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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaminsky.victor:
So I've fallen prey to the broken power button issue, and HTC is letting me swap for a new N1, which is great, but this seems to me like kicking the can down the road.

What I mean is: eventually, my N1 will be out of warranty, and since the power button issue is a design flaw, the issue seems likely to recur. At some point, the button will break when I'm out of warranty, and then I'm stuck with a phone that won't turn on, necessitating a not-very-pleasing cash outlay either on repair or replacement.

This is pretty dissatisfying. My question is: What should I do when this happens? Or should I being doing something now to foreclose this possibility? Sell the new N1, perhaps, and wait for the N2/S?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravufo:
I haven't been using the power button for a month now!

You can install Cyanogen's latest and greatest ROM and use the Notification Toolbar widget to make the phone sleep and use the trackball wake feature to wake the phone!

Very great combination ^^
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hollow.Droid:
I've a very faulty power button but a combo of trackball wake and any number of locking widgets/shortcuts (I use LockscreenWidget) has solved any problems I've had. Oh and your power button may not be broken but rather 'Out of place'. The actual button itself (Not the one you press) is very small and can be knocked out of place, a small bit of DIY can fix this though.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parwinderg:
My power button wasn't working, I called HTC and they fixed the issue within 2 days. I was satisfied with their quick service
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apollostees:
Check this out from Android Guys.

Manage a Nexus One with Broken Power Button [Updated]

Man this is essential info for N1 owners.

Or just have HTC swap it out. They do repair/replace this issue most times with no hassel.

As far as the long term, I plan to have mine repaired then I'm going to sale it for funds towards the Nexus S
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlkaholiK:
I had the same power button problem with my Nexus, I chose the swap option, my bootloader was unlocked and i was slammed with a $196.00 charge for an allegedly "broken USB port" that was working fine until they received it. and that was considered out of warranty damage. **** HTC never will I purchase one of their devices! Horrible customer service.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lawyer-pl:
I use CHT 2.0 , HD Mini Lockscreen.

I want to remove this part on the right site of the unlock bar - how to do it?

I attach my lockscreen screenshot.

Thx for your help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kurt-willems:
The text isn't a standalone text. it's part of the image file. If you will to remove it; you need to change that manila file.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lawyer-pl:
kurt-willems, do you know the name of the file with this unlock bar picture? Some png, in Windows folder, I suppose...

Could you give me the name of the file?

And I think this is no manila file, but Co0kies Home Tab file. Original manila doesnt have such HD Mini style unlock slider.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] conantroutman:
its 50F29E37_manila

what is it you want to do?? just remove the word "unlock" and the little arrow??

Edit,

I was bored......

is this what you wanted?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] lawyer-pl:
conantroutman, thank you :)

That's what I wanted!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Darcnes2604:
can we get this in a cab file?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] conantroutman:
no problem man.

no need for a cab, just copy the manilla file to your windows folder.
[General Topics] merkk:
I like the idea of ebooks, but i HATE HATE HATE the idea of ebooks being tied to a stores specific ereader. I should be able to read an ebook on any device that's reasonably capable of displaying documents.

So i was wondering if there's any tablets out there (7 inches or so) running android that I could install the readers for amazon/kindle, B&N/nook etc etc on?

I dont really care about it being e-ink or color lcd. They both seem good - e-ink great battery life and color shorter battery life but more uses.

I'd prefer to spend less then $300 if possible. Anyone know of any tablets that fit that description?
[General Topics] jagpoag:
Nook Color...............................................................................................................................................................................

Google Search for "Android EReader" I decided to click on the shopping results and found a lot of Android powered readers.

Of course you could have taken the time to search or even just look over the first few post in this forum and found the answer:
[General Topics] merkk:
I didn't ask if there were ANY android e-readers - i asked if there were any GOOD android e-readers - i.e. i was looking for some opinions on which ones people considered the best.

I know the nook color is also based on android, and I did look quickly at a thread about that on here. But there seemed to be some doubt as to whether the color nook will be root-able. I assume it will NOT as-is allow the kindle app to be installed on it. Which makes it less then useful for my purposes since i want an e-reader that can install all the e-reader apps from the big retailers.

I was hoping some people here had first hand experience with some of the available android tablets and had some recommendations for ones to consider (or avoid) to be used mainly as an e-reader.
[General Topics] gbutton:
Well played.
[General Topics] merkk:
you're right, i apologize. What i typed in my original post doesn't match what i said in my reply to you. So let me rephrase now and say I'm looking for opinions on what would be a good android powered e-reader. Or actually, any tablet like device with the requirement that it has to be able to handle ebooks from the 3 major book sellers, and the battery should last at least 6-7 hours of continuous use.
[General Topics] minininja:
I like the nookcolor, although I'll admit I have a bit of a bias (have one).
[General Topics] merkk:
i thought the nook color wasn't available yet? I thought it was being released the first week of december? I actually looked at a thread talking about rooting it but since I thought it was released yet, i didn't think anyone had rooted it yet. Is it rootable?

thanks
[Fascinate General] ehasley:
Hey everyone,

I flashed a new geenik kernal that I found in rom manager. It the 1.5.x kernal that was listed there. It flashed successfully but I lost all vibration for messages, alerts and even Baltic feedback. I can't stand not having that lol.

Any ideas?
[Fascinate General] Kaessa:
Flash one of the older kernels that's not for DJ05.
[Fascinate General] ehasley:
I just did a band restore to a back up of the stock kernal. Didn't fix it. Would be cool if it was more obvious that kernal is for dj05...

Lol I digress

Try to flash the correct version of stupidfast again now. Wish me luck
[Fascinate General] ehasley:
Fixed thanks
[Windows Mobile Software Development] lawyer-pl:
I use CHT 2.0 , HD Mini Lockscreen.

I want to remove this part on the right site of the unlock bar - how to do it?

I attach my lockscreen screenshot.

Thx for your help
[Windows Mobile Software Development] keil.:
hi,

try this --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833304

with take this --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=528548
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Please add to this, wanted to make a list of fixes / changes and what's not fixed. This was compiled by a few of us, already (for example, ncbenhk who I am referencing, here).

- Timezone issue is fixed.

- Game install issues (ie. Angry Birds) is fixed. Mapping issue seems to be resolved.

- Angry Birds does NOT work, however. Video is blank. We know how to fix that, however.

- Speakers are now in stereo.

- Camera is MUCH improved.

- WiFi issues may be corrected. They definitely changed the driver.

- Some overall UI changes - ie some of the dialog boxes and there's a sleep at shutdown option, now.

- Games are still 90 degrees off. :(

- There is a new App Store (Handango). I personally don't plan on using it, however.

- There is still no official Flash support. Again, we have a fix for that.

- Holding the home button now longer shows most recent applications.

Please add more stuff, as you find them!
[G Tablet General] ijustbrickeditithink:
Do not use the viewsonic update

this update is pathetic, nothing less than a failed attempt to fix the device. the tablet is slow and non responsive with this update applied. i am going back to the last full rothnic build as i have robeets last build on the other and my build on my third gtab. view sonic you have dropped the ball again. worthless update, what it breaks that already worked is not worth a camera fix, as wifi is not fixed, nor is the sdcard issue.

UPDATE: the kernal is still the same stock crap kernal, they fixed nothing inside the kernal. tells me they do not know how. they modified android is what the have in this update nothing else and by doing so made the device less functional fcfcfcfc.
[G Tablet General] jacindc:
There's now a "Downloaded Applications" tab under the Manage Applications tab that wasn't there before.

And turning on USB Storage now pops up a dialog box instead of a full-screen window.
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
So you still have wifi errors or was it something else. I think I might merge the changes into zpad and see how it works.
[G Tablet General] kreoXDA:
They removed all languages from Android except for British and American English.
[G Tablet General] bmangold:
How long until we see another Zpad version? That's the ROM I have been using with the most success recently, would love to see another update :D.
[G Tablet General] pcmtse:
The game G-sensor issue, don't really know how this can be fixed.

I saw some of the cheap China Made that does not have this issue, but the g-sensor really only have 270 degree...

As I explained to Rothnic, in our Zpad group, we have a experience user who nod the game App's x-y axis ( by swithing them), we have about 15 games that is working properly now.

we think it's more about how the game define the thress axis as it seems phone and tablet define this thress axis differently.
[G Tablet General] jmfrost:
+1+1+1!!! I feel so let down by this update! I was led 2. Believe great things were being done with this one and only to be severely disappointed. Were my expectations too high?!?! I'm not even upset about flash. I was told upfront where that stands. Device is still sluggish. Too frustrated 2 try anything else. And what is this app garbage?!?! Weren't we told all along it would be pocketgear?!?! And he11...I can create my own favorites for Facebook & handango. What the hell?!?! Do you really call a shortcut to a webpage an app?!?! Who are they trying to fool here?!?!
[G Tablet General] flipper9:
Flash it to TnT LITE, side load Flash 10.1, perform a slight manual hack to get the official market and be happy! :D
[G Tablet General] case-sensitive:
How so? It looks like the bad old fuzzy cam to me :-( and I still have no idea where TnT save the video files :( :(
[G Tablet General] rushless:
jm knows this, I think he is being rhetorical in that the update is a tad lame and the paid app market process truly is pathetic and will cause returns, just for this lame effort.

For rooters, the device is already fairly solid (sans common sense about g-sensor).

Still, for non rooters:

1. UI is a pathetic slow mess and is an anchor to the experience of using it

2. No Angry Birds (it IS huge, so there you go)

3. No Flash (still on the box, apparently)

4. Craptastic app portal and paid app process

5. G Sensor. This ALONE makes the device broken.

How ironic is this. Unpaid for their effort hobbyists (kings here) have turned the device into a solid piece of gear with Flash, Nvidia fix, minimal Tap UI and market.

The paid folks..... not so much :( Irony sometimes is killa :eek:

I love my G and like how is is set up, but to save at least $100, I may just return it and troll for a refurb. Thing is, I luv the device and mods:

1. Best performing Flash of any current Android device: CHECK!

2. Market: CHECK!

3. Great sound quality: CHECK!

4. Smooth browser: CHECK!

5. Comics & PDFs, regardless of size, smooth: CHECK!

6. PSX4Droid smooth for 3D games: Using PSX4Droid 1.5, CHECK! (1.7 sucks)

7. Capcom 1 & 2 and ALL Neo Geo games playing super fine: CHECK (TigerMAME)

Archos 101 has a 3630 and half the ram of the Droid X. Droid X does not play Flash as smoothly, nor the games in items 6 & 7 anywhere near as well.

Gtablet rocks- warts and all :) Looking forward to TnT Lite 2.0 :)
[G Tablet General] rayden25:
Rushless,

I agree, I am buying 2 for Christmas. 1 for me and 1 to replace wifey's laptop. I am going into this knowing they need to be rooted and modded. Once that's done, it's a great tablet.
[G Tablet General] jmfrost:
Very rhetorical. My fear is that it will be EOL long before it should be without large public acceptance. And at this point I don't see it being widely accepted.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
The camera is definitely improved - didn't anyone test this but me? The original firmware was AWFUL - the thing was crippled. I'm not saying that this records in HiDef now, but at least it's usable.

As for all the hate on this new firmware, I don't get it. Yes, I know that the game accelerometer issue is still a problem, but they did fix some things. From a modding standpoint, I think it was a good first update and overall I'm happy with it.

TnT UI is slow. So what, I'm ripping it out, anyway.

Horrible App Store. So what, I have the real Marketplace.

No Flash. Sure we do, it's just not official but it works.

Angry Birds doesn't work. It will in TnT Lite 2.00, just relax. I've already built it out and I'm testing it, now.
[G Tablet General] liquidcaffeine:
I think TnT Lite 2.0 will be my first ROM with this unit. Does syncing contacts with an Exchange server work?
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Not certain - I did get a Contacts apk from another user here, but I haven't tested it farther than just making sure it ran.

Btw, TnT Lite 2.00 is released.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
ray: Smart move :)

jm: Ditto, but think of the wealth of refurbs! :)

Roeb: I think people logically thought they would fix obvious things like the Gsensor and apply the Nvidia fix, just to name two and the app market.... what VS did (as proxy from their OEM devs) defies any common business sense.

This device would sell HUGE if the device shipped with TnT Lite 1.03 and updated with 2.0. THIS DEVICE DESERVES BETTER and consumers are going to miss out on a great value. They will return it without knowing what it really can do.

I hope that VS appreciates the amount of CS calls and returns will be staggering and create some very bad blood with Kmart/Sears, Office Depot and Staples purchasing departments. This product may result in VS losing some future bids and shelf space. That is what I would direct and I am a materials manager for a large company.

I am a geek, but business is the stuff :)

Seriously, VS should pay you folks and use your package. Instant consumer goodwill and a LOT less product return grief. So simple it hurts.

added: Sorry being too hard on VS, but their approach to fixing the rom package is not logical for a device pushing on Black Friday. The lack of a web download option is pure Greek tragedy and stubborn (or naive?).
[G Tablet General] insight3fl:
The contacts app and calendar app that roebeet is refering to, sync great for me on tnt lite 1.02 that i modded them to. THE hope is they will work in his next build
[G Tablet General] xfernand:
Great news!!! Upgrading the wifey's Samsung Galaxy S to a new ROM then getting to Lite 2.00.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Good points and I totally agree. My only point before is that, as users in this XDA forum, the fixes are pretty good with the exception of the g-sensor bug that remains. But, for consumers who will be purchasing this device this week and into the holiday season, it's just not enough. VS management should be flogged with the bone-headed decisions that they've been making, so far.

I actually called CS to tell them that we had already grabbed the OTA update and posted it. From my dealings with them, I know that they are frustrated trying to support this thing and I don't blame them -- I blame their B&D team and the management in that area.

I am concerned that VS kills this thing off because of massive returns, but I think that, eventually, the software will catch up and make this device even better than it already is. If not from Viewsonic, then at least the zPad firmware updates will.
[G Tablet General] Marine6680:
When can we expect to see your build? I'm looking forward to a functioning full vanilla build.
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
I downloaded the update, but saved a copy before installing it. Can this update be used to restore to "factory stock" condition? If so, I may then try some of the moded ROMs, knowing that I can always return to stock settings.

After installing the update, and rebooting, I now get this message after every boot:

I take that this will then remove all of the apps that I have installed. I have tried to copy the apps that I have saved in the /sdcard folder, but I no longer have root access. I tried Z4root, but it doesn't seem to work. I previously had to manually root it, using adb and the files from superoneclick. Looks like I will need to do that method again.
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
Did anybody actually read the license that you had to agree to before installing the update? When it was reported that they were monitoring these forums, I think that I now know why. They have banned using the update for pretty much everything that xda-forums members would do.

Here is the very long license:

I think that copying and posting this license may also violate the license!
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Ironically, this looks like a copy/paste from Legalzoom.com. ;)

Is the Youtube app messed up for this device in general? It plays awful. Worse of an device I have tried. To the point it is broken and unusable- screeches, stutters, stops.

The lack of a functioning Youtube app would be another reason for mass returns. Not having a warm, fuzzy feeling about the out of box experience:

1. Crappy out of box firmware

2. Update process with no option to download form web, for people having wifi problems.

3. Actual update not much better:

a. Youtube app (if really screwed up)

b. The "Super Mario Bros" of apps not working (Angry Birds)

c. Non-user friendly paid app market and weak portal

d. No Flash

e. "Broken" accelerometer due to orientation.

f. Laggy homescreen UI

Any one of these reasons is enough for consumers to want to return it. The combination will be result in mass returns and great hardware (for the price) not given a chance it deserves.
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Their ZIP file can be used to make a vanilla device - the only thing it doesn't flash is userdata (you have to do that manually). I always wipe the user data after a major update like this, it just makes sense from a stability standpoint. At this point in the game, I don't expect my user data to last too long.

I got the UID message as well.

As for root access, I have a mod that adds it. I do pull out the homescreen because I just don't like it.
[G Tablet General] jmfrost:
I did. It is much better than before. The video is still a little grainy, but it's smooth vs how choppy it was before.

Not so much hate as let down. From my conversations with CS I was led to believe there were going to be more and better fixes than what I'm seeing. The UI is still a horrible experience for me. Personally, I don't care about Youtube or AB. But I did want a little more performance that what I got. The screen still pauses when scrolling through a document, webpage, etc. I still don't get the app market thing. I know we have a workaround, but seriously?!?!? A link?!?! They could have left that and FB off for all I cared, as I was already doing it that way to begin with. I do like the new Updates app better though.

I'll have to try out the TnT 2.0 before I make my final decision.
[G Tablet General] rayden25:
Not seeing it, where is it in the license?
[G Tablet General] xguntherc:
So you guys all got this update on Monday then.. Interesting. I like how they explained some of the updates. Like added enhancements to apps installing to the SD card. "Enhancements" you mean fixed it because it was broken. lol. and a few other things.

Looks like the dev community has done far more here. In much less time. It really is incredible. I might just snag a Refurb in the coming days, cuz there will be plenty. in the mean time I have the 101 coming today
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
People who called CS were told that the techs were following the xda-forum
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I just saw the EULA after wiping data on a stock TnT device that I upgraded. I'm thinking that might be why the bootloader was updated - btw, I didn't update that in TnT Lite 2.00.

If TnT / Viewsonic send me a cease and desist order on advertising TnT Lite, then they might as well just pack it in and call it a day. I hope they aren't that petty.
[G Tablet General] t3h_g3n3r4l:
Aren't TapNTap therein also violating the license agreement of android by releasing this as a closed-source derivative of Apache 2.0 licensed software? The UI, yes, is proprietary, but everything else that it's built on is open source (Linux kernel, Dalvik VM, drivers, etc.) and they're trying to enter us into a license agreement that seems to try to prevent access to those parts as well.

ijustbrickedit:

How's the vanilla rom coming?
[G Tablet General] rayden25:
So a couple of my thoughts... like you guys care.

It would be totally counter-productive to stop development of custom roms on these tabs. No one will buy them if they were stock. I am buying 2 because I can put TNT Lite on them; I would be buying Archos 101s if I couldn't change the rom on this.

You buy the hardware, it's yours. Doesn't that mean that we can put whatever software we want on it? Granted the TNT Lite is modified from TapNTap, which is where the problem lies I guess.

Regarding source code; see this Webpage.
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
Read the Apache license. They're NOT required to release ANY modified sources.

The ONLY things that they MUST release are the GPLed bits and pieces, e.g. kernel.

But yeah, it'd be super great IF they released ALL of the source like Dell did for the Streak and Archos for their older tablets or at least the 5IT IIRC.

Augen tried but all they got was a c. 400MB archive of random junk, then they gave up, as I did on the GT after waiting another month or so.
[G Tablet General] Kov695:
I would like to second this. I would love to have vanilla android 2.2 OS!!!!
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
Well, I haven't returned my main device, I never agreed to that ridiculous EULA and I haven't gotten a cease and desist yet. So far, it's business as usual.

I am a little concerned about section four, since I don't know HOW they plan on data mining. I might have to check logcat more thoroughly - I'm hoping that the removal of the homescreen, the adfree blocker and OTAUpdater removal should be enough to stop that.
[G Tablet General] t3h_g3n3r4l:
Touché.

Mmmm... Tasty foot. (needed to add some characters)
[G Tablet General] wasserkapf:
That concerned me too. In fact the entire EULA is a bit concerning. I don't usually read these things, so I don't know if this is a normal EULA. It does seem to be very one-sided: They can do what ever they want, but you can't.

I didn't mean to dampen anyone's attempts to make things better. But after reading the EULA, I thought posting it was a good thing to do. The more knowledge a person has the better. I hate ignorance, and ignorant people, with a passion.