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[Nexus 7 General] rsndetre:
Update:

Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 is available now, where I am, for about 237 euro. Tab 3 8.0 should be significantly more.

At this point, the alternatives in low end market, except cheap chinese things, are:

- Nexus 7, up for sales at 212 euro. (16Gb, wifi)

- Asus Phonepad, 237 euro. (Intel Z2420 - single core atom, 7" IPS 1280*800, 16Gb, 1Gb ram)

- Galaxy Tab 2, 180 euro. (Dual core A9 at 1GHz, 7" TFT 1024*600, 8Gb, 1Gb ram)

- Asus Memo, up for sales at 127 Euro (Single core A9 at 1GHz, 7" 1024*600, 16Gb, 1Gb ram)

+ some Lenovo tablets not worth mentioning at this moment.

For me, best buy is Nexus 7 ...

As a personal question/advice:

Is worth buying N7 now ? ... I don't see what can get on the market, and be cheaper.

It will be for my little kid

, as both me and my wife have good phones and we don't need a tablet.

Right now I have a cheap chinese tablet (A8), but is very frustrating, especially for someone young who is just starting to learn to play on this gadgets. I want to buy something more enjoyable.

Also , I don't believe to be worthy to wait for the new N7, as for the old one it took 2-3 months to be available on local stores and was overpriced at 310 Euro.

As I see it, you can't get wrong with N7 at this price and Samsung is not going to field anything better in the low end market as it seems. Considering also Asus Memo ...

I have to take the decision fast as N7 is soon to be out of stock :)

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 General] damosuk:
I'm pretty sure it will be better than tegra, if its not, don't expect the thing to do much more than boot! As well as having **** IO speed and sound quality, it doesn't even play games that well!. I wouldn't be surprised of that thing drops tegra, apart from the ouya(tegra project?) who's taking up tegra 4!.

---------- Post added at 03:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:50 PM ----------

Actually the ouya has tegra 3 doesn't it!. Some other consul has tegra 4 though!.
[Nexus 7 General] yatbond:
Hands on review from gsmarena:

www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_3_80-review-947.php

Overall comment is decent....
[Nexus 7 General] ncguy68:
Would love an 8 inch tablet, but wish it had a higher resolution screen and I am not a fan of the extra slim side bezels and the home key and capitive buttons. I keep hoping for a Nexus 8.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
I'm ordering 8" but only because i have only one phone and no other mobile devices for backup and have $50 amazon gift card. $300 for the hardware is absurd. Played a bit with the 8" model at best buy. Seems very smooth, camera similar or about the same as my 5mp phone cam. Compared to higher resolution Kindle but the difference is barely noticeable. Not sure if high resolution matters much in 7" screen. Maybe 1080 would be more suitable for 8"+. Physical button - not sure. I have it in my LG phone. Probably wouldn't miss it if it didn't have one. Capacitive - yes. I want the entire 8" of my screen, not like N4.

What i like about the tab3 is the split screen. Is it proprietary or can be added to custom roms later? Its very convenient and the screen is big enough to run two apps.

Asked samsung rep if it supports USB/OTG. He said tab 3 hardware doesn't, only note supports usb/otg :( Otherwise seems like a nice tablet. I don't want to wait for the new nexus because i want 8" + external SD. No guarantee that N7 will support usb/otg like the first gen. All devices gain tiny improvement in something, but crippled in other areas. I've been saving up and waiting forever to buy a tablet. Expecting lots of dev support.

Bad news. Amazon now collects tax. No reason to buy anything from Amazon anymore. Ebay is next?
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
july 9

and still no dedicated tab 3 (8) thread? too early? not popular? don't expect any support? very small community? only nexus gets a lot of attention :(
[Nexus 7 General] ncguy68:
The Note 8 has very little developer support. Each new Samsung tablet seems to get less and less. :( The tab 8 may be more popular because of its lower price.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
bad news. :( i was hoping to root and start using the stock rom soon.
[Nexus 7 General] sharpeyedman:
No need to get soso gtab 3 when ucan get note 8.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
no need for spen and i like tab3 better. won't pay any more than $300 since the cost is already absurd. won't get refurb or from ebay for less.
[Nexus 7 General] ncguy68:
The Note 8 is very over priced if you do not need the S-pen. At these prices both the Note 8 and Tab 8 should have 1080p screens in my opinion.
[Nexus 7 General] sharpeyedman:
I just got note 8 from Staples for $299.99 before $45 rebate and $25 google credit.

Despite Note 8 has been out not for long, deals are there u just have to keep your eyes out.

I am not even mentioning additoonal discounts that I got from groupon deal on staples e gift cards and staples rewards credit that were used on this purchase.

Still $299.99 - $45 rebate -$25 google credit alone was worth it.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
I had $50 amazon gift card that's why i ordered but didn't realize amazon started collecting tax in nj as of july 1st so that killed it.
[Nexus 7 General] afranky19:
Just purchased Galaxy Tab 3 8.0...

I purchased the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, with the general assumption that I would have multi user support seeing how it is running on 4.2.2. Is there any stable ROM that is offered for this device? I just want multi user support on this thing. This is my first tablet, perfect size. Other than Samsung screwing with the native Android image, I have no complaints. Any help would be appreciated. Since they just came out, I'm having an issue finding any information on any of the forums.

Already venting towards Samsung on twitter, just check out #GalaxyTab3
[Nexus 7 General] Flippy125:
I was interested in the GT3-8 until I saw the specs :thumbdown:
[Nexus 7 General] yatbond:
Can you share your view on tab 3 8.0?

I would like to know the performance as compared to our n7
[Nexus 7 General] jamesc760:
Samsung didn't advertise it having multi-user capable, you just assumed it did because Google said that 4.2.2 had it. Granted that Samsung customizes Android just like every other phone/tablet makers, your option is to return your Samsung tablet and buy a Google tablet like the Nexus 7 or 10.
[Nexus 7 General] 007shark:
:good:

One thing Samsung did include which is not part of 4.2.2 is the ability to move apps to your external microSD.

---------- Post added at 06:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:35 PM ----------

The tab 3 8.0

does

support USB/OTG. The MHL adapter is also listed on samsung's site as an accessory for the Tab 3 8.0. Only the tab 3 7.0 does not support it.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
I asked the rep about tab 8. Had usb otg with me but the port had the usb cable plugged in attached to the metal alarm/lock thing so i couldn't test. Yes according to one review on amazon 8 does support it. Some good news.

update: yes tab 3 8.0 does support usb/otg out of the box. so nice to actually use a mouse or a keyboard, have extra storage, even powered external usb gps. i hope to be able to connect an external usb webcam, wireless adapter.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
Still no dedicated tab 3 thread :(
[Nexus 7 General] yatbond:
I have pretty much made up my mind that I will be getting tab 3 8.0 lte rather than n7 2.

The extra screen real estate and multi window, and the ability to act as a spare phone are enough to outweigh 1080 screen. I actually think the extra gpu processing power will just be used/wasted to move the extra pixels..

I would love to have a better screen but really this doesn't matter that much. This will be my work device.
[Nexus 7 General] zard:
Just yesterday, received a Note 8 test set from a colleague. Installed my regular apps that I used most often, and even Fast Racing 3D. Experience so far is great, definitely more responsive then my Nexus 7 3G. The extra 1 inch screen makes a huge difference, and weight feels lighter too. The back cover is a magnet for finger prints though.
[Nexus 7 General] guest_2011:
Multi window is split screen for limited apps. You can run youtube and mail app split screen. Nothing like windows. 8", USB OTG, supports exfat out of the box (not ntfs) make a difference.
[Nexus 7 General] rsndetre:
You are comparing Krait Pro or S600 to Exynox dual core A9 ? Beside, N7 2 will have a LTE variant. More, both are in same price range ...
[Nexus 7 General] yatbond:
Yes. Snapdragon 600 is nice. But it is running a 1080 screen. Not saying that is not great.

I just want a bigger screen and multi window. A spare phone when I am on the trip with local sim card is a bonus.

Just different Priorities. Would love to get a Nexus 8, if there is ever going to be one.

I just checked out the Tab 3 8.0 screen, it is plenty nice and much better than my N7 screen.
[Nexus 7 General] veeman:
Snapdragon 600 is more than capable of supporting a 1080p screen.
[Nexus 7 General] shahtheass:
For those of u who do not know... There is a Galaxy Tab 3 thread.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2397

P's I have the Tab 3 8.0 and it is awesome
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Amd4life:
Just curious for those on tmobile, can you access shared files on ul.to, and uploaded, on your 4G connection?

On my account they seem to be blocked, I can go to any other website, yet upload, ul.to, are all blocked using dolphin, stock, chrome browsers either set to android or desktop browser type.

It's the weirdest thing. Anyone else have this issue.?

Rapidgator, filepost work fine to date..

I know some do piracy downloads so don't bash me, but I actually have accounts for both and use them for data backups and personal pseudo cloud storage.
[Micromax A110] Lalit Patil:
Hello Developers...

If u want your developed ROM to be mirrored on DropBox then drop me a reply here with your ROM link..I have seen that sometimes link of rom becomes dead..I will see to it that my link will never diE..:P

Recently I have got 50 GB cloud storage on DropBox , & I am not using it at all so I will upload your ROM for u....:D

P.S.- Credits should be given to me for mirroring..:rolleyes:

-Thanx-

Lalit Patil
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vtwalk:
I am not new to the forum or rooting but this is my first post. I am currently experiencing random and frequent shutdown and restart issues with my rooted GS3. The issue has primarily occurred when an internet connection starts, especially WiFi. The logcat error is -

activitymanager error : attempt to launch receivers of broadcast intent intent {act=android.intent.action.PROFILE_UPDATED (has extras) } before boot completion

Please help with any current fixes as I have not seen one in the forum. Thanks

At&t Samsung Galaxy S3 - Slimbean 4.2.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PurebreadCracker:
Full Wipe and Reflash
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vtwalk:
I tried it but the issue persisted. I've read where there has been other issues but not this one. I will try a full wipe again and see if the issue is corrected.

At&t Samsung Galaxy S 3 running Slimbean rooted 4.2.2 version 6
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PurebreadCracker:
Flash LK3 modem
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vtwalk:
The reflash with the modem flash added has fixed my problem. Many thanks. What happened? Degradation of the modem app and settings? :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] crystalsinger:
Hi all,

I've just upgraded my XDA II courtesy to the great work of people here - thanks guys! Landscape mode, blisss... :)

I want to backup/archive my original device ROMs just in case anything disasterous happens and I need to revert to them. Is there a way to copy them from the SD card that I backed them up onto to a CD or even just to PC?

Many thanks,

Jessica
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] crystalsinger:
-=bump=-
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pfoxdizzle:
I noticed many people (including myself) trying to figure out HDR video in the new MEA base. This thread is for that discussion. Hopefully someone will be able to give a clear answer on it and it will help everyone. So what magic must be done to enable HDR video? Is it on by default or is there some hidden setting?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Slade8525:
thus far havent been able to do it with stock or ktoonsez kernels. how it works is pretty simple and should work ok, but should show some artifacting with heavy jello. basically it underexposes and overexposes every other scan line (not sure if it oversamples, averages, and combines from higher than 1080P res or just does so at regular 1080P resolution (most likely) in which case best quality would be found at 720P settings, as this would allow full blending.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pfoxdizzle:
What about faux123s new kernel? Interesting that we can't do it on the stock kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Slade8525:
i havent seen anyone find it yet; im interested to compare quality of 720P vs 1080P and see if my theory on transsampled scan lines is correct; its a dirty way to do it, but would work decently. HDR photo mode should work the same but it doesnt; instead any movement translates to blur (eg leaves, bugs, cars, etc).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] thatsupnow:
Are you people stupid or just lazy? How bout going into the camera app hitting mode then scroll to HDR then hit the video button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Slade8525:
That only works for photo mode, which works totally different from video mode. i work in television and film; i took several sample clips in controlled lighting environments; photo mode does not alter video mode, in this update or 4.2.2 original, AOSP/CM, TW UCUAMDB/UCUAMDL or any kernels thus far.

watch who you call lazy and stupid; might come off a bit rude, to say the least.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] thatsupnow:
Well according to this HDR video is included and there is only 1 HDR setting in the camera so unless there is another setting buried within the camera... That's it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42443618
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Utkarsh.bhatt12:
Hello Devs.

I've Just installed a custom rom on my GS3, everything works pretty fine. But the sound production quality from the speakers in distorted and very bad. The Custom ROM had DSP manager, I removed it, but that didn't help.

The sound was okay, until I was running the TouchWiz Based ROM.

Please help friends!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
what's that custom rom? you better ask it in that rom thread.

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please let me know if i'm wrong and CLICK thanks if i help :)

SRIRAM

sent from my GT-I9300 running CM10.1 RC5 by Temasek
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
That begs the question what where you running before ??

If non Samsung based did you do a complete wipe ??

jje
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jamesluo:
is there any software to lock screen for blue angel? thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] xdadom:
Yes there is...

I just found an excellent program called "ScreenLock". It turns the screen off and locks all the buttons. The only way to unlock the screen is to press button 1 and button 4 together (on the XDAIIs this is the Calender and messenging buttons) or do a soft reset. This program is perfect for listening to music and also save battery life too.

The cab file is attached below. Drag it to your device and run it from there.

Hope this helps.

Dom
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] numanoids:
Cheers for this!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] HPJ:
xdadom - top app, thanks

HPJ
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Bassey:
Yep, leapt straight in to my "must have" list.

Fantastic little tool!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] xdadom:
The best thing I found to do was assign it a button like the "Record" button which I never used! You can then lock the screen with one touch.

Great when playing MP3s and beats paying loads of dosh for an iPod!

Dom
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] mark.peters:
There's also MortSaver

Take a look at

http://tinyurl.com/3o725

Plenty of regular updates from the author, and highly configurable.

HTH

Mark
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] BoSJo:
http://www.omegaone.com/pass/default.htm

http://www.trancreative.com/nicestart.aspx

Here is 2 more
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] iggy:
Thanks XDADOM, works on XDA1 as well.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Joao_Caldeira:
On my QTEK 9090:

START --> Settings --> System (folder) --> Button lock

No need of 3rd party software.

Joao Caldeira
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] M4io:
button lock doesn't work if you want to keep on playing music.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dtidmore:
problems with screenlock

Installed screenlock on my blue angel (SX66). When I launch it from the program panel, the screen goes black and then a moment later it flashes, the black then flashes. This continues until I manage to get a screen press in during the momentary flash at which time the screen then remains on and active. Not sure what is happening, anyone else see this or am I trying to use it incorrectly.

Thanks

David
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jamesluo:
is there anyway to change the unlock key(use other key except calender and message?) how?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] xdadom:
I think they're the only keys that you can use. I expect that they are coded into the software itself.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] michakr:
on my imate

START --> Settings --> System (folder) --> Button lock

never the less, good aplication

tnx
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] jamesluo:
Re: problems with screenlock

i think you might installed it the storage card. i have same experience as you when i first time install it, you should install it to the default directory.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] elio:
psShutXP

Try psShutXP, excellent freeware with lot of functionality
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] hshortt:
Do you guys use media player for playing mp3s? Cause it's pretty damn easy to configure a button to toggle the screen off. And you can still keep your buttons free for song functions like previous, next or volume up/down.

Cheers
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] usdiver:
screen lock

can anyone tell me if this is necessary on the new updated rom on xda 2s o2?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] BoSJo:
Re: screen lock

Yes it is.

And it will properbli stay this way at least until WM 2005
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] usdiver:
screen locker

Thank you for the info. any chance someone can pm the link to me...? please..I'm not very technoligical minded on these issues. thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] BoSJo:
Re: screen locker

Look further up ;-)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] usdiver:
:roll: I feel so silly....see it now. thank you for that. how do you do it, just connect to active sync, then click on download?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] BoSJo:
Well, it aint that difficult.

Any files ending on .cab should be copied and clicked on the PPC.

Any files ending on .exe should be executed on the PC with the PPC in the cradle and connected via Active sync, just follow the onscreen description.

You can download .exe files to use directly on the PPC, but executing them on the PC will just invoke an error, so just copy it to the PPC using File Explore and the PPC in the cradle.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] usdiver:
thanks for the help...just that i'm new to all this.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dewild1:
Screen Gone

I have tried ALL of them...

ScreenLock I think is best.. and it is free.. www.pocketmax.com and search for it .

I hate how you have to press two buttons at once though..

Second place is...

Called Screen Gone. It has one more click on the screen to lock it but it is good because you can make phone calls with your BT headset and it automatically unlocks it.... OR it takes 3 hardware button pushes to unlock.

Bad part is, once you unlock it with your BT headset with the redial function, your phone screen is unlocked again so you have to re lock it or you might end up calling China accidentally!

I do not think any of the screen lock programs work with Pocketmax's ButtonMax.

They do work with Double Launcher but it does not have macro function like ButtonMax.

It costs $1.50 from www.pocketgrear.com ..

I am ONLY uploading it here because people should be able to demo before they buy.. Seriously, if you use it, $1.50,,,, BUY IT. It is not worth stealing for $1.50..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siddhantchd:
hey guys

i have Carbon Rom v1.7 installed. The issue that i face is when i plug in my headphone and start the music apps the sound goes in a few minutes. Even with any game or video player

But it works fine with the speaker but not the headphones.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
what about after a factory reset?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pspuser007:
Hello,

I want to flash a JB rom that has tethering working, as I need it for my tablet to have access to the net (doesn't have a 3G module).

My average usage is texting, calling (obviously :laugh:), a little bit browsing and maybe playing a game.

These roms caught my attention:

VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v6.3 Stock/Sense/Data++

PARANOIDANDROID v3.56 | HALO 8 | PIE (this is awesome but no tethering, right?)

MIUI V5 3.5.10 Jelly Bean v6.2 | Soft-Nav | Multi-lang

Some notes:

I am not such a fan of MIUI roms, but if it's stable I'd give it a try

I do have a class 10 SDHC of 8GBs with 1GB of ext4 partition

Which one of the above do you recommend as a rom for daily usage?

Thank you for your time!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragonji:
Can't you just use Gingerbread?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pspuser007:
Why use an older version of android when JB is so good? :/

Anyhow, I was using Gingerbread with "Runnymede AIO V6.0.4.3 SE" for a long time and I got tired of sense and the problem with the space (having an ext partition).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
generally GB roms are much more stable for desire, as the hardware is so old.

JB doesn't offer that much advantage is this is all you really want. GB will do it just fine, likely with more stability. having the latest version of android just for the sake of it isn't that necessary for your use.

test those JB roms for internet tethering if that is also your priority. check the OP to see if it works in principle, search each thread for recent reviews of tethering. actual testing yourself is always the best way seeing if it's best for your needs ;)

with regards to low space on runnymede, I highly doubt the space issue was entirely the fault of the rom. you may have been on wrong hboot, or your ext partition may have simply been full. 1GB can fill up quite easily with apks and dalvik depending on the script and.how many apps you have/need.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pspuser007:
I will look into GB roms, as well.

I've only tested VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v6.3 Stock/Sense/Data++ currently, tethering works just fine! Everything seems to be working fine, except the LED notification (for which there is a fix but it's for v6.2 and I'm not sure I should flash it). Generally, it's really smooth :)

Regarding low space on runnymede, I had the stock hboot and the ext partition had about 400 or 600MB free. The problem is that dalvik was still at the internal memory with the script that was recommended by the dev (the time I installed it).