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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack Shepard:
Hello!

I own an Xperia Play and I am a resident of a country where even the google play store is not available.

But since phones arrive here pre-installed with software from whereever they are built, so I had an android market by default which recently forced me to update it to Google Play which too is working just fine. So unless I uninstall this on purpose Google Inc. can't do anything to deprive me of Google play.

But the thing is that there was no Google Play Books or Movies in the previous Android market hence I can't do anything to un-deprive me of them. :mad:

My questions are

1. Can anybody explain to me why is Google Inc. keeping these apps away from the international market when they are officially launching their phones there? I mean it doesn't make any sense to me. The stupidity is (at least that's what I believe, correct me if I am wrong) that if I fly to London, locate a WiFi hotspot, download these stores, and fly back; there is nothing in the power of Google to do anything about it, so what is it; racism? Besides without an app store a smartphone is as dull as a Nokia. Sorry Nokia.

2. Where can I find a list enlisting the countries where these app stores are available? Hurry I need to book a flight.

3. How do I talk to Google about this matter. I mean we have a website for Google play or Android Market but it displays the apps not any information about the store itself. In fact there is not even a dedicated Android website. There isn't even a place to download the official APK in case you need it, not even for those living in Google's favorite countries. Which brings me to next question.

4. How were you guys informed of the availability of these stores. I understand that the new phones had them pre-installed. But what about those like me except living in U.S. for instance. Did you guys get a notification? Or did you wake up one morning and realized that Google Books had miraculously installed? How was the experience?

5. And most importantly, can someone of you guys, possibly an Xperia Play user (just to make sure I get the right APK if they are hardware dependent) post his/her Books and Movies APK here or anywhere else and inform me of the location. There are a lot of APKs available out there but I worry that they have been altered by programmers to suit there own needs.

Please do reply in detail and as soon as possible.

Thank you for your time.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiritofcat:
I think it's to do with media licencing.

The same reason that different games are available at different prices in different countries via steam, or not available at all in some countries.

Here in Australia I only have access to apps, games and books via Google Play. No music or movies.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luftrofl:
Ahahaha, racism :D

But seriously, it has to do with licensing. If a company wants to sell things, they're not going to play favorites by not selling in certain countries.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voryzen:
it has nothing to do with racism.

it's completely about licensing, and I think looking at it from a business point of view would prove why.

India, having such a big population, simply means more sale/ greater sales area for google, so they wouldn't be ignoring you by any means.

honestly it would be your government that has a problem with google and is stopping google on some level.

just my opinion though, I believe it would be fairly close.

Have you tried modaco's xperia forum?

Hope this helped out
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzz86:
Ah, trust the Aussies to come in here and tell it like a Sir. Good to see.

Licensing is exactly the issue. It's whether Google's services contravene your home Country's laws and regulations for media distribution.

As these services are built for the US, it's only natural they get them all. It most definitely has nothing to do with racism, believe me if Google were allowed to collect data on every human being on the planet - they would.

:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerotNS:
And as for the apk files you can usr market enabler and set it to usa to download the apps from the play store or you can google for them.These apps are not hardware dependant.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack Shepard:
Hello!

Thanks for the reply.

I know it isn't racism, it was just a way to get people reading.

But if it is about licensing then I believe they don't take that issue seriously either.

I am from the Middle East (not India), and they do launch phones here officially, I mean it isn't that they are imported here by some third party, and yet initially these phones have Android Market or Google Play (now) available on them. It gets deleted only when your phones get an official service here from the official service centers.

So, should I be hopeless about getting Google Books or Movies here, anytime soon?

Here's what I think is the case. They (Google) probably think that they don't have many customers in this region or any region besides Europe or America or Australia. And I need to get a word to them. That's why I inquired about a contact place or some sort of Google's website. I mean it's amazing that Google rules the internet but hasn't got its own website. :cool:

If it had to be about licensing, then how come I am able to buy e-books, for instance, on websites like Kobo, Amazon etc. Same goes for music and movies.

All I have to do is Pay. Like i said before if I go to London, download the Google Books or Movies, and get back; i can easily enjoy it here. All I have to do is pay through credit card, and generally a credit card has no boundaries. I mean nobody rejects your credit card in Moscow because it was issued in Luxembourg, or do they?

And secondly, can somebody of you guys (of course living in UK or USA) upload your APK of Google Books and Google Movies somewhere on the internet and make me aware of it. I think you can locate it using Astro.

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broncogr:
Watch the attitude please
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack Shepard:
Ah ................ What?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voryzen:
What he is trying to say, is you didn't need to post it twice. We know your frustrated and are powerless to do anything about it ourselves.

Maybe you would be better off taking this up with google instead?

Hope this helps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Google books and Google movies are built into the Google play store. If your government refuses to do what Google requires to allow them to use it then there is nothing g you can do. There are a few countries that like to control what is seen by its citizens. Take China for instance, they have complete control and Google market is not installed by default. If the play store is removed when you get am official update then that tells you it is a government thing and you need to talk to them about it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Executioner1337:
Hungary: No music, or movies, not even books. Only Apps. Great!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerotNS:
Same here in Serbia
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistermentality:
According to Google play stores free apps are available to users in any country with just books movies and paid apps being restricted due to licensing agreements and in certain countries also due to the government.

You can of course work around some restrictions, if you look in the apps section here at xda there are modified or patched free apps to help you do so such as most recently a modified market app.

Dave
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IceWolf75:
Same in Romania - only apps in Play (at the beginning only free apps were allowed but now we can buy without restriction).

But isn't racism, as others already pointed out. Is about copyright, licensing agreements or government censorship.

And this isn't restricted to Google Play. As an example - i couldn't buy RAGE from Steam (because wasn't available in Romania) but i bought a retail version at the store and i was able to use the key even on Steam. So, in other words, is about who and what can sell in a certain region. So, you can buy a book from London and read it in Middle East, as you say, because you own it. But you can't buy it in your country because of some stupid law in your country or because some producer/seller/editor have no interest in your country (again, not because of racism, but because they consider that the income won't justify the investment - in Romania we still can't buy games from PSN or play on PSN, even if Sony sell Playstation in Romania since Adam banged Eve).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
The title says it all, I saw on Motorola Developer site that it's able, but when I try running one, it doesn't work! Is it a bug, or only me?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandogg:
You're gonna have to be a little more specific when you say 1080p playback...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Download tube mate, download a 1080p video, try running on your device
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandogg:
The point is 1080p is very vague. What video format, container, etc?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigrushdog:
Historically, the xoom has always had issues playing high profile h264 content. The container doesn't really matter. Using known software decoders provides low framerate playback at best. Its likely we'll have to wait for next gen hardware to get some decent high profile playback.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaston8:
Hi guys,

Before I get started, I read all posts about low storage issues, none of them gave a solution to my problem. I've also read a lot of forums (either spanish or english) and many people have this problem, with indeed no solution yet

Two days ago I installed AirDroid (a friend of mine suggested me to) to check from my desktop pc my cellphone. Today, I opened it again and saw that my system memory had 1,1Gb free. I logged off and started listening to music. 30 minutes later, my internal memory dropped to only 110Mb free, and I hadn't downloaded anything. I double checked from AirDroid and my memory was low, no idea how

I'm on a Defy, CM7, Gingerbread 2.3.4

Help is much appreciated! As you may have noticed, I'm as dumb as wood regarding this, hehe

P.S. Sorry if this lacks of information, or it's even in the wrong place! Just ask and I'll give you as much details as possible
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaston8:
Well, now to proove myself that it's a Defy error, I made the summary of Mb used by the apps in the internal memory -> they just use 120Mb! It's impossible that it has reached 1.1Gb

Can someone help me?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staarbreaker:
Recently I had a similar problem with my defy. I installed the app DiskUsage and found out that the problem was in the folder /data/tombstones where android saves the crash logs, I had a file there that was taking over 700 MB. I removed the folder (it's safe to do so) using rootexplorer and everything went back to normal..
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaston8:
The Thanks button is not nearly enough to thank you. I had the same problem, a tombstone file was taking 1.1Gb!. Deleted the folder, and memory went back to normal values

Again, thank you
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgadge:
Thanks for sharing this wonderful App. :)

This is same as we have Windows .... Space Sniffer.

This what I was looking for Thanks Again!! :rolleyes:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaserbanix:
Did you know what 's generate this

"Huge" problem?

Because I met it on minui and cm7
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staarbreaker:
hbexpar

I've absolutely no idea of what caused it, it happened to me just once, and the phone was running normally when it happened

I am using wiui stable btw..
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhum 1:
Same problem for me (CM7.2-Maniac builds) resolved by removing the files (~600MB) into /data/tombstones!

I was near to wipe data/factory reset :D

Thank you !
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lobie81:
Hey guys. How do I delete my tombstones? The disk usage app gives me an error when I try to delete them... It reports my tombstones folder to be 850mb, but when I go to the data folder in file manager, it's empty. Do I need another app or something to get access?

thanks heaps

nvm, ES File Explorer did the job...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario.D:
Thanks i also had this issue on my Defy with cm7.2rc2.

Now i have uppdated to rc3:D
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viktorassan:
Same here, none of the root managers show /data/tombstones, I can only see it in DiscUsage, but it won't let me delete it. Any help?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario.D:
Had the same problems.

The root browser in rom toolbox lite worked fine for me.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MooonWalker:
Me occured this too.

I think it was caused by dolphin browser...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proverbs2:
It's caused by Adobe Flash Player. Latest official builds and Maniac's latest nightly have a fix for this bug.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HybridRain:
can't find folder

I can't find that folder
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaserbanix:
use rootexplorer to see and delete that

DEFYred ://cm10JB.Quarx powered by JellyX kernel
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RichardT-UK:
Where's the other 1.1Gb of my internal storage gone?

Ever since I rooted my phone and installed CM7.2, I've had my /data partition reduced to 128Mb. Running a df command on the phone, it appears that only 890Mb of the nominal 2Gb internal storage is actually mapped to any partitions. So what happened to the rest of it? And no, I have no tombstones I can find (looked in /data then did "cd /; find . -name tombstones -print" at # prompt). My "df -h" results for internal storage below. How does this differ (in "Size" column) from what other people see for their partitions?

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 238.6M 32.0K 238.5M 0% /dev
/dev/block/mmcblk1p21
326.2M 177.3M 148.9M 54% /system
tmpfs 238.6M 32.0K 238.5M 0% /dev
tmpfs 238.6M 0 238.6M 0% /mnt/asec
tmpfs 238.6M 0 238.6M 0% /mnt/obb
/dev/block/mmcblk1p24
193.7M 5.6M 178.1M 3% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk1p25
127.8M 105.8M 22.0M 83% /data
/dev/block/loop7 3.9M 1.1M 2.8M 28% /pds

Thanks,

Richard
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotdog125:
Isn't the rest allotted to internal memory for installing apps, etc?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RichardT-UK:
1 Gb being used by tmpfs is somewhat excessive, no?

OK - so (having installed DiskInfo app) I realise that my calculation assumptions are somewhat wrong - each "tmpfs" partition shown in df command is a different one (even though all the same size), so that accounts for where the 2GB is going. However, having 238Mb almost all of which is (currently) unused in each of dev,dev(again),asec,obb seems excessive, particularly as it leaves only 128MB for /data. This surely can't be the normal set-up? And how would I go about changing it?

(Hotdog125 - not sure what you are getting at - perhaps you could be more specific?)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Not read it fully, but partition table cannot be altered by anyone or anything, on the defy. The partition table signature verification will simply break in such a event

Also, I have checked your partition table info, and as it is identical to mine, it is infact normal
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RichardT-UK:
Thanks for the info.. though it doesn't sound very promising. Do you also only have 1296 inodes total on /data (found from running "df -i /data")?

Before trying setting up sd-ext memory to move /data to, I've been trying to run just a few applications within the 128MB of internal /data, but find the inodes run out long before the disk space, particularly with things like web browser (and other apps) caching lots of small files.

Richard
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bone101:
Sorry fo OT , but why are the most partition are unused if i enter the df command in term.. ?

MB525 red lens
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RichardT-UK:
Doing a bit more googling.. it seems that userdata (i.e. /data) should be 1.2GB not 128MB:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1226821

and

http://simply-android.wikia.com/wiki/Motorola_MB525

Indeed looking in the partition table at /proc/partitions on my Defy I see:

major minor #blocks name alias
179 53 334848 mmcblk1p21	system
179 57 1319936 mmcblk1p25	userdata

i.e. 1.2GB in userdata. So why am I only getting 128MB? Before rooting it I used to have stacks of apps when running Stock Froyo ROM (pretty sure must have been more than 128MB).

Richard
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
I can't check for inodes, because my computer isn't working, and terminal emulator gives the file not found error.

So, since partition table is ok and you're not getting 1.2 GB, that means it's a weird filesystem problem.

While I don't know precise steps to fix it, I suggest you reformat from boot menu: once to ext3 and then to ext4, or try a sbf flash. This doesn't look like a hardware problem, so a software purge should fix it
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsymoon:
Hello,

I recently purchased an unlocked international version GNote GT-N7000.

I went to the ATT local store and told them that I wanted to buy a gophone simcard. They asked me if I had a phone with me, I said no and the simcard is for my friend so I don't know which phone my friend's gonna use.

I got $50 unlimited call, text, data plan, and the rep activated the simcard for me.

After that, I put the simcard into my GNote.

Calls and texts work fine.

I've tried every APN settings on "[GUIDE] Getting your unlocked Note fully functional on AT&T (including MMS)" this thread.

Even the last one that should work for GoPhone plan doesn't work for me.

The Network Mode is set to "GSM/WCDMA".

When I choose "GSM only", some APN settings (about cingular one) worked for a moment with really slow speed (EDGE speed) and went back to not working.

If I left the mode to "GSM/WCDMA", I see 3G, H, H+, these signs and arrows going up and down, and mobile network shows it's connected, but if I open browser or market, none of them works (network error).

What did I do wrong? I can't find any answer from the above thread that I mentioned.

Can you reply your APN settings that work for your GoPhone plan here?

What if I change to different prepaid company, which one works best in SoCal like reception, data speed, and etc?

Anyone use Simple Mobile? cuz I know thay have $40 unlimited everything plan include 3G internet.

Thank you!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChicoKiri:
Sorry, but I've never tried making use of GoPhone, so I can't offer assistance there.

Two issues with Simple Mobile.

Their $40 3G plan throttles data to just barely above 2G speeds.

Simple Mobile runs off of the T-Mobile network, which uses 3G/4G (UMTS/HSPA+) frequencies the International Note is currently incapable of using.

Long story short, International Note would be limited to Edge speeds on Simple Mobile. If you want a cheap unlimited plan, go to Straight Talk. If you can manage staying under 100MB of data a day, their $45 Unlimited plan would probably be the way to go. If you prefer 2GB of data per month that you're free to use any way you like, Jolt Mobile offers such a plan for $60/month.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adelmundo:
I use Straight Talk on my International Note and the settings in the "How to use your International Note on Straight Talk" settings work for me off the bat: voice, data, sms, and mms. It's $45/month and it runs on AT&T's network. Maybe you could try the APN settings for Straight Talk on your GoPhone plan and see if it works.

If you want to try Straight Talk, you can order a SIM from their website for $15.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopycr:
at t knows that your using a smartphone.so you need to add a data package to your go phone Sim account

I had the same trouble. The unlimited data us only for their approved phones. And iPhones you cannot even add a data package to their go phone accounts. Att is pure evil
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsymoon:
Noooo it doesn't work for my GoPhone plan =[

So, Straight Talk uses ATT's network? Then I maybe go for Straigh Talk.. I was worried about the coverage because in the website, the map doesn't clearly show the coverage.

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsymoon:
wow... so they know. =[

I don't understand then why they would call the $50 plan as unlimited call, text and data if they are gonna charge extra $$ for smartphone data.

hmmmmm 250 minutes for $25 plan sound little short for me.

maybe I should go for Straight Talk then.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SC36DC:
if you do decide to go with Straight Talk, when ordering a sim card from their site, make sure to order the AT&T compatible sim, and you will be set. I just got my N7000 Note Friday and hooked it up with Straight Talk no problem. Speeds are very decent. Good luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopycr:
How's us the data speed for straight talk

Does it work for international unlocked iPhones too
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopycr:
Straight talk is the best option for unlocked gsm phone. I'm using it on my unlocked Note and iPhone

Data speed is very good. $45 is a great deal for unlimited everything
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrathChild08:
Hi, i'm on JJ's Hybrid rom and the keyboard HTC IME doesn't work with ICS, crash wen i select a word.. Anyone can help me please ? And sorry for bad English guys. :(

PS : Manual install don't work. Still crash when i pick a word in suggest.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_utku:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=991442&d=1333930449
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrathChild08:
Wow, Thank you very much dude, work perfectly !
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nFiniti:
Does anyone know what is fixed inside that HTC IME file you linked? I have been using a skinned HTC IME for a year or so and would like to keep using it. The file you linked works perfect but is just stock HTC IME. The IME I have and have made different kinds of, fails still.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snakemoore:
fixed it for me too!

Hello,

I was also having the same crashing problem with this keyboard when i installed it on ice cream sandwich ics on my samsumg galaxy s2 which made me sad.

I have tried getting into swype, swift key and better keyboard but no decent compact qwerty option for these.

I have been using the htc_ime mod since discovering the original stock version it on my old HTC hero years ago.

I love this keyboard mainly because its the only compact qwerty keyboard for android that's actually any good.

I encourage the brains behind this mod to continue to fix issues and support for new versions of android in the future. Seems like i'm not the only loyal follower of this mod.

Thanks for fixing it :)

A very happy customer
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjwalker2:
Will this work on 4.0.4 with ff18 agat recovery? The zip will not install.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24733926#post24733926

Works perfect for me on Stock ROM FW 431.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjwalker2:
Thanks for the response XperienceD, I have looked over those and I was able to get the HTC IME MOD keyboard working. I just don't understand what the deal is with prediction. It suggests words above the keyboard is that not prediction? And if the highlighted one is what you want pressing space enters that word.
[HTC EVO 3D] Trina9:
I've been missing calls and Sprint asked me to bring my phone into my dumb local store. The reps ordered a replacement phone but said it was 5 to 10 day wait because they were out of stock. I just find it interesting that they are out of stock by the way they are discounting them.
[HTC EVO 3D] Vinchenzop:
Or...they're out of stock because the phones are severely discounted...