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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stormwyrm:
I'm in the market for a 7" tablet of some sort, as while I'm happy with my TF-101 Transformer it is rather bulky and I've begun to think that the 7" form factor really hits a kind of sweet spot. My choice at the moment seems to hover about the Nexus 7, because it gets the latest firmware updates with Google's blessing, which means also that custom firmware for it comes quickly. However, like all Nexus devices the Nexus 7 does not have an SD card slot, and that feels so wrong to me. I'm a damn media hound and I'd rather not have to transcode stuff all the time to make it fit.

The Kindle Fire HD(X) 7 is pretty nice looking as well, however it too lacks an SD card slot. :mad:

I've been considering the Asus MemoPad HD 7, but its specs are rather limited (roughly equivalent to a 1st gen Nexus 7), and from what I can see, there isn't even a dedicated forum section for development on it here. No one's done a KitKat-based ROM for it yet, though the TF-101 has one... I wonder if Asus is making a successor to it that would be equivalent to the 2013 Nexus 7.

The Acer Iconia B1 seems to be in a similar situation, and it seems that rooting the thing, while possible, is troublesome, and there have been reports of bricking. I can live without CFW, but I cannot live without root access. I have sworn never to buy a computing device I cannot get root access to.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 looks like my best alternative to the N7, but it's slightly above my approximately US$200 budget. It always seems that way: when I bought the Transformer TF-101s back in 2011, I was also considering the original Galaxy Tab, but it was twice the price of the Transformer. Which is why I bought two TF-101s instead.

Any other choices?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_JMM:
Personally I'd get the N7 2013 and use a portable Hard drive or USB stick if I really needed some offline storage.

But to answer your question, as much as I'm not their biggest fan, I'd recommend the Samsung and find the other $40.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plantunes:
Hi.

Yesterday I bought a HTC ONE.

It's quite diferent to root and unblock than my previous Galaxy S3.

I've found the All In One Kit that seems to be quite easy to use and user friendly.

However I'm facing strange issues with the drivers...

I just installed the latest HTCDRIVERS.EXE and as soon as I plug the HTC on my laptop, my windows tries to install the driver (with USB debugging ON) but without sucess!

More strange is that, a few seconds after a windows pops up showing "HTC ONE" and asking if I want to open files, see photos and so on...

So, what am I doing wrong since everytime I try to use the ALL IN ONE KIT to get a token ID that will lead to unlock bootloader, I get a "DEVICE NOT FOUND" message?

Please help me...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamer765:
To get the token ID you need to be in fastboot mode, not booted in Android.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
uninstall your current drivers and try these they work flawless for me

http://www.mediafire.com/download/j55vk6qbbr6250c/HTCDriver_4.8.0.002.exe

MD5: e2a21d71954d4164c1a116abb926a363

and don't rely totally on the toolkit for everything

use the included adb / fastboot files yourself and get familiar with them it may save your butt later
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plantunes:
It looks like that the real problem is that ADB sees my HTC as offline!

I can't figure out how can I sort this out...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plantunes:
Anyone please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Ovara:
Hi, I recently just activated the Note 3 to my account and it seems i keep getting random SIM Card errors, Firstly i get an error saying that "The device didnt respond in time" Sim Locked" or "No Sim" restart my phone. I have no idea whats going on with it, I even had to turn on my wifi just for the phone to activate, the weird thing about it is that it shows the "No Sim" in the top right corner of the phone, but it still gives me a 3G signal, Just wondering if there is a fix to this, because I am paying for premium data and cannot even use it. I have been to the sprint store and swapped my Sim Card out 4 times in 2 days. Is their a fix to this? can u open the sim tray and fix it the thing is that my phone actually recognizes the sim and everything i can see the imei and the iccid clearly when its powered on then its give the errors and iccid goes away but imei and 3g connection is fine. I need some help PLEASE!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kstephens98:
Have you tried a factory reset?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Ovara:
I tried a factory reset when I first got the phone because it would not activate unless i turned on wifi, but once i got everything up and running i haven't tried it again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] puertoblack2003:
check this post out http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50760152&postcount=11
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Ovara:
Factory reset did not work at all in this matter, does anyone know how to take apart the sim card tray, or anything my phone recognizes the sim once it is powered on, because i see the numbers of the iccid match and imei match. Once i get the error message the iccid goes to "Unknown", There has to be some way to fix this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] AlpineMan:
Looks like a problem with either the SIM card or the SIM card reader. Take it back to a Sprint store?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] Jesushasadroid:
Can you root and unlock bootloader after 4.4.2 update. Thanks. On 4.3 right stock
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] toaks:
You can unlock the bootloader using HTCDEV, but you will still be S-On. Rooting is also no problem. If you are trying to get S-OFF however, then I am not sure if that's possible at the moment.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] Jesushasadroid:
Cool. Great info ...do you know if I can soff on 4.3?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] toaks:
I'm not sure. I have seen threads that say it is possible, but I have not tried it, since I'm already S-OFF.
[General Questions and Answers] Liquidex648:
Hi I am new at this, but any help would be appreciated

Is it possible to take a Samsung galaxy tablet and

1. Remove everything having to do with the internet (make it a device that cant search internet)

2. Remove all the apps I don't want.

3. Keep camera, and music player working

4. Use it as a shell for making an application that I can read books and applications that go along with reading the book

example.

A. When reading the book, I can tap a sentence and it becomes underlined, from hear I can cut and paste it to another application via a menu that pops up when a sentence is tapped

B. When a sentence is tapped it is underlined and I can choose via a menu to highlight that sentence YELLOW or to assign that sentence

a title like "Humor". If the sentence was humorous I could assign it to a note pad app under the heading "Humor"

Basically to use the tablet as a shell for reading and applications that working with books.
[General Questions and Answers] Essem G:
Nope

So since you are new, ill give you a break but the thing is, you sound like you should make a whole new operating system/ROM

And Samsung is not your company if you want to make large edits. Samsung always tries to keep things how they want it.

So I don't think there is a single public ROM that disables WiFi, so you will either have to make one yourself if you have any experience with system development, there you go. And on Android I doubt that itself will be an easy task so maybe making a Linux variant to run on a tablet will be another different bet.

So good luck, happy developing
[General Questions and Answers] deamon1311:
a easy way mabey.

ok if its like my galaxy ring there is a custom rom to download.

note i belive it does void your warranty even though the rom is set by samsung.

also i dont know what rom they provide or its features.

to download the custom rom if your device has the option try holding volume down+power key at power up.

please note till i found this by accident on my galaxy ring i had never considered installing a custom rom seirously before.
[General Questions and Answers] Liquidex648:
With a Linux variant does it matter which kind of tablet you use. You said Samsung might not be the best....would kindle fire be better?
[General Questions and Answers] Essem G:
Definetly Not

The best variant to use without a doubt would be nexus 7, or any Google Play edition phone. They all ship with unlocked bootloaders so flashing is just that much easier
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseline01:
Hi,

After rooting, TA backup and unlocking the bootloader, I'm unable to connect to my mobile operator.

No matter what CM based Rom I try, the end result is always the same.

Has anyone seen this before?

TIA
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegahanggara:
What's you firmware version before you upgrade to CM?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseline01:
Thanks for chiming in.

I followed the instructions posted by DooMLoRD to the letter.

I had to revert back to a generic firmware (Uk).

Restored my TA backup and flashed the latest generic. The radio layer is working as expected now.

Currently this is certainly a lot of hassle:

1- downgrading the fft just to root

2- backup TA

3-Unlock bootloader

4-etc etc...

One question though, if I want to repeat the process (try to install a custom ROM again). Do I need to do steps 1 to 2 again? Or is this TA backup valid for all occasions?

Thanks.
[LG G Flex] evohog:
Not bad at all, probably my favorate otterbox so far. Little steep at $60 bucks but worth it i guess.

FLEXXIN
[LG G Flex] evohog:
Sorry for the scrappy pics, borrowed the wife's lumia 5 something or whatever it is. Lol

FLEXXXIN
[LG G Flex] The_D_R_E:
Diggin it but how is it using the belt clip without the release switch the holsters usually have? Thinking of getting one before my flex comes later this week.
[LG G Flex] podagee:
just got my G Flex and got a free otterbox defender with signing up for isis. its a nice case but coming from an sg ballistic maxx with a holster trigger,something otterbox lacks. but its okay it was a free case. main thing is the protection of the phone
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] concep86:
Tuatara,

I am jones'in for an update... any idea when 1.5 or maybe 2.0 may be available...

I'm an upgrading junkie... what can i say.

Great work... currently running Tuma 1.4, love all the extras... am living with the bugs... and am using OZBt app for the bt turning off issue

Thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] notebook:
Tuatara,

All of us waiting for the 1.5 pleeeeease don't be late thank u
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Tuatara:
Working on it as we speak ... having a few problems with a few bugs. Hopefully I'll be able to send out an alpha soon ... hopefully.

Late? Didn't know I had a deadline. ;-)

Hindsight says that TuMa v1.4 was pretty solid for the OS portion, with only bugs in the 'addons'. I think that Logout's latest ROM (will be looking at it shortly) has addressed the remaining shortcomings of TuMa v1.4 - might be worth a look.

But for TuMa v1.5 I've been trying to get more AKU 1.1, 2.0 and 2.2 elements in, but they're not playing nicely ... yet. *sigh*
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Brazilian Joe:
I'd like to say to Tuatara:

Take your time. A buggy 1.5 is not an improvement... releasing for the sake of releasing is of no use. It's not as if you were being pressed by your company to 'release early, release often' and turn a profit, or risk losing your job...

And many, many thanks for your efforts. I have not even installed my first ROM, I went aboard when TuMA 1.4 was about to be released, but with all the problems I decided to wait until TuMA 1.5 is released to give it a shot. I have unlocked my blue angel though. :)

This little grasshopper is being patient and thankful... and I am on my tiptoes too!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] ralpheboyo:
take your time

I would also rather have a rom with no bugs than one which was done in a rush with a lot of outstanding issues. I must confess though I am using Ivan R 4.21. (hear you swearing already). Reason....as I am no expert in these matters (newbie) I find his rom clean, fast and stable. I simply prefer to install my own apps. However I look forward to trying your new rom!!!!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] sgrbhtngr:
OzBT app on Tuma1.4

Concep- I agree with you that we all are eagerly awaiting the arrival of TuMa 1.5. What a great day that will be!

I apprecaite Tuatara for all his efforts- which him earned him a celebrity-status for us PDA2K owners!

Concep, I noticed you are using OZBT app for the bluetooth issue. Whcih version is this? I am trrying OzBT on TuMa 1.4. The Bt turn-off issue is definitely solved but now I cannot ever turn off my BT and this causes a major battery-drain. Are you experiencing that too? What setting do you have on your OzBt?

Thanks for your help...

Sagar77
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] markitosgv:
I´m waiting for the 1.5 tooo. Thanks tuma for your job!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] milo75:
Bonjour a tous,

Tout d'abord un "big up" a tuatara pour ses releases et actuellement j'utilise la v1.4. Comme beaucoup, j'attends la version 1.5, mais je suis d'accord avec la prudence qui veut que l'on propose le meilleur...attendons.

Merci encore
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] notebook:
Tuatara,

Sorry our boss I didn't mean u have adeadline,I ment we are waiting for ur new room we trust in u
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Tuatara:
Thanks for the patience ... it will be released ... as soon as I have the time, and as soon as it is 'good enough' to test. (Yes, I can read french, german, and a few other languages, but I predominantly write only in English :-D)

Quite interesting to see a number of people using v1.4 ...

From what I've seen, and from Logout's ROMs, it is stable and robust as the OS - just the 'features' I had added are somewhat bug riddled due to incompatibilities and not enough testing.

So, I might actually 'cut some losses' (mostly time-wise) for the moment and make a v1.5 which is v1.4 with all of the bug fixes applied. And then continue working on a v2.0 which will have AKU 1.1, 2.0, and 2.2 elements in it as best I can manage.

Thoughts? I'll probably have some time to work on it tonight again.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Tuatara:
Re: take your time

Oh, and why would I 'curse' someone using Ivan R 4.21? This ROM is also a mamaich based ROM, with additional bugfixes and patches applied to make it more robust. The only downside of this ROM is that there isn't any support for Avrcp, A2DP, BT USB, or the other AKU 1.1, or AKU 2.x features. This ROM is (pretty much) exclusively AKU 0.0, and running on an older OS base.

The TuMa ROMs are just making use of the available 'spare' space in the ROM 32Mb. Leaving it empty (as in Ivan's) doesn't benefit the device. Installing your own applications eats up your storage space. Personally, I want as much storage space as possible, so I put as much into the ROM as possible.

But to serve everyone - TuMa v1.5 (as I've always said) will have the means to 'enable' features which are already in the ROM, instead of having them ON by default. So, without anything else - the ROM will be 'base only'. Then by running a single CAB file (or a few) ... it will turn all those features on, and won't eat any storage space doing so.

It needs a lot of testing to get this right though ... so yeah ... I've got to take my time.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] TheLastOne:
Damn it people. He's doing this for absolutely NO compensation, for the good of the community. If it takes him another few months to finish, you should still all be nothing but greatful.

Tuatara, take your time, get 1.5 the way you want it to be before releasing it. Don't compromise quality, and get all the features you want in and working. Making a bug fixed 1.4 would be a step backwards, and we can't have you wasting your time on that.

Guys, the more patient we are, the better the chance that 1.5 will come out a real winner.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Tuatara:
Heh, heh ... you should 'eat your words' though ... :-D

If you're using a Logout ROM (as your .sig says), you're using TuMa v1.4 as the Boot/XIP/OS Core of your ROM, with Logout's Application/Registry fixes applied to it!!! It's already a bug-fixed v1.4!!! :shock:

All I'm proposing now (for interim) is to take TuMa v1.4, merge it with v1.3 stability, and release that as v1.5 in the meantime. I should be able to do that in a few days, and it'll go a long way to validating a few other issues:

1). Enabling CABs (Core ROM is 'plain' - enable features)

2). IMGFS/FATFS file structure (I'm going back to TFAT spec, instead of FAT as in v1.4 - for greater filesystem safety)

3). Avrcp, A2DP, and other AKU 1.1/2.x features which can be integrated

4). Integrated Wireless Manager (as in TuMa v1.4)

5). Intellipad support for multi-languages (all languages incl. Russian!)

6). All those other TuMa v1.4 'features', like Folders, Games, BootLogo, etc.

7). Anything else I've forgotten to mention ... ;-)

I'm very keen on this idea, as it'll give me a good basis to work from for the future. I've already had one positive response for this in the other thread.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=296077#296077

Thoughts?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] _TB_TB_:
Will the MMS client be built-in into teh ROM?;)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] habibjamil:
Hi Tuatara,

I read your suggestions in the other thread; I am all for it; it is absolutely an excellent idea to release 1.5 in few days with all the fixes [do not forget the video in the camera]; this will give you ample time to work on the next major release.

I vote for 1.5!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] TheLastOne:
Tuatara:

I'm actually using Logout's rom because I don't really like having an overabundance of third party programs come with the rom. The new Logout Rom doesn't really do it for me, either. Right now, your 1.3 is probably my Rom of choice, but I like the the stripped down version because it's clean and bare (and faster, IMO).

Not to mention, your compression of the base ROM does worry me a little. I guess I'm just a follower of the "You can't make something smaller without stability/speed issues" mentality.

So yeah, I'm definately looking forward to your 1.5. While your cab idea to provide us with the ability to hide what you put extra on the rom is just surface, but it should serve well enough to comfort me ;).

Anyways, keep up the good work.

pelckyboy:

IMO, that kind of setup is FAR too dependant on the tastes of each individual user to include stuff like that. Not to mention, I definately think we should stick with Freeware apps. The beautiful battery meter at the top of 1.3 does a nice job for battery monitoring, and I know that in 1.4 he tried adding vBar (I think, can't remember), but I wasn't really all that big a fan of that, and that's nothing compared to what you're asking for ;).

But pretty much, we're at Tuatara's mercy as to what he decides to stuff into the 32 MBs of space.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] qing84:
Thanks Tuatara for your hard work on building the roms and sending me the icon file. :)

Take your time on the 1.5! I am sure it will be the best one when it comes. I just want to Curse MS on making the WM5 the way it is. I've switched out from the PPC fan to a regular Sony Ericsson phone guy because of the WM5.

There are no WM5 devices that packs everything i need and looks good as well. I've tried a couple and devices like O2 Atom are just CRAP.

Really miss how WM2003 performed where I had Tons of applications and so little bugs. Just that WM5 looks a bit better. I charge my device everyday anyway....

Anyway keep it up Tuatara!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] xplode:
IMHO Tuatara should make 2 versions of 1.5 rom, totally clean 1.5 and 1.5+ with all the extra progs in the rom. I am fan of a clean WM5 roms my latest choice is ivans rom (second is logout latest rom, which is based on TuMa 1.4) from which I made custom personal version with little changes.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Tuatara:
Understood ... TuMa v1.5 will be effectively the 'stripped down' version, with only the registry & shortcuts missing. This is EXACTLY the same as if it wasn't ever there in the ROM, since if it's not enabled, it's not active. It's only taking up the 'extra' ROM space, and none of the valuable Storage space. I may try to integrate as many 'default' core features into the ROM as I can, but keep it as clean as possible as well.

IMGFS is compressed by design, so this is how it works - but I used UPX to compress some applications. This is safe, as long as the applications are 'safe'. It does save a number of 'K ... but for v1.5 I'll probably NOT use any UPX'd applications.

What you call 'on the surface' is really 'disabled' ... and I'll ensure that this is truly the case.

BTW: For the MMS question, I believe I will integrate all MMS elements into the ROM, as this has become a standard feature now. Because of this space requirement, I'll necessarily remove other 'lesser' features, and make them CAB files.

Yep ... but it will be 'disabled' this time ... and the space I use up with apps you may or may not use, is not going to cost you a byte of storage.

You're very welcome ... v1.5 will have that same folder structure already set-up, so that everyone can just move the icons around as required. Keeps the device a bit cleaner. Progress is happening on v1.5. :-)

Like I said - the ROM will be 'base' and will be 'clean' as far as execution goes. The fact that there may be a few extra files around which you never use, will not affect you in the least. In fact, I could make a CAB which 'deleted' (it's only visibly deleted in the filesystem) those files from the ROM, if this is an important thing to have.

Still working on the v1.5 = (v1.4 + v1.3) version ...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] fraser:
Personally, I'd like to see all base features working out of the box. That's things like MMS, camera software, keyboards.

What I don't like to see are things that could later cause incompatibility issues. Things like battery meters on the task bar are very pretty, but they cause many problems and my experience with these phones is to generally avoid them. The only "hack" of this level that I run is vBar, everything else for me is just standard apps and today screens. Always-on-top applications cause slowdowns/lockups as well as flicker and other screen corruption. Although I like vBar, I would not like to see it in the ROM either. It should only have "standard" applications that are well known and tested, and already ship with the phone straight from the operator. Maybe make an exception for something like Total Commander.

In terms of the installer, why not ditch this EXT_ROM nonsense? It's just an app to read in a config file then install the cabs in a defined order. It has multiple bugs/failings IMHO. Someone could throw together an alternate program to do this...which could lead to customisation options. So you could have a little popup appear after the hard-reset asking whether you want fully featured or bare bones. Things like MMS could live in the ROM, while the battery meters etc that some people like could go here. Then one ROM can rule them all without having to maintain multiple ROM versions.

Tuatara, how much space are we talking about here? Is much of the 32MB ROM lying empty? I'd change my stance somewhat if there was a lot of space; I agree with you, having it lie empty seems like a waste and it offends the software engineer in me... :wink: