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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Royal2000H:
I'm thinking about finally getting Tasker.

There's 2 versions - direct from the site and from the Android Market.

Market version is slightly more (by $1.50?) to somewhat overcome Google's 30% take. Market has the benefit of Market updates.

Direct version has encryption (market version does not) and direct version has it's own built-in update system.

Sound like Direct version is the way to go. Has anyone had experience with the built in update system? Is it as quick/seamless/reliable as the Market version?

Unrelated: Anyone use Tasker to make a location based task that's not based on GPS/Wifi, only based on tower? I want to differentiate between home and campus without killing battery on constant GPS. Home and campus are about a mile away so I'm wondering if it can be precise enough without GPS.

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TL;DR: Is Tasker (from the website)'s update system as seamless as Market updates? Can location be derived semi-accurately without GPS/Wifi?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VCURamEngineer:
Yep. You've got the differences down. The direct version has a 7 day free trial.

The built in update system works fine. You launch the app and go to options->check for new version. I don't believe it automatically checks.

I doubt you're going to get that kind of resolution based just on Network position, but when you ask for the location it will give you the accuracy. I find that my accuracy is generally around 1800m. I'm sure it's dependent on the towers in your area, so you'll have to try.

As I mentioned above, the direct version has a 7 day free trial. Grab it and give it a shot!

Hope that helps...
[LG Thrill 4G] CXENTE:
Did this ever came out? Or did they gave up?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yut93lMrTSE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Epic 4G General] xoshi:
My Samsung Epic 4G has the EE03 modem installed, but I have EC05 as my current firmware. I can't Odin back anywhere because my Epic does not like to be recognized by any computer anymore. (I'm not using the factory-provided charging cable, but instead a Palm Pre cable)

I thought it wasn't too huge of a deal, but the newer modem and older firmware don't seem to like each other much, which in turn eats the phone's battery up extremely fast.

As well, because of the difference, there's a recommended Android OS update to EI22 that keeps nagging me and won't go away. Every time I run it, it gets to the part "updating modem," the installation fails with the following message:

"script aborted (no error message)E:Error in /cache/a5ff039a0c97.SPH-D700_update_EC05_to_EI22.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.

Because I can't use Odin, what's the best option for fixing something like this?
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
I had a similar problem where I was stuck on a modem I didn't want.. there is no way possible to fix this I believe.. cuz u would have to switch modems and that won't happen without odin.. if u were on ec05 modem then u could have jjust flash ec05 to ei22 but there's no way to change ur modem without a computer

If ur sure the usb it working and u tried cleaning the outside of ur phones usb slot and it still didn't work then the best thing I can tell you to try Is probably to backup whatever current setting you have and to flash a ee03 compatible rom.. I think ee03 was a gb leak?? So I think an eh17 rom would go well with it? If so I would try thunderhawk its an amazing rom

But I'm no professional so id probably just wait now and see if anyone with more experience agrees on what I say or would have a better idea for you
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Lil is correct you will need to get Odin or Heimdall working. Heimdall installs its own drivers so you have the best shot with that and a new heavy duty cable.
[Epic 4G General] LORDFIRE00:
Koshi, take a clean unused toothbrush, take the end of the data cable that plugs into ur phone, and carefully brush the end inside. Do the same thing with the usb port of ur phone. Then blow into both parts, and try connecting to ur pc again.
[Epic 4G General] LORDFIRE00:
Don't use a lot of pressure when brushing.
[Epic 4G General] Stringyquark:
You could also try the ec05 revert cmw flashable zip. I had some issues when I had the usb mass storage installed. Then I couldn't get adb bridge installed propper so download mode wouldn't connect.

Uninstall your drivers, revert to ec05, install drivers and reboot, connect phone as storage, then dissconect, turn on adb and reconnect, when done disconnect and turn on dl mode and connect again, disconnect, load and run odin, reconnect in dl mode, and pray for a com port to come up.

Easy enuff to go back with a cmw backup if it doesn't work, might be worth a try.

Here's the thread 4 ya

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1027904
[Epic 4G General] stilesja:
I had an issue after taking my epic into be serviced one time where the computer would no longer recognize it. Turns out they switched a setting in one of the dialer menus I believe it was ##7887# and then you had to switch it to or out of modem mode. Sorry I am not much more help but I am cm7 now and can't access those hidden menus now but if someone else could read this perhaps they could clear up my haziness on this and give you some proper instructions to check if you are in the right mode.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
It is. ##8778# and switch usb to pda not modem... if that's the problem that is...
[Epic 4G General] stilesja:
Thanks yep that was my issue. I went back into the sprint store and the guy saw me coming because he realized after I left he didn't switch it back. Flipping that back had me off and odining just like before. Hopefully its that simple for the op.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Yep I hope so to. I only know this because when I first got my epic (brand new) it was in modem and not pda... took me well over 3 weeks of searching to find out why my mass storage was not being detected on my laptop... and then I found XDA! THANK GOD FOR XDA!
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
They did that to me once as well.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
Try the "Odin for Dummies" method. Use the Samsung EB13 tool which will reinstall all drivers for your computer to recognize your phone, walk you through the process of installing EB13 (it will wipe your phone completely) and put you on EB13 which you will then OTA to EC05 and OTA again to EI22. Here are the DL links:

http://www.multiupload.com/69YUW73XFB

I use the tool sometimes because I think it is actually safer than using Odin because you won't make any mistakes, like check marking the wrong options or using the wrong files in Odin, since the tool does everything for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phs507:
I rooted my phone with Unnamed 2.2.1 (excellent battery life).

Android 2.3.6 Kernel 2.6.35.7

Now it can't find My BlueAnt Q2. It found and connects to a Motorola H270.

The BlueAnt app doesn't help. It worked with the original phone setup, but after samsung galaxy S2-I777 last update 2.3.6, battery life sucked.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HeavenlyWinds:
I got this e-mail from Asus. ( I sent them an e-mail asking them to unlock the bootloader a while back).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MrGiggles:
old news.. thanks :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sparkym3:
Yes, but please let us know if you get any update from them on an ETA.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Do you know that you can get into serious trouble for posting a confidential letter or reply from Asus on a public forum. when I got my letter there was a huge disclaimer at bottom in bold detailing that. its only supposed to stay between rep n you. you can always paraphrase it or whatever. But to post the rep Actual letter email n everything is asking for trouble :confused:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BUYMECAR:
Honestly, what is ASUS going to do? Void your warranty?

Even if they did that, that's a lawsuit in the making.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HeavenlyWinds:
Na, i just got the e-mail. I would be surprised if Asus would actually care.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minjiet:
Anyone played moron test 2?

Bought the apps a while ago, today only tried to play it....weird thing is that....it doesnt show me the font!

using checkROM RevoHD v4 with siyah 2.6.6.

Anyone facing the same thing?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stormtroopercs:
Had that with angry birds :p do you have chainfire 3D installed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minjiet:
ya.....chain3D causing it?

update: unsinstall chain3D, same thing....no font
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minjiet:
update: the version i get from market is the latest update, so i try my luck to get older ver from "somewhere" else.

then all the font shows up, so it seems to be the app prob..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkny1123a:
I have bought a MZ600 out of US,so I cannot send it for 4G upgrade.

In this situation,is there possible to get some ICS Rom supportting 3G service?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
No, there isn't one available yet, but I hear it's being worked on.
[LG Nitro HD] bmxant:
I'm getting some really good battery life with light usage so far.

1d 3h 33m

Edit
[LG Nitro HD] gte460z:
I m getting similar results, light usage I unplug at 7am and plug back in at 1am with ~50% battery left.
[LG Nitro HD] V@no:
This screenshot doesnt say much, tap at the graph - that the screen to show off ;)
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
WIFI seems to be much better. With my LTE on I can barely charge the phone LOL. I wouldn't trade 20 Mbps down for bettery life. :cool:
[LG Nitro HD] Malnilion:
I'd say my experience has been the opposite of what's been reported. With low to medium usage, I'm lucky to get 8 hours. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I use setCPU to put my phone in battery saving mode and underclocked all the way when the screen's off. I kill apps whenever I notice a lot are running. I dunno. Coming from an iphone, I'd say my battery life has been horrible.
[LG Nitro HD] theoski:
I am surprised. I actually stopped worrying about baterry few weeks ago. I can definitely get through the day with no problem.
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
I've never been an iPhone fan, but since the iPhone 4 the battery has been phenomenal. Battery life is constantly improving on Android phones, but it seems like every time something new is introduced it gets significantly worse. The 720p screen and LTE radio don't seem to be helping the battery cause. In the Nitro's defense, I haven't carried it an entire day to see how it works out for me. My Inspire could charge completely in about 2 hours, this phone will have changed less than 50%. But I have 20 Mbps download!!!
[LG Nitro HD] gte460z:
This is interesting since I don't kill apps, I don't use setcpu, and have only done minimal debloating. I do have pretty decent signal at my workplace (which is 4G, not LTE) which does make a big difference.
[LG Nitro HD] Billy Madison:
I wonder if it's the point? Maybe codeaurora just knows better how to undervolt SoC than setcpu does, just maybe? If Malnilion only tried to stop using setcpu could it made any difference?
[LG Nitro HD] Malnilion:
Well, I'll be damned. setCPU was the problem. My battery life is lasting much longer now. With medium usage I'm at about 15 hours on a charge and have 7% left. If anybody is having a problem and is using setCPU, don't take my word for it, uninstall setCPU and see for yourself.
[LG Nitro HD] scott0:
my experience has been the same using setcpu on my nitro. not sure if there was a sw conflict or if the stock sw simply does the job better but this phone runs much better without setcpu.

That being said, I am currently running JD ultimate and have its cpu gov running and it works much better imo.
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
How about charging your phones? My phone charges like 15% after an hour. Any tips to make it faster? Should I take it back to AT&T and get a replacement?
[LG Nitro HD] bmxant:
If you're using a USB port to charge that could be why it's so slow.

Edit: I am too, I'd say it's around 3 hours or so per full charge. Maybe slightly longer.
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
Good point. Now that you mention it, it does appear to charge faster when plugged into the wall. Well that kind of sucks. This thing takes forever to charge. I'll try with a wall adapter when I am home again and let you know what I find out.

It's kind of hard to always have a wall charger with me though.
[LG Nitro HD] theoski:
It is not blackberry crazy short timing charges but I can charge it less than 2 hours from around 20% left using stock 1.5 amp wall charger. It definitely does not charge long.
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
Wall charger made a huge difference. Charged about 55% in an hour. Thanks for the tip.
[LG Nitro HD] AllstarE4:
Am I correct to assume that the 2.1amp car charger would charge better/faster than the 1.5amp wall charger? I ask because with the wall charger I still consume power faster than the charger can keep up while watching SlingPlayer mobile.
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
Probably so, this phone is a battery draining beast. Every review I've read says LTE phones have terrible battery life. LG should have had an option to disable it and 3G. Oh well, I'll live with it while streaming on my 22 Mbps DL connection. :D
[LG Nitro HD] AllstarE4:
That's just it though... I'm not on LTE while using SlingPlayer. I'm on 4G out in the field. My car charger doesn't say what it is, but I assume it's 1.5amp. I download "Advanced Task Killer" app, but everything I "kill" comes right back up. I think there's too much crap running and sucking down the battery. I really need to figure out how to root and freeze bloatware crap.
[LG Nitro HD] Donatron:
Same here. Battery life was a concern for me when I was first considering the phone. But I found that I can go a full day on a single charge. so I don't even worry about it anymore.
[LG Nitro HD] dbjungle:
I'm texting and IM'ing all day. Not really streaming anything and I get about 6 hours.
[HTC Sensation] HeyHeyAllan:
Hi All,

I'm about to root and flash a new ROM onto my HTC Sensation but before I do so, I want to have a backup of the stock ROM in case I need to take the phone in for a repair.

I'm looking for the Vodafone Australia HTC Sensation stock ROM but can't find it!

Does anyone have one which they could send me a link to?

Or, is there a way which I can make a backup of the stock ROM from my phone?

Thanks!

EDIT: just to clarify, I've tried searching for the RUU but there don't seem to be any for Vodafone AUS. So is there anyway to backup the stock? Thanks! (I'm not exactly a newbie at rooting/flashing, just never had to worry about backing up for warranty purposes before)
[HTC Sensation] astarman:
i was wondering the same thing! cant find the ruu! hope someone can guide us to restore without a RUU :(

or some method gets invented
[HTC Sensation] madigan311:
Im bad at posting links. Head over to sensation android development section. Find the roms collection thread and it should have plenty of choices stock and custom.
[HTC Sensation] astarman:
none are for australian vodafone
[HTC Sensation] madigan311:
http://ausdroid.net/2012/01/06/htc-salsa-chacha-desire-hd-sensation-from-vodafone-all-get-updated/ maybe?
[HTC Sensation] tingtan:
Not sure if it helps, there are many of RUU in shipped-roms.com, Sensation related ROMs are in http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Pyramid
[HTC Sensation] HeyHeyAllan:
@tingtan Thanks for the link. I'm not sure which one the Vodafone AUS one is. Is there anyway that you or someone else could match it for me? Here is a screenshot of the software info for my phone. Thanks!

http://i.imgur.com/e8bhc.jpg
[HTC Sensation] astarman:
hey did you find a way to do it?
[HTC Sensation] K00li79:
People, before you flash a new rom you need to make a nandroid back up! In case you need to restore your phone for what ever reason.....

This is also done in clockworkmod recovery.....

Hit the backup/restore button and you are good to go.

If you look at the step by step install protocols in the tread of your choosen rom, one of the first steps is DO A NONDROIDBACKUP.... :p

Goodluck!
[HTC Sensation] HeyHeyAllan:
Thanks for the tip! And I assume that if you need to take the phone back for some reason, just restore, unroot and S-on?
[HTC Sensation] astarman:
you cant S-on without a RUU though? thats what the guide says?
[HTC Sensation] K00li79:
If you do restore,you are unrooted.... But be careful restoring s-on, its more riskie than requiring s-of! Read the threads regarding this proces and do what it says every step!
[HTC Sensation] Jikstah:
You'll need to have stock recovery and bootloader, which a nandroid backup doesn't save. And only an RUU, AFAIK will give you those.
[HTC Sensation] EpicSauce:
Here is a link to an Australian Vodafone stock RUU, I note yours is a slightly newer version than this RUU, however I would expect this would be fine if you need to go back to stock.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/c13...00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220002_signed.exe (thanks to Football)

BTW you either need your stock RUU or you need to have backed up stock recovery and Hboot before rooting (via temp root) because these are overwritten in the revolutionary s-off and custom recovery installation process. A nandroid backup is important but it won't take you back to stock.

For a short time I've got the RUU in my dropbox, it might be a bit quicker and less ads! http://is.gd/Vaq45l
[HTC Sensation] Jikstah:
Ah, the Almighty EpicSauce saves the day again.. You better thank this guy, he gave up a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
[HTC Sensation] astarman:
Does this ruu work the same for the sensation XE?

:S

Thanks a lot EpicSauce!! :)
[HTC Sensation] Jikstah:
It will work, but it won't be the same as stock e.g. No BeatsAudio or 1.5Ghz clock speed.
[HTC Sensation] astarman:
do you have the XE ruu?

thanks!
[HTC Sensation] HeyHeyAllan:
THANK YOU. You are AMAZING! Going to have a lot of fun with Custom ROMS tonight!

Indeed!
[HTC Sensation] Jikstah:
No I don't.. sorry! :l
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got556:
I'm not gonna lie....I hate having to hit next page while browsing forums...it's bad enough on a computer but even more tedious on a tablet. So my question is would any of you awesome devs be willing to tackle trying to make a page autoloader similar to google chrome's but for our 10.1's stock browser?

I posted this in the dev section because I thought this would be the best place for such a topic. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Question = Q&A
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nandihno:
I think the best place to ask is in the question forum not in dev
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got556:
Roger that and thanks.

If a mod will move this it will be much appreciated. Perhaps if we can determine if this is even possible, then it would be better suited for DEV stomping grounds. :p
[General Questions and Answers] thenamesian:
Searched and couldnt find anything on this.

I am trying to import a bunch of photos and videos that I took with the GNex (4.0.2) to my computer (Win7 64bit). I have tried using MTP and also connecting my phone and using a media file importer (Windows Live Photo Viewer) and nothing seems to work. It is constantly freezing.

Anyone know any tricks to get this on my computer without using ADB?

Thanks...
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
Use a cloud service as an intermediate step. Upload the files from phone to Dropbox, for example, and download them from there to your PC.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
I just made backup with rogue recovery and I can't find it anywhere. This happened one more time but I wasn't paying attention thinking that maybe I was wrong. Whole process finished without errors but I can't locate backup anywhere.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbh4r4l:
Check yoir sd card
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
I did, it's not there. I have 3 old backups (one stock and other when I installed Calkulin rom, and last with loaded app), but no current one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sleshepic:
Could be a bad SD card. Had that before with an old card. Had spotty performance, sometimes would just make files vanish
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
Hope not. This is a 5 day old 32GB sd card. Never happened that files disappears just with this recovery. I just flashed new rom and I will try again.

Edit: It worked, I do see backup via recovery but I have no idea where is located.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dafluke24:
and you checked in the clockworkmod folder on the sd card or internal storage? there should be a folder called backup and that's where they are located. If it's rogue recovery, then it's on the SD card. CWM recovery puts them on the internal storage
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pdaddy:
dafluke24, it took me a little playing around and pulling my hair to figure that out myself. Some devs like different recoveries. When flashing you may end up with a new recovery. Should be stickied for noobs (may already be). Thanks for an old school informative XDA answer.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dafluke24:
Glad I could help out. The way I learned it by going through all the folders lol Eventually it just made sense to me since CWM = clockworkmod. Go figure :D

Rogue recovery does have an option to put the backups on the internal storage as well, so that's a good thing if your SD card is full of mp3s and movies like mine is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
You were right, sd card is going bad. I am mad because I use this card for 5 days only. Got it from ebay (in original packaging) and give'd good review to seller already.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
Just run test and looks like bad or fake card. Also instead of 32 GB it shows 28GB ?

I did several testing and results are always same. If there is any data on card test fails, and if card is formated test returns with no error (see attachments)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dafluke24:
yea I've been burn by fake or bad cards on ebay many times myself. It will show full capacity,but you can only copy like a few gigs to it. everything else written on the card will show up but be un-usable. For this reason I stopped buying memory cards on ebay and only from legit websites like newegg or buy.com.

Way too much fake stuff out on ebay and you're not sure if you're getting the real thing or some crap.

Sucks to hear that about your situation
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
Thank you, I look positive way on it (didn't loose much of data on it). Anyway I will get new one from other source. What is top price I should pay for 32 GB, and which brand I should chose?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dafluke24:
I've seen 32gig card go for under $30 so no more than that. I've had success on many different brands: sandisk, kingston, adata, patriot, transcend, etc. I would avoid the no name cards as you're not sure what they are.

Just a quick search pulled up this Patriot sd card for $29 free shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220452

If you're a stickler on class speeds, this is a class 10 card. I personally don't care about write speeds as long as it works and doesn't give me problems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
I don't care about speed, but had bad experience with Kingston (lost very important 200-300 pictures after card died with no eason). Thanks for your help!