yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV General] killerz298:
There was no cancel so I just said screw it and hit install. When I did that it threw an error and it is no longer prompting me to update. Awesome!

I really don't know. I read that preventing the updates allows greater opportunity to root if an exploit is eventually developed for an early version. Who knows what is in the works and what might not be possible with the later updates.
[Fire TV General] tekweezle:
I bought a AFS when they were at the presale price of 19.99. So far, not bad for an Android stick computer. Seems reasonably adequate in terms of performance. About the only drawbacks is that it's not rootable yet as far as I know and lacks external SD card memory and USB port. On the plus side, it has a built-in bluetooth controller and a decent wifi controller. Testing continues...
[Fire TV General] tekweezle:
I side loaded it successfully and it runs. Haven't viewed any content yet as I am not a subscriber yet.

Sent from a Freedompop HTC Evo 4G
[Fire TV General] Jacksmyname:
I grabbed one at Best Buy the day before Thanksgiving for $24.99. I bought it primarily for Amazon Prime.

So far, I have Prime Movies, Prime Music, Netflix for 30 day trial, Crackle and a few others running. All are working fine except for Netflix. With Netflix, the video freezes about 10-15 minutes before the end of the movie; audio continues. I have to back out and restart to finish. Only takes a few seconds but annoying to say the least. It's the only app that has this issue.

But I'm very pleased with the stick. I have it connected to my receiver (Yamaha). Picture and audio are both terrific.

Going to buy another one for a second tv.
[General Topics] lewcamino:
I know this is comparing apples to oranges as far as operating systems is concerned.

It is for my girl friend and I really can’t choose.

She NEEDS to be able to use it as a modem, and will e-mail/text from it, and did I mention maybe make a phone call or two? =)

So what do you guys think?

Later, Lew

P.S. I would have put this in the 750v section but I thought they might be a bit biased :)
[General Topics] lewcamino:
I don't mean to be a bother but could someone please take 10 seconds and post their opinion...

Later, Lew
[General Topics] lewcamino:
Bump......
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Sicron:
As many other of you, I have had problems with my battery charging properly. Often it would only charge up to 40-60%. Usually, I could fix this problem by running my battery down to 2%, then turning it off and plugging in the charger. Most of the time it would charge up to 100% then, save for a few times it didn't.

Still, I was getting annoyed by this, so I figured I might as well try pulling the battery out and plugging it back in. And, wow, did it fix some issues for me. So far, my battery is charging itself back to 100% without having the pull the plug multiple times. But maybe even better, it gave me a completely renewed battery life.

Before reseating the battery, I was getting about 5-7.5 hours battery life depending on what I was doing. After reseating, I now have about 10.5 hours of battery life. That's a HUGE difference. The attached images below show my latest 10.5 hour battery life with about 9% left, which should give me another 45 minutes to an hour if I needed it. Power saving was on during the entire time, screen brightness varied between 10-25%. Mostly I internetted, reddited, used Feedly, 1.5 hour of youtube viewing. I put the tablet in airplane mode for one night to see if it gave any significant battery life, but it only took about 1% during the night it wasn't in airplane mode. Sync with all my accounts was also on the entire time. Android version is stock, rooted, though I only use Xposed and Greenify.

If it stays like this, this will be the first time I am truely happy with my battery life.

To reseat the battery, I used this Youtube video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEVFYQksmxM

If you want to try it, which I certainly recommend, you can try pulling out only the battery cable. I wasn't able to, I didn't want to put too much stress on the cabling, so I unscrewed the entire battery. It's not stuck with adhesive anyway. I do however recommend strongly that you use this guide to pull of the back cover, instead of opening at the screen:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vTAeWyq7I

Can't link to the video's themselves, I am not allowed to do that yet. I believe this video was made by someone on XDA? Please give a shout out, so I can give you proper credits for it. Becareful when opening the device when near the USB port and the audio jack. The plastic connecting to the tablet itself seems very fragile in those places.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] thdervenis:
Thanks for sharing.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] DekkerP6:
Same experience, I did it two days ago after noticing that it stopped charging at 96%. With the same usage I should have needed to recharge it by now but I still have 52% battery left with my usual 3 hours of screen on over 48 hours. So it doubled the battery life :D.

I did remove only the connector, I used a plastic coated paper clip that I passed under the cables to pop it off. The cables are strongly attached enough to remove the connector without any issue.

I think I'll keep this tablet longer than I thought, the processor and screen being future-proof.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] favero_:
I'll try it and post my results...

Anybody else tried that or has a clue why that happened?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paulcc:
reseating battery helped, now won't charge from USB

I too have been frustrated with charging and battery issues on my Tab Pro 8.4. So I tried the battery reseating trick.

I can now report, that it has helped with battery life. But a new issue came up.

Previously, I could not reliable charge the tablet on AC power ( USB cable connected to the AC charger ). It would not charge to 100%. The solution was to charge from an USB port on my Mac. This would charge to 100%.

After the battery reseat trick, the tablet does not charge over USB, but charges nicely to 100% on AC. And the battery life is much better.

Right now, I am trying if the battery is even charging over USB while off. The little dots are scrolling on the screen, seems something thinks the charging is ongoing, but I need more time to see if the charge level has moved up.

Any ideas ? Thanks, Paul.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paokaras45:
I had also proceed to that "surgery". Battery life seems better but it could be placebo. Im not sure.

But 3 times in a row charging went from 15, 20, 35 % straight to 100.

To the usb charging issue mentioned, due to the bad contactivity of the battery cable before tha fix, it may displayed false reading of charging level. The normal changing time from a standard usb port is at least 4 to 5 times longer than the original charger (2000mA vs 500mA max). So you have to wait longer for a usb charging level change.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paulcc:
About the USB charging issue - the device does charge when off, while plugged into an USB port on a Mac. When the device is ON, the battery icon shows a red cross, and the info in the Battery windows of settings is showing Not Charging. My guess is that this is some restriction on the firmware, that does not attempt to charge the device while having a data link on the USB. I will try to obtain a charging-only cable, to see if that fixes the issue.

Paul.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Sicron:
Just checked for myself, but my cable that came with the tablet doesn't work either. Tried it with different cables too and the same red icon pops up in the battery. I honestly never tried charging it myself via my PC before I reseated the battery. Maybe it has something to do with the fact a PC USB 2.0 port can only supply 500mAh, which isn't enough for the tablet (while it is turned on)?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] kensheen:
I m also suffering from this charging problem...i wish to reseat bt i have a question...after opening the back cover does it reinsert normally or i need glue..?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paokaras45:
I tried first to remove the back cover. Some of the clips chipped off. So I removed the screen. No damage removing the screen. Just be patient to unclip all spots all around the screen
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Sicron:
There is some adhesive between the cover and the tablet itself, but mostly there are a lot of small plastic pins that lock in place. I did not add any new adhesive, and I honestly can't tell the difference.

Oh that doesn't sound good. Is the back cover still fine now with the chipped pins? I personally didn't try via the screen since I saw an image in a different thread of someone getting bubbles of some kind in one of his screen corners.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paokaras45:
The fit close to the ir port is not as tight as before. I don't mind because i use a case. The screen came off without any issues.

PS: after power on the tablet for the first time, i forgot to set time and date. It didnt connect to any secure site or servive (play store, youtube, facebook). So keep in mind to set them correctly
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] favero_:
So, after some days, how do you note the battery? Improved indeed?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paokaras45:
I think yes. I now get full charge every time (5 times from various percentages) and screen on time increased by an hour approximately. Maybe its from the better changing cycles.

With medium usage (tapatalk 20%, greader 30%, facebook 20%, youtube 30%) no gaming at all i get about 6 or more s.o.t. at 20% brightness most of the time.

Right now i am at 30% left with 5 hours sot, unpluged 13 hours ago.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] kensheen:
I reseated my battery..now my tab pro showed it is full charged after long time. Previously it didnt cross 29% even i charge it for whole day..battery is better now. I opened the back cover by ruler and reseated only the battery connection as shown by video...

thankx sicron.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] otyg:
are you guys sure there is nothing wrong with your charger, you should get a usb amp reader (like $5 on ebay) and make sure the tablet is pulling 1800~ mA when it charges from 50% or less (rate will drop when it gets close to full)

Also always use the Samsung cable that came with the tablet since it has high quality Copper wires that can carry the correct 2A current , if you use another cable it is most-likely only rated for 500 mA (Computer USB current) and will either

1. Not carry enough current to properly charge the tablet.

2. start charging ok but as the cable heats up (or contact pins on the usb parts) it will start to degrade

I suggest only using the Samsung wall charger, and never Ipad , iphone, computer or other brand chargers to charge it.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Sicron:
It is definitely not the charger, otherwise the problem wouldn't be fixed by reseating the battery. Which happens to work for a lot of people. I personally tried a Nexus 7 2012 2A charger both with the original cable and with my Samsung cable. I also tried the OnePlus One charger (2A or 2.1A, not sure) with both cables and it didn't charge. It seems to me it is some kind of calibration issue, that somehow gets fixed by unplugging the battery and plugging it in again.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] otyg:
Yeah strange, maybe some-kind of a bad connection on the battery clip where on the assembly line it didn't get fully pressed down or just comes loose overtime, and maybe the battery wasn't reporting back stats correctly (if you look in logcat you can see it constantly is getting updates from the battery circuitry)

would be interesting to see what logcat reports on a device with this problem (might need root logcat)

IE mine shows this.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] sickaf_a:
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[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] sunluck8:
I completed the battery reseating and can say it definitely has improved the battery charging and performance. Prior to I was having the charging stopping issue at various percentages. Since the reseating it now charges 100% and the battery performance has definitely increased by at least 20%. Would recommend to do this if your having battery issues. Take off the back cover as it is very easy. Just need to go slow around the perimeter. It is help on by small clips and glue. Use a slow and forceful prying with a credit card and the back cover will slowly become undone. Area around the charging port has a little extra glue so may take a little more force.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paokaras45:
A classic opening tool, my nail, a credit card and some patience.

I followed the video in 1st post
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] paokaras45:
My first attempt was to remove the back cover.

I started from usb port and by the time i was at the power button i realized that some clips were broken. So i closed it back but near the ir blaster the fit is no more perfect. There is a small gap. A tiny one. But i use a case so i dont mind.

Then i tried to remove the screen with no casualties.

After a month from the operation, the battery paid off all the trouble and "damage".

EVERY TIME 100% charge with ANY charger i tried ( 1,8 mA, 1,5 1,2 even with a 0,75).

And battery life is ok now. ( 2days standby with 4 hours sot, or near 7 hours sot continius usage)
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] bacmenfull:
After a day well, again go wrong :rolleyes: . I have left, replace the battery?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] ayenzel:
Do I need to dissconnect and connect the battery connrctor or have to open the battery too then put it back?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] geomos:
Just disconnect the battery connector,nothing else.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] 2leaponover1:
Just tried this and completely broke my screen. I don't recommend it without the right tools. Cracked right where I was removing pins and then spider webbed all the way out. So annoyed right now :crying:

It was a beautiful tablet....
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] CalvinH:
Sorry to read that :(
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] 2leaponover1:
Thanks. Was a $150 mistake unfortunately, but when the tech changed the screen they actually take out all the components and the battery and just reseat them in a new screen so he had to take out the battery and put it back in. Seems my charging issues have been rectified at least...but yeah was an expensive error.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] CalvinH:
Well, at least you got it solved. Kind of remind me what I did with my S4 :silly:

I am getting about 5 h of battery life on the tab (same as on my old TF101). Maybe reseating the battery would solve it, but with a week old tab I still don't dare.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] bigmike35:
COC is a battery hog for sure, but with that said, with no COC I get tremendous battery life 7+ hours of OST, with playing COC, depending how long you leave it running for or playing my screen time drops anywhere from 4.5-6.5 hours. COC really puts a dent into the battery. Thats even with a custom rom, with lower voltages and clock speeds.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] M4r10 22:
Tks for sharing...

I'm talking in a continuous playing clash of clans...i heard something about 2/3h like this..I will be happy if I can get 4h in a continuous playing...
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] bigmike35:
Continuous I get about ~3.5-4hrs
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] M4r10 22:
Ok, not bad, thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] bigmike35:
But it depends on wifi strength, and colors/brightness of the screen that can make a difference. But also as I stated, I am rooted with a custom rom/kernel so stock settings may vary
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] M4r10 22:
oh! :( i wish to know about stock rom/kernel....

I have a LG G PAD 8.3 stock (for 1 year and 2 month) and i'm thinking to sell my G PAD for a good money (200€, i have an offer) and with more 42 euro I can get Tab Pro 8.4 (242€ - new).

So I want to compare battery stock stats of both... In general i know that Tab Pro will be better than G PAD (+processor, screen, cameras) (= RAM, battery for what i see) (-touchwiz/magazine, physical buttons, speakers position).

I can get 7h of SOT with +/-30% of brightness in a mix use (gaming, browsing, tapatalk, youtube, music, etc)... and i can get 3h30/4h of sot on a continuous playing in clash of clans....
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] ythefly:
I got 7 hours of screen time watching Internet TV after re seating the battery. It's now working fine. This pad doesn't quite have a very long battery life compare to iPad. But I like Android and the TW interface.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] M4r10 22:
I don't have IPAD, i have LG G PAD 8.3". It's android device too, i can overcome TW/Magazine homescreens with Nova or Apex launcher....

And i wish to know about continuous playing, i know that it's normal to get 7h of sot in a normal use (mix). (All stock)
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] nsx2brz:
My Tab Pro 8.4 purchased from Best Buy on Black Friday started acting up last week. It would drop the battery to zero and shut off in anwhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes of use.

I carefully watched the video on removing the back and reseated the battery connector. It has been a week since I did it and it seems to have fixed my problem also. I am back up to 8 hours of SoT (CM11).

Thank you all for this thread!
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] smknutson:
I too have a Black Friday tab. After having slow charging, charging halting around 55-75%, and finally having the tab drop from 30% immediately to the 15% warning, then shut off around 5-10% all in like three minutes, I removed the rear cover and reseated. I'm going to update once I drain the battery, but it is charging fast and going beyond the 76% it stopped at. Looks promising.

Edit: the drop from 30% was resolved, as well as not fully charging. Dropped it down to 2% with no dropoffs, and charged it powered off to a full 100%, when normally it would halt around 76/78%. Well worth the risk. Thanks for this thread!
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] lefteriss:
My tablet Pro 8.4 couldn't charge over ~85% .

Did the reset battery thing and now its working excellent. and the battery improved.

now i have 2 days standby with 2 hours on-screen, and still 70% percent
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Oldtimeradioguy:
Void warranty ?

Isn't this a good way to void the warranty ? I'm having same issue's with my less then 2 week old Galaxy Pro 10.1

J10.1Jimbo

TE=Sicron;56847481]As many other of you, I have had problems with my battery charging properly. Often it would only charge up to 40-60%. Usually, I could fix this problem by running my battery down to 2%, then turning it off and plugging in the charger. Most of the time it would charge up to 100% then, save for a few times it didn't.

Still, I was getting annoyed by this, so I figured I might as well try pulling the battery out and plugging it back in. And, wow, did it fix some issues for me. So far, my battery is charging itself back to 100% without having the pull the plug multiple times. But maybe even better, it gave me a completely renewed battery life.

Before reseating the battery, I was getting about 5-7.5 hours battery life depending on what I was doing. After reseating, I now have about 10.5 hours of battery life. That's a HUGE difference. The attached images below show my latest 10.5 hour battery life with about 9% left, which should give me another 45 minutes to an hour if I needed it. Power saving was on during the entire time, screen brightness varied between 10-25%. Mostly I internetted, reddited, used Feedly, 1.5 hour of youtube viewing. I put the tablet in airplane mode for one night to see if it gave any significant battery life, but it only took about 1% during the night it wasn't in airplane mode. Sync with all my accounts was also on the entire time. Android version is stock, rooted, though I only use Xposed and Greenify.

If it stays like this, this will be the first time I am truely happy with my battery life.

To reseat the battery, I used this Youtube video:

youtube.com/watch?v=lEVFYQksmxM

If you want to try it, which I certainly recommend, you can try pulling out only the battery cable. I wasn't able to, I didn't want to put too much stress on the cabling, so I unscrewed the entire battery. It's not stuck with adhesive anyway. I do however recommend strongly that you use this guide to pull of the back cover, instead of opening at the screen:

youtube.com/watch?v=f5vTAeWyq7I

Can't link to the video's themselves, I am not allowed to do that yet. I believe this video was made by someone on XDA? Please give a shout out, so I can give you proper credits for it. Becareful when opening the device when near the USB port and the audio jack. The plastic connecting to the tablet itself seems very fragile in those places.[/QUOTE]
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] HKSpeed:
Reseated my battery today by taking the back cover off, as shown in the video below (from original post). Anyone break as many tabs as I did? I used a cell phone repair kit to open the tablet, and I have experience taking a part cell phones and tablets. Luckily the back cover went back on perfectly and the tablet works fine.

[YOUTUBE]f5vTAeWyq7I[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] IsTI37:
The T320 is not supposed to be opened like that...

watch?v=lEVFYQksmxM
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] kmare:
Reseated after getting random reboots under CPU load, screen flickering, and battery % drops. All is normal now

I did open via front cover/midplane. I think this is easier than opening the back. no tabs broke.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] stuartdn:
I just wanted to say thanks for the thread. This saved my device from the scrap heap, it was only charging to 17% but after doing this on Friday I am posting from it with 52% still remaining.

A word of warning for others though, those screws are tiny! My feeble eyes and Christmas cracker screwdriver set made the process a nightmare haha! Thanks to the above I also used an old credit card to open it.

Happy with my tablet again though. Thanks again!
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] drummper:
works

My tablet was reseting and it indicates false values on battery %. With this solution the problem was solved.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Andyn:
+1 on this find. This method solved my problems. Had occasional random reboots. Very short battery life, less than 4hrs. Charging issues, plugged in overnight and only charged 60-80%. Auto brightness would flicker sporadically in the sunlight. Back of tablet would get really warm. After re-seating battery 2weeks ago, it works like it's supposed to and all of those symptoms vanished. Brilliant find!
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] CalvinH:
I finally did it.

I opened my Tab Pro from the front, unplugged and plugged the battery. The difference ij battery life is noticeable, and my tablet at last charges to 100% without having to disconnect - connect the charger, having to reboot the tablet, or...

I was afraid of doing it. Now I regret I haven't done it before.

Thanks for the thread.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] SoberDogs:
Did anybody get issues months after they'd purchased the device? The 8.4 Pro worked perfectly (6-8h SoT, 100% charge everytime) for about 2 months, but hasn't been charging properly since yesterday. I tried all my charger/cable combos - they are all giving 1A+ rate on my other devices, but not even being measured on the tab (vis Ampere). Battery has been stuck around 50% for ages. Torn between trying this method out and sending the tab back to the US for warranty repairs.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] Sicron:
Started for me after a couple of months, not straight out of the box.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 General] prctst:
Yes, re-seating battery definitely helped. :good: