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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jimpatrio@gmail.com:
This is the reply I got from Sascha Segan of PC Magazine after I complained about his review of the Note in April's PC Magazine.

As this is cut and paste from my email the order of my complaint and his reply are reversed.

Jim -

But here's the thing: I *did* take it out. People laughed at it. They thought I was using some sort of joke phone. When I was holding it up to my face to make a call, my co-workers thought I was being silly and made references to the N-Gage.

I think the gap in understanding with the Note is basically just the failure of labs testing, which happens occasionally. We subject all of our phones to a strict, repeatable testing regimen where they're compared to a lot of other devices. That makes our reviews worth reading: we can tell you reliably how good the phone calling, Web browsing speeds and camera are, for instance.

But the Note's appeal relies on personal taste involving screen size, and that's a wild card in the script. To judge the value of screen size, we've been relying on reports like Strategy Analytics' study saying that 4 to 4.5-inch screens are preferred by most people. Clearly we missed out here.

The Note has a 285-ppi screen. That's lower than the iPhone's 326 ppi and the LG Spectrum's 329 ppi but higher than, say, the 216 ppi on the Samsung Galaxy S II.

Thanks for your perspective,

Sascha

On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Jimpatrio wrote:

I have a very hard time understanding your review of the Galaxy Note.

You rave about the very reasons I purchased the Note, yet;

1. You knock it for the size (one of it's selling points) and complain that it's not a one handed phone (I have medium size hands and able to use it for many functions with one hand. If sometimes I have to use an additional hand I don't find it inconvienent at all). Actually I really enjoy causing a commotion in a store or restaurant when people stop me to ask me about it and rave about it's display and over all great looks. Get out from behind your desk and take the phone out in the real world and see for yourself.

2. You state there are no apps to take advantage of the large screen. I'm not sure when you actually tried the phone but that is starting to change (exp. I just received an update to the Zino reader and it's awesome). I am reading your review on Zino now and am amazed at how easy to read on this beautiful, crisp screen. Bye the way I don't think your magazine has downgraded the new iPad even though most apps have not been upgraded to handle the new resolution.

You maybe should re-read you review again because the narative does not match the rating. Your reasons for down grading it are not really objective.

It's really pretty funny. I have a lot of friends that use iPhones and they all are crazy about my Note.

Maybe I've been reading the wrong magazine. I've always used your magazines reviews (even when they were printed on paper) to make purchase decisions. Not any more!

I noticed in the article on the iPad it was pointed out what it's ppi is. What is the ppi of the Note?

A very dissappointed reader,

Jim Hagood

Sent from Samsung Galaxy Note
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] synaesthetic:
Okay so I'm sure this probably isn't important to that many people but one of the things I really hated about ICS is the disappearance of the menu button. I don't like the way Google changed things by adding another dotdotdot menu button inside apps, because a lot of times that menu button is at the top of the screen.

This is a problem because this phone is HUEG. Trying to reach that menu button with one hand makes me afraid I'm going to drop my device.

Anyway for most of my time on the GNex I've used Apex ROM, which has had the option to bring back the big menu button which is always visible and fits in line with the rest of the buttons, like so:

Big menu button, right in front of the back button. While the placement is not the best in the world (I'd prefer the back-menu-home-taskswitcher arrangement personally) at least it has the big button. Most other ROMs seem to only have the ability to enable the legacy app dotdotdot menu button permanently.

Now, Apex has been updated and the big menu button is gone, instead replaced with the option to permanently enable the dotdotdot menu button that ICS uses for legacy apps. I don't like this, because it's off-center, looks bad and is more annoying to press.

I'm not particularly keen on sticking with an old version of a ROM if I can avoid it.

My question is this: is there another, or more than one, GNex ROM that lets me have a big menu button as well as keeping my must-have features (longpress volume keys to skip music tracks, multiple lockscreen shortcuts, notification power widget and all that jazz)?

As much as I like Apex (and the dev will be looking into re-adding the big menu button) I'd also like to check out other potential ROMs as well if they also have the big menu button.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ahmato27:
I'm rocking foxhound Black Ed 0.6.. uses apex which I prefer and looks like this:

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ruxin:
I'm using SlimICS and although the menu button isn't deault, you can set it up how you described, and I'd imagine several of the other ROMS such as AOKP have the ability.

In Slim all you need to do is go to the Advanced Slim Settings and make changes to how many/which keys you want in the "Navigation bar" section, and then change "Menu visibility" to "Always show invisible icons". Now you have the menu button as a regular key, but the three dots don't show.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] innocencio:
Strongly agree with your complaint. Came from a gingerbread device here. Had my nexus only a week but gone thru several roms... try liquid smooth. You can customize the hell outta the buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theking_13:
Or try straight AOKP. So many settings, this is one of the basic, easy to change ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
Mine on AOKP
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getfudged:
I really wanna install ICS 4.0.4 on my Defy+.

So I found this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1432100

My Defy is rooted.

I installed CWM's ROM Manager.

I installed 2ndInit.

Now I know (correct me if I'm wrong) that we should place the zip files onto the SD card. --> Then, open CWM's ROM Manager --> Flash recovery --> [checks something on d internet and displays a bunch of devices. Defy is one of them] So I click on "Defy" ---> It tells me that CWM's recovery is not yet supported by Defy. ---> If i continue, it says "Have you previously installed custom recovery?" and then asks for the version. ---> still if I continue and start phone in recovery mode, It doesn't go in recovery mode. I just see a yellow exclamation mark in a white triangle with the android bot standing beside it.

What seems to be the problem ?

What should I do to install the ICS 4.0.4 on my device ?

Please help. Because I'm still a n00b.

I tried ignoring CWM's recovery and rebooted my device with 2ndInit's Custom Recovery mode and tried the steps in the (above) mentioned thread.

This results in a BootLoader 9.10 error: 1F, A3, etc. on reboot. So I had to flash the (rooted)stock sbf again.

I did it for 4-5 times. I feel like crying now.

Please help.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getfudged:
Update on the request

should i flash cm7.2 first and then upgrade to cm9 (ICS 4.0.4) ?

Please help guys.. please..
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranks1989:
U can directly flash CM9.. :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yodawg:
If you see that robot, press both the volume up and down keys at the same time, then you should be in the recovery menu.

Maybe you could try another version of bootmenu? If I remember correctly, you can choose, which one you want if you go into the 2ndInit app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m23pin:
the best setting for darky night 5.5
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bvt-1:
With this questions without any more information you`ll get no answer!!!!

Which settings did you mean? Kernel-setting, modem, rom-control :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destrife:
where the setting u said:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Yze:
I'm coming from a Samsung Note and that one had a File Browser built in.

I just copied over some stuff via usb to my htc one x and cannot find how to browse files through the phone to get to them. Is there something built in that I am missing? Or do I have to use a 3rd party app?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Pirateghost:
For some reason HTC never includes a file manager. I have always used es file explorer or astro.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Yze:
thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrok76:
Is anybody having a problem with the toggle buttons on the ICS theme 15 quick toggles on EpsilonProject v2?

The Data, GPS and rotation don't seem to be working for me.

If I manually turn them on or off then on reboot they will illuminate or turn off depending on what I have selected.

I can also long press and the appropriate settings page will pop up, but when switched on or off the illumination state does not change and the function selected doesn't change either, only when re-booted.

I currently have Siyah 3.2b8 could this be the problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doggnz:
I've got the same issue with another ICS ROM and seems to be a common issue. Try wiping your dalvik cache from CWM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlorange:
Yeah same here I've fixed it tho but doing this:

Settings > manage apps> all > quick panel settings (two gears icon) > clear data > reboot.

You will have to repeat this if you mess with this app settings
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrok76:
Hi tried the above method first but it didn't resolve my issue

So I tried your method, there was no cache to clear, so I forced closed, disabled, then enabled and re-booted.

It is working now, although it worked before for a short while, then on a re-boot the problem came back so I don't want to re-boot now.

Fingers crossed....

Thanks for your help

Re-booted, problem came back :(

Repeated previous steps, still not working :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Ask in the rom thread if its a common problem .

jje
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mummac:
Hi All, I've got a USB connection problem with my Galaxy Nexus. When I connect it to a computer, it will start charging, but doesn't show that it's connected to a computer and the computer doesn't show that a device is connected. I've tried on a few different Windows machines and don't get any change in the device manager. There is no "unknown device" nor device with an error. I've been searching the Internet and this forum, but still can't find the problem after a couple of days. Here's some details and things I've done:

I did not install the "force fast charge" kernel mod.

I've tried a couple different cables and verified that the cables worked with my wife's Galaxy II.

I've tried several different computers.

I've tried MTP and PTP storage options.

I rebooted everything several times.

I drank heavily.

I tried a factory reset.

I updated Windows Media Player to get the latest MTP software.

I installed drivers packages even though it never gets to the point of installing drivers.

Does anyone have any other ideas before I smash this thing with a hammer?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mummac:
Does anyone have any ideas? At this point, I'm thinking there is a hardware problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patruns:
Go into Menu -> System Settings -> Developer Options -> Turn on USB Debugging.

Not a guarantee, but something to rule out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mummac:
I've got USB Debuging on. Thanks for the reply.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] extremism:
Can anyone help? I'm having the same exact problem. My phone charge but is not detected by my computer. I am having this problem right after flashing AOKP ROM B35. This is very important, one mistake and my phone will be bricked as a computer to phone is so important !! There is nothing detected at all under device manager. Tried it on several laptop to make sure it isn't just my computer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] extremism:
someone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Uninstall the drivers you have for the s2. Reboot and install the official drivers for the galaxy nexus. Reboot. Then try.

If that doesn't work... let the phone load a while and just keep trying other ports on the computer. I saw this with my other gnex that it would take a while to realize a USB to be connected. Also make sure the USB is in completely... don't jam it in but make sure you know its All the way in. ( no pun intended) What's funny is my gnex will detect it instantly... but the other one takes a few tries.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] extremism:
Thank you dude. It doesn't work. Prior to installing this rom, my nexus is detected instantly. There is something wrong with the process i root or something. Now i can't do anything as It is not detected by my computer. Someone please help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] extremism:
Indeed is the rom that is causing the problem. I opened NEXUS toolkit and rebooted my phone into boot image. It will sense it and i can operate from there. I've restored to factory and now my phone is being detected. I hope the thread starter gained something out of it too
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iNT0XiC8D:
PRE-ORDER UPDATE

5/9/2012

Order Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear xxx:

There's been a change to the release date for your pre-ordered item.

The new release date is 05/18/2012. Your order details are listed below.

You can also call us toll-free at 1-888-BEST BUY (1-888-237-8289) with any questions. For faster service, tell us the order number when you contact us.

Thank you.

Best Buy Customer Service

ORDER DETAILS	Order date: 05/07/2012

BEST BUY	Order number: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

QTY	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION	STATUS

1	SPRINT HTC EVO 4G LTE

SKU: 5087293	Confirming store inventory at xxx CA

Questions? Call us at 1-888-BEST BUY (1-888-237-8289). For faster service, please have your order number ready when you call.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AngelofChaos:
received the same e-mail as well. I wonder if they'll be opening early like they did when the original EVO 4G launched.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CedricMordrin:
I hope so. When they did the EVO they also bundled accessories for free. I got a BT headset and a zag shield.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Did you know you were getting that bundle ahead of time, or was that a surprise when you got it? In other words, is there a chance this could happen again?? :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sephirothvfc:
Awesome i just preordered mine today and im basically getting it for free.

Phone. 199.99 with upgrade.

Phone freedom promo. $50 gift card

Trade in old evo $50 gift card + $50 off any sprint phone. And if they are able to use the $50 gift card for preordering the phone with them on same transaction then phone cost = $0. If not its still $50 which is awesome and still got that free gift card for case and shield :-)
[Android Apps and Games] kmundell14:
Does anybody know of an app that can record sound from the phone? NOT FROM THE MIC. For example, when i listen to iHeart Radio, there are songs i want to record off the app. Is there any application that will allow me to do this?
[Android Apps and Games] el poblano:
Oh you mean like openly pirate the songs? Lol.

Not going to find that here buddy.
[Android Apps and Games] scottmog:
Just use torrents? Lol...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Steve6569:
Since flashing to ShoStock 2.2.6 my toggles are on the botton of my notification tray. Is there a way to return it to the top? Thanks for your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Contingency™:
No this was done by Shoman on purpose. If you want to return back then you will have to revert back to a previous version of ShoStock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Steve6569:
Toggles

Thanks for the reply. I should have read the change log a little better. I guess I`ll get use to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Contingency™:
No problem. :D
[Droid 2 Global General] patplh:
Hi, I have a Droid 2 global with the Screen piece completely separated from the keyboard and shattered. I've been trying to figure out how to retrieve some files from the internal memory and everything requires USB Debugging to be turned on.

Is there any way to retrieve the data without buying a new digitizer and flex cable?

Thanks so much. I've been scouring the internet and i get all excited when i see a new solution, but when i try it out, nothing works because debugging is off. ugh..

btw, i have 3 android devices and everytime i have an issue, google results send me here.. so thanks also for being there for me all these years :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IonAphis:
For the sake of updatedness, what are the best kernels for Froyo and Gingerbread?

Also, I flashed a GB kernel to try out a CM9 build. Now I want to install the official 7.2 RC. I need to flash a Froyo kernel again right?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sim0t:
There are no custom kernels for the defy as it has a locked bootloader, only the official signed motorola ones, the froyo which came with defy and gb which came with defy+.

For cm7 you need froyo kernel, just reflash it. Cm9 have 2 builds - one for froyo kernel and one for gb kernel. I think the green lense defys may only work with froyo kernel.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojimail:
What abt the DHT kernel from Walter. I think its not ripped from defy or defy+.

It is used in Motoginger roms
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marmotte51:
Hi, sorry for my first noob question ...

Quite the same question as the original :

I found here on the github (I can't post link) that 2.2.2-177 & 2.2.2-179 have a different Kernel hashes 2.6.32.9-ga28fcc4 or 2.6.32.9-gb08c3c8.

I thought the latest CM7.2 were containing the lastest kernel id 179.

When I look at mine I have 2.6.32.9-ga28fcc4, which seems to be 177 ...

I'm actually on cm7.2 20120509-NIGHTLY-jordan, from the official nightlies ...

here (on the dowload page from Epsylon3, can't post ...) i found the 179 kernel, would it be necessary to flash it in order to have a matching kernel with the lastest nightlies ?

Only talking of froyo kernels ...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yodawg:
So do I think. However some people are often saying that they flashed a cm9 or whatever kernel... what do they mean by this.

P.S.: There are some attempts to boot another kernel with the help of kexec/2ndboot, but currently only with minor succes afaik.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] droid5800:
I installed the eu viewpad a while back but the market coming up was the uk version a bunch of apks that i use were not accessible/ installable via the uk market.

How do you change it to US? Thanks
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] MultiLayer:
I updated my market to the new Play Store and that solved my issues and try to see if you can change your geography settings on the gps etc to let it know you are outside of UK. clear the cache of the maps if possible.
[General Questions and Answers] mervicide:
Hi,

On HNS V2.6 - I didn't like Pansi SMS so i downloaded GOsms. How do i link GOsms to the quadlock??

Thank you.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j4r0l:
at firts i am running cm7.2_rc_buzz_kang(03-14-2012),with original radio(never had to flash another,just few times sometimes reflashed to make gps work),custom mtd

i would like to ask devs for this question, but i cant, so i try at least here...

some time ago our router at home has been changed and so has wlan...and that started to cause me problems,because i cant set router up for my phone to provide "g" wifi which works flawlesly..(actually,discovering,that everything is caused by "n" wifi provided by router was very funny,because it was the last thing i thought i could be ;)) however..after some googling and much xda reading i found app called Wifi fixer,which in most cases fixes my problem,but it doesnt work in 100% cases,and its not the "coolest" solution ;)

few days ago i found Sympnotics kernel,and flashed it,one of reasons was its declared "n" wifi fix,which didnt work...i know,its beta,im not complaining,just saying what i found...btw thats the only thing,that is not good FOR ME on that kernel ;)

so i thought to look for another...

i found infinityplay,which didnt work in "my" way,neither did "official" arco68s,neither last hcdr.kernel_v4.2...

the only one i found working is HCDR.Kernel_v4..

my next idea was (i am noob,so sorry... :D) to copy bcm4329.ko (which should be wifi module of kernel) from HCDR.Kernel_v4 to SympKernV4.1..that (surprisingly :P) didnt work...at least i tried... :D

so there is my question...(in this moment,youre the only person who i know is developing kernel,most for Sympnotic) would it be possible to have your kernel with hcdr.kernel_v4 wifi module??

if i have known to do this on my own,i wouldnt bother to ask here, but i have no idea how to build my own kernel,even how to take one,change wifi module and again make flashable zip...

sorry for my english,its not my native language

thx you all here

edit:i have the same problem with cm9,bulit does not matter...btw with hcdr.jacobs v4 wifi does not work...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] xdp:
I want to switch to AT&T for the One X soon and am looking for ways to reduce my bill. I don't want to pay $20/mo for texting so using Google Voice is a good idea for that. I initially wanted to port my number to GV so that I wouldn't have to give people a new number, but after some testing I feel like the voice lag in calls through GV is a little too significant to use it for all my calls, so now I'm considering porting my number to AT&T like normal and using my separate GV number for texts.

I'd like to know what you guys do and how it works out for you.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] foxbat121:
Just keep in mind that GV texting doesn't support short codes, nor MMS (although Google said it is coming).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NextNexus:
I'd switch to google voice full time if it had two features that it's currently missing. 1. Obviously mms. 2. Threaded group SMS (which I found out the One X doesnt support either)! I really miss group SMS coming from the iPhone as that's how I communicated with a bunch of my friends and colleagues.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] eallan:
Telling people to just email me is definitely worth the $20 savings...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Cryosx:
Google plus messenger?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NextNexus:
Not even sure what this means.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] lilhyper:
I am in the same boat and I had tried to use Google Voice. Does not work simply because the lack of a dedicated SMS agent.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] expertzero1:
I use text plus. Didn't want to pay 20 dollars
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mesasone:
Google+ messenger. The stand alone messaging client for Google+.

I've been debating getting a new number through Google Voice and switching to that. Cutting the unlimited texting from my plan would sure be nice. I don't make more than 10-20 minutes in calls most months, so the latency issue is not major for me. I suspect it's related to the inherent latency on the 3G/HSPA network. I think this is one of the areas where LTE is supposed to be a major improvement over HSPA+. Has anybody tried GV over 3G and wifi/LTE. If so, was it any better?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] xdp:
Can you explain what you mean by an "SMS agent"?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NextNexus:
Yea but isn't that like using Facebook messenger or whatsapp? It's not an SMS replacement unless everyone you text actually has it installed.