop downloads, it will disconnect me from gtalk. I am on mr2.5 radio. Think its Verizon/ LTE issues, but its getting old.
[Thunderbolt General] sg1dan:
I"m in chicago and have this ****ing issue as well. it's really pissing me off. happens when i tether and load too many pages at once on the computer. 4g disappears for a second or two then reappears, but i can't connect to internet on the tethered computer. speedtest app on phone will work just fine. running the test and tethering--4g disappears. running test alone- a ok. Are you tethering when the 4g disappears?

I was running the mr2, mr2.5 radios on gb roms (synergy, das bamf, 2.1, 3.0 , gingeritis) all have issues. an hour ago i switched to the froyo radio and das bamf 1.8 and so far so good.

still don't know if it's ****ty connection here in chicago, bad ****ing radio (gb ones) or verizon trying to block my tethering. i will get back after more tethering to see if it disappears.

i did also try to overclock, undervolt, change the speeds to no avail.
[Thunderbolt General] sg1dan:
posted my solution on another thread, here it is again

well i solved all of my tethering problems by going back to froyo. am now on bamf 1.8 remix and loving it. tether works like it should and even works with the screen off. something is off inthe gb kernal that forces tether to close when screen is off. slight remedy is to up the processor speed, until you lose the 4g signal lol.

i think i'll just wait for the official gb, need the internet and all.
[Acer Iconia A500] dalepl:
For those of you that may need a replacement OEM power supply. WalMart now carries them. They also have the OEM case and a tablet keyboard (have not looked at it since out of stock). I know the power supply cord is too short, just letting you know where to find one if you need one. :p
[Blade Android Development] elitemovil:
Hello friends, I bring that is supposedly the official Rom 2.3.4 ZTE for the Blade. I added a number of tweaks. Good battery life, good response, wifi works fine, the app's listed market. App2SD and DALVIK2SD and I used to move the app's to the SD.

Necessary to partition ext3 or ext4 512MB in the SD card.

wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache, then advanced and the Dalvik and battery format provided that 100%

Apps:

- Zte Dialer.

- Zte Contacts.

- Adao File Manager.

- Alarming.

- NotePad.

- Cache Cleaner.

- DSPManager.

- FMRadio.

- Gtalk.

- QuickOffice.

- Share APPS.

- Spare Parts.

- Google Music.

- Translator.

- Youtube.

- WhatsApp.

- Maps.

.... etc....

​

Thanks for testing friends.!
[Blade Android Development] jackpot20:
yes and this is official or hacked or taken from another person ?
[Blade Android Development] .dredd.:
Why ext partition

Hi elitemovil,

Thanks for the rom, but could you give us some more info as jackpot and KapTmaH asked?

If this is an official rom why does it need ext partition?

The rom is about 136MB unzipped... it should work even on a 136MB system.
[Blade Android Development] elitemovil:
Hello.

Filtered from china version.
[Blade Android Development] elitemovil:
Hello.

The new revision in the f¡irst post.
[Blade Android Development] elitemovil:
Hello

For more space in the device.
[Blade Android Development] .dredd.:
Thanks for the very short answer but can we know which china version it was filtered from? Was it a complete 2.3.4 rom from China or a cooked rom based on leaked 2.6.35.7 kernel?

Downloaded anyway so thank you for share but please share more information along with this rom.
[Blade Android Development] .dredd.:
Could you share the original which you built this rom based on?
[Blade Android Development] tonaco:
Official_Beta_2.3.4_Blade_r2 to Official_Beta_2.3.4_Blade_r4

Hi

thanks for this Rom

What new in the R4?
[Blade Android Development] elitemovil:
Hello.

The base rom

Merits burstlam from Modacco.
[Blade Android Development] .dredd.:
Hey man... your work and enthusiasm is very much appreciated anyway... however this rom is NOT official... this is based on the leaked Gingerbread kernel.

Nevertheless I flashed the lite version and it looks smooth and nice... did not go through all features but found that gps bug which has been mentioned lot of times... namely if the gps is switched off manually and then switched on, the programs don't find the gps until the phone reboot.

Keep up good work and thanks again but be more specific in the future :)

Peace
[Blade Android Development] chery22:
Hi again, and thank you for your work and for the rom. Do you mean that the battery has to be 100% charged before wipe the battery file?

P.S. Am I dunce? I can't see the download link for the rom you've made. :)
[Blade Android Development] .dredd.:
Yes, battery should be 100% before wipe battery stats in recovery.
[Blade Android Development] chery22:
10x, but where is the download link?
[Blade Android Development] Hakim Rahman:
looking at List of ROMs for ZTE Blade ==> http://wiki.frandroid.com/wiki/Liste_des_ROMs_pour_le_ZTE_Blade
[Blade Android Development] Nesovic:
yeah, did someone removed the link?
[Blade Android Development] groove3x:
nice work, very good rom

keep up the good work, is there any news when the official 2.3.4 is coming out?

tks
[Verizon Droid Charge] MrSpohn1:
I have seen posts on problems with connectivity and random data dropping. I think I have a solution to your problem. If you dont have 4g and are experiencing this problem it may be because your phone is searching for 4g ask the time, so it will do things like drop signal after cals and such. Try disactivating 4g:

Settings/ wireless and networks/ mobile network/ system selection, then choose cdma only.

You will still have 3g, it will just quit looking for 4g. You can activate 4g at any time. Worked for me. I am in a non 4g area. (if it works can you thank me)
[Verizon Droid Charge] Syn Ack:
Many of us already knew about this but thank you. I just wish there was a widget to turn off 4G because mine searches all day long and goes in and out of 4G all the time; and I'd like to quickly switch back to having 4G when I need it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] will2live:
Agreed..... best thing I've found so far so you don't have to go threw all the menus is LTE switch from the Market. Take you right to where you need to be to turn LTE on or off quick.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moshe22:
Here a post of someone with version v11 Firmware and claims to not have reboots vs our aFirmware in USA version 10

The firmware would come from someone in Canada.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15215116&postcount=245
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gaww:
The LG Updater app shows V11F for Videophone and V11H for WindMobile up there. Probably set up for the respective carriers up there - don't know if they use the same bands.

Plugged phone it into my computer with the LG updater set to Canada. It checked the software, and indicated that I have the latest (v10f), so no update available. Wanted to see if it would offer to download 11F ( I would not have done it though).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moshe22:
Yeah you might be right.

Could be specific to their carriers. I was wondering if it was possible to change the carriers specific changes to match the united states firmware but still be able to have the updated firmware if any thing really changed.

Sent From My Stock G2x
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brucipher:
So, I just asked this question in the CM7 thread, but figured it didn't hurt to ask to all Tbolt Developers...

Is there any way to backup your contact links? For instance, I linked a bunch of my phonebook contacts to my facebook contacts, but if I perform a full wipe those links do not get synced and I have to manually relink all of the contacts again (which takes quite some time!).

I noticed that the Facebook for Sense contact information gets synced, but after a wipe the regular Facebook link information does not.

I am running CM7 RC0.6 and really want to flash the newest ROM with MR2 support, but want to do a full wipe first and would love to not have to re-link all of my contacts to facebook again.

Thank you!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Cool rom bro... what features does it have? Screenshots?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orcsbane13:
I used to have to go through all that as well on my old Eris. I never discovered a way to back them up so I just changed my contacts name to match their Facebook names and no more problems.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brucipher:
Do you think if I backed up and restored Contact Storage with titanium backup the links would be preserved?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanam:
Bruce, this thread belongs in the general or q&a section. Please get it moved by contracting the mod. This section is only for dev threads like roms, kernels, radios.

Sent from my thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atm0sphere:
I have the same issue, though with time (and deleting lots of contacts/renaming some) it appears to pick up most of them and relinks about 20-50 at a time over the course of the few hrs it takes to sync completely.

edit: Also, yes this thread should be moved to the Q&A section.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brucipher:
My bad...this thread can just be deleted entirely. Have one in

General Q&A as well...not much help there.

Sorry and thanks!
[HTC Sensation] pr0x2:
I have still 10 days to switch from this phone to any other one I chose. I did not even know HTC locked to bootloader for this phone when I got it :o

I HATE, PURE HATE htc sense but I thought cyanogenmod would help to get rid of it :D

Reading allot on the forum it looks like the unlocked bootloader can take months and months before htc releases it. And I can't take that long with htc sense :(

Any of you also think switching to the cheap plasticy samsung galaxy s2 just because it has unlocked/cracked bootloader?

I am still hoping htc will release the unlocked botoloader this week, otherwise I am back to ****ty samsung :(
[HTC Sensation] DeezNotes:
I understand people who don't like HTC Sense, but what I don't understand is why not just put a different launcher on the phone (ADW, LP, Go, etc.), disable any HTC sync services, remove any HTC widgets and if you're really picky, put on an alternate lock screen.

I get that people like running Cyanogen because it's a "clean" Android build, but to me it's not that big of a deal. Not to mention, people always say Android has decent memory management. If you're not running any HTC-based apps, Android should manage that memory they use properly and set it as a lower priority than anything else you're running.

Everyone has their opinions, so I'm sure this is all based on preference. To answer your question though, it's all up to you. There are flaws with every device out there, so you really have to pick the lesser of two evils I guess.
[HTC Sensation] pr0x2:
HTC Sense takes over 500mb in ram just by idle. And clean android takes about 150mb ram running idle.

Sense takes allot of battery power even when you don't use it all.

Shame on HTC for encrypting the crap out of this phone... :(