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[Acer Iconia A500] Ramasoft:
Hello mates,

Yesterday, I bought Acer A500, 32GB from Costco. I just opened the box and setup the WIFI only. The build number is Acer_A500_1.104.02_COM_GEN1. I tried to update it to honeycomb 3.1 but every time it returns that my device is up to date?

As I said, nothing done to it, no applications installed and not rooted. Any idea why? Thanks in advance. Also, it comes ONLY with the case. No HDMI cable. Very strange as others got it.

Dr. Sam
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
HDMI cable is not part of the standard packaging. Those that got it, PROBABLY bought a device someone had returned and left their HDMI cable inside.

As for the 3.1 update, it means nothing that you haven't got it yet. Acer are rolling it out in batches, so you'll get it eventually.
[Acer Iconia A500] cipmd:
HDMI Cable

Mine came with the HDMI Cable. The Costco Deal was a 32GB unit, with the Acer case, an HDMI Cable, USB Cable and the power cable for $479.99+tax.

I think Acer is rolling out the updates gradually which sucks because I need the update as well. Have been waiting for Exchange Mail and other fixes.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Different packages for different suppliers, I guess.

What ROM version do you currently have? Exchange support has been in there since 1.139, you just have to go to Settings->Accounts->Add Account->Corporate.
[Acer Iconia A500] HazHazard:
I also bought my tablet from Costco Tablet ,HDMI cable, USB cable, charger and an ACER case/cover.

I didnt get an update either. I went from stock 3.0 to Virtuous Picasso and finnaly now on stock Acer 3.1.
[Acer Iconia A500] cipmd:
My build number was Acer_A500_1.104.02_COM_GEN1

Corporate was not an option for me. Only Email, Google and Iconia Tab
[Acer Iconia A500] brutalpanda:
Hi, Just wondering how you reverted stock 3.1? Did you get the OTA or installed the ROM?
[Acer Iconia A500] rvholland:
I got a 32GB model at Costco as well and I believe it had that same firmware initially as well. No updates ever showed until July 5th when I got an incremental update to a more recent 3.0 version. July 6th came and and it reported the 3.1 update as being available.

I got the full load of extras in my box, the case and HDMI cable. However I don't recall the placard or other material in the store indicating the HDMI cable was part of the package. I believe the case was called out. There was nothing on the box itself indicating what extras if any were added. I'd seen others reporting they had got the hdmi cable at that time. I believe I bought mine in early June.

Now if that clear cover on the rear camera would just stay completely down instead of easing up on one end...

You'll get the update once your serial number/ID fits into the set opened for updates. Perhaps your unit was more recently built and has a S/N in a newer range that gets updated slightly later.
[Acer Iconia A500] OffcerClancy:
I bought mine at Best Buy for $389 (included ac adapter & usb) and purchased the Buy Back Plan, a the Acer case, and an hdmi cable all for $449 (excluding tax).
[Acer Iconia A500] cipmd:
I initially bought that one as well but returned it since it was the 16GB version. I also paid for the no fault damage waiver though which bumped the price another $100. They didn't have the cases yet so I decided to return it and get this one. I think for the diff in price it was worth going to 32GB from 16GB. I load it with large files.
[Acer Iconia A500] MonitorMonkey:
Same here, HDMI cable and all.

I am having the same non-updating issue.
[Acer Iconia A500] HazHazard:
I rooted the stock 3.0 installed Acer Recovery Installer from market. Backup. then flash procedure with CW. Im using a ROM thats stock with root everything else untouched, its on the forums somewhere, cant remeber where.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1155664
[Acer Iconia A500] MonitorMonkey:
Ya, that's what I ended up doing
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
same problem

Never received a single ota update from Acer. When I first purchased my a500 I simply used vache's instructions to make sure I was running the latest 3.0 based rom, after the leak of 3.1 went up I switched to that, after the official 3.1 came up I installed CWM and have since upgraded.
[Acer Iconia A500] jm77:
This is the same one I purchased. Rooted that night and installed Virtuous Picasso Asus-base. The next day I loaded up Acer 3.1 rooted.

I already had an HDMI cable (from my Droid X). I don't really like the case that it came with.
[Acer Iconia A500] mankiee:
got one from costco on 7/5th with build#1.104.02, no update so far. on 7/8th got another one from another costco with buid#1.145.09, right after turning on and hooking up wifi, update#4.010.08 came in. strangely, 2 costco are only 30 miles apart, and both tablets were manufactured in June, but pre-installed builds are different. both have no HDMI. costco.com sells for $10 more, guess that one has it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rydsmith:
Hello All,

Tomorrow I will be buying an Infuse and have the full intention of running Infused 4.5 on it within an hour of getting it. I currently have an Atrix 4G and after looking at the Android Market online...I can't help but feel that my device is neutered in terms of the games available to it. Below is a short list that can NOT be accessed via the Atrix:

- ANYTHING that needs sideloading

- Order and Chaos Online

- Nova 2

- Asphalt 5 and 6

- Any Gameloft game not on the market

- Worms

- The Sims 3

- Need for Speed Shift (Even though a demo COMES WITH THE PHONE!)

Those are only to name a few. When I get my Infuse tomorrow, will I have this problem with the Infused ROM?

Also, why are the games not "compatible" with the Atrix 4G yet are for the Inspire...a phone that can't touch the Atrix with regards to specs?

Thank You
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hwaters:
only thing I see on my branded (at&t) market is asphalt 5 hd free

nothing else you listed was on my market.

you CAN turn on sideloading on a stock infuse and install the amazon market or whatever. (didn't check on the amazon market for those games)

Pretty sure the custom roms have an unbranded market. Anyone wanna check on these games for him?

Edit: I do see The Sims 3 (at least) if I go into airplane mode and then turn on wifi while still in airplane mode (I get an unbranded market)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] theorioles33:
Gameloft

I read somwhere that Gameloft will only be releasing games for iOS.

EDIT: My bad. Looks like Gameloft is just boycotting the Android Market for whatever reason. You can go to Gameloft.com and download games.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] FIREONHIGH:
The best option is to never by at&t branded phone. I'm just waiting for sg 3..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tight686:
Or use MarketEnabler and spoof VZW or Tmo
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dajeoo:
I'm assuming you meant infused 1.5 not 4.5 ?

infuse 4g "a lot a screen real estate"
[Off-topic] fdespotovski:
Hi guys!

I would like to show you some of my renders made in Cinema 4D. I hope you like them!

Here's the link: http://s1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee432/fdespotovski/Cinema 4D Renders/

Note: Some of the pictures are resized by Photobucket. The original resolutions are:

W:1600, H:1200

W:1600, H:900

W:1366, H:768

W:1000, H:1000
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
You still have a lot of things to do.

Lighting, shadows, ray tracing, refraction value of glass material is not proper, the pot picture will not take more than 4 minutes to build on cinema 4d. Learn shaders.

Most of work (sphere cone cylinder) is 5 min modeling 15 minutes to render.

Never post pic of apple product on xda you get sued for that.

But great start.
[7 Mozart General] benj001:
Hi,

Does anyone know how to disable the haptic feedback on the bottom three buttons (Back, Home, Search)?

Also, does any-one know how to change the settings/stop the screensaver (with date, etc.) appearing all the time?
[7 Mozart General] meegulthwarp:
I don't believe there is a way to get rid of the haptic feedback on the capacitive buttons. Maybe with a dev unlocked device.

To change the lock screen settings go into Settings->Lock&Wallpaper then change the time out to what you please.
[7 Mozart General] benj001:
Thanks for letting me know. Real shame, as I know it's only a little thing but it does annoy me. Regarding the lock and wall paper. I wish there was a way to turn off the feature forcing me to swipe up on the screen every time I turn the screen on. Another annoying feature. Why doesn't it just take me to the main screen?
[7 Mozart General] meegulthwarp:
I believe lock screens are standard on all smartphones with the exception of Nokia as they have the physical button to do that. You could request an app that disables it but I would find it extremely annoying as I accidentally press the screen unlock quite a bit when in my jeans.
[7 Mozart General] Djeypi:
haptic feedback

Hello! A while ago I purchased a Mozart 7 phone, it was a used phone, not new, not sealed in the box!

So, it has reached my hands with a deepshining ROM, 4.0 if my memory is right!

Later I´ve updated it to the 6.0 version of the deepshinig ROM!

I´ve, somehow managed to disable the haptic feedback on the "back" button as well as on the "Search" button.

It was not a stock available option, but trought some tweaking software I disabled it!

Now I´ve got a windows phone 7.8 ROM, made for mozart by ansar, available here on XDA, and I´ve looked everywhere on the phone and on the tweaking software, and I can´t find the option to disable haptic feedback! :(

So I know it´s possible, cause I had it done, but now, dont know how to do it again!

HELP!!!

I have installed some tweaking software, I found in the Deepshining ROM 6.0:

"Advanced Configuration"

"WPH Tweaks"

"WP7 Root Tools"

But, so far, I haven´t made it !

I´m Portuguese, from Portugal so... sorry for my poor English! :(
[General Topics] jbrussee:
Hi, I'm looking for a Google+ invite from someone. I also would like anyone who needs one to also post and I will invite you after I'm on.

Thanks!

Jasonbrussee@gmail.com
[Verizon Droid Charge] kraisydave:
Anyone have suggestions for a good arm band holder for the Droid Charge? I am a runner and cyclist who needs something that really stays in its place... thanks.

Dave
[Verizon Droid Charge] gbmitchell:
TuneBelt makes an armband that fits 4.3" devices perfectly. Go with that. I got mine on Amazon.
[Verizon Droid Charge] scuba_bald:
armband

Was the model you chose for the Droid X and Incredible?

This one?

Thank you
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
I feel like the Charge is too heavy to have on your arm. I keep it in my bag while I'm at XC practice and in one of the back pockets on my cycling jersey when I go cycle. And obviously I keep it in my bag at swim practice. So it essentially stays in a bag for at least 3 hours a day, plus I have school... Yet it's still very close to dead when I come home for lunch. Am I veering off topic here?

Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] gbmitchell:
You could say that. If you were to use an armband it would be like having a weight on that arm so that could be a positive.?.

Also, your battery should be lasting longer than that. Assuming you have gone through the settings and done some of the basics maybe you should download setcpu and make sure your lowend number is really low. This will help with battery without really penalizing performance. SetCPU is great even if you don't want to overclock.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
I'm no noob. I've done pretty much everything possible and the battery life still sucks ass. Probably stems from the fact that my school is a ****ing bunker...and I hate listening in class so I answer questions on XDA or play some games.

I've tried underclocking...the performance difference between 1 ghz and 800mhz drives me nuts. Undervolting makes a slight difference but it eventually becomes unstable. Real men use Voltage Control :)

Also, its not the weight that would bother me, the annoying part is that it would swing side to side. If I want to run with music I'll use my ghetto iPod Nano 2G...

Sent from my Galaxy Tab running MIUI
[Verizon Droid Charge] scuba_bald:
What type of bag and do use one when you swim? Please don't say a fanny pack :-)

I too use the back pocket when I ride as well
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
For XC I just put it in a generic string bag and leave it in my car/in my coach's classroom. For swimming, i use a custom Speedo swim bag... Like a backpack, but made to hold wet suits and towels. I don't mean I wear it when I swim... That would be ridiculous.

Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.0
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambaman009:
Hey, just something quick. I'm running teh Mango beta but i keep hearing about the pros of unlocking your phone. So I wanted to unlock. I recieved this phone without the NoDo update, since it downloaded that when I first used zune.

So can I just click return to factory settings on the phone and then use chevron? then go through all the effort of updating back to mango.

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magpir:
no u cant..
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colossus_r:
No ...its not that simple...

Sinse your phone has nodo and its not unlocked you cant use chevron to unlock.

You must first flash a pre-nodo rom (7004 or 7008) unlock with chevron and then update all the way up to mango

Roms for trophy can be found here
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun10:
If i have 10 sideloaded apps and Want to do a devunlock With sideloadlimit.can i use all These apps or only 3?or i have to uninstall 7 of them?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colossus_r:
Is your phone unlocked now ???

What brand ???
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun10:
its chevron unlocked unbranded nodo.. but if i want use a officialy devunlock with 3 apps sideloadlimit, the installed apps will work ?

if the only thing is, that i cant deploy more apps. i want do it.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oelapoel:
installed apps will still work in mango.. its just you cant sideload any more apps.. there are ways to keep unsigned apps to max to be carried over to mango though....
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun10:
thank you for answering. ...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schluff1:
Sun10, on HTC Phone use this to remove sideload limit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1157777

(You can also sideload Touchexplorer in unlocked mango)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colossus_r:
Τhe user before point you at the corect thread for instruction...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EDV11:
Does any one know how to use social hub premium in countries or operators not listed on their availability chart?

I've used Seven mail for a while and is great, but it seems I can't use this Samsung app on my location

Enviado desde mi GT-P1000 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarey_g:
Hi,

As we all know the Galaxy SL GPS is piece of crap, I have contacted Samsung support many times but their technical team does not know the difference between GPS and GPRS. They have no answer to how to fix the problem (at least Indian support team) or there is no fix. Anyways I am now highly frustrated with the GPS on the phone and with their customer support.

I have not rooted my phone, the firmware on the phone is DDKB2 (not updating it yet or rooting the phone because it will affect the warranty) latest available from Kies.

My question is to all Galaxy SL users what is the max number of satellites has your phone ever locked. (irrespective of the firmware version) For me the max was 4. It took 5 mins to reach this figure under open sky on this phone while Xperia arc and HTC wildfire were able to lock 20 satellites from the same location in seconds.

Is the GPS on phone really a piece of sh1t ? Just confirm this and I am prepared to sue Samsung in consumer court over this.

Adding to this, while traveling in a vehicle the other two phones (mentioned above) were showing realtime progress of the vehicle on the road, whereas Galaxy SL was highly inaccurate and even the wrong position shown was not updated constantly.

Edit : Please use 'Gps Test' or similar apps to check.

This is my best result so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rdr_m:
Dude go through the forum.ddkb sucks in respect to gps.all europran firmwares hav super fast gps.bt yes all indian firmware sucks when it comes to gps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarey_g:
That's why I am curious to know that after all the proposed fixes how much improvement is there, if I install 2.3.4 the unofficial way how much will be the improvement. i have read in some threads that there is no software fix and users are hardware modding.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] troobadu:
XXKB3 solved the problem for me. My GPS locked in seconds now.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mazran01:
dude take them to court ,gps on this phone really suks ,atleat after this they will send quality products to indian market
[Galaxy S I9000 General] falex007:
The problem is only in the software. Hardware is very good. I have XXKB3:

1. With the cold start on open air (no clouds, but under the tries and near buildings) I take signals of 3 satellites after 2-3 seconds

2. after 5 seconds It locks

3. After ~10 seconds I see about 8 satellites. (6 with good signal)

Before I had Nokia 5800. It takes several minutes to lock. And if I was driving car it takes more and more time (it would be better to stop, wait for a lock and drive then).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarey_g:
How many satellites? :(

For a moving source you need more satellites as the connection with every satellite is not constant, how does the device behave when in a moving vehicle?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] falex007:
I was driving in the storm (very big storm, in my city it took out tries with its roots from the ground and it was very cloudy) for more then 300km. Sometimes I was driving with 140km/h. No lost locking at all. But before I used GPS Aids to take latest LTO data, and I had internet connection for all my way (to take map and so on).

It's really good device for me and it suits me well. With my native XEKB1 I was not tested GPS because I reflash my phone after 2 days of playing with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shariqa12:
XXKB3 solves the GPS problems many ppl have mentioned.

I do not know how many satellites it uses/doesn't, I just know it works (and thats all that matters).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mammenj:
Bro, taking them to court will be a waste of your time as you know the indian courts and justice system.

My advise is, try rooting it and flash different rom which meets your gps needs.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tarey_g:
Filing a case in consumer court is very easy, I will go to samsung service centre this weekend for last time, if they still cant help then I will go ahead with original plan.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Zero0Soul:
Try this: use FasterFix (requires root) to set the ntp server nearest to you, then use GPS Aids (requires root aswell) to download and inject the XTRA data. Once you 've done that your GPS "should" be able to see enough satellites to get a good lock.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hrithan2020:
To those who are getting v.quick fixes with the newer European firmwares and other miscellaneous fix. How does it fare when doing voice navigation?

For me , I get v.quick locks (after some hacks..6-10 satellites in view and all), but still not reliable during voice navigation, loses signal in the car. So, I believe that is a h/w issue, but then, I guess many phones will be having this issue to a certain extent.. (not able to follow you properly when travelling in a car with windows closed? .. iPhone 4 which I have played around with ,definitely does the tracking v.well)..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nikhilc5:
dude.. just check out dis thread b4 u go 2 court...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069416
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jelle2503:
10 fix within 10 seconds. Stock and custom roms. Maybe hardware issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nikhilc5:
Correction

I'll just make a correction to my prev post... Instead of following that link in the post try these things and ya i have personally tried this settings & it worked

i havn't done any rooting or upgrading or anythin, its just the basic DDKB2. I had to reset my phone to factory settings due to a different problem. SO when i tried using the gps after reset there comes the same prob again

First thing i tried was that link, but it doesnt seem to work very well then i followed these steps...

1. Download the app "GPS AIDS V2" from android market (free version is more than enough)

2. Turn off your internet & gps & go to codes/tools in GPS AIDS

3. Select GPS Test >Application settings & make the following changes

Change Operation mode to "MS Assisted"

Change Accuracy to 100

4. Now turn on gps & internet, Go back to GPS AIDS Select GPS Status

Now it will start locking satellites

Using this method i was able to get a lock with 10 satellites in about 15-20 seconds & was getting an accuracy of 5-10 meters :)

And one more thing.. i am not a big fan of samsung.. Right now i am facing some other issues with this stupid device... Anyways just trying to help..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mzone1510:
I was having the same problem as you guys, but all I did was change the ntp server to india (using gps aids) and setting mode under GPS settings to "ms-based" instead of 'standalone'...

Actually the GPS on this phone is really quite weak, I get good quick locks and signal strength but indoors it struggles under a tiled roof whereas my xperia x10 used to do it great indoors too! Oh and the applying pressure to a certain point trick actually does work! Try it out...
[Verizon Droid Charge] kraisydave:
Thanks to imnuts and wynalazca for all this info. I just collected it up into a how to video. Hope this helps as I am an visual learn and I know many others are. Complete at your own risk. If this helped please follow me @kraisydave on twitter, subscribe to youtube.com/kraisydave and visit www.KDtech.org. (A work in progress).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAKDeFIIM2c

1. Open ODIN.

2. Put the phone into download mode. Do this by powering off your phone, pulling out the battery, and then holding volume down while connecting it to your pc. A giant yellow triangle should be on the phone's screen and it should say 'Downloading...' ODIN should say 'Added!!' and one of the boxes will be yellow and say '0:[COM#]'

3. Click the button labeled 'PDA' and locate the file you are wanting to flash. For emphasis: YOU MUST USE THE PDA BUTTON!

4. Click start. Do not disconnect the phone while it is flashing, it can cause some serious damage.

5. Wait.

6. When finished, unplug the phone, put the battery back in and power up the phone.

Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.

Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kubla1:
Just wanted to know if you have any second thoughts about wiping data and cache?

When I used HTC phones, I always was warned to wipe data and cache.

Just asking.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kraisydave:
kubla1,

Since rooting a week ago or so I have had no problems minus the updater sneaking up here and there. It is generally recommended to wipe the cache and data, but I still have not. When I move to other versions of android I do wipe everything just to avoid issues. But really it cannot hurt, so if you fell the need I say go for it.

Dave
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Texan28:
ok now i just rooted my dads MyTouch slide and of course it doesnt have the original apks. When i rooted my Lg G2x i came across a forum about getting the original apps through ROM Manager or another program. I did it, and now i forgot how i did it and what programit was and i cant seem to get them on the the MyTouch. If you could help with any info i would greatly appreciate it!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SefEXE:
what apks? and what rom are you on?

do you mean the gapps?