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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
Re: Acer Iconia A510 - Did you check with an Acer rep and find out why they only showed it in the Nvidia booth? Don't Acer have their own booth?

Re: Asus 370T - Ditto. Should've buttonholed an Asus rep and get the low-down on it.

Anyway, both should be out in Q2 as announced, unless something happens.

>Anyhow 1080p on a 10 inch tablet does sound nice but its gonna be overkill IMO.

One can say the same thing about the Tegra 3. Should you need a quadcore just to have a smooth UI?

I mainly read texts in portrait mode on a 1024x600 7". ePubs are OK, but PDFs suck, as is web browsing. Resolution (169 dpi) is too low for the size. Was gonna give up on 7", but the upcoming 1280x800 (215 dpi) should make 7" viable again for my use.

I think that's what it boils down to. For text, 1080p on 10.1" (also 215 dpi) is better. For graphics/games, 720p is better. Regardless, 1080p will become the standard res once supply ramps up, one, because everybody needs to keep up with the iPad, and two, like you said, it's "nice to have" even though you don't actually need it (like you don't actually need a quadcore).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I didn't really check with Acer (not sure if they had a booth). All the Halls were so massive that it got very cumbersome trying to walk back and forth. So whatever I remembered I visited. Didn't dawn on me to look for Acer.

Asus 370t - went back on friday to hunt Acer booth down. They had a very tiny booth but no one was in it. Just display of a prime, processors, and forgot what else (no 370t for sure) but whatever they had were behind glass. I was new to CES so I didn't know where to go from there. I really wanted to see this thing in person too. After CES was over then I thought maybe theyre in one of the rooms. But it was too late...CES was over....

Nvidia reps had no ETA on when Acer a510 nor the 370t will be released. Makes sense since theyre just the processor manufacturer.

Screen res IMO only matters with screen 32 inches and up. How clear do you really need a text to be. My laptop is 15 inch and is 1280x800 and its perfect for when I surf or play some games on it. But I remember when I used to have a celeron processor and hated it. I couldnt run alot of games and it was slow. I'm a gamer so for me Id rather have faster processor than higher res screen unless ofcouse were talking tvs that are 40" and up. Also advantage of quadcore is HDMI out to your TV. I have a Tegra2 acer a100 and its choppy on my TV. It's like watching a low frame rate movie. Compared the prime which barely lags at all. Not only when scrolling and such but opening/closing apps and even watching movies over HDMI. Everything just runs as it should with quad core. Now the real question is, do we really need anything higher than quadcore?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
First, thanks for the report and the pics & vids.

>Screen res IMO only matters with screen 32 inches and up.

Discernible resolution depends on viewing distance. TVs' are 6-10' typical; desktop monitors about 2-3'; laptops probably 18-24"; tablets 12-18"; phones 12" or less.

It also depends on what's displayed. TVs display movies--moving graphics--and the eyes have a harder time discerning fine details, as comparing to, say, static black text on white background.

As said, 1080p-on-10" matters more for readers than gamers. But if display is migrated (via HDMI) to a large-screen TV, then 1080p is desirable for everyone. Low-framerate concern should be resolved with faster SoCs--and they're progressing at a pretty fast pace, thanks to competition.

One can say HDMI-connection is a small part of tablet use, which is true for now. But there are upcoming techs that will allow wireless connections to TVs (Intel WiDi, or even 802.11ac), so TV connections will be much more convenient, therefore more popular in the near future. (The TF700 will not have high-speed wireless, so this argument is more about "future tablets" than the TF700 specifically.)

Really, there is no dispute that a higher res is desirable for everyone. While you may not see a use for higher res currently, we're only scratching the surface of the tablet's potential functionality. Recall Gate's "640K ought to be enough for anybody" quote. If there's a point to argue, it'll be how much a 1080p tab is worth. Asus says it's +$100. I think the final say will lie with the iPad 3. It will determine pricing for the rest of the market.

>My laptop is 15 inch and is 1280x800

This brings up another point, which is that all of the above is about functionality. But whether a product gets feature X is more about increased SELLABILITY, rather than about increased functionality. Increased resolution is a very good selling point for tablets, as it's simple to understand. Most all TVs now are 1080p, even on small sets where one can't see the difference. Vendors can't sell 720p sets any more.

Laptops could have better res. One reason that they don't is that screen res was never a selling point, for whatever reason. It's mainly CPU.

It's different for tablets, because Apple is the standard bearer. Other vendors are trying to beat it on specs, since they can't (yet) compete on ecosystem. Once iPad goes to QXGA as expected, every vendor will have to follow, or risk being perceived as inferior (even more than they are now). This is regardless of whatever functionality the higher res offers. In short, Apple sets the standard.

To reiterate, there is a real functionality benefit for 1080p-on-10" now--for reading. Sharper text = less eye strain. (BTW, one casualty of the increased res will be e-ink, which is already suffering in sales relative to color Nooks and Kindle Fire.) I think e-reading will be an increasingly more popular use, given the ongoing migration to e-books. Apple's e-textbook announcement today underlines this sea change.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
smoothness > resolution. Thats how it is for me.

High dpi surely is nice for text, but one of the biggest advantages over paper is that you can adjust the size of the text to you liking. And i like big letters. Smaller text profits much more from higher resolutions than when you zoom in anyway. Another point where i dont need 1080p on 10.1".

I played 320x240 software rendered games on my PC with a 17" CRT back in the days. I can take 1280x800 on 10.1" anytime :D

Retina display is just a marketing thing imho. Yeah you can hold the thing directly in front of your eye and dont see pixels. But you will never do that while actually using the device.

Smoothness is something that you notice everytime as soon as you start the device. But in my opinion smoothness has much more to do with good software optimization than with hardware. I have used a lot of different roms on my DesireHD with 1ghz singlecore cpu. I used some roms that were very minimalistic and still totally laggy. Right now i have a bloated sense 3.5 port on it and its iphone-ish smooth all the time. Only because of tweaks and software optimization from the rom chefs.

Prime will have bootloader unlock tool -> it will have custom roms -> win.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xAnimal5:
I knew the new snapdragon chipset was gonna underperform against the competition like it always does. Snapdragon SoC's are the only reason why I'm not pulling the trigger on any LTE phones.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
That's a good move. If you haven't heard the government actually trying to shut down LTE/4g networks. It interferes too much with other frequencies. It really interferes with BT. The companies were supposed to come up with a solution but all of the so called solutions have been disapproved so far by government.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>I knew the new snapdragon chipset was gonna underperform against the competition like it always does.

What current games or apps are there that can't be run acceptably on a Krait, as versus, say, a Tegra 3? When you say underperform, are you talking about strictly benchmark differences?

>smoothness > resolution

With current Android, smoothness isn't so much a function of resolution as it is a function of the OS maturity. Many of the things you mentioned are UI-related, and it shouldn't take a quadcore to get a smooth UI.

>you can adjust the size of the text to you liking. And i like big letters.

By reading, I'm referring to long-form reading, eg books & periodicals. If you adjust font size for larger, many hard-layout texts will need larger than the display size, which in turn would need panning. You can't do the zoom/pan thing for every page of a book, as opposed to a web page.

As you said, that's where higher res has the most benefit in allowing smaller texts to still be legible, and not requiring panning.

In thinking about it, Apple's push into e-textbooks makes more sense, in that confirms the iPad3's higher resolution. E-textbooks with hard layouts would be a poor experience with the iPad's current 1024x768 res.

>Retina display is just a marketing thing imho.

Many aspects are marketing influenced, and have little to do with functionality--eg the Prime's aluminum shell. It looks and feels "more quality" than plastic, hence marketing dictates it will sell better. But it functions worse than plastic. In that sense, arguing about functionality is somewhat academic and not reflective of how product decisions are made.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goonish:
Ok, this is a serious question guys.

I am coming from a HTC Inspire 4G, where a full ROM was under a hundred meg, why is it even with almost everything removed, ROMs for my beloved Note are over 300meg..?

Look forward to everyones answers!!

Cheers
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
FYI your Inspire's stock Sense ROM is over 350MB. Sense and TouchWiz are big ROMs with added features and so on. The ROMs under 100MB is CM7 and MIUI. Since we don't have these for the Note yet, we'll have to settle with TouchWiz ROMs for the time being.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goonish:
I install Zeam straight away once I install a ROM, what are the features that TouchWiz offers?! I doubt I use any of them lol.

Totally forgot Inspire was sense I installed a clean ASOP rom as soon as I got it.

Probably been answered a hundreds time around here but I can't find anything for SGN, how do i build my own ROM a guide would be awesome, I'd really love to throw together an ASOP inspired ROM and try and get the size down and speed up! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
They're not just the UI, it's also the apps.

Android itself doesn't support S-Pen in 2.3, so that's Samsung.

The calendar app - samsung

widgets - samsung

custom apps and UI (like rubberbanding effects, custom font setting, etc)

There are a lot of under the hood things that has been changed. Touchwiz is something essential for ANY ROM and it takes A LOT of work to remove it. I mean A LOT. Samsung designed it to be run with Touchwiz, so any dev. has to work a lot to get everything working fine without any touchwiz and that's a lot of work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackleung:
And the numbers of pixels of Note is 2.6 times of WVGA. So, all the graphic files for the UI will be larger too.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevindiddy:
quick question.

im on metropcs with a flashed evo i got everything working talk text web mms everything. but my 3g signal is poop but in my area the coverage map saids i should have a good signal. i would like to know what does baseband do and kernal any help is gladly appreciated.

android version: 2.3.3

baseband: 2.15.00.0808

kernal: 2.6.35.10-freedom v0.9+

metrodroid 3.0

prl: 3022

kevindiddy:

ps: thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Kernel let's you overclock abd underclock your CPU. What you need to is try different prl's to get better signal
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevindiddy:
how about baseband what does that do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Concordium:
The rule of thumb is to always have the most up to date baseband, prl, etc. for the best signal and battery life. However, how this works in tandem with Metro PCS I have no clue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JG_theanimal:
What is a UI?

What is a UI?

How do I change the part where it shows a phone, grid of apps buttion?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Ui = user interface. Not sure what your talking about
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
That's called the launcher. I believe you need to modify part of the framework for that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
The part of the launcher with the phone and app drawer icon is called the dock depending on the launcher it is usually customizable
[LG Optimus 3D] xiqxiq:
Hey doods,

This is for everyone who likes the Standart LG Keyboard (HIME.apk),

but gets depressions and long lasting Traumas by looking at its grey-on-grey action :D

xrl LG Keyboard // xiq Revolution Labs

other unnecessary fact: If you look close at my 2 logo's side by side, it looks like 2 mysterious eyes... lol
[LG Optimus 3D] Evil Slayer:
nice :)

thanx alot
[LG Optimus 3D] CrisisCoreO3d:
this is still the LG keyboard. not the iphone
[LG Optimus 3D] Kaleptik:
Hence the word "SKIN" ?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II
[LG Optimus 3D] crazycage:
WoW looks awesome! You got some nice quality skinning going on there!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] play1962:
So my daughter just cracked the screen on my skyrocket, anyone know a reputable place to buy a replacement LCD screen? Or is anyone looking to sell one just pm me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dante501:
Ebay. And keep your daughter away from it. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hondalude89:
Man, screw eBay. I just looked and the lowest one was $650. You can get the whle new phone for $650 at Best Buy.

-Carlos
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mimart7:
These guys might be able to do it, http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xiLLeNtz:
How did she break the Gorilla Glass :eek: ?!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hyosungv2s:
the gorilla glass in the skyrocket is bad, you can find some videos about it in youtube
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] play1962:
I ordered a new screen for $164 and replaced it myself. It's pretty easy to do
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Qawnman:
Sweet! Glad you got it fixed. I'll take that over warranty costs any day. Where did you get the screen from?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] play1962:
Got it from gounlock.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] blessedswine:
its not gorilla glass is how she broke it...No where on Samsungs site or Cornings site do they say the skyrocket has it, and in fact i have contacted both and have gotten this response via email from samsung

“Thank you for your inquiry.

The Samsung Skyrocket (SGH-I727) does not feature the Gorilla glass. However, we assure you that all the components of the phone passed the Samsung quality assurance test and have been tested to withstand multiple different conditions”
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] raheelanwar89:
So, Im hearing some people post on forums that the Digitizer is glued to the Glass and is separable, meaning the repair will cost way less than paying for a whole new digitizer + LCD + Glass assembly.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I have a nasty spider web break on my phone but can not afford to pay $160 when I paid $150 for the phone! (I know thats the contract price)

I'm a broke college student!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dac1227:
I don't think you can separate them and manage to reuse the circuitry, were talking less 1mm thick. I've replaced glass before, next time I'll probably send it to Sammy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] badpanda:
Is confirmed by Samsung there is no gorilla glass on the skyrocket!

Sky Ice Cream RC 7.3 Speed!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] amlwaycooljr:
I just dropped and broke the screen on my phone, how hard was it to replace the screen yourself?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sarius24:
This has been known for quite some time now :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dac1227:
Replacing the glass is not too difficult if you know your way around computer hardware. What makes it a pain is how small all the connections and ribbon cable clasps are and ect.

Here's a link to a video tutorial on the Atrix to give you an idea of what you can expect. About an hour to replace.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gcretro:
I got a used S2 skyrocket off ebay. Only the outer glass is cracked.

I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtiyU-RQUU0

Has anyone tried such a method and only changed the glass? (outer glass is cheap on ebay). Thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] JediDwight:
Tried and failed... That is a nice video, but my understanding is that the Galaxy S II and III are different for repairs. The III you can replace just the top glass, but with the II it's easiest to replace the whole LCD and digitizer + glass. HTCs on the other hand have the top glass and digitizer as one replaceable unit.

I had this idea I could get the LCD lifted up and then use fishing line like floss to separate the glass and digitizer. But I didn't get that far. I didn't have enough heat and trying to remove the LCD, it busted. The OLED is like a brittle film and the adhesive used is crazy, so that method was doomed. I think if I had a different approach things might have gone better.

Now I have a worthless disassembled phone waiting on the prices of the whole LCD to come back down to sane levels. They were like $121,$131,$155, last check they're $200 on eBay. Makes me want to cuss!

I saw a video on YouTube where the top glass was busted open, not just cracked. I think it was a plain Galaxy S II. They used playing cards to dig in between the glass and digitizer layers. Then you clean off the digitizer and tape your new clean glass down and it would be fixed. I think if you could further break the top glass to pry it up and be able to dig in between the glass and the digitizer, that's how I would try to replace just the glass.

Ok, I dug in my web history and found the video I remembered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=judy-izOmKk

So in the video they had their screen/digitizer/glass removed from their phone chassis. I wouldn't go that far fearing you'd break the LCD. You may not have to do more than removing the battery before you get started.

Another thing the Skyrocket top glass needs this double sided clear tape. I presume this is because the digitizer is separate from the top glass and needs to be connected right to the glass instead of just held on with the double sided tape on the edges alone. I imagine that that could work if you pressed extra hard on your touches, but I don't know. I found this tape from EtradeSupply.com - they have a Youtube video I watched over and over. But shipping to the states is $15, adding to the expense.

Hope this helps anybody.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] theandrewgordon:
me too

I did the same thing. I got the old glass seperated with a hair dryer, but messed up some of the amoled screen and the glass was never fully flush after the reglue.

Super Annoying. :/ ending up buying the new screen kit on ebay for like 120. :/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] JediDwight:
Repair Follow-up

Yeah, I was able to get a new housing and screen assembly for my Skyrocket and all is well now. My phone is like new.

I did find some newer repair videos that use the playing card trick for removing just the cracked glass.

Samsung nexus glass repair i9250 part 1 - YouTube

Samsung nexus glass repair i9250 part 2 - YouTube

Samsung Nexus glass replacement follow up - YouTube

The quick version is that he says stick the phone in the freezer for a couple of minutes, because that will weaken the digitizer glue/tape. Then use your card to dig the glue out, pushing it out of the edge of the glass in a slow, lengthy process. He had success this way on a similar phone. I read elsewhere that Goo Gone cleaner could be used to remove any adhesive residue from the digitizer.

One thing I would worry about with this process is air bubbles in the new digitizer tape, since this other video has an industrial vacuum pressure machine as part of the final assembly process of the screens.

LCD and Digitizer touch the production workshop/Enterprise Solutions - YouTube

Related is an issue of dust, since a spec of lint or dust will cause an air bubble, as I just discovered applying a screen protector onto my Skyrocket.

So this little "$15" repair can add up with the digitizer adhesive and buying the Goo Gone and rubber gloves (which I didn't even use) and all of the rest. Just going for the new display comparatively is easy.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ma70ent:
Hi everyone, my Incredible 2 just arrived and I'm about ready to root it and flash a ROM. I first wanted to try the CM7 stable build because they're "official" developers in my opinion, but I read some posts and there seems to be some issues with various small things. I looked at the nightlies and those still seem to have issues as well. Then I looked over here at the CM7Kangs, but something seems to tell me that CM isn't completely stable in itself. Whether it does or doesn't have Sense, etc. I'm just interested in a new ROM that is stable and fully functional (cameras work, GPS works, etc). The main reason for flashing a new ROM is because I don't want all the bloatware that comes with this thing, and even if it isn't cutting edge, I'm sure it can be faster than stock. Any suggestions guys?

EDIT: I hear Skyraider Zeus/MIUI are good. I found Skyraider Zeus 1.3 on the internet, but what versions of MIUI are stable? I hear this ROM has good reviews too
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] RRF12:
http://roms.miui.us/ 1.12.9 is stable an totally functional works good with areoevans .7 bfs kernel

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 PM ----------

http://www.teambamf.net/f37/[rom][gb]-skyraider-zeus-1-3-inc2-[update-11-22-2011]-2725/

This is skyraiders link which is a top notch sense rom.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zax10:
Skyraider's roms are top notch. All the current cm7 kangs work without flaws. Miui12.9 is awesome. Also look into condemned sense rom, any of nits work, alot of people are running mikrunny 3.5
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ma70ent:
Thanks! Just wondering, is Skyraider Zeus overclockable? I looked at the post and the only kernel it mentions is the "HTC OTA update". IIRC, you need a special kernel to OC, don't you?

Also, my question above is the same for the MIUI 1.12.9 ROM. Can it be OC'd? is it fully stable on the non-aeroevan kernel?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] zax10:
Yes you can us dres kernel found in development forum for skyraiders and miui I recommend using areovans kernel due to stock kernel can cause a few issues (low in call volume and for some data is not reliable)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Number R09:
another vote for SkyRaider Zeus. if you want a ROM you can set and forget, this is it. everything works, except for Verizon's wifi tether in the "quick launch", but that's it. it's just as reliable as stock or better, has tons of features and extras built in. a lot of thought, and time went into this, it is truly a complete Sense ROM.

never tried AOSP ROMs so i can't comment.

good luck in your search. at least try Zeus, you won't be disappointed.