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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Why is Sony a non-factor? Just because they don't plan on creating quad-core tablet (could be waiting for Qualcomm's Krait instead of jumping on to Tegra 3) doesn't mean they will be non-factor. Why does Google's Nexus tablet have to be quad-core? When it comes to BRAND/Image/Reputation... Sony is simply superior over Asus.

Samsung being a no show at MWC? Probably because they opted not to participate heavily at MWC since they plan on having their OWN Samsung EVENT (just like Apple). I think Galaxy Note was innovative.... & that's a product that's already launched & is successful. Also, Asus isn't the only OEM that has close relationship with Google.... Google will, or owns Motorola right now.. and Samsung did release first ICS Nexus phone just recently....

Winning awards at MWC or CES also means nothing. If they aren't priced accordingly, or if they aren't simple to avg. user (think of Padfone.. innovative but the market on that will be small with all the "transformation" & Galaxy Note simply provides everything that Padfone hopes to provide except the battery.. *which is only found through constant transformation*)... it'll tank. Motorola XOOM won awards at MWC & at CES.. and look at how that tanked.

Asus is world leader in PC manufacturing and parts? You can say exactly the same about SONY and Samsung. For the longest time, SONY VAIO brand was regarded as one of the highest quality.. and many of the current SAMSUNG PC lines are considered one of the finest in quality and performance.

Finally, ASUS simply cannot match Sony & Samsung when it comes to world-wide production.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
That's my point more or less. It isn't because Google has Faith in Asus but simply the "PRICE" that was attractive to Google..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
I think it's obvious that I'm looking forward to Win 8 tablets. To answer your question... Intels cloverfield/medfield x86 SoC will be deciding factor to Win 8 ... Biggest knock on Intel's mobile SoC has been battery life..... but if the battery life is near or close to ARM... You are looking at Win 8 Tablets that'll have fully functional OS to their PC counterpart.

If Intel's SoC is successful (well see how the Lenovo Android phone performs) & if the price difference between Win 8 and Android are in $10s.. instead of $100s (or in the ballpark of say current premium Android devices.. such as Samsungs).. I can def. see Win 8 penetrating on Android market share.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Sony has the power to be Apple for the same reasons that Comcast bought NBC - content. Sony owns a huge portfolio of audio, video, and gaming content. They could develop an iOS like eco-system biased toward their content offerings that would create a profit stream that Asus would sell their left nut for. Why do you think Amazon is selling the KF at literally their cost of building it? Asus makes $75 by selling a tablet where Amazon estimates the lifetime value of a KF purchaser to be worth hundreds. Who do you think will win? These billion dollar companies don’t make multi-year strategic decisions about what markets to pursue based on someone else’s h/w. They’re the “dog,” the Nvidia’s (or Qualcomm’s, TI’s, etc.) of the world are the “tail.” An 8-core chip announced tomorrow isn’t going to change Amazon’s strategy for the KF. It's the same thing with BMW and their M cars and M-B with their AMG models. They're halo products for image only and represent single digits in sales and profit. They'd both give them up in heart beat if they had to decide between them and their bread and butter models like the 3 and the C. We on XDA are "M" and "AMG" buyers. We don't represent the masses and are expendable.

Sony's issue isn't h/w; they are an incredibly well regarded global brand. It's their historical inability to leverage their considerable assets. Catching up on the h/w side wouldn't be difficult. Their PC division does extremely well and has the highest profit margins in the industry. Applying that talent to tablets would allow them to catch up quickly. What Asus is doing isn't rocket science. Their cobbling together available parts from third parties to create a product. They own nothing unique h/w or s/w wise that someone with deep pockets couldn't recreate quickly. Sony has the resources to do h/w. Asus (and others like them) will never be able to own content.

Sony's success depends on Sony. They just got a new CEO so it'll be interesting to see if they get their act together. If they can, they have a very good chance of winning. If they can't, they'll plod along like they have been. And success or failure is measured in years, not SoC lifecycles.

P.S. - They are Google's most committed partner for G-TV. Coincidence? No, they see it as a conduit to bypassing the cable companies and delivering they’re enormous content assets to as many purchasers as they can. So it's not like their sitting in the bleachers watching the game.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] foxmeister:
Microsoft can't/won't compete with free. All things being equal hardware wise, a Win8 tablet is going to be far more expensive than an Android tablet, because of the cost of a Win8 license.

However, that may well be a price consumers are prepared to pay - only time will tell.

Regards,

Dave
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
Wow, you certainly took a quote and simply ran off with it as your own rant. Perhaps you didn't read my statements... More or less, I agree with everything that you mentioned about SONY.

My point was against Demandrin & was simply a question as to how.. or why SONY is non-factor? I was making a case, or point against Demandrin that it isn't "Faith" but simply the "PRICE" factor that attracted .. or is attracting Google to Asus. Because if it was based on "faith".. Sony & Samsung are far more ideal for everything that you have mentioned in detail.

I agree, however.. I don't think & seriously doubt it'll be FAR more expensive if all things are equal in hardware wise. By being far more expensive.. as in.. in upwards over $100. Also, Win 8 is being developed to break into tablet market... I doubt Microsoft will charge OEMs excessively ...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ilostmypistons:
Personally I would like to see Google team up with Samsung for Tabs

Super AMOLED HD displays please
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Sorry, I just used your quote to give some color on Sony as potential player. It wasn't directed at you or anyone else. They're kind of a sleeping giant and everyone underestimates them. They could easily be a bigger player than Samsung in mobile if they could actually get their act together. The key word is “if” because they have a record of squandering opportunities. Appointing a new CEO (the former head of PlayStation) and buying out Ericsson's share of their phone business was a good start.

Look at it this way, if Sony approached Google who has stores set up to sell and distribute content and said "hey, we want to build the Nexus tablet and in return we'll give you access to all our media assets," you think Google would say no? Also Sony and Microsoft with PlayStation and X-Box are like Apple and Google. With W8 leveraging X-Box if I was Sony I'd be looking for a partner with a huge audience in order to counter. People still view Google as a "public service." While they give Android away it's only to get access to an audience for their other money-making products. Google's no more unselfish or concerned about their users when they make decisions than any other public company with shareholders. They may "like" Asus and Samsung but they like money even more.

It's all good. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shinzz:
I have my doubts as to Intel's cloverfield/medfield x86 SoC. Which is why I have pointed out Lenovo's (and perhaps even Motorola's next phone) Intel Android phone as to gauge on its performance (especially in the battery life aspect). However, if it does perform well (both intel & AMD SoC).. it'll certainly influence & boost Win 8 in tablet market. Not only will it keep the cost down (could be priced near Premium Android tablets/Netbook.. but perhaps even slightly below) but comes with all the advantages that you have listed above.

I went too far with "deciding" factor, but it'll certainly be a huge boost to Win 8.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
I sure hope this isn't true. I've owned three Nexus devices, and all three of them have been awesome. I've owned one Asus device (not counting multiple motherboards), and I've had nothing but problems. Weak wifi? Check. Wifi drops out when using Bluetooth? Check. Stuck pixels? Check. LCD Mura/cloudiness? Check. The Prime is the last Asus product I'll be buying for a loooooooooooooong time.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slef2003:
So on the basis of one item that is very new to market and is still having firmware updates very regularly with Asus being pro-active in this support, you make a decision that overides all of your previous experience with that company!!

By this analogy I would never buy any crucial products as I had two faulty sticks of memory, logitech rodents because one died prematurely, and ford cars cos an old Mk 2 cortina was a dog. Fortunately I have bought ford again and have had 110K miles out o a second hand focus that is still very reliable aged 9 years.

Every major company has problems at some time or other apple with bad reception on the iphone and the ipad (we are not alone in dodgy wifi) Intel with the first revision of the sandybridge chip set, motorola, toyota and Sony with flatscreen TVs (my old auntie's 22" screen has just died on her TV after 17 months as did my cousin who had exactly the same model!!.

Have you have rma'd your prime to let asus have a go at repairing, replacing or refunding the purchase price?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
This plays exactly to some of what e.mote posted (which was incredibly foresightful). Selling h/w is a commodity game. In that regard, with h/w typically ending up equal, price ends up being the battlefield.

Whether anyone realizes it or not Asus

is

competing on price. By both under cutting Samsung's price point for a 32GB first-gen tablet and adding additional features like IPS+, Teg3, and an aluminum back they had to cut costs in other areas. Like a HannStar display, 2.4GHz-only Wi-Fi, and an AzureWave radio. Also keep in mind that scale makes a huge difference in the h/w game. Samsung and HTC pay a lot less per unit than Asus for the same parts because of their aggregate buying power. Samsung even builds their own which should save them even more. So all things being equal it’s hard for smaller players to prosper on h/w alone, especially at the lower price points.

Google by admitting HC was nothing more than an emergency patch-job to get something out because manufacturers were deploying GB on tablets wasn't terribly interested in tablets and kind of got dragged in to them. With Apple's lead and MS's motivation they really need to get behind them big time. If they don't, they stand the chance of being number three in a three horse race. And Asus and other manufacturers are investing in W8 tablets just to cover their bases. So Android’s tablet success is far from a sure thing just because there were successful in phones.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
whoever they go with hopefully the SoC that manufacturer is willing to put in their device will be a deciding factor.

Nvidia is absolutely horrible in the releasing source department. This was probably a major deciding factor on the galaxy nexus. TI OMAP 4, out of all the soc manufacturers is the best with releasing source for their hardware/gpu drivers/whatnot, and i hope google goes with them for this reason alone.

I have a gt-555 in one of my laptops which is about useless on linux because of that piece of **** fail nvidia calls optimus.
[LG Thrill 4G] lazylu:
Howe do I put it on im not on a cm7 just stock gingerbread
[LG Thrill 4G] arsen4oo:
I flashed it from cwm,then I noticed that the files inside the archive were not copied to system,I did it manually:)
[LG Thrill 4G] Markyzz:
Does an icon appear when its working?
[LG Thrill 4G] arsen4oo:
I didn't notice any changes
[LG Thrill 4G] Kaleptik:
It's not an app. It's library files. You won't notice anything unless you have high end headphones.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9
[LG Thrill 4G] Markyzz:
Or using the audio out in your car. I have a decent system in my car and i definitely noticed a difference in sound quality.
[LG Thrill 4G] Kaleptik:
Also, can you post the files you used?

The ones I have seem to stop the phone from booting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nobody's There:
Hi guys, i have unlocked my bootloader on my galaxy nexus and have rooted it. Upon installing a theme on my Nexus using CWM, i forgotten to back-up. Thus i installed the theme without a rom, basically installing a theme on a stock rom. How Stupid? Now im in bootloop. And all i can do is use FastBoot. Please help, im running on my Mac OSX 10.7 Lion.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mattymac:
You seem like you know what to do. Just flash the factory images back with fastboot. They are located in a thread in general called reverting back to stock. Follow the Mac version of the commands. You will lose your SD card data tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] wyalwy:
can someone port theme ICS-RAINY SUNDAY for emanon v4 to Andro-ID final? :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fordgasm:
Hi guys, I need to RMA my tab again! but after using NVFlash I have no stock recovery! I have rooted installed CWM again but when I try to install Stock firmware through CWM I get assert failed write_raw_image("tmp/blob", "staging")

So after another round of NVFlash I am back to ICS with no recovery HELP!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] horndroid:
/facepalm

How about you try to be more clear and coherent. Explain what happened in steps.

I really don't understand why you would waste YOUR TIME and Asus' time by RMAing when you still have NvFlash access.

Do you return your computer if a piece of software doesn't work on it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fordgasm:
OK lets try this again...

The left hand section of my screen has stopped working (touch wise)

I am only getting by at the moment thanks to my keyboard dock.

This is the reason i need to RMA my tab.

I was running Prime 1.4 but used NV flash to return to stock but am now without a stock recovery.

Any ideas how to reinstall stock recovery??

When I try to boot into recovery I get an android with a big exclamation mark in the middle of it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cavsoldier19d:
Depending on which nvflash utility u used, nvflash to stock restores stock rom and stock recovery. Try using another nvflash to stock utiltity that is floating around here.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fordgasm:
So far I have tried 3 different NVFlash utilities.

One with 3.1, one with 3.2 and now the ICS one. All of which are giving me the same result!

Would it matter not having stock recovery for RMA?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cavsoldier19d:
I know for a fact that the nvflash for ics restores the stock recovery, as i used it on my tf. Are u flashing the correct version for your hardware? US, WW, etc? You would be taking a huge risk of doing rma without stock recovery because that will be the smoking gun that you rooted/modded your device, which technically voids your warranty. Go to the development section and look for the thead for easy unroot. See if that restores stock recovery for you.

Edit: looks like that thread got moved to the general section. Look for easiest way to unroot and follow directions.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mrevankyle:
That is stock recovery
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cavsoldier19d:
Correct, i didnt catch that comment.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] aus2010:
I dont want to add to the confusion, but isnt that what Stock Recovery looks like, ie Android with exclamation mark

I used nvflash previously to get back to stock rom and recovery and thats what I saw when booting into recovery

This is from another forum

http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/asus-transformer-general-discussions/3652-what-does-stock-recovery-look-like.html

EDIT: Sorry you guys beat me to its "Missed it by THAT MUCH:

:)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fordgasm:
Now I feel super special lol thanks for the info!

I thought stock recovery was a simpler version of CWM with some sort menu to navigate.

Now I can pack this POS up and send it back for more repairs.

Thanks again!
[HTC Sensation] cobbcobbdavid:
Will HTC consider having more colorful accessory and more colorful phone to let consumer to choose from like Nokia Lumia 800?
[HTC Sensation] ikevo:
i doubt it. it would be cool and all but, i kinda like the look of current htc phones. I would be happy if they just stick with the black/white options.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kryptonian_Knight:
so im looking to sell my extra nexus CDMA it is in almost perfect condition accept that best buy ruined the volume down button when they put on the a zagg screen protector

so im looking for ideas on how much i could get for it.

replacement part is only ten bucks, just dont feel like doing it my self
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well you'll get WAY more than $10 back in return for just fixing the issue yourself before selling it. Most people won't buy it broken, even if it is just a $10 fix.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kryptonian_Knight:
Very true
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dnar56:
I'll give you $100

sent from the Matrix
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ltredbeard:
sent you a pm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mr mystery:
Bought my GSM Nexus brand new sealed box for $500, maybe that will help find a good used price.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kryptonian_Knight:
so im just going to go ahead and fix it my self to get more out of it, ill let u guys know when its up and running
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
GSM model has a much higher resale value. The Verizon ones have been in the mid $400's for a while.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] descendency:
Sorry for the OT, but 500 for a basically new GSM GN? Is that a good deal or normal? Because that seems cheaper than anyone is selling on the internet. (retail, I mean. I don't know anything about 'used')
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You can find them retail around $600 shipped. I got mine for $565 with a coupon. So used in the low $500 range isn't crazy for GSM.
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
sorry but i cant find the new 2.17 update.. im cdma and im looking for the new 86img update.. thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
come on someones gots to have it for me???
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
Here ya go

these ones are rooted

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420206

these ones are PG86IMG stock unrooted.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1447839

and some more shipped roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1334473
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
i want to update my baseband prl.. softwear ect.... so i want to put pg86img on the root of my sdcard.. i need the rite pg86img???? and my radio... i saw one that updated it all but i cant find it now :(
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443592

I would read up before you use .. I wouldn't want you to lose root man... I am on hboot 1.5 from the start ...
[HTC EVO 3D] P.Mobile:
cool i gots it.. i used freeza update.. thanks!!!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forcystos:
OK, so I'm about to go crazy here.

My phone (NS4G) has absolutely no service. I get bars, but am unable to make or receive calls or SMS, nor have I data service. I've tried different radios, different roms, everything I can think of for the past two hours and nothing. It can't be the service in my location since my aunt has Sprint service and she's right next to me and can do everything just fine.

Any tips before I get on a rampage?

FWIW: When I dial a call, it rings twice and I get some weird message that isn't even from Sprint.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stellar:
Did you flash a GSM Nexus S ROM? O.o That's the only thing that I can think of right now that would cause that .
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forcystos:
Nope. I've tried CM9, CM7, and stock Gingerbread (GRJ22) and nothing. I'm telling you, this is driving me nuts and there seems to be no explanation whatsoever...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rasengan82:
What's your baseband. Also check you IMEI.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forcystos:
Interesting. My phone number and MSID aren't showing right. What can I do about this other than calling Sprint, which I can't do right now?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onigiri1692:
I would flash completely back to stock, flash the latest officially released basebands and radios, then unroot. If you still can't get it to work, bring it into a sprint store and tell them your phone just stopped working and that you have no idea what is happening. Don't mention rooting or anything like that and I am sure they will help you out.

Another suggestion can you force your phone to roam with a program like roam control to see if anything starts working?

Also, any chance your service could have been cut off?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mabry:
Sounds like your /efs folder got corrupted or deleted. Read this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098191
[HTC EVO 3D] Jraw23:
Luckily I haven't experienced any of the issues you seem to be going through. I would recommend calling or stopping by sprint and have your replacement swapped out. Who knows you might get lucky and get one with 1.4, good luck man hope it works out.
[HTC EVO 3D] xHausx:
I would definitely push them to get you a replacement, it sounds like they gave you another defective one. If they give you a hard time about it showing "relocked" shoot me a PM and I may be able to help you out.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
Man what's up. I remember your Roms and work for the EVO4G. Deff top notch.

Personally I don't have buyers remorse as mine has been great here no issues hardware wise.

As for the things you mentioned with sprint itself like the premier program...I'm with ya on that 100%. Hate it that they took that away. BUT according to the Sprint Advocates group that has conf calls with execs each month, Sprint has been researching a new loyalty program to replace it with to reward those of us again. Maybe the buy your upgrade back trial program is a slight form of it, though I know they have discussed more.

As for leaving sprint if you head to big red you pretty might end up with only getting Samsung phones as they have announced their stance on bootloaders and I wouldn't be shocked to see their future HTC phones not on the unlock list...

Personally i can't beat the price here and I really want to stick around with Sprint and see these NetworkVision deployments because network wise they will improve things 10 fold in many areas. The mere backhaul improvement being done at the towers is a giant leap in itself.

S4GRU.com has a ton of very very detailed info, a lot inside info too on this. Great site btw, any Sprint customer interested in the network and such I suggest heading over there and reading the enormous amount of detailed info they have, including some spectrum analysis...

Saw you mentioned Chicago specifically so I linked the two wall posts that discuss some info on that area specifically for ya.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...nd-lte-deployment-details-emerge-for-chicago/

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-schedule-details-for-sprints-chicago-market/

As far as the customer service, that's a shame man and you really can't defend them for that.
[HTC EVO 3D] metalfan78:
Hey ric, I thought you disappeared! I used to love your 4g roms. That sucks you've had so many issues. Good to see you're alive though.

We're comin from a pure power source.