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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
That is correct. And Kies should supposedly begin sending down the firmware after it sees the tab is in download mode, not before. Here is what Kies does in order:

1. Detect your tab's current model # and firmware version and check to see if there is an update.

2. Download the update from internet to the PC.

3. Reboot the tab into download mode.

4. Detect your tab is in download mode and start to send the firmware down to the tab.

5. Upon receive all the firmware bits, tab will start the update process by itself.

It is called download mode, not ODIN download mode. ODIN is an unofficial tool to flash firmware (there are other tools that can do exactly what ODIN does), not related to download mode although it requires download mode to push down the firmware.

There are instructions for finishing up the OTA update when you have CWM installed. You need to boot the tab into recovery mode and clear all the cache data.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmsilver:
Thanks for trying to help me through this. Still not getting it to work.

I didn't see any specific instructions for updating via OTA with CWM installed. What i did was boot into recovery, wipe the cache, wipe the dalvik cache, reboot and download the update again. Clicked install, OK to reboot. It went through 13% of the install process and then stopped, rebooted, and indicated the update failed.

Perhaps I should just run a custom ROM instead. That's what I've done on my original Droid but I haven't had a chance to look through the ROMs for the Tab to find a suitable one.

Quite frustrating.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
Well, if you ever installed custom bits (kernels and CWM), you should not expect OTA update be successful at all. You have to stick with custom ROMs.

Personally, I see no value to install CWM on the table if you're not flashing custom ROMs since it has been proven not working well with OTA updates.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmsilver:
I'm running a custom kernel, just not a ROM yet. But I think I'll just try to find one I like and do that instead.
[General Questions and Answers] peppersprayy:
I have recently have a rooted and loaded Starburst ROM for my Galaxy Tab 10.1. When I go to the update for my phone and log in to the samsung, it states there is an update for a 3.2 MB firmware update. When I try to install the firmware, the system will reboot, start to install till it get to 13% and then shut off. My only solution is to then wipre and do a factory reset. From what i have read, you should be able to get the update, even if rooted. Does anyone know the solution?
[LG Optimus 3D] smackdownn:
which one do you people suggest?

my needs are good camera,good 3d experience,durability,battery,Gaming,HD video playback smoothly on phone and on HDTV also!

Does the 512MB ram compared to 1GB make a big difference?

please share your experience with the phone as well :)
[LG Optimus 3D] Echts:
I have a O3D so I'm guessing I'm bias but from what I've heard the 3D on O3D is much better than the 3D on EVO 3D, camera works ok on the O3D, slow camera app but descent pics and video and 3D pics/vid looks good.

Durability no problems there AFAIK.

Battery is low yes but it will most likely get better and there are always solutions to that problem, Gaming works great, HD video playback is no problems and the O3D is the phone with most media format compatibility and HDMI output works great for me.

The RAM difference only matters really when you use all the RAM and with normal use 512 is enough, also when version 2.4/4 of Android comes that's more optimized against dual core systems then the O3Ds Dual RAM and Dual Channel will probably shine much more and performance will get a boost.
[LG Optimus 3D] smackdownn:
i heard O3D is only 2.2 and it was written upgradeable to 2.3..is the 2.3 out already? if no then do u know when it will be out?
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
the evo 3d got better pop out effects, better resolution wich helps alot in 3d.

also got better camera, wich displays pictures in full screen. the optimus 3d does not do this. Also makes better pictures in dark.

The optimus 3d got better 3d viewing angles. its more relaxed to the eye, but the quality is less then on the evo 3d for sure.

if you do not have problems with viewing angle's and focussing on the screen(you wont get headaches from 3d) then definatly get the evo 3d for better 3d. Other reviews say the o3d got a better 3d screen...thats nonsense. the evo 3d got in both camera 3d and 3d screen, better hardware. Although again, the optimus 3d is really better for the eyes...makes your eyes less tired.

Durability...i think the optimus 3d wins here. the volume buttons on the evo 3d do not feel really confortable, kinda soft...

Battery: evo 3d lasts longer for sure...although dont know if that changes when the o3d will be upgraded to android 2.3 in the future.

Performance:

the optimus 3d is way faster for sure. thats why i traded my evo 3d for the optimus 3d. the evo 3d lags everywhere, you need to wait everywhere(compared to other high end phones).

I hate waiting and wanted smoothness before anything else but 3d.

cant tell anything about HDMI output and have not played 1080p videos yet.

i owned both devices, i know what i talk about ;)

hope this helps :)
[LG Optimus 3D] smackdownn:
in O3D dont we have popping effect? i mean like we see on 3dtv's? so it the 3d very bad? how much do u give it out of 10? and how much do u give for evo 3d?
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
yes the optimus 3d has the popping out effect. but its really better on the evo3d...watched same movies and images..its simply better on the evo 3d. and the resolution of the evo 3d makes the 3d alot more sharper as well.

I give the evo 3d a 7/10 in 3d and the optimus a 6/10.

the optimus 3d however, got alot more 3d content. a 3d menu, reinstalled 3d games, 3d photo gallery... but i hate to see the optimus 3d photo's scaled with black bars on the edge of the screen. how stopid cold LG think.

the next 3d phone should have a even larger resolution, and desame view angle's / eye relaxation specs as the optimus 3d, then its worth a 10/10 i think :)
[LG Optimus 3D] smackdownn:
are u talking about the images shot by the phone or every 3d image we load onto the phone has black bars beside it?
[LG Optimus 3D] DevJackey:
he's talking about how the pictures taken from the camera has black bars on the top and bottom of the screen if looking in portrait mode and black bars on the left and right side of the screen if looking in landscape mode.

And it wouldn't make much sense if the pictures we took will fill up the screen, since the photos are taken with a 4:3 ratio. Either it'll be stretched out or cut off if it was viewed full screen. If the pictures were taken as a widescreen then it'll be fullscreen so don't worry you probably wont even be bothered by the space since you're still seeing the entire picture.

I've also used a friend's Evo3D and I would definitely say the Optimus 3D's 3D effect is much better. Strangely enough, my opinion is opposite of borgqueenx. I feel like the 3D popping effect is better in the Optimus.

In terms of 3D, i say the optimus wins.

For camera, Evo3D wins without any questions. Unless LG could bring a better update to the camera... the picture qualities kinda sucks.

For durability, its pretty much tied. Both phones are very well made.

Gaming and video playback are both good so that shouldn't affect your decision.

Battery life though... I have no idea what the battery life in the Evo3D is, but for the Optimus 3D, battery life isn't that high. I'm using the stock battery with 3G always turned on or wifi always turned on at home. Minimum usage would last me over 8 hours and longer. However, when gaming or watching videos battery would be dead in about 2 hours.
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
it simply sucks that LG didnt made it that the camera takes widescreen photo's.

the 3d is much better if viewed in widescreen.

The evo 3d is made in widescreen, and fill up the entire screen.

Therefore i think its stopid why LG chose for this aspect ratio.

But performance really sucks on the evo 3d.
[LG Optimus 3D] smackdownn:
8 hours in minimal use and 2 hours in gaming???? :O :O :O even my captivate lasts more than that..!
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
yes, battery life on the optimus 3d sucks. its better on the evo 3d. but not by much. the evo 3d gets about 3 hours of gaming max.

But the optimus 3d gets a android update in october(at least according to the rumours) that will improve battery by a bit.
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
Nonsense likes. I routinely get 26 to 34 hours of normal use. Gaming does use the battery fast though. You can game solid on a heavy 3d game for 6 -7 hours though from a full charge which is plenty of time. Its a phone not a console.
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
no, the 6 hours you say, is the nonsense. i have juice ultimate saver(or whatever the name was) and set on only connect and sync apps on the 15 minutes. and i do not have email automaticly synced. brightness auto, and i cant get more then 3 hours of gaming on the device.
[LG Optimus 3D] DevJackey:
lol

You gotta remember that I'm only using stock battery and 3G is always on.

Battery is alright actually.

The captivate will definitely last longer. I believe its because of the AMOLED screen.

At the moment, I'm hoping LG will release an update that does allow us to take widescreen photos.
[LG Optimus 3D] 123bart8:
LOL HTC evo 3d doesn't lag. Also you can overclock it to 2.0 Ghz
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
Yes the evo 3d does lag. Its minimal, but even minimal lag is not acceptable in a simple homescreen.
[LG Optimus 3D] smackdownn:
so the 3vo lags in homescreen? and o3d dosent lag at all?
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
the o3d does...but much much less then the evo 3d.

And i also like the keyboard on the optimus 3d more...but thats because i come from a iphone 4.
[LG Optimus 3D] rebelwarrior:
Don't know how about evo but on o3d I've put 1080p movie in mkv and the phone played it like a dream and after connecting it via HDMI to my 46 led TV it played the same movie like a proper blu ray player I love it:)
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
With subtitle support at mkv files?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] the fascinator:
I put one on but then changed my theme and I can't get it off. Which folder would it be in and do I have to replace it or can I just delete it?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Check this thread for some replacements and where to find the file:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1161543
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] the fascinator:
That helped perfectly. Thanks for the link to that thread.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
Hello guys,

I'm using Android Revolution 5.2.6, and the latest FaceBook app, when i use chat while connected on wifi, it works perfectly, but when i use 3G it doesn't and it says: " Cannot retrieve the friend list. Please try again later. " blah blah.., i don't know what's the issue, so if anyone of you knows, please reply.

thanks in advance,

Andy~
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
Bumps..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kudoboi:
maybe its your 3G speed? can u load webpages in 3G? also did you try reinstalling fb app or use 3rd party fb chats?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
I cant use any other facebook chat app, but i can browse amd surf the interwebs;/ maybe its because i have 3k+ friends
[Acer Iconia A500] cdkg:
I messed around with my build.prop and now can't get past Acer splash screen. I tried pushing the build.prop file from my computer but adb cant find the device. I must mention that this is an A100 not an A500 (currently no A100 section in xda so I'm doing what I must). I can boot to the Acer recovery but I haven't anything to flash.

Suggestions are welcomed and help is much appreciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] v_lestat:
You did not install clockwork recovery?

I would do a factory reset inside the acer recovery and start over. You will be spending alot of time trying to fix it instead of just starting over.

then root it and install acer clockwork recovery from the market and you will be back up and running in 10 minutes or less.
[Acer Iconia A500] cdkg:
Thanks for the suggestion. I did a factory reset and it still can't boot past Acer logo. In a factory reset I don't believe the build.prop is effected (though I could be wrong). I'm loading he most recent Acer drivers and he sync software to see if the sync software can some how restore the a100.

Please keep the suggestions coming!
[Acer Iconia A500] cdkg:
Suggestions, recomendations, anything??? gotta find a way to kill time between now and the ufc fights (and the rest of the weekend during the storm).
[Acer Iconia A500] Dataslycer:
Have u found a solution for this problem? I was also playing around in the build.prop and cant get past the boot screen....
[Acer Iconia A500] fierro315:
If you conect de tablet to the pc and it can read de device, use adb to push the build.prop into system.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dataslycer:
the problem that i get is that it needs r/w permissions and then if i go into adb and do su i get :

su

[1] + Stopped (signal) su

$ su

su

[2] + Stopped (signal) su

[1] Segmentation fault su

I doesnt want to work...
[Acer Iconia A500] someghost:
hi, i want to know what happened with your device.

my phone("korean i9000" baseband: m110s.vd05.0140.st, karnel: 2.6.35.7, build: ve03, firmware: 2.3.6) isn't acer, but i in same situation.

i changed in build.prop locate.region with locate.languge from ko to ru....

if you fixed your device, please say me how you did. thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarapis:
I've noted something today, when i'm at home i've the apn settings for my provider but when i move my apn changes for the one's from another provider ? Does anyone knows where the problem could come from ?

Samsung Galaxy S II : KH1 rooted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Have you some sort of roaming deal .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarapis:
Yes with Juice Defender but before it never happened.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealjam:
Hi all

I recently purchased a Motorola Atrix (having previously had a Galaxy S). I have a couple of questions I thought you fine folk may be able to help with:

I bought the phone unlocked, though originally it was on Orange UK. The firmware version is 4.4.20.MB860.Orange.en.GB - Is this the most up to date? Also, will the fact I am not with Orange affect my ability to gain future updates? (I.e. does it validate that you are an Orange customer when it checks for OTA updates?). I would prefer to just get official OTA updates if possible, rather than mess with manually installing firmware.

Many thanks

James
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live4nyy:
When you say "unlocked", do you mean just sim-unlocked? If so, then there would be no reason for it to not be updated. As far as getting OTA, I don't see why not. If not, Motorola has the MSU that basically does the update automatically through your computer, you just have to make a few clicks.

For your FW version, I don't know. You can probably Google that. :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealjam:
From what I can gather, it is indeed the latest version. Thanks for the response - I shall await the UK Gingerbread release patiently in that case!
[HTC Desire S] barneydlx420:
just bought a htc desire s from china unicom in beijing, want to root it and check before whether i have s-off or on . so i tried to look in settings for the fastboot option. BUT there was no such option! not even a power section? can somebody help me out?! (i ve spend the last hour looking at the sections options, so a look closer advice is not necessary) advice would make my day because like this, this phone is no fun...

kernel version

2.6.35.10-g2ee27f5

htc-kerneland18-2#1

build number 1.46.1400.9 cl7522 release keys
[HTC Desire S] alidsd:
Uncheck 'Fast boot' option from setting->power menu

Sent from Hell using XDA App
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
Make sure you are powered off, pull the battery and re-insert. Vol down and power together.
[HTC Desire S] iamlegendfam:
You can still get the menu up even if fast boot is on, just power down, remove battery, put all together again and then start up..

All good :D
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
You're correct, but turning off fast boot enables you to do so without removal of battery

Swyped from HTC Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] barneydlx420:
thanks guys! pulling the batterz did the trick hope the rooting goes with less trouble from now on...
[TouchPad General] lazdog23:
I know about bfq and cfq but I have no idea about the others.... What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Anyone know?
[TouchPad General] leepriestenator:
Please try to elaborate a little more. Your questions should include more information that can be helpful to the general community as well.
[TouchPad General] lowlymarine:
noop is a simple FIFO scheduler that doesn't make any attempt to reorder the queue. Due the massive speed of random read operations and miniscule seek times on flash memory, it is often considered to be the best choice on devices like this where SIO or VR aren't options (and in some cases even outperforms them).

Deadline, as the name implies, imposes a time limit on all IO operations and sorts them into queues based on read versus write operations, pulling from the queues based on which operation is next to expire. I'm not sure of any advantage it would convey over noop or SIO on solid-state memory, and in fact many Android kernels don't even include it any more.

CFQ is much more complicated, sorting IO requests by process and priority and trying to ensure that they are executed in the most efficient order. While the advantages on mechanical drives are immediately obvious, on flash memory the added CPU overhead is largely wasted since seek times are irrelevant.

BFQ is a tweaked version of CFQ. It has been shown to actually improve overall write throughput even on flash memory, but again there is a CPU overhead cost involved that is unlikely to be worth it for day-to-day operations.

The TL;DR version is to use noop until kernels with SIO are available, though of course feel free to try them all and use whatever feels smoothest to you. In the long run it probably doesn't make much noticeable difference.
[TouchPad General] lazdog23:
thanks

awesome info
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hyflex:
Hey Guys & Girls,

I have a HTC Desire Z, I am currently running the MIUI Osimod ROM and it's starting to lag plus there are a few little things what bug me and annoy me however it is quite a good ROM

I'm looking for a "better" ROM, I don't know how to pick between each ROM, if there was 2 or 3 ROM's I would of simply tried each one but there are LOADS of ROM's.

I wish there was a rule and a specific topic layout enabling novices to see the major differences between ROM's because its so hard, a simple tickbox system would be good enough to help compare.

If you have any suggestions for a ROM for me to use, tell me your favourite ROM and why you think it's better than others or the reasons you like it over others...

If you could do this, it would be much appreciated :)

Thanks

- Hyflex
[G2 and Desire Z General] evilcuber:
OMGOMGOMGOMG NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!!! As stated in other threads, the best rom comes down to user preference. Like my fav is virtuous unity because i like sense 3.0 UI
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hyflex:
If you noticed... I said "best" and said: "tell me your favourite ROM and why you think it's better than others or the reasons you like it over others"

Meaning, I understand and know its personal opinions / user preference and am saying "best" not as in which ones the fastest, most features...etc but want to know what ROM's people are using and what they like about them.

Simple :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] evilcuber:
Well you should change the thread name from the best rom to your fav rom. Also you could check out reviews on each rom to learn more, you could also read the threads for each rom to get ppls opinions
[G2 and Desire Z General] kaijura:
If you try and flash all of them and experiment them out, you'll find out which one you like the best.

I prefer the sense based widgets, so I stick more with the sense-rom sides.

I have always been a CM user, but with the DZ I've felt that I don't really need CM or CM based roms because it's speedy enough on sense. Can't say for sure with virtuous unity, feels like it uses a bit more resources and battery. But that's just my opinion.
[G2 and Desire Z General] awsrasool:
how come there is no poll somewhere that shows how many ppl are at what rom...

anyways its definitely a personal preference... i went from Sense 2.0 to CM to OSI_MIUI and now back at Sense 3... virtuous unity is stable and fast enough (with overclocking) havn't had any problems with it...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hyflex:
I just tried unity and its slow once i have my apps installed it was slow and my im apps were disconnecting (restarting)
[G2 and Desire Z General] evilcuber:
Was this an earlier version of unity?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kaijura:
I used 1.31, the most current non beta and I feel the lag at times. Virtuous sense feels a lot better.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hyflex:
It was latest, I never download old stuff and Im using the G-Lite version atm its pretty bare, I want to have the reboot options and the toggles tab (when u open notifications) also I want to stop the stupid "USB Connected" message popping up its driving me insane lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] oVeRdOsE.:
Love those thread, because its hard too choose.

Tried cm7, but no sense ui.

Tried virtuous sense 2.0, but its 2.0

Love the unity 1.31.

recently upgrade to unity 2.37, but tons of bugs.

About virtuous doubleshot?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ramsfan_Jim:
'tons of bugs'? Such as?

I moved away from Unity when it moved to Sense 3.0 because it was so unstable on my DZ - I guess because of the memory requirements.

I used Virtuous Sense 2 for a good few weeks, but I really wanted Sense 3.

Tried a few others (doubleshot, Honeysense etc.) but now Unity 2.37 is out I have had barely any problems - fully recommended. :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
I've used them all and Bulletproof's MIUI Rom is the best in my opinion. Then again it all comes down to preference.