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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nmott93:
...I know what Download mode is. I've been there the entire time. That's not the problem I'm having.

Whenever I try to flash anything using Odin, it fails at the NAND write, then if I restart Odin and try again it hangs up at SetupConnection. This happens with ANYTHING I try to flash. And now, if I try to boot the phone normally, it goes to a screen saying there was a firmware error and to enter recovery mode in Kies, which I can't do because Kies won't connect to the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Madmanden:
Try using a different cable. I got the same error using my longer USB cable, but switching to the original cable from the box helped.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carrot34:
Does anyone know a way to keep GPS running when the phone goes to sleep? There are times when I want to have my location continuously reported to Google Latitude, and it's a terrible waste of battery to keep the screen running just to do that.

I'd thought there would be an easy answer to this, but I'm not finding one. There's a two-year-old XDA post on this question here without any real answers. And I found a post elsewhere that suggests that Tasker can make the phone keep GPS working when the screen goes off, but I don't see any function in Tasker for this.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, Alan
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CdTDroiD:
I found Tasker sucked the hell out of my battery, but nevermind... It depends on the app some of them will just pull GPS data when it is asked for, which im sure Latitude would do... What are you trying to achieve exactly?

EDIT: If you do try Tasker you can set it so certain apps will activate the GPS and certain screen times, hours of the day etc...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carrot34:
Thanks! I'm trying to find a way for Google Latitude (which I think just runs within maps) to record my path via GPS (say when I'm on a hiking trip) without the screen needing to be on constantly, which is the only way I've found to do that so far. But if you are saying that I can make a tasker profile which will tell my phone to keep the GPS on when Maps is running, then I think that would solve this! Or do you have a better approach in mind?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CdTDroiD:
There is an app specifically for that on the market I can't remember what its called though sorry just search hiking or something
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carrot34:
OK -- I found a really nice app for this: Latify. (There's also the unfortunately named Backitude, which looks like it would get the job done.)

Thanks for the tips, everyone!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al3cks:
Sorry to bump this, but I thought you might like this better if you want to keep your GPS receiver always on when your screen is off (will drain your battery of course)

https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImcuYW5kcm9pZC5ncHN0cmFja2VyIl0.

GPSTracker Lite, specifically made for what its name is. It tracks your path. I use it in my car, in which case the phone is always on the charger when this is running.

Hope this helped.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxadamo:
I've read in the changelog from the new version of Google Maps something about battery saving with latitude. Just go to the market and try to read yourself the details.... I don't use latitude, so I didn't go into details....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] voxigenboy:
I have messaging completely disabled on my phone(even the vzw free text messages dont come through). I was wondering, if i use an app like Handcent SMS, will that work by itself? Will i incur messaging charges?

Also, i heard you can email a msg to a phone # by doing something like:

mailto:6195555555@?.com

if its to a verizon cust for instance, what would i put after the @? is it vtext.com, vzwpix.com, ???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dudeimgeorge:
I have been on google voice for a little over 2 years. And with that haven't been paying for any text plans, since then. Your best best is to incorporate that, either by using a number u can pick through what google offers in google voice as you se it up(painfully easy)

Or

Take the better but...harder route. (Which I did)

If u are out of contract...port your number and give it to google voice. Tell ur cell provider u need it for business voicemail reasons. And for you to receive a new one from them. Then for the rest of your cellular life u will never have to worry about paying for text and BONUS ever have to tell any one u got a new number...because now it will always be in google voice..and u can connect that number with anything!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jasbur17:
I've been afraid to port over to google voice. It seems they tire of things easily and have a huge pile of abandoned projects.

I still always think of doing it though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Another alternative is to use a app named textfree, it will provide you with a new number and unlimited texting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dudeimgeorge:
well said, i agree on you with that. but this is too big. many people use it. it is so heavily implemented that it would be simply BAFFLING if they would. besides, there would be plenty of options in the event they did (free porting out, refunds, etc)

either way. i doubt it. smart phones have made this a number one bonus , the new york times wrote an article just last month on the death of text payment

guess who was one of the first to have the option?

=]
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DonJuan692006:
You wouldn't be able to use Handcent or the like since they are just a GUI overlay to the stock texting app. You would have to use an independent messaging program like Google Voice which was mentioned above and I've heard a good number of success stories with it (not necessarily the porting your number part).

To answer your other question you can email any cell phone and it will go through as an MMS. Every carrier has their own email domain for it that a Google search will give you. For Verizon it would be 5555555555@text.com.
[LG Optimus 2x] o2p63:
;)hi all.

How to edit kernel or ROM ,Make call volume increased
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damaged prawdukt:
What are your guys boot times like?

Mine is like a min to two. To me this seems kind of high for anything quad core.

Also while mine is booting at the ASUS logo, the logo it self seems to flicker kind of. it quickly distorts a bit and then fixes itself. happens 2 or 3 times per boot. Anyone else notice this?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pizza4Breakfast:
Mine takes only about 20-25 seconds.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theoner1:
notice this on the first prime i had. returned it and second one is fine. of course the first one have screen bleed, dead pixel and non working gps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damaged prawdukt:
Have not checked my gps. mine has some screen bleeding but not enough to be distracting.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
Mine takes about a minute. It does the flicker/distort thing you mentioned
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damaged prawdukt:
That is a little relieving.

Does it concern you at all or am I just being overly paranoid?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
you not alone..lmao same here. takes about 2 mins to boot up. then while the circle spinning you'll notice the Asus logo flicker a few times. hopefully new update speeds up boot time and takes care of flicker on Asus logo while booting up.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
Doesn't bother me to much because I don't plan to turn it off very often lol. Until I get root and am flashing things anywayz.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HybridHB:
Mine takes 1min 43 secs to boot. I get the logo distortions as well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
i get the distortions as well, and takes b/t 1-2mins to boot.

it's fairly normal and not something multiple cores is going to help with.

the graphical distortions are not a normal thing though, and since they don't seem to repeat at normal intervals, i don't think it's due to corrupted images in the boot animation, but something else. hopefully ICS fixes all these small issues.

and i mean ICS in the sense of the next update, since asus promised it so soon, i don't see how making more revisions to HC is a good use of their time. :)

if it seems too long, go turn on a blackberry and then the prime's boot time will feel almost instantaneous. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxgmon3yxx:
1:20 seconds here. Is it honeycomb?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
No flicker at all on the Asus Logo here. boots in less than 45 sec i guess- haven't timed it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tempie007:
I don't think the cpu is the bottleneck .. quad core is overrated by so many people...

I/O and RAM performance are way more important ... (for instance: put a SSD in an atom machine, it will boot windows 7 faster than a i7 with 7200k rpm disk... )
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aimfire72:
Same here, takes a good 1-2 minutes for mine to boot up, thought that was kinda weird...

I don't recall, but does anyone know when the ICS update is due? I do remember Asus saying by the end of the year, but has that changed?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
I think sometime in January
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
1:45 exactly here. No flicker. Does seem long.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] JoeyLe:
That is extremely long. My Hannspad (G-Tab) only took around 40 seconds with Honeycomb.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
They said by end of year so they have 2 days for now we wait but most likely will be second week in January
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] _Gir_:
It may be comparing apples to oranges but my Galaxy Nexus w/ICS boots in 44 seconds.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] federer:
my galaxy tab 10.1 took 30 seconds and my prime takes almsot two minutes. whoever has one that takes 20sec please post a video!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
My Acer Iconia W500 booted up in 1m 32s

After I installed Windows 8 on it, it booted up in 8s

Hopefully there is an optional Win8 Upgrade for the TP, that would be a dream come true.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] federer:
I just timed mine.... 2:15sec and another 25sec for the wifi to connect. lots of flickering too. :cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
Mine also takes a while to boot up. Which version is everyone running. I believe I'm running the .27 one from gamestop. My wife said she saw some flickering. I'll give it another 28 days and if I don't like it I'll exchange it at gamestop, and hopefully it will be a newer batch of them
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Aluminous:
Just got mine, first boot has no issues. After a while I had a lockup and now I get the long boot with the distorted logo. Installing the software update didn't help.

Just when I thought my unit had no issues. Oh well... I also don't plan on rebooting often.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
I'm on .29
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damaged prawdukt:
Thanks for all the replies. Makes me feel alot better about the flickering and boot times.

/sigh

Tested my GPS today. No go.

Also took a closer look at the screen and I have 1 dead pixel. Not that noticeable.

Wondering If I should exchange it or not. I mean the dead pixel is not noticeable unless it is on a completely black screen. Even then it is not like it is dead centre. It is off to the left side a bit.

advice?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
How long have you had it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damaged prawdukt:
Since like the 22nd or 23rd of dec.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
And you just noticed the dead pixel? I would keep it lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damaged prawdukt:
I checked it once when I first got it, Did not see one.

I checked it a second time a few days later, nothing.

Checked it today one last time and saw it : /
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Haro912:
Meh. I would keep it or wait until stock is better.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jwigginton:
Takes 1-2 min to boot up, and the ASUS logo does flicker.

Actually had the whole screen freak and flip out, flicker, lines, etc... but seemed like a software glitch. Was in the middle of switching tasking with music playing in the background and going to from full screen, etc.. and then went black. Rebooted right away and good since.

I have another one coming from Best Buy, will compare the two and send one back. GPS is working on this unit though.. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ahmedelkady11230:
mine takes 4min to boot.

when i first got it it would not turn on. once it did, i had the flickering problem. it ran very sluggish. also had slight back light bleed. touch screen input problems - it thought there was already a finger on the screen some where, so when i put my finger on the screen it would go haywire. electrical or magnetic interference problems, when i put the transformer on my unplugged touchpad dock and when the plastic part of my usb wire touch the t.prime it would go crazy. only 4hrs battery life.

allot these problems were solved with various rebooting techniques, factory resets, and firmware updates.

it runs very smooth now, but it still takes 4-5min to boot, and randomly reboots every couple of days. i still keep it away from magnets or wires, but i'm now getting 16hrs battery life with normal everyday use @ near full brightness.

any thoughts?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NAiLs00:
I haven't read through much of this thread, nor do I know how long exactly boot times are. I have 2 Prime's in my possession at the moment. My first one had .33 on it, and the second one had .27 (or whatever stock was) on it. I booted them at the same time, and my .33 device took roughly 30-45 seconds longer to boot than the stock one did. I did have a few apps on the .33 device, but no more than 5 of them. I did not notice if the .27 one had the screen flicker on boot, but I know .33 does on both of them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
.33 fixed the screen flicker issue for me. boot time is in-between 2-3 mins. ICS should be faster.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
I am reviving this old thread because I just received my third prime. While rooting it I noticed that this thing booted very quickly. So I made a video of my old and new one side by side booting up. The end result is that my new one booted in about 35 seconds, while my old one boots in about 1 minute and 12 seconds. That is twice as fast. My new one has a BCOK serial # just like my last 2. The GPS on this one is actually picking stuff up compared to my old one. I think I found a keeper! Here is the video:

[YOUTUBE]fVhGvDZUBiw[/YOUTUBE]
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
After ICS update my boot time is about a minute. 1-2 is the norm. Boot time is also dependent on how much you have installed also. For mines to have around 200 apps, 1 min.or a lil more is pretty good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spidey01:
Last time I timed it (latest firmware+over 100 apps), I had sth near 1 1/2 minutes I think.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] csrabear:
Mine boots up in 43 seconds. My serial number begins with BCOK. I have not had any issues other than very slight light bleed in upper right of screen. Even GPS works though not well. All in all I am pleased. :-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tech Faded:
45 seconds
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dude2k5:
1:05 here, lots of apps. Have you guys tried system tuner?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
Mine takes like 20 seconds. Screen is perfect except for a little flicker but GPS is totally borked.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Reignzone:
Roughly 60-seconds with 108 applications onboard.

Not too shabby.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
I've heard about this battery but don't see it available at verizon, is it not available for this phone or you have to buy it somewhere else?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
i bought it online from VZN store with 50% off promotion.

edited: i bought the extended battery when i bought my phone. i just popped the stock battery back in and stock cover.... feel so thin! haha.
[Xoom General] JMGoeckel13:
So apparntly I'm the only person in the world whos wifi doesnt work on any builds of ICS. I'v searched everywhere and theres not one thread about it....anyone have any ideas? wifi works fine on honeycomb.
[Xoom General] deanr1977:
i can't help you here cause I havnt installed ics yet but this is just a thought.... did you try one of these two things yet to solve the problem?

1. Do a full wipe before you flashed the rom?

2. Have you tried re-downloading the rom zip cause it may have been corrupted somehow during the download?

Maybe this has helped, if not maybe your Xoom maybe faulty?

Ether way good luck & hope you solve this wifi problem out mate
[Xoom General] BrewXD:
I had the same problem, you have to do a full wipe AND wipe the cache and dalvik and reflash the rom. That fixed it for me.

Sent from a Noteworthy Galaxy :D
[Xoom General] d3athsd00r:
Yeah. You need to do a factory reset. Make sure you back up /mnt/sdcard because it erases everything.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
Did you restore system apps or system data after the wipe you had to do? This would mess up your wifi as well as email, probably. Just reflash the nightly and the gapps and wipe cache and dalvik cache and you should be good to go on reboot.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bjones72751:
I was just wondering if there was any recovery/rom development started for us yet? I exchanched a kindle fire for nook tab because of the more ram and storage, but may go back if we're not gonna get the development the fire has already. I've this device, but sure is a lot harder to customize than the fire.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
There is no recovery/roms yet until eather b&n or devs of this Forum give a solution for locked Bootloader. Without that development of that kind is stuck .
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] davewuvswaffles:
You don't need much to customize this thing besides root really (or at least it helps a bunch).

This is what I managed to throw together today.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jfriscino:
there is this too....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402190 - [Stock Firmware]Restore Barnes & Nobel Nook 1.4.0 from SDCard

In terms of customizing - you can get a pretty customized/pure android tablet experience with root and a third party launcher (i use golauncher). The unlocked bootloader will be nice to allow for things like overclocking and hopefully enabling the Bluetooth chip but otherwise I'm very happy with the functionality as it stands now.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekidcalledl:
never mind
[General Questions and Answers] woshikevin:
Do I need to update my kernel version before I proceed the Android 4.0 ICS?

currently I am using HTC sensation XL, android 2.3.5, kernel 2.6.35
[General Questions and Answers] CdTDroiD:
The Kernel will be included in the ROM you install (in the boot.img) of either a custom ROM or a stock ROM
[General Questions and Answers] -bfar97-:
When you install the rom you will install a new kernel!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] abhaxus:
Looking for a calendar and facebook/friendstream widget to use in ADW Ex on Honeycomb. Before Anyone says it, I bought Launcher pro plus years ago and love it, but I get FCs in honeycomb. For calendar I'm using business calendar but it is oddly sized / low resolution compared to the others I mentioned.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] bsoplinger:
Haven't tried them under HC but Android Pro Widgets has a combo Facebook/Twitter widget and a calender widget. You might give them a try.

Sent from my PG41200 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
There really isn't anything out there that is comparable to HTC's sense as far as looks an integration. There are a few clocks, not much else. mail widgets are especially bad. That's why I love sense. I do wish HTC would update sense launcher with a few modern options like grid sizing and more widget re size options. At least in HC they have some resize options but not enough. Yet there is no one widget package that offers much of anything to replace them on the market.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] abhaxus:
This was perfect. Meets my needs exactly! I was starting to contemplate going back to sense given ADW's problems (currently doesnt allow dock on bottom in landscape, no widgets) and the FCs I was getting in LPP. Thanks so much.
[General Topics] Zoolu.Taylor:
Hey everyone,

Just did the bootloader unlock and everything turned out fine. Unfortunately, however, my Rezound will not connect to anything wi-fi, 3g, 4g, etc. I get the feeling that this isn't normal, so if anyone has tips for helping me out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[General Topics] danutzz:
Don't mean to be rude but this is not the place for questions... anyway, have you made any modifications... have you frozen any apps? uninstalled any apps? certain apps are required for connectivity.
[General Topics] Zoolu.Taylor:
Sorry about that, then. But to answer, no. Perhaps it is just the hour-long connection originally required? I am not sure. I imagine I can still do everything I need to do, though, regardless of having a connection. Just sort of worries me. Making sure I didn't mess anything up.

Edit: When looking at my phone's settings, I am unable to select Mobile Network because it says either, "Network Unavailable" or "Use phone for data connection when Wi-Fi is unavailable" (despite wi-fi being turned off).
[General Topics] danutzz:
I'm not sure what u mean by "hour long connection required".

Go to settings > wireless & networks ... check only "Mobile Network" no other check boxes > click "Network Settings" ... make sure "always-on...data" is checked > click "Network Mode" make sure "LTE/CDMA" is checked... see if you get a connection, if not reboot

So more detail in your issue might help others figure out what he problem with your phone is. When did you lose data, after unlock? did you root? was unlocking successfull? did you have data before unlocking? did you flash a recovery/rom?
[General Topics] Zoolu.Taylor:
Apparently all it needed was a SIM reset, because once I pulled it and replaced, 3g came back and then 4g shortly thereafter. All is right in the world.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nahsen:
hello,

I'm using virtuous unity since a long time. Now since the beginning of this week, every day I switch to the calendar widget I get a screen from VU saying launching and all my widgets get refreshed and starts back on the first page. This happens just one time a day (first time I check the calendar widget). As far as I know I never experienced that before. I wiped and installed this ROM again, but no succes. Why happens this as only that widget has to refresh and not all my widgets. Is there a setting I need to check?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firstin:
I have recently come from htc to samsung. And am looking forward to getting ics on my sg2 from a custom rom? I am curious why sammobile is the only one getting the leaks? all though they state they are not part of samsung. So why and how are they getting the leaks and do they sort of control all releases from samsung?

Sg2= GOD:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenshin911:
No but for sure they are getting leaks from samsung if you wanna get a good custom i recomend CM9 unstable but it works daily for me...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
You are not going to get the answer here ;-) But I'm guessing that Samsung is leaking it on purpose. There aren't many reasons to keep it secret.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firstin:
Cm9 does look good but as much i am very tempted to give it ago. i need stable as i use my ph for work. So maybe someone is moonlighting for sammobile from samsung? Seems like sammobile somehow have insider info. Also shame on them for holding before releasing it to the public.