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[G Tablet General] t3h_g3n3r4l:
The thought's crossed my mind. All the convertible notebooks I want are like $2k and $3k, and I don't have that kind of money to throw around. I'm kinda swinging towards picking up either a Dell mini 10 and modding it, or grabbing one of the ASUS 101MTs. I've gotten the "eww, Atom" remark already, and what I use a laptop for, an Atom is fine. I've been working on a 14" tablet for 3 years now that's running a Core Solo (even started with a half-gig of RAM). It's starting to show its age, which is the whole reason I considered the gtablet to begin with.

I agree completely. I was running TnT Lite on mine with the Flash APK, market fix, and a few apps. Viewsonic's update helped with the UI responsiveness, but Android (or the speed...) wasn't my problem. It just felt like the tablet was more like a toy than what I wanted it for.

Like I mentioned in the OP, if I would have kept the device, I would have put Ubuntu on it (or give up trying...) and modded it hardware-wise. Really, time was my biggest enemy with the tablet. If Sears return policy was at 90 days, I would have probably ended up keeping the thing. With the end of the semester approaching and a ever-growing list of things I need to do, I didn't have the spare time to invest.

--

If I learned anything from the experience, it's this:

If you're on the bleeding edge, sometimes you get cut

Capacitive touch screen devices are not good for note-taking. As such, if you ever intend to market something to students (I know, Viewsonic didn't...), either go resistive or Wacom. Or create an awesome stylus.

Release good products and the community will thrive on them. release mediocre products and you will have to thrive on the community.
[G Tablet General] katmandu421:
My exact experience to a T. Now with the updated drivers pack Tnt lite screams. Smooth as butta
[G Tablet General] guarionexpr:
G tablet

Wow after reading all post and being past my prime and wanting a pad badly I have decided I should wait for a more stable and suitable pad for my age group thanks to all of you who contributed in helping me with the decision of waiting maybe for Gingerbread.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
If not a modder, the Gtablet is a dubious purchase, but 12/19 is when the official update comes for the Gtablet. Curious if they fix anything already fixed here.
[G Tablet General] J_Bone:
Can anything involving the screen be improved with updates? I have been a fan of Android for a while and have a rooted EVO that I couldn't be more happy with. When I picked up my G tab I was thinking that all would be well with a little modding but I am not sure I can get past the screen.

I am looking for a good leisure device for the home and family, along with something and I can "hobby-mod". I am a little worried that with the viewing angles you won't be able to just relax and piddle on it. I think I grossly underestimated this shortfall of the hardware.

I swung by a Verizon store and spent about 20 minutes with the iPad and Galaxy Tab. Man, those are some pretty displays.

Is there any hope? I have TNT 2.04 and, performance-wise, I am content and can be patient for updates. Just those darn viewing angles....
[G Tablet General] DraglineDrummer:
I was wondering this too. I am very happy with the performance but the angles are killing me. I've only had it for 2 days and other than that I'm thrilled. Sadly, that may be a deal breaker. Landscape is ok but portrait is awful.
[G Tablet General] t3h_g3n3r4l:
Apparently, Engadget's review of the Dell Inspiron Duo was equally harsh on the screen angles. Netbook screens FTL.
[G Tablet General] xmr405o:
I've had my Gtab for almost a month, I've gotten used to the angles. It did bug me for the first week but as I tweaked this device and performance increase I've gotten over the sub par viewing angles. I think the tab's display is tolerable.
[G Tablet General] DraglineDrummer:
That's what I'm hoping for is I'll just get used to it. It's only been two days at this point.

I think it's the best option right now with the hardware and performance but I just have not been completely ok with the $400 price tag for the display yet. I had debated taking it back and just getting a refurb Ipad for $450 but it has it's shortcomings as well and I would much rather have Android.
[G Tablet General] rayden25:
The angles just don't bother me... I don't see what the hubbub is about!
[G Tablet General] teleknEsis:
Totally agree. Sure, viewing angles kinda suck, but honestly how often are you trying to use it when it's not directly in front of you? I went and picked up a $5 decorative plate holder to use as a stand for the desk. On the stand it looks perfect, and when it's not on the stand I'm usually holding it, looking at it directly on.

The other thing I've noticed is that it kind of depends on what you're doing. Seems like the blacks have the worst viewing angle because if I watch a movie or playing Angry birds you absolutely would never think the viewing angle sucks. Just my 2 cents....
[G Tablet General] DraglineDrummer:
That's racist! Just kidding. :D I am not one to use it other than holding it and looking at directly in front of me, but if I am doing that and there's a glare down the middle or on one side, for me that's a problem. My vision is not great to begin with.

I agree with you about colors. Angry Birds looks perfect, but if I go to a web page with a black background or watch a movie with low lighting, it's pretty bad.

I honestly wasn't worried about it when I bought it. I figured it was just people being picky and demanding. That's normally not me but I guess this time might be.
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
i returned mine today, i left cwm on there. the guy i returned it too actually worked in the appliance section. he said there was no one working in electronics today and he didn't know much about technology stuff(hehe). he didn't even ask if anything was wrong with it or why i was returning it. he just said he had to open the box to make sure i wasn't returning a box of rocks. when i started to explain why i was returning it he cut me off and said "ahh i don't care"...i kind of miss it already but if i can find one for 279 at an outlet i'm all over it. i may send my wife into our sears to see if i can buy my old one on clearance for 279....wouldn't that be something ;)
[G Tablet General] P_6:
Anyone who's already gone to the trouble of buying a gTab and leaving now is going to regret their decision (unless it's the form factor or something). TnT 2.2.0 is almost rock solid, and only going to get better.

I'm glad I took the plunge when I did. My Netbook can now stay home. Permanently.
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
i disagree, i will not regret getting my money back for a tablet that i feel is not worth what i paid for it. however i do think its worth 279 and if i can get it for that i would be content. i think i will wait until the december 19th or 20th update from VS to see if they are serious about this device or not. TnT lite is really the only reason i kept it as long as i did.
[G Tablet General] Canadoc:
For me the viewing angles are worst in portrait mode. Perhaps my eyes are offset but I find looking face on one eye views the image darker than the other. So my stereo vision gives me a weird effect which goes away if i close 1 eye. Alternatively if I angle the tablet about 15 or so degrees towards the side which is brighter the effect is lessened as on eyes sees normal and other too bright but not as hard to look at as when ye sees dark and other sees normal......
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccs1988:
Hi Guys.. I am using SGS 2.2 JPA from singapore.. need some suggestions on where to downlaod custom boot animation and sounds? If possible also which way is the best to install them too? Million thanks.. Cheers..:D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GantengX:
wtf this is NOT development question!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788800
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00ndu:
Chill, bro. Lets just enjoy our phone, k dude? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the3nd4u:
hey yo goondu are u oso from hwz? haha , i oso wana know where to download the custom boot animation and sounds lei...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wrk13s:
Hi Everyone,

i hope someone can help me. I flashed the phone twice now to foroy 2.2 and installed the one click lag fix and root utility but my gf's galaxy s is still constantly freezing.

I would like just a generic rom of froyo, using odin, and the right tools to get it to stop freezing. Can somoene point me in the right direction?

Need to ensure that it has 3G also.

She is not fussed but i am annoyed how many times it freezes. Can someone please help me out.

Thanks.
[Captivate General] phoney_stuff:
I'm not sure about the rest of you Captivate owners, but mine has been undergoing a serious update for the past 2 hours. The first update I noticed was to Kies Mini from v10082.8.1 to v1.0.0.110104.1. I couldn't upgrade using Kies mini. Instead, Kies mini simply updated itself.

After seeing this, I performed a Phone update from my Captivate itself and it's still going at it.
[Captivate General] Almamy1:
Let us know if it is froyo
[Captivate General] sold1erjjt:
not to burst your bubble, but it probably isn't, for like the millionth time if official Froyo is released you will hear about it, stop being so optimistic whenever a kies update comes out. Trust me when this thing hits it'll hit hard, you won't not know lol

Sent from my bullet proof phone
[Captivate General] NinjaCoder:
My Kies mini updated sometime last week to:

SAMSUNG Kies mini Application v1.0.0.10104_1

It might be in preparation for the froyo update but not here yet.
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Nope!

Just attempted OTA and no new firmware and then did Kies mini and latest is jh7 sorry.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Many posts about Kies Mini update last week.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
When Froyo does drop you'll see all kinds of articles on the regular internet sites.

Added: I'm still betting on St. Patrick's Day! :p
[Captivate General] bames:
those #'s refer to KIES software versions.

It is simply and update for your Kies desktop software......nothing to do with firmware for your smartphone.
[Captivate General] avgjoegeek:
I'm still going for Christmas - although they had said by end of November... so we still have what? 2 more days at this point :D
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Actually - the date for US has always been "by the end of the year" as reported by SamsungUSA twitter and facebook. It was the international Galaxy S (i9000) that was end of November. Many sites interpreted that to mean us to as our phones are also "Galaxy S".
[Captivate General] phoney_stuff:
My bad... false alarm. Nothing to see here. Move along. :o

I'm still puzzled why both Kies mini and my phone took ages to do whatever it did. Whateva! I want some Froyo! :confused:
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
Well all signs point to very soon. Samsung said we would get it by the end of the year, which means in less than a month. There was also a tip a couple weeks ago that Captivates running Froyo out of the box would go on sale on the first Sunday in December and the OTA would begin rolling out possibly the Monday after (12/6).
[Captivate General] skinien:
Can we all agree to post news about a Froyo update AFTER you actually get the OS on your phone? :p

It seems like every other day someone posts news that they have been notified/downloading an update.
[Captivate General] mwilhelm:
THIS is the best advice anybody has given on the oft repeated subject - +2 for this person...
[Captivate General] gk527:
Speaking of the new version of Kies... Since mine upgraded, it won't let me check for updates while in debug mode. When I take it out of debug mode, my PC doesn't see my phone... Any ideas?
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
You're chasing after a Unicorn people.
[Captivate General] smokestack76:
Not to mention stock froyo would be a Unicorn with half a horn :)
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
What os are you running? If it Win 7 x64, this is what I run, then you could try a fresh install of Kies. Scrub the system of all things Samsung (apps, drivers, etc..) and then do a fresh install of Kies. Let it install the drivers. Once complete reconnect phone and let Windows reinstall drivers for device. Then see if you can get the computer to see the phone.

If that doesn't work, there was a post about a patched .dll that worked for some. Search for "Kies doesn't recognize my phone".
[Captivate General] gk527:
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Thanks for the information. I'll give it a try.
[Captivate General] GAMacky:
Maybe their "by the end of the year" is lunar calendar year... which will put the release at 2/2/2011. :p:eek:
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
New observation:

For the last week connecting with Kies Mini would usually fail a few times and then connect. Tonight it connects each time without fail. Could Samsung be bringing more servers online for a software rollout? I certainly hope so. Probably just a fluke that i get "latest version" right away. Tomorrow will probably be failed to connect all over again.

But once we get the 2.2 official kernel, there will be no stopping all kinds of stable ROMs and mods.
[Captivate General] thisguymo:
I know that this has been talked about in the forums before. I received a text today on my Captivate with leaked 2.2 rom: AT&T is providing a free update for your phone. When asked to install the update, please select OK. Could this finally be what we've been waiting for? :rolleyes:
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Nope. The text messages mean nothing. Been talked about ad-nausea.
[Captivate General] gunnyman:
COME ON Samsung/AT&T. devs have Gingerbread for the freaking CDMA HERO for crying out loud. The non-updating of our phones is so ridiculous. I'm seriously considering moving to a Google Experience Phone as soon as I can. Nexus one is still a beefy device.
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
One million thumbs up: everyone read this 10 times, takes notes and follow through! I'm tired of people trying to be the first to give new news!
[G2 and Desire Z General] i-link:
Whenever i move any files(jpg, png) using rootexplorer or astro, and later go back to gallery, it's not updated! this happens always as i wanted to change icon but it's not found inside the gallery. anyone facing the same issue?

how to solve this?
[Epic 4G General] cubebuddha:
Hey guys I updated to EE 1.2.0.9 from .7a and now my Epic is stuck on 1x data almost constantly, any of you guys experiencing this problem?? And I restored /data from .7a. Running latest Fluffy Kernel.
[Epic 4G General] ericizzy1:
new update is out, froyo
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
This is because the new version actually correctly shows you're data Samsung's stock didnt.

Hope that makes sense.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] Mourer09:
My Verizon Touch pro 2, that I am currently running on the Alltel network is having a small problem. It is running on cdma like it should, but anytime i flash a new rom to it, the "your sim card is missing" message stays on the screen. Its annoying as heck and Id like to know how to get rid of it. Please someone help.

Also just a quick Q, does anyone know how to setup the data connection?

VZW TP2 (alltel network)

ROM:Stock, 6.5 update, about 5-6 roms from XDA.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slvrblt:
Throughout the day the available space will decrease (without me installing new apps or updates).

I generally have about 15mb free and this handset is completely unrooted stock 1.35.531.1 (2.1 OTA update 1)

Sometimes it will go from 15mb down to 3mb in just a matter of hours. When the space is that low, I cant open SMS threads to send new ones, but I can still receive them.

If I reboot, the phone thinks I have 15mb free again and everything works fine.

Its driving me nuts!

I've been searching Google (seems the forum search is 404 right now) and I've read of other Android phones having a memory leak possibly from the Bluetooth and/or the Mail app.

What do you guys know about this kind of problem?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
Tried clearing your cache? That's probably what's eating your memory so much and it's pretty normal. Maps, Facebook and a few other apps use large amounts of memory so it's good practice to routinely clear the cache.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texaslittleangel:
Cachemate is pretty good at freeing up some memory. If you root the phone you will bump your memory to 100+mb by saving the dalvik cache onto your sd card
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slvrblt:
I've looked at a number of apps via Manage Applications and nothing stands out as taking too much space or 'growing'.

Isnt the cache on a seperate partition than the data? ...So a large cache wouldnt cause me to run out of app (AKA /data) space and throw the Low on Space warning?

Using AppControl, I had about 145mb free when I first got this phone.

This post indicates that /cache and /data are different partitions. The total capacity of /data matches about what I started out with on a fresh handset.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7795487&postcount=4
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slvrblt:
I think I found the problem... its a couple apps eating up cache.

Reddit Is Fun and Dolphin browser were taking about 7-8mb cache after regular use.

I cleared the Reddit app's cache and set Dolphin to cache to SD card.

I still dont understand how this affects the /data space, but maybe I misunderstand that /data and /cache are different partitions.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
Well an apps cache is shared with the app. So when an app creates data in the cache it causes the app to become larger.

The 80MB system cache is like extra RAM, but inactive. It stores the state of inactive items so when you open them again it starts right where you left off and swaps it out to the RAM, which is generally used for active processes.

The cache you cleared is for the app itself. It could be looked at as the /app/data/ folder, storing information about the app like settings, history, cached pages, and so on. Most apps max out at 1MB I would think but a browser is much higher because of cached pages, history, form data, and other things.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slvrblt:
I thought about this earlier today and realized that I had been thinking about system cache and not app cache, like you said.

Thanks for the good post.
[EVO 4G General] nemesys504:
I was going to sell a brand new Evo on eBay but would rather help the development and community first. If no one replies or contacts me I will then put it up on eBay.

*Brand new in box

*Bad ESN (Can not be used on Sprint's Network)

**Can be used with MetroPCS or for development purposes

Asking for $300 or best offer, PM me if interested.

Have a great Holidays guys and keep supporting Android and the community. :)
[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
Translation: "This phone was stolen" or "I committed insurance fraud." ;)
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
Fifty bucks and you would have a deal but $300 for a phone that can't be used as a phone is kind of ridiculous
[Vibrant General] roguly:
I was thinking about maybe combining Axura with Eugene's B series kernel, AOSPish framework and the launcher2.apk that is listed on eugenes macnut r12 post. what do you guys think?

EDIT: currently im trying on combining all these things to work properly together. got a few soft bricks working with framework, but ill keep trying.

Once i get these to work, ill change the look of the dialer and maybe add a cool bootanimation and put it all ina zip file, similar to what frank707 did
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
You got me interested when you mentioned AOSPish, and Auxura combining.... Im jumping right away when you get this to work!

Sent from the helm of darkness called, the "Vibrant Galaxy"... Using the XDA App!
[Vibrant General] roguly:
haha thanks for the support! It could be awhile though because there are some weird kinks. But ill work hard lol
[Epic 4G General] smoggysasquatch:
Well, I purchased my epic 4g on launch day. I have had a blast with it but it did get pretty mundane for me very quickly. This is were I began searching for cool things to do to the phone to fit me and my lifestyle. I rooted it and installed an overclock kernal. Anyway, my problem is i believe that I have "bricked my phone". I was searching for ways to enable wifi tethering. I came across some other kernals, and began the process of returning phone back to factory specs and install the kernal. It seemed to work fine until my phone began to freeze. It would freeze about 1-2 minutes of being turned on. I began to search and came across odin. Well apparantly I do not know how to work odin correctly, because now my phone only shows a cell phone...! (in orange yield sign)...PC. (cellphone ! PC). I would greatly appreciate anybody that is able to get me out of this bind. I do love and cherish my phone, now regretting me messing around with this. thanks
[Epic 4G General] leatherneck6017:
Can you get into download mode? Hold the 1 on the keyboard while powering on. If you can, you should still be able to flash back to a stock rom.
[Epic 4G General] smoggysasquatch:
I am able to go into download mode. I am currently downloading the stock rom. how do you flash into clockwork? volume down, camera, and power button equals green text.
[Epic 4G General] Jedi Master Jesus:
Hopefully this is what you need...

If you can get into download mode, you should be able to save your phone.

Just follow the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773032

It should fix your phone right up, I used it myself just this morning. I learned the hard way you have to be careful with custom ROMs :D

Also, why overclock it? It's already 1GHz, the fastest market processor in a phone. IMHO, overclocking a 1GHz is unnecessary and only wears out your hardware faster.
[Epic 4G General] smoggysasquatch:
Phone is up and running. Now the problem that I have is that there is a circle with a line through it and i am unable to get online or make any calls.
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
sounds like you're missing a modem? You'll need to flash one.
[Epic 4G General] NYYFan325:
If you flashed the DI18 tar it includes the modem (god knows I've flashed this more time's I'd like to admit)...

What did you flash in ODIN exactly? Can you tell us step by step what you did?
[Epic 4G General] Jedi Master Jesus:
I'd like to hear the step-by-step too. I followed all the steps to the letter in that thread I linked to, and have had no problems with my phone since.
[Epic 4G General] Jedi Master Jesus:
Clarification...

When you followed the steps in the thread I linked, did you use the stock kernel, or the other one that wipes everything?

After I pseudo-bricked my Epic, only the one that wipes everything worked.
[Epic 4G General] kgdadon:
I dont know why but can someone look into why the epic is soo slow to change orientation \? It wasnt this bad with ecliar.. Not that i remember anyway.
[Epic 4G General] ericizzy1:
post #768 someone else found it

edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=836111&page=77

oops, forgot to link, at least your problem is solved |
[Epic 4G General] bubby323:
Post 768 of what? I havr the same problem...i gixed it by going into settings > display > auto rotation and unchecking auto rotation. Personally for me its more annpying then helpful...espically when laying in bed.
[Epic 4G General] stayfitted:
Orientation Fix

I did this and it worked for me....

Download an Android Terminal and type this in.

su

/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha

Follow the on screen instructions.

Hope this helps!
[Epic 4G General] bobdude5:
Its definitely not just you
[Epic 4G General] bubby323:
Wow. O.o that worked. Thanks. :D
[Epic 4G General] Tamvegas:
+1

rotates in about half the time.

Thanks