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[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] esdwa:
I purchased my tab mostly to use lightweight handy device for browsing, reading watching movies, communication and learning.

Because I travel a lot, the 8.9 size is much more handy comparing to anything larger, not mentioning bulky laptops which I have been using for years struggling with its weight, size and short battery life.

I have also discovered tab to be great newspaper reader especially with rapidly increasing number of titles many for free.

I started to read novels again. Something I have abandoned years ago.

This is my 2nd tab in a household. First one (G-Slate) is used mostly by my wife for the similar reasons. We both enjoy using it for a reason which is to make daily life easier.

Rooting would be an option to consider when I would see an advantage in doing so. Exploring device capabilities just for academic reason is great adventure but not for us who works eigth hours a day to make a decent living.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] chegs_pro:
Some people has already got Samsung Galaxy Tab 7+. Is there any way devs can compare it with 8.9 so they can enable the SIM phone call?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
As far as I a know only wifi version has been released and this doesn't have gsm call capability.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] esdwa:
I will be in Hong Kong in two weeks and plan to get 7.7 tab if I spot it there in store.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jp_macaroni:
Best Buy is selling the 8.9 for $449 right now plus get a free usb connector with the purchase.

Pretty good deal.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] loneBoat:
Dangit! I just bought the 8.9 @ BestBuy last week, and didn't know about this deal. Think they'd give it to me if I brought my receipt back in?

EDIT: They did!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] esdwa:
$449 is for 16GB version. This price was from the beginning so do not get so excited. For $100 more you get 32GB version which I use.

Separately I purchased OEM USB & Micro/SD card adapter bundle on Samsung website. They had it for $29 couple weeks ago and offer free shipping as well.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
The same promotion is also happening in Hong Kong and I had my parents buy the tablet the week before it started :(
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] loneBoat:
I wasn't excited about the $449 (that's what I paid). I was excited for the free adapter. (I'm easily excited) :-)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] jeffng:
will you be able to make GSM phone call on the 3G version?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
No. I tried modifying the build.prop file to enable GSM calling, but it didn't work.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
In short, no. Although the hardware is technically capable of making and receiving GSM calls, there is no software to support it... yet...

Honestly though, for me, it's not that big of a deal, and here's why:

Ok, yes, I do have to carry around both a phone and a tablet now. However, while using Tablet Talk, I can use my tab for SMS just the way I would have liked to if it had native GSM anyway. Plus, it shows caller ID, so I can answer my calls to my phone via bluetooth. Effectively the same effect as I wanted in the first place anyhow.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] pinsb:
Sorry can you explain this a bit more clearly?

What shows caller ID and where are you answering the calls using bluetooth?

On your phone or on your tab?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
The caller ID shows up on the tab, but I answer the call on the phone via Bluetooth.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] synplex:
WTF?

This is freak'n sad...

We still dont have a dedicated forum for the 8.9 Tab!

They are not the same Tablet!

The 8.9 tab has different accessories, it can't use any 10.1 roms(different dev), Different bugs/issues, and its own followers.

XDA needs to update this crap!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] KitF:
Anyone else notice Flash 11.1 from market has much worse performance than the factory installed version? I also noticed there was some image corruption in the flashes (while reading MSPA, mainly " Begin Intermission 2.", where the flashing billiard balls are distorted.). Is there a version of Flash 11 that doesn't perform horribly on our devices?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] tri0xinn:
yeah.. kinda sucks very little dev and no dedicated forum yet..we may be out of luck considering the plethora of tablets out now and soon to be tablets.. our best bet may be the official ICS update hopefully sooner than later.. if it irons out the laggy interface and makes things a bit more peppy I'll be completely satisfied. I do have mine rooted and running the overcome rom.. so thanks to alterbridge and a couple others we do have something better than stock!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] dornier:
Any news on Samsung fixing the Touchwiz lag? I'm using ADW EX, but it would be nice to know that Samsung is fixing some of the bugs on the 8.9.

Honeycomb 3.2? Any news on getting 3.2? I know that we might get ICS, but in the interim, it would be nice to get 3.2 if it improves our 8.9 experience.

Thanks,

GP
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] trekker99:
I bought this from BestBuy yesterday (yay to free connector =P) and did notice some corruption in playing flash video fullscreen. Not sure about worse performance, coz I let everything update after I set up the device.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
My 8.9 arrived yesterday and I am loving it but I'm finding that changing via USB connected to a PC is rather slow? In fact when using it at the same time it's not really charging at all.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Most normal PC USB ports don't provide the amperage needed to charge the Tab. Most normal USB devices draw less than 150mA, and most PC USB ports can handle about 500mA. The Tab's dedicated charger puts out somewhere between 1,900 and 2,200mA. So, while you CAN technically charge your Tab by plugging into a standard PC USB port, it's not going to fill up your battery anywhere near as quickly as your charger.

Also, it should be noted that even when your Tab shows little battery with a red X icon, you're still "trickle charging," which is actually healthier for the longevity of the battery.

Li-Ion batteries are happiest between sorta 20-80% charge for most of the time. Only fully charge/discharge them on occasion, and they'll retain their ability to hold power better for longer. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
Thanks for the information! I did find a thread about charging tablets on a galaxy tab forum just before reading your post; I found it odd since I can charge my old iPhone quite easily. I was also wondering about extending the battery life so I'll keep your figures in mind; I had tried to search online for the information and the articles pointed to full discharging once in a while; does every quarter seem reasonable?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Happy to help! As for the iPhone charging over PC USB: smaller device, smaller battery, smaller power requirements.

For my devices, I usually run them all the way down until they shut off, and then while off, charge them up completely about once every 6-8 weeks. Works pretty well for me!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] brianlp:
I bought mine the day it was released on 9/23, from Best Buy. Went there today to see if they would hook me up, but the sales guy said no. I escalated to the manager, and was still denied. :(

I spent a couple thousand in that store in the last 12 months, which I told him. He was acting like I would be taking food from his kids mouths if he was to give me a connector. I spent $32 on a wireless mouse last week at that store, only to find I could have bought it from Amazon for $14. I'm through with that store. :mad:
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] bdfull3r:
ICS sandwich is out, any chance this will be enough for a 8.9 section? I had to dig for a file to find this thread even. Less popular devices have gotten their own section.

I hope the AT&T LTE version will bring some more users
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] loneBoat:
I had to bug them a bit to make it happen. First guy I talked to cocked his head back, pooched his lip out, and said in a snotty choice, "not gonna happen." And just stared at me. It was so awkward that it was comical. I said, "really? I'm still within my return window. I could just return it, and buy it again, right?" He said (head still cocked back), "still not gonna happen.. Our system won't let you keep the same one. We'd have to give you a whole new one, and then you'd lose all you're settings." Some [cute!] girl worker watched the whole exchange, got as stock of his attitude as I was, and came over and told him basically, "get out of here." Took her and a manager about 20 minutes to figure out how to get out through their system properly, but they did it!

Anyway. Guess it was my lucky day.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] HyperTension:
I have a rooted Dinc, but that was over a year ago, and have since reformatted (W7 Pro, 64bit). I'm trying to reinstall ADB do I can root my new 8.9, following instructions listed in that threat....

I've installed the Java SDK development kit without incident, then installed SDK manager (SDK Tools, Android 4.0 SDK, ARM EABI?, Google API, and Google USB Driver Package)

When I plug in my DInc, shows up in Dev Manager, and I try to install the USB drivers manually, but I get "Windows was unable to install your Android Phone.. could not find driver software for your device"

Now when I run SKD Manager, I get "Java not found in your path".... .... .... at end of "Path" entry... blah, blah.. and did that as well, but I still get that error....

Mess of issues... Needless to say, I can't use ADB to push "root_original.zip" to the SDCARD folder, and I can't see any folder labeled as "SDCARD" with using Kies.. very frustrating.....

I wasn't sure the best spot to place this, so I moved it over here...

I'm uninstalling all software, going to start over pending advice / directions from you guys.. Thanks in advance for putting up with this...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] _motley:
From adb, try the /mnt/sdcard folder
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] s.illes79:
3.2 upgrade for 8.9 ?

Looks like it's here:

I only had this tablet for 2 days, so I cannot comment when it was released.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
P7310XXKJ4 download is available in development section > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1348882

Just flashed it on my 3G tab and it works just fine, no 3G obviously. The lag/stuttering in launcher is still there if you hold the tab in landscape. In fact i don't see that anything is better then before.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] s.illes79:
cool. I just used the Samsung update app to get it.

---------- Post added at 10:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 AM ----------

I just read somewhere that samsung pulled the 3.2 release for the 10.1 because of WIFI issues. Hopefully this version is not affected. Can someone confirm?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
WIFI worked for me without any problems.

The P7510 problem seems to happen only when you update OTA. I haven't seen anyone who has had this problem if they updated using CWM, Odin or Kies.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Torisen:
Should have my 8.9 delivered tomorrow. I'm kind of bummed it does not have its own section. I'm coming over from the Acer Iconia A500 because it was a little too big after months of use.

I bought the 8.9 because I was not sure if Samsung would do an updated version of this size which I believe may be the optimal size for a tablet, about the size of a hardcover book. I bought the 32g version.

Anyone else switch from the A500 to the Galaxy 8.9? If so what would you say about the differences in the feel of the devices? I'm excluding port questions because well...

Oh, Samsung has a media hub deal where you can buy movies, how is that and is there a good selection? I seem to be racking up Android devices at an alarming rate since I bought the Iconia, I may be addicted.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] qhinton:
The Acer A500 and Transformer was my first real tabs. I still have the Acer and use it frequently. The Asus was best for updates but quality of hardware was terrible. The Acer is just smooth and everything works except the mic SUCKS.

However I had the 7.0 + and it's nice but too small. I returned it for the 8.9 and it was ok. I can't deal with the lag or lack of extended memory, plus lack of updates/support. The size/weight is great. Samsung has to step up and provided support for devices, because people are caring less about how slim or weightless a device is we want UPATES and not from the community. Touchwizmis nice but you will wait forever for an update. The pure google experience is the way to go. Acer and Asus have been the best at updates, therefor they are 2 of the most successful tabs to date.

Overall if you want a light and slim device with a great screen the 8.9 is great. If size matters then you have to compromise with the lack of support form Samsung. For the price I would wait. Oh I returned 8.9 too since I travel the Acer is ideal I have 16 gigs of movies on SD card and 10gigs of music on the device. Once I get to my hotel I just plug in the hdmi watch some Netflix or listen to goggle music.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
Stock Android 3.2 Rom for 3G tab is also available now > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1350500
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] saayinla:
Anyone know where to get the 3G version of this tab in the UK? Am skeptical about Simplyelectronics....

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
The last time I checked HMV and Comet have it listed.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] s.illes79:
stabbility issues?

anyone experiencing ui crashes since the 3.2 update? Screem goes black, only the bottom navigation buttons visible, but they dont work. Happen 3-4 times and had to reset :(
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
No, no problems here.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] ehcan:
No problems on mine either. Actually, before I update mine to 3.2, mine used to have this issue that can best describe as stuck screen when from time to time certain area of the screen doesn't respond to touch, and i have to press harder for the screen to respond again. With 3.2 this problem seems to appear a lot less.

Sent from my GT-P7300
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] madsquabbles:
just got my gt 8.9. for a company that historically has the worst software support they sure do have the best hardware. i now have the gt 7, gt 10.1, gt 8.9, droid charge, epic touch 4g... i swore i'd never get another samsung device after the gt 7, lol.

my plan was to get the gt 7 plus to replace my gt 7, but i found the 8.9 to be a better in-between device. big enough for full use and small enough to be a comfortable ebook reader.

i wonder why we don't have a dedicated gt 8.9 forum. the questions and discussions are spread around this post and the gt 8.9 forum. hell we've got more post on this device than either the nook tablet or the kindle fire but have to share space with the gt 10.1.

speaking of gt 10.1 i think i can see myself selling it as the 8.9 is filling 2 spots with its size. hard decision to make.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] qhinton:
Why not sell it.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Crazy CS:
There is one distinct spot on the bezzle of the 8.9 if where i put my finger down on it, the touch screen is unresponsive.

When holding vertical and putting my finger on the bezzle between the third and fourth (to the right) touch buttons and then try with my other hand to move through the home screens it seems to lock up .

Even when holding it horizontally if i put my finger on the bezzle the device locks up as well... anyone else had this issue?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] trekker99:
I just read that Samsung and CSR announced that the 7.0 Plus will support apt-X codec for BT audio. I wonder if the support will be backported to the 8.9/10.1 tablets. (is it just a software solution?)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] upyouratrix:
I just got my 8.9 Sunday from AT&T. I like it so far, but scrolling seems slow in things like the browser and Facebook. Is there away to change the speed?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Donk100:
does anyone knows if this tablet is able to make phone calls ?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] KitF:
Could anyone tell me why people want to make phone calls from their tablets instead of their phones?

I mean you're not replacing your phone with a 9" device, and it's not like if you have a cell phone you don't always carry it with you. Why not just use Skype or some other VOIP service?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] toastcfh:
i was looking for a system dump from the new 8.9 lte model on at&t. if someone would be kind enough to post it or pm me that would be great. :) thanx guys

adb pull /system some/awesome/file/on/ur/PC

zip it up and upload. again if someone is willing and needs help feel free to pm me, ill be glad to help :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] sportedwood:
You have a pm... but its complicated :D
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
I've not had any problems in a browser but if you are then disabling flash would probably help.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] chriscsh:
i'm new to the GT8.9 (7300)

sorry for a dump question

how you transfer file from computer to the GT?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] gangstar:
when does the p7300 get 3.2 update? does anyone know?

my p7300 is neverlocked and not branded!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lemonoid:
Okey dokey, my phone is making my brain hurt. three days ago, my phone was going haywire. I was rooted with UNL3ASH3D 1.4 and RedNinja theme, working well. All of a sudden everything Force Closes. I was getting so many FC's I could put the FCC out of business. When I would unlock my screen, my launcher wouldn't load and the only thing I could do is get Advanced Task Killer to open from the Status Bar. Everything kept popping up Force Closing, Android system, google framework, Moto services. So I decided to FXZ back to stock. While it was on step 14/15 I decided to let it run its course and I stepped outside. Windows decides to restart itself in the middle of re-programming and drained my battery dead so I couldn't fix it. Last night I went and bought the battery dock + extra battery from the VZW store. Charged up the battery all the way, popped that baby in my Bionic and FXZ'd my way to glory. Or I thought so at least. My phone gets done, reboots, and even loads up my old wallpaper so it had to have some kind of connection or something. You know, you can see the wallpaper from the lock screen. Ok remember, my phone is fully back to Factory Settings now. I unlock the screen and what happens? FC FC FC FC FC FC. Everything starts Force Closing again. So someone tell me, would I be right in assuming this is a problem with the phone? Do you guys think I would be able to turn it in and file a warranty claim? Am I just the devil himself to all Android phones? I don't know. I'm starting to think that maybe I should buy a prepaid Net10 phone with a graphics processor from the 80s.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] luke1333:
after the FXZ did you do a factory reset or did you just reboot?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lemonoid:
Just reboot. That's what I've always done, I've FXZ'd it three times. I don't even know how to do a factory reset after I FXZ it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Geezer Squid:
I would probably do the FXZ one more time and if the problem persists, then I think you know it's a hardware issue - warranty at that point.

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] luke1333:
Do a fxz and then boot into recovery and do a factory reset. Then report back! good luck!

Fyi a fxz doesn't wipe data like previous sbfs from Droid x and other moto phones
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
^^^Everything they said.

Also, stop using Advanced Task Killer.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tivo7:
Yeah, task killers are the devil for root users.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lemonoid:
Yeah I usually have ATK disabled, but last time I did my Titanium Restore I forgot that it was in one of my profiles, I was doing some mods/tweaks to some apps and that was in my tweaker profile. But anyways on to the issue at hand, I did go into recovery and do a factory reset and it fixed it. I didn't FXZ again, I figured if a factory reset should do the trick, and it did since I had already FXZd.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
I would just uninstall it and never use it again. ATK that is...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] yutzyscott:
I would just like to commend you for not immediately going to Verizon for a warranty replacement. It is people who replace before researching the cause of their problems that cause us to be presented with these phones with locked bootloaders. So, again, kudos on asking questions and figuring it out without replacing the phone. If only everyone would follow suit.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lemonoid:
I can't stand not being able to fix something that is broken, especially when i broke it and even more so when its an Android device. People who take the easy way out just show me that they don't like to learn. ever since my Eris i have been trying to fit in time to learning more about Android, programming and software development. Warranty replacement would void my commitment to learning. So thanks for the kudos bro. Just wish that more people got enjoyment from learning.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Banggugyangu:
THIS... omfg this is exactly how I feel. :-D
[About XDA developers] Snow_fox:
I was thinking it might make the page look a little more professional if it was reformatted.

The problem we have now is it just one giant list of devices which looks really unprofessional considering the amount of devices it has. It really even on a desktop takes a few seconds to scroll from top to bottom.. On machines which don't pack as much power as a desktop, it bogs down the machine to load it.

I was thinking that since a lot of devices are under the same manufacturers.. The forums could be loaded by manufactuerer, then os, then individual device forums.

I am not really in a "hardcore must have it this way" mode.. The main issue I am looking at is if there were only 5 or 6 devices it wouldn't be as bad.. but, there are a lot of devices most of which will hopefully be around for at least 2 years, while many more come out. So I only see it looking less and less professional, and being harder and harder to navigate. Honestly with out ctrl + f, it makes it really difficult to find the device I am looking for.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
Try switching to the "compact view" at the top of the page ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bostonsboy97:
So i rooted my htc inspire 4g last night. one of my buddys has the htc evo and can do tethering for free. so my question is, i found this app http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

does this work? and can att figure out that im using this? i have had an iphone for years and still have unlimited data so will this help me from being cought with this app? thank you :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Read up!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1269283
[G2 and Desire Z General] Careless_:
So I looked at all the other "starting Fresh" threads, and they don't answer the question I have.

I have been using virtuous sense and unity roms for a while now, but lately it seems as though the phones can't handle the amount of ram they need.

So i tried enabling swap (it's done properly and working, apparently), and it seems like it's not really helping much if at all. perhaps even making things slower.

My question is... if I want to start from say.... just a basic Desire Z, with root, s-off, eng hboot... etc.

How would I go about removing everything and getting back to a fresh DZ without any stray files from various roms, scripts like swap, etc...?

Can I just back up the sd card, partition the sd card back to one single partition, and slide the sd card back in there and it will act as if i have just the last installed rom on the phone, and nothing else?

EDIT: I'm noticing 4EXT Recovery can do a superwipe on all partitions.. how would I then connect to the phone and copy a new zip file there so that I can flash it on the cleanly wiped phone?

I'm guessing ADB Shell?