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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knoxploration:
As pointed out in another thread by user 'sontin', there is at least a little workaround for movie watching on the TF201 which for some reason never occurred to me. If you turn the screen round 180 degrees, your hand shouldn't cover the speaker grille. Still a silly design, but this does at least partially improve things. Shame it's still mono, though...

Another post from AndroidPolice, btw, says that sound quality "pretty good" It does, however, refute earlier reviews that claimed there was a subwoofer in the dock -- accoding to AndroidPolice, there is no difference in sound when docked or undocked. That must mean either there's a problem with their review unit, or the subwoofer is in the tablet itself.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kokusho:
Do you guys seriously hold your tablet in your hands during whole movie ?

Hands covering the speaker is a non issue.

On the other side, it having only one speaker is.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
If it's any consolation, iPad2 speaker placement sucks just as much. It has "stereo" speakers placed in the same location,

at the backside of one corner of the tablet.

Happy iPad users? Not for its speakers.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1129839

The short of it is: All tablets have warts. If you care about audio (and don't want to use headphones), then get some BT speakers.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Magnesus:
Yes, while watching YouTube videos. And it is a problem then.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ravynmagi:
iPad actually has perfect speaker placement in my opinion.

In landscape mode with the home button on the right side, the speaker is above the right hand. And in this position your hands are not covering up volume or power buttons.

This is how ASUS should have done it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Or no subwoofer at all ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knoxploration:
Yes, actually, I do. Fairly regularly. (Well, more frequently with hour-long TV shows than full movies, but I've watched a good few movies that way too.)

And nor is movies the only use case. I listen to streaming internet radio a lot while using my tablet. People gaming on touch-only games will also likely want sound, but end up covering the speaker. (They're more likely than most to be bothered by mono audio too, since in games, directional sound can be an important cue to the location of enemies or objects, etc.

It is, whichever way you look at it, a dumb speaker location.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bimboy:
I think you need to qualify that for

you and your individual situation, you

consider it dumb. Not for me though. I'm a righty, and hold tablets with my left hand. If I am watching a movie, I'll use the dock or my lap. So, I'm perfectly fine with it. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ChrisDos:
With the the exception of having the speakers forward facing, putting the speaker where they did so I can cup the sound actually makes sense. When I watch movies on my E3D without headphones, if I cup the speaker so the sound comes towards me, I get fairly good sound. Putting it where they did, should allow me to easily cup the sound towards me. I know it's not ideal, but it's not a deal breaker for me in the least.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Exactly, cupping the speaker makes the sound reflect back to you and actually make it louder. Have the same effect on my Atrix phone and iPad. As long as it cupping the speaker, it will sound great. If you cover the speaker all the way flat with your hand, then it will sound muffled or lower. Asus even said the speaker placement was for it to reflect of a wall or something similar. I guess that's assuming people will set the device down or up against something will watching a movie or something. Plus Everyones hearing Is different so I'll wait till I actually get it to pass judgement of the quality of sound coming out of it.

I know people aren't expecting this to sound like 15in. Huge magnet subwoofers, do they?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mapas01:
Plus chances are, where you are on the go and holding your TF2 in hand, you are not playing the noise outloud anyways. Probably using headphones.

When you are at your desk/table somwhere you will probably be putting it down to watch it, or plugging it into some external speakers.

I'm not too worried about the speaker placement, other than the whole stereo/mono thing. But I will wait for more reviews to cover that.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] knoxploration:
I'm a righty too. You might hold the tablet with your left hand while interacting with things that don't generally require much audio, like a web browser, where you want to use your dominant hand for typing etc. If you're just holding the tablet while watching a movie or TV program you're far more likely to hold it with your dominant hand, covering the speaker, though. And for touch-screen gaming, you're more likely to use both hands.

I'll note that every single review I've seen so far which has discussed audio in any detail -- reviews from people who have actually used the tablet -- have agreed with me that the speaker placement is poorly judged.

Cupping the speaker works when it is on the side, where it was in the Transformer. It won't work with the TF201--at least, unless you support the entire weight of the tablet with your left hand the entire time--because with the speaker on the back, you can't support the weight of the tablet with your right hand without either blocking the speaker, or putting your hand on the side of the tablet (thereby preventing you reflecting the sound towards yourself.)

No, not in the least. I do, however, expect it to be an upgrade from the TF101, given how Asus is hyping the TF201's audio capabilities -- and every indication is that it isn't an upgrade, and is debatably a downgrade.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bimboy:
That's fine. I'm just telling you how I use tablets, and that I disagree with you. I use headphones for much (almost all) of my mobile media, as I have TVs if I'm sharing media with others. I also use my lap, and if it needs to be held steady, then I use my left hand.

I never game with the sound on external speakers. It just sounds so much better on headphones. I look at tablet speakers as a stopgap. Nobody in their right mind would think that something slightly better than a piezo would put out decent fidelity.

The ONLY thing I would use the external speaker with other folks around is talking to my college kids on Skype, with my wife beside me. As long as I have volume, which all reviews say we do have decent volume, then that's all I need. I'd likely use the dock for that though, since moving Skype video is nauseating.

If you have different needs, please don't think I have them too.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] miaumatus:
Asus Transformer Inside :)

So, its stereo only in vertical position! :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theandies:
I don't know what Asus device that is but it's not a Prime. Primes don't have a cooling fan.

Primes do have two speakers as seen in this x-ray of a Prime (bottom right corner):
[Acer Iconia A500] shalomhr:
Guys I was windering if anybody knew of a handwriting app that would be very responsive and fast using a stylus pen.

I use my tab for college and well fast recognition and accuracy would be whats needed. I have a dagi p605 stylus ( if im not incorrect)

Any ideas?

Thanks good day!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] jon-.-:
I use supernote for my classes.

It doesn't convert you're writing into text format, I'm not sure if that what you meant by fast recognition or not, but it's the best note taking app I've used on Android (I've tried them all.)

And as of now there is no app that is able to translate hand writing into text that I know of, I've been waiting for it though. I know ios has it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickk:
Hello I've just used an app gaurd to lock my pin lock my settings, root explorer, and titanium backup, so in the event of theft an attacker cant factory reset without knowing the pin or doing a hard reset.

Now my problem is that I want them to be able to connect to the internet so I can use Cerberus to take webcam shots, keylog, track with gps, and access their browsing history. However with settings locked they can't connect to new wifi networks without my pin.

Are there any big and obvious apps I can throw on my homescreen that allow them to do this?

On another note, is there a way I can also lock the cwm recovery console so only I can access it? like a BIOS password or something?
[LG Optimus 2x] cristiano.orlando:
Hi

I recovered it using nvflash v10b but now after reflashing the rom with euro BIN_LGP990AT-00-V10b-NEU-XXX-APR-05-2011

Or v20l, touchscreen is dead... everything goes "ok", since it gets cell signal, loads sd... but the touch does not respond at all

What i gotta do ?

Tks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bazirker:
Alright so this is an idiotic question so please forgive me, but...

If I want to switch from Starburst to a different ROM, when I flash Calkulin's "format all" beforehand, will it delete all my apps, messages, photos, etc? If so, is there a way to save and restore these things all at once? I have a bunch of important text messages that I can't really lose access to (work related).

Thanks!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duce HD2:
Not sure how to backup text mess, maybe a third party app in the market? Everything on your SD card (internal and ext) will remain intact, no worries there. You can backup all your apps with titanium backup, then restore then on the new rom. Otherwise you'll have to redownload everything.

All other stuff will be lost with format all zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] malickie:
Ok so the Stock music player will not find the music I have on my SD Card for some odd reason. I installed PowerAmp just to check if it was an SD Card issue but that finds and reads the Music just fine so I really have no idea what is going on. Also had this thing installed on my HTC Vivid and the music is found, same with the Atrix 2 I have. So it seems it is just this phone, any ideas would be helpful. So far I have tried UnNamed Rom, Perception, and Lidroid...all three exact same results. Oh yea same with Video's as well. I can explore to them all using a file explorer but they don't show in the stock Video/Music Player, also photos from other phone does not show up in gallery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
That is odd. Mine has never had an issue finding everything.

Use the google market to download a free song. Then throw all your music in that folder and then see if it picks it up.

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Did you accidentally add a .nomedia file somewhere on the SD card?

I've had that happen before on the Infuse.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] malickie:
Just checked and there is no .nomedia file anywhere on the card and I also had just gotten done reformatting the card and moving files back to the card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] malickie:
Just did that and the irony is that it did add it to the google music player but not to the stock music player...Nothing is showing in the Stock Music player. It is also randomly does Media Scanning. I am starting to wonder if the actual SD Reader is out of the box busted. I bought this thing through Amazon, can I just take it to an AT&T store and get a replacement through them or should I go directly through Samsung or am I stuck requesting a new phone from Amazon?

I was able to get the music noticed but I had to move it to the Internal Memory...Not the solution I need but works temporarily unless anyone has any better ideas.

Just figured out how to find out if it is hardware or software related...Gonna flash Miui and if it still has issues than it is most def. hardware considering this card works perfectly fine in the 4 other phones I have.

Well that pretty much just confirmed my suspicions of the card reader having issues considering it is doing the same exact thing in Miui Rom that is using a totally different Stock Music Player. Now I get to have the fun of figuring out where and how to get a new one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] malickie:
So new information that i thought i ought to share for anyone having issues like this. i had a bunch of backup apks on the card and some where down the line one of them got corrupted so for some reason this phone pickes up on it when all the others would just skip it and continue scanning for media this one stopped. so if you run into this issue try deleting your backed up apps or before doing that back them up to your pc than bring them back 1 by 1 until you find the culprit.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leftspeaker2000:
Hi we recently just got zune pass here in Australia and i did the 14 day trial, as you know you have to enter a credit card in order to do so with it switching to a 1 month subscription at the end automatically. So my 14 day trial ended yesterday and i go into zue and check my account it says zune pass 1-month subscription - renews 1/01/2012 but when i try to play my music it gives me a DRM error code COODOBBE.

If i check billing and services says that i have a subscription and says it has been billed to me although ti currently does not show up on my credit card. What on earth is going on and why is there no contact number to contact the zune people to fix this problem or even ask about it. So now i have no zune on the webpage, on my WP7 or on my comptuer.

Anyone have any ideas ?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
Try reading about the issue on the following page:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-rights/151ccc65-0e8d-4804-9d37-7b9f45b00a10
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
Hello everybody. I updated from eg30 (I only had the phone for a day and had one LOS on eg30) and went to ek02. I wanted to create this thread for all the brave souls who updated to let everyone know if it's worth losing the eg30. I haven't been running it too long... only ~ten hours or so. I haven't had LOS yet. As far as reception, speeds, quality, etc. I have no idea; I just got the phone yesterday night.

Let's try and keep this organized. If you want to report your findings on ek02 please do so in this format:

Previous LOS ~frequency (and Modem version):

With ek02, LOS frequency(if any... hopefully, none):

data speeds/ reception on old modem:

data speeds/ reception on ek02:

Just a courtesy thread for those who are laying back and waiting.

Edit: a few people brought up a good point. Kernel matters! Include kernel observations too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
Would love to see some reports. For those on eg30 that are going to update to ek02 run some speed tests first then update and run more and compare them. Thanks.

Sent my from IPad!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
Pretty much my thoughts. Hopefully people will actually post their results in this thread to help others who haven't updated :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
With the EG31 modem and EG31 [or EK02] stock kernel, I have not have one LOS or ghost LOS.

Been 12 days.

:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffixnyc:
I never got them while I was on the EG30 or 31 stock kernel. I would get los at least once a day on every custom kernel.

Today I got los (on the EK02 modem and Lostkernel) but it seemed to happen when the signal was handed off from my airave to the normal mobile signal. Once I left airave coverage I was looking at my phone. I saw it disconnect from it, my bars came back (full) but no 3g icon or data until I rebooted. I just flashed the stock Ek02 kernel so hopefully I wont get it again like I didnt on the other two stock pulled kernels
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
I'm referring to just the modem:, not the kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
Considering that they are both contributing factors (although the modem is more so) they are both relevant
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Same here and I went to some known bad spots too and the EK02 kernel with EG31 modem seems to be working really well so far. The kernel does play a role so hopefully we will see some comparisons using same kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sling:
Yeah Kernel plays a big part f,sure.

LOST kernel los has been out of control , many of its users went back stock kernel finding los to be little to none.

Why thats ignored placing majority of blame on modem is beyond me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
I knew that...(not really :) ) I'll add kernel to the op. Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
I'm running both the EK02 kernel with the EK02 modem. Not one LoS to speak of yet (running since about 1pm yesterday). The bars don't jump around as much, I seem to be getting a better signal. Before this I was running the Rogue stock kernel and had the EG30 modem (of course).

As far as speeds, that's difficult to say given all the variables on a mobile connection. So far though the 3G download speeds seem to be higher, double what they were almost. That doesn't say much when they were 7 - 24kBps before. Now I'm looking at 30 - 50+kBps. Like I said, that could just be a fluke so more testing will need to be done. WiMax has about the same speeds too, was 380kBps average, now it's around 440kBps. - Those are kiloBYTES not kiloBITS for those that get confused.

The kernel seems to be a significant improvement though. Benchmarking scores went up on Antutu, Quadrant, and Linpak. The system had no lag before so without benchmarking you really can't tell.

Lastly, the ROM updates are nice I guess. A few icon changes and the overscroll glow has now been changed to blue, as opposed to the yellow it was before. Other than that nothing fancy or notable has changed from what I can tell.

One addition here, the battery life is very noticeable with the update. For me at least - it drains significantly slower than the previous stock kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Respect18:
I havent had LoS or ghost LoS ever since I installed the modem and the kernel, I usually get 3 a day but 18 hours in, nothing, nada.

I have noticed the phone "snappier" than normal though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
Was anybody getting random hot reboots with any eg31 kernels? If you have, did the ek02 kernel remedy that? Others and myself have been trying to solve our hot reboot issue (in Calkulin's thread). We don't know what is causing them for a select few of us.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kleen3r:
I flashed the ek02 kernel on blazer rom and still get hot reboots. I've tried almost every rom with different kernel combos and still get them. Got them on stock eg30 and eg31 kernels and modems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
Can you either post here or pm me a list of apps you have? I had these reboots on my Evo 3d and I'm using the same apps. Let's compare the apps that we have... because as of right now, the only variable I haven't tried is a rogue app. :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kleen3r:
I don't think it's an app but maybe a custom script used by the rom developers. The only time I didn't get the reboot is by going back to the stock rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
If it was a script.... wouldn't everyone be getting these issues? Some are getting it on every single rom too.

If you're on Calk's do you think it's the undervolt?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fastfreddy7:
just updated mine a couple of hours ago, so this may be a bit premature, but I dont really see any increases in network speed. When using the speedtest app the before and after results were about the same. That being said I am at work, where I get a halfway decent signal if I m outside the building. The true test will be when I get home tonight. Aside from network speed being the same everything else seems pretty much unchanged, with the exception of the phone seeming to be a bit more snappy, although it could just be in my head. Lin pack scores did seem a bit higher, but nothing to go crazy over. I have only had one LOS since launch day, so that isnt really an issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ker0zene:
I just wanted to chime in with my experience after flashing the EK02 modem. I flashed it about 3 hours ago, after I had received 2 LOS at work this morning.. and typically been getting at least 3-4 a day (stock pulled kernel with CMW - Lost kernel was no better)

So far I haven't received any LOS but I've been getting the best 3G speeds I've seen yet. I was getting around 15KBps average in my office (and that is after months of running speed tests!) and I just ran a few tests now and I'm getting ~70KBps after 3 runs. Very noticeable improvement although it isn't spectacular, much more acceptable. I just compared it to my previous speedtest.net result history and it's by far the best speeds I've gotten since I've owned the phone in this same exact location (my desk at work)

Thanks again to everyone involved getting us this leaked firmware!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kleen3r:
I don't think so. I was on calks, flashed a stock kernel, took out the undervolt script and still got the reboots.

Again, I never got them on a stock rom, only custom ones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lukelee83:
I just wanted to say that I don't quite buy the explanation given by the samgsung dev on the other thread. My brother and I both have the epic touch. We live in the same house, and his work is literally 10 min. away from mine on the same street.

I never rooted my phone because I didn't want to mess with it before the LOS fix comes, so it is completley stock. My brother went ahead and tried different kernels, modems and ROMs. My brother had LOS on just about every kernels and modems (including EG31) he tried. I, on the other hand, never had a single LOS, and I've been using this phone over a month and a half.

If the explanation given by the samsung dev is true and the LOS issue is caused by spotty coverage, either we both should have LOS or we both should not. As it is now, we basically live and work in the same area and only my borther is getting LOS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squiggie:
I have been working with sprint executive service trying to get this update "officially" pushed to my phone. No go so far. Some reps (advanced tech dept) even saying that Samsung hasn't given it to them yet (HUGE load of B.S.). I am waiting for a call back from a director right now. They said by end of business today, but I'm not getting my hopes up for a call back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scmobileman:
I had my phone for three days with no LOS. Today I moved from eg30 to ek02 and in the first hour had one LOS. Nothing since that time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fatboypup:
No LOS and way better 3g speeds so far today
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffix31:
I feel like Sprint is doing a lot of work on thier towers in a lot of markets. i will go days with out getting a failed text and then one day where it will be non stop, even my wife who is on a og palm pre will get them some days when i do. i think the occasional random service issue can happen but we are all super sensative to it given our situation. let us know if any other los happens.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dulanic:
I've gotten los twice with just the ek02 modem. Will try with the ROM next.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rgregg504:
Day and a half no Los ek02 ROM and kernel eg31 modem. Hoping it was fixed with the kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Moose8106:
For those not getting LOS, are you using the ek02 kernel? I'm using the ek02 modem with the stock Calkulin kernel (rogue eg31?). I haven't had LOS yet
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kurtosterhage:
I may have just gotten a ghost LOS on EK02. I had full signal and 3G in the status bar, but data was not working. The only sign of data doing anything was an occasional flash of the sending data indicator on the 3G icon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rgregg504:
I think that means you were on 1x I get that alot
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
Do you have the lock mod or aio installed? Because the version before the new release would give reboots.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kurtosterhage:
Wouldn't it do something though, even if it was only at 1x speed?