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[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
Unfortunately, even if you adjust the volume to the lowest, your conversation could still be overheard by those around you, especially in quite environment.

Another factor to consider is that because it is a speaker phone, when making VOIP calls, the voice of the other party coming out of the speaker will feed back to him again, hence creating the echo on the other side.

I overcome both of these problem without using blue tooth. I use wired headset, which I need for music anyway. It needs no charging. :-)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] raskell:
I know that you have stated that you don't want to carry around another device. Personally, I don't like the 'wired' headset option. I too, think that the BT headset is uncomfortable, akward and most of the time annoying as it isn't right wearing it for 8 hours during a normal work day and to use it for 15 or 20 minutes of that time (or even for an hour).

I have been using the Dopod U1000 (aka Athena) since it became available in the US in April. I had the Plantronics 640, and the JawBone headsets but have since put them away. I use the Lg Style I during the day and leave the Athena docked at my desk uless I need to move out of BT Range, then I move the Athena with me but keep the Style-I at hand. It is smaller than a typical highlighter pen, shows caller ID numbers, has its own dial pad and holds its own for call quality, privacy and function as a 'micro-phone' handset extension for the Athena or any other PDA 'brick' phone. By the way, I also use JetWare Mobile BT extension to help the functionality with various BT car and hands free kits.

I will not hold the Athena up next to my ear.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
BT Headset is the only way to go with the Athena

Just my 2 cents worth, but for me, a wired headset is far more cumbersome than sticking a BT Headset in my ear!

It really isn't that bad. Especially if you spend very little time per day making/receiving phonecalls.

I use the Plantronics 640 with vibrate mode, so never miss a call and only put it in my ear when I get a phonecall, or when I'm driving.

I don't get it. How is sticking a little BT device more cumbersome to stick in your ear for the duration of a call than holding a much larger mobile phone to your ear, for which you also constantly loose the use of your left/right hand?

Also, my BT headpiece lasts 3 days without needing a recharge when I make/receive limited calls, plus it has an additional lighter-like extention that keeps it charged for up to 15 hours, if your a heavy user. I've never even had to use it to date.

As for listening to music on the go, I quite like using the earpiece to route sound to it, as I have at least one ear free to be aware of what's going on around me.

Each to their own I guess, but IMHO if your not willing to use BT earpiece, the Athena is not for you.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] juiceppc:
Thanks for the feedback. I'm still tempted. If I do get it I will probably either end up caving in and using a Jabra jx10 I have or just not take calls in public...

Maybe I'll look into finding the flattest/smallest BT headset I can find and adding on a little compartment for it on the Advantage.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] veethree:
It does seem that a BT headset is the way to go, but battery life does concern me - what kind of hit is there on the Advantage battery as a result of having the headset on and connected the whole time? Do you get through a whole day with it connected but only light/moderate use (say 20 min of calls)?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] brucewilsonpa:
FWIW I've had the Advantage x7500 for a couple months and routinely use it as a phone, although my call volume is low. In my car I have a BT setup so whenever I'm in the car the Advantage is automatically linked and I can control my "phone" from my steering wheel. But in the office or at home, I just use it as a speaker phone -- I move away from other folks so I'm not a nuisance, but it's really not much different from other folks using their cellphones, except if someone is close to me (2-3 feet) they could hear my caller. I've even received and made calls while outside and, surprisingly, no problem hearing the call or being heard. It's a really well-designed device.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] alanplum:
Just buy an LG Style I.

http://reviews.cnet.com/front-door/lg-style-i/4505-1_7-31826853.html

It's the only way to go.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] stryker1355:
Ameo upgrade coming

My tmobile upgrade is coming up, (ive had the MDA vario and now using orange SPV m3100 a.k.a hermes) i am very much hoping to get a Ameo upgrade for free /average spend £38 p.m/ (or might end up paying supplement). But what is worrying me is the size of the ameo. I am convinced about the screen advantage and gps, but its just the size when voice call are concerned. However i would like to hear a bit more from folk using the LG i style solution and have stuck around with it for a while!. Ideally a manufacturer should create a mini phone like a bluetooth headset flip phone or small candy bar form factor!! am i just dreaming!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] adamelphick:
Had my Style-i for months now and i LOVEe it - very useful - plus there's a safety feature too... if you're walking along and you get your 'phone' snatched, all they'll get is a £30 bluetooth gizmo that is useless.... you Ameo will be safe. They'll assume the Style-i is your phone and wont mug you for the actual one so you can get away!
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[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] juiceppc:
Here's the ultimate solution. IMHO :).

A BT headset that fits inside the bigger device. Like it docks in or something. And charges while the host device is charging. That way you don't really have another devicer to carry around per se and/or worry about charging. I mean you do but you don't have to do it seperately. And you kind of dont' have to worry about carrying it around or wearing it when you not taking calls. Advantage rings, pick out head set, talk, hang up, put headset back in Advantage, done. I like that. I like that a lot.

You hearing this HTC?

Or just put the dang earpiece in there and let me look like a dork and call it a day. Sheesh.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] stryker1355:
Cheers, your response did make me feel better, although i still have some reservations on living with an ameo (read travelling)(p.s. gona be moving to London). Perhaps at some point the I style solution info+tweaks could be added to the wiki. Ive been following many athena posts (although im only a hermey for now(hermes) and reading the Tmobile business users thread makes me feel they might discontinue the phone by oct-nov 07; its out of stock on their uk website since over 10 days.

Update: Ok the Ameo is now in stock on the Tmobile uk website (just checked after posting)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] juiceppc:
BOOYA!

http://www.unwiredview.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/samsung-bt-headset-removable.jpg
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] leoni1980:
You've got no chance of getting it for free mate, I can promise you that. I've got two accounts. I managed to wangle it for 120 quid on my first which is flext 35 web n walk plus, however my newest upgrade (6 days ago) would have meant a 290 quid supplement. I don't know how their upgrade policy works exactly but I know that there really is only so much that T-Mobile will do.

What I do know is that if you go through a store rather than online or over the phone you'll be able to do a little bit more negotiation, but I'd be surprised if you got it for less than 100.

As an aside, I never bought the Ameo to use as a phone - purely an office utility and multimedia device so I don't actually take any calls on it. I use an N95 as a bluetooth modem, or put the sim in the Ameo if I'm planning long periods browsing. I actually find this far more convenient and adaptable than using a headset, either wired or bluetooth.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] lpsi2000:
Take a look at the below link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1430475&postcount=36
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] lpsi2000:
Technically you are carrying to devices and that I definitely do not want to do.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] juiceppc:
That's kind of why I don't want to carry a BT headset.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] lpsi2000:
The BT headset is different for me, it is an accessory needed for the phone. I have been using BT Headset for a least 4 years with every phone I had within that time frame.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] miterb:
Not to mention that anyone not using a headset and calling while driving is certainly more prone to accidents holding and/or dialing from the phone.

Brad
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] stryker1355:
Cheers

Well now that the Kasier has come up, i do have the option of getting over and forgetting (URGH!) the Ameo. Anyways thank you for your input on the "Upgrade" front, i was expecting to pay a supplement for the Ameo when i upgrade. I do strongly feel that folk(a minority) are gonna consider the Kasier now, instead of the Ameo. However both have my heart for now! even though the ameo is soo fat and a pain to lug around, yet soo desireable! because of Vue flo, and the screen,etc.:rolleyes:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] lpsi2000:
After a week of using the Athena, you will get over the fact it is big and enjoy the various things it has to offer. When I first got it, I thought for sure I was going to return it because it seems too big. The screen is the reason it is so big and the screen will be one of the reasons you keep it. The others are processor, memory, storage and most importantly multitasking (this one was tremendous for me).

Anyway, Good luck. The Kaiser does look impressive but it needs a bigger screen and a faster processor. Otherwise, I will keep my Hermes as a backup for the club scene.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrixrio:
ok as we know that zenfone series doesnt have 3g calling option (not skype or tango, i mean 3g native video call)

My carrier priced same cost voice calling and video calling

is there any possibility to porting samsung's dialer app or something similar that can make carrier supported video calls? (3g native video calls)

may be there are no one to develop something but in the theory is it possible?

i think zenfone totally disapointment for who before using samsung phones

- bad lcd quality (compare to amoleds)

- non replace battery

- poor plastic back cover, sometimes not fit well with the case

- extremly battery draining,

- charger socket and stock usb cable has bad quality

- in my country it sold with the same price note 3, and a bit lower price like lg g4 note 4 etc.

- good news it has a fm radio, make me happy to using it on the bus going to my work. listening news, live morning shows etc... :laugh:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_gourav2000:
Check out "3g video call" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=agree.videocall3g.app
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrixrio:
Thanks but i mean Carrier (operator) supported video calling. its usually embedded dialer app like samsung phones

sono need any other 3rd paerty apps & additional 3g data fees.

[IMG="3g call"]http://i40.tinypic.com/2cy5st3.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
So i recently updated my firmware and was checking around internet where i can root without change of fail, i found kingroot which will check out if root is avaible your device and if it is (this worked for my tab 4 7.0 OD2 kernel) it will install root and its ready to go! No need install twrp or other recovery stuff (sure you can install them later if need) rooting took less than minute but i also found out that theiy install their own superuser app which is pretty bad and adware aswell.... you can replace it pretty easily.

Rooting happens in app by launching their app it will check if root is avaible for your device and then press try it and let it wait till 100% and you are rooted!

No reboot needed. However you should install busybox to unlock full powers of root.

LINK FOR KINGROOT: http://www.kingroot.net

LINK TO REMOVE KINGROOT SUPERUSER APP:http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Kingroot also copies all your personal data to Chinese servers, just in case you hate not having your private data looked over by strangers in a different country
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Yeah, well i have nothing to hide and they couldnt send all my data to china because i disabled their app and removed it almost instantly after rooting. also if they cant read finnish language they dont do **** with my data.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Stupidlolipop:
This root Have Virus Go To htp:Kinger/root/tab/general/sm-computer-tpp-3324567891/
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
Im not sure what you mean with that link. Antivirus will detect it as virus because it uses exploit to enable root on your device. Also srsroot tool is virus because it contains exploits. There are no proof about virus (i havent seen in google). Why should you care about kingroot virus if facebook also has same premissions to use your device and billions of people use it all over world while it collects data all time. I havent seen any problems after i rooted my device and used for few months before i changed rom and wiped /system....
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Pix12:
Should i use this or is it malware?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
It will work fine, just install supersuME to get rid of chinese superuser and you wont get chinese notifications. Twrp method is good too in case you ever want change roms.
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] Pix12:
does it take your data and send it to chinese servers?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thelous:
No it doesnt, there isnt any proof about that and why you should worry about chineses when facebook and twitter etc does that all time? I use xposed mod that show my upload and download speed all time i havent seen anything weird on my upload/download speeds
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Yes it does, Google it, there have been numerous articles written on the subject
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] repey6:
This is full nonsense . And then will come Chineses and arrested your Tab .:D
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Wow, most of the time I remain silent towards your unprovoked, unsolicited slights, but I guess I've reached a breaking point. First off, kingroot does send your private information to a server in China, second I'm not an idiot, I know nobody from China is coming after me as a result, third, I'm not naive, I know it amounts to the same thing the NSA does on a daily basis, but four, there's a way to root without all this kingroot nonsense. Oh and finally, mind bugging the hell off, like just leave me alone? Maybe at least just for a week or so? Try out not sniping each and every one of my posts to critique everything I say, to see if it suits you at all?
[Galaxy Tab 4 General] repey6:
Why so nervous? Nothing personal . Others I would have written the same thing.

Strange reaction.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And let the life judge
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysNoob:
So I was just playing with my phone when the screen was off and I found this feature accidentally. Without pressing any buttons, when I swipe up from bottom middle of the screen, the phone wakes up and goes directly to the Samsung Pay app. I thought it might be reading my fingerprints from home button to wake the device up. So I carefully just touched the screen to swipe up and it still wakes up the phone!!

Does this mean that we have double-tap-to-wake-up the phone feature just like the Motorola phones? I could not find any settings for this but this always works. I am not sure if it has any impacts on battery but i do not have a choice to turn it on or off anyway. I can consistently get this to work. Is these anything that I am missing here?

Note that i have No Screen Lock setup and enabled Samsung Pay.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cajunaggie87:
This is a feature of the Samsung pay app itself. It allows you to pay with your phone very quickly.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysNoob:
Ok, I get that part, but this means that the hardware needs to support it as well to wake the phone just by the swiping the screen. So if the hardware supports it, other apps can leverage this and build similar features too to wake up the phone just like motorol tap to wake. Right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] AlwaysNoob:
So I was just playing with my phone when the screen was off and I found this feature accidentally. Without pressing any buttons, when I swipe up from bottom middle of the screen, the phone wakes up and goes directly to the Samsung Pay app. I thought it might be reading my fingerprints from home button to wake the device up. So I carefully just touched the screen to swipe up and it still wakes up the phone!!

Does this mean that we have double-tap-to-wake-up the phone feature just like the Motorola phones? I could not find any settings for this but this always works. I am not sure if it has any impacts on battery but i do not have a choice to turn it on or off anyway. I can consistently get this to work. Is these anything that I am missing here?

Note that i have No Screen Lock setup and enabled Samsung Pay.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] harlenm:
It's called simple pay.

---------- Post added at 09:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

You can use gesture wakeup if you want.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HasnaCuz:
every time i boot into twrp for sm-t700 i get this error on the top which however doesnt effect anything

heres the error: e: unknown file system: 'ext4'
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Are running f2fs?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlgarr86:
If I am rooted and have flashed TWRP can I flash back to stock using LG Tools and not have to worry about anything? I need to receive an OTA and this is the only way to do it. Is there anything else I need to do before flashing back to stock aside from backing stuff up? Thanks guys.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
Nope just backup all ure apps and contacts the flashtool back stock then let it do its thing now like mine when i goback stock on mine im on kk so i have 2 or 3 updates to do
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlgarr86:
Ok so basically it will replace my twrp with the base recovery program?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forumber2:
Yes
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llawen:
Its a t mobile v10. I dialed 277634#*#, I hit apn unlock. Now knock on stopped working. I tried stock launcher and Next launcher. It WAS working with next launcher. Any ideas? I set a knock code to get by for now. But would like knock on to work.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wollivierre:
sorry right now the only fix is a rest and even thats not 100%
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llawen:
I found a thread that several have confirmed that the ims hidden menu breaks knock on. So beware that by just opening the menu will break knock on and off. No fix yet.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -LBT-:
Get yourself Quick Shortcut Maker, launch it, change the search type to 'Normal', search for 'Knock On', click on 'Settings', then on 'Try'. On the next screen, switch Knock On back and forth and see if that works.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llawen:
Ok fixed it. Used lg bridge, made a back up. Factory reset, restored backup. Im impressed with lg bridge. It a titanium backup for non rooted phones. All done and everything back to normal. I will look into the app. Thanks.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wollivierre:
yes this worked but booth of the knock settings must be on once both are on it works again i also notice that with it on the phone doesnt lock if your in a call and the phone was unlocked when you started or you unlock it doesnt lock back even with the power button. thats something i found to be on but i do like not unlocking my phone while trying to talk on the phone lol. tanks alot for the help yay no resetting my phone :D :highfive:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjaygt:
Hi am using SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 3 7.0 SM-T210. Back in June i attempted to install a custom rom on my Tablet however after installing my device was stuck in what i now know as boot loop and remained at the pulsating Samsung logo. At the time i didn't think much of this and ignored the issue let the battery drain and stored my device away however recently i have been forced to go back to the device as my support device when i am at school. I tried to install stock rom cleared cache etc. i don't know what is wrong with this tablet however the only thing i can think is not normal is when i am in boot loader when clearing cache and factory reset (stock) i get this E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument) i don't believe i have seen this before so i thought it was worth mentioning. by the way i have been installing custom ROMS since my GS3 and i have never encountered this issue before. I was hoping the community can help me with this issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
http://zidroid.com/how-to-fix-failed-to-mount-efs-for-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300/

This is the general idea of what you need to do. You must grab the correct recovery (I recommend TWRP) and grab the newest SuperSU zip. Make sure you find the right block mount points for your tablet as they might(probably) differ from the S3 from the guide.Good luck.
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
I have a cheapo DragonTouch Y88X. I'm not looking for a custom ROM or anything - its for the kids and honestly it does everything they need, with one exception: Disney Movies Anywhere can't download videos to the external SD card.

As near as I can tell, this is an application problem - hardwired looking for /mnt/sdcard instead of using the Google API to find where the SD card is mounted, and DragonTouch was brain dead an mounted part of the internal storage to /mnt/sdcard (the actual SD card gets mounted to /mnt/extsd).

OK, so I'm not going to get Disney to change the app, so I started poking around how to change the mount points. I'm reasonably familiar with linux, sys admin duties and the like. But the format and options on the fstab file are a bit unfamiliar to me... All I really want to do is make the external SD card be mounted at /mnt/sdcard (and maybe mount the internal partition to something useful - maybe app cache space or something?)

I managed to get root and installed ES File Explorer, and the fstab file (/fstab.sun8i to be specific) has the following lines that I think are relevant...:

...

/devices/virtual/block/nandk auto vfat defaults wait,check,noemulatedsd,voldmanaged=sdcard:auto

/devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.2/mmc_host auto vfat defaults wait,check,noemulatedsd,voldmanagedsd=sdcard:auto

/devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.0/mmc_host /mnt/extsd vfat rw,realtime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,wait,check,voldmanaged=extsd:auto

/devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.1/mmc_host /mnt/extsd vfat rw,realtime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,wait,check,voldmanaged=extsd:auto

...

I don't know quite enough about either fstab or Android/DragonTouch's variant of it to know why both sdcard and extsd have two entries each... Or exactly how to swap them. I could try to change the voldmanaged=[name] entry on each - would that be safe?

Is what I'm trying to do crazy, or should this work?

Thanks
[XDA Assist] Droidriven:
Hello,

Welcome to XDA.

Most android devices have a setting to set download location to extsdcard, also, there is usually a setting in most apps that can be used to choose the location the app data downloads to. Since you are rooted then you may be able to create a script that directs your download to where you want but I'm not as knowledgeable about scripts as others here are.

Try posting your question in the forum linked below.

http://xdaforums.com/android/help

The experts there may be able to help.

Remember to register an XDA account so you can post and reply in the forums. Good luck.