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[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
I have replacement which I will do myself. Question: after seperating original LCD from digitizer with heat, How did you line up the new one? Or does it fit right into place? Also is there glue material on the new digitizer as Ive been told?

Thank You.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikiddawg:
Hi All...

1st time poster on these boards. I have a tremendous amount of respect for all of you, especially the developers who've donated their time and efforts.

I just received my refurb Nook Color (which got the OTA last night to 1.4.2) and I have not done anything to it. Love it so far as a reader. Performance so far is OK but I'm used to my Droid Inc 2 which is very snappy.

I do plan to use CM7 on an SD card (8GB?). I HATE B&N's selection of Apps and hate even more that they're gauging by charging higher prices than the Android Market.

Here's the question: If you had the opportunity to swap the Nook Color for an 8GB Nook Tablet (

without having to pay anything extra for the swap

) and you were using CM7 (or whatever iteration is out at the time) on both, would you swap? Or would you keep the Color and pass on the Tablet? Why?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] votinh:
If using it as purely an eReader, jump on NT8G is a good decision.

If using it as "hacked" tablet, NT is still at alpha (or pre-alpha) stage for custom ROMs.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasticarmyman:
everything i've read and seen has pointed to the NookColor as a tablet/e-reader combo and the NookTablet as a simple e-reader with some tablet tendencies.

but as for your question, no...i would keep my NC...the development for it has yet to halt and there is so many things i can do to this device whereas the NT is so limited
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikiddawg:
Based on the replies...RIGHT NOW, it sounds like keeping the Nook Color is a better way to go rather than swapping it for the Tablet because so far more development has been done on the Nook Color than the Tablet. But from a hardware potential perspective, is the Tablet going to have great longevity and capabilities once the developers here and elsewhere are able to crack it like they have the Nook Color?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikiddawg:
Hi fine folks on Xda....surely there are more opinions here. Not that I don't value and appreciate the two posts already on this thread but I sure would appreciate some more opinions, advice before I go forward and make this decision to swap my new NC for a 8GB NT.

I've read through so many of the threads on here and this is my understanding of the current status:

The 8GB Nook Tablet having an improved processor (and some say better screen) has a better overall hardware package than the aging Nook Color BUT the 8GB NT is not fully functional YET by sideloading CM7 while the NC is.

That it sounds like B&N is continually trying to (and suceeding) at limiting the use of the NT (esp the 8GB) for anything more than what they want you to and all within B&N's lame-ass walled city.

That the regular Nook Color is well vetted and thoroughly explored by the smart people here and elsewhere and thus far has greater capabilities as an Android Tablet.

That some of you are hard at work to crack the code here trying to figure out how to sideload the 8GB NT in order to make it as fully funtional an Adroid Tab as the NC. BUT because the NT (even the 8GB version) has better hardware, IF this puzzle gets figured out, it will ultimately be a more capable device than the NC, even if it's just a faster processor and the same amount of RAM.

That at this point, there is no known solution for the 8GB NT and as of now, it's basically just an e-reader.

As I'm new here.....I just don't know enough to know whether or not it's worth the gamble to pick up the 8GB NT because it has greater POTENTIAL to be a better android tab than the NC.

Incidentally, others on the Nook Tablet thread believe I should go with the Nook Tablet b/c of it's potential over the Color so it's interesting to see different opinions here than there.

Do you all more experienced folks believe that a solution is right around the corner?

Please weigh in. Thank you again.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playdoc:
Thanks to the OP for this thread. I am new to the development world and have yet to root/sideload/etc. anything. I have been researching a budget tablet to use and your thread was very helpful, if just a little sparse in info. so far.

I recently bought the 8GB Nook Tablet for $149 from Barnes & Nobles' ebay account. It just arrived yesterday, but I already have buyer remorse because of the research I've done so far. I'm beginning to think a Nook Color may have served my needs just as well (after rooting or using a ROM off a card), and would be cheaper.

Thanks to all those who contributed to this thread so far. OP, your rundown of NC vs 8GB NT was very helpful. It summarizes mostly what I've found so far on the subject.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J515OP:
For the same price, go for the Nook Tablet. It is better hardware and the reports that it is locked down are exaggerated. While it isn't completely unbrickable and as fully developed like the Nook Color it is already capable of being rooted or running bootable SD cards for CM7 (with CM9 in the works).

If you are getting the thing to tinker with, customize and learn how to hack then the Nook Color. Otherwise go for the Nook Tablet root it or throw a bootable CM7 SD card in it and have a faster better tablet.

JP
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mogators1:
I have two Nook Colors, both running CM7 from SD card. Just got my son an 8GB tablet last weekend and also running CM7 (alpha final) on it. He seems to be happy with it so far. The only problem I have seen with it was running Pinball Arcade. I have this on my Color and most of the tables work well, but Funhouse (one of my favorite pinball machines) was a little slow and caused it to be hard to follow the ball motion. On the tablet, it was smooth, but both times I tried it the game crashed during play. Hopefully, CM7 development continues and this gets worked out. For the same price, I would probably take my chances on the Tablet. If it doesn't work out, I'm sure you could sell it and get most of your money back out of it.
[HTC Sensation] fredcorp6:
I have a large amount of dust under my screen, and from what ive read htc will repair this because its a manufacturing defect.

The problem is however i bought my phone off ebay, and so I am not the original buyer. I do have a warranty with the phone though which states that the warranty may be transferred to a secondary buyer "with consent from HTC".

Can anyone tell me the best way to go about getting the phone repaired?
[HTC Sensation] androph:
Honestly if you buy phone from eBay (or Craigslist) it is possible screen was replaced by seller.

First you should verify that the "void" sticker is still present. This is located left of the battery on over the middle screw( it is normally sideways). If it is present ...maybe it can be covered.

Next...call htc customer service and explain the problem...maybe they repair free.

I normally call tmobile and they will send replacement for $5 if you have insurance. If you don't currently have insurance it is possible to start it today I believe(then wait like 30days to report the issue)

You can remove and reinstall the digitizer. This is very risky so I don't recommend it unless you have replaced a few screens.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Raptor1956:
I have the SGNexus from verizon with LTE and the phone has a uSIM card in it. I just picked up the SGTab 7.7 last night but did not activate (bought outright).

So, I may wish to use the uSIM card in the tab but am aware that there are things the carriers look for to prevent this and I'd like to prevent them from screwing me. Again, I don't expect to do this much but would like the OPTION of doing so.

What do I need to do and not do to use the uSIM from my SGNexus in my SGTab 7.7?

Thanks,

Brian
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] teiglin:
So this is the VZW Tab 7.7? I was assuming they would bake the SIM into the tab to prevent exactly what you want to do, but I haven't actually seen one yet. In the P6800, there is a SIM slot along the same side as the microSD slot--does your tab have a SIM slot? If not, you won't be able to switch for sure. If there is a full-size SIM slot, you just need an adapter, which is easy to get or make (can probably get one for like $1 on ebay).

Also, I wouldn't expect VZW to allow your phone SIM to work on a tablet in any case. Even if you could put the SIM in, VZW will know from the IMEI that you are using a tablet and (I assume) force you to change plans or whatever.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] burhanistan:
At 5:10 of this silly unboxing video the SIM slot is in view.

http://www.androidauthority.com/verizon-samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7-lte-unboxing-59081/

I didn't think they would have an open SIM slot on the Verizon unit either, but maybe it has the capability of being unlocked?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] teiglin:
Interesting. So yeah, OP: go get a SIM adapter, plug in your SIM, and see what Verizon says to you! Good luck.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Raptor1956:
Before I go that route I'd like to make sure I avoid anything that would give me away. I'm not sure that's possible but since there are a lot of smart folks on this board I'll wait a bit to give it a shot.

I think the thing I'd most likely use it for is in-car navigation on the longer trips. I have the Verizon SGNexus with LTE and I have the hotspot option so I could use it in that mode to drive the navigation on the tab so maybe swapping in the SIM wouldn't be that big a deal.

Still, it would be nice to have the option...

Brian
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] teiglin:
It's not possible to hide the fact that you're using a tab 7.7 from Verizon unless you're willing to try to change your IMEI (and messing with /efs is pretty dangerous). I'm not saying it's totally impossible, but it'd be difficult at the very least. As you say, there are a lot of smart people here, so maybe someone will work out a way--but I wouldn't hold my breath. Still, no way to know if it'll work unless you try it. :P

Personally, I bought the wifi version because tethering to a phone is easy and a lot cheaper--save $100 at the start, plus no second data plan at absurd US carriers' prices. I think many of the people who bought the international 3G version were thinking the same as you--they can swap their phone SIM in if they want. However, the unlocked version identifies on the network just like any phone, unlike the Verzion version, which is locked down by Verizon and doesn't even ship with phone software.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Raptor1956:
I toyed with the idea of importing a wifi only version but decided I didn't want to lose the next door support if I have a problem so I went with Verizon and so far as I can tell they will only offer the LTE version. If putting my phone SIM in it is not going to work or work for long then it will be just a wifi only version albeit about $100 more expensive. I think I could reclaim some of the difference on resell though...

I really hope ICS is coming soon as I don't much like HC...

Brian
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] temiatwork:
Forgive my ignorance guys but what is this verizon with LTE?

I am not in the U.S., for me the P6800 model works with a normal GSM SIM or 3G SIM out of the box.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Paten:
Verizon is a US carrier that does not use GSM. The Verizon version of the GT7.7 has different hardware then the standard GT7.7 and it is unclear if you can just swap the Verizon LTE sim from one Verizon device to their GT7.7 and have full functionality.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] ph00ny:
LTE is the reason why a simcard is utilized. I'm pretty certain that rest of the cdma/evd0 doesn't utilize the simcard
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damex:
Hello to all!! I have done other android phones in the past, but boy this one is tough. Ok, I bought an Atrix 4G a while back and it had 2.3.4. The battery life is great and all is good, until I dropped it and broke the screen. Damm..... So then a few weeks later I bought another one, but this one has 2.3.6. Battery sucks!!!!! Drains to quickly, and of course I want to ROM it. Well I've looked around and saw little to do to root 2.3.6, and I'm new to the locked bootloader. Can someone just point out where to look and see how to root and unlock bootloader?? I just want to ROM it with something else. Thanks!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] good4y0u:
Its the same as on the 2.3.4 look at my threads I have one on this with a video and I have another on unlocking
[HD2 General] Mafioso:
Have been HD2 user for nearly 2 years now. Been through all the good phases which the phone has to offer, WinMo 6.5 Custom ROMS in the begining then Android through SD card/Haret and then finally Android through NAND. Also gave WP7 and WP7 NODO a try too, two sepeate times, but somehow it was just unstable for me and never really worked out, so had it uninstalled and went back to Android within 2 days both the times.

It has been a great phone throughout, there was new joy each time a bug was ironed out or new dev was made for it by awesome devs here, like NAND or porting of gingerbread and more recently ICS or the solving of persisting GPS problem by tytung or the custom brightness issue just recently or the porting of new 2.6.35.x kernels by Mark & warrenb and many more I can't remember

But as all must good things come to an end, with a heavy heart I say good bye to my beloved HD2 and pack it to be shipped from my place to its lucky new owner who doesn't know even difference between android and windows btw :P and move on to HTC sensation..

It still is very capable phone and has atleast 1 more year of life in it, I decided to move on because the hardware buttons on my phone break quite often, had it repaired 2 times already because of same fault, only if HTC had decided to use capacitive buttons at that time :(

Anyway hope devs keep up the good work and we have full working ICS w/ 3.0.8 kernel on it and 720p recording soon ;) and WP7.5 Mango without any issues for wp lovers :)

Many thanks to Cotulla, Tytung, NRGZ, Hastarin, Darkstone, Markinus, Marc, Warren, CM team, MIUI team and all the ROM chefs and devs I missed out (sorry I can't name each one of you)

Also HTC deserves a mention too, for creating a phone which was ahead of times with a badass 4.3 display which started the trend of big phones and their awesome Sense UI

Lastly, I would mention the awesome HD2 community we have here on XDA which keeps this phone rocking.

To HD2 the best phone ever :D
[HD2 General] Mafioso:
Decide to go for Amaze 4G over Sensation. Hopefully, it would be a worthy upgrade :)
[HD2 General] gazzacbr:
hmm, you used to be indecisive but now youre not so sure ;)

i am sure many long time owners are looking around for the next 'HD2'.

what made you decide on Sensation over Amaze 4G?

and not Samsung Galaxy S II, the screen is a lot brighter...
[HD2 General] EgoMaximus:
HD2 is amazing, tried pretty much everything on it, WM, WP, Android... Will be switching to something new once Windows Phone 8 Apollo hardware is out.

Just can't understand why you would go with HTC Sensation (Android) over Titan II or Lumia 900 (WP 7.5) though :D

I am pretty sure that Lumia 800-900 is the new HD2, at least for the WP users,
[HD2 General] Mafioso:
Sensation and Amaze are both excellent phones. However IMO Amaze is what the original sensation should have been.It has better camera(s), data speed, no death grip issue, NFC, dedicated mic for active noise cancellation. There is also more CPU and RAM on Amaze but that I think it would negate for now if you put MIUI/CM7/9 on sensation, which you can't put on Amaze right now because HTC doesn't gave it S-OFF yet :mad: . So you are stuck with Sense UI on Amaze, but i don't mind it as its an excellent software. That's why the indecisiveness, I'm going from a phone with most dev to a phone with very low dev :(

Galaxy SII is a better phone when compared to Amaze in physical aspects as its lighter, slimmer, better screen and bigger battery. However Amaze has better build quality and has a slightly better camera. Rest of the Hardware is same for both on TMO version. But its expensive normally coz being more popular. Its normally more than $450.

I settled for Amaze as I scored an excellent deal from eBay for 350.

So it all depends on your budget. You get mint sensation normally for 300-350, Amaze is around 400 mark while the SGSII is 450-500.

@EgoMaximus Not a Windows Phone fan buddy :)
[HD2 General] tay200k:
I sold my hd2 ages ago now (4 months)

I have had my Lumia 800 for a month or so now and it sucks big time so went to ebay and got a hd2 again. the Lumia is so bug ridden :(

trust me it will never be the new hd2 lol
[HD2 General] dumbquestion:
I went with the Samsung Galaxy Note. I like it a lot, but I LOVED My HD2s (4 in all- just put the last 2 together up on eBay: 1 still working great & the other for parts, and an unbeleivable difficult to part with collections of bike mounts and extra batteries et all.) I just had to, to help pay for the off-contract Note. Sad day. :(
[HD2 General] EgoMaximus:
What bugs are there?
[HD2 General] azams0022:
i too had a hd2

i ws also aproud owner of hd 2....sold that....:(

now um havin a evo 3d...bt seriously i loved that phone like hell....
[HD2 General] vua777:
what's next for this year? ONE X or GS3?
[HD2 General] samizad:
I am BIG fan of HTC. Currently courting the wrong side (Samsung) and would love to go get a ONE X but the only thing keeping me from ONE X is the lack of microSD. Does anyone know whether SG3 will have microSD? It seems like the general trend is to omit it.
[HD2 General] sharpeyedman:
I just ditched Sansung GS2 SKyrocket for HD2.

Gosh I hate the battery drainage on LTE and 4g.

No matter how fast dual core cpu is and how fancy the super amoled plus looks, its all useless if you have to charge the phone every 6 hours

I am sticking with my HD2 for now. You gotta love the fact that all the devs and support that are far greater on HD2 than any other phones.

I will wait hold my 500 dollars until all those manufacturers do something about the battery on LTE and 4G.
[HD2 General] Mafioso:
Getting emotionally attached to a phone is weird, but i also share that same feeling :o

All these phone just do what they are supposed to do, the HD2 did so much more than what it was supposed to, that's what it made it so special :)
[HD2 General] Tarpe:
Still have it and works like a charm, but for next device

HTC Hurrkian 1.5 Ghz quad core

Android 4.0

Sense UI 4.0

Camera 12 mega pix

Display 4.3inch 720p

______________________________________________

Phone: HD2 EU 512

Android Build: UrDroid HTC Sensation XL Stock

Current Kernel: Marc1706 v0.1.9

MagLdr 1.13

Recovery: ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6

Radio: 2.15.50.14

______________________________________________
[HD2 General] elementalfx:
just one month ago i have bought this phone fo 130 euros with no sound that i fixed fo free thanx to my experience with electronics. Few days after that I installed android and every day after that i was testing almost every possible rom for hd2. Now I must say the only thing. This phone just rocks like hell. I didnt know that this phone can handle so much . I know that there are better phones out there if we are talking about specs but I must say that this phone is inspiration for other or new developers. It also inspired me and I am also looking forward to build my own rom for this phone even if I know there are plenty of really good roms for this phone. But I must also say that I am looking forward to buy HTC ONE X or SAMSUNG Galaxy S3 when it comes out. But anyway I WILL KEEP THIS PHONE even after its death :)

Sent from my Dorimanx powered HTC HD2
[HD2 General] FCORivers:
Ive had like 15 different roms on my sd in the last 2 months, and havent flashed magldr yet, 1 year and a half... when my contract ends is gonna be hard to chose a new phone.
[HD2 General] chemicalboyxda:
HD2 its a very good phone with a lot of developing work. But like others phones the company plan to keep up to date the newest phones and forget the older. Its a hard work to a developer build the roms and test it. I think that the equation good hardware(phone) + good developers gives the result of excelent on this phone.
[HD2 General] tay200k:
just check out the nokia support froum.

but the ones that pee me off is

1. poor battery life

2. badly grounded screen so jitters on touch

3.random reboots

4.poor audio quailty through headphone jack

there is a new update pushing out now but i dont have much faith in it as the past ones just brought more bugs to the phone.
[HD2 General] donwhann:
i've recently moved from hd2 to sensation xe. i really like the xe, but i'll never get rid of hd2, its the first phone i've kept after getting a new one........
[HD2 General] Oberness13:
I too finally moved on from my HD2 to a Galaxy S II. However, I must say as quick and enjoyable as the GSII is I still pop my sim back into my HD2 every couple of days to mess around with Windows Phone. I bought the phone when it launched on TMOUS and never thought I'd be able to run Android and Windows Phone let alone that it would be able to keep up for this long.
[HD2 General] JROppenheimer:
IMHO I would go with the GS2 because of the following point:

My first really good smartphone was the HTC Touch Pro (had to work with it so WP 6 was okay - there was no alternative at the time). Then I upgraded to the Milestone wich was my first Android Device. After testing it (a friend of mine had one) I decided to get one. The Milestone was a really nice device but the Moto Firmware sucked. So I flashed different other Android derivatives ending up with MIUI, wich was my favourite for a long time!

Then I made a big mistake - I got a Milestone2 knowing that the bootloader was locked and that I would have to go with stock rom for some time. Actually the stock rom on the 2 was even more buggy than the one on the MS1. So I hang on the milestone 2 (wich was a nice device concerning the specs) hoping for some developement - waiting .... waiting .... waiting. After some time I got really pissed with the bugs getting worse and worse and started to do some research. I think I nearly read every post there was at the time about the MS2 and I read one special post wich made it obious to me. There were just not enough phones sold. The community around the MS2 was just too small. Then I looked through the xda-forums looking for my next device. Pretty soon I chose the HD2 just considering the community! I got two phones (one for my brother) and was happy ever since. Tried everything from WP6 over 6.5 to 7 and 7.5 was sticking with MIUI on the HD2 until JW stopped developing (his builds were by far the best). Right now I am pretty happy with the actual ICS build - having some smaller issues but the phone works pretty well (actually I am a bit tired of flashing my phone every other week).

But now here's my point: Once I got over the MS2 mistake wich really pissed me off (cost me a lot of money) I decided if I ever had to get a new phone, I would decide based on the numbers sold. This is, why I would chose the GS2. By september 2011 the phone was sold 10 mn times! Don't know the actual numbers, but you can bet, that a phone sold that often has a big enough community to make sure, that there will be some developement done.

Actually I think there are even ICS ports for GS2 already (non official ones) but I would take a look at the developements done yet and the activity in the forum.

I think my next phone will be a GS2. I could bet, that you will have a lot of fun with it and there will be a lot of developement for it.

Greetz

JR