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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nuuits:
Well, for the Open Source argument, HTC Sense isn't open source (among other overlays that I cannot think of) so Amazon isn't the only one doing it if that makes it a tiny bit better...

If you don't like your Kindle the way it is, go root it and install CM9/7/WHATEVER... I mean, it's better to have a tablet that you use with a void warranty than a tablet sitting on a shelf collecting dust?

And if it is still in almost new condition, you could maybe try to sell it here or on eBay? You probably won't get a lot, but you'll at least have money to go towards a new tablet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] funnyperson1:
Amazon isn't in the open handset alliance and the android license otherwise let's them do whatever the hell they want. As far as I know they haven't signed any deal with Google.

Now companies like Samsung and HTC that are in the open handset alliance are bound by some rules that Google sets. There was recently a case whet Acer was going to release a Chinese android based (but incompatible) operating system and Google blocked them.
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
Just wanted to show off how long my battery lasts, NOT, ok this is why I never will believe how some people View attachment 1477287get grotesque battery life,

1) I charged my battery today in my car

2) I replaced my battery with a fully charged one around 5 pm today, as you can see my screen shot says around 17 hrs with 40% charge left

Utter bs, comments welcomed

( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] EvilNinjakat:
I get crap battery life as well. I can't make it more than maybe 6 to 8 hrs. I don't know how some people get those crazy times. I just assume its that I'm a bit noobish and they clearly belong to some crazy secret society where the ancient knowledge of decent battery life gets passed down. I do the usual turn down brightness to a min. Screen locks at minimum as well. Turn off GPS. It does run on WiFi all day but even days it doesn't still no dice on the crazy battery life. I use it a lot. That I do but the drain I get from regular use is crazy. :what::banghead:
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
As you clearly see in my screen shot, my battery usage is totally a figure of HTC imagination, 17 hrs, impossible with the standard battery, I use my phone all the time and average about 6-8 hrs max

( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] coolhand1:
This terrible battery life has really been a thorn in my side especially with work. Also has anyone else had to put a piece of paper next to the bottom of the battery to close the 1/16" gap? With out that piece of paper and I set my phone down the wrong way and it turns off and I miss emails and appointments like crazy. I'm hoping to switch my phone this week for a nexus 4 but we'll see if sprint will let me leave.

Almost forgot to add, I've tried several different ROM to get some improvement and so far MIUI seems to give me the best battery life.
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
You can clearly see from your screenshot that you have something that is keeping the phone awake for way more time that it needs to be. You must have a program that is not what they call a wakelock where your awake time would be solid, but something is pinging it constantly keeping the phone mostly awake. Find the program and you will solve most of your problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
Agreed. Your phone is almost constanly awake
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
So, OP, did you figure out what app or setting that is keeping your phone awake? Just curious.
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
No, I use my phone constantly, between emails, calls and texts messages my phone really has no chance to go into a deep sleep, but what I was actually referring to was the totally bizarre battery monitor that claimed I was 17 hrs on my battery, when in fact I did shut down my phone over night and replaced my dead battery with a freshly charged battery, I don't believe claims people make that their battery lasts that long, the battery reading on our Evo is so inaccurate

( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
Yeah. I never believe them either. I have an extended battery and I'm already at 72. I'm a pretty heavy user too. There is no way I could survive on stock.

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[HTC EVO 3D] GSE20:
i can never get that much on the stock battery. i get at most, 12 hours with a supposed 2450mAh "gold business" battery from ebay. it's the same size as the stock battery, so i doubt it's actually 2450mAh, but it works good enough for me. running SOS M rom with moderately high usage
[HTC EVO 3D] klect:
When going to work for a day i rarely use my phone. Some solitaire en internet usage. got 56% left after 13hrs.

Note: when getting home my wifi goes on and stays on. i got push mail.

stats from kernel tuner(with charging in between, just no reboots):

up-time: 71hrs

Deepsleep: 39hrs
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
Obviously not the standard HTC battery

( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] klect:
I have been given a new battery, but its still from htc..
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
No way, come on, I guess you never use your phone? :D:D:confused::confused:

( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
See the charging is where I get confused, I could leave my phone on all the time and have it plugged in charging and my battery would last indefinitely, that should not count as uptime, as soon as you plug a charger in the battery monitor should reset itself to 0

( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] klect:
The 71 is a few days, the 13hrs with 56% is low usage at work :)
[HTC EVO 3D] GSE20:
i think any battery could last long if you hardly even touch your phone. leaving it idle overnight, my battery doesn't even go down 10%. if you're hardly using your phone at work, that sounds reasonable. most of us use it a lot more than you do. you must be a very diligent employee
[HTC EVO 3D] Uncle Lizard:
This is about the best battery life I can get hooked up to WiFi most of the day at home on my day off so I was watching tv most of the time and not using my phone much. That was about three hours of screen on time.
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
Can we assume 3 hrs over the the whole day

(Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh!

:D )
[HTC EVO 3D] Uncle Lizard:
That is correct. Maybe like 3 1/2 hours.
[Off-topic] cam1john:
So I'm trying to claim insurance. Dropped and cracked my screen about a month ago. Now I'm deciding to replace the phone. I called asurion, told them what happened.

Guy said " I see you dropped it on November 10th." I said no, he said when did u drop it. I said idk, I claimed it on the 10th.

Then he acted like he was trying to catch me in a lie.

I have insurance, its my phone, I can. return it to them after my replacement....do I need to be afraid of anything? Thanks
[Off-topic] 85gallon:
What does it matter when you dropped it if you had insurance at the time it was dropped?

Let us know how it turns out and how much it costs you.
[Off-topic] TeeJay3800:
You already have two Asurion insurance threads open in General Q&A and another in Nexus 7 Q&A about your cracked screen. You do not need to open a fourth thread in Off-topic about the same issue. If you have something to add, post in one of your existing threads. Closed.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason_Nguyen:
I can't access the internal memory to put a rom on it since I can't boot the current rom that is it on it. How do I access the internal memory?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sib64:
Are you unlocked ? rooted ? Which recovery ? check Unknown sources ?

It's better to give more informations for a good response ;)
[LG Optimus G (International)] Kchitown1977:
Have sprint version LGOG any way to get full screen preview of pictures taken. You you think 13mp you could @ least take full screen pics. Any camera tips or tricks...

TIA
[Motorola Droid 3] jellman:
ive been looking/waiting for a better qwerty phone since i got the d3. d3 problems to me screen, no 4g, lack of ram, shouldnt of even come with motoblur eventho thats removable. id still like to see more specs on the stratosphere II looks very promising. the d4 is not something id want for my own reasons. i like the photon q but its on sprint and there 4g or lack there of lol. http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/12/samsung-stratosphere-ii/ opinions thoughts? o yea the d3 didnt even get ics illegitimately id love to see a droid 5 but i think the specs will be under par sadly enough.
[Motorola Droid 3] spunker88:
I'd like to see Motorola take a Droid Razr M, add a keyboard and call it the Droid 5. Motoblur has been much improved with ICS and newer as its hardly a skin anymore, and mostly resembles stock. Being almost a year old, I would stay away from the Droid 4 as well. I'm wondering if there will be a Droid 5 at this point. With the Samsung phone your getting a lower resolution screen vs the Droid 3, but not by much (800x480 vs 960x540). Your also getting Samsung's UI on ICS.
[Motorola Droid 3] jellman:
we can day dream about phones all day they will never get it right. i like super amoled i like the color saturation resolution on smaller screens doesnt make that big of a difference to me. still dont like moto blur id just shut off the slow animations that eat up memory. removeable battery, keyboard, amoled, external storage, hardware camera button and 4g thats all i really want in a phone. original droid was great they should have kept building from that it had no moto blur no locked bootloader could of had more ram but so could the droid 3.
[Motorola Droid 3] isarebe:
This device poorly integrates the physical keyboard with android OS. When I had it I got more frustrated by the physical keyboard not working as expected and would just use the on screen keyboard. Definitely use one in person before buying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Little pissed right now. Why on earth did Samsung think that giving the GS3 the friction coefficient of ice was a good idea? I've never handled anything that was this slippery. I just got the darn thing Friday and I ordered the Ballistic Maxx case for it last week but of course I dropped it before it arrived.

The phone still works, I can hear everything, its just the screen is black except for the menu and back buttons at the bottom. I took the back cover off and saw that none of the screws have that VOID sticker on them... can I take this apart to see if its just a loose connection?

The phone is rooted so I can't return it and I can't see anything to revert it back to stock.

I cancelled insurance last year after I got the GNex when the Verizon guy told me the price increased to $15/mo, I would still have to pay $150 to replace the phone and I would get a refurbished phone, not a new one. That's not insurance, that's a scam.

Any ideas? I swear I watched video after video of torture tests for this thing. Threw it, dropped it, froze it in a freezer. Not one problem. They put it in a friggin washing machine for crying out loud. I drop it first time and the thing is screwed... its not even a WEEK old.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elite49:
Still could Odin it back to stock if the only thing that's broken is the screen no?... Just bring it in, most people wouldn't know what rooted means.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidx2.3.3:
That's why you keep the insurance. Its usally worth it. And the "friction coefficient" makes it look damn sexy. But since you don't hsve insurance. You may as well t ake it a part if you know how to safley do so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Having the phone look sexy and then putting it in a Ballistic case is like dating a super model and only ever seeing her in a Burka! I'd rather date Albert Einstein's sister at this point. Ugh.

I took it apart and there was nothing loose. I swear... @#$*&&#@*$#@&*$#@*$&#@$*#@!$&!@#$*

Well I guess I gambled and lost. Although I have saved over $200 on insurance since I cancelled, I guess that savings is gone. I might be better off with a Jitterbug.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
You can send it to Samsung for repair. They will make you pay for repairs but they shouldn't care if it's rooted since your paying for the fix. Should cost less than $200 I would think?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
I'll try Samsung... but I hope there's nothing else wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] digitalsynner85:
i dropped mine once when my father grabbed something out my hand i had my phone in, i was lucky enough to have only a small scratch across the screen and some minor damaging to the bezel

if they have to replace the entire digitizer, it could cost well over 200 bucks since ordering just a digitizer and the glass, even through 3rd parties, still costs over 200 bucks, and that doesn't count their time to actually replace it

doesn't hurt to try though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
That sucks. :-/ when you dropped it it must have hit at just the perfect angle to do that.

I don't have a case on mine but I'm super careful, I do worry about this happening though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Believe Samsung charges $178. They make the screen so no markup. I pay $6.99/month for insurance from Verizon. Sounds like you got yours from Best Buy. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Was just going to post and say the same thing, although I thought it was $168 or something.

Samsung won't give two ****s that you're rooted. Call them. Seriously. Best bet.

Obviously, I wouldn't volunteer the information on the phone. Just tell them what happened and ask how much. Boom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emckai:
Thats just pathetic, don't blame Samsung for your mistake. You're the one that dropped the GS3 and it's not Samsung fault.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Thanks for the helpful replies. I got it through Verizon but was told the insurance increased on the higher end smartphones. Maybe it had something to do with my wife having an iPhone and all the phones had to have the same level insurance? I don't know. I used to pay $6.99 with my Dinc and then when I went to the GNex and my wife got the iPhone they told us it was more. Moot point now... but I'll ask again once I get this sorted.

As for blaming Samsung... I don't recall doing that. I simply questioned why they thought it was a good idea to make it so slippery... I've never handled anything like it. I'm well aware I dropped it.

Quick question on ODIN... All the instructions I have found about using ODIN require me to use the screen on the phone. Is it possible to use it completely from the PC end?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
Odin doesn't really require the phone screen being used. I mean, you need to be in download mode but all that requires is pressing volume (up or down, can't remember, I think it's up) home button and power. Then wait like 30 seconds and press volume up to indicate you want to enter download mode.

And if you got it into download mode, you'll know because Odin will tell you that it recognizes the phone. :)

In the development section there's a "how to root and more" guide. Section 6 tells all about how to Odin. You can do it without being able to see the screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
I just did the same ****ing thing man... Dropped that sumbitch and the screen is black.

I did take it apart.. I had hoped just a connector had popped off or something but no, it was broke. Didn't crack the glass, just broke the LCD.

They're super simple to take apart.

See if you can request the old parts if you return it to Samsung. Might be nice having the outside glass panel as a backup. Or resell?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stevenjcampbell:
My insurance is $7/mo

I have a $100 deductible.

Maybe u had bad info
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Thanks for the info guys... I think I'll try Samsung see what they say. Oh and I checked with my local Verizon guy today he did say that the insurance was only $7 with the deductible. I don't know if the last guy was giving out bad info or maybe was trying to get me to sign up for some other insurance... who knows. I added the insurance back on it today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
I took the back off but I didn't see any loose connectors. I didn't venture any further to take the LCD apart. How do you know the LCD is cracked? Can you see it? My glass looks fine and the insides look OK... the screen is just black.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chismay:
so basically i have about another 9 days that i can exchange my nexus for a 32gb at the store i bought it from, anyone have any ideas i the 3g model will be out in london by then?

edit: just found this this site saying The Google Nexus 10 tablet and the Google Nexus 4 smartphone, made by LG will hit the UK Google Play store at 8am on Tuesday.

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...-tuesday-with-google-play-music-store-1111960

how long do you reckon it will take carphone warehouse to get it in stock :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chismay:
nice one google thats at least one deadline you kept up with

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_32gb_hspa
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MagicSpeller:
Hi,

Hope this is the right forum for this question. If not, moderators please feel free to move it....

I just bought an S III along with an insurance plan, but cancelled it the next day because I was misled by the salesperson. Now I'm looking around to see if there's a better plan available. I found a thread here recommending EnSquared over SquareTrade, but no other comparisons.

I called AT&T about their insurance (offered through Asurion) and was told the deductible is $199! I've emailed Asurion to ask if this is also true for a policy ordered online.

EnSquared is the cheapest policy I've found (except for ProtectCell, which doesn't cover theft or loss, essential coverage for me), and as far as I can tell, the deductible is only $75. The one negative I've found is that there's a waiting period of 31 days. Safeware has a $50 deductible but would cost me $91/yr. as opposed to $59 for EnSquared.

I've also looked at ProtectYourBubble, reasonably priced with a 14-day waiting period but a $100 deductible. I tried to find information for ToughCell but they just want my email address.

Can anyone give me any help deciding between these?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
I have best buy geek squad coverage. No deductible but you need to purchase the phone from them.

Also they don't cover lost/stolen phones which isn't a problem for me because renters coverage takes care of that.

But took my screen protector off and haven't looked back. If I do drop or otherwise screw up my phone.. Get a replacement /refurbished /fixed phone for no deductible!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cdub5:
+1 on best buy protection. I brought in 3 s2's because of usb issues. Had my refurb replacements within 3 days, no deductible. Costs $10 a month. Covers water damage to completely destroyed phone, just not lost/stolen
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] alissa7:
I have mine insured through my homeowners insurance. I pay $4 a year to have it as an "additional insured item" and I have no deductible. I've already used it once for my previous phone, and they just give you the cash to buy a new one.

Insurance companies don't advertise this, but it's worth calling your agent to find out!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
That's exactly why I have renters insurance though I own my home lol.. It's like 15/month but I insured 15,000 of camera equipment as additional insured items. If I ever have a big claim my home owners doesn't know about it and don't have to worry about it going up.. Renters insurance all the way.

Farmers renters insurance is cheap. Just call your local rep from yellow pages and add anything important.. Tablets /phones /cameras /jewelry etc
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bfinleyui:
I did squaretrade. Found a coupon someplace, paid about $100 for 2 years of coverage, $100 deductible. It was very fast, sent my cracked screen in on a Monday, had a repaired item back on Thursday. Not the same phone, but the one I got back was perfect.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MagicSpeller:
Thanks for the help, everyone. bfinleyui, I did a search for "SquareTrade coupon" and found a bunch. I haven't been able to determine if they cover theft or loss of the phone, though. Can you tell me?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavenor:
I have a bit of a problem here...

I have 1,700 Nexus 7s.

I need to get a bunch of APK's on the Nexus 7s.

I need to create a bunch of changes to the APPS on these devices.

Includes getting videos onto the devices.

Anyone have any ideas on how to do this automatically without having to touch the devices?

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonycr:
There's no way to do this unless you install software to do it on these nexus 7's which would defeat the purpose of the software.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingenious247:
Send me two of them and I'll tell you how.. ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbkkt1:
Making a ROM and installing it on each one would work, but you would have to root it first.

Maybe a better solution is to get 12 people. Assuming 10 minutes to make changes to each tablet, roughly 24 hours of work.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavenor:
Won a bet with co worker.

I just won a bet with a co-worker with this reply! LOL .
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongergravity:
You might be able to use the Nexus Toolkit to push the apks and videos. Set one of them up & use the restore/backup feature.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SUDroid:
You could use titanium backup to create a flashable zip and flash them all on the devices.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonycr:
They'd still need to root every device, which is probably more work than installing the applications they need to... if only stock nexii had adb over WiFi then he could make a script to install all the software wirelessly....
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xerxes86:
Can you please make a picture I like to see you unboxing and charging 1700 Nexus 7. :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wilks3y:
Why so many?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t_007_v2:
I hope you got a bulk discount on all those n7 units? Help the economy hire a few people to setup those units.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphahere:
This is easy use the adb backup and restore option.

Search the web for full details and there is a tutorial somewhere in XDA about adb backup and restore.

Setup the device like you want it. The make a adb backup of the device.

Restore this backup to all the other devices. You don't need root.

Later

Sent from my dumbphone.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavenor:
Quick question...

Do i have to worry about creating the same MAC addresses on all these units?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] issak42:
Isn't MAC address something thats hardcoded into the WiFi chip?

adb backup works on non-root level, if I know correctly, I highly doubt it would restore thing such as MAC address. Those things need to be made in a way that not every ROM can modify them.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
Wow. This problem sounds like a headache.

Is it possible to hook up multiple Nexus 7's to a giant USB hub and root batches at a time and flash a custom ROM?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavenor:
I would have to root each device. which would be time consuming. The usb bus only can handle 20 to 30 mb so it would be very slow wouldn't it.