yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[OnePlus X General] Calvin2394:
The AOSParaodox team needs a couple of BETA testers.

This is necessary to provide bug-free builds to all of us!

Please PM [MENTION=4792450]h2o64[/MENTION] to become a tester.

That is all :)
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
#include
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*

Tested Safely on following devices.

Samsung Galaxy Win (GT-I8552)

Why use TWRP ? Why not just use some rooted firmware which keeps my warranty safe?​

TWRP is a custom recovery. Thus, it has many more features than stock recovery, such as making full NAND backups, flashing zips through recovery, ADB sideload, and more! Plus, if something goes wrong while flashing something, you can always restore from a backup using TWRP, meaning you're much safer when flashing new ROM's, etc!

Screenshots

Instructions

Follow the instructions carefully.

[*] Download zip and flash it from your old twrp or cwm.

[*] Reboot recovery and enjoy

Downloads:

flashable zip

Img file

Odin Flashable

heimdall flashable (Linux)

Credits:

TWRP Team i.e. [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION] for his awesome recovery!

[MENTION=7133498]androidlover5842[/MENTION] for compiling TWRP!

Contributors

androidlover5842

[MENTION=4624985]weritos[/MENTION]

XDA:DevDB Information

[RECOVERY][Twrp][GT-I8552] TeamWin Recovery Project 3.0.3 Touch Recovery (see above for details)

Contributors

androidlover5842

Source Code: https://github.com/I8552-CM/twrp_device_delos3geur

Version Information

Status:stable

Stable Release Date: 2016-04-14

Created 2016-04-14

Last Updated 2016-12-31
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
Reserved
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] tejus:
Samsung Galaxy Win (GT-I8552) msm8916 variant running 5.1.1 (Lollipop).

Our win not running on 5.1.1 bro
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
sorry bro that is typo because i tooked layout from other thread :p and that's true our device has not got 5.1.1 but we will have 6.0.1 soon ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] arun4777:
:)thanks for your work bro

im gonna test it soon:)
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Hoshun112:
What do you mean we will have 6.0.1 soon ? Our phone will have marshmallow rom ?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
yes bro i am trying to port cm12.1 if it worked then i will port cm13
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] tejus:
Wow

Waiting then bro
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Hoshun112:
You mean that the cm12 port will work ?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Mr Curious:
thnx for giviing us hope (cm11) been here a while .btw nice job hope to make stable version soon
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vijayid_94:
The link is not working! Please re upload
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
links are updated and twrp is stable now . selinux support is present so you can flash cm11 or above and mtp works fine .

Just hit thanks :D for me
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] RGulati24168:
U said u r making cm13 ROM for quattro.....what's the progress brother... Really excited about it....??
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
yes that's true but according to so many users i am fixing bugs in cm11 first

here is my device tree :- https://github.com/Grace5921/android_device_delos3geur

bugs fixed :-

MTP
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
CLOCK SPEED AFTER BOOT (I MEAN CLOCK WIDGET ON HOME SCREEN )
ALL LIBS ARE TAKEN FROM STOCK NOW
FIXED CRASH ON CLICKING PHONE STATUS (YOU CAN FIND UNDER SETTINGS>ABOUT PHONE >PHONE STATUS)
BATTERY DRAIN ISSUE
LOGCAT ISSUES
ENABLED SELINUX
ISSUES WHILE TURNING SCREEN OFF
FIXED BLACK SCREEN WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A CALL

and i am trying to fix all issues
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] RGulati24168:
Is ril fully working coz there was a issue ..I guess it was that the other person cannot hear u..??
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
before fixing ril i need to fix camera and mic errors so ril can work and i have changed ril
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] RGulati24168:
Great brother and best of luck....

I guess soon we will have a fully working cm11 and also cm12 and cm13????
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
if you want to try new cm11 then you can https://github.com/Grace5921/CM-11.0_BUILDS but it's compiled from server so i have not updated some things so wifi and video related stuff should not work in this build. flashing using twrp 3.0.2
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] RasimSadikoglu:
İt's amazing recovery!
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] arun4777:
can anyone provide me a recovery flashable zip of twrp
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
this twrp is compile from server not sure it will boot any ways click on raw to download https://github.com/Exynos-MSM/twrp-builds/blob/twrp-3.0.2/twrp-3.0.2.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] muhammadhakimi:
Wow:good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] RGulati24168:
Bro any progress of the cm11 project....when it's gonna be public
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androidlover5842:
No i compiled but my friend tooked his device back so i cannot test my build any more
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] tejus:
Bro we can help

Upload builds and we send u the reports . This will work for u ?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] RGulati24168:
Yaa should upload them here...users gonna test and provide logs...
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Henrique012Silva96:
Compilation of test

We have some compilation we can test
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Siddarth31:
hey,where is the download link of the twrp 3.0 recovery.plz provide me if u have
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] abc_x3:
Sorry, I got an i8552 Galaxy Win device and successfully installed TWRP. I booted to TWRP and try to Wipe my device for new ROM installation but I got failure to format cache, davilk cache, data etc...

Could you tell me where the problem come from? Thank you!

I update my error message : "Failed to mount '/cache' (invalid argument)"
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] discoversumit:
question in installing this TWRP recovery..

I am already on Clockworkmod, so should i flash via ODIN or via flashbale zip..?

---------- Post added at 05:37 PM ----------

In Install Steps you mentioned as

What is this

AP
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] bbddzz:
It works!!

Thanks Buddy..

:cowboy::good:
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] isaiasram:
Success on this project (MARSHMALOWW ON GT-I8552B)

Success on this project (MARSHMALOWW ON GT-I8552B).

This device is very good.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] forturnme:
looks good
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] androids lover:
Waiting for cm 13 !

When the cm 13 of our divice gonna be public man ? Can't wait !Hope you will done it soon!
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] isaiasram:
Marshmallow for grand quattro will be great

marshmallow for grand quattro will be great!

We are waiting for this for long time.

There is very people in brazil using this device.

We thank you in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] thisisarjun:
Is marshmallow for grand quattro being developed or simply bluffing
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] tongsman:
Hello, pls my phone cant boot into download mode, instead it boots into factory mode, how can i go about flashing the ROM, its very urgent. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] tasnim_tamim:
Power off your phone. And press volume down+home+power at the same time and you will see a warning screen press volume up and you have booted to download mode
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] maxpayne-x:
does it work on july update series?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Krush206:
Does this recovery works on I8552BUBUANH1 models?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] carlos123455:
This Twrp is not working properly my Grqnd Quattro and July and it is not working when you install the red error and it does not install it is time to correct this error at times that this mistake us:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] FelipeGomez_10:
I want to know how to flash in Heindall, and also if it works in the GT-i8552B (Brazilian version)

Sorry for my bad english
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] BiduBR:
Why nothing works on damm July 14 and up... only one called twrp_new_win, but only loads.. says that kernel has no linuxse support... Oh God..
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Ferreira_F10:
Is this recovery compatible with July 2014 devices?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Silva2017:
Works on the galaxy grand quattro manufactured in china day 11/14/2014? No black screen
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vijaynm4214:
Please Guide me on the thing to do for install custom rom

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xQpz7siV0HwpL1ShrcL_0gdLjRry8gw0cZFh3DtYjLc1kz2-1sBxpSMJp0aUy01Kw9C9TR7dqbHIGdvzWix8vHMPdoocD4e6kYf2_RakAAh8rCh0S2reE5m4Pv1tWjVVKkJ6AkIULqqWb0W_cnFwmFTwMe3R8n4K4MU3ZKPDl45sniDYFYmKTuEVr7ZoyRgCHmAUp9kOcxNrIOFvy_cQKvVAFtFQKF5C1bFgQgZrHn1jvdXQNX0kc1ZLOusSWrMdvBv6ephcpTHSNlLm752vIMkDj_f0h1p-LopDxchZpCXrXU7Z0DERGXxWJG7BvQfLr3OGpCrttQV8JQZBl5sqMDkUjiEdXX3LSBSV0FmOAo1ARLgJCQx18pGaUShwtxqKR8ZfcFBcpxz363-f9mBZVAO0lNJDFLb61AyvkdsdHdtsligdMASLE9ptDuGOfjPXy5k3UPLFZ_dixRDI7LDyvGxfWYKXVynBX8MHK10Ob6FSr0RSB8pNomr7UhV6xKLp0RgIumG9lh3iCVWJUSxY5BNNEkrt-Va2NuE3LJiKsCHrEObLoW-hBdUBcsME7WwxDcdVQS9G4Aehlf9kSJZBjyXYxaCPM91GpuutlLBz9iIT9p90a0vznziS_yb1hHdJccguAyZnfxXi4_TiBziWXxn3hqaMZtgdqS9Pimo-vUD-Jfo=w178-h296-no]

[IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mSPkOFUzgMg_h-rISgfbXEY2lDCBeTpfYe2nl1TaZiLrMxtxCNbgh_i3VrncgN10PHlNU_BOuITuYgFXAhtchWjcN_Pk5HVe1XzmtbbsBHQzUWUS_a3TVtq1tgeUeldrxsGDNzHjOLyewAdRsU5p2BZTcb7gE-epjjIY2zYDTYxk6UP4y8kIQZv1V9BY8aGWeqWr-yG1SEIw7q6ilnDNcaup4NZeZ-sc2Gcmd7t86h-hJijLASGOwVq2GCKDvoixq5eIPoxekdG44bN8DOUwobxDwpK71qQIHp7pA4-hXiLm8jCnB-HPvU8E2IVoxxyT7SePzD6k1HGKAccFUZPHAAGalsAitdoQCaJlUBSQ2lbf34ouquhzw3FVqlUoT5--rcXbHkrR6TEp9umcRsyBIBkAnBUeNJWsgomJmqaRUGLsCpVkAsoAzawTfPRHB8vHWWpRVXrpJdChv0Zb03KlW10E22Fw8Tzl2TSUnsWHjN5ZFM_jK0W2tu2sgmFZ6-x0m18S5eUOQBK1jmtJBIKAT1zUWAlrsH8adxutFzBM1poVKPndByDi7N8nGa6YQ2avaZK9HESkslT9YFIEls1Jotl-VWNaSmLeUdkvcD9ql4UGANWsUTMvrBqs7oM8Hnuwm0Tsgmjj9B-ntaKXOLVEWtZMcTUU4376CqInMnm_K3Pqzn8=w480-h800-no

Please guide me on how to use twrp unable to find how to proceed furthur to install custom rom on my gt8552
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] TengkuIsk:
It does work Samsung galaxy Win duos Gt i8552 4.4.2 jelly beans Why?😢
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Ayanm:
After flashing above twrp version by rashr, when i reboot my Samsung galaxy grand quattro in recovery mode black screen appers. Olzz help
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Krush206:
Restore the default recovery image. I still have ROMs of I8552 in my PC, if you don't mind I can upload one of the recovery images and you give it a try flashing it through Odin, then check if it works
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Krush206:
Get the latest working recovery for REV2 here. I personally would flash through TWRP itself instead of Odin. You can do that using adb shell on PC:

adb push TWRP-3.2.3-delos3geur-20180728.img /recovery.img
adb shell
cat recovery.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p13

If you are too lazy, get the Odin version instead
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Gaile:
what a nice thing thnx to you
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Jabjunior:
anyway to flash TWRP from phone ? I have seen TWRP app which claims to flash recovery. but only for supported devices.

I have a rooted GT-I8552 phone with Stock Android 4.1.2. Power and vol buttons are not working. I connected to P via USB but it only charges. PC doesn't detect the phone , so ODIN method to flash won't work either.

Can I boot into stock recovery and flash TWRP zip from there ?

Thanks in Advance
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] esygo:
sorry guy. I find my problem in the old thread.
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terros:
Hi XDA,

I'm having some problem with my Huawei Mate P7,

Recently when the phone is in standby, it can drain the whole battery from 100% in a night of standby(while sleeping).

I've reset to factory hoping that would fix this, same problem. I updated to latest Lolipop thinking that would help, same problem...

When the phone is in Smart Power mode and I'm using it while on, the battery hardly drains. It's only in standby it seems to happen. Even not installing any apps except FB it dies.

It seems to be in the stats, 80% power usage is wifi/3g modules.

Any idea what could be going on here? Am I forgetting a setting? Is the battery a problem?

Thanks
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnie72:
Are WiFi settings are those?
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terros:
Yip settings the same as the screenshot :( Except mine is "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep - Only when plugged in"

So I charged it to 100% yesterday and left it switched off, plugged it back in and it had lost 40%, sitting at 60% remaining...with it switched off from 100% battery.

Starting to think the battery is dying :( Attached pics of usage..brand new software, reset, no apps installed, running on Smart Optimization
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bennyzhou:
same battery drain. Updated to 6.0 and the problem is gone.

4.4 was fine. But all 5.1 had the same battery drain issue
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pablo87:
Go to Google settings and turn off location reporting.
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terros:
Thanks for all the assistance all, I think the battery is just going bad, it takes forever to charge, leave it charging all night sometimes and its still not full tried multiple chargers too

Can't get more than 6 hours out of it it seems tried all suggestions including upgrading to 6.0(made a difference with speed much quicker now though)

Anyone got any other suggestions??
[Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobboW:
How good is your mobile signal?

If it's trying to use 4G and searching for better signal it could chew the battery. It's much easier on battery running on 3G.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Krust4:
I'm having a small crack in my home button which I talked about here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/help/small-crack-home-button-t3355998/post66315736

I'm in a confusion whether to go and get it repaired by Samsung or not. Because once I approached Samsung's approved service centre (@ 2014) when my Galaxy S3 had a minor hardware issue (for the reason I quoted in one of my post) after replacement period. A person I closely know there (one of the repair guy) advised not to better give it for repair for this silly issue to any Samsung service centers and to better cover it with a case/cover since they were kind of bad at servicing and that they might mess up something else. So I'm kind of in a confusion in the case of my GS7's home button issue. What do you guys say? Should I go for warranty repair?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] m4rk84:
Well, I would. Take a series of photos of the state of your phone before sending just so you have proof of the condition.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] FalconFX:
^^ this guy said it best
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriguyRN:
Hey XDA,

So today I got my N Preview 2 OTA update and everything is fine and great. However I went into dev settings today to make sure I had debugging and OEM unlocking on but, if seems the Allow OEM unlock button is grayed out. Is anyone else seeing this? It may even be stuck on the Allow setting but, I really can't tell and it's a bit concerning. Any help would be appreciated thanks!

http://imgur.com/YeWFcO0
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
I have to ask the obvious question. Is your device already unlocked?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriguyRN:
Nope, status code 2 'locked' according to my bootloader.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holeindalip:
He's right, I'm unlocked already and on np2 and I don't see OEM unlock in dev options either. They must be moving it to another location or something

Edit: I do see it now but you can't toggle the switch anymore
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iluvatrix:
looks like after the fiasco of the 1st preview that bricked phones during OTA & most of them have the bootloaders locked & OEM unlock in off position, this preview has put the oem unlock in default on position.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LittleJakub:
so if I am already unlocked and I flash the 2nd preview- am I OK? will the bootloader stay unlocked?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iluvatrix:
i believe so
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricpete1:
That makes sense...the op screen shot shows the button slider to the right (on position), even though grayed out.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew2926:
Yea, you're good. As long as you don't run the "fastboot oem lock" command through fastboot, your bootloader should always remain unlocked. Even if the "OEM Unlocking" toggle is switched off, an unlocked bootloader should remain unlocked.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Griff Ellis:
I'm on NPC91K with a Nexus 6 and the "Allow OEM Unlock" option is grayed out and disabled for me. My phone is currently locked and Fastboot oem unlock does not work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriguyRN:
Thanks for checking that out. Officially concerned now
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
I tried out NPC91K yesterday and the "Allow OEM Unlock" option was also grayed out , but the button was in the enabled position. After a while i out back backup and bootloader is still unlocked. In Bootloader it says Device is Unlocked Status code 3.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidguy22:
I am in the same situation, my phone is locked and N preview 2 now oem unlock is greyed out and disabled, anybody can suggest a way to enable this, TIA.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kam_El:
Check out my post here on how to get around the oem unlock problem, and get back to marshmallow.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/help/command-device-corrupt-update-t3362317/page2
[Nexus 5 General] androvoid:
I was experimenting how to modify system files on a stock system image without installing superuser and thought I'd share what I found:

What you need:

android platform tools (ADB and related files, FASTBOOT)

custom recovery (I used TWRP). You need to be able to gain adb root access, which is not possible using a 'production' image (to quote google's error message when I tried this) which is why you need to have a custom recovery. WARNING!! If you perform an oem unlock of your device to unlock the bootloader, you will be forced to wipe your device, proceed at your own risk! I am not responsible for what you do with your device.

Administrator access on your pc (if using windows)

In my example I was modifying /system/etc/gps.conf to use local time servers for faster GPS lock. To do this I rebooted into my custom recovery, mounted the system partition (rw) and used:

adb pull /system/etc/gps.conf

I then edited the file locally to use the desired NTP server with notepad++.

following this I used:

adb push gps.conf /system/etc/gps.conf

At this point I rebooted and used:

adb shell

to run the cat command on /system/etc/gps.conf and confirm my updates were now visible in the updated gps.conf file.
[Nexus 5 General] reijr:
Hi friend! Can you help me?

C:\adb>adb push gps.conf /system/etc/gps.conf

failed to copy 'gps.conf' to '/system/etc/gps.conf': Read-only file system
[Nexus 5 General] wangdaning:
In TWRP mount system
[Nexus 5 General] albert_htc:
I've used this before to change my build.prop

After updating to the latest build on Nexus 5, this no longer works.

I can pull and push the build.prop boot on reboot the original file returns.

Any ideas ?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graphbyte:
Assalamualaikum.... hi to all Malaysian flasher.. you are welcome to discuss and help our community for bricked s6 and also share the tips and trick.....

""sorry tak pandai sgt English...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graphbyte:
for who experience boot loop when updated TWRP to the newest version.. and stuck at Samsung logo and it say.. RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING' in small red text at the top right.

(the solution) reflash CF AutoRoot and let it finished until it boot up back ... but recovery back to stock... now flash any support kernel + TWRP with Odin .. now it should boot up with custom recovery installed and you good to go.... for me, i flash arter97-recovery-g920fi-13.1-twrp_3.0.2-0.tar.md5 via Odin ,,,, viola... everything back to normal... good luck guys...
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garrg:
Hi, yesterday i flashed superxe kernel but i dont like it performs. Anybody upload stock kernel for me?

Thanks.
[Pixel C Accessories] browngeek:
Hi, so decided to stump up for the Pixel C using the developer discount. Overall am happy with the tablet. Now time to decide what sort of casing I need for it. I'm based in HK and there is a serious lackage of accessories (apart from the keyboard which is roughly the same price as in the USA). I've heard some rumours that the keyboard starches the tablet up, is that true? If so, would a tempered glass screen help?

Anyway, so my normal usage for the tablet will be more media consumption (video watching), bit of reading etc. I will probably use it for working when travelling (i.e. emails, maybe document review via Citrix Receiver). But typing isn't the main concern.

I do like having a folio cover, because you can prop it up for watching videos. But having a keyboard would also be nice for those times I need to type with it. So maybe the folio keyboard (which isn't available in HK, but I'll be in the USA in a few weeks). But then is US$150 justified for buying something I would use maybe 20% of the time?

I appreciate you can use the keyboard as a stand, but I guess its not as good as a folio (and folio is certainly cheaper). Argh, decisions!
[Pixel C Accessories] redukt:
I´m using this one for my devices. On amazon or other stores the prices are reduced. You can pair 2 devices at twice and the keyboard is really space saving.
[Pixel C Accessories] bluestang:
Yep, to me both keyboard solutions from Google are too expensive. Maybe one day I'll get one (and they discount it as well).

I ended up getting the ProCase Sleeve for the Pixel C and the MoKo Google Pixel C Case from Amazon. Both in black. I switch back and forth occasionally depending on what I'm doing. I'm really happy with both of them.
[Pixel C Accessories] Psyclism:
I, personally, have the folio keyboard case. Yes it was expensive, but it's so tightly integrated into the pixel C that it's hard to fault. It's made from real leather, is extremely protective, looks great and has 5 options for holding the tablet:

Positions 1 & 2 - Keyboard enabled with the tablet in one of the two magnetic typing positions

Position 3 - tablet stretched so that the chin goes over the leading edge of the keyboard. Make it great for using while laying down, having the tablet lay on your chest/stomach

Position 4 - tablet docked in magnetic tray and keyboard flipped back 180 degrees

Position 5 - you can remove the tablet from the magnetic tray super easily, close the folio, then magnetically attach the tablet to the leather back of the folio. This protects the keyboard while also giving you something less slippery to hold on to while using the tablet as, well, a tablet.

I DO wish the keyboard had function keys like the Belkin keyboard I purchased for my wife's iPad. The Belkin's keys are smaller, but still work fine. I'd happy trade key size for more usable keys.
[Pixel C Accessories] browngeek:
Thanks. How do you find the weight of the tablet with the folio keyboard? How bulky does it make the whole unit? I have read reports that the keyboard does add weight to the overall unit.

Also, did you buy direct from Google? I presume its not available offline? Reason I'm asking is I will be in the States in a few weeks for a few days, so would prefer to walk in to a store and buy it.

I do wish the tablet had a built in kickstand (like the Surfaces). In general I feel that Google missed a trick in its "productivity" implementation here. Seems both Michrosoft and Apple have better solutions in terms of linking keyboards up. Anyway, rant over.