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[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nycbjr:
Weekend Update

Hey guys! I know everyone is waiting patiently for a new build, or at least some news, well I'm going to give you some news, update probably won't happen until next week.

2 members of the team had some hardware issues this week, so progress slowed down a bit until today.

We have very promising leads on the HW Video Acceleration, and Camera bugs, these bave been our primary concern, and also the most "challenging". As many of you know Nvidia has been less than forthcoming with their code, even amid promises of opening up their source "sometime this year".

Well some clues from other devs and roms, I believe have us pointed in the right direction.

Camera, today we received some leaked tegra libs, in it are camera stuff, upon a simple swap in I got a black screen while loading camera.apk, doesn't sounds great right? but that means the camera hardware (well should mean) is being recognized (at least partially), we may need to write some config, or code, who knows.

Also we began Looking for seriously at a 3g version.

Good stuff happening, keep up the faith!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] pseudoheld:
thanks for the update!

it would be awesome if you could add 3g functionality!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] ehcan:
This sounds great, please keep us informed whenever you can on your progress.

Sent from my P7300 on CM9 Alpha1
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] weltwon:
Weekend update

You're update might not be as funny as Seth Meyer's on SNL but is much appreciated. BTW, when I visited the Samsung booth at the CES Show this week here in Vegas, I asked them when we might get ICS for our tablets and phones. After being redirected to about a dozen people in their booth, one finally simply said "soon." That said, maybe Samsung belongs on SNL!

Glenn :)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] nirogu325:
That's as vague as they can get, lol. I wonder what that word means in their dictionary.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] solarus2011:
It means "No idea when" ;-)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] weltwon:
Samsung Saturation

Exactly. Samsung spends much more of their time spewing out new Android products instead of supporting those of us who have already given them our money for things like the Galaxy 8.9 tablet. Their booth at CES was showing off the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note with ICS. I put my Epic 4G Touch next to the Nexus and saw zero difference (I'm running Phantonhacker's Blazer ROM with ICS wallpaper). IMHO, the Galaxy Note should be renamed the Galaxy Joke ... to small to be a usable tablet unless you use the stylus 100% of the time and too big to look like a normal smartphone. Again, the screen was no better than my E4GT or 8.9 tab. I can sum up the entire CES 2012 show in one word ... BORING !

Glenn:)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] poisike:
Thats strange. I have flashed the alpha2 probably more then 30 times, so it can't be a bad flash or wipe problem. If anyone else is not having this behavior then maybe i have a hardware problem?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jhwbg:
Youre tab is just fine, :) I can also say that this happens to me. I use a2 as my daily driver and I use it alot. I think a1 was better for me, the problem is that it is very hard to pinpoint what the problem is. It hangs randomley, must use 15 sec power off, it stutters and is not smooth.

I have alot of tabs when browsing the net, then it can freeze. I have disabled flash.

This is strange, I am guessing that maybe the folks with no problems doesent spend several hours with their tab...I use mine alot, and even with theese problems I refuse to go back to HC.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] poisike:
I don't have any other problems, just the launcher behaves strangely.

Do you have a P7300? Can you please test something for me?

Make sure you have SetCPU installed and set to Interactive. I'm not overclocked so if you are, please set max to 1GHz just so we are on same config.

Make sure you don't have any third party widgets, as this seems to cause the problem also. I only have gmail and browser bookmarks on main screen and a few app shortcuts on both sides.

Now restart your tab. Is scrolling homescreens left and right smooth now? It is perfect for me. I can open app tray and go back to homescreen and scroll them just fine. It's great!

Now open any app or just turn your tab to portrait and back to landscape. Now scroll homescreens, is it stuttering like stock HC? It is for me and i can replicate this every time.

Restart your tab and try again, see if you get the same result.

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Development] jhwbg:
I have the wifi 7310 model.

I have exactly the same config as you besides the model.

I can confirm the issue with launcher, have tested several times with your suggested settings.

After launching connectbot and exit app, it is less smooth.

It is not your hardware. Widgets make it worse, I will not put mine back:)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RevosFTS:
I have been playing around with the kitchen on my Ubuntu machine(64 bit version 10.04) since I'm new to it I've basically only delved into some debloat and deodexing/root stuff for the new ruu. I get a bootloop when I flash the rom I made and can't get past splash screen. Is there something special I need to do for thunderbolt/mecha to make it boot?? Anybody? ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
I am currently using a Desie HD, but I may be trading it for a Nexus S. What I want to know, guys (from you, pro users, not home users that barely wake the phone), is :

-does it have a death grip? By that, I reffer to Wi-Fi and 2G/3G. If you hold it with one hand, holding one finger in a specific place on the back, or with two hands, playing something (online, say, like Pocket Legends)... does the signal go down or anything?

-the battery is of 1500 mAh, while my Desire HD's only 1230. There clearly is a difference. I want to know... does it last as long as you would expect? How long, and in what conditions?

-looking at the sound tests GSMArena performs, both the Desire HD AND the Nexus S seem to be in about the same range, with the Nexus S performing somewhat lower (see THIS page, at the middle). I gotta say, my Desire HD fails to impress me. The speaker quality is bad, the volume is low. I sometimes miss calls. F***!

I want to know everything about the possible downsides of this phone before I go ahead and take it.

I'm not asking you anything about the screen, because I will be getting the I9023 (the S-LCD variant). The I9020 just isn't sold here, so... of course... no one has it...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshthewaster:
I have never noticed signal dropping by gripping the phone. I have also never felt like it was going so slowly that I needed to pay attention to it that closely

I am generally pleased with how long the batter lasts. I don't do a lot of streaming of anything and stay on wifi when I can and I make it 14+ hrs till I get below 5%. I do have the screen on a lot (news junkie) plus some light gaming. Anyway the NS is far superior to my samsung vibrant as far as battery life goes.

As far as sound goes I can generally hear everything just fine but I generally don't talk on it in public or where there is much of any background noise.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
My vibrant had grip issue this phone doesn't have that problem. Speaker is good. Not sure about new HTC phone but older ones like my nexus one had ****ty speaker
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cspader:
no death grip and havent come across it anywhere on the net for nexus s..

but prevalent with samsung phones are the weaker than average wifi signal.. also problem connecting to wep encrypted wife hotspot is a widespread problem.

sound wise its a little lower than average i would say.. used an s2 before this and it was loud enough.. do not know if any kernels can fix these issues.

all in all i'm very happy with my phone given all the problems i listed. lcd version here

oh if u flash the ota ics the stock recovery wouldnt show for lcd.. you'd have to get cwm..

but i dont think its worth a sidewaygrade? why not go for sensation for the audio quality..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
I'm not so sure about this LCD my Desire HD has. I want S-LCD, LCD sucks. And the battery... it's smaller than the one of the Nexus S's.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECOTOX:
Doesn't desire HD have a super LCD? And as far as you questions

No death grip for me

Battery for me is ~10-25 hours depending ( most days around 15-20)

Speaker on the back sucks and causes ALOT vibrations that echo into the mic when on speaker phone (use foam tape under battery cover to help) but HP quality is great :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Formhault:
The Inspire 4G has a S-LCD. The Desire HD ain't got super. At least according to GSMArena...

My battery is currently about to die, I believe. It seemed to be fine for the first week, but now, once it reaches 40%, it starts to cause problems (such as phone shutoff, freeze, and displays only 11% in less than 20 minutes). I'll be replacing it with a MOMAX X-Level battery in a few days, unless I manage to switch this DHD for a NS instead.

As for the speaker... that sucks. The Desire HD's speaker sucks, too. I just hope Sammy did it better. I'd also like you to explain this whole procedure of using foam tape (duct tape? no?) for the battery cover...
[Motorola Photon 4G] GraphicDemon:
Wtf is this all about

http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/201...n-4g-android-smartphone-gets-a-fcc-tear-down/
[Motorola Photon 4G] kwazytazz:
damn too bad low res pictures, cant see what kinda beceem chip it has, then we can finally put it to rest if it has lte or not
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
Blurry cam struck again
[Motorola Photon 4G] MedicStuder:
I think I seen Bigfoot in the pics or was it a UFO. No wait it was the locness monster...lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Nice! I still know for a fact there's no LTE but whatever lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] bpcivicsi:
Qualcomm processor? Holy crap this article is horrible.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rbeavers:
Here's the Pics. from the FCC's web site.

https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas...ame=N&application_id=608952&fcc_id='IHDP56MD1

Exhibit 9 Internal Photos
[Motorola Photon 4G] foxsdaddy67:
which chip is supposedly the WIMAX chip? :confused:
[Motorola Photon 4G] GraphicDemon:
Idk but interesting... Decided see news on our device n more bull****
[Motorola Photon 4G] schale01:
So does this give us any idea why moto had the internal photo's sealed until now?
[Motorola Photon 4G] GraphicDemon:
Beats me lol but maybe theres more to this than they said...
[Motorola Photon 4G] tcf84:
Well that was interesting...
[Motorola Photon 4G] halfdriven:
This has already been answered several times. No LTE on this device.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
nothing has been answered but a pissing match. on both sides.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Again....

Antenna Design:

The length of an antenna is critical to what frequencies it can receive. The higher the frequency the smaller the margin of error. So if Sprint LTE is going to sit on the 700MHz band, the Wimax antenna is useless. The only way for ANY Sprint phone to even pick up LTE is if LTE operates at the same frequency as wimax. This CANNOT be argued.

Chipset Design:

The ability to flash new firmware to have a radio accept a different network protocol is not impossible. It has been done in the past but has always been plagued with issues and end up where the radio has to be replaced. I have not seen any documentation from the phone manufacturers, chipset manufacturers, Sprint or the FCC to support that this will even be attempted. A change of this sort would require a submission to the FCC at a minimum.

Legal Issues:

In order to reassign the current wimax band to LTE would require that the current IEEE 802.16 standard be rewritten. Not only would this have to go through the FCC it would also have to be accepted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on a global scale. Any change of this sort is highly improbable as it would require that millions of devices worldwide currently on 802.16 to be replaced.
[Motorola Photon 4G] 6bowmans:
There you go with your BS reality again...party pooper. Tinker ef'ing Bell will just toss some pixie dust, and we will have LTE.
[Motorola Photon 4G] schale01:
I'm not really sure why LTE is so sought after on this device. It's not even live except in a few test markets. Most people likely won't even see a glimpse of LTE until much later this year at the earliest. By that time we should have a "photon 2" out that yes will likely have LTE support but more importantly a quad core Terga 3 processor. So yeah I'll keep my WiMax until they get some Terga 3 action out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
yea im holding onto my photon until the next lte moto comes out... after that ill prolly jump but for now im happy :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] halfdriven:
It has no LTE capabilities, your response was just stupid.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
no one has documented proof on either end its all speculation on both sides. now people just shake off and let the thread die. Capable or not it probably wont happen.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RevosFTS:
I have been playing around with the kitchen on my Ubuntu machine(64 bit version 10.04) since I'm new to it I've basically only delved into some debloat and deodexing/root stuff for the new ruu. I get a bootloop when I flash the rom I made and can't get past splash screen. Is there something special I need to do for thunderbolt/mecha to make it boot?? Anybody? ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
What does a logcat say?
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyphydragon:
why cant our dual core 1.5ghz phones even play 1080 flash videos smoothly
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Technically, Gingerbread does not fully support dual core processors...
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
you mean youtube 1080p or something like that??? good question, guessing our phones don't have the decoders to do that and do not take full advantage of the gpu and cpu. But in any case our screens are not 1080p its not even 720p, it's qhd meaning 1/4 of actual 1080p. so there would be no point anyways..

---------- Post added at 10:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:35 PM ----------

hmm, I didn't know that, so technically we have a phone that's not using its full potential at the moment, its kinda like when all these dual core computers came out with windows xp, when it wasn't even supported...The players also have to support hardware encoding and there's a lot of other factors..
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Pretty much. lol. You can see that multi-core support was added to Honeycomb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
Hah whats funny is that I have a galaxy tab 10.1 and my phone runs videos that the tab can't and a better smoother performance too...lol...it has a lot to do with the player and the decoders as well and how they use the system. samsung is the master of that, they include a lot of good support for video and audio play on their phones...but unfortunately I refuse to upgrade to touchwiz on my tab and rather stay stock honeycomb and just convert videos on my desktop and watch them later on my tab.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyphydragon:
i had the sensation before the amaze and it played 1080 perfect with the exact same cpu/soc and less ram and lower clock 1.2ghz, and ill respectfully disagree that playing videos in 1080 doesnt make a difference as it clearly does

720p cant read small text on streams and in 1080 i can read it perfect just its going at 2 fps >,<

btw i had faux kernel on my sensation and i also have it in my amaze
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
I don't know, maybe its not true 1080p or true 720p, they might have been encoded with loss of quality to save space...ask others see what they think. If you think that's the case download this program it converts all files to other files...and convert the flash videos to mp4 1080p files :)

http://www.freemake.com/
[HTC Amaze 4G] hyphydragon:
thank you for being so helpful but the video i m referring to is on live streams like on twitch.tv justin.tv or own3d.tv
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
make sure to have adobe flashplayer installed
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
also make sure you're getting decent reception wifi preferably, so the data can come in clearly and not choppy. what is it that you're trying to watch I'll try it on my phone and see if I have the same problem then try my gf sensation and see if I see a difference... unless its something inappropriate lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] eggydrums:
I imagine ics has dual core support right? I mean, its built on honeycomb, hopefully well have hd on YouTube lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluppfisk:
I have a Chinese (PRC) version of the Samsung Galaxy S2. This caused a lot of trouble in the beginning because it doesn't come with the Android market or any of the Google services. Also it didn't allow the installation of non-Chinese ROMs. This was remedied by installing ownhere's hacked mod.

Later it was discovered that you could pretty much put any ROM on the PRC version of the SGS2, as long as you kept the original Modem and CSC. So I did and I'm now running Cyanogenmod 7.

However, now that ICS for the Galaxy S2 has been leaked, I would like to start this thread to provide a source of information for fellow owners of China (PRC) phones so they can update to ICS.

I have downloaded the ICS 4.0.3 package from the above link. I tried the following ways to install it:

- Odin 1.85: repartition, modem, csc AND pda -> NAND write fail in the very beginning, soft-bricked phone, revert to ownhere

- Odin 1.85: repartition and pda -> NAND write fail in the very beginning, soft-bricked phone, revert to ownhere

- Odin 1.85: only pda -> NAND write fail etc etc.

- revert to the original stock Chinese firmware, however I have forgotten the name and code of the firmware and the firmware thread on this forum does not list the latest stock (original) China (PRC) version.

- UPDATE: Tried Bezkes ROM, installed the zip via CWM recovery. Seems to work but many apps still crash, like google maps, the camera, some settings. Functionality is really 差不多.

Has anyone been more successful than me?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solarkit:
I tried kp8 on hk sgs2,home button not working,so give up

Using airbus1.1 and disabled media scanner

Very smooth and okey battery life

And I found that official Facebook apps services is always on,so I using "Simple feed" to replace fb
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluppfisk:
I'm really only talking about PRC phones. The Hong Kong ones are the same ones as anywhere else in the world. PRC phones are modified not to accept non-PRC modem binaries...

fisken
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluppfisk:
Any news for Chinese owners? Perhaps this thread should also be stickied. Last time there seemed to be quite a few owners of Mainland Chinese SGS2's.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PANGUyien:
I'm using the Chinese S2. I don't know what China's issue is. What's the point of buying an Android phone if there's no Google Apps or Android market?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
I have been getting very slow LTE speeds compared to other users here. 1.5 miles from my desk is the tower. I bought the phone friday after it launched and it still has slow data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Is it just me or are those screenshots super grainy and blown up?

Either way, you only have 1 bar of signal, man. What you expect?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
I took them 5 minutes ago on half brightness. Do you thing the screen is messed up? I normally get 1-3 bars. Here is another pic.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Brightness has nothing to do with the screenshot quality >.> they still look horrible for some reason. Anyway...

But yeah, something is wrong there assuming that you truly have a 3bar 4G signal (but given your first 2 only showed 1 bar, you seem to have signal issues). 185ms latency is really high too.

Under about phone, what's your signal in dBm? Do you have this issue in other areas or just at work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
Yea, I had 4G on, no wifi or 3G. I hope my screen isn't bad :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Again, your screen quality has absolutely nothing to do with your screenshot quality. Its just being converted poorly when you upload them...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bluemoon1221:
Do you have anyone else near you with any Verizon 4g lte phone?

Best way would be to compare between two phones to see if the problem is

1. Your area data speed

2. Your phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
My brother has a Charge, but I won't be able to see him until tomorrow evening. The tower is at my grocery store and the most I can pull there is 12-13 down and 6-7 up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
That's not bad at all. You have no idea how many people are on the network (or specifically at that tower).

Like I asked before, what's your actual signal, in dBm? that's what matters when troubleshooting this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
Here are my dBm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
OP you are okay for a couple reasons. First you are a good distance from the tower, but still get really good speeds, more than capable of anything you can run. Second as said before you don't know how many people are also attached to that tower, in Pittsburgh I get 5 or 6 MB down but when I go home from work (about 30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh) I live in a small town that only has 4G because of a nearby Verizon store and I get 15+ down.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Or what the server your testing on is doing. I've seen LTE go as slow as 7 down, 2 up and as high was last night when I pulled nearly 30 down and 22 up... all from my couch.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
Err...that's still not very good. At home I get anywhere from 15-30Mbps on 2-3 bars of service (around 85-75dBm)...and that's in Cleveland, with people all around using it. Outside of the city I easily break 30+Mbps (my parents live 20 minutes outside of the city and at their house I get around 30Mbps all the time).

Maybe there's something wrong with the tower or they haven't upgraded it in a long time, but being close to a tower should net you at least 15-20Mbps, if not higher. Anything lower than that I'd say there's probably a problem...considering I've seen those speeds while surrounded by people (at sporting events, and the like) all using connections.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
I live about 30 minutes from downtown Phoenix. The tower here is one of the first in my area because they put it up for testing late February.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WillEat4F00d:
How do you guys know where the location of the towers are?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
The tower is behind a plaza with some restaurants there. Well there was a jackin the box and i went in because i saw two verizon trucks there. Talked to them for about 45sec and they said they were installong a tower behing the grocery store. I asked if it was a 4G tower and they said yes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
Ok can it get any slower?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aaron Rodgers Beard:
What app are you using to get these screen shots? Also I have noticed I get slower lte speeds than I used to get with my charge.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
I just hold down the power button and the volume down button at the same time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aardvark502:
Mine are the exact opposite...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
Here is my full bar speed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dudeimgeorge:
WOW thats terrible....on full bars!

on full bars i hit 45+

2 bars in the high teens to low 20s

no to 1 bar (3-9)

not good dude

but there is a reception issue that has been plowing through alll forms of android forums the last few days on the verizon galaxy (me included, exchanged 3 times with very bad issues, tech reps even admited it when they tested my device..very unstable. i just wish i can find out if its a software fix...becauase every update didnt help.