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[Nexus 7 General] starrwulfe:
Thanx for that app tip! That's going on the "save" list. I can go to Akihabara (the famous Tokyo electronics shopping area) and get one for maybe even less--that's definitely part of my solution if I do the G-Nex-7 thing.

And I've heard about ASUS's bad support at times... One of the reasons I switched from using an HP laptop to an Apple one, was because I can walk into any Apple store worldwide and get help with it. (I'm just as mad about them suing everyone into oblivion, and I'm not that flattered with iOS the way I am with Android, but I loves me some OSX for sure.)

Keep the opinions coming y'all. Thanx!
[Nexus 7 General] raziel73:
I've owned more than enough Android devices and the thing that always leaves me disenchanted with them in the end is the update fragmentation. I have the n7 on preorder and my x2 is set to be replaced by the g-nex in August. This is just my opinion but I think it's insane that I have to keep flashing roms that may or may not have all of my hardware working correctly just to get an update. Nexus devices represent what I feel google should have done at Androids launch to combat Apple. I plan to use my n7 as an iPad alternative until Windows Surface launches and I can get a tab with fully featured office for productivity.
[Nexus 7 General] seff5677:
Ya i've been waiting for the new asus infinity to come out but i know it will never get updated and i can at least get a bluetooth keyboard or some extra keyboard hooked up to the nexus 7 and type away
[Nexus 7 General] Nexcellent:
Gnex + N7 combo hands down.
[Nexus 7 General] fixyourtech:
+1

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[Nexus 7 General] TauxiC:
Exactly this. If for nothing else, these two solid reasons:

A GNex + a Nexus 7 are cheaper than a Padfone

And the battery on the GSM model of the GNex is excellent compared to its LTE counterpart.

Treat yourself to some delicious Jelly Bean. =]

Not to mention, you can just buy the $70 3800mAh extended battery from Seidio with NFC if you are worried about battery life, and you'll still be paying way less than the Padfone. I ordered one for my dad's Verizon GNex the other day, and will finally be able to put in his phone when he comes home on sunday, since no other battery has been good enough, even with the Gummy ROM on his phone. =[
[Nexus 7 General] starrwulfe:
Hmm. Good point. One of my main concerns is battery life since I'll be tethering with this combo a lot. I forgot the NFC chip is in the battery and not the body... also I wonder if NFC is compatible with the Felicia systems used here in Japan for things like train passes and e-money.... the phone I'm using now has it... not a necessity though.
[Nexus 7 General] nyijedi:
I wouldn't just worry about timely updates. I'd worry about decent performance. My Prime is a quad core device and it sucks total ass at playing games, browsing, and just about everything else. Constant lags and crashes. It's enraging. Do yourself a favor and stay away from Asus devices (the Nexus 7 will likely be different since it's a google device). You'll save yourself some huge headaches.
[Nexus 7 General] jpxdude:
I think it's incredibly odd that there is so much Asus hate yet the N7 is an Asus device itself. Performance-wise with the N7, i'd imagine apps would perform similarly to the transformer prime seeing as it uses the same processor...
[Nexus 7 General] raziel73:
The reason for the Asus hate is not their hardware, it's how they bloat up the OS after google passes it off to them. With the n7 Asus has nothing to do with the OS, they just make the hardware.
[Nexus 7 General] CGI_Ram:
So far most responses seem to support the Nexus combo.

I, however, when reading how you use your devices was thinking PadFone all the way. It seems like a better fit for you.

But just my 2 cents.
[Nexus 7 General] TauxiC:
The problem is, I think most of the benefits he would get from the padfone would be too minor to justify a $300-$400 price premium. And I am also not sure how well the phone part of it does by itself etc, Ive yet to check some reviews of the padfone. For all that extra money he could by himself some nice cases, screen protectors, bluetooth headsets etc. Even a pack of those little nfc coin things he might be able to put to good use.
[Nexus 7 General] nyijedi:
Believe me, I was super pissed when word leaked that Asus was making the Nexus tablet. I'm not buying one solely for that reason. However, I do think the N7 should be okay since Google is taking care of the software instead of Asus and oversaw the hardware. Asus is completely incompetent. Google is not.

And as a Prime owner, if apps on the N7 perform similarly as the Prime, I'd suggest throwing it in the garbage. All browsers, Google Earth, tegra games - they're god awful on the Prime. Some of them are literally unusable. With that said, I'm sure apps on the N7 will run great thanks to Google.

Have I mentioned how awful Asus is?
[Nexus 7 General] exwannabe:
I also use the Atrix + Laprtock as my entire molbile solution. And this includes "real" work which needs substantial typeing and screen real estate.

For me, dropping down to 10 inch would be a killer. I have tried using 10 inch netbooks, and it is a real pain. But maybe the OP can get away with this (younger eyes on a higher res screan, perhaps smaller fingers/hands).

But no way in the world can one work like this on a 7 inch screen.

If one is using the pair for light browsing + media then I cerrtainly see the GN + N7 as a sound choice. But for a working laptop replacement, not for me. Alas I am not certain a padphone works either (though I like the concept). I would certainly be concerned about the phone itself (there are a lot of deatils in this area that do not show up in specs, ask Apple).

A shame the OP just busted his scrreen. I suspect the right answer is to wait several months.
[Nexus 7 General] starrwulfe:
I had exactly that same question, so I trekked over to the local electronics shop near my home here in Yokohama, and they have an Asus TF201 set up there on wifi. The tablet's dimensions are Padfone sized-- 10 inches. They also had the keydock there too, so I got to test that out as well... Wow. Color me impressed. Remember, the 10" IPS screen has more pixels and a much wider and brighter viewing angle than the Moto OG Lapdock. The keyboard was also easy to type on, and I love the fact that there are actual keys for Home, Back, Volume, Menu, Play/Pause and so on.

You're right-- It does seem like a better fit to me too, the more I think of it. Going and actually futzing with the TF201 yesterday didn't help though...:rolleyes:

The phone part did pretty well according to Anandtech and Engadget--

Bear in mind that this is supposed to be saving me the cost of getting a netbook to take to work with me everyday as well too... As far as accessories, well I already have 2 bluetooth headsets just sitting on my desk in front of me now, along with a microUSB to USB port adaptor and micro HDMI M/F cables. All this was from me using the Atrix in various situations.

And while the Nexus Duo is a powerful combo, there are 2 things that I absolutely need to have in a device for the way I work-- SD card adaptor and Ethernet Adaptor.

I work in the Media faculty at the university and also teach photojournalism classes; I also freelance a lot too, and one of the things that helps me a lot, is being able to yank my SD card out the camera, snap it into a USB card reader and plug it into the Lapdock and have the Atrix see it, mount it, and access it. I can then do whatever I need to do to the pix while sitting on the train (Did you know the Bullet Trains here all have Wifi onboard, and can be used while in tunnels? I once wrote and uploaded 2 magazine articles, pix and all while on a 3 hour train ride!) The Padfone's keyboard dock has a full sized SDXC card adapter built in...

Also, while my university has wifi almost everywhere on campus, I cannot access the secured parts of the network where we house our common files for grading and such. We can only use the PC labs, office PC pools, or the ethernet ports in the staff rooms. Currently I use a small wifi adapter in bridge mode sometimes-- of course with the SSID not broadcast. But a better solution would be to get a USB Ethernet adaptor. I know the Transformer series has this baked into their kernels-- I think the Padfone can do it too. But I need to do some checking.

Can the Nexus Duo do some/any of these? Let me know how, so I can check off the boxes!
[Nexus 7 General] Greatbape:
I wouldn't touch an android or ios tablet after the specs of the Microsoft surface the other windows 8 tablet with ivy bridge processors were revealed. Im done with android on anything but my smartphone. Only thing I need to know is the batter life on those beast.
[Nexus 7 General] altimax98:
I'm ordering a N7 because I want to be able to integrate with my Galaxy Nexus. But nothing will ever be like the Padphone idea. The concept is pure genius and cannot be best. Honestly as per your questions and remarks I would go Padphone all the way. The reason why is integration. With the Nexi (Nexus Plural?) you will not have Native message/call integration nor will any creative work you have on the phone be easily available on the tablet.

Someone posted up the Tablet talk app. I own it and use it but frankly is sucks. Frequently messages won't sync through and your forced to use its own UGLY interface. Google seriously needs to update its messaging app to support a iMessage like design.

Here's a typical day for you on the Padphone:

in the taxi to work you type up a word document on your Padphone, during the process your messaging an important client. You arrive at work clip it into the dock and you've now got your tablet interface ready while you complete the document you were working on while still messaging the client. You use the laptop portion for easy word document creation, all while your phone automatically charges. You undock and head to the park for lunch bringing the phone part. You keep messaging and proof read your document. Your late for the important meeting and grab the tablet, laptop portion. You plug it in and your proof read document is ready, and you would even lighten the mood with some cat videos lol.

Nexi:

in the taxi on the way to work you type up a word document on your nexus, during the process your messaging an important client. You arrive at work and out your phone on the desk. You want to use the tablet now so you engage tethering/hotspot on the phone, then you open tablet talk and connect them. Then you wait a minute or so as it syncs your conversation. You then upload the document you were working in to Dropbox, and download it to the tablet. You then have to grab your keyboard and sync Bluetooth. You continue working. you head out for lunch and grab the phone. You have to sync your completed document to Dropbox, then redownload it, then disable tablet talk and tethering to save some battery. At the park you message and proof read your document. After the park you rush to a meeting, you grab the phone, tablet and keyboard combo and head there. You want to make a good demonstration on the tablet to the clients, but have to then reconnect tethering and resync the document through Dropbox again.

It was a small example, but honestly if your a business person who frequently is in similar situations the PadPhone is a no brainer.... Maybe buy a N7 as a toy a bit later.
[Nexus 7 General] starrwulfe:
I'm actually in these situations more than the average person...

I live in the Tokyo-Yokohama area, meaning we ride trains, subways and buses more than anything. Right now I'm typing this on my old phone while riding the subway on my 1 hour commute to work. With the atrix's lapdock in tow, and if I have a seat (sometimes rare) I can whip it out the bag, slap the phone in, and work on updating spreadsheets, manuscripts, and even light photo editing. Again, as I'm typing this, there are 2 people on my train that have full laptops out and working-- very common sight.

The tablet portion comes in handy because I want to be able to move to a paperless office. Since I give multiple lectures throughout the day, I carry textbooks, handouts, and 2 notebooks with class rosters and lesson plans. Since all of my teaching texts are in ePub format and my rosters and lesson plans are in Gdocs anyway, I can cut down on paper and just take the tablet with me into class. During which, I can take notes as well.

The nexus 7 would allow for this, I'm sure-- but you're correct in that I'd be having to sync more with Gdrive or Dropbox to get things filtered across, but it's not major since I use a Pogoplug and RAID array at home hooked into my fiber line (Japanese internet is WONDERFUL!) The big deal is tethering when not in range of hotspots and the toll on my battery in the G-Nex. No phone means no life in Tokyo...
[Nexus 7 General] raziel73:
A suggestion for those of you concerned with battery life. I have a backpack made by a company called ful. I know they also make briefcases if you more into that, and they can be found at office depot. It has a battery built into it that can charge your devices and even comes with some of the common cords. I use it to keep my phone charged when I'm tethering to my tab and I'm very happy with it.
[Nexus 7 General] razorseal:
I would surely do the asus padfone...

I mean it does everything you want it to. you pretty much answered it yourself.

if they had it here in the states, I would have already bought the whole kit and crossed my fingers that asus would keep up with the updates and bring ICS/JB and all that
[Nexus 7 General] Rafase282:
Man I want to get one of those too. Yes I will try to install linux on it and posibly dual boot. Also the ARM version will mos likely a tegra 3, so maybe the os can be ported to the Nexus 7 in the future?

Also with regards to the topic, I'm still reading as I could use this, but I need to be able to run software for programming if I want to replace my laptop on the go so the windows tablet seems a better option if it would come out soon.
[Nexus 7 General] raziel73:
If you require specific software for programming that runs on your current windows you may be out of luck. Your x86/x64 programs will not run on the arm version, you'll have to spend closer to a grand for the x64 tab.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] gtd2000:
I've been using Skype on my Flyer since last November with great results. I bought my GF one for her Xmas too and we've always had good quality calls when I'm away from home.

She made the mistake of doing the update to HC a few months ago and since then our calls (from her side) were of poor quality - the video image was more pixelated and the video appears to jump back in time every so often.

I just updated to the later version of Skype the other week and now it appears that my video quality also sucks. It was excellent before.

Any ideas?

I had to remove and re-install Skype tonight as we couldn't get a video call to work at all....the cameras on both tablets would not activate and we were both left with black/blank screens.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] HiredGUN.45:
Same here on my View, quality has been poor recently.

Plus I can't stay logged in for more than 20 minutes. It automatically logs me out and closes by itself and when I try to log back in I have to redo my password. I tried unistalling and then reinstalling but still the same.

Does anyone have the same log in problems as I do?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] thewadegeek:
Have you contacted the creator of the App?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] gtd2000:
I have another issue with Skype that is strange, most of the time I launch the app and it logs in but no contact show up - turns out that it will somehow login without my password. It's not really logged in but for some reason a blank version of Skype is running - I need to log out and then login with the password and it's back to normal.

I've become used to this but it is a pain.

I left feedback for Skype complaining about the recent lack of quality of calls on both Windows and Android platforms.

Skype used to be by far the best option out there on Windows but recently I've been using MSN and Yahoo as the quality is vastly superior.

Is this what happens when Microsoft get involved?

One other thing that I noticed last night is that when the call starts my video is upside down (in my view). I then have to rotate the tablet to portrait mode and flip back to landscape to get it oriented properly. Anybody else having this problem? The other party sees my video in the correct orientation.
[Nook Color General] Necrisis84:
Ok guys heres the deal, i have been trying to reflash NC stock and to no avail i get the same issue everytime no matter what version i use, i have even tried ADB, and that does not work.

Ok my problem is this everytime i try to boot it it just loops at the barnes and noble nook color screen forever. When i tried ADB my computer would not even find the device but it found 2 which when i tried to uninstall them they install right after so i cannot use ADB(and yes i turned off automatic driver install). So here is where i land and my question. Do i have a 300 dollar paper weight or is their hope, and if so please explain what i am doing wrong. Thank you for your time
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
First off...

are you trying to flash the stock B&N?

how are you trying to flash it?

do you have CWM or TWRP on eMMC or stock recovery?

if you're trying to use cwm or twrp to flash stock rom... see the customizing rom thread in my signature for modifications required.
[Nook Color General] Necrisis84:
ok i am trying to flash to the stock bn, i am using cwm, but when i do that it just loops through, and adb now does not even recognize the device so i can tie them together so to speak.
[Nook Color General] Necrisis84:
Ok, i did everything that forum on your sig told me to do got it installed but it still loops at the "barnes and noble Nook Color" flash screen. Any Ideas?
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
Now that you have stock on the nook color... do the 8 failed boots to cause it to erase data and deregister the device... it should bring it back to factory and resolve the boot loop issue
[Nook Color General] Necrisis84:
Finally! thank you so much for your help been working on this issue for 3 or 4 months now, it works just need to get it charged and hopefully it will take a charge.
[General Questions and Answers] Scarecrow Legion:
I was running Cyanogenmod9 on my SGH-I727R when I got into a bootloop. I reflashed stock Rogers Rom and still stuck in a boot loop. Any help please?
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
Can you please be more specific?

What screen are you exactly getting, the boot logo then a reboot? are you getting a recovery screen or do you bootloop not into the system but into ClockworkMod recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] Scarecrow Legion:
The boot boot logo then restart. same thing with the stock rom it would boot into the Rogers logo then restart
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
Have you tried formatting through recovery? formatting can be found in mounts and storage.
[General Questions and Answers] Scarecrow Legion:
yup, when I get back home I'll see if I can darkside wipe. see if that will help
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
That should help a lot. It should definitely work, make sure you install a Custom ROM and not a Stock ROM.

Make sure in future situations you don't install a stock ROM if your current ROM is a custom ROM, this can cause problems and will not fix problems. If you want to revert back to Stock ROMs after installing a Custom ROM I highly recommend you use Fastboot to flash the image. However there are tutorials and instructions on how to use Fastboot efficiently and properly so you don't mess anything up.

Cheers :)
[General Questions and Answers] Scarecrow Legion:
Thanks again, darkside wipe worked. I have no clue what bricked it in the first place though

Scarecrow Legion
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
No problem :D Wiping everything would've worked too lol!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] MWilt:
When I use google Nav and listen to music stored on my phone it doesn't turn down music when giving directions...is that normal? Am I missing something simple?

Using through line out into aux on my radio. Voice directions seem to still come from the phone and not through my speakers.:confused:

Sent from my OneX running CleanROM
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] nman123:
Same bump please help
[Galaxy S III General] farscope:
I have written this guide quite some time back during the first week of launch of this Galaxy S3 and forgotten to share this here in xda too. Hope this is able to help some newbie on using their S3 camera. Advance users probably will find my guide too basic.

I do welcome any feedbacks or comments if you found any mistakes or misleading information. :o

Disclaimer: This is not a professional review and all the findings and opinions are based on my own experience only.

Part 1: Hardware and Features

Part 2: User Interface

Part 3: Limitations

Part 4: Shooting Mode

Part 5: Scene Mode

Part 6: Summary and Conclusion

I'm aware for the new firmware I9300XXBLFB for the camera. Check the changelog

Some sample pictures you will find in the post.
[Galaxy S III General] farscope:
Sample pictures
[Galaxy S III General] sqlpro:
very nice review and good conclusion. well done. keep it up.

did you do any post processing at all on those pictures ? i notice less noise (compared to mine) even on high ISO ! i find lot of noise anything more ISO 200!

BTW my cam firmware ZDFE02.
[Galaxy S III General] farscope:
nope, no PP was done. all straight out of camera..

probably have to do with the brightness of the object u r shooting i guess. indoors with ISO 200 still give quite an amount of noise too.
[Galaxy S III General] farscope:
Camera Changelog for LFB/LF1 firmwares

blog updated with latest description for LFB/LG1 updates:

Camera Changelog for LFB/LG1 firmwares
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
nice work @op

can you make some comparison of pictures @ poor lighting conditions?
[Galaxy S III General] jgristy:
Great post. I know this camera isn't the best one you can get in a smartphone (probably still the iPhone 4S? Or the One X?), but it takes some really good shots, and knowing how to use it properly is all-important.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
I love this guide, really useful, thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] farscope:
what type of low light photos u looking for?

- low light indoor?

- low light outdoor?

- with flash or without flash?

i do have some poor lighting condition photos in the blog anyway. have a look.

or comparisons done by this forum member

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771006

yes, and no. the One X is not a better shooter when compared to S3. Reason bcz One X is not able to capture as much detail and sharpness as S3. The One X is only capable of getting a cleaner image during low light, thanks to its f2.0 lens. Other than that, S3 is a better shooter.

iPhone 4S on the other hand comes in neck in neck. it wins S3 in indoor shots, thanks to its f2.4 lens. But it's a no match for sharpness and details as well to the S3. the metering on 4S however seems better.

i will provide some links to let u have a look on the comparison shots.

http://www.gsmarena.com/pureview_blind_test-review-773.php

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_htc_one_x-review-759p5.php

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s3-vs-iphone-4s-vs-htc-one-x-vs-xperia-s-camera-test-50008056/

welcome.. just to help..
[Galaxy S III General] B3311:
Thanks, really useful guide, especially for the point-and-hope-for-the-best user - i.e. me....

Should be stickied IMO.
[Galaxy S III General] jgristy:
Thanks for those links. Very informative. Reading all this information about my new camera phone, I find I don't have all the new effects under the wand button (even though I've downloaded all available updates), and I don't have the button which lets you take photos during video recording.

Why do you think this might be?
[Galaxy S III General] farscope:
probably yr country hasn't receive the updates yet.. just wait for it..
[Galaxy S III General] rookverslaafde:
Thanks for the guide It whas very usefull