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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Tairen:
Um...get an Ipad? Oh wait... get a Galaxy Ta..oh wait..guy, every tablet has a power button. And every power button on every tablet gets used -_-. The power button will be fine, trust me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I soooooo would not worry about this.

Of course there is no app that allows the phone to wake when the screen is off by touching the screen. Can you imagine? Ugh.

And your worried about the power button but not worried about the volume button which you would then double (at a minimum) it's usage and workload?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thewingzman:
bump

I see ur issue..I hada nexus one and the power button failed..hope it didn't happen to tis tab.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Smasher816:
Well i know Ezekiel made a mod for the Nexus S kernel called "Touch wake" allowing the touchscreen to stay on, even if the screen is off. Touching the screen withing a customizable amount of time (1 minute) after the screen turned off would turn it back on. So it is possible, once custom kernels come out..

Another option is a thread in the development sections. A person there is a attempting to create an app that wakes the prime by shaking it. I also believe widgetlocker has a setting to wake on volume button press.

Seriously though, I doubt you will have a problem with the power button.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Frooty:
Here is a video of how HTC stress tested the Nexus One before it was released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1sz5c-R9h0

Now obviously ASUS isn't HTC, but I'd imagine all companies stress test their products in a similar way before they release them, thus I'm sure the Prime's power button has been tested and proven to last through the normal usage of it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] extremepizza:
If you get the keyboard there is a setting that you can toggle(in the stock rom) to wake it up when you touch a key.

Note: it does affect battery life though
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ayman07:
Stop being an ass.

@OP

Download an app called Widget Locker. It will replace your lock screen but there is an option in the settings that allow you to wake up your tablet by using the volume rocker. That way you can alternate between physical buttons.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] benlc:
Wouldn't feel that confident about the prime's buttons. Volume button on mine already feel weird after a month with it (have to press volume up harder...)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
does widget locker work in ICS?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ajk511:
Try it out real quick and let us know.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Smasher816:
Iv used it for a while. It works great.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ayman07:
Of course :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flipper2006:
Is there an app i can use to not press the screen every time i want to do something, im afraid if i keep pressing the glass, its going to stop/break?:cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ayman07:
Use a stylus.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] js931:
:-) dont worry, just watch a few videos on youtube about "gorilla glass"! unless you want to an hammer instead of your fingers, the tab should be fine :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] resist:
I'm personally not concerned about the power button...however, I would still like a feature as the one described here (shake to wake). However, it would need to be accompanied by a widget or means to enable / disable on the fly because in order to do this, you would need to keep your device in partial wake state even if the screen is off which in turn may lead to unexpected battery usage.

I see this as handy for those instances when you are going between tablet and other things and back to tablet (which i find myself doing often)....I'd want to enable during those times and disable when not necessary.

I didn't see the thread in the dev section so if someone wouldn't mind pointing me to it, I'd appreciate it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
Guys, The reason why I started this thread was because I see in other threads this has already been a problem with the original transformer power button (the only way users could wake the display was by plugging the tablet in to charge)

Also, these contacts inside the power buttons that most manufacturers use in the tablets are not the best quality micro switches. Repetitive usage could possibly kill them quickly. (Go check the Acer Iconia A500 forums!) I don't feel very confident of their longevity.

One great thing about Honeycomb and ICS, is that it does away with most of the mechanical buttons. The biggest point of failure that still remains on these tablets is the mechanical power switch.

I set my tablet to sleep after 5 minutes without use so that it does not drain the battery, but I don't wan't to wind up RMA'ing this thing back to Asus if there is a way to prevent it. I will try some of the recommendations provided. I really do hope that this is something that is looked into by the developers. Keep the suggestions coming! and thank you all!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jackelbait:
Mom always said if you keep playing with it , it will fall off... lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hairdewx:
Good god how hard are you pressing the screen? :P It only needs a gentle touch or caress ;)

If you don't want to press/touch you screen, I would highly recommend getting the dock. A stylus will apply even more pressure than the average finger. You won't have to touch the screen at all once you get the dock. If you are worried you are gonna wear out and stop/break the touchpad, get an external usb mouse.

If you are afraid of wearing out or breaking an external mouse, well then I am out of ideas.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] djkinetic:
Widgetlocker does work with ICS however I find that the wake with volume key option is a little buggy...sometimes it works other times it doesnt until you restart the device or restart widgetlocker.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
I also tried widget locker as suggested, but could not get mine to wake at all with the volume key option-it also crashed a few times- I wound up uninstalling-

Still looking for another option here-
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kassar:
Whooooooooooosh (Unless this is some elaborate joke)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
Any updates? We DESPERATELY need a way to wake the Prime up from sleep without using the power button-

Even Apple uses the Light sensor to wake the I-pad up when the smart-cover is lifted from the glass.

Are there any light sensor apps that work with the prime? a leather case would block the light sensor when closed, and when open the light would pass back through to wake the tablet up-

Please developers, or someone out there, if you know a way to do wake the prime from sleep without pressing the power button, please share!

i still haven't found anything that works!

Thanks ----
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] btjoker:
Hi Mazjohn

Acording to what i know about the iPAD2 is they are using magnetism but not light sensor. and if using light sensor i reckon it will makes the battery life shorter.

Actually do you have the dock with the TF201? as what i got with mine with the dock, you don't really have to press any button if you flip up the TF201 and it will automatically unlock the device.

and also the lock button on the dock will do the same.

Give a try
[Kindle Fire Accessories] joda08:
hi i've been looking for a while now and ive found a few 7' tablet cases with keyboards and was wondering if anyone has tried one with the kindle fire.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] tinkererx:
It's highly unlikely right now.

The chip set in the Kindle apparently supports Bluetooth, but Amazon chose to not enable it. There are talented devs at work to enable it, but nothing so far.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] RawRmon:
Bump

I am not the most tech savy person out there, but is there no other portable external keyboard that would be compatible with the KF that is not necessarily Bluetooth. I started school, and love using my KF for simple note taking, but i can only swype so fast lol, and would love to use it for faster and longer note taking.

Any suggestions or ideas would be great!
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Xandralia:
At the moment, no. The only options for keyboards are bluetooth and usb, neither of which are currently available on the KF.

You will either have to wait for a ROM that can support it (thus rooting and flashing your KF) or wait and see if Amazon will release an OTA which enables the support.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Jessical:
Get a stylus and use it on a journal type app? That's what I'm doing at the moment. Then I go home and type it all out on Evernote since it's a bit sloppy. I'm actually going to give Quill a try next week which supports Evernote too.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] cloud71:
I dont know why amazon would have bluetooth and the other stuff that ppl would use disabled.

I think it only hurts the sell of the KF if you ask me, haha I wouldnt have the one I have if my wife wouldnt have gotten it.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] aaron1006:
It's unfortunate that this isn't possible yet, it's something I would really like to see.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] joda08:
so there isn't any keyboards that work over wifi that could work? That's kinds what I was thinking. I know its possible because I got a app that uses one aneroid device to control another over wifi.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] Jessical:
Yes, there are apps that use a computer to do the same thing. HOWEVER, there is no such thing as a dedicated wifi enabled keyboard. Why? Because the speeds wouldn't be fast enough for daily usage. It'd be like using dialup, except that instead for webpages taking a minute to load up, it'll be all your keystrokes.

Wifi connections are good for home sharing files/music/video, but not for something that should only take .0000000000001 milliseconds. Lol.

Which is why Bluetooth and USB are the mainly used interface. They're faster, they are not dependent on your router, and are far easier to plug & play.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] AsakuraVN:
A little bump but is there anyway this thing can help?

Can I plug it in with a bluetooth usb, usb keyboard or 3g usb or whatever using the same thing?

I know the other tablets can do this but Im not sure kindle's roms support it
[Kindle Fire Accessories] astmario:
You cant use that cable, Kindle Fire doesn't support USB host. Developers are trying to make ICS work fully and neither bluetooth or USB host are priority to them.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] jshaw49:
Not yet.
[Kindle Fire Accessories] 56K:
Bumped into a RIM guy with a playbook. He was testing out a bluetooth enabled keyboard and showed it to me. Very nice.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] wedmiston:
Installed Winamp and moved a few songs over to the the SD card under My files -> Music. Winamp found them without any additional direction, but if i want to use the card for something else and move them to the extra space on the NT following rooting, where should that be?

Would whatever is recommended also be the best place to store everything else I want to keep on the NT and not the card? I am assuming this is the 12Gb extra opened up by rooting the device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Montisaquadeis:
Once you root you can access the 12gb of space. You need a root enabled file explorer such as es file explorer or root explorer to be able to move things to the 12gb partition.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] wedmiston:
I have ES File explorer - where (specifically) should they go?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Montisaquadeis:
I dont have a working nook tablet in front of me right now but i think its /data/b&n downloads/music
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfingrools:
Im selling my captivate tomorrow and I want to make sure all of my personal data is removed. The phone is rooted and running a custom rom (froyo if my memory serves me correct) I believe new boot loaders were involved if that matters, screen shot below.

Should I be using the factory reset option with it running a custom ROM? is this harmful? or should i be doing it a different way

Thanks for any help!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhupendroid:
I think its not a bad idea to restore to stock. It will make sure everything is as it should be in a 'out of the box' phone and nothing more.

And doesn't hurt to use CwM and do a data and sd card wipe beforehand.

Are you upgrading to another galaxy? or something else?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfingrools:
Thanks for answering. your sure I dont need to use like Odin to flash back to eclair?

I remember reading somewhere that with the new boot loaders ODIN couldnt be used or something like that. I could be waay wrong

I got rid of my old Iphone for the Captivate and loved it for a while but i got bored with it after a while like i did my old Iphone. Picked the new new 4S. Apple is just more convenient for me to use for the time being. Im not a crazy fanboy of either by anymeans.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apbthe3:
Personally, I would flash back to either 2.1 or 2.2, whichever came on your phone originally, or the official 2.3 release. Once you are back to stock, then do a reset just to be sure.

If you leave a custom ROM on it and something goes wrong (or if they weren't expecting it), they're going to come back to you wanting to know why they can't get the stock upgrades, etc.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfingrools:
good point I was hoping to avoid all that. Im just selling to some random person on craigs list but I guess it would be the courteous thing to not screw them in the future
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfingrools:
& Odin worked like a charm :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H3rk1m3r:
I use Odin to flash back to stock JF6 ROM and use that same Odin to do a masterclear after going back to stock. Works like a charm and EVERYTHING is wiped out.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
Can we expect to see this on our vibrant ?

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-gains-usb-host-functionality/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
I've either made a hugely stupid error and turned on encryption and nobody will detail me why this is a bad idea.....

Or nobody who looks at my post in huge threads seems to want to answer this question:

I enabled encryption in my Galaxy Nexus settings. I am rooted on a custom ROM. I want to update/flash a new ROM.

Will things be different? Can I update like normal? or am I going to need to wipe/reset everything in order to flash an update?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrPendulum:
Neither Clockwork Mod or even the stock recovery can access the storage on the device after it's encrypted. The fact that the stock recovery can't is exceptionally poor form on Google's behalf.

You can't even perform a factory reset. The only way to unencrypt the device is to flash it via fastboot.

I posted some details in this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392037
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
Thank you very much! Reading up on that was really a learning experience on this mess lol

Can I flash a ROM via Fastboot using a zip? Im not sure about that... any1 know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Had the exact same problem and found out this solution the hard way. You can't do a factory reset to remove the encryption because the bootloader is different when you root.

The only way is to fastboot as mentioned above. You need to use the files provided for going back to stock. You should find them on here. Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] knyghtryda:
I found this out the hard way as well, but I think this is the great benefit of encryption. If someone were to get a hold of your phone there would be no way for them to access anything without having or breaking the passcode. For serial rom flashers this kinda sucks but if you really care about your data and are willing to stick with either stock or stock rooted then this means you actually have a phone that's truly secure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
You'd have to be extremely paranoid about your data to want to encrypt your phone. I couldn't care less, nothing of importance is on my phone anyway
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
I run my business on Google Apps and my data would be sensitive. Not everyone uses there phones just for personal stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
I don't use it for that either! I delete SMSs after they've been read, email is downloaded to my PC once Outlook is opened and bar Facebook/Twitter and a small selection of other apps there's nothing personal on my phone

Funnily enough I use it as a phone more than anything ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Wow, I couldn't operate that way, I use my phone for everything, even my laptop and tablet are a bit useless now ;) Each to their own I suppose ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
Im having some trouble going back to stock image to factory reset the phone

I flashed stock bootloader, stock radio images and booted into the OS and did factory reset, doesn't seem to work...help? I can't get this encryption off :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Factory reset won't work. You need to completely wipe the phone by loading the stock img from Google that came on the phone. It is the only way it will work. You can find out how to do that on here, sorry I don't have the link on hand though so just search a bit. Feel free to PM as I had the exact same issue.

EDIT - try this toolkit to go back to the stock rom. You loose everything but it should remove encryption.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392310

I don't know why Google don't give the option to decrypt from the Google Apps dashboard. So annoying! Good luck, hope you get sorted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
Thanks for posting that - in the end the g-nex toolkit ended up bringing the phone back to stock and rooted the device again and I've now successfully factory reset the device and am back to running a custom ROM with root and no encryption

Thanks for the help :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Yaaaaey glad you got sorted. Encryption from GApps at the moment is woeful. I am sure they are working on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
Hopefully they are as if you want a real secure device, its pretty pitiful to bypass if in the wrong hands.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HuskerWebhead:
Does this only apply if you've rooted your device and flashed a different ROM? If you have an unrooted phone and turn on encryption, will you have the same issues (i.e. unable to do a factory reset)? Is this only a problem with the Nexus or would any Android phone have this problem?

I ask because the company I work for is talking about forcing users to encrypt their phones if they want ActiveSync enabled. But they also want to be able to run a wipe on the phone if necessary. It would seem to me that encrypting the phone may prevent that as an option.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
Touchdown.

It's a little pricy at $20 but well worth it in IMHO.

A remote wipe will only kill off touchdown and optionally SDcard storage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HuskerWebhead:
Yeah, they are already looking at using Touchdown for devices that don't support encryption natively, but those that do (support encryption natively) they just want to enable the devices' own encryption.

So I'm still not sure if with encryption turned on, will it prevent a phone from being remotely wiped?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] amonfog:
When you bypass it by flashing a new system over it you wipe all data that was ever on the phone. Ok your phone could be stolen, but no-one will ever know what CP you were hiding with that encryption. I'm very happy with the fact that there is a save backdoor... imagine forgetting your password for some reason or filling out the wrong password on setup... when that happend this thread would have been a "bricked my phone by forgetting the password. Who wants some nice spareparts for his phone" Q&A
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
Just don't tell them you are using touchdown. I've tested the remote wipe in Android, it can kill the whole phone. The only way to keep your personal info safe is to use touchdown

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HuskerWebhead:
I think you're misunderstanding my intentions. I'm not looking for a way to bypass the encryption requirement they may be introducing. I'm just trying to understand if it will cause a problem for the remote wipe functionality if the phone is lost or stolen. If it will, I'll have to let them know so they can decide what is more important: encryption or remote wipe capabilities.

If a remote wipe functions regardless of encryption being enabled, then it's a moot point.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
This problem only happens on rooted devices.

The stock, signed bootloader has the ability to decrypt the storage and/or wipe it.

Modified bootloaders (result of rooting) will not be able to do this. I had to flash stock bootloader (basically unroot the device), wipe the storage/de-crypt it, then flash my bootloader, recovery, and ROM back.

If you want security, stay on a stock device. It can encrypt and do a factory reset rather easily.

If company security is an issue where a factory reset doesn't suffice, you need professional help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I would be careful with what you are saying. A lot of things you mentioned are not correct at all.

1) You can't modify a bootloader (at least no one has yet to do so on the GNex). It won't boot your device if you mess around with it. Actually, I do not think that you could even flash an unsigned bootloader (at this point) on the GNex.

2) Rooting does not affect the bootloader whatsoever. Rooting has nothing to do with a bootloader. Granted, in 4.0.4, you can only root with an unlocked bootloader, but rooting does not affect the bootloader.

3) Encryption only affects the /data partition. Nothing else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matridom:
I use a personal phone with work e-mail. Since I'm using touchdown, encryption will work inside of touchdown. A remote wipe will remove the touchdown database and if you want, the sdcard. If I leave the company, they can only do so much. All the security requirements are met by touchdown. This is my phone, I say what happens, I can compromise and let them remote wipe their data, not mine.

If this is a pure work phone, then do what they tell you to do. if you are all stock, the remote wipe should function. I have not tested this through active sync, but I *have* tested it using Google apps device policy and encryption or not, the device got wiped

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheShoura:
I think I'm confusing bootloader with recovery type :p

Stock recovery can wipe/remove encrypted partition / encrypted /data/

CWM or other recoveries will fail to wipe phone correctly if encrypted
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Ahhh, ok. That makes sense.

P.S. I can't stop staring at your avatar. It's super distracting... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shaaXo:
Where's the problem exactly when trying to flash a rom on an encrypted device? It worked fine on my Nexus S just 5 minutes ago.

If you can't access /sdcard and CWM wants to load the update files from there, you can mount /sdcard into ram (adb shell mount -t tmpfs none /sdcard) and adb push the files into it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aaardvark:
That's exactly the kind of workaround I've been looking for (and which I was almost sure would work)! I'll try that today in the evening and report back here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] B1ny:
You do this in fastboot, reboot into recovery and flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No. If I understand what shaaXo is suggesting, do this:

1) Boot into CWM.

2) Open a command prompt in the directory where you have your adb.exe file

3) Mount the RAM as /sdcard by typing: adb shell mount -t tmpfs none /sdcard

4) Push your ROM to that location: adb push <path-to-ROM>.zip /sdcard/<name-of-ROM>.zip

5) Navigate the CWM menus to flash the ROM.