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[Thrive General] budney:
I am getting 12+ hours with lots of usage or in sleep mode, never turning the tablet off.

But the ”sleep bug” got me last night, and now the back cover is not closing/sealing on the side with the power, volume, & WiFi buttons. :(
[Thrive General] jpinks:
How about the USB and SD card slots. Are they all working as promised? Any wierdness from them? What about Flash playback?? Oh did anyone buy the docking station with it? Will it charge from that too?
[Thrive General] nuke3ae:
sd works fine, I haven't tried usb yet.

edit: tried usb thumb drive formatted in fat. Opened filemanagerHD, selected usb drive, opened work .doc file in documents to go. Seemed to work perfectly.
[Thrive General] mikemol:
Can anyone who has Toshiba Thrive test out if it plays videos on wifi from a network share like a network hard drive or from a shared folder on a networked computer without first coping the whole movie to the tablet?

I tried Acer Iconia, Morotolla Xoom and not matter what file manager or video player I used, they all first start coping a movie to the tablet and only after that they start playing. I also have Acronis 101 and that one doesn't copy videos and opens them right away and starts playing.

Also can you read external hard drives in NTFS format when connecting it to the USB port on the tablet?
[Thrive General] irishdiva:
Netflix?

does anyone know yet if Netfix instant will work with this? My search capabilities have a fail today.
[Thrive General] nithos1:
Netflix is a no-go on all 3.x devices. You can manage your queue, but no streaming.
[Thrive General] omgitswes:
That's what I'm waiting on. Netflix and a keyboard dock.

I just got my Thrive today, haven't had a chance to really get down to it but I really like it so far
[Thrive General] markgeb50:
my tablet is doing the same. I will try your tip. Thanks much
[Thrive General] cwguy:
I bought a Thrive 16GB from Best Buy this past Thursday. I had an issue with the SD card today. I used it once and it worked fine, the second time I tried to use it it would not recognize the card. I called Toshiba support and they had me pull the battery out and it still did not fix the problem so they told me to do a factory reset. It finally worked again. The issue was that I did not unmount the SD card like it should be, I just popped it out. Not sure if there is anyway around this or not, but from my experience if you want to use your SD card make sure you unmount it properly each time or you will have to do a factory reset and setup the tablet again. Has anyone else had this issue?
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
Will test these out tomorrow. I use the ArkMC app for the media streaming (My MyBook Live has Twonky Media on it) and it works on my G2.
[Thrive General] davin8r:
Just got my new Thrive a few min ago. 32 GB class 10 SD card working fine so far.

I also just noticed there is a new update (dated July 7) which I am installing now (hopefully this will fix some of the issues people are talking about?).

What video player is best for playing hi-def .mkv files? I tried Mobo player, but there is significant stuttering even though the file is only in 720p.

Ok, just did some searching and found that Tegra 2 does not support high-profile h264. Bummer! I may actually return this tablet and wait for Tegra 3.
[Thrive General] JoeLithium:
I just picked one up too I think devs are going to need some time to work out its internals. Hope to see something soon though.
[Thrive General] tq745:
I'm going to be exchanging my TF for the Thrive. I'm hoping XDA will put up a dedicated section for the Thrive soon.
[Thrive General] davin8r:
I'm also having the Sleep issue, *and* in addition I also have the opposite problem -- mine keeps automatically waking up and coming out of sleep mode after only a couple of minutes, and nothing I can do to stop it.
[Thrive General] di11igaf:
Just got this thing today, gonna start working on some stuff, root etc,

I'm sure kernel source isn't out yet but as soona s it is(anyone point me to it if they can) I'll try and get an OC kernel. First though gotta see what Toshiba did as far as the bootloader goes

MODS WE NEED A SECTION, please?

Now this is the first tablet I've had and my first run in with honeycomb, last I heard there was no hc source, but that seems to have changed as I read Asus released source and people have been compiling kernels for the xoom, so hopefully Toshiba makes us happy being dev-friendly as well need all their specific drivers
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
I've been trying to get a section for it since June 19th. :-) I'm working on it. Doing some PMing with the forum admin and seeing what we can do.

On a different note, I have heard the July 7th update killed the ADB drivers and the bootloader was locked pre-update.
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
Testing/Question

Tested the USB support and streaming.

NTFS USB drive is not found.

And while I can get it to theoretically stream files, they aren't in a supported format so it freaks out. AVI... I mean really? And I'm not converting gigs o movies to make it happy. So yes, it will stream, if the files are in the correct format.

So now a question, does Android 3.1 have some kind of issue with L2TP IPSec VPN connections? I can't remember my Galaxy Tab being this angry about it.

I can connect just not pass data which defeats the point. And I can connect to PPTP VPNs but again, with the lousy encryption, defeats the point.

***********Updated**********

So I called Toshiba Tech Support and was advised they do not support VPN issues with the Toshiba Thrive due to lack of training. I asked for their scope of support for the product and the answer I received was:

Warranty support

Basic settings (connecting to a wifi network, setting a password)

And support for the Toshiba applications on the device.

Also, there is no higher level of tech support.
[Thrive General] epakrat75:
This not the case. I got ADB working just by using the Android SDK (Level 12) and Google USB Driver (v4). More details at www.thriveforums.org

Unfortunately, OS (Honeycomb) has an incomplete L2TP IPSec implementation. Though has also been true of most of the Android 2.2 / 2.3 builds I've run on my Galaxy S. I tried using an existing PSK / 3DES setup only find out it doesn't support any more than DES. For my situation, I've been able to use PocketCloud as an alternative solution.
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
Thanks. I lucked out with the "official" G2 2.3 rom in that the L2TP IPSec connections works just fine. Also, thanks for the tip for pocket cloud. I'll look into it.
[Thrive General] tq745:
i use upnplay along with mobo player to stream...but like the previous user said it won't play .mkv files.

i just got the thrive yesterday and once i booted it already had a firmware update. i have yet to experience the wake up problem but maybe the firmware fixed the problem?

EDIT: Just experienced my first wake issue. Had to reboot to start. I guess firmare update didn't fix the issue. If this continues to be a problem then it's going back to best buy.
[Thrive General] tq745:
On my transformer i was able to change the user agent to desktop mode on the stock browser. For the thrive i noticed there isnt the option to change it so i'm always directed to the mobile version which i think is unnecessary for a tablet. Maybe I'm missing something but has anyone able to change the settings on the stock browser?
[Thrive General] solographics:
I got the Useragent field by typing about:debug in the address field. Hope it helps.
[Thrive General] tq745:
thanks! worked like a charm
[Thrive General] tq745:
it looks like the thrive is unable to read my 640gb seagate external hd. it seems like it can power it up because the hd lights up but it is unable to recognize it. btw hard drive is formatted to fat32. just tried a usb flash drive and it worked flawlessly. however if it is unable to read portable external hd's then this is a huge disappointment as this is the main reason I bought the thrive.
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
****EDITED FOR CLARIFICATION*****

So, according to this forum supported hdd format is exFAT. Apparently it's in the manual, so, I guess I should go RTFM.

*****End edit*****

As for a previous statement, the mkv files...have you tried a different player? One that supports them and all their subtitles? Or does that player support them?
[Thrive General] tq745:
thanks...gonna try it now. didn't know there was a thrive forums...XDA hurry up and give us a dedicated forum!
[Thrive General] davin8r:
Well, mine is all packed up and going back to Best Buy tomorrow. The lack of Tegra 2 hardware acceleration for high profile h264 is the big drawback for me; otherwise, Toshiba seems to have really gotten in right if they can just get rid of the inexcusable sleep bug. Hopefully the Tegra 3 tablets will start arriving within a couple of months or so.
[Thrive General] :
Actually the default "Media Player" plays 720 MKVs fine. I got mine yesterday after taking back my Acer Iconia. Looking forward to some devs diving into this tablet (hopefully soon)!

;)
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
good to know.
[Thrive General] infazzdar:
I would definitely buy a Thrive if we can get a dedicated forum! =D
[Thrive General] dalepl:
New Thrive Owner

Well, Itook my Iconia back to HHGreg and picked up a Thrive. So far so good. The Iconia was a good tablet, but mine had issues with the GPS taking too long to lock and when and if it did, it would loose lock. I was going to get another Iconia, but saw that HHGreg had the Thrive. Checked it out and liked what I saw, so now I am the proud new owner of a Thrive. As all of you have said, I also hope XDA will start a dedicated Thrive sub. Till then, I will be waiting.
[Thrive General] rushless:
Some apps do not see the sd card port

First off, I am having the sleep issue too, but now happens all the time. When goes to sleep, need to power down and restart. Do not have my PS with me, so will need to try the suggested fix later.

The other issue I have is no apps besides stock apps appear to see the sd card port. I have tried Astro, comic readers and Mobo player. All of them list sd card and storage, but regardless of what you select, the internal storage is what shows up.

Quick Pic appears to be the only app that I have that sees the storage, but searches all ports for media files automatically.

Update: Mobo player finds the files if I choose the top directory, but does see the card if I go into the directory path from top level.

Perhaps something silly. Just a flesh wound anyway. Sleep issue is main concern for this fine tablet :)
[Thrive General] :
On any file manager the external SD card is listed in the main directory as "sd card-disk0". They try to make it easier for n00bs. As a former Iconia owner I tried finding "mnt" first to mount it, but it's not there. When you first open any file manager, just look for "sd card-disk0". That is your external SD card. It reads and writes it perfectly!

I hope this helps? ;)
[Thrive General] :
I'm pretty sure that the correct forum to ask for a sub-forums is here:

About xda-developers.com

Anything to do more with the site than with the phones. Feature requests, announcements, praise, moaning, etc.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=263

And there are two threads already started there, so if you want to see a sub-forum for the thrive, go here and make yourselves known!! ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130506
[Thrive General] :
Didn't work for me either :(
[Thrive General] rushless:
Never mind, I see it now, but it is in not in the root directory, but inside the sd card directory as a folder. This does not seem logical, but is what it is.
[Thrive General] :
LOL what seems logical to us is illogical to n00bs. And face it, most people on computers, and tablets are n00bs, and it's in the most logical place for them. Open up your file explorer, and there it is, no digging! ;)
[Thrive General] rushless:
Everything IS relative ;)

Still, the sleep mode is killing my desire to thrive with the otherwise great Thrive. Out of the last dozenish times I have tried to wake the Thrive, eight times (including just now) have failed to wake and forced a shutdown and reboot.

Drama excluded, this seems a huge issue that could hurt the Thrive, out of the gate. How could Toshiba have not caught this?
[Thrive General] nuke3ae:
If anyone was curious, the thrive can play music off of ipods via usb. Just plug it in and open up the toshiba media play. You get full album art and everything.
[Thrive General] davin8r:
MKV is just a container for the file. If the video was recorded/converted in high-profile h264, there is lots of skipping due to lack of hardware acceleration. Do a search on the forums, and you'll see this is true for all Tegra 2 phones/tablets. Apparently Tegra 2 is optimized for games and not so much for video.
[Thrive General] GuitarrassDeAmor:
Oh snap, gonna try hooking up my Zune.

EDIT: Nope. :(

Is this a processor limitation, or software?

I've only encountered the sleep bug once, and I just did a hard reset. Other than that it has been fine so far. Did the OTA update do anything?
[Thrive General] :
I restored back to factory defaults, with no update, still had the sleep bug. The CS guy at Toshiba tried denying the issue, then I told him to see if there was a bulletin out on it, and sure enough, there was. I asked if there was an ETA out for a fix, he said their "engineering department was hard at work coming up with an update to fix it". If the DEVs here on this forum can fix a sleep bug in a day, why hasn't Toshiba been able to figure it out?!?

That is not the only con of this tablet however. It has a plastic/acrylic screen of some sort. It's not glass, and certainly not gorilla glass. I took mine back just over an hour ago and went back to the Iconia. IMHO for the money ($30.00 less), and feature set, it's the best one out to date.

Like I said, it's just my opinion, please don't anyone take it personally. ;)
[Thrive General] GuitarrassDeAmor:
I don't know, no excuse for that really. I don't mind the screen, but I do wish it was Gorilla Glass. That would be awesome. The Iconia feels cheaply made in my opinion, and that is just from messing around on it at Best Buy. I've handled every tablet, and besides the Touchpad (ugly shaped IMO), that is the only one I really don't like the make of. It also feels heavier than the Thrive, which I don't mind, but it is. As for the opinion, as long as you're not saying it's **** because you couldn't figure out how to turn it on (and provide an actual reason), I don't think many care. :cool:
[Thrive General] teh roxxorz:
I agree, the hp touchpad is ugly, the concept designer should be shot, because its not sexy.

Also I agree, need some hardened facts. I am going to be picking mine up between this friday and next saturday. Execellent mini scam to get 20% off at best buy. :p
[Thrive General] davin8r:
From what I understand, it is a processor limitation of Tegra 2 (no support for hardware acceleration of h264 high profile video).
[Thrive General] gsum:
References

May want to check out specs on toshiba support page. I can't post links yet

Good FAQ and reviews I came across was including SD cards, sleep, display quality, full review

androidforums.com/toshiba-thrive

androidforums.com/toshiba-thrive/373335-full-review-thrive.html
[Thrive General] Butterxbean:
About the Toshiba Thrive Screen Material...

One of our Thrivey friends over at Thriveforums.org put up a video as a screen test using a key. It help up just fine, no protector, so whether it's gorilla glass or not, This stuff will keep your screen safe!

[YOUTUBE]KY0yZDta6cQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
So, over at the Thrive forums they seem to have successfully tested the bootloader and it is not locked. (Just like Toshiba promised.) Apparently we just need a recovery kernal and we should be set. Here[URL] is the forum. If we could get a dev like kousch or a on RA for help on recovery it would be awesome. It would also be much appreciated if anybody who wants one check out my thread for a thrive sub-forum.
[Thrive General] rushless:
The sleep bug issue is forcing me to return the Thrive. I like the device a LOT, but nine out of ten times I have to power the device down and power back on when it goes in sleep mode.

If I turn the display off and then back on within a few seconds- no problem, but when the device goes into a sleep state- it does NOT wake back up when pressing the power button. Keeping music running is too impractical and hurts battery life, since that is not the only thing that will load in the background, being Android.

Best Buy is getting returns due to the issue, so it can not be helping the launch. You would think that Toshiba would mention the issue and a fix is coming- to reduce returns.

The Thrive is sweet, but right now, a nasty a$$ sleep bug is ruining that sweetness.
[Thrive General] rushless:
Ironically, that is my review and I am returning the Thrive due to it not wanting to come out of sleep mode when pressing the power button :(
[Thrive General] dalepl:
Good stuff. Maybe XDA will see this and give us our own SUB. If not, maybe we should start getting development SUBS on the Thrive site.
[Thrive General] dalepl:
I had the same issue. I tried the fix of taking the battery out and powering up without the battery and then reinserting the battery. This has seemed to have fixed the issue. I have had no sleep issues since.
[Thrive General] GuitarrassDeAmor:
I did a review of the tablet (video and written). I've had two lock screen bugs, one when I first got the device, and the second when I was writing my review ironically.

My review: http://www.wallpapereuphoria.com/in...ent&view=category&layout=blog&id=37&Itemid=60

Video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6OAugmdVDo&hd=1 -- Not that good, never done one before, and didn't exactly know when or what order I was going to go over stuff in.
[Thrive General] jrob09BHS:
i wouldnt dare buy a tablet without my socks being microwaved first
[Thrive General] Suaveak:
sleep bug fix...

Well my Thrive had the same sleep issue and random reboot while sleeping.

So my fix has been to go to wifi settings and set the wifi disconnect policy from when screen turns off to never. I haven't had a problem since I changed this last night.

Hope this helps.
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
That would be awesome if so.
[Thrive General] tombarr:
Any ideas on an unlocked bootloader? I've heard rumours about some update removing it... but sure.
[Thrive General] BlackRose 22:
You don't need.. to copy a movie or something related .. to internel memory to watch it. .. another great feature USB hosting .. and dual storage .. like if your keyboard has a port for USB .. it reads both .. when you have two USB hooked up.. video play back is great to

KickAss City Mik_CM7 FK V18.BFS
[Thrive General] tombarr:
Sure you don't need an unlocked bootloader, but why would you not want one? It couldn't hurt, plus when (if) Google drops Honeycomb source better custom kernels will arrive (although from what I've read the Thrive already performs pretty well).
[Thrive General] infazzdar:
So does this tablet have an unlocked bootloader?

That will make or break my decision on purchasing one.
[Thrive General] Natolx:
It DOES have an unlocked bootloader. In fact its totally unlocked from the factory(unheard of).

I know this because I bricked mine by flashing the rooted boot.img for the Xoom with fastboot.

On that note, if anyone know of a way to extract or has access to a stock boot.img I would be very grateful!
[Thrive General] hobbiteer:
I'd also just like the OTA update. If anybody has that.
[Thrive General] :
I couldn't figure out how to turn it on?!? ROFLOL it's a known issue with a tech bulletin at Toshiba lol. Fanboyz never cease to amaze me lol :p
[Thrive General] :
This is the funniest thing I've read in a review on a tablet EVER LOL.

". When I actually got mine home after purchasing it, I tried the MyBook - no dice. I figured it may need some time to read it, so i left it sitting for a while - nothing. I tried plugging it into my PC, and it showed up instantly. After a bit of digging, it turns out the Thrive doesn't support the NTFS filesystem or drives that are over 1TB - two requirements that don't agree with my drive. I even tried formatting a 16gb flash drive to NTFS, and nothing - reformatted to exFAT, and it was instantly recognized. I believe this is a limitation on both Android's and Toshiba's fault, and really disappoints me as none of this was told before launch. It is amazingly cool that there are the ports, but with limited access for power users like myself, it creates a problem."

Try this bro. You can read any NTFS drive on your tablet. ;)

Not a bad review for a n00b ;)

http://xperiaandroid.com/ntfs-support-for-android-tablet.html

And since you obviously didn't search the app market, here's the direct link for Drive Mount which will read your NTFS drives, that is providing you have your thrive rooted already?!?

https://market.android.com/details?id=au.dach.drivemount

And here's yet another market link for an app to read your NTFS drives (again you have to have root access):

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.USBMountAll&feature=search_result
[Thrive General] GuitarrassDeAmor:
Funny how you go out of your way to attack me while I basically defended you from would be fanboys..? The Thrive isn't rooted yet genius, and out of the box the Thrive lacks support for NTFS + drives over 1TB. It's in the manual.

Um, I was saying that we don't care if you have an opinion, meaning we aren't going to bash you for it. Good job taking that out of context, ace.

Looks like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, are jealous of my tablet working, don't like my review, or something of the sort, so I'll give you a pass. Next time, don't be so quick to jump buddy, makes you look like an idiot. :rolleyes:
[Thrive General] afxiso:
What you do you Think about your Thrive?

I Just Bought a Toshiba Thrive 16 Gb version the last Week, them when i unpack it automatically shows me an update. Most of the features works like a charm with the android 3.1 Actually i've been trying a Xbox controller as is show to be supported natively by honeycomb 3.1 (Support for external keyboards and pointing devices) and them using a Nintendo Wii (Original Preferred if you want to try) with Snes9x EX working good tested in my TV, with the HDMI output i can tell you the only problem is that the tablet screen does not have an option to use a single display or any other button to do that because if you press the power button will close the hdmi display too. So you have the dual screen until the tablet battery drains, sometimes i noticed a lag issue when switch between screens, but it is not too bad, most of the time runs smooth my only problem with the table media player sucks completly sometimes the sounds skips and the DNLA is not good at all, most of the video files aren't played by the device i wish this bugs to be fixed in the next software update ..

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[Thrive General] :
How did I take this out of context??

Like I can't figure out how to turn on a tablet? LOL

You do know that Toshiba has an actual tech bulletin out for their techs on the sleep bug correct? That this is "known issue"??

You're funny bro LOL

BTW, none of the Droid Tablets have NTFS support out of the box, that's why I provided links for the apps for you (to try and help you).

When/if the Thrive actually gets rooted, you'll have your tools ready to read your drives. You're welcome! ;)

Whatever "Mr. Power User" lol ;)
[Thrive General] GuitarrassDeAmor:
You're either 10, retarded, or both. I was specifically stating that UNLESS YOU HAVE A GRIPE TO THE EFFECT OF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN IT ON, NOBODY CARES IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION - IE nobody is going to bash you for not liking it. Christ, if you can't read it in all caps, I've lost all hope for you. I know there are apps idiot, but the Thrive isn't rooted yet, is it?

Christ, I'm done with you. It's pretty bad when you can't understand simple English and have to come out and attack someone because of your incompetence.