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[Asus Transformer TF700] airmark:
Hello,

I just got the tf700 and thinking of unlocking and installing a cleanROM. By the way I got a Samsung note tab as well, to compare and keep one of the two. The screen on the Asus has decided the winner for me. BUT it is very annoying how slow the tablet is compared to the Samsung. From what I've read, cleanROM should fix that. Before proceeding though and losing my warranty, I would like to make sure that there aren't any hardware issues that can't be fixed and therefore justify returning the tablet.

* I checked for light bleed, there is very little, barely noticeable only at boot time and it doesn't bother me at all.

* I see the occasional black line for a split second. I upgraded to jb almost immediately after I got the tablet and don't know if it would happen on ics. Is it 100% sure that it's a software issue and it's fixed with cleanROM?

* battery seems to be draining fast and Wi-Fi is always top of the list in usage. Also Wi-Fi seems to be dropping occasionally, not too bad but certainly performing worse than a lot of other devices in the house.

* anything else?

thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] airmark:
Anyone? Also, it occasionally resets. Last two times it happened when I tried to launch an app from the home screen (last one was the stock browser), the screen went all white with one thin black line across the short end of the tablet very close to the edge (not the same poison that the black line flash appears). This white screen stayed there for a few seconds during which time I couldn't do anything, the tablet was frozen, until it eventually reset itself. The Asus logo mentioning "persistent perfection"appeared, which I found ironic to say the least.

So the question is: is this hardware (in which case I should return it for a replacement) or software related (solved by cleanrom)?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I know this effect, it occasionally happened to me too.

I thought about the same. :)

Unknown if hardware or software, but it's not an isolated issue on only your tablet. Not solved by CleanROM.
[Asus Transformer TF700] airmark:
Does it happen to all tablets or only some? In other words, is it a QC issue that justifies returning it for a replacement?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I don't know if all tablets are affected, but it definitely affects more than a few: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1798217

If you can still return it, consider returning it and keeping the Note. Whatever you do, keep in mind that both tablets will age quickly - we will see much better devices next year.
[Asus Transformer TF700] DCLocal:
I'm a new TF700 user and have not yet experienced the black line or any reboots yet. I do have light bleed as mentioned above that I have only noticed at boot when the screen is very bright, then it dims slightly for the balance of the boot process and looks fine. Though the boot does take longer than I would expect.

The only other thing I have noticed is the screen click every once in a while, and only after reading about online... Hopefully it goes away as some say or at least doesn't get any worse.

I'm rooted but still locked until I know all is good. So far I love this tablet, much more than the Prime I had briefly before returning. Boy was that a disappointment, more so as I ordered it in November last year and didn't receive it until mid January.

Now I'm trying to figure out if I can safely apply the pestering OTA and still keep root with rootkeeper. It seems like some have lost root and I'm a little concerned. I'm on 9.4.5.26.
[Asus Transformer TF700] airmark:
Thanks for that link. People there say that it happens only in JB, which would indicate a software issue. I wonder if it's worth waiting for a fix.

Regarding the Note, it's good, fast, etc. but the screen sucks compared to the Asus. When you read a webpage with small text you can see the difference immediately. As I intend to use the tablet as a reading/browsing device I hate to have to zoom in every time, I prefer to have clear text without zooming in (and hold the tablet closer to my eyes to be able to read the smaller text).

Agree on that they will both age quickly (as all electronics). I'm fine with that, as long as they perform well now. Which doesn't seem to be the case :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] airmark:
Also, the black line, can anyone confirm whether it's fixed with cleanROM?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
If you plan to unlock and install custom ROMs on your tablet, it would be better to wait with the updates so that you can create the blobs for nvflash after unlocking. As soon as you upgrade past 9.4.5.26, you will forever lose the opportunity to do this.

If you never intend to unlock, then just use OTA rootkeeper. In the worst case (if you do anything wrong), if you lose root, you can downgrade to 9.4.5.30 and re-root.
[Asus Transformer TF700] DCLocal:
Thank you. Is nvflash the equivalent of a nand backup on rooted phones?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
nvflash allows you to read or write arbitrary partitions or block ranges on the eMMC, and the "server" software for that is in the boot ROM, so it cannot be overwritten.

The meaning of "NAND backup" has changed a bit in the past years - I think back in the early days when nandroid backups were really block-level images of the flash memory, then yes, nvflash can do something comparable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1000cleverlines:
I've been searching a bit on this problem for a while already, so I'm hoping someone has a better answer than what I've come up with. My phone randomly started showing the flashing GPS notification and the notifications say that it's "Searching using GPS". No clue what app is doing it, but I've tried updating the GPS from GPS Status, and it went away for a few minutes then came back. I turned off my Google location services last night, because I believed it was draining my battery a little bit. If anyone has a good answer to this problem, that would be great. I've already lost 15% battery in two hours from the GPS draining it.

Oh and I'm on stock JB, rooted. I would install a clean rom, but I don't want to lose my stuff just yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
If you don't need GPS, turn it off til you need it.

stripped apart rebuilt with Clean Rom&XdaTechnology!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1000cleverlines:
Ya true... I just figured there might be a fix. I'm trying to utilize the whole Google Now thing, but it seems like more of an annoyance/battery killer than something helpful. Maybe I'll try flashing a clean rom tonight and see if it helps my whole battery life issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenoid:
I haven't been on xda in a long time and I can't remember the name of that Wifi hacking app that Sassiebob did a review of a while back. If any remember please tell.

Sent from my HTC EVO
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaschaCGN:
What does it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sevenoid:
It allows you to change what website someone visits. Is it me or is everybody on XDA now new?

Sent from my HTC EVO
[Blade General] bhanugoel:
hi... i have zte blade with stock gen 2.. i have cynogenmod 10 by KonstaKANG... i want to re-partition my rom from system memory 220 mb to system memory 160 mb gen 2 and cache 15-20 mb... please help
[Blade General] bhanugoel:
tpt helper

hey i just installed tpt helper.. will 2mb cache enough foe jelly bean??
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Draym21:
Hey guys,

I have a problem with the google play app. First, I have the Sabsa Prime Rom in the version 10.0 installed. So I have Android 4.0.4 and HTC Sense 4.1. Now I want to explain u my problem: I don't have Google Play movies. Neither can I see movies in the play store nor do I have the app.

I hope u can help me,

Draym.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Quarsar:
I can't find it either; but I just use the VLC beta and it works fine.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Draym21:
And where do u buy/rent the movies?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] batreky:
I also had this Problem So is there any Solution please ?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] NiCk.JaY:
Try going into Titanium Backup. There you should see Google Play Movies. Click on it and press unfreeze, maybe this will work :)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] batreky:
No everything is unfreeze already :(
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Draym21:
AW: Google Play Movies

Same here
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] batreky:
Any Updates Please any Of was Having the same Problem ?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] guojeff1:
I also had this Problem So is there any Solution please ?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] batreky:
We are in XDA Best Forums Ever and there is no One find a Solution to us ?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] NiCk.JaY:
Have you tried downloading an apk separately?

Sent from my DHD
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Draym21:
AW: Google Play Movies

I did, but you still can't buy movies.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] batreky:
I did and installed This One "Google Play Store v3.10.14+Installer v1.0.8 by ChelpuS" also the same result still can't see the movies section
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] wxswjtu:
good

could it work in china?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] hossen0:
Hi,

I've got a noob question. Is it possible to install a vanilla kernel on the P6201? I've tried to flash a cross-compiled kernel (3.8-rc1) via heimdall, but the device seems to get stuck at the very first boot screen (black screen with white "SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab 7 plus" written on it). I've succeeded to boot the device with a cross-compiled samsung-kernel-p6200 by alanorth (at least somewhat, it boots, but then it fails to run the full android environment). To make a long story short: Is it even possible to boot a vanilla kernel? Are there premade kernel configurations? And if so, do I need to tamper with the boot loader?

Many thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] DigitalMD:
There is no such thing as a vanilla kernel for any device. The kernel must be built with the specific device / board dependencies and OS target version There is no generic.

All you are seeing is the boot loader starting.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] hossen0:
By vanilla kernel I meant the sources from kernel.org, as opposed to linaro/aonorth/garyd9 etc sources. I am well aware that I need to configure the sources according to the device I want the kernel to run on. As mentioned I sucessfully built aonorth's sources (samsung-kernel-p6200, run make gt_p6200_defconfig), however, carrying over the configuration is impossible. E.g., when looking at /proc/cpuinfo in the original system, the board type is said to be SDMKC210. However, in the samsung-kernel-p6200 configuration, the board chosen is "C1 board", an option that doesn't exist in the linux-3.8-rc1 sources.

I know that I got stuck at the boot loader, or maybe not, because if you don't have any output from the kernel, you don't know for sure. The kernel could have been booted, and then got stuck. Or would the screen go blank then?

I have gotten a blank screen now, w/o the boot image (white "SAMSUNG" etc written ona black screen) by setting CONFIG_S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT to 0. I'll keep looking into this. If anyone could give me a hint on how to put the console output on the screen, I'd be very grateful.

Also, could it be that the tablet only charges when a functioning kernel is flashed into it? It seem not to charge with a nonfunctioning kernel on it, even when turned off and plugged into the wall.

Happy new year
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] DigitalMD:
If its not charging, you may be crashing the bootlaoder which controls charging

you should do more research here

http://bootloader.wikidot.com/android:kgdb

and here

http://elinux.org/Kernel_Debugging_Tips

Also note, the android kernel is not identical to the Linux kernel
[Galaxy Note II General] MarionCast:
Hi everyone! Just wanted to share what I found out recently.

"Low light" shooting mode rocks!

It just makes so much difference when shooting in bad lighting situations. I hate shooting with the flash, but I also hate the noise that goes with shooting without flash.

Enter "low light" shooting mode.

I'm not the one to exaggerate, but the noise that was usually present in shots just disappeared when shooting in this mode (vs. shooting in normal mode). My only wish is that if there was a way for the camera to recognize a scene wherein "low light" shooting mode would be suitable and actually switch to that mode automatically. Perhaps this is a feature I miss because my previous Android phone was the Xperia arc, which had terrific automatic scene recognition.

I was wondering if someone has done a closer study of what "low light" shooting mode actually does differently from normal mode. For one, it takes a bit of loading time before the shot is captured, but the shutter speed doesn't really dramatically decrease. Also, I noticed that photos shot using the "low light" shooting mode have an "_LLS" appended in the file name. So what else is different?

I'll post comparison shots when I can. :)

Thoughts? Comments? Post away. ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] mmk92:
AFAIK the low light mode does some noise reduction post processing directly after the shot is taken, that's why it takes a bit longer for the picture to get saved to your library. Since the picture is taken then the noise filter is applied, the picture loses some finer details and quality.

I personally love the camera under decent light conditions, not a fan of the noise it produces in low light.
[Galaxy Note II General] EP2008:
I believe low light mode takes two photos and then removes the noise between them.

Hold your phone still when using that mode and you'll get some great shots.
[Galaxy Note II General] simacca:
I'm a fan of low light mode on this phone. Usually the shutter speed has been too slow on previous phones, but is fast enough for casual use on the n2.
[Galaxy Note II General] adytum:
I think it obvious that the low light mode is based around simply longer shutter time and some post processing, hence the message about holding the phone still while taking a pic.

The amount of light we get in the picture with this mode is simply not possible with software processing alone.
[Galaxy Note II General] taramandil:
Definitely low light rocks on our Note Beast ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Here is a shot I took with low light setting in my room under dim lighting condition.
[Galaxy Note II General] sychak:
Low shutter speed, high iso, and clean up with noise reduction. Im impressed they put a setting that does these things for ya.

Very cool.
[Galaxy Note II General] rom3l:
I just tested this a while ago and i must say low light shooting mode rocks!

On top is single shot mode and bottom is low light mode.
[Galaxy Note II General] Att.Fan1982:
Photo taken close to midnight using the low light camera feature :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] jon1011:
This is actually one of my frustrations with this phone.

I thought that the low light mode is similar to the night mode I had in CM9 back in my old phone.

Under dim lighting conditions, photo taken via normal and low light mode are the same.

After reading some posts here, I just tried taking two pictures but on a good lighting condition.

I noticed that indeed, the quality of the photo taken in low light mode is better.
[Galaxy Note II General] system.img:
Is that Slash?

Sorry for Off Topic.

BTW can anyone tell me what the ISO setting is during Low light mode?
[Galaxy Note II General] Dpk1:
I actually like the low light mode better than "night mode" which i rarely used (in my other camera phones). Night mode would result in blurry pics all the time and it used to be slow. In addition, the low light mode results in pics with better noise reduction than conventional night mode imo :D.
[Galaxy Note II General] jon1011:
What do you mean by "noise reduction"? I've read that a lot in this thread but I do not understand what it means.

Sorry, I'm not too deep when it comes to photography.

In night mode, it may make the picture a bit blurry but the lighting of the photo will be good.

It's like taken with a controlled flash.
[Galaxy Note II General] Dpk1:
When you zoom in a photo on a screen to 100%, then you start to notice unwanted "tiny dots" or "grain" which (kind of) distort the whole picture. This is called the photographic/ image noise. Better the image sensor, lesser is the noise. Noise reduction is/maybe a part of image "post processing", which obviously reduces the noise output (usually at the cost of some image detail).

The night mode (in general) uses higher "ISO settings" for brighter images in dark. Higher ISO levels increase the sensitivity of sensor to light, but also increases the image noise. Hence, brighter but noisy images. Whereas, low light mode provides bright enough images with least noise (wrt note 2 camera), perhaps either by prolonging the exposure/ better noise reduction. Hope it clears up your doubts. For more info, google your query, i'm sure there is a lot of info there ;).
[Galaxy Note II General] Jonous:
Wow didn't really have faith in this feature, thought it was same thing as setting high iso. I usually prefer high iso, +1-2 stop brightness, +flash. I'll surely try this feature after this post.
[Galaxy Note II General] jon1011:
Thank you for the explanation. I seem to get it now.

But still, when I take pictures in 'Low light' mode in a dim light setting, it doesn't make the photo "bright enough" as you have said. :(
[Galaxy Note II General] D3_:
Well of course there are limitations as to how dark a setting the camera will still pick up light, but in general the low light mode should produce better pictures where the standard mode is too dark.
[Galaxy Note II General] jon1011:
Can't see much of it. :(

Anyway, happy new year to all! :D
[Galaxy Note II General] MarionCast:
Hello everyone!

As promised, here are the comparison shots for normal "single shot" mode and "low light" mode. I have uploaded these original picture files as attachments. I think it will be easy to distinguish which one is the normal shot and which one is shot using low light. (These are Dropbox Camera Upload sync files, so the "LLS" moniker disappears. Sorry for that.)

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note II General] 300winmag:
Wow what a difference!!!!, thanks for the pictures guys!
[Galaxy Note II General] jon1011:
When I first looked at the picture.... I knew it was Ted Failon. lol

Hmm, I'll try to make a comparison using my phone as well. Give me a week probably. :D
[Galaxy Note II General] MarionCast:
Look at the dog, not the TV! :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OS_Hacking:
Hi,,

I have LG optimus 4X and I need the stock Galaxy SIII "framework-res.apk"(/system/framework) .

And "SystemUI.apk"(/system/app) .

Just for theming because it's really beautiful and colorful .

Thanks in advance :) .

Sent from my LG-P920 (Optimus 3D)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OS_Hacking:
Any one :confused: please .

Sent From My P920 (ICS ported)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsrars-d:
Why dont you download and extract an firmware yourself...? Im on cm10.1 so i cant help...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OS_Hacking:
Thanks any how :rolleyes:

Sent From My P880

Try Use THANKS Button If I Helped :D
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JirkaX:
I have two gmail accounts. Both sync my contacts just fine (both can be searched and come up). However, whenever I receive a text or call from my second account (I use handcent and Callapp), it just shows the number, as if I don't actually have the contact saved. This is getting frustrating as my second account is a google apps account that I use for work, and clients are calling me without me knowing who they are, until I copy the number and search for it in my contacts. Did anyone else encounter this and how did they solve it? Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devries:
i have write a script but it doesn't work

chmod -R 777 /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree;

chmod -R 777 /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj;

echo "0,3,6,10,12,15" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj;

echo ""4096,12288,98304,106496,114688,126976" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree;

chmod -R 444 /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree;

chmod -R 444 /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj;
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sameer4344:
I m facing a really weird problem.. The camera sometimes gives me an error saying 'camera failed' and sometimes 'unknown error by error callback'.. And without doing anything the camera starts working by itself after some hours.. Anyone facing this issue? Any solutions? Thank you.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lthy31:
It happened to me sometimes too, and sometimes when I try to record a 720p video, after recording for about 3 minutes it started to lag and it gives me "recording failed" and i can't play that video :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lillz:
So I got an awesome 32gb nexus for Christmas! I love it, and installed a custom kernel and rooted it already on 4.2.1.. I'm using the latest version of m-kernel. I noticed in the battery stats that mediaserver is using quite a bit of battery, usually 7-13%. Is this normal for the nexus? I researched this and saw that it can be caused by w corrupted media file, but I don't have any music or videos on the tablet so that doesn't make much sense... What do you guys think?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg420:
From what I understand its media scanning through your sdcard for media files. If you have a lot of files (nandroid backups) it takes along time to complete. You can force close media storage when its running usually after boot.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 95Z28:
I get mediaserver showing high usage whenever I play games or watch movies. Based on that I think it has something to do with sound playing.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lillz:
It doesn't let me force close it.... I don't have any nandroid files or medeia, so I'm confused..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evlo:
I think all these posts about scaning files are wrong:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37298

and only causing confusion.

Tought that poster with email @google obviously can be laying.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styckx:
It's normal.

Turn off

Touch Sounds

Screen Lock sound

Notifications to silent

Keyboard clicks off

And you will slow the usage of mediaserver to a craw. It's really not a huge deal and not a big battery drain. Any time your device plays audio mediaserver usage is affected.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r00t4rd3d:
Read up on using a ".nomedia" file. Creating these in directories will tell the Mediascanner not to scan in that directory. Placing one in your usbstorage directory would probably cut Mediascanners usage in half.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashin:
My MediaServer doesn't even show on my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evlo:
When i think about it i started using cover and disabled lockscreen when my issue started so i will try to use lockscreen again (even tough it is a hustle).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evlo:
So in my cause it seams to be cause by My little pony from gameloft (and maybe with conjunction with no lock screen). Anyway i lost ma game save after game upgraded to the new version so i won't be playing it (again) and after uninstall it seam OK.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] protonpower:
I found this fix which actually worked for me. I cleared the Data for Google Services Framework and I got GPS signal in about 10 seconds and it locked onto 8 satellites and stayed locked. See link here GPS Fix

Previously to this I got no signal at all. I tried various apps and still got no connection. I had this issue for a few months and thought that I had a problem with CM10.1 even after I did a complete wipe of data and reinstalled various ROM's.

I'm currently on AndroSlim 4.2.1 and seems to be fine at the moment. I was just soooo happy that I thought I should share this with you guys.