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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] virgopunk:
Seems to me the territory has been sitting there and Samsung, Apple et al have just been mapping it with various levels of success. What I mean is that anybody could predict that voice interaction is an essential evolution, as is gesture actions and augmented reality. It's just a question of developing the tech that can deliver. The idea that Apple 'invented' this via Siri is like saying that the person who invented the horse and cart also invented the notion of speed.

I like to imagine 10 years down the line what we'll be able to do. 'phones' probably won't even exist as we know them now. I guess the goal is to remove the hardware as much as possible from the ability to access data.Another example are bluetooth headphones...great idea but so far audibly poor substitutes for good quality wired alternatives but that bridge will be crossed in a year or two.

The only fear I have is the effect of all this increased radio-activity on our brains...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
I had voice commands in my ancient Motorola Slvr L7i.

Who is copying whom?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fkofilee:
I agree with this. Please remember that every company has innovative ideas but can get can get caught in the crossfire of legal red tape.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chillteddy:
Apple go think of suing samsung n google

APPLE GO THINK OF SUING SAMSUNG N GOOGLE rather than innovating :p

think abt how pricy th nxt fone vl b

whilst android manufacturers vl think abt hw to offer best in tech at worthy prices :D:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Randomwalker:
Ppl copy other ppl probably every day. So any innovator probably based his invention on sth. he copied from s/o else.

There is a distinct line between offering similar features and patent infringement.

Ppl. here have pointed out that voice recognition has been implemented by other handset manufacturers before. But the buck does not stop there. There has been voice recognition on PCs before that and so on...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gedster314:
My answer to the Apple Fanboy, "Thanks for asking, it works very well. I heard that they buried Steve face down, so feel free to swing by and kiss his @ss." :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Mystic38:
the better analogy is saying that Apple says they invented the horse. given that Siri without the voice recognition is like talking to a brick :)

The core technology used by vlingo, siri, s voice, dragon systems is all the same..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] psionic11:
I have a friendly rivalry going with a tech savvy iPhone co-worker.

My first smartphone was the Galaxy S, and I remember using Google Voice Actions and voice search to demonstrate Android's coolness way back before Siri. The novelty wore off, but the debate continued on various fronts.

Months later, after a lot of back and forth of whether to go Galaxy S2 or iPhone 4s, he went with Apple. I had downloaded the Android Assistant, and we had the smartphone voice battles going on again. And here we are again half a year later re-hashing the Siri vs Android voice debate.

Samsung had incorporated Sensory's voice-activation technology first in the S2 (which came before iPhone's Siri), then followed with it built into the Note's S-voice and now the Galaxy S3:

http://www.marketwire.com/press-rel...n-to-the-samsung-galaxy-hi-galaxy-1652657.htm

Voice control of computing devices has been a holy grail of AI and pop sci-fi since at least the original Star Trek. The sheep simply have short attention spans and little knowledge of history outside pop culture, of which the iPhone is a centerpiece, yes?

http://socialbarrel.com/sensory-voi...alds-truly-hands-free-mobile-device-operation

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Also, take a look at this picture presented by Sensory, Inc.

http://www.sensoryinc.com/products/trulyhandsfreevoicecontrol.html

It's a clear breakdown of the various parts needed in intelligent voice-controlled computing devices.

The smartphone is going to win this phase of The Singularity. :eek:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tim0chen:
I'm considering buying the AT&T HTC One X, but I'm moving to China soon. Will I be able to carrier unlock this in some way in the next month so I can use it on, for instance, China Mobile? And if so, will I be able to take advantage of 3G?

Sorry about the noob question! I tried searching all over here and Google first but couldn't find any answers.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fungflex:
So far I haven't actually had much luck. I tried with cellunlocker.net and they tried multiple databases and had to refund my money.

So, hopefully a sim unlock is available via other unlockers or soon.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] freakboy13:
International one x doesn't work in china?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jay661972:
Bootloader is still locked. AT&T wont unlock it not yet proabaly soon. Planning to use this for Tmobile as well.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DeathmonkeyGTX:
How familiar with china are you? China has their own kind of cdma and I don't know if they even have gsm carriers there. You'll need to see what kind of carrier you'll be using over there, and no there is no way to carrier unlock the one x nor will there be anytime soon.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fungflex:
I urge you all to move to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25825071#post25825071

It covers the hassle I am currently working with to attempt to get the HTC One X from AT&T sim-unlocked.
[Atrix 4G General] daryltanael:
Hi,

I'm planning to buy an unlocked atrix thats sold in china, will i encounter problems if i use it outside china? i've read articles that android phones sold in china doesnt have google apps, android market etc.. and i cant find any info if it can be upgraded to gingerbread.. anyone can give me some info regarding this..?

Thanks,

DT
[Atrix 4G General] gooyyaoyao:
Buy it through some c2c websites such as taobao

hongkong edition is the most common one and its band seems globally available
[Atrix 4G General] saslann:
How much money is it in china? And is there any chance to be a fake atrix. They all can make everything fake.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Starting from about last night, but I haven't done anything with the phones software or hardware. Running it rooted on one of the earlier firmwares.

So now my note is randomly saying it's connected when it isn't connected, and when I do have it connected it sometimes doesn't recognize it and doesn't charge. Battery indicator is moving up when it thinks it's connected but not, and going down when it's connected but thinks it isn't.

Is this a hardware problem? I hope I won't have to mess about with my warranty, I imported my note from the UK, and I am living in Japan so it would mean weeks without it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varoes:
You probably have dirt in your usb port. Try cleaning it with a soft brush or something
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
I've been scrubbing away at it with a toothbrush which seems to help, but then whenever I connect the charger it goes back to randomly acting like the charger is connecting and disconnecting.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varoes:
Try cleaning your charger as well.

Edit: If you have a mobile service point near you, you could try going there with it æ. Worst case you'd have to pay for them to fix it. But it would be faster
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eng.rego:
May be the problem in the usb cable it self,have u encountered any problem while charging using pc usb?

↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Rego Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
The problem isn't with the charger, the phone is doing strange things when not connected to the charger.

For example, I'll turn the phone off. While the phone is off it constantly cycles between the "empty battery with a loading circle in the middle" that you get when the phone is checking the battery state after getting plugged in, and the battery's current level as though it were charging. This is when it's not plugged in.

uh oh... looks like I'm also having trouble turning the thing on!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eng.rego:
I think there is some short circuit somewhere in the usb port hopefully not by a hardware defect, is ur device like this since u got it?, may be u sould sent it to Samsung center ,this is very strange indeed

↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Rego Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eng.rego:
Last thing to try while ur device is off put some perfume on the usb port ,then use any soft brush a little air blow from hair dryer with no heat could help too,then switch on and try..

↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Rego Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Like I said before, I'm getting these problems when the phone is unplugged, and they just started last night. I really hope I don't have to send this in, there aren't any Samsung repair centers in Japan so it'll probably end up being WEEKS before I get it back and I'll have to pay for shipping and everything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p51d007:
Get a good closeup look

Get a high power loop and look at the USB connector on the phone close

up. It might have some crud shorting out the connection. Mine did, which

is why I wrote up this>>> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25102882&postcount=18

Might be worth a shot before sending it in.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
That does sound exactly like the symptoms I'm experiencing. Only problem is, the Note's usb connector is really tiny. Any suggestions on how to clean it up? I was thinking dripping some alcohol on a toothbrush and trying to scrub it with that, but I really can't think of anything that would fit in the space other than toothbrush bristles and they're not all that stiff nor are they good at scrubbing... Also concerned what would happen if the alcohol were to bridge all the pins--any risk of damaging shorts?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Colingajewski:
Try a soft makeup brush or artists brush and some isopropyl alcohol/lens cleaner. You won't be likely to short anything if you clean with battery out, and give the alcohol time to evaporate.

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Well I gave my usb port the scrubbing of a lifetime and still no help. It's constantly acting like its in charging mode. the battery reading is all wrong, and if I turn the thing off I spend like 2 hours trying to turn it back on because it keeps switching on and off to charging mode! Please, does anybody know what the hell is going on? If I have to take it in, I need to know where to go with my international unlocked note. This is absolute bull**** if the note is already having a hardware failure a mere two months after purchase!!!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eng.rego:
Man it's very sad to hear that,but i advice u to stop rubbing ur usb port,and start to search for a reliable mobile service center in ur area,there must be one somewhere i am sure, just do a search. Wish u good luck

↖(^▽^)↗ Sent from Rego Galaxy Note ↖(^▽^)↗
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
That's part of the problem... Here in Japan 99.999% of all cellphones are carrier-branded cellphones. You're not really supposed to have international unlocked cellphones, none of the major networks officially support them. I'm going to have one hell of a time finding a place that will agree to service my phone, let alone a reliable one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpilot:
My note has got thé same pb and just an advice to turn it on :

Plugin it and push the on button only when it shows the green battery

Otherwise Im looking for a final solution too :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
How long has yours been like this? I'm more concerned that this is a sign that my USB port is breaking and that if I ignore it I'll lose the ability to charge altogether.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr. xp55:
Try taking out the battery and the sim card and leave it for 5-10 min. Then put it back in
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
I just tried that, still no change.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madpilot:
Hi

Since yesterday, my note had this issue, but I saw dust attached, I had to look carefully cause I didn't see it before

What I have done:

Turn off my note and take my battery out,

Used a paper clip to take the dust out

I made it carefully too not to destroy the USB connector

And since the reboot, I don't have the problem anymore, I plug and unplug the power cord without any issue
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getharoon:
Hope it's not a common problem.. That port looks small hmmm
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aftabbabar:
if you had done some search on xda you would have noticed this problem has been discussed several times and a fix has been posted.

Here it is again:

I was also a victim of the same problem and I have successfully fixed my problem. The problem is the usb port not software. I think mine came from the aftermarket cover I had bought for the note. it did not allow me to connect the usb cable correctly and I had to push it in, in an angle. this sort of bent the pins inside the usb port, inside the phone. so I cut the cover hole a bit bigger so the usb cord could connect easily. I actually changed the cord as the usb connector cord had been bent slightly.

Now here is the real fix:

Take out the battery, after cleaning the port with a tooth brush, just take a sharp tiny screw driver or a plastic sharp credit card type edge and push in the usb pins of the usb port on the phone, inside the phone. Again: take a screw driver and push in the pins of the usb port pins without damaging them. this will fix the problem.

To avoid the same problem from occuring again, I cut up a bigger hole on the cover of the phone so usb cable can be connected easily and used a new usb cable or simply un-bend the usb cable connector if it seems bent.

Enjoy your note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Well it's certainly a relief that there is a DIY fix.

So to clarify, the problem I am having is that my phone thinks it is constantly charging. When it is unplugged it constantly cycles between a black screen, a picture of an empty battery with a loading circle around it (denoting that it is checking the battery level), and a single frame of a picture of the battery with the charging dots, denoting that it thinks it is charging for a short moment.

Your fix for this is to push the "tongue" to the Note's USB port--the bit that sticks out that holds the USB pins--deeper inside the USB port? How much pressure should I apply? Will it shift in, or will it change without any noticeable difference?

Thanks for the help, any way!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tknguyencsu:
Did you get your phone wet for some reason? If you did, just take out the battery and let the phone dry one for a day then it should work again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Well I went ahead and fiddled with bending my USB port pins, and that worked. For those who experience similar problems, in my case the "tongue" of the port was bent downward (downward being the side opposite the screen). It took a bit of bending, and when I thought it was about straight, I restarted the phone and it booted without the problem.

So if you have a similar problem, my suggested troubleshooting steps are:

1. Make sure it's not a software problem. I knew mine wasn't because the issues translated to when the phone was shut off.

2. Make sure the problem isn't dirt. Clean the.usb port and battery pins with sanitizing alcohol.

3. Make sure the problem isn't moisture. Take out the battery, sim card, and sd card. Leave it out or in a bowl of dry rice for a while.

4. If it still isn't fixed, THEN mess around with bending the pin. Worst case scenario, you break it and have to send it in, which you would probably end up doing anyway if bending the pin didn't work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Well as an update, I am having an effect on the port but it is still occasionally switching between charging, not charging, and charging as if connected to my pc.

How exactly should I bend or move the USB pins?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
I think I finally fixed it, though I think it was mostly luck. I ended up bending the pins on top of the tongue all different directions, when I looked in I though "Oh ****, I screwed up big time", it is a real mess in there. Mysteriously enough though, it now recognizes charging perfectly. Not gonna complain.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aftabbabar:
you should have only pushed the pins straight in with enough force as to not distort the pins. this would work. Now in my case, the problem came when I put on an aftermarket phone cover. the cover had a small hole to let the usb cable connect to the phone. It seems the cable bend downwards when I would connect the usb cable. so I cut open the phone cover a bit more and straighten out the usb cable connector. actually I also use a new cable now. This will prevent post from going bad again. so there is no need to bend the pins up or down, just straight in. remember the usb pins should not be in the middle, they have less clearance in the bottom as compared to the top. this is normal.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Yeah, looks like I didn't really understand what you meant by pushing the pins in. I still haven't been able to check if all the USB functions are working--it could be the disfigured pin is important to data transfer--so here's hoping I haven't screwed my phone up even more.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aftabbabar:
there are no individual pins inside the usb port. Its like a thin strip with pins printed on it. so if you have just pushed the strip inside, you would be ok. I would imagine all usb functions are working fine. Now check to see if the cover of the phone that you have bought off ebay is not hindering the usb cable connection freely. I think my pins were moved inside the usb port because my phone cover was not allowing my usb cable to connect straight in the port. I have since cut open a bigger opening on my phone cover and straighten out the usb connector on my cable with a plyer.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilrad:
Yeah, everything works just fine now. One thing to mention though is that while you are probably right that the pins are printed on a strip, the part of "push the pins in" that confused me was that the pins are not printed directly on the tongue to the port, so simply pushing that part in had no effect for me. If I were to guess, they are on a strip that is laid on top of the tongue; when I moved the toothpick on top of the tongue and pushed in that is when things got fixed.

As for the cause of it... well, I don't use any cases or third party accessories. That's sort of part of my rage over this whole ordeal, I am using my note in a 100% stock fashion yet it still had this serious hardware failure.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kufel:
Final solution to charging problems

Guys, stop messing around with cleaning and pushing before you do more damage to your Notes.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/180772505164...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3514wt_1002

arrived today, 7 minutes later replaced and all good and working perfectly. It is really easy to do that (unless of course you have warranty, in that case just have Samsung do that for you - I couldn't because Samsung does not give a flying f**k about customers in Canada who happen to prefer the International version of their own f**ked up product - especially with the COMMON problem like this one)

There is a video tutorial on YouTube about opening the note, for this particular part it takes total of 12 philips screws and prying the case with plastic case opener - I ordered this tool of e-bay as well)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blu3Fr0g:
Odd Issue

Ok, so I rarely, if ever charge my phone using the USB Port, and I rarely connect it to my computer unless I am copying stuff to the device. I have two batteries, the one that came from Samsung and a Max Power 2800mah I bought off of ebay. I also own the Power Bank external battery case for this device. I usually have a battery on the external charger and one in the phone and swap them as necessary. The result has worked since July when I acquired the device and the new battery. I was so happy when I found this thread and this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25102882&postcount=18 because I thought I had solved my problem. It started the random thinking it was connected and charging this morning when I swapped from the stock battery to the Max power battery. I pulled the battery and then removed the Better Battery Stats app because it was the last thing I had added to the phone. It didnt seem to fix the issue, so I pulled the battery and noticed one of the black 'lines' that separates the contacts on the battery was split and at an angle. I straightened it back in place and this seemed to resolve the issue. Then tonight I swapped back in the newly charged Samsung battery and everything started again. I found this thread and used alcohol prep pads and alcohol with a paper clip to gently clean the contacts on the USB port to no avail. Keep in mind connecting the device to a charger seems to charge the battery, and at last try connecting it to the USB port seems to work as well. So, I swapped back in the Max Power battery and the problem goes away. As soon as I plugin the stock battery and try again and everything is wonky again. So, I booted in to recovery and reset the battery stats and booted in to Android. It continued to do the same thing, but here is where things get odd, the battery was fully charged according to the external, universal battery charger I have but in the 10 minutes of troubleshooting, the device dropped from 99% to 79% and most the unit was off. So could this be a battery issue and not a charging port issue? Or could this be a software issue related to the ICS based Criskelo rom I am using (11.2 or the latest if my numbers are off, I am dyslexic.) the default installation settings with everything checked.

Thanks in advance to everyone who posted the things they tried and thanks again for any and all assistance or insight that you might have to offer.

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Ok, so I turned the Note off, and it showed the battery with the circular arrow and then nothing and then the battery again. I plugged in a MicroUSB Charger made by Motorola for my Handsfree device and the screen stayed black for a minute and then the device magically came to life and booted. Seriously. So I pulled the battery, stuck the Max Power back in and it appears to be charging as usual. Bad Battery?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kufel:
Bad port. Definitely. Mine had moments that it worked and after a day would happen again. Seriously, 15 bucks and 15 minutes and it's fixed.