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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] willow09:
Its a shame your experience is so poor with this tab. I love the galaxy tab 10.1, running honeycomb 3.2. I luckily don't experience this lag and never have. I have the US model bought on first release a year ago and I still love it today. Use it for everything these days. Music, movies, streaming all from my WD Live hub, connect to my smart tv via HDMI or wifi direct. My mate bought the galaxy tab 2 10.1 yesterday and running them side by side the tab 2 was even smoother ics is an improvement but with touchwiz looks the same as honeycomb tbh.

Maybe you should take your tab back for a refund and do more research and see if there is something more suited to your needs.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] scoffyburito:
Flash CM and get over yourselves

*faceofdissapproval.jpg*
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bucketachicken:
I think this really hits the nail on the head. I paid 600 for my tab when it came out (32 gig, wifi), and have greatly enjoyed it, going through the various task roms, aokp, and cm9 for a little while. Like others in this thread, I use Plex and it works great, and the games I play work well on the Tab. d its been fun to watch the tablet ecosystem grow as well. But I agree, its not a 400 dollar tablet today. I'm still a little disappointed in the tablet app availability, and would probably recommend an iPad to those who want tons of tablet apps. But for someone heavily invested in the Android ecosystem, like myself, or who wants the more flexible, powerful customization, Nexus 7 or Infinity are great choices. I'd probably get the Infinity myself.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
I'm waaaayy out of the refund period. I can probably sell it though, I know a ****ton of people who'll buy any tablet that isn't an iPad. Then I'll go for a Nexus 7. Never been a big fan of 7 inch tablets but damn, why the hell not?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
Read the damn thread, I'm already running CM9.

600 dollars? When did the Galaxy Tab ever cost that much?

EDIT: Oh wait, you got the 32GB model.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Panos_dm:
Actually the I bought it from Greece, on November, about 590 euros, which is roughly 740 usd. The 16gb wifi+3g model...

Sent from my amazing 10.1 galaxy tab :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
Gosh damn, that's quite a lot. I would have never paid that much for any tablet. HTC Jetstream for example.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ginryu:
An you are complaining?? jejeje i bought mine in september last year and paid for it like 570 usd not really complaining not really disappointed but it kinda lacks something.

Have you tried the sgt7 builds?? It's been pretty neat to me so far.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] scoffyburito:
Well I'd rather not fish through a thread of complaining when this tablet isn't THAT bad :p
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] oysteivi:
About the same as I paid for my 16GB 3g in Norway in December. However, this includes a 25% sales tax, so the untaxed price would have been around 600 USD.

I'm mostly happy with it, though I wish it had a better web browser. The stock browser, chrome, and firefox all feel slow and unreliable, though the slowness might be mostly because of the underpowered platform.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bigstarrynight:
Yup, its a tad expensive this side of the pond, and our tax system doesn't help. Have you tried Dolphin for web browsing?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Panos_dm:
23% tax here... anyway. It was the best tablet in the market when I bought it and I am very happy with it. Cm9 rules and the best part was that a friend of mine who bought ipad3 after I got mine asked me for a trade.....rejected....;)

Sent from my amazing 10.1 galaxy tab :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] TabGuy:
Damn. For over a year I thought I was happy with the Galaxy Tab. But the OP has made me reassess my entire purchase.

Ok, I've reassessed my purchase and it turns out that I still think it was a perfect purchase.

And, here's why: I did my research before hand. I knew what the product could do and couldn't do. I knew what my needs were and how they fit into what the product delivered. And, not until then did I purchase the Galaxy Tab.

What I didn't do is make an impulse decision and try to make the product do something it couldn't. And, I certainly didn't come to a forum and expose my lack of research skills and show my immaturity in making purchasing decisions.

Maybe the OP has learned two lessons from this: 1) Do some homework. Yes, homework. I know you probably didn't do any in school, but life requires it. 2) Don't expose lack of effort on a world wide forum.

I'm not a Samsung Fan Boy, I just do research which leads to proper purchasing decisions before I plunk down a lot of money.

Better luck next time because luck appears to be your purchasing strategy.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mike-y:
yeah, if I were getting a tablet today, it wouldn't be a galaxy tab 10.1. In fact, I already sold my 16gb model a few months ago because I knew there would be some new tablets coming out this summer.

I still have a 32gb 10.1 that was actually purchased by my work, so I get to use that. The tegra2 is finicky on some things and not always the best for 3D games (my friend's Touchpad running ICS runs 3D games better and is less picky with video formats). but I really can't complain since I didn't pay for the tablet, and it still does everything I want it to (for the most part).

If I were going to buy a tablet today, I'd look into the Asus TF300t.. quad core Tegra3 and only $379 US. That and the nexus 7 are the best deals out right now for android tablets.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] joseamirandavelez:
I just stopped using Samsung's launcher and started using Go Launcher. That fixed everything.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] TabGuy:
That's a good point. I've been using ADW launcher for so long I forget that I'm using it. No sluggishness at all. Plus I can really cram a lot of icons on a page.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] badboy47:
pay $400 for it? yes definitely.

I am just keeping it for the Chameleon, which is releasing this winter.

http://chameleon.teknision.com/
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GorillaPimp:
I ditched go and went back to stock after loading task14 and pershoot's kernel. Stock launcher is great once the hardware is free to run the way it should.

I love my tablet. I hate samsung.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Nathalex27:
Edit: I removed my useless rant.....

sent from my stunner powered Note
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jblaze3:
With that you could of brought the new tab 2 10.1 less than 400 in Costco.

I had original tab and never had any problems before switching to newer tab 2.

It is really obvious your not android user. Go back to ios.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bar_rodoy:
I love my tab. The main disadventage is it doesnt have sd slot. But The screen is amazing. I went to Office Depot and played with some newer tablets and non of them have better screen.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] scoffyburito:
I'm getting a nexus 7 so I guess I don't love my tab enough
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
O_O 23% Percent tax? And I though 16.5% was bad.

You seem to have tripped over one major fact: at the time I bought the Galaxy Tab 10.1, it was being praised as the best Android tablet ever, was the best selling Android tablet, was the most powerful Android tablet, and was the top Android tablet. That's changed. So, congrats, you've failed here and you've exposed your lack of effort on a worldwide forum. You could have asked me and saved yourself from being wrong.

I don't spend my time on the Launcher, but when I do, I stick with TouchWiz launcher.

I'm kinda excited, but kind of skeptical at the same time. Why exactly do they need $50,000? Seems fishy, but if people ever pirate their launcher, it does make up for the profit loss in piracy.

I didn't think I'd really find a dumbass on the forum. Turns out I just did. Had you paid attention to the ****ing thread at all, you'd see I got the Galaxy Tab BEFORE there were even rumors about the Galaxy Tab 2, let alone an actual release. Second of all, The Galaxy Tab is my second Android device, the HTC Sensation being my third and Galaxy Nexus (sold) being my fourth. I have two low end Android phones as well but they don't deserve any attention.

I don't understand the mentality of Samsung pricks; just because I don't like a product, it automatically makes me an iOS user? I've been on Android ever since the dawn of the G1 in 2008, so if you really think I'm an iOS user then there's a Golden Gate bridge in California that you can go jump off of.

Meh, I have a USB OTG adapter and a little USB adapter to insert microSD cards into USB slots, so as far as I'm concerned, my tab has an SD Card slot ^_^ of course, the slot is of no use since I eventually have to charge my tab.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] :
As I can see your only problem is the lag. Well I've got the Tab when it was out, when it didn't even have TW. Since then, I have not seen any noticeable lag and I haven't regret buying the tab for a moment.

You just have to remember, that this Tab is the first one done by Samsung, HC 3.2 is not even the best OS for Tablets, that's why Google didn't release the source code. In my opinion, HC was made for testing purposes, just to see how a tablet based OS should be. I'm running CM9, and I tried ICS on Tab 2 7.0 and it is amazing.

For now, you can flash CM9 if you don't use the camera, or flash GalaxyTask (this guy is the best) and then, I believe, you'll see that you didn't waste your money.

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oh, and btw, stop insulting other users. If you don't like the tab, just sell it on amazon or ebay.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] n1vlek:
if you were to buy this tab late like recently......are you even following the news? tab 2 10.1 was alrdy out and if you think 10.1 screen is great to play video games......wrong call......i see that 10.1 is best for watching videos and browsing internet. 7 inch is great for video gaming
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] baoli:
Honestly, if I didn't receive my Tab for free, I wouldn't have it at the moment. I got swept up in the tablet hype caused by the iPad. Not being an Apple guy, I went out and got a Viewsonic G-Tab. I set it up the way I liked but funny thing happened... I never used it. I thought maybe it was too big so I picked up a Nook Color and again, got everything running the way I liked... never used it. I thought maybe it was Android so I borrowed an iPad for a while and again... never used it.

At that point, I realized I had no use for tablets. I sold my Viewsonic and the Nook. The fun for me was just tinkering with them, they're toys. When I signed up for my TV provider, they gave me a free Galaxy Tab 10.1... I never use it but I decided to keep this one because it was free. For me, a tablet can't do everything a laptop can do and there isn't anything it can do that a smartphone can't do.

In short, if you feel you wasted your money, just sell it, cut your losses and move on. I did..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BretonGirl:
You are obviously quite clueless about what's involved in application development. There are many costs involved, labor, equipment, promotion, etc. There's nothing fishy about it that I can see.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
At the same time, there are indie developers who make apps without getting paid jack**** in development, with their only source of payment being sales of their apps. Same with small teams. If these guys were really a reputable development firm with people who want to get paid for development by the team leader rather than by app sales, then they would not be on kickstarter in the first damn place.

I've run CM9 and GalaxyTask and they both still don't impress me (but GalaxyTask simply has the best performance out of all of them). And you really are gonna come at me for insulting other members and you're going to pretend they never threw insults? I would only insult if I was insulted. And did you really just say HC was made for "testing purposes"? You can't be serious. So every single Android tablet powered by Honeycomb was an unfinished product? There are trolls that always call Android an unfinished product, and with that statement you're really agreeing with them.... Wow. Just, wow.

Okay, but I didn't buy it recently. Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 was NOT out in 2011. It was announced in February 2012 and released in May 2012.. IMO your view on it is just awful. A 400 tablet meant to do nothing more than watch videos and browse the internet? So all those great gaming Tegra 2 capabilities were just a myth. (well, seeing how quickly Tegra 3 phased out T2, you probably could say that)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] :
it is for "testing purposes" per se, but its that they know its not the ultimate OS for tablets, and its not as good as GB is for phones. Again, ICS is a completely different experience than HC, and now CM10 is going to be released soon, so hopefully we will be getting it as well
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bigstarrynight:
To the OP. Now I've had hands on with the Tab 10.1, and concidering the current price point, yes, you did waste your money. Sorry to hear that your out of the refund period. After making a 200 mile round trip (I live in a remote place), I managed to get into a store and check out the competition. By and large, not impressed, but, there are cheaper options that do more or less the same stuff as the 10.1, and the 'user' experience is not that much different (crap). Personally, I think the US court judge has done the consumer in the States a big favour by banning it. Anyway, I feel that anyone looking to spend serious money should wait until the Autumn/Winter time, I feel sure there will be new and better devices available offering a better bang for the buck. The SGN despite all its faults, has given us a window into the near future of what real personal, mobile computing and communications is going to be like.

I'll be looking at the SGN Mk2 and the SGN 10.1 Only this time, I'm not buying straight away on product launch (I dont trust Samsung), or indeed just buying off the internet without having hands on demo in the store. I go to town about twice a year, so that's not too bad a wait.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] muzzy996:
I envy the folks out there able to use wifi only tablets; at least there are options out there for you either currently or on the horizon that offer combinations of performance benefits, expandability and ICS.

This recent editorial on The Verge seems to sum up what the broadband enabled tablet market is facing pretty well:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/5/31...re-the-biggest-threat-to-innovation-editorial

ASUS is obviously a major player in the tablet market but have yet to move on carrier based devices. That's too bad because I bet a 32gb version of the Nexus 7 would do well there.

I simply don't want to go back to a wifi-only tablet. The Nexus 7 being so cheap though has me wanting it and my wife's going to kill me when she sees me carrying around both LOL. Oh well, perhaps I'll leave the Nexus at work so she won't see it . .
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
ASUS will be in there soon,I hear they have an LTE Compatible Transformer Pad coming soon. I just hope they keep Verizon away from it, Verizon's prices are ridiculous.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] fbloise:
You can get an OTG cable or what's better: a memory adaptor.

I use my tablet to monitor my home pc as well as do some remote desktop with my workplace and my own VPS

Here's my current setup:

:cool:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] yogeshmha:
U didnt waste it bro! Its a beast
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Vzqsmooth56:
Thinking that the iPad is better is the first sign that you should have never bought this product. I had an iPad 2 and traded it for the gtab. Best trade I've ever made. Running cleanROM 2.0 and it makes the iPad look like the crap it is
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] TauSigmaNova:
I've owned this tablet since Februrary, buying it for 350 at my local Costco. Immediatley, I was dissapointed with the TouchWiz interface which looked childish and just bad. I flashed ICS the same day and it got 10 times better but even now, I'm dissapointed. Samsung's horrible Customer Service, bad connection cable, lots of lag, horrible charging times, I'd much ratheer have my mom's more functional Iconia A500 (Which already HAS official ICS and Jellybean port) or an Asus Transformer which looks very much to be a total beast. Sad, but it's true, this tablet just doesn't match up. I should've done more research
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] GazaIan:
What I want to know, is where the hell did you see me say that the iPad was a better tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] scoffyburito:
Rumors get around on xda quickly ;)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] nikzDHD:
I've got the new iPad and the 10.1 personally I couldn't get on with the gtab it was a great product at the time but to me it just felt like a bigger version of my phone. It's the apps that set the two products apart. iOS has many more apps dedicated to make use of the tablet format compared to Android. Also the new retina display is excellent. And I use XBMC frequently on my jail broken device and playback is excellent.

The gtab with ics changed it and made it run much smoother.

The newer android tablets are better but it's the apps that still disappoint. To me I've got best of both worlds an android handset complements the iPad well. I'm no fan boy of either platforms I just enjoy using good tech .
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] scoffyburito:
Very valid, non-biased post :thumbup:

You have to be careful when you mention Apple around here :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bigstarrynight:
From hands on experience, and I truly don't want to say this, but, the iPad is all round, a much better finished product. The tab 10.1 is like an underdeveloped linux machine that few apps have been properly developed for, and that is the main let down. It works, but not nicely.

APPLE, APPLE, APPLE, APPLE, APPLE, APPLE, :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ctirl:
Do yourself a favour, install cm10 and it's like a new device.

Mine had been sitting on the shelf for months until i did this, now can't get enough of it.

Have just gotten the Galaxy s3 and since i flashed cm10 I use the tab 10.1 way more.

Backup the original rom first before you flash just in case!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] sxi200:
When I first got the tab a few months back I also thought it was pretty crap. Extreme lag and had to reboot every day as lag became too much to bear. Trying to use my launcher of choice (sslauncher) was almost impossible. Adw ex helped slightly.

Then I flashed Overcome a few weeks back and all issues have disappeared. Extremely fast as practically no lag, even on ss.

Tried the official ics as well and although it was very good, battery drain was extreme.

So to sum it up, the tab is not that bad. It's just software that can make it seem so. Thankfully that can be, and is being fixed.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BretonGirl:
I love my Galaxy Tab and now that I have the official ICS update I love it even more. I use ADW Launcher EX and have no lag, no crashing, no issues at all. Everything is smooth and fast.

OP, judging from how nasty you've been to those who replied to you, I don't think you actually wanted your question answered. You just wanted justification for your desire to buy an iPad or something I'm guessing. Well go right ahead. However the Galaxy Tab is not a "piece of ****" so stop with the hyperbole and hysteria. If you don't like Android, fine. Enjoy whatever OS you move to.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akhil333:
Hi iam new to this forum.. sorry if it is not the right section to post this :confused:.

i want some free anti theft and anti virus softwares for Samsung galaxy s3 (which i got today :) ). iam new to android so please guide me. and also pls suggest me some useful hints regarding mobile maintenance. :silly:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landorin:
(This should be moved to the Q&A forum)

Hey,

welcome to XDA forums.

A good experience I made with so far is avast as it provides some extra options besides antivirus, e.g. firewall to block certain apps to establish an internet connection, block certain calls (S3 has this now built in as native option however) etc.

Lookout on the other hand appeared rather bulky and not all features are free.

Yet the best part of avast is the anti theft feature (works also as standalone). It can be completely stealth and works with SMS commands. It especially benefits from rooted phones as that offers more options (e.g. full stealth, survives factory reset) but root isn't mandatory.

And it's all free of charge. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akhil333:
thank you for the reply...

i have few more doubts about the rooting..

1. how many rooting methods are there and which is the best and easy.

2.will i get official updates (like OTA i think) to rooted devicees.

3.iam very much confused abt the procedures explained in internet (i dont know much abt phone in depth...) pls explain the best rooted method.

and in the past hours with my mobile i noticed the battery drain... ie. within 7hrs 100% battery comes to 60's and 58% or so. is it normal?.i recharged. now what i have to do.:confused::confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akhil333:
i just rooted my device... with no problems. thanks to the guide you people provided. but i have small issue regarding the avast anti-theft setup. i attached the screen shot of the problem. please guide me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n6n43hix:
Go to Settings -> Security -> Unknown Sources ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modmymobile:
I use avast for antivirus and firewall. Lbe for application access. And prey for tracking. Prey is awesome I also watch all my computers with it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
I'm using WatchDroid for tracking and locking. It is (or at least at the time of buying it was) the only app properly supporting SMS-commands without active data network.

I prefer the (free) Dr.Web beta antivirus but it has less features than Avast.

Here's a rather detailed and independed antivirus test report for Android:

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/android/

You can see in the PDF that Avast + Dr.Web both rank very high while other common names with good reputation such as AVG and Bitdefender are only good midfield.

You'd be surprised how many seemingly harmless apps are reported as Adware (usually push-notification spammers).

To date I've yet to get a real spy- or malware tough.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
I think as long add you check permissions of apps, don't blindly install, you should be OK, I tend to run dr web every 2-3 weeks, I don't want a useless AC app clogging my phone up! for tracking, try phone locator pro, full refund within 24 hours I think, won top awards and far better than any others I've tried, plus support is top notch.

Sent via TCP/IP
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akhil333:
Thanks for the replies.

Till now iam good. I installed avast and rooted to enjoy more features.

I also solved my battery drain problm.

But i have a small doubt... in settings>battery>screen is showing 50 - 80% usage. l reduced the brightness and so. Is it normal?If not please tell me the solution. Thanks again for everything.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clydedean:
You should use Appriva cloud antivirus i m using it myself and as far as i know its user friendly and doesn't use much of memory and battery
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
The op has made a decision rather a long time ago on this subject .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
The best and free way of anti malware is HAVING SECURE OF USING YOUR PHONE, SPECIALLY ABOUT GIVING ROOT ACCESS
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clydedean:
woops my bad then :angel:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nishar2:
Best Antivirus for Android

Hi, Im using avast! Free Antivirus and its great. Say goodbye to your paid antivirus, as avast! is totally free and performs even better in tests.

Download and try it yourself:

http://www.avast.com/get/nqLm8eC9
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ishay_maimon:
Working on v of jb for Samsung galaxy note?.