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[Asus Transformer TF700] h?2:
Sorry to push this, but I am really undecided after your previous comments and after having bought na Android phone that doesn't really make me happy software-wise.

Does anyone have more thoughts on this?

Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF700] d14b0ll0s:
The TF700 running Android is fine for all of these and in my opinion better than netbook running Windows, but it's far less comfortable to do some pro Office stuff on it, although not impossible. I think you'll be fine for these, especially with the FHD screen (I read many pdfs and I like it much better on my Infinity) and a rooted device (ssh, term), offline sync (esp. with Google) is also the best under Android IMHO.

The bootloader can be unlocked now, but you'll have to do some research yourself for the Linux capabilities there.
[Asus Transformer TF700] dalingrin:
I personally think its great for those use cases. I am a developer and I use it for remote development all the time via SSH.

I would not buy it if you expect to run Debian or any other Linux distribution on the tablet natively. It is more difficult to get Linux running that it would seem. This is especially true if you want a responsive UI because 2D accel is usually difficult. Without 2D acceleration then the already slow CPU will be bogged down just trying run the display. All that said, it is quite possible that we may get Linux running well on the TF700(I plan to work on this myself at some point) but I wouldn't count on it.

I was in the same boat as you but I actually find I rarely want/need a true GNU Linux set up on my Transformer. Much of what I would have used I wind up doing it via SSH. If you really needed to do it locally you could use a chroot.
[Asus Transformer TF700] h?2:
It looks like (binary :( ) drivers for X11 are available from nvidia and on their way into Debian:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=634100

So UI should be responsive with both 2d and 3d accel...

I have a device now, and I am not too happy with the software, e.g. there is no proper Free Software email client. K-9 mail is only designed for phones and the tablet version by the same people is proprietary.

I definitely want to persue the native dual boot plan. If you are also interested in this, maybe we can team up?

Other than that I am still waiting for CM builds, although I am unsure if they will actually improve the experience.

The hardware of the tf700t is really great, though, I absolutely love the display, the keyboard is ok, too and battery life is top notch.
[Asus Transformer TF700] anasp:
It's probably not what you want.

This may look like a rant, but I am writing this more as a cautionary tale so others can avoid making the mistake I did.

I'm the kind of person who obsessively researches everything before buying. When I bought the TF700, I made a very thorough search for features and drawbacks. I was aware that the RAM was not upgradeable, and that was fine by me. I saw the wifi and microSD slot issues the prime is plagued with - wifi coverage being a top priority for me along with battery life, and a safe SD card slot crucial if I was going to have just 32GB of internal storage), and I concluded the Infinity was a safer choice, even if I didn't care for the better screen. I was aware the processor had a different architecture, but linux runs on ARM and so does windows 8. What I was not aware of, because I did not even think it could work like this, is that this not a computer.

I really can't stress this enough. This is not a computer. There's no plain old bios, no freedom to partition your drive as you wish and installing whatever OS you damn well please. After plenty of bad experiences with warranties, I won't risk voiding it to unlock the bootloader (and a two-year warranty at that - the joys of being european), and even if I did, all I've recently read on dual booting gives me the impression of it being awkward and cumbersome to use - no friendly neighbourhood grub configuring, and way more firmware flashing than I'm comfortable with.

If you DON'T want to risk voiding your warranty, expect plenty of headaches trying to get linux running inside android , a non upgradeable linux image, and an unusable graphical interface. What was said about it being slow but okay for menu heavy stuff? It's not. Not, at least, if you plan on using a programming IDE like eclipse, it isn't. I spent the whole day today looking for VNC alternatives and trying to get RDP or X11 Forwarding to work (there is a basic X server android port which works with connectbot, after all), but getting the X server to start from the mounted ubuntu image has proven to be beyond my knowledge.

In short this has proven to be for me just an expensive web browsing toy, definitely more expensive than what I can afford if it's not going to be a true workstation. The worst part? It's a pretty awesome toy at that, and if fnac will let me exchange it, it will be pretty hard for me to part with it. I still love the TF700 for what it is, but I can't afford this and a new computer.

At first this looks like a laptop, quacks like a laptop... but won't really swim or fly. So, if you need more than web browsing, movie watching and document editing, save yourself the trouble and the hurt.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewstiff:
Nexus 7 "linked to Google account option" - safe to be resold without opening?

I got sick of waiting for my Play order N7 to be shipped so I bought one from Tesco Direct... but now the Play order is shipping. Ooops.

When I ordered I selected the option to have it pre-linked to my Google account. Can anyone who also selected this option tell me what the difference was when they first booted up the device?

I want to re-sell my Play N7 as "Brand new in box" but if it would be a security risk to give someone else a device pre-linked to my account then I would have to open it first to reset it.

Does it ask for your account password on first boot? If so, is it possible to ignore this and sign in as a different Google account (and not have any remnants of my Google account remaining after they do this)?

I did find a similar thread here but that was from before anyone had received their order and was just going on the word of CS reps; I wondered if anyone could confirm the situation now that orders have shipped...?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowanparker:
What's wrong with refusing delivery? Full refund so I've heard!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewstiff:
Nothing in theory but...

1) I'm having it sent to work as I live in a flat so it would be a pain to have it sent there during the day.

2) I'm on holiday after tomorrow (hence I was so desperate to get the device before I went away).

3) Our receptionists can be a bit dense so I don't entirely trust them with requests such as refusing delivery for a specific package, i.e. I'll tell them but I'll probably end up with the package when I get back anyway.

4) Now that they've sold out on Play, they are selling on eBay for more than I paid.

Because #3 might end up happening, I want to know whether I can execute #4 successfully ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamskub:
:good:

I got a 8GB PS Nexus 7 and sold it to a co-worker but opened it up first to check for defects and what not. If I recall correctly (was in a haze looking at the amazing device :P) it does require you to put in your password and also gives the option for another Google account. I skipped it all and booted into the home screen then decided to just factory reset. But if you don't want to open it, I'm lmost 90% sure you should be ok ;) Hope that helps :good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exzacklyright:
When did you order ? I ordered mine on the 15th and no shipping news yet.

Mandated from Stannis Baratheon
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcracken:
I can tell you for a fact--I forgot that I selected that option and when it said "Hey, jcracken!" it kinda creeped me out. It actually did say that, I think I also use that name for my Google+ account or something. Anyways, it does ask for your password, and there was a button that said "Not jcracken?"
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewstiff:
Ok thanks guys, I will attempt to get our reception to refuse delivery but if that doesn't work out at least I'm confident in my back up plan now! :good:

I ordered mine 1st July so just after the cut-off for receiving last week rather than this week.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arthur Hucksake:
I'm wondering if that was the cause of some delays in shipment. Does it come up before you even have a chance to connect WIFI? Means it was done at the factory.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
It comes up after you've connected to WiFi.

I'm pretty certain that the Nexus in the box knows nothing about your login id, and it is only when you've connected to the internet that it transmits the serial number or MAC address of the device to Google which in turn allows Google to "pre-populate" the login ID since they presumably maintain a database of which serial/MAC they dispatched to Play store customers.

Regards,

Dave
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emptybee:
For ultimate piece of mind change your Google password now that it has shipped, that way if (big if!) for some unknown reason it was shipped enabled with your account + password the account wouldn't be able to purchase anything :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Protocol 7:
I recently opened my N7 to fix my screen lifting (it worked!) but came across this when I was placing the cover back on. Along the side where the power and volume buttons are, there is a 4th button, and the label reads KEY4. Now, there are no plastic legs that would push that button in, but makes me wonder what the button was possible placed there for.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vidanay:
That's for the rear facing camera....oh wait...never mind.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouZiffer:
From the picture, it looks like that's the volume down button.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Protocol 7:
It's not. The volume down button is KEY3.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erica_renee:
not sure what it is but you should put some lotion on those dry skin hands.. You know you wife dont want them touching her soft skin..

maybe its a reset of some type. push it and see before you put the back on...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Not sure, but it lines up with an off-pattern dimple in the back cover. Also only 3 keys are mapped in the kernel driver:

static struct gpio_keys_button grouper_keys[] = {
[0] = GPIO_KEY(KEY_POWER, PV0, 1),
[1] = GPIO_KEY(KEY_VOLUMEUP, PQ2, 0),
[2] = GPIO_KEY(KEY_VOLUMEDOWN, PQ3, 0),
};
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferris2375:
did you try and push it?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dude2k5:
Says reset, but im running CM10, maybe can't reset on it?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Protocol 7:
Pressing the button while it's on yields nothing, like pokey9000 said.

The dimple in the pattern doesn't seem to do anything, and doesn't match up with the button when the back cover is attached. I'm pretty curious as to what this possibly could've been.

Here's another close up with the back cover.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cel1084:
You're absolutely right, Its just a little bit left over like the hole and ports for the camera. Apparently it was cheaper for Asus to just leave these little things in the mother board then completely redesign in.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dude2k5:
Reset
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Protocol 7:
Mine is completely different.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4d14n7:
Maybe for depot-level troubleshooting? During JTAG operations?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockaholic112:
Couldn't we repurpose this button? We would have to make a custom back for the device, but still.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brishen:
Making a custom back wouldn't be a great idea because all of the antennas are located in the back.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mayeuxj:
Camera???

I just watched the XDA unboxing video for this tab. Could this mysterious 4th button be for a camera that was not installed? The guy in the video showed where a camera was evidently planned but not installed. Just my best guess.:cowboy:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylerwatt12:
The original me370t had a reset button right below the volume rocker. Google didn't want it. Don't believe me? Check the FCC papers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hullbay:
LOL WTF
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adeon:
If you look at the middle at the top there is an empty hole, and also something labeled con3 above that there is also a sticker with a label me370t. Maybe that button was indeed something to trigger a camera a reset button, a home button, a dim, mute, or screen lock. What ever it was intended for we won't know unless Asus decides to actually release the memo 370. If they do I wonder if we will be able to turn our nexus to memos. I wonder is they left a trace for micro SD
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uh60m Pilot:
Someone posted a pic of this in another thread. Thinking it was for a factory reset option.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
Omg! Can you imagine.... our nexus 7's with rear cameras? Or SD card slots. In really wish they had an SD card slot :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieso:
Its the self destruct button (mission impossible music playing in background)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinceboiii:
Screw what that button is for! How did you fix your screen lift?! Is it hard and risky to do?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exris:
As there is rear camera slot, could this be dedicated camera button?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathbyenduser:
Not sure 100% what it is either. I work for an IT company in the area, servicing business and the public. Someone brought a Nexus 7 in that wouldn't power up or show a charge when I plugged it in. So I pulled the back and noticed that 4th button. I held the button down for about 20secs and out of curiosity I hit the top button to power it up and it worked. :good: Saves me from doing an RMA. :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @Malware:
That's factory reset button
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] icec0ld:
so i threw several jb roms onto my sprint gnex and now whenever i turn by turn navigate, jelly bean tells me turn left, turn right. however jb navigation doesn't tell me the names of what i'm turning onto unlike my e4gt ics turn by turn navigation... i have the english tts installed (as required for gnow). any help?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] animal24:
noticed the same thing. She thinks her gps is accurate enough for you to not worry about street signs I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
One sec guys...

Let me get you the file to fix it.

Edit:

Put this file in /system/lib/

and set permissions to rw-r--r--
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] greeced:
Stock GSM 4.1.1

Took a 2 hour trip, it announced all street names fine, fluid too.. even had fluctuations in the pronounciation of street names just as if an actual person was speaking.

Noticed over 4.0.4 too that street names such as Stonecliff are now pronounced correctly, not like "Stone - E - Cliff" the way 4.0.4 was pronouncing it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] icec0ld:
that worked perfect! thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Koshatul:
Looks like it expired, what was the file ?

My boss had the same problem (I use a custom TTS package) and we solved it by setting the System Language to the same as the TTS language. (Was en_AU and en_UK (no en_AU voice in the free ones), set it to en_UK for both and it worked)
[HD2 Android SD Development] Learning Never Ends team:
♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ [23 JUL][SD/MAGLDR] Leo King 2.3.6 ICS 4.0.4_CM9_Rc2_Bulletproof! ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛

This build is ported from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725640 (Thanks Bologna) using Portadroid http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094372 (thanks boonbing)

Credits and thanks to Bologna, tytung, boonbing, CM9 team, cmhtcleo & team, securecrt, Xylograph, Rick_1995, ankuch, Cotulla, DFT, Cedesmith, Milaq, Dorimanx, Gogodu5sU, Marc1706, Securecrt, Texasice, Ravmp78, Melethron, Clyder, YZ and all hyperdroid team, MrDSL, Mirko ddd, Gio-lokj, Grintazzo, G.andy, Lucadp, Linus98, Wild.davide, Clownchico, zeppelinrox (for V6 Supercharger, see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16635544#post16635544), and the ROM Betatest team : Rfale, Linus98, Carlusmagnus, Gio-lokj, Art.ar, Andy.g, Juancarlos.g, Lucadp, Andrews83 and Foxbuddy. Sorry if we have missed any

We (wis1152 & Robbie P) are not developers, but hope to be able to provide ongoing support for this thread. Although Bologna has said that this is the last CM9 version.

Instructions:

Well you know just extract everything and put the ICS folder in the root of your sd card. If WM6.5 tap on clrcad (nothing appears to happen) then haret, if magldr navigate to ICS folder using ad-sd dir and select ICS folder then boot AD SD.

Please read the NAND thread for information, but post any problems etc here in the SD thread.Thanks.

Please remember to REBOOT X 3

Download http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u1z274jg3dbahgr md5sum=25c2b9f2b6db983b1dfc0662cab69ff1

Mirror http://d-h.st/OX2
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
For Softkeys, use a root browser and add the following line to /system/build.prop (put the line at the end and press return) then reboot

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

Change to =1 to remove

To re-assign or add keys, go to settings/system/navigation bar and follow instructions
[HD2 Android SD Development] 2alive:
Thanks,

Downloading, can´t wait to try it.

Feedback in a couple hours.
[HD2 Android SD Development] arungk2:
thanks

thanks for your efforts

and time

dear friends robbie and wis.

keep up the good work

hundreds and hundreds of us come everyday to xda because you guys are putting in passion into what you love

and sharing that love with us

hats off to you
[HD2 Android SD Development] 2alive:
so far very smooth and fast.

litle problem though, no email app...
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
Just DL one from market;)

Thanks
[HD2 Android SD Development] stinkyload:
Softkeys

How do you activate softkeys like in pictures?
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
see post#2, hidden power is to the right and hidden search is to the left
[HD2 Android SD Development] Shaumaaa:
Seems very very nice. I'm using cm9 nightlies right now and I'd like to switch to this one. Now, the problem is how to transfer everything to this, new rom. Do I only have to copy ext4 or?

THANK YOU GUYS, YOU ROCK! :D
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
You could try to put a COPY of your data.ext4 from nightly into new build folder. Will probably work, as both builds are CM9. If you have problems then do a fresh install. Good luck.
[HD2 Android SD Development] leonore:
Woow....great work as always

Testing now-looks very nice!

Google Backup works well..

Data works..etc..

Thank you so match..

Regards
[HD2 Android SD Development] SpiriTwin:
Very Smooth

Thank you for that rom

Is very smooth and well served.

My only concern is about the Local Contacts when you set up a google account (even if SYNC is off); but this is not related to your ROM, but missing from all 4.0.4 ROMs.
[HD2 Android SD Development] sfeira31:
I'm good to test the rom and I'm really enjoying

but I have a "problem" images that have the sd card does not appear in the gallery and rom not recognized then the sd card so it will be rebooted and still not appear in the gallery.

moreover all operating

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managed by the app gallery to view the images is so create a folder at the root of memory card to say something such as wallpapers
[HD2 Android SD Development] arungk2:
very smooth

one serious bug i noticed is searching contacts not working contact list goes blank,

so you are forced to go to all contacts and scroll up and down to look up a particular contact.
[HD2 Android SD Development] as46:
data

This maybe a stupid question.

How do you get a 1GB data file as the storage is only 512 MB

Thanks
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
I have heard stupider questions;)

The 1Gb data.ext4 sits on your sd card, so can be any size. Limited of course by the size of sd and how much stuff is on it. The 512Mb is internal RAM storage on EU model (1024Mb on TMOUS).
[HD2 Android SD Development] fadge:
Guys I've tried almost all SD builds, I've yet to find one the works well enough all the time.

They all work to some degree, but some are unusable with delays fc's etc.

This one was looking good untill I went to add in my exchange email, no option ? no email icon either?

I run wp7, but it ****s me with shocking battery life 1/2 day max, no options for timed/on/off peak sync or as we use ics "quiet hours"

The last few ics builds have been good on battery, great to custimize to suit my work/home life, but its just things like freeze ups, data dropping, needing to restart etc that is causing issues.

Tried different mem cards etc,

All the builds (inc this one) look great and run ok UNTILL I add basic apps and sync gmail etc

gmail 16,000 + emails

exchange 4000 + emails, full calendar, 600+ contacts etc,

3 other email accounts with about 1000 emails in total

I must be missing something with sd builds, they get so laggy etc.

Any suggestions on sd cards, formating or cluster size etc ?

Before I finish, a BIG THANKS to guys who put all the time and effort into these HD2's for us, your doing a fantastic job.

Thanks

fadge
[HD2 Android SD Development] as46:
How do you increase the size to 1gb?
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
Wow thats a lot of synching to do, I wonder whether a nand HD2 ICS ROM would cope with it too.

With sd card, try sd speed increase set to 3072 as wis1152 suggested elsewhere. Format with sd formatter 32kb clusters (I think).

Thanks for feedback fadge

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It depends on whether you have already put loads of data and apps on it.

If not AND you are booting from wm6.5, edit startup.txt (using a text editor, not word) and change data_size=256 to 1024 or whatever

If you are booting from magldr and want a new blank data.ext4 try here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24930501&postcount=1353 or if that don't work, here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28873233&postcount=32

If you wish to re-size your existing data.ext4 try toporesize (cant find link ATM)
[HD2 Android SD Development] adry1988:
not loading

for some reason its not loading for me!

can anyone help?
[HD2 Android SD Development] gazzacbr:
yes, there is some reason.

most people on these forums can help, but not if you dont tell us what youve done or what you have.

are you trying to load this on the Sony Ericsson in your sig?

because that would be a good reason ;)
[HD2 Android SD Development] NYSEAN1:
Great build!!! No offense to anyone....I can say that this is THE smoothest and most stable ICS SD build I have used so far. One problem that I found in all of the other ones is the device wake up lag...which is a pain in the neck when trying to wake it up to make a phone call quickly....sometime device never woke up. This build does not have that issue and neither does it have any of "not responding" issues so far....this is a great improvement. Not to mention it is smooth and fast and has no significant lags. Thanks for your hard work. very well done..and think I finally found a daily ics sd build!!!!

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Try quickpic (free) from market....very solid app!

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I don't gmail is the issue...I don't think it is synced to your sd card...it should be cloud based. I primarily use gmail and never deleted any of gmail(be careful what you write) for 7 years.....however exchange email may very well be the culprit. For your use, you should try at least 2GB data...just by changing data_size to 2048..I am not sure it would support it. Check it first. I really like this rom a lot over all others I have used. Good luck!