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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynnek63:
i think this is a huge blunder on Google's part. This device is geared towards content, but yet I can't add ePub books I've purchased from other sites and use it with the included book app. I have to add a third party app that takes up storage and diminishes the Google experience. If I have to use a third party app to read ebooks, why bother purchasing them from the Play Store? Google seems to be severely deficient in their marketing dept.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redb33s:
Google Play books

I bought two books from Google Play yesterday, and one of them didn't offer the option of downloading the epub to a computer. This led me to check quite a few other books, especially those on sale, and I found that the majority also didn't allow downloading to a computer. Of course, this means the books can't be read anywhere but through the Google Books app, and it isn't possible to remove DRM to allow for backup of the books on customers' own hard drives or cloud storage choices.

I have only bought a few books from Google in the past, and hadn't encountered this problem before. I'm not sure if their policies have changed, or if I happened to be lucky in my previous choice of books. I won't be buying any more books from Google if I can't make deDRMed backup copies. Even if I didn't want to deDRM the books, this change means that they can no longer be read with Nook or Sony ereaders or tablets unless they allow the addition of the Google Books app. I feel this is unreasonably restrictive, and I am not aware of a way to circumvent their controls (unlike with Amazon's or even iTunes' DRM schemes).

I have not yet contacted Google to ask if the non-downloadable books are a temporary glitch, or if they have done this on purpose.

Has anyone else noticed this? Does it bother you?

TLDR: Anyway, my point is that you should check books you plan to buy from Google Play, if you don't want to have those books be unusable anywhere but in the Google Books app.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taltamir:
DRMed music went the way of the dodo, thankfully. But the moment books are very much DRMed.

The vast majority of books can only be purchased with heavy DRM restrictions, stores that only allow DRM free books simply don't have them. You either pirate them or you are stuck with DRM.

Google play store, amazon kindle, and B&N nook store all allow heavy handed DRM so they all have a full selection of books (those heavy DRM books can be found in all 3).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ava.tar:
The nook app is cool.. If you download the kindle app you can place all your books in SD/kindle and it'll play most file types I think (PDF, epub, mobile, etc.)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonic:
+1 for Moon Reader Pro.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Braaank:
Hi everybody, i want to buy a samsung galaxy nexus and i think the best option es buying directly from the playa store but my question is: will it be working in spain with (Vodafone or orange) ? I saw that it sais unlocked but in google Support it sais that it only will work with USA providers. Could u help me please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kookooktchoo:
It's the same pentaband Nexus as the international version. So if the international version works on your carrier then the Play Store version will work on your carrier. It'll ship with a US charger though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragn4rce:
Yeah the one from the Playa Store will work.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Braaank:
Lol sorry for the mistake of "playa" it is the automatic corrector. Are you sure for your answers. I dont want to have any problem with put a sim card from México or spain.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kookooktchoo:
Jajaja Spanish autocorrect!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
They won't ship outside the US, but if you buy it in the US and then take it elsewhere, it'll work on any GSM carrier in the world.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragn4rce:
The GSM version will work almost anywhere.

And it's cool. Made me laugh when I read Playa Store.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
So now that we have some 4.0.4 roms out now, which ones are you using? Which is your favorite?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
CleanROM for life!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
CleanROM for sure. As long as scrosler keeps it up, I will be running CleanROM for the life of my phone. There's no reason to flash anything else.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] malox23:
CleanRom hands down

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] theking_13:
Nocturnal for me, constant updates, and Xs always implementing features that myself and other ask for.

Came from CleanROM btw. :p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iUseHtcOneX:
Sirius X because of the best battery life outta all of them.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] danix180:
Clean ROM

Clean ROM.

Better support, better stability and better looks ;)

Scott... my donation to you
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] nerk69:
Been using CleanRom for a while. Now with 4.0.4 it is very smooth and my battery life is a bit better as well. But the best part is, it just works and works well.

Thank you Scott.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] blaine.hale:
Uhhh, isn't against the rules to have "best" threads?

This should last..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kuroishi11:
Im probably going to load clean rom soon so that I can give that a shot. I was impressed when I saw someone with it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] SkookDroid:
All thats debatable :p Nocturnal is best for looks IMO
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rilo2009:
I currently use CleanRom as it is the most stable and best DD.

Nocturnal is snappier but it isn't nearly as reliable as Scott's Roms.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] w74132003:
clean

CleanROM +1
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
It's an opinion thread. Maybe someone who hasn't tried one of the roms yet will get some incite from others and decide they wanna try it. It seems like every thread on xda nowadays has someone that feels the need to tell the op that their thread is wrong or not wanted. If you don't like it, don't read it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] irvgotti:
Easy Ceanrom.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Polls like this also turn picking a ROM into a popularity contest, which it should not be. Just because a ROM is popular, does not mean it will be the best for your needs. I've had devices where the lesser known ROM by a new dev ran much smoother for me and suited my needs much better than the super-popular one.

These threads also encourage laziness. Just read through the ROM threads, pick the ones that look like they fit your needs, and try them out. Looking for a few recommendations to get started is not a bad idea. But to just pick one ROM based on a thread like this, and not try others is robbing yourself of trying out some pretty cool stuff.

Asking for the "best ROM" is always going to be problematic. There is no "best" ROM for all needs or preferences. "Favorite" would be a much better word to have used.

I don't personally have a particular dislike for this thread, just throwing it out there.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
Same. Unless ofcourse jellybean gets a stable port.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
We'll have official JB soon enough, and surely Scott will release a JB CleanROM shortly thereafter. And then I will flash it and smile.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GibMcFragger:
Team Nocturnal Special Edition v1.6

/end thread

Beamed from my TN Special Edition powered HOXL on Rogers.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
Also, the same ROM will perform differently on different phones. Just because 50 other people have wonderful experiences with a ROM doesn't mean it's not going to behave strangely on yours. How you use it and the apps you have installed can have a big effect on your experiences.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
I keep going back and forth between team nocturnals... Can't decide if I like special edition or rebelrom more.. I loved the themed look of special edition, but I love live love rebelroms aosp feel
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gpo1956:
My phone has never been as fast and smooth as on the Nocturnal SE 1.6. This is what the factory phone/rom should hope to be. I've tried most of them and this one is without a doubt the best.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] filthyfnj24:
I'm using AOKP now but before that I was using king cobra and it was flawless. I think it's really underrated.

Sent from my Cobra
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] edditnyc:
CleanROM 4.5 is on deck. I've been using CleanROM since 3.x and it's been a very smooth experience. Can't wait till JB comes out so Scott can get his hands on that one.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Calebt:
Clean Rom, but I'll try others to see how they compare.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DvineLord:
Forgot one!!!

[ROM] MCR - MoDaCo.one for the HTC One X S4 (Sense + Vanilla) new: 2.23 based!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Ppluissz:
Which one is the best ROM for battery performance . Att's stock ROM just sucks . Haven't been able to root my one xl (Att) . Do any one of you guys know if its necessarily to be connected to the at&t service (with sim card) or i can just do it via wi fi? Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] lazarat:
Cool story lol. That guy posts roms just to let people hit on his website and not because he really cares about doing some serious deving
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdvantageGuy:
Hey all, I'm lookin for a ROM for my Samsung Exhibit II (TMOUS) that strips the bloatware but keeps the functions basically intact. Anyone done that yet?

Even when closed all apps my phone has only 100mb free memory, and when I run FMR memory utility it gets free mem up to 200mb. My phone seems to get slower all the time as well. NO IDEA WHY. I downloaded a virus program which didnt find anything.

So I figured a cleaner rom would be a great start.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pkt_Lnt:
This thread has links to all ROMs. You can use the rooted stock and remove apps, but jocala's Peach Sunrise is what you probably want. It is based on stock, but debloated with a few tweaks. Really nice.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26859796
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titanshadow:
I am not sure but I think my infrared port may be dead... For like the first 5 or 10 minutes of setting up Peel it worked perfectly but then, just stopped. I even tried a factory reset to see if that restored functionality, no joy. Anyone else having this issue?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titanshadow:
Wow, Samsung tech support is beyond useless. Told them the IR port wasn't working, they told me to download a barcode reader app and see if the Camera worked. When I explained to them why that made no sense, they told me that I should contact technical support for Peel. I explained that I have done that, now they want me to send my tablet into them for 2-3 weeks for them to determine if the tablet is defective, and then should it be defective I'd receive a replacement within another 2-3 weeks.

I haven't had tech support this bad since I had to spend 3 hours on hold with Palm back in the day about my Palm Tungsten T2.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottx .:
Do you people not search. This was talked about months ago.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titanshadow:
I apologize, I did search but obviously not well enough. Could you perhaps provide a link to where it was talked about?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titanshadow:
I did find something interesting out on my own... I finally got the tab working with Keis and it said there was a firmware update. I installed the update, and tried out Peel. Peel turned on the TV... Once. Only once. So, I tried TouchSquid Demo and it worked for quite a bit longer, then it too stopped.

At this point, I believe that my tablet is probably experiencing some very odd software glitch where the device doesn't do something to the IR port and it stops working. It is a good thing I didn't buy the device for its TV remote capabilities. I didn't though, I bought it to replace a Nook Tablet as an ereader, something is does fabulously.

It is kind of interesting though, I've been interested in using a handheld computing device as a remote for a long, long time. I have had Palm PDA's that would do it - sort of - most notably the Tungsten T2 and Tungsten T3 both performed alright as a TV remote, but the IR port wasn't very well suited to some devices. I found that earlier models had similar if more restricted results.

Seems to me that (especially with the writings from other people on the subject) the idea of using a computing device as a remote is... Sketchy at best. Not entirely sure why, afterall, the IR Blaster is designed for such but the software - while it was working the first time in Peel and even Touch Wiz, does leave much to be desired. Harmony remote perhaps is in my near future.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrock74:
Smart ass
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titanshadow:
So I thought this might be a problem with the hardware itself. However I got it replaced, and found that the new model has the exact same problem. I'm going to go with software on this one.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rotundjere:
yeah, smart ass
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottx .:
Well, its true. All of the info you need can be found in the q&a forums and by searching.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titanshadow:
Alright, look. I appriciate that answering questions all day can be a pain in the ass if you chose to do it. However, no one gets paid here. I answer questions I have an answer for but likewise, no one is telling you that you have to post. It isn't like I didn't search. I saw a lot of posts on what different kinds of software to use but I didn't see anything where the hardware was working and then stopped.

I'm not asking you to personally help me. My problem is obviously rare and that's alright with me. Now, if I missed something and you want to help by posting a link, great. If not, then what does it help to be a smart ass? If you really don't like helping people with problems that you may think are stupid, or silly, then what good does it do to be all, "This was talked about, search for it." What are you hoping to acomplish by making such a post?

There are a lot of people here who manage to answer questions without being a ****. There are a lot of people who manage to answer questions like you did but also provide a link, both being helpful and a **** at the same time.

I will quote Wil Wheaton... Don't be a ****.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robogoflow:
I have both nstools and setcpu running on my phone. Do I need both? I changed the Max to 1200 on nstools and set cpu changed to 1200. Should I just keep one or do they work off each other.

Thanks in advance
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivasrage:
One of them is enough...i prefere NS-Tools because ther you can set a lot whit it..but it´s your decision..

the fact is only one is needed...;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robogoflow:
thanks. i just love the widget that gives me battery temps. but i guess i can do without it. If the back of my hand starts burning, i should probably stop what im doing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leap_ahead:
better to use one apps...
[HTC Incredible S] sCell_:
I bought an Incredible S a while ago and have been exploring ROMs and installing them. I am now on IceColdSandwich and currently satisfied with it. The only problem is the battery life, I fully charge it, take it out of charge, roam through home screens and I have 95% battery. I tried updating the radio to .24 one (built for Ice Cream Sandwich). So I was wondering if there was something I was missing or if there was a fix for this. Any help in this regard would be highly appretiated.

Thanks.
[HTC Incredible S] lagu805:
is it 2nd hand incredible s?

when you fully charged, did you leave it connected to the charger for a while?

one thing you might want to try is to turn off the inc s when it finishes charging... and plug it to charger again.

it will start charging again in case it's actually not full...

otherwise: do a battery calibration
[HTC Incredible S] sCell_:
- Yes.

- Yes.

Battery calibration, what's that?
[HTC Incredible S] TheDareDevil:
There's an app for that in the Play Store. Search for it and use it.
[HTC Incredible S] sirpellinor:
Does calibration really work?
[HTC Incredible S] chemist80:
depends what you mean by calibration. deleting the battery stats file does nothing

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443108
[HTC Incredible S] Splux:
And that's probably what all those apps will do.

And the reason for why your battery drops from 100% really quickly is because HTC made it that way. When you charge it'll charge to 100%, then stop charging until it has dropped to x% and start charging to 100% again. Repeat that until you remove the charger.

Sent fro... wait, I didn't send this.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SlimMan:
Can you substitute the 902 for the 905 and this work the same?

Thanks,
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Sure, but why? .905 has a better radio
[Motorola Droid Bionic] WickedTruth:
Thanks!

that was my very first rooting experience :good: and it kicked ass!

im off to find out how to remove bloatware and figure out what ROM will work for me as a daily driver and any recommendations you have would be very well received.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
I'd recommend the 'Liquid' ICS ROMs. Follow all the steps (including the optional ones) in this guide here:

[GUIDE] Easiest Step-By-Step Tutorial For Upgrading Your Bionic To ICS
[Motorola Droid Bionic] s.wyckoff1:
I'm currently on eclipse 2 w/ 902. Should I revert back to stock to get the 905 update and then reroot and put another rom on using safestrap?

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
I recommend ICS in which case you can just follow the ICS guide I posted just before yours. It contains ALL the steps you'll need to do - from stock FXZ (.905) to custom ROM install.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] imprettynewtothis:
Quick question: is this OTA? So if ICS is ever released for the Bionic, one can just upgrade to it? Or do you have to first go to .902 and upgrade to .905?

edit: also, I'm interpreting as OTA as "on the air" please correct me if it is actually "off the air".
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
OTA stands for "Over the air". No, this is not the OTA, this is a "leak" from Motorola.

To get the official OTA, you would have to FXZ to .905. Forget about .902 - you do not need that anymore since the full .905 file is available to directly flash.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] imprettynewtothis:
Oh, really? Where would I find this official .905 file? I had thought the download you provided was the official 5.9.905 file. I followed the first 10 steps of your guide to flashing to ICS thinking I was getting back OTA (I believe those steps are the same as this post). Could you point me in the right direction of getting back OTA?

edit: Just to claify, so this is "stock .905" but still is not OTA? It's a leaked .905?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Huh? I think you misread my post. .905 is just the latest public stock ROM from Motorola/VZW. It is Gingerbread (the one in this thread). To get the ICS OTA (whenever it comes out) you'll need to FXZ to .905 first (then you can get the OTA when it is available). Make sense?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] imprettynewtothis:
Hmm. I think you might have misread my post actually. I followed these instructions and FXZ'd back to. 905 using the files in the thread. I then asked if this is OTA, as I'm about to send my phone in and don't want anything but the official ROM on my phone when I do, but you said it's not and that it's a leak and that I'd need to FXZ back to.905 for OTA. I thought I just did that! Did you think I was posting in the ICS guide thread? My question was (is), if following these instructions will put you back OTA on the most recent official release. Thanks again, sorry for the confusion.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
Oops, you're right, I misread and thought you were asking about ICS. Disregard my previous post. Yes, this is the latest official stock ROM. If you do this process you can take your phone back for service/warranty replacement. (Just be sure to remove your SD card before giving it to them.)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] caskieadam:
Thanks!

Very easy to use guide and very helpful. I will definitely be using it again in the near future to be able to take the ICS OTA. :cyclops:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] con_sau_may_tinh:
thank for working link :good:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] matthelm:
OK, before I do this, I should back everything up with Titanium, the when I get to ICS, I'd root again, install Titanium, restore (most) settings, correct?

And as far as we know, we can re-root under ICS, correct?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
NEVER use backup apps like Titanium. Just backup user files (like photos, music, etc.), then go through this process, then manually download/reset up all your apps.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] matthelm:
Oops, when I said backup everything, I just meant the data.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
If you mean "app data" ("data" folder) then I wouldn't even do that. Resetup apps and reconfigure from scratch
[Motorola Droid Bionic] con_sau_may_tinh:
i see you edit your post, delete step 11>16 (update 6.7.232 Update zip file) , can you tell me why?:confused:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Windiddy:
[Q]will i keep root?

Hi I have .232 liquidblur ROM rooted. If i FXZ back, am i gonna keep the root?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
No, FXZ resets everything
[Motorola Droid Bionic] confuzzled1007:
Reset to stock fail

Problem solved
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stoptheglaciers:
905 zip problems

Hi,

I'm trying to get back to stock 905 so I can get the OTA ICS update put out yesterday. I've been running Eclipse 2.2 for about 6 months now.

When following your steps, after hitting "Decompress and start flashing" I run into and error with RSD Lite "Please check Input file. Either XML format is wrong or image files associated with it are missing". Is there a problem with the .905 download originally posted? I've uninstalled and reinstalled RSD, and tried renaming the zip.

Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] digitalr0gue:
Did you try downloading the zip file again? A corrupt download will cause issues like that. You could also try House of Bionic, which has a little setup overhead, but has a lot of useful functions once configured.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stoptheglaciers:
Should have mentioned in the original post, but yes I downloaded multiple times.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] digitalr0gue:
I've had situations where I was using the wrong zip file. Are you using this file? I just verified it works on my RSD Lite.

Name: VRZ_XT875_5.9.905.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC.xml.zip

Size 680 Mb (696,339 Kb)

MD5: 860ddf17ac34d0103a99ff42eed2c050
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Aragon94:
I've been trying to get this to work for a while now. When I run RSD Lite and select the files I get an error message of "get decompress file size error" and when I click okay, I get another "unzip fail" Im REALLY eager to get ICS update but it keeps failing. I was rooted before and accidentally got an OTA update a while back. I figured the update got rid of the root, but it seems I'm running into problems from that.

Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?