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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
Curious. That hasn't been my experience at all. My device is at the point where I have to uninstall something to make room if I'm trying to add a new addition, but I haven't seen any speed reduction as I added apps. (I installed Chrome, but removed it to save space. My usual browser is Firefox, and I'm running Firefox Nightly on the tablet. It can partially install to the internal card. Performance is fine, thanks.)

And like I mentioned. programs cannot be installed to an external card. It can only store data. The card is where I put eBooks, videos, music files, and images.

My primary use case is eBook viewer, using the open source FBReaderJ program that handles bo ePub and Mobi (Kindle) files. If that was all it did it would have been more than worth the money. I wouldn't pay full $80 retail for it. I might pay half that. But it's been a good way to learn about Android, and can do a number of neat things

It all depends on how much you need to type. I installed the open source Hacker's Keyboard in place of the Google keyboard it came with, which makes life a bit easier if I have to use the screen for input. But too much of what I do really needs a physical keyboard because it requires a lot of text entry. I have a decent free office package (Kingsoft WPS Office) installed, and there is no way I would try to write a document in the Writer component, or do any extensive spreadsheet work, using only the on screen keyboard. That would be actively painful.

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Dennis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlp:
Check it thoroughly at the store!

I don't mean to derail this rooting thread but I just got one of these tablets at the Brooklyn location and I wanted to remind people to turn it on and check it in the store before you leave!

When I got mine home I realized that the camera didn't work. Whenever I opened the camera app, it force-closed with the message "Unfortunately, UHD Player has stopped." I did a soft reset, factory reset, checked for updates using the built-in updater, cleared caches, etc. but nothing fixed it.

Today I exchanged it without hassle and checked the replacement thoroughly in the store. So far so good. Some other details about this machine to add to what others have said:

Developer options are turned on by default! (on both of the units I got)

The screen's aspect ratio is wrong, so everything is slightly stretched in the long direction. I find that very annoying.

Comes with a basic screen-protector installed

Microcenter sells a $15 folding case ("Inland" brand) to go with it. It looks pretty practical but I didn't want to spend the extra coin for a case!

Don't disable / freeze / delete "UHD Player" because it seems to be required for the camera to work?

Overall I'm satisfied for $20 (...and it worked as a loss-leader sales tactic. I bought other stuff while I was there!)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Thanks for the Tips about the installed screen protector and the "UHD player".

I got from Amazon on of the vegan leather cases for $10 after shipping. It works great.

Next I will get a Micro SD to expand memroy so I can move apps to it and install more.

anone know what is the maximum size it takes?

I will also install a anti glare screen too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
This is very helpful! thanks you so much!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
You're welcome.

I'm still experimenting. One thing I've been doing is reversing what I had originally done. Before I got the external card partitioned to be able to do this, I had moved every app to the internal card that *could* be moved. (As mentioned, not all can be. They have to be programmed to permit it.)

I've been going back and moving them to the tablet, then linking them with Link2SD. Apps on the internal card aren't *entirely* on the card. They will consist of the actual executable program, the data segment used by the program, and libraries the program might use. Move things to the internal card and the actual program will still mostly be in internal storage, even if the rest is on the card. And the internal card is finite, with 1GB total space. I was starting to worry about free space on the card. Moving things from the card back to internal storage and then linking them gets them out of internal storage *and* off the internal card.

One of the things I had enough space to install after going through the exercise with Link2SD was AndOpen Office, a beta port of Open Office to Android. It's huge. The download is 90MB. It takes over 200MB once installed. The installation places it on the internal card. I tried moving it to internal storage so I could link it to the card, and it failed because there wasn't enough internal storage. But I *could* use Link2SD to link the app's *data* to the external card. My internal storage space jumped by nearly 80MB when I did.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecensor:
Thanks you so much...

My tablet is rooted so I managed to move many apps to the internal SD card with "Titanium Backup Pro".

I guess when I get an external SD card I would need to use your method to move apps there.

Here are some other apps that might help:

DS Super App2SD Lite

this one can move more apps with root access and can be set to install downloaded apps directly to SD card!

Convert External SD to Internal SD Android (Specially For Low Budget Devices)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2263436

How to REALLY put apps on external sd card android

http://youtu.be/p8PyqCOpERA

DirectoryBind - move data to external_sd http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlp:
Antutu scores

In case anybody is wondering about the overall performance of the A727 tablet, my stock (non-rooted) A727 is getting Antutu scores in the range of 10500 to 12100.

According to these specs the performance seems comparable to the Samsung Galaxy S2 phone or Galaxy Tab 3 tablet. (putting aside the obvious shortcomings of the Azpen like lack of Bluetooth and ugly screen...)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goanna:
So I have an A727 and I rooted it right away. I moved as many apps as I coudl to the SD card and got rid of a lot of the stock apps that I didn't need. Everything was going great until I decided to download setcpu.

I opened the app and didn't realize that sliding the slider made changes instantly, I thought you'd have to click apply or something. The tablet froze, so I held the power button down 10 seconds to shut off. Turned it back on and it gets to the Azpen screen and just stays there.

I can get into the stock recovery system but the "factory reset" option doesnt work. When you go to it, it has "No" listed 3 times, no "Yes" command to actually reset the device.

Should I try and put CWM on it and then maybe load an alternate rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobkfloyd@roadrunner.com:
bobk

I got an Azpen A728 that tells me that latest version is 4.2.2. I see no rooot methods for this online. My question, is it safe to use the root method for the A727 on the A728. It would me nice to put my rooted apps on the tab for my daughter. I thought it would be cool to find a 4.4 rom or somthing.

Any input would be much appreciated!

BTW got it for under $10 after rebate with mccaffee bundle, but bundles require that user sign up for auto renew for 10 months. I have seen it bundled with other tabs on tigerdirect.com if anyone is interested.

---------- Post added at 10:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ----------

Wow, that was simple, kingo recognized, and rooted it with a couple clicks, Thanks a lot! Now to find an upgraded ROM, anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedDragonDude:
Did you ever get this to work? I can't get adb to recognize my tablet either.

cliff
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotroot801:
Sadly, no. Although frankly I haven't done much with the tablet since the summer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Organic Marble:
I could never get the USB installer driver to work on Windows (USB storage worked fine) so the solution posted earlier in this thread didn't work for me. I was finally able to root the A727 from a Linux box using the instructions at this link: (I had to take the https out because I'm a new user, but you can figure it out)

aich tee tee pee ess colon slash slash annoyingtechnicaldetails.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/rooting-a-20-tablet-azpen-a727/

To get the Linux box to recognize it, you have to follow the instructions at aich tee tee pee colon slash slash developer.android.com/tools/device.html under Setting up a Device for Development. The idVendor for Azpen was 1f3a
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] welash:
Dennis,

I recently re-partitioned my SD card as you explained, and Link2SD works great, but the Fat32 partition gets mounted to /extsd/179_1 instead of the /extsd which breaks some things like the NOOK app which creates its directoru in /extsd which is not writable. The tablet also says that the external SD card has 0 free space. Did you have to modify any config files on the A727 to get things to work correctly?

The 179_1 seems to be the major and minor device number of the fat32 partition. I've seen one other person complain about this on a different device, but I saw no answers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrFootcey:
I could never get that to work out right. I only managed to get the idVendor for the recovery (18d1) and would have to access the device via adblinux that way, but I run into a wall when running commands like "adb mount" (mount failed: success!) and "adb shell" (command not found).

I'm feeling like I have a bummed device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] welash:
Following up to my own post in case someone else finds it. I fixed this issue by editing the /system/etc/vold.fstab file and changing the line:

dev_mount extsd /mnt/extsd auto /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.1/mmc_host /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.0/mmc_host

to (in my case where the first partition was the large vfat filesystem I wanted to use for storage)

dev_mount extsd /mnt/extsd 1 /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.1/mmc_host /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.0/mmc_host

I did this by doing a

adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab vold.fstab

editing the file as above, then doing a

adb push vold.fstab /system/etc/vold.fstab

And then rebooting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrFootcey:
Do I have to download Google's 500mb Android SDK beforehand? Currently connecting via USB only gives up a vendor ID and device ID, but no name. It gets recognized if it connects as a USB device, but still with no name according to "lsusb".

Ditto with my ASUS TF700, but that I can at least push/pull from (no USB mode for file traansferring via thunarr).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluechip64:
App Memory gained by rooting?

Needed more memory for apps so I rooted Azpen A727 with "Kingo Android ROOT". Was very easy.

Before rooting I had disabled: Bio eBooks, Games, Lookout Security, OfficeSuite

After rooting I deleted the disabled apps with "System App Safe Remover".

Problem: Available Memory before rooting was 102MB. After rooting 103MB. Negligible increase!

I thought App Memory would increase a lot after the pre-installed apps were removed.

Is there a trick to increase Available Memory, without editing Android files or running additional system apps?

Thanks for any advice/tips.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yankeefan1188:
Reflash?

I'm having a similar problem as the last poster, i have the A727 rooted, and it's decent enough for me to use as an eReader, but the 'Internal' storage is just about full, and while there's 640+ mb available in the secondary internal storage, it's still telling me it's almost full. I've put a 32gb microSD in, but it doesn't seem to be able to use it for apps. It appears to me that the on-board storage been partitioned by the manufacturer, anyone know of a thread that explains how i can wipe and reinstall Android on the storage and just have one storage space, like it is on my phone? perhaps a newer version?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMcCunney:
Using an external card for app storage

If you have the A727 rooted, you can use the external card for app storage.

The first step is to repartition the card. SD cards come formatted as Fat32, but while you can store data on them Android apps can read and write, you can't store apps. That needs to be on an Android filesystem that supports the needed metadata. I popped the card out on mine, stuck it into an adapter, and repartitioned the card from my Windows desktop, using Mini-Tool Partition Manager Free Edition:

http://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/partition-wizard-home.html

Using Mini-Tool, I resized the existing FAT32 partition to carve out a 2GB free space, then formatted that as Linux ext4 (which is what Android on my tablet uses.) Note you must set this partition as Primary, not Logical. I put the card back in the tablet, powered off, and rebooted. Android looked at the card, saw the ext4 partition, and mounted it.

The next step was a freeware app called Link2SD: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en

Link2SD lets you move installed apps to the Linux filesystem on the external card, and place a symlink in the root filesystem pointing to the new location. Android follows the link and loads and runs the app. It neither knows nor cares that the app is actually on the external card. Placing the symlink in th3e root file system is what requires a rooted device. You can't modify the root file system as a normal user.

With an ext4 file system on the card and Link2SD, I was able to move almost everything to the card, and install enormous apps like AndrOpen Office, an Android port of Open Office that requires at least 300MB of free storage to install.

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Dennis
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegrapher:
HI, I love learning about my phone and wanted to gain root access and have clearly made a HUGE meal of it. I desperately would love some one to explain if I can save be beloved Nexus 5.

When turned on it loads to the 4 colours and just wont go past that stage. I can access recovery mode but it wont mount on my Mac so i can access the SD card.

I'd just be happy to reset my phone now to factory can someone please help me do that!!!!

Thank you VERY much to anyone that could explain to me how....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Recovery doesn't mount storage. Google "adb on mac" then learn to configure adb.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justmpm:
It is hard to know the best way to fix your issue, because it isn't really clear what you have done and when the boot looping started. I think that what you need to do is to reflash the factory firmware and that will require you to set up adb and fastboot correctly (as mentioned in the post above). This tutorial and this begginner's guide are probably a good places to start. If you don't understand something, search that thread and look in the "stickies" in Nexus 5 General...if you are still confused go a head and ask in the most appropriate guide thread or in the Nexus 5 Q&A thread.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradputt:
i highly recommend WUG's nexus root toolkit.

this have saved my ass many times.

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-0-t2517778

but you must sort out your ADB problems first.

many ppl have run this on Parallels or WINE, or borrow a PC from somewhere to restore to stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vin4yak:
Never use toolkits! They tend to do more damage than good.

[MENTION=5839818]thegrapher[/MENTION] : Go to stock recovery and do a factory reset and see whether the phone boots or not.. If it doesn't, do what rootSU suggested and setup adb/fastboot on mac and flash the stock factory images! :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegrapher:
Thanks heaps guys....really appreciated all the replies. .

Firstly, thanks for the advice i will avoid toolkits in the future.

However...i did manage to sort it out i think. All seems ok so i hope so. Yeah it was loading the google screen showing the padlock on the bottom but the four colours just bounced on and on and nothing... so i couldnt mount it. I could go to recovery (a teamwin logo appeared so i guess that was installed). but in all the options it had nothing on the sd card or didnt appear to after going into every option and clicking mount or sideload. tried to reset it and finally i formatted decrypted data under that option and boom all good. even got it unlocked and working so i guess i found my way eventually. :)

Would like to know what i did so i can learn but i feel i went about it in such a way i didnt really learn anything. just happy its sorted i guess. and sort proud it is unlocked now i can move that annoying volume bar to the top where it should be!!! lol

hope some of that made sense or can explain what i did. :) cheers
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joannn:
Cheers mate!! enjoy N5. boot it manually if required only
[Samsung Gear 2] double07:
I primary use Google email app for email client on my smartphone and didn't bother with Samsung email app. Gear 2 can't really get detail email when uses Google email app where I can get the actual email (text only) with Samsung email app. Does anyone know? If it can be configured with Google email app. Thanks.
[Samsung Gear 2] Compusmurf:
Reqall app will work with gmail. Not free, but not expensive. Only option right now. Give it some time and you might have more options later
[Samsung Gear 2] klinsukont:
Yes it absolutely can, and its ultra easy, just set up a new account and use your credentials. When using the samsung app you can read the full email on the watch.
[Samsung Gear 2] double07:
I think that was what I said and did. My question is I want to use Google mail app , not samsung app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tredonkulous:
I want to edit one of my apks (specifically Clash of Clans) and I can't find it's location on my phone. I have ES File Explorer and I have still have trouble locating it. My phone is the Galaxy S4 and there is no data/app folder or system/app folder so I have no clue where it is. If anyone could help me that would be great, thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Applications that don't come bundled with the ROM are installed in /data/app (not data/app - even though your file explorer may hide the leading slash).

You can't read /data/app without root permissions. That's probably your problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tredonkulous:
Eh, my device is rooted and I still couldn't find /data/app even with root permissions enabled. All I did instead was send a copy app and that seemed to work (ES File Explorer to Dropbox). Thank you though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Stickman103:
How do I change the root permissions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] pcidiot:
Well today by accident my phone got ran over. I had taken it out of pocket because really its to big to keep in pocket an crouch all the way down to work on a car. Its okay its just the repeated up and down with the shifting in pocket puts it in some tight situations that could cause the screen to snap. Well I set it on the hood of the car, fixed what needed to be fixed with the car. I then test drove it forgetting I had left the phone on the hood of car. I remembered when I seen it fly off. I went back to get it. Parked put my flashers on. I could see my phone it was fine as it had a case on it. It was 10ft from me. Some **** head didn't even slow down I tried to stop him, but yeah not jumping in front of a car going 55mph or so. Ran over it front and back tires. Well phone works had someone call me. But the screen is shattered and digitizer is destroyed can't see anything on screen to answer phone or use it. So what do you think its worth? Back of it is still mint, camera lens and all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LeKtRiCzzz:
Nothing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] brivette007:
Wow that really sucks. I agree it's really not worth anything - you can probably sell the back cover, battery, and the case -- if they're in good shape.

But you should see if you can get a replacement -- warranty almost never covers damage like this, but you never know...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] yoonus:
Did you buy with credit card? Some CC provide damage coverage for 90 days.

See http://www.mastercard.us/card-benefits/

Purchase Assurance

Provides coverage for most items you purchase with your eligible MasterCard card if the item is damaged or stolen within 90 days of the date of purchase.

http://usa.visa.com/signature/bac/benefits/purchase-security.jsp

Purchase Security

Shop with confidence. Many Visa Signature card purchases are protected against theft or damage for the first 90 days from the date of purchase.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] pcidiot:
Nope, I used a Visa based debit card. I kinda figured it would be worth around $200 still as it just needs a digitizer and LCD. It still works other wise receiving calls buttons light up, and it vibrates still. I will have to see if At&t can do anything for me but I doubt it.

Update: It will cost me $232.00 to have Samsung fix the phone. Doing some math, the phone must be worth closer to $400 still.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Opie Knievel:
Do you not have mobile insurance?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dorfd1:
I just got a galaxy tab 2 7.0 running latest stock rom and would like to install cm11. My device is the p3113 wifi+ir.

edit:

I figured it out. Thread can be removed.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] decepticon:
I used the program posted in another thread to show the EXT_ROM but is there a way to lock it back now?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Krinkiespijer:
Stick to the thread where you got your unlocker. How should we help you if we don't know what you're using?

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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pof:
The original post where the Hermes Extended Rom unlocker and unhider was posted is this one:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=57956
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pof:
Try this registry hack to hide the Extended ROM again, haven't tried it, but just messed around with the cab a little bit and found this:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Drivers\MSYSEXT
"Background"=0x0 (0)
"Foreground"=0x0 (0)

HKLM\System\StorageManager\Profiles\EXT_FLASHDRV
"MountHidden"=0x1 (1)

Let me know if it works :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] decepticon:
The original thread was in the General forum, I made the concious decision to post the question in the proper forum rather than keep content specific questions from overrunning the boards any longer.

So sorry if you were hurt by that, Jesus still loves you.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pof:
Solution is on the wiki now:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unhide_Extrom

Taken from this thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nodyarg:
I have an i747m with a 4.3 bootloader. I rooted and installed custom recovery, and a 4.1.1 rom. But whenever I try to install a modem version lower than 4.3 i get a "no network" symbol. I have even tried wiping everything and using stock 4.1.1 odin images for the i747m but no luck. So far i have tried the following CWM flashable modems from this thread:

[MODEM] Complete Modem List for both I747U & I747M

I747MVLLE8: modem_CWM_I747MVLLE8.zip - 19.42 MB - May 8th, 2012 (original shipped)

I747MLALH1: modem_CWM_I747MLALH1.zip - 19.62 MB - August 1st, 2012

I747MVLLH1: modem_CWM_I747MVLLH1.zip - 19.46 MB - August 1st, 2012

I747MUMALJ1: modem_CWM_I747MUMALJ1.zip - 19.48 MB - October 1st, 2012

I747MUMBLK3: modem_CWM_I747MUMBLK3.zip - 18.97 MB - November 3rd, 2012

I747MVLDLK4: modem_CWM_I747MVLDLK4.zip - 18.92 MB - November 4th, 2012

I747MUMBLL1: modem_CWM_I747MUMBLL1.zip - 18.97 MB - December 1st, 2012

I747MVLDMF1: modem_CWM_I747MVLDMF1.zip - 18.99 MB - June 1st, 2013

I747MVLUEMK5: modem_CWM_I747MVLUEMK5.zip - 19.17 MB - November 5th, 2013

The only one that works is the last one. It's 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The 4.3 bootloader requires the latest modern. There is no way to use an older modem. This applies to the i747 too.