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[Transformer TF300T General] MetalSheeps:
I have had 2 TF300T due to my first one having a glitch with the touch screen it was replaced after one week of use without any problem. But my second one has been fantastic running with no issues whats so ever, getting all my firmware updates along with my Jelly Bean update.

I do hear you when it comes to purchasing something from a company you had bad luck with...once bitten twice as shy. People have been saying they would get the Nexus 10, have you given any thought to the new Asus Vivo RT 600 it comes with 2GB of Ram 1366x768 super IPS 8-megapixel camera and Windows 8 plus comes in 32GB & 64GB and many more bells and whistles. also you dont always have to go up the Nexus 7 made by Asus is also a really nice machine.......good luck on your tablet hunt.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swboland:
Ok, I really want to pick up a RAZR MAXX HD. I have never had a phone this big, though, and can honestly say I prefer smaller phones. I'm coming from Virgin Mobile USA to Verizon because Hurricane Sandy came in and wiped out my cell service at home. Verizon still works fine here, though. Anyways here are my past phones so you can get an idea of what I'm used to:

Optimus V - stock, unrooted

Moto Triumph - stock, rooted

HTC One V - CM10, sickkernel 1.4 gHz (current device)

The RAZR M was a big draw to me because it is almost the exact same size as my One V. However that b**tch Sandy also left me with the sour taste of battery life in my mouth and the RAZR MAXX HD was my initial thought.

So to the point of this thread...

The Triumph was kind of big for my pocket, and the Optimus V was kind of thick for my pocket. I usually carry my phone in my front pants pocket. (I think this is fairly common).

I'm thinking that the RAZR HD will be huge and annoying to carry in my pocket like that so I would like to know how people on XDA carry their's. (belt holster, front pocket, fanny pack, etc.)

I appreciate your input, thanks in advance...
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlow78:
Dude. Just wear it proudly anywhere you like. Before I had Droid X and kept it in front pocket over 2 years with no issues at all. Now I carry Maxx HD inside the belt holster (only because didn't buy tpu cover for it, besides Kevlar should protect it well without it). I have dropped it already on the tiles from about 6 feet...so far so good. My Droid X has been dropped at several occasions and survived without any major scratches to this day. I don't know whether I was just that lucky or Moto made it so sturdy. Bottom line your new phone should fit anywhere you like, and it is only up to you where do you wanna carry it. Ask vz if they let you "test walk" the phone in the store before you buy it and find the most convenient place for it. Good luck.

Sent via Droid Razr Maxx HD
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoClifGo05:
Its on the larger size but I have absolutely no problem carrying it in my front pants pocket... it is so skinny that it makes up for the width in my opinion. Can you go to a store and play with one to get the feel?

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swboland:
I already went to the verizon store to check it out. They have a big fat anti-theft lock on the thing in the store so you can't get a great idea of what the phone actually feels like. I mean, you get an idea of it, but not an especially good one. Anyways, they're usually pretty hesitant about taking stuff out of sealed boxes, especially to let people put it in their pockets and b/c of the hurricane here the store has been really crowded and I haven't bothered waiting for a worker there to ask about feeling a naked phone.

The question was asked just to get others' input on how they carry their phones, just to see if maybe someone out there has a unique idea that works really well for this larger phone. So other prospective buyers can get some ideas as well as myself. I already ordered the phone, I'm just looking for suggestions for when it gets here and an idea if it is awkward or annoying to carry in ur front pants pocket.

Personally I will NEVER wear a belt holster, though. No offense to anyone...

I appreciate ur guys' input, ::: presses thanks button::::
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DertyDOH:
I just put it in my front pants pocket, with nothing else in the pocket and the back of the phone against my leg, I find for me that keeps the screen looking flawless. Never had any issue with it being too big, if you do, you will get used to it pretty fast
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tooter1:
Front left pocket.....Screen protector + TPU case FTW!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chefdave12118:
It fits in your pockets. You'll be fine :rolleyes:
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clouse2013:
I have a case and screen protector on it and it still fits fine in my front right pocket. It's really not too big
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdwardN:
Cut a piece of cardboard the same size as the phone, put it in your pocket. It's only marginally thicker than that. I keep my Razr HD in my front pocket, and the maxx is only a couple mm thicker (or ~3/32" for metric-phobes). It's big, yeah, but nicer for web/email than my older Defy, which is nearly 2x as thick.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swboland:
Idk how thick a gauge of cardboard you're used to but, like i said I've picked this phone up in the store (btw I'm talking about the Maxx) and its way thicker than a piece of cardboard. Based on regular shipping/storage box corrugated cardboard i'd say its at least twice as thick. Yes, the regular Razr HD is thinner but still a bit thicker than a piece of cardboard IMO.

Anyways, thanks to all for your input...

The point of this thread is really just to share how you carry your phone so potential buyers can get an idea of what its like to carry the phone around. Like a share your home screen thread... I'm not looking for the BEST way to carry the phone, or any phone for that matter. Just looking for people to share their opinions.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
RMaxxHD, with case, fits just fine in the front pants pocket. Nothing else in the pocket (more to protect the screen from scratches than anything else - I've had folded papers in there with the phone). Or in a "knee" cargo pants pocket. If you can't fit it into your front pocket, you need to go trade in your girlish skinny jeans for a regular pair of men's.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animez:
After carry around a Thunderbolt with a Seidio case for 20 months the Maxx HD feels tiny to me. When I pulled out from it's box last night I was really struck by how light and thin it is. I will be grabbing a Seidio Active case for it too as soon as they are available.
[HTC One X] RaVe-N:
Hi all!

I've seen a lot of talk about new versions of hboot around lately but what I'm not seeing is what they bring, and if it's worth going through the rigmarole to get the updated version installed and then having to modify my boot.img for CM10 nightlies to work etc. etc.

In short:

What do new version of hboot do for us?
[HTC One X] BenPope:
The ability to install JB ROMs with Sense.
[HTC One X] RaVe-N:
And if I don't give a rats about Sense coz I use CM10? Is there anything else?
[HTC One X] rob9:
No
[HTC One X] RaVe-N:
Thanks! That's all I wanted to know. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dbzgod:
Hey guys.

So I have a Bell Note 2 that I bought in full from my carriers store and they were from the first batch shipment to western Canada.

I've been poking around looking into how they might of setup the locks on the phone and what dialer codes work to do what. I decided to pop in a Telus sim card to check on the lock status of my phone and to my surprise the thing is already Factory Unlocked!

I'm curious if this was on purpose with Bell's Note 2's or did I somehow luck out with a factory unlocked one?

When searching around I've found that NCIX.com is planning on selling Bell Note 2's in Full and they have told me they are also Factory Unlocked as well.

Anyone else with a Bell phone can tell me if theirs is unlocked as well and also anyone with a Rogers and Telus ones too. I'm curious about this as its not like a carrier to sell you phones that are not locked to their network.

Even though Canadian carriers don't do this. I feel that if you buy a phone out in full they should offer you a free unlock code just as AT&T does in the states.

If this is legit and Bell has actually decided to sell their phones no longer locked to their network when buy in full this is a big Plus in my book with them and customer service towards people that pay full price for their phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr mystery:
Interesting, I`d like to test my Bell unit now but I don`t have another carriers Micro SIM to test. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] WorldIRC:
I should've checked mine before unlocking (USB service) it this afternoon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] slegrand:
My rogers note 2 was unlocked as well from what I have been told this was an oversight with the first batch. Not gonna complain though ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Mwinggg:
my rogers one has sim lock :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Sword Fish:
Does anyone know of an easy way to check and see if your phone is unlocked. ( I don't have a foreign SIM to use to check). Is there a dial pad code you can type to see? My Note 2 box does not have any indication on it that says it is for Roger so I am wondering if it came unlocked? For my S3 I can type *#7465625# and it will tell me the lock status but it won't work on the Note 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Canadoc:
To the original poster, my rogers phone was locked when trying a Tmobile Sim.

Could be that Telus and Bell using same network so might work.

Same is true between rogers Fido
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr mystery:
No, they do NOT use the same network, they only share towers. Each have their own MNC's. Telus/ Koodo share a network, Bell/Virgin share a network. Also check post 4, Rogers user with an unlocked unit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dbzgod:
I was hoping those codes to check on the lock status were going to work too, seeing as how the NA Note II is running the same Exynos Processor as the international one and built the same. But it appears that since we are using the Qualcomm modem for our LTE support they have once again modified what codes work for our custom NA models :/

Looks like the only way to check on the lock status is by just inserting a Micro Sim from another carrier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dbzgod:
Anyone with a Telus Note II that has theirs factory unlocked as well? still curious about this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Canadoc:
I stand somewhat corrected but Virgin/Bell

Rogers/Fido have often worked despite being locked because they operate on same network. thought maybe since Telus shares infrastructure for 3g with Bell that maybe that would explain it too.

I got one of first batch of Rogers and it certainly was locked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr mystery:
Ya doesnt really seem to be a patterm to it, just some lucked out. Some didnt.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ordio:
Yeah I agree with you. I'd like to find a way to check the lock status as well as i don't have another micro sim card either and that code doesnt work for me.)

Anyone else?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kevink15:
Would like to know as well. Just got my Note 2 but I travel a lol. FYI if you travel a lot, look into a company called roam for US sim.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] taiwanese:
Darn it, just paid $24.99 before checking!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] everythingsablur:
No working code for the Canadian Note 2? I'm really considering picking up one from TELUS, but I would want/need to unlock it for all of my US work travel.

Looked them up. I think T-Mobile prepaid is still a better deal. $3/day for unlimited everything, and the first 200 MB/day at 4G (42 Mbps HSPA+) but still unlimited after that only at 2G speeds. Roam would be $4.95 for similar service (not unlimited data either, only 100 MB per day). The only bonus is if you SMS back to Canada a lot, as that seems free/included. Looking at their coverage map, it looks identical to T-Mobile, and given the max of 42 Mbps, I'd wager they are really just an MVNO on top of T-Mo to begin with. Personal preference, but I think you might as well go right to T-Mo instead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kcaz:
I picked up a Bell Note II on a hardware upgrade in Vancouver on Monday. All Bell stores were sold out of the first batch but I managed to get one from The Source. Mine was definitely locked, both a British and Spanish SIM I use for travel gave an unauthorized SIM message. Bought an unlock code last night and now all is good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Canadoc:
I did unlock my phone with an unlock code from 1 of the online providers. So that Avenue does work for unlocking it. I was recently in Florida using a T mobile sim card on the prepaid. A word of warning the thing will work on edge data speeds but does not work on the 4g network there. There are very few 4g cell towers on the T Mobile network in the US that are compatible with Rogers phones. They work on a different frequency. The LTE bands would work in theory, however they have not yet been activated on the T Mobile network in the US.
[Nexus 10 General] e.mote:
I've posted some HD video test clips specifically to stress test Nexus 10's video playback capability. The 2-minute clips all have the same content, and were taken from TimeScapes, AFAIK the only publicly-available film in 4K resolution.

The first two entries below are reference 1440p and 1080p clips, with selected sequences losslessly cut and spliced from the 30" HD Download and BluRay sources, respectively. (Audio was reworked for continuity and recoded to AAC 2.0.) The second two entries are "rip" versions of the reference clips, encoded for fidelity and small size. They should be indistinguishable from source, and are for demo rather than testing. The last two are the 1440p_60f clip (24->60fps upconversion using 32322 frame dupe pattern), intended as a "Kobayashi Maru" test, and the 1440_10b clip for 10-bit testing.

Clips are muxed to MP4 container for native (hardware-accelerated) playback. You shouldn't need to use a 3rd-party player except for the 10-bit clip.

Please test with a clean configuration, ie no running background tasks. Please provide feedback on:

. Smoothness of playback of each clip.

. Any visual difference between 1080p clip and 1440p clip.

. Tablet model (if not Nexus 10).

. Video player (if not native player).

Download folder: http://mediafire.com/?4c3pi982p0dsc

(Note: Due to Mediafire being difficult, some obfuscation was needed. Rename *txt files to *rar before uncompress.)

Rar password: hdtest

1440 -- 2560x1440 clip from 30" HD Download source, 18Mbps; use for native-res playback stress-test

1080_BD -- 1080p clip from BluRay source, 35Mbps; use for visual comparison vs 1440p and bitrate stress-test

1440_demo -- 1440p/1080p clips re-encoded for fidelity & small size (CRF20, veryslow preset); use for demo

1080_demo

1440_60f -- 1440p clip converted to 60fps and re-encoded at CRF19; use for "blue sky" test

1440_10b -- 1440p clip re-encoded at CRF21 10-bit; use for 10-bit playback test

NB: TimeScapes is AFAIK the first commercially available video at 4K resolution. It's a collage of naturescape and skyscape sequences using time-lapse and slo-mo videography. It's mostly the work of one guy, Tom Lowe. If you find the clips interesting enough to obtain the whole 48-min video, please support the creator with a purchase. The film is available at http://timescapes.org.
[Nexus 10 General] dannypingpong:
Great resource files. Thanks for sharing.

Now what I need is just a Nexus 10...
[Nexus 10 General] kamaltmo:
Ill test these and report back soon
[Nexus 10 General] 404 ERROR:
It's impossible that it will play 1440p 10bit especially when devices around that power can't even play 720p 10bit properly. A better test would be 1080p and 720p 10bit.
[Nexus 10 General] 263629749:
Did my own, test, not happy about the performance. the file is a 1080p short clip encoded in H264 HP@L4.0, bitrate 20Mbps, there were frequent drop frames, not smooth at all.
[Nexus 10 General] Oli2k:
I've downloaded 1440_60f -- 1440p clip converted to 60fps (32322 dupe pattern) and re-encoded at CRF19, use for "blue sky" test and I can't get it to play in the stock player or mx player.

Any ideas?

---------- Post added at 01:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:59 PM ----------

Infact I can't playback any of the files? Any ideas anyone?
[Nexus 10 General] tarteens:
I'm very interrested in the thread as I attend to buy the Nexus 10 for movie playback (1080p mkv file ).

Can you try with BS Player ? on my Galaxy S3, BS Player works way better than MXPlayer (on the bird : http://cybernetnews.com/xbmc-high-bitrate-sample-videos/, mkv @

20mbits).
[Nexus 10 General] Oli2k:
Still won't play the files from above. I'll download the sample above and try that.
[Nexus 10 General] BoneXDA:
My desktop computer struggles with 1440p/10bit & @60FPS, so I don't expect a mobile device to play it. But playing popular formats on 1080p smoothly will make or break the deal for me. If there are struggles, I'll just wait for the 5450 / T658 Sammy tablet next year, hopefully coming as a Note and before March. The Nexus 10 is a great package make no mistake, but Samsung will certainly have a more optimized HW for his in-house product.
[Nexus 10 General] Oli2k:
I've tested a recording off my S3 camera and it plays back using the hardware encoder fine, just downloading this birds sample to test.

---------- Post added at 03:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:04 PM ----------

Works fine in BS and MV players. Yey :good:
[Nexus 10 General] alias_neo:
I'll join the test club once I get home, left my N10 at home today so I wasn't distracted at work :angel:
[Nexus 10 General] Fidelator:
Guys can anyone confirm if it plays 10bit 1080p mkvs smoothly? i wanted a quad A15 because i know quad A9s can't handle it (at least not at the stock frequencies current flagships have) but this is what we got and i'll have to live with it
[Nexus 10 General] 404 ERROR:
1080p 10bit MKV to test out - http://android.tnonline.net/Software/Video/Hi10P Software/hotd-op-1080p-hi10p.mkv

720p 10bit MKV to test out - http://hotfile.com/dl/148950242/e652ee9/

These videos should be SW accelerated because nothing should be able to HW accelerate 10bit videos. So don't be surprised if it DOES play slow. In fact, you should be surprised if it does play nicely.

If it doesn't play nicely, this isn't a problem with the Nexus 10; it's a problem with the video format not being supported too well (and don't worry if you don't watch anime - it's a very niche kind of encoding).

I'm expecting 720p 10bit to play and 1080p 10bit to not play.
[Nexus 10 General] tarteens:
:victory: thank you !

So at least it should be able to play almost all 1080p mkv (8bit of course) smoothly
[Nexus 10 General] e.mote:
These samples are intended for stress-testing, to determine the boundaries of N10's playback capability, and thus aren't designed to be the typical "downloadable" variety. I'm not interested in software playback, since that depends on the video player's efficiency and isn't relevant to the hardware.

FYI, on my ancient test rig, an E5200 C2D and using only GMA graphics, play back is smooth for both the 1080p BD and 1440p normal. The 1440p@60 stutters once every few seconds (hence its "Kobayashi Maru" designation,) and the 1440p 10-bit stutters a couple of times. I expect a PC with a discrete GPU to be able to playback all these clips smoothly.

Please test the baseline files (the 1080p BD and 1440p source) before continuing with the "harder" clips (60fps and 10-bit). You should expect N10 to smoothly play both source files. If it is that N10 can't play the source files smoothly, I'll upload a "rip" version of those files at a smaller bitrate. FYI, the 1440p source file is already in the "rip" range, as its 18Mbps is equivalent to a 1080p rip's 10Mbps (1440p has 78% more pix than 1080p).
[Nexus 10 General] Fidelator:
Yeah, sadly that's what i think that will happen and as i watch insane amounts of anime that's a big deal for me, well at least it will do better than my TP, i wonder if the damn GPU makers will ever do anything to support 10bit HW decoding as they look much better.and it's bad to be forced to use 8bit in a screen as good as this one.
[Nexus 10 General] italia0101:
1440 -- 2560x1440 clip - Played Smoothly

1080_BD -- 1080p - Played smoothly

1440_60f -- 1440p Jittered all over the place, but played

1440_10b -- 1440p Didnt play

Video on the way
[Nexus 10 General] e.mote:
@italia0101

Can you discern any detail difference between the 1080p and 1440p clips?
[Nexus 10 General] italia0101:
hm difficult question, iv just looked at them both again and id say the 1440p looks better, but you would be hard pressed to see a major difference, well at least i cant..

Edit- the 1440p looks better ..
[Nexus 10 General] 404 ERROR:
Can you try 1080p and 720p 10bit samples? :x
[Nexus 10 General] italia0101:
i did test both those clips that you posted... the 1080p was too slow, its software decoded, the 720p one played fine even though it was software decoded

I didnt include them in my video review that im about to post though,
[Nexus 10 General] 404 ERROR:
Awesome awesome. Exactly what I expected. Thanks a lot and much appreciated!
[Nexus 10 General] italia0101:
No problem
[Nexus 10 General] italia0101:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmzEtd3vtnA video performance, includes some of those clips
[Nexus 10 General] GTabJosh:
Can you guys check the memory usage for the player? Also the N10 stock vm.heapgrowthlimit? I think increasing the heapgrowthlimit might help video playback by eliminating the mandatory garbage collection that kicks in after that value is exceeded. Maybe values of 256m and 512m for heapgrowthlimit and heapsize would be a good start. Oh, and if the the swappiness is low, increasing it to free some ram might also help. It's probably simply an issue of CPU power, but if the GC is kicking in, that certainly won't help. Which reminds me, upping the dirty writeback ratio and background ratio (I forget the parameter names) might free the system from constant disk writes. Just some guesses that I think are worth a try.
[Nexus 10 General] e.mote:
>Infact I can't playback any of the files? Any ideas anyone?

The MP4 files are housed in multi-part rar segments, because they're larger than the filehost's 200MB size limit and needed to be chopped up into 200MB chunks. You need to rename the files from *txt extension to *rar extension (as mentioned in the OP), then uncompress them using a file uncompressor that handles the rar format, eg WinRar or 7-Zip. Note that the rar files are password-protected (pw: hdtest) as an additional obfuscation to avoid the hoster's filescanner.

Sorry for not mentioning this in the OP. I forgot that not everyone knows about multi-part rars and such.

>I think increasing the heapgrowthlimit might help video playback

I don't think it'll help with the 10-bit or 60fps clips. But let's hope custom ROM guys can improve certain features, like getting Miracast to work.
[Nexus 10 General] e.mote:
@italia0101

The sequences were selected for both the detail and the slow pans. The detail is to differentiate between 1440p and 1080p (if they're indeed discernible), and the slow pans help to detect dropped frames.

If the system can't keep up with the bitrate, the video framerate will run slower before it drops frames. In this marginal case, the video will run behind the audio, and you have desync. Unfortunately, the clips don't have talking heads to sync words to moving lips. But the last visible frame (before it suddenly cuts to black) is timed to coincide with the abrupt end of the musical crescendo. If the video runs slower, the music will cut out a few seconds before the video cuts out.
[Nexus 10 General] dvinnen:
From what I can tell from Dice Player and BS Player is that it is reverting to SW mode for all MKV files which obviously causes some lag. Probably need some new plugins or updates to the ARMv7 ones.