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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tannor:
I never owned a table before, have had multiple droid phones and latest is Galaxy Nexus.

I am a commuter where I am on the train 1.5 hours each to work. Currently I watch videos on my phone, it looks great on this phone (video quality and screen is superb ) but would be nice to have a bigger screen.

How is the battery life? Will I be able to watch say 4 hours of videos without having to charge it? Or will I need to make sure I bring my charger to work?

My biggest complaint about my phone is battery life is horrible, even with 4G turned off.

My other questions:

I have an issue playing mkv files on my galaxy nexus, I have tried using DICE player, and every once in a while, the video freezes, or it keeps repeating itself. I have no idea if it a software issue with DICE, a hardware issue, or something else, happens on almost every MKV file at least once or twice while watching the movie. How does the Nexus 7 playback mkv files? Any issues?

Is there any place I can see a Nexus 7 in person to see what it like? I hate to just buy it blindly online.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mwinggg:
it should last 4 hrs of video

i have gnex as well, with dice player, no issue, it is stock unrooted tho, maybe other video player causes that mkv problem?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AZImmortal:
Regarding battery life, Google advertises something like 10 hours of video playback, and I'm inclined to believe them. Regarding mkv playback, I'm assuming that they're h.264 encodes? When playing them on your Galaxy Nexus, does Dice Player show a green [hw] in the upper left when you play it? It means that playback is being hardware accelerated, which greatly improves performance and efficiency. Every video that I've tried with the Nexus 7 has been hardware accelerated so far with Dice Player.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chocu1a:
I use VPlayer on both my G.Nex & N7. Works with all files, no problems.

You can play with a N7 at Staples or Office Max or Office Depot.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvmacd:
Dice player perfectly plays 720p H264 .mkv files. I haven't tried 1080p, but I wouldn't be surprised if 1080p worked fine too [though you won't be gaining much, because the screen is only 720p].

Mx Player, my player of choice, however, often doesn't play the MKV files right [video plays fast, and then slow, and the cycle repeats.]

As far as battery life, I haven't really tested my battery. I always use my N7 on the charger.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tannor:
thanks everyone for suggestions, I never heard of Vplayer will have to check it out.

So far DICE was the only one that I was able to find that would even play them/

What mostly happens, is I will be halfway through and then the screen would pause, I would unpause, and then it would start playing the same frames over and over again..only way to fix it, was to kill DICE, go into settings, apps, and clear all data and cache. But then when i start it over again have to find where I was watching.

Last night I finally upgraded from 4.0.3 to 4.1.1 and tried watching it today on the way in, I did notice it was using SW in the upper left hand and the lock was unlocked.

Only thing that happened today was while playing about maybe 30 minutes in, screen went total black, and then brought me back to the Home screen, from there I had to go into settings and clear data for DICE, or everytime I tried to it start it automatically closed it.

I think I will be buying Nexus 7 this week, any recommendations best play to purchase that has a good exchange policy in case I run into hardware issues like I keep reading about the screen popping off or something like that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teamgs:
Greetings,

My unlocked, rooted, and JB flashed GNEX suddenly will not be detected on any machine I connect it to. XP, vista, W7. It charges fine, and detects as charging when connected to a PC. Machine's will not detect it as even connected. No errors.

I recently had two developments to my device that leave me uncertain as to what might be the cause of this issue:

1. Device went for a short swim. Dried out in rice, but not working properly. Disassembled and bathed in alcohol, then dried again, and it seemed to be revived, with the exception of an extremely short wifi range, both when connecting to an AP, or running as a hotspot.

2. Before the swim, I had recently flashed the Ascent VZ JB rom. I can't recall if I attempted to connect to a PC after the flash.

I have insurance, but would prefer not to use it, if possible.

I have tried fastboot mode, debug on and off with no luck. I should think that on a totally foreign machine, that some sort of detection and driver installation should be intiated, but nothing.

Any ideas of more testing I can do, before writing off the unit and replacing it?

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SirBindy:
I've been having issues like this with mine too. Running Xenon HD. USB port seems to be hit or miss the last couple weeks. I'm also contemplating a warranty replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1856164 try that. I had a detection problem. Might not be related but you never know
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
If you haven't already tried this: open the device manager, then connect the phone. Monitor the device manager for newly detected devices. If the PC doesn't detect anything being connected, I doubt there's much you can do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teamgs:
Thanks everyone, I appreciate the input.

Unfortunately, nothing is detected on any machine. Device manager is empty. Machines that used to detect it don't, and new machines don't either. I am in I.T.,...and have way to many PCs for my own good. :D Oh yes...not detected in Ubuntu either.

I disassembled my phone again today, and rechecked the wireless antenna, and the USB port, but still no luck. I think I may just have to pony up the $100 and use my insurance. :(

Thanks again,

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
This might be worth consideration, too:

http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Samsung_Galaxy_Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teamgs:
Thanks strumcat, I found that link this morning. Great minds think alike! :) I am sourcing the part right now. I have disassembled my phone about 15 times since its bath.

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] infazzdar:
Check and see if the device can be seen by adb, assuming you have the Android SDK and adb drivers set up.

If it's not detected, as stated above, there may not be a whole lot you can do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] teamgs:
Thanks for the info. No luck with ADB.

If I purchase the micro USB board, I am out $40, with no guarantee it will resolve the issue. Then I still have the wifi range issue that may or may not be resolved by replacing another module for about $40.

Since that I will be most likely out $80 to possibly get it back to perfect, I think I am going to just shell out the $100 and get a replacement. Hopefully, it will be new one, not a refurb.

Gary
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] verruckterGeck:
Sometimes when I have USB debugging enabled, my PC does not detect my phone. I have to disable USB debugging before connecting my phone, it detects it and then enable USB Debugging while the phone is connected. That usually works for me.

vG
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
It will be a refurbished one. Why don't you just drop carrier insurance and pull a "stand alone" policy with whoever does your auto/home/renters insurance? Costs next to nothing really. Cheaper than carrier. Added bonus...? They send you a check. For actual replacement costs. After a year of premiums and the 150 deduct thru carrier its pretty much $300 for a repaired phone. You paid less for a new one. Yearly, the stand alone is half to 3/4 the price of carrier. Deduct varies, but its less also. And its actual price to get new phone. If comparable one is 800..check for 800. Ask your insurance guy about it. If no stand alone, get renters insurance for like 6$ a month. Still cheaper.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jkolorz:
Tried Everything, Found the solution. (I will post this elsewhere, too)

So, I have spent two days with this problem. I've searched the entire godamn internet... only to find a surprising solution.

Regardless of what I had tried, my computer refused to detect my GNex. Toggled MTP, etc, Retoggled USB debugging, all that.

No matter what I would do, the PC would classify it an 'unknown device' !!!

What I had tried:

-Deleting all drivers, tried different driver sources (ex . Samsung's driver instead of Google's SDK, and even tried universal ADB drivers)

- Ensuring 'force fast charge' was disabled in both my kernel settings. (even disabled it in terminal emulator)

- Factory reset device (and quickly restored it back to the way it was, as this was not the problem)

-Three different PC's (Two Windows 7 PC's and 1 Ubuntu)

-Deleting all USB drivers on my computers and then attempting to connect via MTP or ADB, nothing.

-Even stepped through some drivers guides, including Nexus root toolkit (Even tried all 4 solutions, out of frustration).

My friend then suggested that maybe my USB internal port was dirty. I looked at it under a magnifying glass and to me, honestly it looked clean. I could clearly see the terminals,. Again, out of frustration, I tried this as a shot in the dark ------ I took a dry, new clean artists' brush and I brushed it out.

VOILA. I plug it in, and it installs the ADB interface first shot.

I really wasn't expecting this. I guess it should be expected , I carry this phone around in my pocket and it goes through hell, but one would expect charging problems as well. I guess a piece of pocket crud just so perfectly covered up the Data +/- in the middle of my USB port.

Try this, my friends. Having a non-functional USB port on a phone that screams "root me" is the most frustrating thing.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR PARANOID ANDROID 4.0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dewasalah:
Wow thanks a lot man :good:

save my time from usb connecting problem :victory:

eventhough i'm using my own way: blown from the mouth :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rwrerw:
Thanks!!!!! Good!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mr_krabbs:
thanks! that helped a lot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammerpants:
I've heard it is possible to get a data-only device from verizon, (tablet, modem, hotspot, etc) and put its sim card into a phone. After that the phone will have access to that data-only plan.

My question is this: Can I get a jetpack from verizon, sign up for a 4gb/month plan, then take that sim card and put it into my galaxy s3? I want to do this to get rid of my phone/text plan and have data only. I've heard some reports when doing this with an ipad and galaxy nexus, the phone is left with 3g speeds only.

Has anyone tried this, or have other knowledge about whether it will or will not work?

(On a side note, I called verizon today, asked about early termination fees, and they gave me a slightly cheaper minutes plan -- 200minutes for 29.99 as opposed to 450 for 39.99. )

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NCRoadster:
How much is a hotspot 4GB plan? With the new plans, it's showing me $50 a month.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammerpants:
$129 is the cheapest I can find from verizon itself. However, you can always get one used elsewhere.

340 + 129 + (50 * 24) = 1669

85 * 24 = 2040

Even with the cost of the hotspot and the cancellation fee, it makes more sense to cancel phone service. Besides, now I'd have 4gb data as opposed to 2gb, as well as some extra hardware which might be useful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammerpants:
Looks like I misunderstood.

50 is the cheapest for 4gb hot spot plans. The prepaid plans are less generous -- 60 for 3gb/month.

Looks like for this to be cost effective, I'd have to sign a new contract--something I'm not excited about. Maybe a customer service rep could give me a better rate if I had my own hot spot. I'm less excited about this than I was. Although, at least with the contract price you can get the hot spot for "free".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
I'm assuming you would end up using voip to make calls right? How much data would that end up using? Would it be cost effective that way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammerpants:
Not a whole lot, I imagine. I don't have any hard figures, but I do know that I make most of my calls at home or school--where I have wifi. Figuring that in, I'd think my data usage going to voip would be trivial.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammerpants:
I thought I'd provide an update.

I now have a 5GB/month plan for $50. I have no voice or text on my gs3 except what is done over IP--this basically means that voice and text is free when on wifi, and nearly free when on 4g. Calls only take 1.2MB / minute--which of course only matters when I am away from home or school.

Here is a rough outline of the process:

1. Purchase used 4g hotspot on ebay: $70

2. Activate and sign up for data plan for it: $50/month + 1 time activation and fees (35+15)

3. Take sim card from hotspot and put into phone. Cut it to correct size if necessary. It was with me.

4. Check Verizon website to make sure that phone now shows up with a 5gb data-only plan.

5. Transfer number from phone to google voice: $20

This step also automatically cancels the phone contract all at once: $340

6. Download and purchase GrooveIP: $4.99

6. Make sure that wifi stays connected when screen is off. The Galaxy S3 has some problems with this. I eventually settled on a program called "REGPON Wifi Keep Alive" from the play store.

7. Make sure everything is configured properly. I used another number to repeatedly call the phone and make sure that it would ring at various intervals of sleeping.

Voila--a 5gb data-only plan on a galaxy s3 with "free" unlimited voice and text.

I may save only a few hundred dollars over the course of the contract that I cancelled, but now I have a hotspot (just have to return sim to it to use it) and much more mobile data.It's also neat seeing on myverizon that I have this phone and am eligible for an upgrade.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
sounds like the trouble and effort outweigh the monetary savings.

thats just an opinion though.

glad youre happy with what you got from VZW
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammerpants:
Yeah, I probably wouldn't have done it if it were only for the financial savings.

Probably breaks down something like this:

1/3 b/c cost saving

1/3 b/c better (more capable) plan

1/3 b/c principle of the matter and the fun of making it work.

It used to irk me every single month to see that overpriced/underused/unchangable* plan on my bill.

*in the ways I wanted
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] artofdying9:
someone point me the write way:highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Back up your contacts texts and anything else important and click this link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822626

You dont need to flash bootloaders. And use this rom to step up to a custom rom not your daily driver.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] TRusselo:
right

way... not ... nevermind.

how? read the many threads that already exist on how to install.

xda is not user support forum. we are a software development forum. if we provide something, it comes with instructions not live tech/installation support.

please search before posting.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bibiquadium:
I am now owner of what may very well be a Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy S3 with the inability to reach Download Mode and computer not recognizing my handheld. It ll happen't as I unlocked my bootloader to go in fastboot mode, it was then, all over. But of course as desperate as it may look like I've done some researches on Google and some people with different models managed to have some magic done in a situation like mine, but since I didn't own the same device the solutions were of no avail for me. So my question is, is there any sort of trickery to help me come out of this misery? Such as force installing new QHSUSB_DLOAD specifically for a Samsung Galaxy S3 or some battery related magic that could help me reach Download Mode where I could flash a stock rom back in and get back to normal? Any help would be much appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DjRevler:
this just happened to me as well today, not to happy, my heart sank in, did u find any solutions as far as fixing this qhusb thing?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] corythug:
AFAIK there is no fix, same deal on all phones with the same SoC, like the one x. I could be way wrong though and I hope I am. Hope you guys get up and running soon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DjRevler:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522351

these guys were able to fix the QHSUSB problem, i just need these samsung s3 files like they have for the sensation xe only thing is i dont kno where to get them. ;/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bibiquadium:
Sent it under warranty hoping for the best.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tehsprayer:
Most likely they will say that you voided your warranty so you may have to take it in to a JTAG service.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zero4:
Any update on this? My phone did this to me last night when updating CWM. I'm about to go to Radio Shack to buy some resisters to see if I can force download mode, like on Captivates.

EDIT: Even though this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrZUrE5Nqj0) shows that the Jig works with the GS3, I was not successful in putting it into download mode. I was able to with my captivate, just to make sure I was on the correct pins.

Hopefully the AT&T store will just swap it out and leave it at that, since I pay for insurance...I don't want to have to send it away to mobiletechvideos.com for JTAG repair, but will if necessary.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AxAtAx:
You can look all you want for a solution, there is NOT one for this problem, other than find a jtag service. Period!

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Wow, this is a complete waste of time. This will not work with SG3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TRusselo:
Talking about "waist of time" you are in the wrong forum, the att sgs3 doesn't have locked bootloader (this is the att/bell/Rogers forum) Go to the Verizon sgs3 forum...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fallenkirmit:
Regardless of where the phone came from the end result is still the same... you guys are hard bricked. The only available solutions to you atm (and trust me on this I hard bricked mine aswell) is

A - Send your phone in for warrenty/insurance, dont worry about everyone saying you cant because of voided warrenty... your bootloader is screwed and they wouldnt be able to tell anything about rooting/cwm etc.

B - if warrenty/insurance is unavailable to you then your only other options are to send it to samsung to get it repaired on your own dime. Or save yourself a bit of money and send it for jtag repair which is what I did. If you live in the states the guy can have your phone back in your hands usually within 4-5 business days.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rasgula:
hi there

i have an SDcard of 4GB i tried on 4 S3 i747M hard bricked phones its worked ....this card let them alive to download mode by pressing volume down key +home key + power. i want to share this image but when ever i connect this card to my PC (windows) its shows (need to format your card)

is there any software so i can make image and share...to help those who hard-bricked their phones.

regards
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nvan7891:
I reject your reality, and substitute my own! Ah, anyway.. any updates on this? Its been a year or so.. I have the sprint s3, but i believe it had an insecure boot image flashed to it. The emmc boot method has failed me thus far. Not sure if it's because mine is a 32gb and the debrick files for for 16gb '(which shouldn't matter), if the board for my 32gb is affected by a brick bug, or what.. The qpst tool just seems like it's the perfect tool to fix a bad bootloader on any qualcomm phone, but all the guides I've found are for other phones still. I accidentally dd'd an image of my EFS partition to the sbl2 partition. I looked up the international s3 table by mistake :p

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Yes. Download a live linux distro, like knopix or such. Any linux distribution will work, really. Then in a terminal you would do something like

sudo dd if=/dev/sdX of=debrick-image.img

Where the "X" in "sdX" corresponds to the sdcard you want to copy. After you insert the card, in a terminal do:

dmesg | tail

and you should be able to see that it is sdb, sdc, sdd, etc. Google the usage of "dd" if you need more info.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rasgula:
Thanks for info i'll try this today

Regards
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johneightyone:
did you ever get that image? i could really use it right now... :crying:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rasgula:
yes ....i have this image now on 3 sd cards. works fine for me...but image size is too large, about 3.7 GB.

regards
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Eselter:
Very good app for android 2.2 ;)

LINK
[HTC Sensation] zyfkurmom:
Sorry for asking but I just got this sensation xe with ics installed, but I don't know how to root it.can anyone please help?
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Here is a guide that might help, read through it and see if it applies to your h boot version. First find your h boot version to find correct guide by pulling battery , put battery back in press volume down and power,hold it then you will see your information - h boot version Will be listed on top . http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erew1:
Over 800 alarms from com.google.android.location are observed in BBS overnight.

I know this can be solved by disabling location service, but is there a way that I can identify which apps are causing the alarms?

I have already turned off wifi/mobile data/auto sync.

Thanks:laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillGoss:
Ask the question in this thread.

Sent from my Desire S
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdojoin:
Edit; Solve.:victory:

Mods: Please close this thread. Thanks.:good:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuby:
ICSish? AFAIK ICS doesnt have centered clock.

Sent from my R800i using Xperia NXT 1.2 ROM (Best for gming performance!)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdojoin:
Yes it does. Lol.:p Do u hav even try ics/jb on ur phone??
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
no it actually doesn't however AOKP might .

the image above is aosp nexus ics
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] ybh1231:
so, from what i understand, if i cant enter download mode or anything else, the phone is hard bricked. will the usb jig thing help? if not, is my only solution to send the phone from US to china where my mom got it to get it fixed?

i tried to install a european OS cuz the chinese one doesnt have google play. in the middle of the procedure using odin, the phone went black screen. at first i can get the download mode thing, then maybe 10 minutes later, the download mode stopped working. that's pretty much all i know.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] TheRealFelix0212:
Hi.

Yes, it's a hardbrick. In other countries the Galaxy Fit have a littlebit other roms. That bricks your phone. Example: When you have got an european G-Fit and you flash an american Stock-Rom the phone is bricked because the european phone have got a GSM-Module and the american phone have got a module for CDMA. The only thing you can do is to send it to the Samsung Center. They will replaces the motherboard. Or buy a new phone. ;)

Greetings...
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] sumeet2203:
I just look by n i saw this thread... maybe author of ths thread cn help u with usb jig... pm him/her

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1349547:)

Sent from my GT-S5670
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] langaking:
This rom is great, great thank to devs... but i can't enable GSM! I try *#*#4636#*#* and choose GSM only, but it does not work!