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[Nexus 4 Accessories] glowdeck:
glowdeck - Wireless Power, Light, and Sound

I see you guys are discussing Glowdeck - which is great; I'm very glad to hear that it is of interest to you - so I thought I'd chime in and try to explain some of the price-related comments you raised. A backer just asked how much I expect the Multiple Device Edition to retail for after the Kickstarter campaign, and here's a paraphrase of the response I sent him:

Because there are still some cost details to be hammered out (with components suppliers/manufacturers), it's difficult to say exactly what the retail price point for Glowdeck will be (assuming the campaign succeeds), but I set the reward levels on Kickstarter about $50.00 below what I expect the Multiple Device Edition to retail for (i.e. $375.00). I thought this would be a way to reward the first folks who support the product.

To be sure, it's not an inexpensive product, but in addition to going against the grain (at least in the tech world) with an elegant wood finish, I was determined to use only premium quality components. Instead of Glowdeck being a product that does a bunch of things just okay, I set out to build a high-end device that would perform excellently across the board.

The question now is whether the market is willing to pay a little bit more for a product that doesn't skimp on quality - both aesthetically and functionally. But with your pledge, I'm encouraged that the answer might be yes...

Feel free to contact me at justin@glowdeck.com if you have any questions or comments, and please continue to spread the word!
[Nexus 4 Accessories] dalton8:
Does the Glowdeck top up the phone overnight? Ive read a few posts about some qi chargers charging the phone to 100% then turning off completely, so if you charge it over night it will be at about 90-95% in the morning instead of 100%..
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Enhanced:
I would absolutely be interested in something like this, but the Qi wireless standard, while the dominant standard now, may not be in the near future. I'm sure you've done your research to know that a bunch of big names back another standard (and I won't get into it here). As such, investing $200+ on a device that may not work with my future devices is a hard pill to swallow. I'm not the kind of person that would buy a wireless charging case as an accessory so if my next phone doesn't support Qi, my Glowdeck would lose much of it's functionality.

In addition, and again with my view of never buying a wireless charging case, just not enough phones support Qi natively (integrated). If wireless charging was mainstream (and ignoring the standards war), I would really be interested in something like this. I currently use a wireless charger for my Nexus 4 and it's awesome, but will my next phone have it? My next phone may be the Moto X and it's already stated that it won't come with wireless charging. If my phone is the Nexus 5, again, we will not know if it comes with wireless charging. I almost feel that if I buy a Glowdeck, I would be restricting myself to wireless charging phones only to ensure I won't be stuck with having a $200 alarm clock.

Overall, wireless charging having an uncertain future through it's adoption and competing standards hurts this product in my eyes. Tack on the premium price and I can't see myself buying something like this right now. However, the idea is great -- many times I wish I had 2 wireless chargers so I could put one on my nightstand. Glowdeck does this and so much more.

Just my feedback that I'm sure people will disagree with. Goodluck on your campaign!
[Nexus 4 Accessories] tanwg:
Really nice charger/speaker/clock! Would love to have one but yes, the price of $275 (not considering FX) is a bit too steep for me since it is just going to be a "want".. But you have a nice product there! Good luck with your kickstarter project!
[Nexus 4 Accessories] glowdeck:
Thanks for the feedback - it is all well taken. Deciding on a wireless standard was difficult, but there was a rationale behind the decision to go with the Qi standard (at least for the time being), and I think I will address this point in an update to the Kickstarter campaign in the next few days.

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Thanks for the kind words. And I know where you're coming from with regard to the price. Out of curiosity, would a modified version of Glowdeck with no display (nor WiFi connectivity) appeal to you as well? If so, what price would seem reasonable for such a product?
[Nexus 4 Accessories] tanwg:
I like the display because that will make it function as a bedside clock too, but WiFi to receive feeds does not appeal to me . As for price, I would not comment since I don't know the cost involved in such a project.
[Nexus 4 Accessories] TJ_Ahluwalia:
IMO Lose the display, things like daydream make up for it. The screen is too small anyway (OR/AND) Lose the wifi, apps should make it possible to pull all info from the phone. Make something like a slope or stand with the nfc inside so the phone can stay upright(Also lowers the number of coils u need).
[Nexus 4 Accessories] AlexWekell:
It has all of the functionality I've ever wanted in speakers before except the design is so terrible. I don't know why anyone would want the weird wood finish on this, it looks so tacky and gives off a hipster vibe. I would kill to have a speaker with all these functions in something more geometric, modern, satin colors and less of a 1950s vibe. Price is also a turnoff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] petercuv:
Hello all. I have a GT-N7100 running liqidsmooth ROM. I cannot run Netflix, it gets to loading film and stays there. I changed ROM back to Hawkish extreme ROM with a stock kernel, and lo and behold it worked got to load film screen and it streamed it straight away. Could my problem be to do with the non stock kernel(Liquidsmooth). So my question really is, is there a stock kernel that I could flash. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. By the way I also tried Avatar ROM.:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] RAGECANDYBAR:
Had this issue myself, my google skills told me that netflix uses a different video player on 4.2 roms, which all kernels (that I know of) dont seem to support. There is an xposed plugin that tricks netflix into thinking you have ICS, which then causes the app to use the video player that most kernels actually support.

User MikeySmikey has posted the details here. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] petercuv:
Well thanks for enlightening me. I am going to try this straight away. I will post back the results. Once again thank you for the info. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] petercuv:
Thanks again RAGEANDCAR for the help it worked lovely. :D
[HTC One S] edwinek:
Hi,

I'm having a problem switching to 2G when the display is off.

What I expect to happen:

<display switches off>

- 3G is turned off

- 2G is turned on

<display switches back on>

- 2G is turned off

- 3G is turned on

What actually happens:

<display switches off>

- 3G is turned off

<display switches back on>

- 2G is turned on

- 2G is turned off

- 3G is turned on

So it looks like Android somehow can't switch on 2G while the display is off, and delays this until the moment the display comes on again.

As a result the phone is entirely off-line while the display is off.

I tried this first using Tasker and thought Tasker was to blame, but then I tried the 2G Toggle app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.abiondo.app.gautotoggle) and it had exactly the same problem.

So unless this app was created with the Tasker App Factory, the problem doesn't seem to be Tasker related.

Can anyone help me out here?

Device:

HTC One S, rooted, s-on and running CM10. No further mods, no custom kernel.

Thanks.
[HTC One S] nor-ric:
I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I'm on the stock, rooted, ICS rom and I use the Toggle2G app.

If the same happens on CM, it means it must be something low level and not related to Sense.

Edit: I use Llama instead of tasker, but it's the same.
[HTC One S] edwinek:
The strange thing is that loads of people are able to do this, so I wonder whether it's a setting or an app that somehow sabotages this
[HTC One S] nor-ric:
I've tried on a freshly factory resetted rom, so I would exclude any app interference and any particular setting.

One idea: if we set the event in tasker/Llama so that it not only toggles from 3g to 2g but it also switches off the mobile data connection, and then another event to switch the data connection back on after a few seconds?
[HTC One S] edwinek:
Alas, that too doesn't make a difference. I tried two scenarios for the screen-off event:

Mobile data off -> wait 1 minute -> set 2G only -> mobile data on

and

Set 2G only -> mobile data off -> wait 1 minute -> mobile data on

The 2G-only bit is still delayed to the moment the screen comes on again.

But the weird thing is: it worked once, and only once, using the first scenario. How about that? So you must be on to something, but we must be missing something.
[HTC One S] nor-ric:
I had only tried the second scenario and it didn't work for me either.

About the time it worked for you: could it be a wakelock matter? What if you put a partial wakelock (= cpu wakelock) in the event's actions? If I remember correctly, you can do that with Secure Settings.
[HTC One S] superbalza:
I think the problem is CM.. maybe is the annoying connection drop issue! Until now there is no fix for that, someone resolved by flashing newer nightlies, or changing scripts, or flashing radios, but still there isn't a definitive fix...

I fixed by flashing MIUI...
[HTC One S] edwinek:
You're right, Secure Settings can do that.

I've tried it just now up to a two-minute CPU-only wakelock. Doesn't work either.
[HTC One S] edwinek:
I don't know, I haven't had any problems with connection drops so far. Apart from the occasional spontaneous reboot everything is running smoothly.
[HTC One S] nor-ric:
I see... I'm out of ideas, for now. Could this be related to the radio? I'm on 1.15 radio.

By the way, it's not related to CM, because I'm on stock (rooted) 4.0.4 and it's the same.

[MENTION=5063762]superbalza[/MENTION]: which radio are you on with MIUI? Is it different from what you were using previously?

Thanks
[HTC One S] edwinek:
I'm on radio 1.08ts.50.02.16
[HTC One S] nor-ric:
I'm on the latest 1.15...
[HTC One S] edwinek:
Looks like not too many people have this problem...

In the meantime, I created a workaround: I made a Tasker task that first switches to 2G and then locks the device. The whole process of switching to 2G takes about 10 seconds. Then I created a shortcut to that task on the home screen, so I can shutdown with 2G with one click.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] adam_beasley:
Hi everybody, does anyone know where i can download normal ringtones for my XDAII.

Not a fan of mp3 ringtones/music or the top 40 etc etc, just normal phone sounds that you would find on your normal mobile phones for either ringtone or sms tones.

Your replies are very very welcome
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
an mp3 or wav or wma can be anything a recording of a "normal" ring tone a guy yelling for you to pick up the phone

you can use any thing you like

midi is prob the media which comes closest to polyphonic ring tones

but there is no type which is used for the "normal" ringtones
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] jonslinn:
Basic normal ringtone

Yes for sure, try www.justringring.com they have a bunch listed,

Jon
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msankadi:
Hi

I have recently installed the Asylum ROM and its amazingly fast which is a massive understatement. However, I am facing these issues:

1. Phone gets heated while locked and I can clearly feel it in my pocket

2, The battery has been tapering off like anything

I had done a full wipe and done a clean install. Also I have flashed the latest Asylum kernel and gapps.

I have tried to take the following to solve it:

1. Disabled all sounds which might be causing wakelocks

2. Tried rebooting to recovery and rewiped cache and dalvik again

Please help me zero in the issue and how I can stop the phone from heating.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salespalace:
your battery may be telling you that its time to get replaced, because ive had the same problem and have been advised to replace the battery with a new one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msankadi:
okay I did a clean wipe and reinstalled everything and now the phone is not heating up

I lost 14 percent battery overnight... I looked at battery stats and backup is causing the most partial wakelock... has anybody else faced similar drains?

how do I take care of this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dossalin:
I do, with many CM based ROMs. Right now, I'm on the 24Jule Asylum build and It works great.

Remove the SD-Card, before you go to sleep and check if the problem goes on.
[Galaxy S 4 General] valentinrascu:
I see on tech news, Samsung modified the drivers on s4 for make more points on benchmark!! But only on benchmark... Source :anandtech

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[Galaxy S 4 General] valentinrascu:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7187/looking-at-cpugpu-benchmark-optimizations-galaxy-s-4

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[Galaxy S 4 General] valentinrascu:
This is the drivers

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[Galaxy S 4 General] BoneXDA:
Samsung is doing you a favor here. They already confirmed in a press release that several applications run the GPU at max speed - apps that need short peak performance, benchmarks included. As far as long high demands apps go with threat of throttling however, they set a lower maximum policy to prevent (more severe) overheating and choppiness. Even AnandTech calls it optimization and not rigging as Samsung never claimed to always run the GPU at 533MHz, therefore nobody is cheated.

It's great to have Anand and Brian find out how Samsung manages it's HW, it's a whole different story to start conspiracy theories where aren't any.

Optimized performance > peak performance with throttling
[Galaxy S 4 General] AndreiLux:
They are just political by calling it optimisations, the GPU clock thing is cheating. The CPU min lock is an optimisation due to how bad benchmarks are in warming up the DVFS mechanism. The thermal limit raising is again cheating.

I've published all of this this over a month ago on Beyond3D and forwarded it to Brian, there is no new news outside of the actual APK list which I didn't bother to extract.
[Galaxy S 4 General] BoneXDA:
If the "cheating" results in overall smoother performance because a lower max clock produces less heat-related issues, I choose this policy. Benchmarks only ever show maximum possible performance, and 533MHz IS the maximum possible on this particular revision. It's not cheating if the HW can do it. Benchmarks check what the HW can do.
[Galaxy S 4 General] proxuser:
on i9505 benchmarks on cm10.1, official gpe firmware or any aosp based rom also get same results. since it shows same bench like aosp then is not important for me.

on the other hand, its better that device get high performance on benchmark software so we dont need to play with kernel or freq. for benchmarkin :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nate2:
Could someone run the nbench benchmark and post the results, here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1270596 preferably.

Nbench market link: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drolez.nbench

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] alex9898:
Using Cool Tool on an i9505 and a HTC One, it seems that Qualcomm uses some "optimisations" too.

When you launch most of the popular benchmarks (Antutu, CF-Bench, Linpack, ...), CPU goes on max frequency and don't leave it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] shox22:
You´ll defend Samsung to the death :laugh:

They cheated. This driver behavior is nothing else then an optimization for benchmarks. You´ll never see that performance in the real world. So why do that? To top the benchmark tables.
[Galaxy S 4 General] andymihail:
I'm curious what would be the actual benchmark results without the samsung cheats.

And what about i9505, did they cheat on Snapdragon too?
[Galaxy S 4 General] valentinrascu:
Anyway, is sad to see this from Samsung officially..

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[Galaxy S 4 General] yeahmann:
On i9505, I think they only prevent CPU throttling during benchmarks. That's not too bad. It removes a variable. You can theoretically reach that performance in the real world. What they did with the i9500 was overclock the GPU only during benchmarking so that you can NEVER get that kind of performance outside of benchmarking. That's cheating.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Billy Madison:
You're a mere hypocrat. with Anand altogether. When buyer sees highest Galaxy S4's score in each and every benchmark he buys Galaxy S4 only to look at choppiness in all high-demand 3D games thanks for throttling. Good that nowadays games are very light and not so high-demanding, that they run flawlessly even with throttling on. But what for tomorrow's games? Samsung definitely cheats buyer here, as did Huawei which was caught frawding Antutu a year ago
[Galaxy S 4 General] pjbnz:
According to GSMArena, Samsung responded as follows;

"Under ordinary conditions, the Galaxy S4 has been designed to allow a maximum GPU frequency of 533MHz. However, the maximum GPU frequency is lowered to 480MHz for certain gaming apps that may cause an overload, when they are used for a prolonged period of time in full-screen mode. Meanwhile, a maximum GPU frequency of 533MHz is applicable for running apps that are usually used in full-screen mode, such as the S Browser, Gallery, Camera, Video Player, and certain benchmarking apps, which also demand substantial performance.

The maximum GPU frequencies for the Galaxy S4 have been varied to provide optimal user experience for our customers, and were not intended to improve certain benchmark results.

We remain committed to providing our customers with the best possible user experience."

http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-responds-to-benchmark-cheating-allegations/
[Galaxy S 4 General] yeahmann:
Anand follows up after the Samsung post

It may actually worse than originally thought. Samsung is granting boost mode access only to benchmarks and Samsung apps (e.g., camera) and sustained boost only to benchmarks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] alexiuss:
The million dollar question is: what real impact has having 53MHz less in 3D applications/gaming etc?

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[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
you wont notice any difference in real world performance, not even a bit
[Galaxy S 4 General] TeeeJaay:
broken hopes and dreams of those blind fanboys because their favorite phone's name has been tarnished :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] tclocki:
As a person who uses his phone at work mostly, and spends only a few minutes in gaming, I couldn't care less. As long as the interface is snappy, gives me what I need, I'm happy with my phone. I don't think what they do is cheating, they just want to make sure they minimize the chances of burnt out s4s. A picture of a self-burnt s4, posted on the internet isnt really a very good thing for their brand image. No matter what the circumstance was.

I would agree though, they should give the users a choice of whether to enable boost mode for every other app.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Billy Madison:
you wont notice any difference between 450MHz in HTC One either. But according to benchmark results and reviews you should feel very big difference in framerate due to high GPU frequency. But you wont feel. That's Samsung's cheating
[Galaxy S 4 General] slig:
On my gt-i9505 cpu is locked at max clock speed as soon as antutu is launched even without starting benchmark. Wonder if this behaviour Samsung will also explain somehow. IMHO altering cpu speed just for benchmark purposes is cheating as hell.

Unexpected S4 s800 version few months after premiere and now this. NICE Samsung, nice!
[Galaxy S 4 General] alexiuss:
That's a different story it's not cheating because CPU is not limited for normal use, CPU speed isn't altered at all.

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[Galaxy S 4 General] slig:
Cpu clock governor behaviour is altered to limit delays on clock switching and prevent going to lower speeds. Such governor behaviour can't be found in other apps (high battery usage, heat emission) so that high speed isn't found in other apps. Final result is similar to 9500 - better in benchmark than in reality.

Benchmarks are to reflect real life device performance and allow device comparison for buyers/users. Not to present manufacturer's wishes and marketing techniques.

If Sammy wishes top benchmark results fair solution would be the device asking user - would you like to enable benchmark mode. User decide to measure real or top possible performance.
[Galaxy S 4 General] AndreiLux:
I actually defend such optimisations (yes).

Benchmarks are too stupid to take into account DVFS latencies and to warm up the mechanism before doing their tests. Three is no existing benchmark of there that does a scaling variable load test to even warrant a measurement of DVFS latency performance. In the end all you end up with are inconsistent results. Quadrants CPU tests are a joke with only a couple of seconds of bench time.

Honestly it doesn't even bring that much to anything except these outdated benchmarks, and what it just brings is consistency.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Billy Madison:
Not thuth, there are normal and therefore RESPECTABLE companies that are not shy to show true to life performance in benchmarks even if it puts them on 3rd-5th line in score table

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Samsung doesn't care for customers or their plesure. All it needs is money from your pockets that's why it goes miles in ads and marketing

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3DMark takes pretty long time to run. Stop counting on Nenamark, Quadrant, Antutu and other outdated tests.

3Dmark, GLbench, are accurate and actual
[Galaxy S 4 General] Towle:
Many of the posts in here have crossed the line and are just uncalled for. Please keep it on topic and never resort to attacking one another. Thanks.

Thread cleaned.

Towle

XDA Moderator
[Galaxy S 4 General] yahyoh:
LOL i like how everyone *****ing samsung :eek:

did anyone ever heard of Bionic strings optimization for Snapdragons ? :p it can fake ~ +25% higher benchmarks numbers with no real usage difference :silly:

Nexus 4 normally score around 16000-17000 in antutu and 4500 in quadrent with Bionic strings optimization it score around 20000 in antutu and around 6000 in quadrant :rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] .xxx.:
Woho..I thought that was some sort of hoax .. is it really true?
[Galaxy S 4 General] b-eock:
They're benchmarks. Don't believe them unless you faked them yourself. Benchmarks are useless. All the new age technology is fast. Plain and simple.
[Galaxy S 4 General] yahyoh:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39513978&postcount=594

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39514762&postcount=595

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37870906&postcount=420

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38182556&postcount=437

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37233843#post37233843 ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Nate2:
FWIW, http://www.androidbenchmark.net/cpumark_chart.html

Samsung seems to be dominating.

Maybe if someone "sneaked" an Intel Core i7 in those listings somehow, that would shake things up. Lol!