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[Galaxy Tab General] appelflap:
I like typing with my thumbs in portrait mode. I use my own Thumb Keyboard for this, because it has wider keys so hitting adjacent keys is not a problem anymore and (maybe I like that more) it gives a really balanced feel in the hands. With a regular keyboard I have some problems holding the tab in portrait mode while typing. Thumb Keyboard allows me to hold the tab in a more natural way when I thumb type on it (again in portrait mode).

Also, I find me using my own keyboard also much more in landscape mode. Maybe because I found a way to reposition the keys much better for landscape thumb typing.

(Sorry to advertise my app this way. This is not my intention. The subject is just interesting me. Anyway, a light version can be found in the app section. It has the portrait thumb type mode, but with larger keys (it was written for phones initially). I adapted it for tablets in the full version)
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
I use Smart Keyboard Pro, in landscape mode (large hands, I can still reach all the keys ;)) I gave up on Swype in the end. In portrait mode I have it set to T9.

Smart Keyboard Pro has settings for a super-wide spacebar too. ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] atoy74:
Love typing in portrait using SwiftKey. After using so many different keyboards something about SwiftKey feels smooth and natural.
[Galaxy Tab General] Zubene:
Smart keyboard. Portrait mode. With two thumbs seems best for me.

I'm now using samsung's keyboard dock for tab. Expensive but works nice and looks great :)
[Galaxy Tab General] funtoosh:
I use swype keyboard in portrait
[Galaxy Tab General] mchimney:
I wish I knew how to quote using this pda app, I'm gonna try out that thumb keyboard.

Thanks for the inputs
[Galaxy 3 General] Benjamin_L:
Hi there,

is there a way to upgrade the i5800 firmware using ubuntu without having to run windows in a virtual machine?

Thanks

Ben
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] gdaniele:
Dear forum members,

my name is Daniele and I am the lead developer of an open source (GPLv3) augmented reality app for android: mixare (http://www.mixare.org).

One of our user reported that his i5700 reboots when using the latest version of our application (you can see the thread here: http://groups.google.com/group/mixare-development/browse_thread/thread/db71483cfccde348 ), we nailed down the issue to the camera initialization routine we are using in the latest versions. That same routine works flawlessly on several phone we have (HTCs, Motorolas, one fellow developer had the chance to test it on a Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab and it worked just fine).

Unfortunately no one of us _developers_ has an i5700 to test the application, therefore I am asking for your help. I prepared a version of the application that should "dry run" the initialization of the camera (outputting the steps it performs without actually initialising it). I cannot guarantee it will not reboot your device though. This code is available in our github repository at: https://github.com/mixare/mixare/tree/development

An apk built with this code is available from our google code page:

http://code.google.com/p/mixare/downloads/detail?name=mixare-i5700debug.apk

The logcat output I would like to get is similar to this (captured when running on a Motorola Milestone):

$ adb logcat | grep Mixare
D/Mixare ( 8191): Screen res: w:854 h:442 aspect ratio:1.9321266
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:176 h:144 aspect ratio:1.2222222
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:320 h:240 aspect ratio:1.3333334
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:352 h:288 aspect ratio:1.2222222
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:640 h:480 aspect ratio:1.3333334
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:720 h:480 aspect ratio:1.5
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:720 h:576 aspect ratio:1.25
D/Mixare ( 8191): Candidate camera element: w:848 h:480 aspect ratio:1.7666667
D/Mixare ( 8191): Chosen camera element: w:848 h:480 aspect ratio:1.7666667

Thanks for your help and best regards!

Daniele - Mixare Team
[Galaxy Spica Android Development] MaXmeOliver:
Hello, I would suggest you to post @ samdroid.net
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eintr:
As title.

Somebody give me a hand, pleaseeeeee...:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tyler1981:
Hi,

Like most i have been on the fence waiting to get a Android tablet. Was looking at Archos 101 or Advent Vega. Then i find this one which doesn't seem too bad a price, can someone else have a look and advise if it's any good, i know it's no Galaxy Tab. I did want a 10inc screen but for the price happy to settle for a 7inch screen. Has anybody used both sizes, is there a great difference in the expirience?

http://www.dabs.com/products/storag...een-arm11-2gb-android-2-1-tablet-pc-78Q4.html

Also it says access toAndroid market, i didn't think any tablet had that at the moment officially?

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] V3ng:
Hiya, quite a few of us have one of these now and have already started rooting and hacking it!

More info here: http://scrolltabletforum.co.uk/site/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=127
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jimbouk1977:
First of id like to say hello

Now the reason im here 8) ...i got given this tablet & i think ive bricked it. Everywhere i look loads of people want help yet can seem to get any, to try & fix it. Then i found here & you are my only hope i haved posted this exact message in a few tablt modding / help forums to no avail

When i start it the damn thing gets stuck on the Scroll screen (maker screen) i cant use the recovery tool as it wont go into it.

Android SDK ADB cant see it but it does put a fastboot driver on when plugged into my PC yet all i get is Fastboot ? when i use the fastboot devices cmd

So as im a noob i was wondering if any one can help with this as im running out of ideas now ! the link shows the device & specs (couldnt post it but its the entry level one NOT the captive )

Specs:

Arm11

Telechip 800mhz (8900 i think)

2gb Nand

Firmware = 0.94

Kernal =2.6.29

Android 2.1

Thanks in Advance for any help

jimbo

P.S. i have a back up of the files but to big to attach here at just over 150mb so i uploaded it to megaupload hope that's ok with rules here (i cant post the link here as im a noob but if you can help & need it PM me & i will give you the link via an email)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] freddy21:
So despite innumerable threads on this strange issue, I'm not seeing a definitive answer on how to fix the problem.

Clearing cache on "download manager" and "market" DOES NOT WORK

!! I still get the white screen of death, followed by the friendly message..

I also CANNOT see anywhere in the manage application settings where I "clear the download history" or wh8ever....and really - I'm feeling like I might have to invest in a computer science major just to maintain a reliable, updateable phone!

PLEASE HELP, anybody...is there any fix to this other than factory resetting everything & reinstalling everything??:(

galaxy s i9000 (Bell)

2.1

not rooted
[Galaxy S I9000 General] freddy21:
Has anyone found a solution to this Market problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xmasguy:
I also get this error message on my stock G2 every single time I download an update to an app I already have installed. once I clear the error message, the download and install always completes, but its annoying as all heck. can anyone confirm if master reset permanently resolves the issue? if it does id be willing to do it...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Primarily force closes happen when application permissions(or system data) either overlap or conflict... Hard reset will only resolve the issue if you stop installing whatever it is you have messed permissions up with... Boot into recovery and fix permissions and see if that helps... If not, hard reset and install apps individually to see if you can trace it..

Swyped from my *Epic* using XDA App
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xmasguy:
I apologize, but that doesnt help me at all. this issue doesn't only happen with certain apps, it is literally 100% of apps that I experience this issue with. if I boot in to recovery mode, what permissions am I looking for?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] freddy21:
Boot into recovery and fix permissions? I wish i were that competent...but i am no programmer

Cant i just reinstall the Market app somehow?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nachochip@inbox.com:
Hello, I am a new user of my galaxy i9000. I know that we can move the app to sd card after update to 2.2. However, when I do that, it seems the system only move the app to the internal SD card rather than the external one (I didn't find anything thing on the external SD card). Is it possible to move app to the external SD card instead?

Also, is there any link people can provide which explain how each folder is used under i9000?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oversim:
+1 ! Same problem!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nachochip@inbox.com:
No one knows?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriscsh:
anyone know how to set the keyboard haptic feedback on and off?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbalot:
i was searching for it too. do you want to turn it on or off? on my hd7 it is off.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stillbrad:
mine is off as well...i dont see any setting for turning on or off
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriscsh:
htc technical support said they don't have this function on hd7 :(
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FinalJenemba:
WP7 doesn't support haptic feedback yet. I think its supposed to be added in the January update.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arden82:
This works:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23450328&postcount=5
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
Just joined to say thanks to Roebeet and everyone who is active in this forum. Because of the obvious potential of the gtablet being explored here, and discussed on phandroid.com I decided to take the plunge and purchased one tonight. I might have passed this tab by, and waited months for something else...

--and here's where I cry for help!

I carefully followed a series of step-by-step instructions I found thru google, to install the latest tnt lite found here on XDA. Everything seemed to work without a hitch, and was prouder than a pappa to have completed my first root and mod ,ever!

BUT right after I DL'ed and installed the flash 10.1 apk things went south. The browser constantly crashed to the home screen, and the market and email apps were crashing also. I rebooted and now I am greeted by the tnt setup screen that is covered in an endless wave of crash warning dialogs! I can't tap them away fast enough to see the desktop.

I've tried to do a recover, but I can't get thru the setup (that keeps crashing to the first screen also) to use the USB to mount the internal mem to my Mac.

I am insanely happy about the potential of this hardware, but I've painted myself into a corner. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

And yes, I do look very handsome in my profile pic. :rolleyes:
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
From bad to WORSE!

I discovered the dcom222 thread that describes my problem and details a solution. I followed it to the letter, changing the command and using my microSD as a secondary boot to reinstall the vanilla tnt ROM.

But then it just stuck on the tnt logo, faded in and out 3-4 times, and went dark! The device won't turn on or off (had a full charge when I pulled it from the wall socket a few moments ago)

Please tell me I haven't bricked this thing!
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
still no luck...

I was able to power the unit back up, but I've tried to recover and flash all three setup files I have (vanilla tnt, ota update tnt and tnt lite 2) but nothing works!

All of them create a loop of some sort, whether it's the viewsonic screen, gtablet screen loop, or the tnt logo screen blinking on and off, NOTHING boots to the desktop.

Going to bed before I drive my self insane. Hopefully someone in the know will reply by the time I check this at work.

thanks in advance
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
You have not bricked it, don't worry. This device is very hard to truly brick. If all else fails there is nvflash or the apx mode fallback. But I don't think you need that if you are still able to boot to clockwork recovery.

In clockwork go to advanced - mounts and try mounting and unmounting your partitions. I suspect your user partition may be screwed. This seems to happen fairly frequently especially the first time you flash a ROM. It happenend on my first flash and not again since. Clockwork lets you repartition though. Search the forum for partition fix, its not too big a deal.

If that fails try roebeet's thread on nvflash recovery for TNT lite. If that fails, search for APX mode.

As far as I know there are zero bricks from ROM flashing so far.
[G Tablet General] phfaty:
Scroll down to post number #869 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842004&page=87
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
feeling better

Thanks for the assurances that I didn't wreck the device, and pointing me to some solutions. I have a few questions:

what is clockwork mod? If I am able to recovery boot from my micro SD card, do I already have it? (I downloaded a bunch of recovery images to start, per instructions)

If it's something I still need to download, is it a PC application? How am I supposed to change settings in it (manage partitions, etc) if I can't get the tablet to boot?

-- stuck at work and dying to get home to fix this thing...
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
Ok, more detailed instructions:

If you press and hold down Volume + when you are pressing the Power button to boot up, and keep holding the Volume + key until you see a message that says "Detect a Recovery Key Pressed", that should get you to a text menu from which you can navigate using the volume +/- keys and the Home soft button to flash ZIP files and do other things. That menu is ClockworkMod Recovery. Since you remember installing a recovery.img, it sounds like you probably (hopefully) have ClockworkMod Recovery on there.

If you get to ClockwordMod Recovery, you can go down to the Mounts and Storage option, then you will find the "Mount USB storage" option at the end of that list. That lets you plug in and mount your internal memory area as a standard USB drive to your Windows or Mac computer to copy over new ZIP files and the like to your G Tablet.

You can also check that partitions are all mounting and unmounting successfully in that menu. If you go instead into the Advanced menu, you will see Partition SD Card, which I believe is what you might need to do at this point.

If booting with the Volume + button held down doesn't get you anywhere and you see nothing about Recovery Key Detected and don't see any text menu, then you don't seem to have a working recovery. At that point you'll have to do what phfaty suggested, read the post he referenced, and follow the link therein to the tegratab forum post to get the NVidia Tegra SDK installed on your Windows desktop and use the NVFlash tool and APK mode (where you hold the Volume - key down while booting instead of the Volume + key) to reflash your tablet.
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
still not working...

The good news:

I do have clockwork mod installed. Must have been in 1 of those zips or rars I ran in the very beginning.

The bad news:

it's still caught in a boot loop. I've mounted it as an external drive 3 times now from clockwork, and tried all 3 versions of the operating system (vanilla, vanilla with the ota and tntlite 2) and NOTHING makes a difference.
[G Tablet General] rothnic:
1)Boot into clockwork.

2)Navigate to Advanced menu

3)Choose partition sdcard

4)Choose data partition desired size(1024=1GB)

5)Choose 0GB for the next selection(swap not used)

6)Do a factory reset from main menu

7)Reboot

8)If that doesn't work, then reinstall ROM, then reboot
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
UPDATE

partitioning the drive and wiping the user data did the trick. I'm up and running again. thanks to all who chimed in to help.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lumpaywk:
I have seen a lot of people on here comparing wp7 to ios and android launches only to be followed by a stew of haters saying you cant compare with software hardware from years ago. If that was all it was i would be inclined to agree. But when we compare the launches in comparison to what was around at the time it is very justified.

When Apple launches the iphone it was 2g no mms unable to do custom ring-tones could not be tethered etc yet we had phones like the N95.

I don't know much about the original Android so i wont comment specifically but only to say it was a similar situation from what i do remember.

The thing to also remember with these is how long it took them to put it right and bring them up to speed MS has a massive update in 3 months to bring it up to speed yet it took apple 3 generations (3gs) before it actually had anything worth talking about.

My point if i have one is that when we compare to launches its in relevance to the time much in the same way you would look back at an old movie. Anyway i think I got what i wanted to say across, I'm not to great at making points.

Discus .
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I agree.

But it won't change anything.

Comparing RTM Releases is more than valid, becaue in every case the OS was so far behind what was already on the market (Android/iOS vs. WinMo/Symbian) that it wasn't even funny.

WP7 isn't anything near as far behind Android/iOS as those platforms were compared to the aformentioned upon release. It has nothing to do with hardware, either.

Don't want someone to make another post with big pictures in it :P
[Windows Phone 7 General] lumpaywk:
yes i think you have seen the post that pushed me to start this thread lol.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Yes. When both iOs and Android were introduced, they were immediately compared to everything else.

Whatever IS released on market, out of Beta and RTM - should be compared.

Whatever is sold to customer.

And trust me, that is what MS wants too. Compare and eventually win.

And very valid point - as well as Apple and Google were having DEBUTS on the market,

MS was on the market for 10 fuc....ng years.

I wait to judge finally for the first upgrade.

You know what is the thing with WP7?

It gives such a big promise it creates huge frustration for some.

I want it but only if I will not loose any of the things I need in my live.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aturayd:
Id be inclined to say Android left its beta stage with the release of 2.1. Before that, it didnt even support multitouch. The interface is still nowhere near that of wp7 or iphone in terms of smoothness. WP7 is way too polished to be a beta, but there are just a few things I wish it had to make it perfect. Android was launched over 2 years ago and it was a dud until verizon picked it up.. an unpolished one at that. I still dont understand why people want to use it other than verizon didnt have the iphone at the time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
OK OK OK I see we are in denial.

Apple launched its very first platform in 2007. Google launched its very first mobile in 2008. Palm launched in 1998.

You're telling me that its fine to compare WP7 today with Palm of 1998?

I can guarantee you no one is doing these types of comparisons but you guys.

Fact:

This is NOT Microsofts first attempt at a mobile OS.

No big pictures this time.

Not a hater, i just wont accept mediocrity.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
being in the industry and starting over are two separate points... yes it should be compared to today's standards, but people shouldn't look at it as an iteration of windows mobile, but as a new line. so yes, whilst they have been in the smart phone industry, they did hit the restart button to build from the ground up again. it should still be compared to what's out in today's market, but it should also be considered as a brand new product. get this through your heads...

and this is how MS sees it as well, and they'll spend the next few years updating it frequently to get it up to and beyond what is out now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] silenzzzz:
palm's current OS is not their first attempt at a phone os either.

but whats the point in comparing the different OS .. if it meets your needs then its good ... if it doesn't then it needs work ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] greener88:
Good point about it being a new brand, I think one of Microsoft's biggest mistakes is branding of Windows Phones. In my opinion they really should have tried to distance themselves from Windows Mobile as WM has a stigma associated with it seems.

But I still think there's plenty of room in the market for Windows Phone to do well. Even if sales aren't great now, I think Microsoft has a great product and if they continue to build on it I don't see why it wouldn't do well. Remember; 70% of people in the US don't own smartphones yet.

Either way, why do we need to compare this launch feature-to-feature with previous launches? Does that matter when considering a new phone? If you like the phone, buy one. If not, don't.
[Windows Phone 7 General] orangekid:
yeah I agree, comparing an RTM now to over 3 years ago is just inane.

They've had that time to see how to build a successful OS and they opted to use an iOS model that's closed off and tailored for people who don't want too many choices, just easy access to facebook and texting and such.

no copy/paste is pretty stupid I don't care what year it is...

but yeah, comparing an RTM now to then is a world of difference. iOS now does a lot more than WP7, and we all knew the limitations of WP7 months ago, plenty of time for MS to fix this stuff, they have no excuse.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
How long have you used WinMo???

Really, when has that experience been anything but frustrating out of the box???
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I think vetvito just has terrible reading comprehension.

When Android was launched, it was missing enough features compared to WinMo/Palm/Symbian to make another successful mobile platform. There's nothing wrong with comparing RTM WP7 with RTM iOS/Android so that we can see how those platforms stacked up against the competition when they were introduced.

We all know the success or WP7 is dependent on competition these days. But we want like to look back at those platforms and see how they were scrutinized based on the competition that existed back then, as well as what the feature disparity was.

WinMo and Symbian still exist, with largely the same features sets - still unmatched by any other mobile OSes. We don't see anyone in the Android forums *****ing and moaning about it being mediocre because it doesn't have WinMo/Symbian-level features, and trust me, it's missing more than a few compared to those OSes.

By all accounts, Android is still mediocre in more than enough ways (Exchange Support, User Interface, Performance, Battery Longevity is below mediocre compared to other mobile OSes, etc.). Look at the Android forums. People are still asking about basic stuff that is either missing of mediocre in the OS (SD Card Encryption, Exchange Support, Battery Life, etc.). We aren't here to go over Android's many issues. Android is still tryin to get out of Beta status, AFAIC, but that's not surprising. Google is well known for their endless Betas.

There's a ridiculous amount of double standard going on in this forum, and a much higher level of trolling than in the other forums.