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[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
Thanks, one of the q&a on the above link says ps3 controller works via usb but only on 3.2 firmware. Can somebody confirm please.
[Sony Tablet S] CheerfulLuke:
Wifi Issue...

Information worth noting, though I have no solutions.

I bought my Sony Tab in early October and it worked like a champ. I never tried to keep the wifi "always on" because that's not what I needed, but it was consistent. After a few week, I noticed some... oddities with the tablet: apps stopped working and couldn't be reinstalled (skyfire), Nova 2 not behaving the same as others users... And finally a pixel went out :-(. The good folks at best buy worked with me and allowed me to exchange it for a new one.

The new tab has a wifi issue were it disconnects when the screen is ON and a file is downloading. I took great care to make sure that the screen didn't time out. In the middle of a download, on the same network, without the screen turning off, the wifi disconnects... Repeatedly... To the point that I'm not sure I can download a 600 MB file...

Not sure what to do. Applications seem better on the new tab... Smoother. But wifi is paramount on a wifi tab...
[Sony Tablet S] Thommohawk:
Can anyone else who is having the issue with the browser crashing frequently on their Sony Tablet S please add their issues to this thread (sony.co.uk/discussions/message/708886) on the Sony website. This is becoming a real annoyance to me, the apparent 'fix' the customer support suggested of uninstalling the browser is clearly not an option as the browser is inbuilt to the firmware. I've also tried the factory reset and this made no difference either. I've had the tablet since the US release date and really like it, but this issue is now grinding a bit. Customer support say they have no record of this being a common issue, so would be good to get this recognized if it actually is....

Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
After 3.2.1 update, till noe I am not facing Browser Closing..Could anyone confirm if its really resolved now?

Another issue which I want to highlight is some installed apps getting corrupted, I am not able to lauch them, it says "Application Not Installed"
[Sony Tablet S] Thommohawk:
Evren after the 3.2.1 update, still happening 99% of the time I close a tab, browser crash
[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
Can someone confirm if ps3 controller works via usb at least on this or previous firmware please. I m still on 3.1 and could not make the usb connection with the original sony ps3 controller. Thanks for your help in advance
[Sony Tablet S] forzanerazzurri:
I thought it wAs common knowledge that this is a widely known Honeycomb issue. Just google it.
[Sony Tablet S] alizawi:
using dolphin takes care of the browser issue for me.. aside from the Wifi issue, I am also having a problem with the market. Any search I do ends with "no results found", however I can browse through the predefined categories and download apps that way. This only started with 3.2.1
[Sony Tablet S] haenraets:
For the wifi problem I'm using advanced wifi lock and I haven't lost connection for 4 days now. There's a paid version but you can do with the free. I have opened the app on install and that's it.
[Sony Tablet S] Thommohawk:
I agree it is if you google it, but sony won't recognise it as an issue which is pretty frustrating, which is why I thought it might be good if it was logged on their website also with users who have the issue.
[Sony Tablet S] gomez73:
I also use my gps alot, I am still having to carry around my laptop w/MS Streets and Trips because of this issue, and not being able to connect to an ad-hoc network is keeping me from tethering to my phone to have wifi on the road. My gps on my tablet s would not find my location w/out enabling the wifi location also.

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I am having the wifi issue definately, on 3.2, even w/never selected in the wifi disconnect settings, if I turn off the screen and turn it back on it will disconnect. As far as the browser close, it has happened, a few times including while reading this thread and using the back button on the browser to go back a page I had a crash of the browser, not a force close, which is what has usually happened the 4-5 times I can remember it happening. I also have had a few apps that say there not installed, reinstalling has fixed the 2 times I can remember it happening.

I did see that the update addresses the wifi prob among other things, but I want to ho,d off on the update to see if someone gets root through a vulnerability that may be patched with that update also.

Nice to see so many other tablet s users, my main complaint with the tablet is the inability to connect to an ad-hoc network, its keeping me from tethering my phone to the tablet for away from home use.
[Sony Tablet S] fgar82:
I have the tablet for a month now, i only got one problem the social app keep force close, nothing more, wifi works perfectly with my linksys, no errors, no auto dim problem, never had an applications opening Up-Side Down, no database Update Fail Error .....uh web brs crashed onceor twice in one month, not bad....

so happy with it :D
[Sony Tablet S] forzanerazzurri:
I can tell you havent actually "used" it much.
[Sony Tablet S] chongbh:
I guess now we have to wait till Ice Cream Sandwich available for our Tablets as it will be a common OS platform for both Android phones and Tablets.
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
4. Few applications opening Up-Side Down [GENERIC ISSUE WITH ALL TABs]

WORK-AROUND:

I have installed ORIENTATION CONTROL, it solved my problem, now I can play games on my Sony Tablet in desired Reverse Portrait Mode.
[Sony Tablet S] weenguyen:
Email FC error

Beside Social app, cannot use with facebook account or update. My tab also Force Close with email all the time, though I can set up exchange account with IMAP but cannot use it now.

Anybody else?

Waiting for root to uninstall quite a lot of Sony apps useless outside the U.S
[Sony Tablet S] serhii:
Today i have restarted the tablet and 3 of the installed apps got corrupted. Reinstalling from market has worked, but I don't know what can happen if I restart it again.
[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
Happens to me too but normally after another reboot it corrects by itself. most of the time if don't rush into starting an app before its proper icon appears in the apps folder it loads and everything is ok even without reboot.
[Sony Tablet S] maurobaz:
Hi there,

have you tried switching airplane mode off ? With Wifi off, having airplane mode off or on did affect the number of satellites that my device was able to view. GPS fix improved after turning airplane mode off.

I'm using Osmand (free GPS software) and it works fine.

Also another thing you should consider is using the tablet without any casing (being it leather or aluminium): I was using it with a leather case with metallic inserts and jusy by taking the tablet out of it, the GPS signal was way clearer.

One more thing: I have noticed that whenever I change from landscape to portrait mode and vice versa, the GPS fix is lost and the device starts looking for satellites from scratch. Maybe it is a software thing but I have noticed this with several apps. Very annoying.

Hope this helps.

let us know.

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:-)

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I'm having lots (and lots!) of trouble trying to download software from the androd market

As a matter of fact I find the market to be alomst competely unusable: sometimes the app I requested will download, some other time it won't. There's no pattern to it. I have also tried cleaning the cache/data of the download manager and Market plus logging in into google talk, but this still did not work.

I've found the market totally unpredictable/unusable.

I have received and I'm now using the update to android 3.2.1 and at the moment I have Market version 1.0.28 installed.

I also tried to upgrade to Market 3.3.11 but almost nothing changed so I unistalled and went back to using the original 1.0.28.

I have had this problem since the very beginning (when I bought the tablet I think I had Android 3.1 installed and the problem was already there). I also tried a factory data reset but again this did not solve anything and the problem re-presented itself.

I have eventually decided to download apps only from an external website(androiddev orkitra com): I can only download free apps, but I can live with it at least for now.

I have seen this is a recurrent problem of the Market and many other tab users were affected (galaxy tab, xoom,etc) but I was wondering if some of you had the same problem or at least experienced an increase in its severity compared to other devices: I was wondering if this might have anything to do with the Adroid setup Sony decided to install/use.

Let me know what you think: any feedback is appreciated.

thanks in advance for your help/time

cheers

:-)
[Sony Tablet S] rjsmith2007:
There are problems with market. I can get items to install, but i usually have to press install, hit back, click install again, and then i tinstalls.
[Sony Tablet S] arw01:
The stock browser still closes abruptly without notice even with the latest updates.

Does any one have tethering working?
[Sony Tablet S] kleopatra99:
Google Nexus S Tethering without Problems.
[Sony Tablet S] arw01:
Specific details please if you could. Is your Nexus broadcasting an ad hoc or an infrastructure hotspot?

Software needed on both sides?
[Sony Tablet S] Vinny1967:
I was able to tether with my htc desire without any extra software
[Sony Tablet S] vivftp:
I can confirm that if I turn on tethering on my Xperia X10a I can connect just fine with my tablet.

When trying to connect to my friends iPhone 4 though, I was having trouble but I never bothered to try and troubleshoot it, I just used my phone instead.
[Sony Tablet S] kleopatra99:
No extra Software! Just enable Tethering and connect Tablet.

My Nexus Android Version is 2.3.6
[Sony Tablet S] Damar:
Tethering with Samsung Galaxy S2 works fine!
[Sony Tablet S] k.bergmann2:
hey,

tethering with sgs and galnet miui wirks fine, too.

but i noticed a strange thing on my tablet s: sometimes the display recognises my tip on the display as two tips on it. that has the result that while i want to scrol in the browser, it reconises a double-tip and zooms in. do you know what i am trying to say?

don't know, if tip is the correct word. anyone else having this issue or am i alone? is there a workaround or do i have to send my tablet to sony?

that is the only thing i am worried about. other than that i love my tablet!! the design is quiet beatuful and i love the book edge thing on the one side. great for reading! my girlfriend (ipad 2) is jealous :D
[Sony Tablet S] Alucard24:
I have the same problem about the single input recognized as a double input and when I scroll web pages it often actives multitouch even if I'm using only one finger.I'm happy I'm not the only one to have this problem and I hope it can be solved with a software update.
[Sony Tablet S] k.bergmann2:
i think it can be solved via a software update, because there is nothing wrong with the display. i think it is just a sensitivity issue.
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
AFTER THE LATEST PS3 update, please confirm if any of these issues got RESOLVED:

1. WiFi Issue (after update to 3.2 its issue) [CONFIRM ISSUE]

2. Auto Dim

3. Browser Closing Randomly (Stock browser as well as Dolphin) [CONFIRM ISSUE]

4. Few applications opening Up-Side Down [GENERIC ISSUE WITH ALL TABs]

WORK-AROUND:

I have installed ORIENTATION CONTROL, it solved my problem, now I can play games on my Sony Tablet in desired Reverse Portrait Mode.

https://market.android.com/details?i...NvbnRyb2wiXQ..

5. Database Update Fail Error [RESOLVED]

6. Some installed apps getting corrupted, I am not able to lauch them, it says "Application Not Installed" [CONFIRM ISSUE]

WORK-AROUND:

Restart your device

7. Social Feed Application Keep Crashing even if its Not In Use [CONFIRM ISSUE]
[Sony Tablet S] daniel145:
I have problem with 3G. When I turn off wifi, he does not turn on 3G and show me "no internet connection". I must restart tablet to use 3G :/

Second problem is with microphone, voice is horrible when I recording video or talk on skype.
[Sony Tablet S] k.bergmann2:
does anyone else have that issue?
[Sony Tablet S] alexlai911:
I have activited the security pattern when screening on my tablet by pressing the power button. However 50% chance that, the touch screen won't work correctly.

When I draw my pattern, it broke. Some spots on the screen is not able to recognising my finger.

I'm not sure if this issue have been discussed or not...
[Sony Tablet S] serhii:
Yes, I'm also experiencing some accidental double clicks.
[Sony Tablet S] HKboy92:
I did have a Wi-Fi error, but after poking around in settings, I found out it was something stupid of myself :P (Wi-fi DC-ing when screen off).

So, what is the Wi-Fi error in 3.2?

Also, my social feed is FC-ing :/
[Sony Tablet S] k.bergmann2:
Well, that is disappointing. Do you think it'll be resolved by a software update?
[Sony Tablet S] weenguyen:
I experienced this issue too
[Sony Tablet S] weenguyen:
With the new update I see it slow down your tablet when using live wallpaper. The also many apps already uninstalled still remain it's icon
[Sony Tablet S] k.bergmann2:
Does the new update fix any of the mentioned issues?
[Sony Tablet S] arw01:
MY tablet S does not vibrate. Anyone else notice this?
[Sony Tablet S] SWFlyerUK:
I did, and but then I realised it might not have a vibrátor? I was surprised it didn't.
[Sony Tablet S] wintermute000:
Anyone know how to change the user agent on the stock browser?

Tried about:debug trick, nothing happens ie nothing comes up at all.

Also, for orientation control: does anyone else have an issue where the icon in the taskbar is invisible? It works (brings up a blank dialog, you click on the dialog and the orientation menu comes up, which works) but it looks crappy or rather nonexistent rofl
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
regarding Orientation Control, go to setting n change the color :-)

sent via awesome aRc (rooted 2.3.4)
[Sony Tablet S] wintermute000:
Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] Silver-Eye:
Guys, as mentioned in other topic, the app" advanced wifi lock free" fixes the wifi going off in stand by.. it worked for me!!
[Sony Tablet S] wintermute000:
anybody else having trouble with the PS store?

I can't seem to successfully DL a game. I can see the 5 free titles, I hit download, it starts going and I can see progress / notification bar. But when I come back an hour later, there is no sign of it, app is not installed, but there isn't any error msg or the like. What The?!?!?!
[Sony Tablet S] ps3taker:
Just type it in the address bar and hit return key. Regardless of what happens just click menu/setting in the right top corner. The settings screen will have debug menu now. Hope it helps.

Sent from my R800i
[Sony Tablet S] a random person:
Seems to work fine for me. Took a few minutes to finish and then it just prompted me to install the game.

Could be a bad connection? Or maybe there's a region restriction or something.
[Sony Tablet S] evo9mrjr:
browser issue tip

If you go to browser settings/advance settings and check enable memory limit it helps limit fcs noticeably
[Sony Tablet S] youngmcc:
Hi

Can anyone help me with the screen rotation problem?

I have downloaded several apps now and they appear to load upside down?

A few free example apps:

* Air Asia

* PADI

* Booking.com

I downloaded the Orientation Control app as advised on the first page of the thread but that does not seem to kick in?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] xperiax10.awesome:
whats the problem with Orientation Control?

sent via awesome aRc (rooted 2.3.4)
[Sony Tablet S] wintermute000:
Go into orientation control and change the color of the font, it will then appear in your taskbar ;) I bet its running already, just 'invisible' lol
[Sony Tablet S] youngmcc:
Genius!

Thanks for the reply.

Works perfect.

Problem solved.
[Sony Tablet S] colint3:
were is it

Where do I find orientation control.
[Sony Tablet S] ssowinski:
Android Marketplace - $1.50 or so. Worth it.
[Sony Tablet S] p5x:
anyone figured out a fix for the browser randomly closing. seems to happen with stock browser and dolphin HD.

very annoying
[Sony Tablet S] wintermute000:
I use opera to avoid that problem.........

also seems superior in its reflow logic i.e. resizing columns of text to fit zoom width.

shame because otherwise its quite fast and good IMO
[Sony Tablet S] asayanna:
Battery Tip

I've noted vast improvement in standby time (almost double) after I killed the Friend Stream app that runs in the background. Would be great if someone could collaberate this.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
How can I set the default Rosie Skin to Blue sky?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Anyone?
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
trade the m10 files in the fusion.apk.. the m10 that is housed under bluesky change it with the one for default.. so essentially your bluesky would be named default and your default would be named bluesky.. does that make sense??
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Yes, makes perfect sense! Totally understand it!

Thank you!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Strange, I did exactly as you said and this is what I get

When I revert it to "Blue sky" It goes to default no problem. What are your thoughts? Maybe I did something wrong?
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
im going to be honest.. that is the coolest thing i have seen today.. i am tempted to try that at some point just to be stupid..

umm silly question; did you move the default m10 to the bluesky spot in fusion??
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
lol, OMG! Go for it man!

But yeah, I switched them per you instructions. I could have hosed it up but I thought it was straight.

I made two folders on desktop, one named blue sky, one named default. I pulled the appropriate .m10 and placed them there. I then overwrote the .m10's conversely in the .apk. Plopped APK back into working folder from kitchen. Cooked it up and BAM! lol

EDIT: And it screwed up a bunch of other widgets too.
[HTC EVO 3D] *damo*:
Orr put this in your build.prop

ro.persist.skin.BlueSky

Well I think that's it anyway :p

HTC Swyped from my Sensation using XDA Premium
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
well that is certainly interesting.. it probably has something to do with the bluesky.apk that is in there as well.. but i havent ever looked at it.. if its a huge deal to you, i can try and look at it later.. but it may be a few days..

EDIT: Sense does some crazy things.. so i am always willing to try and fiddle with it..
[HTC EVO 3D] *damo*:
It's because fusions m10 contains a whole bunch more images for widgets, etc whereas the skin only has images for changing the 'trim' to a different colour

HTC Swyped from my Sensation using XDA Premium
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
lol.. i know.. in theory in trading the m10s in the fusion it should still, pull the images for the apk.. if it had been the reverse, where the m10 that he put in default from bluesky, had made for no backgrounds on the widgets, then i would have thought the skin played more of a part.. but again i havent looked at the skin apks that much, or even decompiled the m10s for the skin in fusion.. but i do know that the fusion houses most of the images, which is why i told him to switch the m10s in the fusion..
[HTC EVO 3D] *damo*:
Yeah but what I'm saying is that fusion has A LOT more images than a skin so just using teh skins m10 in fusion would leave a lot of things resourceless.

And besides, that's how they got skins working in the end, by taking fusions m10 and placing it in a skin ;)

HTC Swyped from my Sensation using XDA Premium
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
so.. to make sure we are on the same wavelength here.. you are talking about only the m10s in the fusion?? correct?? because if you arent we werent switching the actual skins.apk m10 file with the fusion one.. just the fusion m10 for default with the fusion m10 for bluesky..
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Yeah, yhou guys went over my head... lol... Im not a Sense master yet...

But I am going to try that build prop edit.

But yes, this is a huge deal for me, i need it. :eek:

Thanks guys!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
That didint work. Can you confirm the formatting of the command?
[HTC EVO 3D] *damo*:
Ummm, try this

persist.sys.skin=com.skin.BlueSky

edit: it might be com.htc.skin.BlueSky

I'm too lazy to check androidmanifest myself :p

HTC Swyped from my Sensation using XDA Premium
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Trying it now... Will look at the manifest.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Manifest says com.htc.skin.BlueSky
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
persist.sys.skin=com.htc.skin.BlueSky

Worked perfect! Cant thank you enough!

Closing this thread. Question has been answered!
[Galaxy S II General] steinrr:
I have had problems with battery drain on my S2 from the day I bought it. The battery would last apprx 12-14 hours before going dead - almost without use.

I then removed an Exchange (ActiveSync) mail account. And the problem was gone. 30+ hours battery with no problems. I added the mail account back, and the problem reoccured. I testet this some more times and it was consistent each time. BTW I was not using push, just manual mail update.

The mail account that I am adding forces encryption on the phone, so it might be that this is the actual source of the battery drain. But it shows that the phone is useless using ActiveSync with encryption.

I was hoping that this was fixed in 2.3.4, but the problem was the same there as well. Until this is fixed (which I don't suspect will happen) I can not use the phone with my job email account because of this.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Yes you can go to themes and apps section and search for the administration removed email app, stock app with the corporate control removed try it and see if that works better, currently using it myself and no big battery drains.
[Galaxy S II General] steinrr:
"go to themes and apps section and search for the administration removed email app, stock app with the corporate control removed"

Where is this? Android Market? I did not find it...
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Themes and apps section of this s2 forum
[Galaxy S II General] anisbombaywala:
Using 'Push' uses a lot of battery. See if you can manage with 'Manual' or scheduled to check every few minutes.

Also disable 'Auto-sync' if not required.

Log out of Latitude from within Maps.
[Galaxy S II General] steinrr:
As I said in my initial post - I do not use push - I have everything on manual. It drains battery even if I do not check the mail once.
[Galaxy S II General] steinrr:
jr866gooner: I found it, but I guess this forces rooting of the phone? It is a phone owned by my employeer, so this is unfortunately not an option :-(
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
You can unroot upon return just use a insecure kernel which will bypass superuser I think.
[Galaxy S II General] gschot:
I also pinned down my huge battery drain (10% per hour) to the Exchange email connection I use. I have tried various stock ROMs and some custom ones, but all seem to give the same result. I must say that older ROMs did not seem to have the drain this much. I am currently running Cognition 1.5.1.

Currently I work around the drain by manually syncing my email whenever I want to read email and this results in a whole lot less battery consumption (I now have 50-70% battery left with moderate use, instead of only barely managing 8 hours or so.

I have installed the modified Email.apk to see if this fixes some issues. The email.apk in Cognition did not have a .odex file anymore and was a few bytes different in size, so I really really hope that this fixes the drain. I'll keep you posted.

Gerco
[Galaxy S II General] Deleted member 308374:
Would someone please be so kind to link the thread with the modified apk? Forum search through tapatalk is not always an easy task :)

Thanks a lot guys

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] gschot:
I wasn't sure either, but I used the info in this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117452&referrerid=1505433