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[Folio 100 General] thedinks:
Sorry, what i actually meant was that maybe some of these sites got it wrong and rather than it being a magical flash update that would fix the tegra tabs it was just actually just a normal update for other android devices.
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
Just goes to show how much interest the toshiba execs take in the info given to them.

They went on record stating the 10th, but I would assume that date was for the single core android devices and not the dual core device they had just launched!

How much communication is going on between Nvidia/Adobe and Toshiba? Would not surprise me to find that they had been warned not to launch as the drivers and software would not arrive until 2011 Q1. Prove me wrong Toshiba, please.

If I had wanted a flashless slab I would have gone down the 'i' route.

I quite like it actually, but the flash issue is pi**ing me off now.

Have asked PCW if the vega will have flash at launch, very quiet from them at the moment!
[Folio 100 General] Gwadavel:
From Toshiba France on Facebook

Toshiba France La mise à jour pour le support de Flash Player sur le Folio 100 sera disponible à partir du 15 novembre 2010.

Deux méthodes permettent cette mise à jour.

The update to support Flash Player on the Folio 100 is available from November 15, 2010.

Both methods allow this update.
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
Someone has just posted on the MoDaCo Folio thread and the Viewsonic one here? that flash is now available from the service station - mine is not showing any updates at the moment, am I alone?
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
I have it and so do a few others, but like yourself a lot of users on different forums cant get it, if anyone can figure out where the service station saves its downloads i can upload it
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
Which forums? I have posted that I can't get it on quite a few :)

Be interested to know what time you got it at and what is the latest time others have managed to download at i.e. are others still seeing it now?

The TEST2 part of the download descriptor looks like it might be a server test (obviously with the official update attached:))
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
lol i cant post links "New User" :) but modaco forum post title Toshiba Folio 100, rooted, no market yet and frandroid forum, they have a toshiba folio section use google to translate unless you can read french and you will see under the topic update flash player. Just need to figure out where toshiba service station downloads its files and ill upload the apk here for you to try
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
Flash APK from folio 100!!

here you go guys was able to get this with androzip this is the flash apk that was on the service station this morning, Hope it works for you all please leave feedback :D
[Folio 100 General] neldoreth:
It works... now i am in youtube.com seeing videos in the default browser.
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
Great glad to help;)
[Folio 100 General] Greenie-UK:
love it!

I'm loving the folio 100 hardware but throw build of froyo sucks. thanks. for. uploading the apk but I can't install the package when I change to .apk. any ideas?

also. anybody had luck getting a vanilla build of froyo on the folio yet?
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
lol i thought i was green, unzip - unrar the package. the apk is inside use winrar on you pc
[Folio 100 General] Greenie-UK:
ahhh thanks dude ! any news on multitouch? have it on opera after downloading a fresh opera mobile10.1 apk from the net. I want vanilla froyo on this thing!
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
multitouch is working well for me with dolphin browser(standard not HD) from tosh market - go to options and set browsing environment to 'Destktop'
[Folio 100 General] simon.n.jonez:
anybody know why the folio has been taken off sale.check out pcworld and dixons and currys,they priced it up to £999 today then deleted it from all the sites,i was in the procces of trying to buy one when it happened,its a nice tab but im not gonna pay £999 for it
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
This is a copy of the post I put up on the Advent Vega thread on MoDaCo in response to a post about a possible recall/withdrawal, they have also spotted this;

This is shaping up to be an epic fail for toshiba and PCW, bet that 21 day exclusive does not look so hot now ;)

I really like my folio, now it has flash and has been tamed with launcher pro.

I will keep it, unless the battery issue mentioned above is a safety thing. Mine does seem to leak juice on wifi!

Dont want to spoil your party, but I would think that unless Dixons Group/Advent are 100% sure that a repeat of the folio launch is not going to happen - the 18th might not be on :(

I mailed Dixons/PCW to ask if the Advent would have flash from launch and they stated that they had not yet been given the final specs of the device and would not like to speculate on this.

I hope it is out soon and is all it should/could be. Toshiba really would be shamed then.

I Suspect they (Toshiba/PCW staff) will all be whistling, looking furtive and saying "Toshiba folio, what’s that? Never heard of it. Would you like to buy an 8gig SD card for £49. No! ok your loss - see ya!"
[Folio 100 General] simon.n.jonez:
Yeah lol.so true.they are so useless.I bet they wonder why they don't have HD cards.

sent from my hd2
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
I strongly advise anyone who has brought one to return it, i took mine back to pc world and was told that a mass mail has been sent to both pc world and currys in order to raise the price to £999 so that no one would purchase it. Apparently toshiba had passed this message on, due to a problem with the battery etc but anyone who owns one will know that the problem are far greater than just this. Funny thing was that when i took it out of the bag, the guy behind the counter siad "not another one!"
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
Pop over to MoDaCo for a look at this pic;

android.modaco.com/content-page/322155/toshiba-folio-100-rooted-no-market-yet/page/80/

This shows a screen grab from PC Worlds in store system - it's official the Folio is effectively withdrawn. Nice one Toshiba - way to launch a product!

Print it out and then let them try and argue a refund!
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
Lol oh my days, just seen it what a joke!!!
[Folio 100 General] Metallaro:
Hi.

I was interested in this tablet, but now I read a lot of criticism for this product, and i watched this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_H_-0TIYA

and I'm depressed:D

Loock at 9:20 and at 10:40.

Angry birds is not working.

And accelerometer too.

You who have already bought this tablet confirmed these defects?
[Folio 100 General] makakiel:
Angry birds is not working right not developed for a 10" screen!

accelerometer work on 2 axe why ? they do it like tht maybe!
[Folio 100 General] Metallaro:
other applications works (not at full screen).
[Folio 100 General] rovex:
I had a 30 minute play with one the other day before the withdraw. I have to say its one of the worst devices i have ever seen.

The software was slow, unhelpful, and with no market very restricted. It FC'ed apps all the time.

It was extremely ugly. How can you make a 12 inch slab of glass so vile?

Cheaply made doesnt even cover it. The buttons are horribly made.

It was next to a Galaxy Tab which looked 100% better and was much smoother.
[Folio 100 General] Greenie-UK:
Had the folio about a week. Took it back today because tbh its a pretty bad piece of kit. Screen viewing angles are the worst I've seen. The battery is poor and Toshiba froyo build was incredibly slow and buggy. Will wait to see what advent can do with the vega or wait for Android 3.0 tabs next year.

Edit : also massive shout out to you guys who noticed Toshiba pulled it off the shelves. Currys where arguing the point saying it wasn't faulty and there was no recall etc..u gave me the ammo to use and get a refund ;-)
[Folio 100 General] terminal 7:
foli-oh-no

yep i posted a week ago how bad the foli-oh-no was..

http://techeld.com/2010/11/08/foli-oh-no/

bummer!
[Folio 100 General] Greenie-UK:
Just read your blog. Very true with everything! Did you notice how bad the screen viewing angles where? Had to get a refund on mine. Hopefully some great honeycomb tablets will be out sharpish!
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
Just seen that PC world have had to call a halt to filming of the last Christmas commercial staring C3PO and R2D2!

It seems the R2 unit employed for this commercial suddenly became unresponsive and failed to respond to any input?

Tech advisers for the shoot suspect that ‘R2’ accidentally tethered himself to a Toshiba Folio and downloaded its ROM. On the plus side, he is now able to play Flash on his projection unit thanks to the leaked upgrade last week…………….

Sorry could not resist it :) No more folio baiting - Toshiba won't like me and I wont get a christmas card.
[Folio 100 General] shawnfr:
I guess it must just be me...I'm typing this on the Folio in Firefox with pinch zoom and I actually like it :)

Seriously I did get it for Mum, but it isn't ready for that...but Flash and using it as a dev box it really isn't so bad.

I've built a kernel and I'm working towards a new wpa_supplicant and wifi driver to try and overrride the MAC address Google problem.

Yeah the software is Beta and the screen has a poor viewing angle...but more importantly it isn't an iPad :)
[Folio 100 General] dirttrasher:
You would be my Hero :)
[Folio 100 General] bisto321:
You are right it is not that bad. As I just said in a post on MoDaCo;

This platform combination of tegra2 and android are great and the Toshiba could and should have been great - I really think they made a mess of this and the only way you can show these large corporations that they did not do well is to either not buy the product or return it when it is not right - the bottom line is where the execs look to see how they are doing and seeing no sales or loads of refunds will get their attention.

I can see why lots of owners will keep theirs - it’s not that bad, but for me, with those specs and that price, it just did not sit comfortably with me.

Keep up the good work - it is people like you who make these devices great.

It is just a shame that Toshiba could not have made it a bit better for those of us non Dev types that want to use it until better things are developed in these communities.

One point though – it is not an ipad, but it does need to give the same type of user experience to catch on and really sell – the Tosh failed to do this.

As a first attempt it is not bad, but I would have thought this would be the Advent we were all talking about and we and were waiting for the better Toshiba to arrive, who would of thought it is (possibly) the other way round?
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
:mad: Can't believe that S£$& excuse the laguage, this is what im talking about Currys just making themselves look bad, they fully know it's faults as i was talking to one of the workers there about the state of tablets being released. Glad you got your refund, i would have pulled it out of the bag and say "Hear FU%^&*% use it then...." They all know they messed up and are trying to hide it now... thank god for the internet!!!
[Folio 100 General] mkkilcruit:
Hi i am new to android system. I have the folio 100 and am very happy with it. Got fed up wainting for flash update and have downloaded the rar file thanks. Could you please tell me where to put the file on my folio in order to install it. would it be ok to put it on sd card and then open it.
[Folio 100 General] dirttrasher:
Extract the Winrar File to your SD Card and open the *.apk File with the Filemanager, that´s all.
[Folio 100 General] mkkilcruit:
Hi thank you

I now have working flash. Cant believe that this file is not being made availabe to eveyone by toshiba.
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
Maybe they have some technical problems with their update system? The AC100 got an OS update over the weekend, which now seems to have gone.
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
We need more like this so people know the truth!! ;)

waiting for the drones of new users quoting how spectacular the device is - i smell a rat!!!:mad:
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
supprise supprise i feel sorry for anyone waiting on Toshiba!!

Glad for all of you who have got the flash plugin i uploaded and can used the device as it was ment but falsely advertised.
[Folio 100 General] supagforce:
Retailer removes device from shelves following high return-rate

PC Advisor site Dixons group

Anyone considering, or has purchased this device Please Read....:mad:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3248770
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
Thanks for uploading, but to be honest, I have not needed flash so far. You-tube plays directly with the google app, and I don't really need flash adverts!

The only real irritation for me is the odd bootloader behaviour. Press power/vol as it is booting in the wrong way, and you need to re-install ALL the apps. I am wondering if this may be the cause of the background thrashing which is killing performance some of the time - any app which is FCing because it's work directory has gone AWOL could be draining the processor, and even from new I had some problems with the Toshiba provided update app.
[Folio 100 General] jona29:
returned mine today unopened (christmas present) guy at counter denied any problem with them ,and said they were still selling them . asked a collegue to check the device , who was the one who originally sold it me took one look and said ,yeah they have taken them off sale and bumped the price upto a grand didnt you read the memo we got last week . lol made the other guy look a proper muppet , got a refund no problem after that .
[Folio 100 General] shawnfr:
Of course the kernel build I have is from the Tegra git and it's too new to install my locally built atheros driver via insmod.

Has anyone extracted the kernel image with this vermagic?

#define VERMAGIC_STRING "2.6.32.9 SMP preempt mod_unload ARMv7"

I am hacking a build in case it works, but it would be better with the Folio kernel...

Thanks.
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
it its anything like the ac100, the tegra git may need a few patches. http://gitorious.org/ac100 has the patches and current WIP for a linux kernel. Not sure if this helps you...
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
got mine today, played with it for a few hours, feels very good in the hands, and build quality is rather good. screen viewing angles are bad, but colors are bright and full. software wise, i was extremely disppointed, but this was expected. seems this device will not get enough support from xda, so i gues i will be sending it back in a couple of days.

too bad, coz its a nice piece of hardware.
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
Software sux, but hold your breath.. i will at least look into this device the coming weeks, so maybe something better will show up soon :-)
[Folio 100 General] makakiel:
I try too!

Change the wpa_supplicant

but I get right error when I push it back!
[Folio 100 General] makakiel:
Advent Vega get the Applib stor from archo it's a good market why we can't use it? how hack it for get access to the appslib from archos?
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
will try to hold my breath, but the return policy that i have is only 14 days:(. so, if by then there is nothing i will have no choice to return it, otherwise i will be stuck with a device that even experienced people like you are saying just drop it.

Dont get me wrong, i dont wanna pressure or anything, just that i wish i had a longer retun policy time so i could wait and see, but financially i cant afford to throw that kind of money, and sit with an expensive paper holder.:o

i will be following ur developments closely, and really hope u can get something to the folio.
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
angry birds work fine on a 10" tablet,look at the archos 101 running 2.2. the reason why angry birds is not wroking on the folio is because there is only open gles 1.1 installed on it, which is ridicilous since it has the currently most powerful mobile graphics available to consumers.
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
got all the other apps to work at fullscreen, no problem. used an app called spare parts from the google market and fixed the scaling issue. everything i tried work full screen!
[Folio 100 General] Dexter_nlb:
Well..

It Would be nice to see a FolioFroyoSense right? maybe xmas will be let santa brings us early investors in F100 a nice gift...

See my sig for a little hint, if you are confused..

(Remember, we got no phone,gps or stupid cam to deal with, i would care less of the 1.3Mpixel cam here) Just Wifi! which is an easy fix.

and smali hacking to set the proper Google ID, when no phone IMSI is available.
[Folio 100 General] mddsd:
Yes I agree, Toshiba should have release the Folio with support for OpenGL ES 2, let's hope they release an update which enables this.

The powerful hardware does not come to it's full advantage. According to the Tegra 250 specs is should have GeForce graphics which should handle OpenGL ES 2 without any problem.
[Folio 100 General] dirttrasher:
Are you sure the Archos 101 has 2.2, i thought they will update it in November by an OTA Update, but its still 2.1 ?
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
i appologise,, its a typo.. i had 2.1 in mind and something else was type in speed. i am at work following these threads, so it not easy, got to write fast:D
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
I am really looking forward to this,, but do u think it is possible to make the hardware buttons ( back, home, menu, search) more responsive by software modding or is it a hardware issue?

Oh, and if it is possible to make santa a request here, can he come a bit earlier this year:p:o ? my return policy end in 12days!, i would really love to see some developments to encourage me to keep the device.

Oh, and btw, the interest in the folio is greatly appreciated
[Folio 100 General] shawnfr:
[ QUOTE=makakiel;9251001]I try too!

Change the wpa_supplicant

but I get right error when I push it back![/QUOTE]

I got a bit further...like you I still can't get the wpa_supplicant to load.

I did manage to hack the atheros driver to get insmod to stop complaining. Trailing space on vermagic needed. I also had problems with slab/slob.h. I had to remove the CONFIG_TRACING sections to remove the unresolved refs on install.

Of course it still doesn't load... new to kernel builds and tracing, so it's slow going while I learn.

Do you use the tegra harmony platform? I'm using "lunch harmony-userdebug" and debating the eng option... of course building on my Macbook probably doesn't help :)
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
was using the folio yesterday and i have to say i find it very responsive until there is a process in android that hangs and then overloads the processor. this results that the processor keeps at max power and makes the whole system unresponssive and laggy.

i could see this by using system panel app that the cpu usage is holding on 100%, but it cannot define the clock speed. i know that system panel app is not designed to analyse dual core processors, but still it giving some info that a process is not responding and hanging up the whole machine.

can anyone try to see if they have the same issue?

and there was also a process called auto reboot running all the time, is this a normal process for android to run in the background? anyone else has this running?

just wanted to share this small info if it could be useful to some devs so that they can look into it
[Folio 100 General] tshoulihane:
Yes, seen this. Which process causes it? I did a 'kill all' and it's been fine since, but i did also un-install and re-install the in the box apps. A partial install seems to be the root cause of the out of the box FCs. Overnight, on charge, my CPU usage was around 8%.

com.toshiba.autoreboot has used 0s in the past 13h for me.

Does anyone have the source code from Toshiba yet? Although I'm scared of trying APX mode now.
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
just a thought, is it possilbe to install open gles 2.0 on the folio, as apparently it is native in android 2.2, but when doing a OS and system check, it has only 1.1 installed on the folio, thus resulting in many games, if not all of them not running. well actually they run but are not rendered on the screen.
[Folio 100 General] Voyager2003:
Try the Dolphin browser from the Toshiba market place. It does just what you want and also gives you multitouch zoom.
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
does it give real multitouch?, i have installed the dolphin hd from my desire, and i cant get pinch to zoom, still have the -+ buttons at the bottom right corner. :(

tried firefox on it last night, work nice, but graphics is not rendered as in stock browser or as in dolphin, its too coarse/pixelated at times

oh and for those looking for a sleekier keyboard, give smart keyboard pro a try. it makes it easier to type and the stock keyboard + u can customise skins to the keyboard and many more stuffs.

tried swype, but didnt work.
[Folio 100 General] mondollo:
works very slowly.

I tested with game Farmville from Facebook. works very slowly and blocks tablet crash very often. seems drain full memory.
[Folio 100 General] kaivish:
this is what we mentioned wearlier, use some task killer and do a few reboots and u should be fine, there is a process that hangs the system, we dont which one is it yet.
[Folio 100 General] mddsd:
According to a forum user on the Toshiba Support forums the support for OpenGL ES 2 exist at the native level but not in the SDK, my guess is that Toshiba left this out somehow...

SDK: Java Bindings OGLES 2.0 Interface android.opengl.GLES20 - this class is not yet supported

NDK: C Bindings OGLES 2.0 Interface build/platforms/android-8/<os dependent folder>/user/include/GLES2 (OpenGL 2 headers) - this works for OGLES 2.0 on Folio 100

Is it possible to enable this some how, by installing drivers?

From what I can read on the Nvidia Tegra Development Forum for Android there is support for OpenGL ES 2 for stock Android 2.2.

hxxp://tegradeveloper.nvidia.com/tegra/forums/tegra-forums/android-development

According to the Nvidia Tegra site there is a new build of stock Android 2.2 released only a couple of days ago.

Why did not Toshiba make sure that their release had support for OpenGL ES 2?

It seems like a vital part if you want to play games and make use of the powerful hardware...