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[Acer Iconia A500] redguardsoldier:
I'm also new with Android. I have had my a500 for about 2 weeks, but I have learned a lot :D.

1/ Root mean giving yourself full control of the tablet (well, with right software, you can control everything, cpu clocks, voltages, which stock apps you want to keep, much more). With root, you can install/ apply bunch of useful tweaks like ah-hoc support, 3g dongle support.

If your "free app" means "free paid app" or simpler "pirated app", well, pirating is not good, but that's your choice. You don't need root to pirate. Just uncheck an option in setting\application then you're good to go. Download the apk, browse to it with file browser then install.

2/ From what I read, it's possible. Even when your tablet is bricked, you can still manage to install stock ROM before send it to service.

3/ For mobile storage, Dropbox seem very good. There are also many app to share folders between Android devices and with PC via Wifi.

4/ Personally, I use Opera Mobile and sometimes, default browser and Opera Mini (it's very powerful to have access to forbidden websites, like Facebook in my country). I heard that Dolphin Browser is also good, but I haven't tried yet.

5/ Well, ROM stands for "Read-Only Memory" :p. Just imagine you buy a PC with pre-installed Windows, like that. You can install another version yourself, can re-install it if it got broken. You should think about it like an image of customized windows. You can choose which is suitable for you and install it. It stands as system partition on our device. When people talk about ROM, they care about which customizations that ROM has.

6/ tegraowners.com is the site of legendary thor :D. He is a good modder. We own him a lot for his work on a500. Some problems about the source code of his amazing kernel stop him from posting here, it's rumor :D. So you have to visit that site to get his ROMs and Kernels. His forum is also very good, you can see many of XDA members there :D.

You need to root to install custom ROMs. Yes, root it, and try Thor's ROM v14, it's really sweet.

7/ I recommend QuickOffice HD Pro, Temp+CPU, Thumb Keyboard, Titanium Backup Pro, Pimp my CPU/ SetCPU (only if you want to show your tablet who is the boss :cool:), don't forget to get BetterBatteryStat. JustPicture is also good for browsing photos, for comic, I prefer Perfect Viewer. File Manager HD (honeycomb) is also very good. If you love analog clock, you can get Analog Clock Collection, very handy and lightweight.
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
WOW

yes lots of Questions...

Well answered above.. only issue is rooting alone will NOT allow you to overclock your Kernel needs to be one from a custom dev or a cooked rom with custom kernel..

Just please read read and understand whats going on before you start flashing.. To avoid bricking your device and causing headaches..
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
I am running CM7.1.0 on my nook color off the SD card. I used the YouTube tutorial by the Crash Tech Dummies. Now I notice that I am only allowed only 1GB of storage on the SD card. I used partition wizard to increase the space on the 4th partition like I was instructed. I would prefer to install the apps to the SD card so I have already burned through the space provided. Bellow I have listed what I see in partition magic. Should I move the free space in the 4th partition into the first? Or should I load the cm7 onto the HD of the nook? I am a bit of a noob but I have gotten this far.

My 16 GB card partitions read:

G:boot 30.32mb used 118.69mb unused

*: 179.55mb used 283.25mb unused

*: 367.34mb used 597.50mb unused

*: 6.68 gb used 6.61gb unused

Any suggestions would be great…I don’t know what else to do.

Help me XDA Developers you my only hope…

Steve da Noob
[Nook Color General] votinh:
First of all, what is "1GB of storage on the SD card" you're talking about?

Secondly, the 4th partition has nothing to do with holding installed apps.
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
when i go into settings, apps, storage use, sd card it says 1.0 gb used 0.00 free...i was assuming this was referring to a section of the sd card. I also assumed that the 4th partition was being used by something do the fact that half of it has been used by something...

Steve
[Nook Color General] bobtidey:
Quoting from VeryGreen's instructions

Partition layout for the SD cards depends on size:

Less than 600M - unsupported.

up to 1G cards gets: system of ~300M and data of the rest of space. No FAT partition

2G cards (more than 1G up to 1800M) gets: 300M system, 612M data, rest is FAT sdcard

more than 2G cards gets: 460M system, 975M data, rest is FAT for sdcard.

Your first partition is the boot, nothing else should go on here.

Your second partition is the system partition containing the OS and system applications

Your 3rd partition is the data partition used for downloaded apps. The space allocated is adequate for a decent number of downloaded apps but may get tight if you load lots of games. You can move apps to "SD" which is the 4th partition if you get tight on space.

Your 4th partition is the "SD" user data area. This can be used by apps for their working folders and is also where you put stuff like media (pictures, music, video). It is the partition that will normally get mounted as a drive on a PC when the USB is connected and USB disk storage is turned on via the notification panel.

You say the 4th partition has got 6.68GB data on already? That should start off fairly empty until you put stuff on there.
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
I do have music and pictures on the device that i uploaded so that's where the items on partition #4 came from.

When i try and move the applications to the sd card it tells me that there is not enough room on the card. Also when i plug in the nook to my computer without the sd card in it shows the applications on the internal hard drive. Should i try and move space from the 4th partition to the 3 and see if that helps?

Thanks,

Steve
[Nook Color General] bobtidey:
I'm a little surprised it says there is no room available to move an app if the partition still shows 6GB free. Have you tried using Apps2SD app. This will show space available and is a convenient way to move stuff around. Another possibility is that you are trying to do this whilst USB connected to the PC. That won't work as the Nook software can't access the SD partition while it is PC mounted.

Currently you said there was nearly 600MB free in your 3rd partition where new downloads go. If so I wouldn't bother with trying to move stuff until you get tight on space there.

If that happens and you just need to create some more app space in the 3rd partition then you can use a partition tool on the PC like minitools to reallocate some of the space from 4 to 3 to give yourself more app space.
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
I tried the apps2sd and i get the same error. It sends me to the same place as i discussed above and when i tell it to send it to the sd card i get the same error. "failed to move application, there is not enough storage space".

I am not trying to move anything while i have the nook attached to my computer. the only time i really used that function was to add music and some pictures.

This is really starting to get frustrating. I do appreciate all your help.

Is another option loading CM7 to the nook instead of the SD card?
[Nook Color General] bobtidey:
I only used the SD CM7 method for a short while and I don't think I ever tried to move apps to the "SD" so maybe there is an issue trying to do this.

I think you have two choices.

If you stick with SD then increase the data partition to give yourself more room for apps.

If you never want to use the B&N OS then the internal memory is the best option. The SD card then becomes a single partition user space card and you can certainly move apps to it. If you do this then also consider using the zip that increases the internal data partition to 2GB to give yourself more internal room for apps anyway.
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
I think ill try adjusting the partition and see if that helps. Like you said if it doesn't ill look into loading onto the internal memory. I am not to impressed with the B&N software and i use the kindle software for my e-reading.

Is there a method you could recommend for loading it onto the internal memory? A step by step tutorial would help out lots. I am not familiar with the zip you are referring to.

Thanks,

Steve
[Nook Color General] bobtidey:
Yes. If you don't think you'll use the B&N then internal is the way to go. Especially if you use Amazon Kindle for your books.

The easiest method in my view is to use the Eyeballer Clockwork boot SD and use that then to flash the main ROM and gapps zips.

You can find the most straightforward instructions here but I would use the KANG MiRaGe ROM as the main OS.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/8208-guide-install-cm71-clockworkmod-to-emmc-all-nooks-updated101111/

The 2GB partition zip can be found here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094371

This can actually be applied at same time as installing the OS and gapps. Put the repartition zip, the ROM zip and the gapps zip on the Eyeballer SD card then use the menus to flash repartition, ROM and then gapps.

If you also follow the advice to put ROM manager and flash clockwork to the internal as well then future updates become very easy and do not even involve removing the SD card.
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
Ive decided that the best solution is to install on the internal rather than the sd card. i think this will be less of a pain in the butt in the long run.

being new to android and coming over from apple (booooo) is there anyway to easy re-install the apps that i have already downloaded? I do have one that i did pay for.

Steve
[Nook Color General] votinh:
easy way to re-install? hmmm, maybe not but I would suggest you make the backup for all of your apps first (meaning save all .apk files to somewhere else)
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
ok here goes nothing lol
[Nook Color General] bobtidey:
Titanium backup would allow you to back up all your apps. If you save the Titanium back up folder (say onto a PC via USB) then after you have done the internal install then put the Titanium back up folder back onto the fresh SD card and you can restore the apps back from there.
[Nook Color General] WileECoyote79:
everything seems to be working just fine...thank you all for the help and advice...

Steve
[Android Apps and Games] XSJoJo:
Hey guys, we just published an Android game you might be interested in. Since xda users have a lot of devices, we thought it would be a good place to post. The game is completely for free and not ad-supported. Here is the market text:

Play poker anytime and anywhere you want with Poker Table. Simply use one dedicated device as the table and connect with your other devices for a smooth and polished game experience.

- Up to 6 players per table

- No-Limit Texas Hold’em

- Flashy animations

- Easy to set up a game: Join by scanning a QR-Code or use Android Beam™

- Reconnect to the table during the game

Market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.ethz.inf.vs.poker

Any feedback is welcome! :)

Screenshots:
[Android Apps and Games] Sleeme:
Wow, looks awesome, played it yesterday with a friend.

No ads, and nice look.

An iOS version would be awesome though, to play with all of my friends.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisnkazz:
Could someone please upload the apk here as I cant find it in the market. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] jason2005:
not work on x10 mini pro, but ok on sk17i
[Android Apps and Games] Sleeme:
Try this one:

https://rapidshare.com/files/1279405598/Poker_Table-2.apk
[Android Apps and Games] garpunkal:
hi

played this app with 4 friends at work and it's brilliant... have some feedback for you:

1 - table (asus transformer)

4 - players (htc desire, htc sensation, galaxy nexus, htc desire hd)

vibrate or sound on device when action is required. example, on device showing user's hand, whenever they are required to action, vibrate.

display text based on orientation. e.g. two players, text can appear upside down.

ability to see table on devices showing hands.

better display of what hand won...e.g. state on table, garpunkal won with high card... steve won with a full house (aces over kings).

Awesome app though, would be great to see continued development. Definitely useful for people travelling that don't have cards/chips, but have their phones on them.

:) :eek:
[Android Apps and Games] chrisnkazz:
Thank you for the link working fine on my x10 mini pro great fun app ta ;-)
[Android Apps and Games] XSJoJo:
If you don't see the App in the market, it might be because your device doesn't have OpenGL ES 2.0 (about 10% of all devices accessing the Android Market).
[Android Apps and Games] XSJoJo:
Awesome that you like it! We have to admit that this project was just for a university task, so we just published it in the market as-is and didn't really expect that it will be really played (only geeks have so many Android devices). So it's awesome to hear that it's really used :)

All of your suggestions sound reasonable, but the further development of the app really depends on how much feedback we get and we will consider your ideas when publishing the next update of the app :)

By the way, a sound is already played on the players device when it's his turn, but vibrating is certainly better. And yeah, the winning hand is dismissed a little bit too fast, so text based information would help to understand what's going on.

Which text should we display based on orientation? We display the players names in the right orientation and also his last action, but not the chips if I remember correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] afx91:
Cool app, was just playing with my friends. ^^

It's taking quite a bit of space tough.
[Android Apps and Games] garpunkal:
thanks for responding...

This app is very useful for a pocket poker travel game... easier than having a stack of cards and chips!

Would definitely like an update on this!!
[Android Apps and Games] Sleeme:
After playing it again today I have some additional feedback:

- A console would be nice, where it all the action is shown, with for example, Player won with Straight to K.

- Vibration would be good instead of the sound, when it's my turn.

- Players could be better distributed around the table :)
[Android Apps and Games] Barbados87:
since I downloaded your app I play poker=) thnx
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sabwjawdjw:
Okay so I had a G2x and tried rooting it and I think i did something wrong. With all these instructions ramble on about one thing and another hard for me to really understand all the correct steps.

So can I please have someone give me a hand with this? As in a step by step process of everything? This is my second G2X brand new from T-Mobile has the Gingerbread 2.3.3. So if anyone can actually tell me step by step and what files I am going to need so I don't brick this one because 300USD is getting expensive.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ed116:
u payed for ur replacement? lol

use the one click flash nvidia tool, to flash the clockworkmod, you dont evne have to root it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG08Uc8pQT0
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sabwjawdjw:
yeah I had to pay for a second one. GRRR T-Mo actually checks their phones with sprint if I bricked or something just dip it in water and send it in. They would never check to see if you rooted it. So anyways do I install Clockwork or only do the steps in the video with the nv flasher?

And whats the best rom? I really like the looks of MIUI sorta looks like my wifes iPhone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JHaste:
i think you screwed yourself on this one... this phone is like virtually unbrickable, nvflash should be able to bring you out of any soft bricks you might run into and ive run into a fair share of them and never had a problem...

i would recommend you sift though the development section and read all of the tutorials and have a very good understanding of what you are doing instead of having someone spoonfeed you everything when you really dont know what you are doing... (im a high school math teacher and cannot stand it when students are just spoonfed information because in the end they really dont understand what they are doing)

start here though http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Beekersguy:
Yeah, what he said. maybe you shouldn't be messing with your phone if you don't understand the implications.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] guitarist5122:
+1

Best thing I've ever read. It helps shine a light on why so many people almost daily are asking for help on how to do something when this forum is riddled with tutorials. I personally stopped helping months ago with any questions on how to root or flash or just anything that there are tutorials for. It just gets crazy redundant.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ericalanMICHAEL:
Then why even post in here? Don't be a ****. Even more frustrating than people who can't use a search feature are people too uptight and high-strung to help someone. Yeah, maybe the OP could have found the answer himself. But he's obviously been following a tutorial (likely in this very forum) that's not working for him (hence his replacement phone). The guy just needs two seconds of help from someone. In the amount of time it took me to copy/paste the following links, I could have torn him a new one thirty times over. But I'm not a ****. So, if you absolutely HAVE to post here, at least make it constructive. Incessant *****ing does no good for anyone.

To the OP:

Firstly, you'll need to flash CWM. This is super simple, given you're on a PC. If you're on Mac, things will get tricky (i.e. virtual Linux environment, headaches, etc).

Next, you can find an easy to follow rooting method here. It even has an unroot .zip option given you have to send your phone in again (will save you another $300 :p).

And of course, you can PM me if you need any help. If these are the steps you have already followed, here's a YouTube video with some visuals. When I'm stuck on something, that usually helps me a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CEjInNY5Y0

Good luck!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JHaste:
Uhhhh... i really dont understand how i was being a ****... I simply stated that he should have a holistic understanding of what hes doing before he starts tinkering because the figure it out as you go method can lead to a 300 dollar paper weight. Not to mention I pointed him in the right direction to start....

All I did was give a bit of advice that I felt was in his best interest and then sent him on his way...

If you think what I originally posted was flaming then you clearly have never seen me tear somebody a new one lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nevrlow:
Dont worry man

sent from my Sensation XD
[T-Mobile LG G2x] guitarist5122:
Cuz I thought what he said was funny and agreed. I didnt realize the average joe had the right to question peoples right to agree and post. Don't get self-righteous on us.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mysterioustko:
They are being difficult. What they realize is that the OP has already stated that he's bricked one device because he cannot follow directions. He obviously does not know what he's doing, and has problems following instructions because, as he put it..they go on and on... In the end even if he successfully roots his phone, he may wind up causing himself problems by having access to system files because it's obvious he doesn't really know what he's doing. Everyone shouldn't root. If you cannot follow the simple instructions to root without "bricking" a device, and you cannot follow simple instructions to bring the device back to an operational state, then perhaps rooting is not for you (OP). It just sounds like he is going to cause himself even more problems.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] JHaste:
^^this... root access to phones is not a hand out, it has to be earned, and you earn it by educating yourself about your device and its capabilities and by following simple instructions...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jufjufjuf:
I can't believe no one has said this yet.

Most phones have water sensors, so dipping it in water would just void the warranty. Sorry if you were joking. But as many have said, it's pretty easy to flash the phone back to normal so the TMobile doesn't know it's been hacked. Did you ask here first?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sabwjawdjw:
I am thankful for all the responses. Sorry if I caused grief and headache to anyone. I was finally able to get my phone rooted giving the information that someone provided to me on here. I sent him a PM to personally thank him.

By all means I should probably be *****ed at if I don't follow instructions very well. I have always considered myself a visual learner. If I don't have hands on and able to see it done, it really complicates things for me. I guess you can call it a disability.

Anyways I have come from a long line to HTC which I can say is way different in rooting then these phones. I root them to begin with to get rid of all the stupid software T-Mobile places in my phone and to normally switch to CM7 which I have found out is giving me problems which I am currently trying to figure out.

So please negative comments and put downs are always accepted it comes with the questions. But I don't want to sound like an ass or anything when I say this because I mean it in the upmost respect to everyone, but isn't this a forum? A community forum?

Someone once had to show you, all I did was ask for the same help. And this whole GSM network ways of doing things is different from my typical Sprint CDMA network that I am used to. Everything was pretty much the same when it came to that.

Again please I AM VERY SORRY truly if I caused any problems. Please don't be upset at me. Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jufjufjuf:
I don't think anyone is upset with you. We're all here to contribute and help. Have fun with your rooted G2X :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dimdem:
Don't feel bad. I bricked mine upgrading to GB, and I'm still not sure what went wrong. I got it fixed for free by sending it into LG.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
Do not sweat the whiners. Here is the way I look at it... It is a forum for developers. I can not develop crap, so I try to do my part by being helpful when I can. Everyone here was brand new at one point. Make sure you do your part by reading as much as you can. If you still have questions/issues, send me a PM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Why does every noob question get followed up with a bunch bullshizz. We were all noobs at one point, I remember when my Huawei ascend scared me. Nothing is worse than bricking your phone and being upset than a bunch of know it all asses being pricks. Is the g2x forum the only one full of d-ckheads? I've never heard so much whining and holier than thou bs. I'm surprised we have any devs, ungrateful bunch of *****es. Wah, nvidia never, wah, everyone else has ics, wah, that noob asked a question, wah, I suck. I love my g2x, it's a typical musclecar, way over powered and finicky as hell. The g2x is not a beginners device, this is for big boys and girls. I wonder what the whiners would do if they owned a ferrari? Newsflash, they break down, a lot! I remember when xda was where you went for help and support, now I come here to be entertained by the ignorance of the know it alls. Go ahead, blast me, I'm a writer for an Android website and I'll make it painful. OK, then, how bout all these new roms and updates? It's like the g2x is reborn. Hey, wait a minute, I thought the g2x was a useless, unsupported piece of ka ka? Frickin morons!