yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] jjnewb:
Fatman get a life

If we were that smart we wouldn't be on this site...
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Unlike people like you, I'm not really here for help with my devices. I'm more than expert enough in them to know what I'm doing.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
huggs

OK guys please we all live on the same rock.we all have the same device so there must be some common intelligence here.

Hugs handshakes and lack of bickering .The common ground is that tier one support had no tools or training to do there job correctly .they take calls across the spectrum for many devices and companies

thanks for hearing my two cents

Giggles
[Acer Iconia A500] macnessie:
:eek: you just don't learn.

I am not embarrassed to admit that I rely on the devs and other users on this site to get my a500 running the way it should have been from day one.

So if you are not here for help, why on earth do you use it?

p.s please don't take what I say as an insult, just curious
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Because I'm a tech head, and the one thing tech heads like to do more than anything else, is add to their knowledge. I've been once since 1981 when I built my first home computer, and I've no plans on changing that any day soon. Note my join date. I've been here a looooong time.

Note the name of this site. It's NOT primarily a site designed to help people, though that's a big part of it. It's a DEVELOPERS site, for the development and furtherment of our expensive little toys.
[Acer Iconia A500] aceflor:
If you don't feel like helping, fine. Don't. But then, don't answer on threads that are asking for help either. If you do, most of the time you are just being rude and bullying apart for not being helpful.

You can add to your knowledge by reading the threads, you don't have to belittle everyone.

If you can't say sthing nice, or at least be civil, then don't say anything at all.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
*cry*

This entire thread has hurt my e-feelings, I may need years of online psychotherapy to recover from seeing you guys fight :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] soks3d:
Why you say he is an ass, I bought mine 4 weeks ago and I understand that others are going to get thebupdste before me. I got my update about a week after the update came out. So quit complaining and wait your turn........
[Acer Iconia A500] Torisen:
Once again I didn't complain about anything, so I don't know what your problem is.

The thing is I'm a little afraid to do custom stuff, not done it before. It's not my first Android device, but the Sony Google TV isn't something IThought about updating,

I think I've downloaded all the tools to install a rom but after I did I chickened out even after reading directions, they seemed not to take in total noobness into consideration. Not that they should. I was just to lazy to visit all the places I'd need to go to, to learn what I needed.
[Acer Iconia A500] Torisen:
Like this question (out of a few I had), when downloading a rom do I use a new SDCard or can I download it to the one I have my music on, or do I download it to the device its self.
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
First install cwm - updates go on your external SD card (easy to access with es file explorer or root explorer) - then you boot into recovery and use cwm to flash the new rom/update. Little tricky to figure out at first - get a much easier with practice :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
To be honest I think a little bit of sane caution is just healthy. It's stupid and sometimes even unhealthy to just jump into things when you know there's a chance it could go wrong. I too spent several days making sure I knew what to do before I went on to install custom ROM on my A500, it's a fun yet expensive device so there's simply nothing wrong in "chickening out" :)

That said installing a custom ROM on A500 was surprisingly painless, I didn't expect it to be that easy.
[Acer Iconia A500] Torisen:
So I took my time read up on things and I'm now running 4.010.07, thanks to all of the advice and direction that can be found on this site. It was kind of exciting to do this made me feel good too :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
yay! good news

Win! Really good to hear - nothing like the feeling of figuring it out.

Congrats!
[Acer Iconia A500] cybermage1:
That deserved a "Thanks." ::click::
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Gosh if I see one more person recommend the Thrive, I'm going to "forum scream"!

They're JUNK! I bought one last Sunday, kept it for three days, and returned it.

It came complete with the "sleep bug" that Toshiba was aware of, and "supposedly" working on at the time. It has a cheap plastic screen, and is the heaviest, thickest tablet out!

If you want to pay more money for junk, why not just get an IPad, at least they're "pretty" lol ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] boganslaw:
+1 agreed "click"
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Good for you! I hope you enjoyed the learning experience! It will stand you well for future ROM's and devices. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] pov1:
Agreed, the only thing I liked about it was the back cover. If somebody could design a snap/slide on none-slip back for ours they would probably sell a ton of them. Maybe a cross hatch pattern.(hint, hint)

Cheers,

Bob
[Acer Iconia A500] Torisen:
After playing around with the new update I'm glad I did it, much more snappier and it seems that the marketplace responds much better when downloading an app, no more 3 or 4 tries before it works...
[Acer Iconia A500] brady.wassam:
I bought my Acer the day in came out and have still not received OTA 3.1. I've only recieved 3.01 build 1.4..... I'm getting sick of this.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
I have emea_gen3 here in Finland and there's no update available for me either. Acer devs are really slacking. No way I'm gonna ever recommed any Acer products to anyone.
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
can I laugh ?

oh nevermind... I did....

Acer devs? I like how people speak about things they doesn't even know...

but I hate people blaming without knowing...

first Acer devs are all but not involved on the releases... no no no they are not, they just do their job when the BOSS asked to, and no more.

second Acer devs are oftenly under the control of someone who decide... and then cannot really do like the FREE DEVS of XDA who are not under some stupid decision made by a stupid manager.

so please everyone not only you post this.

STOP to blame or worst a company or workers by just "imagining" some weirdo stuff... if you really judge a company from 1 product, from 1 mistakes....well let's say ALL COMPANY OF THE WORLD SUX and JUST WANT MAKE PROFIT on our back... oh sorry... that the point... company want makes profit... to PAY SALARIES of the "stupid jerk without any skills and coding mind" acer dev...

Kindly, and gratefully...
[General Questions and Answers] Larry94:
What is supposed to be the best Feature Phone right now? I am not talking about Smart phones. Just simple texting/ voice phones. The best I've seen so far is called the "Kin twom" anything similar to that and under 50$ dollars would be great :) here is the one I mentioned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5I6-1SG6o4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

EDIT: ON Verizon
[General Questions and Answers] patboyslim:
Nokia phone with S40.
[General Questions and Answers] Larry94:
Uh that helps tons... A Nokia phone? Please be more specific.
[General Questions and Answers] archimedesmp:
Imho a symbian phone is a feature phone, though the Nokia N8 is quite awesome and only lacking android :D

But what defines a good feature phone for you? Is a modern Bada based Samsung-nearly-smartphone a good feature phone for you?

Or do you think along the lines of a Samsung D900 (I had the small brother of the D900, but forgot the name)? (I don't think so).
[General Questions and Answers] Larry94:
AFAIK The N8 is considered a smartphone and can not be used with Verizon. I would consider a good feature phone one that has a nice QWERTY Keyboard, a close to nice camera, and games would be great. Btw most if not all Nokia phones don't support Verizon's CDMA network
[General Questions and Answers] Hoista:
Best 'feature phones' are clearly the ones made in Japan which have NFC, TV reception and all sorts of other features that even Western smartphones have yet to incorporate.
[General Questions and Answers] Larry94:
cool story. bro. That helps me tons.
[G Tablet General] gobluewolverines4:
hello, I've been recently looking at tablets. I want something pretty decently nice, with honeycomb (which you can put on this), and just generally nice specs. But my real question is, is this thing a piece of complete crap? it's off brand for things i buy usually, but I've seen generally good reviews. I've also been looking at the Transformer and the Xoom. Thank you all for the help.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
considering that you can get one on Ebay for under $250, I would say yes, it's most definitely worth it.

Even with Froyo roms, it's a very useful tablet that will probably do the things that you want it to do. Yes, the screen angles are not ideal, but they are acceptable (in my opinion)

Put it this way, is buying a transformer, or Xoom for almost twice as much going to be just as useless when the newest tablets come out for Christmas?

I believe that it's a question of perception. What do you want to use it for?

and who knows, when Ice Cream Sandwich gets released, it may be easier to port to the G-Tablet than Honeycomb.
[G Tablet General] gobluewolverines4:
Well the transformer is only $150 more.. ill look up a comparison between the two. That was the other one I am still honestly considering
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
I guess my point was, is the transformer going to be just as obsolete when the new tablets arrive? Nvidea is releasing a new tegra platform, that will basically make anything running on a tegra2 old hat. This would include the Xoom, Transformer, Iconia, as well as the G-Tablet, Adam, Vega, etc. These things depreciate faster than a car driven off the dealer's lot. Originally what, $450 when they were released? I bought mine for $300 (with a few extras) on Ebay. now they are retailing for $250 in Woot deals and Tiger Direct, while used ones on Ebay are plummeting down to nearly $200. When the new Tegra devices are released, I suspect that a G-tablet can be bought for $100 used.

What I mean, is why not save the $150 now, to put toward a better tablet down the line...The g-tablet will at least give you a less expensive introduction to the android tablet world, while still being a quite useful tool.

I would just hate to see somebody spend more money on a similar tablet that will cause them buyers remorse in 3 months or so. Of course, if you have the cash to burn, then go ahead and buy what you really want...for most people, that's an iPad...jk
[G Tablet General] gobluewolverines4:
Wow. Very excellent explanation. I see now. Yes I will probably soon be purchasing the g tab! :)

PS: screw the ipad
[G Tablet General] cbay:
Honeycomb is not completely functional on the gtab (as of now). It is missing the Honeycomb specific drivers from Nvidia (aka full hardware acceleration, high def video).

If you really care about Honeycomb you should get the transformer IMO.

Although, I am quite happy with froyo based ROMs

Others are right in saying that quad core Tegra 3s are around the corner, Tegra 2 prices might drop by the end of the year. Given how Nvidia and Viewsonic acted regarding the gtab, I foresee support for Tegra 2s dropping drastically as newer hardware gets released.
[G Tablet General] gobluewolverines4:
Yeah the almost fully functioning honeycomb on here is fine for me. Should be ordering my g tab this week!
[G Tablet General] Rhyalus:
Hello, I wrote a quick review for some guys that I work with. I am sure there are many reviews of the gtablet, but...

Here are my conclusions so far;

This thing is about the same size as the Xoom, and thicker than the IPAD. It is definitely not as sexy.

The screen is OK. It is not a high quality screen like you find on the other devices.

The processor is great, and the memory is sufficient. Things move pretty quick.

The ROM out of the box REALLY sucked. I was hoping to just deal with it, but Google had not approved the tablet so there were NO Google apps at all. Not acceptable. It took me a couple of hours to learn (last night till around 1:00am), but I replaced the stock ROM with a hacked ROM with everything I wanted.

This thing is really just a big Android phone with no phone or GPS.

I loaded up my Sony Reader software, downloaded all of my books, and then imported them into a DRM capable reader that is better.

Although there are some ROMs that support Gingerbread screens, I think I will stick with this 2.2 (or is it 2.3) Android feel.

What will I use it for?

Reading ebooks, PDFs (Scientific American, Maximum PC)

Google apps – maps, search

Kayak, hotels.com apps

Games (mostly for the kids) – I got Android Market to work

Web Browsing / some forum reading (via Tapatalk)

Personal email reading and contacts (no work email will be set up)

Maybe occasional Skype and Gotomeeting (camera sucks, so mostly audio)

News and weather

Of course, with the exception of reading the ebooks, I would always use the Macbook Pro if it were available.

So the speed and memory makes this all possible, but the experience (screen, size, build) is not equivalent to the expensive tablets.

Biggest complaints?

No GPS

Screen is not easy to see at an angle

I needed to root the thing to make it useful, which means I now need to stay on top of that and update it manually

The 10.1 device is a bit bigger / bulkier than I expected – the weight is the same as the ipad I believe.

I “can” watch videos on it (even 1080p), but moving the files would be a drag… it uses a microSD card that I would need to pop ion an adapter, or I could use the USB connection. Maybe I can find a way to do it with wifi or Bluetooth.

No USB charging… WTF??? It comes with a separate adapter that has to plug into the wall…

The screen is a 1024x600 which is similar to most pads, but it is really inferior to the Macbook Pro, and there is just something that is “fuzzy” about it.

Biggest positives?

Cheap - $269 delivered (no tax or shipping)

Fast

Should do what I want…

Next Steps…

See how much I actually use it for anything other than ebooks. If I do end up needing it more than I think, I would consider the Asus Transformer or something else new in the next year or so.

Hope this helps,

R
[G Tablet General] schettj:
The screen is complete crap.

You should look hard for something with a better screen around $300-$350. If you can find it, get it.

And I *like* my Gtab - but its really just for kicking around and messing with roms and android. The screen really is killer bad unless you use it only at night, head on :)

Honeycomb works, and works well, as well as you could hope for unsupported xda rom hacking - ie, no netflix, no Hardware acceleration, occasional stand on your head workarounds, and the possibility of sudden death... well, ok, not that last one.

Bottom line: if you can find it for $100-$200, and want to play with roms, and tweak, and screw with it a lot to get it to be as good as a $400 one except for the horrible screen that cannot be fixed, YES, this is your tablet.

If you want a tablet to take out of the box and use, with rom updates from the manufacturer, and a screen you can read ebooks off of, this is NOT your tablet. Even for free.
[G Tablet General] gobluewolverines4:
So should I just get the transformer? Ah so many decisions!

Well I'm literally about to go to fry electronics and ill test out some there. Thanks !
[G Tablet General] schettj:
For $400, I'd say yeah.

Better screen, 1Kx800 resolution, 2x the ram. Yeah, looks like that's all worth $120.

Oh... and a GPS too.

Oh, and Honeycomb 3.1 from Asus. Plus lots of XDA love it seems.
[G Tablet General] qkster:
I think the main question is what you want the tablet for or what to do with it.

A cheap $250-300 laptop has so much more computing power and practical use than any tablet...just a bit bulkier.

The tablet market will have much more offerings and better with faster cpus and such..just have to wait a bit.

I bought my gtab from woot 4/2011 for $275. I have installed several ROMs on it. They all are pretty good with their own pluses and minuses.

I'm currently on Flashback 5.4 HC: it looks nice and works well. Gmail, Talk - w/o video; G-Voice, Maps, Lattitude, Earth etc all work. You Tube works; a bunch of games works. The big screen is better than the phone size screen. Nice quick weather apps. Nice calendar.

What it cannot do is replace the screen and functionality of my desktop for real work.

If you can find a cheap Gtab and play with ROM's, flashing, androids quirks etc - jsut for the fun of it, then get a gtab. Fully flashable with great recovery process. Almost 99.99% Non-brickable. Get a used one for play and test.

If you want a decent a functional tablet w/o hassle, get an I-pad2. :)
[G Tablet General] 1jesusfreak:
I have read many complaints about the viewing angle of the screen, but I have had my tablet for months and I have no complaints. It has replaced my planner for work and is great for watching movies, not sharing with my neighbor.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alucke:
I am customizing the stock 4.24.651.1 rom with dsaxda Kitchen. I would like to get rid of the stock htc music, htc music widget and use winamp instead.. I would like to have the winamp 4x2 widget that is built into the winamp apk replace the htc music widget on the home screen. Is there a way to find the name of the built in winamp 4x2 widget and insert it into the /system/customize/mns/default.xml file? If this is the wrong place, please move it to the proper forum. any help would be appreciated.

alucke
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VinceOB:
Sweet rom bro!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alucke:
hey, i figured it out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madunix:
How did u do it?
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
It's probabbly been discussed here before but my girlfriend just got an epic and the gps is vastly superior. I mean, it locked in about 1 second indoors to 20 meters, then 8 meters the next second, then 2 meters a second after that!

Indoors!!!!

And navigation was lightning fast and flawless. None of that switching directions while stopped and recalculating.

We got hosed.
[Vibrant General] geoffcorey:
this helps us how?

it does no good to keep harping on how the sgs series in general has bad gps, and it does no good to keep harping on how the tmo-us vibrant has a flawed gps.
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
Really? Flaming? I was just saying how thoroughly impressed I was with the epic's gps.
[Vibrant General] Vibrant03:
Gingerbread for epic may be released soon.. Now they have a leak of gingerbread...

What about us?

Sgs2 may be coming soon stateside and we won't get it...

Geez what is this? Ughh kinda frustrating if you ask me.. Lol. Lol
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
You realize Vibrant and some Captivate users are the only Galaxy S users having GPS problems since it was released.
[Vibrant General] ronen_t:
the vibrant gps sucks :(
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
Was not aware. Thought all US galaxy S phones had GPS problems.
[Vibrant General] degeneration:
Then post it on the epic forum instead of the vibrant forum?
[Vibrant General] JettyLife:
Took the words right out of my mouth

Vibrant+MIUI
[Vibrant General] buidoitieutu:
Have you tried the gps fix just posted in the development section? It works quite well for some people.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocsolo:
Hi,

I was wondering if someone could recommend a good SD card for my Evo 4G.

I want this card to be able to format it to the recommendations of the Synergy Team and not crap out on me in 12 months.

I appreciate any advice given.

Thank you ,

Roc
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
Any card should be fine. Get the highest class you can afford. And NEVER buy memory cards on ebay, there are TONS of fakes. Only buy from authorized retailers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocsolo:
If any, what files would I need to transfer over to the new card?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpilcher:
Don't need to transfer any files, only the ones you use (pictures, music, nandroids, backups, and if you use the purchased version of TB the license text document to the root of the card, etc). Or, once you have backed up your old card to your computer, just set the partitions the way you want them on your new card and copy everything back over, totally up to you and what you want/need.

You could just move the ROM zip to the sdcard by itself and flash it in recovery with nothing on the card, it will make all the files on the sdcard that it needs (don't forget making the folder on the sdcard for synergy if you want sense, etc). Way too many options, but you probably get the jest of it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocsolo:
I really appreciate your time and information :)

Thank you ,

Roc
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocsolo:
Could you please tell me the directories where I can find these?

Thank you ,

Roc
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpilcher:
Would recommend you copying your current sdcard to a folder on your computer and keeping it current (frequency depends on your comfort level). You can then move all the contents to the new card if you want. Remember, ext partitions and apps to sdcard will cause issues when just copying information from computer to phone and installing a rom, those files won't be seen and you'll have some ghosting. I'll put a couple links at the bottom that others have put together, but the locations for your main question are:

Pictures /sdcard/DCIM

Music /sdcard/MUSIC

Nandroid /sdcard/nandroid

If you have a licensed version of Titanium Backup, then the file name is TitaniumBackup_license.txt and put that on the root of the sdcard.

SMS_backup /sdcard/sms_backup (If you used the stock SMS app and did a backup from within the texting app via the menu button)

Now, keep in mind, I'm not sure how your have your old card set up. If you have created ext2-3 or if you have moved any apps or storage to the sdcard, you may lose that data for those apps if you have not done a backup and then restore it after you replace the card. I'm not talking about system data, just apps that you use and be very careful about restoring any system data when jumping to a new rom, often causes issues that look rom related but are user generated.

Even thought these do not pertain to your question, a lot of good info at these links and they direct you to others.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1121538

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865204
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocsolo:
Thank you for all the information you have given me. I really appreciate your time and assistance. :)

Regards,

Roc
[Defy General] pjgowtham:
Guys........I have a small problem. I am using cm7 and i am not able to send group messages. Can you help me with that?
[EVO 4G General] redyns:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/07/14/sprint-to-confirm-4g-lte-deal-during-upcoming-earnings-call-on-july-28th/

When they get their lte network up and running it will be much faster than verizon's. It would probably get about 90 megs down. Plus they would have more cap. than verizon with both lightsquared and clear. It might take a while to convert the current 2.5 mhz wimax to 2.5 mhz lte but would be worth the wait. Plus if they wanted they could use the old iDen 800mhz too. Sprint might be on to something with this move.... finally doing something right sprint

some other good reads regarding this.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Using the same frequency as wimax = fail
[EVO 4G General] Nick N:
LTE speed + unlimited data + tether = bye bye roadrunner ISP. :-)
[EVO 4G General] redyns:
Well they could use the old iDen frequency. But then the current wimax phones could be transitioned to lte.
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
Boo using the same frequency, they mine as well stick with WiMAX. I'm really hoping their LTE is going to the 800MHz spectrum.