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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big_Den:
You can never tell who Apple might go after next, but i think google would've covered themselves from all angles. It ****ty even thinking about it, patent wars are killing the tech industry and innovation.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr mystery:
Now that Jobs is gone the world could do without Apple
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmm200:
The Apple business model has replaced innovation with litigation, so they might sue anyone for anything.

I especially like the cartoon showing that, from the right angle, an IPad looks a lot like a refrigerator. Based on that, they got an injunction against selling refrigerators.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miketoasty:
... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743042
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
Yes they will. Both legally (cause they're apple) and with a 7in iPad.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyg1097:
If apple realeases a 7inch perhaps then Google will go and sue them.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roscobigfoot:
Annoying thing is, google arent that type of company and dont actually copyright loads of their stuff anyway. Apple will make a tablet after google then claim google copied them and sue google. Because thats how they understand things...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morell2:
I think no
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianDigital:
didnt steve jobs state that no one wants a seven inch tablet
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
Well, Tim Cook isn't Steve Jobs. Rumors have been swirling that prototypes were being produced, success of the Nook, Kindle, and Nexus will pressure Apple to make a competitor.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixyourtech:
He also said that no one would want to watch videos on an ipod.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebobp:
It's up in the air. Especially if the GN lawsuit succeeds, there's no reason they wouldn't use the same patents to get rid of the Nexus 7. If it seems like an open-and-shut case, Apple has more incentive to pull the trigger.

Reasons they might not: I haven't seen Apple suing Asus yet, either because of lack of popularity or because Asus has a large enough defense portfolio. If the former, it could quickly happen. I don't personally have much confidence in the latter.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldspook:
I just hope I receive my N7 before Apple stops them. I'm sure they will try.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TidBit:
They want to keep his "vision" alive...

What a shame. All the money in the world and all the legal shenanigans can't bring Steve Jobs back from the dead.

The vindictive SOB can't go "thermonuclear on Android" - his words, not mine.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
Why has the GNexus been banned? Which patent did it infringe?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
One of them was "Slide to Unlock". You know, the thing we have been doing with deadbolts for 200 years.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
Its quite pathetic
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparksco:
They'll probably go after google trying to say the new Google Search is too much like Siri. Even tho we all know it's nothing like Siri or IOS.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drpfenderson:
More infuriating is that it's been on "smart phones" for years before the iPod.It was on the Neonode N1 / N1m back in 2002. A European court invalidated the patent because of the display of prior art and and the "trivial" nature of the patent.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeLessGT:
Hi guys, I'm coming from an iOS iPhone 4 device to a Samsung Galaxy S2, So far I'm very satisfied by the performance of the device, the freedom of choice and let's just sum it up, Really happy about the switch.

Anyway can you guys recommend me some Battery saving tips?

What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance,

I'm running on 4.0.3 Stock ROM

I don't and will not switch from a regular Sammy rom, for certain reasons.

Thank you very much and sorry if I'm OT..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iain2510:
Hi, my first bit of advice is to learn how to flash roms and get your phone rooted!

I'm using a rooted, stock ROM from wanam and I've no complaints.

Once your rooted, the best app I've used for battery saving is called 'autostarts'. It allows you to control when an app starts (for example the google plus app starts after pretty much any event-like connecting a power cord for example).

Using just this app my overnight drain (11 pm to 7 am) went from 16% down to 8%.

The majority of battery monitors I've used just give you the 'feeling' you're saving battery on my experience!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
For the best battery life you want this kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghost-of-the-Sun:
Yes, Phenomenal kernel is very good :asd:

There are a lot of custom rom based on the stock samsung rom that add useful features. I reccommend this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1498017
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeLessGT:
I've flashed my device with the Medium because for some reason the extreme won't boot up my device, I have a "cation" sign under my Phones name, anyway I noticed some apps appear on my device, "Superuser" and "CWM" That means my phone is rooted?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pijiman:
I recommend you to use the WanamLite ROMs (they are the stock ROMs with very few and essential tweaks, and root access). I'm using Fluxi kernel, but I'm using Paranoid Android, which is NOT a Sammy ROM.

Now, in order to save battery you can undervolt the processor, lock it to never go beyond certain speed (i.e 1GHz), use low brightness, disable automatic sync, use 2G, etc...

Hope I helped, and welcome to the wonderful Android world
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christiancs1969:
I used clockwork zip to root easy just flash zip in recovery then I suggest revolution remix rom to start then u can choose another from on duel boot anyway

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidwilson83:
Congrats on making the move from an OS that are you are told what you can & can't do to an OS that YOU tell what you want to do.

Always leave data network mode as deactivated unless you need it. Go into Settings>Wifi and click the menu button (soft key to the left of the home button) and click Advanced. Then under the option Wifi on during sleep select Never (or Only while charging). As a few other users stated, use auto brightness. Where you can, use the Application Manager widget on your home screen. If the number goes above 0 then you should click on it and kill the app (and clear the Ram as well for good measure. If you can, also use a static wallpaper instead of a live wallpaper, and also use black or dark colours as much as you can. Also open up your dialler and dial *#9900# and something called Sys Dump opens up. There is an option there called Disable Fast Dormancy. Press it to disable it.

I can't think of anymore at 11:35pm!

As for kernels, stock Samsung is all I use. Lots of people on XDA seem to use Cyanogenmod, CF-Root or Siyah.

Good luck and enjoy your freedom. :victory:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
You can't practically do anything to save juice but installing some battery monitoring apps like Better Battery Stats, Watchdog etc. Just monitor what apps are causing Wakelocks or misbehaving, then disable the Sync in them.

And PLEASE DO NOT install any crappy apps, Play Store is full of them.

Oh, Android's biggest juice hogger is those ads, so install AdAway and remove those nonsense ads.

Good Luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
First thing post in the correct forum. Second asking for whats better for "x" or "y" is not allowed as its relative to each person. So for that I will be locking this thread.

Cheers
[Android General] yogi2010:
I think/hope Google is having this very revelation, since they are supposedly releasing some more Nexus devices in November. I know I'm waiting to see if one of those devices is a slider, as the rumor goes. I'm definitely with you on this!
[Android General] kubukoz:
You are absolutely right. Maybe not every OEM's ROM is bad, but they shouldn't try to make things better because it takes a lot of time and usually makes the system look ugly. That makes Android different on almost every manufacturer's device...
[Android General] bhu1:
One thing that I have decided that I am just going to buy devices that come under Google's NEXUS program. That way even if I may get not the latest and greatest hardware, I am still assured that I will get updates for at least 2-3 years and instant updates is what we are talking about.
[Android General] un.Known:
Feel You

Hahahahahha

Anger is good

you were right about every single word

OEMs ruin the Android

trying to make it better

while the only thing happening is Android getting S*** taste instead of vanilla taste

well

on my side

i would prefer if the Stock android was available to all phones beside the OEMs one

in that way we have a choice

also

the Android pure Rom is much better than any other

i came to that after a lot of flashing

---------- Post added at 11:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:17 PM ----------

Slider +1:victory:
[Android General] yogi2010:
Haha, I also was getting myself worked up the other day thinking about carriers: I'm sure they also have a lot to do with how long updates take to come out. And, they get you on a 2-year contract, and then you're lucky if they support the device with updates for even 1 year!
[Android General] thekd53:
I'm hoping PDK begins to lock down a bit of what they can do. Also, Carriers are a huge problem too. They don't want you to get updates.
[Android General] zelendel:
You know I see a lot of people thinking that all OEM do is make it look ugly ( to be honest all the OEM and ICS default themes look like crap)

But they do alot more. Take the SGS3 for example. All the nice software that made people excited about it would not be there if OEM didn't add their spin. All the nice features people enjoy wouldn't be there either. I mean if all that stuff didn't matter then people would be running a nexus as it is pure android.

Sent for a corner cell in Arkham
[Android General] bhu1:
I understand what u mean, i have also mentioned in op that many OEMs feel the need of some features that stock android doesnt have and they can add and they should obviously add them but amount of these features are really low, most of the features we see are just fancy features that show that they can also 'code'.

I know a bit about android ICS (stock) as i make themes for theme engine and i made roms earlier. Its divided into two parts or two UIs, one is the dark part or the dominating part that we see across ICS, the grey backgrounds with blue text, other is the light UI, that is the white backgrounds with blue and black text. I am also not a big fan of they grey part of the UI but the white part is just wonderful. Also no OEMs' ui i have seen is better than stock ICS UI so they are clearly making it worse.

I hope google go full on with their white/light UI in next version of android.

Also i agree to the fact that many required features that a consumer wants these days with software these days are lacking in stock android like some settings, options and features in camera app, that actually all consumers these day want. I have seen many nokia users who still buy nokia phones cause they have these small features to mess with in camera app. There are many things that android team have not thought of added in stock android, and i think the main reason for that is the fear of people declaring their OS as 'complicated' and non-user friendly.
[Android General] bhu1:
What worse it can get. Now Gnexus may get banned.
[Android General] spunker88:
From now on Google is going to allow OEMs to gain access to upcoming versions of Android sooner than the general public so that they can get updates out sooner.

OEM skins annoy me as well. Most people care more about the apps than the OEM skin and all these differences between carriers default skins creates some fragmentation. OEM bloatware that can't be uninstalled also annoys me but at least with ICS apps can now be hidden without rooting.
[Android General] santhosh0123:
Good point. :)
[Android General] bhu1:
But still, Google is doing so that OEMs are ready to push updates along with Google. If Google is gonna give them new versions earlier we can assume they will give 1-2 months earlier and they will still be working on it so they will also give new source code later maybe 10-20 days earlier. So OEMs like Samsung or HTC who take 5-7 months for an update will still not be able to catch up with Google's announcements and updates.
[Android General] in3t:
I agree and disagree.. I never used stock roms until i purchased the droid razr. I know blur makes it look better and also realize that motorola has a **** ton of bloatware that i have to freeze but i've been happy with gingerbread and now the ics stock roms. I do however think that needs to include an option to root the device on the configuration when you first setup the device. I think it shouldn't have locked bootloaders or things like that because it is linux underneath the nice ui and you should be able to mod it the way you like without having to hack everything. Long story short, most stock roms do look like crap and are bloated but some do a good job.
[Android General] spunker88:
Another thing I forgot about is carriers, they need to get their hands out of the software. My broadband ISP doesn't care what updates or OS I am running, they just provide me internet.

Ideally we would get all software upgrades from Google sort of like Windows, but I'm not sure if this is possible with Android. At least just let us update direct from the OEM, carriers shouldn't have to approve updates.
[Android General] bhu1:
Guys support me and others who are with me and retweet #OmlyNexus and #****AndroidOEMs .
[Android General] ingenious247:
The OEMs don't care what you think, because they want you to run THEIR software - which they will be putting on their phones instead of Android eventually.

That's why Google is pushing their Nexus line to the next level, they know this to be true.

Look up Tizen and read about what Samsung is planning on doing.

With the open source nature of Linux, mfg's don't care about Android. That's why they are getting their customer's used to their "flavor" of Android, whether it be Sense UI or TouchWiz. They aren't spending all this time and money so that their developers can learn to make Android better.. they're getting ready to launch their own projects.

Google knows their time is limited as far as Android being the only major Linux player in the mobile phone business, and it's coming faster than people realize. Firefox, Tizen, Ubuntu.. just watch.

Half of these Android users won't even be on Android in two years, because they are loyal to HTC or Samsung, not Google.

Hence, the Nexus line.
[Android General] bhu1:
Actually u r a bit wrong here. As people are getting more informed and educated about android they are getting to know it, once they know and love android. They won't buy a new Samsung device with tizen or bada in it. I live in India, people here are slowly starting to know about android. And as u all know India is not one of the developed countries, still if people can like and know android and be loyal to it then why can't other countries' people do the same. We are going into a new era, its not about hardware anymore, firmware comes first. Most of the companies are able to produce good hardware and mostly on a similar level, what matters is the software and OS.
[Android General] ingenious247:
I'll have to respectfully disagree here.

When the Samsung GS4 or the next HTC flagship device comes out, no one is going to care if it's running Android or not, except die-hard Android fans. All they will care about is the new features that the phone offers. And the mfgs are smart, they will make their platform compatible with Android apps, allow Google Market (and others). Look at Amazon, guarantee they will have their own Linux dist. as well eventually

and in regard to "We are going into a new era, its not about hardware anymore, firmware comes first"

Uh, I don't think so. Minus the Nexus crowd, nobody buys their next phone because it is going to have JB, they buy it because it's going to have the newest/fastest dual/quad core, XXMp Camera, the newest 'smart' feature, the bigger screen, etc. Nobody ran out to buy the GS3 because it has ICS...

XDA is about 1-2% (if that) of Android users. And even on XDA, half of the users don't know enough about Android to even matter. Maybe it's somewhat different in India, but my guess is the people you are referring to are just starting to understand what Android/Linux really means, so that isn't really relevant to this discussion.
[Android General] bhu1:
I don't think a die hard fan of a flagship phone from Samsung or HTC is gonna buy the new flagship phone if the company changes the OS. I know people care about hardware but that doesn't mean they go totally mad about it, not looking the software at all. Btw, play store access is only for Google/android phones.

Also, nobody bought Gs3 cause it just had a quad core or it had a 8mp camera. If Samsung had bada or maybe android 2.1 on it then believe me it would have been samsung's worst selling phone.

Edit: Will u buy a new i7 3rd Gen laptop if it had windows 2000 and a restriction that u can't change it??? For same price that u buy a normal i7 laptop or even higher.
[Android General] ingenious247:
Correct, for now. You don't really think Google is going to ignore a growing user base just because they aren't on Android, do you?

Aside from those of us who love Android, no one cares what software makes their phone do amazing things, they just want the phone to DO it. That will never change.

Your argument is like saying Android would never take off because everyone loves iOS...

And your argument again fails, because you're referring to buying a device with an OLD version of Android or Windows as if these new OS's will be an "old" version of something.. they won't.
[Android General] bhu1:
My argument is not like that. I am proposing that these OEMs can't really change to a new OS in one year, they won't move to tizen for sgs4. Cause simply they won't be having an environment.

And i think u aren't getting my argument, it was about SLOW updates mainly. I gave that example to show if u r stuck with old firmware for let's say 2-3 years(cause update cycles for computers are not as fast as those is smartphone OSs). I think custom skins may even become a bit bareable if OEMs can give us updates in 1-2 months after a new version of android is released. Also we understand all companies are there to earn money but if HTC can give stock Android to their JTC desire just cause it doesn't have much ram to handle new android version + their skin then why cant Samsung does the same with galaxy s as nexus runs perfectly with stock Android 4.0 and will run perfectly with 4.1 and maybe even upcoming versions.
[Android General] ingenious247:
Imagine how quickly the OEMs can update their phones if it's THEIR OS.. and not Android.. just something to think about. They won't have to wait for Google to release source code
[Android General] bhu1:
Ya, but again u r going way away from the argument. It was about ANDROID. It was to propose that if companies have adopted android and if their phones have android then why do they have to delay updates with stupid UIs and stupid fancy features if that just delays updates to 5-8 months.

I advice u to re read the op as u r clearly getting away from the argument and I think u even took me away for some time in some posts in between. Lols.
[Android General] ingenious247:
No my first post was explaining why the OEMs don't care so much about your concerns, because they are working on their own OS. It was on topic.

Sent from the current Heavy Weight champ GALAXY SIII
[Android General] bhu1:
Then they should. But they should not spoil Android. They can leave android but they should not make all android users suffer who have bought their phones.
[Android General] zelendel:
Well see that is the thing about Android. Google gave people a base to work with. What is done to it is left up to you. Just like Linux. If you want something and there isnt an app that does it then you are free to make it.

Android like Linux was mainly targeting the Developer and Geek. Google has already shown and said that they are all about the developer. They want you to take the options that they gave you and use them.

As for the Light UI, that will never happen as white themes leave a screen burn in. Theming is not all that hard, mainly when it comes to the theme engine which is limited and pointless to be honest.

In the end if you want Updates then get a Nexus device.
[Android General] sbd3:
Well I came to these forums about a month ago chasing info about smart phones.

I don't have one, and its only the larger screens of recent models that have made me consider one as I am used to laptop/desktops. Using those for 20 years, and remembering countless driver updates that were never delivered for features that should have worked when the equipment is sold has made me thoroughly tired of such problems.

The Galaxy note really appeals size wise, the still unnadressed chip/brick problems with updates/flashing however seems pathetic.

The Nexus seems the best bet for at least getting updates, but looking at the comments regarding screen and hardware issues has put me off those too.

Ditto for the other variations/brands, and anything <4.5" screen has zero appeal.

As for OEM's own software versions, I would never touch a windows phone because I've seen more than enough of Microsofts handling of updates/fixes.

I can see a chance the industry will grow more into a PC hardware type environment, install the OS of your choice, hardware that cant support Android features seems a joke, dont they have standards for hardware requirements?

"Each computer would have its own Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) version of MS-DOS, customized to its hardware. Any software written for MS-DOS would operate on any MS-DOS computer, despite variations in hardware design" -Wikipedia, "IBM PC Compatible"

Eventually anything incompatible failed in the market place, even IBM's new computers. Reading about phones that can't support full Android features reminds me of this.

I only use a phone/sms a few times per week, but of course carry it all the time. However I use a computer many hours a day, it would be "nice" to link the two, devices even with reduced functionality on a smartphone, and I'd love a tech toy, but it's not essential. Looks like I should stick with a dual sim candy bar phone that lasts weeks on a single charge, doesn't crash, lag, or break if it falls out of my pocket and wait for the smartphone manufacturers to ... become smarter. I am sure I am part of a larger untapped market thats also waiting for them to up their game.

SBD

SBD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri123:
I know this thread has been repeated, I have a problem downloading some apps. I have checked other threads to do with this. I have also checked for smd2tmp1 and I can't find it."Couldn't install on USB storage or sd card". Bothering me :mad::(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiffer1991:
whats the error message?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri123:
Couldn't install on USB storage or sd card
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Avilove.Cullen:
Are you installing apps while connection with PC??

Cheers :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri123:
No, I think its about my sd card not working.