yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 General] Croak:
Getting a little screen lift on my 32gb CA0K already, it's only a day out of the box. Just above the middle. Grumble.
[Nexus 7 General] BrianDigital:
That's cool you keep things in the cloud, so do I pay for Google drive and host my own music server. What's wrong with putting movies on the device to say keep the kids occupied for car trips. Or maybe couple tv shows stored locally as maybe waiting at the doctor's office or just in a case where your just have to wait. I am not streaming movies off my cellular plan its not unlimited why would I want to waste my plan when they are selling a device with the storage I need.

Those types of situation may happen without a moments notice and need to be accessed without delay.

I do have a question why do the people that sit home all day on wifi need to insert "use the cloud" every darn thread about storage use threads. Really I just want a genuine reason, because the "I want to" excuse is not good enough for you.
[Nexus 7 General] krips2003:
If you bought from the local store then go ahead exchange it. This tablet is amazing considering the form factor, but the screen lift issue is a major quality control issue from Asus. This is one of the reason I prefer Samsung more than Asus or LG.
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
But Asus more than makes up for it with their exemplary post-sale customer service and support... :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] JesseMT4G:
I am perfectly content with my 16G Nexus. I have no worries with a Flashdrive hanging off it. I have double the memory in a flash drive compared to the Internal memory of the 32.

Also don't have one issue with this. Been perfect since day one.
[Nexus 7 General] Croak:
This is my fifth unit. The amazing has worn off. The value proposition has also worn off, when you consider it costs me $20 in postage each time to RMA one, not counting the wasted time backing up and restoring.

I'm taking it back tomorrow, and picking up a used Tab 7.7 off CL for $400, with the intent to run ParanoidAndroid on it.

I don't game on my tiny tablets, so I really don't need quad-core performance, but I will appreciate the better display on the 7.7 for my media consumption, and of course the better Samsung build quality and quality control.

The whole Nexus/Google experience is something of a bust too, I never stay with a stock ROM on any device, so I never really get to appreciate it other than at launch.

All this angst over a squeaky screen sounds silly, I know, but there's a limit to how much crap I'll swallow at the altar of Nexus.

That said, I'll be sporting a Nexus 10 on or around launch day. But hey, it's not Asus.
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
I have a USB OTG cable for mine, but I don't like using it. Hell, I don't even like charging it. I'm always nervous that the internal connector is going to snap and I will have a $200 paperweight.
[Nexus 7 General] Haizum74:
Only thing I have noticed is some bad screen bleed but ONLY noticed when in bed (there is no relevance to being in bed and screen bleed lol) with the lights out and watching a film. Blacks look really washed out and grey round the edges of the screen. IN daylight I dont notice it at all so I can live with it. Oh and this is the 32gb model
[Nexus 7 General] Turbotab:
Under UK law, at least, in the trade of used goods between private sellers, then only the title and description are bound by he Sale of Goods Act not the quality. An item described as a 16 GB Nexus, is breaking the law if it is actually a 8GB, but if it is defective then our friend caveat emptor applies, and the buyer has no redress.
[Nexus 7 General] JaSauders:
I've had decent luck with ASUS support. I wouldn't say they're fantastic, but I'm also insanely intolerant of over-the-phone tech support with people I know have no idea what I'm talking about. ASUS telling me they had no idea about any screen lift raged me. Ironically, once I got escalated, those guys were rock solid and knew exactly what I was talking about. ASUS's 2nd tier support is where my opinion on them did a 180. Plus, the fact they repaired my N7 screen crack under warranty was another :good:

When I had my back cover off the other day, I have to admit, I felt a little better about the micro USB port when I saw the screws on each side holding it in place. I've had micro USB charging port issues on various phones, so I know they're nothing to be overly messed with, but seeing the screws around it made me feel a little better about its integrity.
[Nexus 7 General] The-Last-Hylian:
16 or 32

Hi all,

I'm hoping to get my N7 today or tomorrow at the latest! :D

Excited! I was always planning on getting the 16GB version until they released the 32GB variant.

But i keep thinking to myself, I can get the 16GB for £169 at currys, it's a good £30 saving, could put that towards a decent case, OTG etc...

I'd ideally like the bigger space but well... do I really need it?

£200 is a lot when I think I can buy extras with the savings from the 16GB version.

Decisions, decisions...
[Nexus 7 General] krips2003:
If you play high end games like NFS or from gameloft like asphalt, etc then yes you probably go with 32 GB version. Those games takes 1GB or more data. Also you'll have a peace of mind and that's very important ;)
[Nexus 7 General] BrianDigital:
Also point out people not sure if they need space 16gb will leave you with 13gb or so of space. I brought my 16gb to about 300mbs of space and that will make the sync of your Google account sporadic
[Nexus 7 General] Croak:
Having had to RMA one N7 for a broken USB port, I am very very hesitant to plug ANYTHING into it, including a regular USB cable, let alone a heavy OTG dongle that will be torquing that connector.

That, and it's a proper pain in the arse...it flops about like Hugh Grant's hair, there's no good way to hold it (unless you tape it to the back or something), it's just plain clunky and looks ghetto.

And unless you already have a good thumb drive and cable, you're also not saving much money going that route, about a £10-£15 at most.
[Nexus 7 General] nakedninja42:
Screenshots show why I am glad I exchanged my 16GB for the 32GB.
[Nexus 7 General] The-Last-Hylian:
Okay I'm sold :D

Which Spidey game is that? Not TASM?
[Nexus 7 General] jim1h:
I have started taking advantage of the cloud, and it's working as these devices are designed with the cloud in mind. I hate having my devices full of stuff just for the the sake of it, and you can only play one game or read one book at a time, right.?

32gb makes loads more sense but you can still use the 8 and 16gb versions and enjoy them.
[Nexus 7 General] nakedninja42:
I keep all my music in the Google Play Music. I don't store videos either cause I stream with Plex since I have internet connection almost everywhere I go. If I am on a airplane, then I use my OTG cable.

With that said, if you see my screenshots, a couple of the games I have on there so I can play when I am ready... granted I don't need 3 FPS games on. I play whatever game I can play in the available time I have, sports games if I have ~10 minutes to kill or puzzle game if I only have a couple minutes. Ultimately the reason I have so many installed is a lot of them have a lot of data and I am not going to waste time in the future waiting for it to install cause I have the inclining to play Horn or Bard's Tale while sitting on the train.

---------- Post added at 09:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 AM ----------

It's Spider-Man: Total Mayhem HD http://www.gameloft.com/android-games/spiderman-total-mayhem/

I can't find it anymore on the store, got it a long time ago.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hiu115:
DISCLAIMER I (or any contributor) cannot be held responible in any way for any sort of damage caused for using this ROM or its derivatives.

This is the AOSP-based Android 4.1.1 Jellybean ROM using custom kernel 3.0 for Herotab C8/Dropad A8/Haipad M7/iBall Slide and compatible tablets.

The Herotab C8 and its siblings are one hackable device; It supports Android 2.2, 2.3, 3.0, 3.2, 4.0, and 4.1. It runs on a single-core Samsung S5PV210 1Ghz Processor and 512mb RAM. Pretty low spec, however with the right tinkering it can be one powerful device.

What works:

Display

Hardware acceleration

Touchscreen (thanks violet's ft506 driver and przemo27 for figuring the alternate data format)

Audio\Microphone (thanks to Asure's CM7 build for audio HAL; and mg3100's details on kernel)

Wi-Fi (thanks to violet's ar6000 driver and jolocotroco for locating source for a wpa_supplicant8 dependency)

Bluetooth

Accelerometer (thanks to Asure's port of mango210 kernel)

Battery Indicator

USB Host

USB OTG

Camera

Market, GoogleApps

Root

What does not work:

HDMI

3G dongle

(NOTE This list is not exhaustive; this build is still a Beta and not intended to be a daily driver)

Steps for flashing (using script; this will make 512MB system, 256MB cache and 1GB data partition and erase your existing settings and apps):

Extract the archive. You will get two files, one will be a GZipped tar (.tgz) and other the kernel (zImage). Copy these to the root of an external SD.

Download the attachment posted here and extract them to the root of the external SD. You should now see 6 files in the root of the external SD. (utscript, utscript_sd, utscript.sh, zImage.debug, zImage, rootfs.tgz).

Insert the SD card and boot your tablet using Menu+Power. This will flash your tablet.

Steps for flashing (using custom recovery):

Extract the archive. You will get two files, one will be a GZipped tar (.tgz) and other the kernel (zImage). Copy these into a folder (path muwst have no spaces) in your external SD card.

Boot into custom recovery.

Go to "Advanced", then "Partition SD card". Select partition sizes (make sure system partition > 320MB) and wait for it to format the partitions. Existing settings and apps will be lost.

[You can skip this step if your tab's system partition is > 320 MB]

Now return to the main menu, and select "Flash ROM". Give it the path where you stored the ROM in step 1. Wait for it to flash the ROM.

Return to main menu and select "Shutdown".

Turn on your tablet normally, and enjoy!

Links:

http://www.embedupload.com/?d=85OERSGVNV (Embedupload)

NOTE: I didn't make this ROM. The guys over at slatedroid did it, so credits all go to them. But you can thank me for sharing ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hiu115:
Fixes and patches

Kernel fix (just update it via recovery -> apply patch/update -> update kernel):

http://www.4shared.com/zip/M_ZcGiSF/zImage.html

Wifi Patch:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/3T9hUxnt/wifipatch.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hiu115:
bump
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] j.valeron:
don't work

no one of this patch is recognized by the recovery...

also the kernel update is not a tgz file...

maybe i did a mistake?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hiu115:
It should work, what steps did you took to install the kernel?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hiu115:
Custom Recovery for C8/A8/M7

I nearly forgot this. Sorry.

Github:

https://github.com/namko/midRecovery/downloads

BootExtRecovery:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/HxPitG3B/BootExtRecovery.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] itgenmar:
mid recovery is not working on 8024

the recovery is not working on 8024, i have just a black screen...

please help

Sorry it is working...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dclou:
Now we have Jelly Bean 4.2 form SlateDroid

Please refer for the following hyperlink

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/42771-romcm101android-421-build-1/

[WORKING]

- Audio

- Video

- Wifi

- Touchscreen

- Most regular things

[NOT WORKING]

- Bluetooth

- 3G
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] martintspedersen:
awesome will try it on my dropad A8 its a shame hdmi is not working
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SugarCoatedAngel:
I went to Amazon to purchase a transformer prime, I purchased it and the seller and for me that Amazon would fulfill the order Since I am an Amazon prime member. Amazon ended up sending the docking station for the Err pad transformer prime model TF201. I informed Amazon of their mistake and they told me they would refund my order and I could just reorder the item, so I did that and Amazon ended up sending me a second docking station for the transformer prime exact same model number.

I ended up going to Best Buy where I saw a transformer infinity, but I did not want to shell out $500. So I am not going with the transformer pad model TF 300 T. so far it's great, I love it.

When I got home I connected the transformer pad to the docking station for the transformer prime and it seems to work just fine minus the fact that it won't completely locked into place. I ended up going back to Best Buy and explaining it to the guy that sold me the tablet and he said those docking stations will crossover for any Asus tablet except the very first one they made. Apparently not model was too thick.

So my question to all of you is what model docking station do you have if you have one and will this model docking station ultimately messed up my tablet? Again everything on the docking station seems to work perfectly with the tablet it fits it just doesn't walk hundred percent it only wants about 50% of the way.

Here is what it says on the box for the Eee Pad:

Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 series mobile docking station. Hope that helps, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

TIA!
[Droid Incredible General] bartman99:
Hi,

Have an Incredible. Rooted with s-of and MIUI 2.97 and Android 2.3.2. I am trying to manual program it to get in and change MDN/MIN numbers. I have tried ##778 and ##778#, but all that happens when I do this is I get the Verizon recorded message that they can't complete my call. No programing menu, etc.

Any suggestions?

BM
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
You must be on a sense rom to use ##778# (epst). You will need to do a backup, flash a sense rom, change the settings, and then restore back to MIUI. As long as you dont do a factory reset in between, the settings will stick and you wont have to reactivate. What are you trying to do?
[Droid Incredible General] zachf714:
Try *228 from miui

Sent from my ADR6300 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[Droid Incredible General] bartman99:
Bummer. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case.

I bought a used Incredible, modified it to use MIUI just the way I wanted and then activated it on PagePlus (and activated it using *22890, *228, *22899). The ESN is good and it activated fine. Only thing is, the phone still "thought" its phone number was the old one, not mine. I could call out fine, but incoming calls to my number didn't come though (I never tired to call the old number from the previous owner). I contacted Pageplus again and they everything is fine on their end and I would have to manually program it. Well since the Incredible is not supported by P+ (and certainly one that is rooted with a custom ROM), I figured I'd do it myself. I need to get into the manual programming menu to change the MDS and MIN (and whatever else has the old phone number and change it to my number).

I hope this was clear.

Thanks in advance... BM
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
You may be able to use a pc program called qpst to change the settings. Im not sure if qpst is reliant on epst being on the phone or not.
[Droid Incredible General] musical_chairs:
Is this a phone number you've had for a while, or a new one? If it's a new number, make sure you're calling the MDN (aka My Phone Number) and not the MIN (Mobile Identification Number). Page Plus phones will have two different numbers here, it's easy to get confused and call the MIN instead of the MDN.
[Droid Incredible General] bartman99:
No, my phone number is an old one that I have used for many years with P+. The one on the phone (MDN) was never mine, was likely from the previous owner and was never on the P+ list.

Anyway, I tried flashing a couple of mostly stock Sense ROMs with no luck (Stock +, Touch of Blue). I can get into the PRL editing mode (##775, I think), but ##778 does nothing. I have yet to try to return it to unrooted stock with s-on, but that is my next step:crying:

BM
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
I always find it strange that some people have issues accessing epst. I have tried many stock based roms including stock+ and TOB, and have always been able to access the menu.

I would not go s-on for any reason. It makes it way harder to reroot, and i doubt it would make a bit of difference with your issue.

I would just stay s-off and do the latest ruu. Or as i sugested earlier check out qpst.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sozage:
I'm trying to (re)set my expectations with my Nexus 7 - regarding battery life.

I love the device, everything about it is great BUT the battery life is sort of disappointing, especially when compared to my wife's (first gen) ipad.

With very little use (~1 hour a day) it tends to need to be plugged in every 2-3 days. I even have screen brightness set to automatic.

Is this the battery performance I should expect from this device? Should it really drain that much battery while idling?

I'm using the stock rom.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sluflyer06:
I get great battery life, not sure what to tell you. Watching movies/tv shows I get over 10 hours of screen on time maybe check and set wi-fi to on during sleep only when plugged in or flash another rom.

I've tried 4 different rom's and Paranoid Android has been the smoothest and best on battery (using Franco Kernel)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
I agree. I've been averaging 9+ hrs of screen on time w/ wifi off during sleep.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ev0d3vil:
I'm tempted really, by the speed and stuff and the extra ram. But the size irks me a little and the fact that the only plus goodness is just a pen which writes on the screen, it doesnt help that it costs around 600euros here in my country, which is 800 SGD.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelinuxien52:
Hi,

I haven't upgrade my international Galaxy S3, because I hate big screen like that. I prefer one phone and one tablet (10inches).

I don't think they have an huge difference between Galaxy S3 and GNote 2 speed. At last, pen exists for galaxy S3or other capacitive digitizer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ev0d3vil:
I can use the Spen for my s3 too?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwerty12:
I don't know if I had to set something up beforehand, but I tried my friend's Note II S-Pen on my S3 and it didn't work. Not going to lie, I'd've liked a Note 2 but I didn't know if it would've fit my hand (I found out today that it does - mostly). If my next phone is a Samsung one (hopefully so) then it will be the Note 3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lelinuxien52:
No, S-pen doesn't work. But C-pen (made by Samsung) is design to work with Galaxy S3.

(Because of digitizers were different on Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, some features are only available on GNote II.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bordikun:
one word. "BIG"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
It's just too big, that nd the fact that I have 22 months of my contract to run.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsrars-d:
Q: What is stopping you from upgrading to a Note 2?

A: Money. Also it is a little too big for my pocket. :eek:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XenomorphXx121:
C pen is rubbish and doesn't respond to the s3 very well even without a screen protector, I know cause I wasted £15 on it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonetti2011:
Who said the Note II is an upgrade?

It is bigger, but sometimes smaller is better (if this weren`t true, Samsung wouldn`t release the S III Mini).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armiinco4:
first it's too big, expensive, and i love my galaxy s3 :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ev0d3vil:
The 1gb ram of my s3 just irks me actually. But I think I can survive till s4 comes out..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terry2525:
Hello all

This is my first post, I was going to purchase the new Nexus 7 32gig version which just came out in the UK. I mainly want it to view movies on as I do a lot of travelling. I rip my blu rays into mkv h264 format and they are around 8-10gigs with HD audio.

So my questions are, what is the best player? from searching around and looking on youtube I see different answers, Diceplayer,Mx Player and Bs player. Dice player seems to get a lot of positive results...but....

....some of my movies have DTS sound which i hear the latest Dice and Mx player no longer support. Is there a way to get a previous version of Say Dice player and if so how do I install it if not via the app store?

My last question is I saw recently that Dice player now supports NTFS formatted Usb sticks, I will need this as the movies are quite large, so is there a version of Dice which has DTS support AND NTFS support and how would i go about getting and installing.

Thanks for reading, and any help is greatly appreciated

:)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofball2k:
You sideload them onto the device. Copy the .apk files for the programs you wish to install to the device, then use a file manager (ES file manager, Astro, etc) and install them. You need to enable the option to allow installation of apps from unknown sources (Settings -> Security).

You'll have to try with your own files to see what works best for you as a player. Everyone has their preferences.

I don't know the answer to your questions about dice. You'll have to try to see.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aLPaSLaN07:
I would rip blurays for N7 with different settings. Playing a 10Gb 1080P mkv with 5000 kbps bitrate + DTS is kind of an overkill for a 7" device.. Just rip them around 2000Mbit/s AC3 and you'll be satisfied for both size and video quality..

I know its not an answer to your question, but just wanted to give some advice..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terry2525:
Thanks for the reply

I should have said in my original post, that I have already ripped lots of my movies as mkv, 10 gig etc for my western digital device. I didnt want to have to re-convert them for the nexus or support two formats. Im happy with the mkv rips i have and I wanted to just keep one file format for them all.

But thanks again for replying
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aLPaSLaN07:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831111

Look at post #5.. He/she posted the apk that may solve your problem.. Also that topic is full of usefull information about your issue.. :good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terry2525:
Great, thanks for the info I will try if i get one

:)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freakshow999:
As far as players go BSplayer free will handle mkv's with DTS that's what I'm using works great. I don't know about NTSF being compatible. You can always copy some over to a usb drive formated in fat32...

Hope that helps a bit.
[Asus Transformer TF700] indiscriminant:
I am looking for an app that can play both photos and videos in the same playlist from a presentation standpoint so I can hook my tablet up next to a TV and have it stream both to the TV.

Right now the Gallery can do photos and MX Player can do Videos, but I need something that can do both in the same play list. Anyone have any ideas?
[Asus Transformer TF700] xcal321:
So you're basically looking for a media server? I use Twonky. Check out the description, but it should match what you are looking for.

I have only once used the app to stream (via WiFi) a movie from my tablet to a TV and it worked fine. I also have Twonky running on my NAS as a permanent media server to serve all my devices that are connected to my home network.
[Asus Transformer TF700] indiscriminant:
I will look into it, but not looking to have this need to be over a server.

I am looking for something to simply play a slide show that can go from photos, to video, to photos, etc and have all the files on my tablet and not stored remotely.