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[Nexus 10 General] BoneXDA:
Actually many apps are created on iOS because it lacks Flash, but that's no excuse for developers not to create them for Android, especially now that Flash is officially off Android. But you can access very much on Nexus 10 through a flash-supported browser, that is a minimum for me before buying a $500 device.

Is there a browser BTW which allows splitscreen, or one that has a large screen widget to use on desktop?
[Nexus 10 General] TheBlueRaja:
The problem with the iPad, for me (and i owned one briefly before i sold it,Wifi iPad2 16GB) is that the apps cost more than the Android equivalents sometimes and sometimes an app is free on Android but you need to pay for it on IOS.

The iPad apps are great when they are tablet optimised, there are more of them, but if you get an app that's not optimized unlike Android where it fills the screen, the app stays phone sized on the iPad, which is just weird.

Then when you add in a crap keyboard, no widgets (this was a biggie for me) and a restrictive ecosystem it ended up being sold.

Which was great as it helped with the cost of my just ordered Nexus 10.

Each to their own.
[Nexus 10 General] Gaugerer:
One of the great benifits of Android is that you can change it to suit yourself. For example, I love the Hackers keyboard with the row of numbers on view like the Galaxy Note and the easy access to the other characters using the shift key.
[Nexus 10 General] TheBlueRaja:
Yeah, but i also think its one of its weaknesses for the average joe, the iPad is simple, Android can be confusing due to the number of options.
[Nexus 10 General] lozfromcorby:
I hoping what I saw from Skype 3.0 yesterday, could be the start of developers taking android tablets more seriously...
[Nexus 10 General] TheEmpyre:
I have read that there is also the added benefit that app devs for android don't have to re-optimize their apps for tablets (resolution etc. like many devs had to do with the release of the retina iPad AND the original release of the ipad with supporting the larger screen size) apparently all the apps are able to scale up resolution without having to re-optimize...at least I thought I read that somewhere!
[Nexus 10 General] 404 ERROR:
Optimization =/= Upscaling

Upscaling is not exactly but somewhat like stretching everything to fit the screen. There are algorithms to make it look better but that's the basic idea.

Optimization is making images and an interface directly for a tablet. This won't need any stretching and such and will always look better.
[Nexus 10 General] mva5580:
The apps for Android tablets are bad.....they just are. If you deny that, then you're not interested in a serious conversation on the topic. You're just biased towards Android to the point where you will make any excuse possible to make it sound better than it is.

I love Android as and OS, but Android tablets are just not worth it at this point. Apps like:

- ESPN Scorecenter

- Ebay

- Pandora

- Chase Mobile

- Amazon Mobile (doesn't even exist for Android tablets yet)

- Facebook

SUCK on Android tablets. And these are all FREE
[Nexus 10 General] Randomwalker:
Or you just don't care about a single one of the apps mentioned. Okay, I do use eBay for notifications, but I couldn't care less about its look.
[Nexus 10 General] Techie2012:
- ESPN Scorecenter - Don't care

- Ebay - Don't care

- Pandora - Only use it on my phone

- Chase Mobile - I use the web site

- Amazon Mobile (doesn't even exist for Android tablets yet) - I use the web site

- Facebook - It's good enough for what it does
[Nexus 10 General] mi7chy:
I'd take quality (Android) over quantity (iOS). iOS has a ton of useless crapplets. Can't do without Groove IP, Lecture Notes, Droid48, Google Maps/Navigation/Streetview/Gmail/Docs/Translate/YouTube, OnLive and many more.
[Nexus 10 General] Sovs:
That makes absolutely no sense. iOS and Android both have very high quality apps and both have some pretty useless apps as well. For every app you listed (probably with the exception of maps, LOL), there's a high quality iOS equivalent app for it.

Anybody with half a brain could find an app to suit their needs on both systems.
[Nexus 10 General] ayman07:
This is exactly why we won't see that many tablet apps. People get so worked up when an app isn't holo themed but no one cares about having tablet apps. Android users just don't care and when users don't care, developers don't care. When folks start getting as sensitive to the lack of tablet optimization in an app as they do with an app that's not holo themed, that's when we'll start seeing more tablet apps.

I care and I make it a point to contact developers to ask them about a tablet version of their app. Be the change you want to see. Start caring and devs will follow.

-email developers and ask them for a tablet app

-let your voices be heard! Leave a comment and don't be afraid to dock them a couple stars for the lack of tablet optimization.

-don't be cheap!! Reward developers who taken the time to optimize their apps. I think the second posters in this thread said apps were too expensive or something. Seriously. Apps cost less than a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

This mentality that stretched out apps are just as good is absurd. People love to use the argument that stretching an app is better than what the iPad is doing. While that may be true in some cases, iPad users rarely have to worry about such things. Any app that you'd likely use on iPad will probably have an optimized version for it.

I know this may not be the most serious thing in the world but honestly, complaining about it in forums isn't going to do anything. Be proactive. Let developers know what we need and if there are enough people who want it, it will surely get done.
[Nexus 10 General] drcujo:
I don't think anyone will deny that Apple has more tablet apps. I will disagree that android apps are bad. I don't think your assessment is fair.

I've never had problems with a few of those apps that you listed. The others I haven't used.

Saying android tablets aren't worth it because a few apps on Android aren't as good is only true to you. I don't use my tablets only for those apps, and when I need those apps, they are there they get the job done just the same.
[Nexus 10 General] mi7chy:
For anyone with half a brain I do highly recommend iOS devices with its limitations and restrictiveness. Even Apple's cofounder Steve Wozniak commented that it's good for mentally challenged people:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/14/even-woz-thinks-the-android-bests-the-iphone.html

"...people who are just scared of computers altogether and don’t want to use them. The iPhone is the least frightening thing. For that kind of person who is scared of complexity..."
[Nexus 10 General] Fidelator:
The thing is if google wants devs to develop more tablet optimized apps they should start by polishing their own.

Just look at the horrible compressed music art in the play music app, i ****ing hate how it downsamples whatever your album art is, now look at the album art on the iPad music player, the full res art looks great. I have ordered my 32gb Nexus 10 but this seriously ticks me off as i own an iPad 3 and a TP. Don't get me started wih the clock app.
[Nexus 10 General] ShadowVlican:
Google's own Google+ app works better on the iPad3 than the Nexus 10

ridiculous...
[Nexus 10 General] sabre31:
Could not agree more I have a note 2 for phone and ipad 3 for tablet. I also have a nexus 7 and android tablet suck in the app department big time it's not even funny. Ipad has it beat by a long shot and this is why ipad is so popular. Plus all developers concentrate on iOS and ipad before they even consider android. It's a shame I wish they were at least equal but don't matter what specs android tablet have if they don't have the apps majority of your normal users will not buy it period.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Is anyone able to successfully do it? I want to modify my nav bar (add soft keys and reduce bar height). I get a string of errors when I attempt. Thanks in advance
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2915683:
I'm in the same boat as you. I think apktool has to be updated to the new api level if I'm not mistaken. Could be wrong though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbeebe24:
Okay. Just making sure I didn't screw up my tools somehow
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2915683:
Same here then I gave up lol. The guy iBotpeaches that maintains apktool now says he will update apktool soon though. At least that is what it says in his thread.

---------- Post added at 02:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:12 AM ----------

Check this out.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34406050&postcount=915

Just tried the linux version and worked liked a charm. :)

Just decompiled my framework-res.apk and made the changes to dimens.xml to lower navbar height and compiled with no errors.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
Been looking at phones since i'm planning of getting one soon. Any suggestions about any other phone is also welcome

Things i need:

- Smooth UI, just SMOOTH

- HD resolution

- Big enough to type easily (4.3 inch is ok...)

- Watching movies

- Typing mostly

- Gaming occasionally.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lifehacker7:
Note 2 or even droid DNA by HTC!

Sent from my OC ed mind.!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CodingDroid:
Nexus 10, 7, or 4

Nexus 10 and 7 are tablets, Nexus 4 is a phone, with 4 inch and is running latest Android 4.2, with Project butter and has a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU with 1.5 GHz

Nexus 4 is cheap, and it supports NFC and wireless charging.

299 € (8 GB) and 349€ (16 GB) here in Germany.

Sent from my LG-P500 running Protos 0.0.1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
Thing is, nexus 4 hasn't been released here in Switzerland (Geneva)...i guess i will have to wait. Do you guys think that wireless charging is that effective?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Papaniz:
Hi,

Whenever I try to download a pdf or an image for example from the Internet my phone tells me download unsuccessful. Any work around on this? I tried different Pdf files and images from the Web but nothing is working. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Epikarus:
hi i had this problem before.

Go to Settings > Apps > All > Download Manager and Clear data. That should solve the problem. If not clear data for Downloads App as well. Hopefully this works otherwise i dont know. Good luck
[Nokia Lumia 920] ZootHornRollo:
Hi,

Just got my 920 last night so still playing around with it.

Had an 800 and only yesterday discovered the 'commute' function in Nokia Drive. Dispappointed it is not in the Drive+ Beta.

Am i just looking in the wrong place?

Cheers,
[Nokia Lumia 920] foxbat121:
It is called beta for a reason. Not everything is in there. Be careful, the commute feature use quite a lot data when I tried it on my L900. If you have a limited data plan, watch out.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Kingakapadia:
Still improving

It will come. The betas still a large improvement over the normal. Ability to avoid certain types of roads, like TOLL ROADS! that was a big disappointment b4, it use to try and force me to take the only toll road in toronto <,<
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
I've been looking at some extended battery's for the AT&T One X. And they're absolutely hideous. I found this to be the best http://www.prweb.com/releases/ATT/HtcOneX/prweb9778396.htm but it completely changes the design and feel of the phone and it costs $100.

I don't expect to have this phone for more than 2 years so it might not be worth to spend that much on a battery. I'm looking at something under $30.

Have you guys found something better? Something that doesn't change the look/feel of the phone by much? Maybe a battery case that can be removed when the extra battery isn't needed.

I don't even use a case on my phone because i like the way it looks and feels. But sometimes i need the phone to last 5-6 hours of heavy usage and that's impossible with the stock battery.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Buy it, and just use it sometimes:D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
I would love to but it's $100 and not $20.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] doc_v15:
Did u root and unlock ur BL?

Flashing Custom rom will enables you to achieve 5-6 hrs heavy usage and there is still 20% left.

Check my battery stats, that was mid heavy usage, could last for more than 15 hrs

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
I've been running cleanrom since version 1.. Current on 5..

No, you cannot get 5–6 hrs of heavy use on it. Max is 4. I'm talking about chrome browsing.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Lol, so don't use chrome... Its very resource intensive.

Buy a USB phone charger battery thing that you can keep in your bag. They're cheap and only there when you need it.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Athrun88:
+1 on that. I have one of the rechargeable battery packs that I carry with me that is compatible with my phone and other mobile devices. Just plug it in for a half hour or so and you have enough charge on your phone to keep going. Not as intrusive as you might think and it's only temporary and usually out of sight (say when you're walking somewhere you don't need your phone).

Personally, I would NEVER get one of those battery pack cases. Like you said, it destroys the look of the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] doc_v15:
Now that you're saying chrome browsing...

Sent from my Nexus S
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
Any specific one?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Athrun88:
I know it wasn't directed towards me, but this is the one I use
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
I personally don't own one, my phone has never died. :o

My experience is with my roommate's one. I don't remember what brand he used. I'd just get whichever one looks nicest and has a mah of twice our phone or more.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mbh87:
There are always deals on New Trent packs, just check slickdeals. Here's one for $30 http://www.amazon.com/New-Trent-IMP...T9PSE4EH0&qid=1353372338&s=electronics&sr=1-1
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
+1 on NewTrent. Their stuff is rock-solid, well-designed, and looks great. I have one of these and love it:

http://www.newtrent.com/store/iphone-external-battery/igeek.html

Ignore the iStuff marketing--it works with any USB charging. This one has two ports, so it will charge two phones at once (useful for me, since my wife and son are always letting their phones run down) as well as my HOX and Nexus 7.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
This looks like the best option. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] undergrad:
Have you tried using CM10? I found my battery life easily doubled.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Alcoholic:
It's the other way for me. Cm10 reduces my battery because of wake locks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
Lies. CleanROM is the only ROM! 4-life. :cool:

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
It was an unfunny joke. :p

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Hunt3r.j2:
Chrome is a crap browser, lag and generally not very polished to be honest.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazinya:
Well, Chrome lags. Dont know if its a hardware fault (i seriously doubt it) or just the browser's fault, but it just lags. Even the default browser on my HTC Sensation feels a lot more smoother.

Is there any other good browser which doesnt lags?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hapsnykel:
I believe Dolphin browser is a popular alternative.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qqhsiao:
Firefox, Opera, Opera Mini

You can't go wrong with the major ones

But Dolphin is also good.

Quite a few, all up to you :thumbup:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netarchy:
I'm an opera person myself.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
I was a Dolphin user for a couple of years. It's a good browser, and recently I switched to Firefox. A few months ago Firefox was quite terrible bit it has really matured a lot.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YankInDaSouth:
I've been using Boat Browser along side Chrome - its nice and quick. Not sure why I haven't made it my default browser yet LOL. I do agree that Chrome is significantly slower than most third party replacements.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gintariukeas:
I am using Boat Browser. It supports flash and has nice themes.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaplinb:
I use smooth Rom which upon install with aroma asks what browser you want to install. I chose the stock android browser because I chrome is pretty laggy and it works a charm xD. You don't get all the functionality of chrome, but it adds up to be a much more pleasant experience.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezas:
I've been using Boat more and more. All I really care about is how well a browser renders and scales a page since I'm almost always in portrait mode.

Sent from my Nexus 7

Clean ROM 2.5 - leanKernel 0.7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsauder2:
i've been using dolphin beta and it's not too bad. is there one besides chrome or stock that will sync bookmarks with your google account?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kearkan:
I highly recommend dolphin
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pat.:
Most important to me in a browser is text reflow.

I don't get that on my note with dolphin so i use Opera mobile & Maxthon mobile (by far the fastest browser I've ever found) both give Reflow on my note.

*Maxthon is a good simple browser with some well thought out settings options & one touch full screen button.

Dolphin is trying to be everything while neglecting its basic purpose in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
Hey guys I have a question, hopefully someone can help me out here. My overall goal is to set up Ubuntu to compile a pure aosp ROM for the toro nexus. Below are my laptop specs.

I have a HP Pavilion dv7 notebook PC. Intel core i5-2410m CPU @ 2.30ghz. 64bit operating system windows 7 home premium. It says I have 8.00gb installed memory (ram). The local disk [c:] has 587gb free out of 683gb.

Okay so I asked what version of Ubuntu to use before and someone told me if I want to build I should get 12.10 so that's what I downloaded and installed. I used the Windows installer from ubuntu.com to install it. I did 32x installation because that was "recommended". Also during setup I allowed only the default 18gb. I have the option to go to 30gb. When I ran 18gb ubuntu was pretty laggy. Would using a bigger installation size help or do i need more ram? Is it possible to build on this laptop or not? Sorry, total noob here, just trying to get started is all.

FYI I am only trying to run Ubuntu along side windows for now so there's that, too.

Thanks in advance for any help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
Here's a pic of the installer I'm talking about
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cupfulloflol:
As far as your laptop is concerned it should be capable of building. I have seen folks report successful builds with lesser specs than what you have.

For ICS and above you need 64bit OS. So your 32bit Ubuntu won't do the trick. I apologize for not being able to link properly, I am lame and don't post here often. source.android.com/source/initializing.html <-- It is mentioned there.

As far as how much disk space you should partition? According to that link above 30GB is the minimum recommended for a single build. More for multiple. I personally would probably recommend more if you can spare it, especially if you plan on doing other things with your Ubuntu setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
Just follow the guide in General, there's even a video on what to do!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1386615
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
Thanks guys, almost done setting up my build environment. Used the 64x setup with 30gb install. So far so good. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] devwithzachary:
What are planning to do? If your building android 4.x from source you need at least 25GB for one build. As you have a lot of free hard drive I strongly recommend partitioning your hard drive and installing Ubuntu on a second partition so you can give it well over 100GB space
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
Well just for a start I want to build a 100% pure aosp 4.1.2 ROM from source just to do it. Then idk, I'll worry about it once I get a running build I guess.

How exactly would I go about doing that? I have 30gb free, but I suppose 100+ would be great. Is there a way to do this without wiping windows? This is a shared computer so I can't just put only Ubuntu on it. :/

Sorry for the beginner questions, I've never used Linux before. This is all new to me, but I'm getting the hang of it. I'm not completely overwhelmed, yet.:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
Boot to Ubuntu CD or USB and when installing it asks you to resize and partition. Its automatic.

The windows installer sucks. Don't use that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
I think these questions (people who don't know Linux) belong in that distro's forums. Help would be far more comprehensive, not to mention Ubuntu itself has a wiki.

Sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wizardslovak:
when installing ubuntu from gui there will ask u to install on whole disk or install alongside of existin system .. just click that...if u want to u can also partition disk with partition manager or any program in windows ...then just install it in ubuntu installer ...plus ..check youtube ..

sent from GneX
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostapp:
I have a desktop application running in .NET which communicates with the database server.

I am writing an app to capture some data randomly. Then I would like to communicate my android app with the desktop application to transfer the data.

Connectivity: USB

Problem: I am stuck at the communication method between desktop app and android app. I need to be able to retrieve data from android app (stored in SQLITE) using my desktop application (written in .NET). Ideally, I would like to extend the desktop application in .NET. Worst case, I can live with other languages preferably Java/C++.

Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Thank you.
[HTC One X] DiederikC:
Hello ,

Today i searched some websites and i discovered an awesome android UI overhaul it's called Flyme os it's the rom from the meizu phone but it looks stunning! i was wondering is it possible to make it work on our phones?:)

here's the link to the system dump: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1862359 :laugh:
[HTC One X] waz000000:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] badboyg200:
Does anyone know of any settings in any roms that have the ability to lock specific pictures/videos in the native gallery or any good 3rd party applications that can block specific pictures/videos in the original gallery (aka not use a separate 3rd party gallery)?? please help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] badboyg200:
any help???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mohaimed:
try ilock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Herman76:
Quickpic have an option to exclude pictures.

You can hide media folders by putting a file named ".nomedia" in the folder you want to exclude in the stock gallery.

Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daewond3r:
I've used this in the past to protect apps (including the gallery):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDYsImNvbS5zcC5wcm90ZWN0b3IuZnJlZSJd

Works great, but I hate that they haven't updated to a more holo-like style.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brando56894:
Some one has naked pictures to hide lol