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[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] 九千.:
There are more reasons for getting a Windows 8 tablet if you buy for your b/d, and you should even get the Surface 8 Pro rather than RT for running native Intel applications. I'm not a pro-MS but when they do something good we should attend to it, like kinect.

Regarding the UI, what else can they do when Apple patented round rectangular? :crying: Joking aside, have you gone to a Nokia shop and try out that edgy UI in Lumia? It is surprisingly intuitive and maneuverable. Of course, if you are looking for devices that run Android apps, you may forget to take Surface into consideration :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] SM05:
I don't actually have a kinect add-on for my Xbox. :) Sorry, but I just can't stand Win8 tiles interface. :silly: I know MS had to come up with something different but it's just not for me. Being a PC guy I know I'm gonna be forced to use it down the road but I think I'm gonna stick to Win7 for now. If anything, I'm more interested in Android development and tablets in particular. Just wish I had more free time. Need a tablet for that too. :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CooLoserTech:
Anybody find any good quality cases? I found a few

http://www.amazon.com/CrazyOnDigita...8&qid=1342903108&sr=1-5&keywords=nexus+7+case

and

http://www.amazon.com/BLUREX-Multi-...8&qid=1342903108&sr=1-9&keywords=nexus+7+case

share yours
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backslashV:
I went for this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0061GJTXG/ref=gno_cart_title_2

Also check this out: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LSUR3M/ref=gno_cart_title_1
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robdroyd:
The Case Logic sleeve looks excellent.

I've had one of their netbook size sleeves for over 5 years now- and it still looks brand new.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Fitz:
There's a bunch of discussions on cases in the accessories section.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Dracogt:
Not sure if this should go in the CM Q&A since it is CM9 not CM7.

I'm using the unoffical CM9 ROM (I would post in that section, but it doesn't allow first time posters in a dev thread). I just wanted to know if anyone else is experieceing issues with google voices' visual voicemail not working in the dialer. It's a new feature in ICS. I can click play next to the missed call and it goes to the right screen, but it either is not playing the message or its got no audio. Probably just a bug, just wasn't sure if it is a common one amongst CM9 roms.

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] ai6908:
Yea it doesn't work for me either. But it has never worked for me in any of ics. Not sure if it will work in GB.

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madcar86:
Whenever I turn on my KF it goes to TWRP. I have read in the forums that it is probally stuck in fastboot mode. So I tried to use KFU and set it to normal boot, but all it says is waiting for device. Also it says ADB status offline and boot mode unknown. I have tried to use adb but I am a complete noob and have no clue how to get it working. I cant even get the drivers to install for some reason. Can someone point me to a guide or perhaps help me solve my problem. I dont think I am bricked just stuck. I could use some help. Thanks you in advance.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Yeah all the more reason you shouldn't be messing with the internals of your device but try reboot then select system if it goes to twrp your not stuck n fast boot your stuck in a recovery loop

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

If you remain stuck in a recovery loop go to mount make sure you have no checks in the boxes of system and data then go to wipe wipe factory reset wipe cache wipe dalvik wipe system then go to install flash rom zip flash gapps then reboot select system if prompted and it should boot .

---------- Post added at 02:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:20 PM ----------

That is if you have a rom and gapps to flash and always make a backup prior to performing any wipes or flashes
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madcar86:
I tried wiping everything and reflashing. I didn't do the gapps. I'm not even sure I have the gapps on it. Just some rooms and backups. I will try the it again and report. Thx
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
a backup would be the best just perform all the normal wipes and restore it just never wipe your sd card :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
I bought a new USB cable that was supposed to work for data/sync and charging for my phone. It worked fine as a charging cable, but my PC did not detect my phone's USB connection so I can't access my sdcard or get into Fastboot or Flashmode. When trying to get into Fastboot, I see a very brief blue blip, but that's all. Flashmode doesn't turn green at all.

I have tried this now on 2 different PCs with several different cables that have worked OK previously and have not had any updates done to them. On a third PC, I'm able to connect to the USB port and access the sdcard, but Fastboot and Flashmode still are not detected. I thought I had read something about this problem before, but I've not found any answers. Is this something that Alejandrissimo might be able to fix, or is it strictly a hardware issue and insurance time? I am able to return the phone to a stock, unrooted state if need be.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
I would return it to stock state and see if that fixes it. I remember reading about a similar issue once. I too will try to find it and see if there was a solution.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
Nope - It was actually a failing/failed USB port. I took it to Best Buy and sent it off for repair/replacement and have a loaner phone to use until it comes back in later this week.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
Ouch. That sucks. Sorry man. Hopefully you get it fixed and not a replacement. Suck to to have to reunlock the bootloader again. Just cuz I am curious what phone did they give you? Hope to jeebus its not and iPhone....haha. kidding
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
Nope, it is a loaner Play.

And, yeah, I'll have to pay to get the bootloader unlocked again, but that's life.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] drbveb88:
I was informed today that Verizon is pushing out the new Ota already. If you haven't gotten it you will soon. 2 questions....

1. Do we have to Odin back to stock to receive the update?

2. Will there have to be a new process to root after we accept the ota?

Should this have gone under the Q and A?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ali87va:
I think this has already been discussed. The nee ota is nothing more than the search feature dumbing down and a new baseband+kernel. I believe you can root this with the current method. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sfobrien:
Why mess up your root? Just give it some time and the devs will probably have the update rooted and ready to flash with Odin !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] pkd600:
Can anybody confirm that these will not auto-install?

On my HTC Incredible, I would just hit install later, but the popup would come back every 15 minutes.. very annoying!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nosympathy:
Soon as the update comes out I will have a fully deodexed rooted zipaligned version available.

If I can figuire it out, I will also make an Odin image out of it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] drbveb88:
Great point! Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] neh4pres:
No thanks, i don't want a dumbed down search. Does anyone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] enomele:
No one does. But literally its as simple as putting the old search apk back into the new rom or ota. Nothing to be worried about :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] enomele:
Double post please delete.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Nightwind Hawk:
I love how Samsung and Verizon take so long to release updates - except when it's to take away the features on your phone. They get those out pretty quickly.

Does this OTA have any benefit??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] antispiral:
Any way to block this ota? I have root access
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tech9tcv:
I don't remember where I read this but you have to freeze FWUpdate.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Cruiserdude:
It's been pretty well established how to restore proper search functionality. The real question should be what do the kernel and radios do? Any improvements in reception or battery life? Any improvements in device performance? And most importantly, does this change anything regarding bootloader unlocking research and work-arounds?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] pkd600:
How do you freeze this? I have force stopped it, but for me "disable" is greyed out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Beknatok:
You can freeze apps with Titanium Backup.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] pkd600:
Thanks, didn't even think to do that for some reason. I just froze FWUpgrade, SDM & VZWUpdate in Titanium Backup.. can anyone confirm if there's anything more that needs to be frozen?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] papi92:
Here 1. Don't accept it. 2. We can pull radio and kernel and install those.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nosympathy:
Update should fail anyway if you don't have a stock recovery. They generally require a stock recovery to update the phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Schaweet:
I consistently get -75 to -85 dbm so I really don't think there is a reception issue with the 4G radio for me. Now the WiFi is awful for me. That could be improved. GPS is sick.... I lock on in about half a second

Sent from my SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] invisiblek:
FYI guys, we can still root using the same method after the OTA (VRALG1)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Serinety:
Lucky you. I get-110 to -115 (yup I drop calls 9 times out of 10. My wife's rezound gets -50 to -60 sitting right next to my s3.

And I came from a rezound. Never had a single signal problem with it.

Either my phone is bad (have a replacement. Coming Monday) or hopefully this update fixes it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nosympathy:
Just flashed the latest baseband and am about to check.

I get around the same signal with this as you are, and around -89 with the rezound.

Only note with this though, is both phones read signals differently. Technically the S3 doesn't have worse signal from what I have come to see, but it thinks it does, and shows a terrible connection.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jackdubl:
Do we need to freeze all these?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Cruiserdude:
Again, unless the kernel breaks something that we need, like kexec, I see no need to bother blocking it. As soon as it starts to push, we have a few guys who have already said they'll make proper rooted system.img's for us, with varying levels of modification I'm sure, and OTA Rootkeeper may work. Again, if the kernel doesn't break anything useful or close possible exploits, then the only known negative is the removal of universal search. That fix is as simple as finding the "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk" in /system/app/ and making a copy of it to your sdcard. When the update pushes, simply move it back to /system/app/, install it, and set the permissions. Sure, I would wait until there is a proper rooted system.img available, and some of the more hardcore guys have had a chance to look at the kernel to make sure it doesn't hurt us, but all that will happen well before the update is forced on you, and likely before you even get the push if you're not checking all the time.

I for one like improved radios, we just need to make sure the kernel isn't a step back and then it will be business as usual.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stkiswr:
One rumor is Verizon is actively trying to patch up all root access. They want the phone locked down. I hope I am wrong but in all reality they are releasing software that they want to be unbreakable. That gives them a leg up by saying how secure the gs3 is compared to other makes and actually an advantage to way more consumers than the modding community.

It would be irritating and refreshing in the same sense that if they did correct the back doors to get in then they would have finally tackled what they have wanted this entire time. A flagship 100% secure phone. Lame for us...good for them. It would open them to being able to sell yo different markets such as government contracts if they could be proven to be fully locked down.

Common sense ...you will have to be on the original firmware to accept. It will break root. It may be harder getting next time.

One thing for sure is that it isn't just a patch to delete a search feature.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Noxious Ninja:
They could make a secure phone and still allowing flashing via Odin. Being unbreakable from the inside doesn't mean you can't allow a physical cable to bypass your restrictions.

Now, corporate/government sales are another story. You wouldn't want your employees modding their workphones and installing custom ROMs, sure. However, they could just as easily make it an eFuse type thing where corporate/government clients run an app which irreversibly turns off the ability to flash unsigned software. It's not like any security-minded business is going to be handing consumer phones directly to their employees without provisioning them with the software the company needs, anyway.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] stkiswr:
I am not disagreeing. I only believe Verizon is/will be making it harder and harder. The gs3 IS the example. Impossible, no. Harder, yes. I only think it will get tighter as the updates roll in.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Tepifan:
OP post is junk. Delete this thread or move it.

Get this junk thread out of development. If you can't read the rules, don't post. Simple as that. THERE'S A SEPARATE FORUM FOR THIS FLUFF. YOU ARE NOT A DEV, DON'T POST HERE.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KennyG123:
What is this doing in Development?

Thread moved

FNM
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patass:
I want to create a task that launches play music, and plays the last song I left off on when I get in my car and connect to my bluetooth radio. I have Tasker already, I'm just a bit lost. Any tips? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mike216:
I never liked touchwiz when I bought my vibrant and couldn't wait to throw a pure manilla AOSP build.

I skipped the G2 and waited and bought a Galaxy nexus that I've been using for 7-8 months so far. I love the features of jelly bean and this is where Google leaves them far behind in the dust.

I've been very impressed with Samsung's TW on my T-Mobile G3. It seems they listened to the masses and implemented many useful mods that we shoot straight for after root and recovery. I'm surprised many drop it for ICS CM9 builds. I feel its going backwards. I can understand jelly bean because Google search works perfect and the keyboard is great along with the build and everything also JB brings.

I love this TW and for the first time of my Android experience I'm going to stay on stock based roms.

Just my opinion but this is the beautiful thing about android. There is no right or wrong roms there's user choice. This just happens to be my view. I'm really looking for opinions. With android you get what you want and this awesome community drives the innovation forward.

Take care community
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] hunterbeav:
I love T.W......:cool:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sailindawg:
I'm new to android coming form iPhone's. I very much like the change. I like this version of TW on the SIII. My only gripe is that one cannot use auto rotation to landscape the home screens. I loaded Apex launcher to be able to have landscape on my home screens. If TW provided this feature, I'd probably still be using TW. I do like the ability to resize widgets that Apex provides though. ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
i hate touchwiz. it looks like crap and there is nothing i like about it. i like stock android but i got this phone for its hardware and screen. since touchwiz can be removed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mike216:
Use apex launcher. Its great and problem solved
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blackguy101:
I know im in the minority and I will most likely get flamed but....I think..I kinda prefer tw over stock 0_0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mike216:
Why get flammed, it's all about what you like and this was my point also
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Srambo217:
TouchWiz is great, just wish it showed in the app drawer on NFC Task Manager so my phone would kick to the homescreen when it touches the tag by my night stand charger.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mike216:
I looked in my box and couldn't find any of those cool tags? Damn t-mobile
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] natefish:
This sums up my reasons for not using TW. I definitely prefer Apex. It is very sharp and feature-filled. It's never "cartoony" or missing something that other launchers leave out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] vinuneuro:
Apex is wonderful. Looks good and has many useful features while retaining the good things of Touchwiz, but it just isn't as smooth as Samsung's launcher. My biggest gripe with TW is the inability to increase rows/columns on the homescreen. I might give stock ICS another shot though I didn't like it at all the first time I tried it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Srambo217:
Neither did my Verizon device, I grabbed these for a little over $5 w/ shipping for 5. Work great and are good for fiddling with http://www.buynfctags.com/nfc-tags/stickers/nfc-sticker-ntag.html

Also I just figured out that you can quick - swipe to other screens by sliding across the page indicator with TouchWiz. Pretty cool. For some reason whenever I use Apex Instagram and Seesmic force close. Weird.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] kthung:
To each his/her own. That's what makes android so great. Personally I don't mind TW at the moment, but I'll probably play around with other stuff once i get bored of it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] PatrickHuey:
This Touchwiz is WAY better than previous versions. I actually always use a launxher, but yet to on mine. Touchwiz is plenty fast and clean to me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] El Nivek:
Touchwiz has a lot of neat features but I don't like their design. The green toggle icons look terrible for me and its just too colorful for me taste. To each his own.

Sent from my iPhone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] kooltrini1:
Touch Whiz

I do like TW, many cool features.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jas27:
I'll be keeping TW.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jgalan14:
I think touchwiz would be better if they had themes like aokp/cm9(tmobile theme chooser) and will definitely make it much better, sens has something like it but not enough customization, tmobile theme chooser is the best that's why I always like aokp and cm9
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] ENCXBG1:
I like the scrolling dock so my screen doesn't look cluttered like the above. Custom home screen/app drawer transitions are really cool. Gestures to hide dock and notification bars are very nice. The ability to rotate home screens to landscape when the phone is in car cradle is essential.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] noy-z:
Definitely. I don't like having too many icons and Widgets cluttering my screen so a scrollable dock where I put media player shortcuts on are a must. And believe it or not, that ugly manilla folder TW uses is the real reason I can't stick with it!
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
Hey everyone, I accidentally soft bricked my Sensation.. I put the PG58IMG.zip into the root of my sd card and it said it updated. But when I tried to reboot it, it just showed the white HTC screen and the black android screen and it would go back and forth between both screens. Now it is only showing the white HTC screen.

Here's the info.

***locked***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-1.23.0000

RADIO-11.19.3504.29_2

OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227

eMMC-boot

Dec 26 2011, 12:14:25

PLEASE HELP!!!!!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
are you having ICS running earlier ? then that might be the problem

flash the 3.32 firmware universal zip to get back out of soft brick

firmware thread here
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
What exactly is an ICS?

And Thank you for Replying!
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Ics- ice cream sandwich rom - android 4.0

And gb - ginger bread - android 2.3 (I might use this after wards.. Soo)

And if you are running a gingerbread earlier.. Flash the 1.17 universal firmware from the earlier link I've provided

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
The phone was gingerbread 2.3.4

I was trying to get it back to stock so I could update
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
I answered in my previous post for this too

Check back the earlier post

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
I did the 1.17 that you suggested and now the top says -revolutionary- instead of **locked*** But it still stays on the white HTC screen when I reboot it.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
post the details of bootloader here

also the complete output of this below command (except IMEI and serial number)

fastboot getvar all
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
Ok it's

-Revolutionary-

HBOOT-1.17.1111

RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M

eMMC-boot

And the P/N ?

The P/N: 99HNA003-00
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
i want output of "fastboot getvar all" command too actually (with phone connected to pc from bootloader/fastboot).

that will help me in determining the current status
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
Ok I'm going to fastboot and plugging into my computer but the driver isn't recognizing it.:mad:
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
just connect the device in bootloader to pc ...(phone should read fastboot usb after this ..if it is saying hboot ..press power button once)

make sure you connect the device to usb 2.0 ports and dont use any hubs

also try this first

fastboot devices (it should show your device)

also

you got all stuff fine and matching ..did you do a wipe or something using recovery? --(im thinking the error is from rom side now)
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
I tried to set it back to stock using the unlocker.com and everything went fine until it was time to put the ruu file, because there was no ruu file higher than my software version. So it probably is the rom :/
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
I can't figure out how to do the fast boot. when i plug the phone into the computer it says "fastboot usb" but my computer wont recognize it. Does that mean I can't fix the brick..? :(
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
No not at all..

You need to type the command from your adb folder.. (the folder where you got adb.exe and fastboot.exe) (I believe you have adb and fastboot setup.. If not let me know)

First go to that of adb folder

Then hold shift + right click - open command windows here

That will give you the.. Command window

Type there first

fastboot devices

It should show your device

Then fastboot getvar all

And post the output here (except imei)

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
I don't have it but I can download it, would I download this one? http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Follow this guide to setup adb and fastboot

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15306681

Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
I Got it!!!!!!!!! :D

Version: 0.5

version-bootloader: 1.17.1111

version-baseband: N/A

version-cpld: None

version-microp: None

version-main: 1.45.531.1

product: pyramid

platform: HBOOT-8260

modelid: PG5810000

cidnum: T-MOB010

batery-status: good

battery-voltage: 3800mV

Partition-layout: Generic

security: off

build-mode: SHIP

boot-mode: FASTBOOT

commitno-bootloader: 92e53710

hbootpreupdate: 11

gencheckpt: 0
[HTC Sensation] Kbenavides:
And do you think I can unroot it?