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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imajamoke:
Verizon Galaxy S3 USB Solution for Win 7 32bit

Well, after reading about a dozen posts and so-called fixes. It all boiled down to uninstalling the Samsung Driver & Kies (if you installed separately). This def works for Verizon SCH-I535 Galaxy S3 16MB with 4.0.4 load.

1. Uninstall Kies, Uninstall Samsung Driver, reboot. Reboot your phone just to be safe.

2. On your S3 select Settings-->Developer-->Enable USB Debugging (hit ok at the prompt). Don't tweak anything else here. You MUST have the Debugging turned on for phone to connect to PC.

3. Plug-in the Samsung USB cable to PC (there was some discussion on which USBs work and which don't ... so you can try different USB ports if #4 fails to work below)

4. Windows will then install whatever driver(s) it needs and whala, you can now access your S3 via Explorer...it will show up as a phone, not an actual drive.

Hope this helps and saves you the time and frustration I experienced. I never saw the little USB icon on the S3 until I wiped all the Samsung and Kies drivers from my Win 7 system & enabled debugging on phone. So the issue lies with Samsung and their crappy Kies tool...their driver does not work for S3 (i.e., the standalone download that Version posts on their site). Go with the Windows Update driver (which is auto) and you should now be able to connect via USB to your S3. Again, this works for Win 7 32bit with Android 4.0.4.

-Cheers!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xjjk:
I have an old pc running xp. Nothing worked until I installed kies on both the phone and the pc. YMMV.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpierrec:
Hi all,

I have my TF300T for one week now and I'm really impressed by it.

However, I'm upset by all Ad I get while browsing over the net (on my PC, I use FF and adblock and there is no Ad). Unfortunatly FF on Android is not fast and I prefer Dolphin. But there is no Adblocker for dolphin.

I search threads and I saw at least 2 Ad blocks on XDA: AdFree and Adaway.

Is there anyone that had installed one of them on our tablet to tell if both works and which one is the best ?

Thanks for your replies.

Note: sorry for my english, but I'm french.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rxpert:
I use adfree on my phone and its awesome. You can get it from the market for free to make sure you have the newest version

You need to be rooted for it to work though
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vap_66:
I've used both on my phone and my tablet, and I find AdAway much better than AdFree.

Trimis de pe ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitrus-:
Same here, my vote goes to Adaway. Just remember to enable the webserver under settings (autostart) and enable redirect, and auto-update as to keep it updated and fully effective.

Skickat från min Transformer Pad TF300T via Tapatalk 2
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpierrec:
Thanks for the info but what is the use of the Web server?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UndisputedGuy:
Any that work without root?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vap_66:
No.

Trimis de pe ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrpierrec:
I installed adaway and it works like a charm...

Thanks for the informations
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnel71:
AdAway gets my vote. Took ads away that AdBlock did not.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iceman248:
Can anyone clarify what the "Allow redirections" setting does exactly? I cannot understand what it does. For one, it's not enabled by default, but I see pitrus suggested it. I just want to understand what it means.

Also, the webserver one too. I kinda get that some apps won't work, but I don't believe I've had that problem, so therefore I don't think I would need to bother running in background unless I notice an app not working down the road.

Thanks.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyokeun1234:
It works great without touching any of that, so don't worry about it
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] al89nut:
If not rooted, try Opera as follows http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1372622

---------- Post added at 12:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 AM ----------

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1372622
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andtheedgoesmoo:
I'm having this issue where whenever I call someone, they can't here me even though I can hear them. But when I put my phone on speaker they can hear me perfectly fine. I don't think it's a hardware issue because when I record my voice with the recorder I can here my self but the volume is very low. Any fixes?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Sounds like it is a hardware issue, actually... Like something is blocking the lower mic. Speakerphone uses the upper mic.

If you are comfortable with opening up your phone yourself, you can check the lower mic, and re-seat the rubber housing that's on it.

If you're not comfortable with this, take it to a service center.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kaaji1359:
Hello,

I've been MIA on these forums for quite some time so I'm very rusty and out of date on the ROM scene. I flashed a ROM back in March or so and and haven't touched my phone since, despite the fact that my GPS after I flashed has been horrendous; my phone cannot and will not keep track of where I am for more than 10 to 15 seconds and takes up to 5 minutes to re-locate me. Sometimes it will work continuously, but rarely.

So with that said, how is CM9's GPS? Also, is there a list of issues that have not been resolved since the Beta 1 release?

Or can anyone suggest a ROM (ICS) that they use where their GPS works like on stock?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] UZ7:
The GPS I use a lot is either Google's Navigator or Navigon (by Garmin) and I used it a lot all last week and I'm using CM9, it finds me really quick. Someone on the forums linked me to this as well and it patches the GPS to use more satellites so you can try that one as well and it helped me when my GPS was sluggish.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1438129
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cojomojo:
Try Sky ICS UCLF6 Att official by seanzscreams. Great rom all around. I use Google nav and it works great
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
I'm amazed that when in landscape the buttons don't stick to the right hand side like they do on the GNex, it's a terrible waste of real estate.

Do you guys have any ideas if a hack will be possible to achieve this? (Given it's the case with the GNex it can't be that hard I guess?)
[Nexus 7 General] Nexcellent:
Should be renamed to "Soft buttons minor annoyance" :D
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
Well you say that, I think I'm going to be DSR'ing the tablet due to it.
[Nexus 7 General] randpost:
Eventually developers will make the Nav bar hideable and most likely moveable and smaller via dpi changes like on the Galaxy Nexus. You might want to give custom ROMs a chance to mature before returning the N7.
[Nexus 7 General] xopher.hunter:
Do it, you obviously did not buy this to customize it to your liking. Get an ipad
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
ROFL, is that the ultimate insult on these forums :D

I don't want an iPad, just an option to anchor the soft button area.
[Nexus 7 General] m52 power!:
It's coming!
[Nexus 7 General] BrianDigital:
I believe modacos rom will be putting it like that real soon
[Nexus 7 General] Souai:
its done for a reason.

the majority of newer phones are launching with the 1280x720 resolution with hard keys, and as a result, app devs are designing apps for 1280x720 resolution. our resolution is 1280x800, so what google does is rotate the keys so it uses the bottom 80 rows of pixels, leaving the rendering area at 1280x720 for games and apps. this way, we still get games and apps at full resolution, whereas with devices that keep the soft keys in the same place, the resolution gets cut down to 1196x720, and then games get shrunk to either 1196x720 or 1196x672 with black bars.

i personally have no problem with it at the moment, but ive only had my device for a few hours of play time. ideally, i'd like it relocated to the top so i dont hit it when im playing games, but tis a minor gripe.
[Nexus 7 General] ock:
Yes indeed ;)
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
Great stuff, thanks for the heads up on the rom, I'll check it out
[Nexus 7 General] xopher.hunter:
Haha I guess it is. Well it looks like modaco has you covered.
[Nexus 7 General] blackhand1001:
Android doesn't work like that. Games do not have a fixed aspect ratio.
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
Yep, one of many reasons why I wouldn't buy an iPad, I felt a custom mod would fix this and indeed it did
[Nexus 7 General] coolxal:
So both the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have dynamic capacitive buttons instead of actual physical buttons. I was actually under the impression that this black bar was a separate capacitive display from the main display. Now that I actually see a Nexus 7 in person, this black bar appears to be just a part of the screen.

So am I actually getting 1280 pixels?
[Nexus 7 General] StupidIdea:
If you have root, you can try GMD HideBar XDA.

And GMD GestureControl also supports Nexus7.

These are just root apps, not system mods.
[Nexus 7 General] coolxal:
So part of the 7" 1280x800 screen is being used by the controls... I guess except for videos and pictures.
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
Correct, apps can go full screen, like the default video player, but most don't which is very annoying playing games in landscape mode.
[Nexus 7 General] straxusii:
Just to follow up I've now enabled tablet UI (160 DPI) on the N7 and I think that deals with my issues with the softkeys, I will try a mod to anchor them to the right in landscape mod when a free one comes out.
[Nexus 7 General] djd338:
We need a mod. A mod like the CM7 tablet settings, where you have the option to select "Softkeys Left, Right, etc". CM7 also options which softkeys you want, and in what order. Without changing dpi. That would be tits
[Nexus 7 General] hotleadsingerguy:
No offense, but to the people that didn't see this coming or don't understand how it works...have you not seen any N7 videos? It even was displayed at Google I/O this way...it's nothing new.

The reasoning is simple: In Landscape mode, putting the buttons along the bottom bar means the app can utilize 1280x720 pixels of real estate. It's specifically meant to do this. Keeping the buttons on the side would cut you to 1200x800...which messes up the ratio and would require extraneous black bars when viewing HD videos. It would look ridiculous. The Galaxy Nexus gets around this by shrinking away the buttons completely, in some locations, but doing that here would run into the same issue: You'd have the exact same black bars, just without the buttons in that space.

Also, if you expected developers to take care of it...why were you going to return the device? This *is* a minor annoyance, not a major issue. It doesn't stop you from doing anything you want with the tablet.
[Nexus 7 General] IPvFletch:
Check out the "Tablet UI" thread/hack and maybe that will make you slightly happier, at least it will look somewhat different...
[Nexus 7 General] coolxal:
Wow guy, who the hell was whining about returning it to the store because of the soft buttons? You just made that up.

It was a question. I thought the soft buttons were on a separate smaller capacitive display. djd338 wanted a mod to add more soft buttons. What's wrong with that? How is that whining?

And seriously you're one of those people whining about black bars on videos? You would actually rather have less screen real estate just so you can have no black bars when watching videos... let me guess, you would rather zoom in a video and cut off 25% of the video on the sides or stretch the video to fill the screen instead of having black bars. You do realize a lot of movies aren't even in 16:9 ratio.
[Nexus 7 General] BoredAtWork:
Anyone tried to put a iphone or samsung headset into the Nexus 7? does the in-line mic work?

Planning to use this for skype calling.
[Nexus 7 General] Nexus Phreak:
I used the ones that came with my Nexus One and they worked just great with Skype. :)
[Nexus 7 General] EvilDeadFan:
Yeah I would have to say it does too.

a normal 3.55mm headphone jack feels a tad loose in it.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] yogieajuz:
Hi,

Anybody know, where i can find leather case holster horizontal pouch with reasonable price?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] open1your1eyes0:
eBay for best prices. PDair.com for highest quality custom made.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] yogieajuz:
Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] projectD:
i just ordered one after one of the other members said he/she ordered it and it fit perfectly

http://www.wirelessemporium.com/p-1...zontal-leather-case-for-samsung-galaxy-s3.asp

mine shipped out today so hopefully it comes in next week.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] GTOJim:
Today Peel had an update and for the first time it's working, and working as it should. Peel CS had said Samsung would fix it with ICS release. Seems that was just smoke and mirrors as I'm running HC and after 8 months it finally works.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Itaintrite:
Worked fine for me on HC.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] robyr:
I love the people on this forum that take an anecdotal circumstance, like their certain device combo not working, and just put out blanket statements like it affected all of us and was some huge affront.

NEWSFLASH: A very small handful of you people had issues with Peel. The VAST majority did not. Same for the HC load on the Tab to begin with. A small subset of you had issues. NOT EVERYONE.

So please, keep this to yourselves. I am glad it works for you now, but for me Peel worked from its inception, and still works today. Jesus H. Christ.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] foxalot:
Back on my Thunderbolt I was able to force LTE only, which comes in handy while I'm at work and don't need to worry about voice calls and want a fast data connection. In my office the 4G reception is just weak enough to push me onto 3G, but the weak 4G connection is still much faster than the strong 3G connection.

Google only turned up the *#*#4636#*#* / Phone Info app method, which works fine for disabling LTE but not forcing it. I can select 'LTE only' with this method, but the selection doesn't stick and immediately reverts to 'CDMA/LTE/EVDO' if I press back or restart or turn off and on the radio.

Can someone please detail a way to force a 4G LTE connection or shed some light on why the method I've tried may be failing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trafalger888:
I believe if you download the app called phone info from the market it has an option for lte only...not 100% sure but worth a shot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] foxalot:
Using the phone info app is the same as *#*#4636#*#*, which, as detailed in op, doesn't work.

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trafalger888:
Ok and like I stated I wasn't sure if it would work and I do know it had the option...sorry for wasting your time by trying to lend a hand
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] foxalot:
No need to be defensive, thanks anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KrisPeezy:
:Bump:

I would also like to know if there's a way to force LTE.

or even a way to force 3g/4g only, no 1x. 1x totally kills my battery whenever my phone gets a bad enough connection, I'd rather just turn off mobile network than have 1x, but would be way easier if this was done automatically for me
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
{INTRO TIME!!}

Alright, so I've been following threads on native Ubuntu and other Linux on Iconia A500, and they all seem to be aimed at experienced developers and veteran Linux users. Although I'm new to XDA, I've been using Linux for a while.

This thread is aimed at new Linux users and those who need a command-by-command tutorial on building a rootfs and getting Linux up and running on their Iconias.

Everything is working besides GPS, bluetooth, and sound. I'll try to find a solution after I get to 10 posts.

***DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK***

OK, so here goes...

1) Make sure you have a multi boot boot loader on your tab. I use skrilax_cz ICS v6. If you don't have a boot loader, read this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1619913

2) Flash the recovery Linux kernel from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158260 and while you're at it, also download that xorg.conf, we'll use that later.

3) That kernel can only boot from mmc1p2, so you'll need to partition your SD card. Start by loading Ubuntu or a similar Linux distro on a computer and use GParted. Make a small general storage partition in FAT32, make a large EXT4 partition (this is where you will store Linux and boot it) and optionally, you can create a 1-2GB Swap partition.

4) Now here's where the real work starts.................................

4i) install qemu ARM stuff on your Linux machine. For Ubuntu - sudo apt-get install qemu-user-static

4ii) plug in your flash drive and locate the /dev point of the ext4 partition. For Ubuntu, use Disk Utility and it will be something like /dev/sdx2.

4iii) unmount partition 2. open a terminal, enter sudo mount -o /dev/sdx2 /mnt/Linux

4iv) run sudo qemu-debootstrap --arch armel sid /mnt/Linux

5) now your base system is installed. chroot into it using sudo chroot /mnt/Linux /bin/bash

6) install your wifi drivers apt-get install broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source firmware-b43-installer firmware-b43legacy-installer b43-fwcutter then download this http://www.mediafire.com/?ycq1ro22vrwks6z extract it and copy it to your sd card /lib/firmware

7) install your favorite window manager. I use XFCE4 - apt-get install xfce4

8)set root password - passwd root

9) type the password you would like to use for root. nothing shows up onscreen while you do this, but WORRY NOT. type exit to leave the chroot environment.

10) unmount SD card

11) pop into tablet, turn on while holding volume down (in portrait mode)

12) enjoy.

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Problem, Mobile OS's??
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
thanks for the step by step i managed to create a based system but i cannot install anything in it it says unable to locate package all the time what to do and thanks again
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
Look around for a debian sources.list and just copy and paste that into your /etc/apt on your SD card. then log back in and use apt-get update. after that, it should load.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
got the sources.list to update but every timei try to install something i get this E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. it saysim missing a ot of dependencies for wharever thingi try to install and im getting dpkg error one all the time
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Try

apt-get -f install
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
didnt work can upload your roofts for me

i recievethis error all the time for any app

/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory

/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory

/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)

Setting up resolvconf (1.63ubuntu14) ...

/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory

/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory

/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

start: Job failed to start

invoke-rc.d: initscript resolvconf, action "start" failed.

dpkg: error processing resolvconf (--configure):

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Errors were encountered while processing:

resolvconf

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
I try installing the wireless drivers and i got it to download the only problem is dpkg they cannot be install
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
Run dpkg --configure -a and try it again. If it doesn't fix it, please post the output. Also try copying the qemu ARM translator into /use/bin on the SD card. I'll have to post my image when I get home since I'm on vacation ATM.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
where do i get the qemu arm translator i couldnt find it thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
Run sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras-static and you should find it in /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static

It also sounds like the package "resolvconf" is incomplete. Try reformatting your SD card and reinstall your distro. Then install try to install something small. I'll upload and link my rootfs as soon as I get home.
[Acer Iconia A500] stumpy_002:
Hoping for bluetooth!

Thanks for this tutorial! How hard do you think it would be to implement Bluetooth? I have a Bluetooth keyboard I would really like to use with this.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
Thanks again for the tutorial but ill wait for you to upload your roofts having a hard time installing something in chroot environment
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
I've heard Bluetooth is included in the broadcom drivers, but it has to be accessed in a weird way. Since I don't use it, I haven't messed around with Bluetooth settings. You should try installing a Bluetooth manager (like bluez) and post what happens. It may work! My real focus as of now however is sound.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
did you try the fix in native ubuntu tread in page 36 for sound and whenare you gonna upload your roofts a i wanna try that
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
Do you mean the command to fix sound permissions? Yeah, I tried it. I think I'll reinstall the tegra package though and then run it again. And I'll probably upload it to Google or Mediafire on Saturday. I'll rebuild it and give you guys a clean install and then update my OP.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
ok man cool ill be looking forward forthose rootfs
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
I'll upload both a tarball and a compressed img. Sometimes the tars don't unzip correctly and I wanna make it fail safe.
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
How's some pictures for now? I can't wait until I'm back at my desk so you guys can have a look at this rootfs. If anyone gets sound to work, let me know how.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
Man why i cannot create the file system successfully i would like to try different desktops environments
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
In your defence, Linux can be tricky sometimes. Hopefully I can build this tar all without complication. What desktop environment would you like me to include?
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
i would like to try kubuntu
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
I'll see what I can do. It may not be Ubuntu, and as long as KDE supports ARM.
[Acer Iconia A500] el.quechon:
Just dont worry xfce4 will do just fine
[Acer Iconia A500] Kevin Roscom:
Alrighty. Well now that I can post in the dev section, I'll try to make this Linux thing as seamless and easy as possible. I'll keep you updated, and keep this guide fresh.