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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] avinash60:
I guess anyone who does not like/ want to spend time on customizing the OS would love the iOS experience. Similar to what happens with Mac vs. PC. You want to customize and be able to change everything that you could possibly think of but with the possibility of messing up your system, get a PC/Android. You want an out of box experience which is pretty much smooth while only safely letting you stay within the virtual walls the engineers developed, get an Apple.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Meanee:
Android tablets slowly chopping away iPad marketshare

Not sure if this is a correct place to post it, but I saw this article this morning

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/26/strategy-analytics-apple-still-owns-tablet-market-but-android/

According to numbers, Android is slowly eroding Apple's hold on tablet market. And I believe numbers do not show Transformer Prime yet. Wonder how long until we see the same thing here that happened with phone market, when Android overtook iPhone.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
iPhone hit back strongly last quarter though, impressive for one company to out-perform every other company out there put together. But yeah it is inevitable, Android will chip more of that market share away in upcoming years as long as companies produce great phones and tablets.

I cannot resist pointing out that quality control plays a huge role in it though. If Android phones and tablets become known for quality hardware and build wise as much as Android itself has become a very solid and stable operating system, this will happen quickly. But if the 'best Android tablet' launch, like that of TF201, is continuously full of problems in the future, then it's basically Android shooting itself in the foot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Buddy Revell:
Excellent points. I totally agree.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Meanee:
It's not Android shooting itself in the foot, more like manufacturers who may get a bit overzealous with design. Even iPad used plastic areas on the backing for antennas. WiFi sits behind Apple logo, and 3G modem is on the black plastic bar. I believe if Asus was not so concerned about keeping the theme of Zenbook, we would have far less issues.

Then there are manufacturers who simply don't give a damn about looks and not a lot of people may want to buy it. Look at Toshiba Thrive. Thing is gigantic, thick and heavy.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
But the thing is that this reflects on Android. People will firsthand think of it as an 'Android' device, before ASUS/Lenovo/Samsung and so on. And if that experience is bad then they are less likely to buy Android device in the future or recommend it to friends. This slows adoption rate.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] h0kum:
Steve Jobs was the reason Apple always got these basic things right, he knew what he wanted the devices to do and absolutely insisted they get it to work, no comprises. He may have been a notorious **** but he was a genius in many ways. Companies like Asus need someone like that to give them a kick up the arse and tell them when they're being stupid. If they had someone to point out that perhaps making a gadget entirely out of metal without anywhere for the signal to get in or out wasn't a great idea things would have turned out differently.

It's stunning that these enormous organisations can be so stupid. Apple can (mostly) get this stuff right, why does everyone else find it so difficult?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
iPhone did do quite well, although those numbers were a bit inflated by the "new Apple model" pent-up demand syndrome. And I do hate how the uninformed report the numbers as if Apple actually almost caught up with Android in smartphone market share. They didn't, of course--they just increased their share of phones sold THAT QUARTER. Overall, Android actually gained more market share in Q4 than Apple did.

Just had to point that out. :D

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I wrote a blog post on this very topic: http://www.thetechchat.com/2012/01/08/will-2012-be-the-android-tablet-markets-year-i-think-so/

I think it's inevitable, as long as Android tablet makers decide to market these things (which includes distributing and pricing them). Honestly, as much of an ASUS fan as I became after how they supported the OG Transformer, I'm not so much of a fan of the Prime's launch. Too many of these kinds of launches, and the iPad will continue to dominate.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mithent:
This is a general problem with Android. If people get an Android phone with great hardware and solid firmware, they'll be happy with it. Unfortunately, a lot of people are getting mid-to-low tier Android phones with mediocre firmware laden down with carrier tat, and they might well develop poor opinions of Android as a platform.

It's the same as always with Apple: less choice and less freedom, but you get a guarantee that the thing will work as advertised because they control it top-to-bottom. PCs or Android phones or any other open platform have the potential to be great, but they also have the potential to be awful, and the buyer has to be more discriminating to makes sure they have a good experience.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] d.bobo:
True but I prefer the Prime above the iPad :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] joe_dude:
I think Android will improve over the course of this year as manufacturers get use to making tablets and ICS becomes the base Android version.

As for Apple's recent success, it's mostly due to all the press from Steve Job's death. It captured a lot of attention around the world. Kinda like Princess Diana's tragedy. So instead of buying flowers, it's gadgets.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I think numbers go up cause of kindle and Fire. Most don't want to spend over $300 for a tablet or ipad so they go for those. For premium devices majority (not us here) of end users would rather buy an Ipad cause of the brand and hype if the price is almost the same. Just wait till ipad 3 comes out and everyone and their momma will be buying one over whatever new tablet comes out and ipad will widen the margin again. I've had a several friends that are non techy and some kind of techy and were android users but have moved over apple and they love their devices. No crash, smooth, and for the most part works as it should. They're all waiting for the next iphone/ipad and don't want to look at another android device again because it left a bad taste.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] churd83:
I have Eagleblood 2.5 with faux123 .46 kernel and I wanted to apply the stock g2x bootanimation and sound but i cant get the sound to work. The bootanimation works and the audio is in the /system/media/audio/poweron folder but its still not working. Is there a boot file that fetches the bootanimation and sounds on boot? Any help would be awesome!

Note: there was no bootanimation sound in the Eagleblood 2.5 rom so there was no /poweron file
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rymenigmatic:
Install morfic's T15 kernel and it will place the poweron folder for you ...you then can revert back to faux's kernel and the folder will still be there...then you can copy and paste your poweron.ogg file... make sure the audio file is named poweron.ogg...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] churd83:
OK thanks ill give that a shot and yea the file is named poweron.ogg
[T-Mobile LG G2x] churd83:
That worked ur awesome!
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omnifather:
Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has this problem. Since I updated to 7740 the album wallpapers that come up in now playing, zune live tile and also show up on the lock screen when playing music don't come up anymore. Has anybody experienced this and what could I do to fix it? Thanks.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lifear:
There is Album Art displayed? I tought, that is the Artist Picture in the Lockscreen, but only, if there is a Artist Picture in Marketplace available for the current played song.

but to have Album Art would be better.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omnifather:
Thanks for the correction bilbo_b, artist picture not album art. I used to have the artist pictures for all my media ever since the update no more. I've reset the phone twice and still no luck. Really irritating.
[Motorola Droid 3] poetryrocksalot:
Apps are all in phone memory. I have 1.5+ available app storage.

Does anyone have a fix to prevent my Droid 3 from uninstalling my apps for no apparent reason?
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Try rebooting the phone a few times to see if they come back. I had this problem before with certain apps. Sometimes they wouldn't show up but a reboot often brought them back

xt860, android 2.3.5, Eclipse 1.1.1
[Motorola Droid 3] somemadcaaant:
Generally only happens when you have apps on the external sd card, a lot of apps default to this when installing or even updating. A restart will fix this as Andoroid said but just move the apps to the internal memory, you may be surprised you still have some on external.

-smc
[Motorola Droid 3] nu2droid:
Especially ones with widgets. Widgets don't play well from the sd-ext card.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GalaxynexusVZW:
I generally like to have multiple cases for my phones. I have bought a couple of cases already without having the phone and would like to know which one you guys think is the best. These are the cases I have bought:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/37056726677...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_4251wt_1219

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15071254990...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3081wt_986

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0067I0A04/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GuestK0080:
I havent heard many good things about the popcase that it may not provide enough protection. It looks cool though. I have the toughcase but its a dust magnet for starters and the silicone also gets in the way of my screen protector (zagg) at the corners. I have a diztronic tpu case and i like the fit of it better and its thin enough to not be too noticeable. So far i like it best but im still waiting for something better....like otterbox?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GalaxynexusVZW:
Yes, I can not wait for the otterbox. I also found a case for other phones called Sillicrylic (I think thats how you spell it) and that looks like an awesome case!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dreamray:
i think nude is better!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kizura:
Hi, before I get my SGN i had a Desire HD with PoP case !

And I was very satisfied with it :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GalaxynexusVZW:
Thank you, I just noticed that one of the ebay links is actually 7 cases, which is awesome so I can switch it out. I will let you guys know which one is best when I get them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darrendm:
I have this one, and for £1.89 I think it is pretty fantastic. Looks and feels great!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoniKickAHoleInTheSky:
Nay to all of the above

Why hide the Google design. If you look at the use of the phone, the corners are the most hit, so a bumper design is the best. the cases in this post like others I've found are thick and bulky for no real benefit.

iPhone is the best example of what we need.

"Can't paste the link as I'm too new but refer to Ebay "iPhone 4S bumper"

We need to push this design before making out pockets bulk up...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ironerd:
GNex Bumper case DIY

I made a simple DIY mod to turn a cheap case into a Bumper case.

Search instructibles.com for 'DIY Bumper Case for Galaxy Nexus' and it will come up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CB620:
I would like to keep my phone without a case but the fear of dropping or body wear would get under my skin.

I have a diztronic currently and I'm also ordering some cruzerlite cases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2manycells:
I have a case obsession as well and have many for the Gnex. My latest is the otterbox commuter, which I really love - though its noteworthy that many people do not like this case. A good one as well is the Trident Agesis - I am waiting for this one to be release at the end of Feb.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dothedyu:
Search isn't coming up. Repost please
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paulosman:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Bumper-Case-for-Galaxy-Nexus/?ALLSTEPS
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Yadao:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&me=A1OK9R8S7S5URY
[Vibrant General] stalked_r/t:
Anyone know if this is affecting Cyan dev for the SGSii?

While the Samsung Vibrant may not be the newest kid on the block anymore, it’s still quite the capable device and one that has gotten tons of support through community development. One community ROM was the ever-so-popular Cyanogen Mod. I say “was” because support is no longer being offered for this device. Not, it’s n0t because Steve Kondik and his buddies don’t love you anymore.

It’s because of a 911 re-routing issue that causes problems when dialing the nationwide emergency help service. Workarounds have looked promising, but with the 911 operator not able to hear whoever’s calling from this phone with CyanogenMod it kind of defeats the purpose.

We are no longer supporting the Vibrant due to the inability to dial 911. We consider the issues related to this unresolvable without source code from Samsung related to the Radio interface layer and its interactions with the Audio layers and have taken the decision to no longer support this. We apologize for the inconvenience and strongly suggest that Vibrant users use a Samsung ROM due to the 911 issues with any ROMs based on open source code.

You can probably guess why they will no longer support this device. They don’t want to be held responsible for someone not being able to call 911 in a true emergency and time of need. Continuing to support and offer the ROM would be gravely irresponsible of the team.

Although most disclaimers remind users that anything that happens to their phone is not the developers’ fault, this issue is too sensitive to handle improperly and therefore they won’t. Instead, they’ll opt to direct users to TouchWiz-based ROMs based on official firmware versions.

Of course, those on Cyanogen Mod will still be able to use it and if you can find a download somewhere you can flash it, but until this 911 thing gets figured out on some of Samsung’s devices (the Epic 4G also has this issue and is a big reason why Cyanogen Mod was never officially released for it) you can pretty much say goodbye to future updates.

I do strongly encourage users to find and download a Samsung-based ROM that looks good to them because not having an emergency response service is not something you want to have to deal with. Trust me, I know from experience. [Cyanogen Mod via Androinica]
[Vibrant General] garyd9:
More info before anyone panics:

@Abhisek Devkota:

To clarify, this issue is strictly isolated against the Vibrant, not any of its i9000 counterparts.

International users using 112 do not seem to be affected, and the issue is prevalent on T-mobile's network, regardless of emergency number called (eg 911 or 112). The affected code is applicable to all ROMs utilizing either CM base code or Google's AOSP code. ROMs simply modifying stock Samsung distributions should not be affected.

As for discovery, this was discovered a couple months back, luckily in a non-life threatening situation. Since then, we have had a disclaimer in the release post, hoping that we would be able to come to a solution. Unfortunately, it appears that we will not be able to, and therefor, to limit user endangerment, our liability, and our own sense of personal responsibility, we are freezing any future releases for the device.

There are multiple roadblocks to solving this issue, namely the code responsible is Samsung proprietary, the issue is mainly network specific, and testing the solutions would require multiple calls to 911; which would be a felony in the US to abuse that system. Couple that with Team Hacksung being mainly internationally based, and the probability of solving it becomes a lot less.

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In other words, this has nothing to do with the i777
[Vibrant General] defconoi:
Sounds like we gotta all put our heads together and get this 911 bug fixed at all costs
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommo123:
i never had a galaxy S so now idea how bad that really was, but it does kinda suck when you need gps and have to have data on to get a lock in a shortish manner (mainly on holiday where i have no data allowance).

any chance that process tech (nodes etc) will have matured to the point where we can have a dedicated gps received in our phones of the quality of what you can get in a tom tom or whatever? no data needed at all to work?

i ask since i use gps on holidays via jogtracker to track where i've been and the train/bus/plane journies from A to B. very cool to look at after the fact - zoom in - and see what you were passing at the time :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzmtl:
Well, you could go tell the US government to go modify their satellite so they transfer GPS almanac faster to your device.

Otherwise no, you'll need to get the info from somewhere, either from data network or the satellites themselves.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommo123:
what? it's nothing to do with the satellites. get a tom tom and they lock on within 30 secs. get an sgs2 without data and it will lock on within 30 seconds, upto 5+ minutes, same with my old desire.

the "get the info from somewhere" line? it comes from the gps sats.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzmtl:
Well it was a joke, but looks like you didn't it. So to simplify the answer:

NO
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timonoj:
The answer keeps being NO, but I'm gonna explain a bit further:

First time you boot a Tom Tom, it can stay anything from 5 to 10 minutes out in the sun to catch the goddamn GPS signal. Which is the average time for any GPS to get proper signal the standard manner. What happens the next time? Well, your tom has already the GPS data cached, so unless you move very far from the last point you connected the GPS, it will catch it rather fast (because it's asuming it stays in the same location).

With Android the results are rather mixed. I believe the caching part is done per app basis, which means maybe an app will get a fast lock provided you used it recently, and some other apps may really take the 5 minutes to get the proper location without any aid.

I think an standarized cache in android for any app using the GPS could be a good idea.

But that's my thought.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
AGPS is also used as a signal booster in areas of low GPS signal .

Phone GPS does not need AGPS to work .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3waygeek:
Also, smartphones generally have weaker GPS antennas than dedicated navigation devices -- a good GPS antenna requires space, something that's at a premium in a smartphone. There are probably also RF issues to contend with.

So a smartphone is more likely to have a poor GPS signal and thus require help from other technologies like AGPS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommo123:
than you to the last 3 posters for providing useful responses :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Japots:
As reference, my SGS1 had terrible GPS. If I had no data and I wasn't using wireless networks to help pinpoint my location, the GPS sat would never find me.

In comparison, my SGS2 can usually get a lock on me within 30 seconds without data/wifi on and no assitance from wireless networks.

It may not be as fast or as reliable as a dedicated GPS unit, but it gets the job done when I need to know where the flip i am.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehosh:
Hi,

So I installed GalnetMIUI yesterday after trying a few other ROMs (about 5 other ones). I settled on GalnetMIUI in the end.

However, now I can't seem to be able to charge it with the phone off when USB debugging is OFF. Every time I switch the phone off, everything goes fine, but if the phone is plugged in (whether its the charger or USB charging), or you plug it in after it switches off, it switches itself back on for no reason.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehosh:
Anyone have any answers? :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Um, Galnet forums ? Just a suggestion :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da.trute:
I found the galnet forum unusable, I signed up but then couldn't access anything, if you click on forum i just get an empty page. If I click on a recent post and try to drill down to to the base forum for SGS2 I get a blank page. I have also tried to sign up to mui twice, i just dont get a confirmation email. Just wish we could get Galnet back on XDA so we can get some decent support but I hear Galnet have been naughty.

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I had a similar problem, I burnt my down to zero charge by accident, when I plugged it into the wall (not a PC) it wouldnt charge, it would only charge from a USB into my PC. Havent tried it again since I updated to most recent ICS though.

I am a bug fan off this ROM though, good battery life.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matee89:
It's an known CM7 bug. When you have USB debugging OFF, your phone will automatically boot if you connect it to the charger or your PC's USB port. It persists on CM7, MIUI and GalnetMIUI as well (AOSP based). You've got to live with it, or just turn the USB debugging ON if you want to off-charge.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehosh:
Bummer, thanks for the answer! :/
[HTC EVO 3D] xlancealotx:
ok our daughter is going to middle school and we got her an evo 3d (during the amazon .01 sale). I am looking for some app suggestions to lock the phone down to help with porn, etc. similar to norton family protect online.

I am also looking to track via GPS, and playing with Life 360's app which seems pretty cool, but the app tends to close (even though it's set to run in the background).

So as I start this stressful journey, I figured there were some parents out here already doing this (or trying) and could suggest.

Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] twiztidninja:
invasion of privacy much.

**** if i had a gps tracker on me when i was a kid i woulda lived a very sheltered life. kids need to be able to lie about where there going occasionally don't take all the3 fun out of being a teenager
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
Lookout is similar to Norton, as far as blocking sites, I'm unsure whether it does that or not. Sprint offers family tracker for a monthly fee, I don't know of any other ones available.

Mobile Security offers parental controls for android. Check it out, free on the market.
[HTC EVO 3D] xlancealotx:
twiztidninja - when its your kid, we can talk. If you have already and simply don't care of "never my kid" then that's another issue.

When I was a kid, well if we were lucky enough to get a playboy or something, it was the world. Now a simple mistype on a URL can bring hardcore porn as well as other sick things the internet has to offer and that's something I don't want to expose my 11 year old daughter (not a teenager as you assumed) to. The fact is it's a different and sick world now, and I don't have a problem with her going places, just want to know she is safe as best as I can. As for "kids need to lie", well maybe in your life that's acceptable, but were raising our kids differently. Then again, from your grammer and profanity on a public forum, I can see we already differ on other issues.

Twolazyg - thanks, http://www.mobiflock.com/ seems to be in beta and really looks like a great app and I will check the others as well.