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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Melodycd:
So, I changed launcher to Launcher EX. It works good. When I press Home button, I return to Launcher Ex, not to Amazon's launcher! :) That's nice! The only issue is navigation panel is always of Kindle is always on top. And it never hide. Now, I can install any widgets, make folders etc. Everything looks so amazing!!! All native amazon apps works fine, streaming, shopping, mp3. Thanks for help! Now I can defenetly proud of my choice. I do not regret of choosing Kindle Fire and not Nexus7.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Ravynmagi:
An update to my original story...

I ended up trying another Nexus 7 (my fifth one now). Stopped by Walmart last week and grabbed one. And to my surprise it didn't have loose glass on the left side and seems to be in good physical condition (still suffers from poorly calibrated colors and a sucky speaker).

I'm going to keep this Nexus 7 after all. I love the Kindle Fire HD, but I'm an Android person, a Galaxy Nexus owner, and a fan of the Nexus experience. So despite my big disappointment with the Nexus 7 hardware, I have to stick with it because of the software.

But I also really do want a Kindle Fire HD after playing with this guy for a few days. It's really great for medium for consuming my Amazon content and a great piece of hardware. I don't want two 7 inch tablets, and the 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD seems like a better value anyway with the higher DPI screen and better 4470 soc for just $100 more. So I'm returning the 7 inch Fire HD and will wait on the 8.9 inch Fire HD in November (so far away).
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] robertc88:
I wasn't going to get the kfhd after I bought and liked the Nexus 7 BUT Best Buy gave me $75 for the original KF I bought from them and I had a Rewards Zone coupon so all told I paid $100 for the new one.

I definitely give the edge to the KFHD for video playback, both PQ and AQ. Now with the new Nook HD + coming out, I'll have to make a decision between the Nexus 7 and KFHD to trade in if I like the B&N tablet. Video playback is a priority of mine personally so we'll see.

BTW, my Nexus 7 has no build quality issues.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] alkemist80:
For the ones that ask why my KFHD is going back, the above quote is pretty much my own thought. I like google and android. I want a multi function device and being locked into the Amazon ecosystem is not what I want. Even after root and installing google apps, the KFHD is a severely gimped version of android. Cracking the bootloader right now sounds between long time to never. Not to mention, any new updates google puts out, their pure devices will see it first.

I personally had no hardware issue yet with the N7 but I am aware of all the problems.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disguy03:
I tried searching but can't find any solutions to my question, so here goes.

I uninstalled Android because I was getting random reboots. When I tried to install it again using ACMEInstaller3 it got stuck because it couldn't find the CMInstall folder. I tried doing the hard reset but it just says the buttons were pressed on the linux lines. Any help would be much appreciated!
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquidor:
never experienced that issue, maybe just wait until your battery dies (will happen eventually) and then try to reboot into webos creating a proper cminstall folder?
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
Press the power and home buttons for as long as it takes, shouldn't be more than 30 secs and it will turn of .

You do not want the battery to totally drain as this will cause even more problems.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haxin:
do you have moboot and cwm recovery installed properly? if you have cwm installed then yuo can just flash the the rom from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bear gri11z:
havent posted here in a while as im sure you can tell by the sig...

ive had 3 replacement galaxy nexus from verizon now and STILL after the jelly bean update im having LTE connection problems speed wise,and dropping in and out every few minutes

(i have multiple speed tests on 4g where my speeds are 200kbps and lower!!!)

ever since the OTA update to jelly bean i have gotten reboots that require a battery pull and sometimes it just holds on the google screen till the phone gets super hot and i notice it (usually happens while in my pocket)

dropped calls while driving

charging slowly (without use)

they offered me a razr as a replacement but there is NO development support and really hated my atrix/photon when i owned them

i love this phone so much and wanted to wait to get the next nexus device but i am required to be on call for my job and cant deal with this anymore!

im getting my last replacement nexus tomorrow i dunno what i will do if this one still has these problems.

anyone else having problems?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bear gri11z:
well verizon sent me a replacement nexus AND a razr to test it out

so at the moment i have 2 galaxy nexus and a razr

i ran speed test on them all and with BOTH galaxy nexus on LTE with JB update

i still get faster speeds with the razr

(LTE on nexus in my house i get 200kbps download LOLOLOL)

well so long samgsun once again you proved every phone you make has a ****ed radio...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Vishnu92:
I got stuck in the lock screen and forgot the password..!!! there is no way of getting recovery throught gmail??

Sry for bad english...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] liborio99:
Just reinstall the rom. Without wipe's. If dont work, you need to wipe all :X

Hope this help
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
If you have unlocked bootloader boot at pink screen connect your phone and navigate to /data/system/

There is a file named password.key with your passwords encrypted in it. Delete its content in order to be blank. save it and reboot the phone and no unlock password would be needed.

A second way is to delete this file with aroma-file-manager (google it) but i haven't tested it

Cheers
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
So even though I have been s-off since the Panda hit the scene, I think those that have yet to unlock/root might REALLY like to know this.

Basically you can create a back up using ADB on your NON-ROOTED device. Unlock/Root (which we all know will require a factory reset when using HTCDev Unlock) and then with your freshly rooted device, you can restore from the ADB backup you create.

I haven't tried this out yet (just got the update and attached change log) but might try it out just to see. Lucky for me all the devices I support have been Panda *certified but this will be real handy if I have to deal with a un-s-off-able device. :)

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
I was gonna post this, beat me to it haha. It's a nice feature for those s-on :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metalfan78:
That's one of the very first apps I ever bought, almost 3 years ago. The dev is great. He always responds to emails quickly. I'm glad this was added. I don't need it (yet), but this is definitely a nice feature.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pbarrett:
Cool - I wish this had been in the program a few months ago when I did the unlock.

I did the ADB backup/restore manually but this would be a lot easier.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Yeah man, the FIRST and only app I "require" someone purchase if I'm working on a phone is TB. If you never buy another app, TB is the single best investment you can make if you are rooting your phone and this just add more "goodness" to the pile. :good::good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
I was gonna say the same. I noticed one day that TiBu wasn't being granted SU just out of nowhere. I emailed Joel, he emailed me back in less than an hour with exactly the fix. (I think it was 'force system busybox' from TI settings). Guy is awesome.

I'm not sure how you perform adb backup. Would be curious to know.

from my flying AOKP'd Evo LTE and xda premium
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Good and Evo did a write up on how to do it. I haven't tried it BUT you can find the instructions here >>>>> http://goo.gl/9rr8N
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shucknet:
I recently bought the pro version of this app strictly for this feature. Thus far, I have been unable to get it to work. I've tried two different .ab files both of which have been successfully restored from using UBT. Any suggestions or ideas why TB pro would say the .ab files are invalid?

Thanks!

Ryan
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] joel.bourquard:
Hi Ryan,

Is your backup file password protected (encrypted) or not?

Also please do (on the device or in a unix shell):

busybox head -n4 MyBackupFile.ab

and please post the result...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] housekey:
hmm. didnt see that. I'll have to give it a try
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Another reason this app is the $hit! The dev of this essential app checking boards and popping in to help directly. :)

I'm about to try this out on a new white EVO LTE so we'll see how easy this goes. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jago25_98:
Great news. Would be even greater if we could do it direct to a computer?

Maybe possible by mounting a network share? Would need to find a way to check the backup has worked though.

Or maybe this can be done with adb pull?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KEYofR:
My phone went into boot-loop a week or so ago and this feature of TiB saved the day. I could not boot the normal OS to make a backup and had no recent backup. Reflashing my rom and wiping cache & dalvik made no difference. But I made a nandroid from TWRP, factory reset, then was able to restore my txt's from the nandroid using TiB (dialer storage) all right on the device while out to dinner. Damned nice.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scifan:
Ironically, I'd been using the free version of TB for quite a while... but recently bought Pro because I found it to be so useful...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Carlito17_2000:
Did anyone fix the AB issue in titanium backup?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ms.goofy:
When trying to use this feature, tianium backup is not letting me select the .ab file. The file appears greyed out.

The backup file is encrypted.

I ran "busybox head -n4" on my .ab file and got the following -

ANDROID BACKUP

4

1

AES-256

Any ideas?

Edit: I managed to force select the file using another file manager only to be greeted by a message from titanium backup stating the backup file is either invalid or unsupported.

[MENTION=2010510]joel.bourquard[/MENTION]
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] joel.bourquard:
Hi,

Feel free to try with TB 7.6.1, it should work ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ms.goofy:
Thanks for fixing it. It works now. Though I need to use a third party file manager app to select the .ab file.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Wilsonb:
Does this mean it's somehow possible to backup directly to a PC via USB, instead of backing up to an SD? I have destroyed 2-3 SD so far by heating them up to much while doing long backup/restore
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] SimplyDennis:
Can anyone tell me how to make a 'disk image backup' or something like that or can anyone give me a link to how to use it?thanks
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374511
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] SimplyDennis:
Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Hey guys,

So, I own a Galaxy Ace, which is pretty outdated (but actually a few months newer than Nexus S).

What I mean is that it's quite slow with JB AOKP, and doesn't run it properly (no camera and no video codecs so far).

So, considering that Nexus S is still getting google updates for Android and that it seems like a very nice phone, and that it's cheap, should I sell my Galaxy Ace and get a Nexus S?

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokflurry:
I've had a Nexus S since it was released and as much as I love it, I think the hardware is starting to get a little dated. Unless it's an extremely good price, I wouldn't spend the money to get one.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Thanks. I've been reading here about how slow JB some people get. Even, I think we can say that it's a top device with a decent screen. After NS, all I see are phones/tablets, which doesn't look good to me at all. Bigger screens than 4" is a deal breaker for me.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
I'd say buy the NS! I've also had it since release and running JB now. For me it runs smoother than every before. Compared to the Ace you'll be very surprised!

Though if you have a bit more money to spare, wait for the new nexus phones and see if a 4" or 4.3" turns up.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greg2826:
Forget about Ns go for Gn.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
Missed the point that he doesn't like bigger screens?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Well, let's say that maybe I have bought it already..

hahahahah

Anyway, it would be really nice to have the new nexus with a "phone screen", and not a "mini-tablet screen"

I'm quite impressed so far. No OTA for JB yet (is there something wrong?), but ICS looks awesome. Just the fact that everything works is already impressive for me. hahahaha
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
Hahaha awesome! welcome to the nexus community! Are you going to do any hacking on the phone? If not, did you perform a factory reset? if so, try refreshing the "update" section, maybe it'll pop up.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Thanks! About hacking, you know how we feel about new phones.. sad about taking their virginity. I got rid of my Ace because I want a phone that saves me more time than what I spend making it work properly. So I'll stick with ICS for now, and wait the JB OTA to pop up. Tried the update section, but not a factory reset. Do you think that the factory reset could make the update show up?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayjay3333:
This is a known trick to push the OTA. Pull the SIM card out and have a strong WIFI signal. Open the Settings application. Select Apps. Select the All drawer, and select Google Service Frameworks. Force Stop the application, then Clear Data. Now check for an update. Select About Phone in Settings, and select System Update. It will have something like 1969.

If nothing then repeat all the steps above.

Oh and root that Nexus S...it begs for it :good:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yerazero:
Buy a Nexus!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superng888:
why not buy a galaxy nexus instead? :confused:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
Did you two guys above me even read anything?

Ot: the Nexus works pretty good on stock, however for me it was a bit too slow. Also clearing data of the systems app like suggested above might work :D

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Hey. Thanks for the replies and the help, guys.

This trick to push OTA wouldn't result in any signal or other carrier failures, would it? Looked up on Google and here for a specific thread about this, but didn't find any.

Also, could the performance/battery life get better just from a single root? I'd need scripts like adrenaline engine or v6 supercharger, right?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
This trick does not influence anything.

Just rooting won't give you any performance. Also there are some discussions going about these scripts. I'm not a big fan. I just flashed a different rom with different kernel.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayjay3333:
Like Kwibis said it doesn't effect anything if you do it this way. Pull SIM and turn on wifi. Go close to the wireless router for a solid link.

"Some discussions" lol They are heated to say the least...the creator of V6 Supercharger..Zeppelinrox, believes whole heartedly that it works and thousands of others will back him. Thousands of others say placebo...you have to decide for yourself. I'm torn since he's a fellow Canadian...lol. I've used it but that was a long time a go..

Rooting may or may not improve your phone. Depends on the ROM and Kernel chosen and every phone is different so there is no "Best ROM/Kernel" combo...I hate that question...lol.

Read up and if you choose to root do it the right way and learn ADB (Android Debug Bridge) using Android SDK. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007782 Old thread but still works, just get the newer recovery and superuser. DON'T use a one click because you will learn nothing so when you ef something up you'll annoy people by starting a thread for a problem you should know how to solve. Oh and unlocking your phone wipes everything so backup your music, pics, etc.

Hope this helps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Thanks people for taking your time! Helpful tips!

About OTA update, I just thought that there might be a reason why my phone didn't get it yet. If it was my old Ace, I would have done it the first time I read, but everything just works so great, that I don't want to mess up and then have to get into rom, kernel and scripts choosing again. About rooting, I misunderstood up there, the simple act of rooting it obviously wouldn't improve performance at all. But again, everything works so great that I'm even afraid of pushing OTA hahaha.

Boy, this GPS locks FAST. Indoors with windows closed. I still can't believe this. This would never (ever ever) happen with Ace, no matter how best your path for gps fix was. With stock config, well, sometimes you can't even get signal outdoors with the cleanest skies.

Anyway, will try the OTA trick (I miss my messed up JB on Ace).

Thanks again!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Tried the steps 4 times. Nothing happened. I saw the "Last checked in ..../1969", but it didn't find any new updates.

I guess ICS is ok too.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
Lol check your date and clock. Are they set right?

Rooting is that you get superuser access so you can perform actions that normally wouldn't be possible like backing up apps and data.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horizon21:
I'd suggest to buy the Galaxy Nexus instead of a NS. I have compared the two phones side by side and the GS just feels faster, sleeker and more responsive. I should add that I chose a Nexus device specifficaly because of the multitude of roms that were (are) available for it.

One thing I dislike in GS is the enormous screen. It just feels like an overkill for me. I'm content with the size NS provides.

One thing I dislike in NS is the touchscreen buttons order - I have amended that through remapping the buttons. For example the "menu" button is my "home" button. If you are left handed you should be fine and maybe you will not need to tinker with this.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Hey,

Yeah, date and time are automatically set. Tried many many step by step procedures available, but none worked. That's sad. Guess I'll have to wait two or three more months to get my hands on JB.

About GN, the huge screen is a deal breaker to me too. I'd love a 4 inch Galaxy S4, but I doubt Samsung would make it like this.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Just found out the problem of amoled yellowish colors. That looks ugly, but also more comfortable to the eyes. I'm not sure about how I feel about this bug. hahahah

Also, my NS is never fully charged. All night charging, and it's on 97% max. Could it be just a matter of how android is measuring the battery level?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
No. It is not meant to be charged up a true a 100 percent. It is to prevent battery overcharge damage.

The screen colors are not a bug. It is done on purpose by Google. IMHO they suck and make the screen look like pure crap but its not a bug.

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Also your phone should have got the ota to jb by now. Unless its the Korean model. Not sure if that version got it yet. Could check in the ota thread if it did.

You may not have the stock ics ROM on there and that's why it did not receive it. Maybe a stock like ROM like buglessbeast is on it or something

Anyways. Google releases factory images for the phone that can be flashed to the phone. Pure official factory images directly from Google

Find out your model exact model number. Get the images for YOUR device. And you can flash them. There are guides here and all over the place.

Doing this will result in a full wipe of everything on your phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
Well actually they are going to announce the Galaxy S3 mini so this might be what you'd want. However I will wait for a new Nexus device, just because of the development.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Really? Never heard about this battery thing. Well, then it doesn't make sense to have a scale of 0-100%, if it's never going to get to 100% for "security reasons". Samsung...

About the OTA, yeah, I miss project butter. hahaha

My phone is a 9020A for sure, stock ICS.

And for flashing google release, I'd have to root and install CWM, right? I think I'll keep ICS for a while. I'm kind of tired of flashing and reflashing stuff on my old Ace. Nexus S is doing great so far on saving me time (not making me spend more and more flashing and fixing stuff).

Well, thans for the tips anyway!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweeny80:
Dude, it's cool you're content to wallow in ICS goodness for now, but JB on NS will kill whatever experience you had on your last phone. Best thing is, there are tens of different ROMs for our device. I read you are tired of flashing - I get that, me too - but root it asap and get going on some JB goodness.

I personally recommend Slim Bean 2.6. It has all the best features, small footprint, and is actively developed. NS is old-as in tech land but the great devs keep working away on it. You heard it here first :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
There is a mod called BLX in the dev section. The thread will have all info you want to know about the battery and its percentage.

Nothing for you to flash or anything but info on the topic.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Found this on search: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007782

Is it still up for manually flashing OTA right now? For OTA, someone said that I don't need root, is it right? Any advices before I jump into this addictive world again?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
AAAAND I'm on Jelly Bean. Stock (for now). Thank you all.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
Congrats! If you ever think of it being slow: flash Rasbeanjelly together with a trinity kernel. Your phone will be extra awesome
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Ok. It hangs sometimes, on some animations, but nothing to worry. Nothing to get better now - except that I already found 2 little scratches that pissed me off so much, and also this oleophobic coat that has an expiration date of about a month. I know it's not supposed to do any magic, but it definately was way better the moment I had my hands on the NS for the first time.

Again: samsung...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Felipe Ambrosio:
Weird. I can't get usb transfer speed over 1.4mb/s. It started at 1.4mb/s and now it's at 1.2mb/s. Moving 11gb of music files. Have anyone seen this before?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
It can be due to two reasons, you are using a ICS or JB rom that has issue with usb transfer speed, I thought this issue was fixed long ago. Or internal storage is ultra-fragmented. Try to do a disk check, or backup your data and format the storage. If that don't help, try a different rom. CM7/Gingerbread should not have that issue though.