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[Acer Iconia Tab A100] NoSudo:
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[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Icewyng:
Thank you for the mod. It is really appreciated.

Btw, I have been using TerminalIDE for a few weeks now and it really is the best terminal I have used so far.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
I know there are better forums to ask this on but I love XDA and figured you guys might know a thing or two about computers..

I bought my HP Pavilion dv6 2190 2 years ago and it has been great to me.. only complaint is that the 6 cell battery give me enough time to un plug and find a new outlet..

Anyways after 2 years, it needed some work.. It has a 1.8Ghz i7, Nvidia GT230m 1GB GPU, and I doubled my RAM from 4GB to 8GB and then took the 500Gb HDD out and installed a clean install of windows 7 professional on a 128GB SSD and then put the 500GB HDD in a caddy and installed it in my DVD bay as media storage, plus I never used my DVD drive..

Now I split the 128GB SSD in two partitions for a Ubuntu and W7 dual boot and Ubuntu flies, no issues with videos, unlimited browsers, all kinds of applications open at once, But W7 just plain sucks.. Browsers when watching a Video, the video will become choppy and the entiresystem will come to a hault.. Also even before the SSD and RAM, Editing in Premiere Pro wasnt this choppy. Sometimes it flies like it should, then other times it gets so bogged down with just one Browser open, or when editing Video with no other programs running and less then 60 total processes running Video playback at 1/4 quality is so hoppy its un useable.

I understand that my computer is 2 years old but with this much new equipment and a clean install I would think it would be happy as a champ in both Ubuntu and W7.

I keep my computer clean and dont have tons of programs bogging it down.. I just want to know what you guys think and what info do you need to help me?

I tried to see if I have and back ground programs or processes that are holdong things back but I cant see anything..

Any ideas?

Last.. Mods feel free to move topic..
[Off-topic] jaszek:
What speed is the 500gb HD? And 1.7 GHz is not that much for video editing. Also make sure you don't have any unnecessary processes running. Go to task manager, second tab, and click the tab that I forgot what it says and I can't check now cuz I'm on a mac. It's the last one.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
The HDD is a 7200rpm and is data only. The os and few programs I have are on the SSD. And 1.8 ghz is not blistering fast but has worked just fine before. Plus premiere pro uses the gpu for playback.. And this happens with chrome too. It's not just editing. And I am down to 50-55 processes and they are all system except for the editing program.
[Off-topic] itsbeertimenow:
Spend 500 bucks and get a laptop 4 times faster, it's the most logical solution.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
Scan with an antivirus. There might be something there. Also if you have the time, format again, might help.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Sounds like a Hardware Acceleration issue to me. That's a weak GPU and everything you describe as causing problems is when the GPU is being utilised. Try turning off Hardware Acceleration in your Browser/Video Player (DXVA), and see if they run better without it.

Windows may also feel sluggish with Aero turned on as that also uses Hardware Acceleration.
[Off-topic] Youngunn2008:
+1 turn off Aero.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
I will turn Aero off and see if that helps.. I remember AVG Tune up had me turn off Aero before I did all these upgrades, I will try that. and I know its a week GPU but it ran the murcery playback engine in Premiere Pro for over a year just fine with 1080 h.264 video with color correcting and multiple layers just fine at 1/2 quality realtime playback and now I can't watch 1/4 quality with out the computer coming to a stand still.. could my GPU have gone bad?

multiple AVG full computer scans never come up with anything more then just empty browser cache and cookies and that small stuff.. I may format both the 500GB HDD and the 128SSD.. I know the HDD could use Defraging and probably should be just wipped.. But still the OS's and Programs are on the SSD.. And Ubuntu runs like a champ so I find it hard to think its so much hardware issue.

Its obvious your deep into your beer time.. I just put $200 into this computer to bring it up to speed, I am not buying a new computer.. I only use The hp for video and photo work, 95% of my time is on my Transformer booted into Ubuntu.
[Off-topic] itsbeertimenow:
Why would you spend $200 on something that's not going to be worth half that when you're done.

Shoot your computer it's lame.
[Off-topic] kareeem:
How does that make any sense?

Anyhow, to the OP, couple of things:

1. If your copy of Windows isn't legit, get it legit. I remember I used to have problems on my laptop because I hadn't activated my Windows yet. Once I did, everything was gone.

2. What's your WEI for the graphic card? Maybe do a stress test and see how well it performs.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Well worth checking out whether the GPU has indeed gone bad. Run some tests and monitor temps too as it may be throttling. Don't forget that the age of that Laptop puts in within the period of time of the Nvidia 'Bumpgate' troubles, where their mobile GPU's were dying left and right because of a manufacturing defect.

http://semiaccurate.com/2010/07/11/why-nvidias-chips-are-defective/
[Off-topic] swan3609:
Windows is legitimate. I am a student and got w7 professional as a download with a valid product key.

I am not sure about my WEI. I will check it when I get back home. I believe that it was very high 5+ if I remember rightly. I will try testing the card this afternoon and see what is up.

I would be a sad dude if my gpu was bad. I am well out of my warranty

That sucks. I will check it out. What is the best stress testing application? I have a bad feeling about mine..
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Run rthdribl against it for a while:

http://downloadcenter24.com/video-and-dvd/rthdribl.html

it's a pretty little graphics demo that won't over-stress anything, but can give you some idea if your're GPU is unstable. Run GPU-Z at the same time to monitor temps and to see if the GPU is running at it's proper speed:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

I would use memtest, or the Windows 7 memory test, to check that your RAM is alright too.

http://www.memtest.org/

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/715-memory-diagnostics-tool.html
[Off-topic] swan3609:
thank you. My ram is fine. I just swapped for 8gb less than a month ago and it is just fine. I will run some tests on my gpu this afternoon. Thanks again.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
So I ran that applet and it ran just fine gpu around 75-80C and gpu load around 15-20% but premiere and online videos are killer. Not smooth at all.

So as soon as I load up premiere, the gpu maxes out the clock speeds which I assume is OK because it's getting used? It never shows the gpu load to go up though.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
If it's not crashy under load i think we can rule out a GPU failure. What's the CPU utilization while you're running Premier and Videos? Take a look in Task manager to see what it's doing.

It could just be something simple like a dodgy plug-in, or a driver that needs to be re-installed. If you haven't already to could try re-installing/updating the usual candidates. Graphics drivers/Flash/Siverlight/Browser/Sound.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
Graphics driver is the most current Nvidia Driver, Flash is current, It happens on all browsers so I want to rule out Chrome, and what about sound could it be? I just figured that the sound uses the built in sounds card on my motherboard.. I assumed my windows updates took care of that..
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Device Manager will tell you if there's any problems. Press Win Key+Pause/Break, Device Manager and look for any exclamation marks in yellow triangles.

I'd still be interested to see what the CPU is doing when the issues crop up.

Also, test your drive with HDTune:

http://www.hdtune.com/

It will help diagnose any drive errors.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
I will check but I am starting to rule out hardware, only because my ubuntu boot is very very fast. I have never had chrome or firefox slow down on me. So I am thinking about doing a clean wipe of my ssd and my hdd and see if that fixes it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Everyone works their way around to a clean install eventually! :p

I used to tell people to start with doing that, as it ends up being the faster option after all the messing about, but then people always want to try every other possible option first. I've learned that it's best to let them come to that conclusion all on their own!

Good luck. Let us know if everything is ok afterwards.
[Off-topic] swan3609:
The thing is that I did a clean install in late December when I got the ssd.. I guess I didn't wipe the hdd but given that the w7 partition has issues with the hdd, or the dvd drive or nothing in the Bay, I don't think that really has anything to do with it.

With a clean install, what is the list of things to do after I install? Install graphics drivers and install updates. What else should i do?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
You can do an in-place repair install which saves the trouble of losing all your data and settings. It's not as obvious as it was with Win XP, as they kinda removed the ability in Windows 7, but it can still be done.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

It's worth a go, and if all else fails you could resort to doing a full re-install if needed later. If you do need to, just do the updates first and then check Device Manager to see if there's anything that the Install didn't do itself. (Usually Graphics/Sound drivers).

Edit: Out of curiosity, does your Laptop BIOS allow you to switch your drive mode between IDE and AHCI, and if so, did you do that when you installed the SSD? Most will work better in AHCI mode if you do have the option.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] HarmonyFlame:
When I first saw the commercial I thought it was funny, a little cheesy, but I liked it. Yet at the same time I don't think that it advertised the device well. Immediately after the commercial was aired, there were alot of negative comments on twitter in regards to the s-pen. People were confused and assumed the device required the s-pen for all functions. Even reading the comments on the YouTube video for the commercial and various blogs, alot of people assume the device is taking a step back by offering the stylus -- since that's what the commercial seemed to focus on unfortunately.

And as funny as it is to see butthurt ifools cry about Samsung bashing them, it might not have been the best move by them. The commercial starts by insulting apple fanboys/girls because they are in line waiting for the iphone, yet tells them to basically get in line for the note. I'm all for apple bashing but I think it could have atleast been done in a better manner.

So Samsung has now sort of dug a hole for themselves with the Gnote I think. People in the U.S. now think it requires a stylus and others who don't favor Samsung devices hate them more.

Check out the comments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgfknZidYq0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

On the bright side though any publicity can still be good publicity.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] giantenemybird:
They should have started the commercial out by hammering in how great the screen size is... get people hooked on media, video chat, browsing, and then... BOOM. OH LOOK IT ALSO HAS A PEN IN THIS ****. oh daaaamn. Let it be a bonus feature to the average smart phone user, while still allowing the business man or note taker to interpret the pen as the main selling point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yyhd:
yup i must say i agree with both of your comments regarding the commercial.

esp for a super bowl ad...it should've been much better
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
This = Winning
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tltwelve:
Dude just wait for GS3 in May!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tazbo28:
smaller screen? if so, then heck no!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jimmer411:
OP you worry too much about what users of other devices may think. I didnt

I'm looking forward to using my note along side my ipad2 personally. They both fit different roles imo and I don't care what anyone thinks about either device when I use them in public.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andrawer:
Agree.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] esco757:
+2.. This device will be around for a long time to come... relax... There's a website for the Note on Samsungs site w/ extra videos and specs, why spend $$ twice on the something they already have on their site? Instead why not have a hoopla commercial that waves the flag then have ppl search for it. It worked perfectly for the Acura NSX commercial, the server was temporarily shutdown from all the searches ppl did after the commercial..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] HarmonyFlame:
Just to clarify: I don't really mind what other users care to think, but you can't help but feel that Samsung could have done a better job with the TV spot. This doesn't change MY perspective of the device, but it still concerns me to a point since i would like to see the device succeed obviously because I want there to be more iterations of the Gnote, and for other manufacturers to get involved in "phablet" marketspace. And if this commercial happens to somehow deteriorate that marketspace in some fashion, I am concerned.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andrawer:
i am not a marketer (?) at all but Samsung was probably just trying to stir the emotions to draw people into their website or the AT&T store to check em out further. Then they can dig into the techy details that are typical of many Android users...i.e how fast is it, what's the processor, is it gorilla glass, how much does it weigh, is it ICS, etc. etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] HarmonyFlame:
True.

Because again any publicity can be good publicity.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
No way. The gs3 wont be coming to ATT probably until at least late summer seeing as the international version hasn't even been released, let alone announced. Plus, it most definitely won't have a 5.3 inch screen, which I am really looking forward to, and won't have the s pen either most likely. Once I get my note it will be hard for any manufacturer to get me to upgrade unless it is a successor to the note from Samsung.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bkeaver:
We will be lucky if we see the s3 by the end of the year. It was quite awhile between the release of the s2 int. and the AT&T version so I would assume it would be close to the same for the s3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] firemedic1343:
I think the only think that could make me upgrade is another 5"+ phone. Shoot, I'd be happy with a 6" phone.

Moar cores, moar geebees and moar speed is always good...but I really want moar real estate more than anything else.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tltwelve:
crap with the Note, i'd rather take the Acura NSX during super bowl ads
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 00mred00:
https://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileUSA?sk=app_261214080616796

they are giving away Notes and other props from the set

just enter the contest
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] LiquidArrogance:
Cool thanks for the heads up!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mikegehl:
If I worked for Samsung's advertising department...

Compact car and conversion van jump off facing ramps, crash into each other, and mid-sized luxury SUV comes flying out of the fireball.

Ultralight plane flies into the back of a jumbo military cargo jet with the rear ramp down - camera zooms out from the cargo hold to show a Gulfstream business jet flying off into the sunset.

Someone holding a handheld TV walks into a movie theater, sits down, camera rotates 360 degrees and now it's a Samsung 55" flatscreen in a home theater room.

Will Smith walking down a busy NY sidewalk (in his MIB suit) looking at his Galaxy S II crashes into Jada sitting at an outdoor cafe reading something on her Galaxy Tab - next shot shows Jaden getting up from the ground, slipping his Galaxy Note LTE into his pocket, and doing some sort of Kung Fu move from Karate Kid.

Fade to black with the words: Your World Delivers (with AT&T logo, of course) the Best of Both Worlds! Samsung Galaxy Note LTE!

Van Halen's "Best of Both Worlds" playing throughout.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
Totally epic.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] BeastKid:
Ive updated and I am having problems. Sometimes when I send messages it says "failed" although it has been sent through. And my wifi continues to drop in and out. I am also having problems with facebook. It keeps saying " incorrect signature" The touch screen seems laggy at times aswell. Ive done several factory resets and these problems are still here. Im thinking of just rooting again or going back to froyo. This is disappointing -_-
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Try this.

Take your microsd card.

See if you can get stuff you want off the phone first.

Go next to settings/privacy/factory reset.

Boot back up. Wait 10 minutes before setting up.

While waiting, change the setting on you router dhcp to anything less than never.

Then set up your phone
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
The 569 rom has leaked.

Not much information yet except this:

Rom: 569

Build: 201201051614

Version: 3.2

Apparently it's a hotfix for the speakers, where if you leave the device on long enough the speaker stops working until you reset the device. I can confirm on this part, only reason I lost my 500 hour uptime :(

I dont believe there's many other changes in it besides that.

Edit: Gallo_569_201201061100_15.pkg

Install instructions:

Download Gallo_569_201201061100_15.pkg

Copy to external sdcard

Reboot into recovery mode

Select flash pkg

Navigate to pkg

Flash

Finished
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Hi guys im only new here,

Im not sure if i posted this in the right section feel free to move it MODs

Anyway I think i may have bricked my galaxy s2, I get a message that says "Firmware upgrade encountere...." ,after i tried to flash a stock rom back onto the phone after using lite'ning rom for a while, the process failed about half way through, I was using Odin, i can no longer get into recovery mode or clockwork recovery....I can still however get into download mode but my pc wont recognise the device through odin.....

I think it may be bricked :(

If the phone is bricked could i get a usb jig and reset the binary count to "0" and bring it to my authorised samsung repair shop, would they know i have rooted the phone and would my warranty still be covered?

Thanks for any help guys, i loved this phone and now its useless..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
This should go into Q&A.

What stock firmware did you flash exactly? Stock carrier?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Hi I tried to flash an inscure.tar file, of a stock rom i found on a website i think it was KE7,.... sorry im a complete noob
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
No worries. That's why XDA is here for you to learn.

So you can get into download mode but Odin doesn't see your device. Seems like the Samsung drivers isn't installed on your computer. Try installing the device drivers manually. And see if Odin recognizes your device then.

EDIT: did you make sure kies wasn't running in the background when you're using ODIN?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Ok thanks for the help, kies was not running tin the background anyway, can you tell me how to manually install the drivers if possible? :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spardicus05:
Where can i get a stock firmware for a sgs2 sgh-I777? i loaded ics 4.0.3 and now my speaker and mic dont work during calls. Anyone have and ideas on how to get back to gingerbread? i have search for it and everywhere says it has been removed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
Try uninstalling kies and install again. Once installed plug in your device and see if it downloads the drivers that way.

I'll try and look for the drivers while you do that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
You'll have better luck in the at&t gs2 forums. You won't find your file here. Sorry
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Ok i will try that and get back to you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scared27:
Sounds like a soft brick. I had problems flashing once (work computer was playing up) and it was complaining about needing an emergency firmware recovery in kies but I just re-flashed the rom when I got home and it was all good.

Hopefully it's the same for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
The thing is I cant reflash because odin wont recognise the device, and i cannot get into recovery mode for a manual flash either :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
Did you uninstall/reinstall kies?

Here are the the drivers for you to install

http://hotfile.com/dl/109276666/f22355e/SAMSUNG_USB.rar.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Im in the process of doing it now, my pc is unbaringly slow, will i try the kies installation first before i try install the drivers you gave me?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Okay i just reinstalled kies there and it did not work, kies did not recognise the device, and it showed the same error message on the screen, i am now downloading the drivers you gave to me, i will report back when i have tried that, thanks again
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
Alright let me know
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Okay i installed the drivers and my computer wont recognise the device in fact, it says "usb device malfunctioned and windows does not recognise it" :/

looks like im outta luck, any other suggestions?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
Hmmm strange. When you're in download mode and you plug into Odin what does it say?

Edit: what version of windows do you have?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sikcool:
Try on another Port or Computer ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
If its possible.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
the galaxy s2 just shows the standard downloading screen with my binary count number etc as it normally would, but odin dosent pick it up, dosent show any sign of contact to the device, even windos says the device is malfunctioned, its an old dell with windows xp
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
How did the other port or computer go?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
I tried another port, no luck, dont have another windows pc here at the moment to try
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
Dell windows xp 64 bit?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
This may be a pain but try uninstalling everything including kies and reinstalling everything again starting with the drivers, kies and then Odin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warrez:
u should try with another computer... because from my experience.. sometimes window stop recognizing usb devices without much of reason ( crash during some work process/ didnt shut down properly and etc.. ) and see if it recognizes it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android6391:
Okay thanks for all the helpful advice, i will try and see if i can get a computer later on tonight to try it out
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willow09:
I would try on another pc/laptop. Install kies don't plug in your mob until its finished installing, then when done open Odin then plug in your mob in download mode. Unfortunately the USB jig won't work for you as you need to be on a firmware version 2.3.4 or older.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bpivk:
Unless he flashed the old bootloader on the new firmware just in case. (Just throwing it out there.:D )

Seriously... windows and USB sometimes cause problems even if they worked half a minute ago so try a different computer if you can.