yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab General] Croak:
Dude, it's THREE TIMES LARGER than the 4.3" screen on your EVO. Let me spell that out again. THREE TIMES LARGER. Go look at one. I have a 4" Galaxy S phone that I find absolutely tiny now, compared to the Tab. And that size increase makes a huge difference in the feel, fun factor and just plain usability of the Tab compared to even the biggest and best of the smartphones out there today.

As for WP7, you have my sympathy. I bought a Surround on launch day, and sold it for a $150 loss two days later (all sales final policy up here in Canada on non-contract devices). Phone itself was just fine, the OS was horrid, and I WANTED to like it (why else would I pay $450+tax for it?).

Just too much missing functionality with it at the moment, and it'll be months if not years before it catches up to even Android 2.1, other than the nifty (but quickly annoying) transition effects and oversize text.
[Galaxy Tab General] Picea:
The best thing about my Tab is the size.

It fits in my pocket, and that is why it is always with me.

I have also Galaxy S (with about the same functions), but Tabs bigger screen makes a huge difference.
[Galaxy Tab General] dravisher:
It's a perfect size. 7" fits perfectly in large pockets (both in jackets and pants), while 8" and up would suddenly be pretty problematic. It's pretty much the device I've been waiting for for 10 years now :). I'm much less impressed by Android though (coming from Symbian), but maybe I'll get used to it.
[Galaxy Tab General] electronicopolis:
I played with them at Best Buy after I sold my Evo.. it's not "THREE TIMES LARGER," that would be the Evo's 4.3" x 3"= 12.9." As far as I'm concerned, 3 extra inches is all it provides over the Evo. Not even 3", more like 2.7".

I prefer thumb typing on the Evo keyboard, the Tab is just SLIGHTLY too wide in landscape mode to do it comfortably, 5"-6" would cut it, I know the Dell Streak felt good for thumb typing but 5" over 4.3" isn't worth it obviously (even if it was a tiny Galaxy Tab), and if I get a tablet I would prefer to finger type on it = 10".
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
We're talking screen area here - how many Evo screens can you fit on a 16:9 screen that's 12.9 across the diagonal? Way more than 3!

The Evo's screen is around 8 square inches, and the Tab around 21. A 12.9" screen is around 71 square inches, which makes it close to 9 times larger than the Evo.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
I am going to get one soon this week!
[Galaxy Tab General] robertsydbrink:
Love my tab and the size is perfect. It fits in my pantpocket. And with the latest euro firmware leak the browser is awsome to. Using my tab alot to almost everything that i did on my phone or computer before. The 7" makes alot of difference from 4".
[Galaxy Tab General] JOHNGAETANO:
For sure the size is perfect. At first I wasn't sure, by the portability over the iPad is big for me.

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Tab
[Galaxy Tab General] papricash:
i need advice

i cant make a decision between Samsung Galaxy Tab and Dell Streak.. I wanna use it not just a tablet but like a classic phone.. (calling, sms) I know all specs about these devices, but... How long can i use Galaxy Tab with a GSM connection? I dont want to charge my device every day, (i know thats depends on a way how i use it) i read that Dell Streak stands charged for 2 days.. with 1530mah... SGT?

HELP ME, please:)
[Galaxy Tab General] fbrn:
I was worried about the size of it but after having it for a week i can honestly I am thrilled with the size. The ipad was a little too large for one hand. You can do it but I worried about dropping it. The tab fits perfectly in my hand as I type this. I use swype and it works perfectly. The one thing I notice is that my battery on my incredible lasts longer because I am constantly using my tab.

If you want a bigger screen then I can understand but I feel that most people will truly enjoy the size of the tab.

And for those that say that the screen is only a little bigger than the evo has obvious not used the tab for any length of time. It is hugely different.
[Galaxy Tab General] GANJDROID:
Haha, im the exact same boat as you.

The Tab feels as comfortable as my old Desire. Even after a week I found it difficult to use my Desire. Its never felt the same after the experience the Tab gives.
[Galaxy Tab General] sanibak:
I have a Sony MW600 stereo bluetooth headset. I use the bluetooth part to plug into my home audio system as a bluetooth dongle via a 3.5mm audio cable. I then use the Tab to play music from it through my home audio.

I know this in itself is not so special, however with the purpose made Samsung Tab Music app it makes it really cool, sitting back and selecting music via the multiple views, ablum, artist etc, touching on album art in album view and scrolling through the songs to play.

So the purpose built Music app is rockin my boat at the moment. It has really cool touch friendly features that since its purpose built app, uses the 7 inch screen much better than the purely Phone centric Apps. I am really looking forward to more Android apps that use larger screen real estate to full potential. Am sure this will occur with the upcoming influx of Android tablets.
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
No doubt. I am still waiting to pick up a tab by next week after I get paid. Lol
[Galaxy Tab General] funtoosh:
Since i got my Tab, my N1 is now just a phone not a smartphone anymore, as now i use my N1 just for phone calls, for everything else i just use my TAB.

I can now answer my client's support tickets (thanks to whmcs for android based client software for their billing system)

Get online on irc to answer live chat queries

Connect to my *nix/*bsd servers using connectbot, much easier to use then N1 due to bigger screen and swype keyboard

Emails, music, video

I got it for approx. 750$ in India without contract and it seems TAB is worth every single penny i spent on it

Cheers
[Galaxy Tab General] Tiamath99:
Seven inch is the smallest working screen in witch you can actual do serious things or work for a decent enough time.
[Galaxy Tab General] ksizzle9:
As I type this I can say that I absolutely love this thing! I bought it diverting what porpoise it could serve and the answer is simple. Everything
[Galaxy Tab General] qipengart:
nice I am so excited to grab the tab hopefully by next week.
[Galaxy Tab General] rattenzadel:
I too like that it fits in my pocket and is 7"
[Galaxy Tab General] jay_jay_n:
I LIKE THAT NOW I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT PANTS I WEAR EVERY TIME I GO OUT lol, well ok i like that now i have to sell my ipad since i don't ever touch it anymore haha.. $$$..

I'm a programmer so tasker is the best app for the galaxy tab especially since u can make it do about everything u ever need it to do =)
[Galaxy Tab General] Suleeto:
I just got mine last night so I'm still evaluating it (I have 14 days to evaluate this thing). Spacewise, typing in either orientation is fine, but I absolutely hatei the unintuitive keyboard layout. I DON'T mean qwerty, I'm talking about the shift, symbol/numbers, and that damn mumtifnction period-comma-questionmark button BS.

It doesn't help that I am extremely used to gestures on WM and hate having to hunt for the backspace. Would be nice to have a qwerty without spacebar return or backspace or shift, and just grab lettersvand yank upwards for caps, or swipe back or forth for space or backspace.

NOW, I will defnitely say that for my tastes, the size of this device is PERFECT, and things pop up FAST. VERY responsive, then again mine is still running the AT&T ROM. For now.
[Galaxy Tab General] maxima0002:
Guys, same boat here. Owned a HTC Desire for 2mths before jumping over to SGT.

Luckily was able to sell Desire to recoup some cost!

Love the Tab, the 7" size, for me is night and day compared to the 3.7" Desire!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] filipecmartins:
Hi,

I've just upgraded to Amon_Ra recovery 1.7.0 and when I go to boot screen the phone simply reboots to its normal state or freezes (less frequent), which is strange. So I can't do anything such as loading a new ROM.

Has this happened to any of you?

My specs are:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H

HBOOT-1.76.2007 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-6.35.08.29

Aug 21 2009,18:19:15

EDIT:

Fixed. Just used recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ruscook:
How did you reload 1.6.2? I used universal androot and fastboot won't let me load a new image.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] filipecmartins:
I just followed this thread and flashed via the fastboot method.

Cheers.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ruscook:
thanks.. damn that won't work for me as I have a perfected SPL (S-on)...... Will have to think of another way

Russ
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ruscook:
ah... re-read the options and downloaded the android terminal from market place. Did reloading the 1.6.2 RA recovery that way. Gave lots of out of memory errors but worked!

thanks again.

Russ
[Vibrant General] bauerlucas:
Can i do this.
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
yes you can
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Outside of manufacturer provided solutions (like HTC Sync, maybe Kies if you can get it to work correctly) and third party applications, no.

Android doesn't support Desktop ActiveSync/WMDC and you can't drag/drop Outlook data to USB Mass Storage.

Best thing to do is move everything to Google or Sync this data to the phone using Exchange ActiveSync.
[Galaxy Tab General] nmartin33:
Does anyone know how to turn off the audible keyboard clicks when typing on the Tab?
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
Check the sound settings.
[Galaxy Tab General] nmartin33:
I did check the sound settings, unless I'm missing something there is no option there.
[Galaxy Tab General] calin75:
Go to sound settings and uncheck the Audible touch tones option. Should take care of it.
[Galaxy Tab General] nmartin33:
My sound settings are as below and I still have the clicking!!
[Galaxy Tab General] powersp:
It's in the sywpe settings, of keyboard & language settings.
[Galaxy Tab General] nmartin33:
I am using the Samsung keyboard, not swype, but I turned off the clicks in swype anyway. I am STILL getting the clicks in the Samsung keyboard.

I can't believe I'm the only one who doesn't want this thing constantly clicking!!
[Galaxy Tab General] m4532v:
You're not the only one

Yes... You are not the only one. The clicks are freaking annoying!
[Galaxy Tab General] calin75:
I used root explorer and changed the sound file with one from my nexus one. I now have a different clicking sound.
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
Well the T-Mobile version can disable the keyboard clicking. I guess the Verizon version is out of luck.
[Galaxy Tab General] nmartin33:
anyone? help?
[Galaxy Tab General] jarniella:
go to settings, sound settings, volume and lower the system volume. it worked for me.
[Galaxy Tab General] nzrr:
Found a great way to make and receive calls on my Galaxy Tab

Ok so i downloaded NetDial which is a SIP VOIP app and configured for use on my RingCentral account as part of my business lines. RingCentral also lets you choose an outgoing caller Id#

NetDial can work with any SIP VIOP provider

Pulls contacts from phone

Works great on Verizon 3G or WiFi

runs in background
[Galaxy Tab General] ggolemg:
except ringcentral is $50 a month, on top of the data plan for the tab, so why not just get an unlimited everything plan for just about the same amount.
[Galaxy Tab General] nzrr:
As soon as someone can figure out how to enable the voice calling on CDMA Verizon.. this will do for the moment
[Galaxy Tab General] dougvan:
$50/month? All of my RC accounts are $24.99 for unlimited calling.

Sent from my Galaxy Pad
[Galaxy Tab General] ggolemg:
http://www.ringcentral.com/office/plansandpricing.html

1 User

Unlimited calling

and faxing

FREE 1000 toll-free min/mo

$49.99/mo

for one user

-direct copy from the site-

the 24.99 /month is for 4 users.

4 Users

Unlimited calling

and faxing

FREE 1000 toll-free min/mo

$24.99/mo

per user

-direct copy from the site-
[Galaxy Tab General] dougvan:
Must be the plan we have for RC. That would explain the discount ;)

Thanks for enlightening me!
[Galaxy Tab General] sstevens805:
Can you receive calls?
[Galaxy Tab General] dougvan:
If you let the sip app run in the background, you can receive calls anytime you have a data connection.
[Galaxy Tab General] olapitch:
hey there

I need some help with my samsung tab cos i need it to make phone calls which is not possible. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] msgfromside3:
I set up sipdroid working with sipgate.com yesterday to receive call over wifi/3G for my tmobile tab. Also I was able to set up GV callback app to enable outbound calling using GV callback feature. All work great so far - just caller ID is not transparent.

One thing that I am wondering is how pbxes.org comes in play. I see lots of reference to it, but i cannot figure out the real benefit of it (not familiar with voip technology). Can someone explain to me or point me to a reference?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carnage9270:
Anyone have a link to the mod that puts the reboot into recovery options on the power button menu?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NilsP:
That option is in the /system/framework/android.policy.jar

If you extract it from a compatible custom ROM you can adb push it to yours or just install a custom ROM such as mine to get it built in.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gahh Its Lee:
Go into file manager then virtuous then extra goodies then check the option and it should work on sense roms. I think. Needless to say just nandroid first
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
All of a sudden I'm having headaches playing video. If I choose one from gallery and play it in stock player it plays but freezes the whole app when I try to exit, if I try using arc media player I get a can't play external media error, but if I choose the file from arc's file explorer it will play. I tried running quadrant and it gets stuck on video decoding and just hangs there and won't advance. This started happening after I tried dl'ing some market apps and noticed that they where dl'ing very slowly, ran speedtest and was 5.2mbps. So I don't know what's going on. I thought maybe someone had some input before I reflash this mother.

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeox:
I had the same problem. I seems like it has to do with the DRM.apk files. I had them deleted but after I restored it, everything works fine. I could play Avatar and Quadrant worked normally again.

EDIT:

I think its mainly the SisoDrmProvider.apk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
Really, I had been running without them since I got the phone in August many different roms. I'll see if that fixes it but my market downloads are incredibly slow. And I'm getting weird speed results.

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeox:
I deleted it after I restored it and it seems to work normal again. Weird...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
Can you see my screenies? I'm using xda app and it looks all distorted to me, if so I'm back to drocap.

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeox:
nope. its super small, can barely see it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
OK,thanks. Yeah I think it's siso/drm.apk too.

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
This phone is driving me nuts.

I have been missing lots of calls and recently

tracked it down to when my data is running it will send all my calls

to voice mail.

All other phones I've own will cut data and accept the call.

Is there a settings I'm missing or is this how the captivate work?
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
Does the captivate have DDTM/DOTM? If so is there a way to turn it off?
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
Anyone?
[Captivate General] Shammyh:
While on EDGE, you can only do voice OR data at any given moment. On W-CDMA (3g), you can do BOTH voice and data simultaneously.

If you find your experience differing from that behavior, there is probably something wrong with your current ROM/Radio/Kernel.
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
I understand That I can only do one at a time on EDGE, which is fine but shouldn't voice come first? The data should get cut so the phone can be use as a phone IMO.

I have stock ROM 2.1-update1 JF6

kernel2.6.29 jetaek.lee@sep-11 #2

Is there a certain ROM/Radio/Kernel I should be looking for?

I have had much "cheaper" phone cut data for voice calls. It's my conclusion that Android is not 2G friendly as I've read other

Android devices with similar problems. Some can be solved with DDTM turned off. No such luck with the Capti.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizyDiz:
Hi all,

I have successfully put Ava-FroyoV9RevA on my Sprint Evo and I am having an issue with the Bluetooth disconnecting when I attempt to download the phonebook.

I have a F150 (2010) that will work just fine with a 2ndary non modded/rooted Evo. With my Ava Evo, it will connect as "Bluetooth Audio" and you can hear your sound through the speakers but when you attempt to "Download Phonebook" the Evo keeps breaking the Bluetooth connection and then times out the connection. I can't seem to find out what is causing it. I want to be able to fully utilize Bluetooth with the truck. ...so much to the point I am thinking about returning to stock rom.

Any suggestions, recommendations or other ROM that is comparable and has a fully Bluetooth functionality?

Thanks for any and all help and opinions.

Jess
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] duder666:
I flashed new rom and diff radios and still get echo on other end of phone call. also su binary up to date and has #'s instead of -
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i.mac:
I have nexus one rooted with an unlocked bootloader. It's on CM6.1. I was trying to get it back to stock but nothing worked. I downloaded FRG83 from developer.htc.com. Tried copying it to sd card, no luck, gives me "cannot read or write file". Tried copying my Nandriod backup to SD, came error. Multiple sd formats later, manage to get update.zip on to sd card. Try to flash, gave me an "no update script found error". Still can't copy nandorid to sd.

Any suggestions?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
Read the wiki:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus

Unroot/Restore using passimg method, and FRG33...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sl8125:
Why would you do that?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChongoDroid:
My thoughts exactly...

Sent from my Google Phone
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mailliw320:
I'm sending my N1 back to HTC for a device swap. Running CM6.1-RC1 right now. What I'm getting from that is download FRG33, rename it to passimg.zip, and that's it? Because that hasn't been working.. Phone never asks if I want to "start the update" as per line 8 in the wiki.. :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Rename it to PASSIMG.zip (case sensitive).

If that still doesn't work, please tell us what HBOOT version you have.

I did the exact same thing for my device swap. I picked up my replacement phone at Hagen's in Blaine, WA, around 1 PM and then went to the coffee/sandwich place across the street. While waiting for and eating my sandwich, I managed to:

- Plug in the old phone to the wall outlet, take a nandroid backup

- Transfer battery, mem card and SIM (T-Mobile with web day pass) to new phone, boot

- Install Astro and ROM Manager from Market, root FRF91 on new phone with VISIONary from SD card, flash ClockworkMod

- Restore nandroid backup to new phone

- Put pre-downloaded PASSIMG.zip in place

- Transfer battery & mem card back to old phone, wipe it to stock ERD79

- Reassemble new phone, pocket it, pack up the old one in the box, and ship it back out to HTC before Hagen's closed at 3 PM

Twas a fun day =)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mailliw320:
Haha nice...sounded like a rather productive day. And all under a time constraint, to boot! ;D

In any case, I wasn't aware that passimg was case sensitive. However, I had it in caps already lol. I have HBOOT-0.33.0012.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
Maybe I should watch my text case... xD

When in HBOOT, do you see several lines of lime green text flash up for a few seconds, as your phone looks for image files?

If not, try toggling the volume key, or selecting FASTBOOT, then back to HBOOT (or BOOTLOADER - I forget the actual text). The goal is to see those lines of lime green text...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
If it's the same FRG33 that's on shipped roms, then you need to extract it, then rename the extracted file to passimg.zip
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mailliw320:
Turns out the files I downloaded were simply corrupt. Redownloading did the trick. I feel silly haha. Thanks for all the feedback though! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fabcal:
I started developing a small application that rotates the screen of the tom tom 6 / 7 in landscape, when it is launched. It remains only to solve the problem of the arrival of calls, because the screen back to portrait mode. I thought I would tell whether there is a speakerphone connected (headset, bluetooth, carkit) or not. In fact I think it is unnecessary for the navigation functions while we are in conversation with your phone to your ear, and if we are hands-free car example, it is useful to keep talking on the phone while using the GPS, even if you can not hear voice instructions.

I'm waiting your comments and suggestions. Will publish next week the first beta in this thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ypsmav:
Hi, your idea is great.

Not really understand the question about the incomming call. It is supposed that if you use your phone as gps navigator while driving, you have it mounted in a proper support, and you will answer the call using the speaker or hands free. It should remaing in landscape.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
I think the question is: if you pick up a call, how can you make your device go back to the tomtom screen automatic after call pickup.

So call and navigate at the same time.

I've got the same problem.

When someone calls whilst navigating, the screen does not go back to tomtom as long as you're on the phone.

It did that on my diamond but not on my hd2 for some reason.
[Galaxy Tab General] firedup:
Hi

What is the exchange integration like on the tab? Does it do calendar integration like on the iPad with full options to accepts meeting requests etc?

Also, can it open word and excel docs from email and are there options for editing?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] ekinnee:
Yes to the first question. And as for the second one, there is ThinkFree Office installed on the Tab out of the box so you can at least open MS Office Documents. As for editing, I think you would require something like the paid version of ThinkFree or Documents To Go from Dataviz (which is what I use). Neither of those softwares are as great as Keynote, Numbers or Pages are on the iPad.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
The version of Thinkfree that came on my UK spec Tab can create/edit documents. I guess this may differ from region to region.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] firedup:
OK thanks guys.

How do you find the functionality of the ThinkFree? Is it adequate for creating and editing word and excel docs? This is really the dealbreaker for me.

Cheers
[Galaxy Tab General] ritdaw:
Just thought I'd post and say that the email client is the best if not on par with the HTC Mail client for use with Exchange. Its definitely the best looking too!
[Galaxy Tab General] m1k3y:
Calendar invites don't seem to work for me

I was just looking for any info/comments about exhange integration.

I've got a tab and have it set-up with my works Exchange server. Email/Calendar seems to work fine but I see no way of accepting new calendar invites. I can do this on my Desire just fine though.

Am I being a total moron or have others also noticed this?

Mike