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[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Ahhh crap

I think its only android, have to check the box at the store again Lol

http://m.gamestop.com/catalog/product/104425
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Guys, guys! Some advice needed.. I am on the fence with regards to upgrading to Windows 8. I have a free upgrade available thanks to the university. I am not sure if I should go ahead and install Windows 8... On the one hand, I like the free upgrade and all but then I'll have to live with Metro UI, no start menu etc.. So is Win8 worth it from Win7?
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
If you could dual boot Win7 and Win8 I'd do it.
[Motorola Droid X2] spike48:
Before doing the upgrade to Windows 8 be sure to check whether your machine is compatible and has drivers available for Windows 8. Try to investigate how successful people have been doing the upgrade for your machine.

I rebuilt my gaming rig within the last 9 months. It has an Asus motherboard and I have been running Win 7 since I rebuilt it. There were Win 8 drivers available for my equipment so I decided to get Win 8 to try out since the upgrade was cheap. I spent two days getting everything to play nice and it ran quite well. In fact Win 8 booted up quicker then Win 7 and ran quite smoothly. But one day I went to start the puker and could not get into Windows 8. Never had this problem with Windows 7 and after much reading and messing around I ended up reloading Win 7 and plan on staying there for now.

My rig has a conventional hard drive to boot from and to hold applications with a ssd for disk caching. When I tried to recover W8 it kept giving messages about corrupted files. Like I said this never happened on W7 and it should resync the caching drive even if it became corrupted.

Second part of my story:

My 8 year old laptop that I dual booted xp and linux on finally died for good.

I have been waiting for the Lenovo Yoga 13 that has W8 to become available since its debut at CES last year. I wanted a convertable/tablet type machine with a bigger screen to allow me to use it to read sheet music and lead sheets from while playing an instrument. I finally broke down and bought one a week ago and am quite happy with it. The interface takes a little getting used to but the regular windows desktop is still there as well. The one thing that is missing is the legacy start button that windows users know and love but people have already developed hacks and addons to get the start button back.

Those are my only experiences with W8 and again as I said earlier do your homework on your computer before jumping in.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
I have a stupid easy decision to make and I can't decide what to do....opinions please :D. I flashed all the JB leaks using Odin and a .tar file that was modified to allow installing a custom recovery and rooting. Because of the modification I'm currently on a bootchain that isn't meant to go with JB. To get on the correct bootchain I can either flash a custom recovery or flash just the correct bootchain. If I flash just the bootchain then I'm 100 percent stock and if I want to root in the future it will take additional steps in Odin. I'm pretty sure I can install future updates even with a custom recovery but it might take a few extra steps. What an idiotic thing to have a hard time making a decision on! What do you think? I realize this is dumb.

EDIT: I figured if I've been stock this long there's no reason to need a custom recovery. I can still do whatever I want later if needed. I am overly cautious with this phone.

I think I'm going to buy a new off contract S3 for my wife....prices don't seem to vary much so unless someone knows of a better place to buy one I'll probably just go to Verizon.
[Motorola Droid X2] Citizen_Snips:
Ugh....not to be Debbie downer here, but did any of you see the news about Newtown CT? Elementary school shooting... 20 kids the age of 5-10 killed. 26 or 27 total fatalities. My friends aunt was the principal and was killed trying to stop the shooter. I lived in Newtown for years and now I only live one town away....like 10 minutes. This **** is unreal. I can't count how many times I used to drive by that school to go to work. It's so ****ed.....idk.....I guess if prayer is your thing keep newtown in them because they really need it bad right now
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Yeah, heard of that.. been following it all the while. Very sad event indeed.
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
Incredibly evil. I can't imagine being one of those parents...that's the worst possible thing that can happen. Definitely in our thoughts and prayers.
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Yeah man, its terrible. No way I could even imgine the pain and sorrow the familes are experiencing. God bless them. Tell ya what though, the guy didn't get what he deserved. I promise he would have paid ALOT more severely for what he had done. Makes my blood boil thinking about it!

Now on a side note before I start going off on a tangent here: I think I have found a get-up for my N7. I'm going with an Armor suit Shield ( http://www.amazon.com/ArmorSuit-Mil...=1355630057&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+7+armorsuit ) and I'm kind of leaning towards this: http://www.iballz.info/ And yes... I know they are pushing for the whypad but I'm kinda diggin' the idea.

Y'all hit me with some feedback. My kids are gonna be all over this thing and I can guarantee it will take some nasty falls. I don't let my kiddos have liquids around any electronics we have, so spills really aren't a concern.
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
I've been looking around for harder cases. I was able to get a deal on a 8gb N7 ($180!) for my dad and he's definitely gonna need one. Cruzerlite has a fair selection of cases.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
You know the 16gb is now 199 new...
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
It's been sold out everywhere and the 8gb was the one I could afford. I picked a horrible time to buy lol. Swappa had some good prices but they were a little unreasonable.
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
XDA is gonna be down from 11-1 tonight. What am I supposed to do with myself????
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
You could take a really long shower.
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
http://m.gizmodo.com/5968886/anonym...aptist-church-over-sandy-hook-funeral-protest
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
SwiftKey stats anyone?
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
On the for real.... What's the fancy technical stuff that makes the X2 so much better than the "whyphones"? I have a handfull of people that give me flack about my X2 but it still seems to run circles around theirs.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
don't get used to it :p

lmao

I'm pretty sure some of the other devices forums on here aren't as friendly as ours is.

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what is a "whyphone"??

oh wait I get it now lol

widgets, customization, freedom, newer Android devices screens are WAY better than iPhone , home screens, customization, freedom, ROMS, customization, freedom, did I mention customization? lol , CHOICES, and if you get an unlocked bootloader devices u can usually tweak them to your hearts desire, fun, kernels (if unlocked :()

just being able to make my phone work how I, want it to and LOOK how I want it to and not having to just stare at apps icons all day is good enough for me, not tomention better multitasking....
[Motorola Droid X2] hedwig34:
Speaking of iPhone (sorry)

My wife has had it with hers. She got an "update" from apple that broke her wifi tethering again. And she lost jailbreak. She so wants to come back to Android. Trying to talk her into a gnex or razr so I have another phone to theme on. :)
[Motorola Droid X2] ztotherad:
haha, nice. Hope you can convince her into getting something awesome so you can theme your self happy. I think my next upgrade might be a Gnex, or maybe I'll just break my Droid X2..

btw, is anyone having trouble with the charger port/USB port not charging sometimes? I have to wiggle mine sometimes, I've gone through two usb cords already cause of this and I honestly think it's my phone or the USB cables just are crappy.
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Not really with the cords but possibly the plug? Sometimes if my cord is plugged into my phone and it moves a certain way, it will reboot the phone. I normally try to hold the cord with a little extra in my hand to take the pressure off the plug in on the phone.
[Motorola Droid X2] Tomsgt:
Get a wall charger with a extra battery off of eBay then just switch batterys that is what I do. Never have to let it charge up.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
it's the USB cord

I had the same exact issue!

my phone and charger were less than a year old tho, so it was still under warranty at vzw

I went to the store and showed them

I figured it out cuz other chargers worked no problem at all

they gave me a brand new 8 ft charger to replace it :)

just be certain to have them check the warranty (btw I didn't even let him hold the phone, didn't want him to notice it was rooted somehow...which shouldn't effect the chargers warranty but u never know lmao)

because he was about to ring it up and charge me for it til I said "isn't that still under warranty?? I bought it less than a year ago " he checked then said Yupp and just gave it to me and took my old one

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after reading this I'm POSITIVE it was the same issue I had

it seemed like I had to push the cord/part,where it connected to phone slightly towards me or "up" as I was holding it or it sitting on table for it to charge

eventually it just failed completely and wouldn't charge at all, then I used a friends charger and no issues at all with that one

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bit once the charging cord completely fails how will he enter BSR? :p
[Motorola Droid X2] Drunkula:
I had the same issue with the cord.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
Same here...hadn't failed yet but told them it was gone so I talked into an early upgrade

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[Motorola Droid X2] kenjesse:
GO GATORS!!! 36-30 at the half

Sent via Tapatalk on my CM7'ed DX2
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
MOD EDIT: Picture Removed

did that come.with the bottle?? I might have to buy me one lmao
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
MOD EDIT: Picture Removed

yummy, and I ain't talking about the bottle

lmao

I'll stop now lol
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
^^^ Hahaha!
[Motorola Droid X2] Ihatepullups:
TOUCHSCREEN WATCH
[Motorola Droid X2] Peperm1nt:
Just got the HTC Trophy and omfg!! for real guys.. i love wp7 :) ... I miss all the android apps tho. But the trophy is actually pretty nice only downfall is, like the iPhone, the only decent apps are like 4+ dollars, but I found some rather nice free ones on it. Regardless, I'm glad I got it for GBP7 updates.
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Riddle me this:

Recently, a handful of apps that I have downloaded from the market are force closing on me. They work the very first time I open and use/play them but later they decide they don't like me and force closes. I've even tried using "Fix Permissions" and uninstall/reinstall the apps. Still a no go :confused:
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
riddle me that

which apps are they?

what are they for?

are they root capable apps?

are they for things that other apps have a hand in?(for example app:Volume+ & DSPmanager, having them both installed usually causes force closes of one of them, they control the same thing and conflict)
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
It's really just games and junk apps for making drinks. Examples: Virtual Table Tennis 3D, Draw Free and Drinks Master.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
weird indeed

let's see

have you done any mods or tweaks or anything recently?

especially any that might involve permissions inn any files?(I know you said you ran fix permissions but I'm not sure how well that works)(you might wanna try the "fix emissions script that Zeppelinrox just released, u can find it towards the end of his main supercharger thread OR the link on his twitter)

or have you edited anything at Ali in the build.prop? LCD density maybe??
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
I don't particularly care for our current President and did not vote for him either time. But I applaud him for his speech tonight. I feel like he did a stand up job not only as a leader but as an individual and a father . I personally would like to thank him and shake his hand if I ever got the opportunity.

Thoughts and prayers to all those involved with this horrible and unfortunate event.
[Motorola Droid X2] blackangel104:
Has anyone played the game fun run?
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Anyone seen this..... woah!!!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2048511
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Question: Do I have a Sammy device?

Answer: (Stares at my HTC) No.

Question: Do I give a flying ducky?

Answer: No.

Moving on....
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
I have the s3 but I don't think the Verizon version is affected because it has a different processor?
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
That seems to be the case... yes
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
http://androidheadlines.com/2012/12...prise-deals-every-day-until-january-31st.html

Yet another amazing sale going on at the Play Store. Two weeks of (hopefully, but likely) cool stuff!!
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Good find! And thanks for breaking the silence. The thread had been dead today.
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
The whole X2 forums been dead today? Are people spending all their time in other forums now? Or have people just not been logging on as much?
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Good question. I even stooped as low as to try and get Litetaker to troll me lol. I'm running outta ideas here....
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
I always look here first when I come to xda. This is my favorite place on the entire forum. I guess no one had much to say today?
[Motorola Droid X2] droidzika:
You all should do something constructive and get a fund going so i can get a Note2. :good:
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
Not much else than that. I haven't been doing lately but reading and Xbox.

I found this list of must have apps on G+

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnAJoa0-ynONdGJiVDRSQ0p4VGtCaklESmtEbkJzNUE
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
Tally! Found a good case. Expensive but it looks a helluva lot better than what's on Amazon

http://www.gumdropcases.com/google-nexus-7-droptech.html
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
That looks like a really nice case. Kinda wish I had some feedback on it being the price it is.
[Motorola Droid X2] Giphtid2705:
Is there much of a difference between the RAZR and RAZR HD? I assume the Maxx in each case refers only to a larger battery?

I've had the GNex for about 3 months and the battery life is killing me. I'm running eclipse now and I want another phone that can also run it. I know Moto can be a d**k about not unlocking bootloaders. If it gets eclipse, it can't be that bad right?

You guys recommend anything, if not the RAZR?

Sent from my Galaxy T-rexus.
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
I just randomly gave out all my thanks. Doing it again tomorrow.

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When you say killing you.... How bad is it?

If I'm on mine and stay on it full all out, I only get maybe 3 hours max.
[Motorola Droid X2] Giphtid2705:
I get like 8 hours with the extended battery (not the super extended one). I have 11 hour work days and need my phone after work. I hate having to find somewhere to charge.

Sent from my Galaxy T-rexus.
[Motorola Droid X2] ztotherad:
hello guys! sorry I've died, haha

how's everyone in old dx2 land?
[Motorola Droid X2] bad bone:
Best place to be:rolleyes:

don't be scared it's only a phone :)

ogd x d2g x2 sg3

old ladies :( ^
[Motorola Droid X2] Ban-Hammer:
With moderate usage (light texting, podcasting, pulse and tapatalk) 50% brightness, and about 4 hours of screen on time, I was sitting at about 40% battery. That's 7 AM to 10 PM.

If you like the form factor of the X2, you'll feel right at home with the HD. The screen is MASSSIVE and it looks way better than the X2. Other than getting used to the power button on the side, it was a very pleasant and painless transition. Call quality rocks, and the back speaker sounds awesome. Feel free to ask me anything else. I highly recommend this phone. Definitely a top shelf product.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I agree

After going hands on with my buddy(who I talked outta the iPhone 5 to get HD maxx) I also reccomend it

Even tho it isn't unlocked(unless u get a DEV EDITION!!) it is one helluva device. Battery lasts forever and a day, the back speaker sounds AMAZING, and the screen is sexy!

as of right now Nitro doesn't have one so it doesn't have eclipse right now, but I know that he has said he wants one. And I'm pretty sure that IF he DOES get hands on one that u could bet he would bring some eclipse loving to it.

But honestly, I was VERY impressed with it just stock moto JB.

The "blur overlay" has changed a LOT and looks way closer to AOSP than back in the x2 gingerbread days.

Give it a look at a vzw store, ull be pleasantly surprised!(this is actually in response to wgp YOU quoted Lol whoops)
[Motorola Droid X2] antp121:
But an unlocked bootloader doesn't mean crap anymore. With safestrap/bootstrap, you'll be more then happy, even with a locked bootloader.
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
Unless you are still using a Droid X2 like me. :(
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Even if the x2 had an unlocked bootloader. We would still need drivers and junk for the tegra2 to get a useful kernel. I think. Merely unlocking it isn't much help without full source releases. You might be Able To Flash In A Real Custom recovery, but that's about it I thought.

I didn't know the razr HD was supported by safe strap? Even if it is, rom is one thing, but I find that a nice custom kernel is what does wonders for performance. Its fun to change ur setup via "rom features" of course , I just enjoy tweaking the kernel settings to make it run how I want. Meh, I'm just talking in circles, don't mind me hahahaha I don't really know what I'm saying anyways.....

AshRambles!
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
Would unlocking the bootloader allow kernel modifications? Overclocking, etc.?
[Motorola Droid X2] bad bone:
My phones with out locked bootloaders give me full control over kernel over clocking and apps that need root permission work alot better but yes we would need some devs to strip tweak mod debug and whatever magic they use:what: for kernels on our x2s

don't be scared it's only a phone :)

ogd x d2g x2 sg3

old ladies :( ^
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
Bought my wife the s3 for Christmas today :). She's going to love it and she's going to be surprised because every time she mentioned it I told her it was too expensive. Gonna be hard for me to wait until Christmas.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
It would IF we had a kernel source to build the custom kernel with.

Can't just take any old kernel and have it work ;)

Has to have the correct drivers/code for the X2 hardware.

I remember finding wayyyy back a kernel source for the x2 on sourceforge.com(or something like that) but I have no idea if it was the "full" source code for it. Devs had looked at it also, I think dzk had checked it out during his work also. If anything could have been done with it we would have seen it by now so my guess is either we just need the unlocked BL so we can flash a non-moto signed kernel boot.img OR it wasn't something useful.

I guess to answer the question simply, YES, but to overclock you need a custom kernel that allows overclock. And a custom kernel could be flashed if the BL was unlocked
[Motorola Droid X2] bad bone:
My wife loves hers;)but now that she has seen what you can do by rooting and the s3 having an unlocked bootloader she keeps asking well how do I do this...or that...so I have to read more than send her what I find:banghead:

don't be scared it's only a phone :)

ogd x d2g x2 sg3

old ladies :( ^
[Motorola Droid X2] Giphtid2705:
Would you guys recommend the S3 to the RAZR?
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
I would take the S3 over the razr. I felt right at home with it.
[Motorola Droid X2] bad bone:
Any day locked bootloaders suck:p

don't be scared it's only a phone :)

ogd x d2g x2 sg3

old ladies :( ^
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
My boss has a RAZR and I like my phone better but it's personal preference mostly. Depends on what you need.... Motorola is always going to have better radios but where I live that's not an issue for me. I LOVE the s3 and have become a samsung fan because of this phone. At first I thought I wasn't going to like it but after getting used to it I've grown to really like it. Just remember if you buy a phone at Verizon you can always bring it back within 14 days if you don't like it.
[Motorola Droid X2] droidzika:
I agree on the radios thing. My DX2 had much better radios than my Gnex.
[Motorola Droid X2] Giphtid2705:
Why did you go from the S3 to the Nexus?
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
Oops didn't word my post correctly.

I came to the Nexus from the X2, but I find myself playing with the S3 when I'm at a tech store or around a friend that has one. Maybe it's the similarities the S3 and the Nexus share or my dislike for the Motorola interface that is blur.
[Motorola Droid X2] droidzika:
I would not object to a SuperNexus right meow!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQy0NeVnxLo ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
LOL at the guy in the comments

"Don't flash Cm whatever version. It sucks and very buggy... Just freeze some bloatware "
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
It's a Galaxy S3! Bummer I was hoping for someone to have made a custom phone... But he has a point! :D
[Motorola Droid X2] droidzika:
forking trolls! lol

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Guys is there a way to have google play re-install my apps ? I'm trying a new rom
[Motorola Droid X2] thelowend:
It depends from Rom to Rom. Some allow the option to backup and restore, or just backup (with no restore). I don't know of any way to manually start the Play restore.
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
TiBu? Its marvelous!
[Motorola Droid X2] droidzika:
Yeah..I completely forgot about tibu. I'm so used to apps auto downloading.
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Thanks to everyone! All my thanks are gone. How dare them to only give me 8 thanks in 24 hours. What the hell are they thinking??

Ok, what is it that I can give all the thanks I can give? Is it the Tapatalk app or the XDA app? I can't remember at the moment but what ever it is I will buy it y'all are awesome! X2 forum is where it's at!
[Motorola Droid X2] LaserChicken:
I guess I have unlimited thanks, I just gave out 40.
[Motorola Droid X2] antp121:
Any app gives unlimited thanks :)
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
How's everyone's day going? I work with a lot of jerks..... Looking forward to getting out of here.
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
I've only been at work for a couple hours. Im already looking forward to going home. I'm already looking forward to the WEEKEND. lol
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Work is actually my quiet and recovery time lol
[Motorola Droid X2] trafalger888:
I don't start til 8 tonight
[Motorola Droid X2] bad bone:
4hours sleep nap time yah right:banghead:

don't be scared it's only a phone :)

ogd x d2g x2 sg3

old ladies :( ^
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Bbbwaahahahahaha

Muaahahahahshsh

Hahahahaha

Hahahahahahahshshsh

Hahahaha

Aaaahahahahaha

Sorry......mm
[Motorola Droid X2] jsgraphicart:
Have you guys seen the Galaxy S3 Mini? I didnt even know they came out with one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJDlEzF_1W8
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323277504578189891418492784.html