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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wave12345:
I have a questions...

I have completely wiped my Prime, formatted each partitions, wiped cach, super erased, bad ROM flashes, etc.

What are the benefits of NVFLASH? After doing all of the above and wiping my prime down to nothing, I always seem to be able to bring it back to life with an hour work (never met a problem that can't be solved by reading here). Aside from losing CWM (which I don't know how can happen once you have installed it), its always an easy few steps to bring it back to life. No offence to anyone, but I feel like you have to be a freaking retard to break this thing...

When would NVFLASH be useful? Is it even worth taking the time?

Wave.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] faeredia:
from diamondbacks post on how to unbrick the prime:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514088

there is still at least one way to hard brick the prime, and it wasnt 'retards' that bricked it, it was people testing to see the extent of control we had over what can be flashed. because of them, we now know what not to do. plus there are ways to ruin your bootloader and leave you stuck. bricking is obviously still an issue, the amount of posts on that thread with people needing help is pretty huge.

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quick google brings up this:

http://www.tabletroms.com/index.php...flash-recovery-rom-asus-transformer-released/

most notably that nvflash "...is the ultimate tool for recovery and flashing roms. This tool can bring your device back from the dead in most any situation, even those hard to fix corrupted bootloader issues. It will allow full recovery of device, backup of all partitions on device and individual flash of partitions."

the super-cyborg-hackers at android root:

http://androidroot.mobi/2012/07/15/nvflash-for-tegra3-transformer-prime/

have extensively tested their tool and proven that it renders the device unbrickable, even from a wiped bootloader.

but hey, if you are confident, then i wouldnt stress. its just a handy tool.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
Believe me it's better to be able to use nvflash. In particular if your partitions are messed up, only nvflash can reformat them (I mean messed up at the partition tablelevel, not just simply erased). CWM/TWRP are not invicible, and on the contrary of adb/fastboot which requires a software launching on the prime, APX mode can always be launched, even without bootloader, as it is hardcoded in device and detected/launched before bootloader.

You can backup your partition table (there are more than 10, including the hidden system ones), backup every standard partition (bootloader, /boot; /system, /recovery) in an .img file format. If needed you can just restore all this in one nvflash command ( or I guess so, as I never tried the all in one flash using the config files as I can do on my Tegra2 phone).

And remember, nvflash is not hard to use, the onlny prerequisite is to flash the modified bootloader with fastboot. Even if you don't have a backup of your partitions, you can extract .img files from official Asus blobs to have a working device back.

So why not ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] emptyshell:
Rather than start a new thread.....

I installed the AndroidRoot boot loader and now I have my Prime installed with the ROM I want and all my apps and data. So it's at a good base point. Is there a easy way with nvflash to back up everything including all the necessary sys config files, rom system files, kernel, recovery, data boot.. everything so that it could be restored as is via nvflash in case **** hits the fan during the next update?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rushing:
good to know stuff

Even if you don't have a backup of your partitions, you can extract .img files from official Asus blobs to have a working device back.

you mean just take the .img from a stock asus rom and that will serve as backup? is the .img the bootloader or the entire rom or is it blob? very curious is aLL...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Striatum_bdr:
An Asus blob is what.... It's basically an archive (blob) containing several .img files, which full images of the different partitions of the Prime. It's not a backup in the real sense of it, but it's a ROM that you can flash with nvflash. Inside the blob you have several files that are in fact raw images of the different partitions (/boot /system ..). Yu just have to rename them and you're okay.

There is a post in nvflash thread explaining a bit this.

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Open the flash.cfg from the tf201_nvflash archive you downloaded you will see this:

[partition]

name=EBT

id=4

type=bootloader

allocation_policy=sequential

filesystem_type=basic

size=8388608

file_system_attribute=0

partition_attribute=0

allocation_attribute=8

percent_reserved=0

filename=bootloader.bin

[partition]

name=SOS

id=5

type=data

allocation_policy=sequential

filesystem_type=basic

size=8388608

file_system_attribute=0

partition_attribute=0

allocation_attribute=8

percent_reserved=0

filename=recovery.img

[partition]

name=LNX

id=6

type=data

allocation_policy=sequential

filesystem_type=basic

size=8388608

file_system_attribute=0

partition_attribute=0

allocation_attribute=8

percent_reserved=0

filename=boot.img

[partition]

name=APP

id=10

type=data

allocation_policy=sequential

filesystem_type=basic

size=536870912

file_system_attribute=0

partition_attribute=0

allocation_attribute=8

percent_reserved=0

filename=system.img

So partition 10 is system, 6 is boot 5 is recovery, and 4 bootloader.

basically all you have to do is :

nvflash --resume --read 10 system.img

nvflash --resume --read 6 boot.img

and so on

You'll obtain raw images of recovery (most important), boot and system. Eventually keep a copy of bootloader.bin.

To restore: nvflash --resume --download 10 system.img and so on.

The all in one command could probably work, using the flash.cfg file as a parameter to flash all .img files in one command but didn't try.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] nagant_m44:
Hello all, i was wondering if anyone else was having trouble with peel in ICS. for some reason, the app was not in the UK or US version, and when installed i get a message saying its not compatible with the device (US Wifi gt-p6210). Anyone else have this or a similar issue?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] k_t_b:
I get that error while running CM9 and CM10, but that is expected.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] nagant_m44:
i'm only running stock, non rooted official ICS
[Nook Color Accessories] imarinkrat1:
Does anyone know of a USB gamepad or controller that works with the nook color? Preferably something with a D-Pad and Thumbsticks.

I have this, but I can't seem to get the nook to recognize it:

Frisby Dual Vibration PC Computer USB Game Pad Joy Controller

I connect the controller with this:

Micro USB OTG to USB 2.0 Adapter*

*BTW, I do not recommend this adapter because the microUSB part does not fit nicely in any device I plug it into. I bought 4 and they are all the same. I have been able to get thumb drives to work with this adapter so I don't think it's the adapter.

I am running CM7:

cm-7-20120722-NIGHTLY-encore

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
From a quick search on Google, I found this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459892

I never owned a USB Controller similar to that, so I can't really help you. :p

Or maybe instead of using a USB Controller, you can use Bluetooth? If you have a Wii Remote, or PS3 Controller, that would work perfectly.

For the Wiimote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...BjcmVhdGlvbnMuYW5kcm9pZC5XaWlVc2VBbmRyb2lkIl0.

For the PS3 Controller: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mdwaXhlbHN0dWRpb3Muc2l4YXhpc2NvbnRyb2xsZXIiXQ..
[Nook Color Accessories] imarinkrat1:
Thanks for the reply RoboticBuddy.

I had seen that thread before, but for whatever reason, I did not see that second post with the list of USB controllers. I have been able to get a PS3 controller working via Bluetooth, but I'd really like a USB controller so that I can use it on an airplane.

I'll try to get one of those controllers listed and report back.
[Nook Color Accessories] RoboticBuddy:
Alright, no problem! And good luck! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eazail70x7:
Currently i can do this using my epic touch using the yellow wifi tether app. I am about to upgrade to the gs3 on sprint and currently fox fi tether is not working on it. Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henryr934:
Yes u should be available to do it if u have data plan
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyhamster73:
Sprint took fox fi off the playstore. But if you go to the app in the playstore the dev gives you a link on how to install it anyway from their website.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] S_Dot:
Droid Razr frozen on Motorola boot screen.

My battery charge is low, and when I plug into the wall its not charging. Is it bricked? What can I do. It's for a friend of mine, I used the droid razer utility 1.7, i tried the unbrick method, thats where i'm at/

thoughts?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
You'll need a factory cable tp flash a rom and then be able to charge ur phone.

Take a look in dev sectiom you'll find all u need

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] S_Dot:
Thanks! Fixed
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jdgolden:
I've got and old DInc2 now that I don't use because I've got my Galaxy Nexus, but I thought I'd convert it to like a pmp kind of thing. There's always airplane mode and wifi, but I was wondering if there are any ROMs out there designed for just using it for media? I looked around a bit but I didn't find anything relevant because im not sure exactly what to search for, but I just want a simple set up to basically just use wifi and put media on it.

Thanks for any help.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] joefrog1996:
This is an interesting idea. However I highly doubt that you would find anything like that.

But most sense 3/3.5 ROMs ask you if your going to use this as a phone, or just for wifi in the setup. Mabye you could check those out.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsua98:
The TSM UKB ROM (v & x) has beats audio with it :D

Hasta la vista, baby
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cstone1991:
There are a few roms for the Eris like this. They started popping up when everyone started upgrading to different phones. I think the devs just removed the files for cellular connection. On this phone I don't see any reason that you would need to remove them since we aren't short on internal space like that phone is. Just find a rom you like and don't activate the phone then turn off mobile networks in the settings. You can then use it like a pmp or a very small tablet :good:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jdgolden:
Does that make it so it doesn't search for networks though? I just don't want to waste battery on that, its already disappointing enough. Currently I just have the no data over mobile network box checked, and the WiFi network I have access to right now is pretty flaky, so I'm not sure where some of my network problems are coming from.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cstone1991:
I'm not sure if that would stop it from searching for 1x (the voice network) but it would stop from searching for 3g which uses more battery than 1x. I'll grab a link for one of the Eris rooms for you. You could pm the dev and ask him what files he removed.

Sent from my ICS Dinc2

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Here you go.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1800763

Sent from my ICS Dinc2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jdgolden:
I found a script that disables the radio, but keeps wifi running, without having to activate airplane mode every boot and then turn wifi back on. Seems to be working well so far.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1217038
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cstone1991:
Cool I'm glad you found something that works.

Sent from my ICS Dinc2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Card83:
I used my Inc2 as a WiFi-only phone with GrooveIP for about a month. With mobile data turned off and WiFi turned on, I could leave the phone on for over 48 hours without the battery dying.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mayer126:
Does anyone know of any bluetooth options for listening to music or calling via Skype? I have a Plantronics M20 that does do it, just wondering what does - if any?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
I know benchmarks must be taken with a grain of salt, but I'm wondering why I consistently see a low benchmark on my phone. Ics, jb, every kernel and over clock, I usually can't even get to the listed Galaxy Nexus in the benchmark apps. It seems that the i/o part is where I lag behind, almost half the score. The attached pic is with cm10 and trinity kernel.

Could there be a problem with my phone? I did see a problem a while back where nothing would flash or wipe and I had to use the windows toolkit to go back to stock. Am I just paranoid or is there something I'm missing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Killasmoke:
Go to settings & developers option check force GPU rendering 2d hardware acceleration & make sure you have no apps running then run a quadrant test see if that helps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] simms22:
type this in a terminal emulator. then set your cpu to highest/highest and benchmark. this script is included in almost every custom kernel on every nexus device. cm doesnt include it on the galaxy nexus for some reason in cm kernel.

su(press enter)

mount -o remount,noauto_da_alloc /data /data(press enter)

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this will raise his 2D score significantly at least :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
Well that sure did it, now what does this do, and how do I enable it all the time?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] simms22:
its improved ext4 mount options. you can use an app like gscripts to save your scripts and run them with one press later, you can make an init.d file, you can flash most custom kernels.. but the init.d file would enable it on boot(so would the custom kernel).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrm43:
hi what is the effect of this setting on the battery? will it significantly drop? Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] NIKKOTUASON:
Alright I am very new to ROMs and Android phones in general (came from iPhone). I just got [ROM]{08/10/2012}TEAM_INSOMNIA PrEsEnTs ARISTODEMOS installed on my SGS3 and its AMAZING!!! But I am having one problem, everytime my phone goes to sleep it closes all my processes and I can't even listen to music anymore.

Is this an issue with the ROM or is this a feature? I'm posting here because I can't ask directly on the actual thread...

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] mikef:
Try posting in your devices Q&A forum, that is really the correct place to ask questions like this. There are no post count restrictions posting there.
[Nexus 7 General] 1iam5mith:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer

It may be read only, but its a place to store your media to use, and keep your internal memory for other stuff!

This app isn't mine, and I did not make t or have any input in development, I simpliky just found n Google play, just thought I'd say :)
[Nexus 7 General] just lou:
Looks interesting, but IMO cloud storage is more useful and easier.
[Nexus 7 General] 4z01235:
And IMO offline storage is more useful, especially on a Wifi-only device, but also for anyone else with a limited data plan on their phone or data connection capable tablet. Also, pretty sure a $9 16GB USB stick is more cost effective than pretty much any 16GB cloud storage option.
[Nexus 7 General] hawleyncsu:
There is actually a thread over in the Themes and Apps section that the developer made. He is really open to input. I like the app, as I don't have to root to use a flash drive with videos saved on it.
[Nexus 7 General] JaSauders:
Well, isn't that a kick in the teeth, because I just rooted last night simply to use USB OTG. At first I kind of felt "meh" over the read only factor, but then I got to thinking, am I really going to need to transfer from tablet to external media? I'd much rather transfer from external media to tablet, do what I need to do with watching whatever content I may have, then simply delete it off the tablet... no reason to transfer it back when it's the same darn file. Some people may have uses for having a 2 way setup, but I'm sure this will fit the bill for a lot of people. I do find it a considerable bummer that ext* file systems aren't supported, but meh.
[Nexus 7 General] Pepmaster:
Thank you thank you thank you!
[Nexus 7 General] just lou:
How is $9 for $16GB more cost effective than the almost 50GB's I have online for free?
[Nexus 7 General] wbbigdave:
Dropbox? 50gb...for 2 years...
[Nexus 7 General] ItsDon:
Nice find! I travel with my Nexus and having the videos accessible from a USB drive on the airplane is great. Wifi on a plane is good for Facebook and email,nothing else.
[Nexus 7 General] Cynnthetic:
I grabbed this app. I am new to Android so seeing how people can just make apps to actually add more hardware features is amazing to me.
[Nexus 7 General] Willie_Heckerslyke:
Not showing up when clicking the link??!!
[Nexus 7 General] tony1208:
It not available any longer grrrrr I missed out ..
[Nexus 7 General] Nospin:
It will return soon, the dev is just flooded with emails and wanted to put a stop to new users until he gets caught up.
[Nexus 7 General] yococs:
can we directly read data in the usb? for example pdf files and media files? :confused:

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can we directly read data in the usb? for example pdf files and media files? :confused:
[Nexus 7 General] tony1208:
Thanks for the info
[Nexus 7 General] johnzm:
i dont understand the bickering of cloud data. it is nice but i have 20 hours of plane flights coming up. cloud data will not be a very good solution for me compared to plugging a hard drive into my tablet.
[Nexus 7 General] MetTrax:
:D Being a non-root user, this is great news for me. I always used splashtop to watch my videos directly from my computer, though it gave me no trouble, I would much rather have the movie with me.

Can't wait till the developer puts it back up.
[Nexus 7 General] ClanUrdnot:
What is the name of the app? Can anyone share the APK?
[Nexus 7 General] RickInHouston:
Downloaded Nexus Media Importer yesterday. It works as needed on my GNex, Nexus 7 and Xoom. No root necessary. Amazing! I'd pay for this app in a heartbeat! Sorry have no place to upload it.
[Nexus 7 General] govtcheez:
Looks like the developer is now charging for it:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en
[Nexus 7 General] MetTrax:
Here's the original thread for it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1819541

I just bought it and it works great.
[Nexus 7 General] hawleyncsu:
He has always charged for the full version. There is a photo only version so you can try it out for free.
[Nexus 7 General] Nospin:
It has always cost money, and it is well worth the price.
[Nexus 7 General] bjadams44:
I think some people are looking for solutions when wi-fi is not available.
[Nexus 7 General] evaradar:
Definitely worth buying the app and enjoying it so far on my Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus.

Will be nice if the devs eventually add the write feature to the software in the near future.
[Nexus 7 General] yococs:
Can anyone post Screen shots of this app working and transfering files from a usb device :D
[Nexus 7 General] bubblesmoney:
See the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5tIq5UZPY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You can copy, stream, watch photos, video. Copy files like off doc etc. Works fine but can't write to flash drive
[Nexus 7 General] dgattenb:
Well worth the price, wonderful app and all, but how many more threads are there going to be?
[Nexus 7 General] vcbacon@hotmail.com:
Works like a charm!

Buying this app was a good way to use part of my $25 Google credit.

It easy to view, photos, videos, docs etc. although one of my video hiccuped a bit.

I bought this OTG cable from Amazon.

High quality and no issues with connector length.

Prime eligible so it came right away.

http://www.amazon.com/Electronics-Micro-USB-Host-Cable/dp/B005GGBYJ4

Does anyone know a good file management app that will allow you to move files back and forth between devices such as the Nexus 7 and a USB flash drive?
[Nexus 7 General] Mechanio:
Ask yourself that when you are somewhere that doesn't have wifi.

This isn't an either/or thing. The cloud is great when it is accessible but useless when it is not, and a flash drive is great when the cloud can't be reached but adds one more little thing to carry around. Using both is no hardship and covers all of the bases.
[Nexus 7 General] darkuni:
OTG is perfect for many things that the cloud cannot provide (not effectively anyway):

1) Large collections of files that require program-level access. Emulators etc. cannot access the cloud, and I'm not keeping 2GB full of stuff on my Nexus 7 JUST IN CASE I get in the mood to play MAME one day. I have a 32GB fat microSD and OTG to help with that overflow.

2) Titanium Backup. Why on earth would I want to use my scant internal storage to hold a couple of gigs of backups? I use the OTG flash drive to backup to. Also much more reliable to have "out of device" backups, no? Yes yes, I'm fully aware that TB supports backup to the cloud. When you have 250 items to backup? Forget about doing it over the cloud.

3) OTG is perfect for moving files around in an unfriendly work environment. A lot of office proxies block cloud storage service. Many offices will not allow personal devices on their wifi. Sure, you could plug your device into your PC to move files around, but it just makes more sense to copy the files to/from an SD card.

There are other great uses as well, but that's a start.

.... and MOST of the usefulness comes in the form of WRITING files via OTG, which makes read only kinda suck (all due respect to the read only app developer). I'm currently using the free StickMount and it's doing the job well. Sure, needs root - but that's the beauty of Nexus ... it isn't a horrifying experience to root it. :)

Oh, and most cloud storage services have goofy limits if you're not paying for it. Box (free) has a 100MB cap (THAT is useful for carting movies around). Dropbox offers small storage unless you pay or harass your friends and family to sign up. Google Drive works ok, but I've had some issues with them too.

I guess I like to be in control. My own, cheap 32GB microSD card equipped OTG cable seems to be the way to go when I need it.

Just another view on the subject :)
[Nexus 7 General] snkchaos:
Pick one

Unlimited Bandwidth

Cloud Storage

Not everyone has Unlimited Bandwidth or even 100% 4G available.
[Nexus 7 General] Logan_M:
If I lived in an area with a decent internet connection, I would agree with you. But I don't, so uploading my movies and watching them over WiFi just isn't an option (Not being cheap either, the fastest internet here is $50 for 512Kbps, and 20GB data cap).

I'll be trying this out when I get my OTG cable, I was planning on rooting, but with this maybe I don't have to. I would have been rooting only for OTG, as I don't do rom's because my data cap.
[Nexus 7 General] kaz2057:
This app works with external webcam?
[Nexus 7 General] costipl:
Just to be sure - can I watch a movie using MX Player straight from a USB drive without copying it to the device first?

Also - how complicated is it to look through photos on a SD card? I might get it for my mother so she can look at photos from her camera, but she's not exactly a technical person and I'd prefer to keep it simple (also the reason why I don't want to root her tablet).

Wysyłane z mojego HTC Vision za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 General] kennaley:
Yes, you can use MX player to play video from USB drive without copying it to the device.

Photo viewing is very easy. If she can use the tablet, she is more than capable of viewing the photos using this software