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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] poolings:
After having a week with the Note 2, I have found a rather annoying problem with the screen and was wondering if anyone else has the same issue.

The problem involves the portion of the screen where the "L" key is. Sometimes it triggers on touch but most of the time it doesn't. To test, all you have to do is mash on the "L" key repeatedly. Mash all over the region of the key and if your key doesn't respond at time, then you have the same issue as me. The funny part is, the region to the right of the key works fine. I can mash all I want and the key registers.

I have attached an image that highlights in green of the area I have having issues with. I also tested this by turning the phone to landscape and mashing the key that falls into the green area. I do have a screen protector but I removed it and the problem is still there.

I am currently using SwiftKey 3 but this issue happens on the Samsung and Swype keyboards as well.

I'm going to call ATT and ask for an exchange.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drakeymcmb:
im not getting that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] con_ritmo:
I had that issue...but it was because I had button savior installed...and I think it was looking for that edge swipe gesture. anyhow I uninstalled button savior and all is well.
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
Some other threads discussing "full partition" problems loading custom ROMs onto the Xoom led me to some digging around. The short story is that Motorola only allocated 236MB to the system partition on the Xoom, and the current JB stock build (JZO54K) occupies nearly 231MB.

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Given that various features were not included in the JB update when compared to the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus, it's all starting to make more sense why. When Honeycomb rolled out for what is now thought to be a public beta test of the Android tablet form factor, the system partition likely had plenty of space for growth. Dial the calendar ahead several months, and ICS emerges with a footprint that is nearing the Xoom's capacity. And the first item to go - face unlock. It's all good, no one really uses it for actual security but is a cool novelty to show your non-Android/non-ICS friends. Then comes Jellybean. And it's BIG. The Galaxy Nexus system.img file is over 400MB for toro (obviously apples and oranges due to its use as a phone, but you get the idea). So, to make it work for the Xoom, a lot of the frills are stripped away - new wallpapers, sound search as a system app, on-device voice search, Google hot word to start a search in Google Now, etc. It all just doesn't fit inside the partition that Motorola assigned in early 2011. Sad when you realize that there is a giant 32GB flash memory chip built in. And I suspect the Nexus S is faced with the same problems - hardware will work, but the system partition is just too small.

And now we hope for custom ROMs for 4.2 that can fit inside that tiny system partition. Based on the current size of CM10 for wingray, I'd say Team EOS has the best possibility from the size standpoint. That shiny Nexus 10 is looking better and better...
[Xoom General] TheStickMan:
I was under the assumption that re-partitioning was possible?
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
Possible, but Motorola would first have to write an updated boot loader, and the OTA would have to move existing files to the new blocks. Probably an OTA nightmare. I recall HTC skipping updates to ICS for this reason.
[Xoom General] romdroid.:
They can skip the unnecessary **** like google now and keep it as clean as possible and 4.2 will fit
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
I personally use Google now and really find the information helpful. However you are correct-get rid of the Motorola crap like Cordy and Dungeon Defender, and the Google apps that no one uses like Currents. Make Maps, Earth, and other Google products optional instead of being system apps and it will probably fit. I do think both CM and Team EOS will need to strip lot some of their own system apps to make it fit.
[Xoom General] Jaytronics:
I am obviously no Dev. But, is it not possible for any of the Devs here to write a new bootloader and partition for the Xoom? Or at least modify the current one? Seeing as it is unlocked. I only ask because well, the Xoom is such a very nice peace of hardware, as old as it is. The shear fact that it is virtually a pure Google device, has a metal housing, mSD slot, and is all around a cool device. One could hope for such a monumental mod.

Another thing, is it possible to boot off of a mSD card and install the OS on there? Not that that would be such a hot idea due to read and write problems. But an option either way?
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
More power to the Dev that could make this happen, but modifying the boot loader can be a quick journey to a bricked Xoom.
[Xoom General] vimesUK:
Having owned the Advent Vega and used many home brew ROMs it was very common to change the partition layout to make the ROM fit. An issue used to be when using nvflash from a PC as it would not account for any bad nand blocks. But, in the main it worked.

Owning the Skate phone that too has the opportunity to change the system / cache / data partition layout to fit the custom ROMs.

Whether that would be an option supported for the Xoom I do not know.
[Xoom General] albundy2010:
The nexus s has a system 528mb system partition.

There is no hardware limitation at all for that device.

You could. make a case that its amount of ram makes for a bad user experience though. It has around 345mb available. But they put 4.1 on it so there is a no reason they shouldn't have supported 4.2 IMHO.

Looks a like a case of we don't want to bothered supporting that old device to me.
[Xoom General] alex94kumar:
So let me get this straight, there is literally no way we can repartition our system storage space to anything different? Even with an unlocked bootloader and such?
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
I can't with certainty say there is" no way", but from what I've read on this recently it isn't easy. The boot loader has partition info so it knows where to look for the files to make the device function. Modifying the boot loader could brick the device. I've also become aware of symlinks that enable moving files from the system partition into the data partition to save space-no idea how this works.
[Xoom General] alex94kumar:
let's get a developer in here and find out then!
[Xoom General] Lothaen:
Nexus One has had a fair few partitions changed in its life span. Up to Gingerbread with stock, ICS and JB had different .... Someone reach out to some nexus one dev perhaps to see if the same sort of thing could be applied here?
[Xoom General] RMerlin:
Nexus One devs rely on the Blackrose bootloader to allow repartitioning. The Blackrose author would be the one to contact if you needed a pointer on where to start to at least figure out IF it's doable or not on the Xoom (the two don't have the same bootloader, obviously).
[Xoom General] matt4321:
Somewhere over in the dev section Big Rush Dog said it would lead to certain brick and couldn't be done. They also said youtube HQ wouldn't work on armv6 due to lack of omx libs, but that got hacked (eventually) and we got that. so may be possible but not without hard work and bricked devices
[Xoom General] Jaytronics:
I am going to go out on a limb and say that the RAM could end up being a non issue. Reason I say this is because it can be replaced with other RAM chips from another device. Say the Thunderbolt or whatever. The only question I have pertaining that would be. Does RAM for mobile devices follow a specification as far as pin outs is concerned? If they do, and as long as the voltage and frequency threshold are the same if not similar to a degree. Then we could upgrade those. I know that not all people hers would be willing to try such a feat. But I would. And if it worked, I would be willing to help others out in that area.

I believe it is safe to say that I am not the only person that is passionate about how cool devices is. Its age and lack of NFC does not bother me. The thing is solid and has mSD. I can not tout how important that one feature is to me. Its funny, we live in a world where there is supposedly this "Green" movement. Yet no one is pushing these companies to make the hardware they make last longer or make them upgradable. I understand the whole making money model. But we are either ruining this planet or we are not. It is not both ways. You are either "Green" or not. A woman can not be some what pregnant. She either is or is not. These corporations don't give a rats ass about the future generations or their home.

I don't know, it is a bit sickening

. And I as usual, am ranting on like a crazy man. Oh well.
[Xoom General] MikeCriggs:
Mount it in Linux and rebuild the partitions with lvm... it's not too difficult. If you've ever owned a Touchpad, you might have followed one of my guides to get Ubuntu running in a triple boot, doing this is necessary. But unfortunately there is no Novaterm for Android, so the easiest way would be through ADB shell while booted into recovery.

Also, the bootloader has nothing to do with resizing partitions. It just directs your device to the desired partition to boot from. For example, GRUB tells your PC whether to boot into Linux or Windows.
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
I think most folks in the Xoom forums would agree that RAM is not an issue; we're mainly discussing the system partition size in storage memory. If this was in reference to the Nexus S, I only mentioned that device in the OP since it was dropped from AOSP at the same time as the Xoom.
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
This is helpful. So to make sure I understand, the boot loader isn't looking for specific blocks, but for the partitioned folders?
[Xoom General] Jaytronics:
Good call on that. Not sure where my head was at when reading your other post. I apologize for that. Though, the whole upgrading the RAM chip thing in my opinion is something I would like to under take. More RAM could help in the performance field. Imagine having 3 maybe 4 gigs onboard this thing? Heck 2Gigs would make a killer difference. Any way, I'll jump off the RAM topic. Another subject for another day and post. Thanks for the head check.
[Xoom General] MikeCriggs:
No... partitions flagged as bootable. I'm a computer programming major and a technician... please don't mock me for trying to spread correct information.

Bootstraps are simple programs that serve one purpose, and that is to initiate a bootable partition and then the work is handed off to processes taking place in the RAM increasing in complexity.
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
I wasn't mocking, I was clarifying the answer to help me and possibly others reading this thread understand how the boot loader operates. As I stated," this is helpful".
[Xoom General] MikeCriggs:
Lol. Sorry, it's hard to tell when someone is being sarcastic or not. I just assumed, my apologies. If you want I can share the commands to shrink the media (SD) partition and expand the system partition.
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
If you are willing to share the commands I'll turn this into a reference thread on changing partition sizes. Will most likely help others seeking this solution.
[Xoom General] MikeCriggs:
No problem. Let me just make sure that it doesn't misdirect the bootloader.
[Xoom General] alex94kumar:
If you can find a working method to repartitioning our devices, this could give our device some much-needed life support
[Xoom General] aR_ChRiS:
I think if you can discuss your findings with the devs at the dev section it would be really helpful, since the xoom has been suffering from this issue since the CM10 days (we can't flash the official gapps package for this reason).
[Xoom General] Lothaen:
Cool info :)
[Xoom General] unrandomsam:
Just as easy and safer to just hardcode the flashmap into the kernel.

AOSP is getting more and more bloated that is the problem.

Probably the OEM's want more bloat to sell more hardware.

What I want is newer version faster same hardware.

(Funnily enough the only recent versions of any OS that meet this criteria are W7->W8 WP7->WP7.5)
[Xoom General] 3devious:
I'm not too upset about being outside of AOSP. I know it makes it tough for devs but they were getting it done before AOSP it just makes it easier for some and possible for hobbyists. We'll have good support with or without it. I can live with fewer people supporting a nearly 2 year old tablet anyway. I'll admit it. I am tempted by shiny and fast new tablets. Sure, this tablet is better than the Nexus (well anything really) but we're going to get surpassed by faster hardware with bigger storage and having an SD slot and pure android will matter less.
[Xoom General] valent|n0:
what are the chances motorola will issue a tool to repartition the boot loader so it can take bigger system partition

and slap no warranty for using the tool

we should set a petition to ask such tool.

even when they decline to provide tools with no warranty oh well, at least we tried :)

is it possible for motorola to create such tool to update the bootloader?

but it can't be OTA update because it has to be optional. as mention updating boot loader OTA is such a nightmare.
[Xoom General] MikeCriggs:
It looks like this is going to need some work. Keep an eye on the Dev section.
[Xoom General] solarnz:
This is nothing new, the problem has existed ever since 4.1 and more than likely ICS as well.

With our EOS gapps, we work around the size limitation by placing parts of the gapps on the /data partition.
[Xoom General] Lothaen:
Moto havent given any images or such for the Xoom since Honeycomb 3.0.1 as far as I recall

I doubt they would start now
[Xoom General] nubsors:
So not a problem then?
[Xoom General] Winesnob:
Doesn't seem to be a problem for developers. Found a 4.2.1 AOSP build for the Zoom here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34253398 that runs smoother than Moto's stripped down 4.1.2. The Xoom isn't dead just yet...
[Xoom General] TheStickMan:
Seems EOS nightlies are on 4.2.1 by the way.
[Xoom General] xlanhackerx:
Here is some talk about it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016218

If enough Persons would write to Motorola hopefully they could release some sort of tool !!

So please help !!!!!
[Xoom General] :
i doubt that they will or would release a tool or engineer a new bootloader......there would be no $$$ in it for them. Face facts folks.....if you want the latest and supposedly the best devices then you need to spend the dough......this is the same as asking MS to release another SP for XP.........

If you want flexibility, then unlock, root, make a script that flashes /system/apps to data/apps or move the apps in the gapps package itself or delete the apps within the gapps that you dont use.

Older devices run custom roms with small /system and ram......they do so cause the devs slimmed up the roms & gapps.....and that is no different in this case.

Sent by Samsung Galaxy Nexus (SCH-I515 Verizon LTE) using Tapa2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tpayne2345:
Ok, I just rooted my GS3 and installed the latest JB leak VRBLJ1 4.1.1.. The main reason I did was to get Google Now, Wallet, etc but I have a few simple and probably easy questions:

1. How do I know if I have a custom recovery installed? I used section 1 of this guide but EZ-Recovery looks intimidating and I don't want to mess up anything

2. I'm open to installing ROMs but will it completely reset my current setup/would I lose data? I've been using Apex launcher for a while so would CleanROM be the best choice?

3. I really just want to do minor tweaks like change the notification toggles around, notification bar mods, etc

4. How do I find out what radio I have right now?

I try to read stuff on here but most of the time it's just confusing so any answers or explanations are appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] P2o8wer:
Ur best bet is to download Goo manager from the play store.. Open it up and click the menu and flash open script recovery.. This will give u twrp which I'm new also and find twrp to be easier then cwm.. I hope u made a nandroid backup..

Sent from gs3..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tpayne2345:
this is gibberish to me, what exactly does this accomplish?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Once you've installed a recovery like the above user says, definitely perform a backup while in recovery. Make sure your contacts are synced to Gmail. Backup your app data using Titanium Backup which is available in the Play Store. Flashing roms will delete everything in your current setup.

Perfectly doable in custom roms like CleanRom and Beans roms as well.

Settings/About Phone/Baseband version

Baseband = radio = modem, they're used interchangeably.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] P2o8wer:
Sorry it sounds like gibberish to you.. I learnt a lot from YouTube.

Sent from gs3..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tpayne2345:
finally got some free time and I just realized I installed the non-rooted 4.1.1 with the bootloader locked.. can't use EZ-unlock

what should I do if I want to install CleanROM or this one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] P2o8wer:
You have to search forms for a stock/rooted 4.0.4. Then u have to get into download mode

And you have to use odin to flash a rooted 4.0.4. Ice cream sandwich. Then unlock the bootloader then flash away.

Sent from gs3..
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] xLoveHateLegend:
Is there a cwm zip floating around here for this phone?

The reason I ask is because I was trying to install this through cwm and got an Error 0 (Installation aborted).

Then after researching it, I found this

So I'm on the lookout now... or, am I misinterpreting this and he actually means I can get this file from ANY cwm flashable file?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Aaargh!:
No reason for a cwm zip. Only a few steps and you can install cwm with no problems
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
i think i take it to mean ANY zip that is flashable thru CWM. in which case you could take the update binary out of that zip and try it in the adrenaline zip. there are flashable zips in the original development section, and here is one that specifically says CWM-flashable:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1872574
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] xLoveHateLegend:
Thank you! :p
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] yogi2010:
you're welcome, let us know if it works :)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] xLoveHateLegend:
JUST got done flashing this, it worked :)

I just booted it up, I haven't got to play with it yet, but I'll let you guys know how it works out :p

I have the .zip for our phones that I can post if anyone wants it.
[General Questions and Answers] shirtlessrabbit4:
OK so a while ago I bricked my HTC flyer, and then upgraded to my Lenovo a2109 that I dearly love. So with the flyer, I played around with it and disassembled it, and reassembled it again (screen, buttons, hw light buttons still work). But now I'm bored with it. What can I do that's productive wutyh it? Lol. Not totally interested in a fix, no warranty. Can I sell its parts? Anything else productive? Or is it better just to keep it as is? Thanks lol
[General Questions and Answers] ktetreault14:
Well, once you collect enough bricks you can build a new house :D that's what I am working on!
[General Questions and Answers] shirtlessrabbit4:
Ha :) well unfortunately Im on campus so I cannot move until sophomore year into such a house........ anyways, I was more so hoping that I could disassemble and sell its parts, I guess not? Anything else you can think of?
[General Questions and Answers] rr5678:
Well...you could either sell it's parts, sell it whole, or.............give it to me :p
[General Questions and Answers] AdamOutler:
You'd probly get your money back on sending it to MobileTechVideos.com PM connexion2005 for details.
[General Questions and Answers] shirtlessrabbit4:
Excellent! Which one typically gives the most money? Lol
[General Questions and Answers] rr5678:
What do you mean? The parts? If so, that would be the screen and the digitizer.

The screen could get you around $60 all the way up to $90, the digitizer could get you $40 and the battery could get you around $25*.

(*all prices based on what's seen on eBay)
[General Questions and Answers] shirtlessrabbit4:
Seems good enough for me! Where do I go to sell them?
[General Questions and Answers] rbeavers:
Buy a cheap beat up one on ebay and change out the main board.
[General Questions and Answers] shirtlessrabbit4:
My tablet now is what I want to stick with, flyer old and losing xda attention anyways. I'm interested in selling parts now, found out the back plate can be sold for 50 bucks too! I just need to know where to send parts to be sold so I can make near 200 bucks it seems.
[General Questions and Answers] rr5678:
eBay.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
Okay, setting aside the giant question as to when they will become available again, I'm considering a Nexus 4 for my daughter. She's about to turn 10 and my wife and I have been talking about getting her an ipod touch (5th gen) for Christmas.

But...we're an android family. My wife uses an Asus TF700, I have a Nexus 7, we both have android phones and my daughter currently uses my old Nook Color with CM10 on it to read and play games.

The N4 looks awful attractive to me, not just because of the familiarity and obvious ecosystem, but it would also lend itself to an easy transition to an actual cell phone if we decide to make that move.

Now, obviously, it won't take much to talk myself into the N4. But I'm wondering if you folks can offer me a little more subjective opinions than my own. :)

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idevice12345:
If she needs a phone, go for it. If not, still go for it!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
She doesn't need a phone...yet. That's part of the attraction of the N4 to me. For now, just an ipod-ish device.

One big question - the i-devices have imessaging and such for texting. What is a suitable equivalent for android?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlanBSTi:
I heard the screens crack stupid easy. Some exploding in pockets without pressure to the screen at all.

I wouldn't want any glass pieces cutting anyone. Since shes 10. it's going to happen. Heck. I've broken a lot of glass things up till i was 14. LOL.

TBH I think ipod touch is a better choice. it's super easy to use and has ton of kid apps.

I don't think anyone under 16 should have an cell phone. But i'm not the one to judge.

KIK is one. You can't message anyone on a computer but it's free on the app store any you just need wifi to send anyone with the app an message. The app is on both play store and apple app store.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irishrally:
If you want go on the cheaper side, it's hard to beat a used $50 Nexus S with its Wolfson DAC as a dedicated PMP.

The Nexus 4 would work though, especially if it's cheaper than the iPod touch and you're an Android family with no existing tie to the apple/iTunes ecosystem. There will be a learning curve but you can set things up for her to make it easier.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeon962:
Just buy a refurbished iPod Touch 4th gen direct from Apple. $129 for the 8GB and $179 for the 32GB. They carry the same warranty (1-year) as a new one. Only difference is that the box they come in is different than retail markings. Come with ear buds and everything else a new one comes with. They dropped the price within the last week and knocked another $30 off the 32GB to get them to $179. I don't know what the price was before on the 8GB, but they don't hold too much stuff once the kids start downloading apps and taking pictures, so went with the 32 GB for two of our kids.

I've got a split house as the younger kids all want iPod Touches while the older ones hoping for a S3. I'm still waiting on an N4, but sounds like it will be an after Christmas purchase if Google ever gets them back in stock.