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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxicpaulution:
can someone please tell me how to update from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 i plug my xperia play 4g into se pc companion and it says my phone is up to date even though other people are running the newest update please im sick of the 2.3.3 and i know the updaye is soo much better please how can i update it?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
If your phone is branded, you have to wait for your network provider to release there version of the firmware. Only other way is to use flashtool to flash the 2.3.4 firmware.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spectre51:
That's what I did. Simple as can be. No AT&T bloat ware either. Just backup whatever games you want to keep from the AT&T rom first so you can reinstall them after flashing.

Sent from my iPhone 4s
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] poeticsoul44:
I was wondering what is the easiest easy to back up a kernel for our phone? I want to test others out but still have the stock kernel incase I need to send it in to Tmobile. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] benegessrit:
Don't worry about that, you can easily restore the phone (ROM, Kernel and Recovery) to Stock (Factory).

see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1323878

and here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1311229

Also, to be absolutely safe, do a backup after you install Clockworkmod, then later you can just restore the backup and flash the stock recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] babymatteo:
Lol. Why don't you just save them on to your SD card? On mine i have like 3-4 different kernels along with the stock just in case i feel the urge to do something stupid to my phone.

Kernel zip files only take about 5-6MB max anyways.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] btyork:
I'd also like to point out this is the development section of the forum.

This is not the forum for questions of any sort.

Please refrain from posting in this section unless you are a developer releasing something you built.

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] drewtang:
Neldar's sgs kernel flasher on the market can make flashable backups of your kernel. Haven't tried it on this phone yet though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
I asked him in his thread about his kernel flasher if he could adjust it for our phone, waiting for reply
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
I tried flashing the ics source port but forgot to flash cm7 first... It flashed fine and I followed the procedure to flash. The phone would turn on but always go straight to recovery. I figured this was because I didn't go to cm7 first, so I went to flash it but I kept getting errors. I went to flash stock, it started going so I walked away. When I came back my phone was just a white screen and odin was stuck at sbl.bin. So now I can't boot up the phone, there's no bootloaders, just a black screen whenever I try to do anything. The thing is, I can get into download mode just fine through button combos which leads me to think it's not bricked. However, odin/heimdall will not recognize it... Anyone know what to do?

EDIT: View last post by me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Try the things listed in the "connectivity issues" post attached to my signature. If none of those works to get Odin/Heimdall to see your phone, post back.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
followed it. Didn't recognize for like a minute then it showed up. I started it but it's stuck at do not turn off the target
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
tried again and same thing
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
What is it showing on the computer side (i.e. what is Odin/Heimdall saying right now)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
I'm using odin right now. But heimdal would always just say not recognized or whatever it says. Odin, when I get it to finally recognize after waiting a minute using your method, it just gets to DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET! and stalls there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
I got it to work. No clue what made it finally work
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Good to hear. I know the feeling - it's like the computer/phone are just messing with you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
Damn. A similar thing happened. I had to flash to stock since button combos weren't working, and all the sudden while odin was running my screen just went black. I waited to see if anything would happen, but everything just stalled there. I've been trying to use my homemade 100k ohm resistor jig, and button combos to get into download mode but nothing seems to be doing anything. Am I bricked?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
If u have no signs of life at all (no battery charging screen when u plug into a wall charger or no kind of something happening if u try to power it on) then u r hard bricked. :(

But there is Jtag and the Unbrickable Mod.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
Thanks, not what I wanted to hear. But okay.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
Its cheap and keeps your phone from ever being unrecoverable again, it is better than paying the $150 for a replacement.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
Yeah and seeing as how I'm planning on doing a bunch of development on it once I get another phone, I'm probably going to need it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
I have it and it does come in handy ;)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
Sometimes, if you get a lucky brick, the UnBrickable resurrector will work without any mod. This is rare, but its a shot. If you need a mod and don't have the tools, pm me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
Thanks, will try that next time. Luckily AT&T exchanged it for me
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangi26:
I had something similar happen to me,when I was running A6 or A7. I even noticed that I was losing folders that were visible on CWM. I was going to try to re-flash the ROM, but those folders were gone. What fixed it for me, was I did a Factory Reset, and al of the lost folders came back, and I was able to Odin back to stock. I was one of the more weird things I'd seen with my Cap
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spidey01:
The mish mash of mobile devices, tablets, notebooks, desktops etc has me interested in collecting some of my thoughts (blogging ftw), now that stuff like Android devices, Chromebooks, and normal Laptops are bluring the lines ever more so. My TF101 is my go-to machine for almost everything that doesn't involve Direct3D/DirectX or Internet Exploder, even at work. I'm going to start blogging about the implications of such a bit more but it also makes me curious about what specifically keep people tied to the old world PC. Mine is only software developers that still target Windows on x86.

Maybe I'm sick of the never ending ICS and Prime stuff on this forum or maybe I've just got to much time on my lunch break. The TF101 and technically Android in general, provide 95% of what I need out of a computing device. We have had a few threads that amount to people asking if they can use a Transformer like a notebook, so I just have to ask why do you still use your notebook? What do you need to do that you cannot use an Android device for.

Between things like the TF's and Android x86, lack of a decent way of typing doesn't count lol.

-> disclaimer: my job involves more programming than editing office documents. I've had fully functional life using *BSD systems, let along needing Windows or OSX.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brachiopod:
Lack of a decent way of typing. Sorry, but the dock keyboard isn't that great. Oops, that does not count.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadesse:
#1 THERE IS NO ANDROID OFFICE SOFTWARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THAT WILL REPLACE MS OFFICE. I HAVE TRIED THEM ALL. SIMPLE EXCEL CHECK BOX DOES NOT SHOW UP IN ANY OF THE ANDROID OFFICE SUITS.

If all you do for example is surf for porn then yes, the transformer could replace your netbook, laptop, or desktop.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty5689:
I find all the good productive software are on Windows, if I was not at home I have to choose between running these software on a x86/x64 architecture laptop natively or running a remote desktop connection back to my home PC to satisfy such needs. The small screen is also a factor when it comes to using it for productivity of any kind. The most downer for Android atm is probably the horrible multitasking for tablets. There is no way to open even two apps side by side, seriously?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spidey01:
What I mean by 'doesn't count', as far as the TF is concerned it is no worse than typing on a netbook or a comparably sized laptop. I should know, I've used laptop keyboards from 12 to 18 hours a day for the last 5, nearly 6 years now. I type and read excessively. For the wider scope of Android, it's more a matter of screen space.

Issues like the stock browser's text area's lagging on the TF or lack of certain keystrokes from Win/GTK/Qt, are purely software artifacts that can be fixed with updated or replaced software, hell maybe even contributing to ASOP! Hardly killer given what can be done (e.g. opera and HC's text selection) to work around, and when it comes to handwriting, there are more options than the typical PC.

If text input is your problem, then why?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knoxploration:
I have a powerful desktop, a notebook that's a few years old but was top-notch when bought, and now my TF101 with dock.

I use the dock less than I expected to, largely because the keyboard isn't very good. I mostly use the dock as a stand when watching movies, and for very light writing work. (Making quick notes, answering email, Facebook posts, etc.) although I find the stock Honeycomb soft keyboard *almost* as fast to type on, if I put the tablet in my lap.

The other area where the TF101 doesn't come close is for replacing my notebook for work. I need apps like Photoshop CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, etc. for my day job, and short of using MyDesktop I can't get those on my tablet. (MyDesktop works in a pinch, but again the sub-par keyboard means I don't use it as much as I might, and the lack of things like right mouse-button support reinforce that.)

So my Transformer becomes my content-consumption device -- browsing the web, listening to streaming radio, watching movies, checking Facebook and Gmail, maybe playing an occasional light game.

My desktop is my go-to machine for work, and for everything else. Proper gaming, anything where I have to do much typing.

My notebook is now demoted to where it gets used maybe a couple of times a month, when I don't want to be chained to my desk, but need more than my tablet can offer.

Each device has its own purpose, and none will ever fully replace the others for me.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v8code:
Anything that requires power or precision you need something other than the transformer. For example you like watching movies on the tab but no way can you encode them on it same goes for video editing. You can view drawings on it but you can't create them on it even if you do have a stylus. Tablets are great for consumption but other that text based work, aren't very good at creation. They definitely have a use and I wouldn't be without mine but I need my laptop as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knoxploration:
Adobe Ideas begs to disagree:

http://www.adobe.com/products/adobe...m-en-casestudy-creativesuite-design-brian-yap

So does Photoshop Touch:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-touch.html
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jprattnu:
why i sometimes still need a laptop or desktop.

It all depends what you need to do, as we can all see. for my wife, it has perfectly replaced her cruddy old laptop, since all she does is faccebook, email, web and the pics/movies etc. she doesnt miss windblows. i dont miss another laptop to douche/clean every year either. i can back it up easy enough, etc etc... me. i have one too, but for the same reasons - light stuff - i can't encode movies/mp3/etc etc - many things a power user cannot do on a tablet lol.. good tab tho, we both love it, the dock is killer - adds so much life to it, we both like it more than the ipad or ipad2 (which we both tried for a week).

thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smyc151:
For me, my laptop is a necessity. I am a grad student, and therefore always seem to be taking notes (both personally and in class) and writing papers. While the tablet can do most things I do okay, it cannot compare to the PC for doing them all at once. I am constantly having to have multiple PDFs of books and various journal articles open, as well as at least two Word documents, in addition to web browsers. The laptop allows me to to all this while virtually anywhere; if I get too restless at home, I can sit outside doing work, or go to a coffee shop, etc. While at home, I can connect a separate monitor to the laptop to have research on it while the paper I'm writing is on my main screen. Printing is important, and while there are some ways of printing with the tablet, nothing as advanced or smooth as on the laptop.

The tablet can't even have two screens visible side-by-side at the same time, which is a major downfall. Also switching between PDFs and documents I'm writing is not at all convenient or smooth.

It's a great little device for doing basic reading and light research, but it has a long way to go before I even begin to consider using it as my primary machine.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrGuy:
I'd have to agree with most of the reasons for still using a laptop as above. Although I don't use my laptop much, my main reason is for the multitasking.

Most of the uni work I do (computer + social science) typically involves me having many windows open for referencing etc. Using a few messengers, social networking sites for communication, PDF viewers + browser windows for research papers, a few more browser windows for API references, Microsoft or Libre office for strict and formally formatted documents, reference software (Mendeley) for references + formatting and maybe an IDE or 2 all at the same time, just isn't possible on android at the moment.

If ICS improves on some of the existing multitasking concept and some more apps begin to realise their potential with regards to presentation of created content, then I'll probably use my desktop and laptop even less.

That's not to say I don't thoroughly enjoy my TF and use it for a lot of other things (mainly lazy content consumption, lectures, and reading eBooks, as well as travelling.)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adampdx:
I still don't find much "serious" software for Android. In specific, if Android had an Adobe Premiere analog I would be so down. I would much also rather do a lot of things on a bigger screen. I have a 15" laptop that is a nice size for most things; I wouldn't like editing video much on a 10" screen unless there was some amazing new interface for doing non-linear editing. I also really like being able to work between Windows 7 and Ubuntu on the laptop. But I'm wondering if the next couple of months won't have us triple booting Win-Lin-Droid. So how about a 15" Android dockable tablet with a full size keyboard and can triple boot the aforementioned operating systems and has about 4 gigs of RAM. With that much space in the full-sized keyboard dock we could probably see 30+ hour battery life, too. My $1000 is waiting for such a monster.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smyc151:
Yes. This is what I want too.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knoxploration:
Multitasking is a good point, and one which is a major blocking point for me in using Android more (and in my day job).

Say what you like, but what we have now where most programs lack the ability for the user to close them, and can be unpredictably closed by the OS (losing work in the process) when you switch away from them for an indeterminate amount of time is NOT proper multitasking. In my opinion, this is the biggest single area where Android needs to improve. I understand that not everybody wants control over when apps start and stop, but for many of us it is crucial. It should at the very least be an option for the user to override the default behavior and assume full control over which programs are opened and closed.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unfnknblvbl:
Laptops are more flexible than Android/iOS tablets. my least favourite thing about getting my Transformer was when I transferred random video files over to it to watch in bed... and none of them worked in any video player I tried. With a Windows/Linux/MacOS laptop, it's just a case of installing VLC and everything works right away.

Then there's the fact that the browser doesn't suck even on my 900MHz Celeron-powered eeePC from three years ago. Even when overclocked to 1.6GHz, the Transformer can feel very very sluggish at times. Not something I want from a Tablet or phone. At least when my trusty old eeePC is being sluggish, there's an obvious reason why.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlvk:
I still use my Laptop when I have to, I can do most of my work from the tablet but a few online services wont work without popups. and I cant find a browser to handle them.

Firefox will handle our citrix site at a pinch, but requires practice as the screen size is skewed. But its only a matter of time before these things are attended to IMNHO
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lancer3397:
personally for me, the prime will be my general use item. I can web browse, email, view media, play some games etc and it will become my workaday.

but the tablets are not yet at a place to replace a full blown laptop because I do a lot of graphics work, sometimes with 400-600mb images, so until photoshop can run on a tablet I will still have a main machine.

so. can a prime replace a laptop? no, not entirely, because I still need my main machine to do graphics work, I use my main unit to convert video media to play on the tablet but for my writing and general use, the prime will be excellent.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miketoasty:
I have a desktop, laptop, and Transformer.

Desktop is used for primarily gaming, not much more than that.

Laptop is for creating docs, VPNing into work, keeping track of fantasy football team over multiple websites.

Transformer is for quick web surfing, long trips/on the go, various apps, forums such as XDA.

All three devices I have serve a purpose and are all important to me.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v8code:
By their own examples its a photo touch up editor and not a graphics creator. Sure you could probably do some good stuff but it isn't full photo shop on a 17"/21" monitor and a graphics tablet hooked up to it. You could also do VNC onto a server and do 3D cad if you really wanted to but why. Its just so much easier to do on a full desktop or good laptop.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilovemyjasjar:
Cut, copy and past pictures and videos from my cameras is a lot easier on a proper laptop.

Android 3.x won't even allow me to view the vidoes from my cameras - my laptop does with the standard media player.

Creating and editing documents, especially long ones, is easier on a laptop.

Multitasking is far better on a laptop - two programs side by side.

Image editing is far more intuitive and easier on a laptop.

Storage space.

Inking. When you've used a proper Tablet PC you'll realise just how pathetic a modern tablet is.

Voice dictation. My old 1.3MHz Atom laptop can run Dragon Dictate without problems.

Don't get me wrong, I won't be selling my Transformer, but there is no way it can replace a proper computer. The last time I went away on a trip I left my laptop at home and just took the Transformer. Never again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knoxploration:
You did watch the Adobe Ideas video, right? You know, the one where they clearly show the guy hand-drawing new artwork on his tablet? That's content creation.

Photoshop Touch doesn't have all the features of desktop Photoshop, but it has features that are actually absent in desktop Photoshop, as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrykur:
The apps I use a lot are not available.

Development tools: Eclipse, JDK, etc.

Office Automation: MS Word, Excel, with macro capability

Desktop publishing: Adobe CS5, Lightroom,
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
I actually use my Transformer for just about everything now. I am reponsible for 24x7 support for hundreds of Unix servers and I don't even use my laptop for after-hours support anymore - I just RDP to a Windows PC at my work and I have everything I need right there. With the keyboard dock and a bluetooth mouse connected to my Transformer, it's just like I'm using a PC at that point. Plus, I can disconnect and reconnect the the remote PC 8 hours later and everything is still right where it was when I disconnected.

It is a dream for support. Even when on the road, I can setup my iPhone as a hotspot, RDP into that same PC at work and then do any support I need to do no matter where I am! It really is a very versatile little system!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze1000:
In my opinion a tablet will never replace desktop PC but possibly a Laptop.

I personally use my Asus for movies, games, news, facebook, emails etc as i go abroad a lot and it's handy size is just great.

I think of my asus as a "boys toy" rather than something i would use for work although I do occasionally remote desktop to my quadcore PC for any urgent needs such as updating a website i am working on or other work related stuff using splashtop HD or remote VNC.

I could probably just about get away without a laptop as most of the work is done on my Desktop. Trying to design a website on a laptop can be a chore with the over sensitive touchpads they all seem to suffer from, causing the cursor to jump to the wrong place on occasion.

The only thing that keeps me from losing the laptop is the fact that android can't do sopcast etc for streaming the live football.

Now if that was possibe i could probably lose the laptop altogether now.

I have to agree with the comments on the asus dock keyboard.

Not the best at all. hopefully the prime version will be better.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpankaj:
U cannot convert a video in tablet.. I always use laptop n tablets nt prefer.. windows is stable os against android.. u can't play games lyk crysis, call of duty n others on tablets.. a smartphone+ laptop is gr8 combo..wat u say guys..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmygoska:
There is VLC for Android now. Click Me!

For me there are a lot of Unix based applications that I use for IC design.

While there are some good Android equivalents for certain applications (Mathmatiz for Matlab, VerbTex for LatTeX, etc) there aren't Android apps for things like MAGIC or cadence.

Other than that I use my transformer for virtually everything (movies, twitter, facbook, emails, web browsing, some UNIX based work via ConnectBot, anything simple on Windows using 2X and controlling as much as possible at home [computers, TV, etc.]).