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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
While you're right that people don't carry diamonds in their pockets... What if by chance they had placed their wedding ring or diamond earings in their pockets. With a screen protector there wouldn't be scratches. But without...who knows.

It's not that far fetched to say that people may have a diamond in their pocket. :)

Or... What if they are wearing a diamond ring and they reach in their pocket and accidentally rub the diamond on the screen?

Just sayin. Lol. But no, this is precisely why I have a screen protector on.

There are just too many "what ifs"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zeus33:
Corning seems to disagree with you. Quoted from their site:

CORNING® GORILLA® GLASS

Visually stunning, lightweight, and highly damage-resistant, Corning® Gorilla® Glass is changing the way the world thinks about glass. It helps protect the world’s coolest smartphones, tablets, PCs, and TVs from everyday wear and tear.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jpi.islas:
I'd disagree with them based on real world use vs advertising... I've replaced two of these phones from things that would never have damaged other phones I've had
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] c5satellite2:
It is glass. It can be scratched by metal. If you don't believe me, take out your windshield wiper blades and turn them on. A newly cut key(or any sharp metal) would be the biggest threat next to sand. Yes GG is very scratch RESISTANT, not scratch PROOF.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
I put on a screen protector the day I got it. I have two kids and a dog. Even if I am careful, I have three little things that love to play with everything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sRDennyCrane:
Would you walk me through the steps that led you to equate lamented automotive safety glass to Corning Gorilla Glass 2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dreDrennon1:
From what I understand it was supposed to have gorilla glass but at release it didn't have it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] c5satellite2:
GG may be better glass, not disputing this, but it is still glass. They do not claim it is scratch PROOF, do they? Yes it is scratch resistant. Yes it is very scratch resistant. Yes it is a great product(could be better, it should be a little thicker). I was never bashing it, calm down. Microscopic particles of grit(sand) are everywhere, in your pockets, and even on your fingertips. If you want to protect your screen, use a protector, if you want to risk some scratches, go naked!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] turbosrrgood:
I think some people get the wrong idea about Gorilla Glass. It's not unbreakable or unscratchable. Gorilla Glass is designed to be a very thin glass, that still retains as much hardness, and shatter resistance as possible. Regardless of what kind of glass it is, or who the manufacturer is, ALL GLASS can be scratched by something that is harder than it (metals, sand, dirt, rocks, ect...). All it takes is a single microscopic spec of a hard sand (see mineral hardness tables for more information). Perhaps if they someday start making glass out of diamond, that behavior will change.

Gorilla Glass claims it has a hardness of 9, but most testing shows it's really around 7.

Subsequent versions of Gorilla Glass haven't been designed to be stronger, but thinner.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sRDennyCrane:
Again, not seeing the connection to automotive safety glass here...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rlatjs17:
I'm talking about the real world scenarios. Nobody carries diamonds in their pockets with the phone. I've had my phone with my keyes and it never scratched my phone. All I'm basically saying is that a tiny(naked to the human eye) sized quartz/sand can scratch gg2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] benattar:
Is there a way to repair the light scratches on this phone? I keep mine in my pocket and have some scratches from my keys. Kinda sucks. I hoped the gorilla glass would live up to the claims.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WellTrainedVC:
Anybody ever consider sand-blasting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dohturdima:
I make it a habit not to carry my keys in the same pocket as the phone. Gorilla glass oe not, why tempt fate?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] CovXX:
From normal use my gs3 has some deep cuts into the glass. And I mean being in my pocket alone,or sitting on my desk or on the bed. GG 1 seems to be stronger.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rushless:
How can it get scratched sitting on a desk or bed? Cat or poltergeist?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ramzes13:
Yeah, i call shannigans too...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] CovXX:
Nope , no shenanigans here. I keep my phone with me at all times away from anything sharp. Unless a plastic Id card could do damage,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Well, from what has been mentioned here, perhaps sand or similar got into your pockets at times in a relatively unnoticeable manner? These things don't scratch on their own :) .

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ac29593:
Sand scratches screens. Keys will not.

I have had my phone since launch with no screen protector and do not have a single scratch.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtomas10:
Can't seem to access the gallery when I connect my Note 2 to the Nikon 5100 camera via OTG cable. It recognises the camera but does not pull up the option to access the gallery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] melcali:
A good app I just found out about. Floating Browser... thought I would spread the word about this helpful app for those who try to make the most out of Android multitasking

It's a popup/floating window where you can have app shortcuts and widgets. Just started messing around with it and it is pretty smooth. Very useful on our big Gnotes screen.

Google Play Link
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Atrix2destroyer:
Screen shots?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] melcali:
There are screenshots in the play link. But here a two from me. You can resize the window.

Your app shortcuts are on the left. Widgets to the right. I have 4 widgets. The window is scrollable to view other widgets and widget scrolling(like calendar) still work

Just press the triangle/arrow in the upper right to minimize or open. When minimized, there will be a small floating arrow to open up again.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamhopeless:
I heard that the CM10 memory leak was fixed.

Some said its fixed in their ROMs, but I was looking at CM10/SGT7 for the Kindle Fire, it's been updated recently but I see no mention of the leak.

Are all the CM10 ROMs on this site fixed now?

Might be a dumb question, just a little wary of CM10 after I heard about the leak.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Haven't heard nor seen anything about a memory leak.
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
I would like to know if the incredible front is plastic or aluminium please answer its easy
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] taj80:
It feels like plastic
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] jose51197:
Thanks but what i meant is that if the shiny piece of it is plastic?
[Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE] Jafmf95:
Not quite sure what you're specifically looking for, but aside from the screen, the only things on the exterior that aren't plastic are the usb port & the rings around the camera and led flash.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
PRadio is a Windows 8 Store App for Pandora. Unlike IE, this app allows users to stream music from Pandora recommendation service in the background. It works great on tablets such as Microsoft Surface. This app works only in the US. If you want to use it in other countries you need a US based proxy or VPN software such as openvpn.net

Features Supported

* Add radio stations via the search charm

* Search for Genre, Album, Artist and Songs

* Delete radio stations via the app bar

* Pin radio stations to start menu

* Play/Pause/Skip songs

* Multimedia Keyboard Support

* Support for snapped view and portrait layout.

* History of Songs Played

* Share Song Information with other applications via share charm

* Provide feedback for a song

* Background Streaming

* Support for touch and tablets

To download the released version please visit the Windows Store and search for PRadio or open the following link in IE.

http://bit.ly/Yt9qT5

The app is only available in the US Store, if you are in another country you can switch to the US Store by going to "Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region\ Change region."

[Update 12/14/2012]:

If you want to try out the latest version that will be available shortly on the store you will need to sideload the app. This version supports background music streaming on Surface RT even when the device is locked (Connected Standby).

Please follow the instructions given below:

1. Download Pandora_0.0.4.8_AnyCPU_Test and unzip to any folder e.g. xyz.

2. Open powershell as an administrator

3. Execute the following commands in powershell

a) set-executionpolicy unrestricted

b) cd xyz\Pandora_0.0.4.8_AnyCPU_Test

c) .\Add-AppDevPackage.ps1

[Note: Installation process might ask you to login to your Microsoft Account which is necessary to get the necessary certificates from the windows store to sign the package]

If you have feedback on the app, please post below.

What is Pandora?

Pandora Internet Radio, an automated music recommendation service and "custodian" of the Music Genome Project whose service in full is only available in the United States, with limited access in Australia and New Zealand. The service plays musical selections similar to song suggestions entered by a user. The user provides positive or negative feedback for songs chosen by the service, which are taken into account for future selections.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Wow, very nicely implemented for a third-party client! The snapped interface is very good as well. The interface when something *else* is snapped (which means it only has about 1040 pixels of width on the Surface) isn't perfect though (usable, but some stuff gets covered).

I'd be happy to sideload and test a new version.

EDIT: A bit more feedback: the app doesn't handle being backgrounded very gracefully. It will stop playing after the current song. I suppose that *could* be intentional, but it's annoying.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Thanks for the feedback, I just posted instructions to sideload the new version.

It should not stop playing after the current song, this is not intentional. Can you send me the following PRadioInformation.log file which should be present in

%appdata%\..\Local\Packages\28268splashtetra.PRadio_80qntxqrmk3vj\LocalState folder
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Sorry, I should correct myself: it won't start the next song if the screen is off. Turning the screen on by itself won't start playing agian, either; you either have to use the media control and hit Play, or log in and have the app at least partially in the foreground.

If you still need the log I'll post it here in a bit.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Are you using a Surface RT or an ARM based tablet? If yes, I believe it is going into connected standby. In connected standby, windows does not let the app get the next playlist. I need to use a different set of API to support this scenario. As soon as I get hold of an ARM tablet I will add support for this. If this is not an ARM based tablet then please send me the logs.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Hi GoodDayToDie or any Surface RT user,

I have created a new version 0.3.3 of the PRadio which hopefully should work in your machine. Can you give it a try? I do not own one yet so I cannot try it myself.

Instructions are given below.

Thanks

Instructions:

1. Download Pandora_0.0.3.3_AnyCPU_Test and unzip to any folder e.g. xyz.

2. Open powershell as an administrator

3. Execute the following commands in powershell

a) set-executionpolicy unrestricted

b) cd xyz\Pandora_0.0.3.3_AnyCPU_Test

c) .\Add-AppDevPackage.ps1

[Note: It might ask you to login to your Microsoft Account that is necessary to get the necessary certificates to sign the package]
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Thanks! Yes, I'm using Surface RT. I'm sideloading your app now and will report later.

EDIT: Works fine! I had to uninstall the current (store) version first, but it preserved my configuration (you using the roaming AppData?) so that was no problem.

The music playback did cut out eventually, but I'm guessing that's intentional (just the "are you still there?" check, perhaps) since it was after an hour or so of inactivity, and as soon as I brought he app forward again it resumed. I'm on a free account, BTW (used to subscribe, but between them not creating a WP7 app and the advantages of Zune Pass instead, I let it lapse).

One piece of feedback: you could put a lot more info on the About page. Version would be good, for example, and I didn't actually see attribution for the CC-licensed artwork, just a mention that it was CC-BY. Other than that, love it!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
Seems to be working all nice and proper for me now too, on RT. :D

Eats far less CPU than letting IE run in desktop mode.

Edit: Every once in a while there seems to be a delay for it loading the next song of 30-45 seconds. Not critical, just noting.

Edit2: More feedback.

1) I can't forward to the next song from the volume menu.

2) It seems to stop playing after an hour and a half or so, on a Pandora One account.

3) It'd be nice if it could remember the last station and start playing on launch

4) Related, it'd be nice if it automatically logged in on launch, not sending you to the login screen. Perhaps a settings option to clear the stored user settings, and make it log in automatically?

5) I suspect this is more of an OS issue, but outputting through a USB sound card and putting the device to sleep causes the audio to become garbled and broken.

6) The formatting seems to be a bit off in portrait mode, the 'Log Out' button on the top clips over the station name, and there's a considerable amount of deadspace at the bottom of the screen (probably a good 1/3 of the screen is wasted)

And, are the advertisements on it yours or Pandora's? If they're Pandora's, it'd be nice if you could detect if it's a Pandora One account.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cobyman7035:
does this work for cdn. IP addresses? regular pandora won't let cdn IP users :(

i know on android, you have to use ORBIT something app, forgot the name, and on iphone you use that hot shield free VPN
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Thanks for the feedback GoodDayToDie & netham45.

The music playback did cut out eventually, but I'm guessing that's intentional (just the "are you still there?" check, perhaps) since it was after an hour or so of inactivity

>> I know why it fails to play after an hour....Connected Standby, I will fix this in the next release.

>> you could put a lot more info on the About page. Version would be good, for example, and I didn't actually see attribution for the CC-licensed artwork, just a mention that it was CC-BY

I will add version in About page. Currently if you run the app and in taskmanager search pandora.exe, right-click and go to properties you can see the version. I will add attribution too. Good catch!!

>> I can't forward to the next song from the volume menu.

Forwarding is currently disabled as Pandora does limit the number of skips after some time. If a users keeps on skipping he/she will eventually hit this limit and there is no UI to message this to the user. This also prevented my app to be certified in the store so i decided to disable it for now till i figure out a better way to deal with this.

It'd be nice if it could remember the last station and start playing on launch

Good feedback, I will add in the next release.

Related, it'd be nice if it automatically logged in on launch, not sending you to the login screen. Perhaps a settings option to clear the stored user settings, and make it log in automatically?

Currently it should automatically login based on the credentials stored on the machine. Do you want a way to clear the settings?

I suspect this is more of an OS issue, but outputting through a USB sound card and putting the device to sleep causes the audio to become garbled and broken

Interesting....Thanks for reporting it. I would need to get hold of a USB sound card to try this out. Was this on the RT device?

The formatting seems to be a bit off in portrait mode, the 'Log Out' button on the top clips over the station name, and there's a considerable amount of deadspace at the bottom of the screen (probably a good 1/3 of the screen is wasted)

Thanks Log Out button should not have appeared. Will fix it and i will try to make better use of the real estate.

And, are the advertisements on it yours or Pandora's? If they're Pandora's, it'd be nice if you could detect if it's a Pandora One account.

The advertisements are mine...Not Pandora's maybe i can reduce the number of advertisements if that is a big eye sore. Thanks again for the feedback.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
If you use any VPN software to connect to US based server (I tried openvpn.net although has a data limit) you should be able to use the app to listen to pandora via the app. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
It sends me to the login screen most of the time when I launch it, or if I come back to it if it's been inactive for 5-6 hours.

Yes I'm using RT, though further testing shows that I get the same result no matter what music app I use, so I blame the OS.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Can you send me the PRadioInformation.log file which should be present in %appdata%\..\Local\Packages\28268splashtetra.PRadi o_80qntxqrmk3vj\LocalState folder? This should help me understand why it is not saving the password on RT.

Can you also give details of the USB audio device like Manufacturer, Version etc? I will report this to Microsoft.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cammykool:
Superb app good sir! lives on my second monitor if not just for the cool background :P

Thanks!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Thanks cammykool!!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cammykool:
why not put it up in the windows store?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
The previous version is actually already up there. We've been helping test the next release, at which point hsalps will presumably release a store update.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
I can't seem to get it to replicate it now. =/

I've tried it with two Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 headsets and a generic unlabeled USB audio card.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cammykool:
so im using a test build?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
The store guys are approving the latest version of the app right now (Takes 7 days :( ). I will update this thread when it is available on the windows store. The older release is already in the store.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Yes you are using a test-signed build when the app is available in the store I will update this thread and you can uninstall this version and install the latest from the store.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Thanks for the info. I will inform Microsoft guys about this problem. If you see the auto login bug again then let me know.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
Figured out what's going on, if my internet connection flickers while it's running it will stop playing and kick it back to the login screen.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Yes currently any exceptions will throw it back to the login screen. I will see if I can improve the experience.

The new version of the app will be available in the store in the next few hours. I suggest uninstalling the sideloaded app at the end of the day and installing the official version.

Thanks for trying out this app and giving all the feedback to make the app better. You guys rock!!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] collinsac24:
this thing is awesome, the look is very clean. only suggestion i have is adding in another view of the stations. perhaps like a wall or cover flow type of option. Thank you greatly for this wonderful client :)
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cammykool:
Can I get the background that you used in the app I want to use it as wallpaper
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] LiuAnshan:
When I put the app on my second monitor the advertisement sits on top of the block of text about the artist/song. My second monitor is 1280*1024. Other than that I'm liking it so far.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Here you go....

http://sdrv.ms/QvUSCt
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Thanks for the feedback.....I will try to fix this in the next release.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cammykool:
aw f*** yeah! thanks!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] LiuAnshan:
Awesome, other than that I've yet to notice anything else that might need work.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] andy_d0:
Looks like it should be awesome but my download is stuck at pending? Tried everything but still stuck at pending
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Jainyankee1993:
Keyboard action

Hi great app, just one question, why can i not use my forward button on my keyboard to forward the song? Is this a reoccurring problem. I could forward on the actual app, but not from my keyboard
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
I mentioned this earlier, he said it creates an issue getting the app certified on the store.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] FairOh:
WP 7.8?

Any chance that this will work on Windows Phone 7.8? Or perhaps be back-ported? Thanks for your time.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
Just a minor nuance, but the small tile icon looks nothing like the large one, it seems a bit out of place.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
The new version of PRadio is ready and it finally supports background streaming on RT devices when the screen is locked :). Please see the first post on how to sideload this app.

Background: On a RT devices, after locking the screen every app is aggressively suspended to save power. If an app needs to run behind a lock screen it needs to use Windows.Networking.BackgroundTransfer APIs to communicate with internet. These API were designed to download files using HTTP GET method so it was somewhat challenging to use it for HTTP POST JSON requests. Documentation is severely lacking for these APIs. Everything is trial and error. Unfortunately, I had to discover the hard way that certain things can degrade the performance of these apps on an RT device. For e.g. To start a new thread takes any where between 30 - 45 sec. Lot of optimizations were required so that PRadio works properly on Surface RT behind the lock screen.

As always all feedback is welcome.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Yes I plan to update the small icon tile....I did not find time in this release but will surely take care of in the next release.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] {StatuSCheckA}:
Sir I was going to reinstall it because many of the stations did not have a thumbnail and it looked lame.

Now I cant find it in the App Store? What Happened?

I'm not going to sideload it cause I already have a workable handicapped version (PRadio 0.0.6.7; but I'm asking if it will hit the store again revitalized.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cobyman7035:
The app does it skip songs no ads?

Google Voice via my r72 NeXus⁴ using XDA Premium
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Gotcha007:
yeah , seems that the application has been removed from the store. Can someone confirm?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/b8949331-b320-40b5-bfdc-434e101840e3 should be the link for it, but it does indeed appear to have been pulled.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hsalps:
Sorry Guys..Pandora did not like the app, so they complained and the app was removed from the store.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Laos101:
any chance it could be released for jailbroken devices?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] netham45:
On what grounds did they complain?