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[Dell Venue] cuspess:
I got attracted instantly when i first heard of this dell. I have one question on the screen for you lucky owner to clarify though.

I have not seen the actual device in person just yet and from most of the review/introduction, they all say it has an OLED screen which is a good sign to me. But one or two web sites does say it is the same screen as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.4" which I do hesitate. From my very limited knowledge, almost all Samsung devices uses their own AMOLED, Super AMOLED or similar variant, and they all have the greenish/blue tint to it and characterized with the high satuation to some unrealistic degree. I am quite against this kind of colour tone and much prefer the rather natural tone which traditional IPS screen provide. While the latest OLED TVs produced by LG does proof that not all OLEDs has the same tint problem, I am actually hoping the OLED panel used in the Dell Venue 8 7840 is like the LG OLED rather than the Samsung's. Could someone owner this fabulous new table confirm which of colour tone the screen has?

Many thanks.
[Dell Venue] mugen939:
Im really torn with this tablet. I have an Nvidia shield tablet and I bought the 7840 to replace it but I don't think it can. The build quality is incredible on the Dell and the screen is absolutely stunning compared to the Shield but it doesn't have Lolipop and Dell's support is questionable to me. I'm considering returning this and purchasing it when it does have lolipop because I'm sure that by then the tablet will be cheaper than the 400 dollars it's selling for now. It's definitely better than the Shield in every way. The speaker is crazy loud, the battery life is almost double, the screen is better. But I'm not sure that it justifies the 100 dollar premium over the shield. I'm seriously stumped, not sure what to do.
[Dell Venue] spotdog14:
I will say that one of the selling points for me personally on this device was that it WAS still on Kit Kat. Mainly because I use xposed for a lot of things to get around the fact that we will probably never have a CM rom for this device.

Also another posted has said, the lack of a screen cast button is annoying but I was able to check out a way to get around that from another XDA post but you have to be rooted. As others have said, the fact that this has expandable storage make the internal 16 gigs not so much of an issue.
[Dell Venue] jeffreycentex:
How did you get xposed to work? I'm rooted, but I get bootloops whenever I install xposed... I tried both the experimental and the stable xposed.
[Dell Venue] samtran0331:
That worked perfectly! Thanks!

It took a while to find good adb drivers for Windows 8.1, but after that, it worked flawlessly.

A couple little "gotchas" I ran into that I thought I'd pass along.

I used intel mobile usb driver v1.50

When you update the driver and choose the driver from the list of device drivers, the Intel driver isn't under "ADB devices"; it's under "Android devices"; and then choose the composite driver.

When you run the tethered recovery bat file and your tablet reboots, it just sat there and sort of hung.

I looked in Device manager and saw that the driver was lost.

So while still in DroidBoot with the tablet connected, I re-installed the same driver in Device Manager. After that, the tethered recovery app did its thing and installed the files it needed and I was greeted with CWM. I installed SuperSU 2.40 and rebooted to a perfectly rooted tablet.

Also note that I tried to install xposed framework and the tablet got caught in a boot loop.

If that happens, shut down the tablet, hold volume up and power, when you see the Dell logo, let go.

This should get you back into DroidBoot menu, choose recovery.

Once on that screen, all I saw was the "no command" icon (droid with red caution sign on its belly).

Keep hitting volume up a bunch of times and you will eventually get some options; one of which is to restore to factory.

After I did that, the tablet was reset to factory; but I still had root.

Like many of you, I'm a tablet junky and I'm glad I got this one instead of the Nexus 9.

I haven't touched my N7 or Galaxy 8.4 pro since getting this!

The build quality is exceptional and the battery life is much better than the Galaxy.

Cheers!
[Dell Venue] djsaad1:
I am getting bootloops with xposed as well.

edit--- got it working with this tool http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules...r-zenfones-t2983589/post58253222#post58253222
[Dell Venue] gax815:
This installer worked perfectly for me.

Also, in case anyone wants to install CF.lumen, version 2.60 works perfectly.

Rooted, Xposed, CF.lumen... I'm a happy camper.
[Dell Venue] djsaad1:
The tool above installs 2.6.1 , some modules don't work with 2.5 anymore.
[Dell Venue] gax815:
If someone could walk me through using the tool on a Mac, that would be amazing.
[Dell Venue] jeffreycentex:
This assumes that you already have ADB installed (which you would have needed in rooting the device) and able to be run in your path.

Download the Installer for Xposed and extract it.

Go into the Files directory.

Run the following commands:

adb install v2.6.1.apk
adb shell am start -n de.robv.android.xposed.installer/.WelcomeActivity
adb shell su -c "echo 148> /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset"
adb shell su -c "chmod 664 /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/jit_reset_offset"
adb shell am start -n de.robv.android.xposed.installer/.XposedInstallerActivity --es selection install

When you run the first "su" command (the third line), watch your screen for a root prompt. Accept it before running the next command.

Close the message by clicking "OK"

Now click "Install/Update"

Detach your device from the computer

Lastly press "OK" to reboot! And that's it!
[Dell Venue] jvianney94:
wifi and bluetooth

Can someone else connect a bluetooth device or two and then test out the wifi connection. My wifi slows to a crawl when i connect a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. As soon as i turned off bluetooth, wifi was speedy with no lag. To get around this i just plugged in a micro to full sized usb cable and am using a different wireless keyboard and mouse. Seems to work much better. But this problem along with no micro hdmi port is starting to make me wonder why the hell i wanted this thing so badly.
[Dell Venue] sprintrjm:
re

Dell just announced on their forums that lollipop will be available in feburary .

From a Dell employee.
[Dell Venue] wayne710:
I have streamed Pandora to a bluetooth speaker without any obvious loss of WiFi speed. However that probably a lot less demanding than a mouse and keyboard.

I am also missing a micro HDMI port, but have casted the screen to my Smart TV via both a Roku 3 and the Amazon Fire Stick. Today I watched a basketball game via the Slingbox app casting to the Roku 3 and performance was good.

I need to decide tonight if I am going to keep the 7840. I am still missing not having an LED notification light, especially for charging. Other than that, my other main issue was the lack of the HDMI port, but since I figured out casting, it is no longer is a major issue for me. IMO, overall the tablet is impressive.
[Dell Venue] GroovyGeek:
This root method worked like a charm for me, no snags whatsoever

And this installed Xposed without issues too, no bootloops, everything seems to be working smoothly. However, do not update to the latest Xposed frmaework as this will cause a bootloop

Has anyone tried to unlock the bootloader, e.g., with this

http://www.unlock-bootloader.info/mp3-0/dell-venue-8-7000-6714.html

The download attempt puts you through all sorts of spam/adware links so I am very leery to even touch it
[Dell Venue] NoValidTitle:
I came upon that link and was afraid of the same thing. I wonder if anyone has done this.
[Dell Venue] NoValidTitle:
edited my post as well, this worked great. 2.6.1 installed and no boot loop.
[Dell Venue] duboisj:
Camera app measurement worked, then disabled

I like this tablet generally, but I was really attracted to the RealSense camera. Reviews I read said it didn't do much, and that seems true, but I'm still hopeful I can get more out of it :)

For what it's worth, reviews I read also claimed that the 'measure this' feature of the Camera app was disabled in the production versions. For whatever reason, that was not true when I bought mine. I was able to use the 'measure this' feature for the first few hours I had my tablet, but during that time a system update was downloading. When I rebooted and applied it, that feature did in fact become disabled.

I'm not too concerned about it, but it was interesting. I suppose I could factory reset and have that back.

I think the RealSense in here is a RealSense 'snapshot' camera, meaning it tries to get 3D data by passively triangulating rather than projecting an infra-red pattern onto the scene and getting 3D from that. I don't know much about 3D scanning, but I guess the infra-red projection method is generally better. I've read that Intel thinks there will be tables available later this year with that style of 3d camera, which I'd really love to see. Maybe I should have waited ;) That plus LTE would really make a nice device, but then there's always something good to wait for just around the corner.
[Dell Venue] sprintrjm:
re

dell has just flip flopped after telling me that lolipop would be coming out in feburary. Another rep on the dell forums just stated that more kitkat updates will come out in feburary, and that loli will come out in march.

Personally i would not buy another Dell tablet, as they are too far behind the times when it comes to software updates and patches.

I am going to microwave mine if i get enough responses on dells forums.
[Dell Venue] vampirefo:
Welcome to Dell!!!!!

sent from my kingSing T1 via taptalk
[Dell Venue] djsaad1:
I don't usually defend Dell, or really any company for that matter. But aren't the Nexus line and Nvidia shield the only tablets that currently have Lolipop? I wouldn't go as far as saying they are behind the times quite yet.
[Dell Venue] beestee:
I wonder what does Lollipop offer that would make that much of a difference, especially if we are indeed getting it in the next few months? Most of my time on these tablets is spent within apps, and those apps are likely going to be the same after the Lollipop update.

I can second that the measure photos feature becomes disabled

after

the system update. I find that odd because it seemed fine in the brief time I had to try it out before the update.
[Dell Venue] NoValidTitle:
I plan to stay on KK for the time being as I love xposed so loli not being on this doesn't bother me, personally.
[Dell Venue] weeberjl:
Screen Casting

Wayne (or anyone),

Can you share how you're casting the screen to your devices? I know there's a DellCast button, but I think that's proprietary. Can you go Settings--->Display--->Cast Screen and have it work? Do you need to root or flash anything to the device to get casting to work?

I'm having a really hard time deciding between this device or saving $50 and getting the Galaxy Tab S 8.4. I've got a Samsung SmartTV and Amazon Fire Stick and if casting will work natively from the Venue than I don't mind spending the extra $$ for the build quality and (nearly) stock Android. Saving money, having guaranteed streaming to my TV, and the option of HDMI is tempting, but I don't know if I can deal with Touchwiz, the hardware home button, lag, weak GPU, etc. that weighs the Tab S down.

I know what forum this is, I've rooted and ROM'd several Android devices, but for once I just want something that will work out of the box the way I want. If anyone else wants to chime in on opinions between the two tablets, please share them. This decision is consuming me.
[Dell Venue] wayne710:
Casting on the Dell Venue 7840 works exactly the same as on my Nexus7 (2013) and Nexus 10 which is as you described. No rooting or flashing is necessary. The Dell Cast quick setting button only starts the Dell Cast app which offers you a link to the Dell web site where the Dell Cast can be purchased. This is about the only significant piece of unwanted bloatware on the device. I have the Roku 3 and the Amazon Fire Stick and I do prefer the casted screen better from the Roku 3 versus the Fire Stick. On the Fire Stick, the image does not appear as sharp and the colors appear more saturatated, but it is still acceptable. I have only used the cast screen with the Slingbox app for live sporting events, not for movies or anything else.

As far as the Samsung Tab S 8.4, I tried one for two weeks and returned it, primarily due to the poor battery life and the hardware home button. The screen on the Tab was also excellent and I did not have any issues due to lag or weak GPU, but as I stated in an earlier post, I am not a gamer where I understand those issues are more apparent.

I did decide after two weeks of extensive use to keep the Dell Venue 7840 and so far I am pleased with that decision. I was not going to root it but yesterday I changed my mind and rooted it, primarily for the Adaway app. Adblock Plus is supposed to work unrooted, but I found it to be inconsistent and also felt that it could be slowing down loading time on some internet sites. I first removed Adblock Plus and the slow loading time on those sites disappeared. It is possible it could have been a coincidence. However, although with limited usage since rooting and going to Adaway, this hesitation has not reappeared.

As far as price, look around as it is fairly easy to get a 10% off coupon if you are going to buy from Best Buy rather than Dell.
[Dell Venue] weeberjl:
Thanks

Thanks Wayne, I just got back from Best Buy when I saw your response. I actually bit the bullet and bought the 7840, but it'll be awhile before I play with it. Once I saw that I could cast the screen through the usual method, that sealed the deal for me. Well, that I reliving Samsung's weird design choices on the Tab S in the store. I got more aggravated the more I played with it, I still don't understand why they insist on putting the back button on the right. Oh - and I did use a 10% off coupon thanks to USPS.

Anyways, I'll update everyone with my screen casting experience. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I'll be able to cast directly to the TV.
[Dell Venue] djsaad1:
I am confused why casting wouldn't work the same on any tablet? As long as you have some type of casting device like a chromecast, fire stick, etc...any tablet with jellybean or higher should work.
[Dell Venue] weeberjl:
I'm happy to say that casting works great directly to my Samsung TV. I was concerned about casting because my experience with it has not been good. My previous tablet is an Asus TF300, though I have a KitKat ROM on it, casting is not supported, but it had an HDMI output that I used. My phone is an original Optimus G, also with a KitKat ROM. It will see devices that it should be able to cast to, but always fails to connect. Casting through apps, like YouTube and bubble upnp, worked fine, but never the direct screen casting. Then I saw dell pushing their dell cast device, and I was worried this tablet would have gimped miracast support and not have an HDMI output.

Anyways, I was able to cast directly to the samsung TV in my bedroom and use the watch ESPN app and the xfinity app. Since this TV is on an antenna, I'm happy to have more options.

As for my overall experience, I'll say the tablet is awesome, but I'm coming from a 2012 TF300, which I wanted to break over my knee about 50% of the time:eek: looking forward to putting more time on this device.

PS, Wayne I understand why you rooted for adblock. All my devices have had it for so long I forgot how bad surfing is without it.
[Dell Venue] ravage485:
Weerberjl, are you using Chromecast to cast your screen? So far I haven't gotten that working on our screen casting
[Dell Venue] weeberjl:
No, I'm using the mirroring function built into my Samsung TV. I change the input on the TV to screen mirroring and the tablet finds the TV as a device it can mirror to and connects.

The amazon stick has a similar feature that I haven't tried, but apparently Wayne has gotten to work.

Unfortunately I don't have a Chromecast, so I'm not really of any help.
[Dell Venue] jumpup:
[MENTION=4562513]ravage485[/MENTION] - I have been attempting to do a generic device cast from my Venue 8 7840 to a Chromecast. I have tried it on four TVs, the last two being just a few months old. I think it may have something to do with the device's resolution and the graphics driver. Fortunately, for Android apps that support Chromecast casting (Plex, Netflix, etc.), they have all been working fine.

I know the Samsumg Smart TVs have the Miracast screen casting software embedded in the television's OS. I used it at a friend's house. I need to research if there is any manner of Miracast 'server' software that might work. I still have a Google TV set top box that we used for all the media consumption. :)

-J
[Dell Venue] spotdog14:
I haven't been able to get it to screen cast to my chromecast either. It works fine from apps that support it but not the entire screen like I'm able to on my Nexus 10 or Nexus 5.
[Dell Venue] sprintrjm:
re mirroring

I have a fire TV. It took me many times to even connect to it. When it finally did it was laggy, and it would not display videos on netfluix or prime, as it showed the controls with a black screen.

I rebooted the tablet and tried again with the same crappy results.

My lg g3 worked way better and plays videos, albeit with a little lag on audio.

I was about 5 feet from my firetv.
[Dell Venue] olvrick:
Its April, 6....and still kitkat 4.4.4=\ Dell forgot about their new device?
[Dell Venue] vampirefo:
Well you did buy a Dell, updates and support aren't their strong point.
[Dell Venue] social-design-concepts:
Well the some asus baytrail devices have started to get lollipop and asus always seemed to get update to the next os version before other Intel devices did.

This device is for sure going to get it. The quality of the build will determine if the delay is really justified if the initial release is largely bug free it be worth the wait than to release and have a buggy broken build and have to wait months to see fixes.

Also if you did the full dev conversion you might not see ota updates.
[Dell Venue] olvrick:
What you mean? What dev conversion?
[Dell Venue] anggusss:
The files provided by Dell, here, allow you to unlock the bootloader, effectively converting the device into a developer model.
[Dell Venue] DanRyb:
Yet again, no update for us! Dell forums confirmed yet another delay. This is getting ridiculous!
[Dell Venue] olvrick:
Yesterday received OTA to android 5.0.1=) Finally the waiting is over
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] DJRepresent:
Hello,

Is it possible to download the stock rom for my SM-T520? Couldn't find a link. :confused:

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] otyg:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-T520/

Cellular south is for USA WIFI version of the tablet (XAR model)
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] DJRepresent:
Thanks, downloading it now.

Is it also possible to reset the stock recovery? Right now I'm on TWRP.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] DJRepresent:
Oh, nevermind, the stock recovery was installed along with the stock rom. Thanks!!
[Ornate TrueSmart] kuronosan:
KNOWN COMPATIBLE UNITS:

IconBit:

Callisto 100, 300

SimValley:

Pearl AW414, AW420/1

UMEOX

X201

Omate

TS-1/TrueSmart 512MB/4GB Edition

TS-1/1900MHz 1GB/8GB Extreme Edition

TS-1/2100MHz 1GB/8GB Extreme Edition

For Root, download Chainfire's latest SuperSU package and flash in TWRP:

SuperSU 2.44
[Ornate TrueSmart] GADGTGUY:
I think that number is a lot higher actually..... but, 42 is quite fitting as this is now the answer to the ultimate question...

It has been an exciting couple of days testing and flashing.

Despite all the trial and errors, not once did the watch become unrecoverable.

If you load Google Now Launcher and the latest Google Search APK (and setting it up properly) you can use the "Ok Google" feature from the lock menu as well as in the OS.

I stopped wearing my LG G and am now wearing the TS daily....

Kudos for all the hard work!

I knew there was light at the end of the tunnel!

D.
[Ornate TrueSmart] Stu|:
Great job!
[Ornate TrueSmart] aeron16:
hi dan,

i have tried to flash this to my EU 1/8G Pre May Omate TS.

Watch Manufacturer - Omate

Date Received - Pre May

Last Known Firmware - EU Ensec Stock 0706

Case Material - Steel

A few questions:

1) the downloaded KK Omate rar file does not include UBOOT.BIN or a BOOT.IMG file. Am I supposed to leave it blank or use the UBOOT / BOOT IMG from my current Omate's backup?

EDIT: I have tried using the UBOOT.bin and BOOT.IMG from another KK thread but still run into the same "CheckSum Failed" error i mentioned below: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57433563&postcount=189.

2) under FLash Tool: the ANDROID file is usually blank - i have selected system.img from the rar file for the file to be flashed for this. Is this correct?

3) When flashing via FlashTool, about 27 seconds into the flash (i see a RED Bar, then it changes to a couple of BLUE "Read Back" bars), I keeping getting a error saying "CheckSum Failed". I have tried redownloading the KK Omate rar file and trying again but to no avail.

EDIT: I have tried with different ports, different cables, including cleaning the Omate TS's ports with no luck. Just prior to the flash, i was able to do a full backup so it does seem strange and does not seem specific to the cables/ports/contacts on the TS.

UPDATE: Seems to be working - TRY Flash Tool v3.1332 instead of the latest V5.1352. It is now flashing fine as mentioned by Dan.

FINAL: My TS boots up fine with KK now! :) If you face the checksum error as i did, try using SP Flash Tool v3.1332 instead! - LINK HERE: http://androidxda.com/smart-phone-flash-tool

Any advice on the above?
[Ornate TrueSmart] vixon96:
NO UBOOT

Trying to flash this on my Omate 2100 unit but the UBOOT is missing for me? Got the system.img and recovery.img added but no uboot.
[Ornate TrueSmart] apetit:
I am also not sure what to select as "BOOTIMG".
[Ornate TrueSmart] seppen:
Watch Manufacturer - Omate

Date Received - Pre May

Last Known Firmware -ZGPAX S8

Case Material - Steel

I have made it.

But Attention:

No baseband is included.

Baseband for EU, 2100 is not included in this ROM.

So you can not use the phone to call.

I am back to ZGPAX S8.
[Ornate TrueSmart] Caboose1979:
Watch Manufacturer - Omate

Date Received - Pre May

Last Known Firmware - RSR 0.8

Case Material - Steel

Same as aeron16 with the KK Omate rar file not including UBOOT.IMG or a BOOT.IMG and using system.img for the ANDROID file.

I've tried via Win7 & Win 8.1, Win7 didn't install the preload drivers but Win8 did..

..could anyone that has sucessfully installed it create a flashable image we could use directly in TWRP?
[Ornate TrueSmart] aeron16:
Mike? hehe did you get the same error i had? with the CheckSum failed as well?
[Ornate TrueSmart] apetit:
Isn't the baseband included under "0 Needed files -> NA/World Baseband"?

I can not check if valid files. My TS is not booting/reacting to Flash tool anymore...
[Ornate TrueSmart] apetit:
Not sure if I did it correctly but because I could not find the boot.img within the supplied files I took the boot.img from the other kitkat rom here on xda. Have at least a working TS now :).

Only problem right now is that the home button is not functioning as the home button. It sets the volume to max.
[Ornate TrueSmart] aeron16:
I had the same issue as well!