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[Nook Color General] majorpay:
I just got mine last Sunday, and it's pretty nice. It really depends on what you plan to do with it. If you want something that you can use with a stylus, then this isn't for you.

If you want to play some Angry Birds, watch netflix, catch the news, take some notes, and do everything your phone can do on a larger screen (minus having a Mic and a phone), then this would be for you.

Specs don't mean jack (to a point) - it's rather what it can do for you.

At a $250 price point at with only slightly lower specs then the Galaxy tab (and less then half the cost) which includes a new B&N membership ($27 discount with B&N membership + $25 for the membership), it's a good deal if it meets your wants/needs.
[Nook Color General] SeaFractor:
I agree for the most part, but the stylus comment is interesting.

I'm using one. Is there a reason you'd not recommend it for stylus?
[Nook Color General] tekhna:
Thanks for the thoughts. Actually, I want to read. Mostly. I read a lot of pdfs, and the Kindle can't deal with pdfs well, and it's a pain to have to use a computer. Plus, I love playing around with CM7! ;)
[Nook Color General] majorpay:
From all my research, the worst issue with this device is the sensitivity of the screen. Even with the sensitivity hacked, it does not perform continuous swipes. So things like drawing and writing (from what I understand) are not all that great on this device.
[Nook Color General] majorpay:
Then this would sound like your kind of toy. Kindle seems to work well, and so does the Nook app, but I have found that the Nook app has certain books that fail to load (namely a few that come with the download). I haven't looked into the reason for that, but it says "unsupported format." I just haven't cared enough about it to really research that particular issue. Outside of that, it's been pretty impressive for the price.
[Nook Color General] deano0714:
Hey guys... well for my birthday I'm getting a good amount of $... and need a cheap tablet cuz I want to buy a computor too, my question is, is there something like odin for the galaxy s lines? That makes it basicly unbrickable? And how is the progress with cm7? Is mostly everything working? Thanks guys.
[Nook Color General] fuul4nook:
With the NC, you have to try really hard to brick it. If you are worried about bricking, run CM7 from an SDcard. As long as you don't do anything silly like formatting the internal emmc or something, you're safe.

If you choose to go the stock + root, or install CM7 to internal route, you'll end up installing something called ClockworkMod which has the various recovery, backup, flash type things to help prevent bad things.

And status of CM7? CM7 NC edition is what all the vendor *supported* Gingerbread's should be aspiring towards. That's how good it is. *fanboi*

As always, YMMV.
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
Since the nook boots from uSD first (hard wired and coded into the hardware) it is unbrickable...

That being said... always generate images of all partitions prior to messing around with it... there is device specific information stored on mmcblk0p2 and mmcblk0p3... if you lose those partitions and don't have backups... it can get quite interesting restoring it... if you have the backups... its pretty easy.
[Nook Color General] deano0714:
Thanks... I'm pretty experiance with android and rooting, I have an epic 4g... hopefully if I get this ill put on cm7 cuz we don't have a working version yet on the epic :(.... and do you think a refurb would be good for me to get, I want to spend the least amount of $. And would I just walk into b&n and say I want a refurb nook color? Thanks man.
[Nook Color General] tekhna:
I'm seeing them for 200 at Overstock, which means no sales tax either!

http://www.overstock.com/Electronic...oble-Certified-Pre-Owned/5924200/product.html
[Nook Color General] fuul4nook:
@deano0714

Most folks have been getting refurbs from the BN store on ebay. AFAIK, those come with a 1yr warranty. My local BN's don't stock refurbs, so I don't know if that's even a possibility.
[Nook Color General] slider2828:
LOL I am coming from the Captivate and on an Infuse....k

It seems its kinda weird how they use some terminology or sometimes don't when compared to phones...

Anyways great great tablet. Rivals any screen I think. Use Nook Tweaks to boost the internal speaker, just do it carefully and Dahlgin's OC Kernel to OC to 1.2Ghz.... Your Tab will like it more.

Use the instructions here. It will allow you to dual boot which is the basic idea. With the instructions, all of CM7 gingerbread runs completely on the SDcard, so all you are corrupting is the SD if you mess something up. Nook Color OS stays untouched!

Also if on Windows 7, use the Win32DiskImager. Recognized my drive better.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
[Nook Color General] deano0714:
Will I have to buy a class 10 sd for running on sd?

Edit: also with themeing the nook would I have to change the resoulution if I were to port something over too the nook from the epic? Or would the hdpi be good enough?
[Nook Color General] PoisonWolf:
Class speeds are not as important as are random read speeds. From what I've read, Sandisk Class 4 is the king here.
[Nook Color General] jtrosky:
Absolutely correct - Actually, the higher the class of card that is used, the more horror stories I hear! Stick with a basic SanDisk class 4 card and you'll be fine.
[Nook Color General] popularbelief420:
i felt the same way, op... until MIUI dropped! new love all over again
[Nook Color General] ponyboy82:
I would definitely recommend it, along with ezPDF reader if you will be reading a lot of PDFs. From my own experience, it was a pain to get a "good" NC -- the first couple had screen issues/dead pixels and I had to fight with B&N's customer service to finally get one without major issues. Most people seem to get perfect ones right from the start though. Beyond that, CM7 is FAN-TASTIC. I had some random issues with it on a microSD card (an 8gb a-data class 6, so it could have been issues with the card) but it's been super reliable after i installed to emmc. As far as specs go, it will easily overclock and i can't tell a difference in performance compared to my thunderbolt. I've still yet to see a comparable tablet for this price, based on performance and screen quality.
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I would still think it's worth it to the casual tablet user.
[Nook Color General] freonchill:
i just got a refurb nook color from ebay (b&n refurb)

waiting for my SD card (amazon, stromboli reseller, sandisk 16gb class 4) to get here...

knew about viewsonic coming out with a 7" tablet last month, and was debating on whether to wait for it or not, but i figured i would try the nook color first and i could trade up to another tablet for xmas and give my nook color to my wife...

saw this yesterday/today in the news...

amazon item number B004ULKSXO (sorry, wont let me post links)

appears to be the same footprint, somewhat similar specs to the NC

7" Android 2.2 tablet with 802.11 b/g WLAN and Bluetooth 2.1 w/ EDR

Cortex-A8, 1GHz, 512MB RAM

8GB Storage capacity and expandable memory up to 32GB for Micro SD card

High resolution 800x480 screen with LED backlight

has camera (dont see resolution), hdmi-out

so really, for $40 more than refurb NC price: you get hdmi & front facing VGA (640x480) camera, with a slightly worse resolution screen (1024x600 vs 800x840)

cant want to get my sd card in this weekend and setup CM7 on my NC!

i definitely think the NC is worth buying. i dont know of a sub $250 tablet that has its specs; yea, you have to give it a little work to get "full android", but thats part of the fun... with more power comes more responsibility. (and understanding)
[Nook Color General] Phatdawg:
Well, to be honest, I haven't seen many options in the 7 inch form factor.

10 inch wise there's a lot better out there for a little bit more. I'd go with something in 10 inch land.

If however, you need a 7 inch tablet then you need to know that the positives are.

Every day this tablet is getting better because of the hard work of the cm7 team.

The display is one of the best you'll get. Remember it was made for people to read books on for hours at a time.

It is almost unbrickable (of course if you jam something into the microsd slot, it might be bricked afterwards).

It's lacking a few things people MIGHT want, a full functioning blue tooth, gps, camera, fully supported accelerometer (this is sketchy depending on the developer).

I've had mine for 3 weeks. I bought into it later than a lot of other people, but I _NEEDED_ a 7 inch tablet. I needed something to fit into a lab coat. This was/is perfect.

My other options were galaxy tab and I guess the htc flyer. Flyer looked too expensive, and the reviews on the screens made me decide on the nook. I didn't have a need for gps/bluetooth/camera.

Now, there are some workarounds, blue-tooth is in development, gps can be mocked and used through wifi.
[Nook Color General] stud_muffler:
I bought NC for my daughter in BestBuy for $249 - $50 reward certificate (I got a new TV from them earlier). Totally worth the money. I heard Staples has a coupon this week (until 16-th?) for $50 off any tablet, laptop etc. Probably NC included and they do sell NC, so visit your local Staples.

:cool:
[Nook Color General] Temetka:
Is the nc still worth buying? In my opinion the nook is still one of the best tablets available. It has good specs, a superb screen and excellent aesthetics. It is actually pretty much whatI wanted from a tablet at a very reasonable price. As more and more features get unlocked then things will only be getting better from there.;)
[Nook Color General] ponyboy82:
As far as the features the NC is lacking: I don't use it much, but bluetooth seems pretty darn stable in the later builds. USB host mode is coming in so you can use regular USB devices with it. And I can't say I've ever been left wanting a camera - I just can't imagine holding up a tablet while trying to snap a picture, and I never do video chats (of course this may be different for others). Sometimes I wish the screen was bigger, but this form factor is so portable and the NC has a great resolution that makes up for it. Probably the only two things I would like would be a 3g/4g radio and better speakers, but not having to pay for yet another data plan was a big plus on the NC.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
I'm trying to call so that I can my activation fee waived, but everytime I call I get some stupid foreign person.

They have a thick ass accent that you can't understand and don't know what they're talking about. What are my chances of getting someone who knows how to speak English correctly? I honestly think that by calling Sprint I just got some person in India.

Also, what should I say to get my activation fee waived?

Furthermore, my Airave arrived yesterday, but the GPS is blinking green and the Mobile is blinking orange. How can I fix? Am I supposed to link my phone up or something. Also, on the paper that arrived with the Airave my phone number ended in 8652, when it actually ends in 8246. Could that be the problem? Could someone please help me?
[HTC EVO 3D] connerrs:
I just contacted them through the online chat and told them I didn't realize I would be charged an activation fee because it is free online and then asked them to waive it. Give it a shot.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
Can you link me or tell me how to get to the online chat, please?
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
I have never had a problem on the phone but chatting is far easier and convenient.

Www.sprint.com/chat

...just tell them that you weren't told about any activation fee and don't want to pay it. That's what I said because I wasn't told about it when I got my phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
Thanks man.

Am I the only that gets mad that Sprint hires all these foreigners? I'm from Cuba and speak perfect English. No racism intended, just saying.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bikegeek:
The Retentions Department is who you want to talk to - 877-775-4886. They can help you. You also want Sprint Airave Support: 866-556-7310.
[HTC EVO 3D] ydoucare:
Read the user guide that came with the Airave, it tells you what the blinking LEDs mean. If the GPS is blinking green, then it's trying to acquire a GPS lock. A GPS lock is needed so the Airave knows what spectrum is used in your area so the Airave can select the correct frequencies. If you can't get a GPS lock, try using the included external antenna and placing it on a near a window. The Airave will have a different # than your phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] firmbiz94:
Yea the initial load on the airrave will take a while..I had to use the gps antenna and actually run it through the window and stick it outside on the balcony. After you do that there is a small reset button in the back and push it with a paper clip..don't unplug it again..also make sire u.reset you modem..sometimes the airwave comes un activated so if it don't work after that give sprint a call..if u get any orange lights something is not right..but they will flash green for a while..I live my airave . I get 1.5 mbs down throughout the entire.house
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
The GPS locked on yesterday, now it's flashing.

The Mobile doesn't stop flashing, and it's flashing orange.

Also, the Airave and the External Antenna are both on my Window.
[HTC EVO 3D] Vdubtx:
On chat with a rep right now to get mine reversed...........Success. Took about 10 minutes total.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
I hope it works. For some reason, on the Sprint website it says that I ordered 2 Airaves, however, only one has arrived, and I only remember ordering one.

That's what the Sprint agent said on the chat.

I need to fix this goddamn thing.
[HTC EVO 3D] ExploreMN:
I don't mind foreigners. My wife has an accent and is a resident. I don't like outsourcing though. If they are a foreigner living in America and giving back to our economy cool...but if it is outsourced to a 3rd world country so the CEO of Sprint can pocket a few extra million a year then it pisses me off.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
I don't mind foreigners, I just hate talking to one over the phone. It boils my blood when they don't know what they're doing.
[HTC EVO 3D] vkuber:
I call I get some stupid foreign person.

I didn't know all foreign people were stupid? Keep it classy.
[HTC EVO 3D] TeknoJnky:
Uhm, whats the point of that?

the airave uses your home internet connection, you would get even better speeds (and probably battery life) using wifi.
[HTC EVO 3D] iCaptivate:
I hate having to turn WiFi on and off. So annoying.
[HTC EVO 3D] nate420:
Lmfao!?!?

3D > iClone
[HTC EVO 3D] DarkManX4lf:
Nope. I get the foreigners a lot too and they sound fine to me. I can understand them fine even with the thick accent
[Epic 4G Themes] qbking77:
Just put these together for everyone! EC05 only!!! It has only been testing on Syndicate 1.2, but it SHOULD work on any other rom. Let me know what you think.

No apps will be touched. Just status and pulldown bar and lockscreens are themed.

Thanks to ZHkilla and Overstew for their help!

Thanks to DaKillaWilla and Flimsy888 for testing.

Thanks to Shane6374 for making it compatible with other roms!

Thanks to Maddoggin and team sbrissen for the lockscreen mod!!!!

Stock Touchwiz Theme WITH battery %

http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...tock-Touchwiz-Theme-for-EC05-W-6-lock-screens
[Epic 4G Themes] brandonc0526:
Nice man! Great job
[Epic 4G Themes] tridogg97:
Thanks this is what I have been looking for

Sent From My Awesome Frozen Epic. It's A Revolution.
[Epic 4G Themes] nbunn:
I LOVE this on srf 1.2. Is there anyway you could make this, or the aosp froyo theme for ef02? Battery is so much better on that !
[LG Optimus 2x] MeX_DK:
Is it not possible through some way, to repartition the LG Optimus 2x so that all the InternalSD becomes internal storage on the phone. End result being a phone with ~8gigs internal storage and the proper linking of the External SD?

Or a repartition that simply resizes the InternalSD to ex 20 megs and moving the excess space to "Phone Storage". And then "bind" ExternalSD to /sdcard and thus getting the best of both worlds.
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
well on the nook they can install the system on the internal sdcard

so it should be possible!
[LG Optimus 2x] haree:
hi

why do u think i created this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101123

and stuk it too use it or ask ur question in the genral section

this thread is CLOSED
[Eee Pad Transformer General] poltak11:
Hello there,

I have this theory... I want to hear your opinions to see if I'm just crazy or I'm correct in thinking this.

After seeing how the unmodified Acer Iconia Galaxy ROM + modified ASUS Transformer kernel (Clemsyn's) worked on a Transformer I started to think that this could be because of all the Honeycomb tablets are running a pretty similar OS configuration ("stock-like" Honeycomb).

Am I right in thinking this (I haven't actually used any other HC tablet except the Iconia)?

If this is right, it kind of explains why an unmodified ROM developed for the Iconia works with our device, as they are using pretty similar systems. The main difference, of course, is the hardware. This explains the wifi, battery and other issues in this example. This was partly corrected from the use of an ASUS TF kernel (Clemsyns) with the same ROM since the kernel provides the needed interfaces, modules, whatever for the respective hardware.

Of course, the kernels between the devices, I'm assuming as I haven't actually compared the source, are pretty similar aside from certain hardware modules that have been left out during compilation, as they are both just modified Linux kernel. This explains why the Iconia ROM worked (mostly) even when using an Iconia kernel.

So am I right with all the above, or am I missing something obvious, or am I just crazy (2am and my PC's made my room very hot afterall)?

Okay, so if the above is correct, couldn't/shouldn't we be doing some cooperative developement with other Honeycomb device developers? Or at least the Iconia developers, as I'm not sure about other devices. I mean, if the ROMs are pretty much compatible, all that would need to be done is have a respective kernel for the respective device flashed on-top of the ROM, right?

Anyway, laugh at me, flame me, tell me to go to bed, whatever, but I'd like to know what your thoughts are.

And on a related note:

Has anyone actually tried flashing any other "other-device ROMs" onto a TF with a TF kernel and got it working?

I'd love to try, but my internet is terrible... I swear someone else on the network constantly has their BT speeds uncapped 24/7 (share-house's are ****ty).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Artood2s:
I think that's pretty much the goal of the CyanogenMod project. Only reason they haven't begun on a Honeycomb version is because Google never released the AOSP. Hopefully this will change with ICS.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] diversificationied:
Yes, the OEMs are working together with google behind the scenes.

More than likely Google has "forced" them to contribute code in order to participate and enjoy early code.

Unified code at the OS level would be a godsend and allow for Windows - style updates.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
As far as I'm aware, pretty much all the current crop of Honeycomb tablets are all based on the Nvidia Ventana reference platform, so it's not too surprising that they are all very, very, similar software-wise.

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] poltak11:
But as the OEMs are working together, why aren't independant developers here on xda? I mean, I'm just thinking that a lot more nice work would get done if there was unified developement going on between the HC devices instead of seperate forums, and seperate ROMs that seem to be very similar.

And yes, I do agree about the closed source problem. But Google said this is just a temporary thing, right?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sassafras_:
It's hard to write too much code when you don't have the original to start with.

No one really wants to write Honeycomb from scratch.

sassafras
[Eee Pad Transformer General] poltak11:
I understand this, of course, but excuse my ignorance when it comes to Android Developement, but what are the developers of PRIME and Clemsyn's ROM and all the other HC ROMs working with at the moment, as there is no source other than the GPL'd kernel?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] zephiK:
They are working with the OTA. It is all compiled things. They can add things on top of it, but they can't do modifications to it because its already compiled (source code not provided).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] poltak11:
Ah, fair enough. Well assuming that Google actually does release the source-code sometime, will this sort of thing be happening? As in co-developement between devices?

It just seems like the sensible thing to be happening, as opposed to a greatly splintered "fork" style of developement.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] foxmeister:
Chances are there will be a CyanogenMod type project once Android tablet sources are released.

However, there will always be developers who are primarily interested in doing their own thing, which is perfectly acceptable too.

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer General] diversificationied:
There's a reason CM hasn't officially touched any Honeycomb tablet. There's no source. Once they open up the source with ICS then everyone will be working on it through github.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mtupker:
Just wondering if anyone has tried swiftkey x on the cdma hero? I was going to get it but I've been seeing some reports of high memory usage (30mb-70mb) depending on the device. I really liked the original swiftkey but if it really does have high memory requirements I'm going to skip it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kyouko:
It's using 27MB of memory for me right now. If you do buy it, you have 10 minutes to "return" the purchase if you don't like it, or notice issues.

personally I haven't had any though :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mtupker:
Thanks for the screenshot. I haven't purchased it yet and probably won't until I figure out what kind of phone I'm getting next (contract is up soon).

I wonder how the memory footprint as you turn off some of the newer features. Memory is kind of an issue for me since I run tasker and a few other memory resident applications.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dpeeps74:
The old SwiftKey is my keyboard and I used the beta one for a while. I'm a fan and sure the new version is great. My only problem ever has been that numbers auto correct to 3rd instead of 3 for example but can't speak to the latest version.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Freeroot:
I've got it and it is really quite impressive. It performs unbelievably and I rarely have to type entire words as its predictions are so advanced. Give it a shot. You won't be disappointed. Mine only takes up 7 mb right now, but my experience with SwiftKey is that it gets larger the more you use it. It finally has themes aswell. Gives some options. Hope that helps.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mtupker:
So Swiftkey X was free on the amazon app store today. I went ahead and grabbed it. It's a little slower than the native keyboard on the CDMA Hero but still works pretty well. Can't beat free I guess. :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dpeeps74:
It seems to run about the same as the old version which is definitely usable. If you use it for a while it will make the standard keyboard seem very tedious. I can at times create entire sentences just clicking predictions. I'm glad someone mentioned it was the free amazon app today. Thanks for that. That's how I got the last version too!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] MrDowntown12:
Odd, its faster that the stock keyboard for me. Not by much, but it is. Plus the correction is much better so I haven't had to retype one message or fix anything yet. Works great for me.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rubyknight:
It's a tiny bit more laggy than the stock keyboard but not laggy overall. SwiftKey has been my favorite for over a year and the new version is the best its ever been in think. Grab it while it's free.