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[TouchPad General] joenathane:
There is no such thing as "software acceleration", software generally uses the CPU for most computing task needing to be preformed. The CPU is a general purpose processor, kind of a jack of all trades master of none.

There are certain task that can be accelerated by using purpose built silicon, such as using a GPU for video and graphic effects.

Using hardware acceleration can resulting in faster performance and better battery life when properly implemented.

Edit: didn't answer all your questions...

Gingerbread doesn't use hardware acceleration for the user interface, while Honeycomb and ICS do. Using hardware acceleration for the UI makes the system "snappier" and frees up more CPU resources for other tasks. In ICS applications can opt in to use hardware acceleration for their UI, making their apps "snappier".
[Motorola Droid Bionic] leo5111:
i switched to custom rom and noticed the nfl apk isnt there anyone know where to get it?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] neckbonest:
You should be able to get it off the market
[Motorola Droid Bionic] codygs83:
looking at this question it seems dumb, but I'm glad it's on here.

I'm new to verizon and was wondering the same thing after I flashed eclipse. I remember looking for this on my evo shift and realizing it's verizon only.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ShearSkill:
Market
[Motorola Droid Bionic] leo5111:
i thought the NFL Mobile, was Verizon only so i didnt think it would be in the market :o
[Motorola Droid Bionic] codygs83:
It is Verizon only. Grab a sprint phone and search for it in the market. Its not there. Im guessing the market is carrier specific.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vientito:
I am on gingerdx. Is it necessary for me to downgrade it back to stock ROM before I try to unlock the bootloader? If i skip this step will there be danger?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azha4flat:
i managed to unlock bootloader at GingerDX v019 :) safely
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
I managed to unlock it too using GDX 17 or something, was a while ago like..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
Unlock it on the stock rom and then install another custom one, simple :)

You will have to reroot if you have flashed a stock rom, but that's no trouble :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Creativity:
I successfuly unlocked on GDX v015. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
Hey Everyone,

After using my note for a while longer, I have talk about a highly underrated perk about the GNote.

I was eating out today, and was observing people working on their phones - often hunched over trying to read what's on their screens. Me? I'm totally leaning back in my chair, completely comfortable, sipping my cup of coffee. What a joy to use - can't wait to get the phone stand.

Sure, you can see more pixels if you hold it and say an iPhone at the same distance. But the whole point is - you don't have to. It's just easier on the eyes to read further away.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lettucegoatee:
I think seeing so many words onscreen definitely enriches reading fiction.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kibosh3:
biggest reason i picked this thing up... bigger screen at high resolution makes for a better reading experience- both kindle and internet
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Oneiricl:
Could anyone recommend a good reader? I don't like the stock reader.

Aldigo seems good. although it doesn't seem to be too easy to zoom with (could be wrong though) .

Haven't yet tried Kindle, cos a review in the app store said it was hard to uninstall...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Maire:
I use Moon + Reader. Lots of formats, epub, fb2, txt, html ans some others that i don't use. Highly customizable.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tbplan:
Reader

I use Moon Reader too. Another plus is that you can have it read out out to you via text to speech. You can download custom voices through SVOX app. It makes a great 'audiobook' for when I'm driving. You have to pay for the full Moon Reader to get the TTS feature.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Xaddict:
I recall it's a feature they adverttised it for, and one I certainly appreciate. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
You can also try Go Books. Not advanced at all, but it does the job if you just want to read and don't need a lot of features and settings.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sigismund83:
Hi all,

I searched through the forums, but did not find a straightforward answer.

Is there a way to use a custom 3rd party keyboard, but retain normal keyboard dock layout and functionality? I know about the "consistency" layout warning, but is there a way around? With another on-screen layout, the dock shift button behaves like the one of the on-screen on. Also some other keys work a bit differently.

Can I somehow auto-switch to the Asus keyboard layout when connecting to the dock and switch back when disconnecting? I mean without having to change the layout manually (even though it means just a few clicks in the statusbar).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wildt666:
I've got the exact same "problem" - I wanna use Swiftkey Tablet X when undocked, and of course, the Asus keyboard when docked. Must be some way of automating the switch..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] las5muertas:
I would like to know that too...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sigismund83:
Ok, after some more googling and forum searching found 2 guides to do this. But to be honest, neither really suites me well.

Here is one that involves using the Tasker app: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081856

While it may be nice if you already use the Tasker app, I do not really feel like buying the app just to auto-switch keyboard layout.

The other approach requires root access and involves manually tweaking system files: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118164

This is doable for sure, but it is something that I'd have to repeat each time I switch or update ROM.

I'd like something easy to use and more elegant. I looked around the APIs and started writing a little app to achieve this. I'll post it in the DEV forum once I have something workable. ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wildt666:
Awesome - please drop a clue in this thread when it's ready for testing :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sigismund83:
Ok, I've started a thread about the app. I'm still looking for a reasonable way to achieve true auto-switching, but at the moment it can at least auto-show the input method chooser dialog after docking/undocking.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374709
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] terrornoize:
Hi guys,

I'm using the FM Radio and when I put the earphones in, and put the phone on the lowest volume level, it's still very loud. Can I change this in some registry entry perhaps? is there any application or trick to lower the volume?

Sorry for my bad english. :o
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] terrornoize:
Help Please!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kanej2006:
Have you tried different ear/headphones? Seems very strange to me your getting this problem since most other people need to increase the volume to the max for louder volume...

Try using alternative ear/headphones & get back to us.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] terrornoize:
with everything else is fine, I tried to change other headphones, but the result is the same.

With all other programs the volume is ok, only the radio is high! :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Davidsol:
I have the same problem, radio is too loud at lowest volume and mutes below that. It's not deafening, just too loud at night when it's quiet.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joeym11:
I'm on doctorz 8.1 right now, and i am unable to send or receive mms..

If i try and send one, it just says sending and never stops. I received a text from rogers about an update, and it never downloaded, and it was 20kb

is there any known fixes to this?

I haven't really been playin with apn settings, but i know where to find them.
[Desire General] Yannn:
Sorry to disturb ...

I've looking for a way to boost desire performance ... and want to use data2extV4

and to aospdesire 1.6.3

First I'have problem with adb push ... I 've need to write adb remount before.

now I've problem with adb shell chmod 777... for all file the permission was denied.

Have you a solution for me ???

thank for answer
[Desire General] azraelb:
Might sound like a silly question, but you have root (admin) access on the device right? If youre not sure, grab Rootchecker Basic or something similar and it'll tell you. I'd suggest checking anyway because if you have root access AFAIK you should be able to set perms as you wish.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheTinRam:
I have been very excited about the GN since it was announced. I love the big screen and the fact that it is a pure Android phone.

There has been a lot of talk about the lack of Mass Storage on the GN, but I am not sure I care. I don't really understand what happens with MTP. So I have some questions that perhaps those familiar can fill me in on.

When you plug the phone into a Windows PC, what happens?

-Can I still drag music over to the phone or do I have to use some kind of a wizard?

-I will ONLY be able to copy over music, videos and pictures correct? I can't copy other data over, for example a ROM via USB right?

- I can still copy things like ROMs over using a file manager and WiFi correct?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FISKER_Q:
Provided that the Windows PC is Windows XP + WMP10 or above, it'll function very similarily to a normal drive, except you will just see it as "Galaxy Nexus" instead of being represented with a drive letter.

You can copy anything you desire, only PTP has a restriction of accessing the camera/picture folders.

It is said that transferring larger files or a bigger queue of files may lead to freezing or cancelled transfers, but i've personally not experienced that yet(On my Eee Pad Transformer)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheTinRam:
Thanks! So if that is the case, why all the talk that people are disappointed that Mass Storage support is not there? If it still appears and you can still copy files over, what is the problem? Do people really want a drive letter that badly? For what? Scripting of some soft?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
How does this affect mounting the phone under Linux?

With my current phone, I plug it in and since it is a mass storage device Fedora simply assigns it as a hard drive /dev/sdb for example. I can then just mount the SD card inside the phone.

Is this going to cause a major headache for me? I'm switching to a Linux phone to get away from all this Windows crap!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheTinRam:
You are going to have to deal with all the Linux crap, including the additional software you will need to make MTP work for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FISKER_Q:
Actually MTP is not without it's drawbacks, due to the "lack of a drive letter", or rather it being considered a physical drive, it also means that interoperability will be harder to achieve.

This would especially be true for devices like car radios with USB support, traditionally you would be able to simply connect your phone and let it serve as a USB thumb drive, the car radio could then play music from the phone, but that won't be possible due to MTP, further more since the phone is not a drive, a program that for example does not use the windows explorer as a way to copy those files would have no concept of the drive, for example, a command prompt wouldn't be able to access the drive as it has no drive mapping.

There are other pros and cons, but i think this is the one people are the most concerned about.

Google has official support for MTP on Mac, as for Linux the community already has support for it as well, i don't use either system so i can't go into more detail, i just know that the support is there :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
Great. Well I'm sure there will be a mod somewhere that enables mass storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
If you're referring to a mod that enables USB Mass Storage mode on the Galaxy Nexus, there likely won't be since the storage on the Galaxy Nexus is partitioned in a completely different manner to how has been done previously on Android phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
Well I guess I'll just plug it in and see what it makes of the device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Clancy_s:
I'm wondering what would happen if one put an extra partition on the phone...

not going to be the first (or even 10th) to try it though!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
Considering how Dan Morrill explains why the Galaxy Nexus has no USB Mass Storage support I certainly wouldn't want to try it :rolleyes:

edit: to clarify, it probably is possible to do it on a modded ROM, I'm just saying that I wouldn't want to monkey around with that personally.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Using your own bootloader/recovery there's nothing preventing you from repartitioning the Galaxy Nexus the same way how Android systems used to be partitioned before Honeycomb, i.e. with a separate FAT32 internal partition for media storage. You just have to be aware of the tradeoffs: with a separate media partition, you have USB mass storage but you'll have to manage two separate partitions for apps and media with two separate space constraints. With a unified partition you just have one constraint, but you lose the USB mass storage capability.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
Thanks for that link.

Sounds ok then.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] birdster:
seems time waits for no man..... done here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1359579
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
Indeed..

*this* is why I got a Nexus :p Something not right.. wait a couple of hours and there'll be a fix on XDA..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blkrabb1t:
Sorry, but the Nexus is a pile if I can't use it as a DAP source for my car audio. Is there any possible way to enable USB mass storage? This device will have far too many compromises to be even usable if mass storage isn't present.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KevinMArchibald:
Which built-in or OEM car infotainment systems support MTP?

Supposedly Ford cars with SYNC 1.0/2.0 support MTP. Windows Embedded Automotive 7 supports MTP, which is used in the MY2012+ MyFord/MyLincoln Touch systems, Nissan Leaf, Fiat 500, and some Kia models (may go under the "Uvo" system name). Alpine may use WEA7 at some point, maybe in a built-in or OEM nav system that might have a USB port that would work with the Galaxy Nexus, but I haven't found any model numbers yet. There have also been rumors that some upcoming cars (Tesla Model S, maybe?) will use Android for their infotainment systems, but nothing specific, and that doesn't guarantee MTP support.

One article mentioned using Bluetooth instead, but I'm not sure how that would work with the car's built-in Bluetooth. Possibly means pairing with a portable Garmin/TomTom nav device that supports Bluetooth A2DP, though higher end portable nav devices have flash storage for music files and can play music directly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Balthazar B:
There are also several aftermarket head units that support MTP. Alpine, Sony, and Kenwood have some, I believe, and there may be others.

EDIT: As far as built-in goes, I think BMW has supported MTP devices on their stock audio systems for at least 3-4 years. I haven't looked at Audi or some of the better Japanese/Korean makes/models, but wouldn't surprise me if some of them did as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
This is not the same.

This is USB host functionality, where GN can access external usb disk attached to it.

What we are talking here is GN attached to something an recognized as usb disk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
Well, doesn't clockworkmod recovery already allow you to repartition your storage the way you want?

And since the OS does actually support usb mass storage, it should be fairly easy to create a FAT32 partition for sd card usage. (Similar to Nexus S, which has no sd card slot but comes with 2 partitions: 1 GB internal storage apps, 15 GB for usb storage)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Saturn1217:
Anyone actually own a Galaxy Nexus and a Mac?

Just out of curiosity I did read the google page about a google app to provide support for MTP on a Mac.

But has anyone actually used a galaxy nexus and a mac together? Is not having USB mass storage a big drawback for mac users or is it a non-issue?

I have no issues with only having 16gb of storage but one of my favorite features of android is having access to my files (unlike the iphone where itunes has to manage everything)

But my computer operating system is more important to me than my phone so...

Just wondered if anyone had first-hand experience with MTP workarounds for Mac OS

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
From my time using the app on OSX with my Xoom, it worked just fine. The app doesn't really provide extra functionality, all it really is is a glorified finder window that lets you drag/drop to/from the device.

Not sure if anything has changed using the GN with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RaduOv:
It is not working for me on Mac 10.7 (Lion) and Galaxy Nexus. Even though I installed the app Google recommends the device is never recognized - "Please connect a device" :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosswaa:
Would I not be able to plug it into my Xbox to play films off? I usually download films using my phone when I'm at work then plug my phone into either my TV or Xbox to play them through

I this no longer possible? Iv just ordered the gn and this would be a huge drawback
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
According to wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol

"MTP Basic has been proposed for standardization and shall become available on multiple platforms.

Windows XP supports MTP if Windows Media Player 10 or 11 (or the Windows Media 11 Runtime) is installed.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 natively implement MTP.

The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 can connect to MTP devices."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosswaa:
My TV supports connecting a USB hard drive to it, would the gn work in that as well?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tjtj4444:
Don't mean to be harsh, but how do you expect a proper response without saying what TV you have?

The question is if your TV has support for MTP or not. MTP in general is much better than USB mass storage for transferring files but the drawback is that some equipment does not support it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mike freegan:
It doesn't work on XBOX as I face this problem too. XBOX recognises it but doesn't show any of the files on it.

In fact, I haven't found anything other than a PC which will recognise it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt2053:
Linux user here, having a hard time getting it set up. Using wifi file transfer for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ibanez33:
So is this more in line with a network file share that effectively the OS is an intermediary between the device you connecting to and the storage. Which I presume the huge plus is having a more modern file system than fat32 on your storage.

I have got my GN yet so can't test anything but I presume the only real issue is connecting to old devices that aren't computer lol?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosswaa:
Well my TV shouldnt even play videos so its not documented if it supports mtp so not a clue
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
How did you set up the wireless transfer? And how is the speed compared to transfering with usb cable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gambiting:
wifi file explorer pro. Well worth the money.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
Thanks. But I just tried it and I get about 400 KB/second at most. With the usb cable I was able to get about 15 MB/second.

This started to look like a dealbreaker for me. I won't get a GN, unless it turns out to be possible to repartition the storage with a FAT32 partition or maybe add some sort of good MTP support for Linux.

Actually, the ideal solution for Linux users would be to be able to mount the whole single partition as an ext4 directly (since Linux is able read and write to ext4, unlike OSX and Windows). But still, that doesn't solve the problem that you won't be able to use it in your car or other devices which read from a usb mass storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blunden:
Check out libmtp. From what I hear it might need some work still and they hardcode all device IDs for some reason.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kingpin119:
can you see all files on the "sd card" part of the disk?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
You mean with wifi-based file explorers? Yes, of course you can.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NPS_CA:
MTP on Mac working for me (10.7/Lion) but sometimes flaky

You need this:

http://www.android.com/filetransfer/

Once installed plugging your Galaxy Nexus to your computer via USB will cause the File Transfer app to start and a finder looking window showing all content - ONLY content to what other phones would have shown on the \sdcard subfolders will be shown, NO \system, \data , etc will be shown

See attachment for what it looks like.

Flaky = Sometimes transfers just stall; reboot of the phone corrects this. Plug/replug USB does NOT. Right now for me it's working and FAST. Later it may not be.

Gripes: Would like an option where plugging in the phone DOES not auto open the app (e.g. if I'm doing ADB), would be nice to have a preferences option for this - as it will auto load, shell commands for reboot then pop up messages about "phone not connected" etc. It's not hard to manually start the app if the Google dev that made this allowed us to as needed.

Alternative for casual file transfer; use Dropbox.

For more organized transfer use SwiFTP via WiFI from your phone to the Mac and use Cyberduck on the Mac. NOTE: SwiFTP you must enable Keep Phone Awake/CPU full speed - as screen off = WiFi stalls.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lenard_hester:
Just out of curiosity (I am not a file system wiz by any stretch) would it be possible to mount the single partition anyway similar to how Multi Mount SD-Card does? This program allows you to access the SD card on your device and computer at the same time. Or would this not work because the single partition on the GN is not a FAT partition?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
I think it should be possible. Because Nexus S had no sdcard, but it's storage was partitioned into a 1 GB ext4 and 15 GB FAT32. In other words, Nexus S fooled Android to think it has an sdcard of 15 GB inside. So I think it should be possible but probably isn't worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Nope. No FAT32 partition on the GN.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KiNG OMaR:
I'm having serious issues transferring files on Windows 7. The files just hang at "Copying", Wifi File Explorer Pro is the only work around for me at the moment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tylose:
I was talking about Nexus S. I know the Galaxy Nexus does not have a FAT32 partition, that is the whole reason it has to use MTP. I just don't see why you wouldn't be able to repartition an ext4 partition into two smaller ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
If you repartitioned it that way then it would just mount as a USB mass storage device like any other pre-3.0 Android device. That has nothing to do with what the person you were replying to was asking.

Emphasis mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KiNG OMaR:
Is anyone else facing problems when trying to transfer multiple files on Windows 7? I have a 64-bit PC myself, and I really don't have any other computers to test on, but my files just hang at "Copying." I can copy files individually, but if I try to do more than one, it just hangs, then I am unable to copy ANY files. Run into the same using PTP.

HALP MEH :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lenard_hester:
While this wasn't what I was originally asking, I do see his suggestion as a viable alternative. I think dividing up the internal memory to have a fat partition would work just fine (for me at least).