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[Nexus 10 Accessories] Royal2000H:
I explained it all in the Original Post, but I'll try to clarify. If a charger is rated at 2A but doesn't have data pins shorted, the Nexus 10 will only pull 500mA. The manufacturer isn't necessarily lying about the 2A, it likely is capable of giving 2A. However, the Nexus 10 checks for shorted pins before pulling at 2A. This is because USB spec is rated for 500mA and if the Nexus 10 tried to pull 2A from a computer, it would overload the circuits of a computer's USB port and potentially damage the USB hub or computer. So as a somewhat universal decision (though really it's not standardized), most manufacturers did something like this: if data pins are not shorted (as in a computer) - take upto 500mA. If data pins are shorted (as in the charger provided with the device) - take upto what's necessary. This is actually a somewhat problematic solution because a 2A-requiring Nexus 10 plugged into, say, a Galaxy Nexus charger (shorted data but only 1A) could potentially cause damage from overloading.

Therefore, Apple didn't go along with the whole shorting the data pins solution. They came up with their own solution, which I actually don't know enough about to speak of in accuracy. But their solution allows the device to basically "sense" the capabilities of a charger, so it knows whether it can charge 1A or 2A or 3A, etc. This is I imagine is either done with resistors specifying discrete values or with some sort of "smart chips".

So, as you see, the Apple ones don't have shorted data pins. Therefore a manufacturer of a car charger has to decide: Support Apple devices or support other devices? And some manufacturers do such a bad job, they provide the high current (like 2A) but then don't do Apple's "solution" or the data shorting, thereby rendering their high current useless.
[Nexus 10 Accessories] wptski:
If you were to use a PS limited to 1A, it "should" have a saftey to limit that. I used my above mentioned 2.1A PS with a 110VAC>12VDC adapter which was has a 1A max. and it did limit the output. Not saying that all PS would do that without damage though.

While poking around in files, I did find one that lists the power source by name but I forget as to what it showed for the OEM PS. I wonder what it'll show for a car PS?
[Nexus 10 Accessories] Johan1976:
Sv: Best 2A car charger: Bracketron

I doubt there are phone chargers without current limitations as safety feature. If designed well the charger should limit the current at its max current. Otherwise a lot of chargers would burn.

But I am not sure this is the reality :)

Skickat från min HTC Desire via Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 10 Accessories] skally:
I believe Apple use a pair of different value resistors to create a voltage divider, passing a different voltage to D+ and D-. The presence of this differential voltage on the data pins is what triggers the high power charge capabilities.
[Nexus 10 Accessories] Reckless187:
Im using the HTC Dual charger to charge my HTC One X and Nexus 10, works flawlessly.
[Nexus 10 Accessories] nolz:
May I see a picture of the inside of yours, or can I send you a picture of the inside of mine? Ironically I was given two of these by my company today, they look identical to yours, but when I open it up, there are no wires, everything is soldered to the board, I think I see where I could short it very simply, but perhaps in my case this is already done?
[Nexus 10 Accessories] HyperTension:
3 Amp version: http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Dual...=UTF8&qid=1365472173&sr=8-5&keywords=powergen

2.1 Amp version: http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-2-1A...=UTF8&qid=1365472173&sr=8-4&keywords=powergen

I've been using the 3 Amp in my car, works great.
[Nexus 10 Accessories] Royal2000H:
If you'd like to take a picture, I'd be happy to take a look.
[Nexus 10 Accessories] Gearhead_ENG:
I bought one of these per your instructions. My GF thought I was a little crazy taking apart a bran new charger. After a quick explanation and a few seconds of soldering it was back together and charging at a full 2 amps. Thanks for the write up!
[Nexus 10 Accessories] Royal2000H:
Awesome! Glad it worked out for you :)
[Nexus 10 Accessories] WunderXDA:
This looks really promising, what do you guys think?

http://www.amazon.com/Anker®-3-6A-2-1A-1-5A-Charger/dp/B00B8M4IMK/ref=pd_cp_cps_2

*EDIT: Just realized that my problem isn't the charger, I have a Belkin that provides AC power right now. The problem is the MHL adapter I use with my appradio. If I plug straight in to the Belkin = AC charge. When plugged in to the MHL->HDMI adapter = USB charge. grrr back to the drawing board...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pinecones:
I was thinking of buying a higher capacity battery for my vivid, but I don't want to accidentally buy garbage.

Anyone try out any replacement batteries? What is the highest capacity battery you can get without having to replace the back?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] camo_flage:
Get a mugen battery those are great

Sent from my PACMAN HTC Raider on the Rogers Wireless Network
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] htcvividnoob:
Am I better off buying the OEM replacement battery, or getting one of the extended batteries, or just a handful of the cheap crappy ones for the same price online? My battery is struggling to make it 6 hours with light use. Thanks!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] camo_flage:
Get the mugen. Those 12 dollar ones on eBay are cheap Chinese knockoffs. I bought some and they couldn't even outlast the stock and they are made from expired power cells
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] htcvividnoob:
Thanks for the input, I assumed those 12 dollar ones were garbage. $45 for the 1700 and $90 for the 3400 are kind of pricy (although I do understand you get what you pay for). Does the 1700 fit comfortably with the original battery cover? I got one of the cheaper extended batteries about a year ago but the cover was such garbage I returned it pretty quickly.
[7 Mozart General] Riscilla:
Hi guys,

I am facing a difficult problem. I bought a HTC 7 Mozart 2 years ago. My phone has run the stock ROM (Windows Phone 7.5) since then, and I has backed up my sms messages to my PC using this tool several times.

Now I'm gonna sell this phone to one of my friends. Before saying goodbye to it, I would like to backup / transfer / upload all of my sms messages to my PC. But it seems that there is no way to do it :(

The above backup tool can only restore the sms messages to this phone, with its original ROM, not to any other phone or any other ROM. I know I have to find another way.

I saw a tool in the internet which allows me to backup sms messages, but it requires my phone to be interop-unlocked before it can run. I then continued searching and found this guide on how to interop-unlock my phone. But this guide requires my phone to be dev-unlocked before it can work. What a pain. I then searched for how to dev-unlock my phone, and I found this thread. In this thread, a senior member, named GoodDayToDie, said that "Currently, it pretty much comes down to "get an AppHub account" or "downgrade the bootloader, install HSPL, and flash a custom ROM." So far as I know, there are no other options currently available for HTC phones." Did he mean that I have to flash a new ROM for my phone to be dev-unlocked? If I do so I also lost all of my sms messages, right?

How can I save my sms messages to my PC before selling this phone?

Thanks for reading my questions. Any comment is very appreciated.
[7 Mozart General] adeebulrehman:
Android and WP dosn't give the fexibility as Nokia Symbian
[7 Mozart General] squallvai:
save your sms into txt files using SMSBackup V0.9.
[7 Mozart General] Riscilla:
Sadly this tool only works with unlocked phones.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mendozer:
Background: Trying to update my stock infuse to Jelly Bean. Looked into what was needed via hours of research. Used SuperOneClick to root phone (Success), installed ESFile Manager to help install mod 3e recovery (success), used ROM Manager to flash CWM (Success).

Upon testing the CWM by booting into recovery, this boot screen issue started.

- I've tried hard resetting, (no success, won't go past the Samsung screen).

- I'm currently using Odin to restore stock firmware, but it's been about 25 minutes so it's probably not working.

- I can only get to Samsung screen and download mode, that's it!

I need my phone and I need to get some sleep. what am I missing? Much appreciated

thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mendozer:
here's a shot of Odin right now. It's stuck on "setup connection"

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] dginsd:
Here is what I used to Un-boot loop my phone worked like a charm, the instructions we're a little un-clear but if you read through it, a few times, it's really rather easy. You need to download Java (Jave Runtime Enviorment, also known as JRE I used OpenJDK Java 7) on your computer, download the Heimdall one click packages, put your phone in download mode:

-Pull the battery out and make sure the phone is NOT connected by a usb cable.

-Put the battery back in!

-Hold vol up+Vol down. DO NOT PRESS POWER.

-Plug in the USB cable.

Open the downloaded heimdall one click with java (in Ubuntu Context menu Windowz is likely the same) and it will return your phone back to stock which is where you want to start for I believe almost all the JB ROMs. If you search around Quickster made some other One click packages to get you rooted and CWM installed as well as Kernels and other stuff. These things work great and to me are a million times easier than every other method.Good luck and if there's any other help I can provide I'll do my best
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mendozer:
I can't get into download mode anymore. I used to be able to prior to trying Kies. Now I can only get to an icon with a white phone with two dots and a computer icon with a yellow hazard triangle in between them (emergency mode logo). I can't get to any download mode no matter what, at least that's not displayed. I think Odin recognized it last night with this new emergency mode, but everything i tried failed
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dginsd:
Perhaps try to use the Heimdall "back to stock" while in that Emergency mode. The Heimdall program will also tell you if it recognizes a phone attached in download mode, and if it will recognize the phone and flash you back to stock, you can also have it put you back on stock bootloaders which sounds like your problem (though flashing bootloaders is dangerious but in your case may be nessessary). Maybe PM Quickster see if he recommends trying to flash with Heimdall on that mode you've entered, I might also try using an alternate USB cable if you haven't already.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] psal217050:
The computer icon with a yellow hazard triangle in between them is a form of download. Use Heimdall after making sure you have the correct JRE and drivers.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mendozer:
I have the stock firmware from Samsung. that includes the drivers I presume? the md5 file
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mendozer:
holy smokes I'm so relieved it worked!

So, I used Heimdall's froyo Uck3 firmware or whatever since that's what was in the package. I still want Jelly bean. I have the JB folder with what I suppose I need (think it was from android geeks). However, since this was painless, is there a Heimdall one click for JB?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dginsd:
I haven't seen a Heimdall for JB, or any custom ROM I think because it requires a special PIT file to make. I used this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1776129 To flash It though you have to be on the Gingerbread bootloaders, and the instructions for flashing it want you to even flash CM9 ICS, before you flash the final JB ROM. Basically follow the instructions thoroughly or you'll end up in a boot loop ( Not that that's a big deal, now that you have a quick easy way out) ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mendozer:
meanhs sal

darn, I'll have to see if JB is really worth it to take the chance again. I also noticed that froyo version from the Heimdall is quirky with some apps. I turn the phone on and several apps just close on me. I get the buzz of death (the one and three) as i like to call it
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dginsd:
I'm pretty sure there's Gingerbread version of the Heimdall one click, I'd flash that as almost all the newer Roms are going to require you at least have upgraded to the Gingerbread bootloaders.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robtoman:
Anybody can help me? i want to use the latest samsung official release of JB 4.1.1 in the Philiphines and update it tru KIES

Before i flashed it the OTA Leaked JB P5100XXCLI1 thru Odin and im using it right now and it have also a root access

And now samsung offiicialy releases the JB update and i see it in Sammobile - P5100XXCLL2

Do i need to downgrade first my tablet to ICS to perform upgrade of this official JB?

Or can i flashed it directly the update thru Mobile Odin without downgrading my tablet?

Thank you in Advance developers.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robtoman:
Some one can help me guys :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtuck1002:
update to jb 4.1.1

Hi I downloaded the new official jb 4.1.1 and mobile odin to my tablet Galaxy tab 2 7.0 work great
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robtoman:
You flashed it tru mobile odin? Did you lose your data after flashing it? Did u flashed it from stock ics to jb?thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinder:
Do backup from CWM and then mobile ODIN the stock jb. You wont loose any data but to be safe BACKUP !!!!!!!

It will flash the kernel only mobile odin wont erase data
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuxafgmur:
You do not lose your data stored into sdcard or ext-sdcard
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omglol22:
For all you people that suffer from charging issues due to a bad usb port and have tried replacing it, but after replacing you get very little signal... here's a seller on ebay that sells a fully working module...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150937793423

The this is rev 2.2
[Droid Pro General] cowboy086:
I have a droid pro phone and it is locked with gsm network.when i insert a gsm sim card,it asks me to input sim network unlock pin.i tried to buy codes from ebay and the codes they gave me didn't work.can anyone help me to solve that.many thanks.my droid pro imei is 353635042956876.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pinecones:
I rooted my phone a while back and put faux123's custom kernel on it.

Anyway, now that h8's CM10 ROM looks pretty good, I tried that out, but I'm having several issues. I'd like to just start over, but I think I'm wiping it wrong. I have WCX installed as my boot loader. Can anyone just run my through the steps to completely start over?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
Boot into recovery. Wipe cache,wipe dalvik cache, wipe data. Flash rom, flash kernel (boot.img) via fastboot. You should be ok after that.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Brand New:
WCX recovery doesn't flash jellybean properly. Try using a different one.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
Lol what? I've never had anything on my phone other than wcx recovery... smh
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Jaxellis:
I agree with homeslice... What are you talking about? I have always used wcx recovery and NEVER had problems with any JB ICS or GB rom sense or senseless or AOSP

No troubles at all....

Also just so you know the WCX (recovery) you have installed is called a recovery not the bootloader ;) Just wanted you to know!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
Wildchild also wrote his own hboot
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
What? Where are you guys coming up with this stuff?

The only custom HBoot for our device is the junoptbear (sp?) custom hboot that you see temporarily during the s-off process. Other hboots are from HTC RUUs
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
Sine I am banned for not contributing... I can't find it... but I am 90% that he wrote his own hboot...

Comes as a wcxhboot.zip and is found on the first page of the topics where he releases his ROMs...

I could be wrong... but that's what I remember
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
That's the name of the zip. Its the ICS bootloader (and I believe the zip was still called ph39img.zip)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Brand New:
Everybody on irc pointed me away from wcx saying it was glitchy and never worked haha. Sorry!!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
This surprises no one. Let's leave the conversation here. No need to drum up bad memories
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GuestK00403:
Exactly.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MegaMan X:
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/38...aunch-refreshed-galaxy-s-iii-with-lte-support

What are the chances that this is really just the T999? If its really a brand new model (T999LTE / T1000 / T:silly::silly::silly:), how many of you would sell your current T999 and upgrade?

Other good reads:

T-Mobile may launch LTE in Las Vegas this month

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852194/t-mobile-may-launch-lte-in-las-vegas-this-month

T-Mobile Galaxy Note II has dormant LTE support, may require software update

http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/25/3554328/t-mobile-galaxy-note-ii-lte-support
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hellstyrant:
T999L - We've been hearing bits and pieces about it (Mostly speculation) for a little while now. Nice to have some confirmation though.

Edit: And if the LTE happens to cover my area, you can bet that I'll sell my T999 and get a T999L
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrmako777:
for what? lte consumes more power and isnt any faster than what youre already using. in fact, some would argue it is slower...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nirogu325:
...and the Vibrant story repeats itself. T-mobile sure loves doing this. At least my unlocked T999 is ready to switch when I get the money to do so.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bfranklin1986:
Amen brother, I hope we keep the development though like the vibrant did though
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Crisisx1:
Hell no I'm not upgrading lol.

S4 baby
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hellstyrant:
I doubt it will be slower than this. Granted, this is worse than usual, but still...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Towle:
Wow, that's horrible. I get around 15mbps download.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hellstyrant:
Yeah... and I'm supposedly in an excellent coverage area.

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrmako777:
well dude, youre on edge. 2 soup cans with a string in the middle is faster ;) if youre not getting "4g" now, doubt you would be getting lte in the future...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hellstyrant:
Let me dream dammit! Lol

But seriously, that's why I said "If it happens to cover my area". I know it likely wont, but hey, who knows. I can already almost throw a rock and hit an HSPA+ 42 coverage area.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] monkeypaws:
This is exactly what turns me off about the galaxy line in the US. I thought maybe they'd change with all the carriers having similar phones now, but no. Ill keep my s3 until its paid off then I'm probably going tontrybsomething else.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Don_Perrignon:
I think it's best to wait for the S4 or another flagship phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] x1tyme:
I pass. You're not getting my money T-Mobile. Cant you just release lte modem for us. Gezzzz
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] n00bdude:
I dont think its that simple, I believe you need the hardware as well as the modem firmware, just flashing the modem could potentially brick your phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] psykhotic:
I get like 1.6 megs down already. It's more than fast enough.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Towle:
I think I'm good.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gypsy214:
I'm good with mine. I get almost 20 megs in the dallas metro plex. Tmobile could had the lte turned off like the note 2 and they turn it on when it was available. But they decided to make more money with a new release like the vibrant.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JesseMT4G:
I get very similar speeds.

No way in he** am I upgrading to the same phone with similar speeds if not worse and more of a battery drain. Very happy where I am at.

Some of ya....well must have money to burn or just don't realize....lol!

Sent from a galaxy far away!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MegaMan X:
I guess once this phone is released, there needs to be a detailed teardown (anandtech / ifixit) that compares the old T999 with the new T999L.

Hopefully there are no hardware differences, and everything is firmware/rom related.

If there are hardware differences, maybe we can start frankensteining a broken T999L (i.e. cracked screens etc) with a working T999 LOL
[HTC Amaze 4G] umair bhaur:
Dear Friends,

I recently purchased a slightly used HTC Amaze 4g.

I amnot in US and dont have access to T-Mobile service.

I want to upgrade my Amaze.

Currently my Amaze has following Software:

Android 2.3.4

Sense 3.0

Software number QuickSense v2.1.2

Kernel 2.6.35-g52e85af

Based band version 1.08.550L.19DC_30.66.550L.08D

Browser number Webkit/533.1

When I go to About Phone for updation of software, there appears "Google Software updateds" instead of "HTC updates"

When I try to update "Google Software Update" a message appears that the software is upto date.

My sets "S" is on.

"Rom Manager" and "Superuser" is already installed

I need step by step guidance about how I can update the software and how I can get best out of my Amaze.

If any one wants to help, I shall be highly thankful.

I sahll also need all kind of files which will be needed to update the software.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
I'm not too sure what exactly mean by upgrade (how far you want to go) but you have to start by flashing ICS and then go for there.

Lots of how to's here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1679486 follow those tutorials
[HTC Amaze 4G] Ninjistix:
if you want to upgrade from gingerbread to ics all you need to do is relock your bootloader and flash the ics OTA ruu located in my signature... since you unlocked your bootloader to root the phone you can relock it using hasoon's all in one toolkit.. then rename the ICS ruu to PH85IMG.zip and place it on the root of your phones sd card or internal storage.. then boot your phone into the bootloader once it's relocked.. then flash the update...
[HTC One X] Bobbi lim:
Does disabling google now means that the google search app for my One X will be gone as well?
[HTC One X] TToivanen:
No, just go to google search settings and disable it. You will still be able to use the normal search function and voice search.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Regionativo:
After I got my N4 I started looking for 2 things: a case and a car dock, the case eventually came to be a Rearth Ringke SLIM case which has some minor issues but overall is a great case. As for the dock I was looking for something that would allow me to use the phone with the case so I tried several (including a couple of GPS holders that just didn't work). Eventually found this car dock:

http://www.amazon.com/Aduro-Universal-Dashboard-Windshield-Motorola/dp/B008ALV0V4

The Aduro U-GRIP, for me it is a great product for 3 main reasons:

- Very small footprint, you don't have a snake-like tube sticking out of the windshield with a base to hold the phone, this dock is really well thought out from a design standpoint.

- It grips the phone without fear, this thing is not going to drop your phone, not ever, you can plug the charger and the phone won't even move or swivel. Potholes? pff, this thing eats potholes for breakfast!

- Even though the grip is quite strong it can still be used single handed, you don't have to use 2 hands to open the grip and place the phone or to take it out.

I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and have no complaints whatsoever, I thought I'd share my experience and point of view, I know many want a non-intrusive car dock and I think this is one that can meet such demand and add a lot of value at the same time.

And because it is basically a grip-type of dock you can use it with your case and with any phone for that matter (within limits) which means my wife can use it with her Galaxy S3 (also with the case) without a problem!

For the price I think this is a great buy.