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[Kindle Fire General] nxd:
I don't have any comment about the stock Amazon software (only used it long enough to root and install TWRP and CM7).

The hardware is quite nice, however. Very solid construction — maybe a bit heavy, but the result is a satisfying feel.

The user experience is very good under the unofficial CM7 ports, even though they are still relatively early in development. As the available AOSP/CM ROMs mature, I think the UX will be excellent, especially ICS.

Some will see the lack of camera and microphone as a disadvantage. Obviously the KF isn't tailor-made for Skype. But I don't need or want every device I own to be able to look at me, listen to me, pinpoint itself on a map, etc. For web browsing, reading, media viewing, and probably gaming, I think the KF's capabilities are probably fine. It already does a much better job at Google Earth than my friend's iPad 2, with the exception of not having GPS.

It's worth noting that the KF appears to have hardware controllers for both GPS and Bluetooth, but it's not clear that either device is connected to an antenna. If not, obviously they won't work without hardware mods.
[Kindle Fire General] hdmunger:
I gather from this that the headphone jack includes microphone capability...so I would think you could use a stereo cell phone headset and the wifi to make calls using skype (voice only). Has any body tried this and how well did it work?
[Kindle Fire General] Aahz Pervect:
I think that what we have with the Kindle Fire is this kind of amazing intersection of price-point and brand name recognition.

At $199 you can get a lot of people in the door and the Amazon name backing it and maintaining an app store lets consumers know that the company behind the device is actually serious about it and, unlike some of the competition, isn't going out of business any time soon.

Where all of this wonderfully manifests itself for us as tech enthusiasts is in how quickly the device was rooted, how quickly meaningful recovery options were made available, and how many ROMs/firmwares/OSs are already in some stage of working and working well whether that's in a state of alpha, beta, or stable release.

There are better tablets out there but at $199 and with this much of a solid scene hammering on the thing you'd be hard pressed to find a better entry point into tablets.
[Kindle Fire General] greenskeeper805:
Yes. You'll love it. Neilson is a jack***.
[Kindle Fire General] borborpa:
There is already a very long thread on that. The microphone only works on some apps.
[Kindle Fire General] TesseractSpace:
I knew about the bluetooth, but I hadn't heard of a GPS in it. If there were some way to make bluetooth and GPS active on the Fire it'd be really awesome for it's price. :)
[Kindle Fire General] Amacx86:
Works Great

Once its rooted, it works fantastic. If you cant get it rooted, then other options that give you proper android market access are better. There are just too many important android apps missing from the Amazon App Store right now for it to work as an everyday tablet for everyone out of the box.

I'd also have liked to see Amazon go with a MicroSD slot instead of incorporating the 8gb of "internal" micro sd storage (surely that would have been cheaper from a production standpoint?).

At any rate, mine is rooted, and works great.
[Kindle Fire General] chaose:
I actually prefer the default of the kindle over the honeycomb and gingerbread launchers. the only thing it's missing is a way to switch tasks quickly.

hardware is nice and solid, a bit on the heavy side.
[Kindle Fire General] joelfinkle:
It's my primary web device for evening browsing - I'm using it to write this now.

Gaming is nice, Convo for forum posting (needs Android Market), Dolphin HD for secure and compatible web browsing...

Your average consumer can probably live without ever rooting this puppy, but for me, without Swype, I wouldn't be willing to use it for any writing more than a sentence. And it's pretty sad to not have the standard Market and Google apps... But once you fix those, turn off root and be happy.
[Kindle Fire General] rickwood:
Fire is a very nice tablet -- I bought my daughter one for Christmas,and after using it for a day or so I really like it. I also picked up an HTC EVO View 4G 7" tablet on sale for $229, free shipping, no tax, and no contract. Hence,this tablet only cost me $17 more than buying the Fire locally. The View has dual cameras, Bluetooth, 32 gig, a micro sd slot, and now honeycomb. So if these features are important to you, you could look for one on sale for a similar price -- sales on this tablet seem to be popping up everywhere as of late. I must say, however, the Fire seems just a tad faster (dual core vs single core 1.5 GHz). And the Fire interface is dead simple to use (although not as flexible as Honeycomb). Although both tablets are different, they're both awesome - you really can't go wrong either way. Based on my searching, these are the two best tablet deals right now. I also got my wife an iPad 2 for Christmas, and it's awesome too. Just a bit too big for my liking, and I paid less for the combo of Fire and View than for the iPad alone. Gotta love the Android tablets for that! :)
[Kindle Fire General] seltaeb:
Well, this is interesting. I have a few mics lying around, will give them a try first. Thanks a mil.
[Kindle Fire General] enwave:
If you're willing to sacrifice full-fledged feature-rich experience for the cheaper price, it's totally worth it. And, if you're willing to flash custom ROMs on it eventually, even more so.
[Kindle Fire General] googlelover:
The fire is amazing in my opinion, but what you HAVE to remember when your buying this is its 200 dollars, so you can't expect anything near an Ipad experience. I personally love it for games, web browsing, netflix, light music, and pretty much just enjoying media. So far its been able to do everything I wanted it to do, except up the storage capacity haha, but other than that its been perfect. Its really up to what your looking for.
[Kindle Fire General] Felnarion:
Exactly right. For most people, you get 80% of the iPad/high-end tablet experience at 50% of the price.
[Kindle Fire General] liquidicem:
At the price point its a great tablet. I now reach for this over the laptop for web browsing and checking email etc. It seems to handle games fairly well. The touch screen can be a little slow to respond at times in games, but nothing terrible.

If Amazon had included a microSD slot, I would be 100% satisfied with it. I'm running a rooted 6.2.1 with Go Launcher btw.
[Kindle Fire General] jacewt:
I haven't rooted and that and the keyboard have been my biggest complaints.

To switch tasks quickly, I am now using swipepad, it's neat and I can change quickly.

https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android&hl=en
[Kindle Fire General] cheesestrife:
Short answer..yes! I put ICS on it yesterday, and it works amazing even in its alpha state. It is much quicker than stock 6.2.1. I have an iPad 1, and it might not be able to stand toe-to-toe, but it definitely works as a couch tablet.
[Kindle Fire General] gcvsa:
Well, after mulling over the issue for a couple of weeks, the other night I went out and picked up a Kindle Fire, a MicroUSB cable, and a plastic guard that was made for a Galaxy Tab, but was only 10 USD on clearance, and fits well enough (about 0.5 mm difference in dimensions). I spent a little bit of time yesterday setting it up to run Cyanogenmod 7.

I grabbed my MacBook, installed the JDK and Eclipse, the Android SDK and platform-tools, ran BurritoRoot, installed TWRP, backed up my stock install, grabbed the latest CM7 ROM image and flashed it along with the Google Apps.

This thing is just about perfect for what I need. Sure, it has no GPS, no audio input, and no 3G, but what do you want for 200 USD?

Everything appears to work, with the exception of Bluetooth, and it's been 100% stable in the last 24 hours. Here's what I'm running:

Kindle reader

Facebook

Twitter

Google Currents (the real reason I wanted a tablet)

AP Mobile

Epicurious (the version from the Android Market sucks. The one in the Amazon Market rules.)

Dropbox

Google+

Netflix

Redbox

Flixster

ESPN ScoreCenter

PayPal

Google Earth

Google Sky

Evernote

GO Launcher EX (and a bunch of other GO stuff)

Google Translate

Google Maps

Google Places

most of the other Google Apps

plus all the standard stuff (browser, email, contacts, calendar, etc)

I don't plan on using this to listen to music, because I prefer to keep my music on my iPhone. I *may* watch some video with it, but mainly, I wanted it for Google Currents and other news apps, social networking apps, and reading. Basically, things that are better on larger screen than the iPhone has, but for which a keyboard isn't paramount.

I'm very, very happy. I was so disappointed when the iPad turned out to be 1024x768 at 9.7". It's just too big for what I want, and too expensive for what I want. Otherwise, I'm a huge Mac fangirl, but I'm also a geek that has no trouble hacking a Kindle Fire with CM7, and since all the apps I truly wanted are cross-platform, why not try Android for this purpose?

So far, the only real disappointment has been the Epicurious app in the Android Market. I don't understand why the one in the Amazon App Store works just fine, yet the one Android Market one doesn't. Oh well, hopefully it will get updated. In the meantime, I can use the browser.

Here's a couple of pix:

(oops, can't post pix because I'm a n00b here)

dl.dropbox.com/u/5369016/Photo%20Dec%2029%2C%2012%2051%2043.jpg

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This. Except for one thing. You can't get an iPad this small. This is exactly the size I wanted. No smaller, no bigger. It's the perfect size, as far as I'm concerned. If Apple made a 7" iPad, I would have paid the 629 USD for it, but they didn't, so I'm just as happy to pocket the extra 430 USD and live with a few missing features.

Can anyone confirm if the mic that was linked above actually works? The ability to have audio input would get rid of one of my three main criticisms, and enable voice search, among other things.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ehale3:
just switched from a jail broke iphone to a galaxy s2 and was wondering where i can get free apps the way i did with the iphone?

i am rooted.

i have used the forum search with no results
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
The way you get free paid apps through cydia or installous on a jailbroken iPhone is piracy (theft, stealing, etc). Piracy is against XDA rules and will not be advocated or assisted on the forums.

There are a few legit ways to get free apps, but nothing like the smorgasbord you can get on the jailbroken iPhone. If you download a pay app through illegitimate ways, the market will not update it for you the way I believe you can on the jailbroken iPhone. Its ironic the open source system doesn't make stealing as easy as it is on the tightly closed system.

The Amazon App Store offers one paid app for free each day. I have been able to get quite a few quality pay apps that way.

Getjar isn't piracy, but I think its close. Its a thin line, and sounds shady to me. I think they get around it because you get old versions of the app, and cannot update to the current version. Personally I wouldn't trust apps from that site, you never know if they are infected with adware or malware. However, there us no guarantee in the Android market either.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
I have had this question asked many times and decided to modify the logs provider apk for the 2.3.6 gingerbread leaks....

Remember to delete your call logs after install of my modified apk and the sms wont return...Enjoy..

Instructions:

Extract Logsprovider.rar

place on root of sdcard

open root explorer

copy logsprovider.apk

mount r/w

paste logsprovider.apk

set permissions rwrr

reboot

enjoy

download:http://www.multiupload.com/YO0WXLWDT4
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
You guys enjoy....and thanks for the support...:)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
And btw this has only been tested on all 2.3.6 roms ...idk about others...thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Corvette Dave:
Thank you! Worked like a charm.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Axiomkid:
Thanks, SNS service no longer restarting. :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] carlospr21:
thanks again bro
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MikeyFTL:
Woo hoo! Been waiting for this for a loooooong time. Now we just need a battery percentage mod.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rocket42:
is this just the fix or a new sms app? I guess what i mean is will this change the pretty colored blue and grey bubbles to something else in ZEUS ?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
It doesn't change anything...its just the modified logsprovider.apk to remove SMS from call log
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rocket42:
Awesome. Thanks dman! ZEUS is still running smooth and fassssssssssssst. Loving it.

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sorry for this but how do i extract the rar? I think on my old computer i had a trial of something that would ...anyone know what that might have been or have any ideas?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Use winrar or 7zip
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rocket42:
ok thanks.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bignate78:
Hey D, I've got a modded Logs provider in a zip where you can just flash from recovery

Big Dog Infuse I997 Zeus Rom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
But its not the logsprovider from 2.3.6 leaks ...is it...not gonna risk posting something from another sdk version of android...this is directly from our gingerbread leaks...thanks tho
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bignate78:
Its what I've been using and works fine

Big Dog Infuse I997 Zeus Rom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Not gonna take a chance on messing someones call or SMS logs up....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bignate78:
I believe it is. When the leaks came out someone posted it and I've used it since

Big Dog Infuse I997 Zeus Rom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Well..I haven't seen it on infuse thread...and this is my work...not using anyone else's...thanks for the info...and I get asked every day about it....so
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bignate78:
If you want to take a look at it

http://db.tt/RJwou4L7

Big Dog Infuse I997 Zeus Rom
[LG Thrill 4G] M1nur:
Source

"Following the footsteps of Samsung and Sony, LG has come forth with details on which devices will be getting Android 4.0 -- also known as Ice Cream Sandwich "

"During the second quarter of 2012 upgrades will begin for the following smartphone models: the LG Optimus LTE, Prada phone by LG 3.0, the LG Optimus 2X, the LG Optimus Sol, the LG myTouch Q and the LG Eclipse. These upgrades will be followed by upgrades for the following smartphone models during the third quarter of 2012: the LG Optimus 3D, the LG Optimus Black, the LG Optimus Big, the LG Optimus Q2 and the LG Optimus EX."

Well it looks like by the end of the year LG will have ICS release for our device, but (and its a big one) we obviously dont know how long it will take at&t to ready it for us.

So it looks like AT&T will let us down even more.

With that being said from now on all my android decives will be bough directly from google, to ensure that I get the latest android builds.

FYI: for those that are not aware LG has also already released GB for our phone and AT&T has it, but we all know how that is going.
[LG Thrill 4G] Handalaan:
FYI, that says 3rd quarter of 2012, not 2011.

Sent from my LG-P925
[LG Thrill 4G] M1nur:
oh yes, I know. thats why I posted this, its obsured.
[LG Thrill 4G] Handalaan:
You're speculating 12 months in advance on a topic that's already been posted multiple times. Nobody cares about your tale of woe or where you plan to get your next phone.

Sent from my LG-P925
[LG Thrill 4G] M1nur:
Are really that ignorant? There is no speculation in this.
[LG Thrill 4G] arsen4oo:
If anyone wants to try the ICS now,follow this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426119

It's a beta version from a chinese server.
[LG Thrill 4G] salsadoom:
That's a fake rom with a funny launcher.
[LG Thrill 4G] nagalman:
This is the last time I buy a LG phone. I very much regret purchasing the Thrill 4G and if I could return it (I am beyond the 30 day window), I would.

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The stock ROM is horrible with all the bloat. All that crap kills my battery, and it is only running Andorid 2.2, so everything is sluggish. My single core Droid X that I bought a year ago was much faster. LG bloat is a perfect example why Google needs to lock down the manufacture and carrier software that is installed on Android devices.
[LG Thrill 4G] daryll02:
LG and AT&T sucks!
[LG Thrill 4G] pilotwings1:
I was super excited to get this phone but once I started rooting it and wanting to do more it has done nothing but give me problems. I live in a 4G area but I'm getting less then 3G speeds, all AT&T will do it kinda look at it until I get mad enough to just walk out of the store. When I call in I ask to be offered another phone and an upgrade price and they refuse, I've only been with AT&T for 7 months and I'm ready to break the contract and leave for good.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] xsam123:
Hi

I noticed that some roms, as CosmIcEXperia by trettet, IcsLunarPro by eeee616, unofficial CM7 7.2 by adfad666 and others come with a built-in keyboard feature in the keyboard settings. Due to the Optimus One doesn't have physical keyboard, Is possible to remove this feature? Depends on the rom or the kernel?

Thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Arjen:
It is ROM-based.

The dev of the ROM has to remove it (not always possible though)
[Samsung Focus S] svtfmook:
if anyone is looking for a car mount, i picked this up and it works great with the focus s.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044ANNHE/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details

only $15 too!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kayden96:
I was using the Synergy rom for EVO and loved the notification area mod.

Towards the top, it had a scrollable list of your recent programs and on the bottom it had a toggle for going between the notification screen and quick setting buttons for the radios.

The E4GT has the quick setting buttons on the top of the notification area, but no app selector and I prefer it to long pressing home. Is there anything like that for the E4GT?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] polska2180o:
I don't think that is because of the Synergy rom but its part of HTC sense...and no there isn't anything like that for Samsung.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regnarth:
Hi,

i bought a note from amazon warehouse deals.

it already does have cwm manager installed (but no root). How can i delete it? Stays there even after hard reset.

Also Samsung doesnt let me update this phone.. OTA just tells me that it cant update and that i should try kies. kies tells me that this phone doesnt support updating through kies..

Thx for your help :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Use Odin instead. You'll lose CWM though, so if you use that, you'll need to re-flash CWM after the update.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] guardianfox:
I've searched every store I can think of, scoured the forums, and I still have found nothing close to what I want. Please help me out!

I'm looking for a pair of earbuds with a mic, compatible with the i9000. I cant wear the inner-ear type... so I'm looking for the older kind with the foam pads, and I'm looking for something high in quality.

TLDR:

-Want earbuds with mic.

-Galaxy S.

-Not inner-ear, but foam pads.

-High quality.

Anything?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Nit3m4re:
I'm gonna bump this (Sorry to be useless) but I am exactly in the same boat. Someone nicked my SGS stock ones and now I am coming to replacing them, I realised, I don't want In-Ears. I'm open to buds or over ears though in my case. Quality is a must
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Magnumutz:
Can't use the inner ear ones, HATE THEM!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DMD9:
Try these http://goo.gl/OfOhY

I hate in-ears too, but I've used these for years, great sound and really comfortable, don't let the price fool you...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Magnumutz:
They look nice DMD9, but they don't have a microphone...

We're looking for a replacement for stock ones.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DMD9:
You might want to change the title of the thread to wired headset so ;)

Have you checked out Urban Ears range? http://www.urbanears.com/headphones

Tested a pair of their Plattan's last week, not bad sound for music and I was able to make a call with them, (though the sound was extremely low), might be worth following up on...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Nit3m4re:
Those Urbanears one's seem nice. How certain are you that having those mic compatible headset would work with our phones? I tried bose ones the other day and they didn't work properly :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] DMD9:
They definitely worked, but as I said, the call volume was extremely low, both for me and the person I was calling. I was using a demo pair in the shop so it's possible they were damaged in some way, but I'd recommend researching or trying them yourself first, just to make sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clipsedrag:
So this may sound dumb but I'm wondering if i have to get the rom and mods off of my phone before i do an insurance claim on it? Or do I just have to make it look stockish? Will they really do an extensive check on it? Thx guys!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Euclid's Brother:
Is it a risk your willing to take to have the claim denied and warranty void? Its very possible that they will see that it's not stock. If at all possible, just flash stock EG30 on it via Odin. If your supposed to get it back, do a nandroid first, so you can restore it later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clipsedrag:
Will they check the Odin count?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MeWarning:
Depends, some will check the count and some might not notice it. Kind of a 50/50 shot on that one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sunsparc:
Most Sprint techs aren't even aware of Odin mode, let alone how to check for root. You should be fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] djjosh:
shouldn't there be something like the moss act law where they have to prove your mod caused the error. Like my theme did not cause the screen to crack
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PinnerProxy:
Most of them are super unaware haha i turned in my evo 4g and the intern noticed it and told me to flash the stock zip haha. Samething happened again when i turned in my et4g with the same intern haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aimbdd:
Insurance claim, all your points are invalid. You don't have to do anything for insurance and paying the deductible. Only if your trying to get sprint to fix it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cds0699:
I had to take my phone to best buy and have it sent out after I dropped/cracked it. I did flash it back to stock, but they never said anything to me about the odin count.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kouryuuk:
Sprints official policy is to exchange rooted devices. If you go to a Sprint service and repair center they should replace your phone. The reasoning behind it is that they don't know who actually rooted the phone. In my expwrienxe if you say your friend or brother did it they will exchange it.
[Kindle Fire General] ethantarheels123:
I installed both cm7 and cm9 and both had the kindle constantly running at 1008. I know this is a known issue for cm9, but after I flashed back to cm7, it, too, started to have the same issue. How do I fix it?
[Kindle Fire General] georgeos:
Cant you lower the clock speed with setcpu?
[Kindle Fire General] Sandman21dan:
Maybe flash to stock, then CM7 again can fix it... don't know for sure...
[Kindle Fire General] jfb9301:
try the MAC address fix thread. In there are two different fixes, but in general either, might solve your CPU at 1008.
[Kindle Fire General] devilot:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20794074&postcount=26

Both fixes worked for me, but this one is much easier to deal with.