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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
I decided not to save the online chat :( I really really should of. But I have another one stating my ability to get the phone on no contract on the day of release.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neville.Holland:
Did you not receive confirmation of the pre-order? Surely they have to honour it, after checking three times and saying it was OK?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
I would hope so. But no, I didn't receive an email or anything because the phone was set to go on my bill. But as I stated, there are several notes on my account confirming that I was to get the phone for the discounted price.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phazerorg:
This doesn't really surprise me. I've heard people say a lot of bad things about Rogers, but I'm starting to reconsider switching to Bell for the Nexus. As I mentioned in your other thread on Monday, they actually refused to sign me up as a new Bell customer... and now you're having these problems... maybe I should just wait for Rogers to get the Nexus in January...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Goat_For_Sale:
I just called a Bell store yesterday and asked if I could reserve a handset. They said that wasn't a problem and they just require my name and number. I told them clearly i was going to buy if off of contract and he said that is fine. I proceeded to ask him how many devices I can buy and he said they do not have a per client cap on device sales.

Needless to say I will be at the bell store at 10am on the 8th and buying a few Galaxy Nexuseseses =)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
and selling it to people in the US for a since profit ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
Thats all lovely, I just really want them to honor the price they offered. Fingers are crossed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
That is a massive misconception. Verbal contracts are *NOT* binding in the same way that written contracts are. Don't believe everything you hear on television.

Secondly, verbal contracts, irrelevant of their legality, can be broken very easily, when it comes to commerce. If the party providing the service (Bell, in this case) decides they don't want to provide the service for the price agreed upon, they can cancel the entire contract. What this means is you would have the right to cancel the transaction (assuming the price has actually changed from the time you agreed upon it) and walk away without penalty.

Now, do you have no assurance at all, in writing, that you were purchasing the phone for that price? Don't you have a pay stub, credit card transaction, or anything? They can't "force" you to buy the phone for the full price if you agreed upon a lower price. Legally, they *do* have to give you the option of cancelling the transaction (once again, if the final price was different from the agreed-upon price).

Now, on to the "verbal contract" misconception. There are 3 parts of a contract, both verbal and written (let's see if I remember their names). Offer, Acceptance, and Consideration.

Offer: Someone offers something. In this case, Bell offers you service for a certain price.

Acceptance: The offer is accepted. In this case, you accepted the offer by agreeing to purchase the item.

Consideration: Something must be exchanged. In this case, it was most likely a charge placed on your credit card. Usually it's a downpayment of some kind, or sometimes just a promise/contract that it'll be paid.

Sounds like only 2 of those have been met...which makes this *not* a verbal contract. Even if the third had been, when the contract terms change (the price), the accepting party has the right to opt out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
Unfortunately, you're most likely correct. I just have to bank on the good will of the manager I'm going to talk to. I will report back once I've spoken with them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
lol not to be self-indulgent, but I'm not just *most likely* correct :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
Unfortunately, all they were willing to give me was $100 bill credit and 2 free months of my voice plan, for a total of $150. Instead of the $415 I was originally offered.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] keithleyson:
If you are like me who find the fonts on the Galaxy Note too big (huge in Pulse) do the following:

1. Install Spare Parts+ from the Market

2. Under Font Size, select Small or Very Small, depending on your preference.

3. Uncheck compatibility mode

4. Restart

Optional:

1. Download the Roboto font

2. Use Font Changer from the Market and apply the Roborough font

3. Reboot

The Roboto font has better kerning and thinner bold than DroidSan helping improve readability at smaller font sizes.

Roboto Thread on XDA

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1341101

Keith

Samsung Galaxy Note

XDA Premium
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] 00roberto00:
where to get the roboto font?

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] keithleyson:
Try here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1341101
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kalkanisvec:
I do have a dell streak 7 wall charger.its 5.35v 2am will it work on galaxy note with out destroying it or burn it
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] straxusii:
I've read that it is the voltage that is important, not the amps. A device will draw as many amps as it needs.

Obviously you are looking for 5v, I'm not sure if 5.35v is sufficiently out of spec to be a problem, I guess not but that is just a guess
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boolboo:
What is the method everyone is using to adjust the DPI of their ET4G's? I missed this somehow.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ewalk4866:
There is am app in the market called LCD density that will work great for u butvu must be rooted to us it. Try it out it's great
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] boolboo:
Oh nice, thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Crafall:
what is your favorite density to use? with changing the density does that interfere with any other apps, ect?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] move_over:
Using Go Launcher, 200 seems nice to me. It can affect apps, certain games look crappy. Most things seem to work well. The dialpad gets smaller as you increase density.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
I want to buy a tablet and I'm hesitant between the 10.1 and the iPad 2. I'm no expert and they both seem somehow identical to me, in your opinion what are the main differences and your recommendations. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sean is here.:
Asus Transformer Prime

I'm just a junior member here, too, so I'm hoping not to get flamed on this one, but...

the biggest difference between the SG Tab 10.1 and the iPad2 is going to be the OS. Android vs iOS, the age-old debate.

I personally prefer Android, due to the possibility to delve into the innermost workings make adjustments, tweaks and change stuff to the way I like it. iOS is a bit cleaner, and faster, but without some serious hacking you can't change very much of the inner workings. Its like buying a Lambo or an old muscle car (a GTO for example), they're both going to be fast...but chances are, if you want to modify or adjust something, its going to be a hell of a lot easier on the muscle car (Android). Whereas when you open the Lambo's (iOS) hood, you only see plastic housing which hides all of the real machinery.

Sure, the hardware specs are also going to vary a bit, but that's misleading because Apple products can do a lot with a lot less. But they're both going to be fast tablets, that basically have the computing power of an average notebook (excluding enterprise or gaming laptop).

But the reason I wanted to reply, is to suggest that you wait a month (or a couple of weeks) and check out the Asus Transformer Prime. The hardware specs are sic, and (again, on paper) dwarf the SGTab and the iPad. Don't get me wrong, I wanted a SGTab until about 2 weeks ago, too. But the Asus will beat them both, if my assumptions are correct.

The biggest advantage of the Asus...quad-core processing (with an alternate 5th) and the latest version of the Android OS. Ice Cream Sandwich. (disclaimer: you could probably load ICS onto the SGTab, but in doing so you might void a warranty)

My advice, hold out a few more weeks and investigate all options (read: Asus Transformer Prime).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] tommydorsey:
Not sure why you would come to a Samsumg Tab forum to see if people would recommend the iPad... But seriously, there may be other places on the web where you would get a balanced view. I love the Samsung.

Jim
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Jay Evans:
When people ask me for a recommendation the first questions I ask are, "Do you have a Smartphone and what OS is it, iOS or Android? How invested (paid apps) in your OS are you?" and, "Exactly what are you planning to use the tablet for?"

Once they answer those questions then I can give them an honest opinion.

Me? I was looking for something to replace my 11.6" netbook for travel and general email/internet use. My 10.1 is perfect for my needs. Spent a week in NYC with my Tab and didn't miss the netbook once. (plus getting it for $100 off at Staples didn't hurt either)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Willy318is:
Please google the following, it might give you some help on your research:

Tech supremacy blogspot (Why Android)

It just talk about Android OS and Apple's iOS and it applies on both Phones and Tablets.

Regards
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
sean is here.

I have checked the Asus on GSM Arena and the specs are great but does not make much difference to me compared to the SG Tab 10.1 and the iPad 2.

Jay Evans

I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace phone with Gingerbread. I have very few paid apps on my phone. I plan to use the tablet for entertainment and simply being online; emailing, Facebook... etc

So, what do you recommend?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
tommydorsey

I just trust the forum here, and I thought many who had already purchased the SG Tab 10.1 and considered the iPad 2 as well, and would have some good pointers.

Willy318is

I read the article, it's helpful, thanks man!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jfassad:
So you will basically just buy the tabled and use it as is.. you dont care about modding or anything like that.

I would recommend the ipad then.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] animatechnica:
The big question is what does that quad core get you. It is no easy task coding a thread efficient app. gods it took like 6 years before any core advantaged apps came out for the pc and those are still far n few to this day. Reality is most of your android apps in the next 2 years will be single threaded which means all things being equal frequency not core count is your performance driver. You might get some advantage in multitasking but that remains to be seen how the os takes advantage of the cores
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] pcgeek86:
I used to have an iPhone 3GS and a iPod Touch 3G 64GB. After moving to an Android device (phone), and later on getting the Samsung Galaxy 10.1" wifi model, I am extremely happy that I switched to Android. It's so much less locked down, and the flexibility is there to do just about anything.

* Manage the filesystem

* Live wallpapers

* Widgets

* Arbitrary device <--> device bluetooth transfers

* CPU overclocking

* Install custom ROMs with root access

* Custom recovery ROM (make full system images)

* etc.?

The only major complaint I have is User Interface (UI) performance, however I am confident that Ice Cream Sandwich will be solving much of that with GPU UI rendering. I really can't wait to get a solid build of ICS on my Galaxy 10.1 ... it's going to be incredible! The hardware is *perfect* except for the lack of a SD card slot -- either way, that doesn't bother me too much. I can store a full season of TV shows on the smaller 16GB size.

tl;dr Get the Samsung Galaxy 10.1"!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jfassad:
Thats why I got the gtab 10.1

But from what M_Shaaban said he doesn't want to do any of that with his device. He just wants to read email.. facebook and browse the internet.

Dont you think the ipad will be a smoother experience for him ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] pcgeek86:
For right now, probably yes. If you think longer term, once he gets a tablet, he may end up wanting to do more with it, once he realizes what it's capable of.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] doaneramma:
IMO, the iPad is nice and easy because Apple just blew up an iPod. With the same restrictions, the biggest is still having to rely on outside sources provided by apple. So if your on a plane you wont have access to documents and other such files that an iPod would not support.

Galaxy Tab using Android can run completely independant. And I think that's how people get confused. Trying to make it work like an old palm or apple device. ”How do I make it work with my computer”. My answer is always , I don't! Except to transfer large volumes of media or documents. Free music downloads? Yup. Torrenting? sure. Document viewing, editing and creation and stored locally? Done. If you want a cloud service you can choose from a variety of sources for that. And the best part for me? Using Gmail syncing, my tab, RAZR, and even my BlackBerry and N8 are in sync OTA (meaning cross platform abilities). My computer is literally for storage these days. Or flashing Odin or other hacker style stuff.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sean is here.:
iPad vs SGTab

I didn't mean say that the quad core will make all the difference. Point well made, to multi-threaded apps. I've only been coding for about 3 years, and have only been recently introduced to multi-threading. I say 'introduced' because I've basically only seen it in a classroom environment as basically a proof of concept. We never got into the useful aspects of it. But I would think that multi-cores could dramatically improve multi-tasking. But again, I'm a layperson in these respects and not ashamed to admit that I'm in this conversation over my head.

I think the biggest advantage (aside from weight, dimensions, and aforementioned computing power) of the Asus over the SGTab is ICS. ICS does have some pretty cool features and although the Asus is being shipped with Honeycomb, its upgrade ready. This could be better for a novice user in that he could receive the upgrade without having to root brand new hardware.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] j.go:
For your requirements of facebook, email and internet, I recommended an iPad 2. It's simple, easy to use, and pretty much works out of the box. No tinkering required (or allowed). It has a better GPU, too, if you decide to do a little mobile gaming.

If eventually, you decide you want more out of tablet than what iOS can offer, you can always sell it and get an android tablet. Apple products are easy to sell and have, generally, a higher resale value compared to android devices.

As for me, I'm immensely enjoying my Galaxy Tab 10.1. I thought about waiting for the Transformer Prime, but I realized that for my needs, the Galaxy tab is more than capable. Email, internet, books, comics, movies and the occasional wind-up knight.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Zikor:
To help you understand more about two tablets I would suggest that you give the community a bit more information on what you gonna do with the tablet?

Is it just for basic stuff? (Internet,Email,Videos)

Or are you going to use it more for gaming?

Pretty sure that once you clarified that, people would start helping you properly.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Thomas3G:
I needed a tablet, to write, surf, multimedia device, etc. As I also needed a new phone I wanted them to link easily.

I purchased the GT 10.1 3G 16GB for about USD 650/- and added to it Samsung Galaxy Y for about USD 125. The screen resolution of the phone is not the greatest, but I don't care as I carry normally in any case the tablet.

For less then USD 800, I got an in my opinion excellent phone and a great tablet, which do everything I need. Had no problems with Norton rings, or any light leakage worth mentioning. Market is great. Even Adobe Touch applications came earlier on Android market then the Apple App store. This maybe tells something about what the future holds.

Apple is known for selling outdated tech for outrageous prices. So, if you are not a diehard apple fan, I would think thrice, before I dump my money into something which is not only expensive for the tech offered, but also limits my choice for the simple reason, that the former CEO of Apple, believed that all customers are complete idiots who can not make a choice for themselves.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] 1902:
Ipad is so limited, no Widgets, no flash support, even email is limited to attach photos only unless you use a third party application to send a document file for example, if you received a wmv file by email for example you cannot play it because it's not supported by apple...

Android is simple to use and you can do everything you need.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
I appreciate all the valuable input. I need to ask about gaming, how about the graphics and available games? Does the Galaxy Tab 10.1 offer a good gaming experience and HD games?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] cooljonL:
If you like being told what to do, go for the iPad.

If you like being in control of what your device does, go for the GT10.1.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hhfunadmin:
And now it is solved after i remember i downloaded the latest firmware from some where and flashed it again!

Now i want to root my latest firmware 2.3.4 ..Am not able to root it.

When i tried to flash it with some image file it stoped working..

can some one please post the respective image file for 2.3.4 and the root instruction for 2.3.4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] veimus:
root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320350
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hhfunadmin:
thnxxx mannn!!! This is what i needed
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xperia ray:
guys over androidflip rocks !!

http://androidflip.com/how-to-root-sony-xperia-x10-arc-arcs-play-ray-neo-mini-minipro-pro-active/
[TouchPad General] pa49:
On another forum it has become apparent that it is not widely know that the TP will download and apply the update through CM recovery without being attached to a PC.

I just point this out for anyone here who didn't know either.

PS With my update I didn't wipe anything along the way and alls fine.
[TouchPad General] FishDoc:
Ditto

Same here. Everything is working great.
[TouchPad General] Nburnes:
Yea, this is why we have ROM Manager. When the Touchpad sources get merged into nightly status, this is how quick downloads for updates will be made available.

This is the same for pretty much every Android device.
[TouchPad General] pa49:
Yes it is, but, not everyone was aware of it.
[TouchPad General] scratchfury:
Are you staying it will automatically download it, or are you saying you can download it with a browser? As far as I know, ROM Manager doesn't work.
[TouchPad General] Nburnes:
You have to download with a browser and then reboot to recovery to install. When CM gets more developed on the TP then Rom Manager will work and pull/install nightlies.
[HTC Desire S] croesus:
Hi guys. I am using Go Launcher Ex and Go Weather widget with Hyperion 2.1 rom.

I saw the new RunnymedeS and other new roms and want to try them. I made a backup, wipe all data/cache/dalvik cache and intalled roms with clockworkmod. I installed go launcher and go weather but the go weather widget skin list is empty. but i installed lots of widget skins. In the other roms the same problem. No thumbnail pics and no skins except the default skin. Another problem is that when i plug in the usb cable there is no pop-up windows that asks "charge only-sd card" options. I asked who using the same roms told me they were ok. Is there a problem with my phone? Is there any way to turn my phones memory to the original factory settings? What is ext3 and ext4 format? Is the problem about hboot version or format type (ext3-ext4) ? My hboot is old one, 0.98.2000

I just checked and i saw that my file systems like this:

system : ext4

data : ext3

cache : ext3

is this a problem?
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
no but better convert all to ext4
[HTC Desire S] croesus:
Hi, how can i convert ext3 to ext4 with 4ext recovery? I searched but i didn't find a guide. Can you help?
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
go to 4ext recovery and check options in ext3-4ext-ext4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ParadingLunatic:
Can anyone confirm Ad-hoc support? I know Honeycomb supports ad-hoc connections right out of the box (well at least I know the TF tablet does) so I was hoping that ICS supports connecting to an ad-hoc wifi connection. I'm not talking about tethering a device to the GN, I'm talking about reverse tethering. At work it's a cell black hole. Doesn't matter what provider you have, the signal is crap. I have Cyanogen on my OG Droid and it allows me to connect to the ad-hoc wifi connection I've set up on my laptop to give the droid some form of data connection while I'm at work.

I still want the phone regardless of whether or not it supports ad-hoc as I'm sure in due time it'll be easy enough to implement with a custom rom. It would just be nice to know if it'll support it when ever Verizon gets around to releasing it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brayann16k:
i ve flashed my SGS i9000 with ICS port rom , and i ve notice that there are no ad-joc support, thats really a big pity , i ve tried to find an application in the market to allow me to connect via ad-hoc networks , but i found nothing ... i hope there will be solousion soon time
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ParadingLunatic:
Yeah, from what it looks like in the bug tracker, I believe the only reason why the Asus TF has Ad-Hoc support is because Asus enabled it themselves, not Google. I wish Google would take their heads out of their you know where and make this simple change. It's not like they need to research how to fix it since all the research has already been done.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BinaryTB:
Can't answer your question, but if you're running Windows 7, have you tried Connectify to make your laptop a hotspot? It's free and I hear it works pretty well.

Also, maybe there is a ROM out there that support the Bluetooth PAN profile (Android 2.3 doesn't, maybe ICS already does?), so you can just connect the phone to your laptop using that link, no wifi needed, less battery usage since it's bluetooth, and I believe that's what the PAN profile is intended to be used for anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deleted member 3482884:
not working here

i tried editing tiwlan but did not find that config file

haven't found any other tutorials concerning adhoc on Android 4.0

btw it is issue number 82 on Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project (not allowed to post outside links for me)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GSI:
Updated my phone to Android 4.0.2 and still no ad-hoc...

Is there an application that can do it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ParadingLunatic:
I wish we had Win 7 at work. Sadly we're still running XP so connectify is a no go. I've also heard it works pretty well but sadly I can't even test it out.

I haven't tried Bluetooth PAN yet with the GN but I believe the bluetooth stack on my laptop is also crippled. I tried doing the same with my tablet (which I know allows bluetooth PAN) and the laptop wouldn't setup a proper PAN. Seems like we're SOL regarding Ad-hoc until someone releases a hack for it or a ROM comes out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Popup-ch:
Any progress?

I've got the same problem... Poor reception at work, and running XP.

(Although, I've also got a Linux machine, and tried sticking an USB wifi adapter in it, but the stock driver doesn't support Master Mode on it. Maybe I should just get myself a new USB wifi adapter that's properly supported by Linux? Any recommendations?)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ParadingLunatic:
I haven't heard of anything yet. It doesn't look like any of the ROMs have it yet either.

I'm kinda lucky though, I was recently transferred in my company and I'm now located in a building where I get a decent 4G signal all day. Also my new laptop is Win 7. I did play around with connectify a bit. It works but not extremely well for me. I wind up losing connection quite often. I did read though that it's possibly something to do with AV or Firewall, and knowing my company, that's probably it.