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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generationgav:
I bought it from a brick and mortar retailer - but still not sure if google will replace it. Emailed them yesterday and awaiting a reply. Im really not in any rush, but would like a perfect device if possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustusIV:
So I just cough wind of these little gadgets but seem that they are not being sold on any of the major sites.

Can anyone recommend one and maybe a place to purchase?

The more features the better :P

I do have my eye on this one.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484889112/the-pocket-tv-makes-any-tv-a-smart-tv

But its not out yet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberGalarga:
Development Boards are (in my opinion) better than the dongles. Take a look to the PandaBoard (OMAP Dual Core 1.2Ghz + PowerVR SGX540, ~$180) or the ODroid-X (Exynos Quad Core 1.4Ghz + Mali400, ~$129). Origen Board is good also (Exynos Dual + Mali400).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustusIV:
Oh man those do look sweet..... need a good remote for them though... hmmm.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
Wow just checked out the ODroid-X for $120 that looks amazing oh well have to save up a little money (make due with my soon to arrive RPi ;)). Great post man!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberGalarga:
Hahaha... yes. Unfortunately the boards are designed to developers, so there aren't accesories like the remote control to use it comfortabily :(

Yet, you can use a normal mouse/keyboard/gamepad connected by USB or Bluetooth :D

Oh! I forgot something: If you guys are looking for something compact and relatively powerful, take a look to the MK802: Dongle like style, AllWinner A10 1Ghz + Mali400 + 1GB DDR3, ICS, 2 usb ports, HDMI, WiFi... all for $76 :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustusIV:
I think i will pick up the mk802.... Would be looking for a sweet remote to purchase also....

Do you know does sound pump out through the hdmi?

*EDIT*

Also assuming aliexpress.com is reputable?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberGalarga:
I dunno. I recommend you to ask in any Youtube video (surely can do it, the chipset is perfectly capable, but is better to ask).

Again, I dunno. If you're unsure, you can get it from Ebay :highfive:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustusIV:
Already bought from that site. Now i am just looking for controls.

I was thinking fly mouse.

Actually i just bought one....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wirele...Trackballs&hash=item2571c4df0b#ht_4895wt_1397
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberGalarga:
Great. Let us know how works all together :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustusIV:
Will do...

However i am a little concerned...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustusIV:
Woot... Both my MK802 and my Fly Mouse are shipped!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adizntk:
Hello Guys

I have a stupid question, can someone tell me how to unlock Xperia S so that I will be able to use any sim from any network? I have a chance to buy Xperia S on Monday but it is locked to 3 network in UK and I'm currently in Tesco Mobile. Please can someone help asap. Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Maybe if you flash a world generic firmware.

Next time ask in Q&A forum.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adizntk:
Is that it? God I thought it will be much harder because I couldn't find it anywhere how to do it. The only way to do it I found was to buy an unlock code for £44 :eek: . Sorry for posting here, next time I will write in Q&A if I will have a problem like that. Thanks for your help :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lunarjetman1:
I just phoned o2 as they are my network provider and they gave me the unlock code, put a different SIM card in from a different network and put in the code.

I thought they had to.

Cheers,

Lunar.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] strongful:
Rightly said.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jayman1986:
NOT THAT JUST DEBRANDS IT!

IT DOES NOT UNLOCK THE SIM LOCK!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adizntk:
So what should I do then?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Ask your carrier to unlock it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adizntk:
Theorem brideodo

But I'm buying it from someone who just got his upgrade but he doesn't want it so do you think they will do it for me too?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
For most carriers it's against the contract to resell locked devices.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adizntk:
Guys I'm not the one that is breaking the rules by selling it, I just want to know how to unlock it, can someone help me?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
That's why I am informing you. If you ask them to unlock a phone that was sold as a contract violation, it won't do you any good.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adizntk:
Ok thanks for the info, that will stop me selling my Wave and Arc but can you tell any other way to unlock the phone?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
There is none.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tillbis0:
There is a way, called ezSEMC. But it costs $40, but it also unlocks bootloader. I can't link yet, but its microunlocker (.) com
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] papacarla:
yes, it is. i've unlock the acro hd by ezSEMC, but I paid 45$ for it. and I've got the bootloader unlock allowed yes after that.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ahomad:
This would be the case if the original person bought it with contract. But if he got it sim free( pay as you go), then it is legal.

To answer the original question, the only way is to phone three themselves and ask for unlocking code, I think it is 20-30 pounds
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Abandoned-Trolley:
I recently bought the Xperia U for my partner that was locked to the 3 network. They will unlock it, BUT the person on the contract will have to make th call and they will supply him with the code, can take up to a week for it as it comes from Sony themselves. I think the cost was about £15 for it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radiumX:
Hey guys, I'm on linux here and unfortuantely I do not have a windows computer. I'm pretty new to the android game, sgs3 is my first android phone.

My question: Since I don't have windows will mounting my phones internal flash drive and then using dd to flash the stock image with root enabled over to my phone work the same as odin? or does odin do something further? Also will heimdall work for this purpose? I suppose I can always bring up windows in the hypervisor but it seems like this would be easier. I am also just curious as to what odin does.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dave the Knave:
Odin is used to flash firmwares, modems, kernels, and recoveries. As far as I know, Heimdall doesn't support the S3, unless it's been updated and I don't know about it. That would be up to you to find out.

As for your first question about using dd, I haven't got a clue. Best wait for someone more knowledgeable then me to come in and answer that one.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radiumX:
Thanks for the reply, in linux dd is a terminal program that writes images to disk, among other things, be it usb, flash drive, hard drive etc. Like if you downloaded the ubuntu image for your computer and then wanted to install it to usb drive for a live image from which make an install on another computer you would use dd if=/image_pathway of=usb drive or flash drive or whatever media you wish to install it to. I have a pandaboard, and have actually used dd to write linaro android to the pandaboard's flash drive before, but I figure theres a good chance that the phone is more complex and may have hardware/software to prevent someone from simply using dd to write a disk image to the phones internal flash drive.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dave the Knave:
Actually, I believe I've heard of people being able to dd custom recoveries onto the phone. I don't remember where I saw this though.

Sent from my GS3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
I think you need an unsecure kernel to the dd thing. I think.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radiumX:
Thanks for the replies. I just loadedup windows in the hypervisor and rooted that way. I wish I had a second phone to test stuff like this on lol. I have pandabaord to test software on but it's not quite the same.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radiumX:
Does anyone know who develops odin? Is it someone on this forum? Was thinking maybe they'd be willing to allow me to port it to linux.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] prata:
Heimdall will work for you.

Life is a prison, death and release.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Odin is leaked software from Samsung.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] radiumX:
Anyone else confirm? I can use heimdall to flash roms, and the root injected stock image to my sgs3 from within linux?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crash822:
Odin is samsung software. We have a few samsung tablets that come in for repair where I work and Odin is what samsung gave us to flash their software onto the tablets.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] radiohead14:
thinking about getting my battery swapped if VZW lets me (have had the phone since 7/10).. if not, then get a new one. but before i go into the store, i wanted to see if you guys think this is normal battery life from these screenshots. i have GPS off, Google location on, and only my Google account (Gmail, contacts, calendar) is in sync. i'm running a rooted stock rom (debloated VZW and Samsung apps by me).

in addition, the back of my phone gets really hot during regular data use (web, Facebook, Instagram, Engadget and Verge apps, ESPN, etc.. no games), to the point where it's uncomfortable to hold. i've heard that there might be a batch of bad batteries for the earlier shipments, so i was wondering if mine might be one of them. thanks for any input.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdstx:
Do you have 4G on at all times? I think my battery might be pretty bad too...I've been losing 10% every hour, so my phone pretty much lasts only 10-12 hours. I'm impressed by your 1 day battery life. Even if I have wifi only on and turn 4g off, I still only get 10% every hour. I think something might be wrong with my battery...I've factory reset it many times before too, wiping cache, and dalviks, I'm now on the stripped rooted stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lynneddington:
that's not bad battery life. Especially sense it looks like you are not in great coverage area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1Android:
so you got 32 hours on your phone and you are wondering if that is bad?????

from what I understand, these phones tend to get warm after lots of screen on time. so I believe thats normal.

I would accept your great battery life and call it a night.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SFniner415:
I get up to 8 hours with 4g on at all times with heavy use. Phone only gets warm when i got the charger in it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
My phone reached 110° that's cause I was running my mobile hotspot and browsing the web.I've read 140°degrees is bad.do?? Your phone temp ever get this hot? My battery does get hot but only if I push it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gkrules:
After using the Chrome app for 30 minutes straight, my phone doesn't get noticeably hot. I've also used the Engadget, Verge, and Facebook apps for 10+ minutes in a row, and it doesn't get hot. The only time I have seen it get hot is playing games and charging. Even then, it's not bad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
I would say you have a gold battery lol, I rarely even get 18 hours on my batter even when 12 hours of that is just standby/listening to music.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] radiohead14:
yea i do leave 4G on all the time.. still have unlimited, so i'm gonna take advantage of it and say screw you VZW! :p

yea at home i get crappy coverage, but when at work (which is most of the day) in Midtown Manhattan, i get excellent signal. so it's a mix. i also stream Spotify a lot.

haven't had a proper measurement of the temp, but it feels like it does reach the upper 90s, and that's with light web browsing, so that's what worried me.

it's just that i see people who claim "heavy use" and get 4+ hours of screen time, which i found hard to believe, if they really are pushing the phone a lot, so i just thought maybe something's up with mine. thanks for all the input so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Taehee.:
Looking at your battery consumption log, I'd say your battery life is pretty great.

Seeing as how your cell standby is 50%, you're either using a lot of 4G or you're in a crappy signal area. Or both. Haha.

Even if you buy a new battery, chances are that you won't get better battery life. Just charge the phone overnight and unplug in the morning. As a general rule of thumb, if you can squeeze 16 hours of usage out of your phone, you're doing pretty great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryann9182:
yup, that seems pretty darn good to me. I get about the same 4G coverage as you with Verizon in my home 2-3 bars max (-100 to -120dBm), and I get ~14 hours before my phone is about to die. I also think I just use my phone a lot more than you lol. You only had 2.45 min of on screen time in a little over 1 day. I usually have close to that in the 12-14 hour days with my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] parcou:
Agree with last two post...what else are you looking for looks good....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mark930:
Should I ask for a new battery? 3 hours 30 minutes 30 min screen time and down to 67% battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dikidera:
Basically, I had attempted a kernel flash via CWM Recovery which failed and I bricked the phone, I had to then reflash a new firmware to the phone via Odin(counter is now 1).

Prior to this stupid thing, I had backed up my kernel and flashed it back after I flashed the new firmware(which also had a different kernel), so in Settings->About I see the exact same information I had prior to my reflash.

Perhaps my problem is in CSC. This is a screenshot of the phone info from dialing *#1234* http://i.imgur.com/zs34X.png.

P.S

When I flashed the new rom, I found a BBC iPlayer inside, which was not present before, indicating something about UK(GB).

P.S 2

I am running ICS 4.0.3, rooted(with the method that doesn't require flashing an insecure kernel and can be done through CWM Recovery).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
wipe and flash a stock firmware with its stock kernel, by then you'll be able to connect to kies :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] painfactory:
I wanted to flash a custom ROM and decided to do a nandroid backup first. Every time i did one it did not contain the system.img file which means that the stock ROM wasn't backed up. It only backed up recovery and boot. I have the official CWM from clockwordmod.com.

Please help.

BTW. I know that i can use the stock system image from google, but it's much easier to just recover a nandroid backup.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianjr1:
What version of CWM are you running?
[Transformer TF300T Themes and Apps] ninjamicke:
Hi. I Recently got a tf300 and I'm generally very pleased. However I got very surprised to find out that i couldnt get Virtua tennis to work on my tab. Tried reinstalling it but nothing seems to work. Shouldnt a tegra3 device be able to run it without a problem?
[Transformer TF300T Themes and Apps] moisaal:
Ive wanted to download that game for the longest time, however, i read a comment from a TF300T user who claimed that the game needed to be updated before it would work. Developer seems preoccupied at the moment to change the authorization measures in the app store, but rest assured, it wont be long before it is updated as the last time was March 2012. I have also sent him a few emails regarding this very issue. Try Cross Court Tennis in the mean time.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] loCe45:
I'm pretty sure most of the folks here already knew that, and objectively speaking Sony has the right to do so. You can easily damage/destroy the phone with custom rom/kernel (OC for example), and you cant expect Sony to undo your mistakes.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Billchen0014:
Yes, black ops zombies has been released for android however of is currently exclusive to Xperia Play and S. Hope it gets released for all soon. Fingers crossed!

Xxx oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S! xxX
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Billchen0014:
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...central&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bloglink

Xxx oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S! xxX
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] qccoles:
This probably should've went to General.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] donbudafuko:
How I get this working on my nexus s 4g cud wenni go to the play store it says my device is not supported
[General Questions and Answers] HHF2:
Okay guys, I need some advice here. I am going to be forced to buy a tablet for work. I am the salesman of the month and what they do is give $500 or an IPad if you don't have a tablet. This will be used primarily for work with office software, emails, remote desktop, etc.

I am not sure that I want the IPad. I am thinking Android but not very familiar with the tablets. My brother had a Xoom and I am not crazy about it. I was wanting to decide on something so I might be able to get it in the Market Place here on XDA. I also think I want to be able to buy accessories like a dock,etc.to use with it.

Let me know what you guys think.....
[General Questions and Answers] GiantWaffle:
Just FYI, the $500 limit is probably unrealistic. Especially with a dock, etc..

I do love my Samsung Galaxy 10.1" 32GB, but they can't sell them now or something because of a law suit with Apple'

I also have an ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T Tablet 64GB and it is quick! But a TF300T would probably serve you real well!

Just make sure not to go below 32GB. You won't be happy if you do!

The ASUS has a really nice dock, if you're going to do a lot of typing. As for remote, TeamViewer puts the PC's desktop on your tablet.

Hope this helps! :)
[General Questions and Answers] Cryptopone:
I'd second a recommendation for the Asus TF300 or TF700 series. If you opt for a $700, you can buy a TF201 Prime dock that will work with the new Infinity tablet. I mention this as it will be cheaper than the official TF700 keyboard dock ($30 - 40).
[General Questions and Answers] HHF2:
My brother has the original galaxy tab that I could probably pick if for $100 but it has a very small screen and not much storage. It does have an SD card slot though.

Do any of you think the IPad is better than an Android tablet for office stuff? I will not be gaming on it, never really liked it or don't have the time.
[General Questions and Answers] Cryptopone:
I can't really give a non-biased answer on that. I know people that have iPads and have integrated them with their day-to-day work, but more often than not I see them playing games or checking email and not really do anything that's specific to the platform.

I know I personally would opt for the Android tablet route, but for e-mail, remote desktop, etc I think the apps are good on both sides of the fence and you'll be happy either way you go :)
[General Questions and Answers] thealexweb:
Samsung

If you want an android tablet Samsung is probably the way to go :)
[General Questions and Answers] HHF2:
What would be a good price on the original 7" tablet that he has? It is Verizon 3g leather case and dock. He has it on a data plan now but I think I will use WiFi only. Oh it also has the SD card slot and is 8/10.
[General Questions and Answers] :
I think both samsung and ipad is the best.. Samsung has a good at picture quality and a lots application on market.. Same to ipad.. U can get a lots of application trough cydia.. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Tuner420:
i heard that asus transformer tablets are good, you can search for some reviews, also you can put a poll with some tablets to see wich one is the favorite ;), and lastly, congratulations for being the salesman of the month!!
[General Questions and Answers] keynith:
I have a tf300 with a dock and love it. I got mine for 530 with dock i know you can get it cheaper online as i got mine from best buy.
[General Questions and Answers] devinenik:
The new tab2 from samsung is very good one....
[General Questions and Answers] got556:
You guys are slacking. Nexus 7 16GB and pocket $250 for accessories...beer money...hookers and blow.

7"-8" is where it's at for portability. Who wants to lug around a freaking iPad all day.

If you absolutely need storage then OTG cable or wi-drive such as AirStash or Kingston Wi-Drive...

I don't know how anyone can be on XDA and still stomach it to wake up in the morning owning an Apple product. Wasn't so bad previously, but this latest round of lawsuits has gotten out of hand and I choose to practice what I preach.
[General Questions and Answers] asilviug:
Google nexus 7 if you are covered by wifi , if not go for the new Sammy 10.1 note that's going to sell in 2 weeks.
[General Questions and Answers] STANDBACK:
Nexus 7.
[General Questions and Answers] lokenok:
nexus 7 or transformer pad :D
[General Questions and Answers] _Variable:
ipad 2
[General Questions and Answers] mtvdeo:
Well, I'd say Xoom 2. It's beautiful and has a great built quality (and it's also water resistant).
[General Questions and Answers] Nitrec:
I'd go for the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T.

The display and processor are simply hard to beat!
[General Questions and Answers] syncby50:
Asus Transformer is hands down the best.
[General Questions and Answers] GiantWaffle:
Usability, the Samsung is the clear winner. The ASUS has no Task Manager (likke in Win). It has no screen captue icon in the Task/Status Bar. The ASUS powers up just from plugging it in to charge and there's no way to see how much charge it has, without starting it up.

These things do make a big difference and they are annoying weaknesses of the ASUS TF700T! In fact, I'm debating returning the ASUS and keeping my slower Samsung because of these things only. But I do like how fast and smooth the ASUS is and how good its screen looks.

However, without ebing able to root this ASUS, I can't do a lot of what I need to do and the DebugFS rooting method acts like it worked, but it doesn't and I can't post to that thread yet, because you have to jump thru hoops here first. So far its been a few days and I'll have a few more to go before I can post there, if I still even can. No offense to the admins, but it really pisses me off! I came here for one reason and one reason only and that was to address the developer about why it's not working for me and that will take a week! I will probably have returned the ASUS by then and say screw it. I wouldn't care if I could find another way to root it, but Google gives me no love there.

I know that last part seems off-topic, but it's not, considering how many people will need to be able to root and that being part of a recommendation and fols having problems with what seems to be the only rooting method available and no way to ask for help here, if they just got the device, find out the developer posts here and have to wait days just to ask a lousy question.

So as weird as it sounds, the ASUS has a mark against it due to XDA-Forums. If the util doesn't work, that is. Again, no offense. That's just the way it is.

Moral of the story? If you need to root, you can try the ASUS if you want. But if the util doesn't work right away and you don't have the privileges here, then just return it and get the Samsung, if you can't wait. Otherwise, just get the Samsung. It will root easy enough. If the situation weren't what it is with access to the developer, then no big deal.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thetnaing87:
How do i update the firmware on my rooted phone? when i plug my phone to the computer it is telling me that new firmware update are available? should i just let it do it by itself?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d3athsd00r:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768826
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thetnaing87:
Thank you.